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Federer's major problem (the boston globe, boston.com)
Pete Sampras couldn't defend himself. But a friend in need turned out to be a young Spanish guy who responded when Sampras screamed, "Stop thief!"
The prospective thief, named Roger Federer, had his eyes and grasping hands on Sampras's treasure, the record 14 major singles championships he earned over 15 years of roaming the world with a dominating tennis racket.
Federer came to this sunny town with 13 majors in his satchel, three of them Australian Opens, ready to cut in on Pete's goodies, and soon to have the record all to himself.
Not so fast, said Rafael Nadal, who had never won anything here, but would protect the sainted Sampras. Nadal let everybody in town know the reign from Spain was going to fall on the concrete plain in Rod Laver Arena. Thus he swooped and scooped Federer's best stuff and whacked it back like an avenging angel so that Sampras could sleep soundly with the record yet under his pillow.
Rafael Nadal has Roger Federer in tears (seattletimes.com)
It was not quite another tennis masterpiece. The much-anticipated rematch between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Roger Federer of Switzerland lacked the consistent quality and, above all, the crescendo to the finish of their five-act drama in fading light at Wimbledon last year.
But the Australian Open final Sunday was epic entertainment. It also lasted five sets and more than four hours. It also featured plenty of abrupt reversals of fortune and unexpected breaks of serve. And it also ended with Nadal triumphant and Federer devastated.
Federer, 27, needed a victory to match American Pete Sampras' career record of 14 men's Grand Slam tournament singles titles. But Federer faded badly in the final set and was unable to keep his composure after Nadal's 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2 victory.
In the ceremony after the match, Federer choked up after receiving the runner-up plate from one of his idols, Rod Laver, and was unable to get more than a few sentences into his speech before he began to cry in earnest.
Another win for Rafael Nadal in rivalry with Roger Federer (chicagotribune.com)
Federer takes loss in Australian final hard
Perhaps no individuals have met more often with more on the line than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Sunday's Australian Open final was the 19th match they've played. All but four have been in tournament finals, seven of them Grand Slams. Nadal has won the last three Slam finals, five overall. Perhaps most impressive is Nadal has won on three surfaces—the clay of Roland Garros, Wimbledon's grass and now the Australian hard courts.
Nadal's finale in Melbourne brings Federer to tears (seattlepi.com)
Three years ago Roger Federer wept in the arms of Rod Laver as he accepted the winner's trophy at the Australian Open. There were more tears this week Down Under, with the Swiss not too happy this time.
How could he be, after dropping yet another five-set thriller to nemesis Rafael Nadal? Federer must have thought he had Nadal right where he wanted him, given the bullish Spaniard spent more than five hours on court in his captivating semifinal against another Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco, two days earlier.
Nadal's 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 win in 4 1/2 hours denied Federer the historic 14th Grand Slam and has to be an even bigger blow to the world No. 2 than last July's Wimbledon defeat that ended 9-7 in the fifth. Federer sobbed during the trophy presentation, Laver nearby, receiving consolation from none other than Nadal, who acted like a big brother.
"In the first moment you're disappointed, you're shocked, you're sad, then all of a sudden it overwhelms you," Federer said. "The problem is, you can't go in the locker room and take it easy and take a cold shower. You can't. It's the worst feeling."
Nadal outlasts Federer to win his first title at Australian Open (USA Today online)
Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer in another five-set Grand Slam final, keeping Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles intact for now.
Nadal became the first Spanish man to win the Australian Open when he beat Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 in a momentum-swinging, 4-hour, 22-minute final on Sunday night.
Federer, trying to equal Sampras' record, sobbed at the trophy presentation.
"Maybe I'll try later. God, it's killing me," Federer said, crying. He returned to congratulate Nadal within minutes, saying: "You deserved it. You played a fantastic final."
Rafael Nadal leaves little doubt who is No. 1 (washingtonpost.com)
First clay, then grass. Now Rafael Nadal has proven he can win on any surface, entrenching his hold on the No. 1 ranking.
The former crown prince of tennis is now the "King of Australia" _ to quote one Spanish newspaper headline _ after outlasting Roger Federer in five gritty sets in the Australian Open final Sunday for his sixth Grand Slam title.
Now, Nadal can look ahead to Roland Garros, where he already controls center court.
"Everything was very special," the Spaniard said. "I didn't have time yet to enjoy the title because I am too tired."
There will be plenty of time for that.
Rafa triumphs in a classic (the australian online)
In overwhelming Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2, he prevented Roger Federer from joining Pete Sampras in the history books as a holder of a record 14 Grand Slam titles in an epic lasting 4.23 hours.
Adding further significance to the effort, the six-time Grand Slam champion claimed his first major on hardcourt. Given his dominance on clay having claimed the past four French Opens and his success at Wimbledon over Federer in another epic last year, it is not beyond the realms to suggest it is possible he can become only the second man to win the Grand Slam.
It will further the heartbreak for Federer, whose own attempt at joining Rod Laver was twice denied when he was unable to beat Nadal at Roland Garros but claimed the other three titles in 2006 and 2007. After the match Federer broke down in tears as he received his runner's up trophy from one of his heroes, Rod Laver.
Nadal's effort to position himself is extraordinary, for this was a final played at a heavenly level.
fed you hv beaten rafa before and u can beat him again even in the clay
how are you today? hope you are in a very good health and away from injury. its been a week now since ao final and this site still burning fire with comments. it takes a while for me to post since last sunday(feb.1/o9) im in an
My pleasure giving you the link for Sébastien's site. I ordered 9 tennis DVDs from him and they were delivered quickly and Sébastien is very friendly. The DVDs are not expensive and the quality is quite good as far as
Please don't forget this is Rogerfederer.com, not nadal's website. We love roger no matter he wins or lose. We love him not only for his tennis, we love his sportmanship, personality and a lot more that nadal never have. As what you said, n
Keep your head high I know you can do it!
This is the year when you get your 14th and 15th Grand Slam!


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Despite wandering freely between styles and tempi, the second set of this show feels like a single piece of music - certainly as cohesive as the previous week's Runaway Jam in Worcester. It doesn't have the upbeat catch-all catholicism of a show like 11/26/97, but it's not meant to: this is a single statement. And I guess there's a first set in there somewhere - probably right before the second set, now that I think of it - and if you've got an hour to spare you can probably listen to that one too. I hear the band's decent.
Saturday, 12/06/1997
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
Soundcheck: Dog Log, AC/DC Bag, Ginseng Sullivan, Black-Eyed Katy
Set 1: GolgiGolgi Apparatus, AntelopeRun Like an Antelope, Train Song > GinBathtub Gin -> Foam, SampleSample in a Jar, Fee > Maze, Cavern
Set 2: Tweezer -> Izabella -> Twist -> Piper, Sleeping Monkey > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
Encore: Rocky Top
Noteworthy Jams: Foam, Maze, Tweezer (highly recommended), Izabella (highly recommended), Piper
Average Song Gap: 8.25
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
Song Distribution:
3 A Picture of Nectar
3 Junta
2 Farmhouse
2 Stash
2 Lawn Boy
1 Billy Breathes
1 Hoist
1 Rift
1 The White Tape
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America)."
