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Day One Brackets | Tournament Central | Live Results | Live Streaming KENT, Ohio - The Northern Illinois University wrestling team had a positive start to their postseason Saturday in Kent, Ohio, as five Huskies advanced to the second day of the Mid-American Conference Championships. Seniors Nick Smith, Rob Jillard and Jared Torrence - along with redshirt freshmen Shaun'Qae McMurtry and Shawn Scott - will all wrestle for spots on the podium tomorrow, in addition to possible NCAA automatic bids. As a team, NIU sits in eighth place with 31.5 points, while Northern Iowa paces the field with 97. "They wrestled hard and ground out some tough situations," said NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig about the five advancers. "That's how you win matches in the postseason. It comes down to guts and solid position. Our guys are looking to battle hard in the next session." McMurtry started his day in a big way with an upset of nationally-ranked Zach Toal of Missouri. Trailing 3-1 in the closing seconds of the third period, the redshirt freshman got a takedown to send the bout into overtime. After some last-second heroics to force overtime, McMurtry scored another takedown in the sudden victory period for a 5-3 win. However, the Lockport, Ill., native dropped his semifinal match against Ohio's Harrison Hightower. Similarly for Scott, it took a nailbiter for him to get out of the quarterfinals against Kevin Beazley of Old Dominion. The two battled to a 4-4 tie through two periods and Beazley chose down to start the final stanza. Yet, Scott denied the Monarch's escape attempts and fought his way to a 5-4 win courtesy of the riding time advantage. In the semifinals, the Huskie dropped an 11-1 major decision against J'Den Cox of Missouri. Seniors Smith, Jillard and Torrence each bounced back from early losses to stay alive in the tournament. Smith came seconds away from forcing overtime against the 133 bracket's third-seeded Vincent Pizzuto of Eastern Michigan, but the Eagle's one-minute riding time advantage dealt the Huskie a 5-4 loss. The Ida, Mich., native bounced back, though, with an 8-4 victory over ODU's Michael Hayes. Jillard's day at 149 started with a 9-4 loss against Alexander Richardson of ODU. Yet, he recovered in the wrestlebacks with a dominating 12-0 major decision over EMU's Nick Barber. At heavyweight, Torrence had to work overtime in both of his matches. The Huskie suffered a tough 3-1 loss in the quarterfinals against Matt Tourdot of ODU. Facing Kent State's Mimmo Lytle in the consolation bracket, the two battled to a 1-1 tie in regulation and a 2-2 stalemate the first overtime until Torrence ended the match with a takedown in the second round of sudden victory to earn a 4-2 win. Two other Huskies - Matt Mougin and Caleb Busson - each claim one victory before bowing out of the tournament. Mougin defeated Rrok Ndokaj of Buffalo, 5-0, in the preliminary round, while Busson pinned KSU's Cory Campbell in the wrestleback prelims. The tournament continues tomorrow inside the M.A.C. Center with placing matches beginning at 11 a.m. CT. 125: Nick HarrisonDel Vinas (Kent State) maj. dec. Nick Harrison (NIU), 10-1Max Soria (Buffalo) pins Nick Harrison (NIU), 6:03 133: Nick SmithVincent Pizzuto (Eastern Michigan) dec. Nick Smith (NIU), 5-4Nick Smith (NIU) dec. Michael Hayes (Old Dominion), 8-4 141: Tyler ArgueMichael Shaw (Eastern Michigan) dec. Tyler Argue (NIU), 6-1Nick Flannery (Buffalo) dec. Tyler Argue (NIU), 8-7 149: Rob JillardAlexander Richardson (Old Dominion) dec. Rob Jillard (NIU), 9-4Rob Jillard (NIU) maj. dec. Nick Barber (Eastern Michigan), 12-0 157: Andrew MorseWally Maziarz (Buffalo) dec. Andrew Morse (NIU), 4-2Jarrett Jensen (Northern Iowa) pins Andrew Morse (NIU), 6:25 165: Shaun'Qae McMurtryShaun'Qae McMurtry (NIU) dec. Zach Toal (Missouri), 5-3 (SV1)Harrison Hightower (Ohio) pins Shaun'Qae McMurtry (NIU), 4:36 174: Matt MouginMatt Mougin (NIU) dec. Rrok Ndokaj (Buffalo), 5-0Billy Curling (Old Dominion) dec. Matt Mougin (NIU), 6-1Caleb Marsh (Kent State) maj. dec. Matt Mougin (NIU), 16-8 184: Caleb BussonPhillip Joseph (Eastern Michigan) dec. Caleb Busson (NIU), 5-2Caleb Busson (NIU) pins Cory Campbell (Kent State), 1:41Craig Kelliher (CMU) dec. Caleb Busson (NIU), 6-1 197: Shawn ScottShawn Scott (NIU) dec. Kevin Beazley (Old Dominion), 5-4J'Den Cox (Missouri) maj. dec. Shawn Scott (NIU), 11-1 285: Jared TorrenceMatt Tourdot (Old Dominion) dec. Jared Torrence (NIU), 3-1 (SV1)Jared Torrence (NIU) dec. Mimmo Lytle (Kent State), 4-2 (SV2)


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So I can sympathize with the plight of the Tea Party and other conservative groups. Government spending has jeopardized our children's financial futures and shaken our very confidence in America. Government programs, perhaps even entire departments, warrant cuts.
This includes the Farm Bill, the current form of which is expected to hit the Senate floor next week. If passed, its overall budget will encompass several billion dollars less than in its prior form. That's reasonable; the economy demands it. However, the complete, uncompromising opposition the Farm Bill faces from many conservative groups is unfortunate, misguided and bad for wildlife and sportsmen alike.
There are several measures within the Farm Bill of benefit to sportsmen and wildlife, one of which is perhaps the greatest conservation achievement since the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act: The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Essentially CRP encourages farmers to plant the most productive areas of their properties and leave the rest as grassland for wildlife. Farmers apply for a certain amount of CRP acres and in turn receive money to leave it unplanted. If not for CRP dollars, farmers would simply maximize the value of their land by planting nearly every inch. And ducks and pheasants can't nest or roost in corn.
(Poll: Do you support the Farm Bill?)
What's the payoff for wildlife? An additional 2.2 million ducks and 15 million pheasants annually, according to Delta Waterfowl. CRP has also protected more than 170,000 miles of streams and restored more than 2 million acres of wetlands and adjacent buffers—wetlands that clean our water, mitigate flooding, provide habitat for wildlife and fish, and more.
But what about CRP's financial investment? At a time when our nation feels on the verge of bankruptcy, should we really worry about a few birds?
According to Pheasants Forever (PF), CRP is a $1.9 billion investment that contributes 2-3 times as much money back into the economy. The economic impact of pheasant hunting in the state of South Dakota alone is estimated at $253 million annually, according to PF. And the dollars spent by sportsmen appear to have a direct correlation to CRP acreage. PF data shows that as the number of acres enrolled in CRP goes up, so too do hunting license sales. So, more CRP doesn't just mean more pheasants, it means more pheasant hunters.
CRP is good for wildlife, sportsmen and the economy. Its opposition is disappointing.


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You may have seen — and been concerned by — news stories about Superfish software on Lenovo notebooks. Lenovo began pre-installing Superfish on certain notebooks in September 2014. But, the software makes it easier for hackers to access your personal information, even when you're visiting a website, like a bank's website, that uses HTTPS to encrypt the transmission of sensitive information.
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Imagine you're at a coffee shop, sipping on a latte while working on your laptop. After all that coffee, you need to run to the loo. Would you leave your laptop for just a sec while you heed nature's call?
Here's another question: wouldn't you hate it if your laptop disappeared? Your family photos, tax documents, and other personal stuff could vanish along with it. Unfortunately, it only takes a minor distraction for that to happen. And the last thing you'd want is for an identity thief to get their hands on your laptop.
Valentine's Day is around the corner, and yes, romance is in the air. But the month of love also celebrates Safer Internet Day on February 10th. Show how much you care by sharing this short online safety Q&A with your loved one.
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When we think of being connected to the internet, mobile phones, tablets and computers pop to mind. But lots of things are connected these days. Refrigerators, fitness wrist bands, smoke detectors and even light bulbs could have digital sensors that transmit information about you to other objects, databases or people over the internet.
