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"I was at a bar with my buddy and the girl I had just started seeing. She took a look at my drink and said, 'Looks like you need another.' Then she came back with a round of Guinness for the whole table. It scored big points with my friend—and with me. As a guy, you just don't get treated to a drink all that often." —Brian B.
"Every summer, my friends and I rent a beach house for a weekend, and it gets pretty frattylots of drinking and shenanigans. When I brought a girl for the first time, she rolled with our jokes, stayed up late with us, and remained totally laid-back the whole time. But the truly clutch moment was when we went out and she told her hot single friends to meet up with us. That's when my guy friends were like, 'Dude, you should bring her around more often...'"
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STANFORD --Washington coach Steve Sarkisian accused Stanford of faking injuries to slow down the Huskies' fast-paced offense in the Cardinal's 31-28 victory Saturday night.
"Their defensive line coach (former Washington assistant Randy Hart) was telling them to sit down," Sarkisian said on KJR radio during his postgame show, according to SportspressNW.com.
"I guess that's how we play here at Stanford, so we'll have to prepare for that next time. At some point, we'll get repaid for it. That never serves a purpose for us, and we'll never do that."
Sarkisian didn't name names.
Several players appeared to suffer injuries during the second half, including linebacker Shayne Skov.
Skov has his right knee checked on the field, went to the sideline and then returned.
Asked about his injury, Skov said: "Took a shot. It's football. Sometimes you get hit. I'm fine, but needed a moment to take care of it."
Cardinal coach David Shaw was unavailable Sunday to comment on Sarkisian's accusation.
Washington assistant Tosh Lupoi admitted to instructing players to fake injuries against Oregon while he was an assistant at Cal.

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- Sep 20:
- Jaw-dropping stock debuts by FireEye, Rocket Fuel are already raising questions about a new tech bubble
- Biz Break: What are you waiting for, Twitter? IPO market is red-hot
- FireEye's price more than doubles on Wall Street after eye-popping IPO
- Rocket Fuel explodes on Wall Street: Stock doubles after $116 million IPO
- Sep 18:
- Silicon Valley IPOs heating up ahead of Twitter offering
Wall Street has indicated its hunger for Silicon Valley technology companies ahead of Twitter's offering, and it looks massive.
Milpitas security software company FireEye priced its IPO a whopping $3 higher per share than the range of possible prices it expected Tuesday -- when it bumped its original range $3 higher. FireEye's original prospectus sought a minimum of $168 million, but it instead reaps more than $300 million.
Redwood City advertising-technology company Rocket Fuel also priced its IPO on Thursday evening, arriving at the top of its own revised range with a $29 price, after starting the process seeking $24 to $27 for each initial share.
Slightly more than a month ago, Redwood City video-advertising company Yume had to slash its IPO price by $3 after starting with the same range as FireEye's original filing, but a rash of filings in August and Twitter's announcement in early September that it had begun the IPO process seems to have turned the market.
"These emerging software companies that are delivering into the enterprise space are bringing disruptive technologies," explained Bryan McLaughlin, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers who advises startups on the IPO process.
FireEye, a 9-year-old company founded by former Sun Microsystems engineer Ashar Aziz and now led by former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt, also increased the number of shares it offered from earlier filings, announcing the sale of 15.2 million shares for $20 apiece, giving the company a valuation of more than $2 billion. Rocket Fuel, founded in 2008 to offer digital advertisers big-data software that can help them target their marketing dollars more effectively, sold 4 million shares for $29 -- the top of its revised range -- producing a total take of $116 million at a valuation of $942.5 million.
Rocket Fuel and FireEye follow South San Francisco biotechnology company Five Prime Therapeutics to Wall Street, making this the first week to feature three Bay Area debuts since the last time enterprise software companies were priming the IPO pump for a Silicon Valley social-media giant: Splunk, ProofPoint, and Infoblox went public in April 2012, a month ahead of Facebook's record-breaking IPO. Five Prime sold 4.8 million shares at $13 apiece before hitting the Nasdaq trading floor Wednesday, and has barely budged since, closing at $13.08 Wednesday and $13.11 Thursday.
Rocket Fuel and FireEye have exhibited the revenue growth IPO investors crave -- FireEye has more than doubled its annual revenue in each of the past two years, while Rocket Fuel managed to double its revenues to more than $100 million in 2012 and rake in nearly as much in the first six months of 2013 -- but neither has proved reliably profitable thus far.
"The IPO markets really yearn for growth and predictability," McLaughlin said.
Both companies will list their stocks on the Nasdaq exchange, with FireEye using the ticker symbol FEYE and Rocket Fuel the ticker FUEL, and their underwriters have access to additional shares.
For live coverage of the two companies' performance Friday in their first day on Wall Street, go to www.siliconvalley.com.
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Dennis Byrd, 80, of Maynard, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Luther Haven. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, March 15, at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home Chapel in Granite Falls. A spring burial will take place at Vestre Sogn Cemetery. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home.
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Pancakes, races, Christmas parades. That and more on tap this weekend
Published: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 4:11 p.m.
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The Community Calendar is a sampling of area events, meetings, exhibits and announcements throughout Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
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If your event is not listed here, you can add it for free at our online events-listing site, www.events.bigfunonthebayou.com. Just visit the site, create an account and fill in the blanks to let people know what you have planned. Whether you're a church group or an artist with an exhibit, let others know here.
You can also mail listings to The Courier, P.O. Box 2717, Houma, LA 70361 or the Daily Comet, 104 Hickory St., Thibodaux, LA 70301; fax it to 857-2244 or 448-7654, or email it to firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include the event, time of event, date of event, where the event is taking place, the address of where the event or meeting is taking place and a contact phone number for information. For information, call 857-2200.
A self-defense and MMA, mixed martial arts, class for children 8-13 focuses on teaching discipline and respect. These classes increase skill and coordination in an interesting and popular way.
Admission: Free
When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays
Where: Body Elite Boxing and MMA, 1221Grand Caillou Road, Houma
Information: 876-2582 or email@example.com
Enjoy fresh produce
There are several farmer's markets within Terrebonne and Lafourche that sell fresh produce on a weekly basis.
Admission: Free
When: Downtown Houma Market, 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays; Houma Farmer's Market, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; Lafourche Central Market, 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays; and Thibodaux Farmer's Market, 7-11 a.m. Saturdays
Where: Downtown Houma Market, Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, 7910 Park Ave.; Houma Farmer's Market, Tunnel Boulevard and Naquin Street; Lafourche Central Market, 4484 La. 1, Raceland; and Thibodaux Farmer's Market, Jean Lafitte National Park Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, 314 St. Mary St.
Information: Barton Joffrion at 873-6495 or firstname.lastname@example.com Ann Picou at 873-6408 or Brandi LeCompte at 438-1231
Come enjoy a movie
The Outdoor Movie Series features family friendly notable films, will continue throughout the year. Moviegoers are invited to bring picnic blankets and lawn chairs.
