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From the Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY (Drs Rabinowicz and Javitt and Ms Silipo), and the Department of Psychiatric Research, Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY (Dr Goldman).
Schizophrenia is associated with large effect-size deficits in auditory sensory processing, as reflected in impaired delayed-tone matching performance. The deficit may reflect either impaired sensory precision, which would be indicative of neural dysfunction within auditory sensory (temporal) regions, or of increased distractibility, which would be indicative of impaired prefrontal function. The present study evaluates susceptibility of schizophrenic subjects to same-modality distraction to determine whether patients fit a "bitemporal" or "prefrontal" model of sensory dysfunction.
Tone-matching ability was evaluated in 15 first-episode patients, 18 outpatients with chronic illness, and 21 patients in long-term residential care, relative to 32 nonpsychiatric controls of a similar age. A staircase procedure determined individual thresholds for attaining criterion level correct performance.
Tone-matching thresholds in the absence of distractors were significantly elevated in patients in long-term residential care relative to all other groups (P<.001). The effect size (d) of the difference relative to controls was extremely large (SD, 1.95). Schizophrenic patients, even those with elevated tone-matching thresholds, showed no increased susceptibility to auditory distraction (P = .42). Deficits in tone-matching performance in subjects with chronic illness could not be attributed to medication status or level of symptoms.
These findings suggest that sensory processing dysfunction in schizophrenia is particularly severe in a subgroup of patients who can be considered poor-outcome based on their need for long-term residential treatment. Furthermore, the absence of increased auditory distractibility argues against prefrontal dysfunction as an origin for auditory sensory imprecision in schizophrenia.
COGNITIVE dysfunction is a significant and enduring feature of schizophrenia and a primary predictor of poor outcome and long-term disability.1- 3 Information-processing deficits are most commonly investigated in schizophrenia using complex stimuli and tasks that activate wide regions of cortex and subcortical systems.4- 7 However, recent studies have demonstrated that schizophrenic subjects are significantly impaired even in routine processing of simple stimuli. Such processing may occur preattentively and require involvement only of limited areas of cortex. Thus, for example, chronic schizophrenic subjects show significant impairment in the generation of mismatch negativity (MMN),8- 12 an event-related potential component that is generated within primary auditory cortex.13 Relatedly, patients are significantly impaired in the ability to perform the simple cognitive task of matching 2 similar tones separated by a brief delay.14- 16 Similar deficits are present in other sensory modalities,17- 19 indicating widespread dysfunction of sensory, along with cognitive, processing in schizophrenia.
Critical structures regulating tone-matching ability reside within both auditory sensory and prefrontal cortical regions. Lesions to both these areas may disrupt tone-matching performance20- 28 and lead to impaired MMN generation.29,30 However, the contribution of these structures to tone-matching performance differs considerably. Monkeys with bilateral lesions of superior temporal plane involving auditory cortex show increased discrimination thresholds (ie, require greater pitch difference between tones to perform an auditory discrimination) even when only simple tone pairs are presented.20- 24 In contrast, monkeys with prefrontal lesions show elevated discrimination thresholds only when distractor stimuli are interposed into the tone sequence.22 A similar dissociation is seen after bitemporal25,26 vs prefrontal27,28 cortical damage in humans. Thus, the relative contribution to sensory vs prefrontal cortex to tone-matching deficits can be assessed by analyzing tone-matching dysfunction in schizophrenia in the absence vs presence of same-modality distractor stimuli.
This study evaluates the hypothesis that tone-matching deficits in schizophrenia are caused by or reflect sensory, rather than prefrontal level dysfunction, and reflect decreased precision of tonal representations within auditory sensory regions. Tone-matching performance was assessed in the absence and presence of same-modality distractors. In addition, for this study, patients were recruited from first-episode, outpatient, and state-hospital inpatient and/or residential care settings to also evaluate between-measure relationships across a broad range of subject functionality.
This study included 54 individuals with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder diagnosed according to DSM-IV31 criteria and 32 nonpsychiatric comparison subjects of similar age and sex (Table 1). All subjects provided voluntary informed consent. All patients were receiving antipsychotic medications (typical, atypical, or combination) at the time of testing (Table 1). One quarter of patients were also receiving anticholinergics. Diagnoses were established by a board-certified attending research psychiatrist (D.C.J.) or a licensed research psychologist (E.F.R. and R.G.) using a semistructured clinical and/or a Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I DSM-IV Disorders,32 medical record review, and discussion with mental health professionals familiar with the case. Subjects with a DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis other than schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, including psychotic mood disorder, alcoholism, or other substance abuse during the past year, were excluded from the study, as were patients with clinically apparent neurological abnormalities. Also excluded were any individuals with significant musical training or ability, as well as any controls who were receiving any psychiatric medications or who had a history of significant Axis I diagnosis. All subjects were comparably compensated at the completion of testing.
The patients were recruited from 3 sites (Table 1). First-episode (FE) patients (n = 15) were recruited from the Hillside Hospital–Long Island Jewish study of first-episode schizophrenia.33 This group included 9 patients who were considered stabilized (namely, without active psychotic symptoms), and who were either working or in school, as well as 6 patients who were persistently symptomatic and in day treatment. Outpatients with chronic illness (n = 18) were recruited from the Day Treatment Center of the Rockland County Robert Jeager Health facility, Pomona, NY. These patients lived either at home or in community residences, but were primarily responsible for their own daily living needs. Only 1 patient within this group had been hospitalized within a state hospital within the preceding 5 years (Table 1). The last patient group (n = 21) consisted of 13 individuals residing in a residential aftercare facility located on the premises of Rockland Psychiatric Center, along with 8 inpatients at the Bronx Psychiatric Center, a New York State long-term care facility. Eighteen of the 21 patients had been hospitalized within a state institution during the preceding 5 years (mean time in hospital, 872 days). All patients were receiving active treatment at the time of testing (Table 1).
Comparison subjects included 32 individuals who were associated personnel of the institutions from which the patient samples were drawn. Controls were divided by age into 2 groups. Young comparison subjects (n = 18) were 34 years or younger, corresponding to the age range of the FE patient group. Old comparison subjects (n = 14) were older than 34 years, and were comparable with the residential care subjects in age. Intelligence quotient (IQ) was assessed for all subjects by the Ammons and Ammons Quick Test.34
Tones were derived from 3 reference base frequencies (500, 1000, and 2000 Hz). Comparison tones were created that differed by a specified percentage change in frequency (Δf). Levels of Δf used for testing were 1%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. All tones were 100 milliseconds in duration and were presented at a nominal intensity level of 75 dB. Blocks of 24 tone pairs were presented for each level of Δf. Within each block, half of the tone pairs contained identical tones, and half contained pairs of tones that differed to a fixed degree. In half of the "different" trials, the lower-pitched tone was presented first; in half, the higher-pitched tone.
In both no-distractor and distractor conditions, the interval between reference and test tones was 2 seconds. In the no-distractor condition, the interval was silent. In the distractor condition, a composite 1000-millisecond distractor stimulus was presented starting 500 milliseconds after the reference tone and terminating 500 milliseconds before the test tone. The distractor stimulus consisted of a series (5 each) of alternating low- and high-pitched 100-millisecond tones. Distractor tones were chosen to fall outside the range of the reference and test tones to be compared.
Before the formal testing, subjects were acclimated to the testing apparatus and procedures. A brief screening hearing test was administered to ensure that all subjects could comfortably detect the presented tones and to familiarize subjects with the test tones. For this test, tones were presented at intensities 10 dB lower than those used in the experimental conditions. Twelve tones (500, 1000, or 2000 Hz) were presented at a nominal intensity of 65 dB. Subjects were instructed to respond with their hand or verbally when they heard each tone. All subjects were able to detect all 12 tones. For a subset of patients, 2 additional screening tests were employed to ensure their comprehension of the experimental procedures. One involved their correctly reporting the number of tones presented (1-3 tones) in a short sequence. The second consisted of discriminating tones from white noise. This task was formally similar to the tone discrimination task, except that stimuli consisted either of pairs of identical tones or identical noise bursts, or a tone paired with a 100-millisecond white-noise burst. Subjects had to respond "same" or "different" after each pair. Three patients from the residential care group were excluded because of an inability to comprehend the basic task requirements. Only subjects who successfully completed the pretests were retained for the study.
