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Pauley Pavilion, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Set 1: PeachesPeaches en Regalia > Poor Heart > Cavern > CTBCars Trucks Buses, Character Zero, CurtainThe Curtain > DwDDown with Disease, Train Song, HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning, SampleSample in a Jar > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Set 2: Tweezer > Sparkle > Simple -> ADITLA Day in the Life, Reba[1], Swept Away > Steep > TweepriseTweezer Reprise > JBGJohnny B. Goode > SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Highway to Hell
[1] No whistling.
Noteworthy Jams: Tweezer (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 11.91
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show marked the return of Peaches en Regalia, which had been shelved since December 31, 1994 (144 shows). Reba did not have the whistling ending.
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5 Billy Breathes
4 A Picture of Nectar
3 Rift
2 Stash
2 Hoist
2 Lawn Boy
2 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1996 Fall Tour."
As a whole this show is exceptionally average. However, it's still a fun listen because of a solid setlist. I actually particularly like the second set's closing trio; on paper it looks pretty odd, but it works. Other than that there really isn't much else to comment on, except, of course, the Tweezer.
Fall '96 is such a transitional time for the band in terms of their jamming style. It was the tour that bridged the balls-out rock of '95 with the funk of '97 and this Tweezer is an absolutely perfect example of both. It's just as funky, yet much busier and frenetic, as any Tweezer from Summer or Fall '97. The whole band is much more reserved than they were a year prior and also much busier than they would be the next year. Mike and Fish in particular are already playing many tropes that would characterize the band's funk jams of the next two years. The short Trey-on-percussion jam after the first build is nice and the awesome grunge jam to end it is sweet.
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To the editor: A recent letter labeled Bruce Bensons column as the Times-News latest example of left-wing claptrap. The term latest example implies there are frequent columns of that nature in our local paper. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are at least a couple longtime local columnists whose views are consistently well right of center.
I view Mr. Bensons contributions as a breath of fresh air because they help provide some sense of balance among the columnists. I miss David Brooks columns because they tended to be a centrist view something sorely lacking in our increasingly polarized commentary and letters to the editor.
Finally, I disagree with the claptrap label, which implies nonsense. The letter writer should consider the letters in the Times-News from people involved in our public schools. The Republicans in Raleigh are doing everything in their power to dismantle public education. How can they eliminate thousands of teacher assistant positions while simultaneously pushing the use of taxpayer dollars for private school vouchers and claim the opposite?
Once they got power, they couldnt wait to punish teachers because their associations tend to support Democrat candidates. Our children, grandchildren and society will suffer as a result.
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To the editor: Kudos to letter writer John Ely for his comments of May 28 regarding the five-year renovation projects. There are many other areas in Hendersonville that need attention.
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Other than their beloved knives, which most chefs have an arsenal of in every size and shape, what kitchen gadgets do chefs use at home when cooking for friends and family? Six local chefs picked their favorite kitchen tools that save prep time while still allowing for some creative cooking at home.
Two of the most popular tools mentioned were the microplane and mandolin. The microplane, one of my favorites, can zest a lemon or grate chocolate, garlic or cheese. There's nothing like grating cheese from a fresh block of Parmesan just cut from the wheel. You'll never go back to the pregrated cheese.
Mandolins are the most efficient tools for slicing potatoes and vegetables evenly, which is nearly impossible just using a knife.
"I use my Japanese mandolin at home to make vegetable lasagna, and at work, I use it to slice foie gras for the shaved Hudson Valley foie gras on our menu," said Charles Hays, executive chef and owner of Vin48 in Avon, who likes the smaller Japanese mandolin for its fine, clean cut and ability to cut smaller veggies, such as radishes.
"The Japanese have been making swords since the eighth century - they know how to do it right," Hays said.
Michael Irwin, chef at The Last Course in Edwards, makes his own spice combinations at home with a spice grinder.
"My favorite tool that I use at home all the time is a coffee grinder to grind spices," Irwin said. "Traditionalists use a mortar and pestle, but a spice grinder is the quick way out without cheating. The quality of the spices is so much better - there's really no comparison."
Irwin grinds cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds and dried chilies to make his own chili powder.
Another common kitchen gadget, the French press, can be used for more than just making coffee. Richard Hinojosa, executive chef at Larkspur Restaurant, gets creative with his French press, making broth infusions for soups or to pour over noodles.
"When I lived in Hawaii, I started making an Asian-infused broth that I would pour over rice noodles and lightly steamed fish. It's my version of a shabu-shabu," said Hinojosa, who starts with a light shellfish broth of lobster and shrimp shells, celery, onion and parsnip. He strains the broth into the French press and adds sliced ginger, crushed lemongrass, star anise, cilantro and a sliced chili pepper and then lets it steep for about 15 minutes.
When he's working at Larkspur, Hinojosa's favorite gadget is a Vitamix blender.
"I wish I had one at home because I use a blender all the time to puree soups for my family and have blown out a few blender motors," said Hinojosa, who uses a Vitamix to make silky smooth soups such as Larkspur's celery and leek potage or to make 500 gallons of Palisade tomato soup from locally harvested tomatoes (recipe at www.larkspurvail.com/happenings or on Facebook).
How do a Kamado grill and a Kitchen Aid mixer go together? Dan Kent, chef at The Charter in Beaver Creek, can't live without either one.
"I used my mom's Kitchen Aid mixer from 1965 until just last month when the motor finally blew out and I had to buy a new one," he said. "It's the most versatile gadget in my kitchen. I make pizza dough every week in my mixer, build a pizza with leftovers - chicken, roasted Brussels sprouts and fresh herbs - and then cook the pizza on my Kamado grill at 700 degrees. It's my go-to easy weeknight meal."
