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The new "Get Stoked" winter film series starts tonight at Warren Station, located in River Run Village at Keystone. The evening features two films - "Because" by Two Plank Productions, a story-based project featuring backcountry adventures shot over two record snowfall winters around the globe, and "The Eighty Six," a ski film by Stept Productions that takes guerilla filmmaking to new levels. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the films start at 7:30 p.m. It's $5/adults and free for 12 and under.
Breckenridge's Backstage Theatre is seeking actors and actresses, 20 to 60, for "Out of Order," a British farce by Ray Cooney. All positions are paid. Auditions take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Starkey Productions, 8201 E. Pacific Place, Denver. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (970) 412-0710 to schedule an audition. The show plays Feb. 8 through March 23; rehearsals start in late December and take place in Denver and Breckenridge. Info: www.backstagetheatre.org
The South Park Friends of the Fairplay Library will host events with Colorado poet laureate David Mason Saturday and Sunday to support construction of the South Park Learning Center. On Saturday from 1-3 p.m., Mason will host a Poetry Writers Workshop at the Fairplay Library, 418 Main St. Reservations: (970) 836-4299. Mason will also review entries in a Poetry Challenge, with awards to be announced at Sunday's brunch, $12, at the American Legion, 601 Clark St., Fairplay. Email poetry entries to, and get brunch tickets from email@example.com or call (719) 836-4297. See www.spfofl.org for more details.
Step through the doors of "the spookiest establishment in Breckenridge" on Halloween (Wednesday) for Haunted Hearthstone, a three-course dinner with menu options including "baked Big Bird," "filet of roast beast," "King of the Deep monster salmon" and "vampire vegetarian spring roll." Guests are encouraged to dress in costume, and prizes will be awarded in several categories. Hosted by the Hearthstone Restaurant, 130 S. Ridge St., the 7-9 p.m. dinner costs $50 and benefits community events and programs of the Backstage Theatre. RSVP: (970) 453-0199.
The deadline for the Bach, Beethoven and Breckenridge poster contest is Thursday. Work may be in oil, watercolor, pastel or acrylic and should measure 18 inches x 24 inches, vertical or horizontal. Musical themes are encouraged but not required. Bring submissions to Hang Time Gallery. Public voting takes place Thursday through Nov.13, followed by a reception Nov. 13. Info: Sue Feldman, firstname.lastname@example.com
Nearly 6,000 a cappella vocalists congregate in Denver for Sweet Adelines International's 66th annual convention and competition, Monday through Nov. 3 at the Pepsi Center and the Colorado Convention Center (CCC). Sweet Adelines International will have learning tracks, sheet music and other items for music lovers on sale. More than 65 quartets and 40 choruses will compete, and all competition concerts are open to the public. Individual tickets can be purchased at the CCC, Monday and Tuesday, and at the Pepsi Center, Wednesday through Nov. 3. Info: (800) 992-7464 or www.sweetadelineintl.org
Access Gallery, 909 Santa Fe Drive in Denver, presents an exhibit showcasing the paintings of three deaf artists - Nancy Rourke, Tony Fowler and Warren Miller - whose latest work focuses on the deaf culture in America. "De'VIA" (Deaf View, Image, Art) opened last week and runs through Nov. 10.
The Summit Daily has an internship opportunity available starting in November. Interns will commit to a set weekly schedule, with duties to include writing articles, proofing pages, fact-checking and organizational duties as assigned. A background in journalism and knowledge of Associated Press style preferred. This is a great way to build a portfolio of published clips while learning the ins and outs of the newsroom under the guidance of a college teacher. Info: email@example.com


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More Information on Research and Clinical Trials
This is a post by Autism Speaks' Assistant Director of Science Communication and Special Projects Leanne Chukoskie, Ph.D.
On Friday, a short post with a link to a clinical trial led by Curemark was highlighted in e-Speaks and on Autism Speaks' Facebook page. The post generated a many questions and comments, some of which could be addressed with more information about clinical trials in general.
Clinical trials are research tools for studying the health and well-being of people. Clinical trials are not always focused on treatment, but may include studies of better methods for diagnosis, screening or improving quality of life. A description of types of clinical trials is available at an informative website provided by the National Institutes of Health in the FAQ.
In addition to the different types of trials conducted, any clinical trial involving a new drug enters a phased series of tests to assess the safety and efficacy of the drug for a particular population. A Phase I clinical trial is small and establishes safety and appropriate dosage. In Phase II, the trial is expanded to include more subjects so a better estimate of effectiveness and safety can be established. Phase III trials can be conducted after preliminary evidence for the effectiveness and safety of the drug has been favorable. In this phase of study, the effectiveness of the treatment, any potential side effects of the treatment are closely monitored in a larger population. Also this phase typically includes a comparison of the treatment under study with other drugs available for the same condition. A Phase IV clinical trial is called "post-market" research because it is conducted after a drug has been made available for use in the general population. Phase IV studies typically include several thousand participants and help to refine aspects of the treatment's best usage and ideal treatment candidate.
The Curemark study noted in Friday's post is a Phase III treatment trial that aims to compare the effectiveness of a compound called CM-AT versus a placebo administered 3x per day for 90 days. This particular trial is "double-blind" meaning that neither the research participants nor the clinical staff administering the treatment know whether a subject is receiving the active compound or a placebo at the time the treatment is given. Double-blinded studies are believed to produce more objective results because the outcomes are not influenced by the subjects' or clinicians' expectations about the treatment. Treatment information will be revealed for all subjects when the blind is broken at the end of the study at which point an analysis of the effectiveness of the new treatment versus control can be compared.
The clinicaltrials.gov website lists 219 studies that result in a search for "autism." A smaller number (110) are seeking volunteers. The treatments being assessed include behavioral therapies, different drug compounds, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and others from researchers all over the world. 12 of the 219 studies were sponsored by Autism Speaks and nine of those are actively recruiting. We encourage anyone interested in participating in research to seek more information about these studies.
July 26, 2010 at 11:56 am
I don't know what TMS entails, but several years ago our autistic daughter had some cranial manipulation done by a doctor in Chicago and she was able to wash her own hands vigorously for the first time in her life. It seems to last a long time and only need to see a naturalpathic doctor when there seems to be a regression..
July 26, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I am very interested in this study. I need to read the newsletter to see what changes were discussed last Friday. My daughter was a micropreemie, weighing 1.5lbs. I've been hoping the study would be conducted at one of the hospitals in Massachusetts but nothing so far. My daughter will be eight at end of December so will not qualify at this late stage anyway. Looking forward to results in Sept/Dec. and hope the study reveals some real progress in helping our kids with minimal invasive treatment and maximum results!

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Monday - 2 mile walk on the railtrail - Splits were 16:14 & 16:20
Tuesday - 3 miles - 1/2 mile walk, 2 mile run, 1/2 mile walk - Splits were 8:16, 10:37, 9:41 & 8:03
Wednesday - 4 miles - 10:46, 9:57, 9:45 & 9:32
Thursday - With the N' Easter rolling through here today, just push-ups and sit-ups. I'm waxing my XC ski also, looks like I might be skiing tomorrow...
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
Rich, good job! Sounds like things are progressing, or at least stasis. Sounds like today was wise indoor day.
Took Tuesday and Wednesday off. 4216 meters in 20 minutes today. On schedule to do a 5k next...
Friday, Dec. 28...
