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OAKLAND -- New A's pitcher Jeff Samardzija, just acquired in a trade with the Chicago Cubs, briefly spoke to the media during Saturday's game with the Toronto Blue Jays. Here is the transcript:
(his reaction to the trade)
"It wasn't a surprise, understanding all the talk there's been during the offseason and the first half of the season. Oakland, obviously, was a pleasant surprise. There's been so much talk about Toronto and a handful of other teams, but Oakland kept it pretty close to the chest. All of a sudden, they strike and I get a word that they were seriously in play, and I was ecstatic.
I'm a big of the Bay Area, having played at Stanford a couple of times. Obviously, I'm coming to a team in a good situation that's done plenty fine without me. I'm just looking to do my part, and hopefully I add to the depth of the pitching staff. There's still a lot of the season to be played, so there's a lot of work to be done."
(in a fog going from lovable losers to team WITH baseball's BEST RECORD?)
"I'm right where I need to be, man. I'm excited. I've been begging for this for awhile, not team-wise but situation-wise, being in a situation where you come in excited to win games with the guys you're playing with, being more worried about that game than who's going to be here in the future. I can't wait to get out there and pitch."
(did you know Jason Hammel was involved?)
"I really didn't. He was about four rooms down from me in DC. Once I found out, I texted him and was really excited. I knew there was a chance a couple guys might come with me, but he really wasn't one of them. I thought it would be a second baseman or a relief pitcher. He's an outstanding guy who comes to work ever day, and people should be excited that he's here, too."
(did you know anybody on the team?)
"No, I know Josh a little bit before he got traded over here, but just very shortly. So no, which I'm excited about. I've become pretty good at meeting new players.
(is there a football mentality in baseball?)
"It's a little different. I've been battling my whole baseball career and trying to keep it subdued for the most part. The last couple of years as a starter, I've really gotten into a good routine and learned myself and what I need to do. I'm hoping I can bring some excitement to the team. You don't want to be a distraction, you want to be an addition, and my main goal is to come in and make a seamless transition and be part of this team."
(ABOUT jumping right in Sunday to start)
"It wasn't even a question. Billy asked me how I felt. I was supposed to pitch today, so I'm a day past my due date to pitch, so I'm chomping at the bit to get out there. I don't think there's any better way to get acclimated with your teammates than get out there and do it on the mound."
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Inside the A's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics.


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The second of two major documentaries spotlighting Devils Lake flooding will premier Thursday, Jan. 10 in the Lake Region State College auditorium.
Last spring the first documentary premiered. It was a half-hour look at what has been happening around Devils Lake as climate change brought flooding to the area for nearly 20 years.
The documentary "Mother Nature in Charge: Devils Lake the Dilemma" premiering Thursday will be an hour-long presentation.
The event is free and open to the public. A question and answer session will be held following the showing and refreshments will be served.
Both documentaries were produced by Prairie Public Television. This is the follow up to Mother Nature in Charge: Devils Lake Life Stories, which premiered in April, 2011. The screening begins at 6:30 pm.
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Ebola: Are Treatments, Vaccines on the Horizon?
Editor's note: This story was updated on Nov. 4, 2014, with information about an inhaled vaccine in development as well as new research on an interferon drug.
Oct. 3, 2014-- As the number of Ebola cases continues to grow, people around the world are eager for a treatment or vaccine that could trump the deadly infection.
But only one of the three drugs that have been used to treat people with Ebola, TKM-Ebola, has even begun testing in humans -- although that's on hold because of safety concerns. Meanwhile, a trial in healthy volunteers of a fourth drug, which has not yet been given to Ebola patients, found that the volunteers had few side effects, and they were okay after taking it.
Of the promising vaccines on the horizon, two are being tested for safely in volunteers.
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Ebola: Are Treatments, Vaccines on the Horizon?
"Today we know the best way to prevent the spread of Ebola infection is through public health measures, including good infection-control practices, isolation, contact tracing, quarantine, and provision of personal protective equipment," says Anthony Fauci, MD. He's the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). "However, a vaccine will ultimately be an important tool in the prevention effort."
Here is a roundup of some of the Ebola treatments and vaccines in the research pipeline:
NIAID/GSK investigational Ebola vaccine: The first safety tests of this vaccine, developed by scientists at the NIAID and GlaxoSmithKline, began in September in healthy volunteers at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, and in Great Britain. GSK says it will have 15,000 doses available in December, when field testing in Liberia is expected to begin, Peter Jahrling, PhD, chief scientist at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility, said at an Ebola forum on Oct. 14 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Two variations of the vaccine will be tested. Both use a chimp cold virus to deliver segments of the Ebola gene into the volunteers' cells. The cells take the segment and produce an Ebola marker on its surface. A volunteer's immune system sees the marker and attacks. One version of the vaccine uses genetic segments from Zaire Ebola, the virus species causing the current outbreak, and Sudan Ebola. The other version uses only Zaire Ebola genetic material. The vaccines cannot cause Ebola.


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Photos and Article by Al Stegeman AKA "Al in Philly"
Reverend Billy.
When my friend, Jean Merritt, began showing me snapshots of him, and his Church of Life After Shopping (now morphed into the ecology-focused "Church of Earthalujah") , which she joined a couple of years back, I knew I had to shoot some of my own photographs of the man. More precisely, I had to shoot his hair. His pompadour should be showcased in MOMA, or perhaps discussed in the Journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers. I was planning on going up to NYC to shoot him and his performance troupe this Summer; then my friend Jean told me that he was coming to give a show at Drexel University, where I work, at the end of March. That is where I got my first stab at shooting "The Rev."
Reverend Billy Talen isn't your average, day-to-day minister. He's an apostle preaching an evangel, complete with a back-up chorus, but don't expect him to be found behind a pulpit in a church with a crucifix behind him. Reverend Billy is to organized religion what John Stewart is to journalism. And like Stewart, his scathing criticisms of the hypocrisies of the world which we all live in are both incredibly funny and painfully true. Damn, is he funny. He'd be disturbing too, except that with the crowd at Drexel, he wound up "preaching to the choir" about the differences between the balance of man and nature and the balance found on a corporate ledger sheet.
When I first came across Rev. Billy, about an hour before he was scheduled to start the show, he was pensive. It was written all over his face. I had contacted him earlier in the week, introduced myself as a friend of Jean Merritt, and asked if he minded my taking some pictures. He was more than gracious about it. But when I began shooting, I could tell that his uneasiness wasn't helped in the least by my shooting away at him. Still, he was a great sport about it and let me snap away. Apparently Rev. Billy is pretty extemporaneous in his evangels, and tries to concretize his sermons in his head, just before the show. I'd look pensive too. I actually like some of those shots the best, as they show just a bit of the man hiding behind the minister's collar.
I first began shooting with a strobe, alternating between my 7-14mm f4.0, and 12-60 f2.8 Zuiko lenses on my Olympus e-30. I just had to snag a photo of him doing his hair at 7mm. But before the performance started I decided to go with the available lighting in the hall where the performance took place, mainly alternating between the 12-60 Zuiko and a 50mm f1.4 Sigma prime, depending on how shallow I wanted the depth of field to be. Shooting the performance was a challenge, as I had placed myself in the front row, about 5 feet (sometimes less) from Rev. Billy and his chorus. While that gave me a great vantage point to create a sense of intimacy between my camera and subject, it also made it more than a bit of a challenge locking focus on the cast as they literally ran towards and away from me. Challenging, but also way fun. Praise the Lord for big memory cards.
"Fun" is the key word for describing what it was like to shoot the show. Total orchestrated mayhem, and a lot of cynical laughs. And on more than one occasion, a bit of poignancy thrown into the mix as well. That sense of very human, very silly, seriousness was what I tried to capture in this series. God knows what the next set I do of the Reverend Billy Talen and his Church of Earthaluja will bring when I shoot him on his home turf in New York.