Despite wandering freely between styles and tempi, the second set of this show feels like a single piece of music - certainly as cohesive as the previous week's Runaway Jam in Worcester. It doesn't have the upbeat catch-all catholicism of a show like 11/26/97, but it's not meant to: this is a single statement. And I guess there's a first set in there somewhere - probably right before the second set, now that I think of it - and if you've got an hour to spare you can probably listen to that one too. I hear the band's decent.
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Mark Hutchison wrote (in reference to Friday night's
Cleveland Show):
> Hopefully,
> tonight's show will be completely overshadowed by what's going to happen
> in Detriot.
And it happened. As I said before, Phish played a spectacular show in
Detriot last Saturday. It was pure magic. Moments like those are so hard
to put into words; the moments were an energy so intense you can feel it
all around you connects the band, the audience, you, and the music. I've
heard more than one person say "I didn't think that they could put on a
good show at The Palace..." but the 21,000 people that turned out surely
saw the error in that thinking.
I've already posted the setlist, so I'll get right to the "meat" of the
SET I: Hmmm...the preshow music selection was Bitches Brew by Miles
David. This album has a great history: it pioneered Jazz-Fusion in 1968?
and I've heard it as pre-show music at least twice before. Once was the
first night of Deer Creek this year, and the other was in Pittsburgh.
BOTH were incredible shows, so I had high hopes.
The boys came out at 8:02 to a roaring near-capacity crowd at The Palace.
It was so loud, and you could tell the band was as excited as we were.
This was probably (and I'm not sure so correct me if I'm wrong) the
biggest place they'll play on the tour, and I think they were warming up
for NYE. After letting the audience scream for a half a minute or so,
Trey counted it off and they hit the downbeat to...
GOLGI: Solid opener. Not necessarily a song I'd want to hear in the
middle of the set, but everyone was definately. This song was just lod
and spastic enough to get the energy off to a great start. Plently of
energy was built up in the rising passage before the reprise of "I saw
you, with a ticket stub in your hand" into the end of the song, and they
used this energy to feed them for...
ANTELOPE: Wow. This was something I could not believe. I did not expect
to hear this tonight. This jam shredded through all the gears and was
brought to a screaming climax and held there while half of us cheered and
the others looked onto the band with disbelieving eyes. This was a fierce
Antelope, and for the second song in the first set, it was unbelievable.
Totally out of control. Then the wall-of-sound vanished, and left the
pre-marco groove in its wake. The Palace was so loud, both from the
cheering and the music, that I could not even hear the groove for about a
measure and a half. They played around a bit in here, and Ry-Ry-Rocco was
greeted warmly with a cheer. "Set the gearshift for the high gear of your
soul" evoked it's usual rapturious respomse, but it seemed to have more
life this time. I have said many times that this is our [meaning fan's]
National Anthem. This is why we go to shows, to "Set the gearshift." This
sentiment was right on tonight.
TRAINSONG: This was a perfect let-down from the raging jam that preceeded
it. The reason I like this tune over, say, If I Could or Billy Breathes
is because it's a downer, but not a slow song. It's simple, but it's not
empty. It tells a story, it's not a ballad. Trainsong rocks. ;^)
GIN: Another first-set Gin? Phish was supposed to know that we were all
at Champaign and we already heard this one! This was no monster, clocking
in at 12 minutes, but it certainly was good. Looking back, I can't really
say that it was revolutionary other than the fact that you usually don't
hear a first-set Gin after you have heard a raging Antelope. But it was
nice and funky, and featured *nice* work by Page in the beginning that
everyone cheered for. The evil that lurks in Page's soul that is always
revealed bit by bit in Gin...
FOAM: Pretty much a suprise to us, even though we'd seem the omen on the
way to Cleveland (we passed a semi with red letters stencilled on the back
reading "Foam -- Foam"). I'd heard it at Alpine this summer, so I was
able to more listen to the layers in this tune and how each part acts to
create this effect. It really is a great composition. It was definately
nice to hear.
SAMPLE: It had to happen. Oh well, at least there was only one
"whatever" in this set, and for that matter, the whole show. This isn't a
*terrible* song, though...well, yes it is. But alot of the crowd got
pumped, so I guess that's good.
FEE: Hmm...they did it again. It's really odd, we saw this one in
Champaign, too. They hadn't played it since 2/25/97, and now twice in 2
weeks? All things told, though, I really didn't mind hearing this. Since
I knew everyone would sing along with this, I was expecting it. But it
didn't happen as badly, I didn't think. One thing I was able to tune into
was Page's Piano playing in this tune. A lot of really nice runs when he
had the lead. I was excited to hear another jam out of this a-la
Champaign, and they didn't let me down. This time the jam disolved and
went into Fishman's hi-hat opening which can only mean one of two things,
both of which are good: Bowie or Maze. This time it was...
MAZE: This version had the energy of 5 typical Mazes. It was just over
the top. I love the intro of this song; the way each part falls on top of
the rest until Trey's ultra-comples line caps it all off and they nail the
double stops after "The overhead view is of me in a maze..." A nice B-3
solos from Page that seemed to go on a bit longer than usual and then Trey
took over and really began to shred on his guitar. And the energy
never let up until the wind down where they go beck into the layered
part from the intro. And I love the little ditty tha tthe song ends
with, only Phish could do something that quirky after such a serious
jam. This version came in at 16 minutes, a nice healthy Maze.
CAVERN: Yup. I knew when they started this up that the set was over.
It's just got a perfect place to say "Thanks a lot everybody, we'll be
right back" or whatever. This was another song for everyone to sing along
with, but not a weak set closer by any means. Maybe it's just me, but
everything in the set seemes to have a special energy that kept it from
getting lame (except Sample ;-p).
The Setbreak was 41 minutes long, and was filled with me basically sitting
there and going "wow." I did meet Andy Gadiel, which was a pleasure, and
got to visit with Dave and Tim in the taper's section.
SET II: At one minute after 10 the lights went down again...
TWEEZER: Ok, come se dice "INCREIBLE!" Whern they came out to open the
set, Trey teased the first few notes of Tweezer to let us all know what we
were getting, then they played around with some crazy, spacy effects for
at least a minute or two before launching into Tweezer right out. I said,
"What are they doing?" to which Josh Zelkowitz replied "Crazy shit!" It
was really funny, but I guess you had to be there Upon reaching the
jam section, they dove into a deeply funk-laden jam that had me grooving
_hard_. At one point they all took solos and the band dropped out for a
couple of measures. After long sections of funky jamming that they'd build
up and let settle down again, they reached a driving section with a faster
tempo. After this new groove settled in, Trey began a gloriously soaring
solo over the top of it. It was truly a beautiful moment. Up until
tonight, the Tweezer of 10/22/95 Champaign [The show where I decided I
like Tweezer] was my favorite, but not any more. This glorious, beautiful
melody morphed into a driving hard-rock anthem, and shortly thereafter I
noticed Phish had begun playing...