4 miles of cross country skiing on the railtrail. Euclid (who names these things anyway?) dropped about 8 inches of snow locally, our first major storm of the year.
The railtrail is open to the public, including snowmobilers, so the skiing wasn't perfect. Snowmobiles churn up the snow and mix it in with the loose gravel underneath making it less than perfect for skiing. The other side of the coin is the packed snow left by snowmobiles is much better for skiing, so no complaints from me for the brown snow they leave behind. As we get more storms and the snow deepens, this little inconvenience goes away.
At any rate, it was my first outing of the year and a nice workout.
Ray, nice workout yesterday. Good for you!
My sore foot's still sore, but ever-so-slowly getting better.
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
Rich, It's good you're staying active. Missed Friday workout, just too busy. Saturday sons and I took a high performance driving class, completely wiped out so no workout.
Sunday family get together at our house. Zapped again, so no workout. Thought I had to work today so at work all by myself - oh, dopey me. Heading home soon and hopefully will get the workout in today...
Happy New Year.
You're a busy man, that high performance driving class must have been something.
I went dashing through the snow today, 3 miles on the railtrail. Real loose footing, so I'm going to try the highway tomorrow.
Looks like Dark Horse has given us the slip Ray, so it's down to just the two of us. I'll keep posting for a while, maybe someone else will jump in.
Happy New Year!
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VENICE - Classic and antique cars are displayed at the 44th Annual Devereaux-Kaiser Antique Car Show in Venice Sunday. The show is the largest of its kind in Florida, with more than 2,000 vehicles 25 years old or older.The show is hosted by the Sunshine Region of the 77-year-old Antique Automobile Club of America and the City of Venice.
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HILLSVILLE — A suspect in an investigation fled the scene of a drug buy set up near Hillsville Thursday, leading officers from five law enforcement agencies on a chase through the Twin Counties, authorities say.
Donald Scott Vaughan, 52, of Galax faces multiple charges as a result.
The investigation — and the chase — led to charges of felony eluding police, two counts of distribution of a schedule II drug, reckless driving and using a police scanner to evade law enforcement, according to information from Carroll Sheriff Warren Manning.
The Federal Highway Administration will allow the Virginia Department of Transportation to proceed with an emergency contract to replace Carico Bridge.
VDOT spokeswoman Michelle Earl said that the highway administration granted approval to move forward with the emergency contract.
A project showing for potential contractors was held at the VDOT Bristol District Office. Ten contractors were invited to attend based on prequalification and experience in similar projects, Earl said.
New Galax Tourism Director Ray Kohl says his initial focus is to get the city's new welcome center up and running at least by the Leaf & Strong Festival of June 11-12, and to market the area and oversee festivals.
Even though the welcome center was complete last month, former tourism director Chuck Riedhammer resigned March 3 to accept a position with the Southwest Virignia Cultural Heritage Commission. He was to relocate his office from the Galax Municipal Building to the visitor center so he could manage it.
A married couple from Elk Creek pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of an elderly man for whom they provided in-home care, and using the information to commit bank fraud.
Robbie Kevin Poole, 50, and his wife, Kathryn Rebecca Poole, 58, entered pleas of guilty in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to two counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing about the school system's proposed $20.76 million 2010-11 budget at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Grayson County Courthouse boardroom.
The budget includes a request for $5.1 million in county money – a 22 percent increase from this year's local contribution of $4 million and an 8 percent increase from $4.7 million in county funds in the 2008-09 budget. The request is on par with the local contribution of $5.1 million in 2007.
HILLSVILLE — Carroll County school officials hope to retool financing efforts for improvements to two facilities by seeking Rural Development's assistance.
After it became apparent at a special meeting between the school board and the Carroll supervisors that building a new high school plus remodeling two buildings would be too expensive, educators will focus on the renovation idea.
Schools' Superintendent Greg Smith mentioned at Tuesday's Carroll School Board meeting his contact with Travis Jackson of Rural Development.
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson supervisors will explore their financial options as the county looks to make up a potential $2.7 million deficit at the end of the current budget year.
Corbin Stone of Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates — the accounting firm compiling a financial forecast for Grayson County — and Dan Siegel of law firm Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller were on hand April 13 to discuss a few options supervisors need to consider.
SYLVATUS — A community that has asked Carroll for water for more than two years — will tap into an overflow of money from another public utility system being constructed in the county.
Carroll County officials from the Board of Supervisors and the Public Service Authority, along with Rural Development Regional Director Travis Jackson, shared the news with the community at the Sylvatus Ruritan Club over a tall, cool bottle of water Monday morning.
HILLSVILLE — Federal court documents describe an investigation into a substantial illegal drug operation that led to the arrest of two Hillsville men April 14.
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office recently reported that Rigoberto Ruiz-Ruvalcaba of 328 Saddle Up Trail and Stacey Harold Bullion of 63 Lewis Lane face federal charges of distribution of methamphetamine.
These charges cap off a two-year investigation by the Twin County Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The 2010 Galax City Council election, which will be held on May 4, is a race between five people for four seats.
The four-year terms of council members John Garner, Derrick Davis, C.M. Mitchell and Willie Greene are set to expire on June 30, and all four are seeking reelection. Margaret "Margo" Crouse, owner of Margo's Interior Decorating in downtown Galax, is also seeking election.
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iVolume ensures that all your songs play at the same volume level
iVolume calculates the volume perceived by the human ear for each song of your iTunes music collection. Thereby iVolume gets the most out of the approved Replay Gain algorithm and adjusts your songs accordingly.
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With >30,000 tracks, I can't live without iVolume. Many, many thanks to the developer!
The new version is excellent, although it took a few uses for me to get used to the changes from version 2.5.3!
Just a quick note regarding tracks missing the required "iTunNORM" tag. If iVolume tells you the tag is missing, the easiest way to get iTunes to write it is to simply delete the tracks from within iTunes, being sure to tell it to move the files to the trash. Now go to the trash, drag out the deleted files and re-import them into iTunes by double-clicking. Much easier than the solution on the iVolume webpage!
(For the above to work, it might be necessary to have the "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" option selected under advanced preferences. I have and haven't tried it without.)
Uses kagi.com for online payment for a license/activation code.
kagi.com has two problems with it's online payment system;
1. If you pay by paypal, then you can't easily retrieve your license info from their system as the online license retreival form requires payment type info and paypal is not an option.
2. FireFox 3 reports kagi.com's secure certificate as invalid.
Therefore, I cannot recommend iVolume on these grounds.
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iVolume is one of the BEST utilities around. This and iWOW makes my music sound so much better.
The developer has made it work as seamless as possible.
not the miracle cure i was hoping for, but i guess it's better than Apples SoundCheck. After processing 14,000 songs I ended up undoing all that work and just turning the volume up on the songs that are too low. Now I've got 14,000 notes in my comments field about "volume adjusted by iVolume on x/x/2007". A waste of money for me, but it was cheap enough to give it a try.
I agree, with wfiveash. It does what it promises to do. When I ran it on my whole collection (2600 songs), quite a few didn't have the right version of IDv3 tags. I had to remove fix all the tags, remove the songs from my library, and import them again before iVolume would work it's magic.
Well worth the investment though.
It does a good job of normalizing volume (much better than the iTunes soundcheck) but it can be a pain to use if a song file does not have the IDv3 tags. Still, I use it all the time. I just wish it were better integrated with iTunes.


