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SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. — With three of four stops on the Rahlves Banzai Tour in the bag, a decided trend has developed atop the leaderboard of the big-mountain, ski-cross-style race series.
In warm, spring-like conditions Sunday, Squaw Valley skier John Bochenek captured his second win of the tour on familiar terrain in the KT-22 Banzai at Squaw, extending his series lead.
Frenchman Sylvain Duclos also claimed his second victory in the men's snowboard division to maintain his overall lead, while Shannon Rahlves beat out Shelly Robertson in the women's ski final to set up a first-place showdown in the final event, and women's snowboarders Carrie Hall and Casey Lucas swapped 1-2 positions from the previous event and are tied for second on the season.
"We got lucky again with the weather, and it (the course) was in the right spot," said Daron Rahlves, a former Olympic alpine ski racer and the founder of the second-year Rahlves Banzai Tour. "We had a pretty good crowd on Powderhorn and along the course here and there, so that made things a little more exciting."
Rahlves, who was forced to create alternate courses on the first two stops at Kirkwood and Alpine Meadows due to a low snowpack, designed yet another challenging race venue for the KT-22 Banzai.
The course — covering the longest distance yet — started at the top of West Face off of the KT-22 chairlift, sending skiers and snowboarders in heats of four down along a ridge before hooking right into GS Bowl. It then followed the lift line to Schimmelpfennig Bowl and dropped into a gnarly section before depositing competitors onto Easy Street, and eventually the finish line just above the Funitel.
"I was a little impressed with that track. I like it. It was long and demanding," Rahlves said, adding that top finish times in Saturday's qualifier were more than 15 seconds slower than on the first two stops. "There was a little more time on the hill, and it was pretty rough. There was really nothing smooth about it.
"There were a lot of decent skiers who were backing off because they didn't have the power in the legs."
Bochenek was not among them. After winning the Kirkwood stop and crashing in the final heat at Alpine, finishing fourth, Bochenek skied conservatively through the first two rounds before winning a competitive semifinal over Kyle Smaine, Marcus Caston and B Devine. He went on to defeat another competitive heat of skiers in the final, including Smaine, who popped to his feet after a crash to still finish runner-up. Todd Disbrow came in third and John Lang fourth.
With his second win, Bochenek took a commanding lead in the series standings with 250 points to Smaine's 180 and Caston's 160.
In the women's ski division, Shannon Rahlves finally topped the podium after knocking on the door with a third-place finish at Kirkwood and a second at Alpine. She claimed first place ahead of Shelly Robertson, who won the last stop and was runner-up in the opener, while Hanna Jermstad took third and Tara Hines fourth.
"I was impressed with Shannon," said Daron, her brother. "She threw it down. She wanted it bad. She hammered from top to bottom. She was tucking at the finish line and didn't let up anywhere."
Shannon Rahlves narrowed Robertson's lead to just 20 points in the standings, 260-240, with the win, and Jermstad is in third with 165 points.
Sylvain Duclos, the top men's snowboarder at Kirkwood, made amends for missing the final on the last stop with another first-place finish. He defeated runner-up Chelone Miller — brother of Olympic alpine skier Bode Miller — and Dave Brumm and Chris Galvin in the final. Duclos now holds a strong lead over Miller, 245-180, in the standings while Galvin is third with 110 points.
In the women's snowboard division, Carrie Hall finished first ahead of Casey Lucas, swapping positions from the Alpine stop. Marguerite Cossettini placed third for the second straight event and Grace Dalman was fourth. Mallory Olney, who won at Kirkwood and was fifth at Squaw on Sunday, holds a slight five-point lead, 185-180, over the deadlocked Hall and Lucas.
Lang won the Popchips award for the most impressive air on course.
"It's nice to be able to tie it all in. It all started at Sugar Bowl with the Silver Belt being a traditional race, but what's cool with KT is that it's just so iconic," Rahlves said. "Hitting the lines that the world's best skiers have been on for years is pretty cool."


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ALAMEDA -- It's getting so coach Dennis Allen is taking Sebastian Janikowski for granted -- but in a good way.
Named the AFC special teams player of the week Wednesday, Janikowski has been so accurate that in a 15-0 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, the biggest surprise wasn't the five field goals he made, but the 51-yard attempt he missed.
Asked if he expects Janikowski to make every kick, Allen said, "Yes, I do. I think he does, too. I don't really care where he kicks it from. When you have a great player, that's what you expect, and that's what he expects.
"It's a comforting feeling for me knowing that when we get across the 50, I feel confident being able to put him in the game and feel like we can make the kick and get three points."
Janikowski converted from 20, 50, 57, 30 and 41 yards Sunday. The thing Allen liked was that after the miss from 51 yards, Janikowski came back to "knock a 57-yard attempt right down the middle. It's like anybody else that plays a position -- if you have a negative play, you put it behind you and go to the next one. The great ones are able to respond, and he responded."
Janikowski has converted 29 of 32 field-goal attempts with misses from 51, 61 and 64 yards.
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2014 Governors' Races Provide Drama for 2016
Republicans, increasingly bullish about their prospects to recapture the Senate, face a more daunting task at the state level, where voters will render judgment on the class of GOP governors elected in 2010.
Just as Democrats are defending Senate seats in seven states President Barack Obama lost in 2012, Republican governors are running for re-election in nine states Mr. Obama won, most of which are presidential battlegrounds.
That map presents Democrats with ample chances to recapture some of the 29 governorships the GOP controls. In total, Republicans are defending 22 of the 36 seats up for re-election in the fall, including those held by potential White House hopefuls Scott Walker in Wisconsin, Rick Snyder in Michigan and John Kasich in Ohio.
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So while the upcoming congressional elections will grab the bulk of the media attention, this year's gubernatorial contests may have a bigger impact on the country's political makeup heading into the next White House race in 2016. The governors descend on Washington this weekend for the National Governors Association annual meeting.
The most vulnerable Republican governors this year are Tom Corbett in Pennsylvania and Paul LePage in Maine, followed by Mr. Snyder and Rick Scott in Florida, according to early polling and the most recent race rankings by the Cook Political Report and the Rothenberg Political Report. Democrats, meanwhile, are most at risk of losing the seat currently occupied by popular Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, who is retiring.
The results in November could have repercussions in 2016, particularly if Democrats can knock off one of the early contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, such as Mr. Walker. There are also advantages for the party that controls presidential battleground states.
But the narrative in these governors' races isn't as clear-cut as the one defining congressional contests across the country: a choice between conservative Republicans and Democrats who support the president and his new health law.
