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The Loire Valley is perhaps one of the most underrated and unexplored (by most Americans) wine producing regions in France. So often eclipsed by the bombast of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhone, if it is known at all, the Loire tends to be known for its famous Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre. Yet the region, which is the largest white wine producing region in France, and the third largest winegrowing appellation (AOC) in the country, also produces many excellent red wines, chiefly from Cabernet Franc.
The most dominating feature of the Loire Valley must be the river itself, France's longest and the last major river in Europe to remain un-dammed. The river cuts deep through dozens of different geologies spanning millions of years, from limestone and travertine to schist and granite, giving rise to many varied growing regions that spread outwards from the backbone of the river like shelf mushrooms on a tree.
About halfway along the Loire's meandering march to the sea lies the town of Saumur, which lends its name to the large AOC appellation that spreads southwards from the town away from the river. The town (and indeed, many of its wineries) is build atop what is known locally as tuffeau, a calcareous rock similar to limestone (but more porous) which provides excellent drainage for vines and excellent caves which the locals use for storing their wine, much of which is a sparkling wine made from Chenin Blanc that requires extended bottle aging similar to Champagne.
One of the other salient features of modern Loire winegrowing involves the unusually high proportion of winemakers using organic and biodynamic winegrowing methods. And one of the two men chiefly responsible for that was a man named Francois Bouchet, who up until his recent death was France's leading Biodynamic viticulture and winemaking consultant. Bouchet, who wrote what many consider to be the first real how-to guide to Biodynamic winemaking, consulted for biodynamic wineries all over Europe as well as some of the top producers in France, such as Domaine Leflaive, Domaine Leroy, and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. When he wasn't flying about helping winemakers remember how many times to stir their silica solution in each direction, he was at home making wine with his son Mathieu at their tiny Domaine de Chateau Gaillard.
The estate consists of only about 12.5 acres of vines, which are farmed, as one might imagine, according to the strictest principles of Biodynamics, which involve, among other things, the complete absence of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or additives of any kind. The estate's vines, which are some of the oldest in the region (some more than 80 years old) produce naturally low yields, which means that the estate produces only about 2000 cases of wine each year, only about 100 of which make it into the United States.
Mathieu Bouchet continues to run the estate just as it always has been. According to the dictates of Biodynamics, the wines are never racked, fined, or filtered before they are bottled. Bouchet continues to age the wines for several years only in large neutral oak casks, resulting in very little oak influence in the wines.
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Medium to dark purple in the glass, this wine resembles many red wines just before they are bottled - deep and shining with grapey color. The nose carries a deep aroma of what might best be described as: mud. Wet, wet earth combined with hazelnuts. In the mouth it is bright, tight, and tart, with excellent acidity and a juicy cassis and sour cherry fruit that is married to a drying-chalkboard flavor which lasts long into a finish. This is not a deep, nor a complex wine, but it is no simpleton. Like many of its fellows in the Loire, it is a working-class wine with no pretentions at anything more - a fine dinner companion.
Food Pairing:
This versatile wine will go with a lot of things, though because of its dry, tanginess I don't suggest it be served with anything spicy. Salty or sweet would be better, and I suggest salty. It might be a beautiful match for this spice rubbed quail.
Overall Score: 8.5
How Much?: $19
This wine is available for purchase on the internet. It is imported by Weygandt and Metzler.
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Virginia Plain
31 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
+61 9290 0400
Now that semester one is almost done and dusted, I can happily look to my blog backlog folder to occupy those cold Melbourne nights with. That is, once I've finished with season three of Game of Thrones (PLEASE NO SPOILERS OR I'LL BEHEAD YOU AND FEED YOU TO A PACK OF DIREWOLVES!). In the mean time, here is long-awaited review of Virginia Plain.
Sounding like a character from a Louisa May Alcott book*, Virginia Plain has caused a bit of stir among the Melbourne's Twitterati. With a European-influenced menu consisting of not-overly-expensive dishes and Marco Santucci, the former owner of the Carlisle Wine Bar, behind the wheel, I can see why. And with that, I gathered Daisy and Dave up for dinner towards the tail end of last year (Yes, I know. Lag much?).
They were playing songs by The Smiths all throughout our meal. While that alone would have received two thumbs up for me, I'm going to give them extra props because Morrissey happened to be playing at Festival Hall that night (AND OMG WHY DIDN'T I GET TICKETS?!) and I couldn't help but think that they played his band's songs on purpose. Nice work. We also loved the granite-topped bar and banquettes that made Virginia Plain a comfortably sophisticated eating house that was nice enough to take your missus to for her birthday, yet casual enough for three chumps wanting dinner on a Thursday night.
Dave and I started off with wines. I can't remember what I had, but it was most likely a Riesling.
Daisy was tweeting and Instagram-ing during this time. Before we knew it, a Smoked Negroni appeared in front of us compliments of the bar. I guess I should use this opportunity to thank Matt Beyer, former Masterchef contestant, front of house dude and social media extraordinaire for being on Twitter at the right time and was quick to act. Smooth, mate, smooth.
The Smoked Negroni contained an intoxicating mixture of West Winds Cutlass, Carpano Antica Forumla, Averna and Campari along with Virginia Plain's 'secret smoke mix of herbs and spice', which I suspected was mostly made up of lapsang souchong ( Chinese smoked tea).
We started off with warm bread and olive oil…
…before moving onto Rolf Beeler Sbrinz macaroni croquettes ($8).
Yes, I know you see croquettes on the menu of every second restaurant in Melbourne now but I like them, OKAY? (and apparently so does Melbourne).
'What's with the odd name?' you ask. Well, the Sbrinz is a hard Swiss cheese made with unpasteurised cows' milk. After aging for four years, the result is a lovely smooth nutty flavour which lends well to creamy croquette fillings such as this one.
Equally impressive was the David Blackmore wagyu bresaola board, served with buffalo ricotta and house-made grissini ($19). The combination of salty and nutty bresaola and puffy bits of ricotta was just beautiful.
Onto the mains! Dave ordered the 300g wagyu rump steak (BMS 5+) with mixed leaf salad and hand-cut chips ($36). The steak was cooked well and the chips were fat and crunchy. That said, it was one of those dishes that got boring pretty quickly. I wasn't sure whether it was the steak or the salad, or just us being really difficult (probably just us).
Daisy's free range Milawa chicken Kiev, confit leg, asparagus and foie gras velouté ($32) sounded intriguing but I was surprised to find that it was my least favourite of the night. I had no issues with the way the chicken was cooked (it might have been slightly bland but it wasn't dry, so fine) but the execution of the dish was a bit awkward. In particular, I thought the addition of foie gras velouté was odd.
My whole deboned Yarra Valley rainbow trout, summer green salad and caper butter ($35) was, thankfully, a lot better. I gave huge props to spectacular presentation and I loved the caper butter that went with it. I did find the fish erring on the dry side though and like Dave's steak, it was one of those dishes that one gets bored with quickly (I almost did).
That said, I should get mad props for being able to almost finish it.
