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Being sad over the death of a classmate is natural, but sadness is definitely not the emotion Marietta High School students associated with Travis Kuhn.
"He was, like, the happiest kid ever," sophomore Kienze Clark said of Kuhn, who died Thursday at his home at the age of 19.
"He was always smiling," added sophomore Ali Wells.
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Teacher's aide Lorry Miller, right, helps Travis Kuhn count aluminum tabs at Marietta High School in this 2010 photo. Kuhn's class of students with multiple disabilities collected the tabs to raise money for Ronald McDonald House charities. Kuhn passed away this week.
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Sherry McCabe, an intervention specialist who had Kuhn in class the last four years, said she wouldn't have blamed the young man, who used a wheelchair because of his cerebral palsy, for complaining once in a while, but she never heard him do it.
"He loved to be at school. He loved being around his peers, around the adults," she said.
Principal Bill Lee loved having him around.
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Donations to assist Travis Kuhn's family with final expenses can be made in the Marietta High School office or mailed to the school, care of Principal Bill Lee, at 208 Davis Ave., Marietta 45750.
Checks should be made out to Marietta City Schools.
"Travis always had a sunny disposition," Lee said. "If you saw him once or if you saw him 15 times, every time - 'Travis, how you doing?' 'Good, you?'"
That attitude touched everyone Kuhn encountered, the principal said.
"Travis Kuhn was living proof that angels walk among us," Lee said. "Such a good boy."
Kuhn graduated last year, but was still attending Marietta High School as he transitioned to the WASCO program, Lee said. His death, for which a cause had not been determined Friday, spurred students and faculty alike to action.
"I had numerous students shedding tears in my office (Thursday), wanting to know what they could do," Lee said. "It's been an outpouring across the entire student body, an outpouring of love."
Art teacher Heath Rader drew a portrait of Kuhn that staff members had framed to present to his mother. McCabe said students in her special education class were making posters and sharing memories of their friend.
A banner reading "Heaven has a new angel, We love and miss you Travis!" was spread out in the library, and students came in to sign their names and leave messages, including one that read "We'll miss you and your attitude."
"At first you didn't want to believe it," sophomore Aaron Kennon said of learning about Kuhn's death. "It's really great for the whole school to get together at this time."
The banner was displayed at Friday's football game against Williamstown. Prior to the start, a moment of silence was held and Kuhn's picture was shown on the scoreboard. During the game, students were to circulate to collect donations to help Kuhn's family with funeral expenses.
Kuhn's stepfather, Wesley Blair, said the family appreciated the show of support.
Lee said people who want to contribute can do so at the high school office. Checks should be made out to Marietta City Schools and can be mailed to the school, care of Lee, at 208 Davis Ave., Marietta 45750.
Kuhn's funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home, with visitation from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
He is survived by his mother, Devon Blair, and father, Roger Kuhn and his wife Jenny, as well as five sisters, a brother, grandparents and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.


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Hello Fellow Runners! Well, considering that I'm starting tomorrow, I guess I can't technically call myself a "fellow runner", but hey, I'm thinking positive!
I'm 204lbs, 40yrs old, Mom of 5...yea, I'm a bit on the TIRED side at this point. I've dreamed of becoming a runner for decades now. I subscribe to "Runner's World" magazine, buy new running shoes every year (hey, I'm an optimist, what can I say?), and have yet to hit the pavement! So, conisdering that I'm as fat and tired as I've ever been in my whole life, I decided to stop dreaming and start doing, gosh darn it!
Tomorrow, June 7, 2011 will be Day One for me on C25k, and I'm excited and SCARED TO DEATH at the same time. I'm here for accountability. I've been "starting" for decades, literally. This time I'm determined to shout it from the roof tops, thinking maybe, just maybe, If more people know of my intentions, I will be moved to follow through.
Any inspiration, tips, advice, prayers you'd like to share...anything at all will be greatly appreciated! So tell me, what was THE thing that helped you to start, continue, and/or finish your own running Journey?????
"The Greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
Horray for you TSRunner!
Okay, tomorrow is W1D2 for me, so I can say, "Horray for you, TSRunner!"...ha ha
I just started too. I'm 37 and a mom of 2, so I say be proud you are committing and looking for the support to keep it up. I will gladly help keep you accountable! I need someone to do that for me too.
I like to buy new running shoes too...it feels like such a committment. I guess wearing them out will feel even better! Let's earn our next pair of shoes together! Good luck tomorrow, let me know how it goes!
"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
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Congratulations TS! You ARE going to be a runner!
You have committed to us and to yourself, so there is no turning back.
Set a goal....a race would be a good one. Write it down on your calendar and mark off each day's activities. Put it in a place where you & others can see it.
Set a time, make an appointment with yourself, that you will do your run. Then keep it and mark it off on your calendar. I've found that consistancy is primo important!!!
Join a thread(s) on this site of others who are starting the same week as you &/or another group...ie. penquins thread. Post often. You will encourage others and they will return the farvor.
Find a running buddy, real or virtual, and be accountable to them. Join a running club and you might find a mentor or a running pal.
You know what to do.....now.....Just Do It!!! We're cheering for you!
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
Have some good shoes and good luck!
Good luck and congrats on your committment to yourself! I am 37 and mom to one little guy (8 years old.) I know its hard to find the time for yourself, but you HAVE to. Your kiddos will benefit from a fit and healthy mama!
I agree to find a thread for support. I couldn't do without my folks over in "W5D3...I did it!!!" (If you guys are reading this, you are awesome!)
Take it one day at a time, trust the program and trust yourself! You can do it.
Happy running
Jeannette (W8D2 on Wednesday...)
"Spectacular achievements are always preceded by unspectacular preparation" ~Roger Staubach
Started C25K - April 18, 2011
Graduated C25K - June 17, 2011
Started Hal Higdon's Half Marathon Program - June 19, 2011
First 5K - July 2, 2011 Time: 34:21
2nd 5K - August 13, 2011 Time: 33:18
TS - Wanted to check in to see how your first day went!
"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
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I'm with PaintingLady. I had to set a goal to run a 5K. Having that set ahead, it helped me to keep my commitment to myself to run and get in better shape for it. After I did that one I set a goal of beating my own time. I now have 3 more scheduled at varying intervals. Having races scheduled definitely helps me keep it up. I love race day! I was worried about not being "in the club" because I'm loosing weight, too. But people are very nice and genuinely happy to have more runners there! Best of luck to you! How was that first day?
Raserei - 5K Runner, Agility Dog Handler
05/15/11 - Bob Potts 5K (first race ever) - 39.46
06/04/11 - Hope for Cope 5K - 36.11
07/09/11 - Habitat for Humanity 5K -
07/30/11 - Sunset Stretch 5K -
08/20/11 - Run for the Park CC Challenge 5K -
What a life changing choice TS - good for you! Digging these tips myself.
I saw a book on a website skirtsports.com - and there was a very interesting book "Run like a Mother" and it was pretty reasonable. It spoke about fitting running into the busy life of a Mom. Maybe a library has it - just looked like a great encouragement for the Mom's who are in the most wonderful years of her life, but very VERY busy and everything is stretched to the max, except some "Mom" time. I got the skirt sports site from another runner on this site - sharing of information is really wonderful. Def have a crowd to cheer you on! Go, go, go, go, daily goal = victory for you! I copied that link - (I think I did).....
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10/29/11 5k Chocolate Beano 42.52
Thank You all so very much for your encouragement and useful tips! I will look for a group to join for accountability, and I plan on signing up for the Hartford ING 5k on October 15th. Phew! Did I just say that? LOL
"Stickingtoit" - thanks for your wilingness to hold me accountable, I can really use that!!! I'd love to do the same for you!!!!
Today was my FIRST day, and OH MY GOODNESS, I have this feeling I must have calculated things wrong because I was trying to do 16 Intervals of 60 jog/90sec walk. I have a Gymboss (an awesome beeper like thing that beeps when you need to change intervals). I don't know how I figured it would take 16 round to make 20 minutes, but something tells me I might be wrong, am I??? My daughter and I only did 10 intervals and we were DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ran slowly, and any time I started to huff and puff I reminded myself that I was going too fast. We have a lot of hills where I live, and I'm telling you, my daughter and I were sweating like pigs! She said she came close to throwing up! I was LOVING the running, though. I felt like, well, a runner! It was Sooooooooooooo cool!!!!!
