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Aircraft technology provides colorful see-thru sun visors
Safety and style don't always come together in the automotive aftermarket, but they do with Rosen Visors, which combine colorful style and see-through-the-glare vision for the car's pilot.
We use the word "pilot" on purpose, because Rosen Visors originally were developed for use in aircraft, starting with the Boeing 747 in 1985.
"The goal at that point was to block the glare without compromising the pilot's view of surrounding traffic," said Mike Fiske, sales manager for Rosen Sunvisor Systems LLC. In addition to the jumbo jets, Rosen produced see-thru visors for all sorts of corporate, commercial and private planes.
"Pilots came to us at air shows and said 'I want these for my car'," Fiske added in an interview in 2006. "We got tired of saying we don't make them."
Rosen, with its own manufacturing facility in Eugene, Oregon, produces sun visors for aircraft, automobiles, commercial and recreation vehicles and boats.
Rosen's automotive visors are branded as "Street Shadez" and look like colorful sunglasses. They are available in various colors, shades, shapes and patterns.
All use optical quality lens material with 99 percent reduction in ultraviolet light and are designed to enhance feature definition and reduce glare.
They are mounted on billet aluminum arms and articulating mounts that provide a variety of angles for adjustment.
Installation can be as easy as unscrewing the factory mount and replacing it with the Rosen visor.
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Suggested retail price is $250 for a set of visors, which can be ordered through the company's website, www.rosenvisor.com. By the way, when we checked the website, they were running a special offer: buy one set of visors and get a second set of lenses free.
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The beautiful large format volume is the current catalog of David Hinnebusch paintings many of which were painted over a ten year period in Venice, Santa Monica, and Malibu California. It also has a nice selection of works in private collectors. This book is a must have if you are a fan! - Pablum Pickerasso, Los Angeles.
Born AUGUST 2 1964 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, JFK Fetal Syndrome, steel town, grand pap's cigarette smoke. One year old moved to Musoma Tanzania East Africa sick on the trip stopped talking in Rome DC3 air pressurefrom Nairobi infant ears. 1968 family with new sister moved to then smoggy now atmospherically challenged Los Angeles California lead painted orange blue UCLA swimming pools sculpture gardens, one more year in 1971 Kenya East Africa and then back in West Los Angeles then Santa Monica then Malibu and Venice Beach California. A "painter" since 1990 (and etc. since 1964). mix mediar and drawer collageir and filmer/ photo the figure for it's own sake mostly but have deep roots in the adventureland of childhood memories; when lived in Africa wrote children's books about orphans. 1973 had great and wonderful times at Paradise Cove trailer park in Malibu California and then on the nude beaches of 1974 Venice Beach California surf and sun baked breaking bottles in the Brooks alley...
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On Thursday March 6, 2104 the Ataris are just a few days into their tour and are on fire at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Opening acts includes 'Versus the World,' 'Drag the River' and 'Authority Zero.
It has been ten years since their they toured and their hit album "So Long Astoria has been heard live anywhere in the country, much less the world.
As the band parted ways, in 2003, bassist Mike Davenport started a band Versus the World based out of southern California and with their singer Donald Vance, are opening for and then performing with the Ataris on this tour.
Of course the album, 'So Long Astoria' was performed in its entirety which included their hit, 'In This Diary,' 'The Saddest Song' and their famous cover of Don Henley's 'Boys of Summer.'
The Ataris are still heading east and complete their tour in New York City's; after selling out the Gramercy Theater so quick, they upgraded to Irving Plaza to accommodate more fans.
After this tour, they are in the works of completing a new and long overdue as well as long-delayed album 'Graveyard of the Atlantic," which is hopefully coming out by the end of 2014. You can download new tracks from their upcoming album here: http://theataris.bandcamp.com/
You can watch their famous video "In This Diary" on YouTube here.
The remainder tour dates are listed below:
March 16: Kansas City, MO (Riot Room)
March 18: St. Louis, MO (Old Rock House)
March 20: Minneapolis, MN (Mill City Nights)
March 21: Chicago, IL (House of Blues)
March 22: Indianapolis, IN (The Vogue)
March 23: Detroit, MI (The Shelter)
March 24: Cleveland, OH (Agora Ballroom)
March 25: Pittsburgh, PA (Altar Bar)
March 27: Philadelphia, PA (Theatre of Living Arts)
March 28: Silver Spring, MD (The Fillmore)
March 29: Boston, MA (Brighton Music Hall)
March 30: New York, NY (The Gramercy Theatre)


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Four West Tennessee men were shot after an early Sunday morning fight broke out in a Jackson hotel parking lot, according to a Sunday afternoon news release from the Jackson Police Department. The fight occurred as attendees of a birthday party were leaving the hotel.
The release said Jackson police had a 25-year-old Oakfield man in custody and was holding him for questioning Sunday afternoon.
Police had not released the names of the victims, who are all in their 20s.
The release said shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to Roadway Inn, located at 1963 U.S. 45 Bypass. The victims, who all had gunshot wounds, were transported to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital either by ambulance or personal vehicle.
Police said the preliminary investigation shows that a woman from Brownsville was having a birthday party at the hotel. When people began leaving, a fight occurred on the parking lot and shots were fired by at least two people.
The release said a 24-year-old Jackson man and a 21-year-old Brownsville man were both transferred, in critical condition, to the Regional Medical (The Med) Center in Memphis.
A 23-year-old Jackson man was admitted into the Jackson hospital in critical but stable condition, police said. A 24-year-old Brownsville man was treated and released.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the JPD's Major Crimes Bureau at 731-425-8400. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 731-424-8477 (TIPS) or submit a cyber tip at jmcrimestoppers.org and click on "web tips".
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Mentor is rewarding for both the giver and receiver. Tomika Anderson knows first hand. She shares with us the power in giving more than you receive.
Anderson as the mentor…
Mentoring is necessary, particularly in the black community. I mentor to give back at least a fraction of what has been given to me.
My greatest reward in being a mentor is helping someone else succeed. A memorable moment with my mentee was hearing from her once she got into her school of choice, Yale, after we spent time writing and editing her college essays.