Admission: Free
When: twilight on the third Friday of each month
Where: Memorial Park across from the Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, 7910 Park Ave., Houma
Information: Houma Regional Arts Council at 873-6367
Learn to tweet
A new class, Twitter Teaching, will help residents learn to use Twitter.
Admission: Free
When: 10 a.m. Nov. 30
Where: Raceland Branch Library, 177 Recreation Drive
Information: www.lafourche.org/newsite/
Forensic science
Lockport Branch Library's Forensic Unit will meet this month. The children 11 to 17 will experiment with identification techniques. Registration is required.
Admission: Free
When: 3:30 p.m. Nov. 30
Where: Lockport Branch Library, 720 Crescent Ave.
Information: www.lafourche.org/newsite/ or 532-3158
Play performance
A performance of "The Forgotten Carols," will feature the Vandebilt Catholic High School choir. Les Sonnettes Des Joie, Mulberry Baptist Church's bell choir, will perform a pre-show concert. Los Angeles and New York cast members from the Theos Theatricals touring company will perform the tale of an empty life changed by a personal encounter during Christmas.
Admission: $20
When: 6 p.m. Nov. 30
Where: Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.
Information: ticketmaster.com
Christmas shopping
The Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's annual Christmas Show and Sale has begun. This exhibit includes a variety of small paintings in all subjects, styles and media. Artist prints, note cards, handmade jewelry and selected crafts such as stained-glass objects are also on display. The gallery's regular exhibit features more than 100 paintings of local scenery, still life and floral subjects if you are looking for a larger piece of original local art.
Admission: Free
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays in December
Where: Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's Downtown Art Gallery 630, 630 Belanger St., downtown Houma
Information: www.TFAG.org
Lockport Christmas
The 21st annual Lockport Christmas parade includes the tree lighting at Bayouside Park. Santa will hand out toys to children. The Central Lafourche High School band will perform a Christmas concert, and refreshments will be served by the Knights of Columbus.
Admission: Free
When: 5 p.m. Dec. 1
Where: Lockport city streets
Information: Warren Vedros at 413-9772 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Run for a cause
Cardiovascular Institute of the South and Terrebonne General Medical Center's third annual Houma Heart and Soles Half-Marathon includes a half-marathon at 13.1 miles, a two-man relay at 6.55 miles per person and a 5K walk/run at 3.1 miles. The race has a unique "Red Carpet" finish. After the race, the event includes music and food. There will also be an awards ceremony for top finishers.
Admission: Varies depending on what event you want to participate in
When: 7 a.m. Dec. 1
Where: Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.
Information: www.active.com/running/houma-la/houma-heart-and-soles-half-marathon-2012-lf044. For training guides, visit www.tgmc.com/halfmarathon.
Enjoy pancakes with Santa
The 23rd annual Breakfast with Santa sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Houma includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, coffee, milk and juice. Photos with Santa and face painting are also available.
Admission: $5 in advance or $6 at the door
When: 7-11:30 a.m.
Where: Vandebilt Catholic High School's cafeteria, 209 S. Hollywood Road, Houma
Information: Charlotte Grace at 655-5404
Christmas time
Christmasfest, Thibodaux's annual event featuring a Christmas parade, pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus, refreshments, snow and the lighting of a 160-year-old mansion at the Dansereau House.
Admission: Free
When: Dec. 2
Where: Through Thibodaux city streets
Information: Rhonda Dempster at 446-1187, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.thibodauxchamber.com
Parade time
Once Upon a Cajun Christmas Parade, sponsored by Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, features "Papa Noel" arriving in a 20-float Christmas parade that begins at Terrebonne High School and travels down Main Street to Barrow and then turns on School Street where it ends behind the Courthouse Square. The event will feature caroling and the lighting of the Christmas tree.
Admission: Free
When: 7-10 p.m. Dec. 7
Where: downtown Houma
Information: Anne Picou at 873-6408
Christmas tunes
The Houma-Terrebonne Community Band is set to perform its annual Christmas concert at . Organizers said the community band will perform some holiday favorites like "White Christmas," "Silent Night," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" among others. The Houma-Terrebonne Community Band, who has a concert band and a stage band, performs regular concerts throughout Terrebonne Parish, including an anniversary concert, a spring concert, patriotic concerts and Christmas concerts.
Admission: Free
When: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15
Where: J.C. Penney Court of Southland Mall, 5953 W. Park Ave., Houma
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Surabaya, Indonesia - The Heart of Indonesian Cuisine
The Second Largest City in Indonesia
The average outsider, or at least foreigner in the eyes of an Indonesian, might say something like, "hm, I don't know where Indonesia is, but I know where Bali is," or they might say, "Hm, isn't Indonesia IN Bali?" You'll rarely get someone who's not familiar with world affairs to proclaim that they know even an ounce about a major world city like Jakarta (one of the largest cities in the world by population). And if you manage to come across someone who's heard of the second largest city in Indonesia, they're either a native of the city or someone named Javier or Mattatouille. Yes, Surabaya is the oft-forgotten "town" where our host, Fiona of Gourmet Pigs, is a native citizen. It's also the source of some of the most fantastic food experiences of our trip.
Though we spent an evening here on our first night in Indonesia, we weren't given to opportunity to experience this city for all it was worth. Surabaya, is a portmanteau of two words in Indonesian that mean "shark" and "crocodile", a meaning that's encapsulated in an intriguing sculpture of the two beasts battling mid-air, located along some unremarkable roadway in the city. What this city does well is ease Javier and I into the heart of Indonesian culture, which to me means three things: motorbikes, malls, and damn good food.
This city of 2.5 Million has something like 2 Million motorbikes. I'm not quite sure how that figure works out considering that the average number of passengers on a motorbike is easily over 2.75. Yes, at times we're talking whole families of four, though I think in one instance I saw an outlier of five. Five people on one motorbike (well, 3 teeny kids and 2 tiny parents, but still). It's nuts how many people are whizzing around on these little 150cc bikes. Javier's enamored, that lover of all things two-wheeled. He misses his Vespa-like scooter back at home.
Malls. Look for the largest structure in your eye's plain sight and it's probably a multi-storied collection of frou-frou department stores and brandless retailers hawking cheesy but still manageably trendy menswear or maybe a ragtag collection of massage equipment, ready to be delivered to your doorstep in a matter of hours. Don't forget to look for the ubitquitous J.Co, a Krispy-Kreme copycat who actually does a much better job of catering to Asian tastebuds and sensibilities, with flavors that don't pucker the palate with saccharine sweetness. Instead, J.Co offers peculiar combinations like "Mona Pisa" (A striking rosy beauty with tomato-cheese spread and chopped chicken sausages) and "Da Vin Cheez" (Savor the enticing aroma of creamy cheese donut garnished with gourmet minced garlic. Bon Appetito!).