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Oakland attorney Doug Boxer, the son of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, is a sworn foe of bringing the A's baseball team to San Jose. The 47-year-old political consultant is a co-founder of Let's Go Oakland, which is organizing the effort to build a stadium in Oakland and keep the team. The organization was recently behind the effort to get the upper-deck tarps removed for playoff games.
So it was more than passing strange when Boxer popped up as a consultant for the effort to move the Golden State Warriors to San Francisco. He's been hired to help the team navigate the tricky currents of the State Lands Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
Is there a tiny bit of, uh, hypocrisy lurking here? We couldn't reach Boxer for comment. But the San Francisco Business Times asked him that question. And his response?
"The entire Bay Area shares one NBA team, its fans are all over the region, and the best place for it to be situated is right in the middle of the whole region," the newspaper quoted Boxer as saying.
Here at IA, we may not be quite as agile as Boxer. But we're wondering whether he's a guy that Mayor Chuck Reed should have on his side. Couldn't he craft an equally convincing rationale for San Jose?
Shirakawa pushes his guy for county schools
As the Santa Clara County Board of Education weighs who should fill a vacant seat on its board, it's getting heavily lobbied by county Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. and his chief of staff Eddie Garcia. In pushing for Javier Gonzalez, they argue that he was active in the board's redistricting efforts earlier this year.
But they don't mention that the three of them successfully got the board to gerrymander a new district that seems just slightly odd but tailor-made for Gonzalez.
He is one of five applicants the board will interview on Wednesday. Generally, County Board trustee areas follow school district boundaries. Gonzalez lives in San Jose Unified, but is applying for a seat representing an area covered by three East Side districts plus his Washington-Guadalupe neighborhood.
Those neighborhoods have been represented by Craig Mann, who was redrawn out of the district and who's now running for the Evergreen Community College board.
Gonzalez works for the California Restaurant Association, a heavyweight in the campaign against Measure D to raise San Jose's minimum wage. The other contenders are Darcie Green of San Jose, a community and government relations manager at Kaiser Permanente South Bay and also a trustee of the Alum Rock School District; Jessica Rodriguez of San Jose, a preschool teacher; Kendra Fujino of San Jose, a secondary-school teacher, and Anita Sunseri of San Jose, a juvenile justice commissioner with Santa Clara County.
Reed's backing is sort of good news for Khamis
In the neck-and-neck race for San Jose's District 10 council seat, where financial adviser/insurance agent Johnny Khamis is facing off against sportscaster Robert Braunstein, Khamis last week picked up three significant endorsements: Mayor Chuck Reed, and former San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce bosses Jim Cunneen and Pat Dando (she also is a former longtime District 10 councilwoman.)
Of course, pundits are the first to point out that Reed's endorsement has been an unlucky charm in several races: In the June primary, for example, he endorsed police detective Tam Truong in the District 4 race against incumbent Kansen Chu, a failed follow-up bid to oust Chu in 2007, when Reed endorsed businesswoman Hon Lien. In 2010, he endorsed Larry Pegram, co-founder of a local group that supports banning same-sex marriage, in the District 9 race over Don Rocha. The same year, he endorsed retired San Jose Police captain Richard Calderon for Santa Clara County Sheriff over then three-term incumbent Laurie Smith.
Nevertheless, Khamis -- who had been a member of Reed's 2006 transition team after the mayor's victory -- was happy to have his blessing. "I'm deeply honored," said Khamis of Reed's nod. "His approval rating in my district is in the 70 percent range in the job he's done for the city, and getting costs under control." Khamis called Dando "a legend'' in the district, and is happy to note that Cunneen is a district resident.
Meanwhile, in the tit-for-tat department: San Jose code enforcement officials in late September fined Braunstein's campaign $250 for illegally posting an election banner at the intersection of Almaden Expressway and Coleman Road. Payment is due within 30 days of the date the citation was issued.
Missing Milpitas mailbox creates furor
The ongoing feud between Milpitas City Councilwoman Debbie Giordano and her ex-husband kicked up a notch this summer after he videotaped her removing his mailbox from the home they once shared.
Giordano, who is running for re-election against six others, can be seen on the morning of June 6 taking the mailbox off its post in front of the home. The clip was played by a friend of her husband's in front of a packed Milpitas City Council meeting on Oct. 2.
Giordano has since defended her actions to her constituents.
"As many of you have pointed out," she wrote in an email, "every time I run for election, my ex-husband decides to try and hurt my campaign. Once again this is true."
Giordano said the hand-painted mailbox was a gift from her mother when Giordano was living at the home. She said she considered it a family heirloom. Because it was rusting and looked bad, she said, she gave it to a friend to restore and returned it after about a week. "I did it as a gift to my daughter -- to restore the mailbox that came from her grandmother," she wrote.
Her ex-husband reported the theft to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, but the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office in August said it wouldn't file criminal charges against Giordano.
The fact that the issue is now being raised, she said, "does not surprise me because of the close relationship between some of my political opponents and the Sheriff's Department."
The video of Giordano grabbing the mailbox begins here at the 32:10 minute mark: http://vp.telvue.com/player?height=300&id=T02061&noplaylistskin=1&video=131586&width=400.
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The North Central Missouri College Foundation is pleased to announce that a dedication will be held for the new brick sign, the flags/poles and the display case at NCMC's Elizabeth and Arthur Barton Farm Campus.
The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday, May 10. The individuals who contributed towards these items will be honored and the Foundation will celebrate the completion of these projects. Refreshments will be served. The celebration is open to the public, but reservations are requested to plan for seating, parking and food preparation. Those planning to attend should call 359-3948, extension 1415 to make reservations.
The Elizabeth and Arthur Barton Farm Campus is located one mile southeast of Trenton just off U.S. Highway 6.
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The first is that we are very lucky that Jobs reached out to Isaacson (and that Isaacson agreed to do it.) I can't think of a better biographer for this project--so much so that one of the strange thoughts I had after Jobs died was, "At least we're going to have this book to read." It's a very subtle book, admirable in its restraint, I think. There is not a lot of editorializing or broader cultural analysis, just an incredibly careful and nuanced narrative of Jobs' life. Which, I think, is what most of us want to read right now.
The second thing that occurred to me is that, while Jobs historically had a reputation for being a nightmare to work with, in fact one of the defining patterns of his career was his capacity for deep and generative partnerships with one or two other (often very different) people. That, of course, is the story of Jobs and Woz in the early days of Apple, but it's also the story of his collaboration with Lasseter at Pixar, and Jony Ive at Apple in the second act. (One interesting tidbit from the book is that Jobs would have lunch with Ive almost every day he was on the Apple campus.) In my experience, egomaniacal people who are nonetheless genuinely talented have a hard time establishing those kinds of collaborations, in part because it involves acknowledging that someone else has skills that you don't possess. But for all his obnoxiousness with his colleagues (and the book has endless anecdotes documenting those traits), Jobs had a rich collaborative streak as well. He was enough of an egomaniac to think of himself as another John Lennon, but he was always looking for McCartneys to go along for the ride with him.
The most bizarre revelation for me in the book was how much the young Jobs apparently used to cry in meetings at Apple. I literally can't imagine what that would have looked like, from my admittedly very distant knowledge of Jobs. As my friend Tom Coates remarked on Twitter, there are so many different kinds of crying; it would have been interesting to have a bit more color on exactly what kind of tears were shed.
