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But the City Council caved in, and 14 months ago gave Enron the check, claiming at the time that this handout was a victory. To me, it was a hollow victory.
Snohomish County in the state of Washington was celebrating its own real victory June 29, 2006 because of a ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreeing that Enron was not owed the $122 million it wanted for energy that was never delivered, as was true in Palo Alto's case. FERC said in a news release that it was denying Enron's claim because the company's "financial fraud induced Snohomish to enter into the contract."
So Snohomish County doesn't have to pay anything, and Palo Alto had to pay $21.5 million and give up all claims on getting any money evermore for the Enron fiasco.
Councilmember Bern Beecham, who was city's point man in explaining the wisdom of the lawsuit settlement, said at the time that the city was lucky because it only had to pay the $21.5 million instead of the $50 million Enron wanted. And this week he said that Snohomish County was lucky because FERC's decision could have gone either way, and that Palo Alto's decision was the right one at the time.
I disagree. I don't think it was a matter of luck, but rather one of judgment. Snohomish officials said their decision to hold out was based not only on the money they might have to pay, but because justice was involved. The same issue was at stake for Palo Alto. Enron reneged on its contract, was not delivering the gas and electricity it promised, and both entities rightfully broke their contracts.
Enron creditors pushed back, saying they were owed the money. Palo Alto finally agreed to pay, fearing they could lose more than the $21.5 million because of additional legal expenses, plus there was no guarantee the city would win. And Senior Assistant City Attorney Grant Kolling said the judge told them to mediate, and they did. Palo Alto could have waited, and I think it should have waited it out.
The council got the wrong legal advice from its own city attorneys, who were too afraid to challenge the judge's recommendation to mediate. Just because a judge orders the parties to try to mediate doesn't mean the city has to agree to the terms of the mediation. The city could have walked out of the mediation proceedings at any time. It didn't.Instead it chose to pay Enron.
Since a whopping amount of money was at stake, the council should have made sure it explored every angle and consulted several legal experts, instead of settling with Enron.
There is a lesson to be learned here. The council needs to understand the mindset that led them to pay Enron $21.5 million. We can learn from their mistakes, and in future settlements, the city could just profit instead of just pay.
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Remembering Bill Evans
Bill Evans, artwork by Suzanne Cerny
On Friday September 5, 1980 I was waiting next to the bandstand of the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, anticipating the performance that evening by pianist Bill Evans. Little did I know that ten days later, Evans would be dead. The official cause of death would be a laundry list of sufficient causes: bleeding ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver and bronchial pneumonia. But a more accurate description might be blind self-destruction, fueled by an out-of-control cocaine habit. Evans was fifty-one years old.
I had secured my favorite location in the club: the front row on the left hand side, where I was only a few feet from the piano keyboard. I was so close, I could almost reach out and add a few notes to the performance, if I felt so inspired. I had enjoyed many great piano players from this same spot—McCoy Tyner, Jaki Byard, Tommy Flanagan, and others—and I would always make sure to arrive early in order to secure this choice real estate in the small and often over-crowded club.
Seeing Bill Evans live was a special treat. I was twenty-two years old at the time of the Keystone Korner gig, and had been listening to Evans' music since my high school years. In all honesty, my earliest experiences with his recordings had made only a modest impact on me. I probably had heard more than a dozen Bill Evans LPs while I was still in my teens. But I listened voraciously to all the jazz I could find back then, and the Evans albums were just part of my general and on-going musical education. The great "Aha!" moment was still to come for me. It arrived when I discovered Evans' 1961 Village Vanguard recordings (with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian). These performances had an over-powering impact on me, changing my evaluation of Evans and radically altering my concept of what a jazz rhythm section could and should do.
My earliest introduction to Evans had been through his work with bassist Eddie Gomez, and though this music was often fascinating and smartly played, it lacked the emotional depth I heard in the Vanguard recordings. And the interactivity between Evans, LaFaro and Motian seemed to exist on a higher plane than I was used to encountering in almost any jazz setting. At first I listened to the Village Vanguard recordings, but I soon moved beyond that into memorizing and studying them. When I moved to England to pursue graduate studies in philosophy in 1979, I only had room in my suitcase for a handful of records. Sunday at the Village Vanguard was one of the first selections to go into the bag.
Almost every track from the Vangaurd is special. The trio takes "My Foolish Heart" at such a slow tempo—much slower than what was considered an acceptable ballad tempo back then— that one fears it is like trying to ride a bike at a snail's pace. Won't the whole thing just topple over? But (surprise!) Evans and company discover a realm of relaxed and centered improvisation almost more akin to meditation than to jazz music. On "Gloria's Step," Evans and LaFaro ignore every rule ever set on how bass supports the piano in a jazz band, yet achieve a musical mind-meld that you could never reduce to a textbook formula. On "My Man's Gone Now" or "Detour Ahead," the three musicians seem to have left notes behind, and work instead with a vocabulary of emotion and mood, one that defies all the lick-based improvisation models of swing and bop, hot or cool. In fact, there is not a single musical phrase from the Vanguard live recordings that sounds like it was worked out in a practice session beforehand. For my generation—made up of practice room wonks who digested ii-V licks the way Scooby Do ate Scooby snacks—this was a radical departure from the norm. You could memorize the Slonimsky Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns from front to back, and it wouldn't get you an inch closer to improvising at this level.
Recently Marc Myers, who runs a great blog at JazzWax (and occasionally contributes to jazz.com) took some heat for suggesting that Bill Evans' greatest music was made during the 1959-65 period. I tend to agree with Myers— although I might stretch the glory years a little longer in order to encompass the Alone solo piano session from 1968. I have been working on an article for jazz.com on essential Bill Evans tracks, and I find myself gravitating back to his recordings of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which still hold their power over me. Not that there weren't great examples of music-making from the later years, but Evans got into a comfort zone during most of the 1970s, relying on the same songs played with the same musicians, night after night, year after year. In all fairness, I must say that Evans never played badly—even in those final days before his untimely death -- and almost every recording he released had merit. But few moments in these later works would make fans forget the earlier legacy, with its magical telepathy and zen-like immersion into the musical flow. And who could blame Evans for falling short of these exemplary performances? He had simply set the standards too high in his late 20s and early 30s. Any pianist (Evans included) would have trouble rising to this level, night after night, recording after recording.
My favorite recordings of Evans in the later years came when he was forced out of his comfort zone. His 1974 Symbiosis project with Claus Ogerman puts him in front of a large orchestra, playing a long and complex piece, and Evans is jarred into a brilliant performance. Back in the 1950s and early 1960s, Evans had worked as a sideman in very challenging settings—with Miles Davis, George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Cannonball Adderley and others calling the shots— and the intensity of these experiences had spurred him into a series of extraordinary performances. Symbiosis is a throwback to this earlier period, and reminds us how Evans had established himself, in his late 20s, as the most in-demand piano sideman in jazz. Other 1970s encounters with Stan Getz or Lee Konitz or Tony Bennett were also memorable, suggesting that Evans could surprise us if he was forced to match wits with another legendary talent. The encounter with Getz in Europe during the summer of 1974 was especially revealing, since the two players openly feuded on stage—at one point, Evans even stopped playing piano in silent protest—yet the chemistry of the music itself was potent and beyond reproach.