These are real donut flavors in a real donut shop with actual descriptions beneath them. We passed on these creations and opted for more sedate choices like green tea glaze, strawberry cream filling and plain vanilla. The texture is light, airy, and scrumptious. In my entire time in Indonesia, I think we ended up going to something like 8 malls. Seriously. More on them later when I talk about Jakarta. You can see here there's more to malls than just shopping and food, as Fiona and I bust out our Dance Dance Revolution skills (rather ineptly) barefoot in the mall.
The Cuisine of Surabaya
Good food – ah, this is when you voracious readers of this blog start caring about forlorn post. Well, consider that we started off running, with Mamma Chandra greeting us ragged travelers from Bali with a fantastic meal of pork satay, oatmeal-crusted fried shrimp, fried slices of eggplant, and Chinese-style veggie stir-fry. I think early on in the meal I completely forget any sense of propriety and ate with the utter abandon of a starving little boy. I scrounged off those succulent pork pieces, slathered in nutty sauce, while munching off a head of the poor shrimp with my other hand. Next I'd wolf down the slightly crisped eggplant slices, candied and sweet from a spicy glaze, then take down a half-dozen chopstick scoops of rice interspersed with the stir fry veggies. I'm quite sure I neglected any table conversation and sure as hell forget to drink water in between gulps of food. It wasn't just that I was hungry, it was all so delicious! It was good to come home to such wonderful home-cooked food after finishing off the better part of Bali with overpriced tourist crap (suckling pig, bbq ribs/lamb and crispy duck excepted).
The next battery of meals continued to delight my curious appetite, more or less smitten by the intrigue of flavors and the raw but well-executed preparation of Indonesian foods. The next day Mrs. Chandra took the three of us bloggers to a deserted lunch spot featured uber-traditional fare. I later found out why all of these spots were empty during our stay – we'd arrived during the two-week long Ramadan. We'd had our share of excellent, and incredibly authentic Indonesian home cooking thanks to Mrs. Chandra, but we hadn't really delved into what restaurants could offer. Though we might have been the only diners during lunchtime at this particular establishment (the name eludes me), the fare hit notes that Javier and I could scarcely imagine.
The first taste was dewat, a cold soup with a mélange of various foods, such as mung bean, jackfruit, and red bean, the liquid being comprised of coconut milk and ice. It's a peculiar combination of flavors that confuses me for dessert, but is really something that intersperses every few bites of the meal. Another plate holds things like cold brisket, fritter, and tempeh, a favorite of vegan establishments and completely appropriate at this table. Though Javier might have been exuberate at being able to try tempeh in its natural habitat, I didn't care much for the bland, natto-like mold of fermented whole soybeans. Either way, I hear this version is much more palatable than something you'll find at a hipster vegan joint in Echo Park (those dreaded places). To me, it tasted like soil-flavored plastic, with the texture of year-old playdoh.
Instead we skipped over to what might be the quintessential Indonesian dish, a salad made with leafy greens, crunchy bits, and a powerful peanut sauce that bound the ingredients together. It's similar to gado-gado, the mother dish of Surabaya, both of which contains cold greens in a peanut sauce. Two dishes based on short rib come along, one nestled in a turmeric-flavored broth, the other covered in a thick peanut sauce. The flavors are hard to pinpoint for my palate, which are unfamiliar with the combination of spices that engender Indonesian cuisine. Mostly everything has a hint of or sometimes an overwhelming sweetness. It's a bit how vinegary flavors tend to dominate Korean cuisine or curry flavors in Indian. It's such a different spectrum for me, but I thoroughly enjoy it. The beef satay covered in a thick satay sauce, in all its peanuty glory, conveys and confirms this theory. The strands of bright lemongrass give a superb contrast to the heavy sauce.
We end up having some of the best meals of our visit to Indonesia, and there's so much more to come. In my next post, I'll talk about Padang food (the origin of which is the city which was severely affected by the earthquake in Sumatra last week). I'll also cover a few Chinese-Indonesian seafood restaurants which successfully meld the best of both cuisines.
7 comments:
- burumun said...
aah!! A photo of our DDR?? Noo so embarassing!! U shld block out my face from that one :p
the name of the pecel place is Yu Limboek btw
- 3:27 PM, October 07, 2009
- H. C. said...
lol -- I'm embarassingly DDR with some regularity in US of A :O
- 5:30 PM, October 07, 2009
- laurel said...
Did you experience a lot of closed restaurants b/c of Ramadan? (Ramadan lasts about a month, btw). Great picts, can't wait to see more!
- 6:43 PM, October 07, 2009
- Food, she thought. said...
I love Indonesian food, although I haven't had it many times and don;t know where here in LA to go for it. Those donuts also looked beautiful and fresh. But the dewa soup really made my mouth water.
- 6:23 AM, October 10, 2009
- Aaron said...
I want that sculpture of the dueling shark and crocodile. Thanks for the brief history lesson. I love portmanteaus
- 8:41 PM, October 22, 2009
- Kung Food Panda said...
Those doughnuts looks great! I could use some right now!!
BTW, love the DDR pics. HC ain't lying when he said he does it with regularity. You should join us next time! :P
- 10:31 PM, January 10, 2010
- lesnor123 said...
Wow! This is truly a delicious blog, lol! Mouthwatering dishes, sights to see, shopping and the great outdoors…what a vacation one can enjoy with a stay at a Surabaya hotel.
- 1:12 AM, February 17, 2011


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Don't Let the Scorching Sun Cook Your Attitude This Summer
This month in the northern hemisphere we celebrate the summer solstice, aka the first day of summer.
For many people, this is their favorite time of year. The weather is lovely; you can get outside for walks in the sunshine and sit out on your patio with a good book in the cool evening. No shoveling snow, no traipsing through puddles in your galoshes.
But for some people, summer keeps them cooped up in the house just as much a winter does. When the heat sets in and you can fry an egg on the sidewalk, or the humidity is so high it feels like you walked into a sauna when you walk out the door of your house, you feel more like staying inside with the air conditioner blasting than getting a dose of sunshine.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as the winter blues, is talked about a lot. SAD affects more than 10 million Americans. But there isn't a lot of conversation about what high heat does to our attitudes.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he has no knowledge that former Lt. Jennifer Carroll has broken the law.
Carroll abruptly resigned Tuesday amid a federal investigation into a purported veterans charity. Carroll once did public relations for the charity Allied Veterans of the World. She was questioned in the investigation, but she has not been charged with wrongdoing.
Scott met briefly with reporters Wednesday and called Carroll's resignation disappointing. But he refused to say if he asked her to resign.
Scott said he been periodically updated about the investigation but would not discuss it.
Scott said Wednesday that he wants to wait until the annual legislative session is over before picking a replacement to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll has resigned amid fallout from an investigation into internet cafes that are fronts for gambling.
Carroll's resignation was announced Wednesday, one day after she gave her resignation letter to Gov. Rick Scott. His chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, said her resignation was spurred by an investigation into the Allied Veterans of the World.