My best advice to my mentees is to adopt habits that will help them to succeed in their careers and in life. That means taking good care themselves mentally, spiritually and physically so that they have the mental agility and self esteem that will help them keep pushing toward their goals and dreams.
Anderson as the mentee…
My mentor is award-winning author, writer and editor Hilary Beard. She was my editor years ago at the magazine, Real Health. I admired her work, her spirit and perspectives on life. She was generous with her time, advice and encouragement. I asked her to mentor me.
The greatest piece of advice that she's given me is reminding me to believe in myself and to be selective about the kind of work I take on, ensuring it vibes with my spirit and purpose.
Ms. Beard has served as my cheerleader, an advice giver and a role model in a lot of ways. When I wanted to start writing books, she referred some clients to me who wanted a book. They ultimately hired me to write it.
My mentor, Hilary Beard, is brilliant, beautiful, straight-forward awesome and TOUGH.


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The Buzz, 9-23: Rave-o-Rama
Heroes: Giving thanks for Elizabeth Zimmer, the Dancers of DTH,
and AGMA's Deborah Allton
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Copyright 2004 The Dance Insider
PARIS -- From the City
of Light -- clouded over as usual as I write this morning and on
my run along the Amelie-approved Canal St. Martin -- I write with
some reflections on those who keep me living in the light.
Let's start with Elizabeth
Zimmer, senior editor and dance editor at the Village Voice, who
has performed the amazing alchemy of packing the continuing story
of New York City dance into the dwindling editorial space available
to her, simultaneously guarding the home of senior critic Deborah
Jowitt and finding space in the nooks and crannies to introduce
new writers -- and new artists -- to the dance readership. In so
doing, she has also guarded the Voice's heritage, in the dance department
at least, of writing that is both revolutionary and -- in the sense
that it is accomplished -- sophisticated. Zimmer has also championed
this publication, both on the pages of the Philadelphia Inquirer
and from the podium of the Congress on Research in Dance. And she
has been scrupulous -- scrupulous -- about crediting the Dance Insider
when she has chosen to follow-up on stories we've broken. (Zimmer's
talents and responsibilities at the Voice are not confined to dance
journalism; for a slice of old New York and current modalities in
Mind-Body-Spirit, check her feature in this week's Voice.
Check the Voice dance section by clicking here.)
Let's continue with
the dancers of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, who, their hearts no
doubt breaking at what -- let's be honest, dance insider -- could
be the end of their voyage with DTH, will, troopers that they are,
step onto the stage of City Center next Tuesday in its Fall Festival
of Dance and, one can safely predict, glimmer in "Agon," created
in 1957 by George Balanchine with a cast that included Arthur Mitchell,
the founder and artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem. Can
one call Mitchell himself a hero? I'm aware, from dancers, that
he has his flaws, and they're serious, including most notably a
paternalistic attitude towards 'his' dancers that diminishes them
as human beings and disrespects them as professionals. But his achievement
in founding Dance Theatre of Harlem took monumental courage and
-- in a sad reflection of how long ballet has to go in overcoming
inbred racism -- the company is still a necessary enterprise.
Because of Mitchell's
paternalism, however, DTH is one of dance's many dysfunctional families.
(As a dancer colleague advised me yesterday, "When the director
of the dance company says 'We're just like a family here,' watch
out!') With this dynamic active, it's been crucial that the dancers
have an immunized intermediary who can negotiate their professional
terms with Mr. Mitchell. Veteran dancers are aware that their union,
the American Guild of Musical Artists, has not always served them
as a union should. But AGMA underwent a sea change beginning about four years
ago, when it hired, first, Alan Gordon as its executive director,
and, in July 2002, Deborah J. Allton as its national dance executive
and counsel.
If you know dancers,
you know that not only are they not the 'children' Mr. Mitchell
would sometimes regard them as, they are smart. The demanding work
ethic of their profession doesn't always allow them to demonstrate
this mental alacrity in a second profession where smartness is,
let's say, not more important than in dance but more visible. But
occasionally the dancer comes along who, after utilizing her drive
and brains in dance, decides to apply them to a second or even third
profession. Deborah Allton is one such dancer.
After a dance career
that included performing with the vaunted Metropolitan Opera Ballet,
Allton obtained her law degree and, eventually, joined the firm
Sonnenschien, Nath & Rosenthal. As AGMA's national dance executive,
Gordon explained when she was hired, she would be responsible for
"the continued revitalization of AGMA's representation of dancers,
expanding AGMA's representation of production personnel in dance
companies and providing the full spectrum of contract and membership
services to all of AGMA's dancer members." It also fell to Allton
to enforce and administer all AGMA dance contracts and manage day-to-day
membership activities and services for dancers.
At the time of her appointment,
Gordon, himself a veteran labor negotiator, promised that "having
spent 20 years as a ballet dancer and working as a union delegate,
negotiating committee member and an attorney, Deborah is uniquely
qualified to serve as our national dance executive and to spearhead
our constantly improving representation of dancers. She knows first
hand the need to aggressively protect and defend dancers' rights."
Allton herself began
by addressing the status of the dancers of American Ballet Theatre,
who had left the union years earlier. "The ABT dancers left AGMA
many years ago because of what some of them saw as AGMA's lack of
focus on its dancer members," she recounted when she was hired.
"That situation has been completely reversed. AGMA has truly become
the 'home of the American dancer' and each new dance contract AGMA
has recently negotiated includes spectacular improvements in dancers'
working lives. AGMA is now poised to also help ABT's dancers achieve
the rewards to which their exceptional artistry entitles them. I
look forward to having the opportunity to help them realize that
I don't know whether
AGMA has re-won ABT's dancers yet, but I share this statement because
it reveals Allton's larger theme, one not solely applicable to the
artists of ABT. Dancers' artistry and unparalleled work ethic does
entitle them to rewards -- the bar should be higher than just means
of survival. Allton gets this and is fighting for it.
In reporting on Dance
Theatre of Harlem's decision last week to lay off its 45 dancers, we assumed
that this entailed getting out of a union contract and, further,
that it was AGMA which had let DTH out of the contract. This was
incorrect, as Allton has now set me straight. In fact, the company's
last three-year collective bargaining agreement with AGMA expired
June 30. That contract guaranteed 30 weeks of work per calendar
year; in the 2003-04 season, it was exceed by 14 weeks for a total
of 44 weeks.
