text: Warning: include(ask_the_band/askthebandVars.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mammoth/public_html/index.php on line 1 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'ask_the_band/askthebandVars.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/mammoth/public_html/index.php on line 1 Mammoth Press Interview with The Long Winters' John Roderick by Joe Szczepaniak on 2006-07-06 photo credit: Autumn De WildeYou were recently at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, as a member of the press, writing for CMJ.com. Did that experience change how you look at music, musicians, members of the press, or music fans in any way? Yknow, when you play those big music festivals you hardly have any opportunity to just wander around and soak up the scene, and you certainly never have a chance to watch music journalists at work while remaining anonymous yourself. I appreciate now far better the fact that everyone has a job to do, everybodys under pressure, and everyone is working hard. The press area was still hopping at 3AM with writers and photographers trying to get their work edited and sent off, which as a musician you would never see. As for how I look at musicians, well, that hasnt changed. How did that writing opportunity come about, anyway? What other writing projects have you been involved in? I write all kinds of stuff: reviews, rants, blather, and their fancier cousin the essay. Its like writing songs, except I dont have to drive around the country in a van after I write an essay. I guess people are getting hip to me as a writer more and more, and CMJ thought it would be fun. Ive been trying to write a book for the last five years, but I dont want to jinx it by talking too much about it. How would you describe the process of producing "Putting the Days to Bed" by yourself? Was it everything that you hoped it would be? Since you were able to produce this album yourself, could it be said that this is the "purest" Long Winters album to date? Hmmm. Well, theres a lot of mystique surrounding the producers art, and a lot of confusion too. Ive been expanding my role as co-producer over the years until it was obvious I needed to do a whole record myself, if only to see how little I actually knew. On our first record there were only three of us in the studio and we threw ideas around willy-nilly, but in the end only Chris Walla knew how to get sounds on tape. By the Ultimatum EP I had developed my own recording techniques and opinions and I wanted the freedom to put them to work. I still think that collaboration with another person is fun and exciting, but Ive learned that I prefer to work with someone who talks straight. Floyd Reitsma, who did the engineering on the new record, was great to work with, totally creative and professional. As far as whether it was the purest Long Winters record, I think each one just reflects the moment in which it was created. What made you decide to leave so many of the Ultimatum EP tracks off of the album ("The Commander Thinks Aloud" comes to mind)? It has been suggested to me many times that I include The Commander Thinks Aloud on Putting the Days to Bed. I definitely want more people to hear that song, but I also am proud of the Ultimatum EP and want it to stand on its own. I didnt want to canibalize it, nor did I want to rerecord Commander, at least not yet. On the European release of PTDTB the EP tracks are included as bonus material, so over there theyre getting the whole kaboodle. Im sure that song will find people over time because it seems to be developing a life of its own on the internet. I guess if I was on a major label theres no way they would have passed up any opportunity to showcase that tune, but one of the great things about being an independent artist is that youre not obligated to try and sell yourself all the time. Sometimes you can just make something you love and put it out there in a small way. As you've refined the vision for this album, have you done more experimenting or have you been exploring the already existent "vision" you've said that you had for your music in the past? Well, whenever I use the word vision to refer to my own music, Im being sarcastic. Vision is one of those words that Ive used ironically for so many years that I may have started saying it without audible quote marks, but Im not being serious. People who talk about their vision are usually trying to take credit for stuff that other people have made. We experimented a lot on this record, both in the production and in the songwriting, as we have done on every record. Part of that is a function of not really knowing what were doing, and part of it is not really WANTING to ever completely know what were doing. Its not a Motown situation where we nail the drum kit to the floor and say, thats the sound! Were always goofing. Taking more control over the production allowed me to record certain guitar sounds that are technically lame, which happen to be guitar sounds I love. I want to play more heavy metal music in the future and Ill probably call those recordings Long Winters records too. With the band's two previous albums the writing seems to have evolved from very specific periods in your life where you were sorting through life, struggling to make sense of it in a manner. In that context, where did the writing for this album come from, and how did it evolve? Sorting through that personal stuff on the early records was how I finally learned to write songs. I wanted to talk about stuff that I knew I had to conceal, and finding the oblique language to both describe a thing and unfocus it at the same time was a turning point for me. Im still doing that same thing, but Im trying now to unfocus and then refocus on a story thats less opaque. Im taking my own experiences and making them more general without making them blurry. Its how Im challenging myself as a songwriter. My lyrics always had definite meanings, but sometimes they were less obvious even to dedicated listeners. This record has several songs where the story is clear, but it only means I worked harder to conceal what the original story was. When you wrap up production on an album like this do you experience the so-called postpartum anxiety that many musicians describe when they send their record out to the world? What are the positive and negative feelings that come with such a step in your experience as a musician? Well, I think I would have a lot more anxiety if I felt like I was foisting crap out on the world and hoping no one noticed. I mean, I worked right up until the last possible moment to make sure every little thing I could think of was the best it could be. I was changing lyrics and arrangements until the very last hour in the studio, and then continuing to make modifications all the way through mixing and mastering, making tiny adjustments I thought really mattered. So on that last day, when it was absolutely finished and I couldnt monkey with it anymore, I had to take a deep breath and acknowledge that I made it the best I could. When I read reviews that take issue with the music Im usually fascinated by them. The only reviews that upset me are the ones, both positive and negative, where the writer clearly was listening to the record with half an ear while IMing their friends and then launches into a disquisition about what the lyrics mean. The song "Honest" strikes me as having an incredibly interesting story. Where did the inspiration