So, now I'm super sore (yes, already! Don't laugh, I'm lugging around 207lbs now!!!! Can't believe I gained 3lbs this week! aarrrggghh!!!!), and I have a massive headache! Yes, I'm drinking lots of water.
So, off to figure out of I did too much, or if I'm going to have to repeat this week next week....yikes!
"The Greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
So proud of you! I, like you, had planned on starting on several different occasions...actually, I would normally start and then about two weeks in would lose focus. Picking out a 5K and setting that as my goal has really helped along with all the wonderful people on this site. Thanks to this site, I also found out about Moms Run This Town. You can check out their website: http://www.momsrunthistown.com/index.php and they also have a Facebook page. They are working on getting groups set up for all the different areas to help you meet fellow women that run in your area.
Also, let me just say don't let the fact that it might be a little bit of a struggle discourage you. Repeat weeks if necessary. I'm 27 and 110 lbs and there were several times that I found Couch 2 5K challenging for me, especially when I was just starting out and then the last couple of weeks. However, I have several friends, a lot of whom are larger than myself, who did it and didn't struggle nearly as much as I did myself! Talk about a wake up call on how out of shape I was to know that I felt like I was going to die just trying to get through Week 1! I'll be honest and say at that point I wanted to give it up yet again, but I'd already told a few people about the 5K I wanted to run, so I gave myself a mental pep talk about how I wasn't going to get back into shape by just sitting around, but only by pushing on. Good luck on continuing C25K! Know there will be some days that are more challenging than others...we all have our "good" days and our "bad" days. Don't let the "bad" days discourage you!
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Race Results
6/4/11 - Salvation Army Dash From Disaster 2 Mile Run - 18:55.5
6/25/11 - Tomato Festival 5K - 28:15
7/4/11 - The Great Commission 4 Miler - 37:30 (2nd place in my age group)
7/9/11 - Swinging Bridge 5K - 31:12
7/16/11 - Hit The Bricks 5K - 28:36
8/6/11 - Run For The Son 5K
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TSRunner: yes you did calculate it wrong xD 16 rounds of 60s run + 90s walk would be 40 minutes not 20! you need 8 rounds of it. so you did more than enough with 10.
Well done! I think it depends on your definition of 'interval'. To get to 20 mins, you'd have to be doing 8 60 sec runs and 8 90 sec walks. That's 16 total. It gets easier to keep track as you go on!
Good luck!
Not sure what kind of phone you have, but if you have a smart phone, they have free apps for the C25K program that will alert you on when you should change from walking to running. That's what I used when I did it, and there's no way I could have kept track of it without that app!
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Race Results
6/4/11 - Salvation Army Dash From Disaster 2 Mile Run - 18:55.5
6/25/11 - Tomato Festival 5K - 28:15
7/4/11 - The Great Commission 4 Miler - 37:30 (2nd place in my age group)
7/9/11 - Swinging Bridge 5K - 31:12
7/16/11 - Hit The Bricks 5K - 28:36
8/6/11 - Run For The Son 5K
Find me and follow my training on www.mapmyfitness.com by searching for firstname.lastname@example.com
I recommend a book called, "Run Your Butt Off"... it is a 12 week program that goes from 30 minutes of walking to 30 minutes of running... I used to be quite the runner but laid off for over 4 years... well, I am now at week 7 (2 min walk, 8 min. run x 3) and this program is great, just right, starts slow, goes slow, then lets you go on your own to move up to the 5K runner and more... more importantly, nutrition and weight loss is covered widely... along with personal accounts of real people like us...
I am so proud of you for getting it done!
I got up at 6 this morning and slept through the first part of mine as I stumbled down the road. I found a 5K in September that I am going to sign up for...tomorrow. I plan to go and pay the money right away so I can have a goal.
Others have already mentioned how to calculate, so I won't worry about that.
Even if you are well hydrated you can still get a headache from the heat and exertion, your body will adjust. Just pace yourself...as you did. You should go look at yourself in the mirror, smile and say "Hooray! I am so proud of me!".
"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
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Data-Security Standards Set for Upgrade
Data-security standards for credit-card transactions are getting their first update in three years in a bid to protect consumers and businesses from the growing threat of cyberattacks and clever thieves on the ground.
Just last week, for example, software developer Adobe Systems Inc. disclosed that hackers had stolen 2.9 million customer records, including encrypted credit- and debit-card numbers and their expiration dates.
The new security standards are scheduled for release Nov. 7 by the PCI Security Standards Council, a body set up by the big credit-card companies. Its new standards take effect Jan. 1, and companies will have until the end of next year to update their systems. That could be costly for some.
The standards set a baseline for the security practices of the world's major payment-card brands. Those companies include Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and American Express Co.
The card companies follow the standards and enforce them on merchant's banks, who, in turn, enforce them on merchants ranging from the corner pharmacy to Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. The rules are global, and so apply to every business conducting credit-card transactions.
Bob Russo , general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council, said the new requirements are intended to make data security a shared responsibility among merchants and vendors, who help handle card transactions.
Many merchants "know how to make pizza, they know how to fix bikes, they know how to do whatever their job is. They don't know anything about credit cards, and they don't want to know anything about credit cards, " he said. "So they think if they outsource everything, that their responsibility is finished. That's not the case."
The new standards, Mr. Russo said, are also intended to help businesses incorporate security awareness into their daily routines.
"This new version is more about making it business as usual, making sure that you don't just do these things once a year when it's time to pass the test," he said.
The standards would require companies to protect credit-card terminals from physical tampering and compile an inventory of system components—servers and the like—that comply with the standards. They would also be required to evaluate evolving malware threats.
Those who fail to comply could face fines and forced disclosure to consumers in the event of data breaches.
Mr. Russo said only a very small number of businesses might find they are no longer compliant when the new rules come out. The overall structure of the standard will remain intact, he said, so implementation should be fairly simple.
Even so, the on-site security audits routinely required for the largest vendors are already expensive. Smaller businesses conducting fewer transactions generally can do a self-assessment and avoid many of those costs. But companies with a high number of transactions must have an annual audit conducted by a PCI-approved security assessor.
Visa, for example, defines "Level 1 merchants" as those processing more than six million transactions a year, and requires annual reports, as well as a quarterly scan of their networks by an approved vendor.
Verizon Communications Inc. is among the PCI-approved compliance auditors. Rodolphe Simonetti , managing director of the company's payment-card industry services unit, said on-site audit assessments can run from $50,000 to $1.5 million, depending on the size of the business.
And an audit failure can drive costs higher, said Rocco Grillo, a managing director at consulting firm Protiviti Inc., another PCI-approved security auditor.
If a company has never been the subject of such an audit before, "it could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, or millions, not because of the audit itself, but because of the remediation involved," he said. The costs will vary depending on the fix required. "Security awareness programs aren't that expensive, but an encryption, that's a whole different ballgame," he added.
Not everyone thinks the notion of shared responsibility will work in practice. The situation becomes especially complicated for franchise businesses, said Steve Surdu , vice president of professional services at information-security firm Mandiant Corp. Franchisers usually shift the risk of data security to the franchisees, who may not have the necessary expertise, he said.
Larry Hurtado , president of Digital Defense, a cybersecurity firm approved by PCI to conduct remote scans on smaller vendors, said costs quickly rise when a job requires an analyst's presence on site.
Corrections & Amplifications: The new PCI Data Security Standard takes effect Jan. 1, 2014, but companies have until the end of 2014 to come into compliance. The article above originally stated incorrectly that companies need to be compliant by the end of 2013.


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The Cotton Bollworm, or Corn Earworm, Heliocoverpa zea, is a major pest of cotton and corn, but also affects a number of other field crops including soybeans, grain sorghum, sunflowers, and peanuts. It damages cotton plants by cutting off terminals which causes multiple branching and delayed maturity. They also damage the cotton plant by eating into the squares, blooms, and bolls. In corn the larvae feed on the leaves, tassels, ears, and the whorl. In soybeans the larvae feed on leaves, stems, flowers, pods, and seeds within pods that may result in foliage, flower, and fruit loss.
