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Santa Clara County officials again are calling out Board President George Shirakawa Jr. for stretching the definition of prudent use of public funds -- this time allowing his staff to make donations to his choice of charitable causes, spending $4,000 on two electric bicycles, and dining at local restaurants despite prohibitions on such expenses.
In the second of two critical audits released this month, the county's finance agency announced Wednesday that based on Shirakawa's office spending over four years, the supervisor must "immediately reimburse" thousands more dollars than he previously had been called upon to return.
Professor Kirk Hanson, executive director of Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, described the most recent revelations as "ethically problematic."
"It's clearly improper for public officials to use public monies for charitable causes," Hanson said. Noting that many local nonprofits already receive county funds, he added: "The channeling of public monies by a single public official outside the appropriation process becomes a backdoor way of funding the charities that either are the favorite of a public official, or are useful to the public official in their election efforts."
Since taking office in 2009, Shirakawa used his county credit card for 174 meals at local restaurants, later reporting he had lost most of the required itemized receipts. He also billed taxpayers for out-of-state casinos, golf fees and rental car upgrades -- in some cases reimbursing the costs months later, only after being questioned. Shirakawa, 50, is now under investigation by the county District Attorney's office for his spending, as well as by the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, for failing to file critical campaign finance disclosures.
The board president has declined repeated interview requests, while publicly imploring constituents not to be "distracted" by what he describes as a personal attack. But in a response to the latest county audit released Wednesday, Shirakawa disputed a key finding related to the donations he made with public funds. The donations ranged from a $2,500 sponsorship of the San Jose Salsa Festival in 2011 to a $750 payment in June for youth swim lessons at the Sparkle Swim School.
Shirakawa agreed, however, to pay back $460 in newly identified inappropriate staff meal charges. County auditors last week recommended he reimburse $12,772 billed to his taxpayer-funded credit card -- an amount that does not include $7,049 Shirakawa already has paid back.
The county's Finance Agency now reports that between 2009 and 2012, Shirakawa's office spent $30,040 on "donations and sponsorships," that included $8,790 in nine donations made on county-issued credit cards, which the supervisor insisted is allowable under county rules. However, the county said those clearly violate its credit card policy that prohibits donations through the credit card.
Yet a portion of the funds, designed for goods and services, "should not have been used for making donations," the audit states. Futher in at least seven of the nine instances, the audit states, donations totaling $6,250 "were clearly in violation" of county policy. The "prohibited donations" to community groups and events -- while notably worthy causes -- were not approved by Shirakawa's four board colleagues and left the spending entirely to his discretion. "The county should be immediately reimbursed for these expenses."
But the bulk of the rest of the donations were made from his office budget through direct payments and fall into a murkier area, with auditors backing off from describing the charges as a violation, but expressing their discomfort with the spending.
The audit states: "We were unable to identify a specific county policy that explicitly prohibits donations without board approval."
Acting County Counsel Lori Pegg said the county's "direct payment'' ordinance "lends itself to an interpretation that certain charitable donations are permissible.'' She said she is recommending the board clarify its policy.
Another curious transaction centers on two electric bicycles purchased in June 2009 for $4,000 and donated to the Sheriff's Office. Although the sheriff returned the bike to the vendor weeks later, auditors noted there is no record of "a refund or credit."
In a posting on his website Wednesday, Shirakawa said, "most of my office expenses go toward supplies, and donations and sponsorships that help community-based organizations provide valuable services to needy and disadvantaged communities. I'm honored to be able to provide support for these important and valued community organizations.''
The supervisor has pledged to repay a few meals his staff enjoyed at taxpayer expense. Shirakawa set the example for his staff by charging for 174 meals when other supervisors charged at most a handful. Shirakawa's breakfast, lunch and dinner dates often included his political allies and friends -- such as his former house mate who dined on the county dime several times while living in San Jose with Shirakawa.
Wednesday's audit says Shirakawa's staff violated the county's Business Meal Policy in its spending of $459. The policy forbids billing for meals that are "social functions or regularly scheduled staff meetings during normal working hours other than light refreshments."
Shirakawa's colleagues reacted severely to the latest revelation.
"I was stunned," Supervisor Liz Kniss said. "I had no idea that money was being spent on what I would consider donations of taxpayer dollars in your district without any approval from the board."
Supervisor Ken Yeager agreed, saying: "I continue to be very disappointed in Supervisor Shirakawa's behavior, and I am still looking for an explanation from him on how this happened. "Yeager, who takes over as board president next month, has pushed for stricter county rules on credit-card use that are expected to be released in draft form Thursday. "He needs to repay the county for these unwarranted expenses as soon as possible. I hope that the new rules to be put in place will guarantee that these expenditures will never happen again."
Contact Karen de Sá at 408-920-5781 and Tracy Seipel at 408-275-0140.


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The Mighty Yates Bro's and Jeff "Blaze" Addams bring "blues, rock and hip-hop" to The Motherloaded Tavern, 103 S. Main St. in Breck on Saturday.
The Denver and Colorado Springs-based act features cousins James and Chris Yates on turntables, keyboard and vocals, with guitarist Addams on a Gibson Les Paul.
Showgoers can expect "high-energy and acid blues guitar tones," according to Addams, who finds inspiration in Jimi Hendrix and cites "drinking beer always" as the band's latest project.
In contrast, James Yates finds inspiration in family, and cites the band's current project as "gigging." "We play music everyone likes to dance to all night long," James said.
Chris promises "a mind-blowing show" Saturday, inspired by "the love of hip-hop."
The Mighty Yates Bro's plays primarily original tunes with some covers interspersed. The show kicks off at 10 p.m. and there's no cover.


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The earliest studies in the field of modified drug delivery date back to the 1950s. Since then, a large number of drug products, mainly in the form of tablets and capsules with controlled-release characteristics, have been introduced. Das and Das predicted a minimum growth of 9% per year for this market through 2007 (1). Various technologies have been investigated to achieve the different types of modified release (e.g., sustained, delayed, pulsatile, targeted, and programmed release). Regardless of the delivery type, the primary mechanisms associated with drug transport in these systems are diffusion, swelling, erosion, ion exchange, and osmotic-transport effect. These mechanisms have been investigated in several studies (2–7).
Glipizide (GLZ), a weak acid (pKa = 5.9) is practically insoluble in acidic environments, highly permeable, and insoluble in water (39 µg/mL). Oral absorption of GLZ is uniform, rapid, and complete; its bioavailability is nearly 100%, and its elimination half-life is 2–4 h (8).
Class II compounds such as GLZ comprise relatively lipophilic and water-insoluble drugs with saturated solubility ≤0.1mg/mL that, when dissolved, are well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Commonly, drugs in this class have variable bioavailability because of the influence of formulation effects and in vivo variables on absorption (9). Scientists try various formulation techniques such as nanoparticles, the addition of surfactants, salt formation, and complexation to change the drugs to Biological Classification System Class I compounds (9–11). Complexation with cyclodextrins (CDs) has been widely used to improve the solubility and dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble drugs (12). CDs also enhance drugs' physical and chemical stability and eliminate unpleasant odors and tastes (13).Many methods are available for determining the physical nature of an inclusion complex. The inclusion complex can be characterized in the solid state by techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) (14). A complex prepared using the solvent-evaporation method in a 2:1 ratio of hydroxypropyl (HP)–β–CD to GLZ enhanced solubility and dissolution. The result could be used to formulate an osmotic-pump tablet.
In the 1970s, Theeuwas introduced an elementary osmotic-pump tablet (EOPT) (2). Because an EOPT is simple to prepare and drug release can be controlled over an extended period, interest in developing EOPTs increased over the past two decades. However, the generic EOPT is only suitable to deliver drugs of moderate solubility. Okimoto investigated osmotic-pump tablets for poorly water-soluble drugs (e.g., testosterone, prednisolone, and chlorpromazine) using sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin (SBE) 7m-β-CD as a solubilizer and osmotic agent (12, 15).
The authors aimed to develop a new EOPT of GLZ with proper accessorial material after making an inclusion complex of it with HP–β–CD to increase its solubility and deliver it over an extended period of time.
GLZ, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, spray-dried lactose monohydrate NF, magnesium stearate, and talc were donated by Sword and Shield Pharmaceutical (Chhatral, Gujarat, India). The sample of HP–β –CD (molecular weight of 15000 Da) was a gift from Roquette (Lestrem, France). Sodium chloride and potassium chloride were purchased from S.D. Fine Chem (Mumbai). Various grades of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) were donated by Colorcon Asia Pacific (Singapore). All chemicals and solvents were of analytical-reagent grade.


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Hayes Nulman
Hayes Nulman Design - www.hayesnulman.com
Inception: September 2013
Jobs Created: 3
Business Profile: Hayes Nulman Design is a unique furniture design and fabrication studio in Montreal. It is unique because we build custom functional works of art by blending wood and metal in seamless design. We work well with clients who know exactly what they want. We also work well with clients who know the functions they need, but are unsure of the rest. In other words, we work well.
His story: From a young age Hayes was fascinated with the construction of everyday objects. After finishing school in Furniture design and fabrication he tried to fit in at a large manufacturing company. Fortunately for us it was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. This led him to unleash his entrepreneurial spirit by establishing Hayes Nulman Design.
PME Quote: The money we received from PME has enabled us to purchase state of the art equipment that will push us to enter new product segments.