How many different ways can you use an ice cream scoop? Allana Smith, a trained pastry chef and operations director at Larkspur Restaurant uses the Zeroll Original Ice Cream Scoop for its unique, patented technology that defrosts the scoop as it's dipped into your frozen treat.
"It is absolutely the best ice cream scoop you can buy," said Smith who also uses a spring-loaded scoop to equally portion meatballs, ravioli filling, cookie dough, or to fill muffin and cupcake cups.
According to Sam Moore, sous chef at Gore Range Brewery in Edwards, the gadget that everyone needs is the Tomato Shark - a simple metal spoon with sharp teeth that cleanly cores and hulls a tomato or strawberry in seconds, leaving just the fruit.
"It costs about 57 cents and it's the most amazing tool," said Moore who uses the Shark at home to make tomato salsa, tomato sauce and fruit salads. "It cores anything in seconds, cutting prep time way down. It might sound lame, but it really is the coolest kitchen tool."
Kelly Brinkerhoff is a freelance writer contracted by Larkspur Restaurant. Larkspur (www.larkspurvail.com), at the base of Vail Mountain, has been serving American classics with a fresh interpretation since 1999.


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By M.D. Johnson, Field & Stream's Mississippi Flyway Duck reporter
Even from a Comfort Inn in northern Utah, which is serving as my base of operations as I hunt the Great Salt Lake and surrounding marshes, I can hear the rather rotund lady either warming up or in full voice in the northern portion of the Mississippi Flyway. For many hunters in the Upper Midwest, it's time to start putting away the duck gear and begin thinking about geese, or ice fishing.
Wisconsin and Minnesota's duck seasons will be over by the first of next week. Iowa will soon follow, with a northern closure of December 6 and a south-zone end on the 13th. Reports from the eastern third of The Hawkeye State continue to be mixed; however, most folks I've talked with lately agree that the frigid temperatures of this last week brought in a small number of new mallards and Canadas, while putting birds already in the area on the feed. A gent down Iowa City way (who asked to remain nameless for fear of divulging his exact location) tells of excellent numbers of honkers, with slowly increasing numbers of mallards locally.
"The weather isn't quite right for them to be patterned consistently yet," he said. "And they're flying late--right at or just after legal shooting time. We need some nasty weather, and then it should be on."
Closer to my home, good friend and Avery Territory Manager, Travis Mueller, continues to do well on mallards in the fields, while my–yes, they are mine–Canadas are just beginning to hit the stubble in earnest. Snow, but not too much snow, and cold would help.
My cousin Jim told me of a good hunt he had last week on a small river in northeastern Ohio. "We had a cold front come through," he said, "dropping the temperatures from the 50s to the 20s, with snow squalls. The mallards worked the decoys wonderfully. No calling, they just dropped right in. It was a crazy morning." On a sad note, Jim ended by telling me of a waterfowler who lost his life over the weekend on Mosquito Lake in Trumbull County. It's a reminder that cold water, wind, and cold temperatures can, and quickly, make for a dangerous, even deadly situation.
Be careful out there.
Down in Missouri, Avery pro-staffers Ralph Harr and Shaun Patrick write of "stale birds, no wind, and high temperatures," all of which is making the duck hunting extremely difficult. "There are lots of birds in the area, but they stay where they're safe, and that makes for some very frustrating hunting." And unfortunately, the weather forecast for the St. Louis area throughout the first week of December calls for unseasonably warm--mid-50s to mid-60s--temperatures, south winds, and overcast skies.
Arkansas' duck season is closed following their week-long opener, but will reopen on December 6 with another split before continuing through until January 27. Water, or the lack thereof, seems to be the main factor down at the tail-end of the flyway. Jay Hayter out of El Dorado puts it simply: "We could use some rain for sure. Feeding conditions are good. The fields are cut, but you need water to have ducks." The first week was mixed, he said. Those with water did well on puddlers, including mallards, grey ducks, pintails, and teal.
In the eastern part of the flyway, Tennessee's season is set to reopen on Saturday, December 1, following their weekend start immediately after Thanksgiving. Kentuckians will again have their chance come Monday, December 3. Both states run until January 27. We'll talk to these folks, along with the gunners at the southern tip of the flyway in Louisiana, Mississippi, and of course, Arkansas, and should have some information, along with some good news, by the middle part of the next week.
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Scripture: Isaiah (KJV) 1: 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Observation: Here is our loving, hurting God reasoning with his beloved. If they will but do right, they will enjoy their lives. If not, they will be "devoured by the sword." In the surrounding verses, the Reasoning God puts His requirements in very reasonable terms. They are simple and easy to understand.
What about the guilt of their past sins? He will take care of that! He will make them as "white" and like "snow."
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones figures there's a way to eliminate the controversy surrounding the end-of-game kneel-down that prompted such a stir after the Giants' victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday: Outlaw the play.
Jones' solution is the outlaw the kneel-down.
"I've always thought that that's a wasted play for our fans, the kneel-down," Jones said Tuesday on KRLD-FM, according to ESPNDallas.com. "[Former Kansas City Chiefs owner] Lamar Hunt tried several times to introduce a rule and have it voted on that you couldn't kneel down. You had to run a play. Unless you were trying to advance the ball, then you got a penalty and time didn't run off the clock. It's not a good play."
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I have been using PMS 1.72.0 for some time and i haven't had any problem with it all, but yesterday i found out that 1.80.0 was released and when i uninstalled PMS 1.72.0 and installed PMS 1.80.0 i get a problem.
Every movie i open as either .rar or avi or .mkv i usually can see how long each "movie" in length like 50 min and 30 sec but now after update all files has the same length that is like 9 hours 58 min and 59 sec and they work to look on them but when i try to go forward in the movie the sounds gets out of sync and kinda in slow-motion.
i use Windows 8 x64, 22gb ram, gtx 580 and Intel Core i7 930.