ISABELLA: If you say the Tweezer ended when this song started, you still
have a 23 minute Tweezer. But Isabella was really just a topping on this
Tweezer jam sandwich (More on that later...). Isabella is a great Hendrix
tune that Phish has not been playing all that long, but it has rocked from
the start. (I believe it began in Dublin in June, and I saw it before in
Pittsburgh) Pure arena rock here. This was so so so so sooooo full of
energy and so intense; it was just great. It was placed perfectly in the
set, and perfectly in the Tweezer Jam. After this song was over it
quickly wound down and settled into more funk, which I labeled "Tweezer
Jam" when I sent out the setlist. It only lasted 3 minutes by my watch,
but there was some crazy, amazing stuff going on in those 3 minutes. My
mind was blown by whatever went on there. I cannot wait to hear it again.
Anyway, the instruments began to drop out till it was just Trey and Mike
playing very empty contrasting lines, and they were into the beginning
TWIST AROUND: If you haven't yet heard this song, you are missing out.
Check the Sugarmegs homepage or get a tape with this song on it, because
it _rocks_. I really don't think it's pop-friendly as Rob stated in his
review in the Michigan Daily this morning, because it is, really, a quite
empty song. What I love about it, though, is the way the parts overlap in
the instrumental and vocal lines...kind of like Bouncin' only not lame.
It builds to a great, energetic ending, and they used that plateau and
took it into an entirely new level with...
PIPER: This had to have been the absolute high point of the show. Again,
if you have not heard Piper, _do_. If you're one of those people (and I
know you're out there) who say "all this song really does is build..."
Ecaxtly. That's exactly what Slave does, that's exactly what Hood does.
They build. And Piper takes an already energetic jam, and slams it into
the stratosphere. Or, at least, it did tonight. Great, great, great
song, and a great way to peak the evening. This went back into an
Isabella-sounding jam, which rocked very hard.
ISABELLA JAM: Yes, this deserves its own section. After rocking quite
hard for a few minutes, it began to truly sound like they were jamming
Tweezer, Isabella, Piper, and Twist Around all at once, passing
effortlessly through the funk, gloy, hard driving arena rock, and
excitation all at once. It was incredible. This all went on for about
six minutes, and then this amazing jam (do your self a favor and HEAR this
again, I know I need to...) disolved into...
SLEEPING MONKEY: "Huh?" is always your first reaction when you hear rhis
coming up, because it is completely out-of-order, no matter what had been
going on. But once you realize that performing this song is all about
having *fun,* (why else would Fish stand on his drum stool to belt the
last verse in falsetto?) you realize why it typically comes after some
amazing jams (see 11/15/96 Keil Center and 8/13/97 Pittsburgh) and why
Trey was dancing around like he was. He was incredibly active Saturday
night...never have I seen him bop around the stage like that. I mean, in
Cleveland he got down, but he was not prancing all over the stage and
doing his funky walking/dancing that he was doing in Detriot. I think he
just had a blast, as did Page, as you could tell during the Tweezer jam as
he laid back and groved to Mike's solo, as well as back in the first set
during Gin (he was _really_ feeding off the audience) and during his
little solos in Fee (after which he's creen back and smile). Fishman was
also having fun, which I first picked up during his extended "Woo!"'s in
Twist Around (Fish usually screams when he's excited...that's what makes
11/30/96 Arco Arena, Sacramento one of my favorite PYITE's). Sleeping
Monkey is just a tune to have fun on, and it was a great way to sort of
end the set...a real treat to say "thanks for coming." Although Monkey
didn't really close the set. Right on the heels of Monket's last notes
(ie, it would be a > as opposed to a ->) was...
TWEEZER RERISE: Played as usual, except with an arena full of totally
crazed energetic fans who didn't want this show to ever end screaming.
When Trey went up to the highest octave, the place (or at least I did)
erupted. And the lights at the end were just crazy.
ROCKYTOP: If you asked me on a typical day, I'd say "Eeeh," as by best
opinion of this song. But I think it was the perfect encore to the show.
plenty of energy, and a good way to send us off into the night with high
spritis. Granted, a Hood or YEM encore would have been choice, but I
almost think that's asking too much. And, yes, I do think you can ask too
muh when it comes to Phish.
I was completely overwhelmed by the Palace show. When it was done, I had
a similar feeling to the one I had after the Went. "What do I do now?" I
thought. Luckily, that was already answered for me...I went to Steve's
house and had a party till 4 am. After Champaign I though "Wow. I really
have to say that's the best show I've ever seen." But I have to think
long and hard about how Detriot compared. Such is the beauty of Phish
2000. It's really incredible to be at this stage right now, where I can't
decide which of 2 shows that I saw about 2 weeks apart was the best show
I've ever seen. I just with I could have been in State College tonight,
then Rodchester, then Albany...
Oh well, watch for the Dayton review later tonight!
Obviously you can see where I'm going with this - if Set II isn't the best set Phish ever played, then it is not only in the conversation, but speaking louder than damn near everybody else. Not only are we blessed with some of the craziest, most intense, roller coaster-ride jams of all time, with the gnarly and wicked Tweezer, the super tight Izabella jam that James Brown would surely have been proud to hear come from his band, and the jawdropping Piper that closes the meat of the set, but we also get two of the all time great segues, with Izabella appearing from the mists of the Tweezer jam like some kind of fever dream and Twist smoothly arriving from the Izabella jam with an acrobat's grace. This is one of those sets that almost make all other Phish sets redundant - want boisterous rocking, pinpoint funk, scary industrial noise, or the kind of groupthink creativity that only comes with the best of the best nights? Well, look no further, 12/6/97 has you covered.
This probably isn't the best show Phish ever played - both sets count, lest we forget - but the second set is damned near good enough to make that a technicality. And we have it in pristine sound, forever and ever, to listen to again and again. If this isn't the mountaintop, it doesn't matter, because you can still see the stars from here.
Truly one of the greatest of all nights.
Auburn Hills certainly isn't my favorite venue, but I left it the night of 12/6/97, rethinking everything I had ever thought about it (and that's saying a lot, because I was a philosophy major!). The Tweezer that opened the second set is one of the best I've heard. It contained a long jam, which bring you to Funk Central Station. The segue into Isabella is fantastic, and we are treated to an atypical jam that can only be construed as a "licentious funk groove." The segue into Twist Around was once again fantastic, and then they played the best Piper I have ever heard. Piper was technically unfinished, as the jam launched off with the power of a space shuttle from Cape Canaveral. This Piper took me to another world. It was so intense that Aaron, my traveling companion for the last part of tour, was worried that I would spontaneously combust.