Raquel Ansky
For The Love Of Dog - www.fortheloveofdogmontreal.ca
Inception: November 2013
Jobs Created: 2 full-time and many seasonal employees
Business Profile: We provide quality pet grooming, straight to your door! We also provide safe overnight boarding for your dogs, in a home environment, which allows dogs to be a part of the family rather than just another dog in a kennel.
Her story: When I was going through nursing school, I wanted nothing but a dog to call my own. Once I adopted Maya from the SPCA, I realized that leaving her home alone all day was not fair. Here I was stuck between leaving my precious Maya home all day alone, or hiring a dog walker, a stranger who now would have access to my home and personal life. Montreal definitely needed a reliable pet service and I was going to bring it to them!
PME Quote: I was so lucky to have been given a 15k cheque from PME. This helped me with marketing and, essentially, cash flow! After over a year in business, I still have money to continue to grow my business, and I am so grateful for their amazing support. Getting this money proved to me that my community was there for me, and wanted to see me succeed. Even when others didn't believe in my service, PME did!
Marina Staingart and Jean-Pierre Sabe-Affaki
Medialpha - www.medialpha.ca
Inception: June 2014
Jobs Created: 2
Business Profile: Medialpha manages an online platform that connects rising demand for home health services to a network of mobile health professionals. Medialpha offers patients the maximum control over their schedule; our professionals perform medical/paramedical acts whenever and wherever patients request them. Medialpha's mission is to make everyone win in healthcare by providing great customer experience to patients, clinics and other partners.
PME Quote: Before our pitch, we were nervous and humbled to present to such distinguished and accomplished panel members. It was such a thrill to receive their endorsement in terms of start-up funds and precious mentorship. Thanks to PME we are better equipped to launch our operations.
Benjamin Outmezguine, Noah Bernett, Konstantinos Vassiliou & Richard Bernett
CoolWhey - www.coolwhey.com
Mentor: Jeremy Richman
Inception: September 2014
Jobs Created: 4
Business Profile: CoolWhey is North-America's first protein ice cream. Each tub contains 23g of protein, is 100% natural and has no added sugar. Our ice cream can be used as a post-workout recovery or simply as a healthy snack!
Their story: Konstantinos Vassiliou and Benjamin Outmezguine have been friends for many years. They've known each other since high school and have always shared a passion for entrepreneurship. One of their most memorable experiences together takes place at the Young Entrepreneurs program from Junior Achievement in 2011. Together they participated in the development of a product, its creation and its selling as well. This planted the entrepreneurial seed of one day starting their own company. Noah Bernett met Kosta and Ben in CEGEP, and it wasn't long before they realized that they all shared the same goals and passion for business. The three young men shared much more than just business, they also shared a similar life style of being active and having a love for sports. This led them to spending time together working out and participating in the same sports. Together they signed up for classes in martial arts, they went skiing during the winter and played soccer during the summer. These activities led to the creation of their business, CoolWhey.
PME Quote: PME provided us with everything we needed as a starting company; a great mentorship program, an interesting source of financing, and real support from the community.
Nathaniel Schachter & Anik Decoste
N/A - www.naisgood.com
Inception: October 2010
Jobs Created: 12
Business Profile: N/A is a new kind of marketing agency with a singular goal: to connect people and brands in ways that affect positive social change. We call it Good Marketing.
Their story: Working at Saatchi & Saatchi, Sid Lee, Vice Magazine, and V Magazine in cities ranging from Montreal to New York, we decided it was time to use our editorial and marketing expertise to put purpose at the core of business.
PME Quote: The PME gave us one of our key big breaks early on. With their investment, we were able to grow in a smart way, and today - only 2.5 years in - count 3 multi-billion dollar companies in the US and Canada as clients. We couldn't have gotten to where we are today without the PME.
Larry Markowitz, Raphael Bouskila & David BerlinerCoPower Inc. - https://copower.me/
Inception: October 2013
Jobs Created: 5
Business Profile: CoPower is an online platform that allows Canadians to pool their money and invest in pre-vetted clean energy opportunities such as solar and energy efficiency systems. Investors receive solid financial returns, and make a positive impact on the environment and in their communities.
Their story: David is a lifelong environmentalist who worked in Toronto and New York City on mobilizing communities towards clean energy and generating local power. Raphael worked in science and technology for many years, developing an appreciation for new energy technologies and for the power of the Internet. The two of them met at a Montreal-based clean energy investment fund, where they grew to understand the barriers the traditional banking system places in front of financially-viable clean energy investments.
PME Quote: The support of the PME was about much more than money: it meant we had a rockstar group of entrepreneurs supporting us. From the CEO of a global clean energy company, to the founder of a successful research and marketing firm, to experienced lawyers and accountants, we have found ProMontreal Entrepreneurs to be one of the most valuable resources behind our company.
Stephanie Mitelman & Todd Bercovitch
Senseez Pillows - www.senseez.com
Inception: January 2012
Jobs Created: 3
Business Profile: These colorful, lightweight, fun-shaped vinyl vibrating cushions offer a gentle sensation they are squeezed or sat on, relaxing, calming or soothing the body. This can help some kids sit still and others fall asleep! Kids that have trouble sitting for meals, stories, car rides, shopping trips, school work, movies, or anything else will be comforted by the vibrations of Senseez.
PME Quote: PME has been a tremendous support for us… not only in the financial area, but also in helping us to access a number of resources we would have not known about without their help!
Drs. Eli Stoffman & Thomas Jennequin
Cuttle Pharmaceutical - www.cuttlepharma.com
Community Partners: PME, CDEC CDN/NDG, Montreal Inc., Concours Québecois en entrepreneuriat, Concours d'Entrepreneurship HEC-Poly-UdeM
Inception: February 2012
Jobs Created: 2
Business Profile: Cuttle Pharmaceutical is a Montreal-based Contract Research Organization (CRO) dedicated to producing high-quality test drugs and other fine chemicals. The goal of our drug development services is to provide our clients with top quality products tailored to their research requirements, effectively reducing costs and timelines and helping to meet drug discovery milestones.
Sylvie Tendler
The Tendler Group - www.tendlergroup.com
Inception: 2001 and acquired in 2007 by IntrinsiQ, LLC of Waltham MA
Jobs Created: 12+
Business Profile: The Tendler Group is a provider of medical market research to leading pharmaceutical companies.
Her story: I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I worked for 2 competing global agencies prior to starting my own.
PME Quote: To receive funding from such a distinguished committee was support within itself.
Dylan Ribkoff
Dylan Ribkoff - www.dylanribkoff.com
Inception: August 2010
Jobs Created: 10
Business Profile: To create clothing that satisfies our customer needs. To provide a shopping experience that makes people want to share it with others.
His story: I was dissatisfied with what was available; I was essentially making something for me.
PME Quote: The PME fund meant life. It was a breath, without that breath you can't think.
Michael Moszberg and Damien Galan & Tarek Riman
Praktice Health - www.prakticehealth.com
Mentor: Earl Azimov
Inception: June 2014
Jobs Created: 3
Business Profile: Gymbirds is pay-as-you-go fitness app that puts the entire menu of fitness classes available in your city at your fingertips. The app make it easy to discover the classes and gyms around you, get an affordable pass, and get going in seconds. No more lengthy signups, costly commitments or boredom at the gym!
PME Quote: PME has provided us with the resources we needed to build our sales and marketing team, enabling Gymbirds to expand into new markets. They have also helped enormously by providing mentorship and making important introductions for us.


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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
1a.Objectives (from AD-416):
Use empirical tools to improve computational prediction models for detecting clinically relevant linear IgE binding sites.
1b.Approach (from AD-416):
a. Synthesize known and computationally predicted cross-reactive IgE binding epitopes of peanuts and tree nuts on a membrane.
b. Use clinically well-characterized patient sera with known peanut and/or tree-nut (walnut and almond or cashew) allergy to assess the clinical relevance of IgE binding to a particular synthetic peptide.
c. Continuously optimize computational model based on empirical data obtained from goal b.
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Alabama's Brent Calloway arrested on marijuana charge
Published: Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 21, 2011 at 9:35 a.m.
Freshman University of Alabama running back Brent Calloway was charged with marijuana possession early Friday morning after police saw him in a vehicle driving near Bryant-Denny Stadium without headlights.
Officers noticed a strong marijuana smell when they stopped the vehicle in the 900 block of Paul W. Bryant Drive at 12:45 a.m. in which Calloway, 18, was a passenger, said Tuscaloosa Police spokesman Sgt. Brent Blankley. The officers found a small bag containing marijuana "on (Calloway's) person," Blankley said.
He was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana and released from the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $1,000 bond.
"Coach Saban is aware of the situation and like all other disciplinary action, this will be handled internally," Associate Athletics Director Jeff Purinton said Friday morning.
Calloway, who has yet to take the field this season, was one of the state's highest-sought recruits.
Calloway, a 4-Star recruit from Russellville, signed with the Alabama football program in February as part of the 2011 signing class, ending his see-saw recruitment. Calloway originally gave his verbal committed to Alabama in the summer of 2009 before switching to in-state rival Auburn in the weeks leading up to National Signing Day. A last minute change of heart saw him sign with the Crimson Tide.
