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DANVILLE -- Jeff Tedford believes athletic director Sandy Barbour already had decided to fire him as Cal football coach before the Bears' 3-9 season ended with a 62-14 loss at Oregon State.
In an exclusive interview with this newspaper -- the only one Tedford has given since being dismissed on Nov. 20 -- the deposed coach said there was almost no give-and-take during a 30-minute meeting with Barbour the day after the season finale.
"Her decision had been made, and there wasn't really anything I could say," Tedford said.
Barbour met with Cal's administration afterward, held a conference call with Tedford and chancellor Robert Birgeneau a day later and gave him her decision.
"It was very cut and dried. No explanations," he said. "After it was all said and done, I think their minds were made up a couple weeks before."
Barbour said she did not finalize plans until after a series of meetings with Tedford and the administration after the season. "That's ultimately when the decision was made," she said.
Tedford said he doesn't believe Barbour made the decision on her own. "I think the chancellor had a lot to say about it," he said.
Barbour offered no argument.
The winningest coach in Cal history, Tedford displayed no lingering bitterness after working 11 years at the university. He believes the program's poor recent academic record was a factor in his firing and acknowledged his responsibility.
"I didn't do everything right," he said. "Made some mistakes. But always with great intentions."
Tedford and his wife, Donna, just returned from a 10-day trip to New Zealand. They have moved to Reno and are in the process of selling their home in Danville.
He said he plans to take this next season off, then hopes to coach again. Tedford received a $5.55 million settlement for the remaining three years on his contract.
"I do feel relaxed, and yes I do have the itch," he said. "There was a transition there that was a little difficult. It's almost like detox.
"I feel like I'm much more at ease now. I'm not as tense. This whole thing is going to give me a chance to reflect on things I can do better and differently."
Tedford on other topics:
Tedford said -- and Barbour agreed -- that a big issue was players leaving midway through their senior year, sometimes to prepare for the NFL draft, and never returning to complete their degree. "It was not a matter of football players flunking out," Barbour said.
Tedford hired a person last fall to help bring former players back to finish their school work but said he could have used perhaps two more people on the academic staff. "There seemed to always be a stumbling block financially," he said.
Barbour said from the time she was hired in 2004 until Tedford was let go, the academic support staff for football was tripled in size.
Tedford said he told Maynard at the start of the summer he would be held out of the game entirely but was given the chance to earn back playing time.
"When I set down the standard for what he needed to do and he stumbled on one of them, then that's that. That was a piece of discipline," Tedford said. "It's funny how people want discipline, but when you discipline it's not the right thing."
"When you have an Aaron Rodgers ... (you) come to find out, he's the best in the game and you get spoiled with him," Tedford said. "The inconsistency -- I don't want to put it all on the quarterback -- is the difference between a seven-win season or a 10-win season."
"It just had a real eerie feeling," Tedford said. "We had just played in the Holiday Bowl, lost to Texas. Didn't play well, that's for sure. Then all of a sudden, everything turned negative for whatever reason. I think the ultimate thing was the injury piece. ... It was devastating to us."
Now that he has put some distance between himself and the disappointment of this season, Tedford said he will have mostly fond memories of his time at Cal.
"There were so many good experiences. The great games, the great players, the great achievements we've had."
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Skobbler Launches Android Competitor for Google Maps
Berlin-based Skobbler is perhaps best-known for its iOS mapping apps which have been downloaded more than three million times. Its first attempt at porting ForeverMaps from iOS to Android coincided with Google adding turn-by-turn navigation to Google Maps, but that has not deterred it from launching version two.
ForeverMaps 2 is powered by OpenStreetMap, an open-source GPS navigation project which is updated constantly by its almost one million users. As a paid-for app, however, it is going to have to compete against Google Nokia , Apple and TomTom. But, Skobbler thinks it can survive against the competition, according to Tech Crunch.
The company is touting its app's hybrid credentials which allow users to view maps both online and offline, meaning connectivity is not a prerequisite. "People do definitely look for a possibility to get a reliable navigation service that's not dependent on Internet connectivity," says [co-founder Marcus] Thielking. "We really do see that as a strong differentiator."
The OpenStreetMaps data is also a key point of differentiation in his view. "It has this incredible amount of data beyond street networks," he claims.
And Skobbler is not just launching ForeverMaps 2 in an attempt to displace Google Maps from Android phones and tablets.
Thielking says its app serves a purpose as a marketing "showcase" for what the company's mapping service can do with OpenStreetMap data. The target here is to drive licensing deals with other companies. Skobbler's technology is already being used by others — such as German speed camera app called Blitzer – but the company believes this part of its business has bags of potential.
ForeverMap 2 is currently available for 69p or €0.79 at the Google Play store. Other maps for offline use are available as in-app purchases.
Tech Crunch: Skobbler Launches Hybrid Online/Offline Maps App For Android As Showcase For What Its OpenStreetMaps-Powered Map Engine Can Do

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Aceves, Nava key Red Sox win over Rays
Published: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 9:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 9:43 p.m.
St. PETERSBURG - Alfredo Aceves threw six solid innings, Daniel Nava homered and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Aceves (3-1), recalled before the game from Triple-A Pawtucket, allowed one run, four hits and four walks. This is the right-hander's third stint with the Red Sox this season.
Nava put the Red Sox up 2-0 on a third-inning, two-run homer off Chris Archer (1-2), who gave up two runs, four hits, four walks and struck out seven over four innings. The Rays right-hander exuberantly left the mound after striking out Nava with the bases loaded to end the fourth.
Evan Longoria got the Rays within 2-1 on a solo homer in the sixth. He has gone deep in three consecutive games after homering just once over his previous 26.
Andrew Bailey, the fourth Boston reliever, pitched the ninth for his seventh save in nine opportunties. After Craig Breslow allowed a two-out double in the eighth Kelly Johnson, Koji Uehara entered and struck out Longoria.
Jacoby Ellsbury extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single and scored on Nava's two-out shot in the third. He also stole two bases in the game, giving him 29 for the year. Ellsbury has scored a run in 10 consecutive games, and stolen a base five straight games.
Tampa Bay loaded the bases by drawing three walks from Aceves in the second, but failed to score when Yunel Escobar hit an inning-ending grounder.
