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A good Buried Alive opens things up and you can tell the adrenalin is pumping already as they segue right into a good Poor Heart including a false start by Trey. The energy continues into a good Maze. Trey has a few rough spots, but the solo sections are good. You can hear the reverb change in a standard Bouncing. Rift had a few rough spots as well, but otherwise well played. Wilson was good solid rock and more reserved tonight. Were they on their best behavior tonight for the radio crowd? Double shot of Gamehenge tonight with a good Divided Sky. Cavern was also well played. Foam was a little rough from Mike's end, but otherwise ok. IDK was its usual self with "Tubbs". A nice solid Antelope closes up a good first set.
Solid Jim to open second set picks up right where they left off. Ice had some rough Trey spots as if there were equipment troubles or something. It sounds like you can hear the reverb coils rattling in his amp, like he kicked it. Sparkle was ok, except the very end. Yay! Another Forbin is always great to hear. This one is good and has a great story before an ok, but spotty, Mockingbird. My Sweet One brings out the bluegrass and the Balls with a terrible ending leading right into a sloppy Stash. Glide was ok as things are starting to get sloppier with each song that is played. GTBT closes up an ok second set.
On to New Years with a rushed, sloppy Mike's Song complete with countdown and a really sloppy transition to a fast, rough Weekapaug. I'm sure there was partying going on, and it really shows in the playing. Harpua starts out with Trey reminding Mike that he sings too. Funny stuff here as the Harpua story gets the royal treatment for a holiday show, including a Kung bust out from Fishman. Coil starts off ok, but then suffers a little in the middle. Page's solo is good, as usual, leading into an inexplicable, and the only, cover of Diamond Girl. Not sure why they played it, but it wasn't that bad. Paul faded the mix out too, which I though was very unique and strange. Llama rocked out for a good ending to a sloppy third set. Very fun to hear though, just sloppy.
After some lip smacking, Trey explains the quiet needed to do Carolina in a large venue. The crowd complies nicely. The vocal levels are very uneven on the recording because of the barbershop style. A sloppy Fire finishes off the year with thank you's to all for a great time.
Well, not the best show I've ever heard, but I'm sure if you were there it was a great time. Three sets give you plenty of entertainment, and I'm always glad to hear a good recording. Thanks again to the tapers. I'm looking forward to hearing Page's new piano next year!


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With little drama, the Menlo Park City Council on Tuesday unanimously named Peter Ohtaki the city's mayor and newly elected Ray Mueller vice mayor.
"That was fast," Ohtaki said as he took the center seat on the council dais, replacing outgoing Mayor Kirsten Keith.
City commendations went to Keith for her service as mayor and to outgoing council members Kelly Fergusson and Andy Cohen, both of whom had served two terms.
In addition, Mueller and Catherine Carlton took oaths of office as the newest council members. In last month's election for two seats, Mueller received the most votes, 25.5 percent, followed by Carlton with 24.1 percent. Fergusson came in third with 23.1 percent.
In addressing the public Tuesday night for the last time as a council member, Fergusson recapped the panel's accomplishments during her tenure and told supporters with a break in her voice, "I'm sorry that we fell just a little bit short this time."
Cohen, who did not seek a third term, acknowledged in his closing comments that "I've often been a challenge to work with," but said his motive was to "make the unrepresented be heard."
Although the five-member body frequently was divided on issues, Council Member Rich Cline and Keith expressed their appreciation to both Fergusson and Cohen.
"We've agreed much more than we've disagreed," Cline said.
Members of the public also expressed gratitude to the council's outgoing members for their service as well as their accessibility to constituents.
"If I had questions, I'd email you and you replied right away," resident Maggie Creighton told Fergusson.
In his first remarks as a council member and vice mayor, Mueller said one of his top priorities would be to work to quell the gang violence that has rocked the city's Belle Haven neighborhood in recent months.
Carlton said she is looking forward to working with her colleagues.
"I think we have a highly functional group of people," she said.
Resident Patti Fry gave the new council members some advice: work to persuade other council members, be responsive to residents and "be tough on issues, but gentle on each other."
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They thought it would never happen to them, just like you probably think it will never happen to you. But last year 97 women reported rape in Augusta. Chances are, where you are right now is the most dangerous place for a woman.
The number one most dangerous place in Augusta for women is in a home, where 54 rapes were reported last year. Most of them happen in the victim's own home.
It happened to this woman. She was in her own home when she was raped.
"He was nice, he started off nice, opening up doors. A few weeks later he started being aggressive," the woman told News 12, anonymously. "I let him in my house and we started talking. I tried to get rid of him because of his attitude toward me. I ended up getting raped and pregnant."
April Zahner teaches rape prevention at the Rape Crisis Center. She knows this woman's story is all too common.
"In over 80% of the cases you know the person on a first name basis or they are a good friend or acquaintance. They know something about you and you know something about him," Zahner said.
There is safety in numbers and the best way to prevent being raped is to date in groups, the more girlfriends with you the better.
The second most dangerous place for a woman? An apartment or dorm room in Augusta. Last year 21 rapes were reported there.
Lt. Jimmy Young is with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. He says don't assume your building is safe because the front doors are locked.
"You may be thinking, 'this is a secure building.' The perpetrator may actually live in your building, may be one of your neighbors you don't know," Lt. Young said.
The third most dangerous place in Augusta for women is in hotels and motels. Last year there were eight rapes reported there.
Lt. Young says some of those were reported by Fort Gordon soldiers attending parties at motels on Washington Road, where half of those rapes were reported.
"There may also be many more males than females and at some point the females get taken advantage of," Lt. Young said.
The fourth most dangerous places in Augusta for women are schools. Last year two of the three rapes reported at schools were at Richmond County public high schools. And according to crime reports, those were reported by students.
"Talking to your kids is key. Tell them what they should do when parents are not around," Zahner said.
The fifth most dangerous place for women in Augusta is in parking lots, garages and parking decks. Last year three rapes were reported there.
And if you think you should be extra careful after dark, two of those rapes were reported in broad daylight.
When you're in a garage or parking deck, walk in pairs or groups and never try to get to your car alone if you can help it.
Rape Crisis counselors say rape is the most underreported crime and that we can estimate the real number of rapes in Augusta is almost triple the 97 reported.
When we looked at those 97 reported rapes we were shocked to find only one was at the point of a gun and in a handful of cases, another weapon was used. The overwhelming majority of these women were simply overpowered by their attacker.