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Venice Super Saver: Dolomite Mountains Day Trip and Skip-the-Line Venice in One Day Tour
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Book this tour and save more than 7% compared to booking each attraction separately!
- Combine two best-selling Venice tours over two days at a discounted price
- Visit the breathtaking Dolomite Mountains with an expert local driver-guide
- Stop at Lake Santa Caterina, Lake Misurina and the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo
- Explore Venice on a walking tour and see top city attractions such as Doge's Palace and St Mark's Square
- Enjoy a skip-the-line tour of St Mark's Basilica plus a walking tour of the city
- See the sights of Venice from the comfort of a water taxi and cruise along the famous Grand Canal
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Dolomite Mountains Day Trip from Venice (8.5 hours):
Leave Venice by air-conditioned minibus, and then travel north through the Veneto countryside to visit the glorious Dolomite Mountains. After a coffee stop (own expense) in the village of Pieve di Cadore, stroll around Lake Santa Caterina, and then continue to Lake Misurina, the stretch of water known as the 'pearl of the Dolomites.' Stop for photos against the backdrop of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo peaks, and relax over lunch in a charming trattoria nearby (own expense).
After an optional walk along the gently winding foothills of Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the afternoon, travel to the swanky ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo to take photos of the scenery and enjoy free time to explore. Browse Cortina's boutiques, visit a cozy cafe or take a stroll around the atmospheric side streets. Then, meet your guide at the prearranged time and travel back to Venice where your Dolomites tour finishes.
Skip the Line: Venice in One Day (3 hours):
Meet your guide near the Royal Gardens in central Venice, and then set off on a walking tour around the city to discover its highlights. Explore St Mark's Square with its lively cafes and monuments, and stop for photos in front of Doge's Palace and the adjoining Middle Age prisons. Head inside St Mark's Basilica for a skip-the-line tour, and marvel at the gilded grandeur of the building's interior while learning about Venice during Byzantine days.
Leave the basilica and stroll around the atmospheric backstreets and alleyways that line the canals. Explore lively Campo Santa Maria Formosa with its Gothic palaces and see the house where Marco Polo — the pioneering Venetian explorer — once lived. After seeing lesser-known sights such as a beautiful old merchant's warehouse, finish your walking tour near the famous Rialto Bridge.
Enjoy some free time (duration to be given on the day), and then make your way to the water's edge for your small-group Grand Canal water taxi ride. Known as the limousines of Venice, the water taxis offer both comfort and speed, allowing you to see more sights than you would on a typical gondola ride.
Have your camera ready to capture photos of the Baroque churches, Gothic palaces, secret gardens and gondola stations that line the busy Grand Canal, and hear anecdotes about the famous Venetians who have resided on the 'street.' Then, cruise along the lesser-visited canals, admiring the pretty bridges and walkways, and work your way back to the start point where your tour finishes.
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Cheryl H Australia
December 2015
Well worth the money, absolutely breathtaking views, comfortable mini bus type of transport, I would recommend this tour, but make sure and take a jacket with you I went in September and is was very cold up on there.
July 2014
October 2015
We had looked forward for some time for the Dolomite Mountains trip. Unfortunately the day was very wet and the mist covered the mountains so we saw very little of them. The trip was good but to enjoy to the full would require better visibility. The guides were very good the location for the lunch and food provided were excellent - so in summary it was a well planned trip but the weather plays a significant part in what will be experienced on the day
The Skip the Line walking tour of Venice was superb. Our very knowledgeable guide made it a really good and worthwhile experience. She provided indepth information at particular places with good variety that kept everyone interested. The trip to St Marks Cathedral would have been difficult without going on a tour as the lines were so long, but we were able to get in after only a few minutes wait. The boat trip in the afternoon was okay but the guided commentary was much more general and less interesting. As first time visitors to Venice taking the tours was a good place to start in this amazing city.
June 2015
Worth doing to look around the city!
September 2014
Venice rating: 1
Dolomites rating: 5
Venice in One Day:
Not worth it, skip this one. Highlight of the tour was supposed to be St. Mark's Basilica, but we were in there a total of maybe 10 minutes. We didn't even get to walk around and explore. The rest of the tour was just walking around the city into different "campos"... like residential squares. Very boring. Then instead of being brought back to the original meeting place, we were left in the streets, told to go eat at a restaurant along the canal, and given rough directions about how to head back. Venice is like a maze full of dead-ends, so we took forever finding our way again. It's also not clear in the ad that there is a long wait between the end of the walking walking tour and the start of the boat tour. We had over 2.5 hours to kill, which affected the plans we had for the evening.
Dolomite Tour:
Vincenzo (our guide) was very friendly, informative, and accommodating; we liked him a lot. He made sure that we didn't feel rushed. I liked the fact that it was a small group tour. This was one of my favourite tours that I've done so far in Italy. The only part of the trip I didn't like was Cortina, but that's just personal preference. The ad says minibus, but it's actually an 8-seater van. It would also be nice if the meeting point could be Piazzale Roma instead of Tronchetto.
June 2014
Liked the view of Dolomite Mountains.
Didn't like the tour guy (driver).
He got the accident on the way to Dolomite mountains. He needed to pay some responsibility cause he drove to other side.
On the way back to Venice, he speeded up to 160km/hr. The speed limit was 110. He also texted and drove.
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Yosemite National Park > Gaylor Peak > Climber's Log
Gaylor Peak Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: Direct Date Climbed: October 2002
|My wife and I (and "Flat Stanley") climbed this while we were up in TM
|Posted May 25, 2005 7:09 pm
|Route Climbed: Saddle approach Date Climbed: June 2000
|This was the first mountain that I climbed in Yosemite, and it's a good one. Easy hiking and great views. Not a bad beginner's peak.
|Posted Apr 19, 2005 12:48 pm
|Route Climbed: From the saddle Date Climbed: June 2004
|Had an enjoyable scramble up this little peak... great views, but had to move off quickly, as a thunderstorm was starting to blow in.
|Posted Aug 13, 2004 2:19 pm
|Route Climbed: Tioga Pass Trail Date Climbed: June 14, 2004
|Easy hike to a nice viewpoint. Couldn't find a register on the summit.
|Posted Jun 20, 2004 9:38 pm
|Dave Dinnell
|Route Climbed: North Slope Date Climbed: July 1989
|Despite the ease of ascent, it really is a fine little summit with some great views. I have been up a number of times and have never come across anyone else on top. Most of the trail hikers head down to Gaylor Lakes (which are also a nice destination.)
|Posted Jan 13, 2004 1:58 am
|Route Climbed: Tioga Pass Trail Date Climbed: 19-Oct-2003
|Took a quick side trip hike up to Gaylor Peak on the way to see the Great Sierra Mine. Was a bit disappointed that the east side of Dana wasn't visible from the peak, but otherwise the views were excellent.
Pics are here
|Posted Oct 24, 2003 11:11 am
|Paul Spraycar
|Route Climbed: from the northwest Date Climbed: June 1997
|Easy, fun climb. Glissaded all the way down to Tioga Pass Road in no time at all.
|Posted Jul 26, 2003 3:49 pm
|Route Climbed: Tioga Pass TH route Date Climbed: 01 July 2003
|Fun diversion from Gaylor Lakes trail, great views of Dana, which we climbed the next day. Hike report and pics are here
|Posted Jul 7, 2003 9:46 pm
|Dave Decker
|Route Climbed: Tioga Pass trail. Date Climbed: 21 June 2003
|Sauntered up the trail with Uncle and Cousins visiting from back east. Great views of Cathedral Peak and Tuolumne Meadow. Just made me want to climb Mt. Dana!
|Posted Jun 23, 2003 1:20 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: From Tioga Pass Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2001
|Wanting to acclimatize as much as possible, I drove from the Bay Area after work, parked at Tioga Pass, and slept on the summit. Completely illegal, of course. Trip Report
|Posted Apr 12, 2003 9:35 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: Trail from Tioga Pass Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2002
|Woke up early and decided to go and see the sunrise from Gaylor Peak--a plan that might have worked better if Mt. Dana (2000 ft higher) didn't lie directly east! My main memory is of it being damn cold sitting on the summit waiting for the sun to come up, but the views all around were worth it.