Also: the guy took a lot of walks. The whole idea of inviting someone to go for a walk with you is really lovely. (And for what it's worth, seems very Bay Area to me.) I intend to emulate Jobs in this respect and take more walks with my friends. Just not with Larry Ellison.
The final thought I had is a meta observation about the news environment that Jobs helped create. After devouring the first two-thirds of the book, I found myself skimming a bit more through the post-iPod years, largely because I knew so many of the stories. (Though Isaacson has extensive new material about the health issues, all of which is riveting and tragic.) At first, I thought that the more recent material was less compelling for just that reason: because it was recent, and thus more fresh in my memory. But it's not that I once knew all the details about the battle with Sculley or the founding of NeXT and forgot them; it's that those details were never really part of the public record, because there just weren't that many outlets covering the technology world then.
This reminded me of a speech I gave a few years ago at SXSW, that began with the somewhat embarrassing story of me waiting outside the College Hill bookstore in 1987, hoping to catch the monthly arrival of MacWorld Magazine, which was just about the only conduit for information about Apple back then. In that talk, I went on to say:
If 19-year-old Steven could fast-forward to the present day, he would no doubt be amazed by all the Apple technology – the iPhones and MacBook Airs – but I think he would be just as amazed by the sheer volume and diversity of the information about Apple available now. In the old days, it might have taken months for details from a John Sculley keynote to make to the College Hill Bookstore; now the lag is seconds, with dozens of people liveblogging every passing phrase from a Jobs speech. There are 8,000-word dissections of each new release of OS X at Ars Technica, written with attention to detail and technical sophistication that far exceeds anything a traditional newspaper would ever attempt. Writers like John Gruber or Don Norman regularly post intricate critiques of user interface issues. (I probably read twenty mini-essays about Safari's new tab design.) The traditional newspapers have improved their coverage as well: think of David Pogue's reviews, or Walt Mossberg's Personal Technology site. And that's not even mentioning the rumor blogs.
So in a funny way, the few moments at the end of Steve Jobs where my attention flagged turned out to be a reminder of one of the great gifts that the networked personal computer has bestowed upon us: not just more raw information, but more substantive commentary and analysis, in real-time. It's not just gadget blogs and rumor sites. Take an important issue like IOS vs Android (and the larger closed versus open debate): the amount of complex, thoughtful, provocative material that's been written about that -- from literally hundreds if not thousands of different authors -- over the past few years is just extraordinary, when you think about it. I remember the blank stares I got trying to convince The New Republic and The New Yorker to let me write about the cultural clash between Apple and Microsoft sometime around 1993. Nowadays, if anything we have too much of that mode of commentary. The Web made that depth and diversity possible, of course, but we wouldn't have had the Web without personal computers first. All of which may have made Walter Isaacson's job slightly harder as a biographer, but it has made the rest of our lives so much more interesting.


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'Arrow,' Season 1, Episode 6, 'Legacies': TV Recap
A week ago, our hero Oliver Queen had fooled everyone into thinking he was not the "Hooded Vigilante" (also known as Arrow) by having his bodyguard, Digg, pretend to be The Hood while Oliver was in police custody. But, Oliver has bigger fish to fry because his mother is part of a cabal of evil, rich people led by a mysterious "Well-dressed man." Oliver is also continually having flashbacks to his 5 years on the island, 5 years that changed him from a whiney playboy into a honed vigilante machine! His nemesis on the island was a masked murderer known as Deathstroke.
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The action starts with a bank robbery. The robbers are all wearing hockey masks with playing cards on the face. The robbery goes bad, fast, when one of the people in the bank is a cop and the robbers shoot him. The bank is quickly surrounded by Starling City's finest. Just when it looks like the bad guys are cornered, they escape through a hole in the floor which leads to a drain pipe.
At Arrow's hideout, Oliver and Digg are doing hand-to-hand combat training with a couple metal sticks. They finish and Oliver points out this week's bad rich guy target, someone named Scott Morgan. Digg is more interested in the bank robbers, who have a pattern of hitting multiple banks in each city they visit. That means Starling City is going to get hit again. Oliver and Digg get in an argument. Oliver only wants to go after people on his father's "black book list," not the bank robbers.
Flashback time. Oliver is huddled in the cave on the island. He has his father's black book but the pages are blank. He tears a page out and tosses it in the fire for heat. Suddenly, he is grabbed by his father's ghost! Whoa!!
We check in with Oliver's ex-girlfriend, Laurel, who is now a lawyer for poor clients who cannot pay anything. Her office is running out of funding. Oliver's best friend, Tommy, shows up to ask Laurel on a date… just as her legal clinic is in dire trouble. His timing is bad.
At the Queen family mansion, Oliver's mother, Moira, tells Oliver and his sister that an old family friend, Carter Bowen, is coming over for brunch. Moira apparently always admired Carter. Digg calls Oliver and reports that Arrow's latest target, Scott Morgan, just tried to commit suicide. Oliver heads to the hospital to find out what is going on.
Turns out Digg was lying. He only wanted to get Oliver to the hospital so Oliver could see the police officer wounded in the bank robbery. Digg has convinced him. Oliver says, "lets go catch some bank robbers!"
Back at Laurel's office, Tommy has figured out how to court her. He is offering to hold a big fundraiser for her legal charity. Laurel knows he "just wants to get into my pants," but she accepts his offer.
Meanwhile, Oliver has been studying videotapes and evidence of the bank robbery that he got by sneaking into police HQ. He is really good at putting evidence together – and the show doesn't want to bog us down with investigative stuff – so Oliver is able to quickly figure out that the bank robbers are actually a family of four operating together.
Time for the Queen family brunch with the Bowens. Carter Bowen is a very successful surgeon… and a total jerk, really full of himself. Frankly, I am not sure why this side-plot is being forced upon us. Digg comes into the brunch and secretly tells Oliver that another bank is being robbed. They figure out where the robbers are likely to be making a getaway and, somehow Arrow is able to arrive there in time to confront them. But, the police are also in pursuit, allowing the robbers to get away.
The bank robbers realize they were lucky to get away, but the hotheaded oldest son (the one who shot the cop) wants to hit one more bank.
Oliver is doing more digging into the bank robbing family, with the help of the beautiful IT woman at Queen Consolidated. She tells him that the father in the family used to work at one of Oliver's father's factories, until daddy shut it down and moved all the jobs to China. Oliver feels like his family drove these people to a life of crime.
Back to our island flashback. Ghost Daddy tells Oliver that he must survive. Oliver says he knows he is not going to make it. He puts a gun to his head and says he just wants to die quickly.
In the present, Oliver has figured out a bar that the bank robbing daddy is probably hanging out at. He goes there to see if he can talk papa into giving up his life of crime. The two of them have a conversation laced with double-entendres with Oliver trying to warn the man to do the right thing. Oliver offers him a job at a Queen Consolidated. Papa seems unconvinced.
It is time for Laurel and Tommy's legal aid fundraiser. He seems genuinely into her and in love. Carter Bowen is at the fundraiser. He charms Laurel a little bit and they go off to have drinks together. I feel sorry for Tommy.
Digg and Oliver have bugged the bank robbing family and know where their next – and last – heist will be. The robbery is at night, so there are no innocent bystanders. Arrow shows up but the hotheaded son has come prepared with a riot shield that he uses to block Arrow's arrow. As they fight, a security guard shows up with a gun. The guard fires at the hotheaded son and the father jumps in front of the bullet. He is dying and tells Arrow he is sad he turned his son into a criminal.