CharacteristicsEggs are a cream color, flattened base, and prominent ribs. They are usually found on the cotton leaves, but may be found on the stems and fruiting forms as well. The mature larvae are about 1.5 inch long and darken before they hatch. The larva can be pink or light green to light brown or almost black on the upper body. While the underside is lighter with horizontal stripes running along the back. The body is sparsely covered with dark colored hairs. The moth stage has a wing span of approximately 1.5 inches. The fore wings have dark irregular bands near the edge with an indistinct dark spot near the middle of the front margin and the hind wings are light gray with dark bands on the trailing margins.
Life CycleThey overwinter as pupae in the soil and moths emerge in the spring to lay eggs singly on host plants. A female moth may lay 1000 or more eggs in an 8-10 day period. Larvae hatch from the eggs in 3-5 days and undergo 6-7 molts in about 16 days finally reaching a length of about 1.5 inches. Upon reaching maturity the larvae drop to the soil and pupate burrowing into the soil to a maximum depth of about 4 inches. In about 10-12 days the moths begin to emerge from the pupal stage. This cycle from egg to adult is about 30 days and there are multiple generations of them each year.


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Published: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 12:45 a.m.
Two area golf courses will host stops on the Birmingham GolfWeek Amateur Tour in the coming weeks. Ol' Colony will host a one-day tournament next Saturday, May 11, and Brookwood's Capstone Club will host an event on Saturday, May 25.
The GolfWeek Amateur Tour is flighted within four to five strokes between five flights: Champ (0-3.9), A (4-8.9), B (9-13.9), C (14-18.9) and D (19+). Players compete for prizes and for season-long points, with top-flight finishers in the points race receiving an invitation to compete in the national championship at Hilton Head, S.C., which last year hosted more than 600 golfers in a 54-hole championship. The stops will also have optional skins and closest-to-pin games.
Registration for the Ol' Colony tournament is $90, with entrants who bring a guest receiving an entry into the skins pot. Golfers will need a verifiable handicap to compete for prizes. Registration ends Monday. To register, go online to: http://www.amateurgolftour.net/register/tournamentReg.asp?tournament=4412
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First baby of the new year born at Pardee Hospital
Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 12:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 12:03 p.m.
The nurse handed a tiny, bundled baby to Laura Vazquez. The mom flashed a nervous smile, squeezed the baby and stared at him as only a mother can.
Vazquez and her husband, Hector Mejia, welcomed the first baby to be born in Henderson County in 2013 at 3:21 a.m. at Pardee Hospital. Not only is Irwin Uriel Mejia-Vazquez the first baby born in Hendersonville, but he's the first for the couple as well.
"I'm nervous, but I feel good," Vazquez said about having her first child.
Irwin was supposed to be born on Jan. 15, but decided that he couldn't wait two more weeks. He weighed in at 5 lbs and 11 oz.
Across the county at Park Ridge Health, Alex and Valeria Correa were welcoming their son, Alex Jr., to the world. He was born at 10:53 a.m.
The Arden couple wasn't expecting to meet their baby boy until Jan. 9, but Valeria Correa went into labor Tuesday morning. The couple arrived at Park Ridge at 8:30 a.m. and their third child was born two hours later.
"To me (having a New Year's baby) was awesome because my birthday's on Monday," Valeria Correa said. "I didn't want to be pregnant on my birthday."
As for dad, he was happy to have a son who he can pass his name on to.
"I was waiting for him," he said. "It feels good."
The Correas have two daughters, ages 5 and 2.
Alex Jr. weighed in at 7 lbs. and 6 oz. He was 20.5 inches long.
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- May 19:
- Powerball's second-place winner purchased ticket at San Jose 7-Eleven
- Powerball jackpot: Small Florida city wonders which neighbor won
- Powerball jackpot: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida worth $590 million
- May 18:
- Powerball: So close -- San Jose ticket misses jackpot by one
- Powerball numbers drawn; now who wins the $590.5 million?
- 1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball
- Saturday Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million
- Powerball: Most number combinations have already been picked
- Powerball jackpot closing in on another record
- May 17:
- Powerball's $600 million jackpot fueled by California frenzy
- #Powerball: Would-be winners wish out loud
- Powerball office pools: Advice from winners (and losers)
As the Powerball jackpot soared to a record $600 million on Friday -- and likely to rocket even higher before Saturday's drawing -- thousands of Bay Area hopefuls streamed into liquor stores, gas stations and other venues to buy into the game on the slim prospect of utterly changing their lives.
"This is my chance to buy my dream home," gushed 55-year-old Wilma Fernando, of Milpitas, who had just purchased a fistful of Powerball tickets from Ron's Liquors at Flickinger Avenue and Hostetter Road in San Jose.
If she won? She just might "go around the world and help other people," she said, explaining, "I come from a poor family."
Thinking about it a bit more, Fernando, who works as a fab operator at a microelectronics company and is a single mom supporting her 21-year-old daughter, added, "I want my daughter to go to college." Then Fernando darted off to a nearby 7-Eleven to buy more tickets.
Odds of winning the Powerball are pegged at 1 in 175 million. But that hasn't deterred the dreamers hoping to strike it rich. Since sales of the game began in California on April 8, retailers in the state have sold more than $80 million of the $2 tickets. And with the drawing to pick the winner slated for 8 p.m. Saturday, a palpable frenzy has been building for days.
On Friday in California, more than $12 million in sales were recorded, the biggest ever for the Powerball in the state, said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for the California Lottery.
"I would expect tomorrow would be even bigger," he added. "Usually the day of the drawing, business starts to pick up" -- especially when the drawing is on a weekend, when people have more free time to buy tickets.
And that's likely to happen, if the jackpot rises beyond $600 million, which is the most it's been since the $587.5 million mark set on March 30 last year. The only multistate jackpot in the U.S. that was larger was the Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012, which reached $656 million before it was split by three winning tickets.
"If sales are better than expected, it could go up a little more and I expect it will," said Traverso.
In Walnut Creek, friends Vilma Miller and Carolyn Manila stopped by the Chevron gas station on the corner of Oak Grove Road and Treat Boulevard to try their luck. Neither of them are regular Lotto customers, but because the Powerball amount was so high, they thought, "Why not?"
Asked what she'd do if she won, Manila quickly responded that she'd buy a house in Hawaii. Then, after a moment, she said she'd buy one for Miller as well.
Smiling, Miller said, "Nah, I'd buy my own right next door. Then we could be neighbors."
At the Easy Mart on Old Oakland Road and Golden Wheel Park Drive in San Jose, 27-year-old cashier Joe Morales said they'd sold $2,060 worth of Powerball tickets by 5 p.m. Friday.
"That's really big," he said. "We usually sell a couple hundred."
Morales said he even bought a couple for himself, though he added if he won, "I wouldn't know what to do with the money -- probably hide for a while."
Ron's Liquors was buzzing with people lugging out tickets along with bottles of beer and assorted booze. A clerk there said they'd rung up $3,400 worth in Powerball sales so far, and thought the total could reach $5,000 by the end of the day.
One person standing in line at the liquor store was 23-year-old Stephanie Lui, of San Jose. Although she doesn't play Lottery games herself, her mother, who lives in San Francisco, does. And with the Powerball jackpot hitting stratospheric heights, her mom was desperate to get in on the action. So she called her daughter with an urgent appeal.
"She wanted to remind me to get it today before the drawing," Lui said. "She's super excited."
Normally, her mother likes to get tickets from different locations, thinking that increases her chances of winning. But Lui said she had to draw the line.
"I told her I'd just get her one," she said. "I'm not going to go crazy."
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The Daily Startup: Software a Bright Spot as U.S. Venture Investment Falls 15% in 2012
Top stories in today's VentureWire:
After rising in 2011, U.S. venture capital investment fell 15% last year as firms put less money into consumer Internet, renewable energy and health-care companies. Software saw an upswing. Overall, investors deployed $29.7 billion into 3,363 financings for U.S.-based venture-backed companies, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Deals fell 4% from the prior year, much less than investment as VCs gave companies less money in financing round classes from seed to later stage.