Aceves worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the third by striking out Johnson and getting a double-play grounder by Longoria.
Rays first baseman James Loney made a strong defensive play in the first, diving to his right to take away a potential two-out RBI single from David Ortiz.
NOTES: Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz played catch for the first time since leaving his start last Saturday with neck stiffness. He might return to the rotation Sunday or Tuesday. ... Rays LHP David Price, on the 15-day disabled list since May 16 with a left triceps strain, will throw in a simulated game Thursday. ... The Red Sox optioned RHP Jose De La Torre to Pawtucket. ... Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy threw the ceremonial first pitch. He was first scheduled to do it May 25, but was delayed that day getting to the ballpark due to a minor vehicle accident in which no one was injured.
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Seven Falls is a test case in failure
Published: Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 3:44 p.m.
The saga of the bankrupt Seven Falls development may be drawing to a close in federal court, but not for Henderson County, which will continue to pick up the pieces into the foreseeable future.
As of Tuesday, all defendants except one developer Keith Vinson had pleaded guilty in a federal bank fraud case involving Seven Falls. Five of Vinsons six co-defendants have agreed to provide evidence against him in a trial now set to begin the week of Oct. 7.
The defendants occupations include accountant, real estate appraiser, former bank president and investors/private money lenders. They face up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines on charges that include conspiracy to defraud the government, bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds and withholding information.
Vinson blames the failure of Seven Falls, a 1,400-acre golfing community planned near Etowah, on the 2008 economic crash. He plans to argue that he was following the advice of his attorneys in at least some of the actions he took at Seven Falls and Queens Gap, a 4,000-acre resort in Rutherford County.
Federal prosecutors say Vinson and his co-defendants devised and executed various schemes to defraud and obtain more than $23 million. The government charges that the conspirators would solicit loans secured by undeveloped Seven Falls lots from several federally insured banks. While the loans would appear to the banks as if they were traditional loans to individuals purchasing lots in Seven Falls, they were in fact short-term financing for Seven Falls and its developer, Vinson, who was unable to take out additional loans.
Regardless of how the trial against Vinson turns out, we hope Henderson County officials remember this case the next time a developer comes before them seeking approval for a massive subdivision. One lesson to be learned is to assure that the bond required on such projects is adequate to cover the countys cost should they, like Seven Falls, go belly up.
In July, county commissioners awarded a $346,000 contract to an Etowah company to halt severe erosion problems that have been ongoing for more than three years at Seven Falls. Last week, County Attorney Russell Burrell reported the work is more than halfway complete despite heavy rains in early August. The repairs include regrading washed out roads, cleaning out clogged sediment basins and installing silt traps and fences to prevent further damage.
So far the work has cost $7,000 less than expected. But county officials are not sure if the approximately $5.6 million in remaining bond proceeds will be enough to cover the costs of completing roads, water, sewer and other utilities, as originally promised by the developer.
When Seven Falls was first proposed, some residents raised alarms about potential costs of the project to the environment and taxpayers. In addition to assuring that bond proceeds are adequate, county leaders should in the future consider very large projects of this type with an eye toward worst-case scenarios. Seven Falls has given us a test case by severely testing the countys ability to pick up the pieces when a major project fails.
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Obama's "Most Transparent White House" Lambasted by Independent Watchdogs
President Obama came into office promising the most open White House in American history. He went back on that promise almost immediately, refusing to cooperate with oversight organizations and stonewalling the press. Jay Carney, Obama's press secretary from 2011 to 2014, dodged questions nearly 10 thousand times during his tenure. Brianna Keilar, a CNN reporter, as said of the White House that "anyone here can tell there's less access than under the Bush administration." When even Obama's fawning press corps is fed up, you know something is going on.


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- Contra Costa County call center deal ignores taxpayer risk, rewards political backer
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- Contra Costa call center jobs are back on the table
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- Contra Costa County loses state call center in labor dispute
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- Richmond sweetens deal with $1 million loan in hopes of securing health care call center
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- Inside Politics: Battle royale over call center jobs comes to light
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- Richmond partners with business owner in attempt to win site for Affordable Care Act call center
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- Richmond to make pitch to state for health exchange call center
- Contra Costa dumps plan for call center, 214 new jobs
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- 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
President Barack Obama's health care reform plan relies heavily on a competitive market for insurance made possible by "exchanges" where consumers can compare plans either on the phone or over the Internet.
But the state, responsible for the exchange in California, will ironically waste money and put local taxpayers at risk if it moves forward with current plans for a call center here in the East Bay. As much as we'd like to see about 200 more jobs here, this is not the way to go about it.
Rather than operate the center directly, the state plans to subcontract to Contra Costa County, which would hire the workers and be responsible for their benefits. For starters, it's doubtful government can better and more cost-efficiently provide insurance information to consumers.
But, given that's the state plan to keep the work in the public sector, it should run the program directly, as it plans to in Sacramento and another Central Valley location. There are legitimate tasks it should delegate to local governments when they provide services specifically for their communities. This is not one of them. These call centers will provide statewide assistance. There's no reason to believe the county can do the job better.
Indeed, in Contra Costa, it's just the opposite. County officials say the deal calls for the state to pay Contra Costa 13 percent more than the state had projected. Even with that, local labor unions demanded concessions that would have driven up costs further. Fortunately, the county refused to deal.
Meanwhile, there seemed to be momentum building for a Richmond location for the call center until local politics got in the way of county supervisors' decision on a site. Now it's a fight between two influential property owners with buildings to lease, one in Concord, the other in Richmond.
If the state lets county supervisors pick -- as they plan to Tuesday -- the decision may have little to do with which site best provides what's needed. Nor whether this is a fair deal for Contra Costa. It will be about the next round of campaign contributions.
There are also serious concerns from a local-taxpayer perspective. County officials say all labor costs will be covered by the state. But the county will be on the hook if contributions to these new workers' pensions prove inadequate. Or, if the state decides to move the center, the county will be left to lay off the workers.
Then there's the city of Richmond, which has decided to offer the prospective landlord there a $1 million loan of public funds to help him make his bid more competitive. Maybe that helps the state get a slightly better deal, but again it puts local taxpayers at risk.