We shared three different desserts. The first dessert was the gingerbread donuts with Tasmanian red cherries and pistachio ice cream ($14). I'm a sucker for all those ingredients so I knew I was going to like this dish. Okay, so I can't say that I've had gingerbread donuts but I don't mind gingerbread and I LOVE donuts so it would be silly to think that I wouldn't like it, right?
While I thought the pistachio ice cream tasted more like almond jelly than actual pistachios, I did enjoy this dessert very much. The kitchen made use of the season's plump cherries and the donut bits provided a lovely Moorish crunch to each bite.
We also enjoyed a warm chocolate mousse, orange granita and green apple ($14). While this dessert was nice in a pleasantly cute Charlotte York kind of way but it didn't wow me as much as the first dessert – and I'm normally one to prefer lighter, fruitier desserts. I wasn't sure if it was because the thought of apples and chocolate in the same dish just makes me ill or if it was because of the mousse – I was expecting something light and airy but instead we received something resembling chocolate sauce.
The blueberry mille-feuille, sponge cake and carrot top ice cream ($14) wasn't bad either but again, it didn't wow me. I also didn't see the point of the whole carrot top ice cream which I thought tasted pretty dimensional. While I understand that Virginia Plain probably created it for the shock factor, it did nothing for me except make me think of Carrot Top *shudder*
While we enjoyed our starters, we were slightly let down by our mains with only the gingerbread donut dessert reviving our experience. That said, I wouldn't rule out another visit. The service was fantastic (props should go to Matt Beyer for being so lovely) and the prices are actually quite reasonable given that the restaurant is on very competitive Flinders Lane. I am keen to try their winter menu (quail and mushroom terrine, anyone?) so I'll pop by when I am motivated enough to crawl out from under my doona… and I'm going to bloody stay away from anything with carrot top in it!
*It's not. 'Virginia Plain' is actually a song by British glam rock group, Roxy Music.
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LOL I love any blog post that makes reference to the bizzarity that is carrot top! And when I think of the name I think of the Roxy Music song! 😛Reply
The starters really did hit the spot, from the screen that is 😉
Great review!
Shame you weren't able to try the Chocolate fondant dessert – it was so gooey and decadent when I went, yum! And I wouldn't be able to get carrot top out of my mind when eating the ice cream.. haha ew.Reply
Aaaah, gingerbread and pistachio in one dessert! Also, caper butter? I'll take that. i've been known to eat capers by the spoonful.Reply
YAY great review and can't believe I still haven't posted about it ~ It was a good night and Matt is definitely very nice but I agree that carrot top dessert wasn't impressive at all…so glad they took it off the menu last time when I went back hehe
I think I enjoyed it the second time more as well, with the foie gras cigars maybe it's because they've been open for longer? They've run into things a bit better? ~Reply
Well done on being able to (almost) finish that trout! I'm impressed, haha. And those gingerbread donuts look amazing!Reply
I LOVE GINGERBREAD TOO!!! gingerbread donuts, omg, i need to get some now!Reply
Welcome to the horrid new world of no happy endings oh new GoT fan Loving your references!Reply

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Saturday & Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm
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100+ artists
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From the café's offerings of bakery items, cookbooks, Momofuku merchandise, and baking mixes we bought three cookies in Blueberry and Cream, Compost, and Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow, as well as their B'day Truffles.
|Clockwise from top: B'Day Truffles, Blueberry and Cream Cookie, Compost Cookie
Our favourite by far was the Blueberry and Cream Cookie. It's soft, chewy, and perfectly flavoured--not too sweet and the blueberry and cream flavours combine beautifully.
Compost Cookie lives up to its name. It's surprisingly good considering that it's made with chocolate, butterscotch, oats, salt, coffee grounds, graham crust, potato chips, and pretzels.... and it's name. Each ingredient is present without being overwhelming or downright disgusting.
The Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow Cookie doesn't lie either, although could probably use a snappier name. The story here is one we've heard before--how does it work? No idea, but we're not gonna question it.
Their B'Day Truffles are sweeter than a sneezing baby panda. They taste like cookie batter with sprinkles and 400 grams of sugar but may just be your cuppa tea (/choice of baked good) if you have a major sweet tooth.
Milk is the kind of place that you wish was a chain but also don't ... on one hand, it would be a dream come true to be able to pick up a Blueberry and Cream cookie whenever the craving hits (a.k.a. everyday), but on the other hand ... never mind, there isn't another hand.


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ZooKeeper synchronizes machines across various processes within large clusters. It is one of the cloud based technologies that is gaining notable acceptance. The biggest public adopters include Rackspace, Yahoo and Zynga.
Imagine maintaining configuration information that each machine in a 1000 node cluster must be aware of and sensitive to any changes. ZooKeeper is specifically for solving these types of problems.
Often building applications within a cloud infrastructure can focus on the functionality and business requirements and short change the small details that large processes involve. For example, imagine a hotel company that had a large cluster designed to process business intelligence information about its customers and hotel stays. Within this BI application, perhaps there is a Booking Demographics Report process that depends on a sub process that runs a statistical algorithm on customer and booking information. Perhaps this process is close to real time so is constantly processing new data. The Booking Demographics Report though would have to wait or block on the sub process. If each of these processes involved the coordination of multiple machines, ZooKeeper would maintain that organization and make seamless integration of a hierarchy of processes possible.
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So many are closing the door on the previous year and welcoming the promise of a new one. Some of us do this with resolutions, cleaning house, perhaps with one little word. This year I'm doing it with a picture-a-day. Have you heard of a 365-project? There are many forms, but the basis is taking one picture a day for an entire year. It can be a shot of anything, done with film, DSLR, or camera phone. Some brave souls embark on 365 self-portraits. Some begin on January 1st, others on their birthday, or any random day when you are ready. It is a big commitment. One that can impart a lot of stress if not taken on with some humility and self-kindness.
I attempted a 365 project in 2010 … and failed. A long winter, the drain of 3 young kids, and daily dramas led to my throwing in the towel. I was pretty disappointed in myself, but in retrospect it was the right decision. I wasn't ready yet. Then in 2010, with new resolve and a solid dose of realism, I tried again. December 31, 2011 I finished. Would you like to see a little bit?
I won't lie — it was hard. Hard to stay motivated. Hard to shoot on sick days, busy days. Hard to look at a shot that I felt I could have done better. Hard to think I'd captured one thing, only to find, late in the day while processing, that it didn't turn out anything like I'd expected (yes this can still happen when shooting in the digital age! that LCD is small!). Toward the end I was just trying to finish and say I'd made it. Then I took a morning to make a video of the entire year (you can see it here). And it transformed the experience. I'd heard others talk of this, but didn't believe until it happened to me. I got weepy, and I am not a weepy gal.
