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Hirano Aya In Early May
She was at her friend Nakagawa Shouko's live performance recently, as well as at her friends Granrodeo's Budokan live.
Aya recently appeared live at the opening of the movie Bungaku Shoujo, starring Hanazawa Kana, in which Aya plays Miu.
She continues her roles in Fairy Tail and Jewelpet Tinkle. Neither show is of much interest to me, but I'm glad she continues to have solid gigs, even during this difficult time.
Her enjoyable radio show, Hirano Aya Midnight Radio, is on every week (link to Nicovideo audio; Google "register nicovideo" for registration instructions).
Aya also continues to see Sasaki Nozomi for meals and moral support now and then. I can't help thinking of Nozomi, the sociable former shrine maiden, as a kind of Shinto therapist.
But it was rather sad to read Aya's comments about the Budokan live:
"I went to Grandrodeo's Budokan live! Budokan at last! It was moving. I was jealous of them crashing around on that stage. I was happy that it was a good performance, but I regretted that it wasn't me v(>w<)v"
Granrodeo consists of seiyuu/musician Taniyama Kishou ("Kishow") and musician Iizuka Masaaki ("E-zuka"). Aya is close enough friends with Taniyama that they were once rumored to be an item.
The photos below show her with Shouko-tan (second from left), top seiyuu Saiga Mitsuki (left) and mangaka Tanemura Arina (Full Moon wo Sagashite, Time Stranger Kyoko, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne).
That's from Shouko-tan's live. The other photo is her backstage pass (which she is keeping as a souvenir) to Granrodeo's live.
Aya had planned to attend the live performance by famous American musician and music producer Nile Rodgers at the Blue Note in Tokyo, but was unable to get there. Imagine her surprise when Nile was photographed holding a sign wishing her a speedy recovery (in English):
Nile Rodgers has played on many albums and sound tracks, and has produced albums and singles for David Bowie, Grace Jones, Eric Clapton, Diana Ross, Mick Jagger, and SMAP, among many, many others.
But Aya is still not back to form. Here are a couple of recent photos that make her look so pretty, yet still wounded. The short hair of a nun or a recovering patient seems so appropriate:
Even at the wrap-party for Jewelpet 1, she looked like a recovering patient. Aya is in the middle, Sasaki Nozomi on the right, Saitou Ayaka between them, and Shishido Rumi beside Aya in black. Sorry, I'm not sure which cast-members the other two are (possibly Akina behind Aya and a very poor photo of Kamei Eri on the left?):
Elsewhere, anti-Hirano otaku continue their bizarre antics, publishing the photo in pink as a way to "troll Aya Hirano fans." Childish, stupid, and heartless are only the first words that come to mind. And, of course, deaf and blind, lol.
It would just be funny if I didn't think their constant ridicule was causing her harm. I know that I would be a gibbering wreck if I had to put up with a tenth of what she does. Ganbatte, Aya.
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- Anonymous said...
Much love to Aya. Thanks for keeping us updated on how she's doing - I'd read her blog myself if I could read Japanese!
- 06 May, 2010
- bmk said...
Looking at the last two solo pics, with her short black hair and the seemingly lack of expression on her face, makes me think how fragile Aya seems/continues to be. It scares me a bit.
Still, it's good to see her up and about. And as always, I wish nothing but the best for her.
- 06 May, 2010
- dingmajiao said...
The picture where she is dressed in green have panda eyes all over..
She seems to be in concert mode recently.. These posts were just recent post..
When she was still ill, she was in anime/movie mode(think she mentioned that on Aya Midnight Radio that she was watching all the animes and movies that she have/received)
Good to see her updating her blog though..
- 06 May, 2010
- hashi said...
@bmk -- I titled the biographical post I did three years ago "The Fragile Strength of Hirano Aya." The contradiction still holds true, even though the "fragile" part seems uppermost at the moment.
- 06 May, 2010
- Andrew said...
Wow, Nile Rogers...how cool is that that Aya got to meet him! I wonder how he found out about her?
Anyway, it's of course good that she's somewhat back on her feet now. But she still looks rail-thin. Again, if she really does have some kind of eating disorder, that would require serious treatment.
- 06 May, 2010
- abandonedfactory said...
She does look thin, but compared to almost any recent photo, she looks healthy. She must have put on a few pounds, which is a GOOD THING. Even that pic right after she dyed her hair black was scary because she looked like there was no flesh left on her bones.
I'm really glad to see this healthy change. I hope she is much happier these days now that she gets to spend time with friends and family.
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The host El Dorado boys basketball team accomplished a key objective in its Sierra Valley Conference opener with Cosumnes Oaks Monday night but the bigger one — a victory — elluded the Cougars' grasp as the Wolfpack emerged 63-53 winners.
El Dorado came in wanting to limit Alex Van Dyke. The talented junior did end up with a game-high 21 points but it was his teammates — notably Eric Toles, Matt Muldavin and others that enabled Cosumnes to stay in front of a Cougar squad seeking revenge for last Saturday's 17-point setback to the 'Pack at the Toss-Up Tournament — a game that saw Van Dyke go off for 34 points.
"The difference is that we were able to hold him (Van Dyke) down but what happened is that they hit their shots and other kids stepped up," El Dorado coach Ken Macklin said. "There was that stretch in the third quarter where our turnovers led to their easy baskets but once we settled down we were able to give ourselves a chance to get back in it."
Muldavin's six-point flurry to open the second half let the visitors extend from a seven-point halftime advantage but the Cougars chipped away. Daniel Vance, who scored all 10 of his points after halftime, went inside for six, third-quarter points but on the other end, Van Dyke countered with seven. Despite a buzzer-beater from Soren Sheppard, the Wolfpack still led 51-40 going to the fourth.
"Having played each other several days ago we both knew what the other would do so it came down to execution at the end which we were able to do," said Muldavin who finished with 10 points. "They (Cougars) really focused on stopping Van Dyke and it was tough getting him the ball so it was on the guards to penetrate and attack (the basket)."
Aaron Line's bucket early in the fourth had El Dorado within 51-44 but each time the Cougars narrowed the deficit Cosumnes Oaks had an answer. The hosts' last push came with Justin Morrison (10 points) on the free throw line — he made one, missed the second — but grabbed the rebound for a putback with 3:25 left as El Dorado pulled to within 57-49.