Sleeping Monkey was perfectly placed, and the Tweeprise that closed the set threatened to bring down the house. I can't remember the encore. This entire set has no regard for accepted rules, morals, or standards. Get this tape but be very afraid!
golgi opens this one up in fine form. this would end up being the last golgi opener until burgettstown, pa in '09. as soon as golgi ends, they jump right into a surprise run like an antelope 2 songs into the show. trey really rips this one. train song slows this one down a bit before they dip into a nice exploratory bathtub gin. this has a nice funky gin jam, and they work it nicely into one of their more complex songs, foam. foam is well-played. sample and fee offer something for the newbies, and a red hot maze and a solid cavern offer something for everyone. this first set was solid with some sure-fire treats, but the real fireworks were yet to come.
tweezer kicks things off in style. they start with a spacier intro before hitting tweezer full throttle. fishman gets really funky right off the bat. you have to check out the intro to this tweezer. once they work through the song, they hit a really nice funk jam. after 10 or so minutes of funky exploration, trey and fish really shift gears into more rocking territory. trey and fishman turn the corner into izabella, and the rest of the band jumps right on it. you can hop on you tube and check out trey almost cracking up as they turn the corner into izabella. after a nice take of this old hendrix tune, they jump into another nice rock/funk jam that eventually stops right on twist around. i really like the '97 versions of this song. after they rearranged it, i lost some of my love for this one. they spend a bit of time exploring twist before dipping into a mind altering piper. there might be some band of gypsies mojo left from izabella, but they just torch this piper. page is all over this one too. sleeping monkey provides a nice breather before the 'ol rowdy tweezer reprise closer. rocky top finishes this one off in standard fashion.
this second set may not be the longest, but it has excellent flow and some really solid jams. the first set is a touch weak, but it is not bad by any means.
set 1:
set 2:
tweezer>izabella>jam>twist>piper- tweezer>izabella and piper are must hear, even on the fall '97 scale
my alma mater, the auburn tigers, were playing the tennessee volunteers in their football conference championship game the same evening as this concert. i was staying at a friend's house while in detroit, and she agreed to tape the game on the VCR so i could watch it when i got back from the show. since i was practically another world away from either school, i figured no one was even gonna care about the game, never mind tipping me off about who won. so imagine my shock when phish busted into "rocky top"--the tennessee fight song, BTW--as the encore. was it just a coincidence, or was phish making a musical statement that tennessee had won the game? the conspiracist in me thought the latter! all i know is, on the way out of the venue, i made eye contact with someone who happened to have a tennessee hat on (i was wearing an auburn hat), and he smiled & said "rocky top, baby!"....i wonder if he was thinking what i was thinking? haha....anyway, i soon found out tennessee did indeed win, and to this day i'm convinced phish spoiled the outcome for me....LOL
I would say that 7-29-98, 7-17-99, 8-2-97, 7-21-98, and 10-22-1995 were all MUCH better shows that don't seem to get a lot of attention at all.
Viva Montaigne!
(the rest of this was posted 12 years ago on rec.music.phish)
In general, most of the Pipers, esp those from this past Fall, are
incredible. I first heard this on one of the Europe tapes, and I remember
liking it. But what they have done to this song during the Fall tour is
The 12.6.97 Auburn Hills Piper occurs right in the middle of a firey set,
after a gorgeous Tweezer opener, and an energy-driven Isabella which cools
down into (in the words of DJ Saul T Nutz) a Licentous Funk Groove taking
us into Wouldn't Twist Around, which (in the words of Mark Roberts) "is
The chords of Piper float up like a ship over the horizon long overdue in
its homecoming. The people on shore see it in the distance, and their
excitement begins to mount. As the ship grows nearer, the energy
dominates, propelling the audience into a new, unfervored frenzy. The
climactic arrival is so astounding it parallels few feelings I have
experienced in my short life.
Long story short: I love this set, Piper being the indisputable climax.
Golgi Apparatus is a great opener, I wish it was in this slot more often, rather than just a set closer. I remember when I first started listening to Phish that this was the first version of Antelope I ever heard. I had always heard that Antelope was a big jam song, usually featuring blistering playing. But I was absolutely blown away by this Antelope upon first listen, I hear them tinker around with the opening, and then just blast off. It starts funky and grounded, but then it just starts revving up harder and harder, and just keeps going, and going, and going- for someone who had never heard Antelope before, I was so confused. "Where's the song?" It was not until the huge peak, and the drop into Rye Rye Rocco where I realized Antelope was the rare song where the full jam preceded the lyrics. Real confusing to a noob.
Train Song cools off nicely, with a fairly normal Bathtub Gin that's most notable for the sickly sweet segue into Foam, which is nailed. The rest of the set is fine- Maze particularly rips, but nothing super out of the ordinary. I prefer Fee with the microphone, but it doesn't detract anything.
Tweezer opens the second set in utter style, they dick around with the opening for a bit, almost like the beginning of Possum or something, and then just slam headlong into the opening riff a little less than two minutes in. The jam starts in the low intensity funk realm for a little bit, with great interplay. They hit a short stop-start section around 12 minutes or so, only one stop and start again. When they come out Fish is just banging out this really clinical and cool rhythm. The jam's not funk anymore, it's just really tight knit and deep improv. It becomes almost march-like, and then hits absolute overdrive around 18 minutes. Trey solos like a psychopathic madman over a hazy background, and you just get the image of a monster- maybe a drooling minotaur- thrashing around, trying to break out of its chains...
...out of this cacophonous haze, Izabella comes tearing through. Izabella is high energy as can be, but as usual, Trey only knows about two lines of it- how many lines can he forget and just say "I dream about you, every night!" Doesn't matter, out of the back end of Izabella the groove becomes slower and funkier, led by really cool Page vamping, and they revisit the stop-start section from 12 minutes in of the Tweezer. This little section just makes Izabella feel like another section of a monster Tweezer. Of all the similar sections from Fall '97, this is definitely one of the best stop start funk sections, supremely high energy. The jam slows, and becomes a little percussive and plunky...
...and segues really inventively into Twist, one of the better segues I've ever heard. Twist itself is fairly straightforward, they weren't really stretching Twist out that much yet, save for a few exceptions (6/20/97, 7/29/97, 11/14/97), Twist ends...
...and Piper emerges from deep within and takes off. The opening almost feels breathless, like you're feeling lifeless, and then take a huge hit of clean oxygen, and you're energized, and ready to blast off. Piper reenters a jam space that feels like it's Piper, Tweezer, and Izabella at the same. It absolutely *rages,* and again feels like part of the greater jam whole rather than an entirely separate song.
Sleeping Monkey takes all the seriousness away from the proceedings- the proceeding jam quadruplet hits the darkest ocean floors, but we still see that Phish are a bunch of jokesters. Tweezer Reprise and Rocky Top send everyone home, fist pumping away.
This is a startlingly good show. They hit upon some serious Michigan voodoo magic in this one.
Gosh, this soundboard (from LivePhish.com) is crystal clear! The funk starts with the second song of the first set: Antelope! This Antelope features some twisted guitar from Trey, accented by the excellent use of some truly demented effects. Foam is so tight, it could have been played in '92. Later in the first set comes a KILLER Maze... Around the 5:00 minute mark, during Page's solo, Trey starts to make his guitar growl very cool. Thanks to more heavy effects, at 10:00 Trey's playing starts to get very fractured and generally weird, and the weirdness never really lets up for the remainder of his long solo.
Set 2 is what's really made this show famous among fans. Tweezer is heavy on the funk, but Izabella sports the standout jam of the set. Piper is remarkable for Trey's relentless, fierce playing. It's a great set, but honestly I don't think it quite justifies this show being in the top 5 of all time.