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Being relatively new to Linux, I untarred my QCAD Professional to a download directory in my home directory. I tried the new program and then realized I should have untarred it to the usr/share/qcad directory. So I moved it there. It runs and I now have help again which required the deletion of the ~/.assistant directory for it to resync.
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They say it's the junk food in our school cafeterias, and the reduction of physical education that's making Michigan kids fat. The Michigan Action for Healthy Kids Coalition met in Lansing to pinpoint the sources of childhood obesity and come up with specific solutions.
"Daily quality physical education needs to become a mandate in Michigan. Once or twice a week is not enough. There's only one state in the US that has a mandated K-12, and we'd like to see Michigan become the second state," Al Craven, Health Consultant.
"We're looking at the way food is presented to our kids and we're looking at establishing guidelines to change that," Mark Terman, MI Action for Healthy Kids Coalition.
In a down economy and a state facing budget cuts, many in the Coalition agree keeping kids healthy now may not generate more dollars, but down the road, it'll save the state millions in health care expenses.
"We can affect health, prescription drugs, and health care bills by making sure kids eat right and get them down a healthy road," Rep. Virg Bernero (D)- Holt.
Some suggest adding more healthy food choices to school menus may do the trick, but others say legislators and school administrators have to agree on an economic and healthy solution. Otherwise, our kids' waistlines will continue to grow, and our healthcare dollars will always be spent.
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STOCKTON – Two of three suspects involved in shooting into a home in north Stockton late Monday night were arrested, police reported.
The incident took place around 11:48 p.m. Monday in the 7900 block of Diana Marie Drive, near East Hammer Lane and Lan Ark Drive.
As officers responded to the report of shots fired, they saw three people running toward a parked, light-blue van. One suspect escaped while two men, Sina Preng, 25, and Savath Prent, 19, were detained, according to a report.
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A Clara City pilot, 47-year-old Bryce Orwick, walked away relatively unharmed after he crashed his crop dusting plane into a corn field west of Hanley Falls late Tuesday afternoon.
Orwick's plane was flying west bound, reportedly applying herbicide to a field operated by Aaron Ohlson, when it clipped a guy-wire and snagged a 115,000 volt over-head electric wire and crashed among the six-foot tall corn standing in the field.
The Hanley Falls fire and rescue squads arrived at the scene along with the Yellow Medicine County Sheriffs Department and the Clarkfield Ambulance.
Orwick was found walking along the gravel road near the crash site and was able to wash-up at a farm house before the Clarkfield Ambulance drove him, in no-rush, to the Granite Falls Hospital for treatment.
No foul-play, or criminal behavior is expected to come to light in investigation of the crash. "It was just an accident—a lucky accident," said YMC Sheriff Bill Flaten. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to investigate the crash site Wednesday. Officials from the Agriculture Department will also investigate due to the spill of herbicide caused by the crash. The nearest residence to the crash site was roughly 1/4 mile away.
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PARKERSBURG - Wood County 911 Center Director Randy Lowe said the computer-aided dispatch system at the Central Telecommunications Center needs updated.
"We've had the system we have now since 2007 and the hardware is beginning to fail. There are a lot of times we have to reboot and hope it comes back up. The system is just outdated. The software is upgradeable. Our original CAD was given to us; we didn't purchase it. We are having repeated hardware failures. We are using 2003 Window servers. As of this year, support of that will no longer be available," Lowe said.
"We can add features to aid public safety agencies and we can cut costs in terms of paper and ink cartridges and help with interoperability with the mobile command vehicle and backup, which we currently don't have," Lowe told commissioners.
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Randy Lowe, Wood County 911 director, told county commissioners Monday the computer-aided dispatch system at the Central Telecommunications Center needs an update. (Photo by Pamela Brust)
"When we have an EMS call, the dispatcher prints the report, faxes it, then shreds it, that takes time and money. The new CAD will automatically fax any required reports. We won't have to continue purchasing 50,000 sheets of paper a year plus ink cartridges. Our system can email important people of an incident; the system would automatically do it for us. We have gotten several requests for a texting component for the volunteer firefighters to help them. Weapons information, currently we have to print it out, fax it and so forth, it would be emailed with the new system so that would also save on costs and time," Lowe said.
Lowe said 911 would save $1,818, the cost to fax all the papers, and 10 ink cartridges a year that would be saved.
"We would also save 1,667 manhours a year," Lowe said.
Lowe said he contacted CAD providers and several firms provided demonstrations.
Interact, which serves 22 West Virginia counties, had a cost quote of $416,002. New World was asked for a quote, but none has been provided. Tiburon, which is the current CAD vendor and coordinators with Intrado, the phone vendor being used now at the center, proposed to upgrade the phones, and provide the latest CAD equipment for $381,362.
Lowe noted the center has 15 positions and had seven back in 2007.
The director said the 911 capital equipment reserve fund has $832,672 in it.
"So we would be able to handle the expense," Lowe said.
"Law enforcement agencies, fire departments, EMS and the prosecutor all support upgrading. I recommend we upgrade with Tiburon. The advisory board has unanimously agreed to upgrade the system also," Lowe said.
"We have to go out for bid for this," commissioner Steve Gainer said. Gainer is the commission liaison to the 911 advisory board.
"You have thrown out some numbers. We need to go out to bid then make a recommendation. It seems like you've gotten a little ahead," Commissioner Blair Couch said.
Lowe noted Interact is a GSA contract so the number would not change, and the other firm is the only one that can upgrade the phone and CAD at the same time. Anyone else would have to bid for a new phone contract.