I've gained a lot by this experience. I mentioned some of the benefits before, but I was surprised how different I felt when I looked at the project as a whole. Do you think it's time to begin this journey? Then join US! Several of The Creative Mama contributors are embarking on a 365 project — although beware, this is a leap year so it really is a 366 project!. To foster your creativity and support you with a community, we've created a group to share your images and chat about your experience on Flickr, a photo sharing website. The group is a public group, anyone can join. If you already participate on Flickr, you can find us here, or go to flickr.com and set up an account.
There are tons of ideas on the internet to help you with your 365 journey. Our own Stacey Woods wrote about approaching your project with an eye on gratitude. Along those same lines, there is a Flickr group who focuses on a year of living positively. There are sites dedicated to 365 projects that can help you get started, or guide you on how to archive and present your completed project. You can find advice from experienced 365-ers. Using your iPhone and Instagram can be a great way to make your project simple. There are tons of options for making prints and books from your instagram photos. And you can share them with The Creative Mama by adding the hashtag #creativemama366.
There are no rules, except those you set for yourself. And don't be surprised if you find them changing along the way. However you approach it, don't let it overwhelm you — just jump in and figure it out as you go! Join a Flickr community, share on your blog or start a photoblog, post in Instagram — but start documenting your life. You will be amazed at what you find.
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I've had three jobs in my life, started at age 19 as a nurse(LPN) then left that job to be with my life partner(still with him too!), started working as a sales clerk/dispatcher in a gravel quarry in the city, and when we moved home to the country I became a laborer in the Christmas Tree industry. It was seasonal work and it was nice to have the winters off but we've struggled financially for years. I'm tired of fighting and scraping to pay every bill, I need a full time job for a few years. I'd like to retire without a lot of dept.
Thing is...I'm scared! I'm very shy around new people and don't have a heck of a lot of self confidence in new situations. I'm always so afraid to make a major error .I embarrass easily . I've not had to travel in the winter and a new job will require driving 30-40 minutes .
I'm a hard worker, I don't take time off and I usually adjust to whatever is asked of me..I know I can do this but none the less...I'm terrified.
I wish I'd made better life decisions when I was younger...but I can't go back. On that note, I'm off to Spark away the day. The weather is better here, no wind and only -10, sun is shining and snowshoes are waiting! Life really is good.
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CATINCJ ...gee that sounds interesting. I have always wanted to work from home and when i got my first computer that was my plan..it never materialized but I would like it even more now. I've never heard of anyone doing that in this area but I will check it out for sure. Interestingly enough ..I was searching the job bank whe the notification of your post came!!!
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Wow, at 60 - I can relate.
Since you have a medical background, how about checking into Medical transcription that you can do on-line from your home?
There are a lot of rip-off 'work from home' out there you'll want to avoid, but there are some legit ones as well. You might want to research it in your local area to see what the medical facilities use and see if you can get into it.
Elder care is another area where medical background helps (but is not always necessary).
Good luck. You can do it.
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good luck, I think you have the tools to get a job that is secure, caregiving is one thing that can not be out sourced, so you see you are fortunate, also try for one that has a 401 or pension that you can contribute to, because, just because you are not employed does not mean the bills don't keep coming in
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There is a big demand for caregivers in our area. The pay scale is $10 and hour plus mileage. I live in WA State. The other thing you can do is start a cleaning business and charge $10 or $15 an hour, depending on where you live. I used to do that when we lived in a mobile home park and made good money. I could just pull my little cart all over the neighborhood. I have always preferred working alone as I don't do well with a boss hanging over my head. LoL
Keep looking, you will find something.
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Thanks Elllie, good luck to you too!
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I am kind of in the same situation. I worked hard but took time off to have and raise to adult 3 wonderful children. My hd, just recently, had to take early retirement. I would like to at least get a part time job but most feel I have done nothing for the last 25 years. Looking for that impossible job. Good luck!
You will do well. Go for what you want. I know you can do it!
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HEILU753 I have thought about that . It would mean retaking the LPN course as far as I can figure out. There are things in hospitals now that weren't there when I worked 30 odd years ago. I only did it for 5 years .I really can't afford the cost of the course . I will apply at some nursing homes to see if they will take me as a caregiver of some sort. I have just recently finished being a caregiver to a lady locally, my bosses mom, she died in Nov.
Sometimes I feel like I have no skills to offer and no brain to think with...I've been in the trees too long, I should have made a move years ago.
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since you worked once as an LPN, isn't there a way to go back there? I could imagine your still got your basics (the caring part for people) and the rest should be alright to get in. Normally LPN's, Nurses etc who are away for years are having a good induction
It could be you looked into it yourself and you might live to far away from caring facilities. I wish you all the best, good luck and god bless
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The West Coast Conference announced on Monday, March 3 that BYU guard Tyler Haws is its Player of the Year.
This is the first WCC POY award for Haws, a 6-foot-3-inch, 190 pound junior from Alpine, Utah.
Haws' award was a nice surprise even though he was named to the all-conference team in pre-season as well.
Tyler is very deserving of this honor. He's had huge offensive games, he's had an increased role defensively and he does so much to help us win games," BYU coach Dave Rose said in a statement. "To be the guy that everyone tries to stop every night and to be as consistent as he's been certainly deserves this type of recognition."
Haws averages 23.5 points per game for the Cougars, third-best in the country as of Monday, March 3. The Cougars are currently 21-10 overall and on the NCAA Tournament bubble -- but are in the tournament according to USA Today.
Haws' Player of the Year award is the first any BYU Cougar has won as a member of the West Coast Conference.
Sophomore forward Kyle Collinsworth was also named to the All-Conference first-team along with Haws and center Eric Mika was selected to the conference's all-freshman squad.
Haws will next lead his No. 2 seeded Cougars into the West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas -- set to begin later this week at Orleans Arena.
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What is going on in Northern California? The region that gave so much to the history of rock'n'roll, from Janis Joplin to Jefferson Airplane to the Grateful Dead, has fallen into the flood and fire season of mass-marketed globalism, with hip-hop driving the big cars, and now something called "California soul" is called, by at least one music scribe, a "sub-genre."
Fortunately, a corner of the San Francisco music scene is holding out, where the vintage sounds remain true, and you can still create music cast to the sea breezes and rogue waves of the Big Sur.
That society includes Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, a relatively new group with an old sound. Leader of a pretty liberated endeavor, Bluhm fronts five male backing musicians with deep resumes of their own and a knack for classic rock, R&B and folksy blues roots older than she is. But her tastes flow that way anyway, she says. With the band consisting of her husband, Tim, on the keyboards and guitars, Deren Ney and David Mulligan on guitars, Steve Adams on bass and Mike Curry on drums, they are now ambassadors of "California soul." Which is, actually, mixed nuggets of a lot of stuff, leaning to the left.
Just the other day, Bluhm says, she was listening to J.J. Cale as well as Joni Mitchell's album, "Court and Spark." And as far as leading a band that makes one think of Bonnie Raitt's cover of the Nick Lowe classic, "Me and the Boys," Bluhm is road-tested and tough. "I think it's hard, challenging to be a strong woman," she says. "But I don't think it's that much different than the software industry or acting ... On the music side of it, if you are good, you are good. But on the business side of it, that's where I see the rub."