This process has turned into a fiasco. If the call center is to be government-run, the state should be the operator -- choosing the location based on merit, not local politics, and accepting full responsibility for the costs and long-term liabilities of the workers.


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AUSTIN (November 25, 2012)--Texas lawmakers will consider possible changes to the Texas Public Information Act including how to reduce frivolous requests and whether or not the act hurts government contractors.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has asked the Senate Open Government Committee to take a look at possible changes when the Legislature meets next year.
Changing the law that requires the government to make its records public always makes open government advocates a little nervous.
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Monday Sept. 7
I usually get up at 4 AM but I slept 11 hours last night - probably from running hard every 2nd day for the past couple
of weeks. Joe use to post here, and he had trouble slowing the pace on his recovery day. But then, he ran 3rd in
his AG at New York. So whatever works, works.
6:51 AM 8 mile warmup with a 60 second surge, then 8 times 75 seconds hard / 60 seconds jog, and a warmdown
for 15 miles total, 68F and 88%
Wish Joe would post here again.
Plan this morning was an ez 10 mile. It is never an ez run when Leroy shows up. First 5 miles in 36 and change and intentionally slower the 2nd 5 miles. 1:15:45 oa. time. 85° and 90+ humidity.
ez 6 tomorrow.
Run 50 minutes, basketball 2 hours and 30 minutes, run 30 minutes, burnt.
12.25 miles of hills this morning in 1:37:30. Lightening all around and was hoping for some rain after we started. But not to be.
Planning on doing my long run Friday of 24 miles on same route and then racing a 5k Saturday.
Have a good one
Wednesday - 6:06 AM 8 miles easy, 64F and 100% humidity.
Not much going on here, so I haven't had anything to post. Last week I ran 14 miles, and this week will be a bit over 20, as I think HTC warrants a two-week recovery, at least in my case. Today I ran 4.5 miles at 9:06 pace after a very light track workout yesterday. I threw in a couple of 38 second 200's just to speed it up a bit and see how my legs would respond, and KS gave me a hard time about it but I didn't do much more than that. Today I did a full flex and core workout after my run at the Y. My left knee has been a bit twingey since HTC, but nothing worrisome.
I said I would comment on the relay and so here is the report if anyone is interested:
Hilarious, Ribs! You are even grumpier than me, which is saying something.
I am away in Collingwood for the next 8 days, on holiday, so won't be posting. Collingwood is a ski resort in winter so lots of opportunities for hiking, cycling and running up hills, possibly so gym workouts and swimming. Sort of like a high altitude secret training camp for slow old guys with no money for the real thing.
I'll probably just do jigsaw puzzles, smoke cigars and look out the window at the rain falling outside- I am looking forward to it either way!
That's funny Ribs.
6:08 AM Run 45 minutes with 2 times 400 hard
Drive 13 minutes.
Run indoors 39 minutes with 30 times 80 meters
Basketball 2 hours and 10 minutes
6:10 AM Run 75 minutes outdoors
Drive 15 minutes
Run 20 minutes, 2 hours of basketball, run 22 minutes indoors.
Thursday 10 miles.
Friday schedule called for 24 miles. Ran 20 of it at 8:17 pace. some in my hills and some in the flat. Very discouraging run as "it" had gone somewhere else today.
5k race tomorrow weather permitting. We have finally gotten rain. 4-6 inches in last 2-3 days and prediction for more. Allows it to stay very humid.
Enjoy your trip SimR
Thanks for a great race report Ribs.
SimonR, I bet the off season rates are good too...wish I'd thought of that :). I am glad KS sent some of that rain over here, as we were starting to look like West Texas. I am doing nothng exciting last week or this, still just getting used to pavement instead of treadmill; I have ambitions to progress to hobby jogger status. Weather is perfect for that, though somebody might have warned me about those evil curbs lurking around in the darkness heh heh.
Raining hard here all day, but got in 5, sandwiched in there was a fiveK race. I thought I could do this in 7:45's but managed just 7:53's, but it was still my best since surgery so I was happy. Got a 2nd in AG.
I'm on some kind of illness due to baseball withdrawal. Because of the rain, I haven't seen a game in 3 days and going nuts. Spareribs
6:28 AM 3 mile warmup, 30 times 40 seconds hard / 20 seconds easy,
15 minute drive, 60 minutes basketball, 15 minutes weights.
Sunday - 8 miles recovery, 53F
Monday, Sept 14
6:14 AM Run 6 min. warmup, 40 min. @ highest steady state
Drive 9 minutes
Run 23 minutes indoor track with 10 times 60 meters
Basketball 3 hours and 10 minutes
Run 21 minutes
Basketball 20 minutes
I think we could all get into shape by just READING Fred's workouts. Man he is tough
Fri. ran 20 @ 8:15 pace so I could race Saturday
Sat. low key 5k. Raining too hard to warm up. So warm up was 1/2 mile maybe. Course was all on sidewalks or street at Texas A&M Kingsville, TX. They are known for their football teams and great engineering school. Some construction changed the course so it was wet, twisty, muddy, and a bit longer than the last race by .2
Won first oa. (I said it was low key) by about 30-40 seconds. Sat on the leader (20 something) thru first 1.25 miles. He only challenged me for about 5 strides. Plus he kept cutting the course!!
This morning 5.75 miles. First at 8:27 and balance avg. 6:35.
3 more weeks till Portland. One more long hard 18-20 Saturday and then it's time to sharpen a bit.
Good runs all.
Oh Sierra ............
Poor KS, he wins a race and nobody is here to say congrats. So congrats!
I've just been running easy this week, probably a 30 mile week if I just run 4 tomorrow, which I should. I'm racing a fiveK again, a low key event but good for me to get some quality work in. On Wednesday I had work so couldn't go to the school track. I went to the park instead and decided to run 4 x 1/2 mile with a 1/4 mile recovery on the concrete path, which is marked every quarter mile. So I did 4 of these at around 7:56 pace and felt fine. But the next day my left knee was a bit "twingey." I should know better than to do a workout like that on concrete. Spareribs
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At Wharton JC: Played two seasons for head coach Bob Nottebart at Wharton Junior College along with fellow pitcher Brett Carnline ... Finished 2-3 as a sophomore with a 5.14 earned-run average ... Fanned 23 batters in 42 innings pitched.