We again flash to the island, where Oliver is talking to Ghost Dad. Oliver attempts to shoot himself saying he is not the man his father was, but the gun is out of bullets. Ghost Dad admits to being much less of a moral person than his son thinks. He then screams, "Right my wrongs! This is your responsibility now!"
In the present, the bank robbing father dies.
At the fundraiser, Laurel and Carter Bowen are slow dancing. Meanwhile, Oliver's sister, Thea, is drunk and throwing herself at Tommy. He takes her outside to ensure she doesn't ruin the party. He's a good guy. Laurel comes out and tells Tommy she isn't really interested in Carter. She smiles and says, "I owe you a dance."
Back at Arrow's hideout, Oliver and Digg are talking. Oliver feels guilty that bankrobbing daddy was killed. Digg says Oliver's father would be pretty proud if he could see his son now.
Time left for one final flashback to Oliver on the island. He's still burning blank pages in the book. But, just as he is about to throw one in, the heat from the flames reveals writing on the page in invisible ink. Oliver puts the whole book close to the flame and the pages fill with the names of daddy's rich, evil buddies.
The episode closes with a quick scene between Oliver and his mother. She's upset that he has been disappearing so much and always seems preoccupied. They go out to have a burger together. Awww, isn't that sweet. I guess it was ok for mom not to be totally evil for at least one episode.
And that is it for this edition of "Arrow." I again liked the brief island flashbacks and figuring out how Oliver got hold of "the list of names." This was probably Tommy's biggest episode and it sure looks like the show is going to get him and Laurel together soon. I wish Digg would do more than just chat with Oliver and pass messages to him.
So, what do you think? Is the show getting better or worse with time? Post your thoughts in the comment section and we can chat about it!
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With my family, we twice had an opportunity to live in Europe. We were in England for five years and then later in Germany for seven years. It was an excellent education for our sons. I returned to gardening, writing and art, became a Master Gardener, as well as an Oklahoma certified Master Naturalist. I am the gardener in charge of the Shawnee Japanese Peace Garden, a member of the Deep Fork Audubon Society, and now call my five acre Backyard Wildlife Habitat and Oklahoma Wildscape outside Shawnee home.
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I have been a member of the Multi-County Master Gardener Association for several years and thoroughly enjoy being in the organization. I now have many flower beds and I�ve expanded my gardens to include lots of vegetable varieties, several fruit trees, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and grapes. Every year I try to plant something different. I don�t grow a lot of any one thing, but a little bit of lots of things!
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We are in the midst of several rain chances. With luck, we might top up to one inch of moisture!
Today is Boy Scout Day. The BSA was officially incorporated on the 8th of February, 1910. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas, but the National Scouting Museum, established in 1959, is also in Irving. There are old uniforms, Norman Rockwell pictures, re-created campsites, and areas set up for visitors to try out their basic camping skills (tying different knots).
The Woodcraft Indians (1902) and the Sons of Daniel Boone (1905) preceded the BSA. British General Baden-Powell founded the Scouts in England (1907), incorporating the ideas of the Woodcrafters and Sons. A publisher in Chicago, W. Boyce, was responsible for starting the Scouting program here in the USA. It took a few years to fully organize and develop the program, but it worked, and Scouting is alive and well today. Each scout learns and knows by heart the Scout law and Scout oath, as well as the motto and slogan. These instilled codes of conduct are followed throughout a lifetime. Everyone should at least follow the Scout Motto: Be prepared!
The very first Boy Scout troop in America was organized (May 1909) in Pawhuska, Oklahoma by Reverend John F. Mitchell. He was an English missionary priest sent to St. Thomas Episcopal Church by the Church of England. A life-sized bronze statue of a boy scout was dedicated in front of the Osage County Historical Museum in 1976.
I am partial to the Boy Scouts of America. Both my sons are Eagle Scouts, and I was Nature Director at BSA Camp Freedom for several years in Germany, as well as being a member of Order of the Arrow. It humbles one to camp out in nature and become a member of the outdoors. Go try it and you too may experience the plants (and animals) up close and personal.
Speaking of plants, the successful "Gardening with the Experts" program has come and gone this year, but it posted (January 26, 2013) some helpful hints our Multi-County Master Gardeners have sent out. Read and heed:
Gardening Tips:
Put coffee filters in bottom of plant pots (Sue Nelson). Keeps the soil from leaving along with the drainage water!
Use fish pond water for indoor and outdoor plants (Phyllis Ford). Use your aquarium water when changing that water.
Recycle your K-cups: Plant seeds in them. They have a filter and drain hole and plants love coffee. Place the cups in an egg carton (Nancy Sheppard). I had to think on this one. K-cup? Oh yes, the other coffee maker with its own pre-measured containers for making the perfect cup. I do not have this. I actually take the coffee grounds and toss them around the plants, along with water. My plants have not objected yet.
Save shredded office paper and use for mulch. Breaks down in about 6 months (Becky Long).
Recycle plastic blinds into plant name tags. Use a Sharpie to write with (Rose Craig).
Mona Haig mentions to put a 5 gallon bucket in the shower to water the plants with. OK, but I would probably fall over the bucket.
Refresh your big planters by adding a few inches of fertilizer granules and some new potting soil (Nancy Ford).
Cattle or hog panels, 4 feet x 17 feet, can be bent with one person on each end walking toward each other to create an arch 6 foot tall. Paths can be made, and your vining plants, such as cucumbers, beans, morning glories, whatever, can climb to their heart's content (Joyce Spencer).
Allow "travel" area around the trees and shrubs when planting (Pam Rodgers). I assume that means breathing room for water or mulch around the plants.
Tip for planting tiny dark seeds in soil. Line the furrow with toilet paper and plant seeds on the paper. Mist the seeds, cover with dirt, and, voila, the plants will be in a uniform row with no spaces between (Dee Lowery).
Teach the grandchildren to water and care for your garden. When you travel, they can care for your plants. Cheap labor. My one grandchild is nearing 2 years old and lives in Baltimore. This could be a challenge.
Keep one plant label from each plant and put in a gallon Ziploc bag for future reference for care (Mike Harrell).
Leftover or out of date veggies can be composted in cans and packages (Iven Lindgren). I think the containers must be opened first.
Plant herbs in raised beds about knee high. Can sit on side to work and drainage is better (Brother Isidore).
Water plants now (Phyllis Ford).
Good luck all. Spring is getting closer!


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Tom Cruise was probably very thankful on Thursday.
After more than three months apart from his 6-year-old daughter Suri -- the pair were last together on Aug. 5 after a weeklong vacation -- the actor, 50, welcomed his little girl to London earlier this week.
"He's super excited" about the visit, a source told People.com.
Did he jump on a couch? That's how you can tell if Tom Cruise is excited. He jumps on stuff.
Suri's mom Katie Holmes spent Thanksgiving in Toledo, Ohio, with the rest of the tightknit Holmes clan. The actress, 33, had the day off from her Broadway comedy "Dead Accounts."
For Cruise, the long-awaited reunion was especially sweet. Based in London since mid-August, where he is deep in pre-production for the sci-fi action film "All You Need Is Kill," the actor has been struggling to cope with the distance between them since Holmes filed for divorce in June and was awarded primary custody of the couple's only child.
Although Cruise has been "heartbroken" by the situation, as his friend Christopher McQuarrie recently told People.com, he and Suri have been speaking by phone daily. And sources on both sides have said that both Cruise and Holmes are continuing to try to work things out amicably. "They are all about co-parenting," a Holmes pal said in September.
