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In conversation with ron miles & bill frisell
By Ted Panken
In 1975, not long after he left the Berklee School of Music, Bill Frisell heard a recording by Carlos Santana that would permanently impact his musical production. "Santana played this incredible sustain sound that sounded like a trumpet," Frisell said recently. "I was trying to play like a horn player; I wanted to sound like Miles Davis. So I got a distortion thing. Then I was listening to pianists and admired how they could hold notes down and let them ring. Back then, there was a little cheap delay that had a cassette tape in it which sort of did what my little digital delay does for me now—that piano-y sustained thing."
In point of fact, Frisell's recorded output includes surprisingly few encounters with pianists, although his three duo performances with McCoy Tyner on the 2008 release Guitars [Half Note] are highlights of the release. But over the past decade-and-a-half, Frisell has incorporated the trumpet into his compositions through the distinctive tonal personality of Ron Miles, a fellow son of Denver.
In August, Miles made a rare New York appearance as a leader, performing a three-night mid-week run at the Jazz Standard with an A-list group headlined by Frisell, but also including bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Matt Wilson. On the final day, Miles and Frisell joined me at WKCR to discuss their musical relationship.
You've been playing together now for how long?
BF: I actually just got a poster from the first gig that we played. Was it 1993?
RM: It's when Justice was a baby, so, yes. 1993.
As Bill once described it to me, you sent Bill a cassette, Bill heard it and didn't have a chance to hear it immediately...
BF: I'm not sure if I've ever told Ron about this. Did I ever tell you, Ron?
RM: I don't know.
BF: You sent me this cassette, which came to me second-hand, through Hans Wendl, our now-mutual friend, who told me, "There's this guy; I wanted you to hear this, and maybe play on a recording." All I knew was that the cassette was by some trumpet player who lived in Denver. I listened to it, and it sounded really cool. It was unique—it knocked me out. But I never talked to you. I told Hans, "Just say hi to him, and sorry, I don't have time," blah-blah-blah. Whatever. It didn't work out that we met at that time.
A couple of years went by, and I'm driving... I remember the exact spot. I'm in my car, in Seattle, downshifting to go up a hill, and on the radio they were playing a record by Fred Hess, the saxophonist, and it was a Duke Ellington tune, "Chelsea Bridge" or something. Anyway, it was music by people I didn't know, and there's a saxophone solo and then a trumpet solo—and it was like, "It's got to be that guy." I knew it was Ron from having heard the cassette a couple of years before. It knocked me out again. Then I thought, "I've got to call him up." I went home and found the cassette, which had your 303 area code number on it, and I called you. We ended up talking for a long time, and it turned out that we went to the same high school, and knew a lot of the same people. For example, Ron was close with my main guitar teacher, and played with him. It was this instant thing, just from that conversation, and the feeling was, "Man, we've really got to play." Then Ron asked me to come to Denver and play, whenever that was, '93...
RM: Yes.
BF: Was that too long a description?
No, it was great. Very thorough. Ron, does Bill's account roughly corroborate with your recollection?
RM: Yes. At the time, this record label was interested in me, and they asked me who I wanted to be on the record. I'm from Denver, and I didn't know what record labels did, so I thought, "Well, let's see...I like Bill Frisell," and I started going down my list of the musicians I really loved. They said, "Why don't you call them and see if they'll be on your record." Then I made up little cassettes and sent it to everyone. It never really panned out, although Bill actually did write me a postcard. Not long after, I remember coming home from school, and my wife said, "Bill Frisell is on the answering machine." I was like, "What?!" It was one of those moments. A friend of mine got a call from Miles Davis once, and that tape...
It wasn't a fake Miles Davis.
RM: No, it was really Miles Davis. It was a kid from Greeley who was playing saxophone. It was that kind of moment. I listened to the tape, and it was really Bill Frisell, and I called him. I just couldn't believe it. Bill's sitting here, so I won't embarrass him too terribly much, but to stand on the bandstand with him on so many nights has been an unbelievable blessing, and I've learned so much through these years.
Do you share, in a generalized way, any aesthetic principles or sensibilities or ways of thinking about music that make you well-matched?
RM: I'll dive in first. I think that we both like to be in the band as much as possible, and that we both like to keep the song going as long as possible. That's really the thing, as opposed to showing that you can do something, or giving a dissertation on the history of jazz or whatever is supposed to happen. You play a song, and you try to keep the integrity of the song going as long as you can. Sometimes you step out and sometimes you step back, but you're always present with everybody on the bandstand all the time. I mean, individual expression, of course, but the sound of the band is what seems to be important. I think we both share that.
BF: I hope I do, because you sure... Ron is one of the deepest accompanists I've ever played with. He knows how to get from the inside of whatever is going on and support everybody else. That's pretty unusual. Trumpet you think of as the one instrument that's probably the most out-front, and Ron can do that for sure, but he's really coming from the deepest center of the music.
Ron, you used the phrase, "a dissertation on the history of jazz." I gather that quite a bit of jazz history actually has passed through the high school that you both attended, from Paul Whiteman, Jimmie Lunceford, Bill and yourself, other musicians...
BF: Fletcher Henderson's brother...?
RM: Well, Horace Henderson certainly lived in Denver for a long time, but I don't think he went to the school.
It's called East High School?
RM: Yes, and I guess originally it was just Denver High School when Wilberforce Whiteman, who was Paul Whiteman's father, was a teacher there. I think Andy Kirk went there, too, actually.
Were both of you aware of that lineage when you were attending high school?
BF: Not me. I just wanted to get out of there as fast as I could! But looking back, in the school I had the feeling of having this community of musicians, of musicians being together, and I try to keep that with me. The students were like a cross-section of the whole city. Like a lot of American cities, Denver is divided according to race and people's economic situations, but that school is right in the middle, so everybody was there. So were all together, and it was cool.
It sounds like there was precedent for that earlier in the century, if both Jimmie Lunceford and Andy Kirk attended when Wilberforce Whiteman was teaching. There's an institutional power that accrues to that kind of history and tradition, in some way or another.
RM: I think so. When I came, the school had a purely musical tradition, as a school where music was always first. In 1981, when I graduated, it was right in the period when Maynard Ferguson was having Conquistador and "Theme from Rocky"—and East was the school that didn't do that kind of stuff, that did music, talked about dynamics and subtlety. It was a real beacon. I remember feeling so fortunate to go there. I was deep into Maynard, just like everybody else, but I certainly appreciated getting a chance to have my teacher say, "Well, if you're into Maynard, maybe you should check out this record, Dinah Jams," with Clark Terry and Clifford Brown, and Max Roach playing with Maynard. That was an awakening. At that point, I was aware of Bill Frisell, like everybody else, through Downbeat magazine. I knew he had been in Denver, and though I didn't know him personally or anything, I felt that connection, like, "Wow, he went to East High School." We felt a sense of pride about it.
Bill, did you have a Eureka moment like that early on, such as Ron just described?
BF: Actually, I was playing clarinet in the school band and also playing guitar, trying to play blues and whatever pop music. There was an all-school talent show, and these girls were doing a dance routine to the recording of Wes Montgomery's "Bumping on Sunset." I'd never heard of Wes Montgomery. But the band director said, "Well, you play guitar, right? Here, I'll give you this record, and can you learn this song?" He thought it would be cooler if they did it to a live band. So I went home and heard Wes Montgomery for the first time, and tried to sort of mimic it. Luckily, it wasn't "Airegin" or some other tune like that. It was a bridge between the music that I could deal with, and then this whole other world. So I learned that song, played it at the all-school show with these girls, and we were a smashing success. Then my buddies, the bass player and the drummer, we became kind of the hippest rhythm section in the school, and started backing up singers and stuff. It sounds like I'm name-dropping, but from junior high all the way through high school I was in the school band with Philip Bailey and Larry Dunn and Andrew Woolfolk, who went on to be in Earth, Wind and Fire. Anyway, it was cool!