Officials from that non-profit internet cafe company were recently arrested on racketeering charges. The owner was arrested Tuesday in connection to allegations that he made $290 million after supplying illegal gambling software in Florida and claiming the games' proceeds would benefit a veterans group. Authorities also interviewed Carroll.
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— Cooking can be complimented with mouthwatering oils and vinegars made from garden herbs that are both beautiful to look at and taste great. Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Sullivan County Master Gardener program will host a hands-on Herbal Oils & Vinegar Workshop on Thursday, March 7, 2013, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Gerald J. Skoda Extension Education Center on 64 Ferndale-Loomis Road in Liberty, NY.
Participants will make two savory herbal condiments and learn many uses for them from instructor Kathleen Grady, local Master Gardener, herbalist, and teaching artist. The workshop fee of $25.00 covers all materials. Light refreshments will be served.
Admittance is limited to paid and registered participants. Email Susan Dollard, CCE Master Gardener Coordinator & Community Educator at email@example.com or call 845-292-6180 to register and for more information.
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One of the measures of what is being researched in our genealogical collection at the Quitman library is topics of books left (at our request) for re-shelving. A Tally is kept of each book placed back on the shelves. The following information is from member's tally from November 2008 to early May 2010. We realize that sometimes people do re-shelve books and they do not appear in this report, but this is a good look at where most research is being done.
Chart 1 is a summary of the tally of materials by topic. Charts 2 and 3 are showing relative use by percentage of materials in that topic area.
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Area 51 Revealed: Military Moves Declassified
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1. Planner is actually quite useful. So is emacs-wiki.
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On another note, this person scares me sometimes (but in a good way). He's learning LISP and PHP, absorbing so much information at such a rate. I find this encouraging. He'll probably catch up in a short while, but in the meantime I'll try to do whatever I can to help him learn more.
Today, too, I was quite pleasantly surprised. Turned out that I didn't actually lose one of my best friends - Eric Vidal. We just had a slight misunderstanding.
Today I learned more about Emacs, too. Emacs is fun. Emacs is good.
Sleep is good, too.
I'll be more coherent when I wake up.
Woke up. Overslept for my class. Oh well!
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This past weekend I spent pretty much all of Saturday and Sunday answering questions at the PostgreSQL booth in the SCALE 8X (Southern California Linux Expo) exposition hall. There were two recurring themes among the visitors that I spoke with:
The most common question by far was some variation of:
The interesting thing is that many people were anxious about MySQL and very eager to learn about PostgreSQL due to #1, and once informed about #2 they were basically joyous. Often the rest of the discussion was icing on the cake.
Beyond that, there were many follow up questions that could be summarized as:
A good number of people were sold as soon as they were told about PL/perl, PL/Python, PL/R, etc. There were several good discussions about advanced data analytics and appropriate use of cryptography for data storage.
Overall, the interest was very high. Pretty much all day Saturday there were at least three PostgreSQL people answering questions without a break the entire day. By contrast there was an Oracle booth directly across the way with one guy who was often lonely.


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The Lindenwood Communications faculty are people who have considerable experience in the fields in which they teach. These are professionals who have spent decades in advertising, broadcasting, sports, public relations and a variety of related industries. They know what they are talking about. They are teaching what they lived.
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One of the most popular programs on the Lindenwood campus. These students are having fun preparing themselves for lucrative, fulfilling careers. Many well-known broadcasters learned their craft as a Lindenwood student. Using KCLC and LUTV (see "Facilities"), the faculty challenges participants to perfect their abilities in radio, television, audio and video.
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What we learned: Woodland serious title contender
In week 7 of the high school football season, we learned that the Woodland Hawks are inching closer to capturing the Copper Division crown and a berth in the Naugatuck Valley League championship game with either defending champion Ansonia or Wolcott.
Another win by Woodland over Holy Cross Friday would seal the divisional crown. In the Brass race, Ansonia hosts Wolcott Friday night.
In the South-West Conference, Oxford won't be playing for the league title, but it is coming off its most important win in the five-year history of the program. Finishing above .500 would be a first and the Wolverines are primed to do just that.
Here's what else we learned after Week 7:
1. Oxford High senior quarterback Brennen Diaz is as good a quarterback as there is in the South-West Conference. His touch is tremendous. He gets enough height on the ball and waits for his receivers to get open, most notably Chris VanKamerik, Kyle Chudoba and Kevin Loschiavo.
Good receivers make quarterbacks look good, but it's a vice versa thing. Diaz is calm under pressure and his poise and quiet confidence breeds confidence throughout his teammates.
2. It's been previously stated that Tanner Kingsley is among the best athletes in the NVL. While baseball and basketball are probably his two best sports, his two-year tenure as the starting quarterback is pretty good, too.
His Friday night performance, an NVL record-setting night, puts him into the football spotlight. By the way, he's still got another year left after this season, which means sky is the limit for him.
3. For two plus seasons, Adrian Brown had hoped to be major playmaker for the Holy Cross Crusaders. He finally made it happen against Sacred Heart, scoring four touchdowns with 262 rushing yards.
Brown ran with power, strength, speed and with a bit of motivation. Add a bit of urgency in the mix. The Crusaders needed a win, and Brown took it upon himself to make that happen.
4. Tom Lennon has Seymour at 5-2. Good for him. In his four-year coaching tenure, the Wildcats have faced an uphill climb. Still, the ex-Wildcat standout and his staff have persevered and put themselves in position to play some real meaningful games in the final three weeks of the regular season.
5. Good for the St. Paul Falcons to finally win a game. They've had dwindled numbers in recent years and have won only two games in the last 17 played.
Still they have handled the growing pains of a youthful squad well. Finally, they responded with a win over Kennedy after six straight losses to start the season. A few more wins this season wouldn't surprise me in the least with junior quarterback Logan Marchi of Winsted running the offense.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – The University of Cumberlands used an 8-3 run in the middle of the second half to finally establish some separation and knock off the University of Pikeville 73-64 Saturday afternoon at the O. Wayne Rollins Center.
Pikeville took a 45-44 lead when senior Sally Roberts nailed a three from the corner with 9:35 to play. It came off a pass from freshman Peyton Wright and gave Roberts her fifth point of the game.
Cumberlands (13-8 overall, 5-7 in the Mid-South Conference) seem to right itself, and over the next three minutes regained the lead. When junior Jill Herman scored with 6:27 to play, the Patriots led 53-47.
Pikeville continued to battle, but could get no closer the rest of the way in falling to 5-14 overall, 2-10 in the league.
Unlike Thursday night when the Bears managed only nine first-half points, they stormed out of the gates to score the first nine of the night. Cumberlands missed its first seven shots in the game, and when sophomore Whitney Belle Jackson scored inside off a dish from junior Callisha Johnson, the lead was 9-0 less than three minutes into the game.
