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I'll start off by saying that I'm not yet sure weather or not this interepretation should be taken seriously. Well, that's up to you to judge.Someone said ages ago on a thread that I cannot remember that Modern Love was a phase used in the gay circles for homosexual love. that got me thinking, is Modern Love actually a "hidden message" to Bowie's sexually confused fans? Looking at the lyrics, the song starts with a most obvious hint towards this:I know when to go outAnd when to stay inGet things doneOr in other words, I know when it's acceptable to admit that I'm bisexual, and when to hide it to get to be a huge pop star. Soon after that, he also reassures us But things don't really change, his still what he is. But yet, other parts of the lyrics give the impression that he is torn between homo- and heteroxyality, as David sings he's Never gonna fall for Modern love but yetModern love - walks beside me Modern love - walks on byPerhaps meaning that no matter how much Bowie tries to deny it, he will be always remembered as the bisexual rock star. But still, Bowie tells us there will be no confessions.Well, that's that. As said, don't take too seriously.
Usually I don't like to analyze songs too much because I end up not enjoying them anymore. However, this interpretation seems more like Bowie had an "inside joke" to tell.He's not sure he wants to take the plunge and come out once and for all, since in most places, people assume that because you say you're (fill in the blank), that's the only thing about you that matters. Hey, Bowie knows that first hand from his "coming out." However, he doesn't want to just hide this piece of information and pretend it never happened (whether or not it's true is not as important as whether or not he says it,) so it's always with him.OK, so I'm rambling. The main point is, this interpretation has made me appreciate a song that I didn't really like before. Thank you.-------------------Common sense is a virtue.-------------------The Very Nerve - download their songs!
Has Bowie been a gay icon to anyone since the 75 period onwards? Y'know, besides Boy George drooling over him at every oppurtunity.BFP
Ive never much liked this song, but i have often been curious about what it is about. Modern Love meaning Homosexuality has the ring of truth to me. The line "I catch a paper boy", also suggests homosexuality, especially if its a "paper boy" he is catching instead of a "paper" boy! "Things dont really change" - as in homosexuality is still not fully tolerated. This could also mean that the current knowledge says (the paper) that you cant change your sexuality "things dont really change", but i prove it wrong - "im standing in the wind". The "wind" represents change - new experiences blowing through the staleness, representing homosexual experiences. But Bowie will not commit to just that lifestyle, "never wave bye bye". Theres no sign of life" - is an analogy to a crop field. Nothing grows there, "theres no sign of life" - meaning he cannot have children this way, a gay relationship is infertile. "Im lying in the rain" - suggesting he is having a heterosexual relationship. Rain brings life to the field. But he will not be washed away in the process, ie he will not commit fully. The lines "When to go out" represents making a choice between a hetero or homo relationship, making this clear. "When to stay in" - means keeping his sexual business to himself.Think of the lines "But I never wave bye bye" couldnt this mean -> "But i never wave boy - boy" ? This could refer to him never stating his bisexuality formally "wave", Then he says "But i try i try", which means he tried both genders i try i try (twice). Which brings us on to how "i never wave bye bye" should be viewed or heard - "i never wave bi bi .The lines "Modern love - walks beside me Modern love - walks on by Modern love - gets me to the church on time"The above lines represent homosexual relationships. He admits he had them "walks beside me", but they didnt last "walks on by" (walks on bi ?). Made him want to think about settling down with a girl.The lines"Church on time - terrifies me Church on time - makes me party Church on time - puts my trust in god and man"The above part is about heterosexual relationships. "Church on time" = marriage. He isnt impressed with being purely heterosexual, too boring "makes me party". (remember how he describes homosexuality - as a new experience, a breath of fresh air - "wind")." God and man - no confessions God and man - no religion God and man - don't believe in modern love"According to everything he is taught by priests and the church, whatever he does he should not choose homosexuality."Theres no sign of life" could refer to the doom of all gay couples (back then anyway) to never be able to have biological children. Then "Its just the power to charm" further hammers this idea home, there is nothing long lasting, like making a life, in that direction. The analogies he uses for heterosexual and homosexual relationships are to be swept away by the wind, or drowned by the rain. The "rain" in the song represents the female fertility. The wind represents the homosexual lifestyle, this is suggested by the lines, "I catch a paper boy, but things dont really change" - meaning the papers indicate that homosexuality is wrong, "paper" represents conservatism, which is the opposite to the "wind", "wind" represents change and new experiences. As stated above, "I catch the paper boy but things dont really change" - could also mean they tell me you cannot change your sexuality, but here i am proving them wrong, "standing in the wind".In both cases Wind And Rain can have negative connotations if the person exposed to them goes to far in that (one) direction) - in other words it is best to dabble in both than take either one too far. However they are each good things representing new experiences and rebirth (life) respectively.So "I catch a paper boyBut things don't really changeI'm standing in the windBut I never wave bye-bye"Represents relationships with men.and "There's no sign of lifeIt's just the power to charmI'm lying in the rainBut I never wave bye-bye"Represents relationships with women. This song is about Bowies bisexuality, and he is stating his belief that it is better to be bisexual, than to commit to either sexuality. "I dont want to eat, its a waste of time" - The Unknown Junkie
While this is all very interesting, I can't bring myself to believe that it's actually what Bowie was thinking when he wrote the song. I have always interpreted it as merely a song about religion, and I don't think Bowie decided to make such a complex song to release as a pop single, and one that would almost surely chart no less. The lyrics, as they have been interpreted here, are way too abstract and it seems like the interpretations were stretched around them in order to fit. Afterall, anything can be interpreted in nearly any way - I don't think this song is about sexuality at all.-----------i had my Y chromosome surgically removed!-the poster formerly known as CDS, now known as strangeDivine's bitch.
Generally if you can get all the lyrics to fit even sometimes only generally around an interpretation, then it is valid (not necessarily right of course, but at the very least worthy of detailed refutal). If you think it can be interpreted as a religious song go right ahead and show it, and lend credence to your claim. Im going to go out on a limb here and state my belief that where as before i wasnt sure what the song is about, i am now >90% certain it is about sexuality.The best way to refute an interpretation is with one of your own, it shows you dont have any prejudices (ie pre-judgements) in your remarks about a song if you can back them up, and proves that you have considered the lyrics in detail. Because we all of us might have set ideas about what a song is about, and dont like to see those ideas challenged (I have noticed this a number of times and even been the guilty party once or twice)....Let me ask you, when Bowie mentions "Lying in the rain" or "standing in the wind" do you think he chose those words because they just sound nice and conjure nice mental images? No offense but we give time and effort to our interpretations, at the very least i expect a critic to be able to refute point by point what is suggested, instead of just saying "naw". As regards my interpretation, id like to add that the lines "I know when to go out I know when to stay in, get things done" - is Bowie stating he is not promiscuous (one of the main accusations levied at him), since going "out" (as i have tried to show above) means engaging in sexual activities with both sexes.Also "Its not really work, its just the power to charm" - Bowie is saying that his experimentations with both sexes were not part of his pop star career, he didnt just do those things to help his career, he is not a fake. "Im standing in the wind" "Im lying in the rain" - in both cases he is positioned so as to receive maximum exposure to each element. What can happen if an element becomes too strong? He is either swept away by the wind, or washed away by the rain. Now consider with this the final line in both these parts. "I never wave bye bye".Now consider "bye bye", which sounds phonetically as bi bi. Now in relation to that, consider "i try i try", as in he tries twice. Bisexual.What is rain associated with? Especially when we consider the line which appears in the same quartet of lines as rain is mentioned ie "Theres no sign of life". Exactly, rain allows life. Now in the first quartet consider the "wind" and the "paper - boy" doesnt a newspaper reflect societies opinions? The next line is "Things dont really change", indicating that the paper is conservative, as in societies opinions are conservative. Now think of the word "change", what does the wind represent if not change? And what is change if not new experience.What does the wind do? It howls, it is rough, but it is fun, exciting. Wind brings a kind of aimless freedom to those it sweeps off their feet, but they are not going in any orderly direction, it represents excitement and action but ultimately can lead you away from an ordered meaningful (struggling for PC words here) life (as in starting a familly).What is rain? It caresses, it is gentle and nourishing. But if you are overburdened beneath a downpour you lose freedom to move. Now finally consider "theres no sign of life, its just the power to charm" - here he is criticisng the homosexual lifestyle (not bisexual), besides commenting on the childless nature of that lifestyle, he is also comparing it to a shallow thing "just the power to charm". "I dont want to eat, its a waste of time" - The Unknown Junkie
Escuse moi, but I did not need you to fly off the handle at me, I was not saying you are wrong, I merely stated that I disagree with you. The fact that you act as though I have insulted you when I merely gave an explanation as to why I thought your interpretation was incorrect is rather ludicrous, would you not agree? I was not trying to piss you off or say your interpretation was most definitely incorrect, nor did I imply that you are an idiot or anything of the nature for having such an interpretation. I do not want to win this little battle over the interpretation of Modern Love, a song which at this moment in time I do not feel like writing out an interpretation for. I am not going to try to prove you wrong because I can't do so - I merely disagree with your view on things.Do not act as though I have done something to offend you when indeed all that I have done is tell you that I find my interpretation of the song, which I am not obligated to post, to be the correct one.I would, however, like to add:
In reply to:Also "Its not really work, its just the power to charm" - Bowie is saying that his experimentations with both sexes were not part of his pop star career, he didnt just do those things to help his career, he is not a fake.
