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We are the Nutrition Services division of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), located in beautiful, historic Charleston. Our division is committed to providing the clinical knowledge and expertise to meet the health demands within our community.
Achieving balance for optimal health is challenging, as demonstrated by the fact that approximately 65% of Americans are either overweight or obese. The economic, physical, and social consequences are enormous.
Solving such complex problems requires applying research-driven approaches to nutrition therapy in clinical settings and disease prevention in the community. Our goal is to integrate a multidisciplinary strategy, which improves the health and welfare of the South Carolina population.
Our Nutrition Service is a multidisciplinary effort to enhance the quality of life for our patients and community through education, service, and empowerment. Our mission is to enhance the health and wellness of our patients and community through education, research, service and clinical expertise.
Our vision is to coordinate nutrition activities across MUSC and the community and to promote partnerships, which lead to effective education, research, and practice in nutrition. We will advance the accessibility of nutrition services through the innovative use of personnel and technology.
MUSC Health nutrition services are provided by a team of Registered Dietitians (RDs) who have acquired their nutrition expertise through an advanced nutrition science degree and dietetic internship program. To provide the highest level of care, dietitians managing specialty patients have received additional certifications in diabetes education (CDE) and nutrition support (CNSC).
The clinical nutrition organization structure is designed to integrate nutrition services into every aspect of patient care. Nutrition services are provided to inpatients and outpatients of both the pediatric and adult populations.
Guests, employees and students have a wide variety of dining options at MUSC. Whether you are in the mood for a hot entree and vegetables or international cuisine, the food choices are seemingly endless. To assist our patrons in making wise food choices, the nutrition analysis of foods is clearly displayed. MUSC has four main dining locations available to visitors, students, and staff: University Hospital, Ashley River Tower, Rutledge Tower, and Starbucks. Multiple dining options are available at some of these locations.
Eating well during your hospital stay will contribute to a quicker and better recovery. To ensure that you eat well, Sodexo offers the patient room service system, At Your Request®. Learn more about our Patient Dining Services.
The UH cafeteria is located in the center of the University Hospital. Signs from all hospital entrances provide direction to the cafeteria area.
Hours are 6:15 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Breakfast/Salad Bar hours 6:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Menu & Nutrition Information
Menu - Week at a Glance (pdf)
Late Night Menu - Week at a Glance (pdf)
The ART cafeteria is located on the first floor of the Ashley River Tower (ART).
Open daily from 6:30 a.m. –7:00 p.m.
Menu & Nutrition Information
Menu - Week at a Glance (pdf)
Located inside the UH cafeteria area. For all the Mexican food lovers, this is the place to visit.
Open Monday - Friday from 6:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. for breakfast and Monday - Sunday from 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. for lunch/dinner.
Menu (pdf)
Baja Nutritional Information (pdf)
Located in the MUSC cafeteria area. Fried and grilled chicken sandwiches, salads, and waffle fries are just a few of their tempting menu items.
Open for Breakfast, Monday – Friday from 7:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Open for Lunch/Dinner, Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Closed Sundays
Online Meal Calculator
Located in the MUSC cafeteria area. Offers fast, fresh, custom-built grilled wraps, soups & frozen yogurt.
Open for Breakfast, Monday – Friday from 7:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Open for Lunch, Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Freshii Nutrition Information (pdf)
Located in the MUSC cafeteria area. Offers quality burgers & fries with an original twist on retro with quality ingredients promptly built to order.
Open for Lunch/Dinner, Monday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Located at the front of the hallway leading to the MUSC cafeteria area.
Open Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Featuring pizza, labretti, salads, and pasta.
Order from Pandini's for your next event (pdf)
For your convenience, there are two (2) STARBUCKS locations on the MUSC campus.
STARBUCKS COFFEE EXPRESS – Located near the main entrance of the University Hospital.
Open Monday - Thursday from 6:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Friday from 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Closed Saturday and Sunday
STARBUCKS - is located outside the Ashley River Tower (ART) on Courtenay Drive.
Open Monday - Friday from 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Closed Saturday and Sunday
Menu (pdf)
Conveniently located in the MUSC cafeteria area, Subway® builds every sandwich to order.
Open Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Subway Nutritional Information (pdf)
Visitors who do not want to leave a patient's bedside, or who would like to dine with a patient can now call Casa Vida (pdf) at 2-1215 and order a meal to be delivered to the patient's room.
Learn more about our Catering services.
The clinical nutrition services, dietetic internship, and areas of nutrition research operate through the Digestive Disease Center, under the direction of Brian Sloan and Dr. John Maxwell. The three main focuses of the nutrition program are to conduct scientific research, promote sound nutrition education for health professionals, and provide effective nutrition programs throughout the community.
Digestive Disease Center Administrator
Brian Sloan
Dietetic Internship Director
Kelley Martin, MPH, RD, LD
Clinical Nutrition Program Manager
Mary Basel, MNS, RD, LD
Adult Inpatient Nutrition Manager
Chris Bannister, RD, LD, CNSC
Pediatric Inpatient Nutrition/Milkroom Manager
Kate Juergens, RD, LD, CNSC
The Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, and the South Carolinas Research Authority founded the South Carolina Nutrition Research Consortium in July, 2001. The Consortium was developed to leverage the resources of universities, industries, and government to support innovative nutrition research that will enhance nutrition, disease prevention, and health among all South Carolinians.
The Digestive Disease Center (DDC) concentrates on research whose clinical potential value is evident in the short-term. There is a continuum between performance (quality) improvement and clinical research. Performance improvement involves doing today's job better. Clinical research is aimed at patients in the near future.
The DDC is currently involved in approximately forty clinical research studies. The spectrum of "disease" involvement spans from pancreato-biliary to GI cancer to motility to general GI (IBS & IBD) issues. Research projects mainly involve clinical trials and technology development, and advances in technology within GI instrumentation (stents and scopes). These efforts are supported by a grants coordinator, data manager, and research nurses, along with the DDC/GI clinic, endoscopy staff, and physicians. The strategy of the research practice at the DDC is to parallel itself with the daily routine of patient care. It is this strategy and dedication which will maintain the center's mission to improve overall patient care.
MUSC's Registered Dietitians (RDs) are committed to helping you achieve optimal nutrition. Please visit the links below for access to educational resources to teach you how to improve and maintain your health.
Need a Nutrition Expert to Speak at Your Event?
Visit the Speaker's Bureau page to find out how you can have an MUSC Registered Dietitian (RD) speak at your next meeting or event.
Keep up to date on what is new in nutrition by subscribing to our newsletters from Sodexo Food and Nutrition Dietetic Services, the Bariatric Surgery Program, and Pediatric Heart Health.
See a variety of the handouts MUSC Outpatient Registered Dietitians (RDs) regularly provide to their patients. Regardless of what your health goals are, find a new way to make healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle.
Follow the MUSC Registered Dietitian through this virtual grocery store tour, so you can learn how to make healthy food choices for you and your family.
If you have a question about nutrition that you would like to ask a registered dietitian, use this tool. Your question will be answered by email.


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Fewest Americans Earning Minimum Wage Since 2008
States outlined in blue have minimum wage higher than the federal level.
The number of Americans earning the federal minimum wage or less last year fell to the lowest level since 2008, reflecting both broader wage growth and an increasing number of states setting their higher levels.
Last year, 3.3 million U.S. workers were paid the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour or less, a recent report from Labor Department said.
That represented 4.3% of all hourly workers. The share is down from 4.7% in 2012 and the smallest since 3.0% in 2008, when the last nationwide wage increase was being phased in.