So the subject of Allton
and AGMA's recent discussions with the attorney and accountant of
the financially floundering company was not trying to find a way
to renegotiate the contract to make it feasible for the company,
but, Allton explains, "to discuss extending the terms and conditions
of the present contract -- including guaranteed weeks and current
salary levels -- for a limited time, to allow them time to secure
sufficient funding to bring the dancers back to work. In these discussions
it became clear that they had exhausted their options and did not
have the ability to raise the funds to bring the dancers back to
work at the projected time, or to even pay the dancers for the engagement
at City Center as per the terms of our collective bargaining agreement.
While we were willing to look at all possibilities to keep the company
going and to make reasonable concessions to make that possible,
it was obvious there was nothing that we could do that would change
their situation, including taking any legal action against them.
This does not mean that we let them out of their contract. It was
pointless to waste time and resources to to go down a path that
would produce nothing and maybe even further reduce or eliminate
their ability to recover. That is counterproductive to protecting
the interests of our dancers, which is to get them back to work
under the best contract that we can, as soon as we can. Consequently,
after lengthy discussions -- which DTH was legally obligated to
have with the union -- they had no other option but to close their
doors and regroup. Further, even though the contract has expired,
they have a collective bargaining agreement with the union and the
terms and conditions of that agreement remain in place and are enforceable
when they resume operations. DTH remains obligated to negotiate
with the union the terms and conditions of a renewal of the contract
in order to reopen."
Allton did secure the
company's commitment to pay for three months of health insurance
premiums for its dancers.
A little back-story
for you: Allton and I have been dialoguing about the DTH situation
since the Dance Insider first learned of it from other channels
last Wednesday, eventually breaking the story Friday. By 'dialoguing,'
I mean that I have been pestering her with questions the answers
to which I needed 'yesterday,' and she's been doing her best to
find time amongst her duties more directly helping members to respond.
Had I asked her predecessor to explain the DTH situation to me,
he likely would have had a three-word response: "Ask Arthur Mitchell."
In any field, a union rep. should not be telling reporters to get
the story from management. At the end of her lastest response of
yesterday, from which I've just quoted, Allton demurred, "I hope
that I did not eat my foot." As the French say, "Au contraire, Attorney
Allton." (Actually, I've yet to hear a French person say that, and
when I do, they say "What?") You didn't eat your foot; like the
dancer you are at heart, you soared from it.
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There were no injuries, and the American Red Cross is now aiding the three adults who were displaced by the fire. According to Riverside County Animal Services, however dozens of Shetland sheepdogs and sheltie mixes were kept in the home and outside. All 61 of the dogs were surrendered by the owner to the Riverside County Animal Services.
All of the dogs have been reported to be in excellent health.
According to the Riverside County Animal Services Facebook page, the dogs will be available for adoption beginning Monday.
Riverside County requires a permit for anyone keeping more than five dogs in one residence. It is not known if the owner had such a permit. A website registers a similar address to Act 1 Shelties.
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As always Stitch is never too far away and springs up for peek of the busty beauty getting boned. The cheeky beggar will no doubt have a pull over what he saw later dreaming it was him pounding her sweet round ass.
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31 May 2007
Stop for the cat
This cat graffiti and the 2 similar ones in the previously posted photo were adorning a railroad overpass in College Park last week. They will be there until a maintenance crew comes along and paints over them. The people in charge of such affairs always seem to be determined to remove graffiti from everywhere and apparently believe that it is justifiable to spend their resources on such trivial matters. You can see some of the now painted-over former graffiti in the picture. I think a wall with patches of gray paint is infinitely uglier than one with colorful graffiti. Anyway.
A reader commenting on the previous photo wrote that this particular design was based on the work of the cat artist Louis Wain. I am not familiar with Wain's work, so I'll leave the judgment to others. There are some examples of Wain's cat paintings here.
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30 May 2007
End of a shrew
This luckless little creature, a former resident of our backyard, met its end at the jaws of one of our cats last weekend. The last time she caught one of these I was able to interfere in time. But this time when I got to the scene of the incident, it was too late and the lifeless victim was already deposited on the rug inside the house. Luckily, there were no blood stains to clean.
It appears to be a northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda). It is now out of the evolutionary game (hopefully, it had already reproduced), but not completely finished with its service to Snail's Tales. It is now being devoured by maggots in the backyard and that story, in all its glory and stink, will be posted here soon.
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29 May 2007
A place to die for
The view of the mountain tops with patches of snow and the 2 green plateaus below were breathtaking. I was standing on a steep slope at an altitude of about 2400 m when I took this picture. The strenuous walk up there from way below where we had parked our car had also taken my breath away; I was starting to suffer from the diminishing oxygen levels in the air. The car was now just a white speck, barely discernible.
This took place earlier this month on the mountains towering above the small town of Gömbe in southwestern Turkey. And as you may have guessed, we were looking for snails on the limestone slopes, snails that are better adapted than us to living at such places. While my eyes were on the ground most of the time, I also couldn't help myself from stopping frequently, both to catch my breath and to observe and photograph the scenery.
Later, as I was descending, the details on the plateau started to come back into view. At about 2200 m, I could clearly make out the car and the roughly rectangular field of stones next to which it was parked. That was a cemetery.
What was a cemetery doing there, literally in the middle of nowhere and a long distance away from the closest village? Could this have been the resting place of the less fortunate snail collectors who had perished on the mountains? Unlikely.
The pastures of the plateau, watered by an enduring stream of melting snow, had probably been used for centuries by shepherds and the villagers seeking relief from the summer heat that sizzles the plains below the mountains. The cemetery, surrounded by a flimsy fence, was undoubtedly for those local folk who had died there.
Most of the graves were nothing more than elongated plots surrounded by field stones. If they once had headstones, those were gone now.
Only 2 of the graves had tombstones and only one of those still had legible inscriptions on it. It belonged to a woman named Hasibe Arıkan who had been born in 1940 and died in 1970. She was the daughter of a man named Abdurrahman. The line below her name reads "R. FATİHA" short for ruhuna fatiha, meaning "a fatiha (a prayer from the Koran) for her soul".