Also "Its not really work, its just the power to charm" - Bowie is saying that his experimentations with both sexes were not part of his pop star career, he didnt just do those things to help his career, he is not a fake.
If this song is about Bowie accepting his bisexuality, then why, during the Lets Dance era, did he so vehemently deny it? I don't think the lyrics that you are interpreting as such would be written by Bowie, such a bold statement considering the fact that he denied his continuance is bisexual promiscuity.-----------i had my Y chromosome surgically removed!-the poster formerly known as CDS, now known as strangeDivine's bitch.
Edited by Angel Gone Heathen on 04/04/03 05:57 PM (server time).
I never acted as if you insulted me, but you seem to me to have pre-set ideas about what the song is about, the song does have a religious element, but it only appears in three lines. You are entitled to your opinions. But if you post them here you should try and back them up, to contribute to the discussions. This is not a place where opinions are merely counted and truths deduced by popular consensus. "I dont want to eat, its a waste of time" - The Unknown Junkie
In reply to:If this song is about Bowie accepting his bisexuality, then why, during the Lets Dance era, did he so vehemently deny it?
If this song is about Bowie accepting his bisexuality, then why, during the Lets Dance era, did he so vehemently deny it?
The answer might lie in these lines "I'm standing in the windBut I never wave bye-bye""I'm lying in the rainBut I never wave bye-bye"He states one thing as fact "Im standing" "Im Lying" , but then he suggests he never made a big fuss about "wave" it or even ackowledged it publically and formally. "But I never wave bye bye". The "but" part contradicts the earlier statements of fact, "im standing", "im lying".There is also a suggestion that he would like to have been able to publically acknowledge it, when he says "i never wave bye bye but i try i try", the reason why he cant acknowledge it? - "i catch a paper boy, but things dont really change".To have publically ackowledged some things in that era, would probably not have been good for his image or career, and might have even had legal ramifications, pertaining to settlements he received from gossipy news sources who speculated on his bisexuality. But you are right in one sense, when i said he was not being a fake, the above would indicate that at that time anyway, he was being one, at least in part. Oh yeah and finally i would like to add that in the lines"God and man - no confessionsGod and man - no religionGod and man - dont believe in modern love"God and Man is clearly presented as an alternative to organised religion, he is saying that he believes perhaps in a personal god, who knows Bowies heart and who is honoured by Bowie in turn - in a private way. God and Man emphasises his scorn for religion, which places a barrier between god and man. Ie instead of God and Man we would have God and Church and Man.
LaughingGnoome, your interpretation is very, very interesting...Andr�e-Anne----------~It's not the side effects of the cocaineI'm thinking that it must be love...~


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Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- It's technology that helps keep police from using deadly force, and it's on the way to a sheriff's office near you. We're talking tasers, and the Richmond County Sheriff's Office and Marshal's Office are planning to use them in Augusta.
Major Gene Maxwell with the newly-merged Georgia Regents University police force says, "In my opinion, hands down the best weapon, the best investment we've ever made."
GHSU police have been using tasers for about a year, and now, others are following suit.
Marshal Steve Smith with the Richmond County Marshal's Office says, "We think it's going to be a useful tool, but we just want to make sure that we are completely capable of handling it the way it needs to be handled."
The Marshal's Office in Richmond County is training to get tasers, and they aren't the only ones.
"We are looking at upgrades in our equipment for our officers and personnel. We are looking at phasing in tasers throughout the department," said Sheriff Richard Roundtree.
Roundtree says he hopes the funds for the weapons can come from asset forfeiture money.
But these systems aren't cheap. The average system costs about $1,200.
A lot of people in the community are excited to see the technology used in the Sheriff's Office.
"I think it's a good idea, you know, it'll help stop using deadly force," said Jamie Wade, who lives in Augusta.
But some aren't too certain about the weapons hitting the streets.
"Some people got bad hearts. Like me, you hit me with a taser, it liable to kill me right then and there," said Lewis Paine.
We asked Paine what he thought a taser would feel like, and he said, " I don't know, and I ain't trying to find out."
"It's the absolute most painful experience you'll experience in your entire life," Maxwell said.
And he would know. He's a taser instructor, and he's experienced the shock of a taser twice.
Doug Stacy with the Marshal's Office says, "You lose all motor control of your body. It's very painful, but it's only a five-second duration."
Maxwell says he would recommend the investment for any law enforcement agency.
"For the benefit that it gives, especially in the law enforcement field, in the jails, it's invaluable. It's money well spent," he said.
The Sheriff's Office has a couple of tasers already in use at the jail, and they hope to phase more in gradually each year for all of the deputies.


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Boutique Chic in Seminyak
Stays explores Asia's new and noteworthy hotels and resorts. See previous articles
Bali's tourism boom shows no sign of slowing: The L Hotel Seminyak is the latest boutique stay to crop up on the Indonesian island's hip, and increasingly crowded, Seminyak strip. The 30-room property, which opened in September, is operated by Singapore's L Hotels & Resorts, whose owners also run the Shanti Collection of villas in Bali.
Design: Local architect Popo Danes is known for his eco-friendly approach, and in overseeing the hotel's design, he made the most of natural ventilation (the lobby is open-air) and introduced features such as vertical gardens. Though modern in style, the property retains a Balinese feel thanks to locally sourced furnishings made of wood and marble, and ceramics in earthy brown and gray tones. Decorative touches from local craftsmen complete the look: Carved wooden ornaments affixed to the lobby's ceiling stand in contrast to the nautical, circular wall-mounted mirrors in the public areas.
Rooms: The rooms occupy three of the hotel's four floors and range in size from 32 to 38 square meters. Most overlook paddy fields, though given the urban location, it's hard to escape a view of nearby buildings. Cream-hued padded headboards provide a soft counterpoint to the dark-brown wall panels and floors made of ulin wood, indigenous to Southeast Asia and usually used to build boats. While all rooms have LCD TVs, iPod docks and free Wi-Fi, only the Luxe suites offer bathtubs. Bathrooms, separated from the bedroom with sliding glass partitions and optional blinds, come with Grohe rain showers and Kiehl's toiletries.
Location: L Hotel is located on Jalan Petitenget, a popular dining and retail stretch on the outskirts of the expat enclave of Seminyak. Within walking distance, you'll find trendy bars and restaurants such as Ku De Ta and Mama San. Also in the vicinity is the boutique of Balinese shoe designer Niluh Djelantik; according to the hotel, Julia Roberts bought several pairs of heels from the shop when filming the Bali scenes of "Eat Pray Love."