for the song "Honest" come from? Ive met so many people in the last few years who really invest a lot of emtion in their favorite bands, and Im also in a position to know those bands personally, and to be friends with the singers that inspire so much devotion. Its a curious position to be in, watching people project super-human powers onto guys you know, and watching those guys try to negotiate their new powers. As the shows have gotten bigger, Ive started to see more mothers accompanying their younger daughters, and I just imagined that one might have a cautionary tale to tell. With the recent commercial/media success of a few of your label mates do you encounter any pressure, whether from yourself or from others, to produce an album with a certain sound or feeling to itglistening tracks ready for the "OC" crowd? The label doesnt put that kind of pressure on us at all, and we dont really put that kind of pressure on ourselves either. We all think the OC phenomenon is wonderful and hilarious, and wed love it if the Long Winters music was discovered by Hollywood and they made us all rich and famous, but it isnt in any of our natures to intentionally pursue it. When Im writing songs I picture a live audience, and imagine how theyll respond to certain fun parts of songs, but it would be the biggest buzz-kill in the world to imagine a conference room full of music supervisors. I couldnt write songs that way and, if I tried, I doubt my label would want to put them out. Your music draws from a rich heritage of rock music, as well as from your well of creativity, but it's difficult to draw any clear musical influences on this new album. What would you say some of those might be? I think the reason its hard to pinpoint my influences is that I dont really have very many direct musical influences. I mean, I learned what I wanted guitars to sound like from listening to ZZ Top, I learned songwritng from Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, I learned that it was possible to be amazingly complicated and still emotionally direct from Built to Spill, and I learned how to be a musician on my own terms from Death Cab for Cutie. Beyond that I dont really emulate other songwriters or try to be a part of a musical moment. Im astonished when I hear a singer emulate his or her favorite singers, and I guess its because the desire to sing is so personal and so innate that it feels like copying someones diary entry. Im pretty sure that the Judas Priest influence is invisible in our music, but its there. How collaborative was the song-writing/recording process on this album in comparison with your band's previous albumsboth with the other members of the band and with outside sources (guest musicians and the like)? Was there a conscious decision to move in that direction? I write songs in isolation, really, and dont show them to the world until theyre done. When it comes to recording them Im pretty open about everyone contributing their ideas and making changes that improve the music, but most of that stuff happens pretty fast in the studio, without a lot of time for working out parts or for deep thoughts. Coming up with musical ideas in that kind of environment is pretty high pressure; some people thrive on it and some people hate it. The more it feels like low-stakes fun, the better the result, but some folks have an energy in the studio that makes lighthearted fun impossible. Fortunately, Nabil, Eric and I all enjoy that process, and the engineer we worked with, Floyd Reitsma, is great at capturing the spontaneous moments. When it comes down to it, I try to play every part I can and only call in other people when I know someone can do a better job than I can. Thats how Ive made all our records. How was it having Jonathan Rothman in the band for the creation of this record? Is he holding up to all your merciless hazing and mirthless cynicism? Has he become a snarky bastard yet? Jonathan only joined the band after the record was finished, so weve not had a chance to test his mettle in the studio. So far he has proven to be an incredibly hard working musician and very talented, but it remains to be seen if he can stand the white-hot cauldron of mock-scorn that is the Long Winters. Were going on tour for several months starting in a couple of weeks and I can see the fear in his eyes, which is promising. Well try to break down his spirit and then rebuild him in our own image. Eric and Nabil are already planning to gradually replace his clothes with the same clothes in increasingly large sizes, so he feels like hes shrinking. You've got a pretty funny group of people on your website's message board, so here's a couple from them: Yeah, theyre a pretty amazing group of amateur scientists, actual scientists, music nerds and crazy people. The consensus on our message board seems to be that Im the least reliable autthority on the music of the Long Winters. Do you think "Putting The Days To Bed" will be received by the public the way "When I Pretend To Fall" arguably should have been, and make The Long Winter's a household name amongst "teenie boppers" and scensters nationwide, all the while skyrocketing The Long Winters to a life of tuxedos, limos and airplanes that provide gourmet, honey-roasted peanuts? First of all, I already live that lifestyle. Secondly, I think the perception of When I Pretend to Fall has changed over the last year or two. When it was first released it was not regarded as an immediately accessible record. A lot of people had to grow to love it, and I think the same will be true of Putting the Days to Bed. One person claims its a powerpop record, the next sees it in a direct line with Ultimatum, the next sees it as a neo-folk record. The initial response to Pretend to Fall was the same, mixed and confused. Only after people lived with it did it come to seem to them like an instant classic that should have been a smash pop hit. The only difference now is that, in addition to the new fans who will be discovering this record, all the old fans will have to discover it too, the same way they discovered Pretend to Fall, because its accessible and inaccessible in the same way. If you could pick a fight with one person, living or dead, who would it be, and what weapons would you hide in your socks? Well, Im going to say Hitler, because he was a really bad person and I would want to fight him. He made a lot of people mad and sad. I think I would put a gun in my socks, and maybe a bomb or some poison, because Hitler probably had a lot of guns and I might have to shoot him. If I fought Hitler maybe I could have won and made him see that he didnt need to be so bad. Or I would just shoot him and save the world and be famous. If it didnt have to be a person I would fight the computer in Terminator and Matrix. Thanks, John. [ VIEW ALL INTERVIEWS ] © 2006 Mammoth Press Online. Some Rights Reserved. ISSN: 1556-1208, 1556-1216, 1556-1224 FAQ | Privacy Policy


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NEW YORK -- The modest similarities between Robert Zemeckis's last live action film, 2000's "Cast Away," and his latest, "Flight," are interesting. Both begin with a plane crash that changes a man's life, a man who goes on a journey of finding himself and restarting his life anew. Both are films about rebirth. One chooses a tale of a company guy stranded on a desert island to convey the theme. The other chooses that of a pilot caught up in a malfeasance nightmare.