In the experimental conditions, tone-matching performance was first assessed under a baseline (no-distractor) condition. Testing was initiated at 20% Δf, and the level of between-tone pitch difference was adjusted upward or downward based on subject performance. For each subject, threshold was defined as the smallest level of Δf at which a criterion of 87.5% or more correct performance (at least 21 of 24 correct responses) was achieved. The Δf for the baseline condition was recorded and used as the primary measure of tone-matching ability within each group.
Testing in the distractor condition was initiated at the Δf that corresponded to the individual's tone-matching threshold obtained under no-distractor conditions. The percentage of correct responses under this condition was recorded, and used, relative to baseline performance, as the primary measure of susceptibility to distraction within each group. Since performance was typically worse in the distractor condition, subjects were then tested at ascending levels of Δf (descending levels of difficulty) until a level was reached at which criterion was again obtained (21 of 24 correct responses). After establishment of their distractor theshold, subjects were retested in the no-distractor condition at their previously obtained no-distractor threshold.
The primary dependent variables consisted of the level required for threshold performance under baseline (no-distractor) conditions and the change in performance with introduction of distractors. Threshold Δf level after introduction of distractors and change in threshold as a function of distraction were treated as additional analysis variables. Threshold Δf values were log-transformed before analysis. Between-group differences were analyzed using 1-way analysis of variance, with post hoc least significant difference testing using SPSS for Windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill). Differential between-group effects of distraction were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance with within-group factor of distraction (absent or present). Potential contributions of demographic (eg, age, sex, IQ) or clinical (eg, length of illness, Clinical Global Impression) variables were evaluated by analysis of covariance. Relationship between primary dependent variables and other subject variables were also assessed by follow-up multiple regression analysis. Two-tailed tests with α level of significance of P<.05 were used throughout. Effect sizes and power values were interpreted according to the convention of Cohen.35,36 Values in text represent mean + SD.
Tone-matching in the absence of distractor stimuli (Figure 1, open bars) varied significantly across groups (F4, 81 = 11.6, P<.001) with residential care patients showing substantially worse performance than subjects in other groups (least significant difference, P<.001). Patients in long-term residential care needed a 20% difference in pitch between reference and test tones to detect a between-tone pitch difference, whereas other groups required only a 3% to 5% difference. The effect size (d) of the difference between subjects in long-term residential care and controls was extremely large (SD, 1.95). Only 6% (2 of 32) of controls needed more than a 10% difference in tones to obtain criterion level performance, as compared with 71% (15 of 21) of patients in long-term residential care (χ21 = 26.6, P<.001).
Bar graph (±SEM) of threshold levels at obtained criterion level performance in the baseline (no-distractor) and distractor conditions for controls and patients. Bars for the control, first-episode, and outpatient groups show data from all subjects in both conditions. In the inpatient and residential care group, 8 of 21 inpatients with chronic illness could not regain threshold in the distractor condition.
First-episode and patients with chronic illness did not show significant threshold elevations, and effect sizes relative to controls were small to moderate (0.58 and 0.55, respectively). However, 33% of FE patients (5 of 15) required more than a 10% difference in tones to obtain criterion level performance (χ21 = 5.8, P = .02 vs control), indicating a greater number of outliers in this group.
Tone-matching performance was evaluated at individually determined Δf threshold at both the beginning and end of the test sessions (Table 2). Only patients in long-term residential care showed a significant change in performance from test to retest (paired t = 3.0, P = .007), indicating that initial testing may, in fact, have underestimated their degree of impairment on this measure.
Susceptibility to distraction was assessed first by evaluating the degree to which the introduction of distractors degraded tone-matching performance assessed at no-distractor threshold (Table 2), and, second, by evaluating the degree to which between-tone pitch separation had to be increased for subjects to regain threshold (Figure 1). Similar results were obtained from the 2 analyses.
All groups showed a significant degradation in performance with the introduction of distractors, indicating effectiveness of the distraction manipulation (F1, 80 = 176.3, P<.0001 across groups). For all groups, the correct performance rate in the presence of distractors was approximately 20 percentage points lower than in the absence of distractors (Table 2). Schizophrenia subjects showed no more degradation in performance than did controls with the introduction of distractor stimuli (Table 2) (F4, 80 = 0.98, P = .42). Power for rejecting a between-group difference was greater than 0.75. All groups continued to perform significantly above chance (50% correct) even in the distractor condition.
Once distractors were introduced, more than 75% of subjects required a greater level of Δf to attain threshold level performance than they had under baseline conditions. This included 8 subjects in long-term residential care who were unable to regain threshold even at the highest levels of Δf tested and were therefore considered to have increased thresholds. Patients who were unable to regain threshold in the presence of distractors had higher baseline thresholds than those who were able to regain threshold (mean Δf = 43% vs 22%). This finding may indicate that beyond a certain level, increasing between-tone pitch separation does not increase discriminability, as has previously been observed in the case of MMN.11
The percentage of subjects whose thresholds increased with distraction did not differ across groups (χ24 = 4.8, P = .31). The degree to which Δf levels needed to be increased in subjects for whom distractor thresholds could be obtained was also similar across groups (Figure 1, difference between open and solid bars). Tone-matching thresholds in the presence of distractors were significantly greater for inpatient subjects than for controls or other patient groups (F4, 73 = 8.8, P<.001). However, this difference was accounted for by the elevated tone-matching thresholds in this group obtained in the absence of distraction. No significant difference was observed between groups after covariation for no-distractor thresholds (F4, 71 = 1.0, P = .41).
Patient groups differed significantly in terms of Clinical Global Impression scores and duration of illness (Table 1). However, when these factors were entered as covariates into an analysis of covariance of tone-matching threshold vs patient group, the between-group differences in tone-matching performance remained significant (F4, 47 = 4.5, P = .004). Furthermore, in this analysis, neither Clinical Global Impression score nor duration of illness was independently predictive of impaired tone-matching performance. When age, Clinical Global Impression score, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale symptom ratings, hospitalization length, and medication status were entered into a logistic regression equation vs residential care/outpatient status for patients with chronic illness, tone-matching performance emerged as the strongest correlate of hospitalization status (R = 0.30, P = .009). Negative, but not positive, symptom severity also correlated significantly with site of recruitment (R = 0.23, P = .03). No other variables were significantly correlated.
Correlational analyses were also performed to evaluate potential effects of medication. Antipsychotic dose varied significantly across groups (Table 1). However, there was no significant correlation between dose and performance either within or across groups (F1, 41 = 1.9, P = .20). Moreover, between-group differences in performance remained significant after covariation for antipsychotic dose (F2, 41 = 5.2, P = .01). Patients receiving atypical antipsychotics performed similarly to those using typical agents (F1, 31 = 0.45, P = .50).
Patients receiving anticholinergic medications performed significantly worse than those not receiving anticholinergics (F1, 39 = 5.44, P = .02). However, similar percentages of subjects were receiving anticholinergic medications in all patient groups and no significant group×anticholinergic treatment interaction was observed (F2, 39 = 1.42, P = .30). Neither antidepressant medications nor benzodiazepines were significantly associated with performance.
The present study investigated the degree to which auditory sensory deficits, as manifest by impaired delayed tone-matching performance, correspond to a sensory-level vs prefrontal pattern of dysfunction. There are 2 major findings from the present study. First, this study confirms previous observations of elevated tone-matching thresholds in chronic schizophrenic inpatients relative to controls.15,16,37 As in prior studies of tone matching, the effect size of the deficit is large, and at least comparable in magnitude to deficits observed in more complex tasks.7 Second, this study demonstrates that despite increases in tone-matching threshold, schizophrenic subjects are no more sensitive to the effects of same modality distractors than are controls. This latter finding contrasts with the pattern of deficit observed in patients with prefrontal damage,27,28,38 and strongly supports the concept that tone-matching deficits in schizophrenia are caused by or reflect dysfunction at the level of sensory cortex.
A second goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between deficits in tone-matching performance in schizophrenia and clinical and demographic characteristics. We have previously observed deficits in tone-matching performance in several separate cohorts of chronic schizophrenic subjects recruited predominantly from a state-hospital inpatient setting.15,16,37 In these previous studies, effect sizes were large, and more than 80% of subjects could be correctly classified based on tone-matching performance alone. In contrast, a recent study in which patients were drawn primarily from an outpatient setting39 reported significant deficits in tone matching, but the percentage of patients with deficits, 34% (13 of 38), was relatively smaller than we had previously observed. Results of the present study clarify the apparent discrepancy between prior studies, and demonstrate that patients drawn from an inpatient and/or residential care setting are significantly more impaired in performance than those drawn from outpatient settings. The validity of subdividing patients according to recruitment site is supported by our observation that only 1 of the 18 subjects in the outpatient group had required long-term (state hospital) hospitalization during the 5 years before recruitment, as compared with 18 of the 21 subjects in long-term residential care.