Tip: With a staff-to-guest ratio of 1:1, the hotel offers a butler station on each floor, so make the most of butler services such as ironing and restaurant bookings. All guests have club-level privileges, which include daily complimentary cocktails at Luna, the hotel's rooftop dining area. Have a drink there at sundown, taking in views of the ocean and Petitenget beach.
Getting There: L Hotel is a 30-minute drive from Denpasar International Airport, and a taxi to the hotel costs about $10. The hotel offers transfers for $15 each way.
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New York, February 11th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) ended the trading session lower by $0.07 or -0.23% from its previous close. Weyerhaeuser's price action in the session formed what is considered to be a Hammer, where bears drove prices lower intraday. However, the strong finish indicates that bulls regained control, forming a trend reversal.
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The USA Pro Challenge may not have been a big money maker for every Breckenridge business, but for the most part, local establishment owners feel it's beneficial to the town as a whole.
Eleven out of 71 respondents to a recent business survey conducted by the Breckenridge Resort Chamber reported the race had a "somewhat" or "very" negative impact on their business, while the other 60 saw zero to substantial change. Twenty-four owners said it had no impact, while 36 reported a "somewhat" or "very" positive effect.
Asked about the results for the town, only one person said it was "very negative", while 67 said it was "somewhat" or "very" positive. Three business owners felt the race had no impact either way.
"We do believe the pro tour has a positive impact on Breckenridge, but none to our business," one owner wrote. "Hopefully this event will return."
Other comments echoed the same sentiment, with many business owners expressing favoritism towards a finish stage, as opposed to this year's start. A few didn't like the event - "end it," one person wrote, and another, "it seems like a lot of disruption and a huge amount of police resource" - while others had nothing but love for the race.
"International events of this magnitude boost our stature as a destination resort," one restaurant owner said.
"Love it, keep it coming," a retail owner wrote.
Among businesses surveyed, there was a 10 percent average increase in sales over last year's event.
"The general consensus is that the Pro Challenge is a good long-term brand and business builder and there is support in the business community and with our town council to bid for it next year," said Lucy Kay, Breckenridge Local Organizing Committee co-chairperson, noting the increase in sales.
From a town marketing standpoint, the race is pure gold. It boost's Breckenridge's image as a bicycling community, and reaches potential visitors through worldwide television coverage.
"I think some people are expecting to have a great increase in sales ... but that's not the primary reason we had the race," said BRC president John McMahon. "The primary reason is to drive long-term demand for Breckenridge."


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Plenty has been written about concerns over elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere, but a Kansas State University researcher has found an upside to the higher CO2 levels. And it's been particularly relevant in light of drought that overspread the area in recent months.
"Our experiments have shown that the elevated carbon dioxide that we now have is mitigating the effect that drought has on winter wheat and sorghum and allowing more efficient use of water," said K-State agronomy professor Mary Beth Kirkham.
Kirkham, who has written a book on the subject, "Elevated Carbon Dioxide: Impacts on Soil and Plant Water Relations," used data going back to 1958. That's when the first accurate measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide were made, she said.
"Between 1958 and 2011 (the last year for which scientists have complete data), the carbon dioxide concentration has increased from 316 parts per million to 390 ppm," she said. "Our experiments showed that higher carbon dioxide compensated for reductions in growth of winter wheat due to drought. Wheat that grew under elevated carbon dioxide (2.4 times ambient) and drought yielded as well as wheat that grew under the ambient level carbon dioxide and well-watered conditions."
The research showed that sorghum and winter wheat used water more efficiently as a result of the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, Kirkham said. Because elevated carbon dioxide closes stomata (pores on the leaves through which water escapes), less water is used when carbon dioxide levels are elevated.
Evapotranspiration is decreased.
Studies done subsequent to the early work confirmed the findings.
More information about Kirkham's research is available at www.agronomy.ksu.edu/MBKirkham.
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VIENNA, 21 November 2013 – A new collaboration to promote job creation and support manufacturing capabilities was initiated yesterday in Abu Dhabi between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Agenda Council Network of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The declaration of the joint initiative was signed by Augusto Luis Alcorta, Director of UNIDO's Development Policy, Statistics and Strategic Research Branch, and Martina Gmür, Senior Director and Head of WEF's Network of Global Agenda Councils. The signing took place during the sixth annual Summit on the Global Agenda, held in the United Arab Emirates' capital on 18-20 November under the theme, Driving Change Through Collaboration.
The initiative, entitled the Global Manufacturing Capabilities Forum, aims to identify, analyze, discuss, and propose solutions as well as serve as a platform to address global manufacturing issues and business challenges, including questions relating to global value chains and/or regional developments, and to examine policies for building manufacturing capabilities at the global level.
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Its Global Agenda Council Network is a global community of over 1,500 premier thought leaders who are the foremost experts in their fields of academia, business, government, international organizations and society.
UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability.
Expected outcomes of the joint initiative include the elaboration of a joint UNIDO-WEF Global Manufacturing Capabilities Monitoring Report, which will assess the global state of manufacturing capabilities, and the implementation of suitable projects.
For more information on the initiative, please contact:
Augusto Luis Alcorta
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BERKELEY -- A near triple-double from point guard Brittany Boyd wasn't enough to offset frigid shooting down the stretch for the Cal women's basketball team in a 77-70 loss to USC on Friday night.
The Bears controlled much of game, played before a crowd of 1,699 at Haas Pavilion, but let their lead slip away in the final minutes.
A career night from USC guard Ariya Crook (34 points) combined with late shooting woes -- the Bears shot just 25 percent from the floor in the second half and went 1 of 11 from 3-point range against the Trojans' zone defense -- made for a disappointing ending for Cal (13-5, 5-2 Pac-12).
Boyd finished with 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, and Afure Jemerigbe added a career-high tying 17 points, but the Bears were off-target in the final five minutes.
"I thought we got what we wanted a lot of times," Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb said referring to the Bears' offensive looks. "Obviously we didn't shoot the 3 well, but what was uncharacteristic was missing a lot of shots around the basket that we expect to make."
Cal led 66-61 with 5:39 to play, but then missed nine straight shots while USC went on an 11-0 run to lead 72-66 with under a minute to go.
Boyd's three-point play got Cal within 72-69 with 20.7 seconds left, but USC made enough free throws to hold on.
Crook, a junior who has scored at least 21 points in all three of her trips to Berkeley, went 11 of 21 from the field and 5 of 10 from 3-point range.
She helped the Trojans storm back early in the second half after Cal led by as many as 11 points in the first. USC (14-6, 7-1) took a brief 53-51 lead on Jordan Adams' jumper, but Cal regained control until a Cassie Harberts layup gave the Trojans the lead for good with 3:53 left.
Cal drops to third place in the conference after falling to USC, which also entered the game with one loss in conference play.
Cal's Gennifer Brandon (11 points, 11 rebounds) had her first double-double of the season. Reshanda Gray added 13 points and eight rebounds.
Boyd was especially good in the opening half when she dished seven assists.
"Second half we missed some chippies, and it changed the flow of the game," Gottlieb said. "I don't think she got back into as much of a rhythm in the second half."
Sunday's game
Cal (13-5, 5-2 Pac-12) at UCLA (10-10, 4-4), 6 p.m.
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Apologies for the lack of show progress or note dissection but I hope this put a smile on a face or two.
Wednesday, 04/06/1994
Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Set 1: Llama, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, Poor Heart, Stash, LizardsThe Lizards, SampleSample in a Jar, SOAMuleScent of a Mule, Fee -> AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Set 2: CurtainThe Curtain > DwDDown with Disease, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother, Sparkle > Mike'sMike's Song -> Lifeboy > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove[1], CoilThe Squirming Coil, Cavern
Encore: GinsengGinseng Sullivan[2], Nellie Kane[2], Sweet Adeline[3]
[1] Vocal jam.
[2] Acoustic; without microphones.
[3] Without microphones.