It looked like the burials stopped after 1970. My companions offered a possible explanation: the mountain roads and transportation over them had started to improve probably around that time and it had consequently become more feasible to bring down the dead or the sick people to hospitals.
I suspect during the period when this cemetery was used the bodies were placed without coffins directly into shallow pits. Why would anyone want to be in a coffin anyway, when one is lying on a green pasture surrounded by snow-covered mighty peaks?
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27 May 2007
A young Helix aspersa
The edible snail Helix aspersa, also known as Cantareus aspersus or as Cryptomphalus aspersus, has been spread all over the world by humans. Their land of origin may have been southern Europe. They have also been introduced to Turkey, perhaps by the Romans who liked to eat them, and are quite common in western Turkey in gardens, fields and ruins. Thanks to the unique patterns on their shells, they are among the easiest land snails to identify.
I found this young individual in Istanbul. I could tell that it hadn't completed its growth yet, because the edge of the aperture was quite soft. This soft area was marked off as a band ~3 mm wide (arrow in the photo). The veins covering the wall of the snail's lung were not visible thru this band, indicating that it was less translucent than the older portions of the shell. Either that or the lung didn't extend under the part of the shell that was still being built.
The last picture shows the snail's pneumostome, the breathing hole, thru which the lung opens to the outside.
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25 May 2007
24 May 2007
An article by Howard Wainer1 in the May-June issue of the American Scientist is about the equation that is the title of this post, where the ratio of a sample standard deviation (S.D.) to the square root of the sample size (N) gives the standard error of the mean of the sample (S.E.).
If you collect many samples from a population and calculate the mean of a certain variable for each sample, you will probably get as many different sample means as there are samples. The sample means will have a normal distribution and the standard deviation of that distribution will be the standard error, calculated as above.
The standard deviation of a sample is an estimate of the variability of the population from which the sample came, whereas the standard error is not a direct measure of the variability of the population. This is because the standard error depends on sample size. The larger the sample size, N, the smaller will be the standard error. To demonstrate this, I have carried out a simulation. From a "population" of 500 normally distributed numbers, I randomly picked 10 samples each of 10, 20, 30, 50 numbers, 5 samples each of 100 numbers and 4 samples each of 150 numbers. The plot below shows the distribution of the sample means as a function of sample sizes. You can see how the scatter of the sample means around the population mean (9.97, indicated by the red horizontal line; S.D. was 1.015) decreases as the sample size increases.
The take-home lesson from Wainer's article is that the mean values of small samples are likely to have greater variation than those of larger samples and that any conclusions, not just purely scientific but also those with political and social implications, based solely on small samples must keep this in mind.
One example Wainer discusses in detail involves the claims put forward in the 1990s that smaller schools are better than larger schools. In reality, data seem to show that not just the schools with the highest performances, but also those with the lowest performances are more likely to be small, because of increased variation at small sample sizes. Another example is about an insurance company's ranking of the safest and least-safe cities in the U.S. that did not include any of the largest U.S. cities. The reason is that the safety ratings of the largest cities are closer to the national average, while smaller cities, perhaps mostly by chance, are more likely to be much better or much worse than the average.
1Howard Wainer. The most dangerous equation. American Scientist, May-June 2007, pp. 249-256.
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23 May 2007
Naughty cats
Yes, they were mating.
According to Desmond Morris (Catwatching, 1986) the male cat bites the back of the female's neck during mating (see above) to immobilize her and to protect himself from a likely attack from his mate. Apparently, a cat's becoming limp in response to being held by the scruff of its neck is an evolved reaction that helps mother cats transport their kittens. Obviously, it also helps them propagate themselves.
Once I tried the neck-hold on one of my cats when I wanted to bring her in from the outside; for several weeks afterwards, I had deep gashes on my arms inflicted by her claws. I should have tried biting her neck instead.
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21 May 2007
Old house and its knockers
Büyükada, the largest island off Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara, has been inhabited by humans for, I suspect, at least a couple of thousand years. So it is inevitable that there will be some really old houses on the island, although none is that old. We passed by this one on our way to the more remote corners of the island and the Monastery of Aya Yorgi. We couldn't quite tell if the house was still occupied (now as I examine the picture, I see what may be curtains in the upper windows).
The surviving old houses of Istanbul, usually from the early 20th century, sometimes have elaborately shaped large knockers on their doors. This one was no exception.
We have to remember that these houses were built long before there were such things as electrical door bells. One had to knock hard on the door if one wanted to be heard. Hence, a large knocker lessened wear and tear on one's knuckles. They may also have been status symbols.
We didn't think of testing the effectiveness of these knockers.
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Ümit and his scorpion - 2nd episode
Our friend Ümit Kebapçı is supposed to be a malacologist, but whenever we are in the field he seems to spend more time collecting spiders, centipedes, scorpions and the like. A post from last summer featured him and a scorpion he had found.
During our last collecting trip together in Turkey a few weeks ago he found this large scorpion under a rock. He said it was an Iurus asiaticus.
It is amazing how much biodiversity was hidden under the rocks both in forests as well as exposed fields we visited in Turkey. We saw all sorts of arthropods, worms, snails, of course, and even a large frog. The latter will be the subject of a future post.
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20 May 2007
A pilgrim at the Wall of Sugar Cubes
A place that I often visit whenever I am in Istanbul is Büyükada (Prinkipo), the largest of the so-called Prince (or Prince's, or Princes') islands off Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara. During my recent trip to Istanbul I spent a day on Büyükada with my friend Teri. We explored the southern end of the island, including, of all the places, the vicinity of the garbage dump, where we actually found quite a number of snails.
On our way back, we were on a dirt path heading towards the Monastery of Aya Yorgi (Ayios Yeoryios or Saint George) at the peak of the highest hill on the island. When it turned out that the trail wasn't going all the way up to the monastery but continuing along the western slopes of the hill, Teri decided that if we wanted to catch the next ferry boat back to Istanbul, we needed to leave the trail, climb up the hill and take a shortcut down from there. So we pushed our way thru the bushes and over and around the rocks.