Matt Smith's drive-in off the glass and Vance's follow shot did make it 60-53 but just 1:08 remained as the Cougars went to a timeout. Vance's block returned possession to El Dorado but Boles did likewise, was fouled and sank both free throws to put the game out of reach.
"We just had that breakdown in the third quarter but we'll get there," said Line who led the Cougars with 15 points.
El Dorado set the tone defensively in the first as Michael Weston recorded back-to-back blocks. Overall, Weston rejected five shots, Vance swatted three others and Michael Webb and Morrison also had blocks — part of El Dorado's success against Van Dyke.
Sean Gregg's steal and coast-to-coast layin and Line's putback gave the Cougars their only lead at 10-8 late in the first quarter before the Wolfpack scored seven of the next nine points to lead 15-12.
For its second crack at Cosumnes Oaks in two days, El Dorado had Smith and Tommy Williams back in the mix but Smith's returned was marred by a bloody nose seconds in and then a uniform change and Williams, despite consecutive takes for second quarter baskets, wasn't in game-shape to have a greater impact.
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|Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Substandard care is often present and many deaths are preventable. The aim of this review is to summarise the key management issues for anaesthetists in the light of the current literature. A systematic literature search of electronic databases was undertaken including MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library using the key words obstetrics, pregnancy, pregnancy complications, maternal, pre-eclampsia, preeclampsia, cardiac function, haemodynamics, haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (HELLP), eclampsia, anaesthesia, anesthesia, neuraxial. Relevant Colleges and Societies websites were examined for pertinent guidelines. The disease is defined within the context of hypertensive diseases, and early recognition of pre-eclampsia and its complications, as well as multidisciplinary expert team management is highlighted. Accurate monitoring and recording of observations including the use of transthoracic echocardiography is discussed. The importance of the treatment of systolic blood pressure > 180 mmHg and the use of intravenous antihypertensive medication as well as the use of parenteral magnesium sulphate for the treatment and prevention of eclampsia is emphasised . Restricted intravenous fluid therapy and avoidance of ergometrine is discussed. Neuraxial analgesia and anaesthesia, and general anaesthesia for birth is summarised as well as postpartum management including analgesia, thromboprophylaxis, management of acute pulmonary oedema and the use of pharmacological agents in the setting of breastfeeding.
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We propose a new prior distribution for classical (non-hierarchical) logistic regression models, constructed by first scaling all nonbinary variables to have mean 0 and standard deviation 0.5, and then placing independent Student-$t$ prior distributions on the coefficients. As a default choice, we recommend the Cauchy distribution with center 0 and scale 2.5, which in the simplest setting is a longer-tailed version of the distribution attained by assuming one-half additional success and one-half additional failure in a logistic regression. We implement a procedure to fit generalized linear models in R with this prior distribution by incorporating an approximate EM algorithm into the usual iteratively weighted least squares. We illustrate with several examples, including a series of logistic regressions predicting voting preferences, an imputation model for a public health data set, and a hierarchical logistic regression in epidemiology. We recommend this default prior distribution for routine applied use. It has the advantage of always giving answers, even when there is complete separation in logistic regression (a common problem, even when the sample size is large and the number of predictors is small) and also automatically applying more shrinkage to higher-order interactions. This can be useful in routine data analysis as well as in automated procedures such as chained equations for missing-data imputation.
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Laffey Matrix
The Laffey Matrix is a fee schedule used by many United States courts for determining the proper hourly rates for professional legal work.
|Look up matrix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
For many years the United States Attorney's Office has used the Laffey Matrix ("USAO Laffey Matrix") as a basis for determining attorneys' fees in litigation claims. This matrix was first introduced by the court for the District of Columbia in 1982 and has since been updated annually using changes in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore area. Courts in the United States look to the Laffey Matrix when they award attorneys' fees under a fee-shifting statute, such as the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act.
Attorney fee reasonable hourly rates[edit]
Guidelines for reasonable hourly rates for attorneys were set by a federal court in Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 572 F.Supp. 354, 371 (D.D.C. 1983), who ruled that hourly rates for attorneys practicing civil law in the Washington, DC metropolitan area could be categorized by years in practice and adjusted yearly for inflation. The fees awarded in this case were for work done primarily in 1981 and 1982. To determine reasonable rates for later periods, the United States Attorney's Office has adjusted these original rates in accordance with changes in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Baltimore area. The result has been a routinely updated United States Attorney's Office Matrix; a table which provides hourly rates, based on years of experience, for attorneys, paralegals and law clerks in the Washington, D.C. area.
The United States Attorney in the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to use a version of the Laffey Matrix, whereby a legal fee matrix from the Court is used as the basis, and then the CPI for "all goods and services" in the DC area is used to update the fees. (US Attorney's Office, District of Columbia 2005)
One court, The District Court for the District of Columbia, has instead ruled that it is more appropriate to utilize an adjusted Adjusted Laffey Matrix. See McDowell v. District of Columbia, Civ. A. No. 00-594 (RCL), LEXSEE 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8114 (D.D.C. June 4, 2001)
The Third Circuit Court of Federal Appeals adopted the Adjusted Laffey Matrix. Interfaith Community Organization v. Honeywell International, Inc., 426 F.3d 694 (3rd Cir. 2005). ("In updating the matrix to account for inflation from 1989-2003, ICO relied on the legal services component of the nationwide Consumer Price Index ("the Legal Services Index"), a measure of inflation in the cost of legal services maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics."). The Court of Appeals noted that the District Court "reviewed both indices [the DOJ Matrix and the Adjusted Laffey Matrix] and decided that [the Adjusted Laffey Matrix] represented a better measure of prevailing rates in Washington, DC. In so doing, it relied on a decision by the District Court for the District of Columbia, Salazar v. District of Columbia, 123 F.Supp.2d 8 (D.D.C.2000), which compared the U.S. Attorney's Laffey Matrix with a matrix similar to that put forward by ICO in this case and concluded that the latter method was superior. Salazar is one of the few decisions approving the use of this approach, and it is, according to ICO, the only decision (prior to the District Court decision in this case) comparing the two approaches."