On this day, just a week or so before the start of a new tour, the members of the band are more or less scattered to the western winds. Nicki Bluhm is in a van somewhere between Chico, Calif., and the Pacific Ocean; her husband, Tim Bluhm, is preparing to perform in Denver with his own 20-year-old band, the Mother Hips (coming out with a new album, "Chronicle Man," July 15); and another guitarist, Dave Mulligan, is near some beach in Maui, waiting for the call to come in.
Nicki Bluhm says, over the choppy link of a cell phone call from somewhere in Northern California, that the tour will take the band to Chicago, New York and all over the West, especially Colorado, where the mountain hippie ethos reigns supreme. The Gramblers have made good use of the summer festival circuit, and this year they will be playing in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June.
Asked about the health of the Bay Area music scene, she tries to be helpful. "It depends," she says. Suddenly asked to be a musicologist, you can hear the curves and hazards of the road in her voice. "There's a lot of different styles, and it's pretty healthy with the number of musicians, but I'm not sure what we are doing is exceedingly popular right now. There are a healthy number of musicians, but there are a lot of kids who are into bigger sounds, bigger beats. I tend to draw further back, people like Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Linda Ronstadt."
In fact, two of the songs the band covers includes Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and Roy Orbison's, "Blue Bayou," which Rondstadt made into a hit. Bluhm is a fan of the Grateful Dead, since her brothers were into that band when they were growing up in the Bay Area in the 1980s and 1990s.
"We all have different reasons for knowing that music," she says. "We all have a little touch of grey in us."
With an album that indicates an eclectic mix of styles, from rhythmn-and-blues, to rock'n'roll with a kind of early 1970s sentiment to perhaps a dose of Stevie Nicks, the band includes four songwriters, which creates a lot of variety. Many more songs are on the way for a new album.
"We just did some pre-production for the next record," she says. "It was exciting to do the new material and it's nice to have multiple writers."
Bluhm began recording songs with husband Tim Bluhm seven years ago and another Dead-head friend, Deren Ney, an acquaintance going back to childhood. The elements of the Gramblers began to form up a year later. The band played with her husband on the keyboards a year ago. But at that point, according to Mulligan, the band had only been playing together for a little more than a year. The self-titled "Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers" album is the production of a musical association, group-wise, of a fairly short amount of time.
"We have a lot more shows under our belt now," says Mulligan, who is from Arizona and has friends and family in Flagstaff. "At the time we had put the album out, we had only been touring for a year. Since then we have learned what works live, and that has informed the energy between us."
Mulligan says if there's one element that has brought the band together, it's a love for Mr. Bluhm's band, the Mother Hips.
"We have all been seeing the Mother Hips shows since we were 18 years old or younger," he says. "It's that 1970s folk; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, the Everly Brothers, the early Beegees, that West Coast vocal style. Tim's production style takes a unique approach with the vocals and the harmonies. In the time since we started playing together, with the harmonies, once we got that clicking, we got addicted to exploring the possiblities with the vocals."
Compared to the way the opening track to the CD was recorded, "Little Too Late," with the wonderful Tim Bluhm-penned chorus, "It's a little too late to die young," one can see the progress the band has made in the live performances. On the late-night show with Conan O'brien in November, Mrs. Bluhm, with the tambourine in her hands and cowboy boots on her feet, just seems to float soulfully and seductively on the subtle country-rock wings created by the band. Other web searches reveal both the Gramblers and the Mother Hips as a diversified collective of musicians with some pretty big-name connections: Tom Petty, the Black Crows, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir.
Nicki Bluhm credits her husband for making it all happen, and the music they make is now referred to as that sub-genre, "California soul."
"It was a very organic progression," she says of their relationship. "I was doing some teaching and taking care of houses. When I met my husband, he encouraged me to do open mics and I gradually became more confident." She realized she was a professional musician "when you look at your schedule and you realize you don't have time for anything else."
The Bluhms started making records together after the Mother Hips had experienced a rebirth, recording two albums as a duo and contributing to a country music project called "Brokedown in Bakersfield." The Gramblers got a tremendous boost in popularity when they put a series of videos called the "Van Sessions" on Youtube.com. At the point, the self-taught frontwoman appeared to have the charisma and charm of an onstage natural. Yes, California soulman Mr. Bluhm has some eye for talent.
"Tim was with the Mother Hips and he took a chance with me," she says. "I got lucky that he did."
Fortunately, in the biz, good fortune follows a catchy tune, and great optics and a big 'ol voice don't hurt. With a persistent backdrop called the "Golden Gate Bridge" and a songwriting style of country-rock'n'soul with burbling Hammond B3 organ, '70s style electric piano, vintage Gibsons and Fender amps, and a fresh singer who reminds you of a lot of people, when things take off at each bridge to the tune, followed by some pretty impertinent and bluesy folk rock riffs, you get the sense that, damn, this all must sound great live.
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers refresh San Francisco Bay area rock'n'soul
What is going on in Northern California? The region that gave so much to the history of rock'n'roll, from Janis Joplin to Jefferson Airplane to the Grateful Dead, has fallen into the flood and fire season of mass-marketed globalism, with hip-hop driving the big cars, and now something called "California soul" is called, by at least one music scribe, a "sub-genre."


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The fact is that some days ago, strange things started do happen. Server Load gets high, even when there is just a few requests/sec, and some httpd processes eats 100% cpu.
Other times, "top" doesn't show processes causing high server load, but the "Service Status" page on whm, shows high load.
Other thing that happened also, is that the server sometimes looks very slow to access whm or SSH, but I can access the websites hosted on it, and they load pretty fast, like if everything was normal, even with a high load.
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One strange thing that I noticed, is the "Blocks Written/Sec"
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I think the Blocks Written/Sec is higher then normal. The server hosts a popular photo effects website, so it gets a lot of traffic, but I think its strange...
Apache is optimized, with the same configurations, and the same visitors that the server was before the problems started.
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Vile Visitors is popular children's author Diana Wynne Jones' book of two stories.
'Who got rid of Angus Flint?' is a story about those mysterious friends every family has; you know they are friends but they are so obnoxious you wonder why. Angus has come to stay for a short while – but outstays his welcome immediately. He complains about everything and believes everything he says is profound. After a while the furniture rises up in rebellion and wreaks its revenge.
In 'Chair Person', the family friend is Marcia who is always so busy organising everything that she has no time to actually do any of it and it falls to those around her. When an old chair is accidentally splashed with the liquid from a leaky crystal ball, it is consigned to the shed. Waiting for bonfire night, it comes to life and chaos ensues. The Chair Person knows many things – but mainly TV adverts. Eventually the spell is reversed and the chair lives out his existence in the church hall. The illustrations in Vile Visitors add to the charm, and newly confident readers with imagination will love them.


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Mike Woodson is out as coach of the Atlanta Hawks after the team was swept in the second round of the playoffs by the Orlando Magic.