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Pandora's Box
Rules of Engagement/The Temptation of Sean MacNeill
Jamie Denton and Virginia Kantra
September 2000, Series Romance
Sil Intimate Moments #1032, $4.50, 256 pages, Amazon ASIN 0373271026Part of a series
There are staff reviews of both these books (The Temptation of Sean MacNeill, Rules of Engagement). The ISBN, price, and publishing information above pertains for the Kantra title; the Denton is ISBN 0373258933, published in August 2000.
This month, for a change of pace, we read two series (category) romances from two different lines. First up is Rules of Engagement by Jamie Denton, Harlequin Temptation #793, to be published in August. ROE brings us the story of an attorney, Jill Cassidy and her just for the weekend fiancé, Morgan Price, and the rules they make, and break for their fake engagement.
Our second book is the much awaited The Temptation of Sean MacNeill by Virginia Kantra. TTOSM, available in September as Silhouette Intimate Moments #1032, is the story of Sean MacNeill, a determined to remain footloose and fancy-free construction worker and Rachel Fuller, an older than Sean, single mother who is trying to escape her troubled past.
Linda: Blythe, I guess these two category books were a change of pace for you?
Blythe: Yes, they were! I have read very few series books in the past; some Brockmann, some Roberts, and a handful of books for review. You definitely wouldn't call me a regular series reader. The two we read this month are kind of like candy - short and sweet but not particularly satisfying. Both have some interesting ideas, but there's not a lot of substance here. You are a more frequent category reader; what did you think?
Linda: I read a lot of the series books; I call them popcorn books - last about the same length of time as a movie. I am continually amazed at the quality many of the authors give us within the limitations of the form. As far as meat, these books in many ways are like half hour TV shows. The Father Knows Best-type where a problem gets solved in 22 minutes plus commercials. There just isn't time for deep character development but on the other hand series books rarely drag either.
There have been many complaints about the surfeit of cowboys and secret babies in the series books, but we may have stumbled onto a new icon in these two books - the construction worker with the heart of gold and the bod made for sin. <g>
Blythe: Now that you mention it, both these heroes were involved in the construction industry. Morgan Price, the hero of Rules of Engagement, owns a drywall company. Sean O'Neill, the hero of The Temptation of Sean MacNeill, is a carpenter. Actually, I'd take both of them over a cowboy any day.
Linda: They were very nice heroes indeed. Actually I think Jamie Denton was very canny with her choice of Morgan. He is a construction worker - with the body to go with it - but he also owns the company, and to top it off, he gave up his college education to raise his brother and sister. This guy is practically a saint! But, he is also very human and sensual as well. I liked this story a lot. Jill Cassidy is a fun heroine - she is a driven lawyer who portrays her parents to Morgan as being very rigid and controlling people who don't accept her life choices. He agrees to accompany her to her sister's wedding as her fake fiancé in return for her legal services for one of his workers. I thought Morgan's reactions when he met her parents were really funny. They were nothing like Jill described. I think many of us see our family in certain ways and the way we see them, may not actually be true. Morgan was shocked at how nice Jill's family was.
Blythe: What I liked most about this one was the conflict. Jill has worked hard for her career, and Morgan wants a wife who will put family first. The choices that Jill faces are very real for most women. At some point many of us have to decide how to balance career and family - or whether we can juggle both at all. I did have a problem with the way Morgan approached the dilemma though. Right away he decides that Jill is a career woman, and he knows that's not what he's looking for. But I think most women have careers before they have children. It almost sounded to me like his perfect candidate was waiting at home with her parents, watching soap operas and sewing doilies for her hope chest.
Linda: LOL, let's hope she isn't eating bon-bons too or he may find her too large for his perfect wife! <g> Morgan was carrying some past baggage that clouded his view about "career women" and I think at first he saw Jill as a stereotype rather than a person. But, I liked the way the story developed and that they both realized what is important. What was really nice was that Denton didn't wrap this up in a pretty bow - this couple is going to have to work hard and compromise to make their marriage work. The immediate problem of where they were going to live and who was going to commute was very apt and I thought realistic. This book also introduced us to Jill's sister Carly, whose wedding Jill and Morgan were attending. We will meet Carly in her own book, Breaking the Rules in September.
One of the things I like best about category books is the on-going series. It is lots of fun to meet and read the stories of several members of a family and see old friends. Diana Palmer's Long, Tall Texans and Suzanne Brockmann's Tall, Dark and Dangerous Navy Seals series are two that are quite popular. I just read a new Palmer and she mentions nearly a dozen characters that we have met before in her fictional town of Jacobsville, Texas. It's lots of fun catching up with old "friends."
Blythe: I have to admit that I am always more interested in books when they are part of a series. I started the Tall, Dark and Dangerous series a few months ago, and I just love it. I've also read Nora Roberts'
MacGregor series and Star series. I think both of these authors do a great job, and catching up with characters from past books is the best part. While I enjoyed parts of Rules of Engagement, I'm not sure I'm committed enough to seek out Carly's story. Do you think you'll read it?
Linda: Yes, I definitely will. I loved the teaser at the end of this one and that particular storyline is a favorite of mine.
The Kantra book was a complete change of pace from the Denton. The Temptation of Sean MacNeill is very much a "woman in jeopardy" story, with two very realistic kids and a ditzy grandmother thrown in. I liked Sean MacNeill and his family quite a bit and I didn't realize until I started reading this one that it was part of a series. As soon as we met his family, I was sure there were more stories there and will be hunting them up. But, I did think that this one stood well on its own. I liked Rachel quite a bit and in a very short time she is really put through a great deal of misery thanks to her deceased by suicide hubby and his gambling problems. I thought Kantra gave a very real feeling of menace throughout the book.
Blythe: It is the third in the series. The first is The Passion of Patrick MacNeill and the second is The Comeback of Con MacNeill, which featured Sean's older brothers. I found this one to be a so-so read. On one hand, it has a great hook. The story begins with Rachel discovering Sean naked in her bed! Most series books have to get your attention quickly since the format is so short. This opening is an attention grabber for sure. I also liked that the hero was a full five years younger than the heroine. On the other hand, I had trouble buying into the whole woman in jeopardy plot, mostly because I didn't see why she would keep her problems from her family, or the police.
Linda: I think that the bad guys and her husband's suicide had so thoroughly traumatized her - remember her home was also trashed - that she was really only reacting in fear and not thinking clearly. I loved the fact Sean was younger than her and I thought the children were portrayed realistically. I liked his rapport with her kids. I also liked our introduction to Sean, wearing nothing but his pirate earring!! As you say, it got your attention right away. The villains were so evil, but one of the negatives in a short book like this, is that the author has to use "shorthand" and so these guys are Italian small time Mafia. Which generates a sense of menace before we even meet them. I liked the love story between Rachel and Sean and this book was an enjoyable story.
Blythe: I can see your point about shorthand. I think the relationship between the hero and heroine also has to start very quickly in category romances. It can be tough to pull it off without giving that "rushed" feeling. But I seldom find it believable when a character won't turn to the cops or the FBI. Maybe I am naive, but if I were being hassled by the mob that is the first place I would turn. I also felt that she was putting Sean in jeopardy by refusing to tell him what was going on. If I were living with someone who had problems with the mob, I'd want to know!
Linda: Yes, in series books the hero and heroine normally fall in love very quickly for obvious reasons, either that or they fight all the way thru the book and then realize it was love, which can be fun if handled right, too. Some readers have a problem with people falling in love so quickly, not me - I will have been married 30 years in December and got engaged and married within 3 months of meeting my husband. I think we both knew on our first date that we had met someone who was going to be special! I liked Kantra's writing style a lot. She kept the story moving and there was certainly no "drag" in the story. Quick and jam-packed storylines is one of the things I like about series books. They fill a definite place on my reading shelf.