In High School: Coached by Bruce Webb at Judson High School in Converse, Texas ... Was selected first-team all-district as a pitcher with a 1.55 ERA and 85 strikeouts during his senior campaign.
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They hadn't shared this news before because they didn't want to distract her from her training.
As the athlete's father explained to the Shanghai Morning Post, the Wus are not a family deserving of joy:
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PHOENIX -- The first impression A's outfielder Craig Gentry got of Scott Kazmir was that of a pitcher trying to get his career back together.
Gentry and the rest of the A's are banking heavily on Kazmir having succeeded.
It was in 2011 that Gentry, Kazmir and A's third baseman Josh Donaldson were all playing a spell for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League.
Gentry and Donaldson were up-and-coming players who both had a bit of big league time. Kazmir, a one-time ace of the Tampa Bay rotation, was, at 27, in danger of being a has-been. After three mostly fruitless seasons in an Angels uniform, Kazmir was just trying to get by.
And it wasn't going all that well.
"He was at that point where he was trying to get it back," Gentry said. He, like Kazmir, is new to Oakland, having come over in a deal with Texas. Kazmir signed as a free agent.
"I think he only pitched two games for us then. He couldn't find it. You could see even then he was a great guy, but he wasn't where he wanted to be."
Gentry's memory was a little off. Kazmir, having lost his fastball and his confidence after being dealt from the Rays to the Angels, pitched just once for Escogido. One-third of an inning it was, four runs allowed and an 108.00 ERA was the result.
"Tell him about my fastball," Kazmir said while Donaldson was being questioned about their time together.
Donaldson just shook his head.
"I'm not going there," the third baseman said.
And with reason. Kazmir's fastball was a nonentity back then. He'd been a first-round pick of the Mets as a flame-dealing lefty out of high school in Houston, and that promise had been no fluke. He came up with the Rays, was a two-time All-Star for them and had a sub-4.00 ERA in each of his first four full seasons. The Angels thought he'd bring them a World Series title when they acquired him in August 2009. He brought mostly disappointment. Injury and disappointment.
There already were elbow issues in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, shoulder and hamstring issues cropped up. After trying to work his way back by pitching in Triple-A, Kazmir pitched one game for the Angels in 2011, then was released. It was shortly after that he had his A's prequel by meeting Donaldson and Gentry in the Dominican.
And it was just last year, after catching on with Cleveland, that Kazmir rediscovered his fastball. On June 21, things seemed to be going nowhere; his ERA was 5.37. But his fastball movement and location locked in, and he got his ERA down to 4.04 by season's end with low walks and high strikeouts. It was enough for the A's to offer him a two-year deal worth $22 million.
His new teammates pinned a mid-August loss on him but still are excited to have him aboard with his return to form. He showed a little of that Sunday in his first spring session in an A's uniform.
"I didn't realize his ball had that kind of carry," manager Bob Melvin said. "It's similar to (Sean) Doolittle with really good backspin. Fastballs that are coming in low really have good carry and stay in the strike zone."
Kazmir is as happy as anybody.
"My personal goals are to do my job and help the guys win," the lefty said. "Coming here, it seems like this group is a lot of fun. It's something that reminds you of Little League. But I've seen the way they play. They play with passion."
So does Kazmir.
"Sometimes when you go through adversity like he has, it makes you appreciate it more," Melvin said. "He's healthy. He wants it. He wants to fight for it. And you love to see that."
"It's easy to see why those guys have had success," Melvin said. "You can tell (Johnson) is a perfectionist. If he doesn't throw it exactly where he wants, he's upset. If you told (Gregerson) he'd get a million dollars if he threw the ball straight, I don't know if he could do it."


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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team lost an 85-66 final to Central Arkansas in the final game of the year at the American Bank Center. It was also senior night for Adrienne Scott, Anitra Jeffery, Jade Davis and Lauren Smith and manager Brandon Mims.
The Islanders finished the season with a record of 2-27 on the year and 0-16 in Southland Conference play. The Sugar Bears are now 19-10 overall and finish 11-5 in league play with the upcoming Southland Conference Tournament scheduled for next week.
Scott led the team with a game-high 20 points against UCA while Jeffery added 12 and Davis scored 10 as the three seniors able to play scored double figures on the night. Ashley Darley grabbed a team-high six rebounds while Jeffery added five while Scott and Jessica Jammer had four apiece.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colorado - The Beav', as it's affectionately referred to by locals, is officially open for the 2012-13 season.
The four first-chair riders spent more than 12 hours exposed to the elements in anticipation for their home mountain to open Wednesday. A father-son duo, Pat and Trexler Hirn, arrived Tuesday evening and met two guys they'd get to know over the course of a cold night, Louis Damato and Evan Jones.
"These are good hombres - they're some good guys," Pat Trexler said shortly before the four boarded the first chairlift ride at Beaver Creek for the 2012-13 season.
The guys were set up right in front of the Centennial Express lift until Beaver Creek security told them they had to move around midnight. They went over to the outdoor couches, but unfortunately the fire pit wasn't burning.
Why go through such extremes just to say you rode the first chair of the season? Well, for one, the first people to ride the chairlift at Beaver Creek Wednesday got a free Go Pro kit, which includes a Go Pro camera and other accessories, to share. The guys originally heard each rider would get a free Go Pro camera, which is what motivated all of them to brave the cold. That's why Trexler Hirn, 16, wanted to camp out - that and because now he can cross it off his bucket list.
"It'll be great to be the first ones on the Beav'," he said.
Damato, 26, said the camp-out experience is all about having fun and embracing ski culture.
"Come out, support the ski community and just have fun with your buddies and keep it local, you know," Damato said.
Beaver Creek is most certainly local. Many Eagle County residents call it their home mountain, and it's often referred to as the locals' mountain.
"It's a great mountain. You get a lot of vertical, there's a lot of different terrain and, you know, it's not exactly roughing it," Damato said.
Free parking is something that keeps locals coming back. That, and the free hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies, said skier Stephen Gill, of Avon.