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For Breakfast
Not all homestyle restaurants in Georgia serve breakfast, but when you're looking for the combination of the two, you'll need to visit the Dillard House in Dillard. The Dillard House serves up a bountiful breakfast of meats, eggs, potato hash, fresh fruits, homemade preserves, freshly baked pastries and so much more. My favorites are the proteins, and I always have to have seconds of the pork tenderloin. The Dillard House is one of those "food for the soul" kinds of places, and besides breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so start your day right by feeding your soul well here. Go with high expectations because you're sure not to be disappointed.
For Fried Chicken and Dessert
One common menu item at all homestyle restaurants in the South is fried chicken. I doubt it's written law that they have to have fried chicken (and lots of it) on the table, but I'm pretty sure it's understood. Believe me, I've eaten a lot of fried chicken at a lot of great restaurants, but the best fried chicken I've eaten in Georgia to date is at Buckner's in Jackson. Buckner's is just off I-75 exit 201, and they serve up some of the most delicious Southern classics you can find. While normally I'd go for a leg or thigh, you'll only find breast on the table at Buckner's. Breast meat tends to be dry, but Buckner's keeps its white meat juicy, tender and perfectly crispy. There's a slight sweetness to it that I've not found duplicated anywhere else in Georgia. To top it all off, their dessert is fantastic, too. They only serve one dessert, but they do it right. Buckner's Georgia peach cobbler is the perfect finish to one tasty meal.
For Sides
You can expect a wide array of incredible veggies and carbs at the homestyle table, but no one cooks sides as well as Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room in Savannah. Mrs. Wilkes' showcases all sorts of fresh veggies like green beans, rutabagas, butter beans, peas and more. They're even getting cornbread dressing right; it's incredibly moist and super delicious. Mrs. Wilkes' cabbage was some of the finest I've ever eaten. This homestyle restaurant is one of those places where you could definitely fill up on sides alone. Expect to wait in line for up to a couple of hours, but you and your taste buds will be glad you did.
For Extras
Once you've had the best breakfast, the best chicken and dessert, and the best sides, what's left on the table? Well, the Smith House in Dahlonega is taking the table extras to a whole new level. You're going to consistently get great chicken, great sides and dessert, but you're also going to get some great extras. One of my favorite accompaniments to Southern fare is relishes and pickles. The Smith house makes and serves up the best pickled squash you'll find. It perfectly pairs with the savory veggies and offers a slightly tangy, sweet crunch that you just can't find elsewhere. You'll want to take some home, too. Look in the gift shop before you leave to make sure you can have this "secret" treasure at your home table.
Lori Hennesy is a self-proclaimed foodie and author of delisghga.com, a Georgia only food blog. Lori is on a constant search for unique eats, great Georgia products, delicious restaurants and anything food related. For Lori it's all about the bottom line, "what's the next meal going to be?"


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Phish is playing like it's the end of the world, and I for one am enjoying every minute of it.
Thursday, 06/28/2012
Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set 1: BirdwatcherThe Birdwatcher, Curtain WithThe Curtain With, FYFFuck Your Face, The Old Home Place, Pebbles and Marbles, Weigh, CDTChalk Dust Torture, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother, Cool It Down > Tweezer, Tela > STFTFPStealing Time From the Faulty Plan
Set 2: Mike'sMike's Song > McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > BOTTBack on the Train -> HYHUHold Your Head Up > Bike > HYHUHold Your Head Up > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove[1] > CaspianPrince Caspian > Waves > Bug > BowieDavid Bowie
Encore: Show of Life > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
[1] Trey on drums and Fish on guitar at the beginning. Trey and Fish on drums together later in song and then Trey back on guitar.
· Fuck Your Face tease in Tweezer
· Psycho Killer tease in Back on the Train
· Bug tease in David Bowie
· If I Only Had a Brain tease
· Dave's Energy Guide tease in Weekapaug Groove
Noteworthy Jams: The Curtain With (highly recommended), McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters (highly recommended), Back on the Train (highly recommended), Waves (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 21.36
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: The Old Home Place was played for the first time since December 5, 2009 (103 shows). Tweezer contained a Fuck Your Face tease from Mike and Back on the Train had a Psycho Killer tease in the transition into HYHU. Mike teased Mike's Song and If I Only Had A Brain before Bike. Weekapaug featured Trey on drums and Fish on guitar (while teasing DEG) at the beginning saying "I think we're a better band this way, don't you?" followed by Trey and Fish on drums together, then Trey back on guitar. Bowie featured a Bug tease from Trey.
Song Distribution:
3 A Picture of Nectar
2 Round Room
2 Farmhouse
1 Party Time
1 Joy
1 Billy Breathes
1 Hoist
1 Rift
1 Junta
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "2012 Early Summer Tour."
Phish is playing like it's the end of the world, and I for one am enjoying every minute of it.
Set 1:
Bird watcher: I don't think anyone called this one. The accapella tune gave the deer creek shed that hanging out with phish on the back porch feel. They manage to do that here.
Curtain with: perfect electric opener. This rather lengthy and complicated tune was performed flawlessly. Treys lead cut straight through the muggy Indiana air...
Fuck your face: slamming out of curtain with with this rare gem got the crowd immediately revved. A change or two was missed but it did not diminish the overall effect. Great placement.
Old home place: great version of a snappy bluegrass song that seems to be rare everywhere but deer creek
Pebbles and marbles: another rarer score... Noticing a pattern? Once again, very well played. Treys solo soars right out of the gate into a blistering type one explosion.
Weigh: perfect choice! Good light hearted fun after a rather intensely played p&m's.
Cdt: this one picks the crowd up for the home stretch. It doesn't get as deconstructed as some, but still a nice version.
Wolfmans: hot on the heels of cdt, this page driven version doesn't particularly aspire for the big climax that most get to anymore. Instead, it finds a nice hot summer groove wih enough room for everybody to contribute. Like I said though, page really sits on this groove and owns it.
Cool it down: this seemed to be the bust out everyone wanted and phish delivers. My favorite tune off loaded. Good version.
Tweezer!: I just saw one the set before at Blossum, but hey, bring it on! Unlike Blossum's fun but somewhat goofy version, trey is all business here. He starts out with a very focused melodic lead that everyone else rides to the top. In rare fashion, this one actually comes back into the "traditional" tweezer ending. Good version. Great for a 1st setter.
Tela: if cool it down didn't get you "cooled down," this one sure did. Excellent placement. Can you misplace tela?
Faulty plan: between the heat and that first set, I think everyone had a blank space. Solid set closing version.
Overall: a very cohesive first set with very inspired playing. Outside of a bit of slop on fuck your face(which isn't a horrible song to have some slop) and a lyric miscue on wolfmans by trey the boys were honed in early.
Set 2
Mikes song: this one was blasting right out of he gates. Trey took his typically menacing lead while page had some very dark fills. Good version for 3.0. I would have liked a slower descent but the transition to mcgrupp still felt nice and natural.
Mcgrupp: this one may be my highlight. This fit the mikes song like a glove. Page weaves seemlessly through this one. Fish holds it down well too. As the best mcgrupp's do, this one felt like a real whirlwind by the end.
bott: trey leaves mcgrupp in a wash of feedback and delay loops. From there he lands perfectly into bott. Once the groove is established, he opens things up with a fairly raunchy lead before getting to the vocals. As the jam opens up, there's is some extremely playful interplay between all 4 members. They keep this nice groove going for a few minutes, slowly augmenting it. Then we find our selves in a bit of deep funk space land. Eventually, Gordon leads the charge into...
Hyhu/bike/Hyhu: Gordon throws in some nice psycho killer teases, which work well against Hyhu. Standard/fun fish action...
Weekapaugh: trey does a nice job directing Hyhu into weekapaugh, leaving fishman an opening. He grabs treys guitar and begins to solo away on weekapaugh. Just imagine one of fishmans rock a williams solos set to the back drop of weekapaugh. Not the most musical thing but fun none here less. Trey stays on the drums for a bit with fish allowing Gordon and page to get their groove on. Finally, trey comes back home and hammers down a pretty solid solo.
Caspian: not my favorite song but the middle section dissolves nicely into waves
Waves: trey leads the charge on this jam initially before giving way to page. Page dances through this one nicely driving up the waves theme. When trey comes back, the jam takes a momentary dive towards spacier realms, but trey comes back with a mix of funky and dissident rhythm playing. Once he settles on funky, page reasserts himself. Finally, trey fades back and allows gordon to lead the charge. He goes forth with a thick and forceful bass line that quickly allows trey and page a place to call home. Fishman has some wonderfully loose playing in this one. Moving precisely but without any desire for a clear climax the boys move smoothly into bug.
Bug: like caspian, not one of my favorites. Actually a solid version that fits this set well. Good trey solo. Works nicely into...
Bowie: this is a nice sharp set closing Bowie. It's not overly ambitious but it also gets the job done. Trey and page move nicely around each other building to the obligatory balls to the wall coda.
Show of life>tweeprise: it is what it is
This show competes with the 3rd night of sb9 for best show I've seen since the return. The song selection was superb. The playing was both creative and precise. Both sets had a very coherent feel to them. Good to be back at the creek!
Set 1: curtain w/>fuck your face, pebbles, cool it down, tweezer>tela
Set 2: mikes groove, waves
But, the more amazing aspect is, it realty, really works. Not just, wow, I added a Fuck Your Face, Tela, Old Home Place and a HYHU>Bike>HYHU to my stats, This is a sublime, unique and extraordinary show. Nothing like it has existed in Phish 3.0
Best of 3.0? I don't know, there are some great 2011 shows.