Each commits to film one of the most harrowing plane crashes ever seen*, but while Tom Hanks's time-obsessed protagonist in "Cast Away" learns to take his time through life, Denzel Washington's addiction-afflicted hero in "Flight" learns to admit his problem to the one person he's still fooling: himself.
And that's what the film is about. It may have elements of action filmmaking and courtroom drama, but it is, ultimately, a character study about the sickness of addiction. It captures the embarrassment, the denial, the rage and, crucially, the chronic fallibility that comes with it. The screenplay, from writer John Gatins, pulses with an authenticity that suggests personal experience, but married to a narrative that all but asks whether impairment might have sparked the inspiration to save a hundred lives in a bold way, it becomes something more complex.
At the story's center, Washington delivers an equally complex performance. His Whip Whitaker is charismatic, embattled, defiant, broken and, ultimately, humbled. And the actor fires on all cylinders, running through a range that marks his most accomplished performance in some time, one certainly rating higher than the two that brought him Oscars in the past.
The film gets going in a hurry, Whitaker's ear-to-ear grin, the bouncing song choices, a near-numbing crash sequence and the beginnings of the malfeasance drama. But once the plot-driven stuff moves aside it starts to settle in somewhere in the second act and, for some, the gear shift might not work. It just depends on if you're invested in the character enough to follow that next path, and personally speaking, I was.
But one has to discuss the crash sequence separately. It is a stunning display, all elements of the production -- design, photography, sound, editing, visual effects -- combining to deliver a memorable cinematic moment. And it's not just candy. It delivers on theme, too. For a film that so often concerns itself with the concept of an "act of God," it's no mistake that the wing of the plane clips a steeple in half upon impact (nor is it, I think, that the line "God help me" is delivered at a surprising moment in the film's final moments).
Also worth mentioning in the supporting cast is Kelly Reilly as a recovering junkie who understands Whitaker's ailment all too well, Bruce Greenwood as his union representative and biggest ally, Don Cheadle as his no-nonsense attorney and John Goodman as his flamboyant friend and dealer. It's a top-notch assortment of performances making for a solid ensemble.
However, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the powerful way James Badge Dale blows in and out of the movie in one of its most poignant and, for me, memorable scenes as a cancer patient bearing wisdom. The actor reportedly dropped 20 pounds to play the part after Zemeckis called him "too healthy" for the role and you can see why he wanted to take it on. Others might not be as touched by the moment as I was but it was a big takeaway for me and a real grace note.
Awards-wise, it's a little tough to say at the moment. Washington faces a difficult Best Actor race but he'll get the campaign of his life, surely: this is Paramount's baby this year. The screenplay deserves some real consideration, but it could fall short of films with more overt gravitas and/or fare not perceived in such commercial territory. I really couldn't say until more get a look and I can ask around, but I certainly think it's a great counter-intuitive choice in a year packed with the usual bait and I hope it finds its audience.
With that -- well, with tonight's gala premiere of the film, I should say -- the 50th annual New York Film Festival comes to a close. It was a success by all accounts and a real treat for a first-timer. I'll put a bow on soon enough, but for now, chalk the closing night presentation up as a winner.