Couch suggested Lowe study needs and funds over a 10-year period. "You mentioned earlier funds going into the capital reserve are dwindling, so maybe we need to take a look at that."
"The bottom line is if the hardware stops, we are back to pen and paper, so there is a certain element of expediting this," Lowe said.
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New cars sold in the U.S. last month had the highest fuel economy yet, according to a study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in October was 24.1 miles per gallon, university researchers said. That marks an increase of 4 mpg from October 2007, which was the group's first month monitoring the figures. The results are based on the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy ratings listed on vehicle window stickers.
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odub303 wrote:Jagged wrote:odub303 wrote:I am having difficulty "enforcing" the maximum bandwidth setting as well, even after trying the recommended 25:1:2 settings. I am currently using m HP ex487 Windows Home Server to transcode and stream movies to my PS3 using PMS The WHS has a 64 bit single core Celeron 440 2.0 ghz processor and 2 gigs of ddr2 800 mhz memory, so it has what i would consider "adequate" muscle. I downloaded some blueray rips (some 1080p some 720p) and cannot get the stuttering to cease when streaming because the video bitrate keeps climbing up over over 12-15mbs, which is where I notice the stuttering start to happen. The good news is that within the next week my entire house will be wired with cat 6 gigE cable, so I will no longer be running wireless! Until then though, I would like to try to figure out how to enforce the maximum video bandwidth setting. Basically, I'm looking for optimum settings for my particular server configuration over wireless g to my PS3. Let's assume I am transcoding 1080p that has already been ripped from a bluray source, so it is not "true" uncompressed 1080p anymore. Any suggestions/ideas? Thanks!
P.S. This software is so much easier and more functional than TVersity, I love it!
Are you transcoding? (is the "switch to tsmuxer for compatible videos" unchecked?).
I also think you'd be hard pressed to transcode 1080p on a single core proc @ 2ghz.
The "switch to tsmuxer for compatible videos IS checked".... I'm assuming, from your statement, that I should uncheck it?
As for transcoding 1080p, it's not full bandwidth 1080p, it's already been compressed during the rip from the bluray source, so it shouldn't be AS difficult to transcode in real time.
I unchecked that box, and from the buffer activity I can tell that it is transcoding, whereas as it likely was simply streaming previously. The problem still remains that I cannot limit the video bandwidth. I have the option chose for (low-end CPU HD or wifi transcoding), and I had a peak bitrate over 30mbps, whereas previously I topped out at 25mbps. Any ideas here? Thanks for the quick reply to the initial post too!


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'Tis the SeasonBy: Jennifer Cirillo |
Category: General Blogs | Tags: beer, brewing, beverage, holiday, seasonal
Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier each year. Retail windows decorated in snowy wonderlands, Christmas tunes filling department stores and seasonal beverages appearing on restaurant and bar menus.
I always know the official Christmas season has begun when Starbucks switches over from its iconic white cups with green emblem to its red holiday cups; this year the coffee house chose snowmen, carolers and a fox in wintery scenes to welcome the holiday season.
I'm not the only one who looks forward to this changeover. A quick Google search reveals there is a website dedicated to counting down the days until the red cups return and millions of search results return for the words "Starbucks holiday cups."
But the seasonal return of these fun and festive cups also seemed to come a bit earlier this year. It was early November when I walked into a Starbucks outside of the South Kensington tube station in London craving a Pumpkin Spice Latte only to find a menu of Christmas-themed coffees—Eggnog Latte, Gingerbread Latte, Toffee Nut Latte and Praline Mocha.
"Are you making Pumpkin Spice Lattes still?" I asked with my fingers crossed that they could still make the fall drink.
"No," the barista replied. "I'm sorry." So, I opted for the Praline Mocha, new for this Christmas. It's warm bittersweet chocolate infused with the flavor of hazelnut combined with espresso and steamed milk topped with whipped cream and a drizzle of mocha sauce.
Even though I was disappointed that fall was over and winter had begun—at Starbucks, anyway—I found myself switching gears and getting into the holiday spirit, making a mental Christmas list, getting excited about upcoming holiday parties and enjoying my tall Praline Mocha, no whip.
On the alcohol side, breweries continue their seasonal offerings moving into darker beers, bourbon barrel aged ales, beers with higher alcohol. Anheuser-Busch Winter's Bourbon Cask Ale, Freemont Brewing's Bourbon Barrel Abominable and Widmer Brothers Brrr Seasonal Ale are just among a few of the many beers crafted to warm us up during the winter months.
At a recent Bacardi holiday event, the brand showcased how to spice up the holiday season with drinks other than traditional eggnog. Take the Coquito for example. A traditional holiday drink of Puerto Rico, the Coquito is made with half a bottle of Bacardi Superior, one can of evaporated milk, one can of condensed milk, two cans of cream of coconut and two teaspoons of cinnamon. Slowly blend the evaporated milk, condensed milk and the cream and coconut. Then add the cinnamon and slowly add Bacardi Superior until everything is incorporated.
Brand ambassador David Cid took us through a selection of five other cocktails at NY's Abe & Arthur's—The Bacardi Cocktail, The Selleck, Airmail, Bacardi Holiday Punch and La Noche. Bacardi Holiday Punch, for instance, consists of 750 ml of Bacardi Superior or Bacardi Gold rum, 2 liters of ginger ale chilled, 8 ounces of orange juice, one ounce of lime juice and one and one-half ounce of lemon juice.
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The board of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in November quietly approved $90,000 payments to two of its directors who had threatened to sue the agency over their retiree health benefits.
The money went to Joe Judge, a 26-year veteran who was retiring from the board, and to Tony Estremera, a current board member who has served 17 years.
