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the conservative play, keep the game close game plan is just a killer for the team. It seems like ISU is in a dog fight, no matter who they are playing. The starters never get out of the game unless they get hurt. Then, the backup doesn't have any experiance and the starters get beat up! Gee, how did that happen? I also wonder if some of the high turn over of players is due to guys wanting to go somewhere that they will get to play. I really liked what Hawkins did at Boise State. The QB was a usually the same guy, but the other skill positions were filled by a bunch of players. Guys were running in and out all the time, and everyone was ready to go. He did a lot of subbing on defense too.
Maybe all the backups at ISU are not capable of playing, even for a couple plays. Then again, this is surely the fans fault.
What do you mean this is surley the fans fault?
Yeah I'm sure its my fault, just blame me if you want too. lol
Actually this year I wish we could keep the game close. It's better than being blown out all the time. I understand what you mean though.
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I think it might have something to do with going back to the years before Mac started getting winning seasons. Clearly ISU was overmatched on the field against most teams then, and still is against the usual powers. Mac coached to shorten the game by taking time off the clock, try to limit opportunities for the opponents to score, win the turnover battle, and take advantage of these extra opportunities. This strategy was necessary just to compete.
Now we are still trying the same thing, except the running game isn't as dependable and there are too many mistakes and turnovers. A combination of poor execution and a lack of evolution in the gameplan. Sometimes it's better to adjust to the talent you have instead of continuing to hope your players execute your plan.
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Not exactly a representative sample of working moms.
I love Gwyneth, but thought the whole thing was a little out-of-touch. So when a girlfriend of mine send me a link to this story on Videogum, I couldn't help but laugh out loud at the writer's edits to Gwyneth's original post. Not only does he attack her writing style, he goes right for the gut — pointing out Gwyneth's day is a just a little different than most working moms. Here's just a small excerpt of the edited version (editorial comments in bold):
I went up to arouse the little man from slumber [Ed. note: "arouse the little man from slumber"? Add this to your long to-do list, Gwyneth: Fire your ghostwriters. Get new ghostwriters] and he quite happily got up and crawled into my arms [Ed. note: ugh]. We got downstairs and I made him a quick breakfast of eggs and toast followed by a spoonful of lemon flavored flax oil that I try to remember to give them both every morning [Ed. note: right].
Getting everyone into the car [Ed. note: Haha. "The car"] on time was a challenge; we're going through a phase where no one seems to be responding to me ("Time to put on your shoes" … No response.) It is the school Christmas toy drive deadline today so before jumping into the car, we pack up and finish decorating the shoe boxes with toys, toothbrushes, hats, scarves, books, etc, for the school Christmas toy drive [Ed. note: You know that not one of the things you mentioned is a "toy" right?]. Once the kids really understand that the toys go to children around the world who will not be as fortunate as they are this year, they very sweetly take trips to the playroom adding their own toys and books to the boxes.
Somehow managed to get to school just as the old-fashioned bell [Ed. note: ???????] rang. Moses was a bit teary today so I hung around and watched him through the window. Periodically he would check to make sure I was still there. When all was well I dodged off [Ed. note: Not a thing that people say] as fast as possible but was still late to the 9 am workout. [Ed. note: So, just to clarify, after your hectic morning of flax seed oil and uniforms, you were almost late to…THE GYM. Got it.]
Did dance aerobics for 45 minutes then all of the butt lifts and the like [Ed. note: "All of the Butt Lifts and the Like: The Gwyneth Paltrow Story"]. Rushed upstairs to have a shower, doing my post workout stretch while the conditioner was doing its magic on my hair to combine activities/save time. Dressed quickly and rushed downstairs. On a less manic day [Ed. note: You have no idea what "manic day" means, but go on], this would be my couple of hours in the office to work on GOOP [Ed. note: right], come up with ideas, write/edit [Ed. note: "write/edit"]
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The day started off with two first round wins in doubles play by Sydney Campbell and Ashleigh Antal, and Marie Casares and Frances Altick. Georgina Sellyn and Maggie Leavell dropped their opening match to fifth-seeded Fellerhoff/Shine of Louisville, 8-2.
Vandy's two doubles teams to advance to the round of sixteen were then eliminated. Casares and Altick lost to top-seeded Kapitany and Schmidt of Purdue, 8-1. Seventh-seeded Campbell/Antal dropped their match, 8-4, to Witten/Dieters of Kentucky.
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HHS: You have a stellar list of guests on your album, out of all of the people who was most unique in their approach to recording?
CHOPS: I'd say probably Raekwon was the most unique, he's one of the bigger names but he was real open to experimenting, trying different shit, and was cool about input or thoughts I might have. For some of the album, due to budget constraints and stuff, I didn't get as much one-on-one time as I would have liked in the creative process. But with Rae it was pretty much constructing it from ground zero. I like doing it like that because then what you end up with is really a collaboration or interactive joint. Plus you get to build and whatnot, and get the sense of who you're working with. To me that's key because then you know what fits the artist. Like for instance, you can go get a suit from any store, put it on, and it might be ok for like birthdays and bar mitzvahs and stuff. But you go to a tailor for a suit, and they will hook you the fuck up. That's what I do best. My shits tailor-made.
HHS: How does an underground production staple like yourself that has yet to have a major label hit get the hottest artist/producer in the game right now (Kanye West) spit something for his album?
CHOPS: What happened with that was Kanye had linked up with Big E, at my label, to talk some business. And while they were hanging out at the studio, E had been playing a CD of my beats. And Kanye was diggin it and got the urge to jump in the booth. Which to me was crazy because his beats are bonkers, he's one of my favorites. To get that kind of respect from somebody I got so much respect for and who's achieved so much meant a lot to me. He's somebody I look to for inspiration, he's real creative but at the same time got a good handle on what makes for success and you gotta have that combination to really win. That's a definite goal for me.
HHS: With this record I am already seeing you are getting your first dose of getting on major mixtapes. How did that happen?
CHOPS: Well, back when we were coming out with my group's first record (Mountain Brothers), I met these two dudes who were at a college radio station, and they helped out a lot with promoting our record, helping it get airplay and whatnot. We didn't know shit about any of that kind of stuff, so we were pretty much grateful for that. So anyway one of them, Mike Baxter, is now my manager and the other one is DJ Lt. Dan who's like burning up the mixtape scene now. So they've been like family since way back, and now it's about to be everybody's time.
HHS: Is your approach different when you are working an Indy artist like say a Bahamadia, than it is when you are working with somebody like a Snoop or somebody that sells allot more records and is on a major?