Republican governors have taken great pains in recent months to distinguish themselves from their less popular GOP counterparts in Washington. And many of these governors have presided over economic revivals in states hit hard by the recession, including Florida, Michigan and Ohio.
So, while most people are watching to see if Republicans regain the Senate majority, don't overlook these gubernatorial races, both for election-year drama and as a barometer of whether the GOP can hold seats the party won during its landslide in 2010.
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Member Photos of the Day from the month of February
Auggi, 6-month-old yellow lab. Always ready to go. (photo by Trever D)
Deuce, 6 months old, waiting for his release during his first water trainings session. (photo by Amanda Contrael)
Pintail, taken at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. (photo by Eric Simmen, P.E.)
Irish's Wings of Thunder "Hawke" - Chesapeake Bay Retriever - Swim in Lake Superior (photo by Leslie Haugen)
A feeding frenzy at the Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. (photo by Stephen Deadman)
Banded hen. (photo by David Casper)
Male wood duck with reflection. (photo by Marie Griffin)
This is my one and a half year old yellow lab named Avery. This was taken in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This picture was the highlight of my morning! (photo by Cody Wynne)
Canada goose, Branta Canadensis, blind Canada goose using a blind. (photo by Charles Rutkowski)
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Starting Small with Sonar Dome Design
Andrew Griesmer | September 13, 2013
Starting the design process by testing on a small scale is often the best way to tackle issues affecting large objects, like a ship. Detailed in COMSOL News 2013, researchers at INSEAN, The Italian Ship Model Basin, used small-scale testing and then simulation to analyze the effect of placing a sonar system within the bulbous bow at the hull of a ship. Using a small-scale model of a bulbous bow, the researchers at INSEAN performed fluid-structure interaction experiments, and subsequently […]Read More
Alexandra Foley | September 11, 2013
Shell and tube heat exchangers are one of the most widely used type of heat exchanger in the processing industries (65% of the market according to H. S. Lee's book, Thermal Design) and are commonly found in oil refineries, nuclear power plants, and other large-scale chemical processes. Additionally, they can be found in many engines and are used to cool hydraulic fluid and oil. There are a variety of different configurations for these heat exchangers, but their basic concept can […]Read More
Phil Kinnane | September 9, 2013
Now is the time to start planning your visit to Boston for the COMSOL Conference 2013. If you would like to plan ahead in terms of which presentations to attend, you'll be happy to hear that the abstracts for the Boston location are now being posted to the COMSOL Conference website. These will soon be followed by the abstracts for the Bangalore and Rotterdam user presentations as well.Read More
Pär Persson Mattsson | September 5, 2013
In June it was time for the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Leipzig, Germany. Many of the largest hardware and software vendors for High Performance Computing (HPC) were there to present new equipment, and the latest TOP500 list, a list of the fastest supercomputers, was presented as well. In a world where we continuously demand faster computations and higher resolution in our models, it's not only necessary to have better hardware; we also need software that can handle the ever-growing […]Read More
Alexandra Foley | September 3, 2013
It's probably something we have all experienced. We get home, stick last night's leftovers in the microwave, and sit down to have a nice meal — only to realize that the food is scalding hot one bite and freezing cold the next. This experience has prompted me on more than one occasion to wonder: Why does a microwave heat food so unevenly?Read More
Walter Frei | August 30, 2013
Recently, I was given a copy of the book Finite Element Modeling Methods for Photonics, by B.M. Azizur Rahman and Arti Agrawal. This book proved to be a good companion to the RF Module and Wave Optics Module for graduate students starting in photonics and new users of COMSOL who would like a very targeted introduction to the field. The website accompanying the book comes with some sample computer codes used by the authors in simulation that readers can use […]Read More
Walter Frei | September 10, 2013
A question we get asked all of the time is: "Which of the COMSOL products should be used for modeling a particular electromagnetic device or application?" There are currently six modules labeled as "Electrical" in the product suite; the AC/DC Module, RF Module, Wave Optics Module, MEMS Module, Plasma Module, and Semiconductor Module. The first four address applications purely governed by various forms of Maxwell's equations, while the Plasma Module addresses the coupling of electromagnetic fields to plasma transport and […]Read More
Nagi Elabbasi | September 6, 2013
Today we have the pleasure of welcoming Nagi Elabbasi of Veryst Engineering as a guest blogger. Read on to see what this COMSOL Certified Consultant has to say about fluid-structure interaction. Two weeks ago I led a webinar on fluid-structure interaction (FSI) using COMSOL Multiphysics. FSI involves coupling between a deformable or moving structure and a surrounding or internal fluid flow. There is a growing number of engineering and scientific problems where a purely structural or purely CFD analysis just […]Read More
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As a nuclear engineer, I've attended many thermal engineering classes. Whereas I've enjoyed learning techniques to enhance heat transfer, I've also found fascinating those applications where it is important to reduce heat transfer using the right choice and combination of materials and shapes. The design of this is vital for many industries, including the building and aerospace industries. Lately, I came across an interesting example of thermal insulation in the most mundane of these things: clothing design. I had to […]Read More
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When it comes to recreational water sports, simulation can make a dramatic difference in performance. Skimboards are a perfect example of this. These short, thin boards are similar to surfboards without fins and they allow riders to float on the water's surface and glide. In order to improve the design of the board, one group of researchers relied on hydrodynamics to understand the interaction between water and skimboards.Read More


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Henrico's Top Teachers – 2012
Profiles of 20 teachers who make a difference
Teachers do not seek out publicity or acclaim for what they do, but we believe they deserve to be recognized for their efforts. In our second annual 'Henrico's Top Teachers' issue, we tell the stories of 20 outstanding Henrico County teachers.
This year's class includes teachers from throughout Henrico County who teach grade levels from preschool through high school and GED. They were nominated – along with more than 200 others – by readers during the month of November.
The volume of nominations received for this section – more than double the number received for last year's inaugural issue – was overwhelming. Nominations came from parents, grandparents, colleagues, administrators – even students and former students. Paring the number of candidates to just 20 was no easy task.
We're proud to present profiles of these teachers, who were selected for inclusion in this issue based on their professional successes and their personal touches. Each one has, in his or her own unique way, touched hundreds of lives and helped mold the future of Henrico County.
(Click on a teacher's name to read his or her profile article.)