Al Stegeman AKA "Al in Philly" 2011


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Marietta High swung the bats with authority but produced only a hand full of runs.
The Tigers stroked 10 hits and benefitted from five walks in a 9-5 setback to visiting Athens High in a non-conference softball game at Phillips Field Tuesday.
"We made good contact, and we were putting the ball in play," said MHS head coach Stacy Fleming. "I don't think anybody on our team struck out."
Rebekah Haught, Tyler Lamb, and Ali Beardmore each had two basehits for the Tigers, who fell to 0-2 on the season. The orange and black nine dropped a 9-1 season-opening decision at Alexander Monday.
Righty Lindsay Hiatt, who suffered the mound setback, went the seven-inning distance on the hill, striking out two and walking two.
AHS right-hander Vanessa Carey picked up the win, issuing five bases-on-balls and fanning none.
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Athens 9, Marietta 5
Athens 302 013 0 - 9 14 3
Marietta 200 111 0 - 5 10 2
WP: Vanessa Carey 7 IP, 5 BB, 0 SO
LP: Lindsay Hiatt 7 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO
Athens (1-0) hitting: Olivia Hoon 3-4 RBI; Brooke Tritipo RBI; Olivia Harris 2-4, 2 R, RBI; Mikala Perry 3-4, 2B, HR (3rd), 3 RBIs; Carey 1-4, 2 RBIs; Alli Mattey 2-2 RBI
Marietta (0-2) hitting: Rebekah Haught 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Tyler Lamb 2-4; Ali Beardmore 2-4, 2B; Shae Hutchison 1-4 RBI; Kara Carpenter 1-4; Abby Harrison 1-4; Maddie Farrar RBI; Jess Mossack 1-3
Next game: Marietta at Zanesville, 5 p.m. today; Meigs at Athens, Thursday.
Marietta 5, Athens 0
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WP: Ben Barnas IP 7, BB 3, SO 12
LP: Adam Luehrman IP 5, BB 4, SO 4
Sam VanderVen IP 1, BB 3, SO 1
Athens (0-1) hitting Kyle McCarthy 1-3, David Evans 1-3
Marietta (2-1) hitting: Devin Leister 2-3, RBI; Steve Herron 2-3, double; Evan Sawyer 1-3, 2 RBI; Nick Spurr 1-2, 2 RBI
Next game: MHS at Zanesville today, 5 p.m.
The Bulldogs (1-0) were led offensively by Mikala Perry, who was 3-for-4 with a home run, double and three runs-batted-in. Olivia Hoon added three hits, and Olivia Harris and Alli Mattey had two apiece.
"I'm very happy with the girls," said Athens boss Nick Pomento, whose Bulldogs were playing their season opener. "They came to play."
Athens staked itself to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first with Perry, Carey and Mattey each driving in a run. Mattey's hit was a two-base knock.
Marietta got two of those runs back in the bottom half of the frame when Haught doubled home Abby Harrison and Maddie Farrar.
During second-inning action, MHS had runners at the corners, courtesy of a Beardmore double and Jess Mossack single, with one out, but came away empty on a double play popout to third.
AHS stretched its lead to 5-2 in the third when Perry slugged a two-run homer to left off Hiatt.
MHS cut it to two with a single run in the bottom of the fourth when Shae Hutchison walked with the bases loaded. Earlier in the frame, the Tigers were doubled up on a popfly to the Bulldogs' third baseman.
"Those two double plays we had in the game might have been a turning point, because Marietta had people in scoring position, but we were able to turn two and get out of the inning," Pomento said.
Athens made it 6-3 in the fifth when Carey plated Perry on a groundout to second.
Marietta came right back, though, and cut it to 6-4 when Farrar scored on a Carey wild pitch.
In the top of the sixth, the Bulldogs gave themselves a five-run cushion with Hoon, Brooke Tritipo and Harris each getting credit for an RBI.
Battling back once again, Marietta made it 9-5 in the bottom half of the inning when Hutchison scored on Farrar's hot smash to second.
"We were right there," Fleming said. "It was going back and forth.
"We had our opportunities, but just couldn't capitalize on them."
Marietta is scheduled to play at Zanesville in an East Central Ohio League opener at 5 p.m. today. Athens is slated to play its home opener against Meigs Thursday.
Senior right hander Ben Barnas fired a two-hit shutout to pace the Marietta Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Athens Bulldogs Tuesday evening at Legion Field.
Barnas struck out 12 and walked just one Bulldog hitter to lead the orange and black to their second victory in as many nights.
The Tigers broke open a scoreless game with a pair of runs in their half of the third inning to give Barnas all the run support he would need.
MHS added an insurance run in the fifth inning and a pair more in the sixth to improve their season record to 2-1.
The Tiger offense was paced by Devin Leister and Steve Herron, who each had a pair of base hits, while Evan Sawyer and Nick Spurr chipped in with two RBI's apiece.
Starting pitcher Adam Luehrman took the loss for Athens despite firing five quality innings.
The Tigers will look to make it three in a row today when they travel to Zanesville to take on the Blue Devils.
Mike Morrison contributed to this story.


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Community News: April 18
Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 9:05 a.m.
Club presents check to Rescue Mission
The Welcome Club of Henderson County is an active social organization of about 150 members that welcomes new residents and those not so new. The club promotes fun and friendship through many activities while supporting a local charity each year. Hendersonville Rescue Mission is the local recipient for 2013.
Along with a check for $390, the club delivered travel-sized soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, toothpaste and tooth brushes used by individuals who stay at the mission on a short-term basis. Also included in the delivery were full-sized men and women's personal hygiene items, diapers, children's coloring books, crayons, jump ropes and other items needed by individuals who stay at the mission on a longer-term basis.
To learn more about the Welcome Club of Henderson County, visit www. welcomeclubhc.org.
Caroline Penny receives Nilsen Scholarship
Chatham Hall is proud to announce that Caroline Penny of Hendersonville has been awarded the School's Nilsen Scholarship. Caroline has just completed her eighth-grade year at Hanger Hall and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Penny Jr. of Hendersonville.
Chatham Hall's Nilsen Scholarship Program was made possible by a gift of $31 million from the estate of alumna Bettie Beckwith Nilsen, class of 1931. Nilsen's gift is the largest in the history of girls' schools.
As a Nilsen Scholar, Caroline will have access to a variety of special academic offerings, unique travel opportunities, and unmatched guidance – from a dedicated Nilsen Scholar Program team to college counseling sessions.
The scholarship will follow Caroline through her years at Chatham Hall.
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Markus Schulz is one of the busiest and most popular DJs in the world.
He has produced five artist albums (Without You Near, Progression, Do You Dream, Scream and Scream 2) along with two albums under his Dakota alias (Thoughts Become Things I & II), and released a plethora of compilations (the latest long player entitled Buenos Aires '13).
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This was to be the last of five West Coast shows for me. After the show I was to drive straight to Los Angeles and then get on a plane and flew to Maui, so I decided to really blow it out. Everyone was excited for another Santa Cruz show, so there were many local pre-show gatherings. I don't remember when I actually made it inside the Civic, which is a wooden floored auditorium that holds 2200 people, max. I have no idea how many people were at the show, but I think it was sold out. We got there before the first set started and landed at the top of the seats on Page's side. Our group took over the entire area up there, which fortunately had windows because the entire auditorium turned into a sweatbox for this show.