Noteworthy Jams: Stash, Down with Disease, Mike's Song (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 3.19
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Weekapaug contained a vocal jam. Ginseng Sullivan and Nellie Kane were performed acoustic and, along with Sweet Adeline, without microphones. This show was originally scheduled for The Palladium and was relocated at the last minute due to damage to that venue from the previous evening's New Kids on the Block concert.
Song Distribution:
5 Hoist
5 A Picture of Nectar
4 Stash
2 Lawn Boy
1 Rift
1 Junta
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1994 Spring Tour."
Apologies for the lack of show progress or note dissection but I hope this put a smile on a face or two.
After, Phish delves into one of the few musical explorations of the night with Stash. The composed section was relatively tight minus a few mistakes by Trey, and then transitions into a ripping tension-release jam with several peaks. The jam goes type II briefly and then returns to the Stash theme with one more satisfying peak.
The rest of the set lacks any real flow, bouncing from the Lizards to Sample to Scent. Fee has a short but nice outro jam with a -> to Antelope, executed wonderfully by Page. Antelope ends the set with a quick be solid version, with an atypical intro.
Set II: Takes off with a well executed version of The Curtain, into DWD and Wolfman's. This version of Wolfman's displays brief improvision that does not really go anywhere. However, this was the band's most experimental attempt with the song to date.
A solid Mike's follows sparkle, in which it goes type II just four minutes in. The jam slows down for some nice inerplay between Trey and Page. Fishman then takes over and brings Mike's back to a rocking climax.
The rest of the set follows rather awkwardly, bouncing between high energy songs and slower one which disallows any natural flow to develop.
Show ends with a fun acoustic bluegrass encore featuring Fishman on the "Madonna Washboard"
Highlights: Stash, Fee->Antelope, Mike's


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1. Gonzaga: If wins over West Virginia, Oklahoma and K-State weren't convincing, the Zags (13-1) posted a New Year's Eve victory at Oklahoma State.
2. BYU: Back from a two-year mission, soph Tyler Haws scored 42 points vs. Virginia Tech last week for the Cougars (10-4).
3. Saint Mary's: The Gaels (11-3) are much more than Matthew Dellavedova, as comeback vs. Harvard showed.
4. Santa Clara: Seniors Kevin Foster, Marc Trasolini eager to show Broncos (11-3) have put last season's 0-16 WCC wreck in past.
5. Pepperdine: The best we can say for the Waves (8-5) is they beat Washington State in overtime.
6. USF: De'End Parker and Cole Dickerson have been stout, but Dons (7-6) have won just two of their past seven.
7. Loyola Marymount: The Lions (7-6) were supposed to be better than this, but have no quality wins and lost to Alaska-Anchorage.
8. Portland: The Pilots (7-8) have beaten five DI teams with a combined total of 20 wins.
9. San Diego: A disappointment so far, the Toreros' 7-8 record includes two non-DI wins.
1. Gonzaga: Haiden Palmer (12.4 points per game) leads the 10-4 Bulldogs, who allow only 56 points per game, best in the WCC. Three of Gonzaga's defeats came against ranked teams, including then-No. 1 Stanford.
2. Brigham Young: The Cougars (9-4) have won five in a row since leading scorer Lexi Eaton (15.6 ppg) was lost for the season with an ACL injury Dec. 4.
3. Saint Mary's: Junior Jackie Nared (19.1 ppg, 9.8 rebounds) leads all WCC scorers while fellow junior Danielle Mauldin leads the league in rebounding (10.8). The Gaels are off to 8-4 start.
4. San Diego: The Toreros (8-4) have the WCC's top offense (69.2 ppg) led by 6-foot guard Amy Kame (16.2 ppg).
5. Santa Clara: The Broncos (8-5) have talent with Meagan Fulps, Ricki Radanovich, Ruta Zurauskyte and Lindsay Leo. The eight nonconference victories are the most since 2007-08.
6. Loyola-Marymount: Senior Alex Cowling (15.5 ppg) of St. Patrick-St. Vincent High-Vallejo leads the inconsistent Lions (6-7).
7. Portland: The Pilots (5-8) ended a four-game win streak Saturday with a close defeat to pedestrian Portland State.
8. USF: Coach Jennifer Azzi is making progress on the hill, as Mel Khlok (16.8 ppg) is the WCC's second-leading scorer. USF (7-6) could leapfrog Portland, LMU and possibly Santa Clara.
9. Pepperdine: The Waves (3-8) enter WCC play without a quality victory and some bad defeats, which doesn't bode well in a competitive atmosphere.
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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Football players talk about "giving 110 percent," and there are jokes about stuffing five pounds of stuff into a three-pound bag. But in reality, 100 percent is about as full as something gets, and the Vail Valley is very close to that this week.A combination of a traditional spring break week, along with Holy Week, the week before Easter, has filled rooms throughout the Vail Valley. Add in the annual Vail Film Festival, and this week could be the high-water mark for the entire ski season.More than 2,300 commercial passengers flew into the Eagle County Regional Airport March 23, the most so far this season. Just east of the commercial terminal, the Vail Valley Jet Center has also handled a number of private jets, many of which have Mexican, Venezuelan or Brazilian registration numbers on their tails."It doesn't get any busier than this," Antlers at Vail General Manager Rob LeVine said, adding that there's no more than a room or two available on a few nights in the middle of the week.That's true in Beaver Creek, too. Scott Gubrud, sales and marketing director for the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, said that property is almost completely full for the coming week, and has averaged more than 90 percent full for all of March.At the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Avon, Kristin Pryor said that lodge is also sold out for the week.With spring break and Holy Week crowds already in town, it's hard to tell just where film festival guests fit in.Annie Lynch, sales and marketing director at The Sebastian hotel in Vail Village, said that property was full of its traditional seasonal visitors."That's why we aren't doing anything with the film festival," Lynch said. In fact, she said, it would be nice if the festival took place a week on either side of Easter, just to spread business out a little bit.The story is different across the street at Vail's Four Seasons hotel. The hotel is full, of course, but it will also be the headquarters for the film festival. That's going to fill both rooms and public areas at the hotel."It's really all hands on deck," said Jim Guttau, public relations manager for the Four Seasons. "Even people who work in our offices will work this weekend."Those people will help with everything from valet parking to serving as "human arrows" to guide guests and festival-goers with directions around the hotel. Guttau said the Four Seasons has jumped into projects like the film festival and the recent Cochon 555 culinary festival for a couple of reasons. First, of course, it puts more people into the hotel. And it gives guests something to do."We've had people buy tickets to these events when they check in," Guttau said. The other reason to hold those events is for the hotel to "give something back" to the community, Guttau said.But is it too much?"There's a down side only in the opportunity cost - the chance to drive some incremental business to another week," LeVine said. "But it's a good problem to have."In an emailed response to the same question, Vail Valley Partnership CEO Chris Romer agreed with LeVine."There is no downside," Romer wrote. "These are different events that draw different guests and combined are great for Vail."With this week being perhaps the high-water mark for the season, business is going to recede quickly after Easter Sunday.The gondola up to Beaver Creek from the Westin closes April 7, and most of the commercial flights into the county airport shut down on that date, too. After April 7, the airport goes back to its single daily United Airlines flight to and from Denver.That's what happens when Easter falls in March."Easter comes and people just naturally think about golf," Lynch said. Next year, people may be thinking about golf in early spring, but they'll still have several weeks to plan their Easter-week vacations - the holiday is April 20.Business Editor Scott N. Miller can be reached at 970-748-2930 or email@example.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- David Hockney and his iPad have turned much of the de Young Museum's exhibition space into an 18,000-square-foot jewel box, its walls shimmering with colors and forms created on his Apple palette, the brush strokes laid down by finger and thumb.
The show, which opens Saturday and runs until January 20, is called "David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition" for good reason: it's the biggest show the San Francisco museum has ever put on, it's the first comprehensive display of the world-acclaimed British artist's recent work, and it's very, very big on art spawned by those thin and shiny tablets from Cupertino.