It is unclear the degree to which sensory processing dysfunction, as reflected in impaired tone-matching performance (but presumably affecting other aspects of sensory processing as well), contributes to the need for persistent hospitalization vs the degree to which it indexes a form of schizophrenia associated with poorer functional outcome. In the present study, patients in long-term residential care showed significantly greater levels of negative symptoms than the outpatients with chronic illness but did not differ significantly in either global symptom ratings or in severity of positive symptoms. Tone-matching deficits, therefore, cannot be attributed simply to greater "severity" of illness, although such deficits may index a form of schizophrenia particularly associated with negative symptoms. The observation that roughly 33% of first-episode subjects showed elevated tone-matching thresholds may indicate etiological heterogeneity at first episode on the basis of either neurochemical or neuroanatomical differentiation. Whether tone-matching deficits at illness onset are predictive of poor outcome, however, requires longitudinal follow-up.
Even patients with significant elevation of tone-matching thresholds were no more affected by distractors than controls. The fact that resistance to distraction was preserved, even in subjects with elevated tone-matching thresholds, argues against this finding as being a manifestation of impaired attention, motivation, or cooperation.40 To the extent that the ability to maintain a tone representation in the presence of distraction represents a prefrontal function,28,41 inpatients with chronic illness were no more impaired in this aspect of prefrontal function than were other patient groups or controls. This finding does not imply that all aspects of prefrontal functioning are normal in schizophrenia. Rather, it indicates, first, that any study of higher-order processing in schizophrenia must be corrected for potential sensory level disturbance, and, second, that some elements of prefrontal function are preserved.
The present data suggest that information-processing deficits in schizophrenia may depend more on the types of processes that are involved than on the specific regions of cortex that are engaged. In support, it has recently been demonstrated that schizophrenialike deficits in both MMN generation (a sensory level process) and AX-type Continuous Performance Test performance (a prefrontal-type task)42 are induced by administration of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist ketamine.43 In both cases, the overall level of performance was diminished. However, rates of decay in performance as a function of interstimulus interval in the AX-type Continuous Performance Test were unaffected, as has previously been observed in schizophrenia.12,17,44- 46 Thus, patients may have increased difficulty "constructing a representation of an object,"46 be it a sensory or cognitive construct, but be relatively unimpaired in retaining it if interfering stimuli are presented.
The present study is limited by the fact that all subjects were receiving medication. However, the mean dose of medication was highly similar for outpatients with chronic illness and long-term residential care subjects. Nevertheless, the 2 groups differed significantly in tone-matching threshold. Thus, the sensory processing deficits in the residential care group cannot be attributed to antipsychotic effect. Across groups, there was a significant deleterious effect of anticholinergic medication on performance. This finding is consistent with considerable research demonstrating anticholinergic-induced impairments in cognitive performance.47- 49 However, the percentage of patients receiving anticholinergic medication was not significantly different across patient groups, indicating that anticholinergic effects were not responsible for the between-group differences in performance.
The present study confirms prior reports of impaired tone-matching ability in schizophrenic inpatients and demonstrates differential tone-matching performance in patients drawn from inpatient sites compared with those drawn from outpatient settings. Even schizophrenic subjects with impaired baseline tone-matching performance were no more susceptible to same-modality distraction than controls, indicating preserved performance of a specific domain of prefrontal processing. Deficits could not be attributed to medication or overall symptom severity. Heterogeneity of performance was seen in patients drawn from a first-episode study, indicating that for some individuals deficits may be present early in the course of illness. These findings indicate that information-processing dysfunction at the level of sensory cortex may contribute to poor outcome in schizophrenia or may index a subform of schizophrenia associated with poor psychosocial outcome.
Accepted for publication August 4, 2000.
This study was supported by grants R01 MH49334 and K02 MH01439, from the US Public Health Service, Washington, DC (Dr Javitt), a grant from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders, Great Neck, NY (Dr Rabinowicz), and by the Zara and Bernad Jakubovitz Fund for Brain Research, New York, NY (Dr Javitt).
We thank Lisa Falbo, MA, program director, and the residential program counselors and staff at the Residential Care Center for Adults, Orangeburg, NY; G. Gail Neffinger, PhD, Mara Cohen, CSW, and the staff at the Young Adult Center, County of Rockland, Department of Mental Health, Pomona, NY; and Gail Reiter, MS, and the staff at Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY.
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|Background information
|Eugene, Oregon, United States
|Experimental rock
Alternative rock
|Years active
|2001–2008(Hiatus) 2013–present[1]
|intheclouds Records www.inthecloudsrecords.com
|Christopher Ruff
Aaron Tollefson
Beau Kuther
Kelsey Kuther
Kile Brewer
Kaddisfly is an American band based in Portland, Oregon.
The band formed in 2001, taking their name from a small moth-like insect, the Caddisfly. After several independent releases, the band signed to Hopeless Records in 2004 and released Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn through the label on March 8, 2005.
Kaddisfly has been an active touring band, having embarked on multiple nationwide tours between 2003 and 2008. Most notably, they performed on the 2007 Take Action Tour with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, and A Static Lullaby. They also performed on the Smart Punk Stage as part of the 2007 Vans Warped Tour.
In July 2008 bassist Kile Brewer decided to leave the band on good terms for a more stable lifestyle and possible solo releases.
Hiatus (2008 to March 9, 2014)[edit]
From Kaddisfly's Official Myspace Thursday, December 18:[2]
There are winds of change in the Kaddisfly camp, and as with the nation, it's time we move forward. First off, we should apologize for not keeping you all updated properly over the last 5 months, but quite honestly there wasn't much to talk about until we knew exactly what we wanted to say. Some of you may or may not know that Kile Brewer has left Kaddisfly. His departure came late in the summer and was not all that unexpected. Kile moved to Denver with his wife and wanted to start a new chapter in his life. We are still very close with Kile and we wish him the best in all his future endeavors.
As Kaddisfly we may very well end up finishing horses galloping one day, but for now I suppose the popular thing to say would be we are on a small hiatus. There will always be our back catalog, and our internet presence will remain the same because Kaddisfly isn't dead, just hibernating. We also still have some unreleased material that may surface at some point.
In the Fall of 2008, Christopher Ruff, Beau Kuther, Kelsey Kuther, and Aaron Tollefson started a new band called Water & Bodies.[3] Water & Bodies released their debut EP on May 15, 2009. In the summer of 2010, Kelsey Kuther left the band to concentrate on his other project, Ex-Cowboys. He was subsequently replaced by Kile Brewer after he moved back to Portland, Oregon. Water & Bodies released their first full-length album in February 2011.
On December 12, 2011, the band released an EP called Demos & Rarites. A note on the page read:
This is a collection of demos and rarities recorded between 2007- 2008. There is no timeline for when Horses Galloping on Sailboats will be recorded. These songs are for all the fans that have stuck with us and shown their love. This marks our 10 year anniversary. Thank you.
On March 5, 2014 Kaddisfly officially announced their first show since going on hiatus in 2008. From Kaddisly's Official Facebook Wednesday, March 5, 2014:
Reunion & Horses Galloping On Sailboats (from 2014)[edit]
On March 5, 2014 Kaddisfly updated their Facebook [5] page with an image of a set list and possible track listing. A later posting announced a small show, the band's first in over 5 years, that will be held in Portland, Oregon on March 10, 2014.
On January 24, 2013 they updated their Facebook [6] page with new images and video foreshadowing activity in 2013. A montage video posted on Vimeo [7] concluded with images of a galloping horse (referencing the title of their forthcoming album Horses Galloping on Sailboats) and the message MMXIII, the Roman numeral for 2013.
On January 5, 2015 they updated their Facebook page with a track listing for the upcoming 2015 release of Horses Galloping on Sailboats. It contained 12 tracks.
On June 1, 2015, they announced they had signed with intheclouds Records and would be releasing Horses Galloping on Sailboats soon.