When we reached the top, we found ourselves in front of a vertical cliff, blackened with soot and covered with little white objects. On close inspection, they turned out to be sugar cubes stuck to the rock with what appeared to be candle wax. Obviously, this was a rock frequented by the visitors to the monastery. Each cube was a votive offering, representing an expectation of a sweet miracle.
Going around the cliff we reached the front of the Monastery.
The place is a favorite destination on the island, despite the fact that it is at the end of a long steep climb. Infidel snail hunters visit the area looking for clues to the mysteries of evolution. Pious Greeks, and even devout Moslems, on the other hand, seek what they think is a deeper meaning.
Their yearnings remain behind in the form of sugar cubes. Until the next rain storm.
Posted by AYDIN ÖRSTAN at 12:41 1 comments
18 May 2007
It's official: I look like a scientist
Last Monday I arrived at the airport in Istanbul wearing my Tin Cloth Packer Hat by Filson. Not that I was expecting rough weather inside the building, but I had no better place to put it than the top of my head. Later, a security officer asked me to remove the hat so that he could compare me with my likeness in my passport. Hours later, at the JFK Airport in New York, I took the hat off preemptively before I got to passport control. As the passport officer was handing back my passport, I put the hat back on. The officer took a look at me and asked me where I worked. I told him. Then he asked me if I was a scientist. I said "Yes". He shook his head knowingly and said "You look like a scientist."
It must have been the hat.
The scientist and his hat in the field (photo by Ümit Kebapçi).
Posted by AYDIN ÖRSTAN at 04:42 4 comments
17 May 2007
Malacologist's sink
We collected these large Helixes at an apple orchard in southwestern Turkey a couple of weeks ago. They were very abundant. They must like the apples, although the ones I tried-the apples, not the snails-were not that tasty for my human taste buds. Later in my hotel room, the sink was a perfect temporary holding pen for them.
While the snails explored their new environment, leaving behind thick globs of slime, I was able to get close-up shots of them. Luckily, the hotel owner wasn't around at that time (this was a small mom and pop business, literally owned and operated by a nice elderly couple).
The species will be determined in the future.
Posted by AYDIN ÖRSTAN at 09:00 12 comments
15 May 2007
Archaeo+Malacology Group Newsletter No. 11
The AMG Newsletter No. 11 (and the previous 6 issues) is available here. This issue contains articles on the mollusks from Pompeii in Italy and from prehistoric wells and ditches in Cyprus, the clausiliid snails Papillifera papillaris and Elia moesta, abstracts of relevant papers and announcements of upcoming conferences of interest.
Posted by AYDIN ÖRSTAN at 21:01 0 comments
Explorer risks death, returns home safely
Here I am about 10 days ago in southwestern Turkey carelessly leaning on some sort of electrical box that warns passersby of an increased risk of death that may arise from fooling around with it. I was only trying to get some good shots of swallows at their nests for the readers of Snail's Tales. I survived with only slight tingling sensations between my legs. Disappointingly, the experience didn't even come close to spending a few seconds in Woody Allen's orgasmatron.
Risk of electrocution from that box was probably quite negligible compared to my now increased risk of getting cancer or some other nasty disease from the amount of 2nd hand smoke I was exposed to while in Turkey. Alas, the Turks still haven't learned that smoking is not a good thing.
I will post the swallows' pictures some other time after I recover from my mild case of jet lag (that's why I am writing this at 5:45 in the morning).
(Thanks to Ümit Kebapçi for the picture.)
Posted by AYDIN ÖRSTAN at 05:45 1 comments
01 May 2007
Off to Dersaadet
Is there another major city that has had as many historical names as Istanbul has? And yes, Dersaadet was one of the names of Istanbul that was used primarily by the Ottomans prior to the 20th Century.
I am leaving this afternoon for that city of many names, the city that has become obscenely crowded since its quaint days more than a century ago (its population topped 10 million in 2000).
Saray Burnu (Seraglio Point), the promontory in the background, where the Ottoman sultans resided in the Topkapi Palace, until the mid-19th Century. Drawing from The Beauties of the Bosphorus by Julia Pardoe, 1839.
This trip wasn't actually on my schedule until the middle of March when an e-mail came from my friend Zeki Yildirim. It concerned some snail specimens we had collected in July 2006 in southwestern Turkey. We had been suspecting that we had an undescribed species, but Zeki concluded that for a definite diagnosis live specimens were needed for dissection. He told me that his group was planning to return in May to the same location. That's when I instantly developed an unstoppable urge to join them. Our field trips are so much fun that I couldn't have passed this opportunity.
Happy malacologists in the back of a tractor in Turkey in July 2006. From left: Salih, Aydin, Hatice, Tim, Zeki.
I will be gone until 14 May. The field trip itself will take only 3 days; the rest of the time I will be in Istanbul. While I am in Turkey I will have intermittent Internet access and won't be able to post on the blog. Regular postings will resume on the 15th. I will return with good stories and lots of pictures.
So long.
Posted by AYDIN ÖRSTAN at 09:18 2 comments


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My impression of Obama is that he never had an American mindset. His formative years were spent in Indonesia, where his nanny claimed he admired 3rd world Liberation Indonesian strong man, Sukarno. His campaign rhetoric is indistinguishable from Juan Peron, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Idi Amin and Hugo Chavez. Obama does not see himself as an American president, but as some global divine philosopher king in the mold of Plato's The Republic. He has a Pharaonic attitude that makes him above being American.
A new biography that interviews college friends confirms Obama's non American mindset. He had an Internationalist mindset. Even more startling, Obama did not identify with being black. It was only when he decided to get into politics that he discovered his black identity.
The excerpt focuses on Obama's brief time in New York after his graduation from Columbia University. The son of a Kenyan father and an American expatriate mother, Obama emerges as a man questioning whether he viewed himself, or wanted to be viewed by others, as an American. Not in a citizenship sense — Obama was born in the United States and that was that — but in the sense of how he saw the world and wanted to be seen by it.
Obama had a lot of Pakistani friends; Maraniss writes that if Obama and his girlfriend socialized as a couple, "it was almost always with the Pakistanis." Obama appeared to identify with his friends as fellow non-Americans. "For years when Barack was around them, he seemed to share their attitudes as sophisticated outsiders who looked at politics from an international perspective," Maraniss writes. "He was one of them, in that sense."
