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"When it came to managing most of AOL's 6 petabytes of data, a Fibre Channel SAN sufficed. But for its most critical relational database, AOL found that the SAN was too constrained and caused its IT shop to fail to live up to its service level agreements with business units more than 50% of the time. After investigating what may have been causing I/O bottlenecks, AOL found the problem was back-end storage. To fix the problem, AOL decided to build a 50TB storage-area network (SAN) from solid-state technology." | more
lol yeah really but a 50 tb server with all ssd hdd that is impressive i bet the machine flys
Yea.. what is AOL anyway? seriously....
AOL? what's that? *whistle*
Warent they going to be merging with Yahoo or ebay or something?
Does anyone use AOL today?
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The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for denying it authority to issue masters degrees in science education. The ICR, of course, is a young earth creationist outfit that recently moved to Texas from California. It's been running what it calls a graduate school for several years, issuing worthless pieces of paper that it calls advanced degrees in various sciences. Sadly, the ICR's "graduate school" was officially accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation agency–something I consider something of a scandal. But when ICR moved, it withdrew from that national accreditation because it expected that it would get accreditation from the state of Texas. That turned out not to happen: THECB unanimously denied ICR's request for authority to grant degrees purporting to be scientific degrees.
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What THECB wants is respectability, without earning it, and without having a constitutional right to it.
There is an error here (~ paragraph 8), as it is the ICR, not THECB, that wants respectibality without earning it.
Aren't there laws against applying for licenses under false pretenses?
I'd still love to be on a search committee that came across someone who claimed a degree from the ICR. The interview would be worth the expense of flying them in.
(But, you're right, probably not worth the expense to science education)
These nut jobs have already tried the routine of legislating academic standards. It didn't work last time and it won't work this time. If they were to succeed, it would open the door for all manner of quackery. Is that really what they want to do to the educational system in thes country? Why aren't they content with brainwashing young people in their tax-free churches? Of course, if Texas wants to lose half it's citizens when they realize what this will do to their state, I guess it might be difficult to stop them.
One nation, under threat, with no justice or liberty at all.
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…Of course, if Texas wants to lose half it's citizens when they realize what this will do to their state, I guess it might be difficult to stop them.
When you say "lose half it's citizens," do you mean loss as in the aforementioned half of the population leaving the state physically, or by having their citizenship stripped from them?
"One nation, under threat, with no justice or liberty at all."
Come, now. Surely this is a bit of an exaggeration. We still have an awful lot of justice and liberty in this country.
The Institute of Creation Research should never have gotten accreditation in the first place. I always thought that accreditation was based on several criteria (all relating to quality of education).
The accreditation of the ICR in science undermines the accreditation process in American. However, this was restored by the withdrawal from that national accreditation.
It is good news that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board denied ICR's application for accreditation.
There is nothing wrong with the ICR being accredited in Theology or similar discipline.
It would be no surprise when ICR loses the lawsuit.
According to Timothy Sandefur, the ICR
makes it extremely difficult to understand the exact legal theories being advanced here.… Sort of typical of the sloppy thinking and the rhetorical tricks of creationists in scientific discourse as well.
I think you should omit the phrase "Sort of".
I wrote:
"One nation, under threat, with no justice or liberty at all."
Tim replied:
"Come, now. Surely this is a bit of an exaggeration. We still have an awful lot of justice and liberty in this country."
Of course you are correct. It is a pretty big exaggeration, I just wanted to make it sound good.
However, if this bunch of charlatans is actually able to force the government into granting unearned accreditation then the situation will indeed be very dire. Consider that this would make a mockery of the entire educational system and pretty much turn it into just another pulpit for fundamentalists to spew their hatred. Consider how it would cheapen every degree earned at every institution in the future. Consider how unjust it would be for all of the institutions that actually have some academic integrity and all of the real scholars whose credentials will be unfairly called into question. Consider what type of nonsense might eventually be considered acceptable if even the most outlandish disproven nonsense is declared "science" by governmental decree.
There is a reason why there is an accreditation system. There is a reason why there are academic standards for institutions of higher learning. If we abandon all reason for the sake of "political correctness" or "religious freedom", then we have condemned our entire nation to a quick and steady decline. In that case, there may well be no liberty or justice at all, at least not for very long.
Science is not a democracy. Trying to pretend that it is is the quickest way to faliure. Trying to legislate sceintific realities is essentially scientific suicide. We already have examples of what happens to such societies. History shows us that we usually do not learn the lessons of history.
Why, if the state would give accreditation to a pseudoscience outfit like that, would the state have any cause to demand good evidence in the courtroom?
Obviously at some point the state simply has to take a stand in favor of evidence and honest evaluation and interpretation of that evidence. It really can't be consistent in following forensics in the justice system, while accrediting woo for students who could (let's hope they won't be, though) end up running the courts.
Or, will I get to say in a Texas court, hell no, your honor, I didn't steal the Hope Diamond, God picked it up and gave it to me? You're a materialistic atheist by claiming that its arrival in my house was due to known "material causes." Just read my Holy Scriptures, which tell of how the Hope Diamond properly belongs to me, and that God will give it to me by miracle, if the Smithsonian does not willingly give it to me.
Never mind the jurisdiction problems (it could be at an extradition hearing, of course), but it makes no more sense to say that the state should accredit their anti-science woo as science than it makes sense that they'll accept my Holy Scriptures and claim of my miraculous possession of the Hope Diamond.
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To see what kind of science these idiots propose, take a look at the Petrified Human Brain:
Institute for Creation Research is displayed prominently in the background of one of these pictures.
The closeup of the "brain" reveals it is nothing more than a rock. Creationists use this as propaganda for "rapid fossilization" in an attempt to justify young earth creationism.
How does Liberty University get away with it ?
It is a religiously-controlled institution of higher learning:
Peter Henderson said:
How does Liberty University get away with it ?
However, unlike other, far more respectable, religiously-controlled institutions of higher learning such as Notre Dame, Fordham and Georgetown, it seeks to indoctrinate its students within its own parochial relgious worldview.
I absolutely love how the ICR asks that the court simply modify existing law. Of course, there's no question they'll conveniently omit this example the next time they criticize a judge for being a godless liberal activist. The hypocrisy might be infuriating, but the irony is delicious.
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The rumors were true! It's available in July and dpreview already has a hands on preview. I have been waiting for a "5D killer" from Nikon. The D3 is great and all, but its size was too large to carry around on my bike all day. I'm glad that nikon has decided to put the wonderful D3 chip in a smaller body. I haven't bought a camera since my D70. I am putting my order in tomorrow for sure. I'll let you know as soon as I get one. Now… What new lens should I buy? Who else is getting one?
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This is good news for me…since I'm expecting a price drop on the D300 now. 🙂
at least i'm on a list waiting to lay my hands on one of'em;) not sure about the availability in sweden though…
Looks awesome but a bit too rich for my blood. I'm still with a D70s as well — and I think I'll bide my time for a cheap gently used D300 from an early adopter this fall.
a guy i work with just got his D3, so today i broke the news about the D700 to him. he'll likely get one to be his backup… Nikon's been bringing it hard this year, Canon has some serious catching up to do; i hope they can make similar improvements to high ISO in whatever replaces the 5D [though i've been very happy with mine for the last year and a half]
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Thomas, who is from Huntsville, and Hirini went 1-1 on Friday on the opening day of pool play for the 10 invited duos deemed as the best of the rest in the nation - that is, their teams weren't among the six vying for the national team championship this weekend.
