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Buddy Guy refuses to slow down. Betraying very few signs of his 74 years, Guy led an enthusiastic, sold-out Red Butte Garden crowd through a celebratory 80-minute set, backed by his crack band.
As part of the venue's annual "Garden in the Gala," evening, Guy wowed many in the audience by playing roughly the same set that's been the backbone of his live show for more than 15 years.
Relying heavily on songs from outside his own records, including the standard tribute schtick that Guy's employed since at least the early '90s thrilled the audience as he interwove Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile," with Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love," while playing guitar one-handed, behind his back and with a towel.
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For years, Guy has largely eschewed playing songs from his own albums, save for a few here and there such as "74 Years Young," and "Let The Door Knob Hit Ya," which are both from 2010's "Living Proof."
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|NW Ridge
Date Climbed: May 21, 2011
|With Daren and SMG crew. What and adventure! Loose rock scrambling up the ridge, with a completely snow covered descent of the eastern slopes. (last time I hit this summit was in '75?)
|Posted May 25, 2011 3:39 pm
|NW Ridge - very exciting
Date Climbed: May 21, 2011
|camped at Convict Lake. Left camp at 6:30 and 9 hours later our party of nine climbers summitted via the dangerously loose but spectacular NW ridge, a 4600' ascent from camp. We climbed all the way on the ridge proper and climbed much 3rd class and possibly some 4th, along with some snow. Only recommended for parties with a strong stomach for exposure and chossiness. Descended E. slope. Morrison is a spectacular and deadly mountain. Viva Alpinismo!
|Posted May 24, 2011 11:41 am
|E. slop, descended Hanging Valley
Date Climbed: May 14, 2010
|Easy, but for some excessively wet/steep just below the summit. 'Highly recommend the hanging valley for the view it affords.
|Posted Feb 18, 2011 7:27 pm
|East Slope
|1991 with Andy Zdon author of Desert Summits
|Posted Dec 22, 2010 4:48 pm
|Bob Burd
|Baldwin - Morrison Traverse
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2010
|Part of the 2010 Sierra Challenge, did the two mile traverse with Sean O'Rourke. Too loose to recommend it as a worthwhile endeavor. Trip Report.
|Posted Sep 20, 2010 7:44 pm
|Jubels McAle strikes again
|NW ridge up, descending the east way back to Convict and a gloriously chilled Pabst. A wobbler nearly threw me off the ridge, but she's not the smarmy Eiger everyone said she is.
|Posted Sep 13, 2010 10:11 pm
|From White Fang
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2010
|Loose, but not as scary as from Baldwin to White Fang. Sierra Challenge.
|Posted Aug 16, 2010 3:13 pm
|With Point 3765
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2010
|Took the Tobacco Flats 4x4 road to it's end, then up the valley and the right side of the east slope. Secor lists the ridge to Point 3765 1/2 mile to the south as class 4, but kept it to class 2 by dropping off the ridge, still needed ax and crampons. The summit blocks are class 3, maybe class 4 if you don't go the best way as I did (true summit is to the southeast, I went up the wrong one first). Decended from the saddle 1/3 mile further to the south.
|Posted Jun 21, 2010 1:33 pm
|East slope
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2000
|Got to about 11,000' and turned back from steep snow. had no axe or crampons. Glissaded down and settled for McGee Mtn.
|Posted May 31, 2010 3:11 am
|E. Slope Variation
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009
|The east slope variation route is both shorter and more scenic than the regular east slope.
|Posted Aug 16, 2009 2:45 pm
|From Convict Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2009
|Went up the East Slope Variation and down the East Slope route. Not much snow left on the mountain.
|Posted Jul 2, 2009 3:35 pm
|East slope
Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2009
|The trip went great until I hit the saddle between the east slope and east slope variation. From there to the top the snow was insanely soft and a pain in the bum bum to get through. I routinely asked myself why I kept going as I literally crawled through the softening snow towards the summit. Eventually I made it and had a good vessel for getting back down (a snowboard), which took me almost all the way to the top of the hill above convict lake.
|Posted Apr 24, 2009 4:03 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2007
|Meant to go East Slope but totally missed the approach and wound up on the saddle, so rather than descend, went for the NW ridge and it was worth it. Went down the East Slope which was easier.
|Posted Sep 12, 2007 12:51 am
|hangin valley ascent - east slope descent
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007
|This was planned as a warm-up/acclimatization hike for Mt. Goethe/Mt. Lamarck in the '07 Sierra Challenge. I highly recommend ascending the hanging valley variation of the east slope. The only drawback is that it does not allow you to view the upper east slope before reaching the rock. After a slight route-finding error we summited via the left-hand bowl of the east slope. Descent was going well until my GF slipped and sliced her shin wide open, which was further antagonized on the descent by dome bushwacking. Back as the car we sealed her wound with some 3M skin strips, although I felt she should have went for 6-8 stitches. She was hurting a bit and we thus decided to punt on the Sierra Challenge for the following day. Next time I hope to hit the NW Ridge in late winter or early spring.
|Posted Aug 5, 2007 8:48 pm
|East Lake empty
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007
|Did the east ridge last weekend. Just thought I'd share that the small lake in the hanging valley on the east side is dry as a bone, so if you plan on refilling water bottles there, you might be out of luck. There was still a trickle in the stream upcanyon but I don't know how much longer it will last.
|Posted Aug 2, 2007 2:52 pm
|East Slope Variation
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2007
|The variation is a little rough because it is steeper and the trail (Sort of) does move when you step on it (Scree/Talus). Not too bad though. Next time I would go up the standard way and down the variation
|Posted Jun 22, 2007 10:17 pm
|mount morrison
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2003
|watched the sun set from the summit!
|Posted Mar 20, 2007 3:35 am
|East Slope
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|Our usual alpine start (1:30pm) - check.
Loose rock and steep scree slopes - check.
Bushwhacking through sage and scrub - check.
Yup, all the elements were in place for an afternoon of fun with Robin. We managed the route in 6.5 hours car to car, which unfortunatly meant that Amigos was closed by the time we got there. Oh well. Amazingly, we were the first people to sign the register in over three weeks.