The share of hourly laborers earning the lowest pay has trended down significantly in recent decades. In 1980, almost one in six hourly workers was paid at or below the prevailing federal minimum. Last year, just one in 25 earned minimum wage or less.
The declining faction of minimum wage earners in part shows that average hourly earnings have grown faster than the minimum wage since the early 1980s. In recent years, states setting minimum wages above the federal level has driven the decline. As of January, 21 states had minimums above the federal level.
The states with the smallest portion of hourly workers earning the federal minimum wage, Washington, California and Oregon, all have state minimums well above the federal standard. While states with the highest share—Tennessee at 7.4% and Idaho at 7.1%–are among those in line with federal wage.
Other highlights of the Labor Department's report:
-The number of Americans earning the federal minimum wage or less last year fell 7% from 2012 and was at the lowest level since 2.2 million in 2008.
-Of those workers, 50.4% were younger than 25 and 62.4% were women.
–Last year, 35.5% of minimum wage employees worked full time, compared to 72.9% of all hourly workers.
–The food service industry employed 46.7% of all workers earning the minimum wage or less.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WOMENSENEWS)--Minnesota's Ann Bancroft, the first woman to ski to the North Pole, was spending Women's History Month trying to gain another first.
Along with Liv Arnesen of Norway--with whom she sailed and skied across Antarctica's landmass in 2001--Bancroft was attempting a 100-day expedition across the Arctic Ocean, that ice-packed realm between Russia and Canada that cuts across the North Pole.
But then, on Thursday--the 19th day--as they were expecting a plane to resupply them, a Russian military plane landed instead and evacuated them. "They learned their journey was finished because of an unresolved dispute over which air company would operate the Borneo Ice Station airfield near the North Pole this spring," reports the Star Tribune's Jerry Zgoda.
Both the pair's France-based expedition-travel company and their Minneapolis expedition coordinator agreed to evacuate them because of concerns that there might not be a way to evacuate them in an emergency.(For the full story, go to the Star Tribune's Web site at startribune.com.)
Had they completed the challenge they would have been the first women to ski across the Arctic Ocean alone.
As many as 10 million people--mostly girls and young women in the Girl Scouts and other global girls' organizations--were following the expedition via photos and dispatches the explorers were posting to organizations via satellite phone. The expedition was making news headlines mainly in the United States and Norway, the home countries of the explorers.
Women's History in Tundra
As Bancroft and Arnesen made their attempt they were extending women's 20-year history of tundra exploration, which started in 1986 during Bancroft's first expedition to the North Pole on the Steger International Polar Expedition.
Bancroft was followed by Helen Thayer, who in 1988 pulled her own sled without re-supply or support of dog teams or snowmobiles, and became the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.
And just last year, Anoushka Kachelo, 24, became the youngest known woman
--and first Pakistani--to walk the last degree to the North Pole. After eight days of hauling over 55 kilos across about 50 miles of the frozen continent, the London lawyer achieved her goal of reaching the North Pole on April 24.
Many more--including Canada's Denise Martin, who in 1997, along with American Mattie McNair led the first-ever all-women's expedition to the pole--have paved women's way in polar exploration.
The contributions and footsteps of such women are measured and celebrated by Wings Trust, Palisades, N.Y., which researches, promotes and celebrates female explorers of all varieties in realms ranging from "earth" to "sea" and "sky and space."
Important Stories to Tell
Former Women's eNews 21 Leader Milbry Polk, co-founder of Wings Trust and author of a book about female explorers, says it's important to know their stories because they play a part in our collective consciousness, shaping what many believe to be the roles and capacities of women.
Historically, Polk says, women were excluded from exploration because funding came mainly from military and scientific organizations. "And those institutions," she says, "excluded women."
Richard Wiese, president of the Explorers Club in New York, concedes that the club--founded in 1909 and the prime gathering place for professional explorers--only began admitting female members in the 1980s, far later than real contributions by women.
"Women have been making significant contributions to science and exploration for hundreds of years," says Wiese. "I cannot apologize for the past but can only promise that the Explorers Club is ensuring a more equitable future in the sciences and exploration for all."
These days, he says, both women and the club have been making up for lost time.
"More and more," he told Women's eNews, "our women members are making as many contributions as men."
Sharing Spirit of Adventure
Polk's interest in women's exploration comes from her own spirit of adventure. She's traveled with Bedouin tribesmen in Jordan and Egypt, kayaked throughout Alaska's Prince William Sound and led a camel expedition across Egypt.
In her 2001 book, "Women of Discovery: a Celebration of Intrepid Women Who Explored the World," Polk covers a surprising collection of early female explorers, going as far back as the 10th century's Unn the Deep Minded, a Viking colonizer of Iceland.
"Women were always going out and doing this kind of work, but it was institutions that were collecting data and they were exclusive to men," she says.
"The book still only scratches the surface," Polk says. "I'm currently researching and writing a sequel that will tell the stories of modern-day women explorers." She expects to complete this book in the next two years.
Eagerness to Push Frontiers
With its annual Women of Discovery Awards, Wings Trust recognizes a broad range of explorers, with the net casting far beyond the Arctic Circle.
The 2005 crop includes: Sue Hendrickson, who dives off of wrecks in the Philippine Islands and Cuba to research the submerged ancient city of Herakleon; Sabriye Tenberken, blind since age 12, who translated Tibetan into Braille and traveled to Tibet to establish the only school for the blind in Llasa; Ana Pinto-Llona, an archeologist and paleontologist in Spain who has explored a remote cave in Northern Spain and come up with evidence of the first arrival of modern humans into Europe; and Marianne Greenwood, a writer and photographer who has lived with and written about indigenous people in the Americas, the Pacific Islands, in Papua New Guinea and other areas of Asia.
"She's done a remarkable job in what she's been able to pull off," Polk says about Bancroft. "Women have a hard time getting funding and she's raised a lot of money; albeit not the same amount of money her male counterparts are able to raise."
With half-a-million in funding, the Bancroft-Arnesen expedition had more than 70 donors, including car maker Volvo; Target, the Minneapolis-based retail giant and Philadelphia's Comcast, the nation's largest cable company. Beyond paying for the expedition, the money will also be used to pay for educational programs in the future.
Explorer Helen Thayer agrees that raising money is easier for women these days. "I find that I, and many other women, no longer have to beg for sponsorship. Sponsors now ask to be included," she said in an e-mail.
Polk says women such as Thayer, Bancroft and others are helping to ignite female interest in all kinds of exploration and adventure. "There is a whole new generation of girls and young women who are envisioning this for themselves too," says Polk. "We are on the edge of the most exciting age of exploration ever."
Karen Louise Boothe is a writer living in Minneapolis, who has reported for Minnesota Public Radio, NPR, CBS, CBC, BBC and a number of publications. Her own travel interests have led her to studies and hikes in South America, Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
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STOCKTON - A 61-year-old man was walking his dog Saturday when someone approached him from behind, pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot the dog if the man didn't hand over his money, police said.
The robbery occurred about 10:45 a.m. near Hempstead and Richland ways. The robber took the victim's money and fled on foot. He was described as a Latino male in his 20s standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds with a mustache and a green hooded sweatshirt.
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Last year the Western Fest committee elected to go door to door in an effort to sell Western Fest raffle tickets. The enterprise went so well that they've decided to make it annual event, so make sure your steps are shoveled and salted when they make their rounds this coming Wednesday, April 24.