Blythe: I used to be a lot more rigid in my reading tastes. When I first started reading romance I read only historicals. Then I discovered Judith McNaught and decided I would read her contemporaries also. Then one day my librarian told me I had to read Nora Roberts (she was right!) and I discovered category romances from there. While I still don't read very many, I like that they are quick reads. They usually move at a fast clip, and I can read an entire book in the evening after I get my kids to bed. When they are well done, they can be great. But what about all those baby and cowboy books everyone complains about? Do these bother you?
Linda: I traveled a similar path to the category books. I had a negative impression of Harlequins from the media, but discovered Jayne Ann Krentz had written a bunch and started reading them. I also discovered some authors who wrote only for categories and I loved their books. People like Dixie Browning, Leanne Banks, and the idiosyncratic Jennifer Greene. They became auto-buys for me.
I used to buy 6 Silhouette Desires a month and usually a few Temptations. I realized recently that I haven't bought any author, that wasn't an autobuy, for some time. I now maybe buy two or three a month. So, yes the cowboys and secret babies have turned me off quite a bit. I guess these books are selling well, but not to me. Although Jennifer Greene did a cowboy sheriff in her Christmas book, Her Holiday Secret and I liked him quite a bit. I keep wondering where in Texas are all these gorgeous Cowboys and Cowboy sheriffs? The only Cowboy sheriffs I see on the local news usually have beer bellies and wouldn't be anybody's idea of a Romance hero <g>. But, I guess these are fantasy cowboys and sheriffs. I liked the construction worker with a heart of gold, but hope that this was just a coincidence we picked two with that type of hero and not a new stereotype to be run into the ground.
Blythe: I have absolutely no interest in reading about cowboys, so I avoid them like the plague. I don't necessarily mind children as much, as long as they are portrayed in a realistic way. I think Virginia Kantra did a good job of that in TTOSM, btw. Both the children in this book are school age, so they're not the stereotypical cute, lisping urchins more common to romance. I have read a couple of series books with children who appear when they need to look cute and completely disappear when things turn amorous. I wish that happened in real life, but that sure hasn't been my experience.
Linda: LOL, my experience with children is that they appear at the least opportune times! Particularly when they are teens. I thought Kantra made the children very realistic as well. I was thinking about your comments about going to the police and realized that after that thug Frank had accosted my kids, I would have bought a gun to defend them at the very least. Certainly would have made for a different story with Frank, wouldn't it? <g>.
Blythe: A very different story!
I'm curious - which of these books did you enjoy more? I have read more Silhouette books, so I was surprised to find that I slightly preferred the Denton book, which is a Harlequin Temptation. Neither was really a standout read for me, but I found Denton's characters and conflict more interesting.
Linda: I think I liked the Denton book a bit more, too. They are both quick, enjoyable reads that I would recommend to anyone looking for a pleasant evening's reading. Actually, I think that the series books often provide a quick, enjoyable read and that is not a bad thing at all. What worries me is the proliferation of one or two particular themes and perhaps I am missing some good stories because I just can't get past the picture of the cowboy holding a baby and a pair of mini-cowboy boots on the cover!
I will definitely look for Carly's story, Breaking the Rules, in September.
Blythe: Rules of Engagement has a spin-off, and The Temptation of Sean MacNeill is part of a series. Do you think this is a growing trend in series romance also?
Linda: I think this has always been common in the series books. I have a lot of interconnected series titles and some of these "sets" are quite exceptional - usually they will be three or four books and not the open-ended series like Palmer's Long, Tall Texans. A series worth hunting up is Elizabeth Bevarly's The Family McCormick, which deals with three adults looking for their siblings who had been put in foster care, three great stories and very touching, too. I also just finished Jennifer Greene's Stanford Sisters series and enjoyed it a lot, too. The nice thing about interconnected series titles is that they are often easy to find either at UBS's or through on-line used book sources. Some of them can be very tough to find and/or can go for big bucks. But I find most I'm looking for pretty easy to find and when I read one like the Kantra, I often end up hunting up and reading the others in the series.
We are making a departure from our usual schedule of one Pandora's Box a month because of the vocal interest in Dara Joy's High Intensity. Robin Uncapher will fill in for Blythe later this month; she and I will talk about Tyber and Zanita's latest adventure.
Next month Blythe will return and we'll have yet another change of pace because we plan to tackle rising star Tracy Fobes new book Daughter of Destiny. I enjoyed Fobes' Touch Not the Cat, which I thought had the all time best cover of a romance novel - John DeSalvo in a kilt sitting with a gorgeous cougar; romantic and mysterious. Plus I loved John in the kilt!
Blythe: I think that cover is a favorite with many readers. Fobes is a new author for me, so I'm eager to give this book a try.
Linda: Well, see you next month - Happy Reading!
Blythe: Till next month!
--Blythe Barnhill and Linda Hurst, for
-- Pandora's Box


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Overton, Rick (Frederick Decatur Overton Jr.)
Overton, Rick [Frederick Decatur Overton Jr.], trumpet, educator, composer, arranger; b. Riverhead, NY, 25 May 1961. Raised in Westhampton, NY with brother (Raymond, b.1959). His parents are Fred (Frederick, b.1931) and Joyce (b. 1931).
Started trumpet in school at the age of 8, later studying privately under John Lamendola, Jazz trumpet and pit orchestra musician, Sonny LaRosa and trumpet artist, (classical and jazz) David Naylor. While in school he played with various local groups from orchestras and big bands to church solos and combos. Overton entered Berklee College of Music (Professional Certificate, 1981) and studied trumpet with Ray Kostwica, Greg Hopkins, Jeff Stout and Wayne Naus concentrating mostly on arranging. Transferred to Shenandoah Conservatory (BM Jazz Studies, 1984 Cum Laude and BM Music Education, 1984 Cum Laude) studying trumpet under Allan Wright and Edward Cooper in jazz and classical respectively. During his first year at Berklee he was introduced to producer, composer and saxophonist Teo Macero (b. 1926). It was under his tutelage that the concepts of music were fomented. From 1984 he performed with SS Dolphin Cruises (Caribbean), Kings Productions (big band show), guitar-flugelhorn duo with Craig Boyd, El Presidente Cruises (FL.) and many other local groups in NY and FL (and nationally known groups such as The Temptations and Four Tops). He taught in public school systems in VA, NY and FL. Created and hosted his own programs on various radio stations including jazz programs on public broadcasting (WPBX) from Long Island University's Southampton campus. He was also designated as an adjunct professor for Jazz Appreciation at the campus. Worked as a booking agent, house band leader, sound technician and MC at The Inner Circle Jazz and Blues Club on Long Island where he came in contact and played with Seleno Clark, Donald Harrison, Mark Whitfield, Bobby Forrester, Ray Alexander, Greg Bandy, Robert Hurst, Jack McDuff and many others. He moved to Tokyo, Japan in 1990 where he has composed for and led his own group, The Rick Overton Unit (Bruce Stark- piano, Shinobu Sato-bass and Tommy Campbell-drums). While in Japan he has continued to play with high caliber performers such as the Empire Brass Quintet, Branford Marsalis, Nat Reeves, Cyrus Chestnut and others who have toured Japan. He is noted for his "dark tonal color", Miles-like approach in improvisation and artistic presentation of music. Rick Overton's highest acclaim has come in education where he created music programs for schools from elementary to college level. While at Tokyo College of Music he is credited with breaking down the walls that limited music instruction at music colleges to classical music only by creating the Tokyo College of Music Jazz Ensemble (1993), Contemporary Harmony and Arranging course (1993) and Jazz Improvisation minor (1995) which became the first such course at a four year music college in Japan. He currently teaches those as well as jazz combos as an Associate Professor of Jazz Improvisation and Jazz Trumpet. At the college's affiliated high school he created and currently teaches Jazz Harmony and presented the first seminar ever given in jazz at the National Association of Music High School Teacher's Conference in 1999. He also created an instrumental music program from elementary school to middle school level at the internationally renowned Nishimachi International School in Tokyo. The program included two Jazz-Rock Ensembles (6th - 9th grades) as well as other ensembles and music classes. He is currently a consultant for one of his former students in Jazz at one of Ecuador's national music colleges and gives seminars and master classes around Japan and the US. He was awarded a Masters of Arts in Music, concentration in Composition for St. Lourdes University in 2002.
