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Developmental milestones record - 2 years
Alternative Names
Growth milestones for children - 2 years; Normal childhood growth milestones - 2 years; Childhood growth milestones - 2 years
Physical and motor skill markers:
- Able to turn a door knob
- Can look through a book turning one page at a time
- Can build a tower of 6 to 7 cubes
- Can kick a ball without losing balance
- Can pick up objects while standing, without losing balance (This often occurs by 15 months. It is a cause for concern if not seen by 2 years.)
- Can run with better coordination. (May still have a wide stance.)
- May be ready for toilet training
- Should have the first 16 teeth (The actual number of teeth can vary widely.)
- At 24 months, will reach about half final adult height
Sensory and cognitive markers:
- Able to put on simple clothes without help (The child is often better at removing clothes than putting them on.)
- Able to communicate needs such as thirst, hunger, need to go to the bathroom
- Can organize phrases of 2 - 3 words
- Can understand 2-step command such as "give me the ball and then get your shoes"
- Has increased attention span
- Vision is fully developed
- Vocabulary has increased to about 50 - 300 words (Healthy children's vocabulary can vary widely.)
Play recommendations:
- Allow the child to help around the house and take part in the daily family chores.
- Encourage active play and provide enough space for healthy physical activity.
- Encourage play that involves building and creativity.
- Provide safe copies of adult tools and equipment. Many children like to mimic activities such as cutting the grass or sweeping the floor.
- Read to the child.
- Try to avoid television watching at this age (recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics).
- Control both the content and quantity of television viewing. Limit screen time to less than 3 hours per day. One hour or less is better. Avoid programming with violent content. Redirect the child to reading or play activities.
- Control the type of games the child plays.
Feigelman S. The second year. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 9.
Review Date: 2/26/2014
Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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|PC Telcom highlights company growth, projects at annual meeting
|Written by Darci Tomky
With a longstanding history in Phillips County, PC Telcom continues to provide high quality, cost-effective communications services as a progressive, member-owned cooperative.
Members were given the opportunity to interact with and give feedback to PC Telcom's board of directors and employees at its 2009 annual meeting held Monday, April 13 in the HHS auditorium.
As a cooperative, PC Telcom is a living example of democracy in action. Members are not only customers, but part-owners of the company. As owners, they have the opportunity to vote for the board of directors who help guide and oversee the company.
Company CEO/General Manager Vince Kropp reviewed projects and activities from 2008. He reported PC Telcom continued the ongoing replacement of outdated copper cable when it kicked off a major Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) upgrade. Fiber optic cables were installed to businesses and homes on the west side of Holyoke.
In 2008, PC Telcom installed new central office switching equipment across the alley from the building located at 240 S. Interocean Ave.
According to Kropp, "PC Telcom has made much headway over the last several years in an industry that is undergoing tremendous change." The company is now very close to having 100 percent access to hi-speed internet connectivity to customers through either a wireless or DSL connection within the certificated exchange area.
Kropp presented members with a drawing reflecting PC Telcom's evolving network and connectivity to the outside world. The drawing represented original boundaries and routes as well as facilities that were either installed or leased in 2007. These hi-speed facilities accommodate distance learning for the Northeast Colorado Board of Cooperative Education (NE BOCES) and associated schools.
PC Telcom continues to seek a good solution for a good mobile wireless product. Since the late 1980s, PC Telcom has held a partnership with Platte River Cellular, which was most recently managed and operated by Verizon Wireless. While PC Telcom has negotiated and sold its Platte River Cellular shares, effective in January 2009, it will continue to be an agent for Verizon Wireless products.
Company continues to grow
Board of directors president Dennis Herman and Kropp explained PC Telcom's 2008 financial report.
A 10-year (1998-2008) assets comparison for the company shows in the past decade, assets have increased by over $5.3 million. Total assets have climbed over $1.4 million in the past year from $9,708,320.
Total members' equity for 2008 was $11,116,301. At PC Telcom's December meeting, the board of directors authorized payment of 35 percent of 1999's capital credit allocations or approximately $110,000.
The financial report reflects growth of the company over the last 10 years. Net property plant and equipment increased from approximately $3.285 million in 1999 to $8.3 million today while net operating revenue grew from around $1.376 in 1999 to $3.727 today. An increase from approximately $1.056 million in 1999 to $3.461 million today was seen in net operating expenses, and net operating income dropped from approximately $320,000 in 1999 to $266,000 today.
Kropp pointed out the company's access lines have decreased from 2,136 in 1999 to 1,839 today. Knowing access lines were going to decrease, PC Telcom used strategic planning to branch out into nontraditional telephone company services shortly after 2000.Services such as cable television and hi-speed internet have allowed the company to diversify and more fully utilize its network.
Kropp noted financial results are presented on a consolidated basis. PC Telcom consists of the parent company Phillips County Telephone Company and its subsidiaries Phillips County Communication, LLC and PC Telcorp, Inc.
2009 projects outlined
With another full schedule designed for 2009, Kropp highlighted the projects planned for PC Telcom.
Later this year, they intend to replace a number of rural electronics units to improve hi-speed options.
PC Telcom is also planning a move. Customer service personnel and Radio Shack will relocate to PC Telcom's former business office downtown at 240 S. Interocean Ave., while the administration and technicians will relocate to the former medical clinic located at 520 S. Interocean Ave.
Kropp noted the main focus for 2009 will be the completion of the FTTP project started last year. They will be completing the east half of town as well as an area that extends approximately two miles beyond the city limits in each direction.
A new Optical Network Termination unit will replace the current terminal on the outside of homes or businesses as PC Telcom replaces current facilities with new fiber cables. A power source will also be required at each premise because the fiber optic cable is not capable of delivering power.
Residents and business on the east side of town will be contacted in the coming months to determine where to place the new fiber optic cable and where best to install the power source.
Kropp highlighted the benefits of the fiber optic facilities. Nearly all new service lines will be fiber optic cable instead of the traditional copper cables that have been the standard. Fiber optic cables now cost less than copper cable, and fiber has much higher capacity which allows PC Telcom to offer much higher internet speeds and new services such as Ethernet.
PC Telcom is excited to offer new service bundles that will include greater discounts when customers purchase additional services.
Additionally, Kropp discussed PC Telcom's current rate structure. Phillips County Telephone Company is regulated by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission which requires a detailed rate making process.
Last year, PC Telcom successfully filed for increased funding from the Colorado High Cost Support Mechanism (CHCSM), a pooled funding mechanism designed to offset some of the high costs associated with serving rural areas.
After receiving the funding, both the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and primarily the Office of Consumer Council have filed comments regarding our filings. They noted the local rates of Local Exchange Carriers, such as PC Telcom, need to be set at a rate that equals or exceeds the statewide average in order to receive additional funding from the CHCSM.
A similar set of circumstances will exist when the State of Colorado begins adjusting access rates towards the national level. PC Telcom is compensated for originating and terminating traffic from other carriers which is typically referred to as access charges. While many states have already gone through this access rate reform process, Colorado has not.
Kropp said PC Telcom's upgrades and increased operating costs will necessitate a future rate adjustment which is a long, costly and narrowly defined process. The process could take approximately one year, and Kropp estimates that PC Telcom will begin the process around April 2010.
Another mandate PC Telcom will be undertaking soon is a review of local calling areas. The calling area currently encompasses Paoli, Haxtun, Fleming and Sterling, and it is required to review calling patterns biannually to see if sufficient call volume exists to warrant a possible expansion.