Andrew Baker, Glen Allen H.S., social studies
Allison Bartholomay, Johnson E.S., third grade
Karen Bowles, Hermitage Technical Center, veterinary science
Danette Brady, Jackson Davis E.S., third grade
E. Scott Broderick, Ridge E.S., fourth grade
Ragan Collins, Ratcliffe E.S., second grade
Kenneth Davis, GED program
Tyler Hart, Springfield E.S., third grade
Krista Hodges, Rivers Edge E.S., first grade
Catherine "Kitti" Huber, Skipwith E.S., second grade
Shahidah Jackson, Wilder M.S., physical education
Sharon Johnson, Weinstein JCC, preschool
Linda Korpics, Echo Lake E.S., second grade
Nancy Niedermayer, Glen Lea E.S., kindergarten
Lynne Norris, Deep Run H.S., Center for Information Technology
Robert Rice, Elko M.S., social studies
Pat Rogers, Glen Allen E.S., fourth grade
Kenyatta Smither, Rolfe M.S., instructional aide
Taylor Snow, Moody M.S., social studies
Evelyn Thomas, Three Chopt E.S., second grade
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It's a great weekend to get outside! The Pocahontas Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is offering two events this weekend. Accompany the group to find and document native plants present and blooming in Echo Lake Park on Saturday or take a "Sunday Stroll" at Dorey Park to observe the seasonal changes taking place. Other outdoor events this weekend include the final summer concert at West Broad Village and "Fridays on the Patio" at James River Cellars Winery in Glen Allen. If you're going to be outside, don't forget the insect repellent! To learn more about avoiding those pesky mosquitos, check out Henrico County's "Fight-the-Bite TODAY" event tomorrow. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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PHOENIX — Highly touted Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima quietly reported to the A's minor league spring training complex at Papago Park Tuesday, but was immediately pressed into service as a game extra in major league camp due to an injury to top prospect Addison Russell.
Nakajima, who signed a two-year, $6.5 million contract last year but wound up never playing a day in the major leagues, is not on the 40-man roster but the A's haven't totally given up on him helping him at some point this season. To wit, he was added as reserve for the team's game against the San Diego Padres in Peoria, Ariz.
That said, manager Bob Melvin was frank about the 31-year-old Nakajima's chances of playing in the majors with Oakland this year.
"There would probably have to be some injuries to guys we have here," the manager said. "But who knows? Anything could happen in baseball, and I think he realizes that, and I think that's why he's here working as hard as he is and trying to get back to the big leagues."
When Nakajima signed his contract in December of 2012, he was projected to be the A's starting shortstop in 2013. But things changed quickly when Oakland acquired veteran shortstop Jed Lowrie from Houston, and Nakajima's chances were further diminished when he suffered a hamstring injury in spring training.
There was some question whether Nakajima would even be brought back but he was apparently eager to give it another go in the United States.
"For him to come back and just be a minor leaguer this year, it's pretty impressive that he wants to do that," Melvin said. "I'm sure he could have gone back to Japan and played, but he wants to prove himself here again, and it's nice we're going to be able to bring him over, and he will get into (spring) games."
Nakajima spent the entire season at Triple-A Sacramento and hit .283 with four homers and 34 RBIs, playing in just 90 games. The A's outrighted him on Aug. 17, but obviously due to the size of his contract, he was not claimed by another club.
Nakajima did play both second and third base with the River Cats in addition to shortstop in the hopes that he could increase his chances of getting to the big leagues. While it didn't happen, Melvin said the odds could be better this year if he hits closer to his .302 career average with the Seibu Lions during 10 full seasons. At Sacramento, he also didn't show the power he displayed in hitting 162 career homers in Japan.
"I think the numbers are pretty indicative of what they said they were seeing," Melvin said. "Maybe this year he'll be a little more comfortable. One thing we heard about him in Japan is that he studied pitchers, knew the pitchers very well. I think for him, seeing different guys and not knowing how he was going to be pitched maybe affected him some."
Melvin thinks Nakajima's failure to make the adjustment to the U.S. majors last year may have been part of a larger trend.
"You look at the history of the Japanese players coming over here," he said. "Some of the infielders, for whatever reason, have had some trouble."
As for Russell, who has been having a very good spring, he will likely be shut down from baseball activity for a week so that his right hamstring, which he injured breaking out of the box after hitting a double off the Dodgers' Brian Wilson Monday, can heal. Russell said he felt much better Tuesday but both he and club want to make sure he is 100 percent before returning to the field.
"He was going to play a lot and he is," Melvin said. "We've seen him enough to get a better understanding of what our development people see on a day-to-day basis during the season. We expected him to impress and he has impressed, so it's too bad that had to happen. It set him back."
But it will give Melvin and the A's a few more chances to take a look at Nakajima.
Check back for more details on this developing story.


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Number-one New York Times best-selling author Nora Roberts cordially invites you to meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac - the founders of Vows, one of Connecticut's premier wedding planning companies.
Parker Brown turned the quartet's childhood game of Wedding Day into their dream jobs. And now she's the face of Vows - the one who meets every bride's demands; keeps every event on schedule; and brings Emma's romantic flowers, Laurel's delicious treats, and Mac's stunning photography together in one glorious package. She knows how to make dreams come true.…
Mechanic Malcolm Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker Brown - with her mile-long legs - is no exception. But as a good friend of Parker's brother, Mal knows that moving from minor flirtation to major hookup is a serious step.
No man has rattled Parker in a long time, but the motorcycle-riding, raven-haired Mal seems to have a knack for it. His passionate kisses always catch her off guard, much like her growing feelings for him. Parker's business risks have always paid off, but now she'll have to take the chance of a lifetime with her heart….
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This is a great close to this wonderful series. Even though most Nora Roberts love stories are very predictable she has a way of writing characters that you know them. I can see being friends with these people I feel like I have been part of their lives. Parker's story is a great way to close out a great quartet.
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This was Parker's story. It tied everything up and we even got to see Mac's wedding. Only sorry we don't get to see the other three weddings. This is one of my favorite Nora Roberts series. Absolutely loved it!
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Are you upset that you haven't seen video or photos or interviews from President Obama's round of golf with Tiger Woods on Sunday? At the risk of betraying my media colleagues, I'm not. It's not that I wouldn't want to see Obama's game, but we're heading into Tiger Time, that nine months of the year when it's Tiger Tiger Tiger. Anything that shaves a few seconds off Tiger Time is fine by me.
Don't get me wrong: I love to watch Woods play golf. Against professionals. In tournaments. I don't need to see him and the president yukking it up.