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NEW ORLEANS -- If Alex Smith's 49ers tenure comes to an end in the next few months, it won't be because his $8.5 million salary won't fit on the 49ers' books, team CEO Jed York said Thursday.
Smith's future was one of many topics York touched upon during an hourlong sit-down with Bay Area media.
And that future has been in doubt since Colin Kaepernick replaced him as the starting quarterback in November.
York outlined four areas worth considering, starting with whether there could be room for Smith under the projected $121 million salary cap. "Is there a spot on the team for him from a cap standpoint? Yeah, absolutely, there's a spot for him on the team," York said.
The other areas: how nice it is to have two winning quarterbacks, how much in demand Smith will be on the trade market and how strongly Smith wants to go start elsewhere. "We'll sit down after the Super Bowl and see what's best for everybody," York said.
Smith has disputed an Internet report from earlier this week that he wants to be released after the Super Bowl. On Thursday, Smith said he hasn't scouted out potential landing spots. "I've heard all the speculations of the teams and this and that, but I can do that next week," Smith said. "We're preparing to play and win a game, so I'm not thinking about it."
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York likes the 49ers' chances if they play their style of football, but noted "the Ravens are going to be an unbelievably tough opponent." He is anticipating an emotional, physical game that probably will be won by whoever makes the least mistakes.
DeBartolo could land that Hall of Fame invitation Saturday, and York insisted a driving reason is DeBartolo's wherewithal to not only hire Bill Walsh but also become so revered. "Have you ever seen players love an owner as much as Eddie? It was not just because of the money. He opened up the 49ers and made it a family. He took care of people and loved people more than any owner in the history of sports."
York said he understood and that he didn't need to give his approval. "He makes the decision. It was controversial at the time, but that's what head coaches do," York said. "It's paid off, and we'll see how it goes Sunday."
York raved about how well his hand-picked coach and general manager work together, something he knew would happen 10 minutes into Harbaugh's job interview two years ago. That's when Harbaugh asked to loosen his tie and put in some chewing tobacco, to which Baalke did the same. "I could see a mutual respect for each other," York said.
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In recent years, Chinese state-controlled investors have fared quite well in Canada–embarking on a buying spree that culminated late last year in Cnooc record-breaking $15-plus-billion dollar acquisition of Nexen
But one of the country's largest funds recently hit a wooden wall here in its attempt to buy a much smaller prize: timber assets from Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
In November, The Wall Street Journal reported that China Investment Corp. was close to buying at least part of a 25% stake in a collection of British Columbia-based timber assets s from two units of Brookfield.
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CIC, China's giant sovereign fund, is shifting some of its cash toward long-term, hard assets in foreign markets that can throw off steady cash flow. CIC, which had assets valued at $482 billion at the end of 2011, has also been looking to protect its portfolio from rising inflation risks potentially posed by stimulus measures in Western countries.
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In 1994 Eugenio Genio Acosta Ithier envisioned a musical exchange between Puerto Rico and Cuba. His plan was to gather some of the best soneros and musicians in Puerto Rico to record a tribute to the contemporary Cuban composers. He accomplished this task and named it DE AQUI PALLA and released it in 1995. A year later we have its counterpart, DE ALLA PACA. For this project some of the best soneros and musicians in Cuba were assembled to pay homage to some of Puerto Ricos best composers under the musical direction of NG La Bandas Jose Luis Cortes. Rafael Hernandez (Oprobio), Bobby Capo (Y Llorando Me Dormi), Tite Curet Alonzo (Para Que Volver) and Perin Vazquez (Todavia & El Menu) are among those honored by the voices of Issac Delgado, Mariano Mena, Angel Bonne, and Tony Cala. The Cuban songo style that is so prevalent these days was abandoned for this project. What you get is salsa picante throughout the session. Both of these productions are well worth the investment due to their musicality and the historical musical exchange between these two hotbeds of rhythm.
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Cuban Jazz has always found its voice in a big band. Most recently it roared sublimely in Mario Bauzas last recordings and, convulsed with swing, it was heard speaking-in-tongues on Chico O Farrils Pure Emotion. Paquito D Riveras Portraits of Cuba is an aural history of the last 100 years in Cuban music. It is a jazz-impressionist view of that history. Carlos Franzetti, arranger and conductor, set the goal of rendering a jazz tribute to Cuban music in the same sense that Sketches of Spain is a jazz tribute to Spanish music. To achieve that goal Franzetti wrote charts that have this band blowin like a trained force of nature: alternating gale fury with a gentle tropical breeze.
The evolution of the bolero cubano is traced from its roots in the habanera or danza cubana on Tu, through the contributions of such masters of the genre as Ernesto Lecuona on Como Arrullo de Palmas, Rene Touzet on No Te Importe Saber, and Cesar Portillo De La Luz on Tu Mi Delirio. On original compositions such as Franzettis Mariana and Paquitos Song To My Son the contemporary and eternal viability of this romantic spirit is affirmed. Enduring Cuban values are revealed in classics like the cancion de cuna (lullaby) Drume Negrita, Ignacio Pineiros Echale Salsita, La Bella Cubana, and amazingly on The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero), which had languished in caricature until now. I Love Lucy effuses with the energy that was Desi. The title track is the opening movement for Aires Tropicales, an extended piece written by Paquito for the Aspen Wind Quintet. It serves as both a summary of the subject and as a compass for future directions.
There are goals that take a lifetime to fulfill, projects that assimilate experience and bring you full circle - this is one of them. As a child in Cuba, Paquito heard recordings of Benny Goodman and conceived the dream of being a jazz musician in New York. By fulfilling that dream he also came to know Cuban music from inside and out. Portraits of Cuba recapitulates all the memories and nostalgia of both man and country and offers it to the listener. Somewhere Benny Goodman is wearing a smile a cloud wide.
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Now, lets see if I get this straight. First there was the danza, which gave way to the danzón, from which we get the charanga, the Cuban son, the mambo, and the chachacha. In between the Cuban son and the chachacha, there was the descarga. Then came the Cuban embargo, which gave rise to the boogaloo and jala-jala era in New York City. As a result of these dynamics, we get salsa in the U.S.A. and songo in Cuba. Well, get ready for something thats been brewing for a while. Salsa meets hip hop. Thats right! Im talking about DLG, Huey Dunbar and James De Jesus.
Produced by Sergio George for his Sir George label debut, this release swings. More importantly, it has brought a new audience along with a fresh sound. Our kid brothers and little sisters are now stepping to a sound that has been traditionally neglected by our youth. Hey, dont despair, youll also enjoy it.
DLG is already enjoying hit status with the songs No Morira (No Matter What), Si Tu No Estas, Muevete, and Triste Y Solo. The music is danceable with many catchy hooks. Like I said, it swings! Check them out, youll be surprised at what youll hear.