Evans benefited from the arrival of new trio members toward the end of the decade. Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera forced Evans to reinvent himself, and the body of work this trio left behind (most notably their live recordings in Paris) reveals a new tautness and vigor in the pianist. Eddie Gomez, a great bassist by any measure, may have simply made performing too easy for Evans—the recordings he did with Evans almost seem effortless. But more than a few fans liked Evans better when he was under a little pressure on the bandstand. The new sidemen did just that. They worked hard for their money, and their energy level was contagious, spurring and prodding their famous employer. In his early 50s, Bill Evans seemed ready to embark on a new period of self-discovery.
This was the band that Evans brought the Keystone Korner for this late, great gig a few days before his death. Yet the first impression they made that evening was far from positive. My date for the evening leaned over and whispered in my ear: "Bill Evans looks terrible." In truth, his face had an unhealthy pallor, and he seemed drained of energy.
But the music itself belied these appearances. The trio attacked the songs they played that night. One might think that Bill Evans at the end would return to the introspective romanticism of his early work—after all, that would seem an easier route for an ailing man than to try to reach a high level of intensity. But Evans did not go gently into that good night. His playing was acerbic and biting, almost completely purged of sentimentality. Johnson and LaBarbera were playing at top form, and also shared some of the aggressive vibes coming from the piano bench. The trio stretched out at length on the song "Nardis," which Evans seemed to enjoy as a musical sparring partner in these final days, and the music was hot and brittle. But the moment that—at least in retrospect—was most telling, was Evans' sardonic performance of the "Theme from M.A.S.H." —also known as "Suicide is Painless." He played this song frequently in those final days, and it was an ironic choice given that what Evans was inflicting on himself off-stage, with countless injections of cocaine and a steadfast refusal to seek medical treatment, was little less than a pre-meditated suicide.
One hopes that for Evans it was, at least, relatively painless. But all the evidence points to the contrary. Gene Lees, who knew Evans well, once called his death "the longest suicide in history.'' There were many warning signs along the way—not just in Evans' behavior and lifestyle, but even in his past relationships. Bill's brother Harry, who suffered from depression, had committed suicide in April 1979. Years earlier, Bill's wife Ellaine had also taken her own life by throwing herself under a subway train.
A few days after the Keystone Korner engagement, Evans was in New York for a gig at Fat Tuesday's, when he could no longer ignore the warning signals from his deteriorating body. Suffering from acute stomach pains, he asked LaBarbera to drive him to the hospital. Evans checked in at Mount Sinai, where he died on September 15, 1980. He was buried in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, next to his brother Harry.
The tribute recordings began shortly after his death. Even artists who had seemed far distant from Evans' musical values—his adherence to acoustic instruments and old popular songs and chord-based improvisation -- joined in on the celebration of the now departed pianist.
Some forty or so tribute recordings have been released over the years. The most impressive of these was one of the first to appear. Herb Wong, working with Helen Keane, put together an all-star line-up of pianists, perhaps the most impressive collection of keyboardists ever assembled for a single project. The resulting Bill Evans: A Tribute boasted the following participants:
Herbie Hancock
McCoy Tyner
Chick Corea
Teddy Wilson
George Shearing
John Lewis
Dave Mckenna
Denny Zeitlin
Jimmy Rowles
Richie Beirach
JoAnne Brackeen
Andy LaVerne
Yet this unprecedented recording, released initially as double LP on the great (but short-lived) Palo Alto Jazz label, quickly disappeared from the marketplace. Finding a copy today is not an easy task. Then again, keeping great music out of print and unavailable is a time-honored tradition in the jazz world, refined to a high art, especially by the major labels. Perhaps they believe that we wouldn't value this music half so much, if it were easy to purchase and hear.
Other artists offered their own personal tributes to Evans. I especially recommend Richie Beirach's Elegy for Bill Evans (alas, also a challenge to find), John McLaughlin's Time Remembered, Jean-Yves Thibaudet Conversations with Bill Evans and the newly released Something for You featuring pianist and singer Eliane Elias. One of the tracks ("Waltz for Debby") from this last CD was recently featured as Song of the Day on jazz.com. Tribute recordings by Fred Hersch and Jessica Williams also stand out as fitting memorials to this master musician.
Evans' reputation is secure. In fact, he is one of the most frequently imitated musicians in the history of jazz music. His chord voicings, his way of constructing phrases, and many of his other musical mannerisms, can be recognized in the recordings of numerous pianists. You don't need to buy a Bill Evans tribute CD to hear the homage of these followers. The marks of Evans' impact on the jazz world are everywhere, and by now much of this influence is indirect. Even a young player who never sought out a Bill Evans recording would pick up on his vocabulary through others who learned first hand from the original source.
Even so, I think that the deepest lessons of Evans' best work have not been fully assimilated. His greatest contribution to the jazz idiom cannot be boiled down to hip chord voicings or a certain approach to constructing improvised lines. His finest moments stand out for their psychological and emotional depth, for their willingness to embrace a fragile, elusive truth that too often gets swept aside in the rush of jazz improvisation. Evans' muse ran counter to the glibness of the jazz world—a glibness perhaps inevitable in a musical style that prizes intensity and fire and macho posturing so highly. Perhaps it is a miracle that Evans' distinctive work ever made its way in the world, cutting through the noise of the 1950s jazz scene, or that he himself—also fragile in his own way—was able to sustain it as long as he did.
This blog entry was posted by Ted Gioia.
// Feb 05, 2008 at 04:32 AM
BIll's death was painless. It was his life that was an exploration of suffering..pain and joy and in all ways beauty.
Paul Anderson
// Feb 08, 2008 at 08:00 PM
Great article.Thanks! I was wondering if there's a documentary about Evans (in addition to the one from 1960s with his brother) I could use in the classroom?
Ari Erev
// Mar 04, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Enjoyed reading your article, Ted.
I fully agree with your conclusion in the final paragraph, about Evans' "emotional depth" being his main legacy.
The observation I would like to add is that his "chord voicings" and "approach to improvised lines" do not really stand apart from the "emotional depth" in his music.
Rather, these elements (voicings and improvised lines) are used, in his own, very special and distinctive way, to construct the emotional depth of his music and convey it to his listeners.