Unique in 3.0: Definitely.
Worth Downloading: Absolutely.
I'm happy to give this one 5 stars.
The first set had an excellent balance of songs, and, for the most part, they were all executed well. Wolfman's is the noticeable exception; Trey missed the telephone guitar riff and the vocals to that line, but in my opinion he made up for it when they got to the jam. It had a nice, funky groove, and I really enjoyed the final two-thirds of the song. The highlights from this first set were The Curtain With and Pebbles and Marbles.
This second set was, in one word, awesome. You can't say enough good things about the execution and jamming in McGrupp, BOTT, and the Waves > Bug > Bowie section. The antics, instrument switching, and vacuum solo during the HYHU, Bike > HYHU > 'Paug section was very enjoyable.
To sum up, download this one now. You won't regret it.
Last night was my first show this year, and boy was I lucky to hop on the tour when I did. As the offcial Phish.net review noted, there really was something for everything last night: bust outs, patient and textured jamming, classic Phishy antics, two trips to Gamehendge, grooving crowd pleasers, and yet even more bust outs.
Many legendary Phish shows have been crafted at the hands of intense weather: think of wild thunderstorms and snow dumping blizzards, but the other natural phenomenon that people tend to forget about from time to time is the heat -- unless of course, you were at Oswego. And while the setlist might not have been temperature focused for the majority of the evening, the ready to rage sweat-drenched Deer Creek crowd took care of the rest.
I'm sure by now you've heard plenty about the record heats all across the midwest (it's 110 today in Indianapolis). I can't comment on the lot scene since I pulled up to the venue right as the show started, but I think it's safe to say that most of the showgoers took it easy yesterday afternoon. Instead of partying in the lots, most people heeded the severe weather advisories and stayed out of the oppressive sun until showtime. But make no mistake, once the fans got into the venue, it was time to throw down.
And after an uncharacteristic 2 year break from the cornfields, the band were happy to oblige us. They came to play. If it wasn't apparent after an unusual acapella opener The Birdwatcher or the precise rendition and soaring jam in the Curtain With, the first Fuck Your Face since last June certainly put everyone on notice. Not only was the band crafting a solid setlist with 8 tour debuts crammed into the first set, but they also seemed locked in from the first note.
Yet there were no references whatsoever to the record heat -- until after a solid rendition of a mid-set Wolfman's, Trey walked over to Mike and Fish and started visibly singing/reminding them how a certain song went. A bustout was clearly at hand...unless Trey was reminding Fishman the opening to Moma Dance after last week's misstep. Sure enough, Trey's play calling did not disappoint for once and we were treated to my first Cool It Down since Burgettstown 2003 (another bustout laden show). While the song was clearly not rehearsed as well as it could have been, the intent was there and you could tell the band was enjoying themselves. And after this laid back segment, the band brought the tempo right back up and tried to cool us down another way: with a trip into the freezer. With the first real jamming of the night, this solid rendition of Tweezer got everyone grooving in stark contrast to last weekends' antics filled version. The band meant business, with nary a wasted note in this version which seemed almost ready for liftoff into the muggy stratosphere, when they reeled it back in for the classic old school slowed down ending.
Next they dusted off Tela, one of the handful of songs I had really been hoping for during this 3 day mini-run of mine. Many in our section used this as a place to catch a breather after the previous 12 minutes of madness, but Tela is such a rare treat that I could easily wait til setbreak. A concise and rocking Stealing Time closed out the set, and left us all in a soaked daze, not quite sure if we had really witnessed what had just happened. Setbreak was spent resting our legs, grabbing a bite to eat, and calling songs for the 2nd set, but I'm not sure any of us would ever have predicted what was about to happen.
The second set started off innocently enough with Mike's Song, but this Mike's Groove was anything but typical. After a standard 3.0 compact Mike's the band landed in the opening notes of the first McGrupp of 2012, and BAM! we were back in Gamehendge. While these eyes have only witnessed a few versions of the song, I can say without question that this was one of the better versions, with only a few bum notes in the composed section, and a nice extended solo from Trey at the end. Back on the Train followed, which surprisingly this took the prize for spaciest jam of the night. They quickly descended into the type II ambient realm, and my buddies and I heard tastes of No Quarter and Psycho Killer emerge from the ether, but they opted for Hold Your head up instead.
Despite asking aloud what the hell he was doing up there, Fishman was in good spirits and treated the adoring masses to a seemingly lyric flub free version of Bike. After the vacuum antics, Fish ran a few laps around the stage before tucking his dress into his briefs, and when he was about to assume his place back at the drum kit, trey started drumming the Weekapaug intro and Mike soon follow suit. With nowhere else to go, Fishman walked over to Trey's guitar and strapped it on. While Fishman isn't the most gifted guitar player, this was a fun sight to see. Luckily, Trey & Fish switched back places between verses so we got a healthy taste of Trey's machine-gun licks and more sweat inducing groove.
An unfinished Caspian gave everyone a much needed breather, before the last clear highlight of the night: the first emergence of Waves since the famed UIC "Element's set". After the jam, they drifted back into more ambient soundscapes. Trey applied tastefully small doses of the whale call, while Mike dropped a series of laser precision bombs. Standard versions of Bug and Bowie closed out the end of the set, but there was nary a complaint to be heard. Show of Life was a predictably tame encore call, but Tweeprise more than made up for it. The post show scene seemed a bit subdued, which was to be understood after one of the hottest days on record, but everyone was still amped on such a blistering two sets. Phish is on a roll over these last 5-6 shows, and with 8 more over the next 10 day, they will only be gaining momentum. See a show by any means necessary before leg 1 ends if you can; they are currently playing the stuff of dreams.
Birdwatcher was a good, oddball opener that just kind of worked. I had no idea what it was at the time but was definitely enjoying it. The Curtain with to follow was a real treat, and definitely one of the most solid versions I can ever recall hearing... up there with the version from Camden last year. Solid start, to only be followed by Fuck Your Face! Nice, high energy start to the show. Followed by The Old Home Place!? Whatttt? When's the last time they even played that before this show? 09 i think.... but anyway what a treat. After OHP, the boys were talking and then I heard Trey tuning(?) his guitar and I just knew it. I said it immediately to my friends, "PEBBLES!" Then before I knew it, the glorious and beautiful intro to Pebbles and Marbles rang out onto the lawn from the speakers at Deer Creek. That was followed by the group of 15 or so friends I was with on the lawn running up me and giving me a hug. I was filled with joy, never thinking I would actually see the song. I have been dying to see this song since I got into the Phish, it was prime hooking material for me as it was on the IT DVD that my friend's older brother had. Anyway, it wasn't the most perfectly played version (I actually really prefer the version from Great Woods last year... just something about the way Page and Mike are on in that version that truly is something else) it still sufficed. Pure euphoria. After P&M was wrapped up, the boys bust into Weigh. I was verrrrry pleased to hear this, especially since it was my first because I missed UIC 1 and 3 last year Awesome Weigh on a very sunny day, to be followed by Chalk Dust. First "standard" song of the night was played pretty decently.... nothing that touches any of the versions played on Leg 2 after Charlotte though. Chalk Dust was followed by Wolfman's, and I remember that this version of Wolfman's was nice and smooth, nothing too crazy on this hot summer night. Just enoough to keep us all movin. Wolfman's broke into Cool It Down, the first of several VU covers that was played during this Deer Creek>Alpine run. This was a nice suprise, especially as I never actually heard this song before. I enjoyed it alot. Good solid playing by everyone in the band, and then before we knew it we > were in the funkland of Tweezer. After the song is over and the jam begins, Trey tears into some serious licks that really set this Tweezer jam above the Tweezer jam with all the antics from the previous show at Blossom. Trey just meant business from the get-go in this one, and the boys took it for a nice but short ride and then the old school ending a-kin to the album Picture of Nectar. Tela's up next and continued with the theme of the set, awesome songs. It was a great GREAT treat to finally get, been chasin this one for a while. The only Tela of the summer lead into the set closing STFTFP. Standardly awesome Faulty Plan that wrapped up the set. Great first set overall, and set the bar pretty high for the 2nd set.
House lights go down and we're off and into Mike's Song. This was a more or less standard version of Mike's, which means it was awesome and Trey threw it down. The > into McGrupp was extremely unexpected and well received. This is an awesome McGrupp, flawlessly played to this listener's ears and it featured quite a bit of extra mustard tonight. McGrupp actually > into BOTT. BOTT featured a mini-extended jam that lasted for 5 or so minutes, wrapping up around the 10 minute mark and actually featured a decently heavy Psycho Killer tease. I thought for a minute they were actually gonna go into it... but we had to wait to SPAC for that bad boy to be busted out BOTT -> into HYHU was funny, and that led to the first Bike in a while. After they wrapped up the HYHU segment, they lead into a Weekapaug. But this Weekapaug features Trey on drums and Fish on Guitar for the beginning!! Very cool and unique, but not ultimately pleasant to the ears ; ) lol but who cares when we're all having so much fun and laughing. Weekapaug was short and lead to an even shorter Prine Caspian, no complaints from this guy! Maybe could've jammed Weekapaug and went straight into Waves, but whatever. This Waves is the improvisational highlight of this set, IMHO. It's only a little over 12 minutes or so, but it's beauty. A very beautiful Waves leads into -> Bug. Bug was standard, featuring solid playing from all. Bug went into > a very solid David Bowie. This Bowie was very sharp and to the point, the band was firing on all cylinders. It was a great and high energy Bowie to end the set. The Show Of Life>Tweeprise encorce isn't too much, but it's just the cherry on the top to a great show.