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People who have unusually high or unreasonable standards for the quality of a thing are sometimes referred to as nitpickers. > >>OTOH, the authentication of user could be executed in two phases: > >>1. login setup phase = enter username+password, > > > >Of course there are many ways to do authentication - namely > >to bind a person to a communication stream. Username/password > >is of course one (ssh key exchange, biometrics, etc., etc.) > > > >>2. login commit phase = enter "control code". > >>The commit phase could be subject to timeout. > >>This is inline with current model of atomic action kernel, "setup phase" > >>and "action phase". > >>It isn't a panacea but it is harder to steal two authentication codes. > > > >I'm sorry, but you lost me in the above. Are you suggesting augmenting > >any given authentication scheme (e.g. biometrics) with another > >(e.g. ssh key exchange) for better tie-in on authentication? > >Basically I suggest using two passwords, but this isn't the real issue >here. I agree. >I was suggesting to make the login process strictly tied to the >kernel model of operation. I'm afraid I still don't understand what you mean by the "kernel model of operation." > >><snip> > >> >If I understand your meaning I believe that's what I'm trying to do. We > >> >must recognize that communicating conspirators (proxying) is always > >> >possible. What we want is mechanisms that recognize this truth and > >> >provide us as much auditing/control as we can achieve given that > >> >permissions can always be communicated (where communication > >> >exists of course). That's where I'm trying to go in the "Re: [cap-talk] > >> >Capabilities - the rub, an account, base functionality" thread. > >> > >>Of course, if I have access to a file and you don't, I would just email it > >>to you or print it and hand it to you. > > > >This is something that MarcS has mentioned a number of times. I > >think it's important to note that sharing a copy of the data in a > >file is not the same as sharing access to the file. With shared read > >access new changes are visible to whoever has that read access. > >With shared write access of course such permission allows > >modifying a file into the future - long after its contents have > >changed (e.g. new board secrets have been added). > >If you can share, you don't need to do proxying. Proxying is a means to do sharing. Copying data does no "sharing" as I was describing above (shared access). I'm not sure where we're going with this thread. ><snip> > >I believe adopting such means to track delegations would go a > >substantial way toward addressing some of the concerns of the > >TCSEC folks (though not Lampson - whose concern seems to be > >about complexity induced by POLA. I believe he wrongly assumes > >that POLA can't be simple and natural - like parameter passing). > >I also believe such additional tracking needn't itself introduce > >onerous administrative complexity (e.g. the recent Brinkmann > >discussion). > >I agree. Good. I don't know if Alan K. will read this, but I think he and I are having a comparable discussion also through the cap-talk list. > >>Stopping communicating conspirators would require a military-like > >>organizational model at human level, if it suffice. > >>One thing that could be avoided inside the software to a certain extent, > >>is the possibility of "wall-banging".. > > > >Hmmm. Of course an easy way to stop communicating conspirators > >is to stop the conspirators from communicating. Stopping communication > >by "wall banging" in shared resource systems is a hard problem. My > >approach generally is to not utilize shared resource where such wall > >banging might be a concern. Beyond such "covert channels" if > >communication is only enabled in a system by possession of a capability > >and capabilities are distributed according to POLA, then I think you're > >doing about as well as you can. You're doing so hugely better than > >anything we have today that I think the delta can be left to our >posterity. > >Wall-banging is one of the problems Coyotos and caps in general are trying >to solve. If you read carefully the ASPOS/PP, it already takes some >countermeasures to wall-banging. At this point I personally think any such efforts are likely a waste of time and effort. I believe that the only way to deal with wall banging (which effort is in itself likely not a good use of time) is to limit shared resources. I think the trade-offs are clear in this area. ><snip> > >Hmmm. I think the issue Lampson (who's quite well known and generally > >well respected I should mention) is addressing is the complexity that > >arises out of requiring administrators to manage ACLs - whether the > >owner of an object protected by an ACL or an administrator of a system. > >In either case I think you run into the problem of "fatal deceit" that > >MarcS mentioned. > >If I wanted to follow his suggestion of "Everything should be as course >grain as possible because otherwise you won't be able to administer it." >then I wouldn't ever use the rwx ugo stuff, but just plain DOS read-only >flags. We may not "want" to use coarse grain access control (POLA as an abstract goal is fine), but what Lampson is arguing is that if you try to use fine grain access control you will induce so much bureaucracy, overhead, etc. that you will end up mucking things up and achieving less effective access control than you would have had you used coarser grained access control. Lampson: "I think, for example, that the Principle Of Least Privilege has done an enormous amount of damage to security because what it encourages you to do is to make everything fine grain and work out all the dependencies very carefully and it's too complicated. You can't keep track of it. You're bound to mess it up. Even if you get it right today it will be wrong three months from now. Nobody will have the patience to ever look at it again because there's just too much of it. So I say absolutely no to fine grain protection. Everything should be as course grain as possible because otherwise you won't be able to administer it. That's a very unpopular position with most people. I think there's a lot of empirical evidence that tells us now that it's right." I don't agree with his position. I believe simple binding of permissions with passed parameters (capabilities) is actually simpler and less likely to cause administrative complexity than even coarse grained ACL identity based access control management. We (the capability community) have to make convincing arguments, demonstrations, etc. in this area to swing people over to our position (or not...). --Jed http://www.webstart.com/jed/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/attachments/20061128/6bf7b5c8/attachment-0001.html


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Dastan (داستان dâstân, Persian for "story"[1][2]) is an ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, the most famous of which is Dede Korkut—which may have been created as early as the beginning of the 13th century.[3]
A dastan is generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or his people from an outside invader or enemy, although only occasionally can this figure be traced back to an historical person. This main character sets an example of how one should act, and the dastan becomes a teaching tool—for example the Sufi master Ahmet Yesevi said "Let the scholars hear my wisdom, treating my words like a dastan". As well as this wisdom each dastan is rich with cultural history of interest to scholars.