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 4:33 am
|East Slope
Date Climbed: May 26, 2006
|Got it this time! Mark (ming21) and I came back for our 2nd attempt on Morrison (our 1st attempt defeated by snow conditions). Again we started up from Convict Lake at 5:08am. This time the snow had consolidated and it was cooler. We summited at 10:13am. Glissaded down the East Variation (hanging valley) and then bushwacked our way down to Convict Lake arriving back at the trailhead by 1:15pm.
|Posted May 30, 2006 11:34 pm
|East Slope
Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2006
|Climbed with ming21 (Mark). Worst snow climb ever for me. Got only an hour of sleep at the Convict Lake trailhead because fishermen were driving all night long since 2:30am (it was the first day of opening season....aghhh). Also, came in from LA with a sore throat and small cold. Got up anyway and started walking by 6:11am. Reached the base of the East Slope climb by 8:30am or so. Lots and lots of snow. Rested for about half hour and started up. Had to put snowshoes. After reaching the 10,900-foot saddle from the East Variation (hanging valley), I encountered the "worst" snow that I've climbed so far on: totally a 7/11 slurpy, unconsolidated, very wet snow, total soup. Mark and I were sinking to our waists. Took a long time just to travel a few hundred feet. Extremely warm (est. around 80 degrees F). We tried climbing some loose rock to avoid the unconsolidated and very warm snow soup. We did a spicy traverse between 11,600' and 11,700'. At 11,700 feet (just before noon), we stopped to look at 3 naturally-trigger wet avalanches happening in front of our eyes on the final slope to the summit. That's when we said enough and got that hell out of there! If we got caught in one of those cement slides, it would the last of us. I think the extremely hot day caused many slides in the Sierra. Got back to Convict Lake by 2:40pm. Now I have to go back and finish Morrison at some other time.
|Posted Apr 30, 2006 6:31 am


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The mathematics program at St. Olaf is nationally recognized for innovative and effective teaching, for scholarship, and for service to the profession. We see mathematics as interesting, important, useful, and appropriate for students with a wide variety of interests. Welcome to our mathematical community.
What's Happening in St. Olaf Math?
Keep yourself updated about the department. Check out the available MSCS Mess issues here.
Wondering what Sem: Applied refers to in the Class and Lab Schedule? Well, this year Professor Paul Humke is teaching a course titled Fractal Geometry. If you take this course, you will learn everything from the mathematics of a fractal to how these structures relate to the real world. Students who have taken ERA are invited to enroll.
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Department News
- Class of 2010: There will be 79 mathematics majors graduating in the class of 2010 -- one of the biggest classes ever, and the 2nd largest major (behind Biology) in 2010. Congratulations to the students, parents, and faculty who helped this happen!
- Goodbyes: At graduation we say goodbye not only to 79 mathematics majors, but also to Professors Delia Letang and Mike Weimerskirch. Delia will begin a tenure-track position at Century College (part of the MNSCU system) in the fall, and Mike will be working closer to home at Macalester College. Thanks to both of them for their excellent service to St. Olaf.
- See you laters: Professors Olaf Hall-Holt, Bruce Hanson, and Kay Smith will be on sabbatical next academic year. Olaf and Kay will be gone the entire year and Bruce will be gone during spring.
- Award winners: Nathan Clement '10, Mat Deram '11, and Vladimir Sotirov '12 took first place in the 18th Annual Konhauser Problemfest, held February 27th at the University of St. Thomas; they scored 85 points of 100. Better still, the trophy for the competition returns to St. Olaf for the second straight year. The Konhauser contest, named for the late Macalester mathematics professor Joe Konhauser, pits 3-person teams against challenging problems. No fewer than 18 Ole mathematics majors participated this year, including Mckenzie West, Amelia Stonesifer, Cathryn Holm, Bjorn Wastvedt, Thu Tran, Cameron Marcott, Trevor Knapp, Thomas Hegland, Benjamin Simmons, Daniel Bryant, Warren Shull, Joshua Wilson, Ling Gu, Yan Jing, and Yujie Li. Congratulations to all.
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Didier Reynders condemns the attack in Boston and expresses his condolences
It was with dismay that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders learned of the cowardly terrorist attack in Boston, USA.
In a message to his American counterpart, John Kerry, he expressed his profound condemnation of this revolting act against innocent civilians. The minister extends his deepest condolences to the victims, and to their families and friends, and wishes the wounded a quick recovery. He also wishes to express his sympathy and solidarity with the American people and their government.


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What's New in PL/SQL in Oracle Database 10g?
As is the case with every new release, Oracle Database 10g introduces some new PL/SQL language features and some new supplied PL/SQL packages. These are listed briefly at the end of this page.
However, the big news for PL/SQL in this release is the dramatic increase in runtime performance from transparent changes. Oracle Database 10g brings a new PL/SQL compiler and a newly tuned PL/SQL execution environment. Additionally, the system for the native compilation of PL/SQL has been substantially improved. As a result, users can expect that
These factors are so large that they might seem literally incredible. Lest you doubt them, we provide extensive corroborative collateral:
PL/SQL Just Got Faster explains the workings of the PL/SQL compiler and runtime system and shows how major improvements on this scale are indeed possible.
PL/SQL Performance Measurement Harness describes a performance experiment whose conclusion is the large factors quoted above. We've provided a downloadable kit to enable you to repeat the experiment yourself.
Freedom, Order, and PL/SQL Optimization , intended for professional PL/SQL programmers, explores the use and behavior of the new compiler.
PL/SQL Performance Debunking the Myths , again intended for readers who work at the PL/SQL codeface, re-examines some old notions about PL/SQL performance.
PL/SQL Just Got Faster
This whitepaper is derived from the OracleWorld 2003 presentation with the same title by Oracle Corporation's PL/SQL Team. It describes the radical changes that were made to the PL/SQL compilation and runtime systems moving from Oracle9i Database Release 2 to Oracle Database 10g. It also explains how some of the improvements to the runtime system from this long term project have been "leaked" into earlier Oracle versions starting with Oracle8i Database.
PL/SQL Performance Measurement Harness
This paper describes an experiment, using a large set of representative test programs, which measures the effect of the changes described in the PL/SQL Just Got Faster companion paper and presents the experimental results and their analysis.
Everything required to enable the reader to repeat the experiment and to verify the conclusions has been packaged for download from this site. The paper serves also as the instruction manual for the downloaded kit. It shows how you can easily include your own test programs in the experiment.
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Freedom, Order, and PL/SQL Optimization
To achieve its speedups, the Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL compiler reorganizes the original source code somewhat (as all optimizing compilers do). The optimizations apply both to interpreted and to natively compiled PL/SQL programs. These rearrangements may cause "inessential" changes in the detailed behavior of a PL/SQL program.