Jack Reilly
// Mar 08, 2008 at 12:36 AM
It's always touching to read about Bill from young fans like Ms. Cerny. I met Bill in 1951 at the U.S. Navy School of Music, Washington, D.C. where we were both stationed for training to be in Special Services for our term of duty. Bill was US Army , me, Navy. He played flute in the orchestra and jammed/practiced the rest of the time. He was not required to take the music courses at the school because of his advanced musicianship at that time; he was only 21. I would sit outside the his practice room and listen with awe as he sight read at the piano, through the "Rite of Spring" orchestral score!! I got to play for him during this period; and he was very encouraging. My teenage years were soley taken up with the worship of Lennie Tristano. I now had another inspiration to look up to. I think it's important to have musicians to look up to for inspiration. It's the music that counts not the personality, necessarily. When I heard in 1958 from John LaPorta that Bill was on drugs, I refused to believe it. The Bill I knew from the military days in D.C. was that of an athelete, intellectual and happy-go-lucky musician with a supreme gift for music making. We know with pain in aor heart what he habits did to his life. How he managed to compose, play and record all that he did in 51 years is the miracle of the century. But Chopin wrote more music than Bill in his allotted 31 years! Bill s legacy will rise above all other 20th geniuses by 2080. And in 3000 Evans name will be remembered for the next 1000 years as our CHOPIN! MORE TO COME--------- JACK REILLY March 7th 2008.
Jack Reilly
// Mar 08, 2008 at 02:35 PM
Dear TED, Mia culpa! I didn't pay attention to notice that you wrote this wonderful piece on Bill. Please forgive me. Please accept the following to dissolve my red face! May I send you my new cd, "INNOCENCE-THE GREEN SPRING SUITE"? IT CONTAINS MUSIC I COMPOSED WHILE OVERCOMING A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS. CALL 732 818 0840 OR EMAIL ME AT; firstname.lastname@example.com to give me a postal address. I feel badly about the error. All the best and Thank you again for your wonderful story, Remembering Bill Evans. He's in my thoughts daily. Jack Reilly,
reuben jackwson
// Mar 13, 2008 at 03:17 PM
I love this piece. I am particularly fond of the latter day Evans-when his harmonic reconfigurations of "familiar" titles and his heart were so wonderfully meshed. The trio with Marc Johnson and La Barbara was singing. There is no other way to say it.
Ed Leimbacher
// Oct 17, 2008 at 02:32 AM
reading all these comments six-to-eight months later seems a perfect example of sad irony, these correspondents' final letdowns as depressing as Bill's useless suicide-by-cocaine. surely he wasn't too stupified to know what was occurring, but was instead something like willfully willing the end. the pianist that Ted observed up close was finally about to achieve his Peace Piece...
Brew Lite
// Jun 18, 2009 at 06:22 AM
Didn't Dave Frishberg also play on that tribute-album? I remember having heard Cole Porter's "Night & Day" ... on a radio broadcast with the late Joachim-Ernst Berendt when the album came out in Germany.


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This Week: The Washington State University women's tennis team hosts No. 44 Boise State Saturday Feb. 19 at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse. The match will begin at 11 a.m.
About the Broncos: Last week the then-No. 38 Boise State women's tennis team suffered an upset loss at No. 47 Utah 5-2. The Broncos have previously beaten Utah State and No. 73 BYU. The Broncos come to Pullman with a 4-1 record.
Cougars Enter National Ranks: For the second straight week the Washington State women's tennis team is nationally ranked. This week the Cougars are No. 74, dropping two spots from last week.
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Last Week: The Cougars swept their weekend matches versus Santa Clara and Kansas, both by scores of 4-3. Senior captain Jessica Gomez's first dual match singles win of the season clinched the victory over Santa Clara. Against Kansas, after earning the doubles point, WSU won the No. 1, 2, and 3 singles matches for the win. The Cougars improved their season record of 8-1.
Coach Hart: Washington State's Lisa Hart is entering into her eighth season as head coach. Hart's overall record at WSU is 86-94.
Fall Season Success: Junior Elisabeth Fournier reached the quarterfinal round of the ITA Northwest Regional hosted by Stanford. Senior Marina Nicolas won the Crimson Singles bracket at the Cougar Classic hosted in Pullman, and Ksenia Googe finished second in the Gray Singles bracket. Andjela Kankaras and Ksenia Googe also brought home the Crimson Doubles championship. Nine players finished the fall with a winning record.
Underclassmen Success: Entering into the 2011 season, WSU boasts six of nine players as underclassmen, with five of them being in the top six.
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The first day at More begins with rain. Does anyone have a good hair day when it's raining? First impressions matter, even when it's only at a two-week internship. Surely a bit of sunshine isn't too much to ask, but since I'm clearly not getting any, I drag out the waterproof boots, spritz an extra dose of hairspray and head for the train that will take me from my friend's suburban neighborhood to More's Manhattan offices.
New York City has always overwhelmed me. Too many people, too much traffic, endless noise. My grandparents lived here, my parents met here and I was born here, but I never lived in the city. Last year this same week, my daughter started an internship in Manhattan, and visits with her increased my comfort level. Still, I'm a suburbanite at heart, albeit one who's up for this adventure.
In spite of the rain, my commute runs smoothly. The train and subway arrive on time and my seatmates are quiet, allowing me to knit in peace. My famously poor sense of direction improves dramatically in New York, leading me to wonder if being born in a Manhattan hospital means I have an inner GPS that's set for this city. As I proceed down Third Avenue toward the midtown building that houses More, even the walk lights turn green at my approach. If I only had a hat (and that missing sunshine), I'd cue the Mary Tyler Moore music.
When I took this internship, I was terrified that I didn't have the right wardrobe, the right style, even the right body type. I rarely do my nails because I use them as tools and destroy them, and my habit of chewing off my lipstick quickly ruins my makeup. Yes, I lost nearly 30 pounds last year (thank you, Weight Watchers), but I'm 5 foot 2 and curvy. I considered starving myself to drop a few more pounds before I arrived, but realized that I couldn't afford new clothes if I succeeded.
Bottom line: I'm nervous. My wardrobe is dominated by the three T's: Talbots, Ann Taylor, Target. It's more than a little intimidating to walk into the office of a magazine that markets itself for Women of Style and Substance when your daughter has threatened to submit you for the show "What Not To Wear," but I breathe deep and move forward.
After countless email and phone conversations, I'm delighted to meet Laura Sinberg, the features editor who owns me for the next two weeks. I'll admit, I had Googled her prior to my arrival, so I knew that she was young (31), but I was expecting taller, more makeup, more "New York." Her outfit is stylish but not high fashion. And she doesn't have that hardened, stereotypical city look. She's just cute. A quick tour of the office proves this is nothing like The Devil Wears Prada. Where are the super-tall, super-skinny women with perfect hair and makeup? Why is everybody so warm and welcoming? Isn't this New York? Aren't those folks supposed to be over-caffeinated, underfed and dangerously stressed out? I realize that I'm going to be OK here.
The day was off to too good a start, so I wasn't surprised when my computer log-on didn't work. I secretly wonder if hiring me was all some big mistake. I know that I'm here as part of an upcoming "stunt" issue of the magazine—one devoted to doing new things and stepping out of your comfort zone. Maybe part of the stunt is to bring me here and then admit that it is all a joke. I shush the negative voices in my head.
While the IT department deals with my computer problems, I settle in with a pile of books being considered for review. As a book-aholic, there's very little that I would rather be doing than reading. Do people really do this for a living? I'm positive I chose the wrong career.