But members of the White House press corps decried their inability to see the president's tee shot or interview him about the experience, citing it as yet another example of his inaccessibility. That may be - Obama is still more accessible than many sports figures. I cite Dan Snyder and Strasburg the Early Years as two examples. But what a strange event over which to take a stand. If the reporters who cover the White House feel they're being obfuscated by the administration, they should make their case over something more important.
Woods, of course, is already playing professional golf, snowstorms in Arizona notwithstanding, and starting in March we'll see ads touting the Masters during every commercial break in college basketball coverage. Many of those will include Woods, because he's Woods. By the time the NCAA tournament ends, we'll be sick of the azaleas and the hushed tones and the green jacket references.
So count me among those who don't care if the world was Woods-less for a day or two. No one from his camp complained about the dearth of media coverage, that's for sure.
If the man who may or may not be the best golfer to play the game is more transparent than the leader of the free world - and that's saying something, considering Woods rarely grants interviews unless they are mandated by the PGA - that may be a problem. But if I'm covering the president, I would push for access to something more important than a round of golf that also included U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Houston Astros owner Jim Crane.
Both Woods and Obama eventually did talk about their Mystery Date. And it was riveting stuff.
Here is what Woods, who spoke to reporters Tuesday at the site of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, learned from Sunday's round: "Playing with Mr. President was pretty cool. . . . If he ever spent more time playing the game of golf, I'm sure he could get to where he's a pretty good stick."
Here is how Obama described the experience of playing with Woods to a San Francisco TV station: "He is on another planet."
Of course, it wasn't about the golf. It was about access to the president, who apparently is capable of amazing feats like skeet shooting when left unsupervised. He might fix the economy or fight off a gator with a 9-iron, and we'd miss it. (Well, I wouldn't mind seeing him fight off the gator, but one assumes the Secret Service would have been all over that action.)
So we have a White House press corps with its nose out of joint because its members didn't have access to Obama for a long weekend, which included a federal holiday known as - wait for it - Presidents' Day.
"This isn't about the president's golf score or having a beer on the 19th hole," Rick Blum, director of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a group promoting policies for government accessibility and accountability, told Fox News. "This really gets to the president being responsive to the public. Sure the president deserves a vacation, but as president you cannot just disappear for four days."
This member of the public did not feel the lack of presidential oversight, or the lack of Woods minutiae, last weekend. Maybe I'm alone in that. If the president actually disappears for four days, or if Woods is actually found on another planet, then I'll get my indignation on. Until then, I'll save it for Chinese hackers and gas prices.


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An ileostomy is an opening in your belly wall that is made during surgery.
An ileostomy is used to move waste out of the body when the colon or rectum is not working properly.
The word "ileostomy" comes from the words "ileum" and "stoma." Your ileum is the lowest part of your small intestine. "Stoma" means "opening." Your ileum will pass through a stoma after your surgery.
Before you have surgery to create an ileostomy, you may have surgery to remove all of your colon and rectum, or just part of your small intestine.
These surgeries include:
An ileostomy may be used for a short or long time.
When your ileostomy is short-term, it usually means all of your large intestine was removed but you still have at least part of your rectum. f you have surgery on part of your large intestine, your doctor may want the rest of your intestine to rest for a while. You will use the ileostomy while you recover from this surgery. When you do not need it anymore, you will have another surgery to reattach the ends of the small intestine, and you will no longer need the ileostomy.
You will need to use it long-term if all of your large intestine and rectum have been removed.
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Sometimes, an ileostomy is done as the first step in forming an ileal anal reservoir (called a J-pouch).
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Cima RR, Pemberton JH. Ileostomy, colostomy, and pouches. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Sleisenger MH, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 113.
Fry RD, Mahmoud N, Maron DJ, Ross HM, Rombeau J. Colon and rectum. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 52.
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Katherine Webb has been famous for a bit longer than a week, and she's already taking shots at Kim Kardashian.
Hey lady, that's somebody's mother you're talking about.
As you know, the former Miss Alabama and girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron became famous last week during the NCAA championship game, when announcer Brent Musburger salivated all over himself while they showed Webb watching the game in the stands. By the end of the week, she was slated to pose in the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Which means she had a chance, during an interview with Sports Illustrated appearing on its website, to call herself "The anti Kim Kardashian."
"I've been approached by different publications, but I think a lot of America appreciated how classy I was, and I got a lot of responses saying I was America's sweetheart and all that kind of stuff," Webb said. "I'm from Alabama and I have morals and I have class. That's my personality. A lot of people have said I'm the anti-Kim Kardashian and I'm all right with that."
So she's from Alabama, therefore she automatically has morals and class? Really?
In Alabama's defense, though, it did have Forrest Gump.
The interviewer pointed out that Kardashian "has done all right for herself." To which Webb said, "She made herself into who she is and that's fine and all that. But I guess the way I want to go about all this is, I just want to have a positive image for myself. I want girls to be able to look up to me and to say, 'I want to be just like her one day.' That's what I did as Miss Alabama and I loved that."
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Jan's Master Class--SLICE OF LIFE
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Verna--you write prose, too? Whoo hoo, a multi-gifted woman! Yep, that was a slice of life, all right, and it revealed the characters of both of your women. Very good.
Well, with the answers to those questions being "no, no, and no," I'm left with one possibility, though it may still have too many people, and does have a shift in scene.
Connecting The Dots
It's one of my least favorite entries, and you don't really want to know why I wrote it. But since you asked... (and you can feel free to edit this out if you wish)
I wrote it to test my theory that the judges tend to be suckers for sappy slices of life about people with disabilities. It placed third.
See, I told you you didn't want to know.
"There are two ways of spreading light -- to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton
'It is better to be liked for the true you, than to be loved for who people think you are.'
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Holly, if that's not a slice of life story, it's pretty close! It's in a limited time span, very few characters, and it reveals the personality of its protagonist. The only thing that would make it more apt to the lesson would be a sense of intimacy with the main character...most of the story is revealed through dialogue rather than through thoughts, emotions, etc.
By the way, a writer who's not here much any more once wrote a piece for the very same reasons as you just cited--and it did very well in the challenge, too. Gulp!
So...maybe some time in the next several challenges, you can write a moody, introspective slice of life, huh?
"I'll have one slice of life, with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkling of cocoa, please..."
Seriously, this is one lesson I need to take to heart. My "slices" tend to be heavily weighted with too much plot filling and topping.
I wrote a story for the "Home for Christmas" week last quarter, but you won't find it here... because it adamantly refused to be squeezed into 750 words. And the more I think about it, the more I'm sure it would have been better if I had approached it as a "slice of life" rather than as a novelette.