The deal resolved an ambiguity that grew out of the district's apparently erroneous promise in the 1990s to give directors like Judge, 67, and Estremera, 62, lifetime health benefits. But the secrecy of the pact raised old questions about the agency's governance.
Those three paragraphs are written in my best New York Times-Wall Street Journal news style. Now let me give you my opinion: This equates to thousands of cow droppings. It may not be the city of Bell, which gave administrators outrageous pay. But it has similarities.
Let's put this in language we can all understand. Judge and Estremera had a part-time gig. But they were still counting on a sweet health benefit in retirement. It didn't happen. They were mad. They threatened to sue. Because the water district faced risk, their colleagues agreed to settle. The taxpayers are out $180,000.
Closed session
The deal with Judge and Estremera was struck in a closed session of the board on Nov. 20, two weeks after the water district had succeeded in passing a $543 million parcel tax extension with more than 70 percent of the vote. To keep the settlement quiet, the board approved a document that said it would not reveal the terms of the agreement unless forced to by law.
With Judge and Estremera recused from the decision, the two $90,000 payments were unanimously approved by the remaining five board members: Chairwoman Linda LeZotte, Patrick Kwok, Brian Schmidt, Dick Santos and Don Gage.
"The objective is trying to be fair," said Beau Goldie, the CEO of the agency. "In this case it's kind of hard. Fair from the perspective of the two board members, compared to fair for me being responsible for the public money -- it was a difficult spot. It's one of those cleanup things that we just had to get through."
Judge and Estremera, whose term is up in 2014, did not call me back. Neither did LeZotte, who as a San Jose councilwoman once tried to expand the city's package of lifetime medical benefits to cover her and other eight-year council veterans.
The claims submitted by the two directors suggest they did indeed have a legal case. Both men pointed to a 1996 board resolution that said that directors were entitled to the same health benefits in retirement as the agency's top tier of managers.
Tangled past
Bear with me: This has a tangled past. Traditionally, the Golden Spigot has given lifetime medical benefits to directors who served at least 10 years.
But this year, the agency revealed that a new opinion by the district counsel concluded that current board members were not eligible for retiree health care. Among those who lost the benefit, according to district officials, was recently retired trustee Sig Sanchez.
An added layer of complexity here is that Judge and Estremera were initially appointed to the seven-member board, not elected. Water district officials have said state law provides that a director had to have been elected before 1994 to qualify. (Of the two, only Judge was serving in 1994, and he had an appointed term.)
In their claims, Judge and Estremera have argued that this reading was unfair. They said they had even received a "notice of benefits" from the district that listed retiree health benefits. An attempt to offer a comparative benefit to current board members was taken off the board's agenda in August.
So for the sake of argument, let's grant that removing the legal threat by paying off the two men was a pragmatic resolution.
One director, Brian Schmidt, considered a reformer, defended the deal this way: "I think it was good ethically because those two were promised they would get medical benefits. Legally, if this were not to be settled, and go to court, that's how it would come out."
The smell test
This whole affair still flunks the smell test. First, there's a difference between what is legal and what is right. Judge and Estremera were elected officials -- Judge now retired but Estremera still aboard. (Estremera has given no public statement about re-election plans.)
As an elected official, you owe your ultimate allegiance to the public. You roll with the punches. Instead, the two men acted like entitled employees, lawyering up.
The second big problem was the hush-hush nature of the pact. The board's minutes from the closed session in November contain no mention of the payouts, which district officials have explained by saying the deal wasn't final.
I heard about it only because I got a tip. The settlement, which I obtained in a public records request, specifies that neither side will disclose the terms to outsiders unless required by law. (The links to the documents are at the top of this column.)
Huh? Two $90,000 payments to board members from public funds are not to be disclosed? We don't get to know how our money is used by the people we elect? Sorry: It doesn't inspire confidence.
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Herbalife Embraces Icahn: Will Nominate Two Reps to Board
Chalk this up as a win for Carl Icahn.
Herbalife said Thursday it has reached an agreement with the billionaire investor to increase the size of its board and nominate two Icahn representatives.
Shares recently rose as much as 7.5% on the news.
The nutritional-supplements maker has been embroiled in a battle with hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman over the legitimacy of its business model. Ackman has built a more than $1 billion short position in Herbalife.
Earlier this month Icahn disclosed that he had built a big position in Herbalife and said he intended to have discussions with management about strategic alternatives, such as a recapitalization or even taking the company private. When he reported it, it was a 12.8% stake, but he's apparently added to that, as the release from Herbalife says he has a 13.6% stake.
Here's the press release from Herbalife:
Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Carl C. Icahn, Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. and certain related entities (collectively the "Icahn Parties"), which beneficially own, in the aggregate 14,015,151 shares of Herbalife common stock, representing approximately 13.6% of the Company's outstanding shares. As part of the agreement, Herbalife will increase the size of its Board of Directors from nine to eleven members immediately before the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("the Annual Meeting"). Herbalife's Board of Directors will nominate two individuals to the Company's Board of Directors, designated by the Icahn Parties and approved by the Company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Icahn Parties have agreed to, among other things, abide by certain standstill provisions and vote their shares in support of all of the Board's director nominees. The Icahn Parties have the right to increase the size of their ownership position in Herbalife up to 25% of the outstanding common stock. A copy of the agreement with further detail will be attached to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by Herbalife with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We are pleased to have reached this agreement and look forward to working with the Icahn representatives as members of our Board of Directors," said Michael O. Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of Herbalife. "We appreciate the Icahn Parties' shared views on the inherent value of Herbalife's operations, products and future prospects."