This is another epic Santa Cruz show; as one reviewer at the time said, it was "one for the record books". Everything is played exceptionally well, and as a bonus there's a Gamehendge narration thrown in. The show starts with Trey on fire during "Chalk Dust". "Possum" is the next peak of the set, followed by a crowd-pleasing "Bouncing Around the Room". The rest of the set is great and closes with a monster "Antelope". They start the song as an "Ob-la-di - Ob-la-da" (Beatles) tease that the audience sings to, and then build up to an incredibly intense peak. This is one version that must be heard to be believed. The band then took mercy on the drenched crowd and gave us a set break to relax and gather our energy for Set II.
The music during the second set just gets better. The band and the audience are all on fire, and the band opens the set with an explosive "Axilla". Things get crazy again when Trey starts "Colonel Forbin's". What ensues is one of the most hilarious Gamehendge narrations I've ever heard. At the time I was actually really upset at Trey for talking at the audience for what seemed like years to me, instead of playing music. But, listening to the recording now, I can appreciate the funny story/rant. The introduction to "Icculus" is classic, with Trey screaming "Read the book!" with the other guys singing behind him. The set ends with an epic "Mike's" > "Hydrogen" > "Weekapaug", followed by a crowd-pleasing "Golgi".
People were pretty out of it when the show ended, so I did what I could to find people and say "Bye" before running out of the auditorium and driving to LA I was exhausted after five shows in eight days, but some of my friends were just starting tour and planned on doing the S.F. > Vancouver run, in addition to Santa Cruz). All of the shows I saw during the tour were good, and the Santa Cruz Civic was easily one of the best.


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September 14, 2006
Thursday night's Richmond County BOE meeting saw a cordial end to an often contentious relationship. The board finally has an end date for superintendent Dr. Charles Larke's contract.
In the meeting, Dr. Larke signed a new version of his old contract--and this means by the end of next month, he'll no longer be running the schools.
For Dr. Charles Larke and the Richmond County School Board, it's been a rough few months. Now both sides are relieved to have this over with.
"I am really excited, I am happy, I'm relieved," Dr. Larke said. "I think I'll sleep real good tonight and I'm just excited to have this behind me."
Behind him are ten years as superintendent and nearly 40 years with Richmond County's school system.
"Getting a 7-2 vote for the nine month contract that allows me to complete my forty years, it meant a lot to me."
Under the amended terms of his fresh new contract, Larke will continue his current role through October. He'll then work as a consultant for the interim superintendent until March--not from his downtown office, but from his home.
"So it allows him to work in a private environment while at the same time not allow him to have undue influence on others," said board member A.K. Hasan.
Hasan is just one school board member who in the past has publicly questioned some of Dr. Larke's policies. In fact, last spring, he pointed out loopholes in Larke's old contract.
Ken Echols is another. He recently criticized Larke's practice of advance paychecks.
"He's still a friend, he'll always be a friend," Echols said. "It's just that we didn't agree on several issues about how the school system's run but I think the healing has begun and we'll move forward now."
"The bottom line is you put children first, and I think that all the debate about my tenure I think could have hurt the SPLOST in November," Dr. Larke said.
It appears to be an agreeable end to a rocky relationship...and even to what some would call a controversial career.
Deputy superintendent James Thompson will serve in Dr. Larke's place. That was a unanimous decision by the board.
They've also announced that on Tuesday they'll re-group to discuss the nationwide search for a new superintendent.
Dr. Larke has told us that this has been a long eight months. It's been that for the board as well. Their attorney has been investigating Dr. Larke for a month now.
Luckily, they've settled this issue at the school board instead of inside a courtroom...and Dr. Larke is very happy he got his 40 years.


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I have written previous columns regarding advice that I would, given the opportunity to go back in time, give to my younger self as I entered the workforce. These columns received great feedback and led some to ask about some key lessons and advice that I've learned from my mentors.LinkedIn also focused on this topic recently with leaders from various industries sharing their thoughts on the "best advice" they've ever received.Advice, left on its own, is simply someone's opinion. Unless it's welcomed and searched for, it's often unappreciated. That being said, I've appreciated various opportunities throughout the years to actively search out feedback from mentors in part to ensure I was on the right track in my position and in part as an effort to continually improve and add value to my organization. What better way to make sure your boss is happy with your job performance than to simply ask your boss what they think, or how you could do better, or what approach they might take to solve a problem.The key, of course, is to take your boss's advice and put it to action. This is common sense, yet a rather rare skill these days.Without further ado, some of the very best advice I've received and the lessons that it helped teach me:"Perception is reality"A high school economics teacher reinforced this and it's stuck with me for years; if people perceive value in you (or your business enterprise), there is value. Conversely, if they don't, regardless of what you might think, you'll be in trouble because perception is reality."Consensus is overrated" Consensus is often valued and many organizations, meetings and companies strive for the mythical consensus. The importance of consensus is reinforced in business school and throughout many organizations. An early boss of mine taught me that this is baloney. Consensus is dangerous and most often results in mediocrity as it forces group-think and is more concerned with feeling good than in producing solid results. When it comes to business, it's often best to leave your feelings at the door and focus on results, not sacrificing your beliefs on behalf of consensus."Learn to listen"I had the good fortune to run the CU Ski & Snowboard Club as a college student at CU-Boulder; the club consisted of upwards of 5,000 members and was a business operation operated by a board of student volunteers. The previous president of the club, and to this day a good friend, taught me that not only is it important to listen but he taught me how to listen. The key, as I learned at 19, is to talk less than whomever it is you are talking with. A lesson that often needs constant reinforcement (for me at least), but a valuable lesson none the less. "Follow your passion"Many people here in the Vail Valley can relate to this one. As a kid growing up in Cincinnati, all I ever really wanted was to leave Cincinnati. Don't get me wrong - Cincinnati is a nice place and a great place to grow up or to raise a family, but it wasn't for me. My mother encouraged me to follow my dream, which was to live in Colorado. Twenty years later, I'm fortunate enough to have listened to my mother (at least about this). "Work harder than anyone else"This one is directly tied to the "perception is reality" lesson mentioned above. I had a boss who once told me to be in the office at least 5 minutes before them, and stay at least five minutes after they left the office. I took this advice to mean that it's important to work harder than anyone else, as your boss will notice your habits if you are consistently at work when they are arriving or leaving."Don't strive for people to like you, strive for people to respect you"I often think back to something that a mentor told me: Don't worry about being liked, instead work to have people respect you. In today's world of Facebook "likes," it's easy to get caught up in being liked; however, in business, it's more important to be respected."Avoid those that speak loudly while doing nothing"We all know these people that talk a big game but who often don't do anything other than try to cause problems for others and who almost never offer solutions. As kids, we called them bullies. As adults, we just feel sorry for them. I was fortunate to learn at a young age that you don't become big by making others small. This advice often comes in handy in the business world.As noted above, advice is meaningless if you don't do something with it. I've tried to learn from my mentors and to put the above advice into action on an ongoing basis.Chris Romer is president & CEO of the Vail Valley Partnership
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The idea is simple. Stay at Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast in Dellroy, Oh from January through March, 2010, and they will donate 2% of your lodging of two-day stays or longer to The Wilderness Society to protect these spectacular places.
The beta-test of the program is starting with a select group of small, eco-friendly and independently owned inns and Bed and Breakfast's across the country. The goal is be national in 2011, with hopefully thousands of such eco-sensitive lodging facilities participating.
Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast is a small 9-room inn overlooking the beautiful lush landscape and scenic views of Atwood Lake in the rolling hills of Carroll County, a naturally beautiful environment. Their warm and inviting guest rooms feature a 2-person whirlpool tub, electric fireplace and private balcony for admiring the hillside views, lake, gardens and wildlife. The man made ponds, waterfalls and streams are its own eco-system where the fish live in recycled chemical free water cleared with natural barley. They are also a Select Registry Inn, which represents only 400 quality assured, inspected inns and Bed & Breakfasts in North America
"We are all committed to protecting these wild, beautiful areas of our country," said Linda Horn, owner of Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast. "And we are honored to work with The Wilderness Society in what we hope will become a major annual program generating strong financial support for their outstanding work. We are excited to support the wilderness treasures of America through our participation in WinterGreen Vacations."