During the Russian invasion and occupation of Central Asia, many new dastans were created to protest the Russian occupation. It is possible that they came into contact and influenced each other. According to Turkish historian Hasan Bülent Paksoy, the Bolsheviks tried to destroy these symbols of culture, e.g. by only publishing them in insufficiently large quantities and in a distorted form "in order to weaken the heroic impact".[4]
Only a few dastans remain in circulation today. Their position as the keystone of Iranian culture has been largely usurped by the far more robust Puzag.[dubious ]
See also[edit]
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892. [1]
- ^ Russell, R., 1993. The Pursuit of Urdu Literature: A Select History. Palgrave Macmillan, Original from the University of Michigan. P. 85. ISBN 1-85649-029-7, ISBN 978-1-85649-029-0
- ^ Michael E. Meeker, "The Dede Korkut Ethic", International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Aug., 1992), 395-417. excerpt: The Book of Dede Korkut is an early record of oral Turkic folktales in Anatolia, and as such, one of the mythic charters of Turkish nationalist ideology. The oldest versions of the Book of Dede Korkut consist of two manuscripts copied in the 16th century. The twelve stories that are recorded in these manuscripts are believed to be derived from a cycle of stories and songs circulating among Turkic peoples living in northeastern Anatolia and northwestern Azerbaijan. According to Lewis (1974), an older substratum of these oral traditions dates to conflicts between the ancient Oghuz and their Turkish rivals in Central Asia (the Pecheneks and the Kipchaks), but this substratum has been clothed in references to the 14th-century campaigns of the Akkoyunlu Confederation of Turkic tribes against the Georgians, the Abkhaz, and the Greeks in Trebizond. Such stories and songs would have emerged no earlier than the beginning of the 13th century, and the written versions that have reached us would have been composed no later than the beginning of the 15th century. By this time, the Turkic peoples in question had been in touch with Islamic civilization for several centuries, had come to call themselves "Turcoman" rather than "Oghuz," had close associations with sedentary and urbanized societies, and were participating in Islamized regimes that included nomads, farmers, and townsmen. Some had abandoned their nomadic way of life altogether.
- ^ Paksoy, H.B.. "DASTAN GENRE IN CENTRAL ASIA." ESSAYS ON CENTRAL ASIA. 4 May 2007.


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2016 Arboretum Holiday Sale
Free parking and admission
All sales benefit the Arboretum!
Don't miss our popular annual holiday sale on Saturday, December 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It features a great selection of nature-inspired gifts including local, seasonal specialty items. You'll also find a unique selection of botanical decorations. Buy something for everyone on your list this year, while helping support the maintenance and children's education programs at the Arboretum!
Nature-inspired gifts Here is just a sampling of the gifts and stocking stuffers you'll find:
- Artisinal tea gift boxes from Bellingham's Flying Bird Botanicals
- Stuffed animals made from recycled polar fleece by Cate and Levi
- "Lump of coal" soap gift bags from Tacoma-based Bicycle Soap Company
- Bird and animal finger puppets from Folkmanis
- Body care holiday gift packs from Honey House Naturals, of Milton, Washington
Free hot drinks: Shoppers can also warm up with complimentary beverages, including Zoka Arboretum Blend coffee, hot chocolate, and cider.
Botanical decorations Shoppers will find:
- Pre-bundled, fresh-cut loose greens—donated to the Foundation by area gardeners and Arboretum horticulturists
- A limited selection of centerpieces and wreaths, hand-crafted by Arboretum Foundation volunteers
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Wish list: Basic greens we're looking for include Douglas fir, pine, cedar, and spruce. Specialty greens include incense cedar, camellia, mahonia, and red-twig dogwood. Thank you for donating!
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The owner of Mike's Place, the Fat City bar that was the setting for a pair of provocative photos of a woman sitting astride a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office patrol car, defended the deputy in the picture, saying he did not allow her to pose on the hood and in fact chased her off along with her photographer.
Mike Barattini said he knows Steve Higgerson, the deputy pictured in the photos, which were published Tuesday on Web site "The Dirty," an online gossip blog. The photos, which have sparked an internal investigation by Sheriff Newell Normand, will be discussed at 3:30 p.m. press conference.
But Barattini said Higgerson did nothing wrong. The deputy has handled security for the bar, located at 3116 N. Arnoult Road in Metairie for eight years.
The photos were actually taken more than two years ago, according to Barattini, who said he was standing right there, just out of the sight of the camera, when the incident occurred.
"He was actually talking to me and I think I distracted him for a minute, and that's when the girl got on the hood of the car," Barattini said. Higgerson quickly reacted and ran them off., he said "They're lucky they didn't go to jail that night."
The pictures were sent to the Web site by a customer arrested by Higgerson for aggravated battery after a fight near the bar, Barattini said. The case recently went to trial and Higgerson had to testify that he'd seen the defendant hit the victim.