Bill left Denver, went to Berklee and to New York and had many travels. But unless I'm mistaken, Ron's path puts the lie to the adage that you need to come to New York to develop your musicianship. You developed into a world-class jazz musician pretty much staying in Denver, or am I incorrect?
RM: Actually, I went to school in New York, the Manhattan School of Music, for my first year of graduate school. I studied with Ray Mase, who now teaches at Juilliard, and leads the American Brass Quintet, and also with Bob Mintzer. They were great. The year I was there, Buck Clayton came to school, and Red Rodney, and Art Farmer. I mean, golly, just to hear them... The band director was not a fan of my playing.
RM: To put it mildly. He would literally yell at me every day, because I was really, at that point, greatly influenced by Lester Bowie and Miles Davis. I still am influenced by them! And he was not a fan.
He knew better.
RM: He knew better. He would always tell me, "Red Rodney is coming or Art Farmer's coming, and they're going to tell you what's what." They came and were totally supportive. They were like, "Well, he's of a generation where that's what he should probably be into." I was sad, but I guess they heard that I hopefully would get good at some point. After that, I got a teaching assistantship back in Colorado, so I came back and kept working on my stuff. There's music everywhere. We get a chance to go around (I know Bill does), and in every community you find people dealing with some music, or trying to.
Ron, in what ways has playing with Bill inflected your sensibility about musical expression?
RM: For one thing, just getting a chance to hear Bill and Joey Baron and all these folks up close, to see how they work on their music, and how dedicated they are. It's not like they just fall out of bed and play. I mean, they work at this stuff, and they're really serious. When I came up, particularly in the '80s, there was almost an impression, because all these folks my age were getting record contracts, that you could skip the whole thing about being an apprentice with a master musician, that you could just show up and do it right away. I think that false sense has lost us a lot—because you really do learn—everything. How to put together a set; learning from Joey about how to get quick-dry clothes on the road and not fill up a huge suitcase; seeing how musicians interact; giving them freedom and also structure. I've learned all those things in Bill's band, not to mention learning a great deal about harmony and those sorts of things as well.
Had you been on the road much before you started going out with Bill?
RM: Not much. I was in the Duke Ellington band off and on for a year. But that was a very different thing. We were doing the hits, and there wasn't a lot of room for creative blowing. It was more of a recreative band. But it was best big band I'd ever played with in my life, so just getting exposed to that was great.
Which trumpeter were you channeling?
RM: Well, I didn't get many opportunities. I was kind of the low man on the totem pole, so most of the time I got whichever part everybody didn't want to play! But every once in a while, I would open my book, like on "Mood Indigo," which had Cootie Williams' name in the left-hand corner. I was amazed at the part, because there was no melody written and no chords. It just said, in words, "Play the melody," and then it had some whole notes that Ellington wrote for background parts. Getting to talk to those guys was great, too. Just being on the road with Mercer Ellington and getting to talk to those guys was a great learning experience.
I get the impression, which may be completely unsupported by fact, that you've made a transition over the last decade to 12 years from being a functional musician playing in many different situations to one with a much more finely honed sensibility towards what you want to express.
RM: Twenty years ago, I was certainly trying to find my way in the musical world. I was playing lots of classical music, playing lots of different types of jazz, lots of repertory music. But even at that point, I was hoping to find common ground between that and being a modern musician. To get from Jelly Roll Morton not necessarily the specific things that involve New Orleans music, but the idea of balancing composition and improvisation. From Louis Armstrong about not having to play eighth notes to create a melodic line through a phrase, even though the harmony is changing. I tried to take those abstract concepts to see if it would lead me to a place where I could generate some creative music. I was always looking to do creative music. I wasn't always succeeding. I'm still not always succeeding!
Bill, were you at any point doing these sorts of journeyman gigs or playing in a lot of different functions? It seems you've been in a position to be in creative bands at least since you joined Paul Motian in 1981.
BF: Riding up to the station, I was talking to Ron about how it seems like in the last few years, I'm doing my own music so many times, and it's almost a safe place to be. I definitely spent a lot of time playing in other people's bands and dealing with other people's music, playing a wedding where in the moment you'd have to try to act like you know a song you'd never heard. But in the last twenty years or so, it seems it's been more and more focused on my own stuff.
Can you speak towards your own compositional process? Is it inspired by the musicians you play with?
BF: When I'm actually writing the music, it's more that I'm alone in my room, just letting my imagination go. I'm not really thinking about what it's for. I accumulate material, and bring it to the musicians later. I've been spoiled, because I can write the most minimal, simple melody, give it to Ron, and he'll take it seriously and immediately make something out of it. When I write and arrange music, the line can blur, because I'm counting on all the people I'm playing with to bring their own thing to it, but at the same time I'm trying to set up a framework that establishes a world we'll enter into and everybody knows where we are. But I like it when it evolves and changes. It's crucial that it change all the time, that people can find other things in it.
Ron, is the music you're performing this week tailored to this configuration of musicians—Frisell, Reginald Veal and Matt Wilson—or does it draw on a longer history of compositions by you?
RM: Well, this particular band has no limits, so anything is possible. But I try to think of songs that would be fun for us to play that we could say something on, but are also challenging. A couple are older songs, but most are recent. What Bill was saying about composition is another thing I've learned from being with him. Composers can get into an ego thing, like, "I wrote this and I'm going to write all this stuff." Sometimes, though, it's good to give people enough material to tell them what they really need to know, but still leave them room to express themselves. That's why we play this music and why we love listening to this music, is the possibility that something that we never thought could happen, might happen. If you over-write, it can limit the possibilities. But that can happen if you under-write, too. Bill has always been masterfully balanced.
Another specific thing is giving musicians the whole score. Bill might have been the first person I played with who didn't just give you your own part, but gave you a score with everyone's part. Then you could see what everyone else is doing as opposed to just being locked into your own thing—you could really be part of all that's going on. That was huge, and I see more people doing it. I think a lot of it is through him—people who studied with Bill at Banff, who I see doing it later on.
At the time Bill met Ron, he was beginning to investigate a lot of American vernacular roots music; things we put titles on like blues and country, which emerge from American popular culture of your parents' generation and your own formative years. Having now played a lot of this music in Bill's bands, Ron, as a musician with a deep jazz and classical background, someone who's used to playing a lot of complex music, can you discuss the satisfactions of addressing these more elemental emotions or musical content? You're twelve years younger than Bill. Were you yourself very involved with popular music as a kid?
RM: When I started listening to music, my first bands were like a lot of folks. I loved the Jackson Five and I loved the Archies. The Jackson Five were actually real, and the Archies, of course, weren't...
It's good that you can admit this.
RM: Yes! Those were my favorites. But once I started to play the trumpet, I stopped listening to popular music altogether. I was aware of Thriller and Purple Rain and those things when they came out, but not really. Or the Police—I didn't listen to them at all. Then at the end of college, when I was about 22, I started listening to that music and found I really liked it a lot. One of the first records I heard that Bill was on was Power Tools, with Shannon Jackson and Melvin Gibbs. What was the pop song you guys covered on there...
BF: Oh, it's the one they played in that ghost movie... Was that the one?
RM: Yeah.
BF: I can't remember.
RM: But it was striking how beautiful it was and what an emotional connection it made to me. Bill was the first person who started to do pop songs that I really knew, like "Live to Tell." Again, I was struck by just how emotional it was, and I thought I should look into a way to do that. I think it requires us to be real selective in what we pick. Earlier generation classic pop songs, like Gershwin songs, were written from a place where the composers played instruments also, which lent itself towards instrumental interpretation of them, whereas many of the generation of songwriters who came up in the '60s and '70s and '80s may have accompanied themselves on guitar, but it's really vocal music—the lyric changes a bunch, but sometimes the melodies don't change pitches enough to be instrumentally interesting. But as long as we choose selectively, and reinterpret and arrange the music, the pop tradition is really rich, because it does speak to our contemporary times on many levels. A hint can really bring the audience in, quite beautifully.