This paper describes exactly what changes may be made and why; it is a careful explanation of parts of the PL/SQL definition which have been only lightly described previously. Those who design or program PL/SQL applications and who generally are familiar with the PL/SQL reference materials will benefit from reading this paper as will those who are responsible for porting existing applications from earlier Oracle Database releases. The material is technical, but every effort is made to keep the presentation clear enough so that all those interested in PL/SQL may learn from it.
PL/SQL Performance Debunking the Myths
The PL/SQL improvements in Oracle Database 10g change the way programmers should think about traditional hand optimizations. The paper examines some old notions about PL/SQL performance and shows that some no longer hold while others do continue to be sound. Further notions come under scrutiny which have never been sound but which mysteriously have been popularly held.
The paper describes an experimental investigation whose results speak for themselves. However, the interpretation does take advantage of the special understanding of the internals of PL/SQL brought by the team at Oracle Headquarters that implements the language. The results and their expert interpretation show that, in Oracle Database 10g, the PL/SQL programmer can now concentrate on clarity and correctness and more than ever before delegate the job of generating efficient runtime code to the compiler and the execution environment.
Download the presentation slides
Summary of New PL/SQL Language Features
Oracle Database 10g introduces support for these new language features:
All these features except the user-defined quote character a convenience feature for the programmer are performance features and, of course, they all have efficient implementations. For example, the IEEE datatypes enjoy the benefit of machine arithmetic for mathematical real numbers. An appropriate algorithmic task that is expressed in PL/SQL using any of these new features will run very much faster than one that avoided them. The PL/SQL Just Got Faster whitepaper reports improvement factors ranging between four and thirteen for test programs which depend heavily on number arithmetic and which were reimplemented using the new binary_double datatype.
In the list of new language features, all but the forall enhancement and the change concerning PL/SQL integers are, formally speaking, new features in SQL. PL/SQL has an obligation to support all such SQL features in a PL/SQL context (for example, in PL/SQL assignment statements). This is a unique strength of PL/SQL and is closely related to the fact that it shares the same datatype system as SQL. The PL/SQL Development Team works to enable users to be able to use SQL and PL/SQL seamlessly together.
The new PL/SQL compiler also introduces support for compiler warnings. There are various categories of warning ( severe, performance, and informational). Each category and each individual warning can be independently enabled, disabled, or treated as a compilation error.
Summary of New PL/SQL Supplied Packages
PL/SQL packages are used to extend the functionality of the Oracle Database when SQL cannot be extended for the purpose. As such, they implement a vast range of functionality. As is normal when discussing new PL/SQL features, we restrict ourselves in this section to just those packages which can be considered to augment the PL/SQL language itself.
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What We Learned From The Road
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What we learned from the opening road trip of the 2011 season:
1. At least early on, the Twins a bit overmatched on the road. We are still very competitive (especially if our starting pitching cooperates), but lag in one key area: our "high flies" settle just before the warning track, while the home team jacks them out. Until our power threats (Morneau, Young, Kubel) starting swinging the lumber, we are at a big disadvantage. Thome is fine, though.
2. Our pitchers are going to give up home runs. Period. Not a one of them (besides maybe Liriano) is all that great at keeping the ball in the ballpark. Thus, we better not walk ANYBODY to put extra bodies on the basepaths. Target Field helps, but we still play 81 on enemy turf.
Oh yeah, and now Matty Tolbert will likely be the everyday 2B-man for awhile because of Nishioka's broken fibula:
Preview (2-4, 5th, 2.0 GB CWS/CLE/KCR): Brett Anderson (0-0, 1.50) vs. Carl Pavano (0-1, 15.75). Home Opener!!
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Each recital by Ian Bostridge is an exceptional occasion full of dramatic intensity. He has been described to prowl the stage, grimacing, lurching towards the audience, as if about to grab its collective lapel. And he has an eye for unusual connections. In this recital he jumps from Purcell and Bach over Haydn to Britten and Weill. Yet despite the promise and the rapt lyricism of the opening song, the evening's intriguing sequence of songs in the English language seemed, on the contrary, to demonstrate music's power to dramatize the darkest, despairing aspect of human life.
For the most part, you're proposing a programme with a strong literary connection : from classic John Dryden (Music for a while) and a singular 18th century female poet (Anne Hunter) to the Scottish vernacular of William Soutar (Who are these children) and the quintessential American voice of Walt Whitman. How do you "assemble" a recital. And can we see this particular programme as a declaration of love to the English language in all its variety?
I usually work with one or two composers by recital to show what they can do but also to create a unity. This time it was quite a challenge to put together something that would work, that would be varied as well as linked. There's a lot of Britten, I suppose: there is the cycle Who are these children, of course, but the Bach and Purcell's The Queen's Epicedium are amazingly arranged by Britten and last there is the fact that the Haydn Original Canzonettas were performed by Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten. I knew the Haydn from before although to me they did seem lightweight in a way. But the more I perform the more, the more I become captured - their lightness of touch is very appealing - and they give pretty much the only laugh of the evening in the song about the sailor. But war, more than literature, really is the theme, at least in the second half. But that was something I observed only afterwards. I didn't say to myself on this occasion I want to do a program about war but I knew the four Britten songs from Who are these children, I was intrigued by them before - mostly. It's mostly a cycle of children songs in Scottish dialect, but there are four poems in ordinary English on the effects of war on children. And it's a small step from there to the arrangements Weill wrote on poems Walt Whitman wrote during the American civil war. Years back, in a music shop I found the score of these songs and I was struck by the photograph on the cover. It was a famous photograph from the 1860's of a drummer boy, fighting in that war. And it suddenly got to me that I must perform these songs. It certainly came together all very accidently, I would say. In the end, above all, one finds the songs one really loves.
There are also songs in German and Latin. How do you deal with that, is it possible to one submerge oneself entirely in a non-native language?
Latin is a good example in a way, because it's a sort of magical language - a language learned at school, an ancient and dead language nobody speaks any more - the words are not daily used so they are rather magical. I'm not a good German speaker, but I have submersed myself in German poetry and songs for about thirty-odd years and I feel very comfortable singing in German language. But it helps to listen to someone like Fischer-Diskau, to have a grasp of the language - it's the sort of piracy I'm good at.
The evening's title «Music for a while» invokes a atmosphere of a pleasantly spent evening, yet almost without exception the songs refer to death and human loss and the ways to deal with it from despair and desolation in Britten & Weill to resignation in Bach.