OpenX Software, a provider of software to help digital publishers sell ad space, has secured $22.5 million as it pushes deeper into mobile. Last year OpenX partnered with Samsung, whose venture group is leading this investment, to deliver ads to applications running on Samsung mobile devices. In addition to Samsung Venture Investment, existing investors Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Mitsui, Presidio Ventures and SAP Ventures participated.
Also in today's VentureWire, Venture capital investment in U.S. medical companies dropped 19% to $7.09 billion last year, the lowest total since 2003, as firms ran short of funds and as entrepreneurs learned to get by with less money…Canadian mobile video-sharing platform Keek has raised $18 million led by new investor AGF Investments along with return investors Pinetree Capital and Plazacorp Ventures, joined by existing investor Cranson Capital…and Social travel startup CasaHop is shutting down and returning its remaining funds to its investors. Founders of the year-old site, which competed with the likes of Airbnb, decided competitors were simply bigger and more mature, and it was time to focus on something new.
(VentureWire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals and personnel moves involving startups and their venture backers. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere around the Web:
Crowdfunding websites set up by entrepreneurs to raise money from ordinary investors are drawing regulatory scrutiny, The Wall Street Journal reports. State securities officials zeroed in on the websites after scanning thousands of Internet addresses. Small private companies aren't supposed to market their shares directly to the general public, but the federal JOBS Act passed last year included provisions for raising money via such crowdfunding activities. Concerned about investor fraud, however, the SEC has been slow to adopt rules implementing the law.
New York has been trying to improve the climate for medical-device startups in the city. Xconomy chronicles a recent meeting on the subject.
Because of Martin Luther King Day, the Daily Startup will not appear Monday.


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In Harlem, people are trying to pump new life into the old Columbia Theatre.
News 12's Meredith Taylor takes you inside the vacant building to show you what it will take.
Cynthia Hamblin was just a little girl when she saw her first movie at Columbia Theatre.
She can remember, but a lot's changed since it closed in the 1960's.
"When we came in here, this building was full of junk," says Robin Root, officer of the Harlem Foundation.
This building's been home to many businesses in the past few years, but now the Foundation is using it for fundraising for a new cultural center.
"It's going to cost us about 750,000 [dollars] to get it up and running," says Root.
The foundation is also applying for state grants and more than 10,000 independent grants.
The money is needed to put movies back in the theater and also add dance and drama.
At first glance the Columbia might look like a mess, but when you look closely there's a lot of history here, like the projection room, which the foundation plans to keep for the new center.
A way of keeping a little bit of the past that makes this such a neat place for everyone in the present.
"Because this is a little jewel here, and it can be enjoyed by many people," Hamblin says.
Creating new memories for people like Cynthia, who's just hoping the show will go on.
Long-term plans include adding a dinner theatre and crochet classes for adults.
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Germany, 2007, 93 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Documentary, Foreign, ReligionLanguage: German, English English Sub-Titles
Best known as the author of the cookbooks that made the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center a vegetarian household name (including the classic Tassajara Bread Book), Edward Espe Brown is a Zen priest, poet, chef and teacher who shows his students how to achieve mindfulness, cultivate loving-kindness and preserve cultural traditions via the act of cooking. He shows them that eating, too, involves more than caloric intake; it can serve as a spiritual exercise, a means to fulfillment in – and through – every sense.
In How to Cook Your Life, director Doris Dörrie ushers us into both the zendo where Brown lectures on Buddhism and the kitchen where he imparts wisdom with a paring knife. She captures the ways in which he conducts his life as well as his classes. And she situates it all within a larger sociopolitical context, sprinkling How to Cook Your Life with much-needed wake-up calls about America's vexed, contradictory attitudes toward food, from its preparation and consumption to its disposal – on organic farms, at fast-food counters, among the homeless, among activists. Yet she doesn't neglect to add a dash of Brown's wry humor too. (Brown on offerings: "The Buddha is not even gonna eat it, the Buddha's not even gonna smell it…[He] doesn't say: 'Thank you, nice meal, love the crêpes'…What you do is you make your effort.")
Without proselytizing or romanticizing, Dörrie's documentary proposes that in the act of preparing food – of nourishing oneself and others – one marks a path to happiness. Not only of interest to cooks, How to Cook Your Life is for anyone who wishes to reconnect with the world.
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NBA veteran Shane Battier chatted with the media in May as part of a conference call leading up to the American Century Championship, which begins this week. The Miami Heat player talked a lot about coming to Tahoe a champion, which he will; but the former Duke star also mentioned that what he does on the basketball court could transfer over to the golf course.
"A lot of things resonate with me as a basketball player, because swings and basketball jump shots are very similar," Battier said on May 18. "They have to be in sync and they have to be fluid and they have to be performed without thinking about the actual mechanics. And that's what makes a pure golf swing and that's what makes a pure jump shot. Sometimes you can overthink a jump shot, just like you can overthink a golf swing."
While Battier makes a strong case, he may be in the minority when thinking hoops transfers over to golf.
"The only carryover is the butterflies you get when you're teeing off," said Steve Kerr, a five-time NBA champion and analyst for TNT, who chatted with the media on a conference call for the ACC on June 18. "It's similar for me to, you know, when you go into a game you get that feeling of competitiveness and just being out there and trying to achieve something, but it's such a different sport. Basketball is so instinctive and fast. Golf, you've got way to much time to psych yourself out. To me it's a lot tougher challenge."
This will be Kerr's fifth time competing at the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, July 20-22. The former Phoenix Suns general manager has had respectable finishes, cracking the top 50 each year, including a 35th-place finish in 2002 and 37th-place finish in 2005. While he doesn't see himself holding up a trophy at the end of the tournament, he's optimistic about his golf game this week.
"I won't be up with the Chris Chandlers and Billy Joe Tollivers of the world," Kerr said. "I'm not a threat to win it, but broadcasting has been good to my golf game. It's given me more chance to work at it. I'm looking forward to hopefully putting up a respectable showing."
Jason Kidd, who was on the same conference call as Kerr in June, also said he doesn't see much crossover between the sports.
"I would have to agree with Steve," Kidd said. "I think basketball is where you react; here in golf, the slower you are, the better you might hit the ball. It's very competitive. I think that's probably the closest thing that compares - that we like to compete - and it's something you can never perfect because every shot is different, every course is different."
Kidd, like Battier this year, came to Tahoe last year as an NBA champion. He has played in the ACC 13 times, but will miss this year as the new New York Knick canceled after he was charged with a DWI on Sunday in Southampton, New York.
Even though Battier may be alone in feeling that the repetition involved with a jump shot resonates with a golf swing, that doesn't mean he's fully confident in his game.
"When I step on the basketball court, I've trained over tens of thousands of hours for my job, it's what I do and I feel confident I can do that job well. Golf isn't something that comes natural to me. I don't like to practice. I love to play, I don't love to practice. So, when I get out there, I don't have the repetitions I have on the basketball court," Battier said in May on a ACC conference call. "I'm not gonna lie, the first time you step out on the first tee and you're overlooking the mountains and the lake, beautiful Lake Tahoe, you do get a little bit of sweaty palms and the knees do shake a bit."
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Hello TW Happies!Well, I hope you are all doing well and keeping warm! Its been very cold this year in Japan and if it does not get warner soon, then I may just up and move to Hawaii!!! (Aloha Atonalexpress! :O) That would be really nice, indeed! Well, anyway, if you have not yet seen it, be sure not to miss my recent blog post:David Bowie tribute to John Lennon - 'Mother'In one word this cover version by Mr. David Bowie is just PHENOMENAL!!!! Really don't miss this newly released cover version of this legendary song. It was just released last month on Youtube and it includes a very heavy photo slideshow/video that pretty much covers Lennon's entire lifetime. Check it out!Cheers!Lob (e___: p(eRob Pongi Blog Mini Motion PicturesOnline Videos Japanese TV
Hi Diamond Frog,Sorry I didn't reply to you earlier on this, but with your above quote:"Lennon also did a Tin Machine cover."I believe that you may be referring to Working Class Hero and, well, actually, its the other way around as that song was written by John Lennon. But don't worry, it's OK, "no one's to blame" cause "A working class hero is something to beIf you want to be a hero just follow meIf you want to be a hero well just follow me"Yassassin! Lob Rob Pongi Blog Mini Motion PicturesOnline Videos Japanese TV
That can't be true. Lennon recorded that song long after Bowie died.Diamond Frog on MySpace
You don't have an mp3 version of this, do you?Also, I love you.TW's Top Fag!