The Blazers' duo lost their chance to advance when they fell to Florida International's Jessica Mendoza and Maryna Samoday 21-15, 21-18 this afternoon. That came after Thomas and Hirini lost their morning match 15-21, 21-12, 15-12 to Hanna Clancy and Katarina Schutz of Pacific.
The pairs championship tournament will include one-half of last year's winning duo. Pepperdine's Caitlin Racich captured the 2012 title playing with Summer Ross. This year, she's paired with Lara Dykstra.
Long Beach State's Caitlin Ledoux and Tara Roenicke, the pair whom Racich and Ross defeated in last year's championship match, return.
Pepperdine is one pair short in the tournament. Each team that reached the semifinals of the team championship was supposed to send its top two duos to the pairs tournament. For Long Beach State, Florida State and Southern Cal that happened. But Kim Hill, half of the Waves' top duo, is injured, and that knocked her and partner Lilla Frederick - a pair of All-Americans - out of today's tournament. Hill and Frederick lost to Racich and Ross in the semifinals last year.
The top two finishers from both pools that played round-robin matches on Friday and Saturday earned spots among the 16 pairs. They were Mendoza and Samoday of Florida International, Kelly Reeves and Meg Norton of UCLA, Kate Stepanova and Ksenia Sukhareva of Florida International, and Dalas Dodd and Jordan Shaw of St. Mary's. Neither FIU pair lost a match during pool play.
The third-place finishers in each pool also advanced to the 16-team tourney by winning play-in matches against the No. 2 pairs from the squads that finished fifth and sixth in the team tournament. Earning their way in like that were Lane Carico and Katie Madewell of Georgia State and Felicia Arriola and Litara Keil of Loyola Marymount.
The pairs tournament starts at 8 a.m. Sunday on the public beach at the foot of Alabama Highway 59 with these matches:
Kirby Burnham and Stevi Robinson of Southern Cal vs. Carolyn Jenkins and Cari Whitmire of North Florida
Norton and Reeves of UCLA vs. Tetiana Sukach and Zuzana Markova of Louisiana-Monroe
Racich and Dykstra of Pepperdine vs. Carico and Madewell of Georgia State
Dodd and Shaw of St. Mary's vs. Stepanova and Sukhareva of Florida International
Jace Pardon and Sarah Wickstorm of Florida State vs. Dagnija Medina and Anna Budinska of North Florida
Chelsea Cabrajac and Delainey Aigner-Swesey of Long Beach State vs. Mendoza and Samoday of Florida International
Julie Brown and Melanie Pavels of Florida State vs. Cinnamon Sary and Katie Fuller of Southern Cal
Arriola and Keil of Loyola Marymount vs. Roenicke and Ledoux of Long Beach State
The quarterfinals matches will be played at 10 a.m. Sunday. One semifinal starts at noon followed by the other at 12:45 p.m. The championship match starts at 2 p.m.
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Three-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul was cleared Friday to begin participating in drills with his teammates at three-quarters speed, New Orleans Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said.
Paul participated in Friday's shootaround at the New Orleans Arena, but Bower said there is still no set date on his return.
Despite Paul's progress from requiring knee surgery on Feb. 4, the Hornets will have only eight players available tonight against the Denver Nuggets because backup forward James Posey is sidelined with flu-like symptoms. In addition, starting small forward Peja Stojakovic is sidelined with a lower abdominal strain and backup center Sean Marks is out with a strained right shoulder.
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Q. Thankfully, it seems that the cold weather has abated for now (we all know how quickly Alabama weather can change), and I am contemplating growing backyard vegetables for the first time. While researching different gardening practices and various vegetable varieties, I keep running across numerous articles detailing the health benefits of growing your own fruits and vegetables – increased exercise, healthier dietary choices, and even stress relief. In fact, several years ago, a close friend of mine, who is a cancer survivor, experienced these benefits first hand through her participation in a gardening study with a local hospital. Can you provide additional information about this study, and do you know if the study will be repeated locally?
A. Yes, this winter has been quite a cold one. I think that we all have experienced cabin fever on some level!
I am so glad that you asked about the gardening study, also known as Harvest for Health. This program was such a great experience for everyone involved. In fact, it was so successful that it is presently being replicated in several surrounding counties.
Harvest for Health, an ongoing study at UAB, pairs breast cancer survivors with a master gardener from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
"Having a garden may help breast cancer survivors and their families eat better, get more exercise and become healthier," said Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D., RD, professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences and associate director for Cancer Prevention and Control at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. "Studies have shown a link between diet and cancer, and between physical activity and cancer. We want to see how cancer survivors respond to this gardening intervention, as well as how it affects their diet and exercise behaviors, and their health-related quality of life and physical health status."
UAB provides tools and seedlings, and will either prepare a raised bed in the yard of a survivor's home or provide EarthBoxes® — large gardening containers on wheels — that can be kept on a porch or patio. Master gardeners visit with the survivors twice a month for one year, offering advice, expertise and suggestions, while answering the questions new gardeners have.
The study began in Jefferson County, AL, in August of 2013. Recruiting is now aimed at Shelby, Blount, St. Clair and Walker counties. Eligible participants are breast cancer survivors from those counties who have completed their primary therapy (e.g., surgery, radiation or chemotherapy) and who do not raise vegetables already.
"We're looking for people who don't already eat five or six servings of fruit or vegetables a day, or those who are not already physically active," Demark-Wahnefried said. "We want to provide this study to women who will benefit the most. Besides being a good source of exercise, gardening is a good way to learn about healthy diet and nutrition, and to have some control over what one eats."
Demark-Wahnefried wants to have the new gardeners planting tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, kale or just about any other suitable vegetable in the spring.
The master gardeners, who have completed a rigorous certification process from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, are all volunteers. "They are very excited to be making a difference in the lives of cancer survivors and their families," Demark-Wahnefried said. "We have plenty of master gardeners standing by. We just need more breast cancer survivors to participate in the therapy."
The research team believes that Harvest for Health will be both fun and educational, while also motivating survivors to eat better. Preliminary results show improvement in physical function in many participants.
"They show improved strength, especially in their hands, improved mobility, and an increased ability to get up and down," Demark-Wahnefried said. "That's an added benefit on top of better nutrition."
Participants in the study do not have to go to UAB, but will have three visits from the research team at their home during the course of the project, along with the twice-monthly interactions with the master gardeners.
The study is funded by a grant from the Women's Breast Health Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. For more information on how to participate, contact study organizers at 205-996-7367 or email@example.com.
Garden Talk is written by Bethany A. O'Rear of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, C. Beaty Hanna Horticulture & Environmental Center, which is based at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. This column includes research-based information from land-grant universities around the country, including Alabama A&M University and Auburn University. Email questions to Bethany at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 205 879-6964 x15. Learn more about what is going on in Jefferson County by visiting the ACES website, www.aces.edu/Jefferson. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/alabamacooperativeextensionsystem and follow us on Twitter @acesedu


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Timothy McAllister is hailed as "a master of his instrument" (Audiophile Audition) and known for "evocative and bravura playing" (The Classical Review). He serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Co-Director of the Institute for New Music at the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music. Additionally, he spends his summers as distinguished artist faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp (MI), and regularly performs at the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, CA each August. He has recently been featured with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Tokyo Wind Symphony, Dallas Wind Symphony, and United States Navy Band, among others. He holds degrees and honors from The University of Michigan, including the Doctor of Musical Arts and the Albert A. Stanley Medal. McAllister's work can be heard on the Deutsche Grammophone, Naxos, OMM, Stradivarius, Centaur, AUR, Albany, New Dynamic, Equilibrium, New Focus and innova record labels.