CHOPS: I'm just starting to get bigger stuff but my approach is basically the same for every project I take on: Put the artist in the best light I can. Make that suit fit how it should. Give them something to work with, that suits their skills, their market, and plus satisfies whoever's paying the bill, whether it be a label, a sponsor or an ad agency or whoever. A producer is supposed to be the link between art and commerce. Even with an underground record, you want to reach people and move some units, so I try and write tracks that are catchy and stick in your head. And artists know me for that. As a beatmaker I definitely work to make sure the track hits the mark, and I'll add little touches and stuff, or have certain things drop out here and there to bring out and highlight the performance of who's rhyming or singing or whatnot. I think I got a good knack for that since I rhyme too. But overall, mostly going off of vibe and gut has worked so far. If you're aiming for a certain target audience, my goal is to make sure your shot murk's that whole audience.
HHS: You have been doing alot of instrumental work as of late, is that something that you like doing more or less than working with MC's?
CHOPS: I like making music period. It's all fun. MC's, singers, instrumental stuff… I feel like if you have the ability to do different things, why not go ahead and do it. Sometimes you want to write a banger, sometimes a story beat, sometimes a song about being lonely or whatever for a singer, or sometimes just music just for the sake of itself. Being able to switch it up keeps things from getting boring or routine.
HHS: When if ever can we look for a CHOPS solo record as far as an MC?
CHOPS: Getting started on that now, I been meaning to do a solo project for some time but I'd been focusing on the producer record, plus I spent the past year moving and building my new studio space. So now that the studio's set up, it's no excuses. I never had a chance to really focus on rhymes yet so I feel like I can surprise some people, whether they know my shit so far, or not.
HHS: As an MC would you ever work with other producers? And if so who?
CHOPS: Sure I would. That's a good question though. There are a lot of producers that I dig, but at the same time making the beats is a big part of the fun for me. You know what would be fun is to do some shit with other producers that also rhyme. A lot of my favorite producers rhyme too. Like say Pete Rock, Lord Finesse, Large Professor, Diamond D, Jay Dee, Kanye are some of my favorites. Actually my taste though is broader than you might think. I mess with like, Dre, DJ Quik, Timbaland, all kinds of stuff. But yeah, a lot of your better producers, rhyme or sing too (laughter). That's how they know how to make you sound good when you're front and center.
HHS: Twista has the #1 LP in the country right now. I had heard at one time you were doing some stuff with Twista what ever happened to that material?
CHOPS: At one time I did some remix stuff for a few artists on Atlantic, which was thru a contact I had there. But dude jetted and now that stuff is not to be, as far as on the official tip. You never know if that kind of thing might pop up on like a mixtape or whatnot though. It was good training for me, like remixing bigger records you get a better sense of what makes a bigger record, a bigger record. I remix joints all the time, either as a paid gig or even just for training purposes and as demos to let motherfuckers know what I can do.
HHS: It seems that through the years on the Mountain Brothers records, all the way up to "Virtuosity" that you have allot of top notch DJs doing their thing on your records. Is that something that just happens out of habit or is it part of your formula?
CHOPS: Well, I wouldn't say I had a formula but I got a deep respect for DJs man. Not only in the sense of cuts on a record, like with scratch hooks and intro's and outro's and stuff, but in the sense that they bring you to the people. Ultimately the listener makes an artist successful, but how does the listener ever even find out an artist exists? Most times it's a DJ. A DJ works as like a taste filter for the average motherfucker. The people rely on the DJ to have taste.
HHS: What can we expect out of CHOPS for the rest of the year? And where do you see yourself in five or ten years?
CHOPS: The rest of the year you're gonna see constant grind, basically. Expect to see my name on more credits, expect to see me networking and building the track record more. Plus musical advancement, both under and overground. Expect to see my name starting to pop up places you would have never thought before. Maybe even with stuff that's not strictly hip-hop, like say film music or TV or ad music. I like surprising people. And basically expect that not to stop until I'm old, decrepit and in a hospital. And by then, maybe they'll invent something where you can be like, in a coma and still make music. Best believe I'll have whatever that shit is. Also thanks for the interview and check www.chopsmusic.com
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Gregory Farino took this foto from the wheelhouse of a tugboat on the Congo River around 1980. He does not recall the name, as he was just catching a ride. My question is this: would the minimal detail of the stem bitt and shape of the bow surrounding it give the impression that this may be an "American" style tug serving the end of its life on an African river. The problem with that theory is that most of the Congo River is separated from the sea by waterfalls. Although I heard stories when I lived there and there are and have been shipyards above the falls going back to the time of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," I have no hard information that any vessels were taken around the falls by train and reassembled for use here. Anyone help?
Recognize the vessel below? The foto was taken by Jan van der Doe. Today it's called Samuel de Champlain and appeared in this blog recently here.
Although it was built in Texas in 1976 as Musketeer Fury, it operated for a while as well as an Italian tug called Vortice, shown here post-fire. Here's what frequent contributor Jan van der Doe wrote a few weeks ago: "While plying the waters near Trieste in 1993, she suffered a devastating fire to her upper engine room and deckhouse. The accommodations were completely destroyed and much of the steel deck and superstructure warped from the heat. The vessel was laid up in Italy until McKeil Marine Ltd. purchased Vortice on spec in the mid-'90s and towed her to Hamilton, Ontario. The engines were not damaged, probably the reason the tug came to Canada. I [was] onboard a few times during her lay up in Hamilton." Here's a link and foto suggesting the fire happened on the Atlantic off the Azores.
Excuse my parenthetical insertions, but Capt. Thalassic wrote this of Sachem, featured here recently: Sachem was built (1902, Pusey & Jones, hull #306. By the way Cangarda was built in the same yard in 1901 as hull #302) for J. Roberts Maxwell. It had elegant lines and significantly a very large main cabin for entertaining. Power was provided by a Fairbanks 8 cylinder slow speed diesel. During WW 2 the yacht was passed to the Navy and I believe engaged in submarine patrols and training in the Caribbean. After the war it was sold to the Circle line and probably had the most elegant lines in a fleet of converted landing craft although I am sure the direct drive diesel was terrifically difficult to maneuver with in NY harbor. Eventually it was retired and sold as junk to an organization known as the Hudson River Maritime Academy which was based in West New York NJ. The organization was less about maritime or learning than it was about drinking and it went bust. The owner of the pier sold the vessel to Butch Miller from Cincinnati. (Butch owned a company founded by his father that had developed those augers which you see on all those utility trucks.) Butch would drive a van from Ohio to NJ to renovate and get the vessel running. This proved almost impossible and Butch was convinced that he had to get the vessel closer to home. He purchased a Murray Tregurtha unit and plopped it on the rear deck. His first plan was to sail up the New England coast, down the Saint Lawrence. He sailed out of NY harbor with a complete compliment of road maps and promptly ran aground in the fog. He was towed back into NY harbor and was put up in Newtown Creek for another year. Eventually he headed north up the Hudson. The helm was a lawn chair on the roof and steering was done with a broomstick tied to the controls on the MT unit below. Amazingly Butch got upstate and through the canal all the way to Buffalo (I often repeat his description of the canal as "floating through a corn field") and then through Erie, Huron (where he was detained by Customs for wandering over the border line near Windsor/Detroit). He went all the way down Michigan to Chicago, through the Chicago River to the Mississippi, down the Mississippi to Cairo and then up the Ohio to the Cincinnati area. It was truly an adventure of a life time and it is incredible he made it. As far a I know the vessel sits in a backwater on the Kentucky side of the Ohio near Cincinnati. It is sad retirement for an elegant vessel but it was an amazing adventure. It is fun and satisfying to see that every once in a while the eccentrics with old boats do live out a dream. " In this Halloween season, it may just be part of the entertainment there . . . given this story. The foto is by Seth Tane, showing Sachem in that appears to be waters off Yonkers.