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The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team opens its third season of the Willis Wilson era with a matchup against NAIA Huston-Tillotson on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Dugan Wellness Center. The contest is the first of the Holiday Inn Downtown Marina Islanders Basketball Tournament, which runs through Nov. 17.
• Junior John Jordan was named Preseason First Team All-Southland Conference by the league's coaches. Last season, Jordan averaged 12.8 PPG, 5.5 APG and 4.8 RPG, totals eclipsed by only two players in the nation.
• The Islanders took part in a 10-day, four-game tour of Italy in August, a trip that allowed them 10 extra days of practice prior to the tour.
• Redshirt sophomore Jake Kocher returns to the court exactly 20 months after his last collegiate contest. He missed all of last season after having double labrum surgery.
• The Islanders are 12-2 all-time in season openers, including a 10-1 mark in season-opening games at home.
• A&M-Corpus Christi is 3-0 against Huston-Tillotson in program history, with the last game played in December 2006.
• Though Coach Wilson has his most experienced team with the Islanders, only five players have more than one year of Division I playing experience (Ali, Knowles, Jordan, Douvier, King).
The Islanders and Huston-Tillotson meet for the fourth time since the Islanders moved to Division I in 1999-2000. The Islanders and Rams played three times in a span of 22 months in 2005 and 2006. The closest contest in that span was a 28-point victory in December 2006.
John Jordan is only a junior for the Islanders basketball team, but he's the most experienced player on the roster and one of the favorites for Southland Conference Player of the Year. The Houston native was named Preseason First Team All-Southland Conference by the league's coaches.
The honor is no surprise when looking at the numbers that the 5-foot-10 Jordan put up last season and has amassed in his two-year career. Jordan was second in the league in assists (5.5 per game) despite the fact that the Islanders only shot 40.6 percent from the field. He was 12th in the league in scoring at 12.8 points per game, and he finished just outside the Southland's top 15 with his 4.8 rebounds per game.
Only two players in the nation – South Dakota State's Nate Wolters and Louisiana-Lafayette's Elfrid Payton – had better numbers than Jordan in points, assists and rebounds last year. (See chart below.) His 5.5 assists per game placed him 39th in Division I.
Jordan has already etched his name in the school record book. He broke the school record with 138 assists as a freshman, then bested his own mark with 159 as a sophomore. With 297 career assists, he is already half way to the school record of 493, held by Brian Evans.
Jordan is also someone who is rarely seen on the bench. He averaged a Southland-leading 36.6 minutes per game, an average that put him 28th in the nation in that category. He is on pace to enter the career top 10 in minutes later this month.
In addition to the other newcomers, the Islanders will have a welcome face back in the fold that was missing last season. Redshirt sophomore Jake Kocher, who sat out 2012-13 after double labrum surgery, is expected to be back in the starting lineup on Friday night.
Kocher played in 29 games as a freshman, averaging 3.2 points, but the main attribute he provides for the team is a toughness and work ethic that goes well above the norm. He is also one of the team's top outside shooters – an attribute that the Islanders struggled in last year.
In 2011-12, he did most of his damage down the stretch, including a career-high 15 points in the season's penultimate game at UT Arlington. He averaged 4.6 points in 17.0 minutes over the season's final seven games.
Though this is the most experienced team Willis Wilson has had in his three years at the Island University, A&M-Corpus Christi is still a youthful squad. Only five players – Hameed Ali, Zane Knowles, John Jordan, Bryce Douvier and James King – have more than one year of Division I basketball playing experience, and Douvier will be sitting out this year due to transfer regulations.
Ali, Jordan and King are the veterans of the group, as they (along with Kocher) are the only players in their third year at the University under Coach Wilson's leadership. Ali has played in 59 games for the Islanders, while King has registered 33.
Ali was the only player on the team to start all 29 games a year ago, and he flourished, averaging 7.5 points and totaling 42 steals on the year. King was the team's top three-point shooter a year ago, going 9-for-25 from downtown, in addition to providing strong leadership. The former walk-on was awarded a scholarship prior to this year.
After being one of just five upperclassmen on the roster a year ago, Joy Williamson enters his second year as an Islander as one of just two seniors on the squad in 2013-14. The Oklahoma City native finished third on the Islanders in scoring a year ago, netting 8.3 points per game.
He posted 12 games of double-figure scoring in 2012-13, with all of those consisting of between 10 and 15 points. His career high of 15 came against Central Arkansas and was matched in the Homecoming contest with McNeese. He was also one of the strongest defensive players on the team, posting 34 steals on the year, a total which placed him third behind Hameed Ali and John Jordan.
The Islanders' most physically notable player is without question senior Zane Knowles. The native of Nassau, Bahamas, stands 6-foot-10 and 240 pounds and is expected to be a force inside for the Islanders this year. He has improved significantly in the weight room, and his soft touch around the basket should help him be a scoring force inside.
A year ago, Knowles was just hitting his stride when an injury against UTSA sidelined him for the next five games. He got back into form later in the year, and matched his career high with 12 points against Southeastern Louisiana in the second-to-last home contest of the season. He averaged 9.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in the last four games of the year, shooting 17-for-26 (.655) in that span.
Knowles came to the Islanders after a year at Pearl River (Miss.) Community College and a season at Grambling.