On June 8, 2015, Kaddisfly announced their next album titled Horses Galloping on Sailboats would be released on the Summer Solstice (June 21, 2015).
A track listing was released as well as the cover art and news of a limited edition vinyl edition of the album.
The band also registered and updated a new website located at www.youaretheend.com
Band members[edit]
- Christopher Ruff – vocals / piano
- Aaron Tollefson – guitar
- Beau Kuther – drums / percussion
- Kelsey Kuther – guitar / percussion
- Kile Brewer – bass / vocals
- Honorable Mention EP (2001)
- Humania EP (2002)
- Did You Know People Can Fly? (2003)
- Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn (2005)
- Four Seasons EP (2006)
- Set Sail the Prairie (2007)
- Demos & Rarities (2011)[8]
- Horses Galloping on Sailboats (2015)[9]
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/Kaddisfly?ref=stream
- ^ Kaddisfly Myspace
- ^ Water & Bodies site
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/Kaddisfly/photos/a.10152332377915039.1073741826.7849795038/10152360599385039/?type=1
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/Kaddisfly
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/Kaddisfly
- ^ http://vimeo.com/58149012
- ^ Kaddisfly Bandcamp
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/Kaddisfly/photos/a.10150672788040039.450235.7849795038/10153102055405039/?type=1


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GRAND RAPIDS — The Grand Rapids Griffins dropped yet another overtime game Friday night, but they're hoping they didn't lose even more.
Goaltender Jordan Pearce left the game with a sprained ankle late in the third period with Grand Rapids leading 3-2, but Peoria managed to tie the score late, and former Griffin Danny Syvret scored with 10.7 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Rivermen a 4-3 win before a crowd of 8,165 at Van Andel Arena.
"They'll re-evaluate Pearce again in the morning, but he's out (Saturday) for sure," Grand Rapids coach Curt Fraser said. "Hopefully it will be short."
It wasn't certain whether the Griffins would recall Tom McCollum from the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL for Saturday night's game against Milwaukee.
Pearce, who was looking for only his second win of the season and first since Nov. 12, sprained his left ankle moving out of the way of Peoria's T.J. Hensick and Grand Rapids' Brian Lashoff, who crashed into the net during a rush. He was replaced by Joey MacDonald with 4:03 remaining in the third after making 27 saves.
Moments later, the Griffins' Fabian Brunnstrom was given a goaltender interference penalty after he clocked Peoria's Ben Bishop in the head. The Rivermen quickly capitalized when Jonathan Cheechoo's pass to T.J. Hensick bounced off the stick of Griffins defenseman Doug Janik and into the net with 3:02 left in the period.
"The guy just tried to throw it back door, it hit off my stick and went in," Janik said. "Joey can't stop that, it's my fault."
MacDonald then was handed the tough-luck loss when Syvret whipped a shot into the top right corner late in overtime.
"It's one of those things, you've got to be ready at all times," MacDonald said. "Unfortunately, I get the loss, but we battled hard."
MacDonald can empathize with Pearce's situation. He missed 11 games this season with a concussion after getting run over by an opponent.
"Guys are charging the net, just running over the goalies and stuff like that," MacDonald said. "Until the league starts protecting goaltenders, it's going to happen. You look around the NHL, it's happening all over, the American League too."
Francis Pare, Brendan Smith and Mitch Callahan scored for the Griffins, who lost in overtime for the third game in a row.
It also was the eighth time in their past 12 games they were tied after three periods.
"Same result. It's our own fault," Fraser said. "We're winning with three minutes to go, we take a totally unnecessary penalty, running into their goaltender."
Rivermen 4, Griffins 3 (OT)
• Next game: Grand Rapids vs. Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Saturday at Van Andel Arena
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Grand Rapids rallied to turn an early 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead heading into the third.
The Griffins got on the board after Tomas Tatar stole a pass, held the puck until Bishop moved out of position and fed Pare for a wide-open goal 6:34 into the second.
With the Rivermen on the power play 2:20 later, Pare dug the puck out of the corner and passed to Jamie Johnson, who found a charging Smith for a short-handed goal.
Less than three minutes after that, Callahan knocked in the rebound of a Brent Raedeke shot to give the Griffins the lead.
"The game should have been over in the middle of the second period. It should have been 5-0," Fraser said. "You make a couple blunders and we don't get away with it."
Tyler Shattock gave Peoria a 1-0 lead with 6:09 remaining in the first with a shot from behind the net that bounced off Pearce. Cade Fairchild made it 2-0 when he scored on a wrist shot with 21.5 seconds remaining in the period.
The Griffins are 4-0-4-2 in games that go into overtime or shootout.
"These close games are costing us," Fraser said. "It's nice to get a point, but we need two every night."
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Skip to comments.Why arent Asians Republicans?
Posted on 11/26/2012 9:51:06 AM PST by LucianOfSamasota
Last week, I pointed out that there is no such thing as a natural social-conservative skew among Latino Americans. But that leaves open a rejoinder, expressed by several readers: The GOP doesnt need to get all of the Latino vote, just its fair share. Thats true, and I should have made my point clearer. In the wake of the election, some social conservatives have tried a new version of the old Silent Majority argument, contending that Republicans can continue to make their candidates pass litmus tests on abortion and gay marriage and still win national elections if only it taps the natural social conservatism of Latinos. Exposing that illusion was the point of the numbers I presented.
This time I will explicitly offer a broader argument and then give the numbers. My thesis is that the GOP is in trouble across the electoral board because it has become identified in the public mind with social conservatism. Large numbers of Independents and Democrats who are naturally attracted to arguments of fiscal discipline, less government interference in daily life, greater personal responsibility, and free enterprise refuse to vote for Republicans because they are so put off by the positions and rhetoric of social conservatives, whom they take to represent the spirit of the real GOP.
I use Asian-Americans as an example of how powerfully this antipathy can alienate a naturally conservative voting bloc. Let it be clear: The causal link with social conservatism is asserted here, not proved. But the GOP had better take the hypothesis seriously.
Lets start with data from the Current Population Survey from 2003 on some key socioeconomic indicators for adults ages 3049. (The CPS first started identifying Asians separately from other ethnic groups in 2003).
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Then we are doomed as a nation. I know of no historical precedent for a country whose greatness did not reflect the moral fiber of its citizens.
Going into the 2004 presidential election, two major issues posed potential threats to President Bush's prospects for re-election: the economy and the Iraq war.
CBS News Exit poll results suggest that these issues were not the clear-cut silver bullet the Kerry campaign had hoped they would be. Instead, their effectiveness has been countered to a large degree by two issues emphasized by the Bush campaign: terrorism and moral values. [CBS News National Exit Poll results are based on interviews with 13,531 voters. The sampling error is plus or minus 1 point.]
Nazi Germany -- except substitue greatness with infamous and moral fiber with moral turpitude.
There are countless other examples throughout history.
Of course, how do you measure greatness? What's the metric? GDP? Ability to influence the world? How long the nation has survived?
I have one idea. How well do you transition from one generation to the next.
This is a good question. I live near a HUGE Asian concentration in the San Gabriel Valley. I've noticed that they are hard working, they are homeowners, they are business owners, the are professionals, they are upscale, they are suburban, they believe in higher education, ....I 've also noted a far higher rate of regular church attendance than the general population as well as a stronger family unit than the general population. Bottom line: They work hard, pay taxes, have strong family values and are very religious. Why this group is favoring the Dems is BEYOND my powers of understanding. Because Asians do so well in academics and education in general, they over-represented in many of the state's universities and therefore subject to reverse discrimination and adverserly impacted by racial quotas. The only thing I can figure is that they perceive the GOP to be too tough on immigration and not inclusive enough. Other than that it makes no sense. The Asians I see are not into the free stuff bs. They LIKE to work and make money and own businesses and go to church.
Perhaps. It's pretty clear that the upcoming generations are far more libertine on social issues. Gay marriage is not the winning issue it once was, DADT will never go back in force, abortion may well decrease as morning-week after type pills become common place. Like it or not, the GOP is likely to focus far more on fiscal issues than social ones. Republicans will fight these social battles only when the left pushes way too far an offends a polling majority. Traditional conservative primary voters are going to remember the disasters Akin and Mourdock turned out to be and think twice before supporting the less polished statewide candidates going forward.
Nazi Germany lasted twelve years. The blink of an eye by historical standards.
