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SunLink Upgrades And Rebrands Solar Ground-Mount System
Colorado Energy Office And GRID Alternatives Launch Low Income Rural Shared Solar Projects
This week, the Colorado Energy Office and GRID Alternatives announced a pilot of five demonstration projects for 100% low income shared solar projects. Delta Montrose Electric Association, Gunnison County Electric Association, Holy Cross Energy, San Miguel Power Association and Yampa Valley Electric Association have volunteered to build low-income projects totaling 579 kW.
Solar Industry Commends California Public Utilities Commission for Maintaining Net Metering
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) commended the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which today voted 3-2 to continue net metering in California.
Imec And SunPower's Parent Total Working On n-Type PERT Bi-Facial Cell Technologies
Nanoelectronics research centre Imec and energy giant Total, majority owner of US-based PV energy provider, SunPower, have extended an R&D collaboration to embrace a number of advanced technologies, including n-type PERT bi-facial solar cells and novel low-cost module interconnection concepts.
Federal Government's 'Go Solar' Efforts Paying Dividends
As part of the federal government's ongoing efforts to improve sustainability and reduce harmful carbon emissions, the U.S. Navy and General Services Administration (GSA) have announced plans to develop more than 10 megawatts (MW) of new solar facilities in the nation's capital, building on progress already made through the launch of the Capital Solar Challenge. Today, nine percent of the federal government's electricity comes from renewable energy sources, including solar, putting the White House on pace to reach its goal of 30 percent renewable energy use by 2025.
Fueled by Growth in the Residential Segment, U.S. Installs 1.3 GW of PV in Q1 2015
Shattering previous records, the United States residential solar market grew 76 percent over the first quarter of 2014, installing 437 megawatts[i] (MW) of photovoltaics (PV) in the first three months of 2015. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association's (SEIA) Q1 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, released today, the U.S. installed 1.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV across all market segments.
SEIA Applauds Efforts by DOE to Expand Solar Deployment
As part of its ongoing efforts to make solar cost competitive with other forms of electricity, the Department of Energy's (DOE) SunShot Initiative announced today that it will provide $32 million in new funding opportunities to help spur additional solar development nationwide.
Pro-Solar Constitutional Amendment in Florida Gaining Momentum
Calling it a "huge momentum boost," the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today praised two Florida newspapers, The Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star-Banner, for their editorial support of a pro-solar, statewide ballot initiative organized by Floridians for Solar Choice.
SEIA Launches Spanish-Language Section on Website
In an effort to expand awareness of the importance of diversity in the workplace – as well as solar energy's growing contributions to the economy and environment – the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has become one of the first national trade associations to feature a Spanish-language section on its website.
Solplicity Expands California Service Areas
Solplicity has expanded its service area to include the greater Sacramento region and further bolstered its Los Angeles County presence with the addition of a Burbank office.
8minutenergy Developing Springbok 2 Solar Farm
8minutenergy Renewables, LLC and an affiliate of D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. (DESRI) announced the completion of permitting, financial closing and start of construction of the 191 megawatts-dc (150 MW-ac) Springbok 2 Solar Farm, located 70 miles north of Los Angeles in Kern County, California. 8minutenergy recently announced that it had signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Springbok 2 Solar Farm with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), on behalf of its participating member, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).
Southern Power Acquires 200 MW Garland Solar Facility From Recurrent Energy
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in the 200-megawatt (MW) Garland solar facility under construction in California from Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. Recurrent Energy is constructing the facility and will retain the remaining interest in the project. Southern Power and Recurrent Energy have now announced the development of three jointly owned projects that together are expected to generate more than 550 MW of solar electricity in California and Texas.
Sonnenbatterie Beats Tesla To The Punch With U.S. Roll-Out
Sonnenbatterie has rolled out its plug-and-play home battery system in the U.S. ahead of Christmas, beating Tesla to the punch in what is expected to be a competitive market in 2016. Sonnenbatterie manufacturers its storage devices in San Jose, California, and has secured supply contracts with 30 dealers across the U.S. Demand for the battery is already strong, with a Sonnenbatterie spokesperson telling PV Magazine's German-language website that around 1,000 products have already been ordered.
Trina Solar Hits Monocrystalline Silicon Cell Efficiency Milestone
Trina Solar Ltd. says its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new record for industrial high-efficiency p-type monocrystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells. The record-breaking p-type mono-crystalline silicon solar cell was fabricated on a large-size industrial boron-doped Cz-Si substrate with an advanced Honey Plus process that integrated both front and back surface passivation. The 156 x 156 mm2 solar cell reached a total-area efficiency of 22.13%. This result has been independently confirmed by the Fraunhofer ISE CalLab in Germany.
Walmart and Costco are famous for cutting costs to the bone and knowing a great value when they see one. That's why they are deploying massive amounts of solar on their facilities. In fact, they are America's top two corporate users of solar power.
You ever play that game Whac-a-Mole? That's kind of how I've felt over the last few months when separating fact from fiction about the solar energy industry in the U.S. We keep knocking down myths about solar, but they just keep popping up somewhere else.
Last year, while everyone was focused on a slow economic recovery, the U.S. solar energy boomed in all sectors -- residential, commercial property and utility-scale. And there are significant amounts of new solar energy coming with the advancement of several utility-scale projects.
Hola! Greetings from Cancun where I saw immediate differences in this year's global climate talks from the moment I stepped off the plane. Instead of cold, cloudy Copenhagen, I was greeted by warm sunshine and a beautiful setting surrounded by the rich blue-green waters of the sea and bay. Last year I needed a parka; this year I need sunglasses. I'm hopeful improved weather is a good sign of an equally improved outcome. Delegates have a constant reminder (and distraction) to work through our shared challenges towards solutions.
It's that time of year when many Americans are just returning from a summer vacation. During their travels, most of those vacationers probably passed by some of the many solar projects, large and small, being installed across the country. However, they probably didn't know that while they were on holiday, smart policies were at work speeding up deployment of solar projects. From PV farms to solar water heating systems, solar is having a record growth year and is creating stable, well-paying American jobs.
The end of a long winter and the welcomed start of spring bring the all-American sport back to life. The last season transitions to memory, baseball fans ponder the present condition of their teams and we all smile at the opportunity to go outside without a coat. Spring also brings another event, the release of SEIA's annual "U.S. Solar Year in Review".
Across the country, people will start tuning in today to see how well they've done filling out their brackets for the NCAA basketball tournament. When it comes to making their picks for energy, three out of four Americans have solar going all the way in their bracket.
What is apparent during the time we've been here in Copenhagen representing the U.S. solar industry is that the renewable energy industry has become a force in the climate debate. No longer are we relying on the environmental community to carry our message (which they have done well in the past).
Earlier today, I attended a briefing by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu in which he announced a new initiative that the administration is launching to expand clean energy technologies in developing countries. This program is a great sign of leadership by the administration given how vocal developing countries have been here at COP15.


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Connecticut and a $10.10 per hour minimum wage is causing quite the buzz on the Internet this evening, as the current Democratic governor of Connecticut, Dannel Malloy, made an official statement this Tuesday in support of the hike. He believes that raising the minimum wage to a higher hourly salary — much like President Obama had in his call last month to increase the overall national minimum — will benefit both the state and its residents. Town Hall News reveals this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2014, that if such a bill were to pass, it would make state's minimum hourly wage the highest in the entire U.S. nation.