Let's sign off with this vessel . . . Bertha. See the foto on the left margin. Surely this can't be lost!!
Thans to Gregory, Jan, and Seth for use of these fotos. I look forward to any and all followup to these fotos.
The last time I had Congo River fotos here was almost seven years ago! In that post, I mention being a Peace Corps volunteer in the DRC (then Zaire) 40 years ago. When I completely training and tried to fly up to my post, I learned the airplane was out of commission and the river was my only option to travel up there. I was thrilled! And now I'm thrilled again to have these fotos. These are NOT my fotos but Gregory Farino–who worked there about five years after me–generously permits me to use these. We don't know the name of this "pousseur" tug–not unlike some of the Mississippi River "pushers," but it looks similar to
what I recall of my conveyance, Major Vangu lashed to four huge barges. I believe Major Vangu has since sunk. The "O" on the stack stands for Onatra (Office National de Transports). For four nights and days non-stop, the tow went north. I shared a cabin on the second level with another PC volunteer. The enclosed area forward was a bar/restaurant with beautiful carved wood. The two levels above that were crew accommodations and wheelhouse, which I didn't see.
These are two "second class" accommodation barges. Our tow had one of these. It also had two "third class" units, regular flat cargo barges with barrels of fuel for upriver towns, breakbulk bundles, and truckloads of fuel and other cargo. As I recall this was a pre-container time. And passengers who hadn't even enough for the "second class" barges, rested in the shade of the cargo and under the trucks.
Here is account and good fotos of some folks who did this river ten years after me. And here's an Atlantic article I recall reading, a person who did the trip in the early 1990s.
During my trip, I watched dozens of dugouts (pirogues) like these, loaded deep with forest meat and dried/fresh fish, paddled up alongside the tow while underway to trade for products (medicine, blades, ammunition, fish hooks and line, salt) not available in the forest/river villages. And when I say "paddled," I mean stand-up paddled . . . as it was then done. More than once, the pirogue, caught in the wake, capsized, sending paddler(s) and cargo into the river. And the tow continued upriver.
I'd love to hear from anyone who has traveled on the Congo River in the past 10 years. I have a fantasy to retrace this trip, dangers and inconvenience notwithstanding.
Many thanks to Gregory Farino for bringing these fotos out.
These vessels recently left a trading post that was starting up around the same decade the sixth boro replaced the initials N. A. for N. Y.
As of this writing, these three vessels are entering the Indian Ocean on a historic re-enactment.
Earlier this month, Colin Syndercombe visited the three vessel at the docks in Cape Town. Oosterschelde, Europa, and Tecla have an amzing combined age of 295 years!! Tecla was built in my father's hometown of Vlaardingen, nine years before my father's birth.
Preparing to get under way.
Departing on this leg of the trip are some cadets of the South African Navy.
Fair winds . . . bon voyage.
Click here for fares and schedules. Of note, in August 2013, there's a sail from Perth to Houtman Abrolhos archipelago and back to Perth. This picturesque Indian Ocean island chain saw the mutiny and wreck of the VOC ship Batavia on her maiden voyage and the subsequent murders of over 200 survivors by a band of other survivors. This Lord of the Flies tale serves as basis for the Mike Dash's compelling account Batavia's Graveyard, if you're looking for summer reading.
For an upbeat parting shot, here.
Many thanks to Colin, who has previously sent lots of interesting fotos from 8000 miles away in Cape Town.
Old Wine has to be one of the best vessel names ever! Disclaimer . . . she does NOT carry beverage. I'd love to see her come to the sixth boro, although . . . I can imagine the temptation some would feel to alter the name-great as it is–by adding some letters. Some ideas follow. Seriously, I use this foto with permission of Antonio, a Spanish tug captain who visited the sixth boro for the tugboat race back in 2009 . . . scroll through to the end here.
Fairplayer . . . another great name from Colin in Cape Town. I caught a Jumbo in the KVK about three years ago here.
Faust arriving in town might make one worry, although I saw no evidence of that.
Spruce 2 . . .
To play with Old Wine . . . well . . . add an R to the end. Or add a S in front of the second word. I'm sure you could do better.
Thanks to Antonio Alcaraz Arbelo for the first foto, Colin Syndercombe for the second. The last two by Will Van Dorp.
Above the waterline, this looks amazingly like Peking. Identify it?
These fotos come from Colin Syndercombe, who previously sent these fotos, and these, among others. As to the sailing vessel, it's from 1921, 385′ loa (Peking is 1911 and 377′), and still sails. Know it? It called in Cape Town earlier this month, and is now northbound.
It's Sedov, sailing 'round the world at 90+ years old. Click here to see ports of call. Does anyone know if she's ever called in a US port?
For more fotos of Sedov, click here. Prior to this month, the last time this vessel–then Magdalene Vinnen II–called in Cape Town was in the 1930s.
Thanks much to Colin for these fotos.
The Atlantic is a huge place, and this vessel is currently northbound in that expanse. And where would that put them?
Off Namibia.
here leaving Cape Town last weekend. Click here for the map, and here for the kapteines-logg, complete with pics. See the huge blue wall along the portside of Sørlandet?
It turns out that this 85-year-old ship stopped in the sixth boro in 1981 and 1986. Click here for a video of the vessel headed for Chicago in 1933!
The "blue wall" is Colossos . . . although I've no idea what it's doing down in Cape Town.
All fotos thanks to Colin Syndercombe.
Does anyone have fotos of Sørlandet in the sixth boro in the 1980s?
Note: The barge in the link has been reported as RTC-105, but I've gotten some notes saying it is not. Sorry I can't positively say either way.