That's also true for my second Challenge entry, "No Reflection on You":
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Looking at it now, I realize that it still bears the weight of the 700 or so words I had to cut from it. It's heavy-handed and didactic; and I think it would have been a better, more focused story had I told it as a "slice of life," with Glinda sorting out which ornaments she wanted to keep and to give away.
Probably the closest I've come to writing a true slice of life for the Challenge is my current South America entry--I hinted about it in the proper thread yesterday. I'm not absolutely certain that it qualifies... but at least it only has one character speaking (though another is implied), and it takes place all in one setting.
I enjoyed reading everyone's examples, and I'm glad you included a poetic one, Jan. Some of Browning's dramatic monologues may also qualify. One of his most famous, "My Last Duchess," takes place as two people look at a portrait... but a great deal is revealed about the character and history of the Duke in that short monologue.
As always, thanks for the great discussion!
Carol S.
P.S. Regarding future topics... since I missed most of them, I would be just as glad if you would go back and repeat all of them from the beginning–-but everyone else might not agree! So I would vote for the "genre" idea that several other people have mentioned. The "genre" quarter would have been fun, though very challenging. (And why, oh why, wasn't I around for "Write something in the MYSTERY genre"??)
Carol, I definitly think "No Reflection on You" qualifies.
It's so hard to keep to those 750 words, isn't it? But I really think the ability to do that well is one of the main benefits of the challenge. Not that 750 word pieces are particularly marketable, but that the challenge forces us to use every word for its maximum impact. If a person can write a good, tight slice of life story (as you have here), then they can use those great skills in their longer pieces.
I'm working on the format for the next class, and I'm thinking that "genre" will definitely come in to play. Thanks so much for your input!
Question: Except for true Epic poems, wouldn't most standard poetry fall into a "slice of life" tag? I've been looking at most of my own poetry and it seems to fit the bill fairly often.
I had something really memorable to write here but I forgot what it was.
Gerald Shuler
Gerald, I think that "slice of life" will apply to some poems, but not necessarily most. Lots of poetry consists of the poet's musings about life, or some other topic, but that's not really a slice of life.
I'd call it a slice of life if something small happens in the poem, like in the Walter de la Mare piece I linked to in the original post, and if that small event shines a light on the person in the poem (not necessarily on the poet).
Clear as mud?
Hmmm...your classes always cause me to pour over my entries and pick em apart.
I have several that come close to the criteria, but not quite. This one, Crushed Velvet and Rubies, might be the closest. It does have a tiny flashback, and a tiny flash forward, but it was designed like that to enphasize the MC's total lack of concentration (the topic). Not one of my favorites, and my only attempt in this genre.
It's descriptive because it's romantic, and pointless, because it's romantic, and has only a tinge of conflict (lack of concentration) because it was romantic.
The pie was mushy and overly sweet, but I am pretty sure it was a slice of life.
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Chely, it works for me! (I never, ever would have pegged you as the author of that story.) It's definitely a slice of life, though.
You realize, don't you, that I pick these topics specifically to make you root through your old stories? My next topic will be "Stories that use the word "the" too frequently", and you'll have to pore through them all, counting the "the"s.
One thing these classes have taught (at least for me) is that a good writer can break almost any rule of good writing and still have a powerful piece of work. So even if you did a class on not using "the" too often, someone would have a story that wouldn't work without using "the" too much.
The point the student is making to the teacher is the truth of the essence of the art of good writing. The end.
(OK, that was horrible. You made your point.
I had something really memorable to write here but I forgot what it was.
Gerald Shuler
You DID make your point, Gerald (and you made me grin)--that point being that writing is an art, and that nothing I EVER say is engraved in stone.
Thanks for saying it so amusingly!
Here's one of mine that I think is a "slice of life":
Mother of the Bride
I like writing this type of thing. Sometimes, when a tragic or life-changing incident happens, time seems to stand still, and all kinds of emotions run through your mind. Your senses seem to capture the smells and sounds of the moment. It imprints it into your mind.
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That was a PERFECT example of a slice of life story. Two gold stars for you.
Here's my homework assignment, I'm thinking it will work. At least much better than my other entries for this quarter are working. By the way, Jan, congratulations on your writings this quarter - your work is wonderful, reflecting a great talent.
I remember, while writing this, that I was there, with the brothers on the porch listening and watching. It was, to me, a slice of their lives at that time.
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"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." From "As You Like It." Wm. Shakespeare.
Loren, I remember that piece very well. It's a perfect slice of life--moody, intimate, and very, very tiny. Beautifully written, too.
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What will Wayne do?
Tonight, on the Arena Stage, when the great Wayne Shorter performs with his quartet, beginning at 7 p.m. -- what will he do?
He may play a lot, or he may play a little. Hard to predict. He may lean against the piano, noodling on his soprano saxophone, or he may dig in to excavate notes in such a way that it makes your skin itch and your eyeballs pop out. He may vacate his leadership role, allowing pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade to direct traffic, or he may spin them on their musical heads, shoot them toward the outer Wayne Shorter Galaxies.
You never know. The composer of dozens of unforgettable tunes, an improviser who, at age 80, still can infuse his music with so many depths of meaning, Shorter is an enigma, increasingly, which is okay. It just means that when lightning strikes during his performances, the effect is all the greater. Just listen to the sound of his tenor saxophone, especially: There is yearning and innocence, mischief and jubilance, a sense of knowing the bruises of life.
I've been a fan since I was a teen, listening to Shorter tunes on my transistor radio, beamed by WRVR and WLIB and WKCR and WEVD, when jazz was all over the dial in New York. Having grown up with Shorter's music, like thousands of others here at the Monterey Jazz Festival, I want to thank him for "Speak No Evil" and "Children of the Night" and "Lester Left Town" and "Footprints" and "Tom Thumb" and "Twelve More Bars to Go" and "Infant Eyes" and "Black Nile" and "House of Jade." I'd like him to know that I still get the chills, after 40 years, whenever I listen to "From the Lonely Afternoons" and "Aja."
There is no one like him. That's why Miles hired him. It's why the Arena will be filled tonight at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Because after all these years, finding out the answer to the question still matters: What will Wayne do?


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John Child talks in depth to the multitalented trumpeter and bandleader Humberto Ramírez.