But Cumberlands soon found its range. After hitting 3-of-21 to start the game, the Patriots closed the half 7-of-12, and by forcing some 12 first-half turnovers, the home team took a 31-28 lead into the half.
Cumberlands finished the game 23-of-68 from the field and 9-of-35 (25.7 percent) from the arc.
Pikeville shot 44.2 percent overall and was 3-of-9 from the arc. The difference, however, came from the line, where Pikeville managed to make only 15-of-32 (46.9 percent) for the game.
Johnson led the Bears with 20 points in the loss, adding four rebounds, three steals and two assists. Junior Brogan Conley followed with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Jackson tossed in 10 points and pulled down 14 rebounds.
Junior Jill Herman led all scorers with 26 points, pulling down seven rebounds and four assists. She was joined in double figures by senior Dace Bicane and junior Erica Lane with 11 each. Junior Jackie Alexander tossed in 10.
Junior guard Jessica Upchurch led the Patriots on the glass with 13 to go with nine markers.
Pikeville will have little turnaround time, heading to Montgomery, W.Va., to play WVU Tech on Monday night.
Cumberlands will visit St. Catharine on Thursday for a 6 p.m. start.


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Published: Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
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Despite the recovery in values, nearly 109,000 residential homeowners with mortgages in Southwest Florida are still considered "deeply underwater," according to a new report.
That means that more than one-third of the region's homeowners owe at least 25 percent more on their mortgages than their properties are worth, research firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Wednesday.
Another 38,600 homeowners in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties are in what RealtyTrac calls "resurfacing" mode, meaning they have between 10 percent positive and 10 percent negative equity. Those are on track to have enough equity to sell their homes, without resorting to a short sale, in the next 15 months, the firm said.
Florida reported 2.07 million homes were deeply underwater, tying Illinois at 40 percent for the nation's second-highest level. Nevada was first at 46 percent.
Nationwide, the 10.7 million homes with at least 125 percent loan-to-value ratios represented 23 percent of all mortgaged residences. That was down from 12.5 million homes, or 28 percent, one year ago.
"Steadily rising home prices are lifting all boats in this housing market and should spill over into more inventory of homes for sale in the coming months," said Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac.
Deemed deeply underwater were 45,835 homes, or 33 percent, in Sarasota; 38,988 homes, or 38 percent, in Manatee; and 23,968 homes in Charlotte, or 33 percent.
Tapped with resurfacing equity were 17,318 homes, or 13 percent, in Sarasota; 13,377 homes, or 13 percent, in Manatee; and 7,924, or 11 percent, in Charlotte.
The percentage of "equity rich" properties -- those in which homeowners have at least 50 percent equity -- varied regionally.
Sarasota reported 21,703 such properties, or 21 percent of mortgaged homes; Manatee had 12,393, or 12 percent; and Charlotte totaled 15,403, or 21 percent.
Florida recorded a 12 percent equity-rich level, while the U.S. rate was 16 percent.
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Timothy McAllister is one of the classical saxophone wizards of our day, busy with his own PRISM saxophone quartet and lately becoming the man of the hour for a couple of big jazz-inspired works by composer John Adams.
Since 2009, he has performed Adams' "City Noir" -- which features an extended and rather acrobatic solo saxophone part -- 36 times with a dozen orchestras. He's now hard at work as soloist for Adams' Saxophone Concerto, which he will perform Aug. 9 at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, with Marin Alsop conducting. The work recently was issued on CD by Nonesuch Records, which recorded the St. Louis Symphony's October 2013 performances, conducted by David Robertson with McAllister again as soloist.
It's a dark whirlwind of a piece, inspired by Adams' fascination with jazz saxophonists, including Stan Getz, Charlie Parker and Eric Dolphy. I spoke with McAllister, 42, about working with Adams; about the composer's jazz influences and aversion to the French classical saxophone style; and about the challenges of getting to the core of the sound that Adams was seeking in the months before and after the concerto's world premiere last year in Sydney, Australia.
Spending an hour with McAllister on the phone was a pleasure, as he broke down concepts of compositional and saxophone language. Clearly a born teacher, he is associate professor of saxophone at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance in Ann Arbor.
Q Let's talk about your history with the Cabrillo Festival and how it has led you to this moment -- your upcoming performance in Santa Cruz of Adams' Saxophone Concerto.
A My first appearance at Cabrillo was in 2007, when I played Jennifer Higdon's Saxophone Concerto, and I also played in the festival orchestra that year. And I've been back two other times. I've done a few of Mark-Anthony Turnage's pieces, the Kitchen Sisters' project in 2012, and I did John's "City Noir" in 2010, which has that big saxophone part.
If Marin needs me, I'm there. I can safely say that I'm Marin's first call, so that's where the relationship comes from. And following the Higdon performance, Marin insisted on using the PRISM Quartet -- my saxophone quartet -- for her recording of John's "Nixon in China" with the Colorado Symphony and Opera Colorado. There was a two-week run in Denver in the summer of 2008, with a recording on Naxos, a double-CD set. John attended one of those performances in Denver. He came back to congratulate Marin, and I shook his hand -- I got a little more on his radar. So little by little, through Cabrillo and Marin, it all led to him selecting me for the premiere of "City Noir" in L.A.
Q I'd hazard that was pretty good preparation for the concerto.
A Yes, it has this tour de force kind of part, and they wanted to look outside of their local pool of saxophonists for this special occasion of Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural concert (in 2009). They wanted someone who was more of a specialist in contemporary classical performances, but who also could do a little more of the crossover and hang with a great orchestra.
If it wasn't for Cabrillo and those early experiences, I think I would've been a little off the radar. John and Marin are part of an elite circle that serves as its own network, and I got plugged into that because of Cabrillo.
Q What happened next? You'd been given this challenging solo role in "City Noir," and you toured all over the place with it.
A Right. He'd written this mega-part for "City Noir," so it only made sense that one of the next steps was to solicit a solo piece. We did "City Noir" in Toronto and with the New World Symphony. Little by little, it led to shop talk -- him being a bit of a dabbler with the saxophone, and his father having played saxophone in swing bands. PRISM was wanting to get a saxophone quartet from him, and at some point I let it drop in his ear that if there was any possible way of getting a piece from him some day for myself, that I was more than game.
And we were having dinners and lunches out at New World Symphony (in Miami Beach, Florida); I believe it was March of 2011. We were walking to dinner one night and he said, "I think I should write you a piece." I worked hard to contain my elation at the mere suggestion.
I let it go, and over a year went by, and -- you know how it is with people, you kind of fall in and out of touch. I just kind of stayed on his radar as I kept doing "City Noir," and then in February of 2012 I received an e-mail out of the blue from him, saying that he'd finished "The Gospel According to the Other Mary," and he was thinking about the next project and he'd like to do a saxophone concerto in Sydney, and asked if I was free.
Am I FREE? I almost dropped my smartphone. I was with my wife; we were eating in a restaurant.