Sometimes people's response is «why are you wallowing», while in fact it isn't gloomy. It's the transformation of a gloomy thing - through the medium of art - into something beautiful. And that beauty gets our hopes up, at least to me. What tends to happen is we open the recital with Music for a while and very often we perform it as the encore, exploring the idea that you can be taken into terrible places and can somehow enjoy it and be served because it's art and not life - and one can come to terms with it.
The Whitman-Weill combination seems to stand out: if not because settings of Whitman's poems are rarely performed than certainly because Kurt Weill's almost breezy musical treatment offers a stark contrast with Whitman's anguished laments.
Whitman is an exceptional figure and his poems are full of musical references. Kurt Weill was setting poems of the 1860's but he was also writing for a contemporary American public coming out of the Second World War and that were the harmonies they listened to. Weill used some of those contemporary harmonies and I find that very effective. The chord sequences are absolutely ravishing and I don't experience them as breezy at all, I experience them as very emotionally charged. Weill was doing the same in the 1920's when he wrote pieces like the Dreigroschenoper using popular rhythms and harmonies in an interesting way.
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In recent years, researchers have amassed more and more evidence that what we eat plays a huge role in how disease free we remain. "Along with avoiding tobacco and being physically active, a healthy diet reduces the risk of most major chronic conditions by as much as 80 percent," says David Katz, MD, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center. But while doctors can prescribe a great, one-menu-fits-all eating plan for general good health, it's also possible to tailor your diet to specific health concerns, such as preventing breast cancer, heart disease and irritable bowel syndrome, as well as chronic diseases in general.
Here are four different paths to a healthier you. But before you take action, make sure you get the OK from your physician.
The Intermittent Diet
Goal: Prevent breast cancer
In brief | Severe calorie restriction for two days a week; a Mediterranean diet the other days.
Women who are worried about breast cancer can't change most of their risk factors, such as their family history, but they can significantly boost their odds of dodging the disease by staying at a healthy weight. Gaining too many pounds after menopause increases breast cancer risk by 30 to 60 percent. This plan is aimed at women who need to lose weight but find it tough to slash calories day after day; here, you have to muster major discipline for only 48 hours a week.
For five days, you follow a Mediterranean-based diet, filled with vegetables, legumes, lean protein and good fats like olive oil. (See here for menu ideas.) You eat the number of calories you normally do when you're not putting on weight. (In other words, you follow a maintenance diet.) On the two other (not necessarily consecutive) days, you become super strict and consume a maximum of 650 calories, mostly from milk and produce. Are these intermittent low-calorie days dangerous? No, says Katz, although he believes a traditional eating plan might be easier to follow for the long term.
The Evidence
In a four-month study of 115 women, intermittent dieters shed more weight and body fat and improved their insulin response more than those on a consistent 1,500--calories-per-day Mediterranean diet (the two dieting groups ate the same total number of calories per week).
For more information and menu plans click here.
A (strict) day on the diet
1 cup black coffee (or add milk from your lunch allotment)
1 banana
1 cup green tea
Cream of carrot soupmade with
2 carrots, 1 vegetable bouillon cube, 1 cup 2% milk and spices of your choice
1 cup skim milk
1 glass plain sparkling water
2 small vegetable portions(a portion equals 2 broccoli spears, 1 tomato or a cereal bowl of either lettuce or spinach) stir-fried with soy sauce and ginger
1 glass water
2 cups 1% milkblended with ice to make a smoothie (or served hot with cinnamon and artificial sweetener)
Diet created by the U.K.'s Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention organization.
The Portfolio Diet
Goal: Cut your risk of heart disease
In brief | Eat food groups known to lower the artery-clogging LDL ("bad") cholesterol in your blood.
Canadian doctors wondered what would happen if they pooled various cholesterol-lowering foods in one eating plan. The resulting Portfolio Diet cuts LDL cholesterol "almost as much as a statin drug" like Lipitor, says plan cocreator Cyril Kendall, MD, PhD, research associate at the University of Toronto. This means you can achieve a clinically significant reduction in your cholesterol without chancing the well-documented side effects of statins, such as muscle aches and brain fog.
Are you a fan of almonds? The eggplant dip baba ghanoush? Tofu stir-fry? These are the kinds of foods you eat more of on the Portfolio Diet. The plan calls for adding a variety of foods to your daily menu: 42 grams nuts; 15 grams soluble fiber (found in carbs such as beans, eggplant, okra, barley, flaxseed and oats, as well as the psyllium husks sold in health food stores); 25 grams soy proteins (you'll need four servings of tofu, soy milk, soy yogurt, soy burgers and edamame); and 2 grams plant-sterol oils, which are used as a food additive in spreads such as Promise Activ.
The Evidence
People with high cholesterol who followed the Portfolio Diet for six months saw a drop in LDL levels of 13 percent, compared with a 3 percent decline for those on a conventional low-saturated-fat plan, according to a study reported last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (A very high dose of statins can lower your cholesterol by 50 percent, and a low dose by 18 to 25 percent, so this diet best suits people with mildly to moderately high cholesterol.) In a sign of further protection against heart disease, Portfolio Diet followers also experienced a decline in blood pressure and triglycerides.
For more information and menu plans click here.
A day on the diet
1 cup oatmeal sprinkled with ½ cup strawberriesand 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
1 orangeand 23 almonds or other tree nuts
Salad of lettuce, tomatoesand peppers, topped with 5 olives, 1 ounce feta cheeseand 1 to 2 tablespoons Greek dressing
Handful of carrot sticksor pita chipsdipped in ¼ cup hummus
1 pear
½ cup edamame
1 soy burgerwith lettuceand tomatoon a bunspread with 1 to 2 tablespoons plant-sterol margarine
½ cup baked beans
Berry-banana smoothie, made by blending 1 cup soy milk, ½ banana, 1 cup berries, ½ teaspoon psylliumand ice
One-day plan created for Moreby Kathleen Humbert, RD, a clinical dietitian in the lipid and prevention program at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.
The Core Food Plan
Goal: Reduce your risk of chronic disease
In brief | Vegetables reign supreme.