Bill, talk about your process of selection, how you assimilate and absorb these older songs. Your set might include "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall," or Sam Cooke's "Change Is Gonna Come," then you might play a Charlie Christian transcription, or something with a Malian vibe—many flavors.
BF: It happens in different ways. Sometimes it's something that's part of my life, something I've grown up with that I've heard thousands of times, and I'll just remember, "Oh, that's..." Those things are already in there. Then also, I've been playing "A Change Is Gonna Come." I hadn't heard it in a long time, and my wife, Carole, heard it one day, she told me I should play it. After she said that, I was on a long flight, and I had it on my portable CD player, and I listened to it about 100 times, over and over again. I've been playing it ever since. Sometimes I'm in my car and I hear something on the radio that seems would be a good song.
Is the process by which you treat these songs intuitive? Apart from playing guitar, you also famously incorporate a lot of electronics into your flow. So a level of what you do is highly sophisticated manipulation and intertwining between your fingers and your feet, but it never seems to get in the way of expressing the emotion.
BF: Hopefully not. All these songs you're talking about are so rich on so many levels. There's the words—more and more, I'm getting inspiration from the lyrics of these songs. That gives you a lot to work with when you're just playing the melody. Sometimes I'll associate a song so much with the sound of the singer. If it's Sam Cooke—what an unbelievable voice he has. Or even Bob Dylan... I shouldn't say "even." Bob Dylan's voice, there's a sound. Or Hank Williams.
You once mentioned trying to elicit the high nodal quality of Hank Williams.
BF: Yeah. Recently, I've been playing "Lovesick Blues." He does this sort of yodeling thing, which is hard to do on a guitar, but I'm trying to copy that. I get off a lot on trying to match that vocal inflection that happens. There's so much music out there. We're floating through this ocean of music, and everywhere you look there's something. There's not enough time to get to it all. You just keep grabbing it.
Is that notion of transcending the instrument important to you? Are you conscious of that in your tonal projection, or in the ways in which you state the melodies?
RM: Very much so. I don't even listen to the trumpet very much, and yes, I try to think of functioning as a singer as much as I can in the band, whether it's a background singer or a lead singer. Yes, I try to get the instrument out of the way as best I can—I mean, as an amplifier for the emotions.
It takes a lot of work to get to that place, I guess.
RM: I think it does. It's still a work in progress, I must tell you. I sometimes fall victim to not succeeding, but I certainly try.
Interview notes: Ron Miles and Bill Frisell were interviewed on WKCR by Ted Panken on August 14, 2008.
January 18, 2009 · 1 comment
// Mar 19, 2009 at 09:51 PM
Thank you for publishing this interview. Ron and Bill are two musicians who have taught me so much through their music, but they are so soft spoken and humble it is hard to find in-depth interviews. To get them both in the same interview is a real treat. Thanks again


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Back at Home:No. 32 Arizona (3-1) will play host this weekend to the University of California - Santa Barbara (2-0), Feb. 5, at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, the Wildcats will host No. 75, New Mexico State (0-2), at 11:00 a.m.
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Robert C. McMillen, 89, of Western Reserve Masonic Community Medina, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 26, 2013. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, to George and Dorothy (nee Reigner) on November 8, 1923.
Robert served during WWII with the United States Army, 503rd Parachute Infantry. He married Betty Jo (nee Craven). Robert retired as a banker with Huntington Bank. His memberships included Eagle F.O.E. 437 – Springfield and 32nd Degree Mason – Anthony Lodge. He enjoyed his hobbies; fishing, golf, archery and photography.
He loved his family which include survivors; his wife; and his children, Teddy (Greg) Woodall, Mindy (Chad) Seymour; grandchildren, Katharine (Kevin), Jennifer (Heinrich), Kyle; great grandchildren, Ava, Mia and Henry; and his brother George.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gathering for family and friends will be held Sunday, September 1, 2013, from 1 to 2:30 P.M., at Western Reserve Masonic Community Chapel, 4931 Nettleton Road, Medina. Reverend Larry Marshall will be celebrant. Funeral Service will follow. Burial will be held, with Military Honors, at Ohio Western Reserve Cemetery, 10175 Rawiga Road, Rittman, Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at 10 A.M. (Please meet at the cemetery entrance 15 minutes prior).
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Memory Care Center Alzheimer's Unit at Western Reserve Masonic Community, (address above).
Carlson Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, 3477 Medina Road, Medina, was entrusted with family arrangements.
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Additionally, Amazon has an extensive selection of Mp3s, most available for under a dollar that rivals iTunes in terms of spread. The Mp3s that are available from Amazon.com are DRM-free; they can be immediately played on any Mp3 player without the digital rights restrictions.
Amazon was named for the South American river and it's apparently infinite amount of far reaching branches, echoing the idea that Amazon.com would reach out beyond anyone's wildest expectations. What started out as a simple idea, "How can I harness the power of the newly born but wildly growing Internet to sell a product?" turned into a billion dollar question. Bezos chose books as his product as there was no mail order catalogue for a universal source of publications. Bezos put two and two together and came up with the idea for an online warehouse of books that could be easily accessed by the consumer via the growing power of the World Wide Web. He learned all he could about the book business in general, and leaning on his already substantial working knowledge of computer science, coding, and language in combination with his expertise in the stock market and its fluctuation activities, Bezos set up shop in his two bedroom Seattle house. Bezos has always relied on his friends and family to help with the workload. The beginning was no exception. He asked 300 of his nearest and dearest to help test the prototype system. It was an almost instant success. Within 30 days of being open for online business, without advertising and relying solely on word of mouth press, Amazon had conducted business in all fifty states and in forty-five countries world wide.
In addition to being one of the kings of the online warehouses, complete with a vast array of Amazon coupons, Amazon also features many programs for business. There are ways to buy and sell personal products with Amazon, there are ways to produce professional quality publications on the consumers' own timetable and with minimal upfront commitment on the part of the consumer. A consumer interested in having Amazon's help in managing their websites is in luck! Amazon features just such a thing. There are also links to educate the consumer in ways to advertise with Amazon.
There are two separate programs designed to help users sell their "stuff" online. The Sell on Amazon program allows sellers to reach millions of potential buyers at once, without suffering the penalty of a per-product fee. For the beginner, Amazon features a more basic program. For those sellers with just a few things to unload Amazon provides the Sell Your Stuff here program. The benefit of this program is that there is no cost to the seller until the products are actually sold.
For the aspiring writer, Amazon has two self-publication programs. CreateSpace and BookSurge both highlight tools to be used by the consumer in the aide of manufacturing their publications. Products are manufactured as they are ordered, so that they always remain "in stock" and eliminating the need for an investment upfront by the author.
Amazon Web Services is an invaluable tool for the consumer looking for big help in the management of their websites. Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon SQS are services that allow for the cutting of fixed costs and the building and maintenance of the consumer's web-based infrastructure. Amazon helps keep costs down, while maximizing and developing web applications for the consumer. There is even a Webstore by Amazon feature which allows the consumer to tap into the power of the Amazon technology in order to back their own branded online store. Credit card processing as well as Fraud Protection are also included.
Using Amazon Promotion Codes: Amazon offers discounts and special offers through both text links and banners as well as coupons and promotion codes. If you see an offer on promotioncode.org associated with a text link--the offer will say "Click to Redeem", simply click the link and make your purchase through the window that opens on the Amazon web site. The discount or offer will appear upon checkout if your purchase qualifies. If the offer is associated with a coupon or promotion code, simply click on the code and shop through the page that opens on the Amazon website. Enter the code at checkout to see the updated discount price or free shipping offer if your purchase qualifies.