The Connecticut $10.10 per hour minimum wage hike being backed by the state governor might make this earnings increase a very real possibility for hundreds of thousands of workers, continues the report. The hike would effectively increase the current $8.70 per hour up by a significant $1.40. When one considers just how many workers earn minimum wage, this becomes a massive cumulative sum. If such a movement were passed, it would take up to three years to officially take effect, and would supersede even Washington's already highest minimum wage of $9.32 per hour.
The economic proposal reaches the public's ears while a number of Democratic politicians are bringing to light that the already massive gap between the wealthiest and poorest Americans continues to expand this 2014. The topic of economic disparity was in fact a prominent issue that President Barack Obama talked about just last week during his State of the Union address.
"There is a debate happening across our country on how to tackle the growing income inequality that is detrimental to our middle class families and to our economy," said Connecticut Gov. Malloy. "Part of tackling that critically important challenge is making sure that we recognize that a good and decent wage is good for workers and good for business."
According to the press release on the $10.10 per hour minimum wage hike, the hourly earnings increase would follow a scheduled hike that is already set to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 in early 2015.
"Malloy made his buzz-worthy proposal in Bridgeport, the state's largest city, where the median household income hovers at $39,822 per year, well below the $69,519 state median … Connecticut's minimum wage had been scheduled to rise to $9 next year. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25."
What is your opinion of this idea to raise the minimum wage even higher? Will it indeed prove to be a fiscal benefit for Connecticut residents and the state's overall economy?

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Proponents of workplace drug testing policies for pot have long alleged that random testing improves workplace safety. But do they? A newly published case-control study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Addictive Diseases says "no."
The study, authored by the Medical Director of St. Mary's Occupational Medicine Clinic in Evansville, Indiana assessed whether there exists a statistical association between marijuana use, as defined by the identification of the inert carboxy THC metabolite in urine, and an elevated risk of work-related accidents. The author compared the prevalence of marijuana-positive tests among employees involved in workplace accidents to a random sampling of employees not involved in workplace mishaps. Drug tests were analyzed and compared from employees who worked in variety of industries located throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The study determined that marijuana-positive test results were not correlated with any greater frequency of workplace accidents.
"This study fell short of finding an association between marijuana use and involvement of workplace accidents." The author added, although "this study cannot be taken as definitive evidence of absence of an association between marijuana and work related accidents, … the findings are compelling."
The findings were also predictable. A 2010 review of 20 years of published literature pertaining to cannabis, drug testing, and workplace performance similarly concluded, "[I]t is not clear that heavy cannabis users represent a meaningful job safety risk unless using before work or on the job; urine tests have poor validity and low sensitivity to detect employees who represent a safety risk; … [and] urinalysis has not been shown to have a meaningful impact on job injury/accident rates."
This is largely because standard workplace drug tests are urine tests. Conventional urinalysis -- even when the results are confirmed -- only detects the presence of inert drug metabolites, non-psychoactive by-products that linger in the body's blood and urine well after a substance's mood-altering effects have subsided. That is why the US Department of Justice acknowledges: "A positive test result, even when confirmed, only indicates that a particular substance is present in the test subject's body tissue. It does not indicate abuse or addiction; recency, frequency, or amount of use; or impairment."
A positive test result for carboxy THC, marijuana's primary metabolite, provides little if any substantive information to employers. That is because carboxy THC, unlike most other drug metabolites, is fat-soluble and may remain detectable in urine for days, weeks or, in some rare cases, months after a person has ceased using cannabis. Most other common drug metabolites are water soluble and therefore undetectable some 24 hours or so after ingestion.
In short, a positive test result for carboxy THC does not provide any definitive information regarding an employee's frequency of cannabis use, when he or she last consumed it, or whether he or she may have been under its influence at the time the drug screening was administered. Further, such tests discriminate against pot consumers -- who are more likely to be detected by the nature of test itself, yet pose no demonstrable workplace safety risk compared to non-tokers. As more states move forward with amending marijuana laws, employers should follow suit by, at a minimum, revisiting their existing workplace drug testing policies for pot or, preferably, repealing them altogether.
Non-Tokers Just as Likely to be Involved In Workplace Accidents as Marijuana Smokers
Proponents of workplace drug testing policies for pot have long alleged that random testing improves workplace safety. But do they? A newly published case-control study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Addictive Diseases says "no."


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My 2012 End-of-Year List of One
Maybe you, like me, have a tendency to get stressed by all the top-ten lists that emerge at the end of the year. The lists are usually filled with books you must read, dishes you must try, restaurants you must visit, movies you must see. Rather than inciting enthusiasm for the possibility of adventure or entertainment, the lists often impart feelings of regret for all that that you could have experienced, but didn't. Soon anxiety replaces your sense of loss because somewhere between number seven and three you decided you must pack it all in before the list writer deems you unworthy. If you've read all the way to number two you eventually toss the whole thing aside. "Fuck the list." I'm trying not to impose the same thought process, so I've made my own must-see-movie list simple. It is a list of one: The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
The trailer didn't entice me at all, so once you've read this review don't turn off your viewing device with the relief of knowing that yet again, you don't have to carry through with what another silly list maker suggests. (You do.) After conducting some research, I discovered that some reviewers gave the movie tepid reviews, so don't listen to them, either.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower centers around Charlie, a teenager entering his freshmen year of high school after the suicide of his best friend. As the first act builds we are given glimpses of the people who surround him, his family, his friends, his teachers. We sympathize with Charlie without filling sorry for him. Many high school movies have come before, but this one does a good job of not falling into old, familiar territory. We can relate to Charlie because his struggles seem real and he is filled with tender passion. Most other high school dramas cast characters as one-dimensional. In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the familiar caricatures don't materialize. And, unsurprisingly, the students who become his friends don't hail from the popular crowd, yet their alternative lifestyle is celebrated rather than depicted as "weird." "
Stephan Chbosky, the screenwriter and author of the best-selling book, which the film originated from, seems to know these characters well. So well in fact, that after viewing, I thought I could learn more from the book and enjoyed reading it just as much.Thankfully we don't have to depend on movie critics for Oscar nods. It's an Oscar candidate for best-adapted screenplay and I'm confident that the movie might just win. Don't write off my list. Go see The Perks. Its not to be missed. (Neither is the spunky Ezra Miller, who plays Patrick, Charlie's friend or the sweet Emma Watson—without English accent—who plays Patrick's sister, Sam.)
Keep in mind that the making of movie trailers is an art unto itself and sometimes the artist misses the mark. Such is the case for the trailer below for The Perks of Being a Wallflower. My advice so to skip it and go straight to the theater (or to your favorite rental stream).


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If you're a Son of a Son of a Sailor, then you must visit Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville in Pier Park. The house band plays the favorites from the 70s and 80s with a focus on the owner's repertoire. And whatever you do, don't forget to browse the gift shop; this place may sell more t-shirts than cheeseburgers.
The Cheeseburger in Paradise comes just exactly as the song describes: lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes, a big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer. What else could you ask for?
When you're not busy eating or listening to the house band look up at the 3/4 scale model of Buffett's own plane the Margaritaville Imported. Jamaican officials accidentally fired on the plane thinking it was a drug-runner at one time.
One of the best dishes on the menu is the crab cakes. I had mine with the potatoes and steamed veggies, and I wasn't disappointed.
If you're in PCB and you're near Pier Park, make sure to try out Margaritaville. Get there early! Sometimes the wait can be an hour and a half during Spring Break and the summer tourist season.