The Fourth Circuit expressly disapproved reliance on the Laffey Matrix in Robinson v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, 560 F.3d 235 (4th Cir. 2009), requiring instead that fee awards be based on prevailing market rates established by evidence.
Some California Federal courts have accepted the same methodology, adjusting the Laffey Matrix upwards based upon the higher costs of living in Los Angeles and other California cities. In Re HPL Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation, 366 F.Supp.2d 912, 921 (N. Dist. Cal. 2005). See also "It is the practice of the undersigned judge, however, to rely on official data to determine appropriate hourly rates, not on an attorney's self-proclaimed rates or declarations regarding hourly rates charged by law firms. One reliable official source for rates that vary by experience levels is the Laffey matrix used in the District of Columbia." Garnes v. Barnhardt, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5938 (N. Dist. Cal. 2006).
Other courts have rejected the Adjusted Laffey Matrix, particularly for cases in the Washington-Baltimore region, and instead continue to rely on the original Laffey Matrix (also known as the USAO Laffey Matrix). See, e.g., Pleasants v. Ridge, 424 F. Supp. 2d 67, n.2 (D.D.C. 2006) and Judicial Watch, Inc. v. BLM, No. 07-1570, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49069.
Despite the initial appeal of using a consumer price index for legal services to update the hourly rates for legal services, closer examination reveals the inappropriateness of it in many cases. The Legal Services component of the National CPI measures price changes in simple legal services used by household consumers, such as basic wills, uncontested divorces, power of attorneys and DWI defenses. Prices for business related services and complex litigation cases are excluded from the index. Contingency fees such as those that are commonly used in litigation settings are not taken into account since they are not relevant to these basic consumer legal services. To determine prices, the BLS contacts practicing attorneys and records prices for a defined "procedure" (such as an uncontested divorce) rather than an hourly unit of an attorney's or paralegal's time. Discounted fees are not incorporated into the data unless the contacted attorney routinely gives one for a specific service. The US CPI for Legal Services is not specific to Washington, DC, and so a national price index to update regional rates is also problematic. For these reasons many courts and expert economists continue to rely on the original Laffey Matrix for litigation cases in the DC area. See, for example, affidavit of Dr. Laura A. Malowane in Norden v. Clough, No. 05-1231 (RMC) (D.D.C.)
"The initial estimate of a reasonable attorney's fee "—the so-called lodestar fee--" [sic] is properly calculated by multiplying the number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation times a reasonable hourly rate." Sexcius v. District of Columbia, 839 F. Supp. 919, 921 (D.D.C. 1993) [*4] (quoting Blum v. Stenson, 465 U.S. 886, 888, 79 L. Ed. 2d 891, 104 S. Ct. 1541 (1984)) aff'd Covington v. District of Columbia, 313 U.S. App. D.C. 16, 57 F.3d 1101 (D.C. Cir. 1995) (Covington II ). Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424 (1983).
Normally, a prevailing party must establish a reasonable hourly rate, usually with affidavits and other evidence of the market rate. Kling v. Department of Justice, MSPB Dkt. No. AT075299048 (July 22, 1980)). "Affidavits are a particularly appropriate means of establishing the reasonableness of the amount of fees claimed. Kling, supra. A reasonable hourly rate may also be established by affidavits from other attorneys in the community with similar experience stating the rates that they charge fee-paying clients in similar cases. See Montreuil v. Department of the Air Force, 55 M.S.P.R. 685, 690-91 (1992) (citing Swanson v. Defense Logistics Agency, 35 M.S.P.R. 115, 119 (1987)).
In addition to affidavits and prior fee settlements, the Laffey Matrix is very useful as a guide to Market Rate attorney fees for the Baltimore / Washington area. The Laffey Matrix has been cited as good evidence of the Market Rate for attorneys practicing in federal employment arbitration matters. See Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration and AFGE, 93 FLRR 1-4011 (1993); Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC and NTEU, 93 FLRR 1-1283, 48 FLRA No. 100, 48 FLRA 931 (1993); Hatfield v. Garrett, 90 FEOR 1046 (EEOC 1989).Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 572 F.Supp. 354, 371 (D.D.C. 1983); Save Our Cumberland Mountains v. Hodel, 857 F.2d 1516, 1525 (D.C. Cir. 1988) (en banc).
Regarding the "updated version of the Laffey matrix," the Court in McDowell v. District of Columbia, Civ. A. No. 00-594 (RCL), LEXSEE 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8114 (D.D.C. June 4, 2001) stated in part:
"Plaintiffs may point to such [*9] evidence as an updated version of the Laffey matrix or the U.S. Attorney's Office matrix, or their own survey" to demonstrate the prevailing market rates in the community. n5 Covington II, 57 F.3d at 1109. Moreover, the plaintiffs may supplement any matrix that has been offered with "evidence of recent fees awarded by the court." Id. "Finally, the defendants may challenge plaintiff attorneys' market data, in an effort to show that the submitted market rates are inaccurate." Id. at 1110; see also Covington v. District of Columbia, 839 F. Supp. 894, 898 (D.D.C. 1993) (Covington I) (permitting defendants a chance to persuade court on what prevailing market rates are) aff'd Covington II, 313 U.S. App. D.C. 16, 57 F.3d 1101; Cf. Oil and Chemical Workers, 2001 WL 427287, at *7 (allowing the defendant to propose alternate methods of compensation for attorneys who did not meet the other factors for receiving compensation).
n5 The matrix may be found in Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 572 F. Supp. 354 (D.D.C. 1983)
Here, while the plaintiffs do not give an updated Laffey matrix, they do cite the matrix. n6 (Plaintiffs' Motion for fees at 3). Moreover, plaintiffs also supplement their motion by presenting cases that show an increase in the Laffey scale. For example, the plaintiffs attached Dorsett to show an increase of fees to $ 280 per hour. (Plaintiffs' Unpublished Cases); Dorsett v. District of Columbia, No. 00- 212, slip op. (D.D.C. Sep. 12, 2000). The plaintiffs also included Wingfield to justify a fee award of $ 335 per hour. n7 (Plaintiffs' Notice of Supp. Case); Wingfield v. District of Columbia, No. 00-121, slip op. at 6 (D.D.C. Apr. 13, 2001). Finally, recent cases such as Salazar have justified an award of $ 444 per hour and $ 369 per hour based on an updated version of the Laffey matrix. Salazar v. District of Columbia, 123 F. Supp. 2d 8, 13 (D.D.C. 2000)."