Alas, a staff meeting interrupts my bliss. While editors are firing off ideas for new blog posts and cheeky slideshows faster than I can process, I find myself scanning the room, picking the staff members I'd love to have in my book club. Would it be presumptuous to invite executive editor Judy Coyne to lunch to discuss books? These women remind me of my friends. They are funny.
Since I am horrible with names, I keep a list on my desk of the people who stop by to introduce themselves. It quickly fills up with editorial staff inviting me to lunch. They're not only friendly and funny—they eat!
By midafternoon, my computer identity crisis is resolved. "Why don't you write a blog post about your experience today?" Laura says. Doesn't she realize most people can't just write on command? I'm sweating already. But, like any good 49-year-old intern, I start typing. Soon, I'm handing over my first blog for review. Flashing back to college English classes, I await my grade. But Laura's feedback is kind and more concerned with focus than grammar. I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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This morning the Internet is awash with previews of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295. Many NV fans are looking for this card to boot ATI's Radeon HD 4870 X2 off the top of the hill.
Does the GTX 295 have what it takes to do that? Well the results seem to be mixed. Take a look at the sampling of articles we have put together below to see what the GTX 295 does and does not have to offer.
It is important to note that these will not be out until January at the earliest. But they will be a reality.
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Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir
ISBN13:by Balakian, Peter
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In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir,New York Timesbestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded his compelling story about growing up in the baby-boom suburbs of the '50s and '60s and coming to understand what happened to his family in the first genocide of the twentieth centurythe Ottoman Turkish government's extermination of more than one million Armenians in 1915.In this new edition, Balakian continues his exploration of the Armenian Genocide with new chapters about his journey to Aleppo and his trip to the Der Zor desert of Syria in his pursuit of his grandmother's life, bringing us closer to the twentieth century's first genocide.
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Peter Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities at Colgate University. He is the author of June-tree: New and Selected Poems 1974–2000 and The Burning Tigris, winner of the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize and a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Hamilton, New York.


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February is heart health month. Considering heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, you might think there would be more hype about how to prevent this terrible fate. Here are some tips that can keep your heart healthy all year long.
· Exercise more
· Eat a healthy diet
· Maintain a healthy weight
· Take needed prescription medicines as directed from your doctor
· Monitor your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and take steps to keep them in a healthy range
· Don't smoke
· Know your family's history
Treat your heart well. You can't live without it!


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Hollywood Palace - November 13, 1965 - Host: Judy Garland --Judy Garland sings "Once in a While," I Loved Him" and "We're a Couple of Swells" --Judy Garland sings "Play the Palace" then performs songs made famous by other singers at the Broadway Palace: "Shine On, Harvest Moon" (Nora Bayes); "Some of These Days" (Sophie Tucker); "My Man" (Fanny Brice) and "I Don't Care" (Eva Tanguay). --Judy Garland and Vic Damone - "West Side Story" medley: "Maria," "There's a Place for Us" and "Tonight" --Vic Damone - "Quiet Nights" --Chita Rivera (singer-dancer) - "Blue is the Color" --Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber (comedy team) --Gene Baylos (comedian) --The Lyons Family (acrobats) --The Three Bragazzi (musical clowns from Italy)
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Cobre Valley Casserole RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 celery rib, chopped
- 1 envelope taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) refried beans
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, optional
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 large tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1/3 cup sliced ripe olives
- 1-1/2 cups crushed tortilla chips
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and celery over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the taco seasoning, water, beans and, if desired, green chilies.
Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through. Top with cheese, green onions, tomato, olives and chips.
Freeze option: Cool unbaked casserole; cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°. Top as directed. Yield: 8 servings.
Reviews for Cobre Valley Casserole
"Hi , I' m your neighbor to the west! Made this a million time my family loves it! Only difference I use black beans and green chili's"
"Very good! Quick and easy dinner with minimal clean up. I used only one can of beans since I'm not a huge fan of them. I still liked the recipe a lot."
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"Loved this recipe. It makes a wonderful hot nacho dip too! The only thing I would try when making this dish again would be to us half the amount of re-fried beans."
"This dish reminds me of the quintessential layered refried bean party dip--it didn't feel like a casserole per se. Used chicken instead of beef because that's what I had on hand. Next time I will substitute Mexican or Spanish rice for one can of the refried beans. It could use some extra spice--agree with many of the other comments about ramping up the heat. There are so many extra things you can use for garnish--sour cream, cilantro, salsa, lettuce. I also agree it would be excellent for tacos or burritos. Overall a good recipe and a fun one to play with."


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Randolph WI (Strutts News Services) – All orbits decay over time, which means that satellites can fall, and France's Maison de L'orbite Space Station is no exception.
The experimental prototype, built in the early 1970′s and launched last April, officially brought France into the Space Age with little fanfare. Presently orbiting at 500 feet, its orbit is decaying at the rate of 2.7 inches per day, and is expected to return to earth sometime in 2018.
The Wicked Witch of the East should be very concerned and seriously consider moving to Kansas – maybe even hide out on The Overnight Open Thread.
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IPS Mission and Vision
Mission Statement
Advancing the mission of Loyola University Chicago, the Institute of Pastoral Studies provides transformative education for ministry, spiritual leadership, and faith-based social engagement, delivering high-quality professional education characterized by innovation, excellence, leadership, ethics, and service.
Vision Statement
The Institute of Pastoral Studies will remain on the cutting edge of professional education for ministry, drawing from the Jesuit charisma and Christian tradition. IPS prepares people for collaborative leadership in an increasingly diverse world, blending faith and justice in service to the mission of Christ and the Church, addressing humanity and all of creation with the gospel message of grace and peace. IPS envisions continuous creativity in pedagogy, educational technology, and curriculum as the horizons of ministry and the need for high-quality education for ministry expand.


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Nate Phillips
Neil's Notebook: Gutsy Effort Leads to Weekend Sweep of Wisconsin
Notes, quotes and analysis from Neil Koepke on the Spartans' 3-1 win on Saturday.
2014-15 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Selections Announced
Sixty-eight Spartans student-athletes were recognized for having a 3.0 or better GPA.
Neil's Notebook: Spartans and Wolverines Collide With Title in Sight
Neil Koepke previews this weekend's big series with Michigan.
Spartans Take Part in Green and White Exhibition
MSU will next host Windsor on Tuesday.
2013 Spring Academic All-Big Ten Selections Announced
MSU had 113 student-athletes recognized for having a 3.0 or better GPA.
2013-14 (RS Sophomore): Did not see any game action ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2012-13: Did not see any action ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2011-12 (Freshman): Joined the team at semester break ... Provides good depth at the goaltending position.
Prior to MSU: Played for the Winnipeg South Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) ... Posted a 9-4-1 record with a 1.89 GAA and .929 save percentage with eight shutouts ... Previously played for the Capital Center Pride, serving as an assistant captain in 2010 and earning Motor City Cup MVP honors in 2009 ... Served as an assistant captain while playing for the Lansing Capitals in 2005 and 2006.
