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This week we're obsessed with beginnings- what marks the start of something special? How do we get away from what we once were? Take a look at some of our writers' takes on what bands started with a bang.
The Exploding Hearts – Guitar Romantic (2003)
The rock 'n roll force that are the Exploding Hearts is immediately evident on "Modern Kicks" that begins their debut record. The utterly catchy power pop hooks show up not too far along on "I'm a Pretender", proving that the group can catch the listener up in a groove. The punk urgency in "Thorns In Roses", the third track, adds some gritty edge to the group's overall sound. After only three tracks, the group grabbed me a few years back when I first heard this record due to the bountiful mixture of pop, rock, and punk on every song. This record doesn't have a dud on it and Adam "Baby" Cox's vocals blends in well with the raucous band due to his natural upper range that doesn't get annoying. For a record to come out like this in 2003, there were definitely high hopes of what this band could do in successive recordings. Unfortunately, the Exploding Hearts never released another full album due to the tragic plane crash that killed 3/4 of the band. I am just glad that this one record continues to give pop rock fans some long-term happiness after the group's passing.
Kings of Leon- Youth and Young Manhood (2003)
Youth and Young Manhood, produced by indie rock guru Ethan Johns, is everything a rock album should be. Its gritty and fuzzy and unpolished and strange with front man Caleb Followill's voice all soul and growl. Every song is a gem but "Red Morning Light" and "Molly's Chambers" are especially catchy. The band which produced this album and their next, Aha Shake Heartbreak" is possibly my favorite rock band ever, which is really saying something. Unfortunately that band no longer exists. The band that started to emerge on Because of the Times and then came into its own with Only by the Night in 2008, has infinitely less character and soul, a bland, unremarkable product of the pop music cycle.
Eminem –The Slim Shady LP (1999) [Major Label Debut]
"Hi! My name is — what? Who?" Thanks to this album, Eminem (or Slim Shady), we know your name now. The Slim Shady LP shocked and offended mainstream media with its violent and explicit lyrics, and showed us that white dudes can rap too. More than a decade later, his songs still have punch. His lyrical delivery, irreverent and nasal, still stings you. Dre's beats, especially on "Just Don't Give a Fuck" and "Brain Damage" are freaky, and fit the violent fantasies Eminem enacts in his songs. Since the album, we've seen Eminem mellow out, sober up, and release a couple less provocative (both lyrically and creatively) albums. But the Slim Shady LP exemplifies Eminem's distinctive style and launched the career of one of the most popular rappers of all time.
Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
It is 11-11-11 and there just aren't many records that go all the way to 11 like this one does. This Is Spinal Tap looks back at the career of its namesake from their earliest recordings at The Thamesmen ("Gimme Some Money"), through their flower-power era ("Listen to the Flower People"), into their heavy metal heyday with their epic "Stonehenge." It may have been the "first release" from the Tap, but it was hardly the first time this set of talent came together. Look all the way back to the 70s when David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) teamed up for the National Lampoon masterpiece Lemmings. Of course they were joined by other comedic and musical talents including John Belushi and Chevy Chase well before their SNL careers. Not familiar with it? Then get thee to Netflix and watch the stage production documenting Woodshuck: Three Days of Peace, Love and Death. http://bit.ly/teLBZc McKean & Guest surfaced outside of National Lampoon again in 1979 with the album Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones, a spinoff property from the hit TV show Laverne & Shirley. More than a comedic vehicle for Lenny & Squiggy, the Squigtones included luminaries such as Murphe Dunn (also known in comedy circles from the SNL and Blues Brothers bands), drummer Don Poncher and someone who may or may not have been Harry Shearer. Spinal Tap went on to tour the US multiple times following their American tour debut documented in the film This Is Spinal Tap. They've toured as recently as last year, losing countless drummers to spontaneous human combustion in their wake.
The Clientele- Suburban Light (2000)
The Clientele are a band who are about aesthetic over all else. Their songs are nearly uniformly clouded in warm reverb, a dreamy haze of nostalgia, whispers of desire. They released three of the last decade's best albums: 2005's Strange Geometry, 2003's The Violet Hour, and their 2000 debut Suburban Light. It's undeniable that over the last 12 years the band has moved towards better production, crisper drums, strings and horns, but Suburban Light still stands as the purest crystallization of the band's sound. It's almost as if they did it so well on tracks like "I Had to Say This", "We Could Walk Together" and "What Goes Up" that everything that followed merely had to touch upon a certain musical aspect, a certain chord or harmony in order to evoke everything that came before it. This obsession with memory is something explicitly in the band's music, notably in the stunning "Reflections After Jane", but the way the band built a catalog that is so tight, so self-referential but always fresh originates in the strength and perfect beauty of Suburban Light.


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Wednesday, 06/20/2012
nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA
Soundcheck: Nellie Kane [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
Set 1: Sparkle, Ha Ha Ha, BagAC/DC Bag > DividedDivided Sky, Dog Log, Undermind > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Cities -> Ya Mar, Bold As Love > Julius
Set 2: R&RRock and Roll > Tweezer > Free > Guyute, BOAFBirds of a Feather, HoodHarry Hood[1] -> WTU?What's the Use? > Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea > Possum
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
[1] Unfinished.
· Sleeping Monkey quote in Tweezer Reprise
· Theme from Star Wars tease
Noteworthy Jams: What's the Use?
Average Song Gap: 16.63
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Trey introduced Dog Log with "There's enough of those damn signs out there." Dog Log was last played on August 2, 2003 (172 shows). Hood was unfinished. Prior to Sleeping Monkey, Trey teased the Star Wars theme and said "Fish, when you get to the end of this beautiful song, one last time for all of us. One final tuck." Trey added that "it's been a beautiful two days, but it wouldn't be complete without seeing Fish tuck his dress into his underwear one last time" and "I'm singing this one right to you Fish, because I am your father." Trey proceeded to sing to Fish using Mike's mic. Tweezer Reprise contained Sleeping Monkey quotes from Fish.