But Obama was ambitious. Appalled by the "dirty deeds" of "Reagan and his minions" (as he wrote in "Dreams from My Father"), Obama became increasingly interested in, as Maraniss writes, "gaining power in order to change things." He couldn't do that as an international guy hanging around with his Pakistani friends; he needed to become an American.
So he did. One of those Pakistani friends, Beenu Mahmood, saw a major change in Obama. Mahmood calls Obama "the most deliberate person I ever met in terms of constructing his own identity," according to Maraniss. The time after college, Mahmood says, "was an important period for him, first the shift from not international but American, number one, and then not white, but black."
Obama recently invoked Reagan's name to bash Republicans. Yet his hatred of Ronald Reagan is what motivated him to get into politics. He didn't identify with being black and he adopted a black identity for politics. Clearly Obama is a chameleon and does not view himself as an American. He views himself as a citizen of the world. That's why he had a campaign stop in Berlin when he was running in 2008.
At this blog we had Obama pegged. He comes from the 3rd World Liberation wing of the Transnationalist Progressive Movement. Mitt Romney should use these facts about Obama's mindset against him.
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The ambiance of Chappy's was exactly what I would expect to find in a high end Cajun restaurant located outside of the French Quarter. It was well lit, had a very professional and courteous staff, and has décor of being a high-on-the-hog, off-Bourbon St restaurant. In fact the only thing I would change is a little Jazz or Zydeco playing in the background, and a bigger working area behind the bar and additional bartender for Saturday night(the poor gentleman was very overworked but doing a bang up job).
Once seated (make reservations ahead of time), we were greeted by our waiter who gave a good attempt at explaining Cajun cuisine to me, not the best especially when talking to me but good enough for Music City clientèle . We were presented with a very well baked, leavened round bread which was served with four different butters(smoked alligator, strawberry, garlic, and plain) which were all uniquely good.
And that is where my love affair with Chappy's ended...
Since I have a strong passion about Cajun food I've chosen to evaluate each one individually from here on out.
Turtle Soup au Sherry The soup was very underwhelming and gave very little hint of Cajun seasoning, a common them I found. It was thinner than I expected almost to the point of being a turtle drink rather than turtle soup. The meat gave the very unique taste that it wasn't cleaned properly, most likely the suppliers fault. The bad taste of the turtle meat wasn't overpowering but it was there none the less and will ruin the best of turtle soups. The was no hint of boiled egg in mine, which is essential in turtle soup, and the sherry was just there.
Fried green tomatoes The tomatoes were lightly fried in flour and had a good taste. There was absolutely not even a hint of corn meal or corn flour used which is just faux pas with fried maters. The Hollandaise sauce was good but not worth writing home about. I'll get to the crawfish tail meat in a moment.
Crawfish Ettouffe - I was so disappointed in this dish that I need to break it down:
The crawfish: These were of the Asian variety which tends to have a chalky texture to them. I was disappointed to find that a Chef hailing from New Orleans would not have a solid supplier for American crawfish. This might sound picky but Asian crawfish are not the same and won't bring first timers back to eat them, in fact I didn't finish mine.
The rice: This was cooked well but again was not spicy, creole, or even the dirty recipe variety that one would expect in ettouffe or Cajun cuisine.
Ettouffe: Meaning smothered. This may have been the only thing done right in this dish as there were plenty of the triad (onion, celery and bell peppers) and in proper proportions.
Flavor and roux: These were by far the killers of my love affair with Chappy's. The flavor was completely lacking the get in your mouth and dance a jig that Cajun cuisine connoisseurs love. This is not to say that Cajun food should be overpoweringly spicy, it shouldn't but it should have a complex marriage of flavors that make your taste buds whoop and holler. The roux was a light roux and not the dark red variety that should be in an ettouffe, and it was undercooked.
Roux: Roux is probably the single hardest and most essential part of Cajun dishes to master. There are two essential rules (more actually, but I'll keep it simple) to making roux. (1) If it smells scorched, throw it out and start over, and (2) The flour must be completely cooked and then removed from heat to stop the cooking process prior to moving forward with it in a dish. It was the second rule that Chappy's failed at. With roux, if the flour is not cooked fully and the cooking process stopped, it can give the dish a chalky texture and even worse leave the consumer very bloated as the flour continues to cook in one's gullet. Both were true here and it made my stroll over to Printer's Alley rather uncomfortable.
Overall the dining experience was very good and Chappy's demeanor was that of the quintessential NOLA Chef, very jolly and laid back. But the meal was extraordinarily disappointing to this lover of all food Cajun. The blandness indicated to me that Chappy had left his roots in Louisianna and had given in the the bland pallets of the diners which seem to abound in Music City. Chappy's has great potential but I would like to see more authentic New Orleans flavors up a notch, or three, and hold roux making training for all the staff there.
If you want to spend 5-star prices and enjoy Cajun cuisine, then I suggest skipping Chappy's and making the drive to Birmingham and dine at Crazy Cajun's Boiling Pot and you will come away more satisfied.
Rating Detail:
Food: 1
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Value: 2
Overall: 3


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1996 Season Outlook
Prior to the 1995 season, there weren't many people in the college football world who gave Stanford much of a chance to be competitive. In fact, most of the so-called experts picked the Cardinal to finish dead last in the Pacific-10 Conference. No chance for a bowl game, the experts said. A rebuilding year. A new coach. A new system. It will take time.
If that is what the outside world believed, someone forgot to tell Cardinal head coach Tyrone Willingham and his team. From the first day of spring practice, Willingham preached a 12th game. "Our goal is always to play in a 12th game," he would say, referring, of course, to participation in a post-season bowl game. The true believers were few and far between, and most of them resided on the Stanford campus.
Twelve months later, Willingham can claim to have had the last laugh. Not only did he lead his '95 squad to a very impressive 7-4-1 overall record, but the Cardinal also finished fourth in the Pac-10, appeared in the national rankings for several weeks and advanced to the St. Jude Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn.