In regards to hi-speed internet, PC Telcom is currently exploring options to partner with neighboring telephone companies and other entities to aggregate bandwidth needs, primarily for access to the Internet backbone in an attempt to reduce costs to transport traffic from and to the backbone provider in Denver. Approximately 50 percent of hi-speed internet costs are associated with this backhaul transport.
PC Telcom also provided information to members about the switch to digital television, a transition required when the FCC mandated all analog over-the-air programming be converted to digital by the extended date of June 2009.
Martin, Brandt elected
Members had the opportunity to vote for the two open seats on PC Telcom's board of directors. Incumbent Randy Martin will serve another term as the rural director, and Jerold Brandt was elected to the urban seat.
Before concluding his report, Kropp recognized and thanked the board of directors and all PC Telcom's employees for their dedication and efforts over the past year towards the betterment of PC Telcom.
Equally Delinquent, a local barbershop quartet, provided the evening's entertainment. Maury Kramer, Dan Kafka, Chris Garcia and Steve Schwartzkopf delighted members with intricate harmonies and a humorous performance.
Prior to the business meeting, members enjoyed a meal catered by Bill and Kristie Pelle. Members also had the chance to win a variety of door prizes given away in a drawing at the conclusion of the meeting.


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Looking forward to NASSTRAC
April 15, 2011
After one of the longest-and most exasperating-winters in years, I know spring is here when it is time to attend the annual NASSTRAC conference in Orlando, Florida.
This will be the fifth year I am attending this conference. I am sometimes a glutton for punishment, but trust me when I tell you that this conference is worth attending. Year after year, I return from this event with a full notebook with stories, leads for future stories and more than enough ideas to kick around for a long while.
This year looks to be like more of the same and for that I am again grateful. One need not look further than the keynote address, which will be given by James L. Oberstar, former Minnesota Representative and Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. That alone is likely to be worth the trip down south.
Also on the menu are shipper, 3PL, and motor carrier panels, as well as a "Washington Update," given by renowned Washington, D.C.-based transportation attorney John Cutler. Confused abut the myriad regulations going on inside the Beltway? This session always clears things up pretty quickly.
But perhaps the best part about what has become an annual sojourn for me is the incredible amount of networking activity which goes on at NASSTRAC. I have had the pleasure of meeting many outstanding people at this event, more so than at other events, due to the way in which it is scheduled and structured. I have met myriad shippers, carriers, academics, and 3PLs at NASSTRAC every year. Many of them have become good friends that I speak with and look forward to seeing whenever possible. What's more, I am sure I will meet new friends at this year's event.
When I return from NASSTRAC, be sure to expect to see several items about it on this web site and in the pages of LM. I will do my best to make sure you get a good perspective on what I learned.
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It appears systemd is the hot new init system on the block, same as Upstart was a few years ago. What are the pros/cons for each? Also, how does each compare to other init systems?
Both upstart and systemd are attempts to solve some of the problems with the limitations of the traditional SysV init system. For example, some services need to start after other services (for example, you can't mount NFS filesystems until the network is running), but the only way in SysV to handle that is to set the links in the rc#.d directory such that one is before the other. Add to that, you might need to re-number everything later when dependencies are added or changed. Upstart and Systemd have more intelligent settings for defining requirements. Also, there's the issue with the fact that everything is a shell script of some sort, and not everyone writes the best init scripts. That also impacts the speed of the startup.
Some of the advantages of systemd I can see:
One disadvantage I know of is that to take advantage of systemd's socket/FH preallocation, many daemons will have to be patched to have the FH passed to them by systemd.
The real answer is in the announcement of systemd. Which gives some crucial points of what's wrong with SysV initd, and what new systems need to do
Its major plan to do this seems to be to start services only as they're needed, and to start a socket for that service, so that the service that needs it can connect to the created socket long before the daemon is fully online. Apparently a socket will retain a small amount of buffered data meaning that no data will be lost during the lag, it will be handled as soon as the daemon is online.
Another part of the plan seems to be to not serialize filesystems, but instead mount those on demand as well, that way you're not waiting on your
It also has the goal of creating
They also plan not to start some services until they are asked for, and perhaps even shut them off if they are no longer needed, bluetooth module, and daemon are only needed when you're using a bluetooth device for example. Another example given is the ssh daemon. This is the kind of thing that inetd is capable of. Personally I'm not sure I like this, as it might mean latency when I do need them, and in the case of ssh I think it means a possible security vulnerability, if my inetd were compromised the whole system would be. However, I've been informed that using this to breach this system is infeasible and that if I want to I can disable this feature per service and in other ways.
Another feature is apparently going to be the capability to start based on time events, either at a regularly scheduled interval or at a certain time. This is similar to what
The big disadvantage of systemd is that some daemons will have to be modified in order to take full advantage of it. They'll work now, but they'd work better if they were written specifically for its socket model.
It seems for the most part the systemd's peoples problem with upstart is the event system, and that they believe it to not make sense or be unnecessary. Perhaps their words put it best.
Or to put it simpler: the fact that the user just started D-Bus is in no way an indication that NetworkManager should be started too (but this is what Upstart would do). It's right the other way round: when the user asks for NetworkManager, that is definitely an indication that D-Bus should be started too (which is certainly what most users would expect, right?).
A good init system should start only what is needed, and that on-demand. Either lazily or parallelized and in advance. However it should not start more than necessary, particularly not everything installed that could use that service.
As I've already said this is discussed much more comprehensively in the announcement of systemd.
Well one thing most of you forgot is the organisation of processes in cgroups.
So if systemd started a thing, it will put this thing in its own cgroup and there is no (unpriviledged) mean for the process to escape that cgroup. Here's the consequences of that:
For a very detailed look at systemd, starting with the first design drafts (and a detailed critique of existing init systems, including upstart, and how systemd proposes to fix them), go to its home page. Over time, there have been several articles on startup published in LWN. Just be advised that any mention of systemd (or pulseaudio) there triggers neverending flamewars.
IMVHO (and as a Fedora user) I'm very happy with it. Something in this line was long overdue to handle the complexity of current Linux systems. Fedora used upstart for a while, but it never got out of the stage of being a fancy replacement for sysvinit, running mostly unchanged init scripts. Its promise of simplifying boot configuration comes at the cost of again manually setting up interdependencies, and that just doesn't work. systemd figures dependecies out by itself (or just allows starting stuff without regard of dependencies, they sort themselves out). Another big advantage (some say it is a severe disadvantage) is that it exploits Linux-specific features to the hilt (notably cgroups allow isolating a daemon and all its descendants, so it is easy to monitor, limit the resources, or kill them as a group; there are many others).
Journaling - Systemd is literally like WinSXS folder when it comes to logging stuff, it creates copies of copies unless you manually delete or reduce the file size it will keep eating away at your drive. I call it boot loader cookies.


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(Reuters) – The death toll in a mudslide that devastated a rural Washington state community last month rose to 34 on Tuesday as one more body was extricated from the rubble, the Snohomish County medical examiner said.
A rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning above the north fork of the Stillaguamish River on March 22, unleashing a torrent of mud that engulfed some three dozen homes on the outskirts of the tiny community of Oso.
Of the 34 people confirmed dead, 30 have been identified, the Snohomish County medical examiner's office said in a statement. The office did not give details on the latest body to be found.
Recovery crews were still searching for another 12 people unaccounted for as of Monday, but that figure could fluctuate as it has since the day of the disaster. The missing include three children – a 2-year-old girl and two boys, ages 4 and 14. At least half of the missing lived on Steelhead Drive, which the mudslide hit, according to the county.
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Recovery efforts have been hampered by rain, which has created treacherous conditions and raised the risk of further slides and flash floods.