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Do you always ride in a group, or do you like to ride alone? Why?
Mostly alone because 1) it takes a lot more of my day to go meet a group, wait for everyone, etc. than to just jump on my bike and ride, 2) people in cars are lots nicer if there's only one rider, and 3)sometimes the group tries to kill you even when they say it's a "beginner" or "easy" ride!
alone because nobody wants to go out at 4am with me
I ride alone and in a group. It all depends on were I am with training and how early. Sometimes during base, I rather be alone so that I do not push to much.
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I prefer to ride alone. I think it depends on the persons disipline, For me..... I can push myself without any outside help but for some I beleave a group is needed to get the right motavation. When I first started out I liked to have others push the pace. After a while it seemed more of a chore to try to make everyone happy . In that I mean to try and keep the same cadence/pace, ect. If you are running different gears or even your style is more power than spin it doesn't work well for some others. So.... I chose to ride alone.
I like this question.
I prefer to ride with others and foster a sense of community. That said I ride tons of solo miles as I just like to ride and don't need to have constraints to go when I want. Having to ride with someone else provides an excuse to skip it if the other rider flakes out! I'll ride with one other rider at this time of the year, often in the dark, after work or hooking up on my way home. If it is 25F out and dark, I'm more likely to get in an extra 10 or 15 fun miles in if I have company than if I'm solo.
During the season I lead a bunch of rides. Often three or four a week. Sunday mornings we do a typical 60ish ride, sometimes up to 100 if we plan it, and get often times 35 riders. We may have two groups going out and I'll lead the more modest paced one if I'm not in a jamming mood. This way I can coach the newer riders on pacelining as it seems the guys I taught to do it 15, 20 years ago forgot that someone taught them and don't repeat the process. Monday evenings I created the R4RWomensRide though I'm gender challenged for this one. I found that we had many women who did not know where to go to ride and the other recovery ride had picked up the pace and was too fast for many of them so after two seasons we got this going well now. We go about 17 to 25 miles at about 13mph or so. Some of the gals split off and go faster as they don't know about recovery rides as they don't race on the weekends... Tuesday evening we have in Birmingham, MI the MOTIVE FORCE-Loose Spokes Ride. This is probably the hardest training ride on a consistent basis in the state. I've broken it into and A and B ride as I just can't control the A riders anymore and the B ride is an A ride pretty much any place else. We've done 45 mile rides on hilly courses with stops and regroups for the stragglers (The A ride does not sit up) and we still average over 22mph. If you are at the front here it is a hard ride. Thursdays I lead either a casual ride for more women or a harder training ride like a notch below the Tuesday Ride.
I guess I like to foster a sense of community. Bike riding brings us together and we help to develop skills. I can push myself while solo and sometimes that is a mind clearer but there is nothing like grabbing onto some cat 1 or 2 guy's wheel and holding on for dear life. Then the next day, sitting in at 16 mph and shooting the breeze and swapping stories about how your gear skipped into the final turn of a race costing you the win.
Stay upright!
Two more questions:
1. Do you ride in the winter months?
2. Do you log your miles?
Yes and yes to both questions. I am currently still doing training here in OR. , I rode in the winter months back in MI. for a no. of years although it was on my MT. bike not road bike. I lived in northern lower MI. and liked the MT. bike at the time a bit more. I did the Iceman race in Travers City and really enjoyed it, I think it is held 1st weekend in Nov. Me and my brother have logged thousands of miles back there. Out here it is totally different with the mountains to contend with. I am coming back from a motocross accident which dislocated my hip and messed up my lower back. After 2 years off and ballooning up to 250 lbs....... 6 months of training has gotten me 2500 + miles logged and back down to 179 lbs. I have done this riding alone and just enjoy the piece of mind with out distractions.
I have given thought to hooking up with a local group, I guess more than anything to see where I am with the riders out here. ( As far as pace goes). I do cut back in the winter months a bit, at this time I get two or three 25 to 35 mile rides and a 45 ish mile ride a week. I think as long as a person has a passion for our sport it's all good if you choose to ride in a group or alone. I'm sure some time in the future I will get hooked up with a group and do some rides to test the waters again. Awesome rides to all from the liquid sunshine state.
Liquid SUNSHINE! I love that!
Good luck with your ongoing recovery. Great job knocking off that weight. That is a tough job. Most of my cohorts race Iceman but I'm in the ski business in the fall so it is tough for me to get away. In '98 I was signed up and then told I had to work. The night before the race they said I should take the day off but it was too late to get up north to race and I think I could have won my masters class that year. Oh well.
Stay off the power bikes! Stick to human power.
I ride alone often during the weekdays. Sometimes during the weekday, I do ride with my brother but it's rare that we are both in the same place at the same time. Another reason I ride alone during the week, is that my work hours are real flexible. You would think this situation to be a benefit but it works against me riding with someone because, if I suddenly have a 2 hour opening, I have ride or miss the opportunity.
On the weekends I ride in what ever local events tickle me. At least 1 of the two days I ride with my wife or a buddy. That's normally my recovery or light day. When I ride alone, I ride much harder than when I'm in a group. The only time this is not the case is when I ride with my brother. He pushes me harder then I would push myself. Or maybe I ride harder because I don't want to give him a disappointing ride (Dr Phil on line 1).
A few years ago, I use to ride with a small group of friend after work. At first it was great but people didn't always show up on time or said they show, but didn't!
When I was a kid (in my 20s), I raced and every group ride was a mock race. Today my goals are different, I like to relax on group rides, hang out at the back and let the people in the front trim each other down to the bone. I'll pass them on the climbs and on the descents, for no other reason except that I enjoy climbing for the descents. I find that really enjoy doing ride events. I show up at the event, I pickup my paperwork and event swag, I ride off whenever I want. Nobody to wait for, just the open road and my bike.
So what was the question.........Oh yeah, If you meant, Do I have group that I ride with? No but I do ride with groups of riders. I can't say that I like riding alone but 70% of the time I am alone. If a group riders pulled up in front of my house at ride time and said "Joe, come outside and ride with Us," I'd likely grab my gear and go. It would be just like when I was kid and my friends, called for me to come out and play.
Echo that Joe!
My brother pushes me harder than any group ever has.... could be because we are only a year apart and we are so competitive, doubt it would be his (MULE HEADED STUBBORNNESS)...LOL I think as a I get older.... I just don't feel the need for a group to push me, Not to say that group rides arn't fun. There is a pretty big group near me that I'm sure I'll hook up with eventually. Till then doesn't bother me to ride solo...
Good rides all...
Funny you should say that, the same group, they were called "Da Gimbels Group" that I rode with 20 years ago still meets, 80% of the members have changed, but I just don't feel riding like I'm out for blood. I'm checking out some of the more civil groups. Here is the hard part my brother still rides with them and really wants to come out with him on few group rides. I think that he see me as his secret weapon. Back then, Me and my two brothers rode with that group. We were a force to be reckoned with.
Check this out, I just found a story about the group. http://nyvelocity.com/content/rides/2004/da-gimbels
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A strengthening low pressure system over South Dakota this afternoon is producing a pretty striking temperature gradient across the northern Plains. The system is causing blizzard conditions over much of the Dakotas with temperatures as low as 10°F, while just a few dozen miles away, the town of Shenandoah, Iowa is sitting at a comfortable 79°F.
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The second annual Ashland Firewise Clean-up Day netted about 66 tons of yard debris, with more than 250 vehicles dropping off materials, organizers said.
The drop-off event, held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 5 at Lincoln Elementary, gave Ashland residents a place to dispose of yard debris free of charge. Removing overgrown vegetation from around homes can help protect them from spreading wildfires, officials said.
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Let trucks on Main Street
The last iteration of the already prolonged and fully unnecessary plea for trucks to avoid North Main Street in favor of a narrower, mostly residential street replete with corners not designed for this type of traffic caused me to give up my silence and create this note.
Mayor Thom Lauzons recent suggestion to put this matter on the ballot and let the voters of Barre City decide this issue, after the Transportation Advisory Committee clearly wrote a comprehensive report and voted in a resounding way to recommend that truck traffic be returned to North Main Street and not to be detoured via Summer Street, is fine, but it made me realize that the voters should at least be warned that this detour is, more than likely, illegal and so this vote would merely be window dressing and not binding.
You see, North Main Street is considered to be not just a street but part of a highway system. This is not all; the reconstruction project that created our new downtown renaissance on North Main Street was funded, in no small part, by highway funds. Trucking companies are the biggest financial supporter of highway funds through a variety of taxes and fees. Asking trucks to not use the very road that they (at least indirectly) just paid for is downright un-neighborly and probably illegal.
Please ask your Barre City Council member to get the trucks back onto North Main Street as soon as possible. We need to be true to our heritage as a working-class community with trucks carrying many of the products that continue to support this city; honest with those on Summer Street who were told that this inconvenience of increased traffic would merely be a temporary one for the duration of the construction; realize that real damage will be done to Summer Street from this heavy traffic if it is allowed to continue there; and finally we need to be aware of the safety concerns of those who live and work on Summer Street. The threat to those using Summer Street from the very real potential of physical harm from this rerouting of traffic is infinitely more significant than any real or imagined inconvenience to those merchants on North Main Street (many of them live in Barre Town and do not have to deal with this 24/7). Let North Main Street be used for the tasks for which it was just refurbished.
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UA, Stillman to hold graduations
Tom Joyner, morning radio talk show host, will speak at Stillman's commencement
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TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama will award more than 4,000 degrees this weekend, and Stillman College will welcome a nationally known radio host on May 11 as both schools hold graduation exercises.
Morning radio talk show host Tom Joyner will be the speaker at Stillman's 137th commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. May 11 on the campus' Sheppard Lawn.
In addition to his radio show, Joyner is the founder and chairman of Reach Media Inc. His charitable foundation has raised more than $60 million to help keep students in historically black colleges and universities.
The Tuskegee University graduate began his broadcasting career in Montgomery.
At UA, four graduation ceremonies will be held: 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday at Coleman Coliseum.
The College of Commerce and Business Administration and College of Engineering will award degrees Friday. The Capstone College of Nursing, College of Communication and Information Sciences, College of Education and the College of Human Environmental Sciences will hold commencement exercises at 9 a.m. Saturday, while the School of Social Work and College of Arts and Sciences will award degrees at 1:30 p.m. The law school will award degrees at 5 p.m.
Doctoral recipients, education specialists and master's degree candidates participate with their respective schools.
The commencement ceremonies will be broadcast live on the Internet. The webcast will be archived on UA's website, www.ua.edu/commencement, and will be available for viewing throughout May.
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Ivory Coast: Pro-Ouattara rebel leaders charged with war crimes
Rebel leaders who backed Ivory Coast's president Alassane Ouattara have been charged with crimes committed during post-election violence in 2010-2011.
Rebel leaders who backed Ivory Coast's president Alassane Ouattara have been charged with crimes committed during post-election violence in 2010-2011.
A bid to reconcile hardened enemies has all but broken down and time is running out for a commission set up to heal the wounds of bitter strife.
Laurent Gbagbo faces International Criminal Court judges who will decide whether to try him for masterminding a violent election standoff in 2010.
Germany has said it would supply two transport planes for the mission against rebels in Mali, in a bid to assist the country's fragile government.
Transgender sex workers in the Cote d'Ivoire have increasingly become the target of violence since President Alassane Ouattara came into power.
A rights group says more than 200 people have been detained and tortured in Cte d'Ivoire, urging President Alassane Ouattara to respect human rights.
West African leaders have lifted all sanctions imposed on Mali with immediate effect following the agreement on restoring the constitutional order.
The International Criminal Court has uncovered mass graves in a town where Ouattara fighters allegedly killed hundreds in post-poll clashes last year.
Ecowas has voted Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara as its chairperson, just over a year after he won an election that sparked a four-month civil war.
Hillary Clinton has arrived in Côte d'Ivoire for the first time since 1986 to show US "commitment to strengthening democratic institutions".
Côte d'Ivoire's former president Laurent Gbagbo will get legal aid while his financial status is assessed, the International Criminal Court has said.
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Côte d'Ivoire is awaiting results from its first parliamentary election for a decade, after an opposition boycott failed to disrupt proceedings.
Côte d'Ivoire has voted for a new Parliament, a poll boycotted by former leader Laurent Gbagbo's party as he awaits trial in The Hague.
The ruling coalition of President Alassane Ouattara looks set to sweep to victory in a weekend parliamentary election in Côte d'Ivoire.
Laurent Gbagbo has appeared at the ICC in the Netherlands to face charges of crimes against humanity -- which include murder and rape.
Côte d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo has been sent to the ICC to face criminal charges -- becoming the first former president to stand before the tribunal.
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The ICC has charged ex-Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo with four counts of crimes against humanity, adding that his opponents may be similarly charged.
Côte d'Ivoire's former leader Laurent Gbagbo has landed in Rotterdam en route to the ICC, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity.
The Arab Spring, eurozone crisis and looming US elections has thrown the global political landscape into turmoil in 2011.