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While we've seen just about every 2Pac verse recycled into a Bruce Hornsby sampled remix, here's a pair of newly uncovered dis tracks from the slain rapper. Pac goes hard at Biggie, Nas, Wendy Williams, De La Soul (!), Dr. Dre on "Watch Ya Mouth", and shots are fired with DPG at Biggie, Mobb Deep, Jeru The Damaja, A Tribe Called Quest (?), and others on "NY 87″. Listen below….
LISTEN: 2Pac – "Watch Your Mouth"
LISTEN: 2Pac – "NY 87″ (feat. Dogg Pound)
Hip Hop you're so wack you have to leak out wack diss records from wack rappers who are dead. Who cares? Seriously, who cares? Why even pay attention to this nonsense?
I'm an adult, I have real issues to deal with, I can care less about any of this celebrity worship horseshit. I'm tired of listening to records like this. How is this beneficial to the soul? Why would I want to listen to a record filled with so much negativity like some groupie gossiping whore, just to hear another man brag how tough he is, say he's going to kill another person, and then say FUCK ______. I'm glad TUPAC is DEAD!!! One less superficial rapper to control the minds of the youth.
"Ooh did you hear what he said?"
"Who? That wack ass rapper who claims he's so real, so honest? What the fuck ever. The first thing you should know is all rappers are fake ass entertainers."
This music use to mean so much to me. Now I realize how decadent it is and its just not worth listening to. When my son said to me, "Dad why do you listen to music with so much profanity?" That was the day I stopped listening to it. Its bad for ya.
Have a nice day celebrity worshippers, find some new music to listen to too or at least listen to optimistic hip hop if there is such a thing. Hip Hop will only betray you. The ex-hip hopper.
So many different comments, so many possible responses. This whole East/West coast thing still has us a little bitter after all these years. Bored @ work, I get your point, but acting like a bitch when you get out of jail does not help anything. if you go to the south, they are just as prejudiced against music from other regions, same as the West coast. Biggie and Pac were many things to many people. We all could argue forever over all of this, but why not try to celebrate all of the good things about them, like Pac humping a blow up doll on stage with DU, a Summer Jam screen moment if there ever was one, or seeing Biggie's man boobs at the beginning of the "Warning: video. FUCK ALL THE DRAMA!! LETS GET BACK TO THE MUSIC!!
So weak…Garbage…carry on…
2pac has always been overrated. If 2pac looked like Craig Mack and still rhymed exactly the same, he would have never became what he was. Women loved him because he was hard and cute. Men had homosexual fantasies of him. 2pac was paranoid and was always trying to start shit with everybody. De La and Tribe? Really? He got what was coming to him.
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Tue, 2012-05-29 12:36 — OTM News
Have you ever feel your lack of information regards the Jiu-Jitsu rules have lead you to loose a fight?
Wed, 2010-12-08 07:48 — bigstewbjj
I just got a copy of this app with the aim of reviewing it and hopefully some others out there on the market. I am reviewing on an iPhone 4 running IOS 4.2.1 (8C148). The app version is the latest version 2.0.1
This is a fledgling market and really only the Machado Brothers, Stephen Kesting, Darculino and Roy Dean have embraced it fully, with only Roy and Draculino going for a full course offering.
Wed, 2010-11-10 02:26 — bigstewbjj
Started as a 360 lbs white belt in November 2008
Now a Seni silver medallist 302 lbs Blue Belt I Stripe under Lagarto trained by John Goldson at Gracie Barra Sheffield.
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Well it's not my first post, but I made a new account for this project so technically....
I just wanted to put a post up about the iPhone/Android app I'm involved with. it's a BJJ instructional called iBJJ, we've been working hard on it for the past year.
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More on Late Period Bill Evans
A few days back I wrote an piece in this column entitled "Late Period Bill Evans: Genius or Decline?" Bill Kirchner, a noted saxophonist, jazz scholar, and editor of The Oxford Companion to Jazz, contributes a response to this article below. (Be on the lookout soon for Kirchner's "Dozens" article for jazz.com on pianist Denny Zeitlin.) T.G.
Bill Evans, artwork by Suzanne Cerny
On May 12, Nonesuch Records reissued a 6-CD boxed set by pianist Bill Evans, Turn Out The Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June 1980. The box contains music recorded by Evans's last trio (with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera) on June 4, 5, 6, and 8, 1980—only three months before his death on September 15 at age 51. It was originally co-produced by Jeff Levenson and myself for Warner Jazz and issued in 1996. Prior to that, the music had never before been released.
Readers of this site and JazzWax may have read recent postings by Ted Gioia and Marc Myers about this music and late-period Bill Evans in general. Both writers, despite their overall admiration for Evans, have repeatedly voiced reservations about his playing in his last years. As one might expect from my involvement with Evans' 1980 Village Vanguard recordings, I see things rather differently.
I take a back seat to no one in my affection for the Evans / Scott LaFaro / Paul Motian trio; their 1961 Village Vanguard recordings in particular are among my "desert island" treasures. But we all need to be mindful that the music of that trio was created under a distinctive and rather narrow set of parameters, especially with respect to dynamic range. No doubt this was partially due to esthetic choices, but another reason was that during LaFaro's lifetime, jazz bassists played gigs without amplification. To play the way he played, LaFaro used what bassists call a low action, which limited his volume. So if Motian had played much louder than he did, LaFaro probably would have been inaudible.
A few years later, when bassists regularly started using amplifiers, the nature and balance of jazz rhythm sections understandably changed. Bassists could be heard better—sometimes too much—and Evans gradually returned to the relative extroversion of his pre-LaFaro playing. When I first heard Evans live in 1972 with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell at New York's Top of the Gate, I was surprised and thrilled by the often downright ballsy nature of his playing. (For a recorded example of what I heard, listen to the Evans album Montreux II.)
With all enormous respect due to Ted Gioia and Marc Myers, I have a modest proposal: it's time to lighten up a bit about Bill Evans. Great music can often serve as a kind of Rorschach test, and Evans' Village Vanguard recordings—both from 1961 and 1980—are a perfect example of this.
Marc in particular seems to be bringing "stuff" to the table—this statement, for example: "Evans' anger and stormy frustration is way too evident and disconcerting." My reaction to that bit of armchair psychoanalysis is a series of questions: Really? How do you know that? Did you talk to Evans? Did you read something that he or someone who knew him said that would lead you to believe that? (I'm reminded that John Coltrane was at one time described as an "angry" player, which apparently puzzled the gentle Mr. Coltrane no end. Intensity in music is often mistaken for anger.)
Let's go with something we know: i.e., Evans' own words. In a 1980 interview, he declared: "This trio is very much connected to the first trio. Different things have begun to happen with material that I've been playing for years. Things that were more or less static have gotten into motion and are developing." Whatever the frequent turmoil of Evans' personal life (most recently including the suicide of his brother in 1979, as well as Evans' own cocaine addiction that eventually killed him), Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera were inestimable sources of inspiration for him. Clearly, the direction this trio's music was taking was a most positive force in his life. Far from being angry or frustrated on the bandstand, Evans was delighted to be there.
Ted Gioia's objections to Evans' playing are more specific. Let's take this example: "Compare the 1961 version of 'My Romance' with the 1980 rendition, and see how Bill Evans at age 50 worked to squeeze the romanticism out of 'My Romance.' The same comes across if one compares 1980 performances of 'Polka Dots and Moonbeams,' 'My Foolish Heart,' and other songs with his classic recordings from the past. The later works are jittery and aloof, at times almost savage in their undermining of any vestiges of sentimentality." There are, in fact, three versions of "My Romance" in this set; it was a tune that the trio played almost every night in a multi-tempoed arrangement. What Ted hears as "jittery and aloof" I hear simply as a common practice among jazz musicians with repertoire they play frequently for years—the tendency to play the pieces faster. (Compare 1940 and 1966 Ellington recordings of "Cotton Tail" or 1954 and 1965 Miles Davis versions of "Walkin'".)