> Why arent Asians Republicans?
Are you kidding? Every Asian that I know is a Republican.
My Vietnamese sister-in-law even says that the Democrats act too much like communists for her likes (some years ago, she spent a half year in a communist reeducation camp).
I am not sure what we mean when talk about Asians. The traditional Asians, seem to be more GOP. Remember, the first Asian to run for President was Hiram Fong.
I believe, right or wrong, Asians have a problem with the foreign policy position in the GOP. There is this female engineer with whom I worked had thought highly of Ron Paul.
Perhaps you should just accept the fact that, as you say, it is BEYOND your powers of understanding...either that or what you believe about democrats and republicans, is not completely factual.
!!! Free Stuff !!!
All elites have to be vomited out of our leadership.
Leftist and faux-conservatives.
There is no other issue besides THE moral issue.
Elites - the issue is morality - are you for it or against it ?
The pollsters and consultants, hanging on to their pathetic jobs, flood the conversation with theories on demographics and polling.
What a great political strategy - they must be geniuses !
"Give the people what they want".
How novel.
"My thesis is that the GOP is in trouble across the electoral board because it has become identified in the public mind with social conservatism. "
- the stupidest thing I have heard so far this morning.
Think before you speak, guy who wrote this. What are you saying ? Moron.
The GOP has always been associated with morals, or what you call "social conservatism".
Unless hearts and minds of the electorate are changed for the better, faux conservatism is going to be a shrinking minority. Is that what you want ? Faux conservatism can't claim to be the "party of immorality" because the Democratic Party already owns that territory.
Pollsters have no clue when it comes to marketing and sales in a competitive environment.
I guess that Asians probably represent the least likely to vote minority.
Yep, we are therefore Doomed!
This new litmus test, has hijacked the Tea Party, which found a broader based appeal that brought so many folks that were far more fiscally Conservative than socially dogmatic..
I am a Social Conservative as well as Fiscally, but I cannot bring myself to cut off my nose to spite my face.. I cannot dislike, or disqualify my Fiscal Brethren that do not share all of my personal values..
Where have I gone so wrong?
They might assume federal-controlled healthcare is a good idea not thinking that it's more power for big government and less for the individual. I don't know....why don't we ask a number of Asian-Americans why they support a socialist like Obama. It would be interesting to hear them, especially the business people, justify voting for someone who would like to bankrupt them.
Because the Magna Carta and the later US Constitution weren't based on ancient mandarin texts. They were based on western judeo-christian e.g. western philosophies and values. In asia, being a good worker ant is valued.
There is a non-zero possibility that the majority of Asians are racialists who see white dominance as an affront to their pride, and are using the Democratic party as a tool to undermine that dominance, per the following comment:
Religion is the only thing that keeps people from acting as racialists.
The GOP is fighting a losing battle and need to acknowledge it in their hearts. The best route to go is Milton Freidman in public and Guillaume Faye in cloak and dagger.True Conservatives would reject America and plan for what happens afterwards.
It seems to me that people who have knowledge and/or experience with communism also have an appreciation for conservative political principles.
Since "asians" of any kind are such a small part of the population it would have been quite easy for a skewing to have taken place simply because of the choice of the polling places (I gather there were only 20 or so).
So, take one polling place in Honolulu in Senator Inoue's neighborhood ~ that'd give you 100% "asian" responses.
Or, there's a town in New Jersey which will yield up mostly Pakistani immigrants ~ 100% for Obama.
This particular poll result repesents only exit polling that was looking to find out early who was winning ~ not particularly who was voting for who.
So we measure greatness by time now? There are many countries far older than the U.S that I wouldn't consider great by any standard.
EVERYTHING I believed about politics since the election has proven to be beyond my powers of understanding. Silly me. I used think it was all about the economy, stupid.
1. Pro life
2.Pro Family
3.Pro Traditional Marriage
Since the conservative position on these matters has constituted what western civilisation has defined as 'Moral' for millenia I would like to know why anyone who holds these positions is suddenly a radical?
I keep hearing pundits and politcal consultants talk about how we on the right keep moving more and more to the fringe. Where's the movement? I haven't changed my position on any of the above issues in my life. I've always been pro life, pro family and have always believed that marriage was the civilizing and moral foundation of our society. Always! If you would have suggested to a man 100 years ago...say in 1912...that his great grandchildren would be ridiculed for being against abortion and against homosexual marriage he would have looked at you as if you had 2 heads! But those of us who hold those time honored and NATURAL ideas are now radical right wing extremists!
What a world!
When I lived in San Francisco, I knew Asians who wouldn't drive to Sacramento - they were sure they would be ambushed and murdered on the way by the KKK. Do the Democrats play up these ludicrous stereotypes for political advantage? Of course, and why not? They know Republicans will let them go unanswered.
If the Republicans were an actual small government party, they could do much better, but until some of the base realizes the best way to advance social conservatism is to allow people the freedom to practice social conservative beliefs and to limit Big Government's spending and legislation in the service of social liberalism, not to take over the tools of Big Government and use them against people they don't like, the party is going to keep shrinking.
It was your shoes man ~ you must have kept telling them "You believe that I ought to put a boot in your butt" ~ they want them by the door, not there!
another problem is the "old pharts" who are in charge of the local republican clubs. I remebmer going to a meeting and seeing a group of politically incompetent retireees in charge of one club. Those buffoons could not win a one horse race.
Start out by recognizing the multi-generational quest of any people, to preserve their core values; to build on those core values. Emphasize on the social issues, that under our Constitutional formulation, those are issues to be addressed--save only for sound money & the free market--by the people acting as sovereign states; pointing out that the Constitution confers no functions on the Federal Government that go to how people actually regulate themselves in their individual communities; that all such questions are left to States, guaranteed a republican form of Government, but certainly not a Federally controlled, or an egalitarian (Jacobin or Socialist) society.
William Flax
That's a good question.
Funny, but I never thought of Asians as moochers and slobs. But I guess the numbers don't lie.
Centralized power is the norm throughout the world. Its hard for people to conceive of any other model.
Thats why people who look like natural conservatives vote for centralized power. They are naturally conservative in the common meaning of the word and won't risk limiting the power of the center.
We have to understand that what we call conservative isn't. We are revolutionary, and even though the revolution has been around a while it has never really won. Because so many of us are social conservatives, we confuse revolutionary classic liberalism as being politically conservative when in reality it is not. There is nothing conservative about liberty in a world that does not value liberty.
Our blend of classic liberalism rooted in biblical values is unprecedented and exists no where else in the world. In the war between John Locke and Rousseau, Rousseau won everywhere but here and in fact he mostly won here too. John Locke hangs on with a stubborn few in this country alone.
I'm not understanding? We are losing because we aren't fighting for social conservative values? So what, do the social conservatives just get P.O'ed and go vote social liberal to spite themselves? Politics is a spectrum, not a pidgeon hole. You win by appealing to the greatest number of voters. Politics is not quantum either. You just can't jump from one side to the other without first transitioning the middle. Conservatives are losing because they keep pushing people to the other side. We should try pulling them from the other side.
Nazi Germany was never "great". They were vile and amoral as the day is long. Murdering your way to the top simply doesn't count as "greatness" by any rational measure. Now the german people themselves have a great historical legacy, but that aberation called Nazi Germany was just a brutish coup by criminals during a perfect storm, defiling and squandering what took centuries to build.
"The quality of a village is measured by the poorest, not the richest members' is one description of one ethos.
I detect a pretty strong "social conservatism" in both Asian and Hispanic immigrant communities.
I very seriously doubt "social conservatism" is a reason for many Asian or Hispanic voters to reject the R party candidates.
Indeed, it could well be that the R party candidates would get more Asian and Hispanic votes if "social conservatism" were more noticeably a part of the R campaigns. For instance, "social conservatism" was almost completely avoided by Governor Romney... and look what happened to his candidacy.
OR maybe they just can't get their mind around being just imposable to get Pregnant during a RAPE..
Or that it isn't really an absolute imperative, for both teams openly PRAY IN PUBLIC to legitimize a High School game..
Or maybe they are just all G_DLESS heathens.. jus sayin'
But you've put you're finger on a huge part of the problem: the more time you spend in academia (either as a student or as a professor), the more liberal you become. Also--and this has come as a shock to white folks--racial identity is an amazingly powerful force in voting decisions. It's more powerful than values with most minorities. Asians see themselves as "outsiders," and Obama as one who can sympathize with them. Those judgments may be absolutely irrational, but they hold sway with a lot of voters, even those in the "cognitive elite." Racial ID and liberal indoctrination are important reasons Asians voted for Zero.