Recordings, broadcast and films:
Tokyo Time Zone (1995); Urbanesque (2001); About 15 unissued tapes with Cyrus Chestnut, Nat Reeves, Dion Parsons, Hisao Tanoshiro, Haji and others; Shakey's Pizza, Kirin Beer, Pioneer (carrozzeria with appearance in film), Casio, Japan Steel Federation (promo and educational video) various TV and radio appearances and radio interview in Japan with Peter Barakan and Branford Marsalis.
Numerous compositions and two workbooks; Contemporary Harmony and Arranging I & II.
Written works on Overton: Japan Times, IHT, Asahi Shimbun and Southampton Press newspapers, Jazz Life and Asahi Graf magazines.
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Album sales have been declining since the digital age took over. According to Forbes.com, "there were only 3.97 million albums sold" last week, in the US. Meaning that sales are at an all-time low. Some may say this is due to music piracy.
Well, the music industry is trying to get a hold on pirating music by coming up with a universal release date for new music across the globe.
A lot of people don't know that there are different release dates for different territories across the globe. So if one territory releases a new single or a new album on a certain day of the week, it allows the buyer, who purchased the release first, to share it with other territories.
The music industry can't track all pirated music, which hurts album and single sales, but the new concern is illegal file sharing around the world. This seems like the new version of music piracy.
In February 2014, BBC.com released an article, "Anti-piracy app launched by music industry". This app was created to educate the music buyer, particularly the young buyers, to empathize with musicians by educating them on the effects of music piracy.
There hasn't been any updates on how this app has helped with stopping music piracy since many feel that music or any form of entertainment is what it is...Entertainment.
There also hasn't been any updates on whether the industry can pull off the global release dates because it may include other changes that may affect the structure and practices that are already in place. According to Forbes.com, "The new global release date is supposedly kicking off next July".


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APED: Not one image has been omitted. This volume is a re-presentation of the Bantam edition of Men and Apes by Ramona and Desmond Morris, published in August 1968. It is part of the ABCED project by Artists Book Cooperative in celebration of Ed Ruscha's 75th birthday.
EJ Major was selected as the Winner of the Salon Photo Prize 2011. Major graduated with an MFA Fine Art Goldsmiths, 2009. Her first solo show in 2008 was in conjunction with Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art. Among her group shows she has exhibited at the Helsinki Photography Triennial (2009) Dallas Contemporary, USA (2008), The Minnesota Centre of Photography in Minneapolis (2008), The Australian Centre of Photography in Sydney (2007-2008) Clampart in New York (2007) and The 2nd International Fotofestival, Germany (2007). She has been reviewed by Modern Painters (2008) and 'Marie Claire RIP' has been profiled in European Photography, Fotograf Magazine CZ, The British Journal of Photography, Glasstire and ArtInvestor Magazine DE and featured on both Swedish and Finish news programs.
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A Day at the Office
After lunch (and an in-office yoga class with her personal instructor — not a daily occurrence, she lets me know), Couric takes a meeting with four CBS news staff members to brainstorm ideas for the Web site. She has changed into a pair of comfortable tailored white trousers and a low-cut orangey top, one of the around-the-office outfits she puts on between more formal events and newscasts. (There is a dressing room behind her office.) Her hair is down now, and she has her glasses on.
Couric and the assembled staff are talking about which stories they should post on cbsnews.com. Present are Melissa McNamara, a producer; Brian Goldsmith, an associate producer; Mike Sims, the news and operations director of cbsnews.com; and Greg Kandra, the editor of Couric's blog, Couric & Co. Couric sits on her white leather swivel chair with her legs crossed Indian-style, simple white leather slip-ons on her feet. She holds bunches of paper on her lap. Sally Ride stands in the photo behind her, looking into the distance.
Everyone has a lot of ideas. ("There are always too many," Couric says later, "which is good.") She herself has a fistful: one on erotomania and the recently arrested astronaut; another on teens who multitask and whether it affects their ability to analyze school reading material; one on sleep deprivation and moral decision making ("Hopefully," Couric says, "this won't become the next Twinkie defense"); another on aging and how appearing your real age is becoming taboo ("If you look your age, people think, What's wrong with her?" says Couric, who has set her cell phone to ring with the tune of the Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me"). These stories will not become simple written blog items, but one-minute commentaries in video and text that can be used by CBS radio and television affiliates across the country. "The stories are topical," Couric explains, "but they reflect my sensibilities. My role model for this is Anna Quindlen."
This is a weekly meeting, and today's chat is relaxed, although everyone is watchful because a magazine reporter is present. It's clear that on other days, when no one out of the ordinary is there, conversation has the potential to become more heated. Couric is in charge, and there are plenty of yes-Katies, good-idea-Katies, and that-sounds-good-Katies. The only one who questions Katie's ideas today is Katie herself.
"Or is that too dry?" she asks the group after pushing for a piece on the Bush administration's change of heart on global warming. They all agree it's not too dry. "The worst sin for the Bush people," Brian Goldsmith says, "is changing their mind."
"Or admitting they made a mistake," Couric says. When the meeting is over, she rushes out to her younger daughter Carrie's dance recital. She doesn't usually leave the office so close to broadcast time (it's 3:30, and the show begins in three hours), but she can't skip Carrie's event. And that's smart of her, since, right now, 11-year-old Carrie is not her mother's biggest fan.
"She doesn't like the way I smack my lips," Couric says, shaking her head. "She's always, like, 'Look, Mom, you just did it again.'" Couric does a reasonably good impersonation of a pubescent girl's irritation. "If she had her way, she'd be happy only if I stopped breathing." Yet off Couric goes to do the macarena and dance to reggae music with her daughter's class. (Carrie's response? According to Couric later: "Stop it, Mom. Don't move your hips!")
Making the News
Back at the broadcast, Couric sits alone at her desk, but beyond the camera's line of vision are tech crews, cameramen, makeup people, producers, and writers. Often during the moments of the broadcast when Couric is off camera, she is being dusted, patted, and powdered. A woman rushes in and fixes a stray lock of hair; another takes a clothes brush to Couric's shoulders. Someone assaults her with a stroke of blusher. Through it all, she's making quips, checking her lines, jotting notes; she's always aware of the goings-on of the staff — she never zones out.


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Yeah, yeah, I know....I should post this under events, but it sure has been rather lifeless here as of late, so I thought I'd post here. My woodwind quintet is presenting a rather interesting program tomorrow evening, should anyone be interested.
So....go ahead, flame me.
The KITCHEN WINDS PRESENT
A CONCERT of WOODWIND QUINTETS
Saturday, November 26, 2005, 8:00 p.m..
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Passacaille (1898)...........................................Adrien Barthe (1828-1898)
"...it was the nightingale" – from Romeo & Juliet (1977)....Ned Rorem (1923- )
Mari Duncan, flute
Arbeau Suite (1942)............................................Philip Weston (1900 -)
1. Tordion
2. Pavane
3. Buffoons
Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1930).............................Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
1. Allegretto
2. Allegro
3. Adagio Cantabile
4. Allegro con Moto
Ballad for Woodwind Quintet (1956)............................Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 51 (1952)...................Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961)
Alarme (1969)...................................................Åke Hermanson (1923 - )
Michael Henry, horn
Quartet for Winds (1941)......................................Arthur Berger (1912-2003)
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Allegro Vivace e Leggermente
Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser, Op. 24, Nr. 2 (1922)......Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
1. Lustig. Masig schnelle Viertel
2. Walzer Durchweg sehr leise
3. Ruhig und einfach. Achtel
4. Schnelle Viertel
5. Sehr lebhaft
Polka – from the Golden Age Ballet (1930).................Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
ADRIEN BARTHE (1828-1898), is a pseudonym for the French composer Grat-Norbert Barthe. Barthe began his music studies with piano and composition lessons, and eventually became a student of Leborne at the Paris Conservatory. In 1854 he took first prize in composition at the Rome Institute with a cantata entitled Francesca de Rimini. His later oratorio Judith and opera Don Carlos also won acclaim. After his return from Rome, Barthe attempted to work in the theater, but to no avail. Barthe then took up a career as a teacher, apparently working for the French government as well, in which connection he published a text on musical composition. A Passacaille is both a musical form and the corresponding court dance. Its name derives from the Spanish pasear (to walk) and calle (street), supposedly to denote the music played by wandering musicians.