"Over its long history, Herbalife has proven its ability to increase revenues and returns, and we will work with the Company to build on its results," said Mr. Icahn. "We conducted considerable research on Herbalife and its business before making our investment in the Company, and have great respect for its Board and management team, and believe in the Company's great potential. We expect our shareholder representatives to provide positive input into Board decisions affecting the future of the Company."
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"Ice blue" will be the default light setting for Ford line, "white" for Lincoln
At a event on "lightscaping" Ford Motor Comp. (
) discussed its transition to LED lighting and what is sees as the marriage of science and design when it comes to illuminating the interior of the automobile.
I. Ford Pushes LED Shift
Cabin lighting is almost as old as the automobile itself; by the 1940s many cars were already sporting dome lights [
]. Gradually glovebox and instrument cluster lighting became ubiquitous as well, satisfying the basic needs of car goers. But even as other components involved, lighting stood static, driven by failure-prone incandescent bulbs.
But that's
beginning to change
. Automakers have begun to push
light-emitting diodes
(LEDs) both for exterior lights (
LED headlamps
, tail lights, brake lights, etc.) and for interior lighting. Ford has been among the companies pushing hardest.
Ford introduced LED lighting in the 2003 model year Lincoln Navigator, an entry-level luxury SUV. Since then it's been slowly trickling the technology down to its mass market vehicles, including sedans.
The culminations of what Ford calls 8 years of efforts is found in the
2013 Ford Fusion
, which is Ford's first mass-market vehicle to use only LEDs on its interior.
The upcoming 2013 Ford Fusion will exclusively use LEDs for interior lighting, with the default color being "ice blue". [Image Source: Ford Motor Company]
Already sitting pretty with
hybrid-like mileage in its gas-only variant
, the new Fusion will carry Ford's new default "Ice Blue" lighting color, which the company says first popped up in the 2011 Ford Explorer.
Ford technical leader for Design, Mahendra Dassanayake, states, "Lighting is evolving from basic needs to how to deliver enhanced experience, comfort, and convenience."
II. "Ice Blue" -- Ford's New Interior Color of Choice
Traditionally, despite Ford's logo being a shade of blue, Ford's interiors were lit with red incandescent bulbs, which whose light was sent through filters to present a green appearance. According to Ford and its academic partners, green was a color that was traditionally associated with relaxation.
But the new shade "ice blue" should help improve both driver attentiveness is psychologically associated with luxury, according to Ford. Ford says that research has shown different colors of light activate different parts of the human brain. While such statements might seem a bit nebulous and biased, the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in New York in 2008 published quantitative research that showed that
shining a blue light on drowsy drivers
helps keep them awake (and alive).
An infographic on emotions associated with certain colors from Ford. (If purple is magical, how come the iPad is black?) [Image Source: Ford Motor Company]
(Lincoln-branded vehicles will use white LED light, by default.)
Ford says that
OSRAM Slyvania, Inc.
(privately held) provided most of its diode elements, designed to a strict "specification of power, color, and reliability."
An added perk of Ford's switch to LEDs is the addition of user specified tones. While "ice blue" may come standard, drivers can also select orange, red, green, purple, or blue tones. Ford accomplishes these different shades by packaging a red, a green, and blue LEDs into a unified package with waveguides. Thus producing a certain shade is as elementary as driving each diode at a particular milliamp current level, although in practice picking universally appreciated shades is a subject of considerable thought and consideration.
The previous Ford Fusion had this perk for accent lights, but the new Fusion extends variable lighting to the cabin in its entirety.
III. Costs are Offset by Savings, Luxury
LED lights -- particularly bright ones --
remain expensive
. But the switch ultimately nets Ford numerous savings in the long-run.
One saving comes from not having to replace interior bulbs. According to Ford engineers, an average incandescent lightbulb last "2, maybe 3 years" in an oft-used automobile. By contrast Ford's Interior Chief Designer Michael Arbaugh says that LED lights' life is "more than the car."
The LED bulbs in Ford's interiors will likely outlive the vehicle, say their designers. They are unlikely to ever need a replacement. [Image Source: Instructables]
Aside from simple heat-stress failure, Ford says that the filaments in incandescent bulbs can fail due to vibrations, such as the loading of a truck. So borrowing Ford's assumption that the average vehicle sees around 10 years, and 150,000 miles of deployment, that's anywhere from 3 to 5 replacement bulbs, on average, per light source.
And Ford says that the LED package is a fourth the size is a fourth the size of a incandescent-bulb based package. This saves Ford time and money both on packaging the element and on the assembly line.
Overall the reliability and efficiency of the small components, coupled with the luxury justify the small expense, Ford feels. And unlike some competitors, Ford feels the time is now for LED in mass-market non-luxury vehicles.
Mr. Arbaugh pitches, "The outside is about love, the inside is about happiness."
Well, happiness and LEDs, that is.
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about time
When one manufacturer leads, others will follow. Glad to see the movement toward LED lighting.
When I was a mechanic, replacing bulbs was common enough. The interior bulbs tend to be long-life lower wattage under-stressed bulbs. But like anything, they don't last forever and do fail. The quality of replacement bulbs is also hit or miss.
I've replaced most of my interior automotive bulbs with LEDs starting about 5 years ago. I prefer socket'd bulbs so that I can choose the color and brightness. Swap around the available brands until you get the look that you want. Or, build your own bulbs with resistor'd or driver driven LEDs.
Every watt consumed is wasted power. You might not notice it on your MPG calculations, but if millions of vehicle save a few ounces of fuel a year, it adds up.
"Then they pop up and say 'Hello, surprise! Give us your money or we will shut you down!' Screw them. Seriously, screw them. You can quote me on that." -- Newegg Chief Legal Officer Lee Cheng referencing patent trolls
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ANTIOCH -- Goodbye, Pleasanton. Hello, Antioch.