This is one of my favorites the boys played all year IMHO. It's just a great, well played and clean Phish show. Great song selection and flow in the first set. A couple good jams in the second frame. I give this show a good solid 4/5.
I didn't believe him at first, but during my third or fourth listen it became plain-as-day. Starts at the 4:21 mark into Bike on the SBD and lasts for about a minute.
Fitting ode to the home of the Indianapolis 500. Genius!
Birdwatcher The acapella opener was surprising but welcomed. It seemed to create an immediate bubble around the venue and provided an intimate, charming introduction to the night. It's just a hot flash or else those fire breathing lessons.
The Curtain With - It's always a pleasure to get this tune. The rush of upbeat optimism in the opening riff washed over me and eased any of the remaining tension generated by the gruelingly hot day and long drive.
Fuck Your Face - A perfectly placed FYF after the sensitive ending of the song prior. I love any song where Mike gets to tell a story..."Hi. I'm Bill."
Old Home Place - I remember seeing a sign for this at Blossom (maybe it was Burgettstown), so I knew there was a strong possibility that we would hear it at one of the following shows. True to what we've been told, they see the signs! A very nice rendition of an old favorite -- a rarity that reappeared almost 9 years to the day it was played at DC in '03.
Pebbles and Marbles I like this song a lot. This version was just OK, but I hope it stays in rotation, and I hope to see it explored in the second set one of these days. "She started a blaze from one tiny spark..."
Weigh - It was obvious from the beginning that they were trying to take it easy on us, knowing the heat exhaustive state we were in, haha. This song choice allowed us to groove without too much exertion and, of course, provided smiles for miles at the thought of a swimming pooooool
Chalk Dust Torture - the second of only two fast-paced songs (the other being Old Home Place), it didn't quite end on that 'note' but good energy nonetheless.
Wolfman's Brother Ah, back to the grinding groove. A lyric flub induced a little laughter from band, and a hearty cheer of acknowledgement from the crowd. The outro gave everyone on stage a chance to flex.
Near the end of the first set, we got a string of tunes reminding us that relief was just a sunset (or mindset) away: Cool It Down, Tweezer, Tela ("the wind from beyond the mountains"), and STFTFP (mmmmm..."cold green tea").
The Mike's > McGrupp > BOTT was a beautiful beginning to the second set. The unconventional, extended breakdown in McGrupp left many with tilted heads, mouths agape with curiosity. Trey and Mike easily picked up the quirky lines set down by Page during his solo -- starting with Mike around 5:25 and followed by Trey around 5:45 -- until a new tapestry was woven. It was beautiful interplay by all four members...and I just melt when trey turns on that pitch shifting, perception bending thingamajig at 7:07ish. It peaks with unexpected oddity around the 7:45 mark.
BOTT oozed from the aftermath, dispensing an easy going bounce to the atmosphere, with some added delay loop and laser action from Trey. The jam was turned up a notch by Page around the 4min mark, and then tilted on its axis by Trey around 4:30 before finally reaching orbit around 6:40. Things tapered off around 7:45 with cascading loops and gentle play by all 4 members (a blissful massage of binaural tones). Now they were in our heads. Now they could fuck with our minds! BOTT ended with a familiar pulse, but instead of Psycho Killer, they stumbled right into HYHU!
What's a variety show w/o comedy? Fishman walked quickly to the mic. "What am I doing here?" he asked. "If you think you're the only one asking that question, you're wrong" he answered. The stage banter before "Bike" was great. During Weekapaug, watching Fishman lay down awful licks (with earnest) on the ocedoc caused me to double over with laughter.
Prince Caspian > Waves > Bug seemed to pick up where BOTT left off. As mentioned by others, Waves was unfinished they did not return to the 3rd/4th verses. I could hear Page and Fish trying to get back, but the ardent licks and runs by Trey and Mike swept away that intent. Page jumps on the Rhodes around the 7min mark and soon we were drifting back into deep space, riding the edge of a yawning black hole as it burps out deep vibrations (via Mikes midi bass pedal). Or, maybe some of us were drifting in a submarine near the oceans floor observing another uncharted frontier. Either way, the loops turned this one into more brainwave entertainment. The > Bug fit hand in glove bringing its usual existential serenity, with a slight nod to our current mindset (Cold in my hand, in a country pool ).
All night long, wed been bombarded with subliminal messages to focus our minds on wind, freezers, water, and just being cool. Whos cooler than David Bowie, haha? It was a great way to end a fantastic set. SOF > Tweeprise for the encore/recharge, and we were ready for night 2!
Set 1:
Birdwatcher: Cool tune that I'd never heard. Boys sang it well. Nice way to kick it off.
Curtain With: I had been really hoping to hear this, so to get it as an opener was extra special. If I've ever come close to shedding a tear at a concert, it was here.
Fuck Your Face: Crowd loved it, nice way to take a break while also keeping the energy up.
Old Home Place: Not a bad haul of tunes for my first show! I won't lie, despite hearing this song 50+ times by various bands, I thought it was Ginseng until the chorus. Don't know why.
Pebbles and Marbles: Recognized after a few minutes. Solid playing in here, and I really like the song. Lot of energy when they came back into the lyrics.
Weigh: Not my favorite, but it was fun and the crowd liked it.
Chalkdust: No we're talkin! Everyone was dancing and grooving. Not too much shredding but it kept the energy high
Wolfman's: This on the other hand brought it! Page on the clav as usual for the jam was funky and then Trey just starts going off until they reached a huge peak
Cool it Down: Didn't know it until I heard them say "Cool it Down" but it was a nice, catchy tune after that Wolfman's
Tweezer: There we go! Maybe it was because I was 15 feet from Fishman but he was going to town on the drums. A nice little jam and a cool ending
Tela: A nice bustout
Stealing Time: A good high energy closer. My friend loved it (his first show too, but with much less listening time). Didn't get out there but a good way to close the set as the sun went down.
Set 2:
Mike's: Great opener! Didn't break any 3.0 barriers but boy did they rage it! And those lights!
McGrupp: Took me a bit to remember what this was. Cool plinko jam. Like how they're taking tunes like this and giving them the jam treatment
Back on the Train: Interesting placement. Jam got way out there. A few minutes of wondering where it would go and then....
Hold Your Head Up: I went crazy when I heard that opening groove. Gotta love Fishman antics!
Bike: Fishman was hilarious as always
HYHU: Typical running around the stage, then the tucking came back
Weekapaug: Holy shit he's playing Trey's guitar! Now a dual drum segment! It's funny, at setbreak I told my friend he never really does drum solos. So that was an interesting way to prove me wrong.
Caspian: Nice breather, a little better than most boring 3.0 Caspians (still like the song myself)
Waves: Made up for me missing UIC last year. What a jam! When Mike hit that foot pedal, oh boy!
Bug: Had heard it but couldn't figure out what it was. Crowd loved it, don't why alot of .net doesn't like it
Bowie: Oh shit Bowie! Nothing crazy, but this song capping off the run starting with Waves I will never forget as long as I live. Succinct version but Trey raging at the end never gets old.
Show of Life: I can dig it. Plus we all know what's next
Tweeprise: They raged this one. Mike dropped some bombs during the intro and as they tend to do with Tweeprise they brought the house down with the energy
After listening to all the shows of the first leg up to this point on couch tour, I had a lot of high hopes going into this show and I was not dissapointed. The band has been playing on such a high level and having such a good time while doing it and that was only solidified in this show.
Right out of the gates you could feel something special when they all came out a capella and hit The Birdwatcher perfectly. I guess you could say that was the calm before the storm. Once the first notes hit for The Curtain With I looked over at my buddy and gave him the nod and started running in place. There was a lot of us before the show looking for this one during the run. And we got it right out of the gates. Little did we know we were going to get a 14 minute mammoth. For the first 7 minutes we were in an all out battle with heat literally and musically. Then those soft notes that Trey hits to segway into the second 7 minutes that really hit me hard. I panned across the whole venue and really started to take it all in. We made it. We were here. Phish 2012 was about to begin. The remainder of the set was just peppered with one highlight after the next. Pebbles and Marbles is not usually a song that I write home about but this one gave new meaning to this song for me. Seeing it form itself into a jam vehicle this year just proves even further that the band is taking more chances with different songs as jam vehicles than in other 3.0 years. Pebbles had parts that reminded me of DWD Clarkston which was a highlight for me in '11. The jam just kept climbing and lifted me to the clouds. Landing itself in the beginning of the highlight of the first set...Pebbles, weigh, chalkdust, wolfman's....it set the tone for just a all out barrage of sick Trey licks and bass bombs from Mike throughout The Chalkdust and Wolfman's combo. I've probably listened to this segment a good 5 or 6 times since the show. Once Wolfman's ended we were all drenched in sweat. The heat was at about 110 degrees and the band was only contributing to that. Cool It Down was placed perfectly to let us take a breath and then get right back into a quality Tweezer that only assured me that this was one of the best first sets of the first leg. Too many heavy hitters and down right spot on JAMMING to disagree. Tela and Stealing time rounded out the first set and were both above average versions. Damn...I needed a shower and about a gallon of water at this point. Little did I know what to expect going into the second set...