The Court in Salazar approved an updated version of the Laffey matrix, which is provided as Exhibit 1 hereto. The Laffey matrix is computed by multiplying a base hourly rate by an Adjustment Factor. The updated Laffey matrix uses more accurate, recent base hourly rates and a more accurate Adjustment Factor. The updated Laffey matrix has been cited with approval. See, e.g., McDowell v. District of Columbia, Civ. A. No. 00-594 (RCL), LEXSEE 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8114 (D.D.C. June 4, 2001) citing Salazar v. District of Columbia, 123 F. Supp. 2d 8, 13 (D.D.C. 2000).
Alternative laffey matrix[edit]
Primarily advocated by the economist Michael Kavanaugh The Alternative Laffey Matrix (utilizing the LSC CPI) is one measure for hourly rates for federal administrative proceedings. Usually, if no normative billing rate is available for attorneys, a reasonable hourly rate can be established by affidavits, past awards or evidence of reasonable rates in the community such as the Adjusted Laffey Matrix.
In Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, 241 U.S. App. D.C. 11, 746 F.2d 4 (D.C. Cir. 1984), the D.C. Circuit devised a matrix that established a standard hourly rate for attorneys in "the Baltimore-Washington area." See Elouise Pepion Cobell, V. Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior, Civil Action Number 96-1285 (RCL), 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21726 (D.C.Cir. November 12, 2002). The D.C. Circuit has since declared that updated versions of the matrix, which adjust the rates annually for inflation, may be relied on as evidence of the prevailing market rate for attorneys in the community. Covington, 57 F.3d at 1109.
Opposing economists' opinions[edit]
Laura Malowane of Economists Incorporated is an economist with a Ph.D. from Princeton University. She believes that the Alternative Laffey Matrix and its use of the Legal Services Index is inferior to the original USAO Laffey Matrix for the following reasons: 1) The US Legal Index measures prices changes in basic, personal, consumer-oriented legal services such as uncontested divorce and DUi and not complex federal litigation; 2) The US Legal Index is a nationwide average index and not specific to the D.C. metropolitan region; 3) The US Legal Index is primarily for flat-fee services rather than hourly rates; 4) The US Legal Index does not take into account discounted rates, contingency fees, and other reasons actual collected rates may differ from hourly billing rates; and 5) Actual hourly billing rates of attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area are, according to published survey data, more accurately represented by rates outlined in the USAO Laffey Matrix than in the Alternative Laffey Matrix.
Michael Kavanaugh is an economist from Batavia, Ohio. He is the economist credited by the D.C. Circuit in the Salazar case. His explanation of the advantages of the Alternative Laffey Matrix is as follows:
The Laffey matrix was updated to 1988-1989 rates in connection with the Save Our Cumberland Mountains v. Hodel, 857 F.2d 1516 (D.C. Cir. 1988) (en banc) litigation. The Consumer Price Index for U.S. City Average, Legal Service Fees ("Legal Services Index") maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics is a better measure of the change in prices for legal services in Washington, D.C., than the Consumer Price Index for Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, All Items ("DC Metro CPI"). He has reviewed both the update to the Laffey matrix which uses the Legal Services Index to bring 1988-1989 rates forward to present, and the update referred to as the United States Attorneys' Office Laffey matrix, which utilizes the DC Metro CPI to bring 1981-1982 rated forward to present.
Both the Legal Services Index and the DC Metro CPI are readily available and are maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The underlying data are collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau as part of its quinquennial census and its annual surveys. Economists use as specific an index as possible to determine changes in prices in a part of an industry, such as here changes of prices in legal services in the Baltimore- Washington area. To measure changes in an industry's prices, it is far preferable to use a specific index rather than a broad index.
The Legal Services Index is a national index that includes the metropolitan Baltimore- Washington, D.C., area. Adjusting the Laffey matrix with a national index assumes that the rate of change of prices for legal services is about the same everywhere. This is not the same thing as prices being the same everywhere. Even if prices differ in different places, the rate of change in prices is likely to be about the same. With resource mobility and the ability to communicate easily over distances, this is a plausible assumption. While it is possible for prices for the same good or service to change at different rates in different places, this is most likely to happen for goods or services for which there is only a local market because their transport is expensive relative to their value (e.g., fast food) or because communication is difficult.
Dr. Kavanaugh prefers his Laffey index to the United States Attorneys' Office Laffey matrix for an additional reason. The Adjusted Laffey matrix updated is based on observations from 1988–1989, whereas the United States Attorneys' Office Laffey matrix uses 1981-1982 rates as a base. In general, the more contemporary the observations, the less possibility exists for forecasting errors. Thus, the Adjusted Laffey matrix is more likely to be an accurate forecast of rates because it applies an index to more recent observations to bring rates forward to the present as contrasted to the United States Attorneys' Office Laffey matrix which uses an index to bring forward much earlier observations.
Another method is to adjust for local costs of wages to lawyers and paralegals. The Laffey Matrix can be adjusted for local costs using the Bureau of Labor Statistics data on wages paid to lawyers (occupation code 23-1011) and paralegals (occupation code 23-2011) for primary metropolitan statistical areas in each state (http://www.bls.gov).
Here is what the hourly rate Matrix looks like for June 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007 for D.C., 5 cities in California, Hartford, CT and New York City (NYC) after adjustments are made for local labor costs.
|San Francisco
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|San Diego
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|8–10 years
|4–7 years
|1–3 years
This will need to be adjusted when the May CPI figures are available and the Laffey Matrix is updated by the LaffeyMatrix.com administrators, based upon DOL BLS new wage data available, usually in early July of each year.
- US Attorney's Office, District of Columbia (2005), Laffey Matrix 2003-5, retrieved August 17, 2006
- Laffey Matrix Website (2004), Adjusted Laffey Matrix, retrieved August 17, 2006


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Acclaimed NBC TV correspondent Andrea Mitchell recalls how she made her journalistic bones covering former mayor Frank Rizzo.