Taimur Sullivan enjoys a prolific career as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator. His performances have taken him from the stages of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to engagements in Russia, Germany, and throughout Latin America. The New York Times praised him as "outstanding…his melodies phrased as if this were an old and cherished classic, his virtuosity supreme." The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel wrote that Taimur is "talented, fearless and sensitive…the sounds he made were fully and deliciously drawn." He appears on over twenty-five recordings for the New World, Mode, Albany, innova, Capstone, Mastersound, Bonk and Zuma labels, and has most recently recorded James Aikman's Concerto for Alto Saxophone with Russia's St. Petersburg Symphony. In honor of his distinguished record of promoting and presenting new works for the saxophone, including over 150 premieres, Meet The Composer named him one of eight "Soloist Champions" in the U.S. Mr. Sullivan is the Artist/Professor of Saxophone at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Matthew Levy has been hailed by the Saxophone Journal as "a complete virtuoso of the tenor saxophone" and by the New York Times for his "energetic and enlivening" performances. A recipient of composition fellowships from the Independence Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, he has scored four motion pictures, including PBS's Diary of a City Priest, featured at the Sundance Film Festival. His music is highlighted on four PRISM recordings on Koch and innova; he has also recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Tzadik, and Grammavision; collaborated with a host of choreographers/dance companies, among them Peter Sparling and Scrap; and appeared as a guest artist with the Detroit Symphony, Dolce Suono Ensemble, and counter)induction. He holds three degrees from the University of Michigan, where he was a recipient of the Lawrence Teal Award, and has served on the faculties of the Universities of Michigan, Redlands, and Toledo. From 2000-2011, he served as Director of the Philadelphia Music Project at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Zach Shemon is Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Missouri—Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Additionally, he serves on the music faculties at the Interlochen Arts Camp and Interlochen Saxophone Summer Institute. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan (BM, BSE, MM) and Indiana University (Performer Diploma). He also studied at the Université Européenne de Saxophone in Gap, France and the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he held the saxophone fellowship. His primary teachers are Donald Sinta and Otis Murphy. As a soloist, Shemon was awarded 1st prize at the inaugural International Saxophone Symposium and Competition in Columbus, GA and was the winner of the Indiana University Concerto Competition. He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Indiana University Philharmonic and Michigan Philharmonic orchestras, as well as with the University of Michigan Concert and Symphony Bands. Shemon is a D'Addario performing artist, performing on Reserve Classic reeds and aiding in product research and design.


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The dominant narrative, the day after the presidential election, is the triumph of the quants. As Simon Jackman notes, essentially every single poll-averaging quant — Jackman himself, Drew Linzer, Sam Wang, you name it — managed to call every single state plus the presidential election: an astonishing 51/51 success rate.
Felix Salmon
The downside of the beauty of physics
We have an excerpt of Emanuel Derman's new book today. I can highly recommend both the excerpt and the whole book, which is a very readable generalist's guide — by a physicist-turned-quant — to models, their uses, and their abuses.


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What to do with Mobile Civic Center?: Much of the Bay area and Mobile doesn't know what to do with the Civic Center. They need to put pictures of that on top of the roof so people would be able to look at that while they're driving over the new bridge to Baldwin County.
Lack of action: As a lifetime member of the University of South Alabama Alumni Association, I am very disappointed in the university's current board of trustees. The board of trustees still has not selected a president for the University of South Alabama after spending thousands of dollars in a futile search and months and months of inaction. Maybe it's time to review the members of the board of trustees. I call upon the Governor of Alabama to get involved and review the actions of the members of the board of trustees, and let's get moving and get us a new president at the University of South Alabama.
What happened to the money?: I would like to know what the city of Prichard did with the money it got to revitalize Alabama Village. I understand there was about $12 million dollars they were funded to start a revitalization program in the Alabama Village area. I've yet to see a dime of it be spent on anything and I'll bet every dime has already been wasted through the city's government and other worries and never going to be spent on Alabama Village. It seems like an illegal thing to be doing and I wonder why someone is not looking into this matter.
Disrepair of roadways: I'm sounding off about the condition of Ramsey Boulevard. I live in Ramsey Estates on Ramsey Road and that road into the house is so deplorable that me and my husband, we're both 80, are afraid to go to church or the grocery store. I wish there was someone in Grand Bay or Mobile that can come out and do something. Mr. Jackson refuses to do anything about it, and it is frightening.
Garbage pick-up problems: Today is Monday, December 30, and I have been calling since Friday, December 27 to get my garbage picked up. It should have been picked up on Thursday. The whole end of our street was missed. I called and spoke with Mr. Bradford of the sanitation department and he said he was not sending a truck. I don't know anybody in a position that works with the public and customer service that can say they are not going to do something. In light of garbage not being picked up, I don't see how the city of Mobile is going to attract big industry and executives that want to stay in the city. They're probably going to be more inclined to go to the eastern shore where they don't have to worry about idiotic problems like this and something so simple as garbage pick-up. It can't occur. I know I would. I wouldn't stay in the city of Mobile. It's ridiculous and my tax dollars go to pay that salary.
Global warming myth: A lot of the liberal press and liberals in Washington and other progressive politicians in the U.N. and other countries are always talking about this so-called manmade global warming. If this global warming exists then how come there's blizzards in the Northeast and the ice shelf is so thick in the Antarctic that three icebreakers can't get through the ice. Two of them are trapped and don't know if they can get them out at all because the third icebreaker, one of the biggest in the world, can't get through. If there is global warming and they claim ice is melting all over the place why is the ice more than 10 feet thick, and so thick and strong, and the weather is so cold that three icebreakers can't break through the ice, and the scientists can't go out on the ice because it's so cold they have to come back in and half of them get frostbite. If global warming exists, then why is there so much ice and snow?
Concerns over Marijuana use: Why have the people in this country gone crazy? I'm really concerned. Who would want a doctor, lawyer, pilot, or another driver on the road who uses marijuana? Not me.


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Lauren Fischer wasn't the only great player in the Colonial Valley Conference this year.
She was just the greatest.
Leading the Robbinsville High School softball team to a third straight state final appearance, something never done before in the CVC, as well as its second title in those three years, Fischer thrived in big moments during her senior campaign.
And for that, she is The Times' Player of the Year for the third straight spring.
Not all the big moments went her way. Robbinsville finished 26-2 this season, with the two losses coming to Toms River East in a game scheduled to toughen up the Ravens' slate and to Nottingham in the Mercer County Tournament semifinal.
But among those 26 wins, there were some outstanding moments. A year after Robbinsville saw a 37-game winning streak come to an end on Allentown's field, Fischer pitched the Ravens to two wins over the Redbirds.
There was the day at Rancocas Valley's field in that school's annual Elite Tournament that Fischer outdueled eventual NJSIAA Group IV Tournament champion Washington Township, then the Star-Ledger's No. 2 team in the state, by pitching and hitting the Ravens to a 1-0 win. Soon, it was the Ravens who were ranked No. 2 in the state.