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Gerald E. "Gerry" Evans, 69, of 9117 Meadowbrook Drive, Waynesboro, and formerly of Finksburg, Md., died at 10:07 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in the Waynesboro Hospital Emergency Room. His death was unexpected. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro. Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesboro, is handling the arrangements.
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On Thursday local law enforcement gathered in Meridian to announce the start of the latest blitz on drunk and impaired driving.
This year the Labor Day blitz is being called "Drive Sober, or Get Pulled Over." Officers say this program works, no matter what it's called.
"The campaign itself just heightens public awareness," says Andy West with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, "and it seems to decrease the number of impaired drivers that we see on the highway."
"Our number of DUI's are way down from years past," echoes Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie.
Officers say this program is not about the amount of arrests they make through sobriety check points and increased road presence. Instead, they say it's about changing the way people think about drinking and driving.
"We're trying to keep our streets safe," says Captain Rick McCary with the Meridian Police Department, "we don't anyone getting injured, and that's why we get out and push these during the holiday periods."
"Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" will run nationwide from August 19th through September 5th.


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Pictured are the Super Stars Synchronized Skating team from the Lake Region Figure Skating Club. The team competed January 20, 2013 with a 6th place finish at the Northern Star Figure Skating Competition in East Grand Fork. The team is coached by Joyce Nelson. Pictured are front row: Hailey Klemetsrud, Rachel Fritz, Becca Lagein, Cassandra Dahlen. Back row: Brandi Yager, Kayla Estenson, Kaity Thompson, Madeline Elvrum, Sarah Leach, Kayla Marek, Amanda Lilleberg.
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Sage Francis wrote: How about we make this easy. Let me know where you live. I'll swing by and bring my measuring tape.
MessiahCarey wrote: [Nah, it's not just you. I've had this conversation with others. But generally speaking, yeah, I'd consider you a lefty. You're certainly more of a lefty than a righty, no? Regardless of what you ARE, I've yet to ever see you take a right-leaning position on anything.
Quote: To the point - the sexism of their ads is, still, slightly questionable. They are sexY ads, to be sure, but I'm not sure that the notion of their ads being sexIST is an open/shut case with me.
Quote: One of the other things that Bernard's research enumerated was some of the shadier unions that are dealt with in the garment industry - unions that companies like AA have done research and taken effort to avoid, while allowing other unions to do their thing with more approval than you're likely to get out of any other garment company. Basically...Dov Charney being a sexist pig (which is not in dispute, like the ads could be) isn't as harmful to as many people as the good that is done by his potentially industry-shaping business plan
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I agree with some of this reasoning, I just feel that we should still demand better. By praising AA for their ethics we're either ignoring the other issues or saying that it doesn't matter. I'm not sure how down I am with the "their good outweighs the bad" reasoning. I mean I see your point, I just don't subscribe to that belief.
kese wrote: Just because the CEO's a slime ball doesn't mean it's not a good company
firefly wrote:
We've had this discussion sooooooooo many times, it's getting tired now.
firefly wrote: I understand why you would think that I guess. But is believing in gun rights considered right wing? Or that the government shouldn't control education? I would of thought that those are both left wing stances. At least to me I think that those two issues are about the freedom to protect yourself and the distrust in the government. A lot of my left leaning friends think that my beliefs are conservative as well.
mobe wrote: Nobody's gonna jump on the Hot Topic mention? Pfft, fuggin sellouts.
breakreep wrote: Hot Topic is just a store. It is a store that sometimes carries shirts that I can't find at Graywhale. It is the only reason I ever go the mall. I go to the mall once every other year.
kese wrote: Jesse, I also think you should charge more for your shirts.