It all happened so fast. It was incredible to see these four orchestras jump on board to commission this piece. A project like that typically is five or ten years out for someone of his stature.
Q How fast did his writing go?
A I remember him asking, "If I wrote a saxophone piece, would I have to use multi-phonics?" I said, "You don't have to do any of that stuff if you don't want to."
He wrote relatively quickly to meet the August (2013) premiere in Sydney, where John conducted. But I was getting pretty nervous by the end of June; it was a little down to the wire. He didn't have all three movements done -- with up-to-date revisions -- until July. And then things changed for the second performance.
I did it this past March in Milwaukee, and John was there for the first evening's post-concert talk. I remember commenting that "a big part of this piece, beyond the notes, was learning to "crack the code" for the sound that John wanted."
How does someone write a piece that's clearly a classical piece, but is to be played without fully acknowledging the instrument's classical history -- yet without playing it in a way that's cliched with a typical jazzy quality, that possibly comes off as disingenuous or hokey? That can be hard, because when a lot of composers try to write "jazz," they will write something that's full of blues scales and scoops, because they think that's cool.
Q Then how would you characterize the concerto's jazz influence? Where does it sit in terms of "jazz versus classical?"
A First of all, we can't dismiss the importance of jazz and the saxophone; they're indivisible.
But in the end, John allows it to be blurred. He allows it to sit right in the center. I think this piece does it better than any other. It needs to be played with the rigor a classical player can achieve. There are a lot of intonation struggles throughout the piece, a lot of complicated structures and delicate textures to be negotiated along with its veiled tonality. And it all has to be really precise, rhythmically.
It's a sound that references jazz but is still a classical piece. The key was turning off these inherent French qualities that are part of the classical tradition. John had kind of an aversion to it, to the point that he wanted me to avoid it altogether: the faster vibrato, the fluffier, more affected and less gritty French sensibility. He didn't want that. John's exposure to classical saxophone was more in the American tradition -- studio players, and then born out of the avant-garde jazz players like Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman.
Q Do you play jazz? Are you an improviser?
A I have a bit of a jazz background, particularly from college days, but I've never been a great improviser. I'm OK. I can get through several standards; I can fake my way through it. (He laughs.) Nevertheless, it's important to me, and I stay up on all the great recordings and players.
Q So how does that help with John's concerto?
A I was able to flip these switches. He'd say, "Stop! Stop! Did you hear what you did to that note? Don't do that!" Any time these French influences came in -- like you'd have playing Milhaud's "Creation" or Ravel's "Bolero" -- we'd turn them off.
In a subtle way, John was trying to channel some of these things he'd listened to: Stan Getz's "Focus" and "Charlie Parker with Strings" and some of the herky-jerky motion of Dolphy and Ornette Coleman. But there's nothing so literal that it seems borrowed or a pastiche or something, though you can sense, say, the sound world of Eddie Sauter, who did the string arrangements for Getz.
Q I agree, the concerto doesn't sound anything like "Focus." At the same time -- I was telling this to John the other day -- when I listen to the concerto, I have an emotional response that's kind of similar to what I experience with "Focus." There's a similar something -- a sound world or an emotional field, a similar kind of dark agitation. He joked and said, "Yeah, my concerto's a bit highly caffeinated."
A Right. Because here he is using a couple of iconic albums as an inspiration and yet it's done so effectively that it's just sort of -- it doesn't sound like it at all, but you have that similar sensation. It's straddling the line.
Maybe that's the brilliance of John Adams, or maybe it's something that he's stumbled upon, but doesn't know he's stumbled upon. If something for him is an inspiration or provides a point of reference, he's always able to stop short of making you feel that it's ripped off from the source. And I think that's a very special trait of a composer.
Q Let's get back to your preparations for performing the concerto. Were you feeling a lot of pressure?
A I was pushing pretty hard. There were a lot of places where I was playing louder than the marked dynamics. He would literally sing it to me, and I would play it back. I was trying to get this cinematic sweep that John has, these long kinds of phrases, or a distant sound or this noodly kind of sound. There's not a lot of hyper-minute expression that you might see in a violin concerto. It's more like big arching lines, like you'd see from the great jazz players -- but played with a classical mouthpiece, over a busy orchestration!
So, yeah, there were times when I was a little bit nervous. If he wanted me to shut down natural classical tendencies altogether, I'd say, "Wait a minute, John, do you want me to literally sound like a jazz player?" And he'd say, "No." So over time, we landed somewhere in between.
Q When did that happen? By the Sydney premiere?
A No, when we got to Sydney, I was still playing pretty ballsy. We listened back to a recording of the premiere, and John decided my attempts to really sound jazzy were overblown and strident. So we backed off it. From that point on, I started going for something more rich and sweet, not simply power.
Later, when we did the piece with Marin Alsop in Baltimore, I was still in flux with the sound concept and precision. And John was still submitting revisions; as he heard certain edits, he decided he didn't like them and changed some back to the original. The librarian was freaking out getting parts edited for the players. Marin was getting nervous. And I was starting to despair a bit that I couldn't please him. Still, those were highly successful performances.
But then we got to St. Louis, and I stayed on a classical mouthpiece but went to a little bit of a bolder -- and at the same time sweeter -- setup. And things finally clicked. In St. Louis, I felt I got it!
Q That's where you made the Nonesuch recording, with David Robertson conducting. You're happy with it? Do you feel the jazz-classical balances and references are worked out?
A Yes, though in the end, I don't know what it references! By the recording -- it's just me, but it's filtered through a lot of just working with John on it and just stripping away what it shouldn't be. Part of simply splitting all these differences John and I were looking for was simply making sure it wasn't a caricature of something it wasn't; it needed to be a treated like any other beautiful piece of music. I started to channel John's Violin Concerto more than trying to find a fusion. The voice of the saxophone would take care of the rest. He mentioned to me in St. Louis that I sounded like a giant cello -- something he really liked. For me, there was no better compliment.
Q Talk a little more about John's saxophone language.
A The piece doesn't have a lot of altissimo in it, only a couple of G's. There's no multiple tonguing or extended technique. It's composed for the normal range of the saxophone. It has these intervallic leaping effects, and there are endurance issues. But at the core, it's a testament to John's love for the natural range of the instrument, the natural identity of the instrument -- as opposed to an extended virtuosity that we see in high modernism in writing for woodwind instruments. Some circular breathing is necessary, however. Playing these long, loud passages -- you can easily run out of steam without it.
It really comes down to these acoustic demands: How do you play something in a certain register and do it completely in tune with other instruments, and how do you deal with those endurance issues? The piece doesn't have to have all this other stuff that we associate with the so-called "hardest" pieces for the instrument in order for it to be a very hard piece. For me it's about how to get deeper into the sound of the piece, finding all the little nuggets that he wants. And that, for me, almost creates all these layers and layers of decision-making. If you were a sax player who just couldn't get what he's going for, you would not be able to play this piece.