You make a good point, here. As for your personal references in the first paragraph, I certainly concur at least so far as Santorum is concerned. He clearly is not a true social conservative, nor a legal conservative, in his open disrespect for the rights of the States to disagree with his ideas on many issues. He is a disaster so far as actually convincing anyone of what he claims to believe is important. Normal people, who have not yet committed to ideological premises, are put off & alienated by fanatics, spouting platitudes on issues, rather than trying to actually convince by rational analysis.
Given the indoctrination of so much of the youth in the schools, we need to avoid those who have no clue as to how to persuade, but offer only a dogmatism that simply proclaims to the inexperienced voter, an offensive fanaticism.
William Flax
You may very well be right about that. Every group has their own unique values. And Asians cannot be neatly clumped into one vast group so neatly. Here in Southern CA we have many diffrent Asian ethnicities: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, etc..-—all have diffrent values, traditions, and religious affiliations.
One thing in general has changed: In years past, a person's socio-economic-status-—SES-— as well as family influence basically determined one's party affiliation. These days, regular church attendence (with the exception of blacks and hispanics-—and now Asians too) is much better indicator of party preference than SES.
Asian-Americans are extremely socially liberal. They widely favor abortion and homosexual marriage. I'm surprised that anyone is surprised they overwhelmingly vote Rat.
maybe you only know Asian-America Republicans because Asian_ Americans voted Obama 3-1. That's not a fluke, that's a fundamental divide between us and them.
I live in the SGV. True the Christian section of Asian American community may tend to reflect Western values, however, the vast majority are not Christian open to moral relativism. My wife observed an Asian couple (professionals) attempting to steal valuable items from a vendor's table. She managed to confront them politely and they coughed up the items before they could get away. I do see a lot of open cash boxes in the Asian small businesses. They pay what taxes they can't figure a way out of. These people are not puritans and a lot are very adept at milking the system. They do like freebies.
Another point.....in the universities, the Asians are NOT wasting their time on BS pseudointellectual pursuits such as Feminazi Studies, Marxism 101, Chicano Studies, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender History and the usual crap.....No... in the universities they are studying useful things like medicine, business, economics, physics, mathematics, science, biology, and engineering-—so therefore I would think they would not be so vulnerable to the usual radical left indoctrination from left-wing professors.
Many Asians come from more collectivist cultures, so I don't think it should be any surprise they tend to vote Democrat.
He actually presents zero evidence to back up his 'thesis'. Only seems to suggest that it must be the case because there's no other explanation out there.
I think he far too quickly dismisses the Jewish-Asian parallel. Both groups are very aware of being an identifiable minority that succeeds ahead of the majority population. More specifically, Chinese and Japanese have experience in this, like Jews, pretty much wherever they settle worldwide.
Both Jews and the Chinese, especially, also have very leftist politics prominent in their heritage, but I think it is the overachieving minority status that leads them to liberal politics.
While being industrious in building wealth, Asians and Jews both believe their ethnicity or race truly does have above-average intelligence, which means by definition that other populations to some degree have below-average intelligence. Thus, they believe the majority population is at an innate disadvantage in competing with them, and if they are going to keep resentment from spoiling their own opportunity, that resentment needs to be mollified, ideally with an ideology that further soothes injured group identity pride. So backing liberal politics both throws a bone to the less well equipped and it puts them themselves in a kinder, gentler spotlight.
This I think is a tough dynamic to change.
Interesting observation.....they are not concerned about tax rates.....because they do everything they can....legal or otherwise.....to avoid paying their taxes. So a pro-business, low tax advocating GOP politician would have no appeal to them no matter what. They want the free stuff and they will find ways to avoid paying the taxes for it.
Truly sad if all true.
I think it's a conglomeration of interests. Their Asian societies they come from are extremely stratified and class based which lends well to the class warfare the left thrives on.
Also they believe they are superior to most the minority groups in the cities and realize that most of the dependent hoards are gonna need taking care of through government help.
They figure why not let the government take from everyone and spread it around to the lesser groups of people so they are satiated.
Then there is always the us versus them - color vs yty thing that's so prevalent nowadays.
Perhaps the most logical of all explanations.
Liberalism is deeply embedded in Jewish DNA.
Always thought Asians were more on the conservative side. This is where I was wrong.
To clarify- I am answering the question, not making the case, but...
All I am saying is this: there is a basic belief of conservatism that the greatest good for the greatest number comes from the greatest economic liberty. Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig Von Mises, Friedman, all argue that a system that allows for both billionaires and people in extreme poverty yields overall better results than one in which there is much less of a variation between the richest and poorest. This is not a cultural universal. One can rant and rail about redistribution of wealth and equate that with socialism, but a lot of cultures around the world dont see that as an absolute inherent evil that is the start of an inevitable slippery slope towards totalitarianism.
To pretend otherwise is to continue scratching one's head as to why honest, educated and hardworking people sometimes do not vote Republican. As a preacher I know said "do we really need billionairs while other people are living under a bridge with untreated mental illnesses?"
Wrong. Yes, Asians tend to, like the Hispanics, have stronger family values.
But the Asians, like the Hispanics, go for the freebies.
As one Chinese told me, who has strong family values, "If someone offers me (freebies), I'll vote for them."
It's the freebies.
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"We don't have enough time," Williams said this week when asked the area in which he needs the most improvement heading into next year. "I don't mince a lot of words when it comes to me getting better as a coach, but I'm always trying to do things necessary for me to become a better coach.
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After assuming control of a veteran team led by a pair of All-Stars in his first season in 2010, and riding that experience to a quick start that resulted in a post-season appearance, the last two seasons Williams has been dealt a hand that included completely different rosters devoid of superstars resulting in back-to-back lottery appearances.
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"I think about it a lot," Williams said. "Obviously it's easy to sit there and blame it on youth or blame it on whatever the players did. The bottom line is it's not just them all the time. I've got to do my job as well. And I'm not going to hide from that. At the same time, we're not playing against teams who are not trying to win. If you look at a lot of those games, we were playing against pretty good teams.
"Now in some of those games we feel like we could have pulled them out. But we had planned on that before the season even started. It's funny how you guys never ask the question 'How'd you guys beat Boston, Denver and Memphis (all playoff teams) in a row?' Everybody always brings up how we lost games in the fourth quarter when we were up by double digits. That always comes around.
"But those are the things we talked about last year before the season started. We said we were going to have some times where we're going to have some games we're going to lose and we could have won. And the bottom line is, that falls on me. I'm not going to run from that. In order for us to be the team we're going to be some day, we've got to get better in those situations."
Much of this year's difficulty can be attributed to injury – the Hornets lost 115 games to illness or injury.
The team's two top rookies, Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers, missed 18 and 20 games, respectively, with injuries. Rivers missed the last month of the season with a broken right hand sustained when he was playing his best basketball of the season.
And though he was at times criticized for it, Williams conservatively managed Davis's playing time over the course of the season in an attempt to keep him healthy since Davis, 20, has yet to physically mature into an NBA player.
"For me, as a head coach, I kind of felt like I had to bring some of our guys along a bit slower until they were able to handle the grind of the season," Williams said.
Williams has proven he's a solid NBA coach, well respected by his peers and those knowledgeable about the workings of the league.
When he was a rookie coach it would have been easy for the Hornets' veteran superstars Chris Paul and David West to tune out Williams' message. After all, at the time he was the youngest head coach in the league.
That didn't happen. Williams had the respect, the support, and the ear, of Paul and West.
Since they left, there has been a steady roster turnover. After this summer's maneuvering in free agency, and the addition of another lottery pick, Williams should be able to find some stability.
His teams have exhibited a no-quit attitude the last two years, despite no promise of extending play beyond the regular season, a trait noted by Pelicans executive vice president Mickey Loomis, who just finished his first year of involvement with team after Saints owner Tom Benson bought the club in April 2012.
"We saw the beginning of the culture and values that we wanted to establish for our team," Loomis said. "Playing hard all the way to the end. Having players with intelligence and high character and being involved in our community. We saw a team that fought adversity all season long. Eric Gordon, from the beginning, missed 40 games.