"That can't be true. Lennon recorded that song long after Bowie died."WHOAH! Thank you very much Mr. Diamond Frog! I'm completely amazed, as in one short sentence, you just, literally, PROVED my conspiracy theory! And, obviously, it is now quite clear that Andy Warhol and Marc Bolan are actually both still alive but living in constant characterizations of "David Bowie" and "Iggy Pop" who both faked their deaths in order to secretly get married, run away and live together on their own top-secret private island somewhere in the South Pacific! WHOAH! WHOAH! WHOAH! And, also, you know, its true and we never landed on the moon - it was all just staged in a Hollywood backlot in order for the US Government to defraud an entire population for more defense spending in the name of "the space race". Yeah, I think we're getting it all now. Thank you very much again my friend! You are a true gentleman and a scholar. But, you know, I feel sorry too because now it means that Iman is and always was just a mere "cover wife" as it has long been rumored. And, you know that woman is just so incredible and she has helped so very many children all over the world. And did she ever ask for aything in return? No way! She just gave and is still giving them her real, true love and support all on her own and without any conditions. Indeed, Iman Abdulmajid is a real, modern-day "Working Class Hero" for sure! "Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. " - William Butler YeatsRob Pongi Blog Mini Motion PicturesOnline Videos Japanese TV
HI guiltpuppy!Thank you very much for your very nice response, but the fact is that I don't know what the word "Love" really means and I'm afraid that I may never know it in this world. But, really, thank you for your kindness. I really, truly appreciate it, especially these days!!"#"$%& And, I'm sorry but I don't have an mp3 of the cover version of 'Mother' but you know, for sure, I'm looking around for one and (hopefully) I'll find one somewhere and send you a PM then. Well, I hope so, at least.YASSASSIN!Lob <`@v@`>Rob Pongi Blog Mini Motion PicturesOnline Videos Japanese TV
Awesome.Diamond Frog on MySpace
WOW!!! Thank you Strawman! That whole YuppiePunk podcast and the website too is way kewl! Thanks again! DOUMO ARIGATOU!!! Rob Pongi Blog Mini Motion PicturesOnline Videos Japanese TV


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jjay wrote: define your definition of faith
Fladlien wrote: Aceyalone is one my favorite rappers. That said, I wouldn't be suprised if he falls off. Hell people thought he already fell off. For someone as talented as Acey is, he does sometimes come incredibly wack. I don't know how, but it happens. He is very hit and miss.
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faith= something you believe in
and like that nikki costa ..everybody's got their something
am01ne wrote: The first Art Official Intelligence album is so underrated, everybody dismissed it right away but I was feelin it even more than Stakes Is High. It's obviously not the same as they're older albums but it's still a tight lp.
jjay wrote: jjay wrote: define your definition of faith
well than, i guess i don't have faith in any artist. i can have faith that certain artist will create some songs I like but to say I beleive in the artist for me is too much. I don't necessarily agree with everything or most of what someone puts out or says in a song. I can't get disapointed when they produce something I don't feel. It keeps things simpler and my musical taste broader that way. I don't expect any artist to save the world. T


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Here's a look at some of the United States endangered mammals, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Several major hotel chains are significantly raising the number of loyalty reward points needed to book a free room.
It's a simple matter of supply and demand, said Joe Brancatelli, who writes an online column on business travel. An improving economy has spurred more travel.
"Demand is up so they can charge more," he said of hotels adjusting their reward points programs.
Most of the chains adopting point hikes are shifting hotels to a higher tier in their respective programs. Each tier designates the points needed to stay in that hotel. The higher the tier, the more points needed. For example:
Laurie Goldstein, a spokeswoman for Marriott, said hotels typically re-evaluate their rewards program each year. "We make these changes every year based on market demand," she said.
But Brancatelli said the latest changes are atypical. "Individually and taken together the changes this year are really draconian," he said.


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Fashion show luncheons were once plentiful in Silicon Valley, but the increase in two-income households and the lack of leisure time has made them increasingly rare.
Now two groups are staging luncheon fashion shows on Saturdays in March to raise money for their charities.
On March 2 the Elks Lodge hosts its women's charity fashion show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This year's theme is "Fashion Cabaret, Life is a Cabaret" featuring clothing from The Dress Barn in Campbell.
The event takes place at the lodge, 444 W. Alma Ave., San Jose and includes lunch. The tickets are $25 and proceeds benefit the presenting organization's handicapped children's program.
For additional information or to reserve a ticket call 408.298.3880 weekdays.
On March 9 the O'Connor Hospital Volunteer Services is hosting its inaugural "spring fling" fashion show luncheon.
Melanie Devletian of Designer's Corner in San Jose is staging the fashion show and providing commentary.
It takes place from 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Mariani's Restaurant, 2500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara.
Tickets are $45 and proceeds benefit the O'Connor Hospital Family Center.
For additional information or to reserve a ticket call 408.283.7766.


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Nearly six months ago, Y-12 plant retiree Russell Charles Blevins was murdered inside his home on Hart Orchard Road in Roane County. And, sadly, investigators are no closer to solving the case.
The 85-year-old former Oak Ridge resident was found shot to death on Aug. 12, 2012, in his house after a family member went there to check on him. Records indicate he was shot multiple times.
Hart Orchard Road is located near the Tennessee River off of Paint Rock Ferry Road on the side of Kingston toward Loudon County. Blevins lived alone in the home, which is more than a quarter of a mile from the road.
"We're still investigating," said Chief Deputy Tim Phillips. "There's nothing new to release."
He said Detective Greg Scalf and agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are investigating the crime.
Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton last August said investigators believe robbery was the motive for the slaying. He said detectives found no indication the door to the home was forced.
Later in August, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation requested the public's assistance for information on the homicide. Blevins' family has also offered a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder.
Additionally, investigators are searching for weapons that were missing from the home after the murder was discovered. One of the weapons is a military-style, M-130 carbine rifle.
Anyone with information about the crime or the weapon should call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND (1-800-824-3463), or the Roane County Sheriff's Office at (865) 717-4700.
Beverly Majors can be contacted at (865) 220-5514.
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'Secret Chemicals' May Be Harmful, Group Says; Industry Official Says Products Are Safe
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Does Perfume Have Hidden Health Risks?
May 12, 2010 -- That fragrance you wear, perhaps named after a celebrity, may make you feel sexy and irresistible, but chances are the label isn't telling you everything that's in it, according to a new report.
And that could spell trouble, says Jane Houlihan, co-author of the new report, issued by The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in partnership with the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Some chemicals found in fragrances may be hazardous to your health, she says, yet makers of popular colognes, perfumes, and body sprays often don't disclose all the ingredients found in their products.
''The fragrance mixture itself can be comprised of dozens, even hundreds, of individual chemicals, and those don't have to be listed on the label," says Houlihan, senior vice president for research for EWG.
The report, "Not So Sexy: The Health Risks of Secret Chemicals in Fragrance," includes test results on 17 fragranced products. On average, Houlihan says, the researchers found 14 "secret" chemicals not listed on the label, and she says some of them have been linked to allergic reactions or hormone disruption.
Not surprisingly, industry officials took strong exception to the new report. The new findings, according to John Bailey, PhD, chief scientist for the Personal Care Products Council, is ''another example of a group releasing information without providing all of the information that's relevant. There may be a bit of selective science going on here."
Inside the Fragrance Report
Houlihan and colleagues selected various popular fragrances, including colognes and body sprays marketed to both men and women, to see what fragrance chemicals they included. "We started with these 17 products," Houlihan says, "sent them off to the lab to see what other chemicals are in these products."