Song Distribution:
3 The Story of the Ghost
3 The White Tape
2 A Picture of Nectar
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 Undermind
1 The Siket Disc
1 Billy Breathes
1 Hoist
1 Rift
1 Junta
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "2012 Early Summer Tour."
Set II: Trey was going sound effects crazy during Tweezer which provided some unique moments - and there was a SPACY jam before and after Tweezer. The segues throughout second set were spacy trippy. Each band member now has a glowing egg shaped light show behind them as if each of them beamed down from the mothership. Once again like a few day prior, Birds of A Feather was RAGING!!! OMG ripping from Trey........BUT BUT BUT the highlight of last night was during the middle of Harry Hood in which Trey & Page once again brought back the Space trippy (space ship is taking off thick) deep thick weirdness in which the year's first What's The Use melted out of Harry Hood. It was sick sick sick transition that flipped me in my bed. Was the highlight of the night. Think of the What's The Use from Alpine LIVE BAIT 2010 or 2009. It was like that. Smiles! The ENCORE was also super kind and had me laughing all over. Trey took the microphone and started walking around stage saying he's going to sing to Jon because Jon is so special and is great at Tucking. He couldn't get his mic chord to move so he took Mike's microphone and serenaded Jon who held his head high and closed his eyes, "The day that you arrived, my sleeping monkey is revived." Jon then came center stage, Trey took the drumz, and Jon began Tucking and singing the classic final verse in falseto.. LOL. Then BAM a viscous Tweezer reprise featuring Trey holding his guitar and swining it like a Jedi sword. At some point either before first set or right before the encore, Trey also played the Star Wars theme really softly. Absolute BLAST! Bring on the cornfield!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last few minutes of Rock and Roll included some beautiful ambient playing from which Tweezer emerged. This was a very good version of Tweezer. During the verses Trey played with some effects that made this rendition unique. The jam begins with Page and Mike out front before Trey joins in with smooth leads. Trey then takes the rhythm role while Page funks it up on the clav. Trey returns to the lead role for the conclusion of the jam. After a short spacious interlude, Trey starts up the chords of Free. This Free could have been the first one to be jammed in 3.0, but it was not to be as Trey was the only one to initially throw some extra licks in before the ending chorus. Guyute was played pretty well, but I'm not a fan of the song in the middle of the second set as it was at my last show (12/29/11), as well. While Birds was nothing compared to the great one played at AC, it was very enjoyable. Trey ripped the solo pretty well. Hood->What's the Use? was a highlight of the show. Hood's unusual ambient jam eventually gave way to What's the Use?. The segue into WTU? was not smoothest, but the segment was very creative. Page had a short piano solo at the end of WTU? and I thought for a brief moment that they might be going into Sea and Sand, but it turned out to be Wading. The Possum closer was fun. The encore had something extra on it with the banter from Trey and Tweezer Reprise seemed more raucous and energetic than usual.
Good show overall, but perhaps not the best of the tour so far.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — When a thief stole a man's dog Mochi along with a laptop and bicycles, the owner took to social media and recruited hundreds of people to help track her down, but none more connected than Green Day's front man Billie Joe Armstrong. Go HERE to see the full story.
"To me it's a kidnapping, that was my child, and it was taken away from my house," said David Baker.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
OK. Now what do we do?
Ad men always used to tell me that every ad had to finish with a call to action. In the case of a newspaper or magazine this was usually something along the lines of "buy it tomorrow" or "available now with free toy".
The Guardian ad doesn't finish with a call to action. Instead the message is that the brand can be accessed in a number of different ways. Which is true. But still a nagging question remains - does the lack of a call to action suggest that modern media organisations are no longer quite sure what it is that they can expect people to do?
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- Tim Holmes said...
I had a similar reaction. Clever stuff but ... so what?
- 1:02 pm
- Nick Fitzherbert said...
Agreed. I train people in Presentation Skills and I am frequently having to remind them that we need to send the audience away with a clear thought in the form of a Call to Action. You wouldn't expect to have to remind advertising people of this requirement.
Another mantra we follow is 'Don't expect people to just get it...spell it out for them'...even for an intelligent audience such as Guardian readers.
- 1:43 pm
- John Medd said...
Does being able to access the news whilst waiting at the bus stop make the world a better place? Watching the news feed, or maybe that should read speculation, 30 minutes later on a TV/computer screen shows that the eventual fate for the wolves and piggies of this world plays out just the same. As for what Joe Public is expected to do - Joe probably doesn't have time to read a paper, watch the news as it plays out on his laptop and his poor eye sight means he can't even see the text on his smart phone; let alone read learn and inwardly digest it.
- 1:45 pm
- David Hepworth said...
..."even for an intelligent audience such as Guardian readers."
Can I just say at this point that all audiences are equally intelligent?
- 2:03 pm
- Robert said...
Having recently seen the Storyville documentary "Deadline: the New York Times" I have been pondering the future of my paper of choice, the Guardian. What struck me most after watching the documentary was how important good quality journalism is to how we understand and engage with the world. But more than that it is that good quality journalism is worth paying for.
The Guardian appear to have taken a different path. They have taken a product, that I have happily paid for all of my adult life, and made it worthless. The advert suggests that the future for the Guardian will be instant reports with endless comments and speculation from people who may or may not know what they are talking about.
So in response to your question: what did I do after seeing the advert? I shook my head in despair. Was that the correct response?
- 2:23 pm
- David Hepworth said...
Clearly not but the way you use the expression "all my adult life" indicates that you have established media habits and therefore you're probably not the person an advert like this is targeting.
- 2:30 pm
- Robert said...
True. But previous Guardian adverts did make me feel positive towards the publication and made me want to continue buying it. This advert made me think, "Jeez! I might have to start buying The Times."
- 3:22 pm
- Archie Valparaiso said...
As an ex-adman, I assumed, probably wrongly (being far more ex than adman these days), that it was all about [meaningless-buzz-phrase klaxon] added value. I also assumed that the call to action was implicit because spelling it out would have been, well, a bit embarrassing.
"Look, we give you this, this, this and even this. Don't you think that, in return, just a couple of times a week, you might actually buy the bloody newspaper?
- 8:55 am
- bob reams said...