A group of doctors and dietitians at the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) wanted to create a diet plan that spells out for Americans which foods are best, when they should be eaten and in what combinations. "We believe the government's latest recommendations overemphasize dairy products and starchy foods," says Elizabeth W. Boham, MD, RD, a physician and dietitian at the UltraWellness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. (Starchy foods include white rice, potatoes and bread; these boost blood sugar quickly.) So IFM developed the Core Food Plan, which combines healthful options, including low--glycemic foods (these maintain even blood sugar levels, which help prevent type 2 diabetes); a balance of soluble and insoluble fiber (providing possible protection against cancer); a ton of micronutrients known as phytochemicals (ditto); and adequate potassium (reducing risk of high blood pressure).
Plan the bulk of your meals around veggies "because you get many more vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals per calorie here than from any other foods out there," explains Boham, who helped develop the program. Toss them into morning omelets, have vegetable soups or salads with lunch and make sure veggies are on your dinner menu. Your goal: four or more daily half-cup (cooked) servings of nonstarchy veggies (such as green broccoli, collards, red peppers and purple eggplants); another two of highly colored starchy veggies (e.g., sweet potatoes rather than white ones; the pigment means you're getting phytochemicals); plus two of fruits.
The Evidence
The plan was created after a careful review of major dietary health studies, says Mary Willis, a registered dietitian in Overland Park, Kansas, who helped develop it.
For more information and menu plans go to more.com/corediet.
A day on the diet
*Drink purified water throughout the day.
Omelet made with 2 eggs, 1 ounce smoked salmonand ½ cup spinach
1 cup blueberries
1 cup rooibos herbal tea(a red tea from the legume family) mixed with rice milk
1 cup sliced yellow pepper stripsand 1 cup jicama sticksdipped in ¼ cup hummus
Chicken saladmade by combining 2 cups baby spinach leavesor mixed greens, 3 ounces grilled or baked chicken breast, 1 cup black beansand 12 to 15 crumbled blue corn tortilla chips, and dressed with ¼ cup salsa and 1 tablespoon olive oil–based dressing
1 small apple
¼ cup almonds
1 cup 1% kefir yogurt drink
3 ounces grilled salmondrizzled with 2 teaspoons sesame oil
1/3 cup quinoamixed with ½ cup baked sweet potato cubes
1 cup steamed broccolimixed with 1 tablespoon pesto
6 ounces low-fat blueberry Greek yogurt (for dessert)
This meal plan was created by Mary Willis.
The FODMAP Diet
Goal: Reverse Irritable Bowel Syndrome
In brief | Cut out sugars that may cause distress in the lower digestive tract.
An estimated one in six Americans—the majority of them women—suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, an often poorly managed condition that can combine abdominal pain, gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea. Now an Australian dietitian, Sue Shepherd, PhD, has developed a healing diet sparked by the observation that people with IBS seem to have trouble digesting certain sugars in their small intestine; foods containing them can bring on uncomfortable gastrointestinal symptoms. Along with Australian colleagues, Shepherd, of LaTrobe University in Melbourne, developed a process-of-elimination plan that allows IBS sufferers to find exactly what causes them problems.
FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, the chemical structures of potentially problematic sugars. The IBS diet starts by eliminating all of these sugars for about two weeks, then reintroduces foods from one group every seven days to see if they make the IBS sufferer ill. The sugar groups include foods high in lactose (most dairy), fructose (fruits like apples, along with high fructose corn syrup), fructans (wheat, vegetables like onions, and the fiber inulin, which is added to processed foods), galactans (cabbage, beans and tofu) and polyols (plums, nectarines and apricots). When the groups are added back, many people find they can safely eat some of them, especially in small amounts, says Sandy Livingston, a registered dietitian in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The Evidence
In a recent small British study, 76 percent of IBS sufferers reported significant improvement on the diet, compared with 54 percent of those following standard IBS-diet advice. One concern about following this diet in the U.S. is that none of the FODMAP studies have been done here, so the foods tested are somewhat different from those found in this country. Nonetheless, gastroenterologist William D. Chey, director of the Gastrointestinal Physiology Laboratory at the University of Michigan Health System, has found that some of his patients on the diet could stop their medication.
For more information and menu plans click here. You may also want to consult the book IBS—Free at Last! by Patsy Catsos, which contains advice about the process-of-elimination diet.
A day on the diet (here we're just eliminating, not adding back)
1 cup unsweetened toasted-oat cerealwith ½ cup blueberries and 1 cup lactose-free low-fat milk
4 ounces turkey burgeron a gluten-free hamburger buntopped with ketchup sweetened with cane sugar (such as Simply Heinz Ketchup)
Baked sweet potato fries made from 1 small potato and olive oil spray
1 cup carrotand celery sticks
2 rice cakesspread with a thin layer of peanut butter
Salad of 1 cup mixed greens,tomatoes and olives with dressingof 1 tablespoon each olive oiland vinegar, plus 4 ounces baked white fish like snapper or tilapia with 2⁄3 cup brown riceand ½ cup sautéed baby spinach
½ ounce mixed nuts
½ grapefruit
Sandy Livingston developed our one-day sample plan.
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I have started to acquire all the required parts for "assembling" another AR15 (M4 Type). I picked a few Double Star lower receivers (you can't tell what the future holds), which I got a very, very good deal on.
My Del-Ton kit should be here today or tomorrow and it should only take about 45 minutes to put the thing together. Total cost is about $575.00 which isn't bad for an M4 clone (sans the chrome barrel).
And yes, I didn't get a "Chrome Line Barrel/Chamber":wow: Yeah, the normal chrome-moly barrel is good enough for this "assembly" as I don't anticipate having to shoot FA or wack hordes of zombies.
After "assembly" and testing it out, I'll tear the whole thing down to just "parts". And that's including the sights, barrel, everything. This will allow me to take pictures of every task for a complete assembly in order to make another tutorial CD.


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Saadi & Bajah (of the Dry Eye Crew) released this single "Lights Up NYC" for download, along with a live performance video. Inspired by Pupa Bajah's story of coming to New York with the Dry Eye Crew from Sierra Leone, the song relates to so many artists and their struggle to simply live and create in the bustling city. Bajah and Saadi met at an Antibalas show in Brooklyn, immediately went back to Saadi's studio in the East Village and this track "Lights Up NYC" was born.
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During a stop in Boston for his latest tour run Kid Cudi and the crew put together a little documentary. Directed by Jason Goldwatch/DECON, the video goes to the tune of Cudi's latest song "cudderisback". It's pure jokes so enjoy and laugh a bit.