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We all want to save some money - it's just an intrinsic part of human nature, and there are also times when it's crucial to do so. But of course, saving is always easier said than done. Many of us have plenty of habits that we just can't get out of while some enjoy the comforts and conveniences of what they purchase. However, if you're really committed to curbing your spending, you might want to read on for some tips on how to save, whether at home, in the office or while shopping.
At home
There are plenty of things that you can do to save money at home. The first step is analyzing your utility bills and seeing where you can cut costs. Your electric and water bills, for instance, can easily be reduced by getting into energy-saving habits. You've all probably heard it before, but do you actually take the time to do simple tasks such as turning the lights off when no one's in the room or turning off the water while you brush your teeth? Believe it or not, these small actions can add up and can eventually be reflected on your bills.
Besides the usual energy-saving tricks, investing in eco-friendly alternatives could also pay off in the long run. Faucet aerators, for instance, can be used to lower the amount of water that flows out of the faucet. You can also invest in energy efficient light bulbs and replace all of your old fixtures. For more savings, make sure to check out an Amazon.com Promotion Code for your purchase.
For your cable and phone bills, there are also ways to reduce them so you can actually save some cash. Cable channels are normally sold in a tiered or package plan, so make sure that you're only paying for channels that you actually watch. The same can be done with your phone bill - do you really need that plan with 1000 monthly minutes?
Just remember that little things like tweaking your phone plan to better cater to you, as well as doing small energy-saving tasks at home can all add up in the end, and before you know it, you'll have enough cash for that tropical getaway or to start your child's college fund!
At work
Most people spend eight to ten hours a day of their lives at work. With stressful conditions and tight deadlines in the office, it's sometimes unavoidable to splurge for comfort and convenience. This is why it's crucial that you try your hardest to resist the temptation! Most individuals normally end up spending unnecessary amounts on $4 coffees and $10 lunches when the expenses can actually be avoided through careful planning. Bringing your lunch can be easy if you plan the night - or even a few days - beforehand. You should also take advantage of all your office has to offer - from donut days to free coffee.
When it comes to commuting, every situation could be different. Those who live far away might have no choice but to drive to work a day. However, planning a carpool with neighbors who work in the same area can help save you some gas. Those who live in an urban area should take full advantage of public transportation. Not only is it cheaper than driving, it'll also help reduce your carbon footprint. You can even go a step further by investing on a bike. Not only will your everyday commute be free, you'll also be getting some much-needed exercise! People who have the opportunity of working from home should also use this to their advantage. Plenty of companies these days allow some sort of telecommuting where employees can easily use their computers to work from the comforts of their homes. Not having to physically go to work saves you not only money but also the time it takes to get ready and commute to your office.
Perhaps the number one enemy of every shopper who wants to save some money is impulse shopping! Whether you're going to the mall or the grocery store, the best thing that you can do to reduce the chances of you buying something you don't really need is by creating a list before going to the store and sticking to it once you get there! This also reduces the chances of window shopping and possibly seeing something useless yet irresistible that you just need to have.
In the end, no matter how many tips we offer, it truly is up to you to stick to the habit of saving. Whether in the home, at work or while shopping, there are plenty of things that you can do to reduce your expenses without overly sacrificing comfort. As long as you know your priorities and if you want it hard enough, you're bank account will soon be out of the red and in the green.
Are you heading to a tropical destination for a few days of rest and relaxation? A vacation is just what anyone needs once in a while to get away from the busyness of everyday life. And of course, there are several things that you need to bring with you besides your hottest swimwear to ensure that you have a fun and comfortable trip. Fortunately, you don't have to spend a fortune on these items, so here are some travel must-haves to get before jetting to that gorgeous destination.
If you're headed to the beach for a weekend of fun in the sun, the first thing that you should pack is sunblock. You have to protect your skin from the harsh rays of the sun, and doing so doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. Look for an Amazon.com Promotion Code and purchase one with an SPF 15 or higher for maximum protection.
Another thing you should get for your trip is a set of clear product bottles to contain your must-bring creams and lotions. Airport security these days are stricter than ever, so it's crucial to transfer your toiletry into smaller bottles. These containers aren't expensive either - a set can cost less than $10, and you'll be able to use them again the next time you travel.
Need to bring makeup? Leave you bag of tricks at home and opt for an all-in-one makeup kit in a compact case. Not only will this make packing easier, bringing minimal makeup will also give you the chance to beautify in a small amount of time and will allow you to enjoy your getaway more. Getting a travel palette is also quite inexpensive, with some products costing as little as $10.
When packing, especially for a long flight, don't forget to bring some food as well! Opt for nutritious and healthy snacks like a pack of peanuts, trail mix or granola bars to give you a boost of energy that will make you feel refreshed the moment the plane lands. These snacks are safe bets for the trip because they're not only nutritious but also inexpensive and easy to eat. You can even share them with the person sitting next to you to start up a conversation!


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Proceedings of the Artificial Life VII Workshops, Portland, Oregon, 2000, Eilis Boudreau and Carlo Maley, eds.
Simulations of the n-player Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) in populations
consisting of multiple groups reveal that Simpson's paradox (1951) can
emerge in such game-theoretic situations. In Simpson's paradox, as manifest
here, the relative proportion of cooperators can decrease in each separate
group, while the proportion of cooperators in the total population can
nonetheless increase, at least transiently. The increase of altruistic
behavior exhibited in these simulations is not based on reciprocal altruism
(Trivers 1971), as there are no strategies (e.g. Tit-for-Tat) conditional
on other players' past actions, nor does it depend on kin selection via
inclusive fitness (Hamilton 1964), as there are no genomes. This model is
very general in that it can represent both biological and social non-zero
sum situations in which utility (fitness) depends upon both individual and
group behavior. The two parameters of the PD in this model, which determine
the gain in individual utility for defection and the dependence of utility
on collective cooperation, are respectively analogous to within-group and
between-group selective forces in multilevel selection theory. This work
is more fully described in Fletcher and Zwick (2000).
The notion that a system (group) does better when it achieves cooperation among its parts (individuals), often against the self-interest of those parts, goes beyond just biological systems undergoing natural selection. It is applicable to hierarchical systems across a variety of fields. The non-zero sum nature of aggregation is general and optimization by subsystems often results in sub-optimization at a higher level. The PD is often used to model such non-zero sum situations. Like Simpson's paradox, the PD involves an anomaly of composition: individually-rational strategies, when aggregated, give a deficient collective outcome.
As Sober and Wilson (1998) have demonstrated, Simpson's paradox (even if not always identified as such) is important in understanding multilevel selection. These authors show (pp. 18-26) that this paradox can be derived from simple fitness functions for altruists and non-altruists in two populations. These functions amount to an n-player PD (see Appendix A), although Sober and Wilson do not call attention to this fact. In this paper and in Fletcher and Zwick (2000), we make the connection between the PD and Simpson's paradox explicit. Our main finding is that Simpson's paradox emerges transiently, but for a wide range of PD parameter values, when a minimal group structure is imposed on an n-player PD. This result is produced in a model which involves an implicit competition between two groups and a simple n-player PD in each. The model is based on only two parameters which correlate with the within-group and between-group selection components in multilevel selection theory.


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I suffered from life interrupting H.S. on a monthly basis until I discovered that I was hypothyroid and began medication for that. No flare-ups since 3 months in on new meds for hypothryroidism.
I was wondering if there are others who also have a thyroid disorder and H.S.?
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yes. I was diagnosed with Hypo and HS around the same time. I took synthroid for 2 years but did not notice a diff in the HS. Lately my thyroid levels have been normal but the HS is still troublesome.