And now, heading into the 1996 campaign, Willingham, who was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, has raised the level of expectations both on and off the Farm. While his team will once again adhere to the "12th game" battle-cry, the Cardinal will also get more respect off the field. But, in order to improve on last season's seven wins, Willingham has one simple philosophy.
"For Stanford football to continue to improve each season, the players and coaches must believe that hard work and intelligence will enhance our cause - which is to be a good football team and win games. We have a chance to be a good football team this season, but we must improve in all aspects of the game in order to take the next step," Willingham said.
There is reason for optimism on The Farm. Stanford returns 14 starters in 1996, including seven on defense, six on offense, one kicker, and 35 lettermen.
The Cardinal running game has a chance to be even more productive in '96 with the return of its top four running backs, including Second-Team All-Pac-10 pick Anthony Bookman. Senior flanker Brian Manning returns to spearhead what should be a talented group of receivers.
The question at quarterback that existed last spring has reared its head once again. Like last year, the two candidates have great potential, but little to no game experience. Senior Tim Carey (one series of downs in his career) and sophomore Chad Hutchinson (redshirt as a freshman last year) will do battle for the starting nod in '96.
Defensively, junior inside linebacker Chris Draft had an outstanding season a year ago and his continued improvement will play a large role in how far the Cardinal defense can go in '96.
Junior defensive end Carl Hansen, senior free safety Josh Madsen, senior cornerback Leroy Pruitt and senior defensive tackle Pete Swanson all must rise to the occasion in 1996 if Stanford is to put together the kind of defense necessary to move up to the next level.
"As with any professional or college team in the country, we have to stay healthy for us to have a successful season," said Willingham. "If we can stay healthy, keep our focus and intensity at a high level from the first day of practice and continue to work hard and work smart, then I believe we can have a tremendous season in 1996 and realize our goals."
Below is a position-by-position rundown of the 1996 Cardinal.
The Quarterbacks
You'll excuse Willingham and his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Dana Bible, if they pull from their files the same quotes they used last year at this time. While the names of one of the candidates has changed, the situation at quarterback is unfailingly similar to what transpired prior to the 1995 season opener. Last year it was fifth-year senior Mark Butterfield and junior Tim Carey - only Butterfield had game experience - doing battle. This time around, it is still Carey, now a senior with two years of eligibility remaining, competing with sophomore Chad Hutchinson, the erstwhile pitcher who redshirted his freshman season a year ago. Carey did get a chance to play last year, albeit one series of downs in a 24-3 victory over Oregon State, while Hutchinson patiently watched from the sidelines. Carey is in his fourth year at Stanford and is very familiar with a quarterback-battle. It wasn't until the Monday before the first game of the season last year that Willingham named Butterfield as his starter. Hutchinson, meanwhile, was selected in the first round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft as a hard-throwing right-hander. He turned down a lucrative offer by the Atlanta Braves to play baseball and football at Stanford. Hutchinson, who did not participate in spring football practice, enjoyed an outstanding freshman season in baseball in 1996. He has all the tools to become an outstanding quarterback for the Cardinal this season.
The Running Backs
Perhaps the strength of the team in 1996, Stanford returns its top four running backs from last year's team that finished with 1,819 yards rushing - the ninth highest single season total in school history. The combination of Anthony Bookman and Mike Mitchell at running back and Adam Salina and Greg Comella at fullback give the Cardinal four very talented backs who compliment each other very well. Bookman, who has rushed for 1,449 yards the past two seasons, has led the Cardinal in rushing in both 1994 and '95. He gained 872 yards last year, which ranks ninth on Stanford's single season list. Bookman had four, 100-yard rushing games, including a 133-yard effort in the season opener vs. San Jose State. Mitchell, meanwhile, gained 593 yards and scored six rushing touchdowns. His 26-carry, 138-yard, two touchdown performance in the Big Game was testimony to Mitchell's potential. In Salina and Comella, Stanford can boast of two fullbacks who can run inside effectively, catch passes out of the backfield and provide excellent blocking skills. At 6-3 and 250, Salina can be a menacing force in the backfield. Comella led the team last year with nine touchdowns (five rushing, four receiving) and proved to be a great weapon inside the 20.
The Wide Receivers
Now in his fourth year, senior flanker Brian Manning enters his final season at Stanford as one of the school's all-time great receivers. He should break the school record for career receiving yardage and be among the all-time top-10 in career receiving touchdowns. Manning, who has 103 career receptions for 1,897 yards (18.4 ypr), is surrounded by a group of quality receivers who help make the receiving corps a solid area for the Cardinal in 1996. Seniors Andre Kirwan and Marlon Evans along with junior Damon Dunn are all expected to play significant roles this season. Kirwan (13-175-13.5 in 1995) will back up Manning at the flanker position while Evans (7-41-5.9 in '95) and Dunn (5-29-5.8), two of the nation's top kickoff return specialists, will battle for the starting spot at wide receiver. Others who will be in the hunt for playing time in 1996 include flankers Troy Walters and Jauron Pigg as well as wide receivers Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Allen, who converted from safety last spring.
The Tight Ends
Greg Clark transferred to Stanford a year ago from Ricks Junior College in Utah and immediately moved into the starting lineup. He finished the year with 23 receptions - third best on the team - for 260 yards (11.3 ypr) and two touchdowns. He has great size (6-5, 250) to go along with the athletic ability to catch the ball over the middle. He is also a tremendous blocker who can be very effective in the Cardinal's running game. Behind Clark, seniors Tommy Hanson and Derek Hubbard, who both saw playing time last year, help give Stanford three experienced tight ends.
The Offensive Line
"This is an area of concern," says Willingham. "When you lose guys of the caliber of LT Jeff Buckey (First-Team All-Pac-10 in '95), C T.J. Gaynor (three-year starter) and LG Ryan Waters, it's very difficult to replace not only their talent and experience, but the other intangibles they bring to the team," he said. Returning starters Brad Badger at right guard and Nathan Parks, who will move from right tackle to left tackle, are expected to anchor the offensive line in '96. Add junior Geoff Wilson, who started eight games at three positions last season and is penciled in as the starter at right tackle this year, and the Cardinal has three returning linemen with significant game experience. The two biggest questions marks are at center and left guard. Sophomore Mike McLaughlin, who redshirted his freshman season last year, and junior college transfer Blaine Maxfield, are the two leading candidates to replace Gaynor at center. At the left guard spot, the leading candidate is junior Andrew Kroeker, who played a reserve role last season. Junior Brian Donoghue and sophomore Matt Motherway, a redshirt last season as a freshman, will compete with Kroeker for the starting spot. Others who may contribute include left tackle Eli Burriss, right tackle Jeff Cronshagen and right guard Joe Fairchild, a converted tight end.