"I was drawing on the iPhone first, using my thumb," the 76-year-old artist said Thursday during a private event at the museum. "But from the moment the first iPad was announced, I got one straight away. It's a new medium, and it's much more interesting than using Photoshop on a computer, because it's quicker. You can pick up one color and change it for another color and go back and forth very, very fast."
Of course, he added with a sly grin, "You do need to know a little bit about drawing, too."
Hockney certainly does. Born in England in 1937, he has honed his skills over the decades in painting as well as drafting, printmaking, stage design and photography. Splitting his time now between Los Angeles and London, he has assumed a lofty status around the world as one of the most important living artists and a key player in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.
Along the way, from paintbrush to camera to fax machine and now to smartphones and tablets, Hockney has remained hipper than ever.
"David is so up-to-date on everything," said longtime Los Angeles journalist Joan Agajanian Quinn, who said she's known Hockney for 40 years and that he "painted me just last week using an iPad. His iPad pieces are very cool; he makes modern technology 'painterly.'''
The de Young show comes on the heels of a successful exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. And while the show features nearly 400 paintings, drawings and even video pieces using multiple cameras, it is the 147 works produced on his iPad and iPhone that are likely to seduce most museumgoers.
The iPad art -- created with an app called Brushes that allows a user to "paint" on the tablet's screen, render different effects and draw from a whole spectrum of colors and gradations -- fills three rooms of the exhibition. One piece, called "From Pixels to Print," features scores of digitally produced drawings that cycle through on seven LED screens on the wall. Some show Hockney's process by revealing the various stages of a single drawing, as the artist's invisible thumb and finger brush in swaths of color to a pastoral scene or flesh out flowers in a vase.
"His use of the iPad," says the exhibition's recorded tour guide, "has gone way beyond sketching on a screen to becoming a core part of his creative process."
In a nearby gallery entitled "Looking Up," the walls are filled with 12-foot-high prints of five views of Yosemite that Hockney created during a visit to the park. During Thursday's onstage conversation with Richard Benefield, deputy director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and organizer of the exhibition, Hockney talked about the "printing revolution" underway and how impressed he was by the conversion of his iPad drawings of Yosemite into massive prints.
"I was a bit amazed by them," he said, speaking slowly and haltingly. "I'm still amazed by them."
The prominence of the Apple devices in the show underscore Hockney's longtime embrace and mastery of a whole spectrum of artist's tools. "Like an artist alchemist," Benefield writes, "in one minute Hockney uses a fancy digital device to make a colorful iPad drawing; in the next he shows us that he is one of our greatest draftsmen by rendering an exactingly detailed charcoal drawing of a forest scene in East Yorkshire."
Hockney is hardly alone in his embrace of digital painting tools. Artists like Michaela Bartonova, a world-renowned acrylic artist and watercolorist from the Czech Republic, uses an iPad app called Paper to do live-sketches of stage sets in London where actors perform interactively with the images on a large screen behind them.
"People are looking for a more interactive experience with art, and the iPad provides the perfect medium," says Georg Petschnigg, co-founder and CEO of New York-based startup FiftyThree, whose Paper was featured as the iPad App of the Year in 2012. "Ever since the world realized that the iPad was not simply for consumption, millions and millions of people have downloaded apps like ours that make it easy to sketch and use watercolors digitally. Never underestimate how creative people can be when they use these new tools."
But whether the art is rendered with pencil, brush or an iPad 4, Hockney says his goal is to pull back the curtain blocking our view of what's really going on out there.
"My aim is to show people the world, I guess," he said. "You see things in a picture. Otherwise, people scan what's in front of them but they don't really look very hard at the world. Well, I do, and I do something with it."
And that, said Hockney with his iPad-rendered take on Yosemite Valley splayed behind him across a giant screen, "is why you need artists."
Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689 or follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc.
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Where: Golden Gate Park
Phone: (415) 750-3600
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Friday (March 29-November 29) 9:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m.; closed Mondays
Admission: Tickets start at $25 for adults; discounts are available for seniors, students, and youths. Special Premium tickets are also available. Members and children 5 and under are free. Tickets available at deyoungmuseum.org. Prices subject to change.
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The data was released by the American Psychological Association for its annual "Stress in America" study.
Millennials, those in the 18-33 age group, cited work, money and job stability as their greatest sources of stress.
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An investigation is ongoing for a report of shots fired early Sunday morning on Bristol Street, Sgt. Scott Kadien of the City of Canandaigua Police Department said Monday morning.
Police said they came upon a disturbance at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday in the Bristol Street parking lot. Kadien said the disturbance involved a group of a large number of people engaged in a verbal altercation. Police were told a male, who was involved with the disturbance, threatened use of a gun. He then fled on foot, police were told.
Moments later, officers heard shots fired to the west of the parking lot, police said.
An investigation found several empty shell casings located in the area in front of 64 Bristol St., according to police. There are no reports of injuries.
Kadien said police searched for about two and a half hours for the suspect in the area of Bristol Street between South Pearl and Bemis streets, but were unable to locate the suspect. Police are looking for the suspect, who is described as a black male, approximately 25 years old, about 5'8" tall with a thin build and wearing a red vest.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the City of Canandaigua Police Department at (585) 394-3311.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- It was a scene that stunned reporters and many of the players nearby. After Friday night's game, right fielder Hunter Pence and team president Larry Baer stood in the middle of the home clubhouse at AT&T Park and talked for about 15 minutes.
"We were talking about the "Willie Mac" Award and how much it meant to me," Pence said Sunday, smiling.
Regardless of how the process played out, the fact remains, the Giants and Pence agreed to a 5-year, $90 million deal shortly after that conversation. Both sides said there was a sense of urgency as the days went by. The Giants did not intend on letting Pence walk into the offseason without a new deal, and the two sides negotiated for the past month.
"We had a goal," Pence said. "They told me they wanted to get it done so they could present it before the end of the season. I wanted the same thing."
For the Giants, the deal is about more than just appeasing fans after a disappointing year. Management was trying to send a message to the clubhouse, too.
"This was a very top priority for the organization," Baer said. "He's been truly a model for the way you conduct yourself on the field and also the way he conducted himself off the field. When you sign a deal of this length, you want to check that box off. Hunter does that as well as anybody."
Pence received a full no-trade clause, and the player nicknamed Full Throttle doesn't plan on pulling back over the next five seasons. He lit up Sunday morning when told that he would become the first San Francisco Giant to start 162 games. Then he had a question.
"Do you think Boch will let me play all nine innings today?" Pence asked, referring to Giants manager Bruce Bochy.
Later, Pence said he remains as hungry as ever.
"I understand the responsibility that comes with five years," he said. "It's a pretty big investment. It's not going to be taken lightly. I'm extra motivated. Don't think there's going to be any part of me that's going to be stagnant. I want to become a better ballplayer."
Bochy is confident the Giants will get their money's worth.
"I don't know how we could have replaced what Hunter does on and off the field," Bochy said. "He's a manager's dream. The best compliment I could give him is that if I had a kid and he came out to see a game, I'd tell him to watch Hunter. I'll be honest, I may not have him watch Hunter throw or his on-deck swing -- just the way he plays the game."
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"Resilient" has been a big buzz word surrounding the A's this season, for good reason. They've been remarkably tough at bouncing back from stinging defeats. Now they face the toughest of challenges.
Down 2-0 in this best-of-five A.L. Divisional Series, they need to sweep three games in Oakland to keep their postseason going.
That's the big picture. Of more immediate concern is rebounding from Sunday's draining 5-4 defeat in Game 2, which for a while had all the marks of a typical A's 2012 victory. They got a big hit from a somewhat unexpected source in No. 9 hitter Cliff Pennington. They got a go-ahead home run from Josh Reddick in the eighth. And then they had Ryan Cook and Grant Balfour lined up in the bullpen to salt away the win.
This one didn't go according to script, and now we'll see if the A's can pull their biggest rabbit out of the hat yet: Win three straight against the Tigers and move on to the A.L. Championship Series.
"We're not going to go out there and hang our heads like a team that's defeated," A's right fielder Josh Reddick said. "We've come from behind all year, and we just want to keep grinding and grinding. We've got a good guy in (starter Brett) Anderson going (Tuesday). We've just gotta give him a little bit of run support and good things will go our way."