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hmfeather, when I started armour thyroid in addition to my synthroid, that is the first month there was no flare up at all. Armour Thyroid is no longer on the market, but I take something for my T3 in addition to my synthroid.
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I also have hypothroidism. Diagnosed ten years prior to the onset of hs. Is there a connection? I have no idea. It does seem to be a slightly common factor here though.
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Gone Belly Gone!
After four months of hard work, I have finally gotten rid of my postpartum belly.
There is still much to do for my abs to return to pre-pregnancy shape, but I truly feel accomplished. (I gained over 50 pounds during each pregnancy, by the way.)
One thing I have learned from this experience is that losing a postpartum belly is a 3-step process, and takes time and effort.
Today, I'd like to share what the three steps are.
How to lose postpartum belly in 3 steps?
Step 1: Exercise
Exercise is non-negotiable, especially if you want ripped and sexy abs.
To maximize calorie burn, try HIIT workouts with high intensity and short intervals. HIIT workouts combine cardio and weights, and are done at maximum intensity, to create optimal results.
Step 2: Eat Right
Many say that weight loss is 10% exercise and 90% diet.
I say they are right.
A clean, low-carb diet like ketosis or paleo diet cleanses your body, gives you energy, and helps you burn calories efficiently.
Step 3: Motivation
Weight loss doesn't happen overnight. It takes many months to see any result, and can feel frustrating.
If you need help getting over a plateau, try seeking motivation from media. A great place I have found are #fitspo and #fitfam twitter groups. These groups are full of fitness-minded people with their own success stories to share.
Also, seek motivation from celeb moms who have lost their baby weight. After reading about these women's incredible success, I feel empowered to achieve my own goals. Plus, it helps to learn about weight loss diets used by celebrities.
Thanks for reading!
I hope the 3 steps above help you out.
And if you have any of your own methods for losing postpartum belly, please share them in a comment.


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Directions - preheat oven to 375 degrees
In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar till smooth.
Add egg; beat well and then stir in zucchini; set aside.
Combine the dry ingredients and spices (all but the raisins!) in a separate bowl.
Add this to zucchini mixture and stir until thoroughly combine.
Stir in raisins. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool on pans for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack - the cookies are very moist.
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Creator David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight, Man of Steel) and the stars of Starz' new adventure/intrigue series Da Vinci's Demons, about Leonardo Da Vinci's manic mind, appeared at the TCA Press Tour to talk about history vs. myth and how this legendary inventor was like Batman.
Billed as being the "secret history of Leonardo da Vinci," this new Starz series features Tom Riley as Da Vinci as he maneuvers through the sex, lies, murder and mystical knowledge of mid-15th century Florence, Italy. "This is something new for me," Goyer admitted right off the bat. "I've never done anything historical or period before. But kidding aside, in this case with Da Vinci yes, there was a lot of research. But it really wasn't that difficult because he's kind of super hero-y anyway. There's so many legends that have grown up around da Vinci, and there's so many tall tales about him. People have said that aside from Christ, he's the most recognized historical figure in the world. So in that regard, my approach to it was not dissimilar to adapting Batman or Superman. But obviously we did a lot more historical research."
Batman, huh? Goyer went on to explain: "One of the things that was interesting when I was studying Da Vinci is that there are some parallels to Batman," he remarked. "He had big father issues; you know, missing parent. Obviously, both obsessed with flight. Both had these sort of formative horrific incidents where they were trapped in caves. Or in Batman's case a well. There was one that da Vinci wrote about in his own journals when he was 13 where something happened in the cave. We don't know exactly what happened. He sketched it and he said that, sort of, something horrific happened to him in a cave. And that's something that we explore in this show."
"I also thought it was interesting that Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, originally based Batman's cape on Da Vinci's glider," Goyer smiled. "So there sort of two figures that have always been kind of inextricably linked."
Tom Riley then gave a little bit of insight into his take on playing Da Vinci. "He was a man who obviously wasn't necessarily going to be constrained by the society that he was in," he said. "And we've certainly reflected speculation about him in a way that will hopefully please an audience as far as combining all the
different elements of a personality like that. Being someone whose mind was so expansive and consequently quite factious, and bordered on being a savant and bordered on being — had to be charming at the same time in order to bring people into his ideas, because he was known as being quite…"
"He had a big mouth," Goyer cut in, laughing. "He had a big mouth," Riley conceded. "He could talk people into things. Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists, which is the biography written closest to his life, it goes on and on about how he was all these things. So actually because he did so much in his life, and he was a polymath, it felt right that he should be played in so many different ways as to reflect that."
Lara Pulver, who you all know as Irene Adler from the Sherlock episode "A Scandal in Belgravia," plays Clarice Orsini, "arranged" wife to Florence's ruler Lorenzo Medici. Pulver opened up a little bit about the preparation involved in playing a prim and proper Italian noble woman of the time. "We were all kind of
trained and nurtured to be kind of match fit, so that whatever David and the team threw at us, we were ready and able," Pulver said. "And also, as women of that period, costume designer, Annie Symons, whom I'm sure you know, who just won the Emmy for Great Expectations, has us in the most beautiful kind of corsetted dresses. So just kind of being at your optimum was the goal, I think."
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Da Vinci's Demons premieres on Friday, April 12th on Starz.
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Alex Galchenyuk produced 31 goals and 83 points in 68 games for the Sting in 2010-11. (Photo: OHL Images)
It marks the first time this season that the two top North American prospects eligible for the 2012 NHL Draft will be in the lineup for the same game.
Yakupov had been sidelined the final four regular-season games after suffering an upper-body injury against the Owen Sound Attack. Yakupov required stitches to his mouth after an open-ice hit by Attack captain Michael Halmo 11:20 into the second period of a 4-0 victory on March 10. The OHL suspended Halmo 10 games for his hit. Halmo will have to sit out his team's first eight playoff games, if applicable. The Attack open the playoffs on Friday against the Kitchener Rangers.


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Although the card is not intended for gamers, Nvidia claims you can expect up to 1.5x the performance of "previous generation products" and playable frame rates in all of today's top titles. That said, Anandtech took the time to run the card through some tests and found that the Radeon HD 5570, which also sells for around $80, can �confidently� beat the GT 430 in both gaming and image quality. You can read the complete report here.


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I just can find any way on google or youtube to how i get exalted with huojin pandaren. Anyone there mabye knows where to do quest or daily, or any way to get exalted with huojin pandaren ?? plzz
How do i get exalted with huojin pandaren
get the tabard @ the vendor near the portal to pandaland in org. run dungeons to gain rep.
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Things to see and do - Piazza Armerina
Leaving for Italy
Ambulacro della Grande Caccia :
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Hotel Al Ritrovo from65 €Book
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Suite D'Autore Art Design Gallery from79 €Book
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Al Fogher
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Type de cuisine : Modern cuisine
Trattoria la Ruota
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Ambulacro della Grande Caccia
Ambulacro della Grande Caccia : Michelin's recommendations
This immense gallery in the Villa Romana del Casale, the Corridor of the Great Hunting Scene, contains fine mosaics. On the ground an astounding hunting scene depicts panthers, lions, antelopes, boars, ostriches, camels and elephants being captured and put into cages, then shipped to Rome to be used in circus shows. The composition is astonishing in its diversity, and the struggle between man and beast is illustrated with outstanding realism. You will admire the sense of action and movement, as well as the richness of the detail.