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- Britney Spears Curious
- Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio
- Old Spice After Hours Body Spray
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...well, the Tower Jam is the weirdest Phish of 2003, which makes it a strong contender for 'weirdest Phish since that insufferable Heartbreaker jam on 11/30/97.' If you're at all interested in post-hiatus Phish, hear the IT soundcheck and Tower Jam; they're yin and yang and both essential (in different ways). There are 'better' individual jams in other Summer '03 shows, but this one's a little like Big Cypress: with the pressure off and with a full tour's steam behind them, the boys just stretched out and played to the stars.
Saturday, 08/02/2003
Loring Commerce Centre, Limestone, ME
Set 1: BagAC/DC Bag, Ya Mar[1] -> Runaway Jim, Reba, BOAFBirds of a Feather, Meatstick, Two Versions of Me, Vultures, LxLLimb By Limb, Cavern
Set 2: DwDDown with Disease[1] > NICU -> Brother, Lawn Boy, Discern, Waves -> Jam > BowieDavid Bowie
Set 3: R&RRock and Roll -> Seven Below[1] -> Scents and Subtle Sounds -> Seven Below -> Spread It 'Round > Bug
Encore: Dog Log > MangoThe Mango Song
Set 4: Tower Jam
[1] Unfinished.
· Seven Below tease in Scents and Subtle Sounds
· San-Ho-Zay and Scents and Subtle Sounds teases in Down with Disease
· On Your Way Down tease in Seven Below
Noteworthy Jams: Ya Mar (highly recommended), Reba, Birds of a Feather, Meatstick, Limb By Limb, Down with Disease (highly recommended), Waves (highly recommended), Jam, Rock and Roll, Seven Below, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Seven Below
Average Song Gap: 10.62
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This was the first show of the IT festival. Ya Mar, DWD, and Seven Below were unfinished. Birds was followed by a "Meatstick" chant from the crowd, prompting Trey to note that the band would "like to honor" the request. After a long pause, Trey commented, "We're taking our sweet time up here because…we have no place to go for two days." DWD contained a San-Ho-Zay tease from Trey and multiple Scents and Subtle Sounds teases. NICU ended with a bass solo from Mike at Trey's request ("Play it, Cactus!"). Seven Below contained an On Your Way Down tease, Scents and Subtle Sounds included Seven Below teases. Before Dog Log, Trey remarked that the band couldn't figure out what to play, and noted how, on this tour, the band made a conscious effort to not think about what songs they were going to play next. The fourth set "Tower Jam" found Phish playing on top the old air traffic control tower near the concert field. The set consisted of roughly an hour's worth of unscripted jam material, with no notable teases or jams present. While Phish jammed, Chris Kuroda illuminated the tower's interior and exterior with a light show and dancers suspended by wires around the side of the tower performed on the structure.
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This show was part of the "2003 Summer Tour."
...well, the Tower Jam is the weirdest Phish of 2003, which makes it a strong contender for 'weirdest Phish since that insufferable Heartbreaker jam on 11/30/97.' If you're at all interested in post-hiatus Phish, hear the IT soundcheck and Tower Jam; they're yin and yang and both essential (in different ways). There are 'better' individual jams in other Summer '03 shows, but this one's a little like Big Cypress: with the pressure off and with a full tour's steam behind them, the boys just stretched out and played to the stars.
We had been sitting on Route 1 for hours, but it was still daylight and I was sure we would be in soon. Despite the protest of the jocks on 96.1 FM (The Bunny), everyone was out of their cars and mingling as only Phisheads can. I noticed a local standing on the edge of his lawn just taking in the scene. One of the many wandering Heads struck up a conversation him, and tried to apologize for the commotion going on right in front of the guy's home. Finally, the Head just shrugged at the guy and said, "Hey man, it's six sets!" Welcome to Limestone, Maine. This is IT, and you can come in tomorrow!
I sat in the rented Montero I shared with family and friends from 11:30 AM Friday until 4:30 AM Saturday morning. That's 17 hours sitting in traffic. I had heard horror stories of Big Cypress, so I was as mentally prepared as possible. A little while after midnight the band played an hour sound check that was carried live on The Bunny. A loose jam with Mike singing something in the middle, the check was a thoroughly enjoyable way to begin the festival and a mere taste of what was to come over the weekend.
For those who have no idea, IT was part rock festival, part interactive art project, an outdoor shopping bazaar, a mudfest and the second largest city in Maine for the weekend. It was also a religious experience for the faithful. This was my first Phish festival, and the scope and size alone was enough to make my head spin. There was so much to discover, but I knew I had to get some sleep. At 6:30 AM I finally crashed in my tent, sleeping out of necessity rather then want.
Up at 9:30 AM. The excitement of finally being at IT would not allow me to sleep. All the travel hassles and months of waiting were now behind me. I had arrived! After a quick search for food, coffee and glass (all easily obtained from lot merchants), a mellow Saturday morning was had by all around me in Lot F. Shortly after noon, a decision was made to head towards the heart of the campgrounds, and I started out with my campmates for the concert field.
As luck would have it Lot F was only a 15 minute walk from the center of everything. With each step the excitement built. "Look. The house of Live Phish!" "They have Pizza and Chinese food down here!" Everywhere there was something interesting waiting to be seen. The carnival rides, Dry Goods tent and misting walkway all got the once over, and it was unfortunate that I had to constantly stare at the ground to avoid losing a shoe in the mud.
The long stretch between the first entrance to the concert field and the actual gates was one large mud patch. Some relief could be found on the very sides, but getting in was rough. Of course, I had been stupid enough to bring my lawn chair, a forbidden item at the concert field. After walking back to camp and then back to the concert field, I was pretty close to collapse. IT had been pretty cool since we arrived, but now, as I lay on a blanket, the sun was beating straight down upon me and I could not sleep. There I waited"...for three hours. Arriving extremely early was pretty absurd in retrospect. A clear case of showing up at an event early to make the wait seem shorter. This never works.
Finally, around 6:00 PM and after many false alarms, the band appeared on the giant video screens walking from backstage to their instruments. A few random notes from Trey, and IT was underway and rocking to "AC/DC Bag". After heartily getting down to the nitty gritty, "Ya Mar" provided IT's first musical highlight. Running over 17 minutes, "Ya Mar" stretched in ways I had not heard before, and I could sense that Phish was really going to push it this weekend. Trey seemed especially excited, his smile beaming down at us throughout the show.
"Ya Mar" jammed straight into "Runaway Jim", which succeeded in both pleasing the crowd and advertising Sunday's 1st Annual Runaway Jim 5K. A stellar "Reba" followed "Jim". Before the whistling, Trey went around like he was asking the other band members what to play next. When he returned to the microphone, it seemed like he was about to start a new song. When he went into the whistling instead of a new song the crowd erupted with cheers. That tricky Trey.
After "Reba", a jammed out "Birds of a Feather" continued building an inspired communion between the audience and the band. After "Birds", the crowd demanded "Meatstick" and when Trey announced the granting of our request, excitement swept the concert field. IT had reached a frenzy of joy and it was only Set I! "Two Versions of Me" calmed things down a bit, and was the first of a sizable amount of new material performed at IT. "Vultures" kept the cool vibe going, but "Limb by Limb" rebuilt the energy for a nice set-closing "Cavern". Set I was in the books, and I was thirsty for more.
Set break was long and we entertained ourselves watching the rippling moon and other psychedelic images on the screens. Just before 9:00 PM, the band re-emerged. "Down With Disease" opened up Set II and showcased a more aggressive Mike then in the first set. A nice segue from "Disease" into "NICU" followed, the latter featuring both "Play it again, Leo!" and "Play it Cactus!" calls. The single most electrifying moment of Set II followed as "NICU" segued into "Brother" and Mike completely took over, throwing out a bass line of pure pogo stick funk. Trey responded with a ripping solo, and we needed "Lawn Boy" and "Discern" to calm the insanity.
"Waves" "David Bowie" arrived to close out Set II in style. I must admit to sitting at the beginning of "Wave"s. This was more out of exhaustion then any kind of dislike of the song, but by the midway point I had to stand back up. The band had wound the song down into the most ambient jam of the weekend to that point, and upon standing I was greeted by a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The band was deep into replicating machine noise, and Kuroda's lights provided a mothership transporting us to another dimension. Fishman begin his "Maze"/"Bowie" intro, and after a suitable build, "Bowie" emerged to close out Set II. Relaxing during set break, I wondered what the band could possibly do in Set III to match the first two sets.