NED ROREM (1923 - ) was born in Richmond Indiana in 1923. He received his early musical training in Chicago, where he studied with Leo Sowerby. He later took lessons with Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland. He moved to Paris in 1951, where he entered the circle of modern Parisian and expatriate American composers active at that time. The French influence, particularly in his songs, remains the most pronounced characteristic of his music. He has been regarded as one of the finest song composers in America, with a natural feeling for the vocal line and the prosody of the text.
"...it was the nightingale" is one of the nine pieces which comprise Rorem's 1977 work for flute and guitar, Romeo and Juliet. In this work Rorem focuses on several moments in the Shakespeare play, with the flute at times representing Juliet, and the guitar Romeo. The flute solo movement is reminiscent of a nightingale's song.
PHILIP WESTON (1900 - ) is the pseudonym used by Amedeo De Filippi. De Filippi is a composer, author, conductor, violinist and arranger, who studied at Juilliard with Rubin Goldmark. He has composed and arranged for films, radio, television, recordings, theater, ballet and publishers, and was on the CBS staff. He was chosen as a NY Fellow, and elected to the International Institute of Arts and Letters in 1962. His Arbeau Suite is based on musical themes found in Thoinot Arbeau's Orchésographie, a "treatise in the form of a dialogue whereby all may easily learn and practise the honourable exercise of dancing", originally published in 1589.
HENRY COWELL (1897-1965) was a remarkably innovative composer. Born in Menlo Park, California in 1897, Cowell is most known for his early experimental work, employing techniques such as striking the piano keys with the fist and forearms. He named such chords "tone-clusters" and at the age of 13 composed a piece entitled Adventures in Harmony, which employed them extensively. Cowell later took lessons at U.C. Berkeley where he studied privately with the noted musicologist and composer Charles Seeger. In 1931 he received a Guggenheim fellowship to study in Berlin with the pioneering ethnomusicologist Erich von Hornbostel. Many of his later works show the influences of his study of the world's music -- in fact he is often credited for coining the term "world music". He also worked with Leon Theremin, the inventor of the Theremin, on the construction of an instrument called the Rhythmicon; it made possible the simultaneous production of 16 different rhythms on 16 different pitch levels of the harmonic series.
Cowell's career was brutally interrupted in 1936 when he was arrested in Menlo Park on a "morals" charge (homosexuality was a heinous offense in California at the time). Using largely contrived and falsified evidence, Cowell was convicted and sent to San Quentin prison for 15 years. He was paroled in 1940. Continuing to compose while in prison, he eventually abandoned his more radically experimental music for more utilitarian and folk-influenced styles, which he continued to employ until his death in 1965. Thus his music tends to fall into two distinct periods; the radically experimental music of his pre-prison years; and the world-music influenced folk style of his later, post-prison years.
Written in 1930, the Suite for Woodwind Quintet, with its mélange of counterpoint and a dissonant chorale, is characteristic of Cowell's more experimental period. The Ballad, written in 1956, is typical of Cowell's later folk-inspired style.
WALLINGFORD RIEGGER (1865-1961) was born in Albany, Georgia in 1885. He received his primary education at home: his mother was a pianist; his father a violinist. After moving to New York in 1900, Riegger began serious study with Percy Goetschius at the Institute for Musical Arts. After graduation he went to Berlin where he took courses at the Hochschule für musik, where he studied with Max Bruch. He returned to America in 1917 and held many teaching posts. His earliest works were tonal and romantic, but he increasingly felt that the older compositional techniques did not successfully convey his musical ideas. His music from 1923 onward is of a highly advanced nature; a master craftsman, he wrote in disparate styles with an equal degree of proficiency, employing an aggressive rhythmic sense and free use of possible tone combinations.
His Woodwind Quintet from 1952 is a one-movement work full of many of Riegger's favorite devices – canonic counterpoint, sharp dissonance, and reiterative rhythms.
ÅKE HERMANSON (1923 - ) is a Swedish composer born in 1923. During the second World War, he worked as a radio telegrapher far out on the Bohuslän archipelago. About his experience, he wrote "Along with, or in the center of, a period of alarm, the fog horns roared in like frightening black sails against the secure calls in Morse code....the fog horn at Vinga sounded, and the one at Böttö came in on the sixth. The ones at Tistlarna, Nidingen and Pater Noster could be heard from the opposite direction in the winter darkness. A stereophonic manifestation of outer reality which, in my loneliness between calls and dreams, was transformed into circling arms of sound, capturing my consciousness in the oscillating waves from elementary sources of sound...."
The composer's inscription is translated as "Very intensive and almost like a siren."
ARTHUR BERGER (1912 – 2003) was born in 1912 and raised in the Bronx. After studies at Harvard with Walter Piston, he went to Paris to study composition with Nadia Boulanger. Returning to the U.S. in 1939, he entered Mills College in Oakland, where he studied with Darius Milhaud. His musical idiom reflects the influence of divergent schools of composition, including both serialist and neo-classic styles. Often described as a "new-mannerist", his works are often characterized by their strong formal structure.
The Quartet for Winds, written in 1941, two years after returning from his studies with Boulanger, is among Berger's best known works. Virgil Thompson has called it "one of the most satisfactory pieces for wind in the whole modern repertory." The work is dedicated to Aaron Copland.
PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963) was one of the most influential composers and theorists of the 20th century. He was active as a conductor, viola recitalist, and a teacher, holding positions at the Berlin Academy of Music and Yale University. His abundant opus list includes compositions for practically every format and instrument – operas, orchestral works, concertos, chamber music, including a series of sonatas for each orchestral instrument with piano. Hindemith's style may be described as a synthesis of modern, Romantic, Classical, Baroque and other styles, a combination saved from the stigma of eclecticism only by Hindemith's mastery of technical means.
The Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser, Op 24:2, was composed in 1922 for the Frankfurter BläserKammermusikvereinigung, during a period when Hindemith was often experimenting with different musical methods. His artisan-like attitude to the process of composition resulted in a large number of utilitarian works he called Gebrauchsmusik (utility music), music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose or use. His Kleine Kammermusik is a good example of such a work.
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) was the preeminent Russian composer of the Soviet era, whose style and idiom of composition largely defined the nature of Russian Music. His opera The Nose, after Gogol's whimsical story about the sudden disappearance of the nose from the face of a government functionary, revealed Shostakovich's flair for musical satire. It was produced in Leningrad in 1930, with considerable popular acclaim, but was attacked by officious theater critics as a product of "bourgeois decadence", and quickly withdrawn from the stage. Somewhat in the same satirical style was Shostakovich's ballet The Golden Age (1930), which included the celebrated dissonant Polka, allegedly satirizing a disarmament conference which was taking place in Geneva.
THE KITCHEN WINDS are Mari Duncan, flute; Ben Lloyd, oboe; Susan Macy, clarinet; Rufus Acosta, bassoon; and Michael Henry, horn. The group was founded in 1998 by Ms. Duncan and Mr. Henry. The group takes its name from the room in which they most often found themselves rehearsing. While the personnel has changed (the current members have been playing together for the last four years) and the rehearsal venue has now shifted to the living room, the group still shares the common goal of exploring the breadth of literature for wind quintet. We aim to balance the familiar with the deserving-to-be-more-familiar, providing interpretations that are both true to composer's intent and also fun for the listener.
The members of the Kitchen Winds appear as soloists and perform with orchestral, chamber, jazz, experimental, and pop groups around the Bay Area.
Re: Concert SpamMon, November 28, 2005 - 3:54 AMsome very interesting composers listed there - wish i could make your concert.


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Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Tony McDaniel has been suspended without pay for one game for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
According to the statement released by the NFL on Monday afternoon, McDaniel's suspension begins immediately and he is eligible to return to the Dolphins' active roster on Tuesday Oct. 5, immediately following the upcoming Monday night home game against the Patriots.
McDaniel was arrested in early February following a domestic dispute with his live-in girlfriend. He was charged with misdemeanor battery, and the charges were amended to disorderly conduct, also a misdemeanor.