No one has been pulled alive from the rubble since the landslide, when at least eight people were injured but survived. Rescue teams have since found no signs of life.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will visit the Washington state town struck by a deadly mudslide to meet families affected by the disaster and view the devastation, the White House said on Tuesday.
Obama will stop in Oso, Washington, on April 22, before starting out on a week-long trip to Asia.
Obama will "view the devastation from the recent mudslide and meet with the families affected by this disaster, as well as first responders and recovery workers," the White House said.
The death toll from the mudslide has risen to 34 with another dozen people still unaccounted for, officials said.


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You see one of those, turn in your tag and get back to the US!
You see one of those, turn in your tag and get back to the US!
Should be easy to spot them atleast. lol
Going to be 76 here next 2 days. High in 50's next ten days. Spring is close. Just back from a run with the dog. Beautiful out.
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Sounds awesome, I am jealous!
Raining here and 44.
50 and rain here.
I want the rain to be postponed until the months of May-Sept.
Could be...they say they're taking over Florida so I see no reason they couldn't take over Wyoming. Wolves would be in trouble!


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It appears that COR iz an almost meaningless and useless term even in its own realm. And u karnt expect to uze it to predict the performance of something in another realm, eg cue joints.
It appears that there iz no such thing az the COR of a material (eg steel) -- and there iz no such thing az the COR of an object (eg a steel ball) -- and no such thing az the COR of an impact (eg steel ball on steel ball).
Koz, COR depends on material(s), shape(s), and speed (permanent deformation kills).
Allso, COR depends (a little) on what type of test -- ball to ball, ball to anvil, cylinder to anvil, etc etc.
For example, steel might hav a COR of 0.56 (ie mainly due to permanent deformation) at low speed and 0.99 at very low speed.
Two balls of lead giv a COR of 0.20 -- two balls of cast iron giv 0.66 -- but a lead ball to iron ball givs only 0.13 (dissimilar materials).
I would guess that a small lead ball to big iron ball (or viceversa) would giv less than 0.13 (same shape, but dissimilar size).
Thusly COR iz unlikely to hav much relevance to joints and ferrules.
For example, wood iz sayd to be 0.26 (some say 0.50). Yet cork iz sayd to be 0.65. But u wont find a player preferring a cork to cork joint rather than wood to wood.
And, a 1pce cue iz in some ways similar to a 2pce cue with a 100% wood to wood joint (no steel no plastic), what I meen iz that most would agree that a wood joint iz the nearest thing to a 1pce cue, yet wood haz a COR of 0.26 or 0.50 or something (ie less than implex or steel). I think I giv up.
Brass iz sayd to be 0.52 at low speed, 0.75 at very low speed, and 0.99 and almost zero speed (I guess probly 0.3 for balls at hi speed).
Aluminium iz 0.62, 0.75, 0.99 (I guess probly 0.3 for balls at hi speed).
Lead iz 0.35, 0.45, 0.81 (I guess probly 0.1 for balls are hi speed).
Hard bronze iz 0.83, 0.96, 0.99.
Carbon steel iz 0.70, steel iz 0.56, cast iron iz 0.66 (don't know how or why -- u kan probly halve these for balls at hi speed).


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Journeys is a monthly newsletter designed to offer support and practical advice to those coping with loss and bereavement. This is a 4-page newsletter.
Living With Grief Book series are produced as companion volumes to the annual National Bereavement Teleconference.
Hospice Foundation of America provides various informational brochures dealing with the basics of hospice care, volunteering in hospice, and dealing with grief and loss in workplaces, schools, and places of worship.
To support clergy in their important work, Hospice Foundation of America has developed the audio series Clergy to Clergy: Helping You Minister to Those Confronting Illness, Death and Grief.
This guide is a beautiful, award-winning workbook and/or DVD designed to help a person tell his or her story.
The annual National Bereavement Teleconferences are moderated by noted journalists and politcai analysts Cokie Roberts, ABC News Political Commentator and NPR Senior News Analyst; and Michael Putney, ABC Miami Senior Political Reporter and Miami Heral
Additional DVDs to assist with hospice care and to provide a better understanding of how hospice can help.
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Video: DC's Turkey Bowl Played Amid Controversy
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) -- On a beautiful fall day without a cloud in the sky, a dark cloud hung over the football field at Eastern High School before the start of the Turkey Bowl.
This year's D.C. public school championship football game featured the Crimson Tide of Dunbar against the Indians of Anacostia. And that's where the dark cloud comes in: Anacostia was actually a last-minute replacement for Wilson High School, which, after much deliberation by the D.C. school system, was disqualified from the championship game for having played an ineligible player this year -- a young man who was found to have lived in Maryland and not in D.C.
Mayor Vincent Gray, who was among the thousands of people in attendance, said he agreed with the difficult decision to disqualify Wilson High.
"You've got to enforce the rules and that's what those who made the decision were trying to do, is properly enforce the rules," Mayor Gray said.
And then, just like that, as soon as the game began, the focus was on the field, on a back and forth game that was ultimately decided by a last-minute goal-line stand. The final score: Dunbar, 12, Anacostia, 8.


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The free agency period for the 2014 season begins at 4:00pm on Tuesday, March 11th, and the Finsiders have you covered with the top names at each respective position when the market opens.
Today's preview focuses on the men at the back end of the front seven, and typically the defensive signal callers in the linebackers.
Here is a list of select linebackers who are slated to become unrestricted free agents at the start of the new league year. These players can re-sign with their current teams at any time and can begin to negotiate with other teams beginning on Saturday (3/8).
Jon Beason/OLB/Giants (6-0, 235lbs): The University of Miami product was traded after Week 4 last season from the Panthers to the Giants, Beason became a stabilizing force on a Giants defense that struggled at times, but came on strong late. He played in 12 games last year, starting 11 for the G-Men, making 93 combined tackles. Beason is a three-time Pro-Bowler (2008-2010), and a two-time All Pro (2008,2009). (UPDATE 3/13: Jon Beason has re-signed with the New York Giants.)
Karlos Dansby/ILB/Cardinals (6-4, 250lbs): After being released by Dolphins during the 2013 offseason, Dansby returned to the team that drafted him in the Arizona Cardinals. The 32 year old inside linebacker was a defensive playmaker last year, picking off quarterbacks four times, and was all over the field racking up a combined 122 tackles. (UPDATE 3/12: Karlos Dansby has signed with the Cleveland Browns.)
Erin Henderson/MLB/Vikings (6'3, 244lbs): The 27 year old undrafted veteran out of Maryland will be entering his seventh season in the league, and is coming off of a season in which played in 14 games, and started 12 of them at middle linebacker for Minnesota. He made a total of 112 tackles last year, and also intercepted quarterbacks twice, and sacked them four times. He's been a rotating starter for the past three season with the Vikings. He does have several off the field issues, as he was arrested twice during the 2013 season, which attributed to him losing his starting job during the year, and eventually being released after the season. He could face additional NFL discipline from the incidents.
D'Qwell Jackson/ILB/Browns (6-0, 240lbs): An eight-year veteran who spent his entire career with the Cleveland Browns, Jackson was released last week. In 2013, Jackson was 7th in the league in combined tackles with 141. A model of consistency for the past three seasons, the 2006 2nd round pick has started in 48 straight games. (UPDATE 3/6: D'Qwell Jackson has agreed to terms with the Indianapolis Colts.)