I was talking about the piece with Branford Marsalis. He has been doing a lot of classical stuff, but he has been very safe in the pieces he plays; he only does about five of the major works, and he's been playing them better and better for over 20 years. But with regard to the Adams concerto, he hears that piece and thinks he's not going to be able to play it. I told him, "You will be able to do it; you'll have to put a lot of time into it." But maybe he's someone who'll be able to bring even more authenticity to it.
Q Tell me more about the concerto's rhythmic challenges.
A The rhythm has to be perfect; that's the trademark of any John Adams piece. He expects the gesture to have this musical intent behind it, and it's got to be super-precise. And when you're playing a lot of mixed meter stuff and offbeat syncopation and everything is really angular, things can get away from you. You think you're at the center of the pulse, but it turns out you're really rushing it. So there's this underlying difficulty with the music. It's got to be super-clean. In his music, if something's not clean, it's really obvious.
I often wonder if that is what orchestras and conductors really love about his music. Because his music is "new" music, but the demands it makes are demands that represent everything they cherish at the highest levels, as in music by Mozart or Beethoven. The clarity it demands, in and of itself, is a level of virtuosity.
So as difficult as it is, you can't make mistakes. If you make mistakes, they will be really obvious. It's something that I obsessed over. I've worked so hard at it, to the point that I know I've never really missed any notes, but I have flubbed rhythms, or I have flubbed an attack or an entrance, which is just as detrimental as missing a note. I get increasingly fastidious; that's what generates the stress. That's what generates the fear of failure.
One works very hard to achieve a standard with a piece. All eyes are on you. You're in a little bit of a foreign environment with an orchestra. You're being placed within an environment where the standard is so high. I feel like I'm having to represent the instrument. The way I feel about the piece (is that) it's a vehicle, not just for me, but for my profession. And going forward, for composers who haven't yet done anything for the instrument, I like to think this is a turning point, where other composers will be able to take that chance.
Q How would you describe the Cabrillo Festival? What do you think of the audience? Maybe you can just riff for a minute or two on Cabrillo.
A It's pretty rare that a community gets behind something like that. It's special. They truly understand that, for those two weeks, all the eyes of the world are on Cabrillo and the new music that's being performed there. And they revere Marin Alsop; she's such a rock star in Santa Cruz.
So it is a perfect pairing. The musicians want to be there playing for Marin in that orchestra, playing that music -- and then the Bay Area is so stunning. And there are all these exceptional chamber musicians who come each year, for whom Cabrillo is their major orchestral experience. Some of the members of eighth blackbird are in that orchestra.
All the pieces fit. When I go back there, I just feel somehow that I'm going home or something. Because as a kid, living in Sun City (in Southern California), I would go with my family in the summertime to the Carmel Bach Festival, and I have all these memories of Carmel, Monterey, Big Sur.
For me, it felt so right when I went to Cabrillo to perform for the first time. And I think, at some level, all the musicians have a feeling like that. They're willing to go there at pretty low pay -- but you can't put a price tag on interacting with all those composers. It's a massive hub for networking, I think rivaled only by the contemporary component of the Tanglewood festival (in Massachuetts). I think Cabrillo can be compared to that.
Q When you play at Cabrillo, are you aware of the festival's history?
A I am. The festival has this storied history that's tied to contemporary music. It's seen as a haven. It's seen as a destination, especially for West Coast music -- figures like Lou Harrison, John Adams. From its humble beginnings with major figures and poets and artists, it has a great historical vibe. And then the fact that people like John and Dennis Russell Davies have come through as its director, prior to Marin -- it all feeds that vibe.
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Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
John Adams' Saxophone Concerto, West Coast premiere, with soloist Timothy McAllister.
Marin Alsop conducts
When: 8 p.m., Aug. 9
Where: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Tickets: $32-$55; 831-420-5260, www.cabrillomusic.org
Also: The festival concludes with a separate program (works by Assad, Daugherty, others) Aug. 10 at Mission San Juan Bautista, 4 and 7:30 p.m.


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It's an exciting weekend to be in Cincinnati. There are more than half a dozen races in three days.
Flying Pig Marathon runners were getting ready for the festivities at Friday's expo at the Duke Energy Convention Center.
"The show is on," Race Director Iris Simpson Bush said.
The expo included displays from 160 vendors.
The Little Kings 1-mile race kicked off the weekend festivities Friday night. The party in the park is also planned for after the race.
"There will be a Boston tribute, there will be a performance by Foxy Shazam -- who I'm told is very high energy -- and a fireworks display at the end of the evening," Simpson Bush said.
The 5K and 10K races, piglet events and pasta pig-out are Saturday at Yeatman's Cove.
Sunday's big events are the half and full marathons.
"My wife and I are marathon runners. We've run a marathon on all seven continents and all 50 states but we always wanted this Flying Pig medal so we've come to get the medal and see Cincinnati," runner George Anderson said.
"I have twin 5-year-olds and I was getting kind of out of shape with them so I decided to get back into gear this year and this has really helped out," runner Amanda Stucker said.
A year of planning is being put into effect this weekend.
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Family members of a child sexually abused by a Marietta man said the three-year prison sentence he was given Wednesday is not long enough. Aaron E. Harter, 33, of 313 Van Bergen Ave....
Ok headheldhigh12 for one u dont know the family....u dont know what they have been thru and how much they have suffered....well i do....i am a good friend of the family and i know all and see all....two the girls have not had any contact with the sex offender and will never have contact with the sex offender....i hate when people like u that r so*****narrow minded they cant see whats going one here....read between the lines and think before u type cuz these victims have access to this page and it hurts when they read stuff about their lives that aint even true cuz people like u dont know whats actually going on...it hurts that this mother is trying to do whats best for her children and u think shes not doing anything at ahurtll...they have been thru so much in their short lives that have not yet lived and ur gonna talk sh!t about their mom...their mother is not to blame and if u were in their shoes im sure u would be doing the same as they r to get thru all this pain,and suffering..
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FYI HeadHeldHigh12 the 2 girls have NOT had any contact with the sex offender
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@HeadHeldHigh12 I happen to be a close family friend... u need to get your facts straight. those little girls were to emotionally distraught to testify which is why their mother wouldn't allow it.. as for the mother she did testify in their behalf before the grande jury as well as provide a statement and worked with the investigators in order to obtain a conviction. what this sex offender did effected the whole family... they ALL see a therapist on a regular basis.. lets not forget the fact that those 2 little girls have access to this website AND ur rude insensitive comments about their mother, they r going through enough so why son't you think twice about what you post before you post it because comments like yours only make it harder for those little girls to heal!!!