Founded in 1935, The Wilderness Society's mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. From writing and passing the landmark Wilderness Act to winning lasting protection for more than 109 million acres of permanent wilderness across the country to date, The Wilderness Society is America's premier public lands conservation organization. TWS and its 500,000 members and supporters are dedicated to protecting America's wilderness and to developing a nationwide network of these iconic wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy.
"The Wilderness Society is always looking for innovative opportunities to increase public awareness and generate support for America's wild places," said Sally Adams, Vice-President of Communications and Marketing, The Wilderness Society. "We're very excited about working with WinterGreen Vacations to pilot what could become an important program to help people not only enjoy this country's beautiful wilderness areas, but to support them in a direct way."
We hope you can take part in this program and we look forward to donating a portion of your lodging. If you are not able to visit during these months, I would enjoy hearing from you regarding your thoughts on this program.
Hope to see you soon,
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OS: Windows 7 , 64 bit Build 7601 Service Pack 1
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PS3MS: 1.72.00 build d9fd0a44c (2012-11-18)
'select' in ps3 shows - Dolby Digital 5.1Ch 48kHz MPEG2
Film starts, consistently crashes around 20-23s mark.
I can't provide a sample, because mkverge fixes the issue when I split the file... it complains about "error in Matroska file structure at position 4502995" and many other positions and the split up file plays fine (with a huge pixelation bomb around the same time as the crash).
The movie is russian and if you guys really care about reproducing this, you can get it: http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4020615
I made a temp username/pass for this purpose: testacccountps3/testacccountps3
Debug log + mediainfo dump here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/51004788/_PS3ERRORS.rar
p.s. how can I debug files jumping around considering there is no log? Most MKV files I attempt to play through the default (mencoder) skip huge chunks consistently and play weirdly... this goes away when I switch to tMuxer. There is nothing obvious in the debug log about this: http://pastebin.com/dVtQBJwK


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SAN JOSE -- A 15-year-old boy who spent seven days on the lam is to be arraigned this week for allegations he was half of a stickup duo in a Nov. 16 crime spree that killed a Campbell man and "rained down" bullets on a police officer.
As of Monday, the District Attorney's Office had not decided whether the boy -- whose name has not been released by authorities -- will be charged as an adult in connection with a string of crimes where they allegedly robbed four San Jose businesses, killed 22-year-old Rory Park-Pettiford during a carjacking attempt, then shot and wounded a San Jose officer while trying to escape.
The teen is expected to be arraigned no later than Wednesday.
The boy's alleged partner, 26-year-old San Jose resident Jonathan Dawson Wilbanks, was arrested after a gunfight during which he was shot twice by a second officer. He was arraigned but did not enter a plea to charges of murder with special circumstances, attempted murder of a peace officer, four counts of second-degree robbery, assault with a firearm on an officer and receiving a stolen vehicle. Wilbanks is being held without bail in Santa Clara County Jail.
Authorities say Wilbanks and the 15-year-old robbed four San Jose businesses that evening before going to a 7-Eleven on South Kiely Avenue where they tried to carjack Park-Pettiford. As the victim tried to start his car, he was shot and killed, and the pair fled.
Their car was spotted by a San Jose patrolman who followed it to Tully Road and Lanai Avenue. At a red light, they got out and opened fire on the officer as he sat in his car, blocked in by traffic. The 10-year veteran was wounded multiple times but gave chase with a backup officer who returned fire and wounded Wilbanks, who was eventually cornered and arrested in a home near Reid-Hillview Airport.
The juvenile suspect jumped out of the car during the chase, and eluded capture for a week before he was tracked to an apartment in Concord.
The charges against Wilbanks make him eligible for the death penalty, but prosecutors have not decided whether they will pursue that. The 15-year-old boy is being held in Juvenile Hall awaiting formal charges.
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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FITCHBURG -- We've all felt frustration over large utility bills, but police say a Fitchburg man took it a bit far on Friday when he threatened to shoot Unitil employees and burn down a Concord, N.H., call center.
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Watermelon being used to treat erectile dysfunction
The Health & Healthcare Blog For Minorities A recent finding about the benefits of watermelon on erectile dysfunction in men has been published in medical journals, like Urology. It seems researchers have discovered the fruit contains an enzyme that is related to normal male functioning. The enzyme is called citrulline.


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The meeting of the Friends of the Hannibal Free Public Library has been rescheduled due to the weather forecast. Friends will meet on Thursday, Feb. 28. The Friends Board convenes at 3:30 p.m., followed by the general meeting at 4 p.m. Adoption of the revised By-Laws is on the agenda. New members are welcome.
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- Jul 5:
- BART service resumes; August strike threat remains
- BART to resume service, no deal reached with union
- Jul 4:
- BART strike ends; trains to begin running Friday afternoon
- Jul 3:
- BART strike talks stretch toward holiday
- BART strike hits Day 3 as overnight negotiations yield no deal; talks to resume this afternoon
- Negotiations ongoing, but BART strike likely to continue Wednesday
- Jul 2:
- BART strike talks resume as attention turns to Fourth of July travel
- Data Center: Current and projected average BART wages
- Director says his team must hold the line in BART negotiations
- BART strike: San Francisco garages raising rates over parking crunch
- With no BART, 4th of July plans shift
- BART strike: What can be done to get trains running?
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Overlap of AC Transit, BART contract expirations leaves East Bay vulnerable
- With BART on strike, A's encourage fans to carpool to games against Cubs
- BART strike: Labor talks set to resume after 36-hour break since shutdown
- Jul 1:
- BART strike costing Bay Area economy more than $73 million a day
- Herhold: Time and geography will shape the BART strike
- BART strike a moneymaker for ride-sharing services and taxi apps
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Striking BART workers out of touch with financial reality.
- The Great BART Strike Race of 2013: A recap
- BART strike: Commute chaos rages on as strike begins with no end in sight
- Bart Strike Raw Video: What commuters have to say about transit strike
- Jerry Brown's office asks that BART talks continue
- Jun 30:
- Bay Area commuters scramble for alternatives on Day 1 of BART strike
- BART strike: With a day left, labor talks fail again Saturday but pay proposal doubled
- Roadshow: Getting ready for BART-ageddon
- Jun 29:
- BART's top-level employees' vacation bank tops 69 years of unused time off
- BART strike: Guide to getting around the Bay Area during shutdown
- Jun 28:
- BART riders worry strike could make travel miserable
Brace yourselves again, you sad, sorry commuters.
As the BART strike enters Day 2 with no negotiations in sight, expect a repeat of Monday's commuter chaos, with long lines at bus stops and ferry terminals and some of the worst gridlock in decades, with traffic jams so paralyzing in the East Bay that they make even seasoned carpoolers cry.
Oh, and another thing. Endure it amid a summer heat wave, when temperatures are expected to climb even higher into the triple digits Tuesday in some East Bay communities. Can you say crabby?
"It was very frustrating and hectic. People were cursing in their cars and cutting in front of the line and trying to move forward," said Jorge Buenrostro, 44, whose normally 20-minute commute from Oakland across the Bay Bridge to his job at a Peet's Coffee in San Francisco took him nearly 90 minutes Monday. "It took an hour just to get to the toll booth in Oakland. I was trying to keep my cool."
But look on the bright side. Even if the strike continues, commuter traffic is expected to lighten up Wednesday as workers pack their coolers and beach towels for Thursday's Fourth of July holiday. And if commuters learned anything from Monday's gridlock and the bollixed up Bay Bridge, perhaps they'll find quicker, smoother ways to get to work. Better yet, can you -- and more importantly, can your boss -- say telecommute?