THANKSGIVING BRAWL: Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry was arrested Thursday for allegedly fighting with Berry's current boyfriend.
Maybe they both wanted the drumstick.
According to the Huffington Post, Aubry, 37, was booked for investigation of a battery, a misdemeanor, and released on $20,000 bail, according to online jail records. He's scheduled to appear in court Dec. 13.
Aubry came to Berry's house Thanksgiving morning. Later on, police responded to a report of an assault, said Los Angeles Police Officer Julie Boyer.
An LAPD spokesman told E! Online that "a radio call came in around 10 a.m. to respond to the 1100 block of Doheny Drive. When officers arrived two male individuals were involved in a physical altercation."
Aubrey was injured and arrested following the alleged brawl that reports said was with Berry's fiance Olivier Martinez.
Aubry was injured in the altercation and was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
Sounds like he started something he couldn't finish.
Emails sent to Berry's publicist, Meredith O'Sullivan, and Aubry's family law attorney, Gary Fishbein, were not immediately returned.
Berry and Aubry have been involved in a custody dispute involving their 4-year-old daughter, Nahla. The proceedings were sealed because the former couple are not married. Both appeared in the case as recently as Nov. 9, but neither side commented on the outcome of the hearing.
Berry has been dating French actor Olivier Martinez, and he said earlier this year that they are engaged.
RIHANNA SPENDS THANKSGIVING WITH CHRIS BROWN: Rihanna seems to be thankful for Chris Brown, for some reason.
After traveling to seven countries in seven days on a concert tour, the singer went to Germany for Thanksgiving, where Brown happened to be performing in Berlin.
"All alone in my big ole jet!!! See u soon lover," the "Diamonds" singer tweeted Wednesday.
On Thanksgiving Day, Rihanna tweeted, "#Berlin #CarpeDiem." When Us Weekly's Ian Drew, who was among the journalists traveling with Rihanna on her tour, via a chartered 777 jet, asked Rihanna about her holiday plans, she replied with a smile that she was planning a "quiet" meal with "friends."
Hopefully he didn't throw the turkey at her.
She and Brown were photographed at Berlin's Adagio nightclub following his show.
On Tuesday, shortly after apologizing to the press and fans aboard her plane for the tour's considerable hiccups -- passengers were deprived of sleep, food and sunlight, with most press members not getting any quotes or interviews from the star -- Rihanna looked back fondly on the tour.
"There were so many people on it . . . it was great!" she exclaimed in NYC. "It was a once in a lifetime experience."
Meanwhile, Brown is denying reports in the Huffington Post and other sources that he backed out of a concert in Guyana because women's rights, siting his assault on Rihanna in 2009, were protesting the show.
However, according to Brown's camp, that's not the case.
Brown's rep tells E! News: "This concert was never confirmed. The promoter (Hits & Jams Entertainment) is being untruthful."
EMMA STONE MADE A SEX TAPE: Emma Stone has finally hit the big time.
That's right -- there's a tape of her having sex out there somewhere.
The actress recorded a sex tape, and it's not with her current beau, Andrew Garfield, a source told RadarOnline.com. The 24-year-old starlet reportedly filmed the racy video before meeting her "The Amazing Spider-Man" co-star.
He must be thrilled.
"She was just young and probably thought nothing would ever come of it," the source said.
The X-rated tape hasn't surfaced yet. However, it's apparently not in Stone's possession. "The tape remains in the hands of the person she made it with," said the source, whom radar identified as a close friend of the actress. "But that doesn't mean there's any guarantee that it won't eventually hit the market. The higher Emma's star rises, the more valuable that tape becomes."
When will these people ever learn?
In any case, Stone won't be exploiting the scandalous reel for her benefit. "Emma's really happy with her career and proud of where she is," the source added. "There's no way she would organize the release of the tape."
MADONNA NOT GUILTY OF CORRUPTING RUSSIAN YOUTH: A Russian court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Madonna traumatized minors by speaking up for gay rights during a concert in St. Petersburg.
Russia seems like a lovely place to live for the open-minded.
According to the Huffington Post, the ruling came after a one-day hearing that bordered on the farcical. Plaintiffs claimed that Madonna's so-called "propaganda of perversion" would negatively affect Russia's birthrate and erode the nation's defense capability by depriving the country of future soldiers. At one point, the judge threatened to expel journalists from the courtroom if they laughed too much.
Why not? The whole thing sounds funnier than a Monty Python episode.
The Moskovsky district court in St. Petersburg ended up throwing out the Trade Union of Russian Citizens' lawsuit and the 333 million rubles ($10.7 million) it sought from the singer for allegedly exposing youths to "homosexual propaganda."
They did know they were booking Madonna ... right?
Madonna did not attend the trial, and her publicist Liz Rosenberg said Thursday the star wouldn't comment about it.
Anti-gay sentiment is strong in Russia, particularly in St. Petersburg, where local legislators passed a law in February that made it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors. Six months later, Madonna criticized the law on Facebook, then stood up for gay rights during a concert in St. Petersburg that drew fans as young as 12.
"Who will children grow up to be if they hear about the equal rights of the lesbian lobby and manly love with traditional sexual relations?" one of the plaintiffs, Darya Dedova, testified Thursday. "The death rate prevails over the birthrate in the West; young guys are becoming gender neutral."
Let's leave Justin Bieber out of this.
The plaintiffs submitted evidence about gay culture drawn from Wikipedia pages, claiming that a real encyclopedia could not have articles about homosexuality. Right. The pages would immediately catch fire.
"We aren't against homosexual people, but we are against the propaganda of perversion among minors," Dedova told the court. "We want to defend the values of a traditional family, which are currently in crisis in this country. Madonna violated our laws and she should be punished."
Madonna, who performed in Moscow and St. Petersburg in August as part of her world tour, also angered Russian officials by supporting jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot. The American said during her Moscow concert that she would "pray for them," then turned around so the audience could see the words "Pussy Riot" written on her back. The singer also donned a ski mask similar to those worn by Pussy Riot.
Despite international outrage, three of that band's members were sentenced to two years in jail on hooliganism charges for performing a "punk prayer" at Moscow's main cathedral, during which they pleaded with the Virgin Mary to deliver Russia from President Vladimir Putin. One of the Pussy Riot members was later released from jail on appeal, but the other two were sent to prison camps to serve their sentences.
So much for all those "reforms" in Russia.
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Saturday is Nov. 24, the 329th day of 2012. There are 37 days left in the year.
1859: British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
1941: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Edwards v. California, unanimously struck down a California law prohibiting people from bringing impoverished non-residents into the state.
1950: The musical "Guys and Dolls," based on the writings of Damon Runyon and featuring songs by Frank Loesser pened on Broadway.
1963: Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.
1969: Apollo 12 splashed down safely in the Pacific.
1971: A hijacker calling himself "Dan Cooper" (but who became popularly known as "D.B. Cooper") parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 over the Pacific Northwest after receiving $200,000 dollars in ransom -- his fate remains unknown.
1982: Barack Hussein Obama Sr., a Kenyan government economist and father of the president, was killed in an automobile accident in Nairobi; he was 46.
1987: The United States and the Soviet Union agreed on terms to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles. (The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev the following month.)
1992: A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in southern China, killing all 141 people on board.