Anderson, coming back from a strained oblique, declared himself ready for Tuesday, but manager Bob Melvin said an announcement will come Monday.
But they need to generate more offense, and earlier in the game. They've struck out 23 times in the first two games of this series, and at some point, the demonstrative bitterness they're showing over the strike zone needs to stop.
Surely it's not scoring any points with the umpiring crew, and the strike three calls that Reddick and Stephen Drew were made about today, at least to me, looked close enough where they should have been swinging. The bad calls are going both ways to an extent. Detroit's Alex Avila had a legitimate gripe about a called third strike in the eighth.
At any rate, the A's have surprised us all year and it would be foolish to say it's impossible they can win three in a row. But Justin Verlander lurks at some point, whether it's in Game 4 on short rest or a deciding Game 5. Suffice it to say, the A's have their work cut out in front of the home crowd


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For Seniors: Search for Appointments in iPad's Calendar
iPad's Calendar helps you track your appointments and special events. If you have a busy calendar, you can search for particular appointments when needed, rather than simply flipping through the Calendar day by day in order to locate one.
For example, suppose you want to change the time for an upcoming doctor's appointment you put in your Calendar. Rather than trying to recall the exact date of the appointment so you can locate the appointment and then make changes to it, you can search for the appointment instead.
With Calendar open in any view, tap the Search field in the top right corner.
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how should I approach it out of the box? hit it with the beston 500 and then the 1200 then 6k?
how should I approach it out of the box? hit it with the beston 500 and then the 1200 then 6k?
I would recommend the beston 500 for thinning the hiromoto. Then continue with the regular progression. With a little work they are great knives.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?'.- Homer Simpson
What's the difference between Bester 1200 and Bester 1000 ? In understand most people recommend 1200, so I bought one and I'm waiting to arrive and I'm curious. Thanks.
The 1000x feels hollow where the 1200x feels solid. The feedback on the 1200x is a tad better in that it just feels good. The 1200x seems to wear a bit slower & cut a slightly crisper bevel.
All that said, some people who test them side by side prefer the 1000x over the 1200x.


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Demi Moore has managed to improve on ex-husband Ashton Kutcher in at least one respect. It looks as if the 51-year-old actress has found a new love interest who is even younger than her 35-year-old ex.
While vacationing in Tulum, Mexico, Moore has been cozying up to 27-year-old drummer Sean Friday, People magazine reports. According to the magazine, Moore was seen sitting on Friday's lap and playfully biting his ear while snuggling in a beach-side cabana on Sunday. They also were seen splashing in the ocean together the next day.
Moore reportedly was in Mexico on vacation with daughter Rumer Willis and her daughter's boyfriend, Jayson Blair.
For the record, Demi's beau is younger than her daughter's (Blair is 29).
Friday is a member of the Los Angeles-based rock band Dead Sara.


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Tuesday, March 19, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Usually students are the ones written up at school, but in Dr. Lori Myles' case, it's the other way around.
"Would you do anything differently? If it was told to me before that I cannot question my students on a higher depth of knowledge, then yes. If they would've told me to stay lower, then maybe I would have," Myles said.
Myles, unafraid and unapologetic, calls her 20 years of teaching at T. W. Josey High School sometimes unconventional.
One of her former students agrees.
"I'm pretty sure she didn't have any ill intent on it. Maybe some just took it the wrong way and maybe felt offended by it," said Mayor Pro Tem Corey Johnson.
"One thing about history, one thing about life, and teachers have always made the difference and have decided whether we break the paradigm," she said.
Myles says "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is required reading by the Richmond County Board of Education. The book has the N-word in it more than 200 times.
She says you can't teach it without talking about it.
"We speak the word quite naturally because it's in the book and we're reading it out loud. When the word was used in 1860, was it right then? When it was used in civil rights was it right? No. If it's used in 2013, it's still wrong," she said.
But the doctor doesn't deny producing fliers with the images of civil rights icons and the N-word. She was reprimanded by Superintendent Frank G. Roberson of the Richmond County School Board.
Myles says it was all part of the lesson plan and but the moral of this lesson is much bigger.
"With that said, whether it's 2013 and some see no harm in their sight, it's still wrong and that word is still wrong," Myles said.


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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Pear, Pecan and Celery Salad
I have a confession to make. I don't like fruit. In fact, some of you might have already noticed that up until today I didn't even have a fruit label in my sidebar. I'm not proud of this characteristic. I'm just coming clean with you and hope you won't judge me too harshly or think I'm some type of unhealthy barbarian because I almost completely shun this particular food group.
I guess when I get right down to the nitty-gritty of this dislike, it's not even really a dislike. It's more that I tend to think of fruit as dessert instead of a regular part of the rest of the meal. And IF I'm going to have dessert, I'm going to splurge and go for something with a little more tooth-rotting capability, like cookies or cake.
However, all that's about to change. You read it here first, folks. Mags the fruit shunner is going to make herself eat fruit on a regular basis. I may have to start out slowly at first, but you can expect to see more recipes that include fruit on my blog in the future. We'll start with this pear salad, OK?
Pear, Pecan and Celery Salad (adapted from Penzey's Spices) Serves 4
2 ripe pears, cored and thinly sliced
2 celery stalks with leafy tops, thinly sliced on the bias
1/2 cup pecans, toasted and roughly chopped
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2-3 TBSP sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2-1 tsp sugar (optional)
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Divide the pears and celery among four salad plates, arranging nicely. Sprinkle with the pecans, cheese and cranberries. Mix the oil and vinegar together with salt and pepper. Add optional sugar if your pears are more tart than sweet. Drizzle the dressing over the salads. Top with a bit of the chopped leafy celery tops.
14 comments:
- June said...
Hey Mags, we love you the way you are, so don't go changin' on our account. We'll feel that way whether or not you're into fruit. I presume you're not against having it in a pie though are you? I have a recipe I've been saving for a quiche made with pears and BLUE CHEESE. Wanna' give it a try?
- August 23, 2009 at 6:54 PM
- Mags said...
June: Fruit in pies is OK.. because that falls into the dessert category.
And heck yes to the pear and blue cheese quiche! Now that sounds like it would have a little savory punch to it that would take my mind off of the fruit.
- August 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM
- Moogie said...
I like fruit, but for some reason not in a salad. Either fresh or baked into some dessert.
- August 23, 2009 at 8:20 PM
- Mags said...
Moogie: different strokes for different folks, eh?
- August 23, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Looks like a tasty salad. I am always hesitant to mix in fruit with savory/salad type ingredients.. but I think I might give it a try!
- August 24, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- stephchows said...
wait you don't like fruit!!! no way!! I can't get enough of the stuff :) wait does this mean you don't like jam either!? *gasp*
- August 24, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Frieda said...
The only fruit that I like is a crisp apple. Not cooked. Sigh. I just can't wrap my head around it ~ Kudos to you for starting!
- August 24, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Mags said...
Jen: I think through your admission I've figured out what my problem is regarding fruit. I only like it when it's with something savory!
Steph: I know, I know! It's crazy, isn't it?
Frieda: I like apples too, but only the tart ones. See? I have a problem with sweet fruit things.
- August 24, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Rosemary & Garlic said...
What a wonderful salad. Can't wait to make it.
I had a pediatrician who used to say if they won't eat vegetables, let them eat fruit. I think the reverse works.
- August 24, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Mags said...
Rosemary: I agree! I love all vegetables and I figure that by eating so many of them, I'm sure to have covered my bases, nutritionally speaking, without eating fruit often.
- August 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
- coffeegrounded said...
Mags, this sounds delicious AND quite nutritious.
I have everything I need with the exception of the pears. PHOOEY!
I'll try it soon. Pears are abundant these days, just not in my kitchen.
- August 25, 2009 at 7:48 PM
- Mags said...
Coffee: Thanks for commenting. Enjoy the salad!