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During a stop in Boston for his latest tour run Kid Cudi and the crew put together a little documentary. Directed by Jason Goldwatch/DECON, the video goes to the tune of Cudi's latest song "cudderisback". It's pure jokes so enjoy and laugh a bit.
exposingthewicked, your point is valid, i agree with you to an extent. i don't smoke, i won't ever smoke and i don't support artists that promote smoking. but you don't have to be such a jackass about it. no ones going to agree with you if your just being an asshole. Kid Cudi makes good music and I like his music. If you don't like it, that's fine you don't have to, don't listen to it. and just because you like an artist doesn't mean you support all of the messages they promote. smoking is a choice that Kid Cudi made. Hes living life the way he wants and hes not forcing anyone to smoke. yeah, he influences the youth but he's not the only one. would you rather he made fake music that's against smoking even though he does it? He makes real music and if you cant recognize and respect that then why do you even listen to music? Your just part of the unthinking minority. stop acting like your better then everyone and either be positive, or leave. being a negative asshole doesn't accomplish anything
hahahahaha @exposingthewicked what do u even do in life? it seems like ur a bum that stays on this site 24/7 that tries to sound like u know what ur talking about when really u sound like a complete dumbass lol. kid cudi is doin better than u are with ur life so u might wanna check ur own shit and get off his...obviously hes doing something right hahaha
exposingthewicked youre trying too hard. i understand what youre trying to prove and thats cool but you should respect kid cudi as an artist although you may not respect him as a person. he is creative and has worked hard to have gotten to where he is. and if youre really concerned about educating our children and promoting good morals there are much better ways than over this website, your not gonna change many opinions with your keyboard ;)
i am loving that cudi did this freestyle over a vampire weekend song..."ottoman" by vampire weekend... one of my favorite songs... extra cool points for being orginal
You're one of those kids that doesnt enjoy girls. And what kind of music do you listen to. Im guessing since you're a lupe fan you enjoy rap. Do I really need to name rap artists that smoke weed you fucking moron. And I can bet money you would love to be him. Thats why you hate on him so much. Its obvious jackass.
i see hes one of those people who likes to argue over the internet. and i never said life is a joke dont put words in my mouth o.o. and keep ur words to yourseld nobody wants to hear them
and the vampire weekend song is called Ottoman. i suggest you check out their album, contra, its very good
dang dude i can tell your the kind of person who doesnt make friends so easy. you need to chill, kid cudi makes good music. "By the Law of God Almithy it's not encuraged to make/listen to music so I don't care anyway... " haha ok then why are you on this site lol
Exposingthewicked. You are a complete homo. Smoking weed does not destroy you unless you let it do so you fucking idiot. Kid Cudi enjoys to smoke weed and hes more successful than you will ever be so shut your mouth. Dont bash people for what they enjoy to do. Just cuz you know one fuck up, you think you know the world. I myself smoke weed all of the time and I am getting really good grades in college. I agree with the youth looking up to these people but in the end, they dont have to do drugs. That is their problem if they are going to be followers. Dont bash an artist just because they do drugs because I can bet you that plenty of the artists you enjoy do plenty of drugs themselves. So please just shut the fuck up and enjoy the music. If you dont like it then dont listen. Music can be whatever an artist wants to make it.
hate how ppl take this so seriously, kid cudi is a great artist if u dont like him and what he does DONT LISTEN TO HIM! dont bitch and moan about it.
Exposingthewicked, you have a valid point. The youth looks up to many of these artists. When they see them doing drugs, drinking alcohol, etc., our society may find it more acceptable. I definitely see the changes in my area from when I was a kid to now. Though, it sucks; music is still expression. People make quality music by being themselves, and expressing themselves. Smoking marijuana is a lifestyle choice, and affects everyone differently. As for Lupe posting this on his blog, I see him as an open minded guy. I don't personally know him, but that is what I conclude from hearing his music. He posted up a video of another artist he respects and disregarded his own personal beliefs. It is all love and respect at the end of the day. For all we know, Lupe didn't even post this. Again, you have a completely valid point. But don't bash on other people for their beliefs. You know what you stand for, and express it with a positive attitude. If you truly want to spread your thoughts, no one will listen when you only offer negative attention.
ok this all began because you think smoking is destroying users well its not destroying me. i also wish everyone acted on there good chances and also make a good life for themselves but people arent going to. you dont like kid cudi fine not everyone is the same i respect you for not having your own opinion
lupe is my favorite artist but i still listen to people like cudi. i think he's different and thats cool. everyone is different and i think we need to be a kinder people. i think its funny and i like it because thats how me and my friends are some nights. we smoke so what we have a good time together and laugh. we act how we want and dont worry about what others say. people can say what they want im still in school and making something of my life. i just dont like when people say its all bad cause in my opinion its not, people who arent mature just look at it wrong and use it wrong.
dont call me a hypocrit and i dont support rappers such as lil wayne or jay-z. I am sorry that many kids do not have parents but that is just the world we live in. i want it to change and try to influece others to be good. i like lupe for his lyrics and how they make me think. i came from a high school that is was very multicultural and saw how kids threw there lives away but they had a chance not too and many supporting teachers that tried. i now go to a school that is quite the opposite and not many kids are not like me here but still like cudi and listen too him. my point is we all have a choice. my mother came here from another country with very little not even knowing the language and had to fight for where she is now and wht she gave me.
alright nice wink. i like cudi's music and many others but it doesnt mean you have to agree with everything they say or do. i think education is power and everyone needs it
bored of education? while you guys are on this blog talking i went to class to greater my education.
I dig the video, even though I'm not a huge fan of Kid Cudi. Grape Swishers at the end of the video? DOPE.
Heh, maybe people should be less of pushovers. And standup for what they believe. Ive never smoked weed. never will. People dont influence me unless I let em'.
i dont approve of smoking weed but this video was funny to me. LOL They wanna coat their poor little brain cells with THC who cares its not my brain. aha but then again Kid CuDi dosent send a positive message to kids looking up to him. Its whatever though you cant expect everyone in society to uphold an image that is worthy enough to praise.
i dont even know who freddy mercury is but i guess if he lived a sinfilled life and never repented then he's not in heaven
music is a way of expression. im guessing you think art it also bullshit. music is the love of my life is not going religious
ok im not tring to say it keeps people down because it doesnt. I have never used hard drugs and never will. the truthe is only 1 out of every 100 people that smoke use coke and even less use other drugs such as heroin. im not picking any conspiracy theory at all and i dont know how im being a hypocrit. and apparently your friends are idiots if they get fucked by it and smoke all day everyday.