Set III turned out to be my second favorite set of the festival. More like one giant song then a series of songs, it opened with an extended "Rock and Roll". The band seemed to be gaining steam through the jam and "Seven Below" emerged straight out of "Rock and Roll". My favorite song off of Round Room, this version did not disappoint! Jam heaven had arrived, and I was a prisoner of the groove. From "Seven Below", the band moved into two new songs, "Scents and Subtle Sounds" and then "Spread It Round". A lot has been written about "Scents and Subtle Sounds" being the best of the new crop of songs. This was a very good, if not superb, version. "Spread It Round" contained an admittedly corny lyric about spreading love around. My ironically detached side bristles at the sentiment. Of course, the jam out of the song and back into "Seven Below" was supremely intense and made my ironic detachment seem small-minded at best. By the time "Bug" arrived riding Mike's reverberating bass my mind had been blown. The band's collective mind must have been blown as well, since upon reemerging for the encore they did not know what to play. After some funny banter from Trey, "Dog Log" "Mango Song" put day one to bed.
After leaving the show, I managed to get lost on the way back to lot F. All the tents do look alike after a while. I finally got back to the campsite and was able to relax for a few minutes. Everyone was rehashing the show we had just seen as the post show buzz lingered into the evening. At about 2:00 AM the strangest alarm-like sound began emanating from every radio tuned to The Bunny. The sound was coming from everywhere. Something was going on, and I wandered back out to the runway to have a look. In the distance I could see the most amazing air traffic control tower conceived of by man. Bathed in purple light, with rotating red lights on top, it served as a kaleidoscopic night light for the camp. I quickly realized I would never get over to the tower before the music ended, so I settled into a sleeping bag and listened to Phish play the most amazing hour of music of the festival. Day one was closed out in grand fashion. Day two was almost at hand.
Set 2: Swap out a few mid-set songs with #L, 20YL, and, um, Birds, and you could very easily mistake this 2nd set for a 3.0 2nd set. DWD leads the charge, and they crank out the usual powerful DWD jam before mellowing out into a slower groove, Page switching over to piano for a more dramatic feel, and then get down and dirty, Trey's weird guitar tone really adding to the proceedings. Then Trey and Page start building an ugly, hypnotic wall of sound, Mike holding everything together, Fish doing what he does, before things build to a heavy metal finish. I should note that I just described 18 minutes of jamming; it's very much of a piece, so if you're coming into this from either other era of Phish you may be a bit put off, but that's what 2.0 is all about, and with that in mind this is a very enjoyable and powerful jam.
NICU, the ever-rare Brother, and Lawn Boy (!) come up next, then super-rarity Discern (which is fine, but seems more an excuse for Trey to really abuse the hell out of his guitar), but all this is mere prelude to The Most Famous Waves Ever Played (this or the 5/26/11 soundcheck). The actual Waves has a decent mid-song jam, but (much like 8/15/11's also-beloved version), it's what comes afterwards that counts. The band immediately dives into an ambient haze, Page atonally plunking away, Mike firing off some bombs, Trey's playing sparse and contemplative. Everyone pretty much fires off every effect at their disposal (poor Fish has to just rattle his cymbals), building up a particularly torrid horror show on stage. Describing it entirely pointless; it's something that needs to be heard to be believed. This (somehow) naturally leads into Bowie, which is a very nice version that occasionally breaks into major-key bliss, closing out a very fine set.
Set 3: My choice for the best set of 2.0 - better than 6/19/04 II, better than 2/28/03 II or 2/26/03 II, better than 7/30/03 II. Rock & Roll makes its way into a relaxed jam, Trey plugging away (and playing something that sounds like Undermind?) as Fish plays a snappy beat and Page tickles the ivories. It doesn't necessarily explore a ton of ground, but it's catnip for 2.0 lovers, and it segues very neatly into Seven Below, which I will never say no to in a set. -7 drops into a quiet jamming space (some of Mike's best work all show is here), then neatly returns to the main -7 theme, then surprisingly winds into crashing dissonant rocking out before returning to booty-shaking bump-&-grind territory. They then segue gloriously into the old Scents and Subtle Sounds intro (we all agree that we miss this intro and want it back, right?), and Scents itself is exceptionally fiery and charged for a third-set jam, with a return to -7 in the middle for funsies, eventually leading to a massive hose jam that goes into a quicksilver groove and makes a nifty segue into Spread It 'Round. Spread It 'Round is energetic and fun, and then dissolves into another wicked ambient space, from which Bug makes a rather apropos appearance to end the set. If you're a 2.0 connoisseur, this set is manna from the gods - insane song selection, killer jamming, great band connectivity in the segues, and the occasional leap into the void.
Tower Jam: C'mon, like I'm going to do PBP on this. It's an essential jam, everyone needs to hear it, the end.
Final thoughts: For my money, this is the best show Phish played between Fukuoka and 8/15/11. Maybe it's cheating to throw a festival show into the mix, but everything you could ask for from this band is contained in these three sets (and lots of things you'd never think to ask for are contained in the Tower Jam). Exceptional from top to bottom, and Set III is essential for any era.
Oh and that Tower Jam was the craziest thing I've ever seen Phish do, I think. That's saying something.
This was my first real road trip. I was 16 at the time and was excited that for the first time I'd be on my own. I live in Glens Falls, NY, and was ready to take on the ten hour drive to Limestone. I (and four other friends, traveled up to Limestone on Thursday and caught moe. in Portland. We arrived at IT at 3 am, right before the huge traffic jam. I had never experienced anything like this and my mind was blown away from the size of it all so far, and the day hadn't even started yet. My friends and I decided to get the few hours of sleep that we could.
That morning, they let everyone in the parking lot go in first. We were in the back of the line so we had to wait three hours to get into the camping grounds. Once inside, we got everything together and set up camp on the wet ground. Those few days were really muggy and the grounds were muddy and soft. That Friday night was crazy. The atmosphere of the area was buzzing and it was just one huge party. Bands were playing and people were dancing and the party never stopped.
The next morning we got up and went to the grounds at 2:00 or 3:00, before anyone really showed up. We went right next to the stage on Page's side. During the wait, my friend Tim and I played war while people watched. It was just an amusing experience. At 5 or so, the band came on. I felt a rush of energy fly through my body, and for the first time I was experiencing what people have been talking about.
AC/DC Bag seemed to be the perfect opener. That first set, in my opinion, was a great way to start the weekend off. The highlights were Ya Mar -> Runaway Jim (with an amazing Ya Mar jam), Reba, and Meatstick just because of the crowd cheering for it.
The second set is where things went downhill. Before the set, my stomach was bothering me. I had sharp pains on occasion, but I didn't think anything of it. So the band came on and played a raging Down With Disease which went into NICU > Brother. I personally enjoyed Brother even though it was a little sloppy. Then Lawn Boy.
Oh, that Lawn Boy. Right at the end of the song, I basically fell onto my knees and passed out. My friends had no idea what was happening, I had no idea what was happening, no one knew. Tim grabbed me and led me through the crowd, which was a huge task on itself. I fell over bodies and heard some people say, "Watch out!" and others say, "Can I help?". At that instant, I had no idea what was occurring. I had done nothing, even when people persisted in saying that I must have done something. Basically, it was dehydration. Tim brought me back to the tent where I was able to listen to the third set. I completely missed Bowie and Waves. Even though I heard them, I didn't actually hear them.
Musically, of course, IT is spectacular. And every set of August 2nd is special. The first set opening Bag, Ya Mar, Jim, and Reba is a perfect start to a summer concert. They promise hope. The second set is dark and brooding led by the opening DWD and phenomenal Waves. It may be the most on point representation of the 2.0 sound. But then the third set brings an exultant joy that yields a pledge of better times to come. Which, as we all know with retrospect, didn't quite come to fruition. Still, the Rock and Roll -> Seven Below -> Scents is just an enticing wall of sound that even to this day makes me smile. The encore and tower jam are just icing on the already thick and delicous cake.