The regular-season wins were notable, of course, but softball seasons in these parts are judged on what happens in June, not April or May. Fischer delivered then too.
In six postseason games, Fischer allowed four total runs. As the stakes got higher, Fischer matched them. When her third straight NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Tournament title was on the line, she threw a no-hitter against Raritan in her final game on Robbinsville's home field. In the state semifinal, she one-hit Buena, helping the Ravens become the first CVC team to make it to the state's final day in three straight years.
Against Hanover Park in the final, she homered in her final at-bat as a Raven, breaking a 1-1 tie before shutting the Hornets down in the top of the seventh to win her second state title. Only Nottingham and Notre Dame have won two titles, among CVC teams.
Fischer's legacy, one that includes 16 postseason victories in 18 tries across four years, will be tough to equal and has to stand alongside, if not above, anything the CVC has seen in its history.
While Robbinsville works to become the first team in state history to make four straight state final appearances next year, Fischer will be a little to the north, making her skills work at the next level at Seton Hall University.
She can't throw another pitch for Robbinsville, but that's just fine. One has seen all one needs to see from Lauren Fischer, and one won't soon forget it.
School: Robbinsville.
Year: Senior.
Position: Second Base.
Season in review: One of a trio of Robbinsville seniors who guided the team to three straight state final appearances and two state championships, Levering's range and athleticism were unmatched in the CVC during her career. Levering is headed to The College of New Jersey, where she will play soccer.
School: Steinert.
Year: Senior.
Position: Third Base.
Season in review: A member of a senior class that helped the Spartans to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Tournament final for the first time since 2006, including an upset win in 10 innings at East Brunswick to get their chance against top-seeded Hillsborough in the sectional final. Wood is headed to the College of Saint Rose.
School: Allentown.
Year: Junior:
Position: First Base.
Season in review: Turner had multi-hit games in both the Mercer County Tournament semifinal and final for an Allentown team that averaged more than 11 runs a game in the four-game tournament on its way to its second straight county title.
School: Nottingham.
Year: Freshman.
Position: Utility.
Season in review: Hallam led the Northstars in the circle during an amazing run to the final games of both the Mercer County Tournament and the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament, doing so with tremendous poise.
School: Allentown.
Year: Senior.
Position: Outfield.
Season in review: Brunck was always a threat for extra bases when she stepped to the plate. That was no more apparent than when she went 5-for-6 with three home runs while driving in nine in a 20-11 win over Northern Burlington in early May. Brunck is headed to Saint Joseph's University.
School: Allentown.
Year: Senior.
Position: Catcher.
Season in review: A hitter with some pop for the Redbirds, Drennan had the game-changing three-run home run in the Mercer County Tournament final win over Nottingham. Drennan is headed to Temple University.
School: Allentown.
Year: Senior.
Position: Outfield.
Season in review: Kinsey anchored the outfield for the last two years as the team won back-to-back Mercer County Tournament titles and had top-four seeds in each of the last two NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournaments. Kinsey is headed to Syracuse University.
School: Nottingham.
Year: Senior.
Position: Shortstop.
Season in review: Nottingham's leadoff hitter, Suto was a steadying factor at shortstop for the Northstars, a team that took off in May and extended their season all the way to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament final. Suto is headed to Seton Hall University.
School: Steinert.
Year: Sophomore.
Position: Outfield.
Season in review: Bennett cracked the Steinert lineup as the team's leadoff hitter, no small feat in a Spartan order that usually had plenty of offense and plenty of juniors and seniors to compete for spots. The Spartans finished the season with a 19-6 record.
Position Name School Year
First Base Chelsea Turner Allentown Junior
Second Base Christine Levering Robbinsville Senior
Shortstop Val Suto Nottingham Senior
Third Base Carly Wood Steinert Senior
Outfield Gaby Bennett Steinert Sophomore
Outfield Maddie Brunck Allentown Senior
Outfield Kristina Kinsey Allentown Senior
Pitcher Lauren Fischer Robbinsville Senior
Catcher Erin Drennan Allentown Senior
Utility Kristin Hallam Nottingham Freshman
Position Name School Year
First Base Chelsea Turner Allentown Junior
Second Base Christine Levering Robbinsville Senior
Shortstop Kaitlyn Poretti Florence Junior
Third Base Gina Bruno Florence Senior
Outfield Erica Bruno Florence Sophomore
Outfield Maddie Brunck Allentown Senior
Outfield Kristina Kinsey Allentown Senior
Pitcher Lauren Fischer Robbinsville Senior
Catcher Erin Drennan Allentown Senior
Utility Lacey Olaff Florence Freshman
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A red face after drinking alcohol is a condition in which your get a red face and neck after drinking alcohol, sometimes an embarrassing and bright redness of the face, due to an accumulation of Acetaldehyde in the body. This side effect from consumption of alcohol is the reason this condition is referred to as Asian Blush, Asian Glow, or Asian Flush.
Acetaldehyde Dehydrogenase is an enzyme responsible for breaking down Acetaldehyde, a byproduct of the metabolism of alcohol. Acetaldehyde is actually extremely toxic and responsible for most of the effects and symptoms associated with alcohols hangover the next day.
People who get a red face after drinking alcohol are not as efficient at processing and removing the Acetaldehyde from their bodies as other people. This is because of an Acetaldehyde Dehydrogenase deficiency. The net result is a larger than normal level of Acetaldehyde in the body after consuming alcohol. Over abundance of this toxic chemical in your body results in the facial redness as well as a whole host of additional symptoms. The flushing, or blushing, which is a reddening caused by dilation of capillaries, of the face, neck, shoulder, and with some people, the entire body after consumption of alcohol.
Facial redness and red patches or blotches on other parts of the body are the most common symptoms of Acetaldehyde buildup. Additional symptoms include:
- racing heart
- redness of the ears
- a prickly sensation in areas of the face or body that turn red
- congestion
- difficulty breathing
- nausea
- headache
- vomiting
- a hangover much more intense that normally associated with the levels of alcohol consumed
This Acetaldehyde Dehydrogenase deficiency can be genetic (inherited) or can occur with excessive consumption of alcohol over time. The liver is responsible for properly breaking down alcohol. Chronic drinking damages the liver and reduces its efficiency at assisting in the process of metabolizing Acetaldehyde.
Acetaldehyde is a known carcinogen so people with the 'red face after drinking' condition who consume alcohol regularly have chronically elevated levels of Acetaldehyde in their body and a much higher risk of esophageal and stomach cancer if left untreated.
There is a formula called the No Red Face Formula that does not require a prescription and the No Red Face Formula, when taken prior to ingesting alcohol, greatly assists the body in the processing and removal of Acetaldehyde reducing this long term risk as well as significant reducing or eliminating all of the symptoms such as the red face allowing the individual to enjoy alcohol symptom and embarrassment free.
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Folks who wander into the free Verizon Super Bowl Boulevard festival in Woldenberg Park, which opens Thursday at 5 p.m., will be treated to a lineup of authentic New Orleans music as well as a selection of mouth-watering South Louisiana dishes that, to many New Orleanians, will look mighty familiar as well.