This isn't going to end well, but you may remember this post from a bit over a year ago. Mighty Servant 1 came to town and left with some equipment . . . including this barge,
which went in the center of Mighty Servant.
Other barges were loaded, one on each side, as well as three tugs, and they sailed out the Narrows and over the horizon.
Click here to see its demise captured on video recently. What the audio says is unconfirmed.
Fotos from December 19, 2011 by Will Van Dorp.
Here was 11.
First, this foto from Colin Syndercombe in Cape Town, and I believe the foto comes from The Latest Maritime News. It appears MV Chamarel, which burned earlier in August off Namibia, will become yet another wreck in the sands of the Skeleton Coast.
To Michele McMorrow, thanks for her foto of Walrus, snapped near Bahr's Landing in Highlands, NJ. At first I thought it was being delivered for use by tugster . . . I was mistaken.
RORO Cape Washington is the latest MSC vessel in for maintenance at the dry dock in Bayonne.
Currently in the sixth boro, it's almost-new NCC Shams, not an inspiring name unless you consider that "shams" is Arabic for "sunshine."
My foto snapped in Port Huron, it's Lakes Pilots Association's Huron Maid.
Also along the Port Huron waterfront, it's Grayfox, a Sea Cadet vessel.
And finally . . . since this post started with a walrus and since tugster does NOT appear in person frequently on this blog, here's a foto of tugster and Badger on the waterfront in Manitowoc. And apropos of nothing . . . what's the connection between dachshund and badger?
First enjoy the foto below and read this announcement from Old Salt's blog here.
Answer: "dach" is German for "badger," so the word "dachshund" means "badger dog." Now you know !!
Unless otherwise attributed, all fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Pier 25 is unmistakeable on the Hudson side of lower Manhattan. I posted fotos of Lilac moving to Pier 25 aka "historic ships pier" back a year and some months ago. On some of those fotos, you can see bowsprite catching lines from the Miller's Launch crew assisting Lilac's arrival. Bowsprite also goes by the name "Christina Sun," who is half of the art show proclaimed on the dockside sign below.
Here she was hanging the show last weekend. If you've looked at her site much, you'd have seen her rendering of RB 45614 (below) on her artblog here.
The other half of the art show (up til the end of August!!) is Frank Hanavan. I've painted with Frank, like here on this bowsprit at least six years ago, and posted on this blog here back in 2007. This foto and the next by Maggie Flanagan.
But besides painting in places that require a harness, Frank also paints
en plein air with an easel. In fact, this piece, part of his show, he did ON Pier 25 back in May when Picton Castle docked there for a few days. Click on that link (scroll through) and you'll
see what message was printed on the square sail on the foremast. Frank's art is all contained in one room on Lilac, but
bowsprite's 38 prints are spread through Lilac, leading the observer on a treasure hunt . . . even through the engine room!
But I can't look at a piece like this and NOT remember the delightful story on her blog about excavator dredge J. P. Boisseau with remembering the whale that appeared in Lower NY Bay, no doubt coming to check who was scratching the harbor's bottom . . . and why.
Lilac is a unique vessel open to the public Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Hours are here. In fact, this Saturday evening, besides art, you can also see the world premiere of a documentary about MV Liemba, the nearly century old steam ferry (I believe very recently dieselized but still running) on Lake Tangayika. For a press release about the film from Lilac Museum director, Mary Habstritt, click here.
Historic ships, art, film, music, drinks, warm summer evening on the Hudson in Lower Manhattan . . . . . . see you there!! Bring some $$ too and take home some beautiful marine art for your walls.
Here's Frank's official site. And here's Christina's online "sketchbook."
Unrelated: Here's a 13-minute interview I did with John Doswell of Working Harbor Committee (WHC) back in 2010. I'd never heard it until today. And remember . . . here's info on the WHC-sponsored 20th annual tugboat race coming up in NYC's sixth boro in less than three weeks!!
. . . or I could say 12480 kms away. Here was the previous one in this series. Remember the port?
Well, in this port recently was this tug named Merlot and the green vessel . . . a large canoe? And yes, check here for tugs named chardonnay, shiraz, and pinotage. Nothing here yet named Ripple or Boone's Farm . . . Here's what Colin wrote about the green vessel:
"That ship ULSTEIN CLEAR is fresh as a daisy, built at ZHEJIANG SHIPBUILDING in China and delivered 31 MAY 2012. They also build them in BRAZIL where PETROBRAS ordered six and two have been built there and four will be complete during 2013. I have read that PETROBRAS have ordered quite a few drilling rigs for their offshore operations. On one of the ULSTEIN ships they have a crane mounted for wind farm operations. It lifts 5000 tons so very effectively. It will be used between England and Ireland."
More info about this hull and its advantages for working in heavy sea–reduced motion and fuel efficiency– can be found here. Great videos and animations. Note the location of the exhausts. If you didn't identify them, they
are the diagonals more visible here.
I don't believe a vessel with this sort of bow has visited the sixth boro . . .
All fotos by colin Syndercombe, to whom I am grateful.