(Joe LaBarbera made a revealing comment: "That give-and-take was always there, that room to keep the music spontaneous. [Drummer] Jake Hanna came up to me after one gig and asked what I was doing on 'My Romance.' I said, 'Go ask Bill, I'm just following him.' So Jake asked Bill, who said 'I don't know, I'm just following Joe.'")
Ted makes similar complaints—including ones about Evans rushing—about several other performances in the set, and furthermore laments that "Evans no longer shows his grand conception of space and silence." In a collection of over six hours(!) of music recorded live in a club, unevenness is inevitable. But for every perceived shortcoming someone finds in this music, I'll point out multiple instances of great beauty, spaciousness, and spontaneity. Perhaps not coincidentally, these are often found in the newer pieces in Evans' repertoire, including Paul Simon's "I Do It For Your Love" and four then-new Evans compositions: "Tiffany," "Your Story," "Yet Ne'er Broken," and "Knit For Mary F."
Most of all, though, the centerpieces of the set are four extended versions (each 15-16 minutes long) of "Nardis," a piece that became a nightly highlight of any Evans trio performance. I've often remarked to students since Turn Out The Stars was released in 1996 that if they want to do a great doctoral dissertation, transcribe and analyze the Evans solos on these four versions—all different, and all mind-boggling. I regularly play one of them for my jazz-history classes, and the students are always dazzled. If proof be needed of Evans' phenomenal artistic growth in his final years, these will more than suffice.
I do not use the word "phenomenal" lightly. When Bill Evans made these recordings, he was 50 years old—past the age when most jazz musicians make major changes in their playing. Not even Miles Davis altered his own playing significantly past his late forties. So to hear Evans at the twilight of his career taking the risks he did, and succeeding as often as he did, is inspiring to me as a musician/listener/fan. Pianists like Harold Danko (who along with critic Bob Blumenthal did exemplary notes for this set), Jim McNeely, and others who heard Evans at the Village Vanguard at that time have expressed similar feelings.
In any case, for anyone with a serious interest in the art of Bill Evans, Turn Out The Stars is must-hear music.
This blog entry posted by Bill Kirchner
Gene Seymour
// Jun 29, 2009 at 01:35 PM
When these sessions were first released in the late 1990s, I weighed in on them in the late, lamented audiophile mag, FI. Then & now, I'm closer to Kirchner on this; my original take being that those 1980 Vanguard sessions reminded me of the way Miles was crashing & thrashing around his standard repertoire at the Plugged Nickel during Christmas week 1965. What Ted took for sloppiness, I take as restlessness bordering on desperation. He was (& I can only speculate as can we all) struggling to take things beyond where he'd been for most of his career. It's possible that there wouldn't have been very much there had he lived long enough to break through, but (again) who knows for sure?
// Jun 29, 2009 at 01:47 PM
It is very difficult to describe the state Bill had entered during the last couple of years of his life, but I would have to agree with Bill Kirchner, that Bill was not in an angry state on the bandstand or in his personal life. Laurie
Ed Leimbacher
// Jun 29, 2009 at 05:56 PM
A brief comment: I am sadly no musician, merely a lifelong listener and general appreciater. I bought the set in question when it was released, played it maybe three times, admiring/enjoying various items (yes, the Nardis versions among them), then filed it away. I revisit the early Evans; I mourn the late.
Joe La Barbera
// Jun 29, 2009 at 06:02 PM
I am usually reluctant to respond to these discussions simply because everyone is entitled to their opinions. In the words of an old friend, it's what makes for jazz and horse racing. It was very obvious to me that for the two years that Marc Johnson and I were with him, Bill was experiencing not only a period of growth as a player and composer, but also tremendous satisfaction from the experience. Those of you who remember seeing Bill in earlier periods may recall that he rarely spoke from the bandstand other than to announce the players at the end of the set. This changed while Marc and I were with him to the extent that he would announce tunes and engage the audience more. He enjoyed the connection with his fans. Re: Anger or frustration: Artists are human beings as well so it goes without saying that there may have been nights when he felt one of those emotions and no one can say for certain if it affected his playing. My feeling is that it did not simply because Bill was always so up front about everything, so I know he would have made mention of anything that was bothering him. For example, from the video "Jazz At the Maintenance Shop" Bill gives the audience an earful about the sound system. I can't tell you how many people have mentioned this one incident to me and have assumed that Bill was "difficult" based on that video. The fact is, this event was planned months in advance but upon arrival Bill discovered that the piano was not what was promised. Then, after a lengthy sound and camera check, we arrived at the gig to find that the wait staff had moved all the tables around the bandstand both messing up the sound and obscuring preset camera angles in one fell swoop. So here was definite frustration in Bill's life but not in his playing. One of Bill's own criteria for creativity was to not wear your heart on your sleeve. To paraphrase his words, anyone can play how they are feeling at a particular moment; it takes a real artist to distill these feelings and to dig deeper to bring something more worthwhile and longer lasting to the listener. As far as anyone feeling that there is an inconsistency from night to night or between different performances, please bear in mind that this was 1980 and we were making one record of approximately 45-50 minutes. No one was more particular about their recorded output than Bill Evans. He would prepare in detail for weeks for each project. He would never present back to back trio projects for example or if he was going to record a solo album, he would practice that particular art for weeks in advance. He considered his recordings to be his progeny and was very protective of them. In the same spirit he was deeply offended by bootleg releases. So, the fact that all of the 4 nights of recording were released for all of us fans to enjoy has nothing to do with Bill. He simply would never have allowed it. Anyway, love it or hate it but believe me when I say that he gave his life to his music every night.
Bill Kirchner
// Jun 29, 2009 at 06:21 PM
Fascinating comments by all. Lest Joe LaBarbera's comment about bootlegs be misinterpreted, though, I'll add that TURN OUT THE STARS is a legitimate release for which the musicians or estates were fully paid.
Larry Kart
// Jun 29, 2009 at 06:42 PM
Don't know if Bill (i.e. Bill Kirchner agrees), but while there's no doubt in my mind that Evans was correct in his estimate of the Johnson-LaBarbera trio, I hear a considerable difference in nature and quality between the music on "Turn Out The Stars" and that on "The Last Waltz" and "Consecration," which were recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco in Aug-Sept. 1980, less than two months after the "Turn Out the Stars" material and about two weeks before Evans' death. In particular, the IMO breathless, harried quality of musch of the music on "Turn Out The Stars" (especially those four [again IMO] scrambled/scrambling long intros to "Nardis") gives way in the Keystone Korner performances to a kind of relaxation and airiness that had been rare in Evans' music for a long time. As someone who had engaged in what might fairly be called armchair psychonalysis of Evans in print, I can think of several things to say: No, I never met the man, but there is the evidence of the changing nature of his music (which of course is art, not a direct revelation of his inner states of being, but still...); there are Evans' own remarks about himself, his own music, and music in general over the years; there are the remarks about Evans' nature made by other people who knew him well, such as his former girlfriend Peri Cousins; and there are the facts of the varied patterns of Evans' drug use, the impact upon him of Scott LaFaro's death, his brother's suicide, etc. Without doubt, there are right and wrong ways to use this material, but potentially fruitful speculation about the relation between someone's art and his or her self ought not to be limited to those who talked to the person; and in Evans' case it not as though we have the art and nothing else to go on. Pushing Bill K's point to its logical conclusion, would he say that such speculation ought to be limited only to the persons with whom the artist had a professional theraputic relationship, provided there were such? Seems to me that this is very much "a way that you do it" kind of thing, and that what Bill is rightly concerned about is someone who attributes (often in a "blaming" tone) some aspect of a person's art that he thinks doesn't work solely to the artist's supposed or actual personal flaws. P.S. About Joe LaBarbera's: "One of Bill's own criteria for creativity was to not wear your heart on your sleeve. To paraphrase his words, anyone can play how they are feeling at a particular moment; it takes a real artist to distill these feelings and to dig deeper to bring something more worthwhile and longer lasting to the listener." Yes, that's what Evans said (and probably what he wholeheartedly believed) his goals as a musician were, but that in itself is not evidence that he functioned as as artist only in that way.