"It's a great community celebration so hopefully people will look to be home so that they can support Western Fest," said WF Committee Chair John Richter. "Rodeos cost a lot money to hold and we need to sell as many tickets as we can."
Committee members and volunteers will be knocking on doors from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and will be selling $50 raffle tickets that will make individuals eligible for a $10,000 cash prize.
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So I guess you can say I'm on a sports movie kick right now and it might be due to the fact that I'm new to life without college athletics after graduating this May, but either way a kick is a kick. Here are my two favorites...Remember the Titans and Invincible. I'm an Eagles fan from Philadelphia so Invincible is a given for me.
What are your favorites?
Any Given Sunday.
Invincible was good too.
I know that I'm going to get ripped for this, but The Replacements was fun.
Any Given Sunday is great...I'm not gonna rip on you for The Replacements, but I might rip on Keena Reeves for his poor acting
Any Given Sunday gets be pumped up.
1. Friday Night Lights
2. Remember the Titans
3. Radio
I don't understand how anyone likes Any Given Sunday - it has to be one of the worst football movies of all time, IMHO. One tired cliche after another, and just horrible action footage with actors that are OBVIOUSLY not football players. I found it very hard to watch.
I haven't seen Radio. What's it about?
Radio stars Ed Harris as the head football coach of a southern (South Carolina, I think) high school in the 70s (or maybe early 80s). He develops a friendship with a learning disabled student nicknamed Radio played by Cuba Gooding. Radio becomes an equipment manager and inspirational leader for the team. It is based on a true story, and I believe that Radio is still involved with the team to this day.
Here is the movie's official site: http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/radio/
I put this movie on my list for two reasons. First, it has a great lockerroom motivational speech scene. More importantly though, I believe this movie (which was released in 2003) was the first to really go to great lengths to get the game action right. Prior to this movie almost all football movies had a bunch of very fat, unathletic guys (i.e. obviously not real football players) on the field for game action scenes, and the game action looked really amateurish (see my comments about Any Given Sunday). Since Radio, most good football movies (such as Friday Night Lights, which I belive used the same technical advisor) have had excellent looking game footage. On the DVD bonus material there was a featurette about how they did the football scenes. They actually had tryouts to be on the film's teams, and as the football tech advisor said, "If you didn't at least make first team All State in high school, you shoudn't even bother trying out." Real football players playing real football (obviously with choregraphed plays, but still real players really playing) made for the first really good game footage, and set the bar for every fooball movie that came after it.
That's really cool. I didn't know that about the game footage. I mean you can definitely see a difference between Any Given Sunday and Friday Night Light's for instance, but I never knew for sure. It's impressive that they had great football players that could act or at least act well enough. I know Miracle, the ice hockey movie, used real hockey players also. I watched the behind the scene footage in that movie and it was amazing how accurate the film was to the actual games. It's impressive. I'll have to rent Radio and check it out. It sounds like a good flick. I do appreciate a good motivational speech as well so I'll look for that in the movie.
The list wouldn't be complete without "We Are Marshall" and "Rudy"...
Great stuff there !
Hands down it is "Brian's Song"-old school version with James Cann as Brian Piccolo and Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers. Check it out...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian's_Song
I've heard some interesting rumors about Rudy in real life. Anyone have any info on that? Great movie and story though.
That's how rumors continue....
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Veteran journalist Carl M. Cannon discusses the life of first lady Michele Obama on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Michelle Obama is the 46th first lady of the United States, caretaker of an unpaid position that nevertheless is one of the most powerful in the world. How powerful? Put it this way: Even in this rarified air, Mrs. Obama stands out for her closeness to the president.
Moreover, she is the first African-American first lady, a symbol that cannot be overstated in the black community.
Mrs. Obama is also representative of a new generation of first ladies. She is the first post-Title IX first lady, a woman who was the president's professional mentor before they went into politics, who kept her job during the 2008 campaign, who has a Harvard law degree, and who hugged the Queen of England.
Cannon's presentation is the first in a new series Beyond the Gowns: First Ladies in American History.
The series is made possible by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Legacy Fund grants to the Kansas City Public Library and the Truman Library Institute and is co-sponsored by KCUR's Up to Date.
Cannon is the Washington editor of RealClearPolitics.com. He is a past recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting and the Aldo Beckman Award, the two most prestigious awards for White House coverage.
Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. RSVP at kclibrary.org or call 816.701.3407.


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On the Road with Luke Bryan
Country Weekly hit the road with Luke Bryan on his recent Farm Tour through his home state of Georgia, and took some exclusive, behind-the-scenes photos of Luke's life on the road. Join Luke on the bus, taking some family time and even getting in a little bow-and-arrow practice before hitting the stage. This is the first in a series of "On the Road" features with your favorite stars. For more of Luke's road adventures, pick up the Oct. 25 issue of Country Weekly, on sale Oct. 18. And look for a new "On the Road" feature with Heidi Newfield in the Nov. 15 issue.


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Yet another couple has fallen in love with the town of Breckenridge, and come to stay. Cindy Reese and Doug Bittinger recently moved from Arkansas to take over ownership of Mountain Outfitters, a small backcountry store in downtown Breck.
"We've been coming here for the past 12 years," said Reese of the town. "We really wanted to get out here. This opportunity offered itself and we jumped on it."
Both Reese and Bittinger are avid outdoor enthusiasts, and interested in preserving the store's friendly local vibe. This includes keeping on the staff and maintaining the brands currently offered.
"We're keeping everything how it was," Reese explained. "That's why we bought the store- because we loved it for what it was, not what it could be."
A ribbon cutting ceremony and open house will take place today from 4-6 p.m. at Mountain Outfitters. Beverages and pizza will be provided, and customers can take advantage of one-time sales.
"It's really just an open house for the community to come and see what's going on," said Jennifer Goldstein, membership director of the Breckenridge Resort Chamber. "And it's a 'hey, welcome to the community.'"


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A strong storm whipped through parts of Georgia Wednesday afternoon, leaving behind a trail of damage. (WRDW-TV)
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Bartow County Coroner Joel Guyton has identified the man who was killed in a suspected tornado as 51-year-old Anthony Raines.
Guyton says Raines was lying in bed in his Adairsville mobile home when a tree crashed through the roof and crushed him Wednesday.
As of Wednesday night, Raines' death was the only confirmed fatality in the storm that swept across Georgia and left nearly 12,500 in the state without power as of 7 p.m.
Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in Bartow and Gordon Counties, and a boil water advisory was issued in Adairsville -- about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta.
The Red Cross established an emergency shelter in Bartow County, and department of transportation officials said standing water blocked lanes and entrance ramps on several highways.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency in Bartow and Gordon counties, areas that were hardest hit during a suspected tornado.
Georgia Emergency Management Agency Director Charley English says the Red Cross has opened shelters to serve up to 35 people in Bartow County Wednesday. The storm killed one person in Adairsville and nine others were injured in Bartow County. State Route 140 was closed through the county as crews worked to repair fallen power lines and I-75 had reopened by 5 p.m.
Deal says eight people were injured in Gordon County and two of the injured were in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities say no one has been reported missing after the storm, and crews hope to complete search and rescue efforts by 10 p.m.
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Funky Bitch and GTBT feature some wild Trey solos and start the show off on a fast note, but Corinna slows things down. The band clearly had been practicing Golgi, as it is much more together than previous versions but is still very choppy.
The band stretches out Quinn with some actual new territory containing some more activity by Trey. The solo here sounds much like the Junta version of Bowie, with handfuls of scales. Just as the jam gets interesting, Trey counts into Sneakin Sally which contains a brief vocal jam.