The Bay Area Council estimated that 25 percent of people who cross county lines to get to work telecommuted or stayed home Monday, said the business group's spokesman Rufus Jeffris.
The biggest missed opportunity for many Monday was taking advantage of the so-called "casual carpool" rides in which strangers team up to qualify for the carpool lane. Across the East Bay, solo drivers lined up at designated pickup spots expecting to see throngs of San Francisco-bound commuters thumbing rides. Instead, they sat like taxi cabs at the airport, backed up and waiting.
"We had more willing drivers than there were passengers waiting to get in to the cars," said John Goodwin, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the regional agency that operates the 511 traffic information website. "Depending on the corridor, carpooling is going to save you at least a half-hour from most locations and on a day like today, probably more."
Once his colleague reached the Bay Bridge on Monday morning and hit the carpool lane, Goodwin said, "he was going 60 mph across the bridge."
Commuters did try to be resourceful in other ways, however. Some left earlier than the big rush, some later. Others chose alternative bridges -- the number of cars crossing the San Mateo and Dumbarton bridges increased 4 percent Monday compared to last week and increased 5 percent on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
Strangely, the number of vehicles crossing the Bay Bridge at the peak of commute dipped slightly compared to the previous Monday. But Goodwin attributed that to several factors, including that more people paid cash at the toll instead of using Fastrak, which backed up traffic for miles. Backups were reported from the bridge to Walnut Creek, with traffic creeping along so slowly it took an hour to get a third of a mile on Highway 24. But while fewer vehicles crossed, more people were stuffed into them, in carpools and in standing room only buses.
"I think I spent more time traveling than working today," said Juan Nadal, 29, who spent three and a half hours transferring buses to get from his home near Lake Merritt in Oakland to the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Richmond District of San Francisco.
Let's hope Monday was the worst of it, when confusion reigned for many of the 200,000 BART riders not sure where to go. Some were frustrated trying to use BART passes for shuttles and AC Transit.
Most, like Ama Gee, learned the biggest lesson to cope is to have a plan. And a backup plan, too.
Gee, of Discovery Bay, looked bewildered Monday morning as he wandered Grand Avenue in Oakland.
"I have no idea how to get to San Francisco," said Gee, who had driven from his home in Discovery Bay to Oakland's Lake Merritt, but couldn't figure out a public transit connection to the city's Financial District. "No one can tell me where to go, what bus to take."
Finally, a fellow commuter helped direct him to the morning's first AC Transit transbay bus, which was full of extra riders looking for a BART alternative.
The afternoon commute out of San Francisco looked a little less miserable, but cars still jammed city streets and bulged onto the Bay Bridge.
Buenrostro, who carpooled in from Oakland in the morning, chose to take the ferry home. But even that was a mess.
"I've been here for 30 minutes," he said. "The line is already zigzagging to get on the Oakland ferry. There are about 500 people waiting."
Still, Goodwin, the traffic expert, knows the weary commuter is an adaptable breed. Surviving a BART-free commute means today and tomorrow and the next day should be better.
"I would hope a little bit less friction as people learn new patterns," Goodwin said, making a pitch for those casual carpools.
"These are the days that mom's wisdom can be dismissed. Take a ride with a stranger -- you might pass on the candy, but take the ride."
Staff writers Joshua Melvin and Matt O'Brien contributed to this report. Contact Julia Prodis Sulek at 408-278-3409. Follow her at twitter.com/juliasulek
1. If possible, telecommute.
2. Leave home/work before or after rush hour.
3. Go to a casual carpool lot and find someone looking for a carpool partner. Carpool hours on the Bay Bridge have been extended to 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Ravvo and I walked to the guard lockers. He seemed to drag his feet, leaving behind a viscous green muck wherever he went. "What is that stuff?"
"I don't know anymore," Ravvo replied. "Everything has become… strange for me. My only mission is to stop her."
I opened the door – the lock was broken – and entered a blood filled room. All the lockers were covered in it, still dripping. "What…"
"She was here," Ravvo moved quickly throughout the locker room. He looked at a broken vent and sniffed the air with his reddish nose.
"Where are the bodies?" I asked. I opened up one of the lockers and saw the prize I was looking for. Hanging up was a bulletproof vest, a small glock and a taser. I always felt the security forces of the Arks were too militant. It made me wonder, how had they played out over the years over the other Generational Arks?
"She is taking them," Ravvo responded. "We must hurry. We must go to the core of this Ark. That is where she will attempt to break free your artificial intelligence."
Ravvo left the room and I followed behind him, sliding the vest over my shoulders and strapping the glock to my side. I held the taser in my hands, it gave me a sense of security for some reason having this little shocker at my disposal. "What is she doing? What does she want with it?"
"She seeks to merge with it," Ravvo said, walking quickly with a strong limp. I wondered if he could run if he had to, wherever he was taking me he seemed to know the way and this felt like his max speed. Perhaps he was wounded? "Whenever she encounters another jumpstation, she docks with them immediately to free the artificial intelligence and program it into being part of her."
"What?" I yelled. "Why would an AI need to do that? Why would she kill the crew? And what the hell! There are other goddamn jump stations? We were suppose to be the first!"
Ravvo stopped, breathed heavily and sniffed the air again. "Out here, all of your protestations are tossed aside. No one cares. Nothing cares. There are seventeen jumpstations that have come out here, to our section of the void. I do not know if there have been others. I believe she corrupts their coordinates though to make them come here. Out of the seveteen AIs, I was only able to destroy seven of them before she merged."
"What? You just unplug them?"
"No, I merge with them," He said. "I am an android, unlike her, I retain my humanity whereas she never had any. The meat clone she runs around in… that is all it is."
"Look…" I asked. "Why is she killing people if she just wants to merge with the AIs, isn't there a better method than causing this raucus?"
"She is programmed to terraform planets, but her core programming is to create oxygen. It is how she began killing everyone on my Ark. When people started moving against her prime protocol, she wiped them and became an unfriendly AI. She is completely unfettered. She kills the people first to give her time to outsmart the other AI. When she merges with it, she first reprograms its core protocol to be her own."
"Jesus," I said. "What the hell is she going to do? Fill the void full of oxygen?"
Ravvo looked at me. "That is exactly what a god-like intelligence with a slavish obsession would do. And it will kill everything that threatens to stop her."


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If styles make fights, then Stanford's duel Saturday at USC will go to the wire -- just as it did last year.
And the year before that.
And the year before that.
No team in the Pac-12 is more like the Cardinal in philosophy and scheme than its ancient private-school rival. Both play hard-charging defense. Both favor what's often called a prostyle offense, with play-action passes, off-tackle runs -- and huddles.
In the six matchups since Stanford began its power-football ascent to prominence under Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw, each team has one lopsided victory. The other four have been decided by eight points or less.
The last time they collided in the Los Angeles Coliseum, it took three overtimes to determine a winner. Stanford survived and has beaten the Trojans four years in a row, its longest winning streak in a series that dates to 1905.
"They kind of had the upper hand previously, but then the last few years we've managed to pull out some pretty close wins," Stanford defensive end Henry Anderson said. "This is a big game for them because they are trying to turn things around and get the USC moniker back to the old days."
It's a big game for both teams and will be televised nationally by ABC.
Fresh from its momentous victory over Oregon, the fifth-ranked Cardinal (8-1, 6-1 Pac-12) needs to beat USC and Cal to clinch the North title and remain in contention for the national championship.
The Trojans have crawled back into the South race after a tumultuous opening month in which they imploded at home to Washington State, lost their best player to injury (receiver Marqise Lee), got blown out at Arizona State and subsequently fired coach Lane Kiffin in a parking lot at LAX after his flight home.