This Antelope, how is it not the consensus Antelope of all time? It's the second song in the first set. After they run through the initial segments, Mike and Fish start thundering cow funk. And just when you're sure Trey's going to start soloing, all of a sudden he's like "fuck all that, ima kick straight kurds for a few minutes." Which makes it all the worthwhile when he actually drops in. The phishtracks.com (I love each and every one of you, by the way) copy is an AUD, so you can clearly hear the crowd following every single twist and turn. In retrospect, it's the ability of the band members to tolerate the dissonance that invariably occurs in each jam and the ability to guide it back to the theme that separates Fall '97 phish from all other phish. This Antelope is a prime example. Trey's effects at 12:00 are one of my favorite 5 seconds of phish ever. The whole thing...it's just top level 16 minutes of phish music.
It's probably not kosher to write this in a review, and I'd get it if you're irritated with it, but, MAN I miss this psychotically in-control-of-everything version of this band.

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Last week the world learned of a meteor that exploded over the Ural mountains on Friday, shattering windows over a 2,000,000 square foot area and injuring roughly 200 children and 1,000 adults.
The meteor broke up in the atmosphere creating damage through the shock wave, but at least one piece fell to earth and broke through the ice of a local lake.
It could have been worse. In the Tunguska event of June 30, 1908, a meteor exploding in the air over Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, knocked down an estimated 80 million trees over an 830 square mile area. If it had hit anywhere but out in the Siberian boonies, it would have been a Hiroshima-level event.
To give you an idea of the difference, the energy from Friday�s event has been compared to a nuclear explosions measured in kilotons of TNT. The Tunguska event is measured in megatons.
Estimates of the size of the Tunguska meteor vary, but it was probably on the order of 330 feet.
If that hasn�t disturbed your sleep yet, on Friday asteroid 2012 DA14 flew by the earth within 17,150 miles. That�s within the orbit of the moon, in fact closer than the orbit of some communications satellites.
Estimates of the size of 2012 DA14 vary between 130 and 160 feet, and most accounts just call it �football field� sized. You could call it half a Tunguska.
Now what�s really scary is, the two events are not related. Astronomers say the two objects were going in different directions, the fact they happened the same day is, �just a coincidence.�
Let that sink in for a moment. Purely by chance we had one hit and one near-miss on the same day.
A bit of background, highly simplified. The solar system used to have a lot more sky junk zipping around. Much of it has been hooverd up by great Jupiter, but quite a lot of it has impacted the inner planets over time.
The surface of the other major rocky bodies: the moon, Mars, and Mercury are pitted with craters like a very bad case of acne.
Venus and the earth have thick atmospheres that are highly erosive, so evidence of past strikes is worn away over time. Yet even on earth there remains evidence of past giant impacts.
The extinction-level event that wiped out the dinosaurs, and an estimated 90 percent of the species living on earth at the time is now generally accepted to have been a meteor strike.
The Manson Crater in Iowa, now buried under glacial till, is evidence of the ancient impact of an asteroid more than a mile across. It was once a prime candidate for the dinosaur extinction event, until proven to be too old.
Meteor Crater in Arizona is 4,000 in diameter and 570 feet deep, after 50,000 of erosion.
Getting nearer historical times, about 14,000 years ago a meteorite (when one actually hits the ground it�s called a meteorite) hit northern Canada and caused a mini-ice age.
And about 5,000 years ago one landed in the Indian Ocean, causing a tsunami thought by some to be the origin of the Great Flood legends.
However, these are very rare. Thousands of meteors hit the earth every day, most ranging in size from a grain of sand to a basketball. They are the ones which burn up in the atmosphere, creating the glorious �shooting stars.�
Occasionally, on the order of once a week, a meteor the size of a car will hit the earth, about once a month one the size of a house. Recently one of those exploded over Indonesia, causing some panic but no damage.
There are a couple of things we ought to take into consideration. One is that there are far more densely populated areas around the world than ever before. A Tunguska-sized event in just the right place, or another Indian Ocean event would have far more disastrous consequences today than at any time in the past.
Another is, �rare� does not mean �never will happen.� Wait long enough and it�ll happen again.
For the first time in history we�re able to keep track of sky junk that passes close enough to give cause for alarm, and we�re getting better at it every day. Forewarned is forearmed as they say. Given enough warning we have the capability to smack an asteroid out of the way.
As often happens, a profound observation was recently expressed as a joke going around.
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A few weeks ago, during a family Monopoly game, when it wasn't my turn to roll the dice or pay my son the rent I owed on Park Place, I used my iPhone to research an article, texted my cousin in North Carolina and checked Facebook updates. All the while, I believed I was fully participating in the game with my kids. I routinely cook dinner while texting or streaming a cooking show. I'm not addicted to technology, I tell myself; I'm just a great multitasker. Besides, that wasn't really a panic attack I had when I lost my phone a few months back. I was just, you know, wondering where it was.
Books and articles have come out recently addressing the growing concern that our relationship with personal technology may not be all that helpful or healthy. "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age," by William Powers, and "Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other," by Sherry Turkle, are thought-provoking and entertaining examples with contrasting viewpoints.
"Hamlet's Blackberry" downplays the dangers of technology, reminding us that Socrates claimed reading and writing would weaken our brains and 15th century scholars worried that Gutenberg's printing press would mean the end of scholarly writing.
In Shakespeare's time, a new type of erasable writing tablet became every merchant's must-have gadget, as indispensable as smartphones are to businesspeople today. Powers, a former Washington Post writer, emphasizes that people have always been troubled by new technologies, yet so far none of their great concerns have come to pass. He says that what we need is balance. There are positive aspects in being digitally connected and there are positive aspects in not being digitally connected. Powers believes that with some reflection, we'll eventually find a way to balance these connections.
"Alone Together" is less optimistic. Turkle, a clinical psychologist and professor of the social studies of science and technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, describes technologies such as smartphones and Facebook as psychological traps in which we shape our lives to suit the technology, rather than the other way around.
Turkle begins the book with a discussion of "social robots," evoking images of a spooky future in which people don't visit their elderly parents but send android surrogates instead. That may sound far-fetched, but Turkle accurately observes that we often use technology as a way to mask our imperfections and avoid relating to people directly.
The second half of the book focuses on our daily preoccupation with email, texts, social media and the like. She interviews teenagers who understand that texting while driving is dangerous, but say that they just can't help it. Many also claimed to dislike speaking on the phone or in person because they don't want to deal with the immediacy of human interactions. Turkle doesn't offer much hope, seeing our society as increasingly distracted and isolated by technology.
After reading "Alone Together," I decided my family would take a day off from technology just to see what happened. This meant no phones, computers or electronics of any kind.
My husband, who works in the tech field, liked the idea but claimed a professional hardship waiver for himself. My 10-year old sobbed briefly as he handed over his Nintendo game console, while his little brother gleefully surrendered his Nintendo and has yet to retrieve it.
Sure, I missed my phone a bit, but the experiment prompted some lively conversations with friends, the sort of face-to-face human interactions both authors encourage. Besides, that wasn't really a pang of desperate longing I felt when the telltale beep of a new text message sounded from inside the dresser drawer. I was just, you know, wondering who it was.