Personal: Born on July 22, 1992 in Jackson, Mich. ... Son of Alan and Cheryl Phillips ... Has one sister, Elisabeth ... Cousin, Jeremy Gates, won a Division III National Championship in hockey at Newmann College ... Graduated from Northwest High School ... Was the Editor-in-Chief of his high school newspaper ... Lists the Winnipeg Jets as his favorite NHL franchise ... His favorite NHL player is Ryan Miller. "He was playing the night I attended my first Michigan State hockey game. He is one of the reasons I am a goalie" ... Notes that his biggest hockey influences were Ron Gay and Jason Muzzatti, who coached him in his AAA days. "They both have played the biggest roles in my career, pushing me both on and off the ice," ... His parents are his heroes, as they truly show how family can play a huge role in someone's life.


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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Lovely Bathroom
I love this lovely aqua bathroom created by Minneapolis designer Martha O'Hara. The great nook, the fabulous bathtub, the built-in cupboards...what is not to love?! -O'Hara Interiors
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Quirky Kitchen
Who knew the Ikea cabinets and linoleum could look so cool?! Love it! -Domino
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sophisticated Guest Room
Wouldn't this be a great guest room to have in your home? It is so serene and calming, guests are sure to feel perfectly at home...but still so pampered! Love those tufted headboards. -PointClickHome
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Kevin Haley's Sanctuary
Just like me, designer Kevin Haley grew up in Minnesota. But now he's designing projects for Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. Lucky guy. These images come from his own sanctuary-like home in LA. I love the light just oozing in. -Kevin Haley Interior Design and Elle Decor UK via Apartment Therapy
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
VT Wonen is De Beste
I recently discovered VT Women, a magazine out of the Netherlands. I have no idea what anything says, but once I found their inspiration section, I was hooked. These images are all so pretty!!
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Room with Character
This image shows that a great room doesn't need to cost a ton of money. The way-cool blue chairs are from a Kansas City yard sale while most of the artwork was created by friends. Love it. -Apartment Therapy
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The Christmas Season marks the 25th Anniversary of the acclaimed Saint Albans Festival of Lights. A lighted display of festive holiday lights has been shown over the the hills of ths Saint Albans City Park for two and a half decades and has become a tradition for many families throughout the Kanawha Valley. Ths Saint Albans Partnership is currently making plans to make this year even more special and memorable to the families who visit.
One of the highlights of visiting the Festival is the picture with Santa that is available at the top of the hill at Santa's House. Families can enjoy free hot chocolate and cookies along with their visit to the Jolly Old Elf. Santa's House will be one of the areas improved this year, along with other proposed ideas being heard by a special committee which has been formed to plan the Christmas festivities.
"It has to be magical," said Cheryl Thomas of both the Saint Albans Partnership and the Parks and Recreations committee. She went on to explain that every child deserves that magical Christmas experience that we all would wish for. Indeed, the plans being made promote just that.
There are several events and festive activities being planned this year in the town of Saint Albans, along with the Festival's anniversary. The town will feature activities throughout the entire month leading up to Christmas. These include a town Christmas tree lighting, Christmas parade, historic home tour, lighted boat parade, and even some special performances at the Alban Theater.
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We try to be as responsive as possible to your needs and concerns. We encourage your suggestions and questions. No one will be denied treatment regardless of race, sex, creed, color, handicap, nationality, or ability to pay. State of the art equipment and methods are used to evaluate your preventive care and on-going treatment plan. Our examination rooms are fully equipped to manage the kinds of treatment you may require at the time you are seen. Our laboratory is fully equipped with the devices that are required and needed to make sure that any testing that is needed, we are equipped to handle.
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infliximab - injection, Remicade (cont.)
PRECAUTIONS: Before using infliximab, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to mouse proteins; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: previous severe allergic reaction to this medication, tuberculosis (previous infection or positive skin test), past/recent/current infections (e.g., cold sores, Valley Fever), heart disease (e.g., heart failure), blood/bone marrow disorder (e.g., leukopenia, thrombocytopenia), nervous system disorder (e.g., numbness/tingling, seizures, multiple sclerosis), history of cancer (e.g., breast cancer, skin cancer, lymphoma), certain lung disorder (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD), liver disease (e.g., hepatitis B), light treatment for psoriasis (phototherapy).Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).Infliximab can make you more likely to get infections or may worsen any current infections. Therefore, wash your hands well to prevent the spread of infection. Avoid contact with people who have infections that may spread to others (such as chickenpox, measles, flu). Consult your doctor if you have been exposed to an infection or for more details.Do not have immunizations/vaccinations without the consent of your doctor. Avoid contact with people who have recently received live vaccines (such as flu vaccine inhaled through the nose).It is recommended that children get all their vaccinations before starting this medication.Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially risk for infections.During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. Mothers who have used this medication during pregnancy should ask a doctor about immunizations/vaccinations for their newborn babies.It is unknown if this medication passes into breast milk. However, it is unlikely to harm a nursing infant. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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I've decided to sell my Maggie – it is a really beautiful one-piece gown with corset closure in excellent condition. It is made of the more expensive French taffeta and the colour is diamond white. The dress is a size 6, but the corset makes it a perfect fit if you gain or lose a few pounds. I am a street size 4-6 but with the corset, the seamstress tells me this could fit a street size 2-8.
I have had it altered professionally to fit my height of 5 foot 6 with a one inch or slightly higher heel. It has also had a bustle added (seen in the dancing pic) and the beaded motif has been replaced with a beautiful gathered flower (see pics below). It is professionally dry cleaned.
Here is the designer site: http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?style=A3189
I bought it for about $1000 and will sell for $600 OBO. I absolutely loved my dress and would love to see another bride enjoy it as much as I did.
The veil in the pictures is also available. I purchased it for $130 and will sell for $70 OBO. It is in perfect condition.
Photography by Michelle Turner Photography.
Thanks for looking! Kate
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How to Spend your July Fourth at M
Get ready for an explosive weekend at our resort! We know the M is your go-to place when you want to get the party started (Happy Hour 24/7 anyone?) and we won't let you down this weekend. Think red, white, blue and an all-American day at our backyard pool!
Help us celebrate America's birthday by spending the day (or whole weekend) at our pool. From Friday, July 1 – Monday, July 4 all our pools will offer complimentary entry to everyone (yes, everyone!) Join the festivities at our main pool, which boasts over 10,000 square feet of water ready for you to dive into. For a more intimate (and still free) Fourth of July experience come to our adult pool, DayDream Pool Club Saturday-Monday.
It looks like it's going to be a hot one this weekend so take advantage of our great drink deals on our pool deck. You can order a bottle of vodka for just $65! We know you like to go first-class all the way so you'll probably want to enjoy your bottle in style on one of our daybeds or inside a VIP cabana (complete with your own private hot tub.) For your daybed or cabana reservation needs call 702.797.1808 or email email@example.com.