Does anyone else think the ad. is a complete misfire?I've seen it three times in the cinema and I can sense a definite lack of enthusiasm or engagement.The thing is, they've actually always had the best website of all the English newspapers.
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Everybody knows that knitters get a little peculiar when they travel. While others visit historic monuments, museums, and major cultural attractions, we scour the streets looking for yarn shops.
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During my research on Merino, I uncovered what could possibly be the travel experience of a lifetime for any hardcore knitter. It's called the Merino Trail, and it spans the entire South Island of New Zealand and some of the North Island as well.
The Tale of a Trail
Currently there are over 45 attractions along this new trail, including sheep and cattle stations, a private island, a 6,000-Merino farm, and historic homesteads.
Lodging ranges from rustic sheep stations to luxury lodges. All stops on the trail offer the opportunity to experience New Zealand's history and rural heritage up close -- with a Merino focus.
The best part is that you can engage in as much or as little of the farming experience as you'd like. If you have a hankering to shear some sheep, great. If you'd rather sit on a porch and watch, sipping a cup of tea and knitting a Merino scarf, that's fine too.
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SAN RAMON VALLEY -- Planning new fences, secure entry points and standardized emergency procedures, the San Ramon Valley school district is ramping up security.
Although some question whether the new measures might be going too far, the move comes in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that claimed 27 lives in a December shooting spree in Newtown, Conn.
Money from the Measure D school facilities bond passed by district voters in November will pay for some of the security enhancements, district spokesman Terry Koehne said.
A districtwide safety committee has been formed with members representing teachers, parents, school administrators, the San Ramon Valley Fire Department and the San Ramon and Danville police departments. The committee has met twice since the start of the year.
"We're already doing a lot on safety," said district Superintendent Mary Shelton. "We had talked about having a districtwide safety committee before what happened in Connecticut. That kind of gave it the impetus to get it fully staffed and get it going."
Although everyone is concerned about security, Kathy Dillingham, a longtime teacher in the district who teaches at Venture School, said she is among those concerned that the pendulum might swing too far toward security and a sense of community could be lost.
"Many teachers throughout the district are appalled with the idea of fencing around all the campuses," she said.
Koehne emphasized that the district is looking at minimum standards and that there are no plans for such things as metal detectors. He said the district is taking a careful look at what is needed.
"We are auditing every site from a facilities standpoint," he said. "Our newer schools were designed for security. Most of our older schools are more wide open by nature. It was just how schools were designed, with many entry points to the campus."
There are 35 schools in the district and more than 30,000 students. The district has a mix of new schools built within the last 10 years and schools well over 50 years old.
Koehne said the newer schools in Dougherty Valley, such as Quail Run Elementary School and Dougherty Valley High School, built after the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, have fencing that funnels visitors to entry points.
But older schools, such as San Ramon Valley, Monte Vista and California high schools, have open campuses with many access points.
All district classrooms already have "Columbine locks" that allow teachers to lock their classrooms from the inside in the event of an emergency.
"The intention is to put in a minimum standard of interior campus security that is more reflective of the design of our newer schools," he said. "We want to provide a minimum standard with fencing and gating. We don't want visitors to enter through various entry ways so we have a better handle of the people who are on our campuses."
Danville police Chief Steve Simpkins said police are playing an advisory role on the safety committee.
He said his department conducted a large scale "active shooter" drill at San Ramon Valley High in the summer of 2011 and another drill is planned for this summer.
Armed school resource officers have been assigned to the district's high schools for years, he added.
"We're very lucky to have them," Simpkins said. "I look at them as much more than security. They are more of a mentor and role model who happens to have a gun."
Ann Dodson, principal of Tassajara Hills Elementary School, said she feels good about district security.
"We do a lot of staff training," she said. "We train with the parents. We drill every month."
Although she has concerns about fencing, Dillingham said she agrees with standardizing the district's emergency procedures and with other security measures being implemented.
"We want to make our children and our parents and everybody at our schools feel safe, but to me putting fences all around because of what happened at Sandy Hook is not the answer, because it didn't help there," she said.
"Sandy Hook affected everyone I know. You do realize you are vulnerable. But you just have to carry on, I guess."
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In the final years of Chili Davis' career, his fresh-faced New York Yankees teammate used to call him an old man.
Davis, who was in his late 30s at the time, would just laugh and tell him: "Hopefully, you'll stick around long enough for someone to call you old man."
That fresh-faced kid grew up to be Derek Jeter.
And as the Yankees icon prepares to say farewell -- at the ripe-old age of 39 -- Davis is happy to welcome him to the old man club. Jeter has announced that this will be the final season of what will be a 20-year major league career.
"Derek Jeter has always been a class act,'' said Davis, set to begin his third season as the A's hitting coach. "It was an honor to play with him.
"Jeter and I hung out. And there's a reason you never any negative press about him: He treats people well. He's just a special person. The Yankees are going to miss him."
Davis, who started his career with the Giants in 1981, wrapped up his distinguished career by playing the 1998 and '99 seasons in the Bronx. The Yankees won the World Series and also provided Davis with an up-close look at the Jeter phenomenon.
Jeter made the first of his 13 All-Star teams in '98 and in '99 set his career-highs in homers (24) and RBIs.
"This guy was just a great teammate and a quality guys,'' Davis said in a phone interview from Arizona. "In New York at the time, there were just certain guys: Mariano Rivera. Paul O'Neill. Bernie Williams. Andy Pettitte.
"Jeter was the leader by example. And he's no different now than he was then."
Davis will get his chance to say goodbye to the old man this summer: The Yankees' only scheduled visit the Coliseum this season is three-game series June 13-15.
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Proposals are sought from college and university mathematical sciences faculty working in partnership with middle and/or high school mathematics teachers. Interested middle and high school teachers are strongly encouraged to seek out college and university mathematic sciences faculty in the formulation of proposals to benefit middle and high school students. The Foundation is particularly interested in projects originating from the middle or high schools. Proposed projects may replicate existing successful projects, adapt components of such projects, or be new.