ATLANTA - As Joe Johnson headed to the bench for perhaps the last time in an Atlanta uniform - booed mightily by his own fans, his team on the way to another blowout loss - it was hard to keep in perspective all the good things the Hawks did this season.
ATLANTA - The Orlando Magic are playing like a team that will settle for nothing less than its first NBA championship.
ATLANTA - After five straight years of steady progress, the Atlanta Hawks have run into a major roadblock in their quest to become one of the NBA's elite teams.
ATLANTA - The Orlando Magic kept up their dominating romp through the NBA playoffs, and the Atlanta Hawks can't do anything to stop it.
ATLANTA - Hunched over his desk and looking very much like a coach trying to find a way beat the NBA's hottest team, Mike Woodson kept shaking his head as he glanced at a television showing highlights from the Orlando Magic's latest win.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Maybe all the Orlando Magic needed after a slow start was a slap in the face.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson woke up Wednesday and watched a movie.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Stan Van Gundy turned to his assistant coaches on the Orlando Magic bench, unsure what to do with star Dwight Howard finally avoiding foul trouble and his team on his way to a blowout victory.
ORLANDO, Fla. - There has been no crowd for the games the Orlando Magic have been playing lately. No officials. No true opponent.
ATLANTA - With more than three minutes to go, the Atlanta Hawks began pulling their starters. Al Horford flapped his hands, egging on the already raucous crowd. Joe Johnson clapped for the fans, then dropped his head in what looked more like relief than celebration.
ATLANTA - Jamal Crawford was playing like a rookie, even though he's been in the NBA for a decade.
MILWAUKEE - Jamal Crawford saw the end to his series-long shooting slump coming, making a promise after the pregame shootaround: It'll be back tonight.
MILWAUKEE - Brandon Jennings says he's too busy for press conferences right now. The Bucks rookie point guard is preparing to try to win Game 6 of Milwaukee's first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks.
ATLANTA - With Andrew Bogut cheering from the bench while Brandon Jennings teamed with Kurt Thomas in a duo for the ages, the Milwaukee Bucks pulled within one win of an improbable first-round upset.
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The 9th District Court of Appeals overturned a 33-year-old Columbus woman's 2012 conviction that led to an 11-year prison sentence for having 2 kilograms of cocaine in the trunk of the vehicle she was driving on Interstate 71.
The appellate judges found the traffic stop that led to Isha S. Harper's arrest was conducted without reasonable suspicion that she had broken a law. In addition, the judges said Medina County Common Pleas Judge James L. Kimbler improperly denied a motion to suppress evidence.
Harper was arrested Oct. 19, 2011, by Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Ausse while she drove north on I-71 about 8 p.m.
Ausse said he stopped Harper for following a tractor-trailer too closely and found she had an outstanding warrant for driving under suspension.
Officers found the cocaine in the trunk of the vehicle Harper was driving, which was owned by her cousin, while taking inventory of its contents before impounding it.
A jury in June 2012 found Harper guilty of cocaine possession, a first-degree felony because of the amount. In addition, the amount of cocaine made her a "major drug offender" and netted her a mandatory 11 years in prison.
In her appeal and an earlier evidence suppression hearing, Harper's attorneys argued the cocaine was found during an illegal stop and search of the vehicle. The appeals court agreed, finding troopers provided contradictory reasons for pulling Harper over — so the search was illegal too.
Harper has been serving her sentence at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.
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Where has all the motivation gone?
Thursday, December 08, 2011
What happened to me?? I lost my motivation that was getting me through my new life situation (hubby working away from home and me being a "single mom" of three children). I was doing so good, and I remember how I was able to keep my cool during the stress...and than poof, it was all gone!
Now here I am, back up in weight, stressed out a lot, and yelling more than I should. I feel helpless and out of control of myself at times...this is not good, none of it!
What am I supposed to do? Well, for starters I can exercise again...and than change my eating habits. With those two small things I can see myself gaining control back...and the health benefits!
I need to drink my water instead of the nasty pop that I started drinking again...everybody talks about the energy they feel from water, and I always felt it too...and now its lacking with all my pop consumption. I want that energy back!
My exercise has become non-existent! This is not good at all! I owe not only a gym membership, but more than 10 exercise videos (one for every season, mood, etc), weights, bands, ball, high-speed internet with access to SP videos, heck even a treadclimber! Really, what is my excuse? Not a dang thing I guess! I can find the time, if I want to...and now I need to!
Food...how I love and hate thee...I was always the girl who could eat what she wanted, not exercise and still be thin...haha, I grew up and had kids! I can no longer be that girl, and those habits of not caring what I ate as a teen and early 20s girl need to stay in the past with the age! I NEED to pay attention to what I eat now! I can't just go grab a snack and say oh well. Not only are my bad eating habits weighing me down...literally...they are making me more tired. I am sure of this. I am not getting enough of the things I need, and too much of the things I don't. My body is mad and not functioning at the best of its ability. Very true fact and I know this as well as everyone else! (Now to do something about it than!)
Sooo...I KNOW what I need to be doing and not doing. I have the tools in front of me...WHY AM I NOT DOING IT!?!?!?!
Today is a new day...and my brain is yelling at me to change my ways...I just need to find the willpower and motivation to listen. I really plan to make changes...I got a tape measure and found out what my measurements are...ouch! I thought dealing with my weight was hard...that's the easy part to handle!
I am going to change...starting today...after a quick nap (hey I have a teething baby who has kept me awake for almost three nights straight...and she's still sleeping! I know I need sleep too, so I will take it when I can get it!)
Have a good day and MOVE your body...I will be!!
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I could have written this exact same blog last week. I've done all of the things that you have done to sabotage your success. Take it one step at a time and one change at a time. You will start to feel better and will be back on track in no time.
I think treating yourself to a nap is a good way to start. We've all dealt with lack of sleep and sometimes a good nap is the best gift.
Good luck getting back on track.
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I'm sorry you're feeling a lack in motivation! The lack of SLEEP, water & exercise would definitely do it! Sleep deprivation is NO JOKE, so I can totally feel ya there momma!!! Try to get in the water and NIX the soda and I can guarentee you'll already feel 5x better! Then get your blood pumping (in a good way, not an angry way =]=]) and you'll feel even BETTER!
Good luck with that teething babe! We're teething here too.. two year old molars.. YIPPEE.. NOT! =/
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The latest release from Paul McCartney isn't a song or CD, but a photo book chronicling his celebrated 2002 world tour. Each One Believing: On Stage, Off Stage and Backstage offers a behind-the-scenes peek into life on the road with Sir Paul, from his historic concert in Moscow's Red Square to foot soaks with the band.
The book features reflections by McCartney, his band and crew and hundreds of intimate photographs. Official tour photographer Bill Bernstein trekked across the world with the band from New York in the days following Sept. 11 to the rest of North America, Europe and Japan.
On the tour, McCartney revived tunes from his long career, including many from the late Beatles period that had never been performed on stage. "It was a great joy for me to look at these songs and rediscover them," he tells NPR's Michele Norris. "People assume that I remember all of them, but I've written too many, so I've got to look at them. I've got to listen to the record."