On Wed., March 13, 1974, three years into his first term, what was left of his relationship with the press blew up when the mayor stormed out of a news conference that was being carried live on television and radio.
According to an editorial in the Daily News that day, "Andrea Mitchell, KYW's soft-voiced but hard-nosed City Hall reporter, one of the best in the business, leads off the questioning. She asks the mayor about the issue that has the whole city talking, the police corruption report. Frank Rizzo, the man who pledged to run his administration in a fishbowl, passes. He'll only answer questions on parking at the airport, he tells reporters." It had been Rizzo's first news conference in four months, and it lasted all of five minutes.
There was another side of Rizzo, the one that made him such a successful politician. When he rushed to the scene of a crime from a black-tie dinner one night, news photographers captured him in evening clothes, a nightstick stuck in his cummerbund. He had a police chief's desire to always be in the middle of the action, even if it meant tripping over a fire hose at a refinery fire and breaking his hip.
This was the Rizzo who leveraged his endorsement of President Nixon's reelection into unusual access, for a Democrat, to Washington's Republican corridors of power. He was a huge political asset, the archetype of the "hard hat" Democrats Nixon hoped to convert into permanent Republicans.
Rizzo was popular, even with the reporters who were most skeptical about his behavior. And he went to extraordinary lengths to try to co-opt his adversaries, especially in the press corps.
On Jan. 24, 1972, Rizzo brought us along as he headed to Washington to see Richard Nixon. He bragged that he had so much clout he could get all of us into the Oval Office with him. When we arrived at the White House, we were ushered into the press briefing room, in those days crowded with cuspidors and overstuffed brown leather armchairs.
While the mayor met with the president, we waited, clearly sticking out as a collection of local yokels in that assemblage of older national correspondents. That is until White House deputy press secretary Gerald Warren appeared in the doorway to the lower press office to ask if the Philadelphia press corps would come forward to be escorted to the Oval Office.
In a White House photo of that day, I'm the one hanging back, watching Rizzo introduce my newspaper colleagues to the president. All I remember is being so overwhelmed at finding myself in the Oval Office that I forgot to take notes. But Nixon's secret Oval Office taping system captured the moment: There, you can hear Rizzo introduce me to the president saying, "Oh, and Andrea Mitchell there is the political lady for KYW."
The tapes also reveal that during their private talks before we were brought in, Rizzo tried to ingratiate himself with Nixon, telling the president he didn't support Democratic leaders like Hubert Humphrey or Edmund Muskie.
"Their philosophy is completely, it's not my thinking. I guess I must say I'm for President Nixon."
The two men also discussed what they called "the extreme left" and confided their sensitivities about race relations. Nixon said to Rizzo: "I know they say that we're a bunch of racists."
Rizzo replied reassuringly, "Let me tell you this, Mr. President, in my opinion, you have the blacks like I have the blacks."
At our final meeting in 1991, when I returned to Philadelphia to report for NBC News on Rizzo's last campaign, Rizzo, a little grayer and some pounds heavier, welcomed me into his office and reminisced about his earlier days in politics.
Why did he give up a big-bucks radio show to go back into politics? "I love the challenge," he said, adding, "You know the best part? Dealing with the press. I love to go head-to-head with some of them suckers. I really do." We made our peace.
Only a few months later I was watching a budget debate from NBC's Senate broadcast booth when the phone rang. It was a Philadelphia reporter asking me to comment on the death of Frank Rizzo. He had died of a massive heart attack in the middle of his comeback campaign.
Once asked what he wanted on his gravestone, Rizzo had joked, "He's really dead."
When it was finally true, I cried.
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In The Future of Wearable Tech, iQ by Intel and PSFK Labs explore the evolving form and function of our Internet-connected devices. This series, based on a recent report, looks at the rise of wearable technologies and their impact on consumer lifestyles.
The year 2013 was perhaps one of the worst years yet for breaches in supposedly "secure" storehouses of consumer data. In November alone, nearly 2 million usernames and passwords were stolen from more than 93,000 websites including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Twitter. With so many sites using single sign-on procedures, hackers who make off with your any of your logins could potentially leapfrog from site to site, picking up data as they go.
A study by data management and protection outfit, EMC, announced that the average security breach costs organizations more than $860,000 dollars and a report from Javelin Strategy & Research estimated that hackers can send upward of $5,000 up in smoke each time they take over an individual's bank account or credit card with $800 of that coming out of the victim's own pockets …along with hours of hassle spent on phone calls and letter-writing.
The endless reworking, remembering and re-entry of our logins is adding layers of bother to our lives (password fatigue, anyone?) without raising much core confidence in the security of our data. Besides increasing the length of passwords or adding numbers and symbols, the current systems of identity verification have remained fundamentally unchanged for decades, despite the fact that the digitally fragmented nature of our daily lives places a lot of vital information at risk.
Here we look at examples of wearable tech that seek to subvert the dominant paradigm of authentication and usher in an era of seamless, uniquely personal access to all our important accounts, information and devices. This trend, often called "Authenticated Self," [INSERT LINK] builds on the growing dynamic in wearable tech for devices to incorporate the user's body into the computational process.
In May, a unit of what was then part of Google's Motorola Mobility announced two new alternatives to the conventional password that they are looking to incorporate into login procedures for online accounts and mobile devices. A method they're calling "vitamin authentication" builds on the Proteus Digital Pill which has been used since 2010 to log health data from inside an individual's gut. The FDA-approved pill incorporates a sensor smaller than a grain of sand. Upon ingestion, it powers up on your stomach acids and generates an 18-bit signal that is detectable by your mobile device or other authentication-enabled hardware.
"Authentication is irritating. In fact it's so irritating only about half the people do it …despite the fact there is a lot of information about you on your smartphone, which makes you far more prone to identity theft," said Regina Dugan, who at the time was senior vice president of Advance Research at Motorola Mobility. Dugan, you might remember, was the head of DARPA from 2009-2012.
By placing the means of identity verification within users' bodies via this once-a-day pill, Motorola hopes to remove the hassle from logging in while securing the process of authentication beyond the reach of hackers and would-be identity thieves.