Projects should provide enrichment and extension activities for students which lead to heightened interest in and appreciation of mathematics. The projects should encourage students to continue studies of mathematics in high school and college and should better prepare them for those studies. Projects are designed to provide active enrichment activities, beyond classroom coursework, for students who show promise or interest in mathematics and are not intended for remedial help for students who need assistance in order to succeed in their coursework in mathematics. Projects must be open to all talented students in the applicant pool. Undergraduate and graduate students may provide role models and work directly with students under the tutelage of faculty from both the college or university and middle or high school. Participating in the DMEG Projects should benefit graduate, college, and pre-college students.
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Projects should be conducted over a sufficient period of time to engage student participants in learning and applying new and interesting mathematics that they will not otherwise encounter in their classes. Projects may be conducted during summer, during the school year, on weekends, or after school. The Dolciani Halloran Foundation funding may be used to supplement existing enrichment programs in order to increase the number of students participating in those programs or may be used to initiate new projects. Program funding is restricted to activities that are not typically part of school budgets.
Grants will be up to $6000 and will be made to the college or university of the project director for a one-year project. However, short-term events (one to three days) are generally limited to $2,500. An institution is expected to supply in-kind support as an indication of commitment to the project; these grants will not support any institutional indirect costs or provide fringe benefits. Any matching funds available should be described in the proposal and included in the budget justification. To provide maximum flexibility, unexpended funds may be carried forward with approval. Some grants may be renewed up to a maximum of three years. Projects that have received previous funding must include a report on outcomes of the project.
Applications will be accepted from college and university mathematical sciences faculty at accredited U.S. (including U.S. Territory), or Canadian AUCC-member institutions. Proposals must demonstrate a partnership with secondary or middle school mathematics faculty that is appropriate for the project. Either the middle or high school teachers or the college or university faculty may initiate the project and teachers are encouraged to develop ideas and to contact colleagues at a nearby two- or four-year college or university to work collaboratively. However, a college or university must be the fiscal agent.
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Joseph Graybeal, a self-employed vinyl siding and home repair mechanic from West Jefferson, bought the Aces High ticket a few weeks ago.
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OAKLAND -- Nearly two months after their video appeared on a national LGBT website, teachers and parents at Aurora School are still feeling the impact of their outreach.
Nick Williams, a second- and third-grade teacher at the private school in upper Rockridge, and admissions director Lisa Piccione produced a video to send to "It Gets Better," a site founded in 2010 to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
Made last spring, the video features eight LGBT families and four staff members who share personal experiences including coming out, finding a partner and raising children. About 10 percent of families at the 127-student school, which teaches kindergarten through fifth grade, are LGBT.
"I work at a school that is such an accepting, loving place," Williams said. "I wanted to really show the world there are supportive communities out there."
Beginning Oct. 20, the school's staff said their video was featured on the main page of ItGetsBetter.Org., a website launched when syndicated relationship columnist Dan Savage and his partner made a video in response to the bullying of gay youth and teen suicide. Representatives of the site did not respond to an email seeking comment, but Aurora staff said the video was watched more than 2,000 times by people in 60 countries. Williams said it was easy getting parents to participate in the video.
"I was thrilled not only that parents wanted to be involved, but that they would have their kids be in the video," Williams said.
Lori Randlett, the mother of a first-grader at Aurora, had considered making her own video for "It Gets Better" but wasn't sure about sharing details of her private life with the whole world. She and wife Vera found comfort in the number of families who participated in the school video.
They believe it was a good experience for their daughter because it helped her "learn about how important being out is and what her family is -- how we are different and yet how we are the same," Randlett said.
The message Randlett hopes the video sends to young LGBT people is that there is an accepting community -- a village, she calls it.
"You have to continue showing up -- suicide is not an option," she said. "Building your village is really the only way to find your way through a difficult process."
Piccione said making the video was a bonding experience for the school's LGBT families and an affirmation for straight families about Aurora's guiding principles.
"The whole community really values that everyone has the right to be who they are, that difference is good and we love each other, how it's OK to be different," she said. "This really is a place where everyone is included."


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ASPEN - Mikaela Shiffrin was the promising but relatively unknown U.S. Ski Team member at last year's Aspen Winternational.
She was the wide-eyed, self-effacing 16-year-old with the anxious grin who appeared to cower at the sight of the media and who was happy to defer to established stars such as Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso.
She was the girl who admitted to doubting her talent and being a bit overwhelmed by the moment. (Her mother spent much of the morning before the slalom trying to calm Shiffrin's frayed nerves.)
"I told you guys (Saturday) that I don't get nervous, but I was nervous today," the Burke Mountain Academy (Vt.) student admitted after her first run. "I was trying to breathe deeply at the start, and the further I got down, I started believing. Down here, that was some of the best skiing I've had all year so far."
It was no anomaly.
Shiffrin laid down a second solid run, securing a surprise eighth-place finish in just her fourth World Cup start. No other American qualified for a second run.
"She has great technique and a good head, obviously, because she had some pressure here because it was a home race for her, and she managed that," Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch said of Shiffrin afterward. "I think we will hear from her lots of times in the future."
How prophetic.
Little more than a month later, Shiffrin clinched her first World Cup podium finish with a third-place result in Lienz, Austria. She went on to win a second consecutive slalom national championship, wrapped up the season ranked 17th in the world in the discipline and was voted World Cup rookie of the year by her peers.
This weekend on Aspen Mountain, the precocious youngster will be a main attraction - regardless of whether Vonn can overcome a recent illness and compete - and represents the host nation's best chance for a slalom medal. That much is certain after Shiffrin's awe-inspiring performance in Levi, Finland, where, on Nov. 10, she skied to a third-place finish.
She shared the podium with former World Cup overall champion Hoefl-Riesch and technical whiz Tanja Poutiainen, of Finland.
"What went really well in Levi was that I executed my plan of putting my training skiing into the race. Nothing special, just go as fast as I can like on any other day of training," Shiffrin wrote in an email to The Aspen Times on Tuesday. "I don't focus on my success too much because I still have so far to go with my skiing, especially in GS (and eventually speed). ... Reminiscing about where I have been won't help me achieve my ultimate goals.