If you're more of a card shark our Poker Room is having special promotions all day long. There are four ways for you to win on the Fourth! Get a Straight Flush (that includes a 4) and win $1,444, Four 4′s will get you $444 with a room wide Flop-It Bonus, a Flush with all 4′s is worth $144 and the games will receive $44 Splash Pots every 44 minutes!
Spending all the time by the pool or at the poker tables will give anyone an appetite. But, if you stick around at M you're in luck. Studio B Buffet will offer its signature Seafood Brunch/Dinner throughout the whole weekend. You know what that means, all the shrimp, oysters and crab legs you can stomach for four days straight (in honor of July Fourth of course.)
There's more to this holiday weekend than just partying. Our four-star rated Spa Mio is offering those with a valid military ID, two 50-minute services for the price of one! Sounds to us like the perfect way to wind down from a holiday weekend.
And in case you were curious, this year is America's 235th birthday.


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Como Enamorar Cada Dia al Hombre Que Amas: Claves Para Mantener la Atraccion y el Afecto en la Pareja / How to Romance the Man You Love
ISBN13:by Sanna, Lucy
Trade Paper
Gestion 2000
On the surface, romance seems simple enough: partners try to please each other the best way possible. But the language of love is not always universal when it comes to seduction. This women's guide to romance reveals real men's fantasies and provides exercises to increase seduction skills and strategies. Also included are tips for how to find time for romance and advice on how to live in the moment.


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Disaster has struck Atlantic Station. An assortment of demonic artifacts, collected by the obscure Frightmares, Inc. was supposed to be transported by train through Atlanta. But after the train derailed, the convoy of secured cargo containers crashed into Atlantic Station. Following a series of mysterious disappearances and unexplained events, the Frightmares team was sent to secure their cargo and contain the situation. Was the quarantine successful, or are the demonic artifacts still causing the strange phenomena?
Open for the 2013 season, Containment is Atlanta's newest haunted house. Located in Atlantic Station, the horror attraction covers 25,000 square feet along a 1,300-foot trail of terror through real train shipping containers. It is also the largest haunted house of its kind in Atlanta, and the only large-scale haunted inside the Perimeter.
Containment is open nightly at 7 p.m. now through November 3. The best time to arrive is just after dark, as this haunt is located outdoors. As you walk down the stairs to the entrance, you can get a look at the layout and all of the shipping containers, but you have no clue as to what is lurking inside. Mysterious characters at the entrance guide guests into the start, but from there, you're on your own.
Each shipping container offers a different scare. Filled with a variety of collections, from kitchen appliances to clothes to more dangerous cargo, there is a perfect mix of creepy animatronics, spooky lights, horrible smells, and disturbing actors. Since these are shipping containers, it makes sense that each one would have a different themed room, and the whole haunt retains cohesive story and feel.
To balance out the tight spaces created in the shipping containers, the haunt also has a few open air areas. Almost anything can happen when there is room for the actors to hide and pop out and chase you!
Containment does a great job of pulling the audience into the environment and catching them by surprise. I definitely recommend this haunt to anyone who wants to see something new and support another great local horror attraction!
For more information, or to purchase tickets online, check out Containmentatl.com. You can also like them on Facebook, follow on Twitter, subscribe on YouTube, and follow on Instagram.


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Freshman striker Abu Danladi posted five goals and six assists this season for the Bruins.
Junior forward scored two goals in the semifinals to lead UCLA to the championship game.
Leo Stolz was named to the first team and Michael Amick was named to the third team.
UCLA lost to Virginia 0-0 (4-2 PKs) in the College Cup Finals on Sunday afternoon.
UCLA takes on Virginia at 9:00am PT on December 14 in the NCAA Championship game.
Chase Gasper scored the game-winner in 2OT to advance the Bruins to the College Cup Finals.
UCLA senior midfielder Leo Stolz was named a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy on Friday.
UCLA takes on Providence on Friday, December 12 at 4:30pm PT in the College Cup semifinals.
The Bruins defeated the Tar Heels in penalty kicks to advance to their 14th College Cup.
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The Bruins take on North Carolina this Saturday at 5:00pm with a spot in the Final Four on the line.
UCLA senior Leo Stolz was one of 16 players named as semifinalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy.


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Noise Filter: New York Data Center Employees Face Hurricane Sandy Challenges
Every now and then, an exciting or controversial issue triggers a flood of online discourse. For our Noise Filter feature, the WHIR pans the raging rivers of opinion for shining nuggets of useful commentary.
As New York continues its recovery effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, data center operations, for the most part, are stable.
While Hurricane Sandy posed a lot of challenges for data centers in lower Manhattan, including issues around data center flooding and generator fuel shortages for PEER 1 and Internap's 75 Broad Street facility, staffing also posed a tremendous challenge.
With fuel shortages, subway closures, and insufficient food and water, data center providers had to be creative in getting their staff on location and protect their safety.
For example, when Internap evacuated its data center on Monday, no remote hands support was available to assist in customer equipment shutdown. On Ycombinator, Internap data center customers seemed understanding of the fact that "life safety" was its number one priority.
People's lives are at stake. If the service is important enough that you'd expect them to stay behind and keep it running for you, it is probably important enough that it exists in multiple, geographically separated data centers.
By mid-week, around 25 employees of PEER 1, Fog Creek Software and SquareSpace were on hand to carry fuel to the generator on the 17th floor of the data center since the pump malfunctioned. Employees, as well as additional help from Queens and Brooklyn, worked in 'bucket brigade' shifts to fuel the data center.
We have a big crew teaming up tonight for a midnight bucket brigade, and another in the morning. Traffic is terrible with gridlock everywhere and no public transport, so we are scheduling carefully.
The fuel pump was installed and started working on Friday, according to the Squarespace status blog. While the 'bucket brigade' showed incredible dedication in keeping the data center running, Patrick Thibodeau at ComputerWorld wondered if the efforts were worth the risk.
The building had no generator power. No utility power. What was the condition of the building fire suppression systems? Was the fire alarm system operational? Were fire doors kept open as fuel was moved up the stairs? What if a fuel bucket had been dropped and fuel spilled down the steps? If this was my business, servers and job, my personal inclination would have been to help haul that fuel up. I totally get that. But there's also an obligation to step back and look closely at whether the actions taken here were prudent and wise…Perhaps there is a margin of safety involved here that I'm unaware of, but these are questions that will have to be asked because this can't happen again.
A third of a mile away from 75 Broad Street is New York Internet's New York City data center, which was "out of reach of the storm surge" and continued operating throughout Hurricane Sandy without any outages, according to a Netcraft post.
Demand for fuel is very high in the areas affected by the storm. Phillip Koblence, founder of NYI, said that poor availability of gasoline for staff to get to and from data centers was his worst problem, followed by sleeping and washing facilities. Queues to get gasoline were reportedly two miles long, and vehicles containing fewer than 3 people were not being allowed into Manhattan between 6 am and midnight.
Koblence told Netcraft that he had no power or water at home, and difficulties getting food anywhere near work were also adding to the problems. NYI expected commercial power to be shut off as the storm hit, and its New Jersey and New York City data centers have been running on diesel generators since Monday.