Mike Harris
// Jun 29, 2009 at 08:35 PM
At the risk of belaboring the obvious, I invite anyone who believes that Evans' musical powers were in decline to listen to his performance of his final composition, "Turn Out The Stars," on the Oslo Concerts DVD. taped a few weeks prior to his death. In all the annals of great musical creators facing the imminent close of their time on earth (think late Beethoven Quartets, the late Brahms Intermezzi, Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, etc.) I can think of no expressions more profoundly (or skillfully) uttered.
Mike Harris
// Jul 01, 2009 at 04:24 AM
A thousand pardons!! It was of course the composition "Your Story" that I was referring to above. But at age 74, it is perhaps MY competence that need be called into question.
Fred Kaplan
// Jul 03, 2009 at 03:15 PM
I'm just catching up with the hailstorm over late Bill Evans recordings. I'm amazed that (unless I missed it) nobody has mentioned the Keystone Korner sessions of August 1980 (captured in two eight-CD box-sets on Fantasy). It's every note from every set (one box devoted to the early sets, the other to the late sets) and, therefore, inherently uneven. But I think it's much more satisfying than the Vanguard sessions (which, I agree with some of the essays, are a bit ragged - it's the coke, I'd guess) - a swooning synthesis of late Evans' intensity and early Evans' lyricism. Check out, in particular, Disc 4 of the late sets box.


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SP: The Four Horseman and One Stud
Last offseason, the Twins lost arguably the top three starters from their pitching rotation in Johan Santana, Matt Garza, and Carlos Silva, as the money just wasn't there to sign them to long-term contracts. So, heading into the 2008 season, the starting rotation was the biggest question mark of the team.
Remarkably, though, by the end of the season, the Twins had again dug deep within their organization and (big props to pitching coach Rick Anderson) built a solid starting rotation. Here is how the starters performed over the course of the season:
Livan "Fat Man" Hernandez (10-8, 139.7 IP, 5.48 ERA): The Twins signed the Fat Man before the start of the season in order to give their starting rotation some veteran experience, but he was a colossal failure. He benefited from some extremely good luck (to get those 10 wins), with his only talent being the ability to throw a complete game nearly every start (of course, he would surely give up five runs). Hernandez was jettisoned at the end of July.
Francisco Liriano (6-4, 76, 3.91): In 2006, the Cisco Kid wowed Twins fans with his biting slider and extremely live fastball before rupturing his arm and needing Tommy John surgery to tidy it up. After taking 2007 off, then, Twins fans had high hopes for Cisco in '08. At first, things took a terrible twist, as Liriano (in his first few starts with the big club since '06) could not throw strikes and got hammered even by poor teams like Kansas City. After just three starts and an 11.32 ERA in April, Liriano was sent back to the minors to work out the kinks. He returned in August and looked much more like the Liriano of old, striking out more batters with higher velocity. He struggled a bit at the end of the season, but clearly has the potential to be the staff ace in '09.
Scott Baker (11-4, 172.3, 3.45): With Santana a Met, the Twins were counting on Baker to be the rock of their rotation in a year where Liriano would still be gaining his footing. The success of Baker, though, depends on how you look at it: Usually, Baker did live up to the moniker of staff ace, mowing down batters in a Liriano-like fashion when he was on. However, Baker also struggled mightily with pitch count, often leaving games after just five innings and putting more strain on an already-brittle bullpen (more in further posts)…not what you want out of your ace.
Kevin Slowey (12-11, 160.3, 3.99): The Twins were looking for Slowey to take the next step in his development as a major league pitcher, and by and large he did just that. Injuries prevented him from achieving the 200 inning plateau, and he (like Baker) also struggled with pitch counts and leaving games early. When he's on his game, it's eerily similar to watching the departed Brad Radke ply his trade.
Nick Blackburn (11-11, 193.3, 4.05): Judging on past experience, Blackie turned in the most remarkable season of all Twins starting pitchers in 2008. A complete unknown coming into the season, Blackburn nearly reached 200 innings and spun a legendary game in the one-game playoff against the White Sox (although sadly he was not rewarded for his effort). He's a sinkerball pitcher, so either he was getting his ground balls, or the balls were flying out of the park.
Glen Perkins (12-4, 151, 4.41): After missing nearly an entire season due to injuries, Perkins (a former Golden Gopher) latched on to the fifth starter position and didn't let go for nearly the entire season. He was arguably the Twins' most consistent pitcher in the middle months of the season, but seemed to tire (or just stink) down the stretch, raising some concerns about his strength.
So, the 2008 Twins were able to put together a remarkable young rotation (no one older than 26) that pitched them to within one Jim Thome home run of the playoffs. Of course, with that youth brings question marks for '09: Can Perkins hold up over a whole season? Can Baker and Slowey manage their pitch counts better? Can Blackburn get the sinker working more times than not? Can Liriano get back to version.2006?
Looking ahead to 2009, Perkins' spot in the rotation may be in jeopardy due to the emergence of young starter Anthony Swarzak (5-0 in Triple-A). Other than that, the starting rotation looks to be, at the very least, competent.


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2012 NCBWA Preseason All-America Teams (PDF)
TUCSON, Ariz. - University of Arizona junior shortstop Alex Mejia has been named to the preseason All-America second team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Mejia, who was named to the All-Pac-10 team following a stellar sophomore season, is one of five starting position players returning to the Wildcats for the 2012 season. Last spring, Mejia hit .335 with 40 runs scored and 42 runs batted in. He collected 12 doubles, four triples and stole seven bases, while striking out just 23 times in 230 at bats.
A flashy defensive player with good range and a strong arm, Mejia helped the Wildcats turn 55 double plays and post a .976 fielding percentage, the 14th-best mark in the nation. The native of Sylmar, Calif., also led the Wildcats with a .369 batting average over 27 conference games, the second-best clip of any player in Pac-10 games.
Mejia will be joined by fellow juniors Seth Mejias-Brean, Robert Refsnyder and Joey Rickard, along with sophomore Johnny Field, as returning starters. Refsnyder and Rickard were named to the 2011 All-Conference team last summer, while Field was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Kurt Heyer, a two-time All-Conference selection, headlines a pitching staff that also returns Konner Wade, a Cape Cod League All-Star this past summer. Heyer earned All-America recognition from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in 2011 as a third-team selection.
Arizona head coach Andy Lopez is entering his 11th season with the program. He has guided the school to postseason appearances in seven of the last nine seasons, including two straight. The Wildcats are expected to feature 18 returning players and 17 newcomers to the 2012 club.