"This is on the revenge side, putting this on the Web site trying to make the officer look bad," he said.
Barattini called Higgerson a stand-up deputy.
"If they check his record, this guy has never been in any trouble," he said. "For something like this to jeopardize his job, I think it's a shame."


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Today, we're going to discuss some almost-good run defense, injury updates, excitement and anticipation of Pagano's return, and, of course, a bit of the deep ball. Join me. Have a Colts Notebook with your coffee. As usual, all quotes are from the Indianapolis Colts PR Department.
So Close…
Last week in Houston, the Indianapolis defense played well for much of the game, even managing to contain several Houston's normally devastating bootleg plays. They also did a respectable job against Arian Foster, one of the league's premier running backs…for about 55 minutes.
Leading up to Houston's final drive, in which the score was still 26-17 in favor of the Texans, the Colts had limited Foster to a good-not-great 20 carries for 90 yards (4.5 ypc). While not a dominating performance by the defense, it certainly didn't qualify as such for Foster and the Houston zone blocking attack either.
However, after a short pass by Matt Schaub to start the final drive, Foster took over: 7 carries for a staggering 75 yards – 51 of which came on two runs – in a bout 3:30 of play. When the Colts finally stopped Houston, it was field goal time with 1:05 remaining. 29-17. Game over.
As has been the case several times this season, the Colts' run defense held strong for most of the game, only to be burned for a couple big plays, often late in the game. According to Bruce Arians, it's about gap control and fatigue – two issues that are usually fixable. "You've got to keep fighting and battling every play," Arians said. "One guy starts getting out of the gap and their great running back is going to find it. You've got to have great gap control, you can't miss tackles and we started getting chopped a little bit late in that game and offensively we needed to get our defense off the field and keep them off the field and our third down completion percentage was so poor we put our defense back on the field so much. That's why it's a team game. They needed to rest a little bit more and we had to maintain possession of that football some more."
Looking Forward to Chuck Pagano's Return
Normally, an interim coach is in the strange but opportunistic position of filling in for a former boss and trying to shake things up to win over management and players in hopes of securing a permanent head-coaching job. Obviously, the situation is much different for Bruce Arians. He is filling in temporarily for a close friend, not shaking things up but carrying on the same message and building upon the same foundation as the head coach, all the while feeling much of the same emotional strain his players feel as Chuck Pagano fights against leukemia.
Arians has been charged with motivating a very young, inexperienced team to win through very difficult circumstances while never losing sight of the fact that he is not really the head coach. Because this has been his modus operandi, the transition back to Head Coach Chuck Pagano should be both smooth and celebratory – as it should be.
"He's done a great job. He done a hell of a job with coach being out," Safety Antoine Bethea said of Arians. "B.A. might get some looks next year (laughing). He's done a great job just keeping the team intact, keeping the team focused. I can't express how much he's done."
As for Pagano's return, Bethea said, "It's going to be crazy. It's going to be crazy. It's going to be a great moment, just having him back on an everyday basis with the team, knowing that's what he really wants, back with us coaching and back on the sideline. Obviously, we know it's going to be emotional. It's going to be a great time."
"It would mean the world to us," added OLB Robert Mathis. "Just for him to fight this, well he's not fighting it alone, we are here, heart and mind and souls are with him. He's coming back to whip this thing and get back to work."
Injury Update
Bruce Arians' injury update: "First on the injury front, we'll have to change Tom Zbikowski to questionable. He's moving along really well and is going to try and do some things today, so he is not out as I reported earlier this week. He has really started to make some great progress so we'll wait and see what he can do today and as the week goes on. Then the other two guys Samson (Satele) and Kavell (Conner) are still out. Everyone else is questionable." He added that RB Delone Carter is still out as well.
A Few More Quotes: No Dinking and Dunking
Andrew Luck on the offense's seemingly stubborn adherence to a downfield, vertical passing attack and whether that is just the team sticking with what they always do: "Yeah, I think so. That's (Bruce Arians) mentality and we are behind him 100 percent. If we can execute what we do, if Colts aren't beating Colts, then we have a chance."
Arians on using three step drops to combat the relentless pressure on his quarterback: "We have it, we use it some. There are times for it. Last week we were running the ball too well we didn't need to so when we were passing we were taking shots. It's probably the philosophy, I'm not a dink-and-dunk guy, I never will be. That doesn't mean we don't throw the ball short."
The Colts offensive coordinator knows more about football than most of us. That being said, it's probably a relief to many fans knowing the Colts have some shorter pass plays up their sleeve.
Luck on whether he looks forward to having a full offseason to work with T.Y. Hilton next year: "Yeah, I really haven't thought much about the offseason, if any. Don't want to think about it. But, I guess it'll be nice." That's right. Players who are and intend to continue winning in the winter months just don't think that far ahead. It really is one game at a time.
Robert Mathis with a gem of an assessment of the atmosphere at Arrowhead Stadium: "It starts with the 'Home of the Chiefs', star-spangled banner. They have very passionate fans. They are going to get on you, talk about your mommas and try and do whatever they can to get into your head. You just have to play football."