Humberto Ramírez
Returns to his First Love
A conversation
John Child
John Child talks in depth to the multitalented Humberto Ramírez about his accomplished career and most recent CD,
Mi Primer Amor
(Latin World 313), which, after nine Latin jazz albums, marks not only his debut as a salsa bandleader, but a return to his first musical love: salsa. Best known as a Latin jazz artist, the interview spotlights Humberto's longstanding and impressive track record as a salsa musician, arranger and producer.
John Ian Child (JIC):
The beginning is often a good place to start. Please tell me when and where you were born in Puerto Rico, and about your upbringing?
Humberto Ramírez (HR):
I was born in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 8:05am on January 31st, 1963. My childhood was pretty much normal with the blessing, I guess, that my family was very close and they were very musical. It was great to listen to music all the time.
I understand your father (also named Humberto Ramirez) was a bandleader. Am I also right in believing he played baritone sax on a number of Bobby Valentín's albums (such as
Soy Boricua
Rey Del Bajo
In Motion
'71-4 on Fania)? Please tell me more?
Wow John! You are very well documented. My father is a saxophone player and was a bandleader for many years, and yes, he played on all those albums with Bobby Valentín. By that time I was already listening to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Machito, Tito Rodríguez and many others. I also remember my father used to take me with him to the rehearsals. I really enjoyed being around musicians, but it took another two years for me to start my musical studies.
You say your dad used to take you to rehearsals of Bobby Valentín's band when you were 10 years old. So please tell me, which salsa names were you getting to know personally from this early age?
When my dad played with Bobby Valentín, I got to know many great musicians when I was 9 or 10: Marvin Santiago, Juancito Torres, Mauricio Smith, Mario Rivera, and some other names I don't recall at this time.
Is there a wide tradition of involvement in music in your family?
Well, my dad, of course, and my maternal grandfather, Rafael Castro. He was a bass and guitar player and played with Tito Rodríguez, and a trumpet player named Bill Diablo in New York City.
What music were you exposed to as a kid?
Like I said, almost everything, but especially jazz and Latin jazz.
Tell me about your early musical education and when it began?
There is a very good story about my first steps in music. When I was 11 years old, my father asked if I was interested in taking music lessons. He had a flugelhorn at the house and asked if I wanted to try it. To tell you the truth, I had no interest whatsoever in playing that instrument. Although I was in love with music, I was not ready to start taking music lessons. Besides, I was pretty much involved playing little league baseball and basketball, and felt more comfortable doing sports. But my father insisted, and I decided to give it a try. He taught me how to read and also the basics of trumpet playing, but I was not really into making music and did not practice as much as I was supposed to. One day during my class with my father, I could not play my lesson correctly, and he said: "You're not practicing." And I said: "Of course I'm practicing." Then he said: "Then tell me why can't you play your lesson?" And I said: "You know, I don't want to play this anymore." And he let me go. Then just before my 12th - and I will never forget that day, January 28th, 1975 - I went to my father and asked if he still had the flugelhorn. And until this day, music has been my passion.
I believe you made your professional debut at 14 years of age.
My father had a group, Orquesta San Juan, three trumpets and three saxophones plus rhythm section. One of the trumpet players had left the band and my father asked if I felt ready for the challenge. And I said: "Sure I am." And that is how I got my first professional opportunity. I was 14 by that time.
Clearly you excelled academically in music, because you progressed to graduate level. Please tell me about that?
When I was in my last year of high school, I had pretty much decided to study music. Then my father took me to the American Federation of Musicians in Puerto Rico, where they were giving an arranging seminar. The teacher was Inocencio Rivera and he had been a teacher at Berklee. After a few lessons, he recommended Berklee to my father. My father had a conversation with me and said that if I wanted to become a successful musician, I needed to go to Berklee and get an education. I totally agreed and went to Boston, where at the beginning I was an 18 year old kid with no family and no friends in Boston, but with a goal: to become a successful musician.
You majored in jazz at Berklee. Tell me more about the genesis of your interest in jazz?
Berklee was an incredible experience for me not only as a musician, but also in the business aspect of the art of music and in my personal perspective. My interest in jazz began the very first day I picked up the flugelhorn. Listening to the music my father played at home made me fall in love with jazz. My father plays a great role in this because he passed on his love for jazz to me.
You did more formal study after Berklee, didn't you? Tell me about that?
After Berklee I moved to Los Angeles, California, to attend the Dick Grove School of Music to start my graduate studies in film music composition. Although I was enjoying my stay there, I ran out of financial aid and had to return to Puerto Rico after one semester.
However, while you were at the Grove School, a major opportunity came up to become an "undergraduate" with a major Puerto Rican "salsa university"; didn't it? Please give me the details of how that happened and the outcome?
As I was saying, I ran out of financial aid when my first semester at Dick Grove was coming to an end. So I decided to go back to Puerto Rico, work and make some money, and then go back to Los Angeles to continue my studies. When I went back to Puerto Rico, Willie Rosario had already heard that some trumpet player was coming to Puerto Rico from the States. I had some friends that played with Willie at the time, like Tony Vega, Gilberto Santa Rosa and trumpet player Mario Ortiz Jr., who was leaving the band to play with his father's orchestra. He told me that he could recommend me to Willie and that it was going to be a great opportunity, and it definitely was a great experience playing in one of the hottest bands at the time.
You say you were already friendly with Tony Vega, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Mario Ortiz Jr. Tell me how you got to know these guys?
Gilberto Santa Rosa and Mario Ortiz Jr. are very good friends of mine since 1978 when I enrolled with the Escuela Libre de Música in San Juan, which was a high school with academic and music courses. Mario is two years older than me, and Gilberto one year older. I met Tony back in 1982 when Gilberto introduced us.
You mentioned that Mario Ortiz Jr. was leaving to play with his father's orchestra when you joined Willie's band. Presumably Mario Ortiz Senior reformed a band for that wonderful series of albums on Rico/Combo Records, especially
Vamos A Gozar
'84 and
Ritmo y Sabor
'85? Please tell me more?
When I returned to Puerto Rico at the end of 1984, and after Mario Jr. talked to me about his departure from Willie's band, his father, Mario Ortiz, already had a record deal with Combo Records. I played with Mario for about two weeks until his son finally left Willie Rosario.
After playing in Willie Rosario's trademark four trumpet/baritone sax frontline on 1985's
Afincando/25 Aniversario
on Bronco, you very quickly moved through the ranks to produce the band's next release, the Grammy nominated
Nueva Cosecha
(1986 on Bronco). What would you like to share about that experience?