Those who made it onto second chair showed dedication, too. Cesar Hermosillo and some buddies arrived at 4:30 a.m. to wait for Beaver Creek to open for the season. You may recognize his name - he camped out in Vail last week and made it onto first chair, and has been on the second chair at ever other Colorado mountain on the Epic Pass this season. He tries to get first chair most days of the season, not just on opening day.
"(I do it) for the camaraderie," Hermosillo said. "The friends I've made at Vail - there's a crew of us that will show up for first chair every day and ride until the end of the day. It just makes it worth it. ... Now it's like we have our own little ski crew."
Beaver Creek opened with a reported 18-inch base depth and 29 recorded inches for the season, which the resort began counting in October. And with an earlier than usual Thanksgiving this year, mountain operations crews had their hands full leading up to opening day.
"This is really early for us," said Greg Johnson, director of mountain operations. "It's gone really well. It's been a little mild, but we have great snow, 101 acres and three trails - we're really happy about that."
Johnson said Beaver Creek has one of the largest snowmaking systems in the United States. He can think of maybe six resorts - all in the eastern United States - that have larger systems.
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Johnson said the resort will open new terrain as conditions permit. He's especially excited for the new women's downhill course to open near the men's Birds of Prey course. The men's Audi Birds of Prey World Cup is on schedule for Nov. 30-Dec. 2, and the women's course should open as soon as there's enough natural snow coverage. The new run, built for the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek, is named Kestrel.
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Recently, the word integrity has been popping in and out of my regular day routine. I see it more frequently in the books that I read; I hear on the radio station on my way to work and I find myself saying it more frequently than before. In fact, yesterday in a conversation with a fellow professional, I caught myself saying that my 'integrity' is my strength.
I know I am more mindful of this word, thus its occurrence in my daily normal life. But, why I became mindful of the word – I have no idea.
But today I am sharing with you, how 'integrity' affects my life (just recently):
- When I am confronted with frustrated faces, I choose to respond better when I think of my 'integrity' and how the other person (who is already frustrated) will take what I say.
- When I read emails (I have multiple accounts), I choose to hit reply when I feel I am confident that this is what I want I, unless I am in a rush.
- When I hear gossips among my circle of friends, I try (yes, it is hard!) to listen to each side of the story and keep my mouth shut (yes, it is hard!)
- When the bridge goes up at 6:20 AM in the morning and I am on my way to work, I hold my breath and carry on without swearing.
Integrity is essential in who we are, not just professionals but as individuals living our lives outside our profession. It is an important reminder when we are at a cross road and we do not know how to react, respond or manage a certain situation, then we say: Is this what I am as a person?
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Independent on Sunday - one of the pop/rock albums of the year 2009
three truly outstanding albums rose above the morass of quite-goodness…
Paul Morley's Showing Off... Michael Nyman and David McAlmont
Paul Morley meets Michael Nyman and David McAlmont, and explains why they would be the anti-Cowell Christmas No 1 in his world… and they give an exclusive festive performance…
Click here to watch the exclusive live performance of 'The Coldest Place on Earth' and the title track of the album 'The Glare'
THE WORD - "The Word office's current favourites" - The Glare
Kate Mossman writes, in the January edition of The Word magazine…
"I'm still a bit stunned by David McAlmont and Michael Nyman's The Glare - how McAlmont ever thought to write those strange, complicated uplifting tunes over the top of Nyman's soundtracks; how Nyman himself was clever enough to leave him to it.
I saw them performing it at a one-off gig at London's Union Chapel and I really hope it gets more airings.
Record Collector Xmas 2009 - The Glare - Dave and Mike make beautiful music together
It will be remembered for decades
Irish Independent -- Golden Glare -- 5 Stars
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theartsdesk.com -- The Glare -- "...already feels like a shoo-in for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize shortlist..."
"...already feels like a shoo-in for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize shortlist…"
Nyman and McAlmont create classical soul
A composer and soul singer may be an unlikely match, but it is one made in heaven.
Bad news for any artists working on exciting new crossovers between two musical genres, or for any band that think they might just have come up with exactly the right mix of mainstream appeal and quirky individuality to nab the Mercury prize — you've just been trumped.
Irish Times -- Two to Tangle -- 4 stars
there are tales of heartbreaking loss and lives left in tatters to be found beyond the bold print of the headlines – and these are the tales that need to be heard
The Guardian Album Review -- The Glare -- 4 stars
an idiosyncratic triumph…a fortuitously inspired collaboration
The WORD Magazine - "This Just in" - The Glare's feature article by Kate Mossman (Dec '09)
A bizarre collaboration between David McAlmont and Michael Nyman revives the dying art of the topical news story in song
Sunday Express -- 4 stars -- "McAlmont's stunningly diverse vocal range takes centre stage"
McAlmont's stunningly diverse vocal range takes centre stage throughout, but Nyman's music is a sympathetic partner.
Observer Music Monthly -- 4 stars -- "one of the better lp's of 2009. Grab The Glare quick"
"one of the better long-players of 2009. Grab The Glare quick"
Independent on Sunday -- 5 Stars -- "Once heard, you'll never want to live without it"
The idea of putting David McAlmont together with Michael Nyman is almost too good to be true: it cannot, surely, live up to its potential - Except that it does!
The Independent -- 4 Stars -- The Glare is "an intriguing alliance of soul and classical forms"
"an intriguing alliance of soul and classical forms"
Out in the City -- 4 stars -- "The Glare...well-crafted, heartstring-tugging, quietly beautiful little gems"
The music, as you'd expect, is beautiful, as is the singing…
Uncut Magazine -- 4 stars -- "the chemistry clicks instantly between composer and soulman
"the chemistry clicks instantly between composer and soulman"
Q Magazine -- 4 stars -- "An inspired pairing"
"An inspiring pairing"
Mojo Magazine -- 4 stars -- Britain's foremost modern classicist, meet Britain's foremost ambidextrous singer
Britain's foremost modern classicist, meet Britain's foremost ambidextrous singer. Four stars.
Guardian Live -- 4 stars -- "an audacious success"
The Glare World Premier at Union Chapel, October 24th 2009
The Times Playlist -- 3 stars -- "Can't be faulted for ambition or execution"
Can't be faulted for ambition or execution
Attitude Magazine -- "eye-wateringly unique"
As one of Britain's most dramatic male vocalists, David McAlmont may have found the perfect bedfellow in classical composer, Michael Nyman, the man responsible for the film score to the Piano.