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- The cash could be deposited directly into the same brokerage account containing the shares. This is a common option. The dividend is actually paid to the broker who is the owner of the shares in street name who then splits it up and pays the various customers who have the shares. The cash can then be used for purchases in the future or (depending on the account type) withdrawn.
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After upgrading to Kubuntu 11.10, I'm no longer able to unlock my screen. The screen stays blank. Oddly, it seems I'm able to logout of my current session by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete Enter. Any advice?
I have a similar issue with 11.04 using the latest KDE. It would appear that the dialogue is somehow blocked by the screen saver. If you hit a button to invoke the login dialogue and type your password followed by enter the screen should unlock.


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A Bit About Me
Welcome to Teachers At Risk. OK, I'll admit the name Teachers At Risk is kind of a strange name for a blog. It's not really up-beat or cool. I'll be the first to admit that. But, you know it's really appropriate. I got the idea for that name Teachers At Risk from my son, Chris, who said to me one day , "Mom, your always talking about students who are at risk and all the things you do to try to help them. What about the teachers? Teachers are at risk too. I don't hear anyone talking about teachers at-risk. What's being done for them?" Good question I thought.
Part of my job as a special education teacher is to support students and their teachers by sharing any strategies and insights that I'm aware of that will help teachers help students. I was fortunate enough to have wonderful mentors early in my teaching career, and it made all the difference. I still love teaching (well, maybe not the paper work part of teaching) after almost thirty years in the classroom working with teenagers who are troubled, troublesome and troubling.
I've had some wonderfully interesting and challenging teaching assignments. I've taught teenagers in jail, in an open custody situation , in a vocational school, in regular public high schools and in a private school. I've learned a lot from my students and other teachers, and I want to share the insights and strategies that have earned me a Teacher of Distinction award. I want to mentor other teachers. So with moral support from my husband, Kurt, and technical support from our two children, Lisa and Chris who are just soooooo computer savvy, I became a blogger and Teachers At Risk was born at the beginning of August 2006.
The past eight years or so has been absolutely amazing. Readers are so encouraging and generous with their support. It's one thing for family to say well done-I mean they're family after all and you kind of expect some moral support from them, but when people you don't know give you positive feed back and encouragement that's a different thing.
There were lots of exciting moments for me because of my blog Teachers at Risk in the last eight years. Here are some
- still writing my edublog Teachers at Risk after more than eight years;
- having about 1 000 000 visitors during these six years from over 100 countries;
- becoming part of an on-line community of caring people that shares with and supports one another.
- developing an lively online professional learning community through my blog posts, emails and the comments of readers;
- having David Synder at The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development give Teachers At Risk a favourable review;
- having ASCD published a short piece I wrote about differentiating homework;
- having Sage Publishing purchase two of my articles from my blog to put into a textbook for preservice teachers;
- being able to share the cool stuff I've learned about the technical aspects of blogging and other digital technology; and,
- being nominated for Edublog's Best Individual Blog for 2008.
I completed my MEd – Teaching , Learning and Development in 2013. The journey was so positive. I hope to share some of the insights I gained along the way. I love being a teacher, and I love being a student. I feel blessed that I have been able to do both.
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ANNOUNCE: sai-shape-syb Generic mapping to homogeneous types (etc.)
Andrew Seniuk <rasfar <at> gmail.com>
This package provides some support for dealing with polytypic data. It lets you escape from the generics world and work with a homogeneous rose tree, which can sometimes be convenient.
I realise a more experienced programmer would probably do this differently, but anyhow it was useful to me and I've uploaded it.
There are some examples at
In particular, it supports GHC staged traversals, so for those trying to work with the GHC AST this might be a helpful tool for filtering, debugging, and suchlike.
Kind Regards,
Andrew Seniuk
rasfar on #haskell
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Anna Nicole Smith's supernatural sexAnna Nicole Smith claims she used to have sex with a ghost.
The busty model has revealed she had the supernatural sexual encounters several years ago - after mistakenly believing it was her boyfriend making love to her.
She revealed to America's FHM magazine: "A ghost would crawl up my leg and have sex with me at an apartment a long time ago in Texas. I used to think it was my boyfriend, then one day I woke up and found it wasn't."
Anna Nicole admits she was scared at first, but soon realised she had nothing to fear because the 'ghost' was giving her "amazing" sex.
She said: "I was freaked out about it, but then I was, like, 'Well, you know what? He's never hurt me and he just gave me some amazing sex, so I have no problem.'"
The sexy star recently confessed she was worried she has lost too much weight after shedding five stone while using appetite-suppressing diet pills called TrimSpa.
She said at the time: "I've lost enough weight, but I might have gone too far. I think I'm a little too thin now."
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Something that's becoming a common tool among many pastors is the iPad. I remember when you couldn't attend a pastor's conference without seeing the Scofield Reference Bible everywhere you looked; today it's the iPad that is ubiquitous. Many pastors are even using their iPad in place of paper notes in the pulpit; I tried it myself recently, and probably will again.
The website ProPreacher.com recently offered a post suggesting 10 commandments for iPad preaching. Here are the first four:
1. Thou shall turn off notifications.
The only thing worse than a cell phone ringing in the middle of a prayer is the preacher's iPad ringing in the middle of a prayer. Make sure to turn on the Do Not Disturb switch in Settings. I also turn on Airplane Mode just to make sure I don't have anything popping up from Wi-Fi. At one location where I preached, there was a very weak Wi-Fi signal to which I didn't have the password. A Wi-Fi connection message kept popping up while I was preaching. You don't want any distractions from the message God has given you.
2. Thou shall turn off auto-lock.
I have forgotten to do this a few times. Five minutes into the message my iPad blacked out. It totally threw me off. I had to pause what I was saying, open the iPad and swipe to unlock before resuming the message. This is even worse if your iPad is password protected. Always make sure to open Settings, tap General and set Auto-Lock to Never.
3. Thou shall lower the brightness.
If the stage is dark and the brightness is too high, your iPad will make your note stand glow. In addition, your face will light up like you are telling scary stories around a campfire. If you wear glasses, the iPad also will reflect off your lenses. Eliminate this distraction. Adjust brightness accordingly. The goal is easy readability for you while glowing low enough so the audience doesn't notice. A cool trick many people don't know is that you can invert the colors on the iPad to make the screen dark. In Settings, tap General, then Accessability, and switch Invert Colors to On.
4. Thou shall not draw attention to your iPad.
Don't show off your new gadget. Don't say, "Look at this amazingly awesome piece of technology. Don't you wish you were as cool as me?" You are not an Apple commercial. This is a tool to help you as you proclaim God's message. Don't let the iPad become a distraction from the main focus. I recommend getting a case that covers the logo. I use this amazing case that looks like a vintage book. Yes, it is as awesome as it looks. I definitely recommend it.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Here it is again, the start of a New Year and the beginning of so many New Year's Resolutions. I've never been one for resolutions or the way they make me feel, do it or you're a failure seems to be the mentality around them. I feel like this year though would be a good one to start a tradition of taking care of myself.