For those who might not be ready to "swallow" the digital pill approach, Bionym, Inc. has designed the Nymi bracelet. This plastic wristband reads the unique signature of your heartbeat and, upon confirming your identity, emits a Bluetooth signal to unlock your cell phone or tablet, log in to a bank account or even pay for purchases at the cash register. An onboard accelerometer and gyroscope enable you to use simple gestures to direct the device for certain kinds of access like opening a car trunk.
The key to all this is a user's electrocardiogram, which cannot easily be forged or stolen and remains uniquely identifiable even as their heartrate fluctuates. And since authentication radiates outward from the moment Nymi has verified your ECG, the process of logging in is reduced to the simple act of reaching out for your phone or computer.
InTouch technology developed by Finnish researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre, builds file-sharing and data-transfer capability into rings, wristbands or "smart fingernails" which could double as authentication devices for your tablet, phone or computer.
Powered like an RFID chip, the InTouch device allows you to momentarily capture and store websites or small images simply by touching your screen and then transfer that data elsewhere by touching the screen of the receiving device. Larger files like videos would actually be uploaded to the cloud and then downloaded to the destination all via InTouch. The signal emitted by the device could also open car doors, access password-protected accounts or even identify the user to secure industrial equipment.
Jani Mäntyjärvi, Principle Scientist for the project, said that the main implication of this technology is that "interaction between a user and everyday objects becomes more 'natural' and intuitive – no configuration, no multiple accounts to access different devices to carry out certain data transfer tasks. etc."
He cites password fatigue and increasing acceptance of "bad privacy" deals as the essential preparation for mass acceptance of automated security technologies like that of InTouch.
These devices stand alongside recently released NFC-enabled rings, code-emitting necklaces and even implantable RFID tags, indicating that wearable tech is poised to push aside traditional systems of authentication in favor of body-borne technology that embeds the login process into physical proximity. These and other devices will increasingly capitalize on users' own unique biometric signatures to stand in for cumbersome and hack-prone passwords and pins. With so much of our lives spread across multiple devices and domains, the time is nigh for a seamless and truly secure method of accessing our digital identity. It's time for the Authenticated Self.
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Relax by the fireplace in winter or enjoy a refreshing cocktail in the bar and lounge area or next to the swimming pool. 101 at Protea invites diners with an elegant ambient feel. An excellent menu is available that serves dishes to suit all palates. Along with a wide varieties of wines to choose from, the gourmet cuisine remains unpretentious and tasteful.
This beautiful little coffee shop and bistro serves up a wide variety of dishes in a bustling atmosphere. Café Magnifico combines the traditional with original, and does this at very reasonable prices.
The menu is extensive and offers all-day breakfast and amazing lunches. Breakfast options include the traditional English-style breakfast, parma ham and eggs on an English muffin and even exotic flavours like the smoked norwegian salmon or tuna carpaccio with eggs.
Lunch consists of gourmet sandwiches, wraps and salads, pastas, burgers and even mezze platters and the ingredients and fillings are far from boring. Try the Cajun chicken, pepperdew, and sweet chilli mayo toastie or the Asian beef noodle wrap with rump steak strips, rice noodles in a plum sauce, crispy salad and fresh coriander.
For the sweet tooth there is a variety of waffles and pancakes with different toppings and fillings. Enjoy a relaxed breakfast or lunch at this quaint café.
Located in the Seaside Village in Bloubergstrand in Cape Town, Caffe Rossini is the perfect place to take a break. The aromas of freshly brewing coffee waft through the centre, calling shoppers in for a quick 'pick me up' and a light snack. Friendly service and fresh fabulous food are what makes Caffe Rossini such a popular place to pop in and regather and refresh.
The Caffé Rossini concept is based on the contemporary lifestyle of a 19th century Italian gentleman, Gioachino Rossini. A tenor and composer of operas, Rossini's love of music was surpassed only by his love for good coffee and good food. The Caffé Rossini philosophy mirrors the composer's classical talent and quest for excellence.
Caffé Rossini has honoured the age old traditions of making authentic Italian style coffees; Cappucinno, Espresso and other speciality hot and cold beverages since its inception in 1992. Great coffee has been our foundation since we started. Caffé Rossini has its own unique coffee blends specially blended for the local pallet but based on old style traditions.
ChefAlma@Groenvlei Restaurant is situated in beautiful Lake Pleasant Resort just outside Sedgefield in the heart of the Garden Route, South Africa.
The restaurant serves laid-back rustic food with a clean modern twist, and beautifully presented with care. The menu changes periodically and will always include local seasonal produce, own homegrown herbs, vegetables and sprouts. Try some of the decadent desserts and cakes.
The resort is in a natural bird sanctuary on the shores of tranquil Groenvlei, the only freshwater lake on the Garden Route. The lake beachfront, with its sandy beach and lawns, is particularly safe for young children. On the eastern boundary of the resort is the 2000 hectare Goukamma Nature Reserve.
Currently we are serving breakfast from 8:00 to 12:00, lunch from 12:00 to 17:00, and dinner from 17:00 to 21:00. We are closed on Sunday evenings and Mondays.
Located in the historic and charming town of Graaff Reinet, the Coldstream Restaurant finds itself ideally set in the shade of Norfolk Pine trees. With the beautiful 130 year old Dutch Reform Church as its neighbour, the restaurant exudes a special ambience of a time gone by.
In good weather, lunch on the open terrace is a must to make the most of splendour of the Karoo. The lunch menu has items from the grill as well as lighter meals, cakes and desserts.
Dinner at Coldstream leaves patrons spoiled for choice, with the best Karoo Lamb and Ostrich dishes on offer. The menu boasts a host of local specialties as well as dishes that are inspired by International Cuisine. The restaurant also offers a good selection of wines as a compliment to great cuisine.
The Coldstream Restaurant is welcomes visitors for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Make a reservation for dinner to avoid disappointment.
This beautifully renovated building was originally a shed on De Melkbosch farm in the 1700's. The water from a fountain nearby used to form a dam next to the shed, hence the name 'Damhuis' (dam house). Where this dam once lay, the bustling Beach Road is now winding.