"I am taking a new approach this year and just trying to focus on the task at hand that I have been well prepared for, which is to make one really good turn after another. ... My goal is not to let former success or race location or expectations bother me on race day."
Trying to keep things simple admittedly has become more of a challenge for the teenager. Success has yielded increased attention, which Shiffrin said is flattering but foreign.
"I'm at the point now where someone will be looking at me and say, 'Congratulations,' or, 'Can I have your autograph?' and I'll double check for someone behind me that they might be talking to before I realize that they are addressing me," she joked. "Then I light up - or at least I feel like I do.
"My life is busier with interviews and other appearances, which makes it harder to stay focused and much harder to get my schoolwork done. Plus, it leaves me with very little down time. But that comes with the territory. ... My whole life right now is pretty interesting, I would say."
Shiffrin found some time Saturday to squeeze in a training session on Aspen Mountain, doing laps on the Strawpile course while a flock of young admirers from the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club hung on every turn.
She appeared to be at ease as she chatted with coaches between trips up Lift 1A.
Shiffrin insisted there's no added pressure to perform well in Aspen - the lone U.S. stop on the World Cup circuit and a place so close to home.
"Training went great. I love this hill, partially because it's one of the most challenging on the circuit, which also tends to make it tough for the racers with less experience like me," she wrote. "But I don't have any more or fewer concerns about this course than I have about any other race course. I'll just take it as it comes. At this point, I'd say I feel as comfortable at Aspen as I do anywhere else.
"Success at one venue doesn't necessarily make me super confident for another. However, I must admit that it's comforting to know that my skiing can be right in there with the fastest girls if I can clear my mind and put my solid skiing on the course."
As for what will constitute a successful weekend on Ajax, the always-shrewd Shiffrin steered clear of any bold prognostications.
"A successful weekend and season to me would be having one race after another where I just ski to my potential without freezing up or making careless mistakes."
Coach Alex Hoedlmoser has seen that potential blossom in the past year. He's excited about the possibilities.
"She already has a podium this season," he said in a team news release, "and should have the confidence to go all out and show how good she is."


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A group of hearty citizens- pioneers in their own right - set off for Massachusetts Thursday morning to follow in the footsteps of the original pioneers who settled and built Marietta 225 years ago.
A group of five, with one set to join the trip later, departed Marietta early Thursday from the Start Westward monument in Muskingum Park. They will head to Ipswich, Mass., where they will then try to retrace the path of the Ohio Company as it came to Marietta more than two centuries ago, in a journey the new group is calling Westward Home.
Most of the traveling will be done by kayak or bicycle, with an RV going along to serve as a traveling hotel.
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The Westward Home group, including, from left, Dan Jones, Sally Smith Wesel, Roger Murphy, Peter Prigge and Bill Wesel, departed Marietta Thursday morning after meeting at the Start Westward monument in Muskingum Park. Along with Gary Murphy, they will retrace the path of Rufus Putnam and the Ohio Company from Ipswich, Mass. to Marietta that led to its founding.
The participants Dan Jones, Roger Murphy, Gary Murphy, Peter Prigge, Charles "Bill" Wesel and his wife, Sally Smith Wesel, all are active in the Marietta Rowing & Cycling Club or other civic organizations.
The group has been working to collect pledges for the distance they paddle or pedal. Any money collected from the 926-mile trip will benefit the Harmar Community Center and the building's occupants, the Washington County Boys and Girls Club.
"We're taking care of our future generations and how to handle children getting some entertainment and training," 80-year-old Bill Wesel said.
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Both Jones and Bill Wesel said the main goal at the center is to build a gymnasium, but more fundraising will have to be planned beyond what is raised on this trip.
Prigge will man the chase car towing the three kayaks the participants had been building since the summer of 2012. They will be dropped off in Pittsburgh en route to Massachusetts and boarded on the return trip to Marietta.
"We'd like to make $100 per mile, but I don't think we'll make it," Jones said.
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Bill Wesel is the driver of the 33-foot Winnebago Voyage motor home with all the luxuries of home. He said it's just like driving a car. Meanwhile, over in the passenger seat of the recreational vehicle is Bill's wife, Sally Smith Wesel, 76.
Sally said she is the chief cook and bottle washer as well as the co-pilot and in charge of laundry during the trip.
The cupboards of the RV are full of groceries, she said, and the group put a lot of thought into how to organize the storage areas and personal space. Everyone on the trip will sleep in the RV during the three-week trip.
Among the dozen or so people who came to Muskingum Park Thursday morning to wish the travelers good luck were Karen Prigge, 71, and friend Esther Carpenter, 61.
Karen admitted if she were 30 years younger, she would be going. The pair thought it would be a fabulous trip.
"It's restoring history," Karen said. "It's an adventure they are not going to soon forget."
Roger Murphy will put his athleticism to work on both the bicycle and kayak. He has much experience with both after bicycling in the Greater Ohio Bicycle Adventure and on rides to the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. He and his wife, Virgene, spend much of their time racking up the miles on tires.
Murphy said his only training regimen for the trip was to ride a few extra miles each day and to be mindful of what he eats.
"We can't duplicate the Rufus Putnam route," Jones said. "If we did, we'd get run over" because no interstate highways or cars existed at the time.
Jones also said the group won't stop in West Newton, Mass., for two months during the winter, as the original pioneers did to gather wood from the forests and build their boats.
"This is a vacation for me as far as I am concerned," he said.
Jones said one special aspect of this trip is the group will carry with it the oxen yoke used in the 1937-1938 Caravan that followed a similar route.
That caravan was funded by the federal government to mark the 150th anniversary of the Northwest Territory. Those joining the caravan in 1937 took the re-enactment several steps further because they harvested lumber to build their boats.
Jones said Dave Archer of Pioneer Pipe Inc. found that original yoke which will have made its second trip to Marietta when the crew returns to land their kayaks June 8 at Marietta.


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Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization.