Arizona is set to move into a new home ballpark - Hi Corbett Field - for the 2012 season. Season tickets are on sale now and the baseball program has announced a special "Select-A-Seat" event scheduled for Jan. 7 where season ticket holders, Wildcat Club members and the public can tour the new ballpark and select their seats for the upcoming season.
The 2012 season gets underway with a three-game series against North Dakota State Feb. 17-19 at Hi Corbett Field. The Bison are coached by former UA baseball player and assistant coach, Tod Brown. The Wildcats swept the three-game series in Tucson last February.


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The bandwagon seems nearly empty. Crowds at University of Arizona womenˇ?s basketball games are shrinking and interest is plummeting.? Fans have a good reason to be disappointed.? The Wildcats are normally chasing first place in the conference standings rather than trying to stay out of last place.? But before you give up hope, let me reassure you that things arenˇ?t quite as bad as they seem.
First, donˇ?t forget about what Joan Bonvicini has accomplished at Arizona.? Itˇ?s easy to be absorbed into the ˇ?what have you done for me latelyˇ± scenario. But Joanˇ?s record is solid and steady.? In the 10 seasons before the death of Shawntinice Polk, Joan won 20 games eight times.? Until last season, her teams hadnˇ?t posted a losing record since 1995.? The Cats also won the Pac-10 just three years ago.
Secondly, there is help on the way.? Arizona has a solid group of freshmen that are hard-working and care about winning.? Marie McGee and the Neabors twins are every coachˇ?s dream.? They come to play and they donˇ?t make excuses.? They come from winning programs and desperately want to win here.? Meanwhile, the Cats have gotten a commitment from Tasha Dickey out of Brighton High School in Salt Lake City.? The 5-foot-10 guard averages 15 points and 12 rebounds per game.? The staff isnˇ?t finished recruiting yet.
Next season, the Wildcats will receive the full benefit of a healthy Beatrice Bofia (6-7) and Rheya Neabors, both whom have been sidelined for most of this season.? Arizona will graduate Joy Hollingsworth, but juniors Ashley Whisonant and Jessica Arnold will have to fill that void.?
Third, coach Bonvicini has been willing to change with the times.? For example, in a crucial game with Stanford last Thursday, she sat starting point guard Ashley Whisonant for the entire second half.? Ashley wasnˇ?t hurt, she just wasnˇ?t playing the way Coach B. thought necessary.? So, Joan is adjusting and adding more discipline into her suffering program.
Fourth, the ˇ?Polkeyˇ± factor will have been diminished.? Itˇ?s taken two seasons for Arizona to adjust to losing their friend and teammate.? Staff members, vital to the program, have moved on and now the players are beginning to understand their new roles.
Certain challenges do remain if the Wildcats are to climb back into the top heap of the conference standings.? An attitude of ˇ?expecting to loseˇ± must be erased.? Joan needs to continue to pursue ˇ?tough loveˇ± and injuries must disappear.? But all is not lost.? So if your about to jump, find a railing to hang on to.? The bandwagon may be full again next year.
See you on the radio!
Paul Johnson
*Each Wildcat Womenˇ?s Basketball Game is broadcast life on AM 1400 KTUC.? To find out more about Paul visit: http://www.pauldanieljohnson.net.


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- Fat Doctor talks about complying with HIPAA regulations:
Someone I know violated HIPAA. And his boss found out. And now things might get ugly for him. His life may change, dramatically, tomorrow when he has to meet with his boss, and his boss' boss, to discuss the matter. For now, he feels bad, which I guess is good for everybody involved.
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What bugs me about high fructose corn syrup is that it's added to products that don't need it, like maki rolls.
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Burger King is enticing kids to order this "produce-free" behemoth through a series of TV ads featuring a crew of miniature construction workers that "diligently stacks meat, cheese, bacon and BK Stacker Sauce."
If that's not enough, "2.5″ collectible figurines of some of the most memorable characters from the BK Stackers television ads can be purchased online…Fans can purchase a set of three figurines, including Vin the Foreman, the Kid and the Cheese Welder."
For parents who promote organic living and healthy eating, this is yet another example of how fast-food companies and advertising agencies pander to kids without any regard for their health. It's irresponsible at a time when childhood obesity is epidemic.
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The Oakland Athletics play the New York Yankees today at the O.co Coliseum for the final time in 2014, and all A's fans on hand will be hoping to send away retiring shortstop Derek Jeter with a loss in his final appearance in Oakland during the regular season.
The A's dropped a 7-0 decision to the Yankees on Friday night before rebounding with a 5-1 win on Saturday night, so the game will also be a rubber match for the three-game series. Of course, Oakland beat New York twice in three games last week in the Bronx.
Oakland sits atop the American League still with its 41-27 record, two games better than the Toronto Blue Jays (40-30). And the A's lead the AL West division by 3.5 games over the Los Angeles Angels (37-30). Every game out is a big one for the Oakland club as it tries to win its third straight AL West championship and get deeper into the postseason after two straight, Game Five, AL Division Series losses to the Detroit Tigers in 2012 and 2013.
Friday night's loss was only the third one for the A's this season where they lost by at least five runs. Oakland has 17 wins on the other side of that "blowout' ledger, so it was truly important for the team to come back Saturday the way they did.
Sonny Gray took the loss on Friday night, and while he is still 6-3 with a 2.93 ERA on the year, he hasn't been as dominant as perhaps the A's were hoping. But he's only 24 years old -- and still learning how to control his pitches. One flaw for him in his first 156 innings in the majors has been the walks.
The young righty has issued 52 bases on balls in his short career, exactly one every three innings. He will have to cut back on that to truly reach an elite place amongst MLB starting pitchers, and Oakland hopes he can do that in time for the team to clinch that third straight division title.
While Gray still pitched well enough to win Friday, the larger issue was the offense that mustered only two hits and three walks off Yankees starter David Phelps. The New York pitcher came into the game with a 4.88 ERA, but the A's couldn't scratch him whatsoever -- it proved costly.
On Saturday, though, the Oakland offense was back in stride against Yankee Hiroki Kuroda. The A's chased him in the fifth inning, scoring four times off him. Meanwhile, Scott Kazmir gave up one unearned run in six innings to effectively silence the New York bats.
Today's Father's Day game starts at 1:05 p.m.


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According to the National Dairy Council, consuming three varieties of fat-free dairy products a day is crucial to the health of growing bones. It is recommended that people 9 years of age or older consume three daily servings of dairy and children who are 2 years of age or older should have the equivalent of 2 cups of low fat dairy daily. It is also noted that organic dairy products, or products where animals are allowed to graze instead of being given a solely grain based diet, tend to have a higher nutrient quality than most other types of dairy products.
Some great organic dairy brands to consider are products made by companies such as Horizon, Brown Cow, Redwood Hill Farm, and Stonyfield whose "milky masterpieces" are located on the shelves of markets such as Stop and Shop, Basic Foods in Hoboken, and Eden Foods also in Hoboken, as well as in New York. A few other markets that are known to carry these and other fine organic milk products are Whole Foods in Edgewater, New Jersey and coming soon to the Newport Mall area in Jersey City as well. Let us not forget John's Natural Food in Bayonne either!