This restaurant offers seating inside and outside, but it is outside in the courtyard where you want to be, weather permitting. Beautiful, uninterrupted views of the beach and the vast Atlantic greet you as you start your day with one of the delicious breakfasts.
Try a small, medium or large English breakfast, a delicious omelette, a continental breakfast or even a 'slimmer's' breakfast. The dishes are all freshly prepared with lots of care and attention to detail.
Gorgeous tapas can also be enjoyed with a glass or three of wine on a laxzy sunny afternoon.
The menu is quite extensive and some of the starter dishes are mussels steamed in a white wine sauce served with freshly baked bread, tender tubes of calamari and peri peri chicken livers.
For a main, try one any one of the seafood, chicken or meat dishes. From the catch of the day and paprika prawns to a chicken curry and the 'Cock of all Chicken Pies'.
A range of succulent steaks, lamb dishes, proudly South African tripe and bobotie and even a humungous burger option leaves diners spoilt for choice.
The Damhuis combines beautiful views, great food, and a location not easily matched to create a winning recipe.
Esparanza is a lively, happening spot with an atmosphere and ambience that coaxes diners back every time. Fresh, hearty food with a bit of a gourmet twist is served and the passion that goes into the food is clearly visible. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and awesome cocktails serve as a great refresher after a long day. The restaurant also offers alfresco dining that adds to the social aspect and diners will enjoy views of the bustling surrounds.
Fusion is a family owned business and is not part of any franchise or group.
True to the meaning of the word FUSION (blending of different styles and tastes) there is no specific style to our cuisine other than exceptional taste, quality and presentation.
We are a ground level Restaurant overlooking Walker Bay, known as the best land based whale-watching spot in the World.
We cater for both inside and alfresco style dining in a relaxed atmosphere.
We are open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Our menu includes dishes inspired by the sea, cattle ranch, chicken-coop, vegetable garden and the sandwich bar.
Our beverage list not only includes some of our local wines and wines from the Stellenbosch district, but also incorporates our South African beers, some international beers, spirits and cocktails.
We always strive to present our customers with exceptional quality, taste, presentation and service.
Traditional South Africa meals, Italian cuisine and even Indian cuisine can be found on the menu. Lighter meals like burgers, pizzas and bar snacks are served with flair. Be sure to try the homemade lasagne and macaroni cheese, as well as the as-close-to-authentic-as-it-can-get Thai curry with all the bells and whistles.
The main a la carte restaurant is a feast for the senses and is open every day of the week. The décor is classic and elegant and the restaurant exudes an air of sophistication that will take you back to the old World. International cuisine can be enjoyed, and on Sundays a lavish luncheon buffet is served. Private dining and function options are available on request. Set in the very heart of the estate, this shaded outdoor venue is the only restaurant in the region to boast a view of distant Table Mountain.
This bistro affair captures the best of the nature and flavours from the kitchen into a well-rounded dining experience.
The glass conservatory flows out on the alfresco style terrace flanked by panoramic views of the valley in the nurturing atmosphere of the working orchard.
The open plan kitchen invites a culinary performance dining indoors and the terrace cradled by fruit trees embraces the great outdoors.
Melissa's The Food Store in Cape Town's V & A Waterfront is owned by Mark and Melissa van Hoogstraten. They have taken their love of food and fine things and translated into Cape Town's best known deli.
Visitors can feast on range of deliciously prepared meals, snacks and tasty treats. The Melissa's range is made up homemade delectables prepared with the best ingredients and lots of love. All the food is freshly prepared with the intention that good food should be made using only the best ingredients.
The ethos at Melissa's is great food made with highest quality ingredients: the value of quality food produced in a traditional, old-fashioned way using locally sourced, seasonal, all natural local ingredients.
Melissa's at the Waterfront serves breakfast, lunch and light suppers, as well as a buffet from which patrons can choose a range of freshly made quiches, pies and assorted salads. Breakfast delights include fresh baked croissants with homemade jams and preserves, eggs Benedict and a traditional English breakfast, as well as healthier options including homemade muesli, yoghurt and fresh seasonal fruit.
For lunch or dinner, diners can feast on deliciously prepared fresh sandwiches, homemade chicken and leak pie, sweet potato wedges with garlic aioli, Asian seared beef carpaccio and a range of yummy home cooked pastas and fresh salads.
Pioneers restaurant finds itself in the historic Parsonage Street in the "Gem of the Karoo" – town of Graaff Reinet. Parsonage Street boasts the most national monuments than any other street in South Africa. A dream come true for a foodie with an interest in history.
The restaurant itself is housed in a national monument that is part of the history of the town. Guests can choose to be seated in any one of the four dining rooms, on the stoep or outside in the garden.
Patrons can appreciate the beauty of the landmarks while delving into Pioneers' a la carte menu. There is good honest food on offer with a few adventurous dishes to satisfy a more demanding palate. Signature dishes include Baby Beef Bombay, Kudu Schnitzel, Rolled Fillet with banana and ham filling covered with an aromatic curry sauce.
Pioneers has become synonymous for a good evening out- hosting Karaoke and Jazz evenings. In summer, the shaded beer garden is an oasis in the Karoo.
Ralph's @ 127 is a delightful restaurant that serves traditional food in a classy, elegant environment. The interior of the restaurant is beautifully decorated in understated tones and the wooden floors lend an immense amount of warmth to this space.
Pizzas, pastas and tapas can be enjoyed here. The main menu serves up dishes like Fillet Rossini, the best fillet of beef cut marinated in rosemary and topped with sauteed chicken livers, mushrooms and drenched in a masala red wine sauce. Here you can also try the Steak Tartare at its Best, once again good quality beef, hand chopped to a fine mince garnished with vegetables and salad condiments.
The menu is extensive and diners will be spoilt for choice.
The restaurant is open seven days a week for dinner and can be used as a function venue on request.
The JC Le Roux wine estate offers a culinary treat in the form of Seasons restaurant. This stylish eatery boasts beautiful, light and airy spaces in which to enjoy gorgeous food and wine. The interior offers light wood, splashes of colour and touches of velvet, all the while maintaining a classic feel that complements the cuisine.