Hi-Fi Choice -- 4 stars -- "McAlmont's lyrics meld and chime with the sumptuous, memorable melodies"
Britain's leading contemporary composer and one of our most expressively soulful pop vocalists lower the barrier between classical and popular music as David McAlmont selects his favourite pieces from Michael Nyman's long career and adds lyrics based on news stories.
Scotland on Sunday feature article -- David McAlmont tells Andrew Eaton why he is giving a voice to the names behind the news with help from Michael Nyman
If the idea of a black, gay Englishman, singing "in character" as Susan Boyle, raises your eyebrows, you need to hear the rest of The Glare.


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europas ruined our season
already cost us 6pts, lennon been injured in 3 Europa games & now bale out for the season.
I said all season the Europa will cost us any hope of top 4. & its turning out to be true.
its such a hard cup to win & theres so many games too. we haven't got the squad for both the league & this.
if we had gone out a while ago, I reckon we would have more pts & we would have had lennon & bale fit.
it was highly unlikely we were going to win the Europa anyway.
the worst thing this season could be dembeles last min winner against lyon. if we had gone out then, we would probably have more points and definitely have bale & lennon fit.
my prediction that we will be fighting for 5th with everton & Liverpool is coming true.
no bale, lennon & defoe. we are looking really weak.
anyway, lets hope we can fight to the end of the season & sneak 5th.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
You are not a real fan if you are hoping Spurs (who are currently in 3rd) will finish 5th.
Also I'm not sure where you are getting the idea that Bale is out for the season but until this is announced how about we remain optimistic. It looked like he twisted his ankle; nothing to keep him out for the rest of the year.
I'm not sure what people expected at the start of the season, but I never thought we'd be where we are. EVEN if we drop a couple of places in the league it will be better than what I had originally hoped for.
But as yet, we're still 3rd.
As for the injuries - a bit of a pee off - but again no one 'expects' it to happen. Lennon may have gone off against Everton and Bale could have been injured against Swansea - only a crystal ball could tell. OK - the more games, the higher the odds for picking up an injury but if we're to be a top 4 club, we have to be used to playing more games.
The game itself was dire. We looked awful at the back and BAE looked pretty poor (and I normally like him). Ade tried but had no service (how many attempts - Naughton's shot was the only recollection of a save that I have) - Lennon didn't get into the game (maybe for obvious reasons).
Holtby buzzed and had a couple of nice touches - especially the one that managed to deflect Parker's attempt!
On the positive side, the Everton game will now give at least one player (I read Bale may only be out for 2 games) a chance to step up to the plate.
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juan desilva juan desilva Apr 5, 2013 10:22 Flag
i agree half and half here.......i was dreading the UEFA cup, its for clubs that have nothing else to fight for and for clubs that can boast a large enough squad to rotate and give their fringe players a chance to impress and push for a first team slot...we made our first huge mistake back in january....we never bought a striker..not even an on loan player...... you guys say wheres our belief and hope..well it went in january in my books.... this is starting to become a regular trend for spurs..start well then fall apart after the new year..... i dont blame the players..they've really tried their best and to be in 3/4th position thus far is a great achievement and more than AVB could have asked from his players from the start of the season...they havent let us down...LEVI has, by not strengthening the squad in jan when we could all see there was a great chance in finishing top 4 and at that time we were still in 2 cups...
i agree with above comment...this season will be a scrap to fifth place not top 4....we've played an extra game remember....which means chel/arsen win their game we drop to forth 1 point infront of arsenal and once they move in front theirs no way we will over take them again....
my opinion is...this season was a great opportunity but ended in disaster....
stephen, that makes no sense. we could end up 6th or 7th. i think 5th a fair target with the fit players left.of course i want us to finish 3rd. but i dont think its a fair target without bale & probably lennon & defoe. i hope your right about bale. i was just going off the opinion rom the opinion of ex players who said he will be out for the season. & bale did look in a lot of pain
A Yahoo! User Apr 5, 2013 11:02 Flag
"Re: europas ruined our season"
What I think ruined your season is AVB using the same small core of players week in, week out and not resting key players. Players aren't robot, it's only a matter of time before the high number of games they've been involved in catch up on them. We're now seeing the result of Spurs not having a deep squad to rely on when the going gets tough. I think Spurs would do well to hang on to 5th spot this season as both Everton and Liverpool would have a say on that.
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AVB has used many of the same players, however if he did use a broader selection, he'll be criticised byt he likes of SB of using players who aren't good enough. There was a small exodus in the summer and we have been in a situation where Livermore and Carroll have been needed. On a positive they have been exposed to some much needed first team football and at times the like of Carroll have looked like decent players for the future.
Our squad probably isn't deep enough, I think many Spurs supporters would agree with that. We lost 3 of our most influential players in the last year, most clubs would be in a far worse situation if they had suffered the same loses.
At the start of the season, there was a general consensus that top four would be a great achievement when everything has been atken into account, 4th 5th or 6th would be very closely fought.
Has the season been ruined? really? huge changes to the club and AVB keeps us in the top 4 for the vast majority of the season. 'Ruined'.......really, some fans don't know how good we have it! they be better off as glory supporters if thats their opinion.
good post "what?" agree with all u said. fact is we aren't good enough to win the Europa & get top 4.
so its foolish we are going to get neither now for the sake of being pride!
If you were a manager though, how would you handle a season?
If it was me, I'd prioritise with the board and set the basic targets and then adjust the priority as I went. For Spurs, I would 'guess' that CL is the main board target - as again, whether the fans like it or not, the CL brings in the money that allows the squad to grow in quality (and gives the best financial return) - that hopefully then creates that cycle of staying in the top 4.
I would have then used the squad more in the earlier rounds of each of the other competitions with the priority (ie quality of player) being fitted to the perceived value of the prize. The League cup being bottom, then FA then Europa at the top - for me. I would then use the squad across the competitions, readjusting the priorities depending on how well we were doing in the various competitions.