"Jason Smith missed 30 games. Anthony missed 18 games We were full strength for only 22 games this season. I believe our record was 11-11 during those 22 games. Yet there was no complaining that we were shorthanded. It was never used as an excuse. Our guys just went out there and played hard every night. We learned a lot from this first season, from myself and our ownership. I think most importantly, we have the right coach in Monty Williams. He's everything that we're looking for to lead our basketball team."


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Albuquerque police are investigating what led to a SWAT standoff very early Monday morning.
The standoff happened near Sweet Dreams and Night Whisper Road in northwest Albuquerque shortly after midnight.
Officers said a family member who is out of town called police to check on his son because he was threatening suicide.
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Counselor's pretrial delayed again
An absent judge and lawyers with busy schedules led to another continuance of the pre-trial hearing for former Golden Valley High School counselor Roselyn Hubbell. Judge Lloyd Nash, filling in for Judge Harold Vites on Wednesday, granted the request for rescheduling the pretrial to Nov. 19.
Hubbell pleaded not guilty to charges of one misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18. Deputies arrested the former Hart district employee in June while she attempted to check into a hotel with a minor. She is also under investigation for an inappropriate relationship with another minor.
City snags grant for Safe Routes
Santa Clarita received a grant worth $637,270 from the federal Safe Routes to School program to make physical improvements in and around Peachland, Mitchell and Rosedell elementary schools. The project is designed to reduce vehicle speed around the local schools and increase the visibility of school crossings through the use of bulb-outs, speed feedback signs, enhanced crosswalks, pedestrian countdown signals and upgraded school area signage. The goal of the federal program is to enable and encourage children to walk and bike to school. It marks the third year the city won the grant money.
'Green' science fair at COC
The College of the Canyons Sustainable Development Committee will host an environmental science fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Valencia campus student center. The fair is themed "Kids on Sustainability and Solutions" and will feature projects presented by local students. The event, sponsored by the SDC and Whole Foods Market in Valencia, will also include a variety of vender booths featuring "green" and earth-friendly products. Call (661) 362-5806 for more information.
Hooray for local oak trees
Santa Clarita's Urban Forestry Division hosts an oak tree giveaway from 8-10 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Central Park Nursery, located at 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road in Saugus. Residents can pick up a free oak tree. The city will host another oak tree giveaway at 9 a.m. Oct. 25 at Todd Longshore Park, located at 28151 Whites Canyon Road on Canyon Country. The events are part of Oaktober, the city's monthlong celebration of oak trees.
Trick or truck at the park
Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation hosts a free Halloween "Trick or Truck" event from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Richard Rioux Park in Stevenson Ranch. Kids ages 1 to 14 can take part in a costume contest, judged by age group. Residents can decorate their vehicles and pass out candy to kids. Participants must pre-register their vehicles with park staff by 5 p.m. Oct. 23. Call (661) 222-9536 for more information.
Kids, get ready for a disaster
The William S. Hart Union High School District will host a Disaster Preparedness Summit at 7 p.m., Oct. 28, at the Valencia High School gymnasium. This event will bring together all the first responders to share with schools and parents the services they can provide after a major earthquake. Each participating organization will have five to 10 minutes to relay information followed by a question-and-answer period. The event will be filmed and aired on Channel 20 to promote community awareness. Call (661) 510-2969, e-mail email@example.com, or visit www.shakeout.org for more information.
Get disaster texts from the city
The city of Santa Clarita offers a new e-Alert system that will send local emergency notifications via text messaging. Residents can text "SCEMERGENCY" to 41411 or enter their phone numbers in the "Text Message Alerts" subscription box at www.santa-clarita.com/emergency to receive these text updates. The city will use this system strictly during emergencies. Standard phone provider texting fees will apply to the e-Alert system. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
It's fishing derby time in the AV
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation hosts the 2008 Fall Classic Adult Fishing Derby from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Apollo Park in Lancaster. Participants will compete in trout fishing for first- through 10th-place cash prizes for the heaviest trout caught. Participants must bring their own fishing gear and strings and must have a fishing license. Admission is $15 pre-sale, ending at 2 p.m. Oct. 31, and $20 at the door. The event will include games and crafts for kids. Call (661) 722-7780 in the Antelope Valley or (661) 775-8865 in the Santa Clarita Valley for more information.
Adoption event at Mountasia
Mountasia Family Fun Center will sponsor an adoption awareness event from 5-8 p.m., Nov. 20, in conjunction with Penny Lane Centers and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. A celebration of National Adoption Awareness Month, the event will showcase a photo exhibit of adoptable children. Penny Lane Staff will answer questions and provide additional information. Mountasia will admit the first 100 children with a paying adult for free.


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Iceland's difficult terrain takes time to negotiate, and you can't cover the whole country in a single trip. Our Grand Tour concentrates on Iceland's main sights, while our other suggested routes focus on two fascinating regions, the island's west and north, and the south and east.
Grand tour of Iceland
The best of the west and north
The south and east
1 Reykjavík
Though one of Europe's smaller capitals, the vibrant heart of Iceland offers everything from style-conscious bars and restaurants to great museums and galleries.
2 Blue Lagoon
Take a dip in the sublime waters of this famous open-air swimming pool, fed by geothermal water and set in the middle of a lavafield.
3 Geysir
See the original geyser (which gave its name to all the others) spew water from deep underground high into the air.
4 Þingvellir
The chasm between the European and North American tectonic plates marks the site of Iceland's original open-air parliament.
5 Akureyri
Chill on the north coast in Iceland's second-largest town, renowned for its sunny summer days and great bar and restaurant scene.
6 Húsavík
Whale watching is on everybody's list of must-dos in Iceland, and the expertly run tours from Húsavík offer virtually guaranteed sightings.
7 Lake Mývatn
A proliferation of geological oddities, from bubbling mud pools to steam vents, clustered around a beautiful lake teeming with birdlife.
8 The Interior
Venture into Iceland's uninhabited Interior to witness some truly awe-inspiring scenery: from glaciers to lava deserts, the views are jaw-dropping.
9 Heimaey
A steaming volcano cone, grassy clifftop walks and abundant wildlife make this small, self-contained island community an essential overnight stopover.
1 Borgarnes
Step into Iceland's stirring past at the Settlement Centre and learn more about the country's Saga heroes.
2 Stykkishólmur
Skim across the waters of Breiðafjörður in a rigid inflatable, checking out the myriad islands and rich birdlife in this part of the west.
3 Flatey
A night on this idyllic island provides a taste of rural Iceland: stroll through flower meadows down to the shore to watch the thousands of birds that call Flatey home.
4 Ísafjörður
Explore the West Fjords 'most agreeable town, and try a spot of sea kayaking too.
5 Ósar
The place to get up close to entire colonies of seals, lolling on the black volcanic sands.
6 Hofsós
Take a restorative swim in the new oceanside pool and drink in the extraordinary coastal vistas.
7 Akureyri
Iceland's second town offers a profusion of bars and restaurants, and the beautiful surroundings in Eyjafjörður are perfect for exploring on horseback.
1 Borgarfjörður Eystri
This tiny, isolated community has plenty of puffins, hiking trails and spiky mountains to investigate – you might even spot a Greenland shark being landed at the harbour.
2 Landmannalaugar
Iceland's most celebrated batheable hot spring, which emerges from underneath a lava wall amidst a stark gravel wilderness.
3 Gullfoss
The "Golden Falls" are at their most spectacular in late spring, when melted snow and ice tears through the gorge of this two-tier cataract.
4 Mývatn
Placid lake featuring abundant wildfowl, volcano cones, boiling mud pits and an underground bakery as just part of the surrounding scenery.
5 Jökulsárgljúfur National Park
Hike over the moors to Europe's largest waterfall alongside a terrific 30km canyon created in prehistoric times by a single massive flood.
6 Vík
Pleasant village near Iceland's southern-most point, with bracing sea breezes, black sand beaches and some easy scenic walking trails.


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Mrs. Wilson died April 15, at her Upcountry home under hospice care. She was 91.
Born Oct. 26, 1916, in Fort Worth, Texas, she came to Hawaii as a young woman who was a writer and active member of the Waikiki Yacht Club. After she moved to Maui, she was a founding member of the Lahaina Yacht Club and was the founding president of the Maui Board of Realtors.