Think Louisiana favorites, with tailgate twists sprinkled in: Fried Buffalo Oysters served with blue cheese dressing, for example. Plus: Grilled Fish Baquet from L'il Dizzy's; the Cochon de Lait Po-boy from Walker's BBQ/Love at First Bite; Sweet Potato Pie and Sweet Potato Cookies from Loretta's; Vaucresson's Hot Sausage Po-Boy; Crowder Peas and Okra from the Praline Connection.
New Orleans food and music fans may recognize some of their favorite dishes among the offerings because almost all of the Boulevard booths will be staffed by vendors who also appear at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, where the food list is carefully curated. Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis is putting on the entire event, which includes four stages of free concerts from local musicians and interactive fan events and broadcasts as well as food and drink.
Seventeen food vendors in all will be located in four areas. The festival is free, but food and drink must be purchased.
The four-day riverfront festival kicks off in earnest on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with the arrival by barge of 30-foot wide, 82-foot-high Super Bowl XLVII numerals on the Mississippi River. Expect fireworks, music and more.
Wanda Walker, whose cochon de lait po-boy is one of the most popular items at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, said she didn't know how much food to bring because this has never been done before. Walker will serve cochon de lait nachos as well as po-boys.
This is the first time an event such as this has been held in a Super Bowl host city, although Indianapolis had something similar in 2012.
"When we, the Host Committee, were asked if we would like the opportunity to host the first Super Bowl Boulevard, we were immediately excited by the prospect of setting the bar for all future host cities," said Jay Cicero, the executive director of the host committee and president of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, when the news of the free festival was announced months ago. Super Bowl officials plan for the festival to be a requirement of cities making bids to hosts future Super Bowls.Back to what you really want to know: the food. Cottage Catering of Harahan is serving King Cake as well as their famous White Chocolate Bread Pudding. (I've never seen king cake in 12 years of covering the food at the Jazz Fest like a blanket, because April and May weekends are not king cake season).
Verizon Super Bowl Boulevard
- What: A free four-day festival of music, food and drink, produced by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, with Super Bowl-related broadcast and fan interactives.
- Where: Woldenberg Park on the Mississippi riverfront at the edge of the French Quarter.
- When: Thursday through Sunday, with live music on Thursday from 5:40 p.m. to around 10 p.m.; Friday, from 11 a.m. to around 11 p.m.; Saturday, from 12:15 p.m. to around 9:30 p.m.; and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to around 1:30 p.m.
- Admission: Free admission, but food and drink must be purchased.
One vendor who is not a Jazz Fest regular is Cheryl Scripter, but she has demonstrated on the Jazz Fest Food Heritage Stage and has been a vendor at the Blues Festival, which also is sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation. For this event, she has bought a new mixer and doubled her staff, Scripter said. She's serving a Red Velvet Cup-side Down Cake (in a cup with a spoon for easier, neater consumption) as well as pretzels dipped in dark chocolate and caramel, double chocolate brownies and chocolate chip cookies. Prices are $2 to $5.
Smitty's Seafood, the Kenner restaurant responsible for boiling several tons of crawfish at Jazz Fest, will instead have other seafood dishes from their restaurant menu: Fried Louisiana Oysters, Buffalo-Style Oysters, Crab Cakes and Mini Crawfish Pies.
Mary Schmitt, who runs the restaurant with husband "Smitty" Schmitt, said they worked with food director Michelle Nugent "to pick stuff that was New Orleans-style seafood with a twist, like regular fried oysters and fried oysters with an added twist, the buffalo sauce." The buffalo oysters will come with blue cheese dressing; the fried oysters with cocktail sauce. Homemade remoulade goes with the crab cakes. Prices are $5 to $8."We don't know what to expect," Schmitt said. "We're just kind of winging it like everybody else. We'll just go out there and do it. But I think it's going to be a really big deal."
"Fireman Mike" Gowland, one of several New Orleans cooks, chefs and caterers who won the Food Network "Chopped" competition in 2012, will serve Shrimp Caila Po-Boys, his version of barbecue shrimp named after his youngest daughter, Caila. Gowland, who retired from the New Orleans Fire Department two weeks ago, said the sauce contains rosemary, garlic and cream, finished with a little butter. (This is the guy, you may recall, who was told by the judges on "Chopped" that he may be the best saucier ever on the show.)
"This is such a great thing," Gowland said of the Boulevard. "They've got some great vendors here. It's really cool. I'm real excited just to be part of it."
Here's the entire list of food items and servers. Grab a napkin because you're going to start drooling in a minute.
- Fried Gulf Shrimp, Fried Louisiana Catfish, Fries, Peach Cobbler; Bertrand Bailey, Down Home Creole Cookin', Baton Rouge
- Grilled Fish Baquet, Creole File Gumbo; Wayne Baquet, Li'l Dizzy's Café, New Orleans
- Cajun Jambal
aya, Chicken and Andouille Gumbo; Cherie and Troy Brocato, Brocato's Eat Dat Catering, New Orleans
- King Cake, White Chocolate Bread Pudding, Coffee and Hot Chocolate; John Caluda, Cottage Catering, Harahan
- Roast Beef Po-Boy, Muffuletta; Peter and Ryan Di Martino, Di Martino's Famous Muffulettas, New Orleans
- Shrimp Caila Po-Boy, BBQ Alligator Po-Boy, Gulf Shrimp and Grits; Mike Gowland, Fireman Mike's Kitchen, New Orleans
- Sweet Potato Pie, Pecan Pie, Shoe Soles, Assorted Pralines, Sweet Potato Cookie, Loretta Harrison, Loretta's, New Orleans
- Crawfish Beignets, Crawfish Remoulade, Crawfish Etouffeé; Papa Ninety Creole Soul Café, Belle Chase
- Southern Fried Chicken, Red Beans and Rice; Catering Unlimited, New Orleans
- Bayou Black Angus Burger, Duck Confit Po-Boy, the Ultimate Grilled Cheese; Messina's, New Orleans
- Spicy Wings, Crowder Peas & Okra, Collard Greens, Fried Okra; Praline Connection, New
- Blackened Fish Taco, Grilled Garlic Chicken Taco, Vegetarian Black Bean Taco; Woody's Fish Tacos, New Orleans
- Fried Louisiana Oysters, Buffalo Style Oysters, Crab Cakes, Mini Crawfish Pies, Smitty's Seafood, Kenner
- Red Velvet Cup-side Down Cake, Double Chocolate Brownie, Caramel Dipped Pretzels & more: Cheryl Scripter, Bittersweet Confections, New Orleans
- Meat Balls Marinara, Super Four Cheese Macaroni, Artisanal Gelato and Sorbetto, Espresso, Katrina and Carmelo Turillo, La Divina Gelateria, New Orleans
- Hot Sausage Po-Boy, Crawfish Sausage Po-boy, Creole "Diva Dawg"; Vaucresson's Sausage Co, New Orleans
- Cochon De Lait Po-Boy, Cochon de Lait Nachos; Love at First Bite, New Orleans.


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Day 1
My first day in the city of Los Santos I got up and got ready for my new job down at Binco. Moments after I left my apartment I heard the loud wail of police sirens and was run down by a black man in a Greenwood. Just prior to blacking out I could make out the personal plate read GROVE4L and then woke up in the hospital. The police didn't seem interested in my statement and even ticketed me $50 for crossing against the light.
Day 4
I am out of the hospital and my sister loaned me the use of her car to get around much safer. No sooner than leaving the driveway a black man approached my driver's side door. He looked somewhat familiar so I paused as he opened the door and threw me from the car announcing in loud voice, "Yeah you getting jacked!". I filed another report with the police but I am beginning to have my doubts about their abilities.