After a set break, the band begins the first version of FreeBird. This appears to be a request by an audience member as there's a loud loud response. Ninja Mike, of Ninja Custodian, sings the lyrics here and Trey adds some crazy effects. After bowing out of vocal duties, Phish slays Freebird, actually doing a pretty good job covering it. Trey shreds it apart and the whole band really nails it.
Like most shows at Goddard when the band feels comfortable, the band wishes a reggae version of 'Happy Birthday' to Sue and Debra. Trey does a Happy Birthday reggae rap, much like 8/21/87's House Mouse Rap. In this case, however, it is Hood that the band launches into. This is a nice early Hood but the audio of most versions is still too poor to capture the performance.
More audience antics occur when the band covers 'Tell Me Something Good' with another friend singing. This goofy version moves into Possum. This Possum actually concludes with a Page solo instead of Trey. Another audience member comes out of the audience to sing 'FreeWorld', a bluesy number that contains an absolutely incredible series of arpeggios by Trey.
A short Wilson closes the show (perhaps the first one with the now standard blap-boom...) and most versions don't contain the encore Slave.
This show is mainly filled with some quirky antics and contains a few one-off songs that are novel. Nothing particularly noteworthy here save for those covers. The band at this point was still refining their skills and practicing a lot but the fruits of their labor would start to show still a little later in the Spring.


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During the month of March, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host its second annual "Trappings of the Cherokee Strip" Show of Fine Western Art and Custom Cowboy Gear. The show features the works of 13 of Oklahoma's best Western artists and craftsmen expertly exhibited to showcase the beauty of each item. All works […] Find out more »


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LODI - The Lodi Parade of Lights will start at its normal 6:17 p.m. time Thursday - the very minute darkness is predicted - but unlike years past, onlookers will have some pre-parade entertainment.
Lodi leaders will host the inaugural Reindeer Run on Thursday, allowing runners to race the Parade of Lights route prior to the big event.
Lodi Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director Jeff Hood said the race is meant for spectators to enjoy as runners are encouraged to be festive in their attire.
"It's meant to be a quick mile because the parade will start. Those that can't make it in 10 minutes or 15 minutes are going to be ushered off the course," Hood said.
Lodi Downtown Business Partnership Director Jaime Watts said the Reindeer Run could become an annual tradition. She said organizers have wanted to do a run in years past.
Entry fees for the run are $5 per person or $25 for a "reindeer team." Reindeer teams will be connected together, like a sleigh of reindeer, Hood said.
Watts said there are 80 floats in the parade this year. Vern Weigum, owner of Weigum's nursery, is the Grand Marshal.
"He's the epitome of hometown business and has been contributing to the community for 50 years," Watts said.
The parade starts at Church and Locust streets and travels south to Lodi Avenue, west, then north on School Street.
Visit the city's website www.lodi.govto download an entry form to the race.
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SANTA CLARA -- Call it the Nightmare at Buck Shaw Stadium for the Earthquakes.
Torched all night by speedy Fabian Castillo, who had two goals and an assist, the Quakes suffered a humiliating 5-0 defeat to FC Dallas on Saturday night.
Tesho Akindele had a hat trick for FC Dallas (11-7-6) in front of a stunned crowd of 10,525, which witnessed the worst loss in Quakes history in terms of goal differential.
"They kicked our (butt) from minute one to minute 90," Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch said. "Very disappointing. We're at home. It's embarrassing."
Every time Castillo found a seam, it was big trouble for San Jose, which saw its four-game unbeaten streak snapped in a big way.
"You can't defend like that at this level and expect to have any chance to get a result," coach Mark Watson said. "Credit to their players. Fabian Castillo had a great night. We couldn't handle him."
Argentine Matias Perez Garcia, in his much-anticipated home debut, displayed his many skills in the middle but left the field frustrated.
FC Dallas extended its unbeaten run to nine, but no one could have expected this effort from the Quakes (6-9-6). They needed a win at home with nine of their final 13 games away, including at second-place Seattle on Wednesday and at Philadelphia on Sunday.
San Jose also fell into a tie for last place in the Western Conference, courtesy of Chivas USA's 0-0 draw against Vancouver.
After right back Shaun Francis left with a left leg injury early in the game, Brandon Barklage replaced him, and things continued to spiral downward for the normally solid Quakes back line.
How bad was it on defense?
Akindele made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute by rolling a slow shot off the post, the ball first going in between Jason Hernandez's legs.
Trailing 2-0 in first-half stoppage time after a terrible start, the Quakes wasted a chance to shift the momentum. Perez Garcia drew a foul in the penalty area, but Chris Wondolowski missed the free kick from the spot, sailing the ball over the cross bar.
"We have to throw this one away," Busch said.
In a bright spot, rookie Tommy Thompson, the Quakes' first homegrown player, made his second appearance in the 72nd minute and sparked the offense.
In the 16th minute, San Jose, which struggled to get out of its own end in the first 15 minutes, woke up. Perez Garcia juked through traffic on the right and fed Wondolowski, who dished to Sam Cronin in the seam. His blast toward the near post was knocked wide by goalkeeper Raul Fernandez.
Watson said the team prepared for Castillo, who has eight goals, by trying to come up with ways to keep him from turning and running at them.
"We couldn't handle them in any phase of the game," Watson said.
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Baseball team continues to grow on the field and talent-wise, being recognized in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's ranking of the top 2011 recruiting classes.
In a ranking of incoming recruiting classes, the Islanders were recognized with honorable mention among all schools in the nation, while being the only Southland Conference team to make the list.
"If you go back and look at our recruiting, every year we get more talented and earn more notoriety," said Head Coach Scott Malone. "I attribute that to Coach (Chris) Ramirez's work ethic, he is growing into one of the most respected, young recruiting coordinators in the state of Texas.
"If you look at last season, we spent half the season ranked in the mid-major Top 25. That is a direct correlation to the type of player Coach Ramirez and our staff are bringing into the program."
For Ramirez, the recognition means that others are taking notice of the Islanders Baseball Program on all levels.
"It's always exciting when you get recognized by a national publication when it comes to something as important as recruiting," said Ramirez. "Our entire staff puts a lot of emphasis and time into each recruiting class. This class once again has guys from all over the state and also all over the country."
With the latest group of newcomers for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, Malone and his staff have the program well on its way to continuing the rise in the league standings and competing for a Southland title. The group features 12 high school recruits and 11 junior college additions for a total of 23 newcomers who will help fill out a roster that lost 10 seniors following last season.
"We lost a very talented group of seniors, as well as a couple of drafted players and it will be tough to replace," said Ramirez. "But every year in recruiting you want each class to be better than the last, and these guys will do a great job of filling the holes that the departed players left."
The team is currently in the midst of fall practice and is working together for the first time as a group. The practice period will culminate with the Islanders Fall World Series on Oct. 7-9 at Chapman Field.
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Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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After a long career in law enforcement, Dale Shaffer knows a little bit about crime. Now the Hendersonville resident is using that knowledge to write mysteries in his retirement.
Shaffer has embarked on a fiction-writing journey over the last 10 years inspired by his life in law enforcement.
"I enjoyed my career and I thought it'd be fun to write about it and entertain others with a good mystery," he said.
Shaffer's first book, "His Honor," was released this year and follows a detective investigating a corrupt judge in Chicago. The judge is on the take from the Chicago mob, which locally is called the "Outfit."
Shaffer spent three years in the U.S. Marines Corps, including a year in Korea. He's attended the State Trooper Academy, had management training at the FBI Academy, operated as an expert witness and has a B.S. degree in police administration.