West Maui Realtor James "Mac" Lowson said Mrs. Wilson, who had her own Lee Abrams Realty business, was a capable real estate investor. He recalled competing against her in bidding on a Front Street property that has been home to a series of successful restaurants.
"She beat me out in the bidding on that property many, many years ago. I was still under 30, and of course she had a little more in assets and experience and there was no doubt she would do what she wanted," he said.
"She certainly has been very successful as a businesswoman. She sold a lot of real estate. She was a very outgoing person, a strong woman."
Former Maui County Council Member Alvin Amaral said she was a "positive person," someone who had the ability to speak easily with anyone and who was very involved in projects that supported the community.
Longtime Lahaina businesswoman Joan McKelvey said Mrs. Wilson was "a really nice lady" who was involved in community organizations such as the Red Hat Society.
According to her family, she was involved in an import business before going into real estate, was a member of the Maui Garden Club and volunteered with the American Red Cross and HATS of Maui. She was also a member of the League of Republican Women.
A memorial service for Mrs. Wilson will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ballard Family Mortuary. The family requests aloha attire. Burial will be in Sacramento, Calif., near the graves of her parents and brother.
The family suggests donations in her memory to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Team Double Trouble, c/o Richard Scruggs, P.O. Box 232474, Anchorage, Alaska 99523-2474.
She is survived by two sons, Richard (LaCinda) Meredith Scruggs and Louis (Charlee) Edmund Abrams; three daughters, Carol Elizabeth (Frank) Torres, Atlee Austin-Taylor and Meri-Jo (Ron) Manuel; a stepson, Scott Abrams; and six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Amaus Health Services, a free health clinic in downtown Syracuse, has received the 2011 Howard J. Berman Prize which comes with a $10,000 cash award.
The prize is named after the former chief executive officer of the parent company of Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield. The prize is financed through private donations from more than 160 of Berman's colleagues and admirers. The prize is administered by the United Way of Rochester.
Amaus, which is part of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, opened in 2007. It serves between 900 and 1,500 patients annually and is run by volunteers.
Dr. Lynn Beth Satterly, medical director of Amaus, said the clinic will use some of the money to buy medicines and to start a web-based interactive patient education program.
"For a grassroots organization, $10,000 is a lot of money," she said. "It gives us a lot of leeway to do things we've been needing to do."
She said Dr. Arthur Vercillo, regional president of Excellus, nominated Amaus for the prize and his staff helped the nonprofit prepare its grant application.
Sandra Parker, chair of the Howard J. Berman Prize selection committee, said the committee reviewed a wide variety of candidates across upstate New York.
"Amaus Health Services represents exactly the type of grassroots program that embodies Howard Berman's lifelong passion to make a difference for those who are most at risk of falling through the cracks of our health care system," Parker said in a prepared statement.


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The age at which an estrogen-treated woman bore her first child appears to greatly influence her risk of developing mammary carcinoma, a recent retrospective study has concluded.The study of patients with benign and malignant breast lesions showed that nulliparous women and those who were over 27 years old when their first child was born had a higher incidence of malignant breast lesions than those who bore their first child before age 28.Maurice M. Black, MD, professor of pathology at New York Medical College, reported the study at the International College of Surgeons meeting in San Diego. The work was done in collaboration with Henry Patrick Leis, Jr., MD, clinical professor and chief of the breast service in the Department of Surgery at New York Medical College."Studies which show that those who take oral contraceptives are not at greater risk are true
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The shuffling of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.'s optional rates are an indication of how competition is affecting how much we pay for telephone services.
The rate changes, which took effect on Monday, meant increases for such popular features as caller ID options, call forwarding, call return, call waiting ID.
All total, 26 optional services have increased in price and 26 have dropped, said Karen Kay Speer, a spokeswoman for Southwestern Bell.
The Texas Consumers Association, which has long contended that Southwestern Bell continues a monopoly hold over Texas telephone service even though competitors have sprung up since 1995, when the Legislature amended the Public Utility Regulation Act to allow competition for local telephone service.
"I find it ironic that just days after beating Wall Street, Southwestern Bell is planning rate increases for Main Street, '' said Sandra Haverlah, president of Texas Consumer Association. "Bell just raised the rates on many of these same services last year and three weeks ago announced an increase in pay phone rates. This is just further proof of their monopoly control in most areas of phone service."
In the weeks ahead, the company will offer promotions on various features, such as the popular bundled "The Works" package that sells several of the options under a single discounted price, Speer said.
The rate increases will not affect the price of basic local telephone service, she said.
Southwestern Bell has been adjusting rates in other states, starting with Missouri in May.
Among the increases, such individual options as caller ID for name or number only will increase from $6.50 to $7 a month, while such features as call blocker, call waiting ID, and auto redial will go up $1 each a month.
These services, in telecom lingo, are called vertical services because they are add-ons to basic service. While revenues from basic service are expected to flatten, the add-ons are expected to be a source a revenue growth.
The Texas Consumer Association notes that when SBC, the parent company of Southwestern Bell, announced its second quarter earnings last week, it bragged about expense management and growth in data, wireless and long distance services.
But in second quarter financial statements, long distance service, directory advertising and network access all showed decreases in revenues for both the quarter and through the first six months of the year. Landline local service showed an 8.5 percent increase in revenues for the quarter and 8.6 percent increase for the year to date.
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Ben Affleck
- 2005
Starting a Family
Affleck and Garner tie the knot in a top-secret ceremony on one of the islands of Turks and Caicos. Months later, on Dec. 1, Affleck becomes a father with the birth of the couple's daughter, Violet. He also stars in Hollywoodland as TV Superman George Reeves, which is his most serious role to date.
- 2007
Affleck the Director
Affleck appears on the cover of men's style magazine Details, where he discusses his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, starring his younger brother Casey. "There's something really great about directing," Affleck, 35, says. "If you don't like this movie, I'm the guy to see. I'm the guy to criticize." But Violet's daddy is also hopeful that the film will help critics see beyond "Bennifer" and his high-profile flops. "It was probably bad for my career," he says of his dating Lopez.
- 2008
Baby Seraphina
Following their three-year wedding anniversary, Garner debuts her baby bump and Affleck confirms they're having another baby to long time pal, director-actor Kevin Smith. "[Ben] is a great dad, which I found not that surprising," Smith tells PEOPLE, "but it's a side of him that I never thought about before he became a dad." On January 6, they welcome their second daughter, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck.
- 2010
Out on The Town
Affleck steps behind the lens for the second time, directing and starring in The Town. "It's hard to disavow a movie when you've written, directed and acted in it," he tells The New York Times. "This is an emblem of the person I want to be going forward." The crime drama, which costars Blake Lively, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall, debuts at the top of the box office, earning $23.8 million.
- 2012
It's a Boy!
After a busy year, the actor-director works on a project close to home: expanding his brood with wife Jennifer Garner. The couple, parents to daughters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3, welcome their first baby boy, Samuel, to their adorable family. "It would be so weird to have a boy," Garner said during her pregnancy, adding that raising a son would be "cool and different."
Hot Ticket
Affleck garners rave reviews for his third directorial effort, Argo, which chronicles the real-life rescue of six U.S. diplomats during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The drama emerges as an early Oscar contender, and after three weeks at the box office, finally takes the top spot.
- 2013
All Hail Argo
Despite being snubbed by the Oscars, Affleck continues to rack up kudos for his directorial effort, taking home the Golden Globe for best director just days after winning the Critics' Choice Movie Award. "These nominees are exceptional talents," he says in his acceptance speech of Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg. "I truly to God never thought I would be in the same breath as them." The film is also named best picture.
Top Gun
Affleck takes home his second Academy Award as a producer for Argo, which is named Best Picture, and again pays tribute to wife Jennifer Garner in his acceptance speech. "I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases," he says from the stage. "It is work but it's the best kind of work and there's no one I'd rather work with."
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- Name
- Ben Affleck
- Date of Birth
- August 15, 1972
- Birth Place
- Berkeley, Calif.
- Relationships
Jennifer Garner, wife (2005 to present)
Jennifer Lopez, ex-girlfriend (2002 to 2004, engaged)
Gwyneth Paltrow, ex-girlfriend (1998 to 1999)
Cheyenne Rothman, ex-girlfriend (1990 to 1997, on & off)
- Children
Violet Anne, daughter (12/1/2005)
Seraphina Rose Elizabeth, daughter (1/6/2009)
Samuel, son (2/27/2012)