Perry Riley/ILB/Redskins (6-0, 238lbs): A full-time starter with the Redskins for the second year in a row, Riley may be the long-term replacement for London Fletcher in Washington. If he does move on, he has the numbers to back up being a starter in this league, with 244 total tackles the past two seasons, to go with 6.5 sacks and 15 pass defenses. (UPDATE 3/11: Perry Riley has agreed to terms to remain with the Washington Redskins)
Daryl Smith/ILB/Ravens (6'2, 248lbs): Smith had unbelievably big shoes to fill this year, taking over for soon to be Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, and made 123 combined tackles in his first year in Baltimore. He showed a playmaker gene similar to the Lewis, racking up five sacks, picking off quarterbacks three times, including taking one back for a touchdown. He also forced two fumbles. Smith had previously spent the past nine seasons before last year with the Jacksonville Jaguars. (UPDATE 3/14: Daryl Smith has re-signed with the Baltimore Ravens.)
Brandon Spikes/MLB/Patriots (6'2, 255lbs): More of a two-down run stopping linebacker, the University of Florida product played in all 16 games last season despite a knee injury. He was placed on injured reserve after the regular season, and did not play in the postseason for the Patriots. (UPDATE 3/14: Brandon Spikes has signed with the Buffalo Bills.)
Wesley Woodyard/MLB/Broncos (6'0, 233lbs): Going from a full-time starter to a nickel-package linebacker this season, the man nicknamed "the Lumberjack" was still well respected inside the Denver locker room enough to be one of the team's captains. Woodyard played in 14 games last season, starting in 10. Woodyard excelled as a coverage linebacker, but found himself on the field less and less as the Broncos made their run at Super Bowl XLVIII. Through six seasons (all with Denver), Woodyard has 434 total tackles, 15 pass defenses, and five interceptions. (UPDATE 3/14: Wesley Woodyard has signed with the Tennessee Titans.)
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How dare you win by so many points? And that choice of tie......really?
Was that biggest margin of the year?
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
CW, take a letter:
Dear Coach Fred Hoiberg,
Where do you get off? Embarrassing TCU by 34 AND winning your 21st straight at home? Who do you think you are? By now, you may have guessed I am speaking ironically and have nothing but good things to say about what you do.
Coach Fred Hoiberg, do not change a thing.
Originally Posted by State43
How dare you win by so many points? And that choice of tie......really?
Idea's like this are why you are in my top 10 favorite cf posters.
Originally Posted by BoxsterCy
Dude, you are Gameday Rulzzz and could probably post about anything.
Originally Posted by CycloneRulzzz
Idea's like this are why you are in my top 10 favorite cf posters.
Top 5 or bust
Ellerman Needs to be 6th man off bench. Percy, Booker, and Clyburn CAN NOT BALL AT ALL! Mcgee should start!
How the hell did these horny toads beat kansas
Originally Posted by State43
Top 5 or bust
It's tough. Of Course Cy Erik is number 1 and then I have all my gaming / pickup bball posters.
Everything sucks, and that starts with Fred.
I started today at disappointed and am moving right on to meltdown mode. Just a pathetic performance all the way around.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Originally Posted by gogagig
How the hell did these horny toads beat kansas
KU couldn't make a shot to save their life.
Bigger question, how did KU only score 13 points in a half? Even with 12 foot rims, you should score more then that
Fred, please bleach your hair...
I miss blonde head Fred...
Otherwise, we are not friends!!!
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will ."
We won this game because of Naz Long
Originally Posted by State43
How dare you win by so many points? And that choice of tie......really?
Too long; didn't read
Back in my day, when students showed up, did funny things and cheered loudly, we would have had a good performance at home.
As it is, the whole game is a Sportscenter Not Top 10 performance. That's on Fred.
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Hello, Darien readers--Stephanie here, filling in for Jen this week. Lots of great books for you this week as it seems the long weekend gave our librarians an excuse to read widely, and they snapped that excuse right up!
Amanda had a Vampire Weekend (no, not the band!) by watching "The Vampire Diaries" and reading Beth Fantaskey's book, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. "I read Fantaskey's book with the mindset that it was lightly mocking the Twilight books which made this book laugh out loud funny. I am unsure if that was the author's intention, but it helped set the pace as I read this 384-page novel in one sitting. Jessica is a farm girl who finds out that her birth parents betrothed her to a Romanian vampire prince, Lucius, to stop a war. Moreover, she is also a vampire princess. Unlike other heroines who would be swept away, Jessica stonewalls Lucius. She's determined to live a normal life. The great thing about this book is that both Jessica and Lucius develop and grow as characters. Lucius goes from overbearing pampered royalty to a fighting for what's right. Jessica faces up to her difficult destiny and demonstrates maturity. The book concludes with a heart pounding confrontation between herself and Lucius. I loved this book because it does some real world building with relatable characters."
Elizabeth really liked The Movement of Stars by Amy Brill, a novel about Hannah Gardner Price, who has lived all twenty-four years of her life according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised, where simplicity and restraint are valued above all, and a woman's path is expected to lead to marriage and motherhood. But up on the rooftop each night, Hannah pursues a very different— and elusive—goal: discovering a comet and thereby winning a gold medal awarded by the King of Denmark, something unheard of for a woman. "I really liked it, and I think it should really appeal to our Darien female audience because of the Nantucket connection. It was really enjoyable to read about Nantucket in the mid-1800's even if it wasn't the greatest time to be a woman there...the landscape is almost a character....Good story, and lovely writing style...."
Barbara M. is balancing two dark books. "I've just started reading The Island by Victoria Hislop because I liked her most recent novel, The Thread. What attracted me to this book was its subject, a leper colony on an island, Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete. The story's premise is good and revolves around a young woman's search for her family's roots. The writing is prosaic and the characters are sometimes one dimensional but what may redeem this book for me is the author's description of Crete (she is a travel writer) and its history. I've also started The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon which describes his battle with the disease. It's beautifully written but Solomon's pain is so raw that it's difficult to read too much of the book at one time."
Miss Amy read a book that she warns is not a new one, but it is a good one: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. Fine by us, they don't all need to be new! There's a reason we keep these books in the stacks for nice long lives.
Pat Sheary just finished a book that I loved as well but was scared to recommend to people, so I'm glad to have a partner in crime: The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne. "Based loosely on the Justin Bieber story, this is a coming-of-age tale set within the framework of celebrity and stardom. Jonny Valentine is an 11 year old musical genius whose looks and talents have captured the fickle American public-in a big way. As told in first person narration by Jonny, we watch as he navigates a cross-country tour, endless label marketing meetings to extend his 'brand' (HIMSELF), and a mother/manager archetype occasionally showing flashes of genuine love and concern . Attempting to please these factions, in addition to the ever-present fanbase, Jonny is trying to figure out friendship, sexual exploration, and a missing dad. Jonny is funny, ironic and heartbreakingly touching at every turn. I thoroughly and unexpectedly enjoyed this read."
Pat Tone is gearing up for our next First Look Darien event. "I am in the middle of Indiscretion by Charles Dubow and enjoying this page-turner. Claire, a pretty, ambitious young lady is introduced to an attractive couple, Harry and Maddy Winslow, who enjoy entertaining guests in their East Hampton home. Claire is drawn into the orbit of the Winslow's happy family life and soon seduces Harry and betrays Maddy's trust. This is a debut novel of love and deception and the author will be visiting Darien Library on March 7th!"