That's what Jerry McNerney is saying as the new alignment of the state's 9th Congressional District has shifted him out of the Tri-Valley and farther into East Contra Costa. His district now covers Oakley, Discovery Bay, Byron, Brentwood and most of Antioch. George Miller represents the westernmost part of Antioch.
McNerney recently opened a 2,100-square-foot field office at the Antioch Community Center, at a cost of $3,000 a month for the next year. The Democrat will employ two full-time staffers in Antioch, while his district director will split time between the Antioch and Stockton offices. Several interns will join the office in the next few weeks.
McNerney, who is entering his fourth term in Congress, is holding an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday for constituents to meet him and check out the new digs.
"It's a good opportunity for people to find out where the office is, have a chance to meet me, and for me to hear what their concerns are," McNerney said.
The new office was originally slated to be an Antioch police substation, but the city department has not had enough staff to utilize the space.
"It's a great location and first-class facility that, unfortunately, has gone to waste," McNerney said.
The southeast Antioch location also provides the offices with a central location near Oakley and Brentwood and within proximity of Highway 4.
"Anytime we can be close to our federal representatives, it's a good thing," Brentwood Mayor Bob Taylor said, adding it's easier to pop in when concerns arise instead of sending emails or text messages.
Adds Oakley Mayor Kevin Romick: "It's nice to know he's a stone's throw away and plans to be out here more and help us move forward."
McNerney took a tour of parts of his new territory last week, walking around downtown Antioch and visiting Pacific Gas & Electric's Gateway Generation Station and new projects in downtown Oakley. He also spoke with city leaders about their concerns.
"I wanted to get to spend a little bit of time in the communities and get to know the council members and mayors -- give them a chance to size me up," McNerney said. "To see everyone's energy and enthusiasm is encouraging."
"He let us know that we have his ear," Antioch Mayor Wade Harper said. "We know he supports Antioch, issues such as our water rights, bringing in ferry service and wanting to see the downtown revitalized. He told us he'll try to help in anyway he can."
McNerney said he "couldn't help be enthusiastic" about the energy and aims of local leaders, particularly Oakley's toward its new La Costa and Carpaccio restaurants.
McNerney, 61, was first elected to office in 2006. His newly configured district also covers parts of San Joaquin and Sacramento counties.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.
What: Open house hosted by U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney
When: 5-7 p.m. Thursday
Where: Antioch Community Center, 4703 Lone Tree Way
Info: 925-754-0716 or 209-476-8552


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Encore: Alphabet Street[1]
[1] Jenny Hill on alto sax.
[2] Mike Gordon debut, with Fonzworth Bentley.
[3] Marco Benevento on keyboards.
Notes: Marco Benevento opened and sat in on keyboards for "Takin' It to the Streets." "Radar Blip" and "Alphabet Street" featured Jenny Hill on alto sax. Fonzworth Bentley sat in on the Mike Gordon debut of Bentley's original "Brawlin."
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When Sara Melzer moved to Vail five years ago, she was "so overcome with how everyone has the same thing on their minds all the time," she was compelled to capture that energy in her art. So she began painting portraits of all the ski bums she came across.
Now, she supports herself through her vibrant skier and snowboarder portraits, as well as her landscapes, the latter of which she's been focusing more upon lately.
"The landscapes are really youthful and unique and have therefore been quite well received in Breckenridge," she said.
At 28, she's the youngest artist represented at the local Breckenridge co-op Arts Alive gallery and was one of the top-selling artists in 2011, her first year there.
She earned her bachelor's degree in studio arts at University of Colorado in Boulder and spent the last five years in Vail perfecting a technique she invented using india ink on extra glossy photo paper.
"It's an organic process," she said. "I can never recreate the same thing twice."
She wets part of the paper, then adds a few drops of ink and lets it bleed, which allows her to achieve effects she couldn't get with any other medium. Through the process, she captures the energy of the mountain lifestyle.
"People in their 20s and 30s are starting to spend more money on art, and the youthful energy of my work takes me a long way," she said. "I try to keep my prices reasonable and available to the demographic."
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Don't know how I feel about this pick.
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Don't know how I feel about this pick.
Huh...? Dallas is still up, how do you know already?
whoa- dude you called it
So much for Ahmad Bradshaw.
hate this pick
Stephen Jackson recently said that Bell was the running back coming out of college that was the most like him. Let's hope so.
Could have gotten Bell in the third, but I'm okay with this. Comparisons to Steven Jackson.
brutal selection.
Not big on this pick. Hope he proves me wrong.


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On the 4th of July last year, I gathered down at the Hudson River with thousands of others to watch one of the most celebrated fireworks displays in the world. As the fireworks crackled, crunched, rustled and dissolved into the night sky, I looked at a man in front of me.
He was only about my age and he was recording all of this on his smartphone. He held what I'm assuming was his most prized possession up like a trophy and watched through its tiny 4 inch screen, as the fireworks continued to enthral, inventing colours and shapes and at times reaching out to the audience like a mighty claw before retreating back into the darkness.
It was quite a sight.
But I began watching this fella in front of me, to see if he ever took his eyes off the little movie he was making, to appreciate the actual spectacle. He never did. He moved the camera around and he zoomed in and out, as diligently and as analytically as the great Steven Spielberg, but he never put the phone down.
I'm sure he posted the video on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, and whatever else he could. I'm sure his friends liked and commented on it. I'm sure they said it was amazing, asked what it was like to be there. And I'm sure he gushed about it, saying it was 'awesome', blissfully unaware that he only seen as much as his friends did.
I look back now and I feel like a bigger eejit than him, because I spent most of the fireworks display looking at his screen too to see if he ever put the damn thing down!