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text: logging in or signing up Why You Want Gamers in Your Classroom2 geekydog Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Let's Connect Share Add to Flag Embed Email Add to Channel Copy embed code: Embed: Flash iPad Dynamic Copy Does not support media & animations Automatically changes to Flash or non-Flash embed WordPress Embed Customize Embed Use HTTPS URL: Copy Thumbnail: Copy The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 20 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: January 26, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Why You Want Games, Simulations, and Gamers in Your Classroom : Why You Want Games, Simulations, and Gamers in Your Classroom By Jeannie Justice Overview : Overview The definition of games & simulations Who are gamers? The facts & their mindset Why do we need games and simulations in the classroom? Overall benefits What is a Game? : What is a Game? According to Wikipedia, a game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work; however, many games are considered to be work. Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. What is a Simulation? : What is a Simulation? According to Wikipedia, a simulation is the imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviors of a selected physical or abstract system. Who are Gamers? : Who are Gamers? For the "gamer generation:" GPS navigation has always been available. IBM has never made typewriters. They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in their crib. Caller ID has always been available. E-filing taxes has always been an option. Who are Gamers? : Who are Gamers? Is it the digital divide or are they pod people? Seriously, do they even know what "pod people" are?!?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-PT3vEjw5g&NR=1 Who are Gamers? The Facts : Who are Gamers? The Facts 92% of children ages 2-17 play video and/or computer games. 60% of all Americans (~145 million people) play interactive games on a regular basis. Approximately 80% of American families own a computer and 78% have video game equipment. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) 100% of college students polled on 27 campuses have played video games. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Parents are the driving force behind the video game industry. In 2004, 50% of parents polled said they were going to buy their child a video game for Christmas. 90% of all video games are purchases by individuals 18 years or older. Who are gamers? Their Mindset : Who are gamers? Their Mindset Gamers believe there is always an answer; therefore, nothing is impossible There is always a problem(s) that has a solution(s) which leads to an end result – the object of the game. Gamers expect trial and error. Failure is a learning experience, not an end result. If you do not win, restart, and try again. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers see various routes to success. Usually there are several different routes available to reach your goal or solve your problem. Rarely, if ever, is there only one right way or only one right answer. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers do their own thing. Within the gamer generation, leaders are considered irrelevant and often evil; ignore them...do your own thing. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Games are seen as autonomous (i.e., self-governing). Gamers play well with others but accept responsibility and consequences for their actions. Gamers feel they have the right to choose their own path and are confident in exercising that right. In other words, you have the power to control your destiny… you can accomplish anything you want. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers want to dominate their culture. Gamers are risk-takers. They move fast and play hard. They are stars in their own adventure. They are responsible for their own success. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers embrace competition and collaboration. Competition is a motivating factor…but, competition doesn't eclipse collaboration. In fact, collaboration is often an integral part of furthering a gamer's success. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers see games as rule-based. These rules are equally applied to each player. These rules are well defined and not open to interpretation. Gamers, who are confronted with rules that are arbitrary and subjective, will often "shut down" and refuse to play. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers think roles are clear. In a game, characters are clearly defined (i.e., good guy or bad guy). The gamer chooses his/her role and accepts its powers and limitations. i.e., the good guy is in a white hat and the bad guy is in the black hat – always! Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers think that effort influences outcome. The amount of energy the player puts into the game invests the player with outcome. Also, the gamer is attached to the outcome. The player has an emotional attachment to the outcome of the game (i.e., happy when they win or sad if they lose). In other words, the content is relevant to them. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Gamers believe that games simulate real-life consequences. This is why medical colleges use video games to train surgeons… and the Air Force uses "virtual flight simulators" to train pilots… and many major corporations use "virtual models" to train their employees. In other words, games can mirror the complexities of life without the drastic consequences. Who are gamers? (con't) : Who are gamers? (con't) Games vs. School (in gamers' eyes) Compared to the classroom, games are empowering, motivating, individualized differentiated learning environments with set rules which value the efforts of the individual child. In games, the structure is apparent; the rules are clear and unambiguous; and your role in the game is well defined. Games vs. School (con't) : Games vs. School (con't) Games are seen as challenging and motivating – a platform for solving relevant problems. School is often seen as boring and monotonous with lots of irrelevant "busy work." In games, the goal is always attainable. In school…well, not so much. Why Do We Need Games/Simulations in the Classroom? : Why Do We Need Games/Simulations in the Classroom? The immediate need (felt and anticipated) is to incorporate lessons that use technology while addressing various learning styles (meaningful learning), levels of motivation, and academic levels. Educational games and simulations are new technological vehicles for education because they provide a form of assessment, problem-based (meaningful) learning, a fail-safe environment, and a highly motivational learning environment. Many students consider themselves "gamers" and positively associate with games. Overall Benefits of Adding Games : Overall Benefits of Adding Games By incorporating games and simulations into the classroom, educators create curriculum that students consider highly motivating, but also, at the same time, improves student content knowledge, builds student conceptual knowledge, and increases student problem-solving skills. Overall Benefits of Adding Games : Overall Benefits of Adding Games Very often, in good games/simulations, students are actively taking new information and applying it to the task at hand. Therefore, they are active participants in applying their knowledge, allowing meaningful learning to take place. Overall Benefits of Adding Games : Overall Benefits of Adding Games Games/simulations offer immediate feedback with positive and negative reinforcement. The positive reinforcement may be the player moving on to the next level. The negative reinforcement may be losing a life. Either way, the player learns without the consequence of failure. Actually, failure is often expected to learn the game. Students at Play! : Students at Play! Conspiracy Code http://www.flvs.net/areas/flvscourses/ConspiracyCode/Pages/CourseOverview.aspx Dance Dance Revolution in Gym class http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs0zw7TuwdI IRSC Biology blog (check this out for ideas & games for your class!) http://irscbiology.blogspot.com A Word of Caution : A Word of Caution Remember game is a four-letter word! In education, games aren't always easily accepted as teaching tools. The unfortunate attitude of many educators: References: : References: Florida Department of Education. (2009). Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. Retrieved 12 June 2009 at http://www.floridastandards.org/Standards/FLStandardSearch.aspx Simpson, E. S. (2005). Evolution in the classroom: What teachers need to know about the video game generation. TechTrends, v. 49, No. 5, pp. 17 – 22. Wikipedia. (2009). Games & Simulations. Retrieved 4 November 2009 at http://www.wikipedia.org Just for fun! : Just for fun! 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This sunshine comes from the Ralph M. Brown Act, which essentially says that publicly elected bodies must conduct their business in public, according to a set of rules that favor public participation. It allows for a few exceptions, but not many. The advantage to the public is that the act keeps elected officials and their advisors from pulling the wool over the public's eyes. Violations are serious offenses, and can lead to fines and even jail.
Not only are the meetings themselves to be public, but what goes on in those meetings must be recorded and kept in official records. This includes discussions and the results of votes taken, if any.
Meetings must be noticed — which is to say advertised to the general public — at least 72 hours in advance. That is so members of the public can know what subjects will be taken up in the meeting and can decide whether to attend. An exception is that special meetings may be called with just 24 hours notice to media outlets which can inform the rest of the public. An emergency meeting may be called with one hour's notice, but the situation must be dire.
The law allows secret meetings — or closed sessions, as they are called — for the governing body in question and its advisors to discuss personnel matters, public security, pending litigation against the agency in question, labor negotiations and real property negotiations.
Elected officials and their advisors are forever trying to expand the exemptions to the law, and fortunately for the public it has been heavy going for those officials in that regard.
Here is one journalist's report card on how local agencies are doing:
- A-plus — Madera City Council and its Successor Agency for Redevelopment — These elected officials and their staff members do a good job of of following the Brown Act. There is no evidence of back-door deals or improper activities.
- A-plus — The Madera County Board of Education — This agency gets high marks both for the way it governs itself and helps the county's school districts handle their own affairs.
- A-minus — The Madera County Board of Supervisors — The Brown Act is closely followed, but sometimes a supervisor or group of supervisors will let a meeting run a little wild, resulting in a scolding from the County Counsel, who attends all meetings.
- B — Madera Unified School District Board of Trustees. While efforts are made to keep the public part of meetings in order, the secret meetings reportedly can get rowdy. The District Attorney's Office was called to investigate an accusation of a Brown Act violation. While no wrongdoing was found, it was reflective of at least some inappropriate activities.