Mike's started and the journey began. Clocking in at about 9 min this Mike's had all the crunchiness we expect and could be a highlight in any other show but what would then follow is what we all went home writing about. The band did not break once throughout the whole second set and we got down and dirty jams with Mike's and McGrupp and BOTT to funky Fishman antics with HYHU->Bike->HYHU->Weekapaug to out of this world spacey melodies with Caspian->Waves->Bug and we were all chewed up and spit out with the Bowie set closer. If you ever want to go on a intergalactic space ride into another dimension then take a listen to Waves. This song has now emerged into my Phish top 10. This version or UIC '11 are two that will forever remain in my Phish lore.
The encore of Show of Life and Tweezer Reprise let me come back down to earth and gather my thoughts sort of. There was so much running through my mind and soul after this one. I gave everyone in our large crew big hugs and high fives. The look on everyones faces affirmed that we got a good one on this scorcher at the Creek.
Of the 4 night Creek->Alpine run I put this show and Sat. Alpine up there as 2 of the better shows of the first leg. Something about this night though I have a feeling will stand out for me for so many reasons.
All I can say is THANK YOU PHISH! I needed this night more than you know.
I'll let you all know how I feel about the other shows of this 4 night run in other reviews.
I'll see you all in San Fran and Denver!!!


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Ok, this is my second post in a few days..... I am training for my first marathon, about 8 weeks into Hal Higdon's novice 2 plan. I completed a 14 mile run and felt some knee/calf stiffness, iced, rested, etc but my next long run (supposed to be 15 miles) was a failure. I was having severe knee pain, and stopped 9 miles in (probably about 6 miles too late). Went to the dr who diagnosed runners knee. I have been icing and using the foam roller, and took 3 days off. Yesterday I ran for 4 miles -- went great, no problems. Today, being greedy, I decided to do 3 slow miles. Well, one mile into it my achilles tendon started having serious pain, and I stopped. It still hurts, and I'm worried I have tendonitis on top of my knee problems. I feel so discouraged - like this marathon thing must be doomed. I turn 40 this week -- is this the beginning of the end? Besides giving up and parking back on the couch, what can I do?? Do the achilles straps/taping help, and if so, do you think I could run again this week? I feel like this is week 2 of being behind in my training, and I feel very off track. Any help is much, much appreciated!!
Training for Disney Marathon January 2011
I started running at age 50 as part of triathon training. The first thing I did was read up on running technique. Everyone runs naturally but the shoes these days tend to increase over-striding and heel strike by having so much padding. That can cause some of the problems you are experiencing. Read up on Chi, Pose, and Evolution running techniques that stress mid-foot landing and shorter strides with higher cadence (footfalls per minute). I have not had problems even though I had my knee 'scoped 25 years ago, had my Achilles and calf torn (all on the left leg) from participating in various recreational activities over the years. I still ice my knee after long runs and use a light elastic brace that has bands above and below the knee cap that keep the knee stable. I also did a lot of weight training in the gym (leg lifts, hamstring curls, calf/toe raises, squats, lunges) to strengthen all the muscles around the knees. Don't run through the kind of pain you are experiencing as that will cause the problems to get worse. This first marathon may be more walk than run as you may need to start at the beginning of your training again. Good luck and enjoy running.
I think all runners feel like they start falling apart at some age. For me, it was around 30.
It sounds like you are experiencing routine runner's complaints but so far no injuries that will keep you from the Disney marathon. It is important that you not injure yourself. Don't overtrain, don't try to "push through." I did that when training for a marathon and wound up with a stress fracture (actually, I did this twice). Give yourself permission to rest and recover. Get a sports massage. Cross-train. Buy a "Tigertail" or "The Stick" and use it daily. And then get back out and train.
Finally, think about your goal for the marathon. This might be a year for a walk/run marathon.
Good luck.
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Charleston Half-Marathon 1/15/2011 -- 1:52:03
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I'll trade my 62 for your 40.
Much of the advice given for your runner's knee could help here too. Become more conscious of your stride, Keep it (relatively) short, keep the cadence up and plant your foot directly under your hips, not out in front. Chi, Pose, Evolution, etc. are all well and good but I don't think now is the time for wholesale changes.
Here's an article on exercises for a sore achilles: http://www.nismat.org/ptcor/eccentric_achilles
Hi all,
Thank you so much for your replies. They have been very helpful, and I have taken your advice and am not trying to run through these injuries. I went back to sports doc and was diagnosed with a calf strain, and prescribed 3 weeks with no running. Ouch! I don't know what this means for me as far as my marathon -- I am going to try cross training and pool running, and see if when I get back on the road if I can do a run/walk combo that would get me through the 26.2. Its flat, which is a bonus... but I was just up to 14 miles so I definitely didn't have the base I would have hoped for.
If after the 3 weeks I am still in pain I will postpone for another race -- hugely disappointing, but I know I am not alone.
Thanks for all the support!!
I agree with your doctor. I work by prescription on muscles diagnosed with "strain," and always find it comical when runners are quick to blame the tougher parts of the body - bones and tendons - for their pain. Muscles contain most of the nerves that convey these signals of discomfort to the brain.
Anyone whose eaten a steak can tell you which parts are harder to chew. Tendons are neary impossible to hurt, and nobody even thinks about chewing the bone, yet folks are inclined to suspect these relatively nerve-less parts are broken before considering the overworked and tender muscles that move them.
I agree with Len that it's not your age that is holding you back (I'm in my late 50s and just completed a 28 miler this evening - probably my strongest ever), but something else in your life, such as sleep, form/posture, surface, equipment, nutrition, lack of recovery and maintenance, or a combination of these and other factors that has gotten your body's attention.
Lack of sleep or rest/recovery is probably the number one thing that can slow you down, and age with its responsibilities tends to rob our opportunities for both. The shoes and running surfaces you choose can make a surprising difference, either too hard OR too soft. On nutrition, you are what you eat, and most of us pick up some bad habits as we age that may pay us back in spades years later.
Maintenance is simple: Find a foam roller, Stick, Theracane, Knobber, or other tool of choice (my favorite is soaped hands in every shower) and work your legs regularly to relax tired muscles and enhance blood/lymphatic flow (work in the direction of the heart). If you must stretch, you should relax the muscles before stretching. It is counterproductive when you are pulling one way and your muscle is pulling the other. When you stretch, remember it is better to err on the side of moderation.
Problems in the rear calf muscles are often mistaken for Tendonitis or Plantar Fasciitis, among other maladies. Problems in the Quad muscles are often perceived as knee problems and can in fact eventually cause them. Problems with muscles of the hip are often the cause of back and hip joint pain. Sitting in chairs, especially when driving, is one of the worst things for your hip muscles and hamstrings. Stay active and on your feet as much as possible.. don't just rely on your workouts to condition your body.
On training, while Hal Higdon's plan is popular, I would consider a less agressive program such as the Galloway method before throwing in the towel on marathoning, and start adding at least one more cross-training or rest day per week to your schedule, which seems to help runners over 40 recover better.
Time to take an inventory of your lifestyle choices, and how they may affect your running. Don't be afraid of getting older. I may be as old as I've ever been, but my legs are strong as ever too.
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Natchez hospital wants to relieve county of tax
City to ask state to release it from requirement
Natchez Regional Medical Center wants to take Adams County's taxpayers off the hook as cosigners for its revenue bond.
Hospital officials told The Natchez Democrat that they will ask the state to release it from a requirement of a 5-mill standby and a $875,000 letter of credit backing their existing revenue bonds
In 2006, the Mississippi Development Bank required the hospital to show collateral before it would reissue the revenue bond. This was done by having Adams County provide a 5-mill standby tax that would not be collected unless it was needed.
Supervisors said the millage backing the bond is tied to the county's homestead exemption.
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12-year-old boy recovering from power accident
Boy is back home, making progress
A 12-year-old boy who suffered a high-voltage shock after grabbing an electrical line at a substation in Vermont in May is back home and making progress in his recovery.
Ian Treadway had climbed into a gated substation in Springfield operated by Green Mountain Power and grabbed the electrical line, leaving him with second- and third-degree burns on his face and upper body. He was in a medically induced coma for part of his recovery.
He can't explain why he went to the substation after school. He says the most challenging part of his day is being unable to get his arm back to a full extension.
Doctors were able to graft skin from his thighs and lower back to cover his neck, chest and arms.
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According to a Richmond County sheriff's report, two sex assaults occurred in a Paine College dormitory Sunday, hours apart.
Today News 12 learned through that report that the two girls and others were drinking with some guys when the alleged sexual misconduct took place.
While there is security on campus, some students say it's what happens after the doors are locked.
Courtney Gates and Kristyn Shaw are Paine College students, out-of-state students experiencing dorm life.
"Actually, all the dorms are all girls' dorms and all the boys' dorms are only boys' dorms, and girls can't go in to the boys' dorm and boys can't go into the girls'," Gates says.
But it happens.
Even though students say security guards lock down the dorms at night, visitors are still invited in.
"We have a no-coed visitation policy and people break that rule, that's true," says student Omri Miles.
"After some time they lock the doors so that people can't come in, but sometimes girls let them in," Gates says.