The food is unpretentious and simple, and mimics chic country cuisine with a twist. Wholesome breakfasts and lunches are served and delivers in both quality and quantity. Seasonal ingredients guarantee freshness and flavour. Enjoy a prawn and lime laksa or a mezze platter, chicken and prosciutto or delicious kingklip with basil pesto and potato rosti. Of course an oyster and wine tasting is on the menu here.
You can enjoy a decadent bubbly breakfast dishes like truffle scented scrambled eggs served with crispy fried prosciuttio, or even salmon carpaccio.
This trendy restaurant is open at different times during the here, and it is advised to enquire.


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Canyon Inn is in Yorba Linda, but it's so far removed from OC that it's culturally more like Corona. Here is a diviest-of-dive-bar aesthetic, but it's a good compromise for the guarantee of being hit on. It'll welcome your desperate ass with open arms—and probably send you home with someone you'll be scared of in the morning. But at least you'll get some, right?


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February 7, 2008
The genesis of early Dylan—at the Skirball
When it comes to Bob Dylan, I think it's fair to say that I'm a fan of long standing -- my wife still teases me about the time, shortly after we'd moved to Los Angeles, when in her car, radio on, she was surprised to hear me as a call-in contestant to KSCA's "Lyrically Speaking" correctly identify the author of the verse in question as, "My man, Bob Dylan."
So you might think that I would be excited to see "Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-66," opening at the Skirball on Feb. 8. But I was somewhat skeptical.
I wondered what there was left to say about Dylan's early career, given the Martin Scorsese documentary "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" (2005), as well as Dylan's own memoir, "Chronicles Vol. 1" (which I highly recommend for the great descriptions of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and as one of the best descriptions of how the creative spark grew in a young artist). Also, I questioned what sense it makes anymore to use Dylan, who long ago shunned politics, to illuminate the cultural and social changes of the early 1960s. Finally, I even wondered if a museum exhibition is an appropriate place to tell us anything about a songwriter and his times.
Turns out I was wrong on all counts.
First of all, it's fun to see the many actual artifacts on display; there's Woody Guthrie's guitar and Dylan's copy of Guthrie's "Bound for Glory." There are handwritten lyrics and inscribed books; there's even the tambourine that inspired "Mr. Tambourine Man" (it belongs to Bruce Langhorne, who today can be found leading the Venice Beach Marching Society and selling Brother Bru-Bru's African hot sauce). There are listening booths where you can hear songs from the seven albums Dylan released during this period, including unreleased recordings and rare documentary footage. There's even an installation where you "produce" and play along to a Dylan track from "Blonde on Blonde." It's cool stuff.
More to the point, it's brilliantly installed (Robert Kirschner, the Skirball's director of exhibitions, told me it was the most complex installation the museum has ever done). You feel like you are walking through time. You can stop and go back; you can immerse yourself in a moment or a song. It is, for lack of a better word, experiential.
I had been concerned, too, that the exhibit would feel more like being in a Hard Rock Cafe than at a museum, but the informational labels, as well as the audio tour, create a sense of narrative, of history-as-it-happened.
Consider that in just a few decades, we have gone from Garbage-ologists harassing Dylan and family, to all of our garbage being sold on eBay. In this light, a museum exhibition forces us to take the shards of our times seriously (or as T.S. Eliot put it, "These fragments I have shored against my ruins"). There is something to be gained from bringing a critical eye and an organizing discipline to the facts of a life and to the artifacts of an era.
Viewing the exhibition forced me to reconsider some of my id�(c)es fixes about Dylan.
I had always thought it somewhat ironic that Dylan, who had a such a deep connection to the work of Woody Guthrie that he came to New York with the goal of meeting him, later rejected the attention of his own fans, telling them "don't follow leaders, watch the parkin' meters."
On many a morning's constitutional, I find myself walking by Dylan's home, yet, despite being an aficionado, I can't imagine myself ringing the doorbell (not that he is at home, although there does always seem to be a whole lot of gardening going on). But the point is that Dylan was not just a fan. He had a purpose in meeting Guthrie.
As Dylan himself relates in the audio tour, at first he had no idea whether Guthrie was alive or not, but then Dylan says he discovered that Guthrie "was in a hospital with some kind of ailment. So I thought it would be a nice gesture to go visit him."
Dylan's desire to meet Guthrie was a way of affirming that Guthrie's work, his life, had meaning -- and that Dylan's could as well. But, as I feel compelled to point out, visiting the sick is more than a "nice thing"; it is also a fundamental Jewish value, a mitzvah -- bikur cholim -- so maybe Dylan did take something with him from the Hibbing shul on West Fourth Avenue or the mysterious rabbi who prepared him for his 1954 bar mitzvah. Dylan's "Song to Woody" would be the first song he felt compelled to write and the start of his journey. Self-invented as Dylan was, the exhibition makes clear that he didn't come out of nowhere. To the contrary, he came out of very specific traditions.
The strength and benefit of "Bob Dylan's American Journey," which proceeds along both personal and cultural tracks, is that it gives context to Dylan's personal choices and to what the show labels Dylan's "topical songs."
It is hard to appreciate at this distant date how young Dylan was when his career began. He arrived in New York not yet 20, and in the next year he became an established performer in Greenwich Village. However, he was not yet fully made as an artist and was still pursuing his alternative education, listening to the songs of his contemporaries and their takes on musicians who had come before -- and he was reading books that were as much guides as fuel for his creative fires. He was accessing a mother lode, a treasure trove of material, assimilating a world of folk and traditional music and making it his own. He had talent and chutzpah to spare, but working in a genre that blended traditional melodies with contemporary issues, he turned to events taking place around him, and sometimes to the newspaper itself, for material. In the sections of the show on Dylan in Greenwich Village, we can see the raw material of his songs.
The lyrics were political, but Dylan himself was not -- he was just processing stories into songs. In the final analysis, and with the hindsight of several decades, those early songs -- as much as they garnered attention for Dylan -- were not truly his own. Even when they were original, they still seemed to come from someone else (and here's the strangest thing I'm going to say in this article: Listening the other night to Dylan's 1963 Newport festival performance of "Who Killed Davey Moore?" I could swear I heard strains of "Chad Gadya").
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