I remember that within two months after I began working in the band, Willie entered the recording studio to work on
and I was able not only to play on the album, but also to work on an arrangement for the song "Son Tus Cosas," which became a big hit. Then the following year, when he was getting ready to do the next album, he called me one day and said: "I want you to produce my next album." I was not sure he was being serious. And after I realized I was going to be the producer, I was very determined to take full advantage of this great opportunity.
Nueva Cosecha
was a turning point for me.
I understand that
Nueva Cosecha
became somewhat of a calling card for you, and commissions to write arrangements for other artists and bands started to roll in. Tell me about that?
After I produced the album and the Grammy nomination, I really started to get a lot of calls to write and produce for many artists. It was a great development process for me, since I felt I was establishing myself as a very professional producer/arranger.
Nueva Cosecha
, you produced a further two albums for Willie:
A Man Of Music
'87 and
The Salsa Legend
'88, both on Bronco. I'm a massive fan of Willie's band, particularly the recordings from the mid-'80s. Please share what it was like working for such a crack organisation during that peak period?
Working for Willie Rosario was an incredible way to start my professional career. I learned many things during that period of time, especially to always be responsible and to take music seriously. I will always be grateful to Willie because I think he saw something in me and he was willing to give me all these great opportunities. But most important, as a 21-year-old young musician at the time, he trusted my musical instincts.
Please, could you explain to Descarga.com readers why Willie Rosario is popularly known as Mr Afinque?
Willie Rosario is a unique timbalero. His timing, rhythm and his ability to maintain the tempo makes him Mr. Afinque.
What motivated your decision to leave Willie's band in 1988?
After almost four years with the band, I was already involved in many projects, producing and arranging for many artists, and I thought that I needed more space to keep developing my abilities. So a change was inevitable.
From '87 the drift from the swinging, robust sound of bands like Willie's to the softer salsa romántica style was well underway. And shortly after you turned freelance, you became musical director, producer and arranger for the future romántica star, Tony Vega, who had left Rosario after
Nueva Cosecha
. Please tell me about how that happened and your work with Tony?
Tony Vega was another great chapter. He has been my friend for many years. I remember back in 1987 he was touring with Eddie Palmieri; and one day he called from New York and told me that he had an offer from RMM Records to sign a record deal, and asked me to be part of the production. When he came back to Puerto Rico, we got together and started working on the album. While we were in the studio one night, Mario Ortiz Jr., who was part of the trumpet section on the album, told Tony and me: "You two should put a band together to support this album." And that's exactly what happened.
You produced six albums for Vega between 1988 and 1998:
Yo Me Quedo!
Lo Mio Es Amor
Uno Mismo
Si Me Miras A Los Ojos
Hoy Quiero Cantarte
, all on RMM. Which projects would you single out for specific comment?
I actually produced seven albums for Tony, you are missing the album
Tony Vega
, which was released after
Si Me Miras A Los Ojos
in 1996 and was nominated for a Grammy that year. But of all those albums, there are two that are very significant to me as a producer:
Uno Mismo
, because we established a sound for Tony and it was also the first Tony Vega album to reach platinum status; and
Si Me Miras A Los Ojos
, because I was involved with the repertoire and it has been Tony's best selling album.
Sorry I omitted
Tony Vega
. It isn't missing from my collection though! However, despite being an alumnus of Rosario's hard, fat sound, your work on Tony's albums earned you the reputation as a purveyor of mellow, smoother salsa. Consequently, most of your commissions for salsa arrangements and productions have seemed to be largely in this vein. Do you think that is a fair summary?
I would say that for a period of time, smooth salsa was a big hit and almost everyone wanted to record an album in that vein. But for Tony, somehow I specifically managed to come up with a sound that identified him and made him a household name. For that I feel very proud.
You've clocked-up some notable salsa productions by names such as Miles Peña (in my view, one of the finest of the newer generation of salsa singers), Johnny Rivera and Brenda K Starr. Please could you comment on your work with these artists?
I produced two albums for Miles Peña (
Miles Peña
'94 on Sonero and
Torbellino de Amor
'96 on RMM) and those were great efforts by him, but unfortunately the record company never promoted these albums. So we don't really know what could have happened with his talent. There is a good story regarding my work with Johnny Rivera. He had already released two albums and the record company wanted to boost his sales, so they called and asked if I was interested. I said yes, but with the condition of letting me create the album concept. That means picking the songs, the musicians, the studio, everything. They agreed, and it worked out for everybody.
Cuando Parará La Lluvia
(1993 on Sonero) sold 150,000 plus copies. Johnny has a very unique voice and that has made him very successful. Brenda K. Starr was a big challenge, because she is such a great singer. She has great musical taste and intonation, but her Spanish was not that good. So we had to practice a lot. In the end, her determination made her improve a lot and the albums I produced for her became big sellers, especially her first album,
Te Sigo Esperando
(1997 on Parcha), which sold over 140,000 copies.
There was life after RMM for Miles Peña, because he released the notable
Lejos De Ti
on Parcha in 2000. Maybe you're not aware of this production?
I am definitely aware of Miles Peña's album with Parcha. He is a very good friend and I always wish him well.
When it came to launching your own solo recording career in 1992, why did you opt for Latin jazz rather than exploit your already considerable salsa credentials?
I basically decided to start a recording career as a jazz musician because the genre gives me the freedom to create, compose, arrange, produce and perform. Something that other genres don't offer. But I have always been thinking of a salsa recording along the way, and that finally happened this year with the release of
Mi Primer Amor
on Latin World, my first salsa recording.
To date, you've got nine Latin jazz albums to your name:
Jazz Project
Portrait Of A Stranger
Canciones De Amor
(1995) and
(1998), all on Tropijazz;
Con El Corazón
(1999 on CDT),
Best Friends: Giovanni Hidalgo & Humberto Ramírez
(1999 on AJ Records),
Paradise: Humberto Ramírez Jazz Orchestra
(2000 on AJ Records) and
Dos Almas
(2002 on AJ Records). I'd welcome your general and specific comments about this significant body of work. For instance,
Portrait Of A Stranger
, featuring your former boss, Willie Rosario, Tony Vega and Gilberto Santa Rosa (also ex-Rosario), was one of your most acclaimed releases.
Back in 1991, when I was working on my first album, I never imagined I would be able to work on all these recordings. For me to be able to work with so many great musicians and put all these albums out has been a blessing.
So now, after 10 years of establishing yourself as a major Latin jazz name, you decide to make your solo debut as a salsa bandleader with
Mi Primer Amor
. What was the decision-making process behind this move?