Early Sunday, two Paine students told investigators they were victims of sex crimes.
The alleged incidents happened at Graham Hall, hours apart.
One student says that she was raped after going back to her room with a male to get more alcohol for a cookout.
The other student says she was extremely intoxicated in another student's room when a male fondled her. The student says before she passed out from drinking too much alcohol she told the guy to stop.
"We are aware of the situation at this present time, and it is under investigation, and police reports have been filed," says Jay Jefferies of Paine College.
And students at Paine say not following rules may mean big consequences.
"We have had I guess you could say a stranger who was called a convict roaming around the campus in our dorm or another girl's dorm," says Shaw.
"It's very disturbing," says Miles. "It's sad that it had to happen on Paine College campus cause these things don't happen much."
Only one of the girls was willing to prosecute.
The sheriff's office is investigating.


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Cafe Green Salad
- Mustard Vinaigrette:
- 1 garlic clove, sliced in 1/2
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Small splash soy sauce
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
3 cups mixed greens, the darker the better (not iceberg)
Rub the inside of a large wooden bowl with the garlic clove and then either discard it or save it for another use. Put the mustard in the bowl and whisk in the balsamic vinegar and soy sauce (a French secret!) vigorously for about 10 seconds to get a creamy consistency. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Drizzle in the olive oil as slowly as possible with 1 hand while whisking as quickly as possible with the other hand to emulsify. Lay the salad greens on top of the dressing and toss just before serving.
Recipe courtesy of Melissa d'Arabian
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While there aren't many things that are agreed upon by both schools in the Bell Game Rivalry, the fact that it is the best rivalry is certainly one. USA Today is holding a competition for high school rivalries that could win each school's athletic department a whopping $10,000.
"With such a longstanding rivalry, even one that is as well-known as it is here, it would be nice to have such a special rivalry be known nationwide," said Brookfield Activities Director Mike McBroom. "I have met people from different states that have heard a little bit about it, so more exposure for something that means so much to both communities would be great."
"We are excited to be a part of the finalist list for the USA Today's best rivalries contest with Brookfield," said Marceline Activities Director Kent O'Laughlin. "There is a $10,000 price on the line for the national winner. This has been a rivalry for years between the schools with the Bell Game being a major piece of the overall rivalry. The tradition of this game has produced many spirited contests throughout the years. It has a major influence in helping promote community excitement and pride. You can show your support and do your part at helping Brookfield and Marceline schools by casting your vote in support of this rivalry.
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It is there that you can vote for the Bell Game Rivalry. You can vote many times each day, and as of the printing of this piece, the Bell Game is in the lead. So take a moment, and help get these schools some free money.
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Bust-A-Move (Windows)
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DescriptionBust-A-Move (also known as Puzzle Bobble) is a real-time puzzle game in which the player controls a device called "pointer" at the bottom of the screen, aiming and releasing randomly colored bubbles upwards. Depending on the aiming, the bubbles may float up directly or bounce off the walls, changing their trajectory. The goal is to aim the bubbles in such a way that they will touch identically colored ones. When such bubbles form a group of three or more, they pop and disappear from the screen.
If the ceiling of the area is covered by too many bubbles, it will gradually descend; the game is over when it nearly reaches the player-controlled pointer. Should the player fail to release the bubbles within a specific time limit, they will be released automatically, unaffected by the pointer's aiming.
A two-player mode is included as well. Each player competes on an area occupying half of the screen, dealing with identically generated bubbles. Whenever a player successfully disposes of a bubble group, a part of it is transferred onto the opponent's part of the screen.
The game features the two dinosaur protagonists (Bob and Bub) as well as other characters from Bubble Bobble, even though the two games have distinctly different gameplay.
Alternate Titles
- "Puzzle Bobble VS" -- N-Gage title
- "Puzzle Bobble Pocket" -- Japanese PSP title
- "Puzzle Bobble Mini" -- European NGPC title
- "Puzzle Bobble: Bust-A-Move" -- European SNES version title screen
- "Puzzle Bobble" -- Japanese/European title
- "Bust-A-Move Pocket" -- NGPC title
- "Bubble Buster" -- Working title
- "パズルボブル" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
|Quite fun, but doesn't live up to Bubble Bobble.
|Tomer Gabel (4354)
Critic Reviews
|PC Zone
|Aug 13, 2001
|9.4 out of 10
|Power Play
|May, 1997
|75 out of 100
|PC Jeux
|Jun, 1997
|71 out of 100
|70 out of 100
|PC Player (Germany)
|Jun, 1997
|PC Joker
|Aug, 1997
|56 out of 100
|PC Games (Germany)
|May, 1997
|49 out of 100
There are currently no topics for this game.
1001 Video GamesPuzzle Bobble appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Related Web Sites
- Puzzle Bobble Vs. (Nokia's info page for the game.)
Gabriel (112) added Bust-A-Move (Windows) on Dec 13, 2001
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Special Thanks To:
Kinesoft Development Corp.
Executive Producers:
Presage Software
Executive Producers:
Ed and Fred, Thom Miecznikowski, Doug Snook


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The Nike KO Hoodie is the perfect tool to be comfortable and stylish in the cold weather. Ultra-warm with a vibrant look, the Nike KO Hazard Girls Hoodie is made with insulating fabric and features contrasting colors at the front. Look cute, stay warm, and train hard in this KO Hoodie.


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8:00 – 9:00 pm / Concert Hall
For those participating in the Variety Show later this evening, this is your last minute opportunity to work on all the details. Your NSW Leader will provide more information earlier in the week during one of your NSW group meetings. Performers must check-in by 8:15 p.m. in Concert Hall.
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Evidence for the Implementation of the Final Solution: Electronic Edition, by Browning, Christopher R.Table of Contents
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C. Camouflage Langauge:
The documents concerning the killing of Jews on occupied Soviet territory contain both open and camouflage language. Often the documents speak frankly of shootings, executions, extermination, liquidation, etc. Elsewhere they use words such as "special treatment," "evacuation," "deportation," and "resettlement." Many times one or more rationalizations are given to justify the mass killing of Jews as a response to or "reprisal" for some alleged provocation, and sometimes the documents claim that the Jews were "convicted" and the executions were carried out "according to martial law." On other occasions, however, the goal of making these territories "free of Jews" through killing is openly admitted, and Jews are killed for no other reason than being Jewish. The large number of surviving documents for this region allows a more careful examination of this use of language.
The implication that Jews were investigated, convicted, and shot "according to martial law" (standrechtlich) for alleged individual offenses is dispelled by Einsatzgruppe C's own reporting. It noted that by late October 1941, 80,000 persons had been "liquidated." However, only 8,000 of these were persons "who on the basis of investigation could be proven guilty of anti-German or bolshevik activities. The remainder were finished off on the basis of reprisal measures." In the same report, Einsatzgruppe C reported that 75,000 of its 80,000 victims were Jews. Clearly the killing of the vast majority of these 75,000 Jews was not the result of individual offenses that led to investigation, conviction, and execution "according to martial law."58 Moreover, the claim of legal proceedings in connection with shootings was at times clearly formulaic and transparently specious. For instance, Sonderkommando 4a reported shooting 740 people in the first week of November "according to martial law." Included in the list of victims, however, were only three political functionaries and one saboteur; the rest of the victims were 137 Jews and 599 mentally ill persons.59
As indicated by Einsatzgruppe C, many killings of Jews were explained or justified as "reprisals," that is collective punishment of the Jewish community for some alleged transgression by unidentified individuals. This involved a variety of accusations: refusing to work, incitement and spreading rumours, looting or plundering, supporting the partisans, and sabotage. On other occasions, the shooting of Jews was justified because of insufficient food supplies or because the Jews were deemed a source of infectious disease or were simply too old and unfit for work.60
4.3.4On two occasions in the Einsatzgruppen reports, however, the reasons for executions are spelled out systematically. Among the reasons listed by Einsatzgruppe C was quite simply: "Jews in general."61 (Juden allgemein) Einsatzgruppe A also listed reasons for shooting: alongside participation in the communist party, sedition, partisan activity, and espionage, was quite simply: "Belonging to the Jewish race."62 (Zugehörigkeit zur jüdischen Rasse) In short, Jews were to be killed for being Jewish, whether a pretext was listed or not. And in fact many executions were reported without any alleged justification whatsoever. Jews were killed for whom they were, not for what they had done.