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|Arking, DE, Pulit SL, Crotti L., van der Harst P., Munroe PB, Koopmann TT, Sotoodehnia N., Rossin EJ, Morley M., Wang X., Johnson AD, Lundby A., Gudbjartsson DF, Noseworthy PA, Eijgelsheim M., Bradford Y., Tarasov KV, Dörr M., Müller-Nurasyid M., Lahtinen AM, et al.
|The QT interval, an electrocardiographic measure reflecting myocardial repolarization, is a heritable trait. QT prolongation is a risk factor for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) and could indicate the presence of the potentially lethal mendelian long-QT syndrome (LQTS). Using a genome-wide association and replication study in up to 100,000 individuals, we identified 35 common variant loci associated with QT interval that collectively explain ∼8-10% of QT-interval variation and highlight the importance of calcium regulation in myocardial repolarization. Rare variant analysis of 6 new QT interval-associated loci in 298 unrelated probands with LQTS identified coding variants not found in controls but of uncertain causality and therefore requiring validation. Several newly identified loci encode proteins that physically interact with other recognized repolarization proteins. Our integration of common variant association, expression and orthogonal protein-protein interaction screens provides new insights into cardiac electrophysiology and identifies new candidate genes for ventricular arrhythmias, LQTS and SCD.
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Even hundreds of miles away, the impact of a tragedy such as the one that unfolded at a Connecticut elementary school Friday can be felt.
"We're still trying to get our own heads wrapped around this horrible tragedy," said Jaimee Borger, public relations officer for the Summit School District.
School administration and faculty were aware of the news, but did not discuss it in the classrooms out of respect for students' feelings, she said. The administration used the Summit County Alert system - a notification system that delivers alerts to cellphones and email accounts - to send a message to parents about how to speak with their children about the tragedy.
County schools all have strict safety measures in place. One of the main security features is the locked vestibules at each school. Visitors to the school must show identification, sign in on a piece of paper and be buzzed in by school staff before physically entering the school.
Campus staff members are also keeping an eye out, said Travis Avery, the district's emergency response coordinator.
"Any time we have students outside, whether it's drop off in the morning or recess time, lunch time and then parent pick up in the afternoon, we have staff outside the buildings," Avery said. "Bus drivers are real good and watchful when they've got the kids."
Multiple drills for various emergency situations are practiced throughout the year. Fire drills, for example, run every month in accordance with Colorado state law. Avery also works to train the teachers and other staff members. They follow a response protocol that cites four actions - lockout, lockdown, evacuate and shelter - in response to a threatening situation.
"You do the best you can, as much as you can," Avery said. "All the staff understand that in this day and age you need to take school security seriously. ... I personally feel our staff does a good job handling situations. We're on the right track in terms of our preparedness at Summit."


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Family wants answers in prison death
June 29, 2013
The family of a Washington County man convicted of murder is hoping for more answers about his recent death in an Ohio prison....
I was friends with Amber and I know her and Noel's relationship was not a good one. She showed up at my work several times with bruises and injuries. I begged her to tell the police. I'm not happy about any of this... Her death, his death, all a waste! He should have been charged with theft if her debit card and domestic violence s month or more before her death and none of this would have happened. She would still be alive! I think of her and her children often and pray for peace for everyone involved. This was senseless and sad.
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So judgmental.
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HPuck: your comments/thoughts are pre-known- so why make them?
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Noel was a murderer and a troubled young man.
Before that, he was an innocent baby, a funny little boy, a sweet child, a boy who loved and was loved. A parent's love for her child doesn't stop when the child commits a crime, even when he's an adult and the crime is murder. The loss of one's child is a terrible experience. The Quattlebaums lost their son twice.
Show some compassion for them. And show some compassion for his children. Some of the folks posting here need to take an inventory of themselves to find out why they feel such hatred for this family.
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Dear Happy: Yes, it is the public's business when someone is in prison. He is using up valuable tax dollars. Now, the public will probably get to foot the bill for his funeral.
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How about this headline: Public wants answers as to why he was in prison for murder.
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like I said eye for a eye he took I life so his was taken rather he did it or not. he put himself in there. so no ones fault but his own. wrong is wrong. forgiveness, really, wow !!!
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I see all the holier than now are out passing judgement on others...good thing its sunday, they can go to church and ask for forgiveness ;)
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Ms. Wesley's family and Mr. Quattlebaum's family need all the love and support this community can give. They need for themselves, and they're going to need it for the two children who are the victims. These families need to find peace and forgiveness for each other and for the children they lost. People do the best they can.
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Ya know it isn't any wonder people act like this, look at these comments on here and 90% of them are just plain nasty. There isn't any reason for them really. You pass judgment without know the facts of his case, people are human and make mistakes, in a fit of anger they say or do things they later regret, and I am sure everyone has done that. As far as judgment goes I love the old saying "For those of you without sin cast the first stone".
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MDee: Can't make sense out of your post. You write of Karma, but believe in Heaven. This can not be reconciled since karma is not a Christian belief.
Judgment and punishment is reserved for God under Christian belief.
Also, a killer can go to Heaven if he or she truly repents his sin and asks God's forgiveness.
However, most denominations of Christians believe that suicide is a mortal sin because it is the one sin we can not repent. Therefore, under Christian theology, he can not get into Heaven, but it's not because of murder.
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No sympathy. He was not a victim, and still is a cold blooded murderer who had no respect for anyone, including his own children.
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Humans snap- no rhyme or reason- this entire episode is simply sad.
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Maybe he also hung himself by accident. I am sorry for the victim, her family and children. I have a hard time finding any compassion for her murderer.
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well, this may be unpopular but he is a murderer, who cares how he met his demise!!
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Of course he loved her. That's why he beat her to death. (Sarcasm)
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carma strikes again. eye for a eye we don't believe killers go to heaven. well prison is a bad place to be. he should have known better to go there he did it to himself. so rip to the girl he killed
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I can't EVEN go there....but what an open door for the rest....
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While Noal's parents do not deny his guilt in Wesley's death, they say they don't believe he intended to kill Wesley.
"We knew it was an accident. He loved Amber and he still did to the day he died. They had problems," said Mark Quattlebaum (end of quote)
An earlier Times article in the week stated Noel Quattlebaum was reported to having confessed he strangled her first with his hand and then with a belt. Accident, really?