Ann has been lurking in Paris with The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan. "As a fan of historical fiction I was drawn to this book by the story and quite honestly the by cover. The story starts a little slowly but once it got going I felt it became a page turner. This novel is a fictionalized account of the Van Goethem sisters in 1878 Paris. Their father dies and the family becomes desperate for money. Antoinette the oldest sister used to dance at the Paris Opera but was dismissed when she did not cooperate. She then becomes a laundress and also gets a job acting. Marie and Charlotte are sent to the Paris Opera where they will dance and earn salaries. The girl's mother works as a laundress but has a severe drinking problem. This novel is told in the voice of Antoinette and the voice of Marie. Antoinette will get involved with a murderer who will have devastating effects on her and those she loves. Marie will become a model for Degas, and in real life immortalized in the statue of Little Dancer Aged fourteen. Marie has a very difficult childhood and must grow up quickly. This novel brings to life the culture of poverty and what people will endure to survive. As a reader you will be caring and cheering for the Van Goethem sisters."
Jeanne is listening to Defending Jacob by William Landay. "It's read by Grover Gardner and I can understand why he has been the narrator for so many books and won so many awards. He reads like he is the character; not just a narrator. Gardner's voice is at once confessional, personal and engaging. I have read and heard many favorable reviews of Defending Jacob and am anxious to find out the mystery behind the book's title."
Abby is having one of those no-good weeks when the books are being difficult. "I've been having a hard time finding a book to really dig into. So, for my latest read I looked on the shelf and saw the name Brad Meltzer. I thought, oh, they say he's a nice guy, so I grabbed it. I don't recommend selecting books based on the author's niceness quotient. It's not a very good book. The Fifth Assassin follows Beecher White. Beech is an archivist who works in the National Archives and is revealed early on as a member of a centuries old secret society dedicated to protecting POTUS. My dislike for the book extends beyond my usual obsession with having to read books in sequence. Had I read book one, I still would not like this book. It's basically a conspiracy theory book ala Dan Brown. Meltzer's character development may be better than Brown's, but that's not saying much. What saves it are the interesting snippets about presidential assassinations and the men who committed them."
As for myself, I finished Daddy Love by Joyce Carol Oates. I read everything she writes, for some unknowable reason. This one was a quick read, revolving around a man, Daddy Love, who kidnaps young boys to keep to abuse and call his sons. Not uplifting at all, but very well-written and well-paced. I didn't like it as much as her other 2013 book, which comes out next month (The Accursed), but it is perfect as a novel with that creepy true-crime feel.


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Degree Programs in Hydrologic Science and Engineering
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The Hydrologic Science and Engineering program offers you an interdisciplinary graduate program comprised of faculty from several different Mines departments: Chemistry; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Geology; Geophysics; Mining; and Petroleum.
Past graduates have accepted positions in areas such as: contaminant characterization and remediation; ground-water or watershed modeling; water-resources assessment; ecologic restoration; and environmental restoration. Typical employers include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, environmental consulting firms, the U.S. Geological Survey, the petroleum industry and state regulatory agencies.
Financial support may be in the form of teaching assistantships (TA), research assistantships (RA) or fellowships. Generally, these awards are reserved for students pursuing a research-based program. TAs are generally offered by March 15 for the upcoming academic year, beginning in the fall. TAs are not usually available beginning with the spring semester. RAs are offered by individual faculty to students whom they expect will contribute quickly to a particular funded research project. Applicants interested in RAs should contact the faculty members whose research interests parallel their own, directly. Complete applications should be submitted by the deadline.
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They have the best pizza. I prefer it over actual crust honestly. It's nice to be able to go and get fast food I won't get sick from other than salad salad salad.
826 N Glendora Ave, Covina, CA 91724
I've recently started gluten free because of my headaches that I've had for months and this was the first pizza that I've had that's gluten free and it's pretty good and I'm a pizza lover
3240 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42003
They have a gluten-free crust, it's a small, but it's only $11.64 w/tax for a 2 topping pizza.
2020 Tuttle Creek Blvd, Manhattan, KS 66502
Just like other Dominos Pizza locations out there, this location has gluten-free pizza. It tastes like all the other Dominos I've tried and is pretty good.
981 S Main St, Logan, UT 84321
I have eaten from the Providence, Utah dominos multiple times and I have never gotten since. They have a very good gluten-free protocol and they know what they are doing. The pizza is the best gluten-free pizza I have found by far!!!
1160 Kuala St #202, Pearl City, HI 96782
surprised awesome pizza. exceeded my expectations
453 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33130
So after a long rehearsal dinner that only offered hors d'oeuvres, we got back to our room at 11:30 in Miami... We could find no one that would deliver! And of course I only use my GF app.. So I wanted to make sure to put this on here. Domino's has GF Udi's Pizza... So delicious And I did not get a reaction at all. Thank you Domino's!!
10231 West 21st St N, Wichita, KS 67212
Not celiac safe. Fad diet garbage.
5065 Hollywood Blvd #101, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Love it!!! Never felt sick after it!
5461 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34746
The pizza was good but I heard from an employee, that there is huge cross contamination aNd they are not trained to properly care for the gluten free pizza
Don't eat here. I was served a regular pizza. Sick for 2 days. They don't pay attention
I eat completely GF because I'm sensitive to it so finding yummy GF options is important to me. Domino's has great GF pizza! You can get any of their pizza toppings/combinations on GF crust. It is quick and convenient AND tastes great! Even my boyfriend who doesn't have to eat GF loves it.
3809 Northwest Cache Road, Lawton, OK 73505
This is low gluten! NOT gluten free, ask, as we did, why is this on restaurant on this app?
110 E Plane St, Unit B, Bethel, OH 45106
Their gluten free pizza is great! However they do not have a dedicated gluten free kitchen.
E, 4095 Pony Express Pkwy #4, Eagle Mountain, UT 84005
Great having safe delivery options!
806 N Highway 81, Duncan, OK 73533
They have a gluten free crust option.
1515 Warrior Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37128
A good, affordable gf pizza option. Not gourmet, but perfect if you just want the basics.
1517 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester, NY 14620
Great pizza!
3151 Breton Rd SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Domino's Pizza has consistently amazed me with their Gluten Free thin crust pizzas. I would consider myself "gluten sensitive", and have always had success with their pizzas, no matter what store I order from. This specific location is no exception.I thought I might change things up one night, and order their hot wings, which are baked and gluten free. When I received them, I wasn't very impressed... The wings were sort of sitting in their own sauce/fat, and the meat didn't quite seem right. None the less, they still tasted awesome and I didn't get food poisoning, so that's a win-win in my book!
437 South John Sims Parkway, Valparaiso, FL 32580
rhe Udis crusrt was really overcooked... nearly burned it was so totally dark brown. It was overall a bad pizza. i can get. a better pizza from frozen or homemade or even from another chain. They didnt have any safety practices in place to prevent cross contamination.
1541 N Hobart St, Pampa, TX 79065
When we asked they made my pizza on a fresh surface with fresh utensils. I felt very safe.
856 N China Lake Blvd, Ridgecrest, CA 93555
My husband has non Celiac gluten intolerance. He was excited to try the gluten free crust. Unfortunately it was cross contaminated. He gets an immediate migraine from any gluten so we know it was the pizza. If you go to Domino's website they admit that they don't take any special steps to prevent cross contamination and they warn people with gluten issues not to eat there. They are just offering the 'Gluten-free' pizza because it's trendy, not because they care about people's health.
98 E Coshocton St, Johnstown, OH 43031
Great pizza, careful staff.
Mequon Rd, Germantown, WI 53022
Not for individuals with Celiac! Would never risk it!
1303 Columbia Dr, Ste A, Decatur, GA 30032
Best gluten free pizza yet
31961 Dove Canyon Drive, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679
We've enjoyed both their red and white sauce on their gluten-free pizza. They currently only offer a 12" pizza, but it is perfect for a party of 2 @ $12.99
1600 South Jefferson Avenue, Mount Pleasant, TX 75455
Good job of keeping cross contamination to minimum. Very helpful and interested employees. They offered to wash the pizza pans when I ordered two gluten free pizzas. They set them aside for my order later that evening. Awesome service.