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Pork Promoter Appointed to Senior USDA Nutrition Post
Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
February 26, 2003
At a time of enormous public concern about obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other diet-related diseases, it is sadthough not surprisingthat the Department of Agriculture (USDA) would appoint a meat-industry insider, Eric Hentges, to head its Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Dr. Hentges, an animal scientist, has devoted his career not to promoting nutrition, but to promoting meat consumption, from hot dogs to pork chops. If anything, his previous employment by the National Pork Producers Council and the National Livestock and Meat Board should have disqualified him from heading a government unit that should be protecting human health through better nutrition. He has defended higher-sodium pork and fatty sausages, supported the consumption of hot dogs by children (in the context of a balanced, varied diet), and opposed nutrition labeling on steaks and chops.
Note: The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion is USDAs lead agency for humannot animal nutrition policies. It helps produce Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Food Guide Pyramid, as well as nutrition guidelines for low-income Americans.


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Together, Marla Helton and Stu Fabe own Serendipity Gourd Art which is located on their 36-acre farm near Greencastle, Indiana. Marla and Stu grow their hard-shell gourds and then create colorful art pieces that are woven and embellished using natural fibers and materials. Marla and Stu sell their fine art gourds at art shows and galleries. Marla teaches gourd art at retreats and conventions across America. For further information please go to www.serendipitygourdart.com and www.stuartfabe.com.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed natural ways to boost your metabolism on the April 28 episode of the Dr. Oz Show ("Mega Metabolism Boosters").
Starting at about age 25, the average person's metabolism falls 5-10% percent each decade, according to nutrition expert Dr. John Berardi, author of The Metabolism Advantage. Exercise (particularly weight-training) is a proven way to maintain lean muscle mass and keep your metabolism fired up, he said.
Dr. Oz said the following supplements also enhance your metabolism for super-charged weight loss:
- BCAA powder. Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) have long been used by endurance athletes and bodybuilders to reduce muscle breakdown. Maintaining lean muscle mass ensures your metabolism stays fired up.
- Sage leaf tea. Dr. Oz said drinking a cup of sage leaf tea in the mornings helps regulate blood sugar and keeps your metabolism purring throughout the day.
- White bean extract. Dr. Oz called white bean extract a "sugar eraser" because it prevents the body from storing sugar as fat and keeps carbs from being absorbed in the body. White bean extract also suppresses appetite.
"If you slip up and eat a doughnut or something, take the white bean extract," said Dr. Oz. "It will help slow down the absorption of the sugar." He suggested taking 500mg of white bean extract a day, preferably before a high-carb meal or snack.
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Santa Monica High School (Santa Monica, CA) or more affectionately called "Samohi" has been a program filled with highs and lows. A football program that has seen its struggles now turns to alumni and familiar faces to get back on top. Samohi celebrated an alumni day this past weekend and the football team had an open practice for all who attended. The mood was a somber one, as this day came one week after the death of former football coach and athletic director, Norm Lacy. There were several attendees wearing tribute shirts with a message about Lacy on the back.
Travis Clark, alumnus of Samohi, enters his second season as the Vikings head coach. Clark was an assistant coach under Norm Lacy when they led St. Monica High School, also in Santa Monica, to a CIF championship in 1998. Now with his first season behind him, Clark looks to improve on a 4-7 record and continue building a program that competes at the highest level. With a bright smile as he walked up to each player during their stretching exercise, Clark is undoubtedly the leader the Vikings and has their respect.
The tradition of a blue/gold competition was realized on Saturday, June 5. The Vikings were split into two sides in a fun-filled, highly competitive, matchup. The excitement could be felt from both sides and it is easy to see the team concept being built. From the early drills one player seemed to stand out in the group. Joel Ramos looks to be a dominant force for the Vikings. Ramos has a mean streak and clearly will be their top linemen this season. Ramos' mix of good footwork and raw power will be vital towards the Vikings success.
Brandon Taylor looks to be a big part of the offense. Taylor has the looks of a versatile player who can run and catch the ball. If Taylor is able to get the ball in his hands, he has the capability to put up huge numbers. Of course to put points on the board, the Vikings will need to get solid play from the quarterback position. The early leader to be the starter appears to be Brock Miller. Miller took snaps with the first team during passing drills and is the frontrunner going into the 2010 season. Although a bit undersized, Miller showed good touch and threw some nice balls on timing routes.
The defensive side of the ball will be a big question mark. Last season, the Vikings struggled against the likes of Valencia and Culver City. Saturday was not a good gauge on how their defense will perform and it will depend on that defense to win games.
The Vikings also received some words of encouragement from former NFL player and Samohi alumnus, Sam Anno. Anno was in town for the services of his mentor, Norm Lacy, and provided a nice boost for the team. Anno was once a "Special Teams Player of the Year" in the NFL, so seeing that tradition on the field provided a big boost for the kids.
The Santa Monica community and its fans will be hoping for a big year out of the Vikings. If they can transfer their intensity and energy over to the regular season, the Vikings will be a strong player in the CIF.


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Gem of a Different Color
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|"Gem of a Different Color"
|Dragons: The Series
|Dragons: Riders of Berk, Episode 18
|Episode Information
|Premiere date:
|March 6, 2013
|Written by:
|Mike Teverbaugh & Linda Teverbaugh and Art Brown & Douglas Sloan
|Directed by:
|John Eng
|Episode Chronology
|Previous Episode:
|"Breakneck Bog"
|Next Episode:
|"We Are Family Part I"
Gem of a Different Color is the eighteenth episode of Dragons: Riders of Berk. This episode aired on Cartoon Network on March 6, 2013 (at 8:00pm on Cartoon Network). It is preceded by Breakneck Bog and succeeded by We Are Family Part I.
While skipping lessons at the academy, Fishlegs and Meatlug discovered a strange, color-changing gem. Several more gems are soon discovered. When Hiccup learns that the gems are in fact the eggs of the acid-spewing Changewing dragon, the kids must scramble to retrieve the eggs from throughout the village before the Changewings destroy Berk.
"Vikings are strong, tough, and courageous. But courage is a funny thing, many are born with it. For some, it's a never ending struggle and for others, well...they just don't know enough to be afraid.
At the Academy, Gobber is teaching the Riders to defend themselves on their own without the help of their dragons, Gobber pairs up each of the Riders to battle each other. After that, Gobber tells it's Snotlout and Fishlegs' turn, Snotlout feels confident he'll turn out to be the victor, however, Fishlegs is nowhere present in the arena.
On a small rocky island, Meatlug and Fishlegs are relaxing out in the shore, ignoring the training exercise and especially Snotlout. After Fishlegs signs a song about Meatlug, to get her to hug him at the end. Meatlug insteads walk away and digs for something in the sand, what they discover surprises Fishlegs. Hours later at night, Fishlegs return to Berk where the Riders notice a glowing figure in his satchel, Fishlegs reveals what they discovered that amazes the Riders.He eventually releases it to the general public at the Great Hall, where Gobber tells him he's holding a Stone of Good Fortune, where one of his once mute great relative discovered one of these (causing him to talk again but wouldn't shut up about his discovery) and revealed that it possesses powers that brings good luck to whomever finds one. This causes everyone in the Hall to claim the stone causing a frenzy of people that wants to take the stone from Fishlegs. Luckily, Stoick arrives to control the crowd and tells them the stone is owned by Fishlegs and it's up to him whether to give it or not, so the crowd bargains their wealth to Fishlegs in desperation, even one Viking mother trades her own son, just in exchange for the need for good fortune.