Day 5
Since losing my job at Binco I am now seeking work. My sister has not called, I suppose she is mad about the car. The police gave her a hard time about it being involved in some drive-by shootings. I am now riding the bus to seek out employment. At noon I was sitting in a Burger Shot filling out an application and eating a $2 burger. That same black man appeared inside apparently wounded and ordered several meals. I was just about to approach him when he pulled out a gun a shot the clerk. Then he began shooting customers and thanking them as he robbed their corpse. I quickly took cover and the sick insane man left.
Day 6
I am leaving Los Santos and I didn't bother reporting what happened at the Burger Shot to the police. Let them figure it out, if they can. I am going to a small rural town in the countryside. To seek work, peace and quiet. Maybe the quiet life on a farm is just the ticket.
GTA Pedestrian Diary
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Posted 17 January 2009 - 06:15 PM
Lulz, makes me feel guilt when I go on rampages on GTA:SA.... Good Job! The idea of a different person's perspective is awesome.
Hope ya' make more...
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EDIT: More details (eg. A (auto)biography) or even a video would be nice.
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(Psst: Should be in Writer's Pad section)
EDIT: More details (eg. A (auto)biography) or even a video would be nice.
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The driver of the high-speed train that derailed earlier this week just outside this northwestern Spanish city was released from the hospital Saturday and taken to a police station, where he is being held on suspicion of negligent homicide.
Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz made the announcement to the press in Santiago de Compostela.
The accident left 78 dead, three of whom have not yet been identified, the minister said.
Fernandez Diaz said the driver, Francisco Jose Garzon, would be taken before a judge before Sunday afternoon, when formal charges could be brought against him.
Garzon asserted his right to remain silent when police sought to question him at the hospital.
A total of 71 people, including 28 adults and three children listed in critical condition, are still hospitalized for treatment of injuries sustained the accident, officials said Saturday.
Authorities say excessive speed may be to blame for the crash, and Garzon apparently admitted earlier this week that he was going at around 190 kph (118 mph) on a curve with a speed limit of 80 kph (about 50 mph).
"I derailed, what am I going to do, what am I going to do," the 52-year-old Garzon, who has worked as a train operator since the 1990s, told the national government's representative in Galicia, where Santiago de Compostela is located.
The high-speed passenger train went off the tracks Wednesday along the route linking Madrid and the Atlantic coastal city of Ferrol.
The train involved in the accident entered service in 2012 and can go up to 250 kph (155 mph) on international rail networks and 220 kph (136 mph) on the Spanish high-speed rail system.
The signals on the stretch where the accident occurred were operating properly at the time of the derailment and the train had been inspected earlier in the day on Wednesday, Spanish railway operator Adif said. EFE


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The New Orleans Hornets, already injury riddled, may have lost another player for tonight's game against Utah when center Emeka Okafor was listed as "questionable" with a sore left knee.
Backup center/forward Chris Kaman is questionable with a sprained left ankle and center/forward Jason Smith is out with a concussion.
If neither Okafor nor Kaman can play, Coach Monty Williams said he'd start Gustavo Ayon at center with Al-Farouq Aminu at power forward.
"Like I always say, you do the best with the guys you have and I belive they'll play well tonight," Williams said. "This is what the NBA is and what's to be expected, but maybe not to this degree."
Williams said he was unsure how Okafor injured his knee. Okafor is the only Hornets starter this season to start and play in every game.


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We have good news out of Europe today, which is a welcome change. The question, of course, is how long it will last. Those answers will come in the next few weeks as the details of this week's EU summit are hammered out and countries decide on which pieces they can agree to.
But there are two important questions that should get answered relatively soon. Will Greece, Ireland, and Portugal ask to have their deals renegotiated since Spain and Italy appear to be getting much better terms? This is particularly true for Ireland, which had low debt levels until it asked for help dealing with its banking crisis.
The other question: Will Germany's parliament approve the European Stability Mechanism fund now that it has morphed into a bank rescue fund as well? While we wait for those answers, Europe appears to have once again bought itself some time without putting a lasting solution in place. That's not great, but it's better than the alternative.
Europe will continue to dominate the headlines, but there were a number of global stories this week that were just as important for investors. Here's what caught my eye this week.
Banks behaving badly, again
The big news this week was Barclays' (NYSE: BCS ) settlement with U.S. and U.K. regulators for colluding with traders to fix LIBOR rates. LIBOR is the rate banks use to lend money to each other. LIBOR, with a spread added to it, is also used as the base rate for all manner of short-term lending. Everything from commercial loans to adjustable rate mortgages use LIBOR, which is why manipulating the rate is such a big deal.
In Japan, Nomura (NYSE: NMR ) is currently grappling with an insider trading case, and other banks are believed to have played the same games with LIBOR that Barclays did. So Barclays is the latest big bank to run afoul of the law, but it won't be the last.
Given the constant stream of bad news and the concerns about the global economy, it's not a surprise that big banks around the world are selling at a discount to book value. But there are some things that shouldn't be purchased at any price, and the big banks fall into that category for me. There's no way of knowing exactly what assets they hold or when a rogue trader is going to lose a few billion in a gambit to juice his bonus. The big banks are simply too big for their own good and not worth the risk.
Focus more on China and less on Europe
First it was industrials like ABB (NYSE: ABB ) reporting weak sales in China, then came The New York Times report on China manipulating energy consumption figures to hide just how much growth has slowed, and now we have Nike (NYSE: NKE ) reporting a sudden slowdown in orders from China. That news has knocked the shares down 10% today and highlights the uneasy transition China faces as it tries to transition its economy to domestic consumption and away from infrastructure investment.
It was a mixed quarter at best for Nike. Sales at grew 12%, but gross margin declined 1.5%, and future orders from China grew by just 2%. Nike grew its sales in China by 18% last quarter, so the forward order outlook indicates the company's growth in China will be far slower in coming quarters. On its conference call, Nike management admitted as much, but said this is just a bump in the road. In the long-term it still expects to grow its business in China substantially.
With a premier global brand and the rare ability to grow in emerging and developed markets, Nike is a great candidate for the Orange Portfolio. So while I think the slowdown in China is an important data point to pay attention to, I'll be watching to see just how much punishment the shares take in the next few weeks. Looking out beyond the next year or so management is right about its long-term potential in China, I think.
Standout markets
The slow start to the week and negative headlines out of Europe made it feel like a down week, but most markets around the world were up more than 1% this week. The primary exceptions were emerging markets such as China, Brazil, and South Africa, which all saw their major indexes fall by 2% or more.
So while Europe dominated the headlines this week, Nike and the economic news out of China are the stories investors want to pay attention to if they're worried about where the global economy is heading. With the news out of emerging markets turning negative, it's not a surprise that's where I'm starting to find the most attractively priced ideas -- including one I hope to add to the Orange Portfolio next week.


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San Francisco Plane Crash: New Video Of Asiana Flight 214
Asiana Flight 214's crash landing into San Francisco International Airport on Saturday took the lives of two 16-year old girls – Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia – and wounded nearly 200 other passengers. New video footage of the plane's dangerous descent shows the pilot's futile attempt to abort the landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the aviation accident and is now in possession of the plane's two black boxes. Pilot error remains a possible explanation for the fatal crash, as mechanical failure has been ruled out by Asiana Airlines. The cockpit crew will soon be interviewed by investigators, according to NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman.