McDaniel pled no contest to the charges in June and was sentenced to six months of probation and ordered to attend counseling.
McDaniel, in his fifth season out of Tennessee, is in his second season with the Dolphins, who acquired him from Jacksonville for a seventh-round draft pick during the 2009 NFL Draft.
McDaniel, who had 16 tackles and 1.5 sacks last season, has impressed coaches with his versatility and pass-rush ability. McDaniel has three tackles so far this season.
Losing McDaniel is another to a unit already playing without projected starter Phillip Merling, who suffered a season-ending Achilles' injury in July; and his replacement Jared Odrick, the rookie first-rounder from Penn State who suffered a hairline fracture of his right fibula in the season-opening win at Buffalo.
Odrick has been walking without a cast or brace since last week and could be getting close to returning to practice when it resumes Wednesday.
Others who could fill the void left by McDaniel's suspension are third-year end Lionel Dotson and second-year defensive lineman Ryan Baker. In addition, developmental players Clifton Geathers and Robert Rose have spent time on the active roster but are currently on the practice squad.


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Remember those beefs that Kings of Leon and Slash had with Glee creator Ryan Murphy earlier this year? Well, Foo Fighters singer/guitarist/drummer/roadie Dave Grohl apparently wants in as well. During a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter following the Foos' premiering of their new documentary Back and Forth at the South by Southwest festival, Grohl sounded off about the show and Murphy specifically, claiming he wants his music to play no part in the Glee hype machine.
"It's every band's right, you shouldn't have to do f—ing Glee," said Grohl. "And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we're not, like, begging to be on his f—ing show… f— that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee." Grohl claimed to have seen about ten minutes of the show before ("It's not my thing"), but says that his problem is less with Glee itself than with its creator. "The Glee guy, what a f—ing jerk," ranted Grohl, going on to relate the problems Murphy had with Slash and KoL to bandmate Taylor Hawkins. "It's just like, Dude, maybe not everyone loves Glee. Me included."
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Klondike! The OC of a friend of mine. I had the mold fixed before I left to finland and finally finished painting him today, This little guy is a gift to the owner of Klondike, and since I already know it, I am happy that he likes it!
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Silva (NU) and Higgins (BU) off for hitting after the whistle. Four-on-four, NHL overtime style.
Huskies break in on a three-on-two rush, but a lightning-quick Millan poke-check on Strathman drew a roar from the Terrier corner of the Garden.
A couple quick turnovers, a couple few gasps … all part of the fabric of this one. 10:57, faceoff once more to Thiessen's left.
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College Hockey:Golden Knights Blank Raiders, 2-0
Walsh Stops 22 In Fourth Shutout Of Season
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Chris Line's goal a little over a minute into the first period and the spectacular play of goaltender Mike Walsh were all the Golden Knights would need, as Clarkson knocked off the Raiders of Colgate 2-0.
Walsh turned aside 22 shots while earning his fourth shutout of the year.
"He's been a big reason for our success this year," said Knight head coach Mark Morris. "Our season goes as he goes. Ever since he emerged as our number one goalie midyear last year. We've seen a much improved effort in that area and in our team."
With Colgate unable to find the back of the net, Clarkson rode its two first-period goals to victory. The game-winning goal was scored 1:17 into the game when Line threw a hard wrist shot high to the glove side past Raider netminder David Cann. The Knights continued to dominate the first period, generating 15 shots to Colgate's seven.
Said Raider assistant coach Andrew Dixon, "We didn't come out to our game plan. We were back on our heels and it cost us. In this league you can't take ten minutes off. You have to play the full sixty minutes. We didn't and it cost us tonight."
Head coach Don Vaughan was unavailable for comment as he was occupied with handling of an alleged intentional elbow that knocked Colgate forward Kyle Doyle down early in the third period.
"We're just going to have to take a look at it," said Dixon. "We'll probably send it in to the league. Kyle is a little groggy but was able to finish the game. I think he might have been out when he hit the ice, but he's okay."
Clarkson added padding to their lead at the end of the first when Jean Desrochers slipped the puck to Chris Blight who was parked in the slot. Cann was in position for the first shot, but Blight poked home his own rebound finishing the scoring for the evening.
Said Morris, "We put a lot of pressure on them and forechecked real hard. We handled the puck exceptionally well and had a solid effort in net. The two goals in the first were the difference."
Both teams had opportunities on the power play, but neither could fill the net with the man advantage. Colgate has been anemic with the extra man this season, scoring only 16 goals in 127 chances.
"The execution is not there right now," said Dixon. "We'd like to get at least one power- play goal with the amount of chances we had tonight. It's something we're just going to have to keep working on."
With a two-goal cushion, the Knights were able to concentrate on defense throughout the second and third period.
"We had squandered some third periods and I think we were a little bit leery of getting too offensive and too cute," commented Morris. "Our main focus wasn't to go and generate offense. It was to play well defensively."
The victory proved important for the Knights (13-12-6, 9-5-5 ECAC) as it vaulted them into a tie for second in their conference. They travel to face first-place Cornell tomorrow night. Cornell will be hungry after scraping together a home tie against tenth place St. Lawrence.
"Momentum is the key at this point in the season," added Morris. "Cornell is obviously the best team in our league right now. Hopefully we'll be able to take it to them tomorrow night."
Colgate (12-15-2, 9-8-2 ECAC) fell from a home playoff position and into a tie for sixth in the ECAC with Brown. Having dropped their last two games, the Raiders will be looking to find their winning ways again when they face the Saints tomorrow night.
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Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 36 (2665th overall since 1950)
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Not yellow, but that sounds like Don't Break the Ice: http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-4784-Dont-Break-the/dp/B00000IVZJ
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Skype usage tops 2 billion minutes a day
Skype announced yesterday that Skype users are spending 2 billion minutes per day on Skype.
"Skype on Tuesday morning announced the milestone on its blog, noting that 2 billion minutes is enough time to travel to the moon and back more than 225,000 times. It's also the equivalent of 1.388 million days, more than 3,805 years, or nearly 38 centuries of time spent on Skype in one day.
"'Thank you for making Skype a part of your daily life,' Elisa Steele, chief marketing officer at Skype, wrote in a blog post. 'With numbers like these, it's clear that Skype is for more than just for special occasions — it's for being together with those who matter most — at work, at home and anywhere in between.'
"Usage should ratchet up even further in upcoming weeks, given that Microsoft is phasing out its vintage Windows Live Messenger service and transitioning users over to Skype. Microsoft first announced plans to ditch Messenger in favor of Skype in November, but the upgrade is scheduled to officially begin on Windows desktops next week. Further, the Skype team doesn't show any signs of slowing down."
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Wondering if you have any tips.
Guyver said: Was that a rare comic?
OllyEbbz said: I was expecting to come in here and be all like 'meh' but you never fail to amaze me @Miamigo ! That's totally sweet!
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WHAT'S HAPPENING:The University of Arizona women's soccer team (9-2-0 overall, 0-0-0 Pac-10) opens Pacific-10 Conference play at home this weekend. The Wildcats first compete against Washington State (5-3-2 overall, 0-0-0 Pac-10) at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8 followed by a match against No. 4 Washington (9-1-0 overall, 0-0-0 Pac-10) at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10.
LAST TIME OUT: The Wildcats competed in their final non-conference matches last weekend. On Friday night, the Cats suffered their second loss of the season against No. 25 Pepperdine, 1-0. Arizona returned to the field on Sunday and defeated Colorado College, 1-0.
In Friday's match against the Waves, both Arizona and Pepperdine had opportunities in the first half but neither team was able to register a goal. The Wildcat offense had seven shots in the first half, while the Wave offense had five. Arizona's freshman goalkeeper McCall Smith and Pepperdine's junior goalkeeper Anna Picarelli each had three saves going into the second half. Pepperdine's Jenna Fodor broke the scoreless tie at 51:40 with a goal off of an assist from Jenna Ainsworth. Fodor placed a ball from 18 yards out in the center of the field to give the Waves the 1-0 win. Smith had six saves in the second half to keep the game close, but the Wildcats were unable to score. Junior Mallory Miller had the most opportunities for the Cats with three shots, including one on goal.