His career began as state trooper in Ohio. After a stop in the private sector at Jeep Corp, his career took a slight shift, but still with law enforcement.
From 1971 until his exit from law enforcement in 1997, Shaffer worked solely in collegiate law enforcement. He was the director of public safety and chief of police at Bowling Green State and at Northwestern University in Illinois. He had a brief two years at Bowling Green State University in Ohio when he was the director of business planning.
Shaffer retired from Northwestern in 1999 and remained in Illinois, moving to Hendersonville in 2003. He had been to every state in the Union, exploring locations during his career, and made the decision to move to Hendersonville.
Shaffer has authored books before. In 1987, he wrote "Public Safety Management Guide." He wrote a second edition to that book in 1993 along with another book, "Risk Analysis Guide."
How was it wading into the fiction waters?
"It's amazing," Shaffer said. "It was a nice feeling."
"His Honor" is available at www.daleshafferbooks.com.
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Regular readers of this column will know that I'm a fan of education and positive experience as an advocacy tool in place of shouting from rooftops. Winning the mindset of an average computer user -- particularly home users -- is never going to be a quick process but a recent experience showed me we still have some old and familiar hills to climb. How do we combat legacy reputations of GNU/Linux that are no longer valid?
Average users
A friend of mine has been using GNU/Linux -- Debian to be precise -- for about three years. Prior to that he had used Windows for several years. It was his choice to switch, but I helped him do it. He's taken to Debian with great gusto; in fact, he's often mentioned how much easier he finds his computer to use when he's using it. He has a "just in case" dual-boot set up with Windows XP but he rarely uses it because he finds it "slow" and "less intuitive". He'll ask me for advice on software choice because he's keen not to have to go back to Windows at all. He's by no means an expert but he's also no longer a beginner. He's quite happy to engage with the shell if required but prefers not to. I support him when called upon but rarely have to. He is analogous to a car driver who is confident in changing a lamp bulb. Sounds like an ideal conversion story doesn't it? And it probably is - yet even with him there are parts of the "reputation" of GNU/Linux that keep resurfacing.
He's had an ongoing issue with his printer: a classic case of a single flashing light which could mean a million things. He's browsed help sites and read PDF manuals and followed help guides with no success. Assuming the printer was dead his son-in-law donated a slightly newer one. It worked for a while but then developed a slightly similar fault. He went through the same process again with similar results. At this point he figured the common point must be his computer so he removed and reinstalled both printers in Debian (wizards make life so much easier for some people you know). Still no joy. Neither printer was playing nicely any longer. At this stage he called me.
Just for your information: the problem with the first printer was age: it had just plain worn out. The second printer had been sitting idle for about a year and the ink well had developed a dry blob which would refused to shift. Both printers incorrectly reported that there was an error with the ink cartridge. After spending several hours on them I came to the conclusion that he would have to buy a new printer. This was fine with him and I was about to leave when he said something which considering his GNU/Linux enthusiasm surprised me. He said "I thought it was me going mad, I tried everything -- I even tried them both from Windows 'cos it would probably work from there".
Legacy reputations
So there it was, a reasonably seasoned GNU/Linux user who had experienced great success with it, fell back to the old, old reputation that it's harder to get peripherals working with GNU/Linux than Windows. If you read back through my description above you'll note he had successfully installed both printers and then un-installed and reinstalled them later. Those procedures had "just worked" -- but the printers hadn't -- yet he still thought that perhaps using them from Windows would fix it. As it happened just installing the second one in Windows had been a pain -- he had no driver CD you see.
What bothers me is that someone who has had so much success with GNU/Linux can still believe that Windows would automatically succeed where GNU/Linux hadn't
I don't blame him for his assumption. I've had plenty of cases where printer manufacturers were doing special -- undocumented -- things with the Windows drivers. It's also fairly unfortunate to have two printers experience very similar problems one after the other so his assumption that it might be the PC was a pretty good guess. But what bothers me is that someone who has had so much success with GNU/Linux can still believe that Windows would automatically succeed where GNU/Linux hadn't.
I suppose I'll get some comments saying that peripherals don't "just work" in GNU/Linux but that's not my experience -- nor that of my friend. The truth is I've not had an issue installing a printer under GNU/Linux for years and I know of nobody who has. I know of a lot -- a lot -- of people who have installed and use GNU/Linux successfully. They take part in the community and by-and-large they are enjoying their computer experience again. Yet despite this the -- now largely false -- reputations that GNU/Linux is harder to use, more long-winded, only for experts and feature-poor still endure. In the battle to get people to accept free software in general and GNU/Linux in particular, this -- 17 years after Linus Torvalds' usenet post -- is what we are still fighting.
Fixing it
So how do we combat these legacy reputations? Here's what I did: reassuring him that assuming the PC was at fault was a pretty good guess I then asked him why he thought it might have worked in Windows. When he said "well sometimes things just work in that don't they", I reminded him of the trouble he'd had installing the second printer in Windows, and of the time his old-ish digital camera refused to work in Windows because the driver thought XP-SP2 was not the same as "XP or higher". When I asked him if he'd had any difficulty using the camera or printers in Debian before now he got my point -- I hope. His experience told him something different to any reputation he had heard.
Sometimes the only way to combat an old reputation (especially ones that weren't entirely true to start with) is with some -- positive -- experience of the reality. If these legacy reputations of GNU/Linux are going to die, if we are going to change people's minds, then we need to do it by helping people to install it themselves -- not always do it for them. We need to do it by walking them through solutions, not just pointing them to a how-to page and we need to listen to their views and correct them where required -- gently.
Hardware manufacturers
So long as hardware manufacturers test their equipment with Windows (and not with GNU/Linux) before shipping, there's going to be a grain of truth in this "myth".
Most equipment won't ever see the store shelves if it doesn't work with Windows, whereas Linux-compatibility is rarely seen as even a selling point worth mentioning on the box, much less a requirement.
Printer support is one of the nastier areas. The old lpr/lprng configurations are both finicky and arcane, and the new CUPS approach is confusingly implemented to say the least. For example, I have exactly one printer on my LAN, but CUPS thinks I have about four: all different reflections of the same printer.
It "works", so I haven't tried to "fix" it, but things do get weird whenever a print job fails, and I can't figure out which queue it's in. I usually just try rebooting things: the printer, the print server, my own computer. I know it's lame, but it does work, and it's less trouble than figuring out what the real problem was.
I find myself missing my old lprng configuration: it was a major pain to set up, but once it worked, it worked. OTOH, there's no question that CUPS is the way ahead -- there's much better support for newer printers with it, and it is easier to set up.
As I've mentioned in this column before there's also a case where those manufacturers who do test their kit with GNU/Linux don't say so (HP Printers anyone?).
Whilst it is true that some hardware is more difficult to setup in GNU/Linux than in Windows -- it's also very true that Windows has plenty of hardware issues of it's own. Printers are one of the cases where I've had less issues with GNU/Linux - mostly by choosing GNU/Linux supporting manufacturers (HPLIP is excellent).
Some time back I supported a friend who's son bought him a Vista laptop. We had a nightmare trying to get an external USB audio capture/output device working (he's a music teacher so this is much more than an iPod). The drivers on the CD were for XP and didn't work. Vista drivers were available on their website but required significant tweaking (uninstall old drivers, remove other hardware before installing this etc.) of Vista itself before they would work. Four hours it took me to get that working. Between the hardware manufacturer and Microsoft it was a complete mess. By chance I had my Debian laptop with me and attached the device to it. Debian detected it, loaded the driver and within minutes I was using it on Audacity.
drivers that work
Yeah, I had a great experience with a "midisport" (it's a USB MIDI interface). Before I bought it, I did some searches online to see if there were drivers for Linux available and/or whether it would work.