"A lot of this is not about the plane telling him [the pilot], it's about the pilot's recognition of what's going on . . . to be able to assess what's happening and make the right inputs to make sure they're in a safe situation," Hersman told The Washington Post. "That's what we expect from pilots. We want to understand what happened in this situation."
Just 1.5 seconds prior to the crash landing, the flight crew made a last ditch effort to abort the landing and retake the skies to circle around and make another effort at the landing. As can be seen in the startling video, the nose of the plane rises just before the plane makes contact with the ground. The tail of the plane was the first section to hit, striking a seawall of rocks, before the body of the plane skidding onto the runway and burst into flames, according to eyewitnesses.
Of the 182 injured passengers, most are suffering from internal bleeding, fractures and blunt force injuries. Two of the wounded are said to be paralyzed as a result of the crash. Both President Barack Obama and the NTSB have lauded the efforts of the first responders that helped save the lives of many of the passengers.
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Bim Ditson goes to more shows than you. Don't feel bad: He goes to more shows than just about anyone. And sometimes, he takes pictures with his cell phone. In this column, we're letting Bim—whom you might know as the drummer for garage-pop misfits And And And—show you where he's been and who he's seen this week, and tell you where to go and who to see in the week ahead. You should take his advice. After all, he goes to more shows than you.
Treefort 2013
It can be tricky deciding which festivals to spend your hard earned dollars on. Here are some of the reasons Treefort gets positive scribbles, at least in my book.
1. Ticket-pricing vs. ETEC (Event Total Enjoyment Cost). Getting a wristband is a small part of the cost of a festival: drinks (some festivals, Treefort included, are reasonable, but others are evil thieves), plus housing, travel and food. Boise's Treefort has been exceptional in all said categories. Normally I'd be guessing that next year will be the golden year before the breeding-bros hear word and come to lay waste at another great festival. Treefort might escape the Weekend Dub-Step Soldiers, though, and if it does do that longterm, I'd guess it'll be because Boise ("Boys") is simply filled to the brim with the best kind of people you could hope to meet and enjoy what's clearly their town.
2. Density vs. Volume. A festival can have a million bands and rad headliners, but that doesn't mean shit unless you listen to the lineup beforehand to make sure it's not a trap (and by "trap" I am referring to both the early 2000s crunk-inspired genre "Trap Music" as heard on T.I.'s 2003 release, creatively titled Trap Musik, and all other worthless sonic bear-traps that seem to be playing every festival these days). I hear a lot of mouths leaking about certain headliners they're stoked to see at festivals. And that's cool. I think the magic of a festival is never who you knew will be great. It is the mountain of unknowns, all waiting to make your day—so again, listen to all the bands on the roster so you don't go out there like a headless chicken. People can tell.
3. Location and Timing. Somehow, even the physical layout of Boys is perfect for a festival of this kind. For any Portlander: location! I mean, for what other well booked festival—not just a couple big names, gotta be good little guys all day—can you easily find: a Craigslist Ride Share to and from; or just ride with a band you know, and find someone to crash with who you know? Boone of The We Shared Milk put it best: "Being at Treefort is like being in Portland, but you run into way more people that you know." Being that it is the weekend after SXSW, Treefort is double-edged in some minds. I happen to think it's genius. If you couldn't make it to Texas, here's a bunch of those bands, at a bargain-basement price! And if you went to SXSW, why not extend the party? You know you want to.
3/22 - 8:15 PM @ Neurolux
After a long day of driving from Portland to Boise for Treefort, Aan was perfect. That masterful music in a new space to reassure it's, well, mastery. Aan has been through a bunch of drummers and rotated members in the past. In my fan-opinion, they're now the best they've ever been. Bud's comfortable use of his alarmingly technical talents both vocally and deliciously bipolar guitar while the rest of Aan dose notches more than seasoning along.
3/22 - 8:46 PM @ Main Stage
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
That woman can sing! This is the kind of band that makes you think to yourself, "Self, is this as good as a live show gets?"
3/22 - 9:14 PM @ El Korah Shrine
And then you get to Quasi and you think, "Self, how could you have thought that Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings was as good as it gets?" Power duo doesn't do it justice—maybe perpetual-motion power plant.
3/23 - 11:28 AM @ the Bouquet Building
Grandparents (Intothewoods.tv video shoot)
After an early wine-drink turn in the And And And van and a morning of painting "LET'S GET SILLY" and an alien saying "ME WANT PIZZA" on the rig with Nathan. We strolled to a towering, dilapidated building downtown that, Rochelle explained, used to be a brothel, and now is equally, or maybe more, disgustingly, filled with birds and their make. I'll risk the brown-lung to see Grandparents' shoot. Fucking love these kids. Worth my chest thing I contracted.
3/23 - 12:51 PM @ Red Room
If you were bummed that Animal Collective canceled, and you didn't go to this Talkative show, you're a dingus. Lead 'shroom-rocker Cody switches between a shifting, thick-sounding keyboard and guitar. Chad (of the Blast Majesty and Ah God) slacker-noises on guitar perfectly with the turbo V8 rhythm section forcing you to dance, or feel like a jerk if you don't.
3/23 - 8:12 PM @ Red Room
The We Shared Milk
Boone's guitar was tuned a half-step down on the first song. Unfazed, he turned it into a noise factory: thrashes around the grimy beer-littered stage between spurts of violently hunkered pedal twisting and smashing. They possess the crowd, and glide into a flawless set after retuning. In the van later: "My friend Henry's got a marshmallow head he said I wanna stay up-I said, GO TO BED!" At this point the singing drops out and one cowboy-voice remains: "Doctor told me once, doctor told me twice, doctor told me thrice," all shouting together again "that boy's gonna die-he's got a marshmallow head…" This continued throughout the freezing 11 hour overnight drive to Las Vegas.
3/25 - 11:59 PM @ The Satellite (LA)
Harper Simon (featuring Dan Aykroyd)
Harper's voice and band were wonderfully tight throughout the session. I really liked the songs, and when people say, "Special guest" they rarely mean that Dan Aykroyd is going to hop on stage, be as amazing and hilarious as you'd dream, and then bounce. Perfect.
What's Bim Seeing This Week?
3/30 @ Bunk Bar: Fuzz, Wooden Indian Burial Ground
Bunk Bar is poised to be the smallest powerhouse in Portland. Remember when they started having shows there and everybody was like, "Whoa! This'll never last…" Well it's been a couple years now, and I can hardly think of a bad show they've brought in. Not to mention the countless touring bands they've snagged—Built to Spill, Deer Tick and The Long Goodbye—somehow convincing them to play Bunk Bar instead of Wonder Ballroom or another venue of that size. This show is a wonderful continuation of an impeccable track record.
3/31 @ Tonic Lounge: Natural Child, White Fang, Mean Jeans
It's a Gnar Gnight Out at Tonic! Based on this lineup, I'm assuming free pizza and equally cheap sweat. You wont hear anything delicate at this show and you won't want to after you feel these bands punching you in the chest. Hold onto your pepperoni and don't forget to bring your cheese.
4/3 @ Mississippi Studios: Joel Harrison's Spirit House, Blue Cranes
I think this'll be good. Sorry, I'm trying to finish this before my battery dies in the van in traffic in LA on our way to San Francisco for a show that it seems we'll be very late to. Go to this show if you're rich enough.