The term "special treatment" (Sonderbehandlung) appears in the Events Reports for the first time in No. 21 of July 13, 1941. The report notes that by July 8 the Einsatzkommando in Vilna had "liquidated" 321 Jews. Furthermore, the report explained how this was done, namely that 150 Lithuanians were recruited "to take part in the liquidation of the Jews. ...They arrested the Jews and put them into concentration camps where they were subjected the same day to special treatment. (italics mine) This work has now begun, and thus about 500 Jews, saboteurs among them, are liquidated daily."63 Einsatzgruppe B reported in one paragraph that 640 Jews from the Nevel ghetto had been "liquidated." In the very next paragraph it reported that in Janovichi 1,025 Jews "were subjected to special treatment."64 (wurden...sonderbehandelt)
One month later Einsatzgruppe B reported a long list of actions, in which various terms were used interchangeably to indicate killing. In Belowchstchina 272 Jews were "liquidated." (liquidiert) In Mogilev Einsatzkommando 8 and the Order Police "led 113 Jews to liquidation." (brachte 113 Juden zur Liquidierung) In Schidow, 627 Jews were "liquidated. In a further action another 812 male and female persons were subjected to special treatment. Without exception they were racially and mentally inferior elements." (liquidiert. In einer weiteren Aktion wurden noch 812 m"nnliche und weibliche Personen der Sonderbehandlung unterzogen. Es handelte sich durchweg um rassisch und geistig minderwertige Elemente.) In Minsk, Einsatzkommando 8 "executed" (exekutierte) 41 persons, "primarily" (vorwiegend) Jews. In Talka, "222 Jews were led to liquidation." (222 Juden zur Liquidierung gebracht wurden) Then in Marina-Gorka, "996 male and female Jews were subjected to special treatment." (wurden 996 m"nnliche und weibliche Juden der Sonderbehandlung unterzogen) In Borisov 83 Jews were "shot." (erschossen) In Krupka and Sholpenitsche 912 and 833 Jews respectively were "liquidated." (liquidiert) "The Rayon Krupka can now be considered free of Jews." (Die Rayhon Krupka kann damit als judenfrei angesehen werden.) In Bobruisk Einsatzkommando 8 "executed" (exekutierte) 418 persons, including "rebellious Jews." (widersetzlichen Juden) Then on October 8, 1941, the "total liquidation of the Jews in the ghetto of Vitebsk began. The number of Jews handed over to special treatment came to some 3,000." (der restlosen Liquidierung der im Ghetto in Witebsk befindlichen Juden begonnen. Die Zahl der zur Sonderbehanldung gelangenden Juden beläuft sich auf etwa 3000.) In Ostrovno 169 Jews were "shot" (erschossen), and finally 52 Jews who had fled from Gorodok were "specially treated."65 (sonderbehandelt) A subsequent report stated: "In Vitebsk, the ghetto was evacuated. During this process a total of 4,090 Jews of both sexes were shot."66 (In Witebsk wurde das Ghetto ger"umt, wobei insgesamt 4090 Juden beiderlei Geschlechts erschossen wurden.) In short, the term "special treatment" (and in this case also "evacuation") was often used interchangeably with "liquidated," "executed," and "shot" in the reports, without any serious pretense that it was supposed to camouflage what was happening.
"Resettlement" and "deportation" are also terms the appear in German documents in a similar fashion. For instance, the Gendarmerie district leader of Brest reported: "On October 15 and 16, 1942, the Jewish action was carried out in Brest-Litovsk. Simultaneously the complete resettlement of the Jews in the Kreisgebiet Brest-Litovsk also occurred. In all some 20,000 Jews have been resettled up until now." Two pages later in the same report, he explained the activities of his police station using different language. "Participation in the action against the Jews in the city and Kreisgebiet Brest-Litovsk since October 15, 1942. Up until now some 20,000 Jews have been shot."67
Einsatzgruppe D reported that it had begun preparations for "the deportation of 12-13,000 Jews, Krimchaks, and Gypsies" in early December 1941.68 In a later document, Einsatzgruppe D noted that "Krimchaks...usually counted as part of the Jewish population." Thus the inclusion of the Krimchaks and Gypsies in the fate of the Jews occasioned no special notice among the population. "Their extermination, together with that of the actual Jews and the Gypsies in the Crimea, was accomplished for the most part by the beginning of December 1941."69
Thus SS documents for internal use openly employed terms like "special treatment," "evacuation," "resettlement," and "deportation" interchangeably with execution, shooting, liquidation, and extermination. In documents for external use, however, such language was often used to camouflage what the SS was doing or intended to do. The most blatant and cynical act of deception and camouflage can be seen by juxtaposing the internal documents of Einsatzgruppe A with its communications to the civil administration in its region in August 1941. On July 27, 1941, the Reichskommissar for the Ostland, Hinrich Lohse, had issued a set of provisional guidelines for the treatment of the Jewish population without either consulting Stahlecker or delineating any role for the SS. Higher SS and Police Leader North, Hans Adolf Prützmann, urged Stahlecker to meet with Lohse to discuss the matter.70 Stahlecker instead sent Jäger a three-page position page, which Jäger was to transmit to Lohse orally, as they were both in Kovno.71 Stahlecker explained that Lohse's guidelines, providing for ghettoization and forced labor of Jews at the moment and "resettlement" (Umsiedlung) later, were in conflict with the orders that had been given to Einsatzgruppe A. Instead of ghettoization in the cities, Stahlecker sketched out a plan of "Jewish reservation areas" (Judenreservatsräume) in the open spaces, where the Jews would be separated by sex to prevent further procreation. Work shops and factories would eventually be constructed there to exploit Jewish labor. The reservations would also facilitate "the later collective deportation of the Jews to a reservation outside Europe." In a handwritten note at the end, Stahlecker added that the Lohse draft "to a great extent touches on general orders from higher authority to the Security Police that cannot be discussed in writing."72
This scenario of deporting the Jews first to reservations in the open spaces of the Ostland and then later out of Europe was designed only for outside consumption, as Stahlecker's own documents show. In his summary report of October 15, 1941, he wrote: "It was expected from the start that the Jewish problem would not be solved solely through pogroms. On the other hand the goal of security police cleansing work, according to basic orders, was the most complete removal possible of the Jews. Extensive executions in the cities and flat lands were therefore carried out through special units, to whom selected manpower - in Lithuanaia partisan troops and in Latvia troops of the Latvian auxiliary police - were attached."73 Indeed, the nature of the orders Stahlecker had received from higher authority but could not put in writing are suggested by Jäger's statistics: his unit began the systematic killing of Jewish women and children on August 15, just days after receiving Stahlecker's position paper.74
58. EM No. 126, 27.10.41; EM No. 128, 3.11.41. (denen aufgrund von Ermittlungen eine deutschfeindliche oder bolschewistische Tätigkeit nachgewiesen werden konnte. Der verbliebende Rest ist aufgrund von Vergeltungsmassnahmen erledigt worden.)
59. EM No. 143, 8.12.41.
60. EM No. 92, 23.9.41; EM 94, 25.9.41; EM No. 195, 24.4.42.
61. EM No. 111, 12.10.41.
62. EM No. 173, 25.2.42.
EM No. 92, 23.9.41.
EM No. 92, 23.9.41.
63. EM No. 21, 13.7.41. (Die litauische Ordnungsdienst...wurden eingewiesen, sich an der Liquidierung der Juden zu beteiligen. Hierfür wurden 150 litauische Beamte abgestellt, die die Juden festnehmen und sich in Konzentrationslager schaffen, wo sie nach am gleichen Tag der Sonderbehandlung unterzogen werden. Diese Arbeit hat jetzt begonnen und so werden laufend täglich nunmehr etwa 500 Juden u.a. Saboteure liquidiert.)
64. EM No. 92, 23.9.41.
65. EM No. 124, 25.10.41.
66. EM No. 148, 19.12.41.
67. Report of the Gendarmerie district leader Brest, 8.11.42, in BA, R 94/7. (Am 15. und 16.10.42 wurde in Brest-Litowsk die Judenaktion durchgeführt. Anschliessend erfolgte auch die restlose Umsiedlung der Juden im Kreisgebiet Brest-Litowsk. Im ganzen sollen bis jetzt etwa 20,000 Juden umgesiedelt worden sein. ...Einsatz bei der Aktion gegen die Juden in der Stadt und im Kreisgebiet Brest-Litowsk vom 15.10.42 ab. Bis jetzt sind etwa 20,000 Juden erschossen worden.)
68. EM No. 157, 19.1.42. (die Umsiedlung der 12-13,000 Juden, Krimtschakes and Zigeuner)
69. Nürnberg Document PS-3943 and NO-5219: Report from the Occupied Eastern Territories, No. 4, 22.5.42. (von den allgemein zu den Juden und den Zigeuner auf den Krim erfolgte im wesentlichen bis Anfang Dezember 1941.)
70. HSSPF Riga to Stahlecker, 5.8.41, copy in: YVA, O-53/144/409-10.
71. Stahlecker to Heydrich, 19.8.41, copy in: YVA, O-53/144/412.
72. Historical State Archives, Riga: Stahlecker draft memo, "Betrifft: Entwurf über die Aufstellung vorläufiger Richlinien für die Behandlung der Juden im Gebiet des Reichskommissariates Ostland," 6.8.41. (des späteren gesammelten Abtransportes in ein aussereuropäisches Judenreservat. ...grundsätzliche, schriftlich nicht zu erörternde Befehle von höherer Stelle an die Sicherheitspolizei erheblich berührt).
73. Stahlecker report, 15.10.41 (Nürnberg Document 180-L, printed in IMT, vol. 27, p. 687). (Es war von vornherein zu erwarten, dass allein durch Progrome [sic] das Judenproblem im Ostlande nicht gelöst werden würde. Andererseits hatte die sicherheitspolizeiliche Säuberungsarbeit gemäss den grundsätzlichen Befehlen eine möglichst umfassende Beseitigung der Juden zum Ziel. Es wurden daher durch Sonderkommandos, denen ausgesuchte Kräfte - in Litauen Partisanentrupps, in Lettland Trupps der lettischen Hilfsoplizei - beigegeben wurden, umfangreiche Exekutionen in den Städten und auf dem flachen Lande durchgeführt).
74. Jager Report, 1.12.41.
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