The Wildcats once again played through a scoreless first half on Sunday afternoon. The best opportunity for Arizona in the first half came off of a corner kick by freshman Kaity Heath. Senior Lindsey Peeples placed a header towards the goal off of Heath's kick, but the ball went wide. The Wildcats stayed strong defensively in the first half and only allowed one shot. Offensively in the first half, Arizona had nine shots with three on goal. Late in the second half, junior Jennifer Klein broke the scoreless tie with a goal off of a deflection from a defender. Klein placed her shot in the lower left corner to give the Wildcats the 1-0 win. The Wildcats continued to play well defensively to limit the Tigers to two shots in the second half.
ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE: Washington State returns four starters from the 2003 squad that went 6-11-2 overall, 2-5-2 Pac-10.
Entering conference play, the Cougars have a 5-3-2 record. The five wins for the Cougars came against Denver, New Mexico, Northern Colorado, No. 12 Pepperdine and Brigham Young. Washington State has lost to Montana, Utah and No. 6 Portland. The two ties came against No. 8 Tennessee and Loyola Marymount. The Cougars have outscored their opponents 13-12.
The Cougars' points leader is junior Alix Rustrum with four goals, two of which have been game-winners. Junior Haley Miller and senior Cailan McCutchan are also offensive threats with seven points each. The Cougars' goalkeeper is junior Katie Hultin. Hultin has played in nine games and has registered four wins. She has a goals against average of 0.90 and has made 40 saves on the season while earning four shutouts.
Washington State is coached by Matt Potter. In one season with the Cougars, he has posted a 6-11-2 record. He is assisted by Kirk Nelson and Lindsey Jorgensen.
WILDCATS VERSUS COUGARS: Washington State leads the series with a 6-2-1 advantage over the Wildcats. The last meeting between the two teams was on Nov. 7, 2003, and resulted in a 2-1 Wildcat victory.
ABOUT WASHINGTON: No. 4 Washington returns five starters from the 2003 squad that earned a 11-7-3 overall record. The Huskies finished fifth in the Pac-10 with a 4-4-1 record.
Washington began the season with an eight-game winning streak before suffering its first loss last weekend to San Diego. Previous to the loss, the Huskies had defeated No. 9 Penn State, No. 18 Ohio State, No. 8 Tennessee, UAB, Weber State, Loyola College, Portland State and No. 6 Portland. The Huskies also defeated San Diego State over the weekend to give them a 9-1 overall record.
Washington's offensive leader is senior midfielder Nikki Gamble with 12 points coming off of four goals and four assists. Senior forward Tina Frimpong has also contributed to the Husky offense with 11 points. She has the most goals for the squad with five. The Huskies' goalkeeper is sophomore Kelsey Rasmussen. Rasmussen has played every minute and has only allowed six goals on the season with a goals against average of 0.59.
The Huskies are coached by Leslie Gallimore, who is in her 11th season at Washington. She has earned a 113-74-13 school record. She is assisted by Amy Griffin and Tami Bennett.
WILDCATS VERSUS HUSKIES: Washington has dominated the series with a 8-1-0 record over the Wildcats. In the two teams' last meeting, the Huskies defeated the Wildcats on Nov. 9, 2003, by a score of 3-0. Arizona's only win against the Huskies came on Nov. 1, 2002, as the Wildcats earned a 2-1 overtime victory.
IN THE RANKINGS: For the second week in a row Arizona is ranked in this week's SoccerBuzz.com regional rankings. Arizona moved up one spot from last week to No. 14. The poll ranks the top 15 teams in each region. Arizona is a part of the western region, which contains 47 teams.
BREAKING RECORDS: With its ninth victory of the season coming against Colorado College on Sunday, Arizona broke the single season win record for the program. The 1997 squad had previously achieved the best win toal with a final record of 8-11-1.
The Wildcats' nine victories have come over Iowa State, Drake, UC-Irvine, Fairleigh Dickinson, Duquesne, Northern Arizona, Brigham Young, Weber State,and Colorado College. The two losses of the season have come against ranked opponents. The first loss came on Sept. 10 against No. 16 West Virginia. Arizona's second loss came over the weekend to No. 25 Pepperdine. Seven of the nine Wildcat victories have been shutouts.
Previous to this season, Arizona's best ten game start to a season was 6-3-1 in 1997.
CONNECTIONS: Head Coach Dan Tobias will compete against his former team in Washington State on Friday. Tobias served as the Cougar head coach for five years before accepting the head coach position at Arizona. At Washington State, Tobias earned a 44-45-6 record and was named the 2002 Pac-10 Coach of the Year.
LOOKING AHEAD:Arizona will conclude its four-game homestand this weekend. The Wildcats will participate in their first Pac-10 road match against No. 16 Stanford at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15. followed by No. 11 California a 2:30 p.m. match on Sunday, Oct. 17.
TOUGH COMPETITION: Six of Arizona's opponents are ranked in this week's NSCAA National Rankings. Arizona lost 2-0 to West Virginia, which is now ranked No. 20, on Sept. 10. The Wildcats lost last Friday to No. 25 Pepperdine. The other four ranked opponents are part of the Pac-10 conference. They include No. 4 Washington, No. 8 UCLA, No. 11 California and No. 16 Stanford.
IN THE PAC: Arizona is among the leaders in the Pac-10 in quite a few offensive and defensive categories. The Wildcats lead the conference in shots taken with 182. Arizona is in second place behind California in points, goals, and assists. The Wildcats are also in second place behind Stanford for fewest goals allowed, lowest goals against average and most shutouts. Arizona is also second to Oregon in saves with 51. Arizona has the third best overall record in the conference. Washington leads the Pac-10 with a 9-1 record, followed by California, which is 7-1-1.
Individually, junior Mallory Miller is fifth in shots taken, tied for fifth in points and she leads the conference in assists with seven. Senior Kamaya Damwijk and junior Nikki David are tied for eighth for the most goals with four a piece. Freshmen Kaity Heath and Nicole Scheid are tied for eighth on the assists list with three each. Freshman goalkeeper McCall Smith is third in goals against average at 0.45 and is second in saves with 50. She leads the conference in shutouts with seven.
PAC-10 FINISHES: Arizona earned the best Pac-10 finish in the program's history last season with a 2-6-1 record. The Wildcats became a part of Pac-10 Conference play in 1997.
IN THE NETS: Freshman McCall Smith continues to impress as the starting goalkeeper. With seven shutouts, she has already set a new single season shutout record. Inger Airheart had previously held the record with six in 20 games played in the 1997 season. Smith has only allowed five goals in nine games while logging 990 minutes with 50 saves. She went the first 379:49 minutes of the season without allowing a goal. Smith is the first Wildcat goalkeeper to log four consecutive shutouts and the nearly 380 consecutive minutes without a goal allowed is the longest span in the history of the program. Jenn Wiebel, who had gone 237:41 minutes without allowing a goal in 1996, had previously held that record.
LEADING THE POINTS: Tucson native junior Mallory Miller continues to lead the Wildcats in points with 13. Miller has been a part of 10 goals for the Wildcats with three goals scored and seven assists. She also had the game-winning goal in Arizona's win over Drake on Aug. 28. Senior Kamaya Damwijk and junior Nikki David lead the Cats in goals with four. Senior Candice Wilks has also been a major contributor to the Wildcat offense with three goals. Two of Wilks' scores have been game-winning goals.
CROWD SUPPORT: In five home games this season, the Wildcats have had an average attendance of 644. The highest attendance at a home game came on Sept. 3 against UC-Irvine when there was a crowd of 811. The Wildcats are 4-1 at home this season with only one goal allowed.
HEAD COACH DAN TOBIAS: Dan Tobias is in his second season as the head coach of the Arizona women's soccer team. As the third head coach in Arizona's 10-year history, Tobias has a record of 15-13-1 at UA and coached the Wildcats to the best Pac-10 finish in the program's history in 2003. He was named the 2002 Pac-10 Coach of the Year as the head coach at Washington State.
IN THE RECORD BOOKS: With 19 goals in her career, senior Candice Wilks is six away from Nikki Jones' record of 25 career goals. Junior Mallory Miller is two assists away from being the all-time leader. Jones is the current leader with 14.


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