- August 25, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Great..that is my favorite food group! I looked for it when I first signed on to your blog :-))
- August 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Mags said...
Anon: Thanks! Glad you like it.
- August 26, 2009 at 8:05 PM


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Silverthorne resident Tricia Chinn Campbell released her first children's book, "Kai and the Magic Jacket" (Blissful Thinking Publishing), in August.
The tale features a boy named Kai who receives the gift of a family heirloom - a red, silk Chinese jacket that has been passed down to the firstborn child of each generation. The jacket is magical, for when Kai wears it, he can hear the spirits of his Tai-Poh (Great Grandmother), Tai-Goong (Great Grandfather) and Kau-Goong (Great Uncle Fay Tong).
"A brave man does what is right; not what someone else wants him to do," Great Grandfather advises Kai when some older boys pressure him to wade across a treacherous stream, and he must make a decision for himself.
While the jacket helps Kai make good decisions, he eventually grows out of it and learns to make positive choices by himself. In turn, he will have a chance to be a good role model for his siblings.
While instructive, the book is not didactic. Instead, the story is imaginative and engaging, a page-turner that nonetheless has underlying messages about good decision-making, managing peer pressure, generational wisdom and cultural values. It's a quick and good read, ideal for parents or teachers looking for a story that can teach kids about values while entertaining at the same time.
The illustrations are captivating too; they are done in an animated-movie style, reminiscent of a Disney film.
New York Times bestseller Jamie Ford, author of "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," described it as "a sweet familial story, beautifully illustrated, that delivers a terrific lesson for your readers."
Tricia Chinn Campbell is a former advertising executive who was born and raised in Seattle. While pregnant with her son Chance in 2007, she decided she wanted to develop a story featuring a half-Chinese/half-Anglo boy that would be appealing to all kids, regardless of their ethnicity or cultural background. Her first book, "Kai and the Magic Jacket," represents the realization of that vision.
The paperback book is geared toward 4-8-year-olds - and the adults in their lives - and is available at Amazon (www.amzn.to/QxVJiQ) for $11.95.


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red -
Red pigments include:
Like: Just as red sits on top
of the rainbow, you like to stay on top of things. You have a zest
for life. Remember that red can speed up the pulse, increase the
respiration rate and raise blood pressure. It is associated with
fire, heat, and blood, so it is impossible to ignore. And so are
you (or would like to be). The key words associated with red are
winner, achiever, intense, impulsive, active, competitive, daring,
aggressive and passionate. Red people are exciting, animated,
optimistic, emotional and extroverted. Desire is the key word,
they hunger for fullness of experience and living.
Now that you have all the good news, let's hear it for the bad news. Since you crave so much excitement in your life, routine can drive you bananas. Restlessness can make you fickle in your pursuit of new things to turn you on. It is hard for you to be objective and you can be opinionated. You have a tendency to listen to what others tell you and then do whatever you please. Patience is not one of your virtues.
However, you are an exciting person to be with, and always stimulating. The world would be a dull place without red people.
Dislike: Since red is primarily associated with a zest for life, excitement and passion, a dislike of this hue could mean that these feelings are a bit much for you to handle at this point in your life. Perhaps you are bothered by the aggressiveness and intensity that red signifies. Or perhaps you would really like more fulfillment but are afraid to get involved. People who are irritable, ill exhausted, or bothered by many problems often reject red and turn to the calmer colors for rest and relaxation. They are very self-protective.
Produced when light strikes an object and then reflects back to the eyes.
An element of art with three properties: (1) hue or tint, the color name, e.g., red, yellow, blue, etc.: (2) intensity, the purity and strength of a color, e.g., bright red or dull red; and (3) value, the lightness or darkness of a color.
When the spectrum is organized as a color wheel, the colors are divided into groups called primary, secondary and intermediate (or tertiary) colors; and also as warm and cool colors.
Colors can be objectively described as saturated, clear, cool, warm, subdued, grayed, tawny, mat, glossy, monochrome, multicolored, particolored, variegated, or polychromed.
Some words used to describe colors are more subjective (subject to personal opinion or taste), such as: exciting, sweet, saccharine, brash, garish, ugly, beautiful, cute, pretty, and sublime.
Sometimes people speak of colors when they are actually refering to pigments, what they are made of (various natural or synthetic substances), their relative permanence, etc.
Photographers measure color temperature in degrees kelvin (K).
Also see CMYK, local color, monochrome, palette, Pantone Matching System (PMS), pattern, pigment, RGB, saturation, spectrum, texture, and value.
Coming soon (available now only in early stages of construction): articles on individual colors: magenta, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, purple, brown, white, gray, and black.


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In fact, I could have even gone to the bakery and bought a loaf of bread, brought it home and photographed it, then bragged about how wonderful it tasted, and you wouldn't have known the difference, would you?
Here's what happened. I decided to make the first batch of bread on a day when my kitchen was like 150 degrees and the dough fermented (triple fermented, even) in less than an hour. Here it is at about 50 minutes.
The kitchen was cooler the next day and I kept a better eye on the situation. I also decided to make this batch into a loaf instead of rolls. Here's my loaf proofing under my custom made proofing box. If you'd like to purchase one of these from me, they're only $25.00, and as soon as I finish up the baby spinach that is in the one I have in my refrigerator, I'd be more than happy to send it to you. (Ain't this an ingenious way to reuse/recycle plastic folks?)


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STOCKTON - Three men suspected in a gold chain snatching were arrested by Stockton police Monday night.
A 57-year-old man downtown on business was walking to his car about 5:25 p.m. Monday at Weber Avenue and California Street when one man came up to him from behind, struggled with him and snatched a gold rope chain and cross from his neck. The thief ran to a waiting vehicle, as did another man. The victim reported the license plate number to police.
About an hour later, the Community Response Team saw the vehicle at Airport Way and Fremont Street and stopped it, detaining three occupants and later arresting Cornell Seward, 20, Ncobe Williams, 20, and Ravin Jones, 21, on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy.
The necklace was recovered at an area business.
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The Giants took a college pitcher who raps on the side and has a chance to move quickly through the system when they selected Vanderbilt's Tyler Beede with the 14th pick in Thursday's Major League Baseball draft.
"We feel he has a chance of being a quality starter," Giants assistant general manager John Barr said. "He's someone who, I hate to set timetables on, has a chance of moving quickly."
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound right-hander was a first-round pick (No. 21 overall) of the Toronto Blue Jays three years ago who instead went to college at Vanderbilt. It was in college that he worked on his rap game by way of his alter ego Young Beedah, a sign that he could be good fit in the Giants' quirky clubhouse and a potential fan favorite.
On the field, Beede has struggled with control. During his sophomore year, he walked 5.6 batters per game in an otherwise spectacular season that saw him go 14-1 with a 2.32 ERA and earn SEC pitcher of the year honors.
He improved this season and walked just 3.3 batters per nine innings. Barr noted that improvement and said he has faith in Dick Tidrow, the Giants' vice president of player personnel known for developing the team's pitching staff.
"One thing that I do know is this organization with Dick Tidrow and the coaches, we develop pitchers and we develop them well," Barr said. "We feel that his control has continued to improve this year. At the same time, you can't teach the arm that he has. As he continues to mature, his command should get better."
The Auburn, Mass., native is 8-7 this year with a 3.20 ERA for Vanderbilt, whose season continues against Stanford this weekend in the NCAA Super Regionals. Beede will be on the mound for Friday's opener of the three-game set that will send the winner to the College World Series.
Beede, and the Giants, were happy with his decision to go to college.
"I certainly did make the right decision," Beede said on MLB Network Radio. "I knew that the first day I stepped on campus."
"He decided to go to Vanderbilt and he continued to soar not only as a player but as a person," Barr said. "We think had a very good selection here and we were happy he was there when it was our turn to pick."
Beede told MLB Network Radio that his focus, for now, remains on Friday's start vs. Stanford and trying to help his team will a national title.
"I'm equally excited about the opportunity to pitch tomorrow as I am about the draft," Beede said.