Let's keep an eye on any efforts to weaken the Brown Act. It protects our local and state rights.


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May 5, 2016
Orion's belt is one of the easier star clusters to find, and one of the more familiar features we can use to hop around the night sky. Watch the video and see for yourself how simple it is to locate Sirius. Below you'll find additional information about Sirius and other helpful stargazing tidbits.
A Tad More Sirius:
All the bad puns aside, Sirius is responsible for the saying "Dog Days of Summer". As mentioned in the video, Sirius is located in the constellation Canis Major or Big Dog. Accordingly, Sirius has been known as the Dog Star. The constellation is visible most of the year, but during the summer months, Sirius actually rises with the sun*. Thus, when Sirius (Dog Star) rises along with the sun, we can refer to those days as the "Dog Days of Summer". They just happen to come during the hottest days of the year! Also, don't forget about Sirius's little pup. It's a binary star system and the Big Dog (Sirius A) outshines the Pup (Sirius B) 10,000 to 1.
Numbers game:
The apparent magnitude number is very useful when deciding if trying to find an object at night is even worth it. The number alone will let you know, yes or no, if an object is visible with the naked eye. I say "object" because even the International Space Station is given a magnitude when it crosses overhead. The number is useful by itself and is often included in the location data for a star/object.
In our case Sirius has a magnitude –1.46. Basically that negative means it is a bright object and should be pretty easy to see at night. Initially you would think big number, bright star, but it's actually the opposite, big number, very faint star…who knew a negative could really be a positive? Any star that has a magnitude between –1 and 6 can be seen without a telescope. Anything bigger than 6 means it is very faint and needs a telescope or binoculars. Can you see these objects with the naked eye?
Mercury at its brightest: -2.45 (Yes)
Sirius: -1.46 (Yes)
Saturn at its brightest: -.49 (Yes)
Andromeda Galaxy: 3.44 (Yes)
Neptune at its brightest: 7.78 (No)
Pluto at its brightest: 16.65 (No Way)
Venus in January: -4.3 (Yes Way)
Not only can this number save you time in the evening, but it will also give you a good sense of how bright one object is compared to another!
*This has changed through the years because of the Earth's rotation on its axis
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DEAR E. JEAN: A year ago I was a happy young man in love with this amazing woman who laughed, cooked, drank, and was my partner in crime. We're both chefs and passionate about our craft. Flat out, I love her.
The catch is: She doesn't love me anymore. Apparently, we spent too much time with each other, and somewhere along the line, she freaked out about us being a Big Thing. I thought that if I accepted blame for the problems in our relationship, it would calm her down. But I couldn't even let her win an argument without her starting another argument, and she dumped me. Must I lose all hope of being with this woman whom I thought I would love forever? —Burned Chef
BURNED, MY DEAR BOY: Yep. "All hope" is dashed—and thank God. Hope is a hag. Hope will blind you and lead you around by your apron strings. Hope will flatten your soufflé and twist your testicles. Hope will put lumps in your gravy and glue in the truth. Nothing drags out heartache like hope. How can you meet the woman who will make you forget the woman you thought you would "love forever" if you don't stop hoping, Chef? Don't you know that there are only 800,000 women who'd love to get cooking in your kitchen? Isn't your dumpling to die for? Women will be lining up, dear fellow! Stop hoping, and get the hell on with it! Just don't be afraid of winning an argument with the upcoming contenders. Ladies like popovers. They don't like pushovers.
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Katherine Jackson (pictured) will testify before a jury about Michael Jackson in the family's wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Friday, according to the N.Y. Daily News.
RELATED: Katherine Jackson Leaves Court In Tears During M.J. Civil Trial
"Katherine's going to talk about Michael growing up as a child, his life, his family, his career, his relationship with his children, and how his death has affected her and her children and Michael's children," lawyer Brian Panish said.
"It will be off the charts, in terms of emotions."
Panish says he's confident the family matriarch will be able to handle tough questions about her son.
"You think she's a tough woman? No question."
While she has been present for most of the trial, Jackson wasn't available Thursday as she was getting her hearing aids checked in preparation for her testimony.


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Conrad's Fate : A Chrestomanci book
Booklist Reviews 2005 April #2
Gr. 5-8. Twelve-year-old Conrad is convinced by his magician uncle that his bad luck is the result of his failure to put an end to someone in his past life, as required by the Lords of Karma. To atone for his mistake and to save his own life, Conrad reluctantly applies for a job at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, where he must find and dispose of someone he doesn't know. At the mansion, he meets Christopher. Although Christopher is quite maddening, he's full of ideas and surprises, and Conrad eventually learns that he has traveled from a parallel universe in search of a missing friend. The two boys explore the mansion, which slips in and out of various universes, while they try to discover who is working the alarming magic that is threatening to destroy Conrad's universe. The latest in Jones' Chrestomanci series, this funny fantasy romp is as antic and farcical as the preceding books, and is sure to be appreciated by the series' fans. ((Reviewed April 15, 2005)) Copyright 2005 Booklist Reviews.
Horn Book Guide Reviews 2005 Fall
In this new Chrestomanci novel, a sequel to [cf2]The Lives of Christopher Chant[cf1], Jones once more turns her attention to a confused adolescent discovering his talents--this time twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic. Jones has a genius for inventiveness, humor, and flair: as usual, everyone in the cast has an essential part to play in a tricky, satisfying plot. Copyright 2005 Horn Book Guide Reviews.
Horn Book Magazine Reviews 2005 #3
In this new Chrestomanci novel, a sequel to The Lives of Christopher Chant, Jones once more turns her attention to a confused adolescent discovering his talents -- this time twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic, who has been told by his uncle that he suffers from Bad Karma. Off Conrad goes to Stallery Castle, intent on murdering the one responsible for his evil fate. Instead, he meets Christopher Chant -- now a "tall boy" impeccably dressed, expensively groomed, and seeking Millie, who has fled her nasty finishing school only to be caught up in a "probability fault," stuck between ever-shifting worlds. Disguised as valets-in-training, Christopher and Conrad unearth more than Millie and a probability problem: they untangle Conrad's family history, bring down the powers of Stallery, and get into a great deal of trouble with their elders. Jones has a genius for inventiveness, humor, and flair: as usual, everyone in the full cast has an essential part to play in a tricky, satisfying plot. Conrad pales a little next to Christopher's bumptious, superior personality -- Christopher is definitely evolving into the Chrestomanci of elegant dressing-gowns he becomes in Charmed Life. This is "Upstairs, Downstairs" Diana Wynne Jones-style, where magicians, domestics, law enforcement officers, and actors cannot always be distinguished from one another. A speedy, entertaining read. Copyright 2005 Horn Book Magazine Reviews.