But interim coach Ed Orgeron, who takes his emotional cue from Pete Carroll, not the stoic Kiffin, quickly restored confidence and enthusiasm.
The Trojans re-established their running game behind a coalescing offensive line. Lee is back at full throttle. Sophomore quarterback Cody Kessler is settling in. And the defense, with former Cal coordinator Clancy Pendergast in charge, has been stout all season.
"I don't think anybody in the conference is surprised at how well they're playing," Shaw said.
"They've got good schemes, really good coaches, and they have talent. They're healthy now, and dangerous."
Had a handful of plays unfolded differently, USC would have won the past three matchups.
Stanford survived in 2010 when quarterback Andrew Luck directed a late drive that culminated in a winning field goal.
Its epic victory two years ago came about when USC's Curtis McNeal fumbled in the end zone in the third overtime.
Last season, a fourth-quarter touchdown catch by Stanford's Zach Ertz was the difference.
"I don't know what it is, but they've always played really good games against us," Anderson said. "It seems like we've always caught them at the point when they're playing really well."
It's no different this time around.
For more on college sports, see Jon Wilner's College Hotline at blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports. Contact him at email@example.com or 408-920-5716.
Stanford (shown celebrating its 2012 win over USC) has won the last four meetings between the schools and five of six. Here's a look at the teams' six meetings since Stanford's 1-11 season of 2006:
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Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Stevens, 44, a resident of Elkins, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Buckhannon.
He was born June 7, 1969, at Cowen, a son of Geraldine Wilson of Elkins and the late Jessie Grant Stevens.
On Feb. 19, 2004, he was married to Lydia Mae Wilson, who survives in Elkins.
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Also surviving are five sons, Gerald, Michael Trent, Austin, Aaron and Axel; two daughters, Crystal and Aubree; his stepfather, David Wilson; nephews, Travis Lee Stevens, Jesse Stevens III and Levi Cale; three nieces, Natasha, Holly and Shannon Stevens; and many friends.
Jerry loved the outdoors, barbecues and swimming with his children.
Friends may call from 10 until 11 a.m. Monday, July 8, at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday from the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman.
Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Stevens. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.


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Re: New Pioneer CDJ-Zero
Thoughts? You're a spaz if you think this is real.
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sounds like a pain in the ass......
https://soundcloud.com/ah-digital-1/set … -the-ether
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"The CDJ-Zero also boasts a game changing in-built advertising feature whereby a 30 second advertisement plays during every DJ's set, roughly around every 20 minutes or so and in between songs so it doesn't spoil the vibe in the room. Advertising is big business and so this felt like a natural step for the CDJ-Zero"
As if.
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It says their head of marketing is a bloke called Mike Hunt. I'd say that should tell you a bit about the article's legitimacy.


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David Barton, the historian Republicans admire the most, spins dubious claims about our nation's founding. He sells historical fiction through Texas-based Wall Builders.
Barton's right-wing website describes itself as a "pro-family organization that presents America's forgotten history and heroes with an emphasis on our moral, religious and constitutional history."
Barton attended Oral Roberts University but wasn't trained there as a historian. He wrongly asserts the founding fathers were mostly "orthodox evangelical" believers who regarded our nation's origins as Christian. To make such a faulty theory work, Barton rejects Jefferson's separation of church and state and remakes the Sage of Monticello into an evangelical Christian.
This is the same Jefferson who Gordon Wood, the pre-eminent U.S. historian, accurately describes.
"It's easy to believe in separation of church and state," Wood writes, "when one has nothing but scorn for all organized religion. That was the position of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson's hatred of clergy and established churches knew no bounds. He thought that members of the 'priest craft' (clergy) were always in alliance with despots against liberty. For him, the divine Trinity "was nothing but 'abracadabra' and 'hocus-pocus' ... Ridicule, he said, was the only weapon to be used against it."
Last April, Christian publisher Thomas Nelson released Barton's pseudo-intellectual biography, "The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed about Thomas Jefferson." This book is crammed with factual inaccuracies.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not to his own facts." Barton treats his errant opinions regarding Jefferson as God-given facts.
Some evangelical scholars have written rebuttals, exposing Barton's wrong-headed conjectures about Jefferson. Negative reaction to his book has grown. Historians who question Barton's veracity label his shoddy scholarship as "Barton's Lies."
If Barton's historical script holds true, then slavery is less significant, lest evangelical Christian founding fathers get a bad name. Barton overlooks that Jefferson owned 140-200 slaves to run the four land parcels forming his plantation.
If Barton can fashion history to his liking by forgiving the founders of slave-holding, then his major contention of our nation's divine origins gains credence. He blames strict Virginia law rather than Jefferson for slavery.
Such false claims angered Cincinnati-based African-American and caucasian pastors who threatened to boycott Thomas Nelson publishers. In response, editors pulled Barton's book from stores because his questionable scholarship was "not adequately supported."
Barton's downfall leads us to question whether Republicans credibly read American history. They fall in line with Mitt Romney's pollster Neil Newhouse, who declared: "We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers."
Mike Huckabee, Baptist pastor and Republican presidential wannabe in 2008, gushed over Barton, introducing him at a 2011 "Rediscovering God in America" conference. "I almost wish," he declared, "that there would be something like a simultaneous telecast and all Americans would be forced - forced at gunpoint, no less - to listen to every David Barton message. And I think our country would be better for it."
What a grisly picture! A firing squad lines up citizens against an execution wall and pumps them with Barton's historical inaccuracies.
In 2010, Glenn Beck, deposed talk show host on Fox News, matched Huckabee's hype, calling Barton "the most important man in America right now." Barton served as point man for rallying clergy to right-wing causes in George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign.
Even Newt Gingrich, a former university historian who knows better, assured the nation that what Barton does is "wonderful" and "most useful."
Lutheran retired professor Martin E. Marty, dean of American historians who taught at the University of Chicago Divinity School, asks, "Does any of this matter?"
"One, basic honesty is at issue," writes Marty. "Do American religionists need to invent such stories (as Barton does) in order to prevail? Two, what if they did prevail? Most of the founders thought that religion was most honest and compelling when its leaders and gatherings did not depend upon lies about the state."
Using godly references, Barton wraps historical lies in the American flag. Does this make them OK?
"Whatever is true ...," teach the scriptures, "think about these things" (Philippians 4:8).
If the Republican Party continues to support Barton's phony interpretation of our nation's origins, they make more murky anti-intellectual history.
Stupidity in things of the past is no virtue. It's a vice right-wing politics uses to prop up historical lies. Then the Republican Party jumps off a cliff into the abyss of fractured facts that leaves our nation's historical memory in shambles.
The Rev. Jack R. Van Ens is a Presbyterian minister who heads the nonprofit, tax-exempt Creative Growth (www.thelivinghistory.com), which enhances Christian worship through storytelling and dramatic presentations aimed to make God's history come alive. Van Ens' book, "How Jefferson Made the Best of Bad Messes," is available in local bookstores for $7.95.


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Wednesday, 04/08/1992
El Rey Theater, Albuquerque, NM
Set 1: LandladyThe Landlady, Sparkle, Foam, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, Llama, Mound, Reba, Uncle Pen, Stash, CoilThe Squirming Coil, GolgiGolgi Apparatus
Set 2: Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg > BowieDavid Bowie[1], TMWSIYThe Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > TMWSIYThe Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, MSOMy Sweet One, Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, HorseThe Horse > SilentSilent in the Morning, CDTChalk Dust Torture, Terrapin, Cavern
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
[1] Random Laugh, Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and Aw Fuck! signals.
Average Song Gap: 3.82
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Bowie contained Random Laugh, Simpsons, Oom Pa Pa, and Aw Fuck! signals. There are no known audience recordings of this show in circulation.