Useful Information
- Address : Strada Provinciale 15 I - 94015 Piazza-Armerina94015Piazza-Armerina
- Phone : 0935 680036
- Website : http://www.villaromanadelcasale.it
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- Apr-Sep: 9am-6pm; rest of year: 9am-4pm


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Favorite Stanford Memory: "It was the first week of my freshmen year when I met my roomie. We had just moved in and we went to the bookstore together to get some supplies and check things out. When we got back to the dorm, I found a flyer in the bottom of the bookstore bag that was for acne medication so I put a sticky note on it that said 'here's something you should look into' then put it on my roomies' desk. When she got home later that day, she read it and started cracking up. It began a war of funny flyers and ads getting passed back and forth between us, but it was that second day being on campus that I knew I had made a life long friend. It is more of a representation of something that reminds me of the connections I have made with the people on campus, in particular those from my freshmen dorm."
Summer 2006: Played with the National Team at the 2006 FINA World Cup, traveling to Hungary, Italy, and China ... Team placed fourth and won World League.
As a Junior in 2006: Registered 13 goals for the Cardinal, helping the team to its fourth MPSF Championship and a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Scored a season-high two goals against San Jose State (2/12), Arizona State (4/9) and UCLA (4/15) ... Scored in three of the first four games of the season, including the season-opener against Pacific ... Scored twice at the MPSF Championships, with a goal in the 6-3 Cardinal win over Hawaii in the conference title match ... Netted goals in six of the final eight matches of the regular-season ... Also played in goal for the Cardinal on three occasions and registered three saves ... An MPSF Academic All-Conference honoree ... Named to the AWPCA All-Academic Team.
Summer 2005: Spent the summer at home in Ann Arbor, Mich. playing with Great Lakes club team ... Nannied two children, ages 3 and 7, and spent time with family.
As a Sophomore in 2005: Sixth on the team with 17 goals on the season ... Played in all 29 games for the Cardinal ... Helped the team to second-place finishes at both the MPSF and NCAA Championships ... Earned Academic All-American and MPSF Academic All-Conference honors ... Had a steal, one forced turnover, two assists and one goal in NCAA tournament play ... Scored one goal in the MPSF Championship final versus UCLA (5/1) ... Had a goal and an assist against USC in the MPSF semifinal (4/30) ... Recorded a season-high two goals versus San Jose State (4/22), UC Davis (4/17) and CS Northridge (2/19).
Summer 2004: Helped the U.S. Team to gold at the 2004 Junior Pan-American Games.
As a Freshman in 2004: Contributed to Stanford's third-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Scored 12 goals for the Cardinal.
High School: Named Most Valuable Player of the Michigan State Tournament, Michigan's Water Polo Player of the Year and First-Team All-American in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... Third-Team All-American in 2000 ... Member of 2001 U.S. Youth National Team and 2003 U.S. Junior National Team ... U.S. Junior Team took second place at the Junior World Championships in Calgary, Canada ... Captained water polo squad during senior season ... Four-year letterwinner on the swimming and water polo teams ... Captained the swimming team as a junior ... Swimming Academic All-American in 2003 ... Swimming All-American in 1999 ... Competed for the Great Lakes Water Polo Club.
Personal: Born June 29, 1985, in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... Daughter of Dave and Joan Gregorka ... Has siblings, Brad, Andrea and Brian ... Most exciting sports moment was winning gold at the Junior Women's World Championships in Perth, Australia ... Urban Education major ... Enjoys music, laughing, movies, sledding, wearing costumes, snowboarding and playing in the ocean.


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""""this is nothing compared the Germany in 1939. Nothing. It is a slap in the face when you said that. You guys act like Bush is a facist for god's sake."""""
Bush is a fascist.
A ferkin greedy warmongering fascist and if he gets elected again you better bet that draft will be coming your way, then you try and defend that ass and his sole desire to get in the history books.( Does everyone just forget that he ignored the UN and told them to SHOVE IT. In that aspect he's as bad as saddam for ignoring UN rulings on weapons etc)
They are already hurting for troops and they h ave stopped rotating them out of combat zones because of such a need. If bush dupes you all again....then you better believe the draft is on the way.
NOW onto the link between germany and the present day US.
The US attempted to justify an invasion by saying that the US WAS threatened...you know...what with the whole "THEY GOT DA NUKES!" and all. If you FOOL the pppulation into believing they are in danger, they will support military action.
Germany, 1939.
Hitler was not in supreme control of Germany though he had the LOTS Of power. He contacts the powers that be an informs them that german citizens are being oppressed and butchered in poland and that he has sent armed forces to free such citizens. The paper work is done yadda yadda. Hitler gets the reigns.
The people think it needs to be done... and support action,they were FOOLED.
Bush and his flunkies made it out that they NEEDED to go into Iraq so that weapons of mass destruction would not fall into terrorist hands..or...something along those lines.
People thought they were in danger...and that bad **** could go down....so...
JUSTIFICATION in the eyes of the blind propaganda poisoned populace.
It isn't a DIRECT parallel, but you MUST see the connection.
Do not sip from the spoon they feed you and accept what they dangle in front of you. There are far to many yes men in this world.
Frankly Germany 1939 was a better model for a nation that actually worked then the US will ever be in my life time.(apart from the whole jew fiasco. That wasn't a very good thing at all.)
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WEST POINT, N.Y. - Jen Hazlett and Kelsey Minato tied the game high with 17 points apiece to lead Army to a 53-42 victory over Navy Sunday afternoon at Christl Arena.
The Black Knights continued their best start since 2006-07 in improving to 14-4 overall and 3-0 in the Patriot League. They're tied for first with American and snapped a four-game skid at home against their rivals.
Jade Geif had 12 points and six rebounds to pace Navy (9-9, 2-1), while Alix Membreno poured in 11 points with seven boards.
Navy was out to a hot start with back-to-back 3s from Audrey Bauer and Membreno, but the Black Knights replied with a 10-0 run to take a 16-12 lead with 7:45 remaining in the first. The teams traded buckets throughout the rest of the half, and Army took a 25-20 lead into intermission when Anna Simmers sank a 3 at the buzzer.
Army scored the first six out of the break to build a double-digit lead at 31-20 at the 17:55 mark.
After Navy had mounted a small rally to cut the Army lead to nine, Hazlett and Minato teamed up for back-to-back 3s to put the Black Knights ahead 45-30 with 10:18 to go.
Navy twice more orchestrated runs that cut Army's lead under 10, the latter coming with 3:32 to play. But the Mids had four subsequent possessions end in turnovers.
Army shot 46 percent from the field to Navy's 38. All 10 starters accounted for all the scoring in Sunday's contest.


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Samsung Questioned Over Post-Verdict Phone Sales
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A federal appeals court on Friday pressed Samsung Electronics Co. on whether the company should have been allowed to continue selling a range of phones and tablets after a California jury found the products infringed patents held by rival Apple Inc.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit didn't clearly signal which way it intended to rule, but the three-judge panel that heard arguments by the two companies questioned portions of a trial judge's ruling last December favoring Samsung.
In that earlier ruling, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif. decided an injunction against 26 Samsung products wasn't appropriate.
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This two-part series examines the religious beliefs of Australia's Prime Ministers from Federation to now.
For the first time on television, Compass investigates the religious backgrounds of Australia's Prime Ministers from Edmund Barton to Tony Abbott, revealing in detail how their beliefs shaped their personal and political lives.
Part 1 (1901 – 1966), which was aired last night, tells how our first Prime Minister's meeting with the Pope outraged Australia's majority Protestant population back home, how Billy Hughes fanned the flames of religious sectarianism in WW1's conscription debates and reveals the fallout for Ben Chifley when he married outside the Catholic Church.
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Driving while dangerously impaired on marijuana is reckless and irresponsible, but that doesn't make a recent study published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology any less full of shit when it claims 'Fatal Car Crashes Involving Pot Use Have Tripled in the US,' as Web MD and countless other outlets ran the headline.