As teamwork continues to be essential in the Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, Dan Ushman, co-founder and vice president of web host SingleHop, made a public call to web hosting companies to help New York businesses get back online.
We are extending an open invitation to the rest of the tech community. If anyone wants to join us, by providing hosting, IT services, development… By doing this, we can pool resources (people, infrastructure) and thereby celebrate the American tradition of coming together in times of crisis. We invite any hosting company or individual with expertise, resources or just a desire to learn, to join us in leveraging the cloud to help those who have been impacted by the disaster; either directly (infrastructure providers whose data centers are flooded and in need of temporary data relocation), or indirectly (those who are relying on impacted services and need alternatives to communicate with colleagues, family and friends).
Talk back: Have you or your team helped New York City area data centers in their disaster recovery efforts? How were you impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and what were some of the challenges you faced around staffing and data center availability? Let us know in a comment.[Source: Noise Filter: New York Data Center Employees Face Hurricane Sandy Challenges]


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Category: The Vampire Diaries TV
Many moons ago (okay, it was back in May, but it seems like such a long time ago) we posted an article – Vampire Lore 101 – all about the traits and characteristics of the vampires in L.J. Smith's book version of the Vampire Diaries. Now that we're getting into the swing of the TV series with four episodes already aired, we thought it was about time to write an article about what we know (so far) about the vampires in the TV universe. This is all based on what we've seen while watching the episodes, so we may have missed some details and some information may be a little vague until episodes down the line can elaborate more. But there's a surprising amount of information gleaned from what we've seen so far. Be warned, there will be spoilers for the first four episodes.
What are the physical characteristics of these vampires?
Most of the time these vampires seem to look like regular human beings. They don't seem to be any paler, no one has commented on them being colder, and they can pass as humans very easily. However, that all changes when they need to feed, are overpowered by the scent of blood, or experience particularly strong emotions, such as passion or anger. Vampires undergo a facial transformation that includes their complexion becoming paler, blood rushing to their eyes with small veins protruding around the area, and fangs appearing on their canine teeth. It certainly makes them look vicious and scary.
And they drink blood?
They do indeed. Both animal and human blood seems to sustain them, though Damon's disdain for animal suggests human is a lot more palatable, and he's made several pointed comments to Stefan informing him he'd be far more powerful if he gave in and drank human blood. So, animal blood sustains them, while human blood also gives them power. Stefan seems to be responsible for a decline in the animal population around Mystic Falls, while Damon seems determined to munch his way through the human population in the town.
While Stefan is seen to have dinner at Elena's house and Damon provides dessert, we have yet to see either of them eat solid human food on screen. We do know that they can drink liquids with no ill-effect, as we see them drinking for pleasure on a couple of occasions.
What's the deal with going out in sunlight?
These vampires can only go out in sunlight if they're wearing a special ring that protects them from the harmful effects of the sun's rays. Stefan and Damon's rings are identical, with only the initial of their first names on their rings to tell them a part. If they're exposed to the sun without their rings… well, we don't imagine it will be at all pretty.
What kind of powers do they have?
All kinds, though Damon is more powerful than Stefan because he drinks human blood. This particular brand of vampires have superhuman strength (Damon is able to fling Stefan into a building with great force in the pilot, while Stefan knocks the wind out of Tyler with a football in "Friday Night Bites"), are much faster at moving than humans (Stefan is zipping around at great speed in the hospital in "Night of the Comet", and is across the room in a blink of an eye to scoop up a paper knife in "Family Ties"), and have the ability to jump off of tall buildings and land even more gracefully than a cat (Stefan displays this ability at the beginning of the pilot). They have very fast reflexes, too – during "Friday Night Bites" Stefan is able to catch a football aimed at the back of his head, while Damon makes a show of catching a glass that is fumbled when passed to Elena. They have extremely sensitive hearing, too. Stefan eavesdrops on a few conversations that no normal human would be able to hear.
Stefan displays a high tolerance for pain on several occasions. He's able to brush off flying out of a window and landing face-first on the ground, as well as recovering quickly enough from being throw into a building by Damon in the pilot. In "Friday Night Bites" he resets his broken finger with barely a wince, shows no reaction to a solid punch to the gut from Tyler, and doesn't seem to react much to having his hand sliced open. Damon manages to be even more hardcore that Stefan in "Family Ties" when the paper knife Stefan throws at him embeds itself in his chest causing him to react only with an expression of irritation. However, there does seem to be an element of being aware of an impending injury and bracing for it in order to not be affected by it. Damon was clearly unprepared for Elena's impressive slap in "Friday Night Bites", and while he doesn't seem particularly hurt by it, he certainly wasn't prepared for it and reacted just as a human might do in the same situation.
The sliced hand accident shows off another nifty power, too, in the form of accelerated healing. The nasty looking gash on Stefan's hand is healed after only a matter of seconds, as is a wound he sustains when Damon stabs him in "Family Ties". We do have a slight inconsistency here, though. When Stefan's hand has healed, it looks like the blood has been reabsorbed, and there's no evidence that he's wiped it off (there are no smear marks from wiping, and the only way to get rid of all the blood that was spilled quickly would be to wash it off). Yet there is a visible trail of blood lingering from the stab wound that Damon inflicts. Maybe we'll find out what really happens at some point in the future.
Vampires also have some cool mental powers. Both Stefan and Damon are able to manipulate people with their minds; Stefan convinces the school secretary to overlook his incomplete records, while Damon has Caroline in his thrall on several occasions. Both of them have influenced Vicki to forget what really happened when she was attacked in the woods. It seems that using this power causes a vampire's pupils to contract quite dramatically, and we can see this happening when Damon influences Caroline to take him to the Founders' party in "Family Ties". Damon can also manipulate dreams. He outright admits that he was in Stefan's head giving him bad dreams in "Family Ties", and the fact that he knew that Elena had been dreaming about him (along with the crow lurking on the window ledge) in "Friday Night Bites" suggests that he's the one responsible for that, too.
Damon has a couple of other powers that Stefan doesn't seem to possess. One of those is the ability to control fog, which he uses to creepy effect a few times, usually before someone is about to have something nasty happen to them. Damon has displayed the ability to control the mind of a crow a few times in the series so far, suggesting the ability to control the minds of animals as well as humans. We're also led to believe that he is the one responsible for killing the unfortunate Brooke and Darren at the beginning of the pilot, where the ability to fly is displayed as poor Brooke is plucked up into the air to her doom. We haven't seen Damon clearly display this ability at any other point in the series yet, so we'll have to wait and see where that goes.
How about weaknesses?
Aside from the obvious sunlight, we know of two weaknesses so far. The first – and it's kind of a big one – is that a vampire can't enter someone's house without being invited. It has to be an explicit invitation (Stefan could only enter when Elena specifically asked him in to her house at the end of the pilot) and it has to be an invite from someone who lives in the house – Caroline's invitation for Damon to come in to Elena's house during "Friday Night Bites" has no effect, and he wasn't able to enter until Elena gave him permission. As far as we can tell from Damon's taunting of Stefan, the invitation cannot be rescinded once it has been given.