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Nice Landlady to open with, good, but not great leading right into a Rift, which was a mess. The timing still needs to be worked on. Guelah was good, a little off spot at the end, but good. Sparkle was good and controlled. Melt was rocking with a really nice jam. The early first set Coil was good with Page's solo making way for Trey to pick up the acoustic for a decent My Friend. Reba was pretty solid, just a little spot at the end. Horn had rough middle from Trey's part, but not too bad. Antelope is absolutely rocking, and a great closer to this set.
Good Suzy to open up second set with a nice jam. Stash was rough at times, but had a great dynamic jam. Seemed like Trey flubbed the lyrics in the middle. Mound was rushed, ok but rushed. And so was ATR. Fishman settled in a little more and they pulled it off. Sloth rocked, not the best Sloth, and they didn't really do the normal end count. YEM was great! Definitely check this out. And if that wasn't enough Page rips into a nice Jesus! Very well done, dynamic and rocking. My Sweet One was super fast and featured a full four-minute pause at the end. HYHU brings Fish out for some introductions and a swinging Love You. Very fast like the rest of the set. Cavern is a great closer to this rocking set.
Sounds like Trey teasing Weigh lyrics before they do a solid GTBT to encore tonights four-star show.
Again, I'd love to hear a board copy of this show to get the full effect. Highlights: Melt, Reba, Antelope and YEM, Jesus in the second set.


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Slipping in to Night at ?aj Chai May 31, 2007
In the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, you can wind around for hours and constantly be amazed at the little stores, bars, and restaurants that will appear in front of you each time you round a corner. To say that it's enchanting is a massive understatement.
We quickly found that after the better part of the day doing this, the sun was quickly setting. We remembered that an hour or two previous we passed a small tea shop that looked inviting in one of the narrow alleys in the old Jewish Quarter. Retracing our steps and making several enjoyable wrong turns in to other great streets that nearly derailed our tea destination, we found our way back to ?aj Chai.
Any tea drinker will realize that this is a rather funny name, because it literally means "tea" (in the Slavic spelling) "tea" (in the Indian spelling). But cute name aside, it was a lovely spot, scattered with tables that seemed set about the space with a casual ease and mismatched chairs that all begged to be sat upon. The smell of steeping and tinned teas slipped from every corner of this spot as couples, groups, and the lone writer scribbling in a Moleskine journal lounged about.
We sat in the beckoning chairs and ordered a Darjeeling and Sikkim from their extensive list of teas. They were served properly steeped and oozing luscious aromas. While technically different teas from different states in India, the two teas were very similar from one another, probably owing to the fact that they come from areas neighboring each other in the Himalayas. The Sikkim tea was lighter and had a softer nose, while the Darjeeling was a deeper, more luxurious blend that begged to be sipped.
Outside, we watched the sun pass down behind the buildings on the other side of the alley as people parked their bicycles for the evening in a small square outside the door. The ever-darkening evening was creeping up on us as we tossed back our final drops of tea and went off in search of dinner.
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(Boston, Revised 07/12/11) New England Law | Boston: Get it right; do it quickly; and keep a smile on your face. Jane Sullivan Roberts's Commencement remarks aptly illustrated these self-described keys to her success, and with warmth and humor she encouraged New England Law | Boston graduates to learn from her example.
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Before joining Major, Lindsey & Africa, Mrs. Roberts was executive partner for talent development at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, after serving as partner in the firm's Global Technology Group. She clerked for the Honorable James M. Sprouse of the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the 1984–1985 term and in 1992 litigated before Australian courts with a leading Australian law firm, then called Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks.
"As we observe a century of graduations—beginning in 1911 with a handful of young women—we were especially pleased to welcome an accomplished woman lawyer with wide experience in various aspects of the legal profession," said Dean John F. O'Brien.
Despite her extensive legal and life experience, Roberts effortlessly bridged the gap between herself and the students set to graduate. She related her Bronx upbringing, the "patchwork of scholarships, campus jobs, and countless sacrifices by my parents" that enabled her to attend college, and the many jobs she held to make ends meet.
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"Portia graduates went on to become leaders in the bar, trailblazers who set the standard for women in the legal profession today," she continued. "Because of those trailblazers, many of us…now have choices in our legal careers. Not only every woman who is a lawyer today, but every member of the bar, owes a debt of gratitude to New England Law."
Meghan C. Cooper '11 and Jacqueline L. Johansen '11 received the Dean Arthur W. MacLean Award for Academic Excellence for the day and evening divisions, respectively, and delivered the valedictory addresses. Both earned summa cum laude designations. Magna cum laude and cum laude recipients were also acknowledged, and additional awards were granted in several categories.
Mrs. Roberts was presented with the honorary doctor of laws degree, and honorary degrees were also awarded to the Honorable Margot Botsford, associate justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (doctor of laws); the Honorable Frederica S. Brenneman, judge trial referee, State of Connecticut (doctor of laws); and Carol Fulp, senior vice president, Corporate Responsibility and Brand Initiatives, John Hancock Financial (doctor of humanities).
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Definition Sickness by No Bird Sing
Written by Bruce King
Its clear that No Bird Sings approach to Hip Hop is their own. Usually rap groups consist of a single producer and multiple rappers. Its rare to see the equation so directly inverted. Additionally for all the producers to utilize guitars and drums is something of a rarity. Full band Hip Hop has tended to err on the side of jazzier infusion. With Joe Horton (vocals, occasional keys), Robert Mulrennan (guitar/production), and Graham OBrien (drums/production) NBS incorporates both modern techniques of creating robust soundscapes as well as traditional forms of percussive instrumentation. The general aesthetic is moody rhymes over etherial backgrounds. Fans of Kno (of Cunninglynguists) Death is Silent record of a few years back will be right at home.
The lead single And War is a prime example of this dreamy aesthetic. The accompanying video was something out of David Lynchs short-film catalog, and it fits the music all too well. There are variations from one track to the next, thought they all walk an interesting line between ambient and confrontational. The beat and progression on Boomday with Crescent Moon is a track that cant be described as anything less than ominous. It loosely reminds me of Ultra era Depeche Mode. The biggest departure from the records intellection is probably Breathless which they choose to lead off the record with. It almost seems to be more of beat era inspired spoken word piece which isnt quite representative of what can be expected of the rest of the record, but manages to still somehow fit.
Theres a heavy existential philosophical slant to Hortons lyrical content which grants an intellectual depth to an already complex aesthetic. What is it youre looking for? Better hope you never find it because a lion with no prey is not a lion Its clear that he spends most of his free time exploring his own reason. From the postings on the groups FB page its clear that these are not simple ideas thrown out without consideration to their meaning. They list 'Existentialism and Human Emotions' by Jean-Paul Sartre and 'Welcome to the Monkey House' by Kurt Vonnegut as books currently on their nightstand. Theres plenty to love about this record; a wealth of guest spots (Kristoff Krane, Sage Francis, Sadistik, etc.), lush production, and a chance to glance inside the mind of a clearly thoughtful individual. However the payoff here is integrated experience the music of No Bird Sing offers. Cop this and listen to it with a somber open mind.
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