"Currently, one of nine drivers involved in fatal crashes would test positive for marijuana," co-author Dr. Guohua Li, director of the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at Columbia, told the press. "If this trend continues, in five or six years non-alcohol drugs will overtake alcohol to become the most common substance involved in deaths related to impaired driving."
Looking at six states where officials routinely perform toxicology tests following traffic fatalities, researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that alcohol has contributed to about the same percentage of traffic fatalities over the last decade (40%), while marijuana has moved from 4% to 12% -- the "tripling" touted throughout the media.
What most of those stories don't tell you, however, is that the study included an endnote admitting that since marijuana can be detected in the blood for a week after use, "the prevalence of non-alcohol drugs reported in this study should be interpreted as an indicator of drug use, not necessarily a measurement of drug impairment."
Or, in laymen's terms: Our entire study was basically a bunch of malarkey. Because we don't make any distinction between someone who took twenty dabs five minutes before jumping in the car and someone who smoked half a joint six days ago.
And so, for those interested in actually learning the relative risks of marijuana and driving, NORML's authoritative review of the scientific evidence remains the best available source.


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Horseradish Potato Salad
3 pounds small (2-inch) potatoes, your choice of variety (I found a rainbow-colored pack, and couldn't resist, clearly)
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1 tablespoon white-wine vinegar
1 cup sour cream (or 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup yogurt)
2 tablespoons fresh dill, finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives (frustratingly, couldn't find these)
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Boil the potatoes until fork tender, cool them to room temperature and quarter them. In a large bowl, mix the remaining ingredients and fold over the potatoes. Adjust seasoning to taste — you might add another tablespoon of vinegar if you feel it needs more 'zing' — and prepare to wow the Eastern Europeans in your life!
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We all know we should be saving and planning for retirement. We've heard about the wonders of compound interest and we know that a person who starts saving in their twenties will accumulate roughly twice as much money for retirement as a person who starts saving the same amount in their forties.
But maybe, back in our twenties, we somehow missed the memo that advised us to contribute to our 401K. Which makes us wonder, what other age milestones for retirement might we overlook?
Here are your next eight milestone ages to keep in mind for ensuring a successful retirement.
When you reach the age of 50, you may begin to make "catch up" contributions to your IRAs as well as your 401K or 403B. The "catch up" provisions allow you to increase the amount you contribute, letting you add extra cash above the usual limits of your plan. For example, you may invest an additional $1,000 to your IRA or an additional $5,500 a year to your 401K.
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When you reach the age of 65, you qualify for Medicare regardless of whether or not you continue to work. If you have chosen NOT to receive Social Security benefits yet, then you must apply for Medicare (plan to do this three months before your 65th birthday).
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When you reach age 66 or 67, you have reached the age that you may collect 100% of your Social Security benefits. This is your "Full Retirement Age". Depending on your birth year, your full retirement age is:
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If you have held off on taking your Social Security benefits in order to wait for higher payment amounts, you should know that this is the age that payments reach their maximum amount.
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Jordan McCord has opened the season with five straight 100-yard rushing games.
Sept. 29, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa.- No. 11/15 Lehigh extended its FCS-best regular-season winning streak to 14 and its Patriot League streak to 15 on Saturday, but it did not come easy as Jake Peery kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired to send the Mountain Hawks to a 34-31 win at home against Fordham.
In addition to the Patriot League action, Colgate provided a highlight for the day as Gavin McCarney had four rushing and two passing touchdowns to lead the Raiders to a 37-24 victory at Yale.
Lafayette suffered its first loss of the season, dropping a 31-28 final to Robert Morris. The Leopards tied the score at 28-28 in the fourth quarter after trailing 28-7 at the half, but saw Robert Morris kick the game-winning field goal with 19 seconds left to earn the win.
While Colgate defeated an Ivy League opponent, three other teams lost as the season series between the conferences is now tied 6-6 for the year. Bucknell could not find the end zone on a late drive and dropped a 15-10 final to Cornell, while Georgetown went down to Brown 37-10 and Holy Cross fell 52-3 at Harvard in a game played on Friday night.
Full recaps and box scores from all of Saturday's action are included below, along with a synopsis of each contest and any video highlights or interviews from the schools.
FINAL: at No. 11/15 Lehigh 34, Fordham 31
Box Score
BETHLEHEM, Pa.- Jake Peery hit a 22-yard field goal on the final play of the game to lift No. 11/15 Lehigh to a 34-31 win over Fordham, extending the Mountain Hawks' FCS-best regular-season winning streak to 14 games on Saturday at Goodman Stadium.
Lehigh improved to 5-0 for the season, winning for the third straight game by less than seven points. The win also gave Lehigh a 15-game streak against Patriot League opponents, four shy of the League record. Fordham fell to 3-2 in a game it led 14-0 early in the first quarter but had to rally to tie in the fourth quarter. The game did not count towards the Patriot League standings for either team with the Rams ineligible for the Patriot League title this season.
The Rams came out with a hurry-up offense, and caught Lehigh off its heels to start the game. Fordham went right down the field for a 12-play, 68-yard that ended with a three-yard touchdown run by Ryan Higgins for a 7-0 lead just over three minutes into the game. After forcing a Lehigh punt, Fordham used some trickery as Brian Wetzel took a reverse and tossed a 19-yard touchdown to Nick Talbert for a 14-0 advantage with 7:24 still left in the first quarter.
Lehigh recovered on both offense and defense to answer with the game's next 24 points. Keith Sherman scored on a 16-yard touchdown run with 3:50 left in the first quarter, and Michael Colvin followed with a three-yard scoring run with 12 seconds to go in the period to even the score at 14-14. Lehigh's surge continued into the second quarter, with Peery connecting on a 23-yard field goal and Colvin tossing a five-yard touchdown pass to Lee Kurfis for a 24-14 lead with 3:11 left in the second quarter. Fordham had an answer this time, scoring in two plays and 28 seconds to get within 24-21 on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Higgins to Carlton Koonce.
Zach Barket gave Lehigh a 10-point cushion again when his one-yard touchdown run made it 31-21 early in the third quarter. Fordham cut it to 31-24 later in the period, then tied the score at 31-31 with 11:42 to play in the game on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Higgins to Greg Wilson. Each team advanced past the opposition's 40 later in the period, but both were forced to punt it away. Fordham was forced to punt from its seven yard line late in the game, and Marcus Dormevil returned it 21 yards for Lehigh to give the Mountain Hawks a drive start at the Fordham 39 with 1:39 to play in the game. Colvin threw a 14-yard pass to Ryan Spadola to get the ball to the 22, and then tossed a 13-yard strike to Josh Parris on a 3rd-and-6 play to set the ball at the five yard line for Peery to drill the game-winning field goal as time expired.
Lehigh racked up 515 yards of total offense in the game, with Colvin accounting for 402 of that total. The senior quarterback completed 24-of-40 passes for a career-high 341 yards and the touchdown and ran for 61 yards and a score. Lehigh ran for 174 yards overall, with Barket totaling 48 and Sherman rushing for 41. Spadola caught eight passes for 85 yards, going over 200 receptions in his career in the process. Billy Boyko led the Lehigh defense with 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss, while Tim Newton had two of the team's four sacks. Dormevil set a pair of scores with big punt returns, and totaled 63 yards on three returns in the game.
Like his counterpart, Higgins also put up a big day through the air for the Rams. He completed 28-of-41 passes for a season-high 373 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions and also ran for the score. Koonce, who came into the game fifth in the nation with more than 150 rushing yards per game, had his third-straight 100-yard effort with 105 yards on 30 carries while also catching four balls for 14 yards and the score. Three Fordham wideouts had monster games, with Wetzel catching seven balls for 112 yards, Tolbert hauling in seven for 107 and the touchdown and Wilson notching five receptions for 99 yards and the score. Wetzel and Tolbert were the first Fordham teammates since 2009 to both go over 100 yards receiving in the same game. The Rams racked up 460 yards of total offense. Michael Martin led the Fordham defense with 10 tackles, while Austin Hancock had nine tackles and an interception and Jake Rodriques totaled nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss.