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DES MOINES - Whether it was from a hit or a walk, the top of Marshalltown's batting order set the tone against Des Moines Roosevelt.
Lead-off hitter Dylan Diveney had three hits, two walks and a hit by pitch and also scored three runs and stole five bases, while No. 2 hitter Grant Thimesch recorded two hits, three walks, a hit by pitch and scored twice while swiping four bases during the Bobcats' sweep of the Roughriders here Tuesday.
Austin Sowers threw seven solid innings in the opener and the Bobcats cranked out 13 hits in a 9-3 victory and then Marshalltown took advantage of Roosevelt's eight errors in the nightcap while also collecting six hits and drawing seven walks in a 12-2, six-inning win.
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MHS junior Michael Schrempf makes a diving catch in left field during the Bobcats sweep of Des Moines Roosevelt on Tuesday evening. Schrempf had three hits and scored twice at the plate during the doubleheader as the Bobcats won 9-3 and 12-2 in six innings to improve to 14-11 on the season.
Marshalltown sophomore Sam Rogers, right, tags out Des Moines Roosevelt's Foster Anshutz at third base during game one of the Bobcats' doubleheader sweep in Des Moines. Anshutz had three doubles on the day, but Marshalltown won 9-3 and 12-2 in six innings.
Marshalltown junior Colton Hanke, left, contributed three hits, five RBIs and a walk at the plate during the Bobcats' sweep of Des Moines Roosevelt on Tuesday. Marshalltown won 9-3 and 12-2 in six innings to improve to 14-11 on the season.
The games were originally scheduled to take place in Marshalltown, but poor field conditions forced a move to Des Moines.
That ended up being a non-factor for the Bobcats, who rallied from small deficits in both games to improve to 14-11 on the season.
"I applaud Roosevelt for getting their field ready because we can't play at home right now," said MHS coach Steve Hanson. "Our outfield is saturated to the point where you can't go walk on it without getting wet up to your ankles. So, had they not been accommodating, we wouldn't have been able to play. And we needed to play today.
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At Des Moines
Game One
Marshalltown 9, Des Moines Roosevelt 3
Brendon Patterson, Ajmal Mohammad (6) and Nick Ballard; Austin Sowers and Mason McCarville. W-Sowers (3-2). L-Patterson (2-1). 2B-DMR: Foster Anshutz 2, Michael Watson; MHS: Joe Rebik, Justus Bjelland. LOB-DMR 4, MHS 5.
Game Two
Marshalltown 12, Des Moines Roosevelt 2, 6 innings
Jack Holtz, Ben Ramirez (3), Zach Lin (4), Jake Smith (5), Jacob Appel (6) and Matt Jorgenson, Josh Blome (5); Jordan Smith, Matt Battles (3), McCarville (5) and McCarville, Joe Rebik (5). W-Battles (1-0). L-Holtz (1-3). 2B-DMR: Anshutz, Ben Norman; MHS: Dylan Diveney, Colton Hanke. 3B-MHS: Hanke, Michael Schrempf. LOB-DMR 12, MHS 8.
"We have a full schedule now so you have to do what you can do when you get the opportunity and it worked out for us today, in large part because of Sowers on the mound in game one and we swung it OK in game two. We are happy to get out of here with a couple of wins."
Michael Schrempf and Justus Bjelland both added two hits in the opener, while Sowers had a hit and scored twice. Bjelland also drove in two with a two-run double down the third-base line during the deciding five-run fifth inning.
Sowers gave up consecutive doubles and a single to the Riders during their three-run third inning, but the senior ace allowed just four hits and no runs in the other six innings while striking out eight and walking two in the win.
"Sowers did a good job in game one," said Hanson. "Getting seven innings from your starter in a busy week like we have helps a lot.
"But we made things a lot more difficult than they had to be in game two."
The Bobcats collected four hits and a walk in the second inning of game one but only scored twice and stranded three on base.
The Riders, after a stern discussion between innings from coach Ryan Fitzgerald, responded with a trio of runs in the third.
Foster Anshutz had one of his two doubles in the frame, while Michael Watson also doubled and Nick Ballard had an RBI single to give the visitors on the scoreboard their only lead of the game.
"With a young team, it's tough to keep that consistency and every now and then we need a little bit of a shake-up," said Fitzgerald. "And typically when we have that, we respond. We did it in the third inning in game one and we scored early in game two after having a similar discussion between games. We just didn't hold on to it tonight."
Brendon Patterson, who took the loss on the mound, retired the Bobcats in order in the third and fourth innings to hold onto the narrow lead, but the wheels came off in the fifth.
Diveney singled to start the rally and then scored on Joe Rebik's RBI double. Colton Hanke reached on an error and Sowers followed with an infield single. Run-scoring singles from Schrempf and Mason McCarville gave the Bobcats another lead and Bjelland extended it to 7-3 with a two-run double that stayed just inside the bag at third base.
Rebik's sacrifice fly to right and Hanke's RBI single in the sixth capped the scoring. Hanke finished the night with three hits and five RBIs.
"We were able to piece together some innings that got us over the hump and that created a cushion for us that made it difficult for Roosevelt to run or bunt and play small ball with us," said Hanson.
Roosevelt began game two with three consecutive hits off Bobcat starter Jordan Smith, but the junior only surrendered one run and left two on base in the inning.
That was the theme of the game for Roosevelt, which stranded 12 on the bases in all.
Two more runners reached base in the second, but the Bobcats got out of the jam with a double play to Sowers at shortstop.
Roosevelt (8-16) loaded the bases with no outs against Smith in the third, but Matt Battles came on in relief and forced a 1-2-3 double play and then got an inning-ending pop up to survive the frame with no damage. Battles (1-0) earned the win after allowing one run in 2 2/3 innings of relief.
McCarville helped Battles out of trouble in the fifth when he got out of another jam with a strikeout. The senior then walked the first three batters in the top of the sixth but came away unscathed after posting back-to-back strikeouts and a flyout to centerfield.
"We have had some games where we just haven't been able to get that big hit to break things open and that happened again tonight," said Fitzgerald. "We need some of our younger guys to step up and show us that they want to be up there in the key situations. I think we try a little too hard at times."
The Bobcats wasted no time rallying from an early 1-0 deficit in their half of the first inning.
Diveney and Thimesch both walked to begin the rally and Joe Rebik reached on the first of eight Roosevelt errors in the game. Hanke then cleared the bases with a three-run triple and the Bobcats never trailed again.
Diveney walked and scored on a passed ball in the second to make it 4-1 and then a six-run third inning put the game out of reach. Schrempf, McCarville and Hanke all had RBI hits in the frame before Diveney ended the game early with a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the sixth.
The game featured two of the schools currently in the process of trying to form their own athletic conference.
Marshalltown, Indianola, Ottumwa and the five Des Moines Public Schools are hoping to break off the CIML and form their own eight-team league, and the Bobcat baseball team improved to 5-1 against those schools.
And the 21 runs scored by Marshalltown on Tuesday were the most in a doubleheader since the Bobcats plated 42 against Des Moines North back on June 13.
The Bobcats continue their busy week with a road doubleheader against Southeast Polk at 5 p.m. today. They also are scheduled to play at Ankeny on Thursday night. Monday's postponed Central Iowa Conference Northern Division home doubleheader with