Fishlegs is bombarded by pressure as the crowd keeps bidding higher prices of their wealth in exchange for the stone, so Hiccup tells Fishlegs to come outside, to avoid the crowd. Snotlout is disappointed by Fishlegs passing up all the great possessions the crowd would offer and asks Fishlegs what does he want for the stone to be traded, but Fishlegs declares no one can have the stone. Snotlout reminds him threateningly that if he wants something he'll take it, but Astrid backs him up and defends Fishlegs. After that Fishlegs and the others leave, while Snotlout declares he'll take it no matter what.
Moments later, the Riders accompany Fishlegs' on his decision to instead return the stone to where they first found it, but when they stumble through the island, they found dozens of the same stones lying in nests in the branches of trees. They soon realize that it's not a stone of good fortune but a dragon egg. Fishlegs then becomes depressed of taking one of the eggs from a mother, Hiccup just tells him that returning the egg to it's mother will redeem him, after that they must quickly leave. Upon returning the egg, they are pursued by the mothers seeing them as a threat, Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs finds that these dragons are invisible, and they barely manage to escape and they head home. Meanwhile, Snotlout is revealed to have followed them and now attempts to get one of the eggs whom he still thinks are stones of good fortune, without either of the Riders knowing.At the Great Hall, Hiccup, Astrid and Fishlegs learns that the dragons that pursued them are Changewings, dragons who can blend in into any environment causing them to be invisible, and has a unique attack by bursting acid at it's victims, Hiccup notices that these dragons have no image on the Book as it is barely examined closely. Suddenly, the Twins arrive holding a Changewing egg ,but the Twins' still believe it's a stone of good fortune, that stuns the Riders, when Astrid tries to take it away from them they refuse and flees the scene, they reveal to have traded it with Snotlout.
Outside, Snotlout has revealed to have stolen 3 of the eggs and quickly sold it to the vikings, the last one is recently claimed by Bucket. After selling all three eggs, Snotlout packs up all of his loot, including Gustav. Hiccup, Astrid and Fishlegs arrive too late to get Snotlout to return all the eggs, even though Snotlout is informed the stones are dragon eggs, he tells them he can't do anything now as he has distributed the eggs to it's customers, and he leaves with all of his loot. Fishlegs again begins to claim that it's all his fault, that he caused all this, but Hiccup tells him it doesn't matter now as they need to find all the eggs to fix everything.
Meanwhile, the Twins are attempting to see the powers of the stone by putting it to the ultimate test. As Tuffnut stands into position in a cliff, where down below is a pit of Fireworms, he requests Ruffnut to kick him as he believes the stone will make him invulnerable. When Tuffnut plummets he is luckily rescued by Astrid, where Hiccup and Fishlegs' tells them the egg's origins, however, the Changewings arrive at the scene. The Riders witness it's incredible ability to blend in, the Changewings attack viciously, and finally claims the egg from Tuffnut. Hiccup and Fishlegs witness that the Changewing mothers worked as a team just to save that one egg, realizing that the Changewings will not leave until one by one they have their eggs, even if they have to tear apart Berk.At their homestead, Hiccup informs Stoick of the impending siege of the Changewings. Hiccup recommends that the villagers be evacuated from the area until the eggs are returned, though Stoick refuse retreat and is confident that they'll stand their ground and fight the Changewings, despite it's ability to camouflage. Suddenly, the Changewings begin their violent search for their eggs where they wreak havoc on the town. Stoick witnesses the Changewing's ability to blend in and disappear in front of them. Stoick orders Hiccup to find the eggs as they'll take care of the Changewings. Stoick and Gobber fight off one Changewing but realizes it to be difficult to take them all out as they keep disappearing and reappearing all at once. Stoick finally declares a full evacuation at the harbor.
Meanwhile, the Riders are successfully managing to return the eggs to the Changewings from Bucket and Mrs. Larson. At the harbor, frantic and panicking villagers run desperately with all their possessions at the harbor. Hiccup, Astrid and Fishlegs arrive to tell Stoick and Gobber to abort the evacuation plan as they managed to return all the eggs, but Gobber points out why aren't the Changewings leaving yet, as they discover four Changewing mothers lurking near the harbor. They claim there was only three eggs, they also notice the Changewings targeting the ship, confusing them. But Fishlegs concludes it's not the ship, but another egg inside it whom he suspects Snotlout has another one kept for himself, he tells Hiccup and the others to keep the Changewings at bay as a now violent Fishlegs attempt to take the egg from Snotlout.
Fishlegs confidently confronts Snotlout and demands to give up the egg, Snotlout continues to mock him as if he is still a weakling. As a result, Fishlegs rages violently through Snotlout strongly tipping over all of his heavy loot, he looks for it but finds the egg not there. He then confronts Snotlout, where now frightened by him, threatening him he can do whatever he want to him but separating an egg from a dragon mother is one he cannot allow. Suddenly, Meatlug searches for the egg and quickly finds it. As Fishlegs grabs the egg he asks Snotlout to dare object, Snotlout stands down and watches Fishlegs and Meatlug take the egg back.
Moments later, Fishlegs calls for the Changewing mothers as he tells them their last egg is here. He continues to call for them in the now ghost town part of the village, where no one would dare to enter alone. Fishlegs then finds himself surrounded by the Changewing mothers, before giving the egg, Fishlegs wholeheartedly pledge in his life to keep anyone from stealing their eggs if the Changewings decide to spare him. When the Changewing mother claims the egg, all of them attempt to seemingly finish off Fishlegs, but at the last moment, Fishlegs realizes the Changewings spared his life and disappears from Berk, after that he passes out.
The next day at the Academy, Fishlegs takes pride of his close encounter of the Changewings last night and informing all about it to Hiccup, where they draw finally an image of it in the Book of Dragons, as Fishlegs makes sure Hiccup get the exact details of it's physical appearance. Fishlegs expresses his desire to find one in order to study it, but Hiccup says it's better that they train it. Just then, Gobber calls Fishlegs for his hand-to-hand combat confrontation with Snotlout.
Fishlegs courageously steps in for the duel, where Snotlout is a bit concerned after what he witnessed with Fishlegs last night. As the fight commences, the two hardens for combat as they come face to face to see who will prevail.
"Having courage isn't the same as having no fear. It's about being afraid and pushing forward anyway, whether that means saving a baby dragon, protecting those you love, or giving a special someone the butt-kicking they so richly deserve."
The transcript for this episode is here
- In the movie, there was an image of a Changewing in the Dragon Manual, but in the episode, the book does not have a sketch, as no Viking had ever successfully examined it.
- The Changewing dragon may be featured further throughout the series, as Hiccup becomes interested in finding and training a Changewing near the end of the episode to further learn more about it.
- It is said by Stoick that for the first time, the inhabitants of Berk have never retreated the island to anything.
- Ruffnut references the events in "Race to Fireworm Island" by saying "You (Tuffnut) remember what just one of those things (Fireworms) did to you?"
- This is the first time in the series that Fishlegs shows Berserk qualities, like his book counterpart.
- Fishlegs was the only one to come face-to-face with four of the Changewings and was able to describe their physical appearance to Hiccup at the end.
- This is the first episode in which Meatlug reveals the qualities of a dog-keen sense of smell and digging up objects.
- The Changewing eggs glow and change color, as if it were a crystal ball.
Major Events
- The Changewing makes its debut
In the beginning Hildagard's mother is seen, As well as Mrs. Larson and her son Gustav. However, when looking for the Changewing eggs, Mrs. Larson has Hildagard, and calls her her baby. This led many to believe that Hildagard and Gustav are siblings. But Hildagard's mother and Mrs. Larson have different character designs, so this was a goof in the episode.


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