'arry seemed to do that more than AVB (I'd be interested to see player usage stats across the competitions over the past 3 or 4 seasons). AVB seems to have stuck more to a set squad - maybe because of the clear out of 'squad' players during the summer.
Now we've got this far in the Europa, it seems a bit pointless not going for it IMHO - BUT - even though I never expected 4th this season (maybe 6th/7th), I now also want 4th as I think we deserved CL for this season and although in my opinion we haven't been playing as well - we have been at the 'top' for so long it would be a disappointment not to get CL for next season. If pressed, I still would prefer a CL spot over the Europa.
I see where you're coming from though - no one (fans) cares how many seasons the Woolwich bunch have achieved CL football - but they do care about when they won their last silverware.
PS If you get a message from Yahoo - it was me - I inadvertently hit the 'Report Abuse' button on your post. Apologies.
A Yahoo! User Apr 6, 2013 10:47 Flag
you are absolutely right ....its a tin pot cup anyway
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What?- I suspect you are another multi ID troll, which means your comments and views are almost entirely irrellevant, yet I find it in my huge Yiddish heart to indulge you, well someone has too. Arsenal have vastly more wealth than our beloved Spurs, Wenger or someone at your board has decided you will not compete financially, rather than cannot, should Arsenal fans expect more than they are currently getting? yes IMO, but thats for another day. Whilst you continue to invest so little in your team, you will continue to struggle to compete for the title or the CL, sadly there is a direct correllation!
But you do raise a good point, Wenger has put virtually all his eggs into the CL top 4 basket, where has it got you? regular qualification for a competition you cannot win, a huge bank balance and your best players leaving year on year, well done! It highlights that regular top 4 football doesn't necessarily mean you keep your best players.
We do not have the finances to compete on either front and to win either would take numerous players to play extraordinarily well and for us to remain almost entirely injury free, which whilst is incredibly unlikely. But as supporters (a much better description NBR) we cannot initiate any change, no matter how much should have, could have, I would have, the likes of SB spew in her usual world ending, club liquidating style.
So where would we be if we adopted SB's eggs all in one basket approach? The club decides to prioritise one competition, we have a tough CL and are out at the group stages, in the mean time we have dropped too far down the EPL to compete for top 4! then what? putting all your eggs in one basket is rarely seen as a good thing, so why would you advocate it SB, where has it got ther goons?
You claim to want the best for the future of the club, yet you put retaining one individual as the very top priority. Bale is 1 player, currently he is an exceptionally good player (once you were claiming he should be sold) but he is one man and it is entirely likely he will leave us one day, what then? Bale got a chance because BAE had a prolonged injury, he came in at LB and flourished, so why is it so implauible for another player to step up!
Really SB, NBR and I are the egotistical ones, when you believe your approach would have the following results:
'achieved top 4. kept out best players & attracted more top players. build from there.'
Wow! why havent you gone into football management or politics, if everything you suggest is so accurate so consistantly, you could make a real difference. What were your commenst re Defoe a few weks back? something along ther he'll definitely get 20+ goals! are you still so sure?!
How does my positive approach towards the way I support my club prove I have a huge ego? surely your approach of always appearing to know best demonstrates a much more egocentric approach than NBR's and mine? Do you ever wonder why you seem to be someone who regularly clashes with other contributors? no? so its always everyone else all the time! The predicition league is a bit of fun SB, nothing more, please don't go thinking its a reflection on our footbaling knowledge or interlect in general.
An interesting set of subjects,
Magpies 2 Benfica nowt---season banker.
H---Cisse 2. Attendance 52,000---weather, cold breeze but pitch perfect.
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And Basle 1 Spurs 1, to go with Magpies 2 Benfica nowt.
i never said im right. im saying what i thinks right. & im telling u why. u think going for all the cups & top 4 is right. im telling u why i thinks it not. im probably wrong as usual. but im just telling u what i think. as for defoe, i still 100% think he would get 20 goals a season if he stayed fit. since xmas he has been carrying injuries even when he has managed to play. which is part of the reason he keeps picking up little injuries. same goes for lennon. he has been playing whilst carrying injuries so also keeps picking up injuries. both are being rushed back too soon. but with whats at stake, pretty much every team rushes important players back too soon. as for bale, i said sell him as he was going to be just used at LB. if u remember,i said he should be put as LW before he was. so personally id have kept bale & played him at LW. but as he was only being used at LB, i said we might as well sell him. people around me know i said that all along. its similar to dos santos. i said sell him. but personally id have kept him. but as harry didnt rate him, i said sell him because he would never get a fair run in the team.but who cares,we are all just guessing. some u get right & some wrong. i also said why are we buying walker. he didnt even look that good at sheff utd. but i was proved wrong. oh & i didnt see the point in getting friedel. wrong again! much better keeper than i realised.


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The school district had put its buildings on lockdown Tuesday as a precaution after 45-year-old Charles Beeney escaped from the Beadle County Jail by using a makeshift weapon to hold a guard hostage. Beeney was captured Tuesday night in Sioux Falls.
Huron Schools Superintendent Terry Nebelsick told KOKK radio after the arrest that schools would return to normal operations Wednesday.
Beeney has a criminal history in Kansas and North Dakota, including a jail escape in North Dakota seven years ago. Beadle County Sheriff Doug Solem said Beeney was being brought back to Huron Wednesday and would be confined there while prosecutors decide on charges.
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The Rim Fire became the fourth-largest wildfire in the history of California as it continued its steady burn Saturday, as smoke from the blaze for the first time darkened the sky over the Yosemite Valley, forcing many holiday vacationers indoors.
According to the statewide firefighting agency Cal Fire, 348 square miles have been scorched. At least 111 structures have been destroyed, but no one has been killed or seriously injured in the blaze, which is the largest wildfire burning in the country.
By last measure, the fire that has burned an area the size of Dallas was 40 percent contained with the help of more than 5,000 firefighters from state, federal and local agencies. Authorities said fresh firefighters were being brought in to replace tired crews, but that officials did not plan to reduce the number of personnel assigned to the fire.
The Labor Day weekend is historically a boon for Yosemite National Park as patrons flood the park before the school year begins and colder weather settles in. But the smoke has hampered the getaway vibe.