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Germany sealed its place in the Fed Cup final by taking an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Australia when Angelique Kerber beat Sam Stosur in three sets on Sunday.
Kerber overcame a slow start to win 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 and put Germany into its first Fed Cup final since 1992, when it beat Spain for the title.
Stosur opened the third set by double-faulting on break point, but broke back to level on hard courts at Pat Rafter Arena.
In the third game which went to eight deuces, Stosur's forehand error long gave Kerber the break and a 2-1 lead. Kerber was broken while serving for the match, but held serve two games later to close it out, clinching the semifinal with an ace.
Germany will play either Czech Republic or Italy in the final on Nov. 8-9. Czech Republic led 2-0 after the first day.
On Saturday, Andrea Petkovic and Kerber had straight-set wins -- Petkovic opened with a 6-1, 7-6 (7) win over Stosur while Kerber defeated Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes.
In later matches Sunday, Dellacqua was scheduled to play Petkovic and Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty were set to play Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld in doubles.
Two years ago, Australia upset Germany 3-2 in Stuttgart in a World Group encounter in which Stosur won both her singles matches.
It was Australia's first semifinal appearance since 1993. Australia has not won the Fed Cup since 1974 when seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Evonne Goolagong led Australia to victory.


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(Left to right) Karen Nestvold as Eurydice, Bernie Kwiram playing King Pluto, Claudette Hatcher as Calliope, and Matt Sikes as Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Photo by Wade Williams.
The New Savoy Opera's production of Orpheus in the Underworld will open March 8 at the Bastyr University, formerly the St. Thomas Center, 14500 Juanita Drive NE in Bothell. Other performance dates are set for March 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23. Times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
The musical comedy, based on the mythological tale Eurydice, was written by Jacques Offenbach and features the famous galup dance from Orpheus known as the "can-can."
Presale ticket prices are $10 for adults , $12 at the door, and $8 for students/seniors, $10 at door. For information, call 52-OH-WOW (526-4969).


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AstraZeneca said it entered into an agreement to acquire Pearl Therapeutics for $1.15 billion, in a deal that signaled the pharma giant's intent to expand its presence in one core therapeutic area—respiratory disease.
AstraZeneca will pay $560 million up-front for Pearl, followed by $450 million tied to development and regulatory milestones for any triple combination therapies and selected future products AstraZeneca develops using Pearl's technology platform, plus $140 million tied to exceeding sales milestones.
The deal for Pearl, which specializes in development of inhaled small molecule therapeutics for respiratory disease, is set to close during the third quarter. Once completed, AstraZeneca would expand its respiratory disease portfolio beyond its Symbicort, a maintenance treatment for asthma in patients six and older that combines the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide and the rapid and long-acting bronchodilator formoterol (Oxis) in a single inhaler.
Furthest along in AstraZeneca's respiratory pipeline is Symbicort for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, for which the company planned to file for marketing authorization in the first half of 2014. In Phase II are three candidates for COPD: one for asthma and COPD, one for asthma alone, and one for asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. AstraZeneca has three more candidates for asthma and two for COPD in Phase I.
The deal would add to AstraZeneca's respiratory drug offerings Pearl's lead product for COPD, PT003, now in late-stage development with a U.S. regulatory application set to be filed in mid-2015, to be followed by filings in the EU and Canada.
PT003 is a fixed-dose combination of formoterol fumarate, a long-acting beta-2-agonist (LABA) and glycopyrrolate, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA). Last month, Pearl launched The PINNACLE global Phase III program for PT003, designed to test the drug's effect on improvement in lung function in individuals with moderate to severe COPD. PT003 is delivered via a pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) using Pearl's co-suspension formulation technology.
AstraZeneca said it plans to explore a triple fixed-dose combination LABA/LAMA and inhaled corticosteroid or ICS that could be accelerated into Phase II development. Pearl's pipeline includes such a product, the preclinical PT010, a twice-daily, single-inhaler drug for which, according to the company's website, "evaluation [is] currently focused on selecting an ICS."
Pearl's pipeline also includes PT001, a glycopyrrolate for COPD; and PT005, a formoterol fumarate for moderate-to-severe COPD.
The deal would also bring to AstraZeneca Pearl's inhaler and formulation platform for future combination products.
"The agreement will enable us to offer further distinctive treatment options across the full spectrum of COPD and asthma to patients, physicians and payers," AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said in a statement.
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text: I did two days of the potato thing, maybe it wasn't long enough to see results. I'm just the same. It was kind of fun in a really strange way, and also easy. A bit of a relief to not have to make any decisions about what to eat. I guess only a person like me who prepares every single bit of food that goes into her mouth would feel that way!