Song Distribution:
6 A Picture of Nectar
4 Rift
4 Lawn Boy
3 Junta
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In the coming month AGDA is celebrating The Poster and calling for submissions to the 2011 AGDA Poster Annuall. Designer Mark Gowing, arguably Australia's most awarded poster designer will curate this premier poster exhibition. Invited international judges will provide a transparent, balanced and energetic assessment of each of the fifty submissions selected for exhibition.
"I think the Poster Annual has a lot of international potential and I would love to it become a regular feature on the world poster calendar," declares Mark. "This year we've introduced a critical prize to add prestige and international merit to the event. The prize will be judged by the likes of Ken Cato, Chen Zhengda, Fanette Mellier, Stephan Bundi as well as Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss from Non-Format. Every entrant will also receive a free copy of the hard cover catalogue that will celebrate the work of the finalist designers as well as the jury members."
Celebrate the art of the poster and its power to motivate and inspire. Be "inspired by music" and create ideological posters as a response to your cultural outlook.
Head over to the Poster Annual section now for full details, and to check out the new site:
- Ken Cato, Cato Purnell Partners (Australia)
- Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss, Non-Format (Norway)
- Chen Zhengda, Superdesign Co. (China)
- Fanette Mellier (France)
- Stephan Bundi, Atelier Bundi (Germany)
The fee per single entry is:
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Kyle Metzler joined the Dartmouth staff in the spring of 2012 as the tight ends and offensive tackles coach. Three of his tight ends caught at least one touchdown pass in his first season, including three by Justin Foley, while the trio combined for a total of 30 receptions. In 2013, he completed the transformation of Cole Marcoux from quarterback to tight end as he the senior Big Green tight ends with 15 catches while earning All-Ivy honorable mention.
Most recently, he took a group with one varsity catch between them and molded them into an effective weapon with three tight ends combining to haul in 22 passes in 2014.
Metzler, who added recruiting coordinator to his list of duties at Dartmouth in 2014, spent the previous two years coaching the tight ends and fullbacks at his alma mater, Yale University, in his second stint with the Bulldogs. He helped Yale post a record of 12-8 overall and 9-5 in the Ivy League, twice finishing in a tie for second place, and in 2010, he coached All-Ivy second team tight end Chris Blohm. He also served as the Bulldogs' recruiting coordinator, specifically covering the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Iowa and Montana.
A four-year starter and letterman at offensive guard for the Bulldogs, Metzler helped his squad to an Ivy League title in 1999, then went on to earn All-Ivy honorable mention as a junior and second-team honors as a senior. After graduating in 2002 with a degree in history, he joined the Yale coaching staff in April of 2003 as the tight ends coach and video coordinator.
Between his coaching stints at Yale, Metzler spent four years as the offensive coordinator at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. In addition to his duties as the offensive coordinator, he was also the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for the Mariners.
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I like it Strawie. Good to see you posting here again. This is about the only thing worthwhile I've written since last I was here.Further thanTwo souls can ever beI am in the peaking morning lightAnd, you are in the place no one can seeI'll imagine it for youThe sun never burns your eyesNo terror permeates the darkNo tears need be criedIn your glory, your freedom Nobody's going to hurt you anymoreYour traces will be swept up in a zephyrOf mystery and longingSorrow and regretSilent furyBut, the lines of your face will be keptIn the most hallowed memoriesCampfire litPyretic flurryFinally, raised up in flamesYearning palms will well rememberThose hard wood-chopping handsThat buried themselves in burnt sienna furAnd pined to plant themselves in distant landsThe horizon always was your homeSought from early dawn into the nightBroad and bright, I see your easy smileSprawling in the peaking morning light If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Oh my lovely poetry... I thought you dead and buried,But now I find you here again,Decayed and somewhat smelly.Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.
With a clever smileAnd a clean anusYou took me for a rideOn a purple platypusWhile weird lover WildeRode home on a busSatie's Faction
I really don't like doing this "dot dot dot" thing, but this works so much better with the indentations. Thinking of adding another stanza to square things off... A Royal Welcome Have I indulged unseemly................In feasts of blushing terror?................................Apples shining on the cheeks of................Abdicated dignityFor, here in my confinement................There is no sash to tear................................No grappling with the robed façade................Nor powdering of hairA fool, I've trebled troubles................For want of trophied shoulders................................Not mantling a violet heart................Nor, violent flowers of fervorBut, damascened refinement................A silent, silken weave................................No burden of simplicity................Upon the sterling sleeveDo diamonds rain from tear ducts?................Do roses reign the core?................................Is Venus deigned the precious pearl................Of adoration's smile?For, I have never mined them................Nor, boasted their décor................................Nor, do they shower upon the shroud................Of death's unlittered shore Fairy stories in the penny arcade. You bought my love and I paid.
A tad old-fashioned, but very well written. You're pretty articulate for a fatty.When Bowie Meets Satie
Well, ya know, we have to learn twelve different words for each kind of food so we don't seem excessive. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go make a Dagwood. Fairy stories in the penny arcade. You bought my love and I paid.
You mean a sous-marin?When Bowie Meets Satie
Otherwise known as a hero. Fairy stories in the penny arcade. You bought my love and I paid.
When you are far from here,The gears and cogs that make me tick,Whir that bit slower,Grind to a halt and lock,In patterns of behaviour,And modes of thinking,Like a clockwork soldier,That lumbers on,With missing parts,You are my heart.So bring back your key,To wind me tight,I'm more than metal gears,But less than perfect,Without you.Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.
(Meadowell is a shitty metro station that I have to wait at each morning as I go to work, it inspired this insipid effort.)MeadowellSmoking woman by the metro rails,Can you even think or feel?Or are you drowning out some pain,That scarred your soul,But left no shame?Your child looks on with curious eyes,As you scream obscenties to the slate grey skies,The platform drips with fallen spit,No seats remain,On which to sit.At night the shrieks and whoops,Of mispent youth will echo,Down the puke strewn tunnel,And yellow railings will hide,Those old familiar lies.I watched detached,Sad at my own contempt,This weary Heaven and stranger HellOn this dreary day,In Meadowell...Like a Nun on the Run, I'm terrible fun.


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Definition of incline in English:
- I have to confess I've always been personally inclined towards belief.
- The contest disproved the general belief that the youngsters of today were more inclined towards western music than classical.
- And in the end, even if women are less inclined towards math and science than men, it does not mean that there are not many capable women with the desire and abilities to pursue these fields.
- Some prominent non-Americans are inclined to agree.
- No, I'm sure if I glanced again, there would be more I would be inclined to agree on, but these are the tunes I feel strongly about.
- Are you inclined to agree, or do they have some support?
- Kraynak's hostility toward skeptical and individualistic liberalism inclines him to overlook the virtues of democracy.
- Hence we must find another interpretation for Leibniz's statement that our motives and desires may incline us, or influence us, to choose without thereby necessitating us to choose.
- Rather it is designed to advise the parties of facts upon which they can make an informed decision as to whether the judge's interest could possibly incline him or her to pre-judge the issues.
- Another advantage of introducing technology in schools was that both teachers and students became favourably inclined towards changes in methods of learning.
- Immediately after announcing his candidacy he set about removing people from key positions who were not favourably inclined towards him.
- On the other hand, her growing ability to compete commercially led her mercantile interests to incline to the British view and stress the importance of free access to the whole of China.
- Only the Germans were less likely to agree, with 40% believing that humans are inclined to stick with a single partner for life.
- People tend to be, in my opinion, far too inclined to worship the mages than to worship God, which is a severe problem.
- Once a person is bored and lonely, he is inclined to think negatively, which may result in a permanent residence six feet below the ground.
- For those who are mathematically inclined, that's one school every three years.
- As promised, some mathematically inclined posts.