I did find them, but I attached the device to the computer first. And voila... it was totally plug-and-play. I was using it in Rosegarden in about five minutes (most of which was trying to figure out Rosegarden's interface -- I'm not a musician and I hadn't used it before. This was for my son, who is a musician).
Apparently I didn't need anything beyond what was already installed. I haven't tried to look into the magic that made that happen, so I don't really know how difficult it was, but I do know it was a great relief.
There's a lot of stuff that "just works".
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Manufacturers shy away from admitting support for GNU/Linux.
I have a Brother MFC665CW printer. There was no hint of linux support until you get to the support/downloads part of their website. There is a mention of linux which if looked into shows that they do indeed support it. They have GPL drivers for printing and scanning, haven't tried faxing. APT and RPM, both with install instructions.
Not that it is perfect, can't get its IP address over wireless with DHCP and it hangs up every 2/3 weeks as if it were running wi......
You would think the support would be mentioned in the product documentation, bit no. There should also be plently of room on the CD for the drivers - don't need the autostart to find them.
And who made the decision that windows was ready for the workplace desktop? A case of the clueless leading sheep?
I recently had a printer
I recently had a printer come through the office -- I'm pretty sure it was HP, but it could've been another brand -- and right next to the Windows logo and the half-chawed Apple sat a happy little penguin we all know. That's a good sign. Some folks are waking up and advertising Linux compatibility.
That's why it's good we're seeing things like Dell and Asus making Linux-preinstalled machines. It means the Linux users out there are no longer people building things from scratch or voiding their warranties -- Linux users are regular people buying off-the-shelf products, and therefore indicating support for them is a selling point. It will eventually come to that.
I think that will help the broader issue as well. From a consumer point of view, you can *expect* that a manufacturer will support Windows in its prevailing versions. If they don't they won't sell products. We can't *expect* them to support Linux. We can demand that they do, but we're not going to put them out of business just yet.
It'll come, in time.
RE: Legacy reputations of GNU/Linux
Quite a few years ago a colleague said that he would walk into the office and see someone totally engrossed and looking the model of productivity, then as he neared the person, he'd hear comments such as "I thought I had saved that", "I'll reboot", "I've lost an hour's work", etc. Yet such guys/gals would extol the virtues of Windows and tell how they have no problems with Windows, then in a moment, a transformation takes place where they would relate a number of problems they have had working with the same Windows.
Sometimes the perception of Linux is such that all problems are attributed to it - it's the way minds work. My own daughter who had been using Linux for a few years, came across a problem where she didn't know how to delete some files and requested Windows be reinstalled on her machine - easily fixed with a simple example. The latest encounter she had with a new laptop and Vista, the same printer she had plugged in to the Linux PC and just worked required much wading through CD's to find the driver. The laptop came with OpenOffice installed and she had a .doc form that needed filling in, but Vista said there was nothing available to open it with, so OOo on Linux came to the rescue.
You will always see that people are quite prepared to put up with all kinds of ills in Windows, but run for the cover of Windows at the first sign of the slightest perceived problem on Linux, though I have a relation over 80 years old who got introduced to a PC 2 years ago not even knowing what the keyboard keys were or did, but uses Linux for all sorts of stuff - photo processing, word processing, burning CD's and DVD's, spreadsheets (had a Windows course for seniors after he got the the PC and I immediately installed Linux on it), IM, surfing the net, email and lots more, many things he discovered by himself. Not only that, his youngest daughter uses the Linux PC with her own account set up, for her college work having discarded use of her XP laptop which slowed right down perhaps with malware, spyware, viruses and the like.
It's taken a while for it to get through, but I now don't get calls asking what to do with the CD's that come with new hardware he buys. In the years since he's been using Linux, I've only had on problem to fix - he kept having problems with audio on skype and I had to play with settings to get it to work, eventually the on-board audio simply died, we ordered a new PCI card, I installed it and he set up the mixer. One happy Linux novice user out there and if he can do it at his age, most people should be capable also - Nice thing is he never refers back to Windows - when I renamed the icon to "Mail" on the desktop hoping to make it easy for him, he has never once referred to it as anything but "thunderbird" - my underestimation showing there.
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Delcie Light has been married for 53 years to Bill Light. They have three grown children: Christiane is a V.P. at Universal-NBC in California, Bill is an attorney in Manhattan Beach CA, and Jim lives in Devils Lake and owns and operates Computer Clinic. The Light's enjoy 8 grandchildren.
Delcie earned a B.S. from NDSU and a M.S. from UND. She has taught people from 3-73, but mostly teenagers for 25 years at DLHS.
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Birth control in its various forms is once again a hot topic of debate. Some religions forbid it, but studies show most "believers" ignore the position of their church and use birth control of some type.
Maybe this is a case of reality trumping ideology. Currently, the cost of raising a child until the age of 18, for a middle income family, is estimated to be $235,000. That does not include college. And "middle income" is considered $59,000-$102,870 per year. Wow! As a North Dakota teacher, with a Master's Degree, I never got even close to such a salary.
I recall a friend asking, "How many children can a woman actually be a mother to?" A very important question---the answer may depend on the woman herself, the family income (is she required to earn an income outside of the home?) and the health of the children. The answer will be very individual.
The answer should not be mandated by clerics, by government, nor by health care providers.
A few pharmacists are refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control and some employers are refusing to provide insurance that covers birth control for their employees. They claim this is a decision based on THEIR conscience.
i suggest this is NOT based on their conscience, but that they are imposing their religious beliefs on others, in violation of the Constituion of the US which guarantees Religious Freedom, and that includes the freedom to be free of another person's "religious" beliefs.
I think torture and killing are immoral. But my beliefs do not allow me to not pay taxes that support the military. I am grateful we have a national guard to help in times of crisis and that our taxes provide for our safety. Taxes pay for both necessities and conveniences. Andour growing society demands more of both, conveniences and necessities.
In the year 1, there were about 200 million people on earth. By the year 1000, estimates are the human population was 275 million; by the Middle Ages, 1500, estimates are 450 million. During these times, a sermon based on "Be fruitful and multiply" made sense. Currently estimates are the earth is home to 7 BILLION humans---each consuming food and water, and minerals. Thanks to modern medicine, modern farming, and sanitation, by 2025, just twelve years from now, there will be 8 Billion.
Not only are humans rapidly depleting the earth's resources, but each one of us adds to contaminating the air, earth, and water.
We are threatening the survival of many, many other species: gorillas, orangutans, elephants, rhinos, to name of few of the mammals. Slash and burn farming is threatening the ozone layer, pollution is killing coral reefs, many fish and amphibiams, and even bees and other pollinators are disappearing. And close to home---I used to see and hear meadowlarks, but I have not heard our state bird sing for several years. Where are they?
Humans need to recognize that our unlimited reproduction threatens life, all life on planet earth. We need to treat all the earth and other life forms with loving respect and gratitude. We need to take responsibility for our world. We need to see the connections between an ever increasing human population and an every decreasing population of other species and the limited resources of earth to sustain life.
The truly moral act is to limit our reproduction to the number of children we can support---and the earth can support. Birth control is not immoral. Wise choices that recognise our personal reality and the earth's reality are the Moral Choice. Choices that allow all life forms to survive, to have food and clean water and air, are the Moral choice. Unlimited growth means eventual collapse and death. These are choices to be made by individuals, not made for us by institutions or outsiders.