In the second round, the Giants added another catcher to the system when they selected Florida International catcher Aramis Garcia. A former 20th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school, Garcia was a three-year starter in college.
He was the Conference USA Player of the Year for the Panthers and hit .368 with eight home runs and 37 RBIs and had an on-base percentage of .442.
According to Baseball America, his "bat is ahead of his defense, as his footwork remains problematic and his blocking needs work." He threw out 27 percent of opposing basestealers.
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Definition of body dysmorphic disorder in English:
body dysmorphic disorder
(abbreviation BDD)
A psychological disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with imaginary defects in their appearance.
Example sentences
- Psychiatric problems to which the assessor needs to be alert include generalised anxiety states, depressive illness, psychosis, body dysmorphic disorder, gender identity problems, and alcoholism.
- Dr Misra pointed to a study published in 2001 that found 23% of patients seeking Botox treatment at a dermatology clinic had body dysmorphic disorder, and that psychotherapy was considered the more appropriate treatment for them.
- A group of women with critically low self-esteem, probably suffering from eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder, compete to be designated as the ugliest contestant, most in need of plastic surgery.
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Singapore Investigating Data Complaint Against Xiaomi
Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission is investigating a complaint against fast-growing Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi.
In the complaint, which was registered in July, a user using a Xiaomi device reported receiving unsolicited telemarketing calls from abroad, a commission spokesman told The Wall Street Journal on Friday.
"The commission is currently investigating the complaint," the spokesman said, adding that he could not provide details about the user's identity, specifics of the complaint, or any time frame for concluding the investigation.
"We have reached out to Singapore's PDPC to clarify any issues," Hugo Barra, Xiaomi's global vice president and an ex-Google executive, told The Wall Street Journal Friday via email, referring to the Personal Data Protection Commission.
"We believe it is our top priority to protect user data and privacy and will continue to react swiftly, as we always have, to any feedback from the community on how we can improve our products," he said.
The Commission "will take this seriously," said Bryan Tan, a Singapore-based partner with law firm Pinsent Masons who specializes in data privacy law.
If an organization is found to have violated Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act, which outlines rules for handling individuals' data, it may be directed to stop collecting or revealing data, forced to destroy the data, provide access to the data, and may face a financial penalty of up to $1 million Singapore dollars ($800,000), the commission spokesman said.
The complaint comes after a user posted online last month that his Xiaomi smartphone was "secretly" connecting to a server in Beijing, triggering speculation that the company was transmitting users' data without their permission.
Barra told The Wall Street Journal earlier this month that the server that user identified does not store user data and only provides a connection for services like downloading themes and apps.
It is unclear if the Singapore complaint is related to the posting last month, which was made on a Chinese language web forum.
Xiaomi became the leading smartphone vendor in China in the second quarter, and has begun selling its low-cost devices in greater China, India, and some countries in Southeast Asia.


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Peru: Machu Picchu & The Sacred Valley
Ancient Incan architecture, stunning physical beauty, and mystical inspiration combine at Machu Picchu in a way both thrilling and meditative. You'll walk trails formed by Inca footsteps centuries ago, experience their "Lost City" set dramatically atop a peerless mountain ridge, and delight in the spectacle of the sprawling Sacred Valley. You'll also share warm encounters with local Peruvians at village markets and restaurants, explore their colorful towns and archaeological sites, and learn about their enduring arts, crafts, and religious ceremonies. Once here, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley will leave indelible marks on your memory and imagination.
Cultural Highlights
- Follow timeworn farming paths as you descend the Sacred Valley.
- Peruse locally harvested fruits and vegetables at a bustling market in Pisac.
- Discover the terraced Inca saltpans at the mines of Salineras.
- Visit a traditional Andean chicheria and try chicha (corn beer).
- Step back in time at the ancient Inca town of Ollantaytambo.
- Arrive at immortal Machu Picchu by hiking the Inca Trail or by train.
- Explore the towering "Lost City" of Machu Picchu.
- Walk trails through Cusco, Tambomachay, and Sacsayhuaman, all alive with history.
What to Expect
This tour features a combination of cobbled streets, uneven footpaths, and rocky, irregular terrain over hills and valleys. An elective 8-mile Inca Trail hike includes a 2,000-foot elevation gain. Altitudes of between 6,500 and 13,500 feet may require a slower pace. Our VBT minibus support is available at specified meeting points for those who need assistance except on the Inca Trail, where there is no road access and you will be required to walk the entire 8 miles. Both morning and afternoon walking options are available most days. Appropriate for enthusiastic beginners and ideal for experienced walkers. Several of the walks require a transfer from our hotel to the start of the walk. Our Trip Leaders often use this time in the van for our morning route review, so we can enjoy a more leisurely morning at breakfast.
BOOK EARLY FOR THE INCA TRAIL: A permit to walk the Inca Trail is included in your VBT trip cost. However, if you want to hike the Inca Trail, please make your reservations as early as possible! The Peruvian government limits the number of hikers on the trail at any given time. Permits are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Have your passport details in hand when booking your reservation with VBT. Permits are only issued for individuals and only for a specific passport number. VBT cannot guarantee your permit. If a permit is unavailable, you will travel by train to Aguas Calientes and by bus to the entrance, then walk into Machu Picchu. This will not impact your visit to Machu Picchu, only the hike into the site. Should you elect at any time to take the train option instead of the hike, the permit is non-refundable. If you do not wish to apply for an Inca Trail Pass at the time of booking, please advise your Tour Consultant. Understand that VBT will not be able to secure a pass at a later date if you change your mind and decide that you do want to hike the Inca Trail due to the limited number of passes available.
Average Daily Mileage: 4 – 8 miles
Average Walking Time: 2 – 6 hours
Climate Information
Average High/Low Temperature (°F) – Cusco
Apr 66°/43° May 67°/39° Jun 66°/35° Jul 66°/34° Aug 66°/37° Sep 67°/31° Oct 68°/44° Nov 67°/45°
Average Precipitation (in.) – Cusco
Apr 1.5 May .3 Jun .1 Jul .1 Aug .3 Sep .9 Oct 1.9 Nov 2.7
What's Included:
Walking Tour Only – without Air
- 7 nights in fine hotels and inns
- 16 meals – 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 5 dinners
Air Package Plus
- Roundtrip international airfare
- Transfers
- 8 nights in fine hotels and inns
- 17 meals – 8 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 5 dinners
- And the option to add our Low-Cost Trip Extension: Pre-trip: Lima – 2 nights for only $545* • Post-trip: Peruvian Amazon – 2 nights for only $695*
Both Vacations Include
- Service of two bilingual VBT Trip Leaders
- On-tour vehicle support
- FREE use of VBT custom walking poles
- Daily route directions
- Welcome reception
- Sightseeing and cultural activities
- 5% Frequent Traveler Credit to use on your next VBT vacation
- Special Good Buy Discount
- Permits for Inca Trail and Machu Picchu (subject to availability)
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Several inches of snow falling upon much of Kansas the last few weeks has caused heartache for many a Kansan, but are a blessing for wheat farmers.
Between the two winter storms, snowfall totals ranged from more than 24-inches in south central Kansas and eastern Kansas, to six-inches in southwest Kansas and nearly a foot in northwest and north central Kansas.
"At this point, for the wheat crop any moisture is good moisture," says Jim Shroyer, Extension agronomist for Kansas State University.
The snowfall - with actual precipitation amounts ranging from one-quarter to more than two-inches throughout the state - will help offset the extremely dry conditions many farmers planted into last fall. Some farmers at January's "Cover Your Acres" conference in Oberlin told the agronomist that the last time they saw wheat was when they dumped it in the drill last fall and they haven't seen any wheat since.
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The car has broken down and the businesswoman can't get to work. Call in the LEGO® City mechanic in his Flatbed Truck to fix it! If he can't get it going, load it onto the truck with the cool winch function. Hop in the cab and deliver the broken down car to the nearest repair shop! Save the day with the Flatbed Truck! Includes 2 minifigures: a mechanic and a businesswoman with assorted accessories.
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