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AUSTIN (January 10, 2013)-0-Gov. Rick Perry concedes he can't get the nation's 49 other governors "to admit they'd want to be Texans,"
but he says many would love to create as many jobs as his state has including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Addressing an annual policy orientation Thursday in Austin, Perry referred to Cuomo's support for gun control and said his New York counterpart probably wouldn't want to move to Texas.
Perry added, though, that in a candid moment, Cuomo likely envies Texas' growing economy.
"He'd dearly love to be able to stand up and say 'we did this in New York,' but he can't," Perry said.
Perry also said that some on the East Coast believe "people in the west are different than them and they're right. And that's OK."


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Residents claim $50,000 lottery prizes
Published: Friday, August 22, 2014 at 6:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 22, 2014 at 6:53 p.m.
A Hendersonville woman and a Brevard man scored $50,000 each in this past week's N.C. Education Lottery, and a woman from Etowah won $20,000.
Carol Gribble, of Hendersonville, won $50,000 in the "$50,000 Jackpot" game this week, and Patrick Long of Brevard won the same amount after playing "Super Loteria." Linnea Coblentz of Etowah won $20,000 in the "$1,000,000 Jackpot" game.
The three local winners are just a few of the winners who struck it big this week after playing the NCEL, according to a news release. The largest chunk of change was claimed by Austin Bradshaw, a deli worker in Winston-Salem. Bradshaw won $269,010 after playing "Carolina Cash 5," and plans to use the money for a trip to Las Vegas and investments. Dorothy Elliot of Wilson won $100,000 in the "Millionaire 7's" game.
Since Aug. 14, lottery players have won more than $15.4 million playing instant games and more than $4.2 million playing draw games, the news release states. Net proceeds from the NCEL will be used this year to help pay salaries of teachers and teacher assistants, school construction and repair, need-based college scholarships and financial aid, and for pre-kindergarten programs for at-risk 4-year-olds.
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Free Software KDE apps for the Mac
KDE is a powerful Free Software graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix workstations and the 4th major release version is also being developed native for Mac OS X.
The main focus of this Mac port is NOT to give you a new desktop, but to open up lots of cool KDE applications to Mac users. Among these applications are: KOffice (including the powerful Krita image editing app), Konqueror (web browser and file viewer),...
This is a beta-quality version of KDE 4. It is a 3GB download for BitTorrent clients. It includes everything -- even KOffice.
Read the website (click on the icon on the left) for instructions.
This version is in no way optimized. A full installation takes about 10GB!
To cut down round about 4GB, do the following:
Enter sudo rm -rf /opt/qt/demos;sudo rm -rf /opt/qt/examples in the Terminal.
Then use Monolingual to remove unneeded architectures from /opt (PowerPC, if you got an Intel CPU. Intel, if you have a PowerPC CPU).
Required OS: not specified
Tags: kde , desktop , unix , productivity
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FYI, the current build is broken because of some Qt issues.
On the bright side, Qt is split up into two packages so you don't need to install the demos and extras. ;)
I'm working on another build to hopefully fix the runtime issues, but for now, I would recommend skipping this build, only the simplest of apps will run properly.
yes but in a full installation there is Koffice (1,5 GB), AmaroK, Konqueror etc... maybe you don't need all this!
I might need to try out this distro, as I'm trying to build kdelibs from source, and finding out I don't have Qt, among other things--its just a headache. I don't want all the extras though, I just want to try out Amarok. Therefore, I don't want to eat up even 4 gigs of space. I'd love to do without X11 though--that bitch is uuugglllyyyy.
This comes in VERY handy. For instance, if you're working with graphics, and bitmap oriented such, and want a simple pixel editor, there ain't no one on Mac that is actually working properly. Pixen comes very, very, close, but unfortunately it's too unstable to use.
So, with KDE for Mac, a whole new plaethora of new graphic applications opens up. And, not that I've tried it yet, but I'm sure that I'll find something satisfactory to my needs, i.e. pixel art.
ah.... and Amarok!
yes... think Koctave, or Koffice... you can run this software without X11!! It was great if we could have also GTK on Mac (Gimp without X11...)
Okay... but why? Are there apps on OSX that we need to run and that require KDE? This seems more like a "doing it 'cause we can" kinda thing.
KDE for Mac OS X?! A new desktop environment?! With no X11?
This is KDE for Mac OS X (native, no X11). If you clicked the website link, you knew that.
umm...wrong OS maybe? or does anyone run KDE in Mac OS X?


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Good industrial-hygiene practice dictates that engineering controls are the primary means to control personal exposure. Containment equipment, such as isolators, contained transfer systems, and other contained chemical and pharmaceutical process equipment, are examples of engineering controls in use today. Containment systems and equipment with integrated containment systems are being designed and used by biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities for all pharmaceutical operations (i.e., chemical production of bulk API to product formulation to packaging) and for all dosage forms, including solid, parenteral, and others, including inhalation and dermal, to control personal exposure and minimize cross contamination in a multi product facility.
The process of selecting containment equipment and systems should include:


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- Mar 16:
- Contra Costa County call center deal ignores taxpayer risk, rewards political backer
Contra Costa Times editorial
- Mar 15:
- Contra Costa County supervisors choose Concord over Richmond for call center
- Mar 14:
- Contra Costa calls emergency meeting to select call center site
- Mar 13:
- Contra Costa call center jobs are back on the table
- Mar 12:
- Contra Costa County loses state call center in labor dispute
- Mar 11:
- Richmond sweetens deal with $1 million loan in hopes of securing health care call center
- California should directly run health care exchange call center: Contra Costa Times editorial
- Mar 9:
- Inside Politics: Battle royale over call center jobs comes to light
- Feb 27:
- Richmond to make pitch to state for health exchange call center
- Contra Costa dumps plan for call center, 214 new jobs
- Feb 23:
- Inside Politics: Contra Costa County says labor is putting new call center jobs at risk
- County supervisors plan decision on whether to put Affordable Care Act call center in Richmond or Concord
RICHMOND -- City and business leaders unveiled a new plan Tuesday to woo Contra Costa County supervisors to choose Richmond as the site of a coveted new health exchange call center, one of three facilities statewide that will help people navigate the federal Affordable Care Act.
The City Council unanimously approved a plan to loan the proposed Richmond site's developer $1 million to equip his building, provide training for employees through a city-run program and send a letter to state officials urging them to not subsidize a more expensive site in Concord.
"This is a chess move against Concord," Councilman Jael Myrick said. "This can put us in position to say 'checkmate.'"
Meanwhile, the Concord City Council on Tuesday extolled its proposed site during its public meeting, noting that its central location and nearby BART station made the site a closer option for potential workers in east and central county. The council also authorized city staff to initiate talks with the state to tout its site, a move the Richmond council made one week before.
In January, the state selected Contra Costa County as a site for one of three call centers aimed at supporting eligibility and enrollment efforts of state-level Affordable Care Act programs. Richmond was an early front-runner for the site. In December, the board of supervisors voted unanimously to search for a site in San Pablo, Pittsburg or Richmond -- which have the highest unemployment rates in the county -- as part of its effort to land the call center.
But several board members soon opted to explore other options, particularly Concord, where another suitable site exists.
At stake for both cities is a call center that could provide more than 200 jobs.
According to a county staff report released in late February, the cost to occupy the proposed site at 1450 Marina Way South in Richmond would be $3.4 million over three years, compared with $4.25 million at the Concord site, 2500 Bates Ave.
Despite the savings, the board appeared likely to approve the Concord site before labor talks stalled, and it postponed a vote scheduled for Feb. 26.
With the issue likely to come back before the board on March 12, Richmond leaders met with the developer, Richard Roe, on March 1 to craft a sweeter deal.
"We have to make (the county) an offer they can't refuse," Councilman Jim Rogers said before Tuesday's meeting.
The boldest move in Richmond's package is to help Poe, the owner of the site, cut his bid by $1,012,545 by giving him a 25-year loan of Richmond public funds. The money would be used to erect 200 cubicles in the building, eliminating the need for state funds to finance the construction, Rogers said.
"The loan would only occur if Richmond gets the call center," Rogers wrote in a staff report.
Other parts of the plan passed Tuesday include about $100,000 in training services provided to the employees who live in Richmond via the city's employment development programs, and a letter from City Manager Bill Lindsay to the state asking for written confirmation that the state will not pick up the tab should the county choose the higher bid.
Lindsay said making a loan with public funds was not unprecedented and noted that the investment was aimed at the public's benefit. He said many details, including the interest rate, were not yet determined but would come to the council for final approval.
"Whenever you make a loan, there are inherent risks," Lindsay said. "But we will get favorable terms."
The new bid, submitted by Poe on Wednesday, came in at $2.4 million, more than $1.8 million lower than the initial bid for the Concord site. The owner of the Concord site, Garaventa Enterprises, is expected to submit its own reduced bid.
Staff writer David DeBolt contributed to this story. Contact Robert Rogers at 510-262-2726 or email@example.com and follow Twitter.com/roberthrogers


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- Apr 20:
- Kawakami: Warriors' Stephen Curry must remain difference-maker
- Apr 19:
- Poole: Warriors' playoff success tied to David Lee
- Nuggets' George Karl enjoying best season
- Golden State Warriors lean on their faith heading into playoffs
- Apr 18:
- Warriors: Golden State is likely to push the tempo against high-scoring Denver in the first round of the playoffs
- Apr 19:
- Warriors-Nuggets: Can Andrew Bogut be the difference?
- Warriors-Nuggets: About altitude as much as attitude
Both the Warriors and Nuggets feature noted depth. It may come down to who has the best pinch-hitters because some key players are affected by injuries.
The Warriors, already without Brandon Rush, were hoping to be full strength by the postseason. But they have a few lingering issues that could test their bench.
The Nuggets have caught the injury bug of late at key positions.
Here's a look at the hobbled and their status for Game 1.
Kenneth Faried -- Left Ankle Sprain
Status: Questionable for Game 1
On April 15, Faried suffered a sprain of the anterior talofibular ligament in his left ankle. It was bad enough he needed to be carried off.
"When it first happened, I thought something broke," Faried told the Denver Post. "I couldn't put any pressure on it, it was hurting. But when the X-rays came back negative, I was happy."
Faried missed the last two games of the regular season and has been listed as day-to-day. He told the Post he can walk without a boot and walk barefoot. He still hasn't done any basketball activity.
"If I can walk, I can play," he said. "We'll just see how good the tape job is."
It seems Nuggets coach George Karl has a different standard.
"He was on the court today, didn't do anything except watch the stuff we went through," Karl said told the Post after Thursday's practice. "I would say he's ahead of schedule, but until he runs and jumps and shoots, I don't have a feel."
Danilo Gallinari -- Left ACL tear
Status: Out for the playoffs
On April 4 against Dallas, the Nuggets lost Gallinari for the year. He planted his left leg while going for a layup and his knee buckled. Without the 24-year-old, Denver is missing 16.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists. They also miss the power forward who can shoot from deep and stretch the floor, something the Warriors had a hard time defending.
Forward Wilson Chandler has been starting his place. In the eight games since, he is averaging 18.9 points on 52.5 percent shooting with 5.6 rebounds. He's shooting 46.2 percent from 3-point range.
Andrew Bogut -- Bone Bruise, Left Ankle
Status: Expected to play
On April 9, at some point, Bogut tweaked his left ankle. He started the next night and tweaked it again. He sat out the entire second half and missed the next two games. MRI showed a bone bruise. He returned to action in Wednesday's regular season-finale against Portland.
Bogut said his ankle is the best it's going to get, but the two days off between Games 1 and 2 will help.
Draymond Green -- Right Knee Tendinitis
Status: Questionable for Game 1
The rookie forward said he would be ready for the playoffs. Green hasn't played since April 11 vs. Oklahoma City, so he will have more than a full week of rest. He said the rest has helped.
Andris Biedrins -- Lower Back Tightness
Status: Questionable for Game 1
He hasn't played since the Lakers game, sitting out against San Antonio and Portland. It is not known how he sustained the injury. But Biedrins has played 10 minutes in a game just once in the last six games.


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Body Hair Can Sometimes Be Unsightly, Sometimes Unhealthy
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
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Expert FAQ: Dealing With Excess Body Hair
March 21, 2012 (San Diego) -- Many women and men struggle with excess body hair on the face or other areas of the body. But beyond being sometimes just unsightly, it can also sometimes be unhealthy.
"If you notice a dramatic change in body hair growth or hair growth in an unusual pattern, you should not ignore it," says Sandy S. Tsao, MD, instructor at Harvard Medical School and a dermatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
"It could signal an underlying medical condition," she says. "And there are a number of safe and effective treatment options."
At the meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology here, Tsao discussed how to get rid of unwanted body hair.
How do you know if excess body hair is a sign of another medical condition?
Consult your doctor. I recommend that any woman with new excess hair growth, especially in a typical male pattern, discuss it with her doctor as it might be a sign of an underlying illness.
For example, there could be an increase in the level of androgens, or male hormones. Hair growth accompanied by other symptoms -- especially severe acne flares, increased muscle mass, or changes in voice -- could also be the sign of an underlying medical condition.
Your doctor may recommend that you be screened for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition caused by an imbalance of sex hormones that may result in irregular periods, obesity, infertility, and sometimes multiple cysts on your ovaries.
Other causes include adrenal gland tumors, insulin resistance, and Cushing's disease, a hormonal disorder caused by high levels of cortisol in the blood.
Can medications cause growth of excess body hair?
Yes. They include but are not limited to minoxidil, phenytoin, cyclosporine, androgens, danazol (Danocrine), anabolic steroids, methyldopa (Aldomet), and progestins (which are sometimes contained in oral contraceptives).
How can I get rid of excess body hair?
Depending on the underlying cause of the excessive hair growth, your doctor may prescribe hormonal treatments. But whether used in conjunction with hormonal treatments or alone, there are a number of non-hormonal options:
- Office-based laser hair removal: Laser hair removal minimizes damage to the surrounding skin by only targeting the hair.