Kirkus Reviews 2005 March #2
Conrad Tesdinic has an Evil Fate in this entertaining Chrestomanci tale that begins a few years after The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988) leaves off. Conrad detests working in his Uncle Alfred's bookshop in the shadow of magical Stallery Mansion, and yearns for the day he can leave for high school. Alas, his dark Fate intervenes; Uncle Alfred explains that Conrad's Karma, earned with wicked deeds in a previous life, will lead to an agonizing death unless he kills a man in Stallery Mansion. Luckily for Conrad, Uncle Alfred has gotten him a job at Stallery. Conrad dislikes Stallery Mansion, and somebody keeps shifting reality, turning eggs into bacon and sundials into statues. He befriends fellow trainee Christopher, a charming and secretive boy who is searching for a magically stuck friend. As Conrad and Christopher explore multiple realities, Conrad's long-lost sister appears, involved in Stallery's dangerous intrigues. A wild romp with a fast-paced and satisfying conclusion, Conrad's humorous adventures will appeal to Christopher's existing fans and Jones neophytes alike. (Fantasy. 10-14) Copyright Kirkus 2005 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
Publishers Weekly Reviews 2005 March #3
Wynne Jones's latest addition to her Chrestomanci books brings a servant's eye-view (a la Gosford Park) to her characteristic blend of magic, mystery and snortingly funny slapstick. Instead of going on to secondary school like most of his friends, 12-year-old Conrad is sent by his uncle to Stallery, a castle high in the English Alps, to work as an apprentice servant. Conrad has a secret mission: According to his uncle, he has a terrible karma that can only be cleared by seeking out and killing a mysterious someone who lives at the castle. On his way there, Conrad strikes up a friendship with a self-assured, slightly older boy, whom the author's fans will recognize as Christopher Chant, enchanter and future Chrestomanci. Christopher has a secret mission, too: He must locate his friend Millie, who has run away from her Swiss boarding school and hidden herself in Conrad's world. When Conrad and Christopher are not busy blacking boots, ironing linens and learning to be as discreet and unobtrusive as "Living. Pieces. Of furniture," the boys search for Millie and discover that Stallery stands on a "probability fault," with the power to whisk visitors to alternate worlds. Adding to the magical mayhem are at least two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a troupe of unemployed actors, and a couple of hair-raising visits from a messenger of the Lords of Karma. Long-time Chrestomanci fans will take particular pleasure in learning how the enchanter acquired some of his more notable traits. Ages 10-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
School Library Journal Reviews 2005 April
Gr 6-10-Jones is a master of British fantasies that are hilariously droll and totally heartfelt at the same time. This is a new novel in the series that began with Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant (both 1998, HarperCollins), the story of how Christopher, the "nine-lifed enchanter" who regulates the uses of magic throughout 12 sets of alternate worlds, began his career. This book introduces Conrad Tesdinic, a boy who lives in one of the Series Seven worlds and has been told throughout his youth that he has bad luck, an Evil Fate, bad karma. When he graduates from lower school at the age of 12, his magician uncle reveals that Conrad's black Fate has been caused by his failure to kill a depraved evildoer in a previous life. The reincarnated evildoer, he is told, dwells in nearby Stallery Mansion, which generates so much magic that no one living nearby gets any TV reception. Conrad must take a job as a servant at the mansion and kill the villain, whose identity he must discover. Once hired, he meets his roommate and fellow servant, a smug, handsome young man named-aha!-Christopher. Almost all the players-including Conrad-conceal their true identities as they dash from one alternate Stallery Mansion to another, solving several interlocking mysteries. This witty, satisfying story can be read on its own, but is much richer when read as part of the series. It's a must for all Jones fans.-Walter Minkel, New York Public Library Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
VOYA Reviews 2005 June
Connoisseurs of fantasy fiction rank Jones's Chrestomanci books as among her best, and this first addition to that series in more than fifteen years should maintain this reputation. Twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic has terrible karma and a less-than-perfect home life. His father is dead, his writer mother has badly neglected him, and his magician uncle, who runs the family bookstore, is a serious cheapskate. Conrad must now choose between leaving school to get a job and continuing his education. He would prefer the latter but is told by his uncle that he suffers from a horrible fate, the result of his having not killed someone in a previous life. Conrad, his uncle tells him, will die within the year if he does not gain employment at nearby Stallery Mansion and then murder the latest incarnation of the person that he failed to kill previously. Unfortunately the owners of Stallery are not only the richest people around but also the most powerful magicians, capable of "pulling the possibilities" or altering reality virtually at will. When Conrad is hired he finds himself teamed with another boy who is at Stallery under false pretenses, a Christopher "Smith" whom veteran Chrestomanci fans will immediately recognize. Jones features all the pleasures that long-time fans have come to expect: droll humor; engaging, virtually Dickensian characters; intriguing magic; and wildly imaginative settings. At seventy years of age, Jones still writes at the top of her form.-Michael Levy PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-074744-7. 5Q 4P M J S Copyright 2005 Voya Reviews.


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|Tuesday, 22 May 2001 18:00
• Canada's Madacy Group has just launched the new "Reggae Rocks" cover series with the release of The Tide Is High: A Tribute To Rock 'n' Roll. The disc is the first of a planned six-CD series that captures the world's greatest reggae bands and artists tipping their hats to a wide range of pop-rock standards.
The 18 tracks include Sugar Minott's percolating take on Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)," Big Mountain's guitar-scale-climbing run on the 1975 Hall & Oates hit "Sara Smile," The Burning Souls' bubbly spin on the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun," Edi Fitzroy's tribesman call of the Eagles' "Hotel California," and Wayne Arnold's rock-steady pulse of Rod Stewart's "Maggie May." The driving force behind this concept series is producer Lenny K, who was responsible for the successful Fire on the Mountain "Reggae Does the Grateful Dead" tribute CDs.
• By far the most anticipated new release this coming Tuesday is the new album from the Parisian electronic duo Air, entitled 10,000 Hz Legend, on the Astralwerks label. Recorded last year in the City of Light, the new album is stunningly rich as a vocal, rather than instrumental, work. Guest artists include Beck, who lends his pipes to "The Vagabond," Sugar and Yumiko of Buffalo Daughter on "Sex Born Poison," and former Redd Kross drummer Brian Rietzell. With human and electronic voices pulsing above the pair's delightful electro-downer pop, this new set rolls out in slow-motion neon hues, peeling back and scattering onion petals of slacker collage. One particularly tripped out track is "How Does It Make You Feel," with its secret whispers "I am feeling very warm right now, I am spacing out with you, you are the most beautiful entity I have ever dreamed of" in the electro breeze.