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On her past struggles with bulimia and cutting: "I'm not super religious, but I grew up Christian and I believe in God. When I'm in L.A., I don't talk about it that much because people are very judgmental, but I just feel like God gave me a voice, not just to sing with. He put me through those things, which seemed horrible at the time, but they were so worth it. With the obstacles I've overcome, I can help people."
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A narrative of brief compass yet immense force, Yoshida Mitsuru's work makes a singular contribution to the literature of the Pacific War. Long a favorite in Japan, it was not fully translated into English until 1985 when the hardcover edition was first published in the United States to rave reviews. In April 1945 the fabled battleship Yamato was the centerpiece of a last desperate sortie by the Japanese Navy. A young ensign on the bridge during the climactic battle against American airplanes, Yoshida writes in prose that is at once terse and evocative, spare and eloquent, raising his experience on the doomed ship to the level of existential tragedy.
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This article identified the major challenges with membrane technology as "considerable fouling from solids in the solution that clog the membrane, molecular weight and pore size specifications that often are inaccurate because of the inexact process of membrane fabrication, and vulnerability of membranes to degradation after repeated sanitization steps" (1). BioPharm International talked to Michiel E. Ultee, chief scientific officer at Laureate Biopharmaceutical Services and a member of Biopharm International's Editorial Advisory Board, about what's changed since the article's publication.
BioPharm: Have the problems with membrane technology that the authors cited been resolved?Ultee: Yes. Combination or layered membranes now incorporate prefilter layers to prevent clogging of the molecular-filter layers. Pore size, in terms of molecular weight, is still not precise, but most users have methods that take this into account by applying size-separation membranes only where significant size differences appear, such as concentration of proteins. Better materials are now available that resist degradation by sodium-hydroxide sanitization.
BioPharm: Have affinity membranes led to dramatic gains in purification efficiency and begun "to encroach on chromatography's turf?"
Ultee: No. Affinity membranes have not really been accepted. The low capacity of membranes plus the high cost of affinity supports have prevented their acceptance.
BioPharm: During electrophoresis, can researchers now read gels in real time without staining them beforehand? Has electrophoresis become faster and more automated?
Ultee: Real-time staining is not yet possible with gels, but can be done with capillary electrophoresis, a technique that has evolved after a shaky start. Gel staining and destaining has become much faster and more sensitive.
BioPharm: Where will separation technology be in another 25 years?
Ultee: As the need for larger quantities of proteins emerges, processes will be developed that take advantage of technology available in the food and beverage industry. They will include techniques, such as precipitation, filtration, and resolubilization.
1. N.E. Pfund and K.G. Charles, BioPharm Intl. 1 (1), 29–33 (1988).


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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Suspect arrested in Freedom Drive shooting
On February 23, 2013, at approximately 2:43 a.m., patrol officers with the Metro Division responded to the Shell Gas Station located at 2736 Freedom Drive in reference to a shots fired call for service. An officer working off duty nearby heard gun shots and drove to the address to investigate. A victim on scene flagged down the officer and indicated that he had been shot in the neck. The victim advised that he was sitting in his vehicle when two other subjects had a verbal altercation in the parking lot. This altercation then led to the two subjects exchanging gun fire, striking the victim, who was an innocent bystander. The two suspects then fled the scene in their vehicles. Medic responded and transported the victim to CMC-Main to receive treatment.
Detectives with the Homicide/ADW Unit and Crime Scene Search responded to the scene to conduct an investigation. Business surveillance cameras showed the two suspect vehicles and the directions of which they fled.
After conducting their investigation, Homicide/ADW Unit Detectives identified Stephon Washington, DOB: 10/04/1988, as a suspect involved in this shooting. Detectives obtained a warrant for Discharging a Firearm within City Limits for Mr. Washington.
On February 24, 2013, the TRAP Unit located and apprehended Mr. Washington at the 7000 block of Red Bud Circle. Mr. Washington was then transported to police headquarters to be interviewed by detectives. Mr. Washington admitted to firing his weapon at an unknown male whom he had gotten into an argument with at a nearby club.
The weapon used by Mr. Washington was recovered by detectives. Mr. Washington is currently in the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.
Homicide/ADW Detectives are still seeking the second suspect involved in this shooting.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Westover division officers locate robbery suspects
Robbery detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have charged Vincent Lee Price, DOB: 01/09/1995, Jarnell Ladarius-Mariano Ervin, DOB 12/20/1994 and Yahdan TaigeeWheeler, DOB: 02/20/1993, for their involvement in several robbery cases. (2013-0224-1657-00, 2013-0224-1657-01 and 2013-0225-1937-03)
On Monday, February 25, 2013 at approximately 7:37 p.m., the victim was walking on Scaleybark Road when two black males got out of a vehicle and began to approach the victim. One of the black males grabbed the victim and threw him to the ground and began to kick him. The second black male had a black handgun pointed at the victim. Both subjects were demanding money from the victim. Both subjects got scared as several vehicles passed by and they returned to the suspect vehicle and left.
A short time later officers located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. The occupants matched the description of the suspects. The victim was able to positively identify Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Ervin as the two suspects whom approached him and attempted to rob him. The suspects were then transported to the Law Enforcement Center where robbery detectives interviewed them concerning this robbery and several others.
Upon completion of the interviews it was determined that the suspects were also involved in two other separate robberies. The suspects were transported to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office where they remain in custody.
All three suspects have been charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy. Additional charges are pending. KT
Friday, February 22, 2013
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Stop by and visit with members of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Lake Enforcement Unit at this year's Southern Spring Home and Garden Show February 28th through March 3rd at the Park Expo and Conference Center. Ask that question you always wanted to know but never had the chance to ask. Browse our collection of helpful brochures on a wide variety of topics. Bring your children by to meet an officer in an inviting friendly atmosphere and pick up a coloring book, sticker or temporary tattoo while you are there.
Friday, February 22, 2013,
Robbery Unit Seeking Public's Assistance in Identifying Robbery Suspect
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Robbery Unit is requesting the public's assistance in identifying the suspect pictured in the photographs above. The person in the photographs used the victim's debit card shortly after the victim was robbed at gunpoint at the 2300 block of Yadkin Avenue. The victim in this case had returned to her residence when she was approached by an unknown suspect holding a firearm. The suspect then demanded the victim's purse and fled the scene by foot.
Anyone with information concerning the suspect's identity and or whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704.334.1600 or visit:
Monday, February, 11, 2013,
University City Division Officers Arrest Larceny From Auto Suspects
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University City Division officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have arrested Rhondell Shondar Bostick, DOB: 01/01/1977, and Steven Cornelius Minor, DOB: 02/24/1988, for their involvement in a larceny from auto case.
On Sunday, February 10, 2013, at approximately 5:00 a.m., a witness called 911 to report that he observed two suspects break into a vehicle that was parked in the 1900 block of Interface Lane before driving away in their own vehicle. A detailed description of the suspects and the vehicle in which they were traveling was broadcast to officers in the field.