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Samsung Offers Peek At Tizen Software
Software developers in Seoul got a glimpse of Samsung Electronics Tizen operating software for mobile devices this week, with one of the developers showing off apps that are meant to compete with similar versions on Android and iOS.
The launch of a Tizen phone had initially been anticipated as early as the third quarter of this year, but the release has apparently been pushed back to next year, according to developers. Reasons for the delay remain unclear. Samsung declined to comment on any specific plans related to Tizen, which will be entering the field as a distant third to the two dominant mobile operating systems.
Symphony Teleca Corp., one of the companies working with Samsung and Intel to create apps for Tizen, displayed apps for basic features like music and social networking as well as calendar and Bible apps. They were all being tested on a mobile phone running on a 2.2 version of the Tizen OS.
"They won't be pre-installed but these apps are already on the [Tizen] app store," said Madhuri Athota, a senior engineer at Symphony Teleca who has been working on the Tizen project for about a year.
According to Ms. Athota, the Tizen app store is accessible to developers but has yet to be disclosed to the public.
"As soon as the device is launched, the app store will be made public," she said, adding that her company is also "anxiously waiting" for the official launch of Tizen devices, which may happen early next year.
Samsung has long been working to develop an operating system that can serve as an alternative to Android, which had a dominant 81.3% market share in smartphones in the third quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple's iOS held a 13.4% share.
For now, any advantage Tizen has over existing platforms appears to be more on the developers' side of things than consumer experience. The Tizen operating system will allow developers to design apps with a simpler structure that can easily be converted for usage in devices that go beyond mobile devices, like television sets.
On the domestic front, all three South Korean telecom companies — SK Telecom, KT Corp. and LG Uplus — are official partners of the Tizen Association, which is in charge of marketing and commercialization of Tizen devices.
Samsung specifically asked for a Bible app that supports French and Russian, said Ms. Athota, indicating that Russia is also a target market for Tizen devices. Among foreign carriers, Vodafone Group, NTT Docomo and France's Orange are partners of the Tizen project.


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Should There Be a National Tiger Registry?
There are some statistics that you hear that knock your socks off, and you just can't quite believe them. You think they're concocted purely to get attention and for shock value. Here's one I recently came across that fits that category: There are more tigers in American backyards than there are left in the wild throughout the world.
How could that be?! I wondered. After all, the tiger isn't even indigenous to the United States! It turns out that there is very little regulation on keeping wild tigers here. And because their body parts are prized in Asian black markets for traditional medicines and folk remedies — and because they are popular subjects for photographers and as college mascots — trafficking in and owning tigers becomes a means of making money.


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ALAMEDA -- General manager Reggie McKenzie told the local media Thursday that he saw the Raiders as "a different 4-12 team" in 2013, and that he is looking forward to operating with a full draft and salary cap room this year.
He also outlined some of his philosophies and ideas regarding the future.
Although a six-game losing streak to close out the season gave the Raiders the same won-lost record as in 2012, McKenzie didn't see it as the same product.
The running game was better, McKenzie said, and the team was more competitive, particularly early in the season. McKenzie conceded the defense was smaller, short on depth and wore down in November, having trouble on third down.
"But the overall play was better in 2013, if you're comparing," McKenzie said.
More items addressed by McKenzie in an approximately 45-minute news conference:
"Biggest need? We have biggest needs, with an 's'," McKenzie said.
He included the quarterback position in that assessment. McKenzie cited Terrelle Pryor's inconsistency as an issue, and while he liked Matt McGloin's ability to get the ball out quickly, the G.M. said his decision-making down the stretch was a problem.
Asked about the possibility of drafting Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, McKenzie said, "He's a playmaker. ... Whether it's him or any of these other guys, when you can add a playmaker to your team, that's what you're shooting for."
However, McKenzie also said he wants a veteran presence (currently Trent Edwards) at the position and ideally wouldn't start a rookie at quarterback.
Running back Darren McFadden looks destined to hit the open market.
"His agent has no idea what his market value will be, and I couldn't tell you what the other 31 teams think," McKenzie said.
McKenzie would prefer a long-term deal for Veldheer or Houston rather than using the franchise tag.
"We'll be better able to assess them in the next year to a year-and-a-half what they can do and who they truly are as players," he said.
"Definitely we lack some talent in some areas, no question," McKenzie said.
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.


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Sublime Creatures: The Animal-Human Hybrids of Hunter Clarke
"At first, like many viewers, I felt my creatures were bizarre, if beautiful too, but now I share their relaxed comfort with their unhidden feral display." – Hunter Clarke
Painting hybrid portraits of animal heads connected to pregnant female bodies and juxtaposing these against spare or floral patterned domestic backdrops, Hunter Clarke's beings recall the Ancient Egyptian sphinx, the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesha, and the monsters or chimera from Classical Greek mythology such as mermaids and harpies. Many of the children in Clarke's work are breastfeeding, the image of which conjures the Roman origin myth of Romulus and Remus who suckle from a wolf mother.
Clarke also invokes Christian motifs in her work. In many of her paintings, an illuminated orb appears behind animal portraits recalling halos found in late medieval paintings of saints and the Madonna and Child. Rather than repeat a familiar ethereal and anthropocentric vision of the immaculate conception, Clarke depicts a pregnant lion-mother exposing her fangs at a distant viewer with one hand on her hip and the other cradling her protruding belly. Clarke's changelings seem to channel an inner strength while manifesting a divine power to overcome adversity—perhaps in the form of labor pains. A characteristic of Hunter Clarke's work is the look of utter indifference in many of the faces of her pregnant predators. While aesthetically pleasing, her creatures remain ultimately unknowable and unpredictable and thus embody the definition of the sublime.
-Maiza Hixson
Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art


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Streetcars are once again rolling in Downtown KC for the first time in more than half a century. Ride for free through the heart of Kansas City's downtown. The 2.2 mile route along Main Street connects the River Market to Union Station/Crown Center with 16 stops to get you to your destination.RIDE