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The Grand Chapiteau is back in the South Bay. Two years after the "big top" last appeared here, Cirque du Soleil's iconic, blue-and-yellow tent rises again alongside Guadalupe Parkway, next to San Jose's Taylor Street Bridge.
In a few days a show called Amaluna will unfold, the latest acrobatic, multi-culti extravaganza from Cirque's Montreal-based creative hive. The fun begins Jan. 22 and runs through March 2.
Amaluna takes place on a mysterious island, a tale of young romance, renewal and rebirth that cribs from Shakespeare (The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet) and ancient mythology (goddesses, Valkyries). For the first time in the company's 30-year history, the cast is 70 percent female, with music performed by an all-woman band. The gender balance usually tips the other way.
Cirque founder Guy Laliberté asked Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus (Pippin, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) to devise the female-centric showcase, which features 47 performing artists--and one 5,500-pound water bowl.
Before the group's journey to Silicon Valley from San Francisco, where it ended a two-month stay on Jan. 12, a behind-the-scenes peek was permitted at Cirque on the road. It is one of six big-top shows currently on tour.
The self-described mayor of this mobile village is company manager Jamie Reilly, who oversees everything that happens on site. "I balance everything that's thrown our way to make people efficient and ensure that every day we put on the best show possible," she says.
On call 24/7 and "joined at the hip" with her cellphone, Reilly is responsible for being the conduit between the head office in Montreal, with its corporate policy initiatives, and all of the troupe's internal needs. There are 114 individuals to care for; besides the performers there is everyone from the lighting technicians and carpenters to specialists in immigration issues. "We try to keep things consistent from city to city--the way the show operates, customer service, etc."
All that is needed to run the village fits into 65 trucks and trailers, from power generators and costumes to multiple washers/dryers and a pair of truck beds that turn into a kitchen. The only services provided by each city are water and telecommunications, although dozens of locals are hired for various jobs ranging from masseuse to ticket takers.
Reilly, who has been on the road 12 years and is working her fourth show, is especially effusive about the food provided by the kitchen manager and three cooks, who prepare enough for upwards of 400 meals daily, six days a week.
"We eat very, very well," she says about the buffet-style offerings that must please the palates of all 17 nationalities represented in the company. Moreover, there are different ages [the youngest performer is 16] and dietary needs. "The plumber might want a hearty lunch, then we have artists who eat eight times a day and artists who eat twice a day."
On one meal at least, everyone is in harmony. "It is a tradition on all of our Cirque shows to do huge Sunday brunches," Reilly says. "I tell you, it is a sacred moment in our week; people live for them."
Many of the cast and crew of Amaluna have been here since the show premiered in Montreal in 2012. That means performers, who sign a typical initial contract of 18 months, which are then renewed on a yearly basis, have had plenty of time to fall into the rhythm of the road.
Amy McClendon, who plays the regal Peacock Goddess, won the role when Cirque held auditions in 2011 at the Ailey School in New York. The show's lone featured dancer says the experience of working with various cultures and types of artists "has been different, but good." The fact that her husband, whom she recently married, has been able to join the tour has been especially beneficial.
Like all performers, McClendon is expected to continually explore ways to keep her role fresh.
"Evolution is a big part of all Cirque shows," she explains. "From opening night to today is completely different. It's an organic growth in that I can go to the artistic director and say, 'Hey, what about changing this movement?' It could be something subtle and not obvious to audience, but it is to the performer."
McClendon says she's looking forward to San Jose, where this will be Cirque's 14th appearance since its South Bay debut in 1990. The East Coaster is anticipating not only the mild climate, but a less hectic pace. "I've heard a lot about [Silicon Valley] in that it's different from San Francisco," she says. "More than anything I'm hoping to be able to relax a bit more."
Amaluna's artistic tent is as busy as inside the big top itself, thanks to various functions from wardrobe and makeup to physiotherapy. It's also where the performers train and where Mark Pawsey, the show's artistic director, reiterates the core message that change is good.
"Cirque has to always reinvent itself," he says, "because you have people going for the first time and you have the veterans--you have to give them something different. Each artist is asked to contribute a lot of themself as their character, but they're always pushing to learn new tricks, to evolve.
"There's an expression with Russian artists: 'If you wake up and you don't feel pain then you're dead,' " he continues. "What it means is you have to constantly better yourself. If you just maintain, well, what's the point? We've had 570 shows but I bet I can count on one hand the ones that have been the same."
From the start of Amaluna until now, "the basic structure is intact, but there are different acts, different personalities and interpretations."
In fact, a major cast change took place in December, when Lara Jacobs Rigolo, the original Balance Goddess, left and was replaced by Lili Chao. Her act, which involves assembling a large mobile made of palm leaf ribs, is the undisputed highlight of Amaluna. It also requires utmost precision, patience and breath control--not to mention customized palm leaf ribs. It's a testament to Cirque's standards that the substitution was made smoothly.
Pawsey, who has been with Cirque 15 years, took the switch in stride. It's all part of "being a master gardener. You're given this beautiful garden and you have to make sure it's watered and fertilized and given light. But, if something starts to look as if it doesn't fit with everything else then you have to cut it back. Change it when necessary."
One person for whom consistency is probably a blessing is Larry Edwards, the head of wardrobe. He and two colleagues oversee more than 1,000 pieces of custom-tailored costuming--designed by Mérédith Caron--which includes not only the hundreds of full costumes plus additional pieces seen onstage, but backups for each item as well. Caron's creations are a reflection of many influences: East and West, ancient and modern.
"We travel with two of everything in case of emergencies," Edwards says. Everything is made in Montreal, and "we maintain them as best we can. The lifetime of a costume varies; some performers can go through two per city, while other pieces have been with us since the creation."
Edwards is also tasked with caring for 22 synthetic wigs, each of which requires intensive weekly washing, conditioning and styling. There's makeup as well, which is designed in Montreal and then is the responsibility of each performer. Binders full of detailed instructions and photographs are on hand, just in case.
"If they arrive on tour then I teach them how to do it," he says. Each character's makeup "can have up to 50 steps and take anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour and a half to apply."
Incidentally, Amaluna uses MAC makeup, and Aveda for caring for real hair. "There is no partnership or deal with those brands," Edwards says. "We just needed consistency of product and these have been fantastic."
Like the other villagers, Edwards happily participates in the ritual observances of the cultures represented by the cast and crew. This includes acknowledging important days like Thanksgiving (American and Canadian), Chinese New Year and Russian Orthodox Easter. Celebrating can be anything from hanging Christmas decorations in the artistic tent to dining on special holiday food. Altogether, they're small yet important ways to make people feel more connected to their origins as well as their coworkers.
Explains Edwards with a grin, "We're away from home so we have to make it home."
Tickets are $45 to $270 at cirquedusoleil.com/amaluna.


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EARLY WARNINGSFaster information about drug-safety problems is the goal of FDA's Sentinel surveillance system for detecting adverse-drug events. As required by the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA), Sentinel augments FDA's passive adverse-event reporting system by accessing electronic drug-use information held independently by private health plans and government health programs [see the March 2010 Washington Report in BioPharm International]. While this idea sounds fairly straightforward, it's a complex undertaking that involves linking diverse databases and establishing standard analytical methods that can detect and assess resulting safety signals.