2002: In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Iraqi government complained that the small print behind upcoming weapons inspections would give Washington a pretext to attack. Lucio Gutierrez, a populist former army colonel who'd led a coup in 2000, was elected Ecuador's sixth president in six years. Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservative party dominated parliamentary elections in Austria.
2007: A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of Malibu, Calif., for the second time in little more than a month, destroying some 50 homes. In Australia's election, conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered defeat at the hands of Labor Party head Kevin Rudd.
2011: In the first NFL game featuring brothers as opposing head coaches, the Baltimore Ravens, led by John Harbaugh, beat the San Francisco 49ers, 16-6, under rookie coach Jim Harbaugh.
Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson (74), former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue (72), rock drummer Pete Best (71), actor-comedian Billy Connolly (70), former White House news secretary Marlin Fitzwater (70), rock musician Clem Burke (Blondie) (58), record producer Terry Lewis (56),actress Denise Crosby (55), rock musician Chad Taylor (Live) (42), actor Colin Hanks (35), actress Katherine Heigl (34), actress Sarah Hyland (22).
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The Vail Valley has recently lost a good friend: Hadley Gray. Admittedly, I didn't come to know Hadley until 2004, when I was writing a book about the shenanigans professional ski instructors got into while teaching at Vail. Before I began writing, I asked everyone, "Who has the most entertaining stories about teaching skiing?" Without question, I was directed to Hadley Gray.
Hadley worked his way up from the bottom, ultimately becoming a manager at the Vail Ski School. When I approached Hadley about the stories, he immediately threw himself into the task, regaling me with story after story about what it was like to be a ski instructor in Vail's early days.
In those days, it was common to welcome new instructors by filling their lockers with snow or swapping out their uniform pants with a pair two sizes too small. Or when the ski school got overwhelmed with guests, one of the supervisors might throw a ski school sweater on an attractive, well-endowed blonde and direct her to her first beginner's class. Hadley had a million stories like these.
Hadley was the quintessential ski instructor and a wonderful friend off the slopes: warm, generous and caring with a marvelous sense of humor. The consummate pro.
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We will also be doing the famous chilli cookoff again this year. Bring a pot of fresh made chilli and get your self entered into the cookoff. There will be awards for these contestants as voted by their peers.
Along with the tourney we will once again be offering PDGA membership atva discount along with the club membership drive. As always we will also have plenty of ice bowl gear for sale.
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Unless I missed it, which is very possible, I never saw a discussion on King Vision the new Grand Buffet album. At first I didn't like it because it seemed more like a bad electronic album than a hip-hop album. After repeated listens I've got to say it's a great album. There are some great tracks, Born in the USA, Cream Cheese Money, Dark Autumn, and Seek To Know to name a few. A few tracks still haven't totally grabbed me, but the potential is there for them to grow on me and those will probably end up being my favorites later. Anyone else got any thoughts on this album?
In related news I saw Grand Buffet in Omaha, NE last night and they brought down the house. Hadn't seen them since 2002 when they came around with Sage, but the energy is still there and these guys put 100% + into delivering a great show. It's still early in the tour so if you get a chance to go, don't miss this one. Remaining dates copied and pasted from grandbuffet.com:
04-05-08 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
04-07-08 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
04-08-08 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
04-09-08 - Beloit, WI - C Haus at Beloit College
04-10-08 - Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon St.
04-11-08 - Toledo, OH - Frankie's
04-15-08- Allston, MA - Harper's Ferry
04-16-08 - Providence, RI - Living Room
04-17-08 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
04-18-08 - Portland, ME - Space Gallery
04-19-08 - Danbury, CT - Heirloom Arts Theater
04-20-08 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
04-22-08 - Ewing, NJ - The Rathskeller
04-23-08 - Charlottesville, VA - The Tea Bizarre
04-24-08 - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes
04-25-08 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
04-26-08 - Clinton, NY - Hamilton College
05-09-08 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls (OPENING FOR GIRLTALK!!!)
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did a $10 pre-sale for that album and it came with extra stuff. I believe we still have the same deal going on.
Grand Buffet are the homies for life. Consistently the best live show, time and time again.
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I was talking to Jackson after the show and mentioned that it had been since 2002 when I saw them when you brought them through Lawrence, KS. They mentioned that they would be seeing you here soon and that they were doing those shows with bernard.
Sage, I know you're selling this album and can't be too critical of it, but I'm curious as to what you thought of King Vision and the new direction that Grand Buffet is going in with this album.
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I agree that it was less hiphop and more electro, but I'm a big fan of theirs so I figured people would know that I liked it but I guess I should explicitly state that I do. I think Grand Buffet is special in a few ways.
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i'd have to say that grand buffet is one of those groups that i will never get tired of seeing live. they are some of the most entertaining fellows i've ever seen and they are doing something abit different from the rest of the rap community.
Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:26 pm
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this album is a lot of fun. "seek to know" is a great song
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Consistently the best live show, time and time again.
I always have a great time at their shows. Last time they came through Jackson had this genius rant about how he was gonna dig up Reagan and make him some sort of zombie hybrid powered by a car battery and roast beef. Or something like that. Me, my roommate and Grunge wandered the UCSD campus afterwards looking for a bar that ending up being closed. Fun times.
I ordered King Vision along w/ The Failure pre-order. Looking forward to hearing some new stuff. Cream Cheese Money is the fucking jam.
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I may go to both shows I am very excited.
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WATERTOWN, Wis. – Eight Crusader athletes were honored recently in the Northern Athletics Conference, with All-Conference Recognition for cross country, men's, and women's soccer, and volleyball.
In cross country, William O'Malley (Rockford, Ill.) was named to the All-Northern Athletics Conference Cross Country Team after recording the fifth-fastest time at 26:53.8. On the women's side, Lauren Stephens (Chicago, Ill.) was Honorable Mention with a time of 25:06.3.
For volleyball, senior outside hitter Torey DeLozier (Watertown, Wis.), and middle blocker Laci Peterson (Chillicothe, Ill.) were named First Team All-Northern Athletics Conference.
DeLozier leads the conference in kills (453), and kills per set (5.96) and also leads the NCAAIII with 6.04 kills per set.
Peterson's efficiency in attacking has led her to 287 kills at a 3.99 clip on a .369 hitting percentage.
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In men's soccer, midfielders; Drew DeLozier (Watertown, Wis.), Brian Lundquist (Reading, Mass.), and Taylor Pill (Watertown, Wis.) were Honorable Mention, as Pill led the team in goals (9), and points (22), while Lundquist notched four goals and three assists for 11 points.
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Geometrik wrote: It is obvious that the world is being pushed into a period change and new development, revamping the way we think and how we act(actually we are the ones doing this, but there are external factors that help the process as well.) Hip hop is no exception to this change. In the present moment, we are looking at a time where emotional clearing is encouraged, and this is most apparent in our artform(especially in hip hop, not only because it is still in an infantile state, being so young, but also because of the mind set(s) that hip hop has evolved from).
Our artform is evolving. Although one's observations might suggest that music is the cause of this present change, that is not completely true. Music is the reflection of these changes, and at the same time, a contributor to them. In some ways, people are being forced to open their eyes to perceive different perceptions. They are being gently moved to step out of their narrow minded paradigms, and more into what is real(and even that changes from moment to moment.) Much underground hip hop is becoming a catalyst for this awakening.