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This was my second go at this race. I only remember not wanting to do it again last time I ran it about 4 or 5 years ago. I couldn't exactly remember why. I think it was because I went out too fast and felt bad at the end. So this time I took it a little easier at the start and instead of blowing my wad on the 4.5 mile hill, I power walked up it and I do think that helped. I was able to run until I got overheated at about mile 7. I am a little too well insulated so I had to slow down on the last half. I had a 43 minute first 5 and then a 47 min second half. Still I am glad I ran it. I was ready for a cold shower at the end and due to getting a motel on Priceline.com in Murfreesboro, I was able to cool off quickly. I missed my moon pie and my cola. It seems like last time we got a bag with a moon pie in it. Oh well, I don't need those calories anyway. I do recommend this race at least once every 5 years or so...
I always keep forgetting about the 3 hills before the BIG ONE and this is my 5 time. (don't say it!) What a tough little course! 1st you battle the sun in your face for 2 miles and then the lack of supporters unless you count Bessy, Daisey and the herds of cattle. I also never remembered so many shade trees to run under. (Thank You Jesus!) I think with any race of this length or more, you will reflect, recall and recant...Why am I putting myself through this torture? I have learned to relax, take in the sites and enjoy God's creations. This helps me reach the finish line where Andy, Barney, Opie and Goober are there to welcome you to their town with a RC and Moon Pie. Personally, I prefer their Sun-Drop cola and sausage biscuit. Who says you can't go home?
This was my first time running this race and it was a wonderfully organized event and the Striders always do a great job! The heat and humidity were awlful this year! It was a challenging race with the hills but after mile 5, you are able to sail to the end! I will be back next year! If you are in for the challenge, I definitely recommend this race!!
This was a fun race. The sausage biscuit at the end hit the spot. I wish I had trained on hills more because my finishing time was 2:02. Oh well. Bell Buckle seems like a great little town. The festival was fun and if I hadn't been so nauseous from running, I would have stayed longer. This was my 2nd race ever and it helped me realize I love racing. (Even with the nausea). The best part for me was seeing my 3 year old son cheering me on at the finish. I hope to do it again next year.
This is my second year to run this race! I loved it, but the heat about killed me! I have a couple of suggestions. First, the water was so not cold. When it is that hot outside, nothing taste worst than HOT water. The water provided by spectators at the top of the hill was good and cold! It hit the spot. Also, sweating that much requires electrolytes. I really needed Gatorade earlier than when we got it. The first two aid stations only had hot water. After those horrid hills during the first half, I was wiped out! Next, what about a port-a-potty? Girls cannot just go to a tree. If we do, it isn't pretty! Also, out of curiosity, what if someone got sick out there on the course? I worried about that the whole time with the heat. I was in Nashville when someone died during the half marathon. How would someone know? These are just suggestions. I will be back! It is a hard, challenging race and the people are so NICE! I enjoyed the festival afterwards, too. Thanks for putting on this race.
It was my first time running this race and it was a wonderfully organized event and the Striders always do a great job! The heat and humidity were awlful this year! It was a challenging race. I will be back next year and bring my running group. I really recommend this race!!
Greta race and festivities!! The Nashville Striders always put on great races!!! Wish my finish time would post though. It was very hot and hilly just as described! Some electrolyte beverages at the stations would have been nice in those conditions, but I brought my own so no real big deal. Thanks big time to the city of Bell Buckle for putting on this race and to the Striders. Major thanks to the couple who went out of their way to provide the unexpected water stop at the top of the BIG hill and to the farmers who brought out their water hoses!!!!
An incredible course! Very well organized, hospitality was great! I'll certainly be back next year. This is the kind of event that could become an annual 'must do'.
Very well organized. Picking up number, chip, shirt - very easy. My only complaint was the skimpy post-race refreshments. When I finished there was only biscuits and bananas and muffins left... no other fruit or MOON PIES! There were plenty of drinks available throughout course and at the end of the race. Beautiful area - lots and lots of hills!
The Best! I love it and have participated the run in the past 5 years. I love this small town and very nice people so want to come back to pay them a visit every year. Funny there is a lady who organizes the run and etc. every year, and I always called her Cindy every year though her name is not Cindy as she told me once. I apologize for my ignorance! Also I had great memories of running here with my daughters and many friends. We all had a love/hate relationship with those brutal hills. We hate them but love to beat them!! I was in the worst shape of my life this year but could not resist the running (and walking) challenge so I am now paying the price taking pain pills. To this end, my daughters, friends, and I will come back next year for sure. May be 75 degrees next year instead! Yeah, we all wish! Oh, just a reminder. May be we have to flag runners and walkers before the run what side of the road they should be based on their speed. I am slow so always on the far left or right. The running/walking traffic got unorganized sometime last Saturday as I observed.
This is one of the best Tennessee runs on the calendar!! It is only second to the Music City Marathon. I have ran this race for 6 plus years and the race only gets better!! The course is very scenic and is always hot but when you finish, it always feels like you really accomplished something running a tough course. I would suggest this race to runners of all levels of training and fitness.
Nice run, beautiful countryside, and more shade than I expected. Best post-race eats of any I've seen. I ate my weight in chicken and sausage biscuits afterward. One criticism: Not nearly enough cold water and Gatorade on the course. Also need to have fluids and food pre-race. If they had them, I didn't see them.
This was my first time doing this run. It was great to share the experience with my son. Though he probably could have finished much faster, stayed with me and provided needed encouragement. While doing a fireman's style run he must have actually run a 1/2 marathon. The course had rolling hills, and was hot. The locals and participants were friendly and supportive
This was my first Moon Pie. I loved the course and the small town feel. Very friendly folks down there in Bell Buckle. I probably will not do again just because I live in Ohio and it was a very HOT day. I don't like to run in heat that hot. Great race though!!
Great race!!! If you are prepared for the heat and the hills you've got it made! I loved the scenery and the small town fill. This was my first time participating in this race and plan to do it again next year.