A short time later, officers observed the suspect's vehicle in the 10000 block of Mallard Creek Road and conducted a car stop. Information and evidence gathered during the investigation identified Bostick and Minor as the suspects involved in the larceny from auto incident. Additionally, it was determined that the two suspects attempted to break into an additional vehicle at the same location. Both suspects were arrested and charged with breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and attempted breaking and entering of a motor vehicle.
Excellent communication between telecommunicators and officers in the field, and a witness willing to cooperate with police, enabled officers to arrest these suspects quickly.
Anyone with additional information concerning this case and or these suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704.334.1600. To learn more about the new Crime Stoppers mobile app, please visit the website at
Monday, February 11, 2013,
Providence Division Officers Arrest Commercial B&E Suspect
Providence Division officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg have arrested Bruce Stanley Jones, DOB: 02/10/1960, for his involvement in a commercial breaking and entering case. On Thursday, January 31, 2013, patrol officers were dispatched to a breaking and entering call for service at the Peachy Clean Dry Cleaners located at 3204 Monroe Rd. The manager of the store stated that he discovered the door to the business had been pried open as well as the cash drawer.
Information and evidence gathered during the investigation identified Bruce Stanley Jones as the suspect in this case. On Wednesday February 6, 2013, Jones was arrested and charged with breaking and entering and larceny.
Anyone with additional information concerning this case and or suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704.334.1600. To learn more about the new Crime Stoppers mobile app, please visit the website at
Monday, February 11, 2013,
Providence Division Officers Arrest Residential B&E Suspect
Providence Division officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have arrested Steven Jeffrey McCree, DOB: 05/21/1964, for his involvement in a residential breaking and entering case. On Thursday, February 7, 2013, at approximately 12:45 a.m., patrol officers were dispatched to a breaking and entering call for service at a home in the 300 block of Skyland Avenue.
A witness called 911 and stated he observed man pulling on the screen of a back window of a neighboring home. When officers arrived they observed a shattered window in the rear of the home. Additionally, they observed a cinderblock positioned under the window, which was used for entry into the home. Officers in front of the home observed someone walking inside of the residence.
The owner of the home, who was not present at the time of the break in, was contacted and responded to the location. He opened the front door for officers, and they located Steven Jeffrey McCree hiding behind a couch in the rear of the home. McCree was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting public officer.
This case illustrates the importance of the community and police working together. Had it not been for an alert neighbor, willing to call 911 when he observed something suspicious, chances are this suspect would still be free to prey on other members of our community. The CMPD continues to urge the community to call 911 if they ever see or hear anything suspicious.
Anyone with additional information concerning this case and or suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704.334.1600. To learn more about the new Crime Stoppers mobile app, please visit the website at
Tuesday, February 5, 2013,
Crime Stoppers Mobile App
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has partnered with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers program in developing the latest tool in crime prevention. This innovative technology will allow our community the ability to assist the CMPD in reducing crime by using the Crime Stoppers mobile app.
Citizens now have the ability to submit crime tips anonymously through telephone, email, video, or photo. The technology also features some of the CMPD's most wanted and can guide citizens to the nearest law enforcement office, should they need assistance. The smart device application has one touch dialing to call Crime Stoppers or the nearest law enforcement office. Charlotte-Mecklenburg is the first Crime Stoppers organization in the southeast to employ this innovative technology.
For more information or to become a subscriber, please go to iTunes, Google Play or the Blackberry Platform and download the app for free. To learn more about Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers, please visit the website at
Monday, February 4, 2013,
South Division Officers Arrest Breaking and Entering Suspect
South Division officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have arrested Donald Geoffrey Sherman, DOB 08/17/1983, for his involvement in a larceny from auto case. On Friday, February 1, 2013, at approximately 10:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Bay Tree Way, concerning a larceny from vehicle call for service.
When officers arrived, the victim stated that he observed Sherman breaking into his vehicle and attempted to stop him, before Sherman, ran from the location. The victim chased Sherman across the street and restrained him until officers arrived. Sherman was arrested and charged with breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sherman has a lengthy criminal history in Mecklenburg County and is a prolific property thief.
Anyone with additional information with regard to this case and or suspect is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704.334.1600 or
Monday, February, 4, 2013,
Central Division Officers Arrest Breaking and Entering Suspects
Douglas Hames
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Central Division officers, with the assistance of Providence Division officers, have arrested, Deborah Genice Douglas, DOB: 05/17/1974, and Michael Hames, DOB: 02/02/1953, for their involvement in a breaking and entering of a motor vehicle case. On Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at approximately 12:00 p.m., officers responded to the 700 block of Charlottetown Avenue concerning a report of two suspects breaking into the trunk of a vehicle.
The suspects were observed fleeing on foot and apprehended a short time later. Both suspects have been charged with breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and larceny. Anyone with additional information concerning this case and or these suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704.334.1600 or
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|Book room for defense
|Meet manager re declined offer
|Met Robert Terpstra and had great conversation about life.
|Ping tech sales
|Talked to Liz Elek about immigration documents.
|Read more books
|Read 7 books: one book on sales, four books on relationships, one book on e-mail, and one book on jobs. Only one sales book and one relationships book were particularly note-worthy: How to Sell to Difficult Customers, and the Feminine Mistake.
|Start booksnake blog
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|Finish 6 more sessions of Cantonese study
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|Revise CASCON paper
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|Build cooking vocabulary
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|Outsource a task
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|Plan birthday event - LifeCamp
|Not started. Thinking about what I want to do with my life.
Other stuff this week:
- Watched J-'s Shakespeare for Kids performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Watched Dream in High Park performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Found other book-related blogs.
- Signed up on SuperViva.com, a social website for stuff you want to do with your life. Like 43things, but better for my purposes.
- Skin reacting to Clinique acne starter kit. Toner might be too strong.
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- Send thesis draft to people, really.
- Check paperwork requirements for post-graduate work permit and start compiling them.
- Revise CASCON paper.
- Do one week + one advance post for Booksnake.
- Plan birthday event, really.
- Touch IBM blogosphere.
- Swim.
- Pay rent and balance books.
- Learn about sales.
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Herald-Tribune executive joins Buccaneers
Published: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 7:48 p.m.
SARASOTA - Kristin Houston, who has run the Herald-Tribune Media Group's human resources department for almost three years, is leaving the media company to become director of human resources for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
She will oversee various aspects of human resources involving about 200 non-football staffers at the National Football League team's headquarters at One Buccaneer Place.
Before joining the Herald-Tribune in 2010, Houston spent 25 years at a New York Times Co. Regional Media Group newspaper in Santa Rosa, Calif.
The Times Co. owned the Santa Rosa newspaper and the Herald-Tribune until January 2012, when those companies and 14 media other organizations were sold to Daytona Beach-based Halifax Media Holdings LLC.
"While I am saddened to be leaving a company where I have spent the last 28 years, I am excited to start in my new role for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers," Houston said Tuesday. "It is an excellent opportunity, and I look forward to the new experience and exciting challenges."
Houston's last day at the Herald-Tribune will be May 3. She begins work with the Bucs on May 7.
Herald-Tribune Publisher Patrick Dorsey praised Houston as a "top-notch" executive.