If what you're vaguely tying to say is the fbi encourages black people smoking weed as a way of keeping people down? idot. the theroy you're thinking of is crack, you cant just pick a conspiracy theory and swap crack for weed you tard
you all are crazy. smoking is a social thing that you can do with your friends. you laugh enjoy yourself and relax a little from the pressures of the world. there is little harm that you are doing to your body. it makes you question the wrongs of the world and it really turns you into more of a pacifist so chill out if you dont do it that cool ur choice


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Tigers' Capture Fifth in Overtime Thriller, Johnson Sets NCAA Saves Record
Responding from multi-goal deficits throughout regulation, the sixth-seeded Princeton women's water polo team gutted out a 12-10 overtime victory versus fifth-seed UC San Diego Sunday to earn a fifth-place finish at the 2013 NCAA Championship.
"Obviously I am really proud of the way the [team] hung in there and fought and we were able to get the win in the end," said head coach Luis Nicolao. "We overcame a slow start and it was frustrating to begin with because our defense wasn't playing well, giving up shots we normally don't give up … We kind of settled down in the second quarter and we were able to get back in the game with our defensive effort. I always tell the [team] shots will come and go, but it's defense you have to count on. We put ourselves in a hole by not playing good [defense] and were able to come back and win it by playing good [defense]."
Freshman Ashleigh Johnson had an outstanding tournament, establishing a new NCAA Championship saves in a tournament record with a combined 38. She eclipsed a seven-year record held by Loyola Marymount's Rachel Riddell in 2005.
The goalie finished with 14 saves Sunday.
Sophomore Jessie Holechek lifted the Tigers throughout the match, keeping Princeton within range each time UCSD managed to add to its lead. The utility scored a team-high four goals, including the game-winner in overtime.
The first half saw the Tigers' fending for control, but each time the Tritons were there with a response.
Brittany Zwirner opened with a long range shot from the left side to the far post, putting Princeton up 1-0 at 6:45 in the first. It would be Princeton's only lead in the first half, as UCSD managed to take as high as a three-goal advantage before the Tigers went into halftime trailing 6-5 on a Holechek score.
Princeton continuously worked to corral the lead, but had to rally back from a 10-7 deficit with 5:39 left in regulation. Goals from Zwirner sandwiched by a Pippa Temple reverse shot tied the game up 10-10 at 2:43.
Zwirner finished with three goals, a steal and drew an ejection.
Overtime proved to be a defensive battle, but with 51 seconds left in the first extra period Holechek was there with the go-ahead goal.
She added an insurance goal in the second overtime period, scoring on a skip shot from 8-meters out with only eight seconds left on the shot clock.
Defensively, Camille Hooks tallied a team-high four steals and added a goal, while Temple had a pair of goals and Molly McBee tallied two assists and a goal.
Princeton's (28-6) fifth place finish ties for the highest a CWPA program has finished at NCAAs during the eight-team tournament format. It is the highest finish in program history, as in the Tigers' NCAA debut they earned sixth place in 2012.
Junior Katie Rigler was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team, representing the Tigers on the team the last two seasons.
No. 6 Princeton: 2 - 3 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 1 - 12
No. 5 UC San Diego: 3 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 0 – 0 – 10
Goals: Hatcehr 1, Hooks 1, McBee 1, Temple 2, Zwirner 3, Holechek 4
Assists: McBee 2
Steals: Soroka 1, Hooks 4, Dunstan 1, Zwirner 1
Saves: Johnson 14


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Louis Vincent Tomasetti
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A Ski Utah guide points to Wolverine Cirque as he leads an Interconnect tour from Solitude to Alta Ski Area. Photo courtesy of Ski Utah.
An answer to multi-resort skiing is Ski Utah's guided Interconnect Adventure Tour. Skiers have the option of visiting four or even six resorts in a day. The four-resort package includes Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude. The six-resort package includes the four-resort package, but draws in Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort.
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The La Junta Tiger Pride Marching Band did an outstanding job on Wednesday at the Southern Regional Marching Band Competition. With a score of 56.3 they received first place in the 2A division. This score actually outranked some 3A, 4A and 5A bands that competed yesterday. After the Southern and the Northern Qualifying competitions, the Tigers are currently at the top. Today is the final qualifying meet for the Western part of the state. The final seeds will be posted after today's meet.
The Canon City Tigers received the first place trophy for 3A. The two Tiger Marching Pride Bands, have formed an awesome unity calling each other their Tiger Friends! After the awards celebration both bands could be seen congratulating and celebrating together.
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I received a telephone call last night from a Bro and his wife in Seattle. I have known the two of them close to 40 years. Fact is, they are Kat's Uncle and Aunt. Both of them are the perfect definition of what a biker is. Age has taken it's toll on them and physical ailments have pretty much bled them dry. JC, Kat's Uncle, was a born to ride individual. Wild and free as a young man, two wheels were his first wheels. His last bike was a trike before his heart failed him. Once a patch wearer and always a biker there isn't much of the biker lifestyle the two of them hasn't experienced. The numerous operations, medication, doctor bills, and shipyard closing all but ate up his resources over the years. After having their only child, a son, the two settled down from the wild side of the biker scene in order to raise the boy and build a future for him. Their son, Brady, was born 09/07/70. Old friends were always friends and Brady grew up knowing everyone Mom and Dad knew. Brady was a mini biker from the time he first learned to walk. JC [Dad] and Mimi [Mom] say he rode before he walked. Brady was JC's and Mimi's pride and joy and they worshipped the ground he walked on with a love deeper than most have ever experienced.
One unfortunate night in 1992, Brady was involved in a horrible auto accident. He was killed instantly. The loss of Brady nearly destroyed the two of them. The pain is still present to this day in their eyes when they speak or hear mention of him. Every vehicle fatality they see on the news or read in the papers, brings tears to their eyes for the folks who now know the dreadful pain of such a loss.
When Brady was killed, they decided to have him cremated. Cremation was the only way they could keep a part of him with them. Brady is sealed in the original funeral urn and the urn rests in a special place in their home. The telephone call was a request on behalf of the two of them for Brady. I naturally agreed to their request, even before I heard what the request was. They wanted me to build them a permanent urn for the remains of their son Brady. The urn would have to be a special vessel which would incorporate the biker lifestyle and community as a dedication to the son they so loved.