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BERKELEY -- Cal's comeback from a 16-point deficit got the Golden Bears into overtime against Arizona State on Wednesday night, but no further.
The Sun Devils dominated the extra period to win 89-78, handing the Bears their first loss in 11 games this season at Haas Pavilion.
Unbeaten and tied for first place in the Pac-12 standings just eight days ago, Cal lost for the third straight game. The Bears (14-7, 5-3) will be armed with no momentum Saturday night when they take on unbeaten and top-ranked Arizona in a game that already is a sellout.
"We can't keep losing games," a solemn Justin Cobbs said afterward. "We've got to perform. We've got to win."
The Bears are 1-24 all-time against the nation's No. 1-ranked team, their lone victory coming in the 1960 national semifinals against Cincinnati. Arizona (21-0, 8-0) stayed perfect with a 60-57 win at Stanford.
ASU (16-5, 5-3) got a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Jahii Carson to open the overtime and never trailed. Carson finished with 29 points -- 11 of them in overtime, including 8 for 8 from the free throw line.
Jermaine Marshall scored 22 and made a 3-point shot with 17.7 seconds left that forced the extra session.
"They got a second life with the 3 and the energy swung to them," Cal coach Mike Montgomery said.
Cobbs scored 21 for Cal and Tyrone Wallace, who shot just 2 for 18 in losses at USC and UCLA last weekend, scored 20 points. David Kravish had 16 points and nine rebounds and Richard Solomon contributed 13 rebounds and a career-high six assists, but had five of the Bears' eight missed free throws.
Cobbs scored on a soaring drive to the basket for a 70-69 lead with 44.8 seconds left in the second half as the Bears came all the way back from a 48-32 hole in front of 7,791 energized fans.
Carson lost the ball while going to the basket and Kravish made two free throws with 25.2 seconds left to push the Bears' lead to three points.
The Bears had outscored the Sun Devils 18-5 over the final 7 minutes until Marshall curled around a screen and swished a tough 3-pointer to tie the game. Cobbs missed a jumper with 2 seconds left, sending the game into overtime.
"We knew what they were going to run. We drew it up," Montgomery said of ASU's final play. "We emphasized not giving up a 3. We just didn't defend it."
As was the case last week in Los Angeles, the Bears started slowly.
"We got down big and fought back," Wallace said. "But we gave it back to them. We didn't execute in overtime."
The Bears trailed by 10 points with barely 6 minutes left in regulation when three darting drives to the basket by Cobbs and a 3-pointer by Wallace brought the home team within 65-64.
ASU pushed the lead back to four points before freshman Sam Singer hit a 3-pointer with 1:47 left. That set up Cobbs' dash to the basket for the Bears' first lead of the night.
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at twitter.com/JeffFaraudo.
Arizona (21-0, 8-0 Pac-12) at Cal (14-6, 5-2), 7:30 p.m. Pac-12 Networks


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
February 28, 2007
New Nationwide Effort Promotes a Switch to Energy Star Lights
A new group of organizations and individuals committed to energy efficiency launched a nationwide effort on February 22nd to raise awareness of the benefits of switching to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). Called the 18Seconds movement, the group emphasizes that one small action—taking just 18 seconds to replace a conventional incandescent bulb with an Energy Star-labeled CFL—can dramatically cut energy use and benefit the environment. The movement is accompanied by a new Yahoo! Web site that uses data provided by major retailers and compiled by The Nielsen Company to track the number of CFLs purchased throughout the United States since January 1st. As of Tuesday, that number had exceeded 15 million, and that's considered to be a low estimate. See the 18Seconds Web site.
The 18Seconds network is a broad group of companies, government entities, non-governmental organizations, religious groups, academic institutions, and individuals working together to educate U.S. residents about the benefits of CFLs, which require one-third the energy of traditional bulbs to provide the same amount of light. If every U.S. household swapped just one bulb for a CFL, it would collectively save them more than $8 billion in energy costs, prevent burning 30 billion pounds of coal, and keep two million cars worth of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere. In addition, the energy saved would be enough to meet the electricity needs of 1.5 million homes, more than all the homes in Delaware and Vermont combined. See the Yahoo! press release.
Of course, now that people are learning that CFLs use far less energy than incandescent light bulbs, the General Electric Company (GE) is preparing to throw a wrench in the works. According to GE, advances in materials will soon allow the company to produce an incandescent bulb that uses half as much energy as today's incandescent bulbs, and future advances should yield a bulb that rivals CFLs in terms of energy efficiency. The company expects to start selling its "High Efficiency Incandescent" lamp in 2010. See the GE press release.


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UNH space scientists say moon findings may reduce health risks to astronauts
DURHAM, N.H. -- Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel. The finding could help reduce health risks to humans on future missions into deep space.
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Is Gandalf Gay? 'Hobbit' Star Ian McKellan De-Spells The Rumors
Actor Ian McKellen returns to Middle-earth this weekend in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," as the 7,000-year-old wizard Gandalf the Grey — the role he has played since Peter Jackson first released "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" in 2001.
In a recent interview with the Radio Times, McKellen responded to comments by actor Damian Lewis that he didn't want to end up a "fruity actor" known for playing wizards. McKellen, who came out as gay when he was 49, said, "I don't think the audience gives a damn. You don't have to be straight to play Gandalf. Anyway, who says that Gandalf isn't gay? I loved it when JK Rowling said that Dumbledore was gay."
(Lewis has since apologized to McKellen and said he was "hugely embarrassed" his comments were linked to McKellen negatively. The two actors appear to have reconciled, with McKellen calling Lewis "a gentleman" on Twitter.)
Last year, McKellen appeared on "The Colbert Report" and joked that a sequel was being made with "Gandalf the Gay." "You get to find out who is his favorite dwarf," he said.
But when McKellen and Patrick Stewart (co-stars in "Waiting for Godot" and "No Man's Land" on Broadway) sat for a WSJ video interview, McKellen de-spelled that speculation about the wizard Gandalf. Watch the video clip.
For more from the longer interview, go to Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Say 'Waiting For Godot' Is a Beckett of Laughs