For the last few months I've felt like an old lady, much older than my age even. It hurts to walk, it is impossible to run, keeping up with my kids seems like a lesson in futility and I am ALWAYS tired. I've noticed that when people ask me how I am I'm telling them I'm tired more than anything else and thinking, isn't that something you hear people at the end of their lives saying?
I've made the choice to change it. I need to be an active mom and show my kids healthy habits. I want to feel good and hurt less (which goes hand in hand). This is my year to do so. I love myself enough to make the change.
I started by going out last night and getting my vitamins, protein power, skim milk and supplies. I'm not going to spend a lot on getting healthy; I shouldn't have to spend a lot to do it. It should be a part of my everyday life. I'd still like to get a journal to write down my progress and see trends when I'm having trouble.
- So far today I've had a good start and I feel good about the changes I'm making. I woke up and instead of having a large sugary cup of coffee I started with a 32 oz cup of water and drank it on my way to work. Not exactly the kick start that I wanted but it made me feel more awake none the less. I took my vitamins, washed my face and brushed my teeth then started off for work. I'm also trying to give up my terrible habit of chewing on ice, it�s making my teeth ache and I'm told it's really bad for me all around. Things feel good so far... Wish me luck!
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Publicity for the Strikeforce eight-man heavyweight tournament kicked into high gear with a presser at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Wednesday to promote this Saturday's night of fights at the Izod Center in New Jersey.
Set against a beautiful view overlooking the Hudson River, all eight participants including Fedor Emelianenko, Fabricio Werdum, Josh Barnett, Antonio "Big Foot" Silva, Andre Arlovski, Alistair Overeem, Sergei Kharitonov and Brett Rogers, were present to demonstrate the magnitude of the event, which airs on Showtime.
"When I look at them, I think, 'What a fine group of young men here. What fine, upstanding citizens,'" said former UFC heavyweight champion and PRIDE veteran Josh Barnett of his fellow tournament participants, "Quite attractive, well-dressed. I should think that when they get up in the morning, they should spend a little extra time thinking about what they've created for this world."
Jokes aside, there is no debating that the Strikeforce tournament houses some of the most accomplished names in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts: Dutch fighter Alistair Overeem currently holds three different titles as champion in Strikeforce, DREAM, and K-1; Fedor Emelianenko was the undisputed pound-for-pound king at heavyweight; Arlovski and Barnett both held the UFC heavyweight title at one point in their careers; and Fabricio Werdum was two-time champion at the ADCC world submission wrestling competition, as well as a two-time world jiu-jitsu champion.
"Sergei has titles from 32-man tournaments in Russia. That's a pretty impressive accomplishment in my book," explained Barnett.
Judging by the mood of the press conference, there will be no ear-biting or weigh-in scuffles between these combatants. There is genuine respect and admiration among them, simply because it will be extremely difficult for any of the fighters just to make it out of the first round. Injuries, licensing issues or other unforeseen circumstances could also knock the odd participant out of action, just as Jermaine Taylor and Andre Dirrell found themselves out of Showtime's Super-Six tournament. The contingency is for the winner of the Shane Del Rosario-Lavar Johnson bout this Saturday to become the first alternate should a replacement be needed.
Barnett also voiced criticism of the public perception that the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) stands alone as the only representative of top-tier MMA, saying, "At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where we fight, where we put this thing together…it's about the fighters themselves."
Fedor's loss to Werdum last June hung heavy over all of the proceedings. It was assumed that the title of world's best heavyweight had passed with Fedor's loss to the winner of the Brock Lesnar -Shane Carwin clash. But as a nearly defenseless Lesnar cowered in the fetal position during the first round against Carwin, his capability as a well-rounded martial artist was put in doubt, even in victory in that fight. Lesnar's reign was then cut short last October when American Kickboxing Academy standout Cain Velasquez demolished him at UFC 121.
At the moment, Cain Velasquez is out-of-action with a torn rotator cuff, and Junior dos Santos is set to face the already-beaten Brock Lesnar for the interim UFC heavyweight title. Due to these circumstances, all bets on the rightful heir to the heavyweight throne are off until someone strings together more than a handful of good wins.
This all brings us back to the pivotal question: who among the eight tournament participants has what it takes to come out on top? With Fedor facing Silva and Arlovski matched with Kharitonov, this Saturday we'll get a small hint of the shape of things to come. Audiences will be just as concerned with how victory is attained as they are with the results. The favorites could return to form, or be supplanted by fresh blood—and the underdogs could aim for upsets, or crumble as expected.
Beyond the hype, there is the potential for a compelling set of matches. Every man involved in the tournament will have the opportunity to make their case for themselves.
"Over here, we have the seven best fighters in the world," said Alistair Overeem, motioning across the stage. "The winner of this tournament is going to be the number one in the planet."
Brian J. D'Souza is a Canadian writer who has covered Mixed Martial Arts for ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, CagePotato.com, Heavy.com and FIGHT! magazine.
That Silva is one weird looking dude. I hope he gets his condition taken care of and I hope it's not going to kill him later on. Glad to see Fedor back in action. We'll see if he can come back from the Werdum loss. I would love to see tha punk Rickson Gracie fight these guys, though. Rickson feasted on fighters who weren't cross trained the way modern MMA fighters are. Rickson still talks some serious trash that disrespect these MMA fighters, including Fedor and Big Nog. I know Rickson is 52 now but for starters I'd like to see him fight Couture, who is very close to his age.
This HW tourney reminds me of the good ole days of PRIDE, which in my opinion was the pinnacle of MMA until its demise. A collection of who's who in the HW division. It's good to see Strikeforce gaining some momentum and stealing some of UFC's thunder...they aren't the only show in town anymore. To me this will determine who the #1 HW in the world is. Fedor has been one of my favorites since I first saw him make his debut in PRIDE...the man is a pure wrecking machine. My heart will be rooting for him to win it all. However, Overeem's been collecting wins/titles the last few years and just may add this tourney to his list...this would be huge since he just won the vaunted K-1 Grand Prix. I'm hoping to see the long anticipated clash between Fedor and Overeem in the semis, but neither can look past their first round opponents. My dark horse of the tourney is Josh Barnett.
HOLY CRAP!! Fedor looks like his face was hit by a brick! That was a fun fight. Edge of your seat stuff. Very nice!