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All-Star Stephen Curry has a fan in President Barack Obama, who offered high praise to the Warriors guard for his shooting ability.
"I gotta tell you, Curry is the best shooter I have ever seen," Obama told TNT's Charles Barkley in a portion of a taped interview released Friday. "I believe that.
"In terms of being able to, you know, off the dribble get his shot off from anywhere that fast, best I've ever seen."
The comments from Obama, who has said Michael Jordan was his favorite player, aired on the eve of Curry's participation in the 3-point contest during NBA All-Star weekend in New Orleans. Curry received more fan votes than any other NBA guard, earning him a spot in the starting lineup for Sunday's game.
"Having been close last year and now a year later to be not only here but starting is definitely a dream come true," Curry told reporters. "It's all sinking in now that I'm actually here in New Orleans and going through the whole process of the weekend. So I'm excited and ready to get to practice tomorrow and get on the court and have some fun."


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Headlines for Sunday:
|@0830 Confirm flight - 1-800-943-5436
|@0915 Leave for North York Centre; nap on the subway
|@0930-1530 Toastmasters Learning Institute, 5100 Yonge St - North York Civic Centre
|@0930 Registration and networking
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|@1045 Distinguished Club Plan and TI New Manual and Awards
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I was also annoyed to find out that Payless Shoesource and the Shoe Company didn't stock tango shoes, so I'll just have to stick with my black ones. I still haven't found nice gel inserts for things like that. That's okay. I survived one evening of dancing; I should be able to do it again.
My hands still sting. I may have actually burnt them slightly, as a section is slightly reddish and sensitive. I put lotion on, but it hurts. Waah.
That said, today was absolutely wonderful. I bought a digital camera (heads up, Mom and Dad! =) ). It's 4.1 megapixels, which is a step down from my old camera, but it has all the usual frills _and_ a special mode for winter. I looked at the thinner cameras too, but they didn't have manual mode. After all the trouble Papa went to in order to teach me how to do panning shots, I felt almost obliged to get a proper camera. Well, at least as proper as point-and-shoots can be. Of course, I asked Calum's help in picking a camera, so we went to the largest camera store in Toronto (possibly Canada). The guy behind the counter was very helpful. =)
We hung out a bit after that, checking out Walmarts for happy socks and LEGO clearance prices. I'm thinking of giving Tita Gay happy socks. She probably can't wear them to work, so I didn't give her happy tights, but at least she can wear them on her days off and when she's relaxing but her feet are cold.
Oh, and I've decided to grow parsley in the pot of soil that Michael's going to give me. =) I'll set that up after I get back.
I ended up helping Calum with his LEGO robot, too. He's not too fond of programming (understatement), but then again, I'm completely clueless when it comes to hardware (not understatement). NQC (Not Quite C) is a _really_ braindead language. Many arithmetic operations are restricted to _constants_, imagine that! Nonetheless, I managed to get some kind of thing running. It was both concrete (look! I can make things move!) and very abstract (I can't believe I'm back to debugging by _beeping!_), and it was tons of fun.
So that's all good.
I've finished packing, and I announce with some relief that a week's worth of clothes fits into my standard book bag. I won't need to check anything in, and I can take the bus/subway to get to the airport for my noontime flight.
Tomorrow: Toastmasters training and tango! Whee!
I need to make sure things are as smooth as possible, because I won't have that much time on Monday morning. I may need to nap in the afternoon. Too bad, really, that Toastmasters is this weekend...
Ah, well. life! =)
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Must be HYPER-V 2013, sorry!!
I cloned my working W2K8R2 server last week to a VHD. On the server It ran without a problem.
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- Facts about the minimum wage and income inequality
SAN JOSE -- Even as California and the rest of the nation move toward raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour, San Jose's lowest-paid workers are about to get even bigger paychecks and should continue to earn more than their peers for years to come.
A voter-approved measure pushed San Jose's minimum wage from $8 to $10 in March, but it also included a provision to bump up the rate at the pace of inflation each New Year's Day. On Wednesday, it goes up to $10.15 for an estimated 54,000 workers.
The annual cost-of-living boost may seem like spare change to some. But as one of only two cities in California, along with San Francisco, that has inflation-based raises, it will ensure San Jose minimum wage workers stay ahead of the pay scale curve while the rest of the country catches up.
In the last few months, the California Legislature hiked the $8 minimum wage for the rest of the state to $9 starting next July, and to $10 at the start of 2016. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, plans in 2014 to push a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10, while Democrats around the nation embark on campaigns to beef up state minimum wages as part of a mid-terms election strategy.
Even some San Jose business leaders initially opposed to the increase see the benefits of coming first.
"San Jose has been able to absorb the minimum wage increase ahead of the rest of the market," said Scott Knies, executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association, who was initially a major opponent of the plan. After a heated campaign in fall 2012, the increase in the state minimum wage and the movement nationally "kind of took a lot of the energy out of the issue" locally, he said.
City spokesman David Vossbrink said City Hall call centers have been quiet as businesses prepare for the bump, as they have been for most of the year: "We didn't know what to expect when it took effect. It turned out not to be too big a deal," he said.
But for companies, the big cost is the hassle of changing payroll systems each year, Knies said.
And the latest increase comes on top of the 25 percent minimum wage jump that owners of some 40,000 affected businesses had to endure in March. That pushed San Jose behind only San Francisco, the Washington, D.C. area and Santa Fe, N.M. for the nation's highest minimum wages for general workers, according to the National Employment Law Project.
The California Restaurant Association recently finished polling owners in San Jose and found that the increase had raised costs by $10,000 to $50,000 for some eateries, said spokeswoman Angelica Pappas. Many have raised menu prices slightly, cut workers' benefits, reduced employees' hours or even let go of staff, she said, and restaurant owners are not looking forward to the 15-cent bump taking effect Wednesday.
"Any increase, no matter how small or insignificant it might seem, will have a profound impact on restaurant owners. It's an industry that operates on such small margins," Pappas said. "It's making every penny count."
Still, raising the minimum wage continues to poll well around the nation, even with independents and Republicans, and passed with nearly 60 percent approval in San Jose in November 2012. And with the economy improving, especially in Silicon Valley, it's been tough for businesses to peg any loss of profits on the rising minimum wage.
Scott Myers-Lipton, the San Jose State University sociology professor whose class first proposed the ballot measure, said the inflation-based bump may seem small but can add up for workers. San Francisco, which started tying its minimum wage to inflation a decade ago, has since seen its rate soar more than $2.20, and it goes up again to $10.74 on Wednesday.
"This makes sure that the workers will not get a salary decrease" as rent and other costs rise, Myers-Lipton said. "It'll be incredibly important. Just ask any minimum wage worker -- is that $10 (an hour) enough to pay for everything?"
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.
Minimum wage rates
San Jose: Rises from $10 to $10.15 Wednesday; was $8 before March
San Francisco: Rises from $10.55 to $10.74 Wednesday
California: $8; rises to $9 in July and to $10 in January 2016
United States: $7.25
Note: San Jose and San Francisco have approved higher minimum wages that increase with inflation each Jan. 1.