Thinking back, I guess I didn't really know what I was getting in to. I knew that I liked Phish. I'd seen TAB in 2002. But this festival was literally life changing. Seeing shows for 13 years now and that's longer than most people do most things. IT, chronolgically, is closer to the beginning of the first Gulf War than it is to today. But if I think about it I can still see the Marx glasses on that water tower. I can feel the grass under my feet in the concert grounds. I can hear the majestic Reba. I can taste the Sam Adams Summer lager's we had for breakfast every morning. I hope that those memories never fade.
We had already been in line for about an hour and a half before I had a signal and got a hold of my dad. As we were trying to figure out our spots in line in relation to each other, an ambulance drove by with the sirens blaring. He said that ambulance had just passed him a moment before and we were able to find each other a minute or two later. He was only about twenty cars behind me. The two infamous guys from Massachusetts featured in the film Bittersweet Motel that talk about schwag and chicks that don't shave their pits were parked in front of my dad. He was talking with them and their crew for a while and he introduced me to them. I found it to be very amusing.
I pulled over, let my dad catch up, and we followed each other into the search line. My dad diligently took various vitamins everyday and for some reason had his trunk filled with all kinds of vitamins. This did not go over well with the security at the gates. After explaining himself for a few intense minutes with "the man," we all got through and everything was fine. The sun was still out and the time had come to find my sisters and everyone else. To make a long story short, everyone was found.
I watched the first set of 8/2/2003 from a grassy knoll towards the back center of the concert field. AC/DC Bag opened things up nicely, followed by Ya Mar. The entire front area towards the stage was a big mud pit, so it struck me right away with the line, "Remember all them times in the bog." Yes I do! The rest of the set was well played and a lot of fun, featuring a really good Runaway Jim and Reba.
At set break, some of us ventured off through the muddy paths to where the RV's were parked. One of my sisters was staying with friends from New Brunswick, NJ in their rented RV, so we hung with them and had some beers between sets. Somehow we all ended up with Groucho Marx mustache glasses, exactly like the one on the water tower. Someone was well prepared.
We made our way back to the field for set two, just in time for the Down with Disease opener. NICU emerged from Disease, followed by my second Brother of the week! After the Bowie set closer, we perused the enchanted forest area, with the tape in the trees, half-buried Big Boy, rock garden, and "ball art."
We caught the third set from the same spot as the second set. Rock and Roll>Seven Below>Scents and Subtle Sounds lasted for about forty-five minutes, going all over the place. I needed some wine from all of the cheese of Spread It Round. Bug closed down the set.
The encore of Dog Log>Mango song was one of my favorite moments from the whole festival. The night ended for me in the wee hours after I laid on the ground and watched the crazy tower jam happen above me. It was a quiet walk back to the tent after a fun and exciting day in Vacationland.
The combination of energy from the crowd and music from the band was unlike anything I had experienced before. It was surreal, and I couldn't believe that I had not found Phish before this date in time. The traffic in and out of IT was brutal, but man, nothing could interfere with how amazing that weekend went off.
Much of the weekend is hazy, but I do recall several things:
My mind was f'ing blown by the musical abilities of the band.
Phish fans are crazy as fuck, and man did I love it and finally felt like I was at home in this world!
Some crazy guy was singing karaoke in his underwear with a handle of Jose in his non-mic hand.
I'm still chasing Mango Song!!
I went back and listened to this show again, and I couldn't help but notice some serious Undermind teases during Rock and Roll. Sweet!
It takes a lot of energy to get up there to ol' Loring, so much so that I and my whole crew slept right through the Tower Jam that night. Damnit! That's okay, we'll be back all the same.


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1 MR JUSTICE GRAY: No. I do not think I am going to invite
2that. I feel fairly deluged anyway with paper. I really
3do. I have in mind both what you said were the reasons
4why you at that stage disputed the authenticity, and
5I know you still question the authenticity of that
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7explanations that were given by Professor van Pelt. Now,
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9 MR RAMPTON: I hope what I am going to say will be a joint
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14-- some reasonable advance notice of the date.
15 MR JUSTICE GRAY: Yes. I am anxious for all sorts of reasons,
16including the consideration you have just mentioned, that
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3 MR RAMPTON: I think a week actually would in all the
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7 MR IRVING: I have my own reasons for wanting to have a lot of
8advance notice please, yes.
9 MR JUSTICE GRAY: I will do that. I think that is sensible.
10You are going to forfeit the last word, are you?
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A development group hoping to lure Dollar General to a parcel in Tuxedo has pulled its rezoning application for the property.
Westside Village Property LLC had applied to rezone 1.42 acres of vacant land on Old U.S. Highway 25 across from the future Tuxedo Park from Residential Two Rural to Local Commercial Conditional.
The rezoning was recommended for approval Nov. 5 by the county's Technical Review Committee, which also approved a major site plan for the project. The rezoning was scheduled to come before the planning board Thursday.
But Interim Planning Director Autumn Radcliff said Monday that developers requested their rezoning application be withdrawn last week.
Commissioner Tommy Thompson, one of five partners in Westside Village, said Dollar General "did all their studies and demographics and they told us there weren't enough rooftops and traffic volume" to justify the chain locating a store in Tuxedo.
"So unfortunately, we're out of the ballgame," Thompson said.
Thompson said Dollar General typically wants their stores within a radius of enough households that "you attract a tremendous amount of people who are driving by and say, 'Oh, I need a gallon of milk.'"
Although Tuxedo's traffic counts aren't high enough now, Thompson predicted that within three to four years, a newly developed Tuxedo Park will change demographics enough to attract more retail presence in the community.
"Those people down there want that, and they need it," he said.
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Magpies recently opened at 65 Market St. in Eagle and as one might guess from the name, it's a pie and sweet shop.
Maggie Maloney moved to Gypsum from Florida five years ago to be closer to her twin granddaughters. She also started baking 30 pies a week to sell at the Edwards farmers market. She's since expanded to the Eagle and Vail farmers markets, making 300 pies a week. Now she also has a small, homey shop near City Market next to the former Mexican restaurant where people can sit and eat her delectables, which include quiche and danishes.
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RIDGECREST — The Immanuel Christian girls basketball team has to learn to play against teams that are as fast as it is.
The Crusaders lost to Lone Pine 45-24 Tuesday in the Kerr McGee Center.
"We let that team run past us or go to the baseline on us," ICS Coach Bob Smith said. "We have to learn to slow other teams down and play with pressure."
Smith said his team needs to stay focused under the basket, while trying to score. ICS shot 17 percent from inside the painted area in going 4-for-22. Overall, the Crusaders were 9-of-54 from the field.
"We need to start making our short shots," Smith said. "We were in the ball game at halftime, but we have to find a way to make the easy ones. We'll get back to practice and work on some of that stuff. We haven't practiced in a while, so that will be good for us."
Morgan Lieser was a bright spot for the Crusaders in scoring seven points on 40 percent shooting. Elicia Hazlewood was the team's leading scorer with 11 points and she added six steals. Jennifer Mondragon had four points and 16 rebounds, eight of which were offensive boards. Darian Smith added two points and two rebounds for ICS.
"The good thing is we don't have a lot of time to dwell on this loss," Smith said. "We don't know much about Antelope Valley Christian, but we need to come out and play hard against them on Thursday."
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REGION - On May 26, Memorial Day, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will host a Fish for Free day to allow anyone (resident or non-resident) to legally fish on all Pennsylvania waterways.
No license is required. All other fishing regulations will still apply. This is the first of two dates set by the PFBC to enhance fishing opportunities. The next day is Independence Day, Friday, July 4.
"This is a great way to expose the next generation of anglers to the outdoors," said PA Rep. Rosemary Brown (R-189th).
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Model: 4737BKPB09 Item: GLB4737BKPB09
S-shaped back cushion supports upper and lower back. Properly contoured cushions support the body effectively so you can sit longer. Armcaps provide comfort to forearms. Recommended Applications: General Office & Task; Seat/Back Color: Asphalt Black; Arms Included: Yes; Arm Style: Curved.
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