They say evolution happens slowly but there has been a mammoth exception to the rule in the past 5 years. The chart shows us come from apes, hunched over to the point of smelling the ground. But our backs straightened up and we walked strong and confident as man.....but now we are looking down at something in our hands. And we are beginning to hunch over again.
People nowadays have two identities.
I first noticed this back in Ireland.
How many times have you met someone in person and remarked how quiet they are before going on Facebook or Twitter to read loud, boisterous comments about something or other and seen another side to them? Pictures show them in outrageous situations, and they paint further pictures of themselves as confident, outgoing people.
Which is fine. Quiet people have an outlet, time to think about what they want to say, it's a good thing.
Sometimes though, people spend too much time in cyber space and unwittingly get lobotomised there, to the point where real life becomes a test. And this is when the phones grow like cancer into their hands.
It becomes a comfort to have this other world that they can teleport to right there in their reach. They don't realise that their comfort is also their crutch.
As with everything, I saw a lot more of this in America.
Working in the bar, I would see groups of people come in at times and not say a word to each other as they all looked at their phones.
I was once asked by a group of girls to take a photo of them. I took the same photo six times before they all agreed on one where they all looked like models. I then heard them prattling on about a caption to go with the photo. Pictures were taken of their drinks. Further pictures were taken of themselves and 'random strangers'. They then returned to the bar where most of them retreated back to their phones.
They framed their own event excellently. And I'm sure most people looking at the photos would think they were having a great night. But all I saw was a couple of girls taking pictures and texting.
Nowadays, this is the norm. We all have our own websites. We are all celebrities and paparazzi in equal measure.
Pictures are taken more than words are spoken. We need to say to our cyber friends....'look at this....look at what I'm doing'! We don't realise that we are not actually doing anything.
Going to the bathroom in bars and restaurants has become a glorious celebration for some girls, one akin to a wedding, graduation, debs or prom. Endless pictures are taken and retaken in front of the mirror, until the pout look is perfected. Statuses are updated. Likes pour out on the internet rewarding their vanity.
Smart phones have also affected manners. I have talked to some people without a response for a full minute as they used their thumb to scroll through something more interesting on their phones. I always think of that scrolling thumb as a symbolic middle finger. The celebrity comes out in them, no time to talk to the little man, they have to tweet to their audience.
It has affected friendships too. When some people are in cyberspace, they talk in the cyber vernacular, which is using links to direct people to funny and shocking videos or websites. Like archaeologists, they search through the internet until they find something provocative to share. They then post it and take credit for their find. This is the way some people talk. Their friendships are based in cyberspace, and don't spawn from personal conversations, but from videos and websites.


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It's a new season of "The Amazing Race" and stagecoaches are racing through an old Western movie ranch -- a photogenic ghost town in Newhall -- to deliver 11 teams to the starting line.
Among them: NFL teammates Chester and Ephraim; exes Tim and Marie, the drama magnets who don't get along; theater performers Rowan and Shane, currently starring in "The Queen of Bingo" as bingo queens; and Leo and Jamal, the self-styled Afghanimals.
Also Ice rink girls Ally and Ashley, who like "sparkly things"; married ER docs Nicole and Travis (I'm calling front-runner right now); doctor-dad Hoskote, who wants to set up an arranged marriage for his horrified daughter, Naina; oil plant workers Tim and Danny; bearded besties Brandon and Adam, from Chico; major league baseball wives Nicky and Kim; and dating couple Jason and Amy. He runs a snowplow biz, she graduated from high school at 16, got her bachelor's degree three years later, then snagged two master's degrees.
They're all headed for South America's coastline and their first clue lies in the product placement cars, where they can dial Javier in Iquique, Chile.
Seven teams make it on the first flight; the rest -- including the bearded besties and the oil workers, who say they're already "having language barriers in LA," are on the second flight.
The Road Block
In Chile, one member of each team will be paragliding, while his partner follows by cab. Nicole discusses the route with her taxi driver -- her Spanish is really impressive, especially when we watch NFL Ephraim miming instructions. Bingo-playing actor Rowan dons the paragliding harness, saying, "I'll drop like a prom dress."
And we catch the first big mistake of an error-prone race: A handful of racers -- including Nicky and Jamal -- have let their taxis go. They have to call for new cabs.
Meanwhile, the first three teams -- the bingo guys, NFL and ER docs -- have landed and are headed for Muelle Prat on the waterfront. The next challenge: The paragliders must row a heavy boat into the harbor and collect five fish from three specific crafts out of hundreds of possibilities. And the fish supply is limited.
"My name's not Rowan for nothin'," Rowan says, lifting his oars.
Pit Stop #1: The Express Pass
This first episode is moving at a brisk, error-filled pace. Once the fish task is complete, teams will head to the first pit stop at Teatro Municipal. The first to arrive will collect two Express Passes. The ER docs are the first to arrive, but they came by cab, not on foot.
"What's the first rule of Amazing Race?" Phil asks them.
"Ahh, read the clue!" they chorus. They've incurred a 30 minute penalty.
Back at the boats, the girls tell Leo that he didn't read the clue. He was supposed to have done the rowing task. He starts screaming for Jamal to come back.
Back at the mat, the exes collect the double passes. "See?" Marie says. "The nagging and yelling worked!"
The docs are in second place and the actors take third, shrieking, of course, "Bingo!" The NFL duo is fourth, followed by the baseball wives, ice girls, Afghanimals, the happily dating couple and oil workers. It's a race between the last pair, the bearded besties and the father-daughter team, who finally read the clue when it's too late. Hoskote and a tearful Naina are out -- and this many major mistakes in one episode must be some kind of Amazing record.
Next time: Breaking rocks, lots of bikinis and plenty of angst.