Lehigh has won every Patriot League game since beating Fordham late in the 2009 season. The Mountain Hawks defeated the Rams for the fifth straight season, and Fordham has still never won in 12 trips to Goodman Stadium.
FINAL: Colgate 47 at Yale 24
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.- Gavin McCarney accounted for six touchdowns and Jordan McCord went over 100 yards rushing for the fifth consecutive game as Colgate (2-3) rolled on offense in a 47-24 victory at Yale (1-2) on Saturday at the Yale Bowl.
McCarney completed 17-of-22 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns without an interception, and ran for 85 yards and four touchdowns. McCord carried 24 times for 138 yards and a score as Colgate totaled 544 yards of total offense to conclude a tough non-League schedule with the 2-3 mark.
Colgate, and in particular McCarney, did most of the damage in the first half. The junior quarterback scored all five of the Raiders' touchdowns as they took a 35-17 lead into the break. McCarney answered a pair of Yale scores in the first quarter, tying the score at 7-7 on five-yard touchdown run and then evening the score the 14-14 on a 79-yard touchdown pass to Chris Looney.
McCarney's three second-quarter touchdowns gave the Raiders the commanding halftime lead. After Yale went ahead on a field goal, McCarney had a 13-yard touchdown run, 31-yard touchdown pass to CJ Stempeck and an eight-yard scoring rush for the 35-17 halftime lead.
Yale cut the gap to 35-24 in the third quarter, but the Raiders put the game away in the fourth quarter as McCarney ran in from 14 yards out for his fourth touchdown run of the day and McCord capped the 47-24 win with an eight-yard scoring rush.
Looney caught four passes for 138 yards and a touchdown for the Raiders. Patrick Friel led the defense with 10 tackles, while Kris Kent had six tackles and a sack and Andrew Nairin recorded a pair of sacks. Chris Horner, Austin Dier and Josh Ford all had interceptions for the Raiders.
Colgate will have its bye week before opening Patriot League play on Oct. 13 at home against Holy Cross.
FINAL: at Robert Morris 31, Lafayette 28
Box Score
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.- Lafayette rallied from a 28-7 halftime deficit to tie the score, but Robert Morris came back with a 33-yard field goal with 19 seconds to go for a 31-28 win over the Leopards on Saturday at Joe Walton Stadium.
Lafayette was dealt its first loss of the season, falling to 3-1 on the year in its third road contest. Robert Morris picked up its first win of the year to improve to 1-3.
The Leopards struggled in the first half, as Robert Morris took a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 28-7 at the break. The bright spot came early in the second quarter on a 25-yard touchdown run by Ross Scheuerman that cut the gap to 14-7 before Robert Morris added two touchdowns for the 28-7 lead.
The second half was a different story as the Leopards came storming back. It started with a pair of touchdown passes from Andrew Shoop to Mark Ross, the first for 12 yards in the third quarter and the second a three-yard connection to cut the deficit to 28-21 on the first play of the fourth quarter. After forcing a punt, the Leopards went 74 yards in nine plays to tie the score at 28-28 on Shoop's 10-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gould with 8:57 to play in the game. Lafayette was forced to punt on its next two possessions, and Robert Morris drove 67 yards in 2:10 to kick the game-winning field goal with 19 seconds to play. Lafayette had one final chance from the Robert Morris 46, but Shoop was sacked as the Leopards went down for the first time this year.
Shoop completed 25-of-38 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns, but also threw a pair of interceptions. Ross had a huge night with 13 receptions for 151 yards and the two touchdowns, tying for the eighth-most receptions in a game in Patriot League history. Scheuerman had 75 yards and the score on the ground and 161 all-purpose yards. Kyni Scott led the Lafayette defense with seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack.
Every Lafayette game this season has been decided by seven points or less, with the Leopards winning the previous three by 3, 7 and 6 before Saturday's three-point defeat.
FINAL: Cornell 15 at Bucknell 10
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LEWISBURG, Pa.- Bucknell held the nation's second-leading passer more than 130 yards below his average, but the Bison could not get enough offense and fell to Cornell 15-10 on Saturday at Christy-Mathewson Memorial Stadium.
The Bison fell to 1-3 with another great defensive effort. They have not allowed more than 20 points in any game this season. Cornell improved its record to 2-1 on the season.
Bucknell took the early lead, with Jeremiah Young rushing in from two yards out late in the first quarter for a 7-0 edge. Cornell took a 9-7 lead by the half, with a touchdown run and late field goal giving the Big Red the advantage. Cornell increased its advantage to 15-7 on the first play of the fourth quarter, but the Bison cut it to 15-10 on Sean Cobelli's 29-yard field goal with 5:14 to play. Bucknell got the ball back at its 46 yard line, and had a 1st-and-10 at the Cornell 15 with a minute to play. The Bison would not get any further, as Brandon Wesley's pass for Victor Walker fell incomplete on 4th-and-9 and the Big Red took over and ran out the clock for the victory.
The Bison held a 151-62 edge in rushing yardage, led by a 63-yard run by Charles Thompson that set up Young's touchdown. Wesley completed 19-of-29 passes for 135 yards, with Walker hauling in eight receptions for 57 yards. The Bison limited Cornell quarterback Jeff Mathews, who came in averaging 414.5 yards per game through the air, to 278 yards passing without a touchdown. Evan Byers led the defense with 12 tackles and 1.5 sacks, while Ryan Morgan had eight stops and an interception.
Bucknell fell for the third straight time, and second in a row at home with both defeats coming by less than a touchdown. The Bison, who are 0-1 in the Patriot League, return to League action next week at Holy Cross.
FINAL: Brown 37 at Georgetown 10
Box Score
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Georgetown concluded its non-League slate with a 3-2 record as Brown (2-1) took the lead late in the first half and pulled away after intermission for a 37-10 win on Saturday at Multi-Purpose Field.
The Hoyas fell behind 10-0 in the first quarter, but evened the score with a Matt MacZura field goal followed by Stephen Skon's 23-yard touchdown pass to Zack Wilke early in the second quarter. Brown had a touchdown and field goal later in the period for a 20-10 lead at the half, and the Bears pulled away in the second half with a third-quarter touchdown and 10 points in the fourth.
Georgetown could not get its offense going, totaling just 159 yards in the game and only 12 on the ground. Skon completed 17-of-31 passes for 147 yards and the score, but also threw three interceptions. Wilke and Kevin Macari each had four receptions. Robert McCabe, the nation's leading tackler, came in just below his average with 13 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss. Nick Alfieri added 13 tackles with a forced and recovered fumble.
The Hoyas begin a finishing stretch of six straight games against Patriot League opponents when they visit Fordham next week.
FINAL: at Harvard 52, Holy Cross 3
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- Harvard scored six consecutive touchdowns in the first half to blow the game open early and deal Holy Cross a 52-3 loss on Friday evening.
The Crusaders fall to 0-4, their longest season-opening losing skid since 2004. The Crimson won their 12th consecutive game, the longest active overall streak in the nation.
Holy Cross was within 7-3 on a field goal by John Macomber in the first quarter, but the Crimson scored two more touchdowns in the period and added 28 points in the second quarter to put the game out of reach.
Harvard held a 520-191 advantage in total offense. Ryan Laughlin threw for 105 yards for Holy Cross, and also led the team with 29 yards on the ground. Tom Mannix paced the defense with 11 tackles, a tackle for loss and two pass breakups.
Holy Cross opens Patriot League play next week at home against Bucknell.


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