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Recent advances in the study of complexity have given scientists profound new insights into how natural innovation occurs and how its power can be exploited. Now two pioneers in the field, Robert Axelrod and Michael D. Cohen, provide leaders in business and government with a guide to complexity that will help them make effective decisions in a world of rapid change. Building on evolutionary biology, computer science, and social design, Axelrod and Cohen have constructed a unique framework for improving the way people work together. Their approach to management is based on the concept of the Complex Adaptive System, which can describe everything from rain forests to the human gene pool, and from automated software agents to multinational companies. The authors' framework reveals three qualities that all kinds of managers must cultivate in their organization: Variation What is the best way to manage the development of software? Should the problem be broken up into small pieces for programmers working independently, thus enhancing variation, or should there be a centralized hierarchy of programmers ruled by a chain of command? The authors show how the decentralized creation of variation combined with the centralized maintenance of standards was the key to the success of the Linux "open source software" project, which brought together thousands of volunteers in cyberspace to produce an operating system that can outperform Microsoft's. Interaction Why did northern Italy prosper while southern Italy remained poor? Recognizing the internal interactions of a Complex Adaptive System -- be it a national region, a company, or a nonprofit group -- reveals vital networks of trust. Axelrod and Cohen explain that in successful adaptive systems, rich networks of horizontal linkages foster cooperation and provide an advantage over other less cooperatively networked groups. In the case of Italy, voluntary associations created networks of trust in the Middle Ages that became northern Italy's critical advantage over the south. Selection Is a Pulitzer Prize better than a National Book Award? How can foundations and corporations design competitions that have a positive effect on the evolution of excellence? The authors' framework makes clear that the worst selection processes are mired in orthodox standards that have not adapted to a new environment. The best selection processes, on the other hand, are created and run by leaders who understand how the standards they use can transform their organization and its environment. This simple, paradigm-shifting analysis of how people work together will transform the way we think about getting things done in a group. Harnessing Complexity is the essential guide to creating wealth, power, and knowledge in the 21st century.
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Reminder: No need to be at Maehara for rest of season
August 14, 2013 - Robert Collias
We reported this online Monday and in Tuesday's paper, but don't show up expecting to see Na Koa Ikaika Maui play baseball anymore this season because the team has cancelled the final four home games that were set for tonight through Saturday.
Why? Well, the major reason, according to my talk with GM David Andrus, is that they are tired after playing six games in Japan from July 30 to Aug. 4 and then coming home for a five-game set in Hilo that finished Sunday.
"We really didn't want to do that, but we finally came to the conclusion that the fans had seen both these teams teams play each other a bunch of times this year," Andrus told me Monday. "And that it was the best for the team to let them rest and be at the top of their game to get into the playoffs."
This is the second time in three years that the team will not finish the season as scheduled — two years ago, the final 27 games were wiped off the slate, including four at home. That finish seemed largely the fault of a team in Illinois (believe it or not), but the fatc remains the slate was not completed as published, promised, whatever y'all want to call it.
Now, Andrus says the teams in Maui and Hilo, both owned by Bob Young, want to be fresh for the playoffs, which will be held in Northern California beginning Monday (again, never mind that pesky schedule linked above) when other prospective owners will be watching.
With a little planning, the Hilo and Maui teams could have shaved some or all of the five games off the slate that they just played on the Big Island — they average about 100 fans per game there. Also, they had two days off to travel home from Japan and they had Monday and Tuesday scheduled off already this week.
I'm not sure if the powers-that-be for Na Koa realize the impact this sort of thing has on the fans who have been faithful to them over their four-year run here, a history that has included several missteps (and that is as kindly as I can put it).
One thing this does avoid is a battle for the War Memorial Stadium locker rooms on Saturday when the Lahainaluna football team plays Kapaa at 4:30 p.m. and Maui High faces Konawaena at 7 on what would have been the home finale for Na Koa.
Andrus said that fans holding tickets — that were purchased, not freebies — can get refunds by calling the team at 891-2221 or visiting the team office located at 240 Alamaha St., Unit N-18 in Kahului, or any Minit Stop store.
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That was my first thought when I thought about US AND THEM.
THEY use the kind of weapon that will never make sense to me.
WE use the kind of weapon that gives us a voice, gives our vision a face and can express whatever we feel.
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Voice: Curtis Dalton Sr., Saginaw Township
For those of us that love this great city and state of ours, we had two great things happen over the last few days.
Saginaw High beat Midland at its first game with their new coach. "The High" has had some bad luck in the past few years and needed the positive bump.
I played football for them in my sophomore year, so I rally behind them always, win or lose. Kudos to the parents, family and school district that support these young men.
Then right on the back of their win, the Lions blast off and beat New England at their first pre-season game.
If you have never had the opportunity to attend a game at Ford Field in Detroit, you're missing something, win or lose. The aura of the Lions fans attaches itself to you. The field itself is so overwhelming that I got goose bumps after walking inside this massive building.
The fans in our area were so pro-Michigan/Lions that it again reassured me why I am so proud to be a citizen of such a great state.
Economy good or bad, we had two great teams win for us. Let's hope the wins continue; it makes for a great fall of friendship and fun.
And look at those Tigers! Gotta love it.


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Sequels to albums, at least in my listening experience, are generally poor. The two that immediately jump to mind for me are Rob Zombie's HELLBELLY DELUXE 2 and Meat Loaf's BAT OUT OF HELL 2. Both releases were pretty lame, and garnered attention solely because they were named after much more historic releases in their creator's career.… Read More