The other weakness is Vervain, a plant that has mystical properties that will help protect humans from being manipulated mentally by vampires. Stefan gives Elena a necklace that has been covered in it during "Friday Night Bites", which Damon is none-to-pleased about. It is also dangerous to vampires if they ingest it. Stefan manages to poison Damon with it in "Family Ties" by spiking Caroline's champagne. It is transferred to Damon when he drinks her blood, incapacitating him and enabling Stefan to lock him away. Interestingly, Vervain doesn't grow naturally in Mystic Falls anymore, after Damon destroyed all traces of it back in 1865. The Salvatores have been growing a small crop of it in secret through the generations. Who can blame them, given they're related to Damon?
Caroline and Vicki have both been bitten. Will they become vampires now?
No. It was revealed in "Family Ties" that it takes more than simply being bitten to become a vampire. A human has to feed on the blood of a vampire, die, and then feed on the blood of a human. As Damon says, "It's a whole ordeal."
Do vampires sleep?
They certainly seem to. We see Stefan waking up in the morning at the beginning of "Night of the Comet" (looking far too perky for a regular human, much less a card-carrying creature of the night, might we add), while Damon appears to be dozing at the start of "Friday Night Bites". We also know they dream as "Family Ties" opens with Stefan having a nightmare. How much sleep they actually need remains to be seen.
Any traditional weaknesses proven to be myths in this TV series?
Thanks to Roman for reminding us about this one. Unlike many traditional Hollywood vampires, these guys do have reflections. Damon's reflection can be seen in the bathroom mirror when he attacks Vicki in the Mystic Grill during "Night of the Comet", Stefan sees his own reflection while making out with Elena in "Family Ties", and later on in the same episode we see Damon admiring himself in front of a mirror as he readies himself for the party.
We learn in A Darker Truth that crucifixes, garlic and holy water have no effect on this species of vampire.
Anything else?
Well, for one, they definitely don't sparkle. Otherwise, there's plenty more to learn about these vampires. How are they killed? What happens to their bodies when they die? Are there more powers and weaknesses we have yet to see? Hopefully it won't be too long before we find out the answers to these questions, and more. When we do find out more information we'll be updating the wiki entry about vampires from the TV series, so be sure to keep an eye on it.
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Alton Brown brings it... but my son-in-law, Patrick, brings it to the table. For a pre-Thanksgiving Dinner, he made Alton's "Sweet Corn Bread Pudding." It was so good that I duplicated the recipe when I prepared dinner for a second celebration on Thanksgiving Day at my daughter Jessie's home in Atlanta.
Sides included deviled eggs, cranberry/apple conserve from Whole Foods Market, glorified rice, green beans almondine, and the Sweet Corn Bread Pudding. But don't wait for Thanksgiving to make this recipe. Its simplistic prep makes it easy to fit into a weeknight schedule.
Alton Brown Sweet Corn Bread Pudding
Yield: 6 servings
1/2 onion, diced fine
1 ounce unsalted butter
½ tsp thyme
½ tsp rosemary
1-15oz can creamed style sweet corn
1 cup heavy cream
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
½ cup yellow cornmeal, whole grain, stone ground
½ cup shredded Parmesan
1 tsp salt
Ground black pepper
2 cups cubed French bread
Heat oven to 350°. Sweat onions with butter and herbs in an oven safe skillet until translucent. Combine corn, cream, eggs, baking powder, cornmeal, Parmesan, salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Add cubed bread and fold to combine. Pour batter into skillet on top of the onion mixture. (I chose to mix it all together.) Bake 50 minutes or until set. Cool slightly before serving.


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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Colonial Country Club, Friends of Golf and Golf Coaches Association of America announced the 10 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award on Wednesday, a list that includes Washington's Cheng-Tsung Pan.
The Husky junior was named a semifinalist for the third-straight year, joining Patrick Rodgers of Stanford as they only other player on the list to accomplish that feat.
The other semifinalists include Bryson Dechambeau of SMU, Greg Eason of UCF, Joey Garber of Georgia, Brandon Hagy of California, Ollie Schniederjans of Georgia Tech, Robby Shelton of Alabama, Cameron WIlson of Stanford and Bobby Wyatt of Alabama.
Pan is enjoying another outstanding season for the 11th-ranked Huskies. He won the Kikkor Husky Invitational in the fall, his fourth collegiate victory and has three top-10's on the year. He also leads the Dawgs with a 69.81 scoring average, which ranks third in the nation.
Earlier this spring, Pan qualified for the British Open after finishing third at the Open Qualifier in Thailand. It will be his third major championship after playing in two U.S. Opens.
Pan is looking to become the second consecutive Husky and third UW player overall to win the Hogan Award. Chris Williams won the prestigious award last year and Nick Taylor earned the honor in 2010.
Pan and the Dawgs have completed the regular season, but begin postseason on April 25 with the first round of the Pac-12 Championships. The three-day event (April 25-27) will be hosted by Arizona at Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Ariz.


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Released: Jan 01st, 2002
Running Time: 134
Director: Vince Vouyer
Company: Elegant Angel Productions
Cast: Chandler (I), Joel Lawrence, Monica Sweetheart, Belladonna, Mark Davis, Pat Myne, Lea De Mae, Mario (I), Summer Storm, Ashley (I)
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Feature
Solid anal tape - if you don\'t mind the missing male personalities.
In all of the vignettes in this interesting video, the girls speak and look at the camera throughout the majority of their scenes. This is good in that "you are there" sort of way but the headless, personality-free, penis-wielding, virtually speechless bodies for the most part, left this reviewer cold. While some may enjoy the anonymous male talent thing, the interaction between men and women while fucking - especially while ass-fucking - is, in this reviewer's opinion, one of the best parts of pornography. A disembodied penis in a blowjob tape is one thing - but a whole group of missing male partners in an anal sex video is a damn shame. The male part of the equation is most noticeably absent during the fucking. When the luscious, comely Lea De Mae is getting her ass filled with cock and obviously loving it during a long, raucous fuck, it would have been good for director Vouyer to give some inkling of how the guy was enjoying it. Also, for these women not to respond directly to their scene-mates makes a few of the scenes feel incomplete such as when Summer Storm has a intense anal orgasm while there is virtually nothing shown on the guy on the other end of that orgasm, Joel Lawrence. This said, the ladies are all solid, amazing pieces of ass, the sex here is very hot and their charms are captured very well.


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Ok before I go off on one of my rants, I have to say that Windows XP Pro is probably the best Microschmuck OS I have used thus far. I also understand the need for the periodic updates. However, why is it, that somehow the updates always come at the most inconvenient times? I always seem to get them when I am publishing online, or trying to print off a school paper when I am pressed for time, or even getting that annoying update message in the middle of a DVD on my laptop! Feel free to vent away, or tell me how stupid I am for complaining. The choice is yours! ;)