As a prelude to a fully operational real-time safety monitoring system, FDA has established a Mini-Sentinel pilot program to meet the FDAAA requirement to access data on at least 100 million individuals by July 1, 2012. The agency exceeded its first mandated goal for Sentinel in July 2010 by tapping into drug-use information on more than 25 million patients. These accomplishments and how leaders of the Sentinel Initiative have laid the groundwork for the system during the past two years were discussed at a January workshop organized by the Brookings Institute and at the Drug Information Association's January 2011 pharmacovigilance conference.
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A key feature of this distributed data system is that patient health information remains with the data holders, an approach designed to ensure the privacy and security of personal health information. While the system currently taps into administrative and claims data, a goal is to add clinical data in the future, at least for some patient cohorts. For now, data holders may be asked to provide certain patient-level information if needed to followup on unclear findings, but that data would be stripped of direct patient identifiers before transmission.
This year, the Mini-Sentinel pilot is testing several protocols to see how well the system can evaluate emerging safety concerns. One initiative will assess whether certain postmarketing regulatory initiatives, such as risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) can enhance the safe use of medicines. Another project is monitoring adverse events associated with four relatively new, but routinely administered vaccines. An extensive study examining adverse cardiological events in users of diabetes drugs will compare the incidence of myocardial infarction in patients prescribed saxagliptin (Bristol-Myers Squibb's Onglyza) to those taking other diabetes treatments to demonstrate how well Sentinel can monitor drug safety in large populations.
These studies can use some of the findings of the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP), a collaboration between industry, FDA, and the Foundation for the NIH. OMOP is conducting research on how well different methods and data sources can identify valid safety signals and whether meaningful information can be gleaned from disparate observational data sources that use a wide variety of terms.
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It's woman with a capital W at the center of the Oakland East Bay Symphony's concert Friday night in the Paramount Theatre. Hector Berlioz's dizzying, swirling "Symphonie Fantastique," the big-ticket item, is a five-movement programmatic piece about a desperate young musician in love, written after Berlioz himself fell from afar for actress Harriet Smithson and felt the urge to sublimate his passion in music. Beethoven's "Leonore Overture" is one of four he wrote for his only opera, "Fidelio," about a heroic woman who disguises herself as a man to enter a dungeon and rescue her husband from certain death.
But the third work on the program may prove the most fascinating, as it puts two powerhouse contemporary women front and center. American composer Richard Danielpour's 2009 song cycle "A Woman's Life," co-commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra, will be reprised by conductor Michael Morgan and OEBS on Friday with the same dynamic singer it was written for. Indiana-born soprano Angela Brown, who rose to national prominence with her 2004 debut at the New York Met in the title role of Verdi's "Aida" and garnered more rave reviews repeating it there three years later, was a well-known entity to Danielpour. She had so pleased him with her performance as Cilla in his opera "Margaret Garner" in 2005 that he asked her afterward if he could write a song cycle for her.
As luck would have it, Danielpour, who had worked with Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison on "Margaret Garner," based on her novel "Beloved," already was well-acquainted with Angelou as well and had plans to visit her that summer to introduce her to his new wife. In a video the Pittsburgh Symphony taped before the debut of the cycle, he describes that particular encounter as one that will live in his memory forever.
The august Angelou, when asked if she would consent to write a cycle of poems about a woman's life, from childhood through old age, loftily replied: "I have them, my dear -- they are already done."
An assistant brought out a copy of her collected poems and set them before Angelou on a little stand, with Danielpour and his wife seated on either side of her.
"And holding our hands over her dining room table, she read eight poems," the composer recalled. "And I have to say it was one of the greatest performances I have ever witnessed. It was really something else -- I'll never forget it. It was almost like being in church."
Six of those poems found their way into the composer's "A Woman's Life," and a seventh was added from Angelou's published work. The passages Brown will sing begin with "Little Girl Speakings" and proceed through "Life Doesn't Frighten Me," "They Went Home," "Come and Be My Baby," "Let's Majeste" and "My Life Has Turned Blue" before ending, in old age, with "Many and More."
Details: 8 p.m. Friday, 2025 Broadway, Oakland; $20-$70, 510-444-0801, www.oebs.org.
UP POPS 'POPPEA': Operatic composers don't come that much earlier in human history than Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) of Italy, though his countryman Jacopo Peri generally snags the props for getting there first with his now-lost "Dafne," circa 1598. But Monteverdi was the true giant of his era, and the figure who solidly established opera as a bona fide art form for the 17th century. His last work, "L'incoronazione di Poppea" (the coronation of Poppea), is a deliciously arioso- and aria-laden vehicle that is also significant for being the first opera to delve into factual historical events as its subject matter -- in this case, the devious ploys the corrupt Roman emperor Nero's mistress Poppea undertook to get herself crowned empress.
Next weekend, gutsy little West Edge Opera is mounting a new edition of the 1643 opera, supported by a $12,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artistic director Mark Streshinsky, working with Gilbert Martinez, an expert in historically informed performances, has scaled the work down from its original 3½-hour length to its core plot line, using an orchestration by early music scholar Alan Curtis. Martinez will conduct a nine-piece ensemble of Baroque instruments from one of the production's two harpsichords.
The vocal talent lined up for the project is impressive indeed. Leading Baroque soprano Christine Brandes will play Nero to soprano Emma McNairy's Poppea, and former Adler Fellow Ryan Belongie, who acquitted himself so well as the countertenor in West Edge's production of Handel's "Xerxes" a couple of years ago, is Poppea's spurned lover Ottone. Mezzo-sopranos Tonia D'Amelio and Erin Ness, tenor Brian Thorsett and bass Paul Thompson also are featured.
Details: 8 p.m. Feb. 1 and 2, 3 p.m. Feb. 3, El Cerrito Performing Arts Theater, 540 Ashbury Avenue (at El Cerrito High School); $36-$78, 510-841-1903, www.westedgeopera.org.
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And that's just the second set *opener*. The Tweezer > BEK transition brings some of the most unapologetically pornographic cow-funk of a year not exactly short on that sort of thing, and while the screaming climax of BEK would have dissolved most bands into a puddle, at that point we've still got fine versions of Piper and Antelope to come. The most incredible thing about this show is that, having hit this creative/empathetic peak, the band somehow managed to stay there for a few weeks, cranking out a run of shows with no rival in their catalogue. In fact this second set probably isn't even the best of the tour (let's give the nod to 12/6/97 II), though 11/22 and 11/17 are probably the sharpest turns on the winding road from the Went to the Island Tour.
Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro included a tasty SBD of the Halley's jam on the 12/20/07 Archives show, and if you listen closely you can hear Trey call out to Mike as the jam kicks off: 'Hey Mike, just stay in F!' The minimalist approach liberates the band - you can almost hear their musical support structures fall away as the song starts growing, morphing, involuting, then expanding.
What remains is pure communication.
It's hard to say whether this is a 'rock and roll' show, in the end. The name doesn't really matter. This is creative improvised music of the highest order, some of the most dramatic, delicate, empathetic, nuanced, unabashedly emotional (and intellectual) music to emerge from the last few years of a pretty screwy millennium. Fans love playing the 'Best Show Ever?' game; there's no right choice but the exercise itself is pleasurable and even productive. 11/22/97 is a better answer to that question than most.


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The moose population is declining in Minnesota, so the DNR wants to list the animal as a 'species of concern.' The status wouldn't limit hunting. That would happen only if the moose moves up on the list from 'species of concern' to threatened or endangered status.
A revised endangered species list has been in the works for five years and could be finalized next year. The DNR wants to add 67 animals to the list.
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