I feel bad for Fedor but I'm happy for Silva. That guy's head is intimidating. He's monstrous. Strong guy. I only saw him fight once in a pretty boring fight on CBS I think it was the undercard of Fedor vs Rogers, not sure. But he's pretty well rounded. His ground skills were very good for a heavyweight his size and he seems to have a solid boxing base as well. As for Fedor, well I saw the fight on YouTube after I read the reports, it wasn't that bad of a loss. It was bad considering it was Fedor, but the articles would have you believe that Fedor got obliterated. He had a bad 2nd round, a very bad one at that. The highlight shown at ESPN made it seem like he got knocked out. But after getting pummeled under the full mount, Fedor regained his composure and managed to attempt a heel hook of some sort before the end of the round. And to his credit, he took his beating like a man and didn't fold the way Brock Lesnar did when he took several hard blows to the face. You still couldn't count Fedor out in that fight and despite the beating he took in that round, had he come out for the 3rd there's no telling what Fedor could've still done to turn things around. With that said, Fedor's inactivity has most definitely hurt him. This was his 4th fight in 2 years. In boxing nowadays that sounds about right, but there were some substantial layoffs during those 2 years, plus the fact that he's now in his mid-30's. He's definitely past his prime. He needs to re-focus and fight more regularly and perhaps take the Randy Couture route and not allow these setbacks to stop him.
After a close first round of standup Silva tackled Fedor in the opening seconds of the second. He never got up. Silva got on top and pounded Fedor's face into a swollen mess. His eye was closed, they had to stop it. If that was the end for Fedor he went out with alot of class.
Now That's the way I like my MMA,.. With Most matches ending in the first round.... no prolonged rolling around the canvas. Silva was slow and lumbering but technically sound enough to know how to not give away his advantage... and like a slow moving Iceberg he gradually ground his man down with his huge size and weight advantage..no wonder they call him BigFoot... It's time for the guy who looks simultaneously like a traditional old school Jesus portrait or a Terrorist (depending on your point of view) to call it quits... overall some good entertainment to fill in a slow boxing night... I'm sure I'll catch the finals,.. should be a blast too.
Silva's next opponent should try to land on the temple,... looks like a man could break his hand on that chin. The knee might work though.
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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First Light Project Launches with LED tube lights for Africa
- Newmark Holdings Retrofits 24 NYC Commercial Properties With Independence LED Lighting
- LED Light Manufacturer has Five Point Fix for our U.S. trade deficit with China
- Link to Watch INDEPENDENCE Lighting Up the Screen with LED Tubes on How It's Made Show
- How It's Made Shows INDEPENDENCE lighting up its Made in USA LED manufacturing
- US2 Lists American Made LED Light Fixtures by Independence LED on its GSA Schedule
The FIRST LIGHT PROJECT is one of the new service initiatives by Greater Philadelphia based Upper Main Line ROTARY and Independence LED, specifically to aid Developing Countries. The initiative is supported by product donation matches from Independence LED and fundraising though the ROTARY and other sources. The regional ROTARY Clubs have supported organizations like Power Up Gambia in the past. This fall, the First Light Project has forged a strategic relationship with Power Up Gambia to help Create Renewable Energy and also Reduce Wasted Energy. This dual approach is aimed at creating "Net-Zero" cost of operations facilities in the parts of the world that need it most for health care and education.
October NEWS:
November 14th Event: Power Up Gambia Fall Fundraiser with "First Light Project"
For event information contact: Lois Davidson, Director of Development – Power Up Gambia
firstname.lastname@example.com Tel: 484-602-5234
For First Light Project Details See:www.FirstLightProject.com
The primary focus of the First Light Project is to help Community Health Care and Education Facilities in the Developing World increase the amount of light and the quality of light while reducing the energy consumption and the operating costs. Many of the Hospitals, Clinics and Schools use the inefficient fluorescent tubes, and LED tube lights can reduce the energy cost by 50% or more. The LED tube lights for the First Light Project are American Made and meet the highest quality standards. The LED tube lights include a range of length, color temperature, wattage, and lens options for the cost-effective replacement of fluorescent tubes in a diverse range of applications.
The LED tube lights for clinics can serve as a means to support health care and education programs and classes in the Developing Countries. "We take light for granted in the industrialized world, and light is at its core is a means to foster a healthy body and mind. The diesel fuel used for generators and/or inefficient existing light sources contribute to Green House Gas Emissions, while LED tube lights help to reduce CO2 as well as reduce operating costs for clinics." – Charlie Szoradi – CEO, Independence LED
The Five Point Program Overview:
#1: Developing Countries face dire healthcare challenges.
#2: Doctors, Nurses and Staff simply need light to perform their jobs.
#3: Electricity is in short order in many Developing Countries, especially in remote villages.
#4: Reliable, long lasting and high efficiency LED tube lighting can help medical service providers perform their jobs.
#5: The high efficiency factor of LED tube lighting SAVES Money so that clinics can use the resources on critical medical supplies.
LED Tube TRACTION TO DATE in Africa
Background: Kebba Badgie, the CEO of the Sulayman Junkung General Hospital (SJGH) in The Gambia met with Charlie Szoradi, the CEO of Independence LED, in Philadelphia over the late summer of 2012 on a trip from Africa. Lois Davidson, the Development Director from Power up Gambia, made the introduction and Mr. Szoradi provided Mr. Badgie with a range of different length, wattage, and color LED tubes to test in different areas of the Hospital in The Gambia. The Hospital is the recipient of a Solar Photovoltaic System by Power up Gambia and the battery system to store the electricity is strained by the cycling fatigue day after day. The facility which operates 24/7 still requires ten hours per day of additional support by generators that use diesel fuel to power the lights. The diesel is very costly and the LEDs would reduce the electricity cost by 50% and reduce the cycle time on the solar batteries dramatically extending their life. For feedback on the first wave of LED tube lights installed in the Hospital in The Gambia see LED Tube Lights in The Gambia
For support information see www.PowerUpGambia.org and www.IndependenceLED.com


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Ten Off the Cuff Vol. III
We know you were waiting!!! Here are 10 more off-the-cuff things we think are pretty cool at M Resort that you should know about:
If you haven't dined outside on the Terzetto patio, it's a must. The view is great and the infinity pools are definitely cool. They also make a perfect aisle if you're looking for a unique spot to get married.
The obelisk out by the porte cochere is something you should take a gander at. It's made of bronze and kind of resembles a gun sight. If you follow its line, it travels through the lobby, out over the pool, across the main stage and out to the famous Las Vegas strip.
And how about that main stage? An amazing view for guests and performers alike.
Okay, okay, maybe it's just a ballroom, but it's a HUGE ballroom and you might not have even known it was here tucked away on the spa level. Reception after Terzetto patio ceremony? Yep.
There's no better motivation to get fit than gazing out over our spectacular pool. Our fitness center offers a view for aesthetics and to help you keep going.
Antique tractor in a casino? Cool.
You may not have known what you were looking at, but the tiles covering the columns and ceiling on the casino floor are mother of pearl.
Maybe you've never used it or even seen it, but there's a sweet glass elevator between the Lobby Bar and Oyster Bar - it travels down to the spa level and then further down to Hostile Grape.
That's right, M Resort has a gas station and you can use your iMagine Rewards points there. Nice.
Can't remember all the Triple Crown Winners? Who took the World Series in 1966? The walls at Vig Deli are covered in sports factoids to peak your interest or settle the debate.
Another 10! Check 'em out next time you visit us here at M!