Underground hip hop brings about unity in both direct and indirect ways. Those who wish to label our art form and sub-catagorize it are just attempting to judge weather or not this new interpretative art is marketable. In mainstream/pop culture, the mind frame is if a product is not marketable, why waste time promoting it? If the music or performer does not wield some aspect that can be exploited, the producers immediately turn their noses toward the sky.
Many in the music industry are blind to the positive effects a performer/writer can actually have on the masses(even though on the flip side of that coin, many promoters and producers know exactly what messages their artists are putting out there, and they use that "dramatic gimmick" to their advantage(i.e. the Eminem)).
It is also these same influential beings who scoff at new styles which deviate from the old way of thinking, and in a world where the concepts of might is right and penis contests have prevailed for so many years(thousands), it isn't too hard to understand why some react so defensively to change. Especially when emotion is involved.
The point is that people tend to be fearful of change. Most of the time they greet it with resistance. Emotional hip hop is not new, as the desire to express one's self is the life force that breathed inspiration into the art to begin with.
Visionary11 wrote: What I got from it is that a lot of mainstream rap/hip hop is often not very emotional, but a lot of the underground is and this impacts people. I know what you are trying to say, but I really don't think that's what the person was implying. That's just my perspective though, people are gonna take things differently.
Geometrik wrote: The essay is not racist, and in no way was my intention for you to even percieve it as such. It was actually inspired by some eminem hatin ive been reading on this site lately, and so i chose to focus on what todays underground artists are saying. This includes cannibis, mr lif, sage, slug and any other purple green black white simpson-yellow skinned being grabbing a mic. So get off the semantics, stop judgin hip hop. stop labeling. Quit providing the hot air to these already inflated concepts. I am almost perplexed that some of you would consider what i wrote racist. The only reason i am not completely confused is because we all percieve reality differently. You obviously have put something in my words that is not there. You missed the point of the essay. And what does it matter if Sage posts it or not? The point is that the commentary was designed to make you THINK. Just look at the whole picture for a moment. Stand back. Of course hip hop is emotional. It always has been- "Emotional hip hop is not new, as the desire to express one's self is the life force that breathed inspiration into the art to begin with." And saying that independent hip hop is too whiney is quite the empty statement. I am focusing on the way that mainstream hip hop is developed and organized, and the main goal of the companies who exploit the artists are to make money. plain and simple. And now a days, some of the artists have fallen to the thought that making money as a primary goal is a good idea, and IT SHOWS IN THEIR MUSIC.
"dood downplays these artists based on their material and coverage, but what it amounts to is uncalculated racism. To be more poignant, the implication is that whining about social displacement and world ills is emotional, while rapping about beef on the streets and the dichotomy of drug-dealing is not."
You are separating people who sell drugs as being mainly black, while the ones who whine about social displacement are white. Those are your words.


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SAN JOSE -- Lobo, the service dog that was lost earlier this week when it became frightened, was found dead on a highway Wednesday night.
Lobo and had been with Army veteran Jeff Wilson for a year and a half. He ran off in the Berryessa neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after being spooked while Wilson was in his driveway. Wilson, who had knee surgery last week, could not chase after Lobo when he ran off.
Caltrans "called us this morning around 8:30 and they found Lobo," Wilson said. "He was hit by a car, in Berryessa on the east side of (Interstate) 680."
Operation Freedom Paws, an organization that works with veterans to help train service dogs, on Wednesday asked residents in the Berryessa neighborhood for help finding the lost dog. The group began working with Wilson after he met Lobo at a rescue shelter. The two both had traumatic pasts: Wilson, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, served 10 years on active duty as a tank commander and four years as a reserve flight engineer, and Lobo was physically and emotionally wounded after living in an abusive home.
"We were both broken in the same ways when we came together," Wilson said, crediting Lobo with calming him down and providing constant companionship. "He's always looking out for me."
Mary Cortani, the founder of Operation Freedom Paws, described the yeoman's effort that took place Wednesday in search of Lobo.
"We probably had 14 people out walking around, three of us with dogs that were familiar to Lobo," she said. "It's been overwhelming at times, but the organization is blessed that it has come together in this way."
Wilson expressed gratitude to both community members and Operation Freedom Paws for supporting him throughout the ordeal.
"I just want to thank everybody for all the help and support and love that's come out," he said. "Freedom Paws is my family, and they're still here with me now."
Cortani also expressed her gratitude to the public, saying that without community support, Caltrans may not have made the phone call to Wilson on Thursday.
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The odds of a weekend winter storm in Greater New York inched up on Wednesday but measurable snowfall remains far from a sure bet, at least in areas near New York City.
In fact, the coming storm looks to be as close to a meteorologist's worst nightmare as can be imagined, and here's why: Warm air at the coast will stifle snow accumulations, while just a few miles inland the parent storm could produce hefty precipitation totals. The general rule of thumb is that an inch of rain equals 10 inches of snow, so any inconsistencies are greatly magnified.
The result is shaping up to be an extremely tricky storm outlook, especially more than 48 hours in advance — an eternity in weather forecasting. But as the National Weather Service in New York City warns: "There is the potential for this to be the strongest winter storm of the season".
The tough forecast hinges on the interactions between a small system currently near Chicago and another that hasn't even formed yet off the Carolina coast. Should the storms merge and pool their energy, a rapidly deepening snowstorm could develop on Friday. If they miss each other — even by 50 miles — most of the resulting storm's energy will be shifted further northward, leaving primarily rain for New York City.
The uncertainty hasn't stopped certain local media outlets from spreading the idea that this weekend's storm could reach historic proportions in New York City. One weather map being passed around social-media sites like Facebook and Twitter suggests a nearly 30-inch (!) snowfall might materialize, based mostly on a proprietary weather model. While that scenario is virtually impossible for New York City, those kinds of totals could materialize in parts of New England in a top-end scenario.
Two more reliable wintertime models (GFS and NAM), on the other hand, are showing a vastly different scenario for Greater New York: an almost entirely rain event. The Euro model, which famously forecast superstorm Sandy's landfall eight days in advance, is somewhere in the middle.
Crunching all that data together inside my little weather brain, I haven't seen anything that argues convincingly for more than six inches of snow in the five boroughs. The National Weather Service agrees — see their most recent snow total forecast map – although totals could quickly increase further northward into Connecticut. More likely, the city will get two to five inches of slush mixed with rain.
This forecast applies only to the immediate New York City area. As Weather Journal wrote last week, the big atmospheric picture in Big Apple argues that odds are stacked against significant snowfall probably for the rest of this winter — including this weekend.
Central Connecticut and the rest of New England will likely be telling a different story come Saturday morning. Parts of New England are more certain to get hit quite hard, regardless of the exact way the storm evolves. Around midday Wednesday, the National Weather Service predicted about three inches of liquid equivalent to fall in the Boston area. If all of that came as snow, two feet or more could be quite common in parts of Massachusetts. The National Weather Service's Boston office is warning that "near blizzard conditions will be possible" on Friday night.
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Weather Journal's Greater New York forecast roundup for Thursday:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan:
- Actual High: 31; High feels like: 33
- Actual Low: 21; Low feels like: 25
- Weather: Clouds begin to build in advance of Friday's possible snowstorm
- Brooklyn: 32/22
- Queens: 33/24
- Bronx: 32/22
- Staten Island: 33/21
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 26/12
- Trenton, N.J.: 35/19
- Islip, Long Island: 31/20
- New Haven, Conn.: 30/14
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