The Defensive Line
"The losses on the defensive line are substantial," says Willingham. "The three players we lost from last year - Jason White, John Hebert and David Carder - brought more to the team than just their play on the field." The three returning defensive linemen who must spearhead the group in 1996 include fifth-year senior tackle Pete Swanson and junior ends Carl Hansen and Kailee Wong. Hansen was among the league leaders in quarterback sacks (eight) and tackles-for-loss (10), but in order for the Cardinal to show marked improvement from a year ago, Hansen must have help in putting pressure on the quarterback and controlling the line of scrimmage. Both Wong and Swanson are experienced veterans who must take their game to another level if Stanford is to compete for national recognition. At nose tackle, junior Anthony Willis, senior Evan Wagner and sophomore Desmond Cook will battle for the top spot. Senior Bryan Werner, a two-year letterman, will back up both Wong and Hansen at defensive end. His ability to stay healthy throughout the season will be a key factor in Stanford's success on the defensive line. Sophomore tackle Andrew Currie has shown the ability to provide quality depth as has sophomore end Konti Pellegrin. Sophomore Tony Vella, who converted from tight end during the spring, is another active lineman who should be able to add quality minutes off the bench.
The Outside Linebackers
Senior Brian Batson returns as the Cardinal's starter at its one outside linebacker position. Batson has started 19 games at OLB the last three years and is the most experienced player at this position on the team. Senior Nicodemus Watts, a three-year letterwinner, has become an outstanding special teams player but his improved play at outside linebacker would be a tremendous asset to the Cardinal defense this season. Sophomore transfer Donnie Spragan, who came to Stanford this past January from UOP, was very impressive during the spring and he has put himself in position to compete for the starting spot. Sophomore Marc Stockbaur, who redshirted his freshman season last year, will also battle for playing time.
The Inside Linebackers
Junior Chris Draft opened some eyes around the Pac-10 last season and his development into a dominant player in '96 will help bolster what may be an area of strength on the defense. Draft, who doubles as an outfielder on the Cardinal baseball team, was among the league leaders with 103 tackles last season. Draft will spearhead a three-man rotation at the two inside linebacker spots which include juniors Jon Ritchie and Jon Haskins. Ritchie, a transfer from the University of Michigan who had to sit out last season, was moved from fullback to inside linebacker late last year. He has all the talent to become an outstanding defensive player and if he can adjust to his new position rapidly, the Cardinal will be stocked with three quality ILBs. Haskins has played a lot of football for Stanford the past two seasons and he, too, has the ability to become a dominant player in 1996. Sophomores Sharcus Steen, Brian Toner and Adam Cabell will also be in the hunt for playing time and should contribute in 1996.
The Defensive Backs
Three of Stanford's four starters from last year's secondary return in 1996, but the Cardinal still finds itself lacking in depth at the one open cornerback spot. Senior Leroy Pruitt returns for his third season in the starting lineup at cornerback, but replacing Kwame Ellis at the other corner position will be critical to Stanford's success in '96. Seniors Josh Madsen at free safety and Eliel Swinton at strong safety return in 1996 after coming off fine seasons a year ago. Madsen and Pruitt both finished tied for second in the Pac-10 with four interceptions apiece while starting all 12 games last season. Madsen was among the league leaders in tackles as well with 91 - third best on the team. Swinton started the final nine games in 1995 and finished fourth on the team with 66 total tackles. He is an experienced defensive back who has played all four positions in the secondary during his Cardinal career. The open cornerback spot will likely be manned by junior Corey Hill, who has played a lot of football for Stanford in nickel and dime situations the past two years, or senior Alistair White, who moved over from free safety during the spring. Junior strong safety Kadar Hamilton and senior free safety Charles Young, both of whom have spent time in the starting lineup during their careers, will fill backup roles in 1996 along with sophomores Tim Bass and Robert Latham and senior Greg Hairston. Sophomore Tim Smith, who was a redshirt freshman quarterback in 1995, was moved to wide receiver and then free safety during the spring. His ability at free safety opened some eyes during the spring and, at 6-4 and 220, he may be able to contribute immediately in 1996. Sophomore Frank Primus was moved from wide receiver to cornerback during the spring and he, too, may be able to be a contributor this season.
The Kickers
Eric Abrams, a First-Team All-Pac-10 pick last season and the school's all-time leading scorer, has manned the placekicking chores for Stanford the past four seasons. His departure leaves the Cardinal in search of a quality placekicker. Sophomore Patrick Shinnefield, who redshirted his freshman season a year ago, will compete with junior Kevin Miller, the Cardinal's starting punter in '95, for the starting assignment this season. Shinnefield enjoyed an outstanding prep career, but is yet untested in a Cardinal uniform. The punting duties will again fall in the hands of Miller, who averaged 37.4 yards per punt in 1995.


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In the first home match for the program, the UCLA sand volleyball team hosts fellow first-year squad Nebraska on Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica.
The address of the Beach House is 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402. Admission to the match is free. Information on Annenberg is available here.
The Bruins recorded their first-ever victory over Loyola Marymount last Saturday at USC, winning four of the five matches. Last Sunday, juniors Meg Norton and Kelly Reeves finished second in the USC bracket-style tournament.
Thursday's match will have the #4 and #5 doubles pairs playing at 1 p.m., followed by #3 and a possible #6 exhbition contest at 2 p.m. and the #1 and #2 doubles at 3 p.m.
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In John Misto's Dark Voyager the salacious lives of golden era movie stars are laid bare. Brimming with razor sharp, witty lines, the laughs come hard and fast in this high energy camp comedy. In truth though, I'm glad the playwright took the comedic route, because if it were a drama, it would be terribly depressing.
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