This is what they have in mind for Brady's urn..... Since Brady was born in 1970 and he loved Harley Davidson motorcycles as much as his parents did and do, they want to utilize a BT cylinder/head assembly as an urn. Since the design of the urn is still in the preliminary stages, ideas first put forth are things such as sealing the cylinder. Plugging and welding up the bottom of the bore, welding the valves to the seats, JB welding or super loctighting the head bolts down, and plugging and welding up the intake and exhaust ports, were the first parts of the design discussions. The spark plug opening will need to be left open so Brady can be put into the cylinder. Sealing the spark plug opening still needs to be ironed out as well. A spark plug cemented in was one suggestion. I was considering a more rigid seal such as a spark plug which was turned on a lathe and then soldered in or affixed in another permanent way. The cylinder, we decided, would need pressure/vacuum tested before Brady would be placed into it. It makes no difference whether a front or a rear cylinder assembly is used to JC or Mimi. All that matters to them is that it looks real nice, is complete as it would be on a running engine with all the components installed, minus a piston/rod, and it is mounted to a respectable solid oak wooden base. The wooden base will incorporate a set of name plates. The most prominent one will be Brady's name and details such as his birth and death, along with a parental comment about their son. The other name plate will respectfully thank all those who helped make this final resting place for Brady a reality. We hope to inscribe all the names of those who participated in the materials, labor and details of the urn.
How much more fitting could such a request be, than for the biker community, as a whole, of which Brady was raised by and with, to respond with a small token of their hearts and generosity, and to supply the expertise, labor, materials, and suggestions for this final resting place urn ????
People......we aren't talking new parts here. We are talking used and un-serviceable ones that you may have in you stashes and didn't have the heart to toss. Of course the cylinder would have to have no broken fins and the head would need to be clean and polishable [I can get it chromed if it is necessary], Nice pushrod tubes will be in order, sealable valves, etc.., and all other components which together will build this community biker urn will be needed. I wish I had the BT parts but unfortunately I have none. But rest assured, I will do all I can to bring this request to a reality for JC, Mimi, and Brady. I respectfully and humbly ask your help in making this come true for a pair of fellow bikers. I would be honored and grateful for any and all help which brings this task to life. Thanks in advance, Pa


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Auto de Fe Offers $5,000 in Prizes for Inquisitive Photography
Auto de Fe, the iPad app-based journal of long-form photojournalism, has announced the Inquisitive Photography Prize fund, offering four prizes, totaling $5000, to photographers submitting proposals to the magazine. The winners will be announced in the summer of 2013, according to Jack Laurenson, Executive Editor of Auto de Fe.
To be considered for one of the prizes, photographers must submit a proposal for a story or project. If accepted for publication in Auto de Fe, the project is automatically shortlisted for the Inquisitive Photography Prize (IPP). Two finalists will be chosen from each issue until there are 16 finalists. The editors will then choose the winners of a Gold Prize of $3,000; a Silver prize of $1250; and a Bronze Prize of $750.
The submissions page of the magazine's web site says that the magazine seeks images with text, and supports multiplatform reporting on "neglected, misrepresented or under-reported issue[s]." The two photographers selected as finalists for the IPP from Auto de Fe's first issue are Lisa Wiltse, for her work on the Charcoal Kids of
Ulingan and Carole Alfarah, who photographed inside Syria.
Auto de Fe announced the prize yesterday, the day before it released its second issue, available for $.99 on the Apple iTunes store.
Laurenson explains that the IPP fund is one of the ways Auto de Fe pays contributors. "The first is we give them a 50 percent slice of any revenue we generate from sales." Auto de Fe also plans to begin hosting online print sales "in the very near future," he says, and will split sales with photographers.
More information on the IPP can be found on the Auto de Fe web site.
For information on submissions, visit autodefemag.com/submissions-2/


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When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum officially declared the studio where Austin City Limits is produced a "historic rock and roll landmark" last October, it was more than just a validation of the show's status as the longest-running music series in American television history. It gave a lot of people – artists, the media, even the staff itself – a new appreciation for the sheer impact ACL has had after 35 years. We've recorded hundreds and hundreds of shows with thousands upon thousands of musicians that have been seen by tens of millions of people all over the world. Some of them have even been inspired to become musicians themselves…and some of them have even found themselves performing on the same historic stage – a dream come true. The legacy and magic of the TV show have spawned a music festival (ACL Fest, every October in Austin), an upcoming book (due out in August), and now a permanent live music venue (opening in January 2011). Not bad for a li'l ole Texas music show that started on a shoestring budget in 1975.
We're probably on our third generation of performers and viewers by now, and it's safe to say that many of them aren't all that familiar with ACL's history or the scope of the music and artists we've showcased over the years. That's why we're thrilled that the Rock Hall has opened a new exhibit to tell the story of Austin City Limits, with the help of some amazing photographs, video clips from some of our best shows, and a few artifacts from the ACL closet. One of the coolest things is an old memo that was passed around among staff when they were still trying to come up with a name for the show – some of the ideas that were rejected are hilarious.
The centerpiece for the exhibit is the photos from our photographer Scott Newton, who has been shooting ACL for 33 years. "A picture is worth a thousand words" is inadequate to convey the passion, the emotion, the muse in each of Scott's images. The challenge for a music photographer is to capture more than just a moment in time…to breathe life into that frame, to stir the imagination behind the eye of the beholder. It's been said that Austin City Limits brings out the best in an artist, and if that's true, Scott's camera lens seemed to click at exactly that right moment. When you look at his photos, compare your emotion with the one that jumps out at you.
Many of the people who work on ACL have been there since the early years, if not the very beginning. It's become our lives' work and passion. Imagine having the opportunity to invite some of the finest musicians in the world to come play on a stage in your "back yard," capture it on video and then share it with the world to see and hear. It's tremendously satisfying and inspiring, to say the least.
We hope you'll have the time to drop by our exhibit at the Rock Hall when you visit over the Spring and Summer months, and if you haven't already done so, we hope you'll tune in to your local PBS station and enjoy some of the new shows we're producing right now and hopefully for years to come!
Terry Lickona will be interviewed in front of a live audience at the Museum on Wednesday, April 14 as part of the series From Songwriters to Soundmen: The People Behind the Hits, a groundbreaking Rock Hall program that shines the spotlight on the people whose contributions to the rock and roll art form are often as powerful as those of the artists themselves. Questions will be taken from the audience at the end of the interview. Click here for details.
View a photo slideshow of performances from ACL-TV.