"I'm in Yosemite Valley right now, and I cannot see the cliffs around me," said Kari Cobb, a park spokeswoman. "The wind has shifted, and smoke is impacting the entire park. We have been lucky until now."
All the campgrounds in the valley still were full as of Saturday morning despite the thick blanket of smoke and the burning smell that permeated the area, Cobb said.
One vacationer staying in the historic Wawona Hotel, four miles from the park's south entrance, called himself "a prisoner in the hotel" because of the invading smoke and partial road closures put in place earlier in the week.
The occupant, who asked not to be named because of privacy concerns, said it was clear as of Friday evening and that it "turned overnight," with haze turning the sun orange and light ash visibly falling in the air.
Smoke from the blaze has drifted at least 2,500 miles, reaching Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and the Great Lakes. Overnight into Saturday, the Rim Fire surpassed the area burned by the 1932 Matilija Fire in Ventura County, which burned 220,000 acres.
At least 94 square miles of wilderness have burned in the northern section of Yosemite. Firefighting aircraft remained grounded because of low visibility caused by the smoke, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Mark Healey said.
Officials were concerned about a 150-acre spot fire that crossed a road and prompted an evacuation order for homes near the west entrance of Yosemite, Healey said.
Mandatory evacuations remain in effect south of Highway 120 and north Old Yosemite Road, while evacuations of areas surrounding Bull Creek Road to Grizzly Mountain have been lifted.
About 4,500 structures are still threatened east and west of the fire, which is expected to continue spreading east into the west side of Yosemite National Park east of Aspen Valley, according to a bulletin from Cal Fire and the Forest Service.
"Steep terrain and extreme fire behavior" are slowing firefighters' progress, along with hot, dry weather forecasted for the coming week. Authorities said as a result they have become reliant on air tankers and drone planes to both fight and give them eyes on the flames. They have moved back the tentative fire containment date to Oct. 20.
The blaze's cause is under investigation, though the Twain Harte fire chief suggested at an Aug. 23 community meeting that it likely stemmed from an illegal marijuana growing operation, which are common in secluded forest areas. The area where the fire started is roughly 10 miles west of the Yosemite National Park entrance on Highway 120 and 8 miles east of the town of Groveland -- a rugged, steep expanse of dense wilderness.
Officials have not made any formal statement about the cause of the fire.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.


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BART workers struck at midnight Sunday, when their most recent contract expired. For some reason they suddenly agreed Thursday night to extend that contract through Aug. 4 and resume train service Friday, giving negotiators time to resolve their differences. But by all accounts, those differences are so monumental that a redux work stoppage is a good bet for August.
While the battle is joined at the negotiating table, the real tussle in a public employees strike is for the hearts and minds of the people paying the bills -- in this case the taxpayers of the BART district in San Francisco and the East Bay and the fare-paying public from around the Bay. Anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that this tussle hasn't been going well for the unions.
BART workers, who seek a 23 percent pay increase, are already the top-paid transit system employees in the region and among the best-paid in the nation. They have free pensions, health care coverage for an entire family for just $92 a month no matter how much more taxpayers have to kick in, and the same sweet medical insurance deal when they retire after as little as five years on the job.
They work 37½ hours a week, but they can call in sick during the workweek and then volunteer for overtime shifts on their days off. This exacerbates out-of-control overtime that in 2012 added an average 19 percent to base pay for station agents and 33 percent for train operators. For many of the riders who depend on BART to get to private-sector jobs that carry much less lavish compensation packages, this strike has been a tough sell.
We can see why the unions wanted the 30-day break. It will give them time to refashion their public-relations message to increase popular support. What we don't get is why BART's negotiators agreed. We may never know because negotiations are conducted in private.
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I'd shown up to the Music Hall of Williamsburg two hours after they'd started letting people in, but for some reason, there was still a line. I guess that all the other old men had decided to show up late like I had in order to beat the rush. A lady asked me if her press pass from a French magazine would get her in and I said I doubted it. The guy in front of me turned back and exclaimed to me, "Devendra Banhart only played for a half hour! A HALF HOUR!" I didn't respond, but it was clearly bothering him because he said it again to me a few minutes later. It was like being in line at the post office when some exasperated guy keeps exclaiming, "Can you believe this!?" because the line moves slowly. I don't know Devendra Banhart's music, but I know he used to have a big beard and dated Natalie Portman, who is my generation's Winona Ryder, so that's cool.
Once inside, I wandered around and tried to find things to photograph but didn't find much. Despite the show being full of people, there was a lack of energy. Everyone was over 30 and wearing black. I checked out the merch table and was disappointed. I got in line to buy a drink because I didn't know what else to do. Once I got close to the bar, the guy in front of me bought me a beer and said that I looked like I knew what was up. He said his name was Willis and he ran a festival called Brain Cave. Then I photographed a few people.
Swans took the stage and people cheered and then they stood very still. Swans played something droney and repetitive as the audience did their best to stand completely still. Michael Gira, the main Swan, put his hands up and close his eyes while he was singing. I think maybe he was trying to imitate a swan. Gary Numan puts his arms out like a plane when he performs because he loves flying. I found myself going into my own mind since the band wasn't interesting to look at and the audience was even less so.
I found myself wondering why this band was playing in a venue like Music Hall of Williamsburg. It felt more like a recital than a rock concert and it would have been nice to sit down. I also wondered how a band that made such noisy music could sell out the Music Hall of Williamsburg. I know that they're one of New York's oldest bands that still performs, but I was still surprised. I have no idea why anybody likes anything and am always surprised by what is and isn't popular. Not long after starting, I saw two grey-haired men leave the spot where they were standing, probably because of the volume. It was so loud that I could feel my eyeballs vibrating in their sockets.
There were a couple of younger guys really grooving on the music and soulfully headbanging. Michael Gira had laminated his lyric sheets and kept them attached to a music stand with bulldog clips. I thought this was kinda corny. I found myself getting annoyed and left after watching Swans play for an hour.
I guess that to me, the music that Swans makes is best appreciated in isolation. It's music that I relate to most when I am sick of other people, and being in a room of people while their music plays doesn't make me like those people. Some music only makes sense when you experience it live with other people and some only makes sense alone. Swans make sense when I'm alone, but not when I'm with other people. Here are some photos I took of the show.
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