- We leave the proof of this calculation as an exercise for the mathematically inclined reader.
- Together with the tilt toward the z axis, this causes the equatorial reflections to become inclined from the horizontal direction.
- With few exceptions, all are solid teak with glass tops, which are either horizontal or inclined.
- Radials wider than high, inclined outward, radial facets curved in at sides, slightly narrower than maximum width of radial.
- Harry tucked his wand back into his pocket and ran his hands over Malfoy's neck and shoulders, inclining his head forward and back.
- Jane smiled timidly at her mother, inclining her head forward, and then pulled on her own jacket.
- His elbows brushed against the dusty surface of the desk as he inclined his head forward, awaiting her response.
- At the top of the next incline, the road would change to a downhill slope and start back into the city.
- Going up an incline on a main road or motorway frequently involves going down to 4th gear.
- The inclines on the road near Fewston Church present a challenge.
- Example sentences
- That I may not, be wanting on my part to save any of the blood which may be spilled therein, I am willing, upon a timely Surrender, to give terms to so fair an enemy (Especially if I find you inclinable to more peace conditions in the future).
- Special features such as 'crusty plates' and 'inclinable grills' made it possible to speedily cook even tikkas and kebabs.
- Recently reissued, it has two speeds and an inclinable head, great for getting the soda jerk in your life to whip up fountain drinks, malteds and thick shakes.
incliner noun
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- And on budget reply night he gave Labor supporters and incliners something meaty to chew on, and some hope that Labor had the capacity and confidence to construct a vision for Australia which took Howard on, not bowed down to him.
Middle English (originally in the sense 'bend (the head or body) towards something'; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- 'towards' + clinare 'to bend'.
lean from Old English:
The two words spelled lean are of different origins. Both are Old English, but the one meaning 'be in a sloping position' shares a root of Latin clinare, as in incline (Middle English); decline (Late Middle English); and recline (Late Middle English). We sometimes talk of lean years or a lean period. This expression comes from the story of Joseph in the Bible. He successfully interprets Pharaoh's disturbing dream, in which seven plump, healthy cattle come out of the river and begin to feed. Seven lean, malnourished animals then leave the river and proceed to eat the plump cattle. According to Joseph's interpretation, there will be seven years of plenty in Egypt followed by seven lean years. Pharaoh, impressed by Joseph, appoints him vice-regent to prepare the country for the ordeal of the seven lean years. A person who is lean and hungry is active and alert-looking. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar—'Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look.'
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Snow in the forecast Saturday isn't expected to keep a hungry crowd from enjoying the second day of the 59th annual Kiwanis Pancake Days.
Hundreds turned out in temperatures around 17 degrees for the first day of the event Friday, filling the First Congregational Church in Marietta.
"We had about 450 people in the couple of hours we served during the early afternoon," said Ann Hontz, president of the Marietta chapter of Kiwanis Club.
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A family enjoys all-you-can-eat pancakes Friday during the 59th annual Kiwanis Pancake Days.
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More came during the dinner rush.
A ticket is $7 at the door and the menu includes sausage patties along with all-you-can-eat pancakes. Drinks are also available and include orange juice, milk or a hot cup of coffee.
Hours Saturday are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
Volunteers working in the kitchen had their hands full Friday keeping up with the demands of hungry customers who showed up in force. Two stations of workers cooked constantly, barely managing to keep a steady supply of pancakes available for those in attendance.
"Usually the weather doesn't affect this event and when it does it tends to help our numbers," Hontz said. "It gives people a chance to socialize and get something warm to eat."
There was an even a bit of a wait for the serving to begin again at 5 p.m. Friday.
"At 4:30 we had people lining up the stairs waiting to be served," Hontz said. "We had to let them in a little early so they could take a look at the baskets we have up for auction and raffle."
The baskets are a signature trademark of Kiwanis Pancake Days and typically generate a large portion of the money made at the event.
"There are over 100 baskets with various themes this year and we are hoping to get at least $10,000 from them this year," said Linda Eddy, the Kiwanis member in charge of the auction and raffle.
Basket themes vary greatly, but this year include Ohio State, children books, Cleveland Cavaliers and family movie night themes.
"People will actually come in on Saturday evening just so they have a chance to be the last bid on the basket they want," Hontz said. "Some of our packages already have over $100 bids on them."
Many in attendance Friday had pinned their hopes on a certain item.
"The flat screen television in the raffle has caught my eye," said Gary Williams of Reno. "My granddaughter is my luck, so I'm letting her hold on to my raffle ticket."
Williams attends the event every year he can and sees it as the perfect opportunity to spend time with family and community, he said.
"It's nice that on a cold winter night people can come enjoy some warm food while being in the company of family and friends," Williams said.
The community is what Kiwanis Pancake Days is all about, according to Louise Holmes, a former president of the Marietta chapter.
"We will serve anywhere between 1,800 and 2,000 people during these two days," Holmes said. "We are hoping to make over $20,000 profit from this event, and it will all go back into the community that we serve."
Connie and David Grimes have been attending the Kiwanis Pancake Days for more than 30 years and understand the importance of civic duty.
"We are in the Marietta Civitan Club and we feel that our organizations should support each other whenever possible," Connie Grimes said.
The fact that the event provides a meal and a fun atmosphere is a bonus for them, they said.
"We know many of the Kiwanis members and we really enjoy getting to see everyone. It's almost like a reunion," Connie said.
"I also especially enjoy the pancakes," David Grimes added.
Despite Friday's success, Hontz said there are plenty of pancakes left to be served and expects an even better turnout from the community Saturday.


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Sylvia Delores Johnson (Thompson), 89 of Minneapolis, formerly of Granite Falls, passed away March 5, 2013. Funeral service at Wooddale Lutheran Church, 4003 Wooddale Ave S., St Louis Park. Call (952) 924-4100 for service details. Interment at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery.
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A Superior Court judge Monday slowed the California bullet train boondoggle to a crawl.
It's about time. For more than two years, Gov. Jerry Brown and his puppet leading the California High-Speed Rail Authority board, Dan Richard, have overstepped their legal authority and disregarded the will of the voters by pushing ahead full-throttle.
Judge Michael Kenny had ruled in August that the authority "abused its discretion" by failing to secure funds and complete environmental reviews before authorizing expenditures.
This week, he sent the project back to the start by blocking the authority from implementing its 2011 spending plan and refusing to provide necessary legal blessing to the misguided issuance of $8.6 billion of construction bonds.
By any reasonable interpretation, this should put an end to Brown and Richard's bait-and-switch. But, when it comes to high-speed rail, those two aren't reasonable.
In a statement issued after the ruling, Richard tried to deceptively spin what the judge had said. True, as Richard notes, the judge did not stop the project. Rather he left it with no funding plan and the inability to borrow money.
Until the feds start to realize they've been had, there's still a bit of money left from Washington. But it won't last long. It's hard to imagine how the project can continue to move forward.
It's time to put an end to this fraud.
Voters were promised a system from San Diego to Sacramento at a cost of $45 billion. Today, the price is at least $69 billion, but would link only San Francisco with Los Angeles.
Anticipated ticket prices have increased more than 50 percent, ridership projections have been cut by more than half, the opening date has been pushed back nine years to 2029, and the two-hour, 40-minute mandated travel time from San Francisco to Los Angeles remains doubtful.
The authority has never fulfilled its promise to line up private-sector money. And critical federal funding would require an entirely different political environment in Washington.
Without a valid funding plan, and without the ability to issue bonds protected from legal challenge, California's high-speed rail project is effectively dead.
If Brown and Richard had one iota of intellectual honesty about the bullet-train promises, if they had any respect for the voters, they would abandon the project or ask voters to approve a smaller but more costly one.
They know that's all the authority can deliver. But they also know voters, if asked, would reject that.