994 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA 23601
I eat here all the time..best gf pizza...sometime the crust is a little soft but over all yummy...and never gotten sick
1863 Main St #103, Ferndale, WA 98248
The crust is really good albeit a bit expensive but my husband who is gluten intolerant has never had an issue with our little store and the variety of GF toppings is great. I wish it was a little less expensive but it doesn't stop us from ordering it :)
1541 N Hobart St, Pampa, TX 79065
Tasted like pizza. Very small pizza
2423 North Main Street, Roswell, NM 88201
Their new GF crust is delicious! I can eat GOOD pizza again!!
845 Northeast Monroe Street, Pullman, WA 99163
Tastes great, not guaranteed to be free of contaminates but I've never had a problem
4315 McMasters Avenue, Hannibal, MO 63401
Small pizza with gf crust. Beware cc, but they try their best, making no promises.
194 Main Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895
Good gluten free pizza. Thin crust of course but their crust is actually a bit crispy. Might be better than their regular pizza
540 Westerly Parkway Ste 19, State College, PA 16801
I order a gluten free pizza from them about once every 1-2 weeks (sad but true). They keep getting better at making them. I order extra cheese every time. Sometimes I order mushrooms or green peppers. I have never gotten sick. I'm sure it is not celiac friendly. I believe they state on their website that it is not suitable for celiacs.
10031 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32257
As stated by Dominos this is NOT safe for Celiacs.
2600 Northwest Randall Way, Silverdale, WA 98383
I have celiac disease and I can handle a little crossed wheat/gluten in my food. But if you can't (like can't even touch it) then I don't recommend. They warn that it might not be %100 gluten free, but I think they do that because people are so sue happy. But I love the gf pizza though. On the smaller side but very worth it! I've never gotten sick off of it and I've been eating it for over a year now.
4602 Augusta Rd, Garden City, GA 31408
pizza is really good if loaded up
706 South Mission Street, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Price is atrocious!!!! Pizza was good but good lord! $11.19 for one topping small!!! Outrageous! Will be a last resort if I have a hankering for pizza! Husband also ordered a 3 topping LARGE for $7.99!!! Highway robbery! Made me nervous it wasn't on its own tin. :-/ **UPDATE** On a side note the pizza is good. AND when they do their "order online for 50% off" you can order a loaded gf pizza for like $6.50. We only eat here when they have that deal.
100 Washington St, Ste C, Canton, MA 02021
Gluten free pizza is absolutely the best in the area for taste and price too.
12925 Lake Boulevard, Lindstrom, MN 55045
It's always nice being able to get GF pizza!
3319 West Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, TX 75038
They have a small GF pizza, which you can top as you like. All toppings are GF. The downside is that there is a chance for cross contamination, but I have not had a problem.
981 S Main St, Logan, UT 84321
very knowledgeable about celiac
8701 Hall Road, Utica, MI 48317
The employee's where very friendly and helpful!
3797 Osage Beach Parkway, Unit A-1, Osage Beach, MO 65065
They do not guarantee that it's free from cross-contamination, and it often comes out a little well-done (I can handle some cross-contamination), but it's nice to have a decent pizza that doesn't taste like cardboard. Edit: I've had to reduce how many stars given from 5 to 2. The first time I went, I was thrilled with the pizza and the crust. The second time, was still happy, but had concerns afterwards about whether it was really gluten-free or not. Third and last time, the pizza they gave me was DEFINITELY NOT gluten-free. I was up all night with stomach cramps and terrible pain. Unfortunately, I won't go back now. That's too bad. Their sauce was tasty, the crust crispy, the toppings were good, and the price reasonable ($8, I believe). If you can take the chance or know somebody that works there that will ensure you get gluten-free, go for it. Otherwise, eat there at your own risk. :(
450 West 12th Street, Dickinson, ND 58601
great service
2205 E Oakland Ave, Bloomington, IL 61701
Domino's is not gluten free. They do not have a dedicated line, and they have no training in cross contamination. You've been warned.
10845 N 99th Ave, Peoria, AZ 85345
Why advertise GF if it's not safe for people with Celiac. That is like saying something is peanut free but you dipped it in peanuts then gave it to a kid with a peanut allergy. Just doesn't make since to me. Call it what it is.. gluten less food.
7669 North Union Boulevard, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Good pizza. I prefer this over all delivery places locally
1927 Highway 35 N, Ste 1927, Rockport, TX 78382
A great easy meal. Gf crust is 10 inches but always good and they do a great job of keeping it separate from other food items.
Surprised ... It was good.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: St. Louis MO USA
VERY true. And to be clear, I DO have health insurance and always have. I have life insurance. Technically, when I was at the mega church, I was full time, on staff, salaried, benefits, vacation and sick days. It was a dream gig for a musician. And no, it was not a day job. I wrote music all day, played live 4 times a week, hired and fired musicians, orchestras. AND I still had time to play in bands, teach, compose, record. It was just a very big piece of the pie until I finally got burnt out and left 5 years ago. Now I just have to hustle a bit more.
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Join Date: Jan 2010
oh yeah, but you have to pay for that insurance out of your pocket, and any day off is lost profit. i just assume, as well, that 99% of the time you're not gonna get a gig with those sorts of benefits - that's certainly a diamond in a rough - so i exclude it from the equation when people are seriously contemplating taking that plunge.
i do know some directors around these parts for middle schools who gig on weekends and take advantage of their benefits/summers off/the ability to challenge their arrangement and compositional skills to simplify music to a level that kids could perform. that requires a lot of personal stress, and you have to be incredibly dedicated to both teaching and performing to make that arrangement work without slipping in either department, so i exclude factors like that too.
honestly, music is a hard thing. when you're in the game, you might find you're able to spread yourself into more than one niche, but it wouldn't be wise, i think, to try and bite off more than you can chew. find something you love, and run with it - if you get a golden opportunity, or you find something that works to your advantage or challenges you and keeps the food on the table, take it, but never try to bank on that or you may well fall on your face.
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: San Jose, CA
I'm kinda surprised to hear you say this. Most of the time when session guitar work gets discussed, you get the idea they're handed a ream of sheet music and told to play it perfectly, in one take, by sight. I've always felt that was asking a bit much.
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Join Date: Jan 2010
i should have clarified, i wasn't talking about guitar specifically - most of the people i've met who gigged were through connections in high school and through local college directors, meaning mostly brass (and winds in general)
guitar may well be a completely different ballpark so i wouldn't take that as an indicator, hence why i was asking. if i knew any pro gigging guitarists who could read music at all, much less sightread, i'd have far less time to post on here because i'd be busy shamelessly leeching off of them for gigs
but i do agree there is a lot of emphasis on it that probably isn't warranted. if anything, the only reason you'd be given stuff to sightread would be very demanding, high-level gigs (most of which that come to mind wouldn't typically have an electric guitar in the first place outside of gimmickry, symphonies/operas/&c.), or because it's the easiest way to weed out a guitarist/drummer/electric bassist that actually went to school and/or have some level of dedication to their craft.
in the realm of brass/winds it's kinda a given that you read because, i mean, they actually have classes for it in middle and high school instead of forcing you to learn your instrument through half-assed biweekly jazz band rehearsals and tab sites.