• This sounds very tasty: Cocteau Twins' founding guitarist and manipulator Robin Guthrie has surfaced, teamed with vocalist Siobhan de Mare, most recently of the trip-hop group Mono, and resulting in the just released Violet Indiana project on the Instinct/Bella Union label.
• Matador Records has announced the June 12 release of "Jonathan David" by Belle & Sebastian, a new five-inch CD single. The band is currently holed up concocting a film score for Todd Solondz' Storytelling, due this fall.
• Punk fans will be waiting for the next album from Bad Religion, as the band has announced that it's coming home to the indie Epitaph Records label and reuniting with founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz.
• While the timing is sad and uncanny with the recent passing of founding soul Joey Ramone, Rhino Records is poised to reissue the classic first four albums by The Ramones on June 19. The albums – 1976's self-titled debut, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, and Road to Ruin – will all feature state-of-the-art re-mastering and handfuls of rare demos, B sides, and rarities. As a special bonus, 1977's Leave Home includes the entire concert recording of the band's West Coast debut at the Roxy in the summer of 1976.
• In other reissue news, the Rhino imprint is also promising to completely re-visit Elvis Costello's catalog, covering all his Columbia and Warner Bros. releases. The program takes a generous approach to each album's offering, as each CD will include a second disc of rarities and previously unreleased material. Look for these little labors of love to be birthed in groups every three months or so, and released not in standard chronological order but in "thematic" (huh?) groups. My Aim Is True, Spike, and All this Endless Beauty are due August 7.
• With this weekend's opening of Pearl Harbor, the big-swingin' bombastic Jerry Bruckheimer summer starfest, the Columbia Legacy label has just issued a two-CD documentary set titled simply The Words & Music of World War II. Presented tastefully by weaving together original radio broadcasts from Ed Murrow, the fragile melodies of jazz-age popular music, and an amazing selection of political speeches, the set allows listeners to close their eyes and sink into the space of time 60 years ago. I encourage you to take your shoes off and relax under the umbrella of Les Brown's "Jumping Joe DiMaggio," Florence Desmond's "(I've Got) The Deepest Shelter in Town," and Kay Kyser's "Any Bonds Today." Heck – make that next road trip an educational experience!
Television Alert:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno welcomes The Goo Goo Dolls on Friday and 'N Sync on Tuesday; The Late Show with David Letterman hosts UK critical favorite Badly Drawn Boy on Thursday and the Bee Gees on Monday; Late Night with Conan O'Brien has Ike Turner scheduled for Wednesday overnight and Rufus Wainwright on Thursday overnight; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn features Nikka Costa on Thursday overnight; and Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend is Paul McCartney.
New Releases Coming Tuesday, May 29:
... and like the winds, young grasshopper, are subject to change
Antiseen – Boys from Brutalsville (TKO)
The Anubian Lights – Naz Bar (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
James Brown – Remixed Dance Hits (Goldenlane)
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Time Sex Love (Columbia)
DJ Quest – Questside (Hip Hop Slam)
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back (Docurama) special extended DVD release of this 1967 documentary film by D.A. Pennebaker of Dylan's 1965 acoustic tour of England
Everything but the Girl – Back to Mine (Ultra) new DJ mix CD featuring tracks from Slick Rick and Donny Hathaway woven into slabs from Beth Orton and the Roots
Eyes in Weasel – Live in the Middle East (Recordhead) 25-track CD from former Guided By Voices guitarist Tobin Sprout
The Goo Goo Dolls – What I Learned about Ego, Opinion, Art, & Commerce (Warner Bros) hits collection covering the years 1987 to 2000
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – The Most of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (Epic Legacy) new collection featuring seven previously unreleased tracks
Inspection 12 – In Recovery (Honest Don's)
Invisible Men – Come Get Some (Dionysus)
Ky-mani Marley – Many More Roads (Artists Only) new from Bob Marley's son
My Morning Jacket – At Dawn (Darla) first pressings contain a bonus CD of demos
Oval – Ovalcommers (Thrill Jockey)
Quiet Riot – Guilty Pleasures (Bodyguard) all new from the original lineup
Mark Robinson – Canada's Green Highways (Teenbeat) new from the former founder of Unrest, Air Miami, and Grenadine
Stereomud – Perfect Self (Loud/Columbia) featuring members of Stuck Mojo, Crumbsuckers, Pro-Pain, and Life Of Agony
TSOL – "Anticop" (Nitro) new seven-inch single from the Disappear album, due June 26
Yesterday's Kids – Everything Used to Be Better (Panic Button) seen lately opening shows for Screeching Weasel
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CLAS Standard 13
Standard 13's intent is to anticipate and be responsive to the inevitable cross cultural differences which can arise between patients, staff and the organization. This is done by integrating cultural sensitivity and staff diversity into the existing complaint and grievance procedures.
Conflict and Grievance Resolution Process: A culturally sensitive conflict and grievance system needs to be implemented addressing all aspects of patient, staff and management's interactions within the organization.
This process functions from the understanding that "culture is the manner in which dilemmas are reconciled".
To ensure this process, the following activities need to occur:
- cultural competency training for staff who handle the organization's complaints and grievances;
- providing notice to patients in languages other than English describing the conflict and grievance resolution process;
- offering ombudsperson; and
- overseeing the conflict and grievance process through the organization's quality improvement system.
A managed care company began aggregating its member complaints as part of the re credentialing of its network providers. One of their providers was found to have 28 complaints filed against him in a little over 6 months. He was nicknamed "The King of Complaints ". When the complaints were reviewed by the credentialing committee, they found 20 complaints were related to rude behavior and displaying a poor attitude
The medical director decided this was a situation he needed to address and proceeded to go to the physician's office which was located in a rural area of the state. After speaking with the physician, the medical director felt the discussion went well. The physician understood the issue and there would be no further complaints. Unfortunately, the complaints continued.
The managed care company did not want members to be dissatisfied. Yet at the same time, they needed good physicians in this rural area and there were no indications that the physician was medically incompetent.
At the next credentialing committee meeting, a new committee member with training in cultural competency noticed the physician in question had moved to the United States from Pakistan less than two years ago. The committee discussed the possibility that they maybe dealing with someone who was not competent in the ways of western culture.
The managed care company brought in a consultant to work with the physician. This consultant's expertise was in aiding foreign physicians in their transition to medical practice in the United States. The complaints gradually decreased.
JCAHO addresses the complaint, grievance and conflict resolution processes with the implicit understanding these processes be culturally sensitive to the population's served. The CLAS Standard for dealing with complaints, grievances and conflicts ensures procedures which will be culturally sensitive and the staff responsible for addressing resolution in these areas be culturally competent.