I had been thinking about recording a salsa album for the past five years, but wasn't able to do it because of my busy schedule. Finally, in 2000, I was able to find two talented singer/songwriters, Freddie Gutiérrez and Juan José Hernández, and the salsa album became a reality.
How did you hook-up with Samuel Quirós and his exciting new Latin World label based in Venezuela?
I met Samuel a while ago when he was opening an office in Puerto Rico. Later on I presented him with the album, which was already recorded, and he decided to release the recording under his label.
You say you presented Samuel with the album already recorded. How come it was in the can? Did you fund it yourself?
I decided to do my salsa album on my own because I already knew the sound and concept that I wanted, and I did not want anybody to put any restrictions on that.
Although your composition, "Mi Primer Amor" (My First Love), refers to your Mother, was its use as the title of the album in any way intended as an ironic allusion to your first musical love, in other words, salsa?
Definitely. Musically speaking, salsa was my first love.
The personnel on
Mi Primer Amor
include a number of your regular session musicians. However, the lead singers, Freddie Gutiérrez and Juan José Hernández, are unfamiliar to me. I also note that Juan José wrote three tracks and Freddie composed one cut. Please tell me about them?
Freddie is from Ponce, Puerto Rico, and has experience in music. He recorded two albums back in 1992 with EMI Latin. Juan José is from Cuba and has been living in Puerto Rico for the past three years. He was part of the Adalberto Alvarez group in Cuba.
You say Freddie Gutiérrez recorded two albums back in 1992 for EMI Latin. Was that as a solo artist or part of a band?
Freddie Gutiérrez signed a record deal with EMI Latin as a solo artist.
You've opted for a combination of trumpet, two trombones and sax. What were your reasons for this preference over the other horn combinations you've arranged for?
Musically speaking, this instrumentation gives me such a big sound that I can basically approach my writing via a mix of different musical influences.
The charts you've written for
Mi Primer Amor
are a mix of mellow and harder edged pieces. What was your thinking behind this approach?
When I began to work on the arrangements, my concept was to make this album sound in the style of the salsa music of the '70s, but with a more contemporary sound.
The first hit from the album on both sides of the Atlantic was your composition "Sentir La Música," followed by "Mi Primer Amor." Interestingly, these are a couple of the harder tracks on the CD. Does this help inform you about current taste?
It's obvious that I was going to commit to write arrangements where the musicians had the time and space to perform and improvise without any restrictions.
What reaction have you had from your Latin jazz fan base to your solo salsa departure?
For the most part it has been well received, but in some cases the real jazz fans feel betrayed. I only hope that they understand that I do this with respect and to expand my horizons.
Do you have imminent plans to make another salsa album?
Without any doubt. Hopefully, I will be working on my next salsa album sometime before the end of 2003.
Are you performing with your own salsa orchestra, or, if not, do you have plans to do so?
I have not been playing that much with my orchestra lately, my next show will be at the Bahamas Jazz Festival on January 18th, 2003.
What projects, both solo and for other artists, do you have in the pipeline?
There are a couple of projects for other artists in the making. I produced a jazz group, Rumbantela (
Let's Go to the Rumba
). Their CD just came out last month on AJ Records from Puerto Rico. Right now I'm working on the pre-production of my next album, a Latin tribute to the music of Miles Davis.
Finally, there seems to be a current fad in Puerto Rico for veteran names to record live albums mainly of their back catalogue material. So far, Ismael Miranda, Tommy Olivencia, Sonora Ponceña, Ray Barretto, Tito Rojas, El Gran Combo, Bobby Valentín, Willie Rosario and Andy Montañez have released live sets. I would be interested in your observations on this development?
All of those great musicians that you have mentioned have my respect and admiration because they have been able to develop successful careers; and in some cases have been pioneers in their field. When you achieve that level of success, you need to document your legacy; and that's what all these great artists have been doing, which I think is necessary.
Thank you for all your trouble. Best wishes for the future.
John, just to let you know that I had a great time doing this, especially because you are so well documented.
Thanks to Carlos Chirinos for facilitating my interview with Humberto Ramírez
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Most people looking to rent a home would never expect something like this to happen, so make sure to do your research.
Find out the name of the property owner through county records and compare it to his or her state ID.
Also, if there is a realty sign in the yard, call the number to make sure that the person there is really their agent.
News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Investigators are looking for an elderly woman and a possible accomplice to who they say conned an Augusta woman into giving them hundreds of dollars toward a rental home.
They say the woman used a stolen identity and forged federal documents to convince the victim she was the owner of a home for rent.
Federal officials are now involved as the case continues to grow.
Almost anyone would have been fooled, unfortunately.
"I was looking for a home for me and my kids," said Consuela Maloyd.
Maloyd was the one to fall for it.
"This particular house, I loved it ... beautiful pictures, great home/house," she said.
An ad on Craigslist brought her to the home on Birnam Place. A sweet-looking older woman, who identified herself as Moriya Ariff, and an elderly man she called her husband met Maloyd with the key.
"She wrote me out a receipt, as well as a lease and issued me two keys," Maloyd said.
It all seemed very legit, especially when "Ariff" showed Maloyd her federal IDs. Maloyd snapped a picture on her cellphone of the IDs, which came in very handy to investigators a few days later.
"Came back a few days later trying to switch the power over and she ran into the real estate agent that represents the actual owner of that house who told her that she didn't really rent the house legitimately," said Investigator Dan Ferrel.
Ferrel says the real Ariff is a much younger woman who used to live in the rental property. A few years ago, someone stole her identity.
As far as the numbers of the passport and military ID go, they match up with a retired colonel out of Wisconsin. Ferrell says the scam artist Photoshopped her picture along with the name onto the colonel's documents.
As far as the key goes, he says the real estate company may have unknowingly provided it to the scammers.
"They hired a smaller firm here in town who put the keys in a lock box that hangs on the door with a little keypad on it," Ferrel said.
To get the code, he says all you had to do was say you wanted to see the house. This was just one of many steps that led to this very elaborate scheme.
Investigators say the elderly couple could be tied to an international scam.
If you recognize the woman in the picture, contact the Richmond County Sheriff's Office.


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I'm fairly new to ps3 media server but i'm getting the hang of it.
I have a odd problem/bug. When I add a movie (video_TS) folder in the ps3 media server (its the star trek enterprise series) i see only 3 episodes on that part of the dvd, but when I playing it on my pc I see 4 episodes. Is this a bug or what am i doing wrong? It's only with a few dvd's. other dvds of the serie show up as it has to be.
Sorry for my english if it is a bit chubby to read, i'm not very good at english.
I hope someone can help me