scott said he sightread a lot but it was more for personal challenge, which is a good sign and should be embraced, but i'll reiterate and ask "how much was it actually required by the gig beyond just having a ton of stuff to do in a short timeframe", cause i've always felt like having a good look-through of the music or 2 makes the chart exponentially easier to read when actually performing, even in a time crunch. legitimate sightreading is a lot more intense if you're not well-honed in it, and admittedly isn't the most useful skill (outside of just making your living purely from session/performing, of course, but if you want to dabble pretty much anywhere outside of that realm its usefulness quickly turns into a party trick, a la vai at old zappa shows)
not to say reading isn't absolutely something you should have zeroed in no matter what you're doing, but it shouldn't be the top of the checklist when you're thinking of tools/skills/necessities for your audition. it should be there, in the wide realm of priorities, but even just considering technical skill you should make sure you have a strong ear and clean technique before you worry about sightreading everything you see like some guitarists might fail to understand. i'd rather a performer be able to hear and reciprocate to solid results than someone who sees and reciprocates decently/adequately.
can you guys tell i'm off work tonight? i'm actually being serious and have time for these long posts instead of the usual intelligent musings i pose
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Although I approached the reading from a challenge aspect, it was absolutely vital to playing the gig. I just made it more challenging to stay on top of my game. I required every musician I hired to be slamming readers. The general specificity in the music demanded it.
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I'm not a professional guitarist yet (in that I don't do it for a living), but one of things that really hit me in the last couple of years is the idea that you have to treat music as an occupation if you want to do it as an occupation. You show up to your own practice space every single day and get things done even when they're not totally pleasant. You put in enough time that you could call it a job.
The idea of the 10,000 Hour Rule was really illuminating to me, and has helped me improve my musicianship greatly even in a short time. Basically, it takes about 10,000 hours to attain objectively "good" skill at anything you do: music, sports, writing, work. When I looked back at how much time I spent at, say, my job, compared to playing guitar, I realized that simply by virtue of spending 40 hours a week at work, I was far more skilled at Retail than at music. Obviously, that behooved me to make a change.
The day you realize you're primary skill is counting cash tills and telling people to please vacuum the floor is the day you realize that professional musicianship is within reach if only you put in the time and effort in the same way you would with a job. If I can stand to put that much time into something that I really don't care about*, why shouldn't I reserve the same effort for something that I find much more satisfying?
*I actually care quite a bit about my job, as my career is in community-based service non-profits; I just don't care much for the retail end of it.
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Thanks, Scott.
Great thread. It sounds like you a LOT to offer folks here at UG, as doing music full-time is an aspiration that many have, but few ultimately venture into.
And yes, music can't be a "fall back" or that's all it will ever be, most likely.
Could I get some more talent in the monitors, please?
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I truly have nothing to gain here, but to shed light on things for young players.
I've been very fortunate and simply want to give back. Though I get paid to teach professionally, i STILL enjoy opening people up to their potential for nothing more than knowing I may have done so in some small way.
...and you're right, it takes extreme dedication, focus and sacrifice to achieve something in this business. For me, Plan B was never given a chance.
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Thanks for all the advice Scott! I've been reading through the stuff you've been posting and it's been really helpful
You seem like a really knowledgeable person not only in music so I'd like to ask you about my situation and what you'd recommend me to do.
My situation:
around 3000$ invested in gear (DAW,software,virtual instruments,monitors,instrumnts,etc)
main source of money is tree work atm I get paid pretty decent
I usually get 5 hours a day of free time to play around with my music stuff I've gotten
I've composed about 10 songs so far, and alot of other "test" ones trying out different things, but 10 full ones that I could put out anytime I want but not sure how to put them out or when etc, a few of them have vocals as well.
I've been doing this for 1 and a half years learning to mix and everything
My goals currently:
Learn to play the guitar (rythme guitarist, rock, maybe some solos)
Learn to compose better pieces
Create PVs somehow with the songs I've made
Release them on youtube with google adsense possibly with a site
possibly offer a CD for sell if they get popular or the stuff for download
Things I'm having trouble with:
1.Not sure how to attempt or if I should learn music theory
2.Not sure if I should invest in a teacher for guitar or continue just practicing myself
3.Not sure how to release my stuff on the internet, I got that PV idea but I would have to make something and I'm not sure what, I know how to do some motion graphics or I could film some dumbass video lol
1.I've been playing piano since I was a kid and have learned to improvise on it really well with both black keys and white keys, though I have never had lessons and didn't learn theory. Having not learned theory I have been on and off of the idea of trying to learn it or not. Everytime I attempt to learn it I feel like it's trying to put me in a box of rules I have to follow, it's scaring me as well in a mental way. I know the basics of it, and been on and off reading up on it looking at books for a year now but for a very short times as I often feel like "just forget this" because I don't understand it and I already usually can play melodys I want to and I figure out what chords will work with them or vica versa, or program them in my DAW but I prefer playing live it gives a certain thing to the stuff thats hard to replica with velocity's etc, Though there are times when I am composing I feel it would be much easier if I knew exactly what would work with certain chords or melodys Ive made as sometimes it takes me a while to find the stuff I'm looking for.
So I'm not sure where to start, how to approach it, or what to do with music theory. If I should get a teacher or if I should just forget about it...
2.I've recently got a guitar after a month of going in shops trying them out being uncertain lol
I've been using it for 3 months, I can't do barres no matter how hard I press I can't get all the strings down I've tried lots of things. I got rythme down pretty quick, was able to sync to tempos really easily, I'm able to somewhat play single notes I learned where all the notes are on the first 3 strings but having trouble remembering the other ones basically I try to memorize it from these two EF and BC since their just like on the piano the two white keys between the series of half step keys and once i get back on one I know where all the other notes will be
I REALLY want to learn guitar currently, it's the main thing I want in my songs, I bought a virtual guitar plugin that works pretty well for single notes but decided this I wanted to learn myself and play it, so I've been at that for 3 months. I learned the open chords and how to go down every fret moderately with my finegrs and go between them somewhat. But I feel like it's becomming harder to learn now stuff and I end up just playing the same easy stuff when I get on it, but you can come up with some great stuff with open e string chords lol but I would really like to learn barre chords and sometimes my hand gets stiff and numb so I thought I'd might benefit from a teacher who could teach me basic theory as well as proper technique.
3. I also got into video editing, motion graphics (some), and filming with DSLRs when I was a teenager but Ive since sold the equipment of those, but I spent a year learning and I know alot of ins and outs of how to create PVs now cause of that even though I don't enjoy it that too much.
I got into making songs, composing, DTM and DAWs a year and a half ago and I have dedicating most of my time to that trying out all kinds of stuff, learning how to do things etc as I always kinda wanted to record the piano and stuff I can easily say it's been the most exciting and pleasing experience in my life and I wish I had got into it earlier as I'm sure this is what I'd like to do now.
lol sorry for the long post, it might be kind of scattered I tried to clean it up. I kinda just started writing and couldn't stop.
Anyway I really like doing this stuff currently, and if I could do it full time that would be awesome!
Working in the hot sun dragging logs getting sawdust on you isnt exactly fun lol
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I apologize for the lack of anything remotely Thinky to post today.
In compensation for being utterly unable to rub enough brain cells together to think of anything intelligent -- or, really, of anything at all beyond brownies and an 8pm bedtime (both for me) -- I tried last night to think of a catchy alternative name to put over my usual brain logo. But something like "Brain Mush Thursday" or "Tired Brain Thursday" just didn't have that clever ring I was looking for.
And "The Day After Kids-Kicked-My-Ass Wednesday" really was too long. So I gave up on the logo.
I considered posting Before and After photos of my house, which I have been systematically cleaning in preparation for all the weekend festivities. There was something appealing in the perversity of posting true tidiness as Before, with After represented by the chaotic destruction of which only two cyclones bent on challenging their mother's sanity and "mine!"-ing each other to death are capable. But I didn't have the energy to take photos of the messes before making feeble attempts to clean. Chasing my children with a broom and dustpan is like chasing an actual hurricane with a broom and dustpan and assuming those tools will be sufficient to clean up the devastation left in the wake. And I spent so much time alternating between issuing time outs and nursing boo boos incurred while standing on chairs and draping selves over tippy bar stools as if our kitchen had suddenly morphed into McDonald's Playland (of course you land on your head on a tile floor when you treat a kitchen stool as a swing that you are supposed to ride on your belly) that I really don't have the energy to recall what my house looked like when it was clean. All the way back about 24 hours ago.
I'm sure you have those days. (And if you don't, please don't tell me.) The ones where, although you of course deep down still love your children, you just don't like them very much?
That was my Wednesday. They threw food at each other at lunch. They refused blatantly to obey simple instructions, emptied the contents of all of my purses, diaper bags, book bags, shopping bags, and any other container within reach all over the floor, knocked over The Pile, got in each other's way on purpose, snatched each other's toys, argued and fought, poked and prodded. As the sun finally came out after naptime, I had a cheerful (desperate) thought. But they were so perverse that they even became self-defeating.
ME: "Who wants to go for a bike hike?"
THEM: "Me me me me me!"
ME: "Okay, everybody put your shoes on."
ME: head explodes quietly
I was getting photos ready to send to the grandparents, and I did seriously wonder for a moment whether I might be able to figure out a way to send the kids instead of their photos. But I gave that up as impractical.
Which is all to say that I have nothing remotely intelligent to ponder today. This is particularly the case as I tend to write my posts the night before, which means as I am currently writing, it is 9pm at the end of what was hands-down the LONGEST Kids-Kicked-My-Ass Wednesday of my life.
So, please forgive the lack of thinky. But my question for the day is: Do you have any suggestions for how to restrain a hurricane?
Thursday, April 24, 2008
How to Restrain a Hurricane
I apologize for the lack of anything remotely Thinky to post today.
17 comments:
- Jo said...
Uhm, maybe try and contain the hurrican to one room? Is it bad to lock children in their bedrooms?
Sorry you had such a hectic day.
- April 24, 2008 at 8:45 AM
- LceeL said...
I used to tell Annie to "Wrap 'em up in a rug". And if they make too much noise while wrapped in said rug, to "Stand the rug in the closet and close the door." She never did. But she SHOULD have. I am STILL convinced it would have worked. And she'd have a LOT more hair today.
- April 24, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- MIQuilter said...
You're welcome to borrow a puppy crate from me if you'd at least like to keep them separated. I love the idea of locking them in their bedrooms. However, be careful - the aspca might come after you if they find out. Just make sure they never find out.
I'm sorry you had such a bad day :(
- April 24, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- ConverseMomma said...
I'm sending you a roll of duct tape and a bottle of Grey Goose. The drink is for you, of course. The duct tape, well, that's up to you.
- April 24, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- Mrs F with 4 said...
Oh MommyTime, WHAT a day! Could it be that Spring is springing and their sap is rising? We had a day like that, chez Mrs F, on Tuesday. Four little Sprats (6,4,2,6mths), all raising hell and threatening dire retribution on each other for 'she's breathing on me', 'he's looking at me'. And trekking dirty snow across the newly vacuumed cream carpet (don't look at me like that, it was here when we moved in).
And discovering dead creatures in the garden (revealed by the melting snow)... including (thank you, Little Miss 2-and-I-do) an exceedingly dead and exceptionally smelly... skunk. Which she kissed to make it better (didn't work).
So I did what any normal Mummy of my acquaintance would do. I called best friend Mrs H, who arrived with an emergency chocolate delivery, coincidentally trailing her little sprats, also aged 6,4,2....
And Duct Tape.
I'm hoping that today can ONLY be better - for you!
- April 24, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Please tell us today was better!
- April 24, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- Tara R. said...
I live in a real hurricane prone area... the Gulf Coast of Florida. About the only thing you can do is board everything up real tight, stand back and let it blow itself out... this may apply to human hurricanes too.
- April 24, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- Blessings From Above said...
Hang in there! Not sure how to restrain a hurricane, but a martini may help the aftermath!
- April 24, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- Sandy C. said...
Ugh, so sorry to hear. Your Wednesday sounds like my day today. We had total melt-down mode everywhere we went today :(
When I lived in Florida, I always evacuated for hurricanes. I think I may apply this tomorrow.
- April 24, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- pb&j in a bowl said...
My suggestion on handling hurricanes. Leave kids with responsible adult. Go to nearest bar/restaurant with best friend.
Drink multiple Malibu Hurricanes. Return home after 2 legged hurricanes are sound asleep.
- April 24, 2008 at 11:17 PM
- Mr Lady said...
2 parts Duct Tape, one part Benadryl always works for me.
- April 25, 2008 at 2:24 AM
- MommyTime said...
Ah, EVACUATE! I never thought of that. This is what comes of never living in a Gulf state. Thank you so much, PB&J and Sandy and Tara.
Mr. Lady, I can't believe I forgot the Benadryl -- I even got some as a Christmas gift from MIQ in a little tin marked "Peace." d'Oh!
As for the Aftermath drinks -- anyone care to join me? :)
And, thanks to the many of you who sent well wishes for a better Thursday. Thursday was, indeed, much better.
- April 25, 2008 at 7:50 AM
- MultiplesMommy said...
Mrs. F - You're hysterical! Thanks for the laugh.
MT - If it makes you feel any better, my hurricane Thursday started with the kids taking all the couch cushions off (which I've only told them NOT to do 847 times) and jumping up and down on the bare springs. As Big Sis and Minnie 2 jumped together, the balance was a little off, Minnie 2 fell, whacking her poor little nose on the bare frame of the couch so hard I thought she broke it. She comes climbing up the stairs, crying hysterically and bleeding everywhere, to be met by me (in bra and panties as I was in the middle of getting dressed) having no idea of what's going on. Just then, the doorbell rings--it's the town tax assessor, wondering if he can wander thru our house. I throw on clothes, send him away, and take said bleeding child to the doc's to discover if the nose is, in fact, broken. Luckily, it is not. But it just goes to show, that Mom is always right..."It's all fun and games 'til someone loses an eye!"
- April 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- MommyTime said...
Oh, Mrs F, I forgot to add: you are my HERO and a seriously brave woman for deciding that the cure for a four-child hurricane was to invite over three more just because their Mama would come with chocolate. I'm so so so unbearably sorry that you don't live near me, because I would ABSOLUTELY bring you chocolate if it meant I could get my kids out of my house and have a conversation with someone older than four while the hurricane raged around us.
- April 25, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- MommyTime said...
And MM, I'm very glad her nose ain't broke. And you know what they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." SO... I hope you didn't pay the doctor a whole heap of $$. :) Sending kisses from my Hurricane House to yours.
- April 25, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- foolery said...
So glad to see that I wasn't the only one for whom duct tape was an immediate option. Never used it yet, but never say never.
Hoping you have three -- no, four! I almost forgot MONDAY [laughs like she knows a secret] -- days of unrestrained grown-up FUN, in a row. His-and-hurr-icanes be damned.
- April 25, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- MommyTime said...
Foolery, can I please borrow "his and hurr-icanes" ?! That might be the best phrase EVER to describe my children. And thanks for the grown-up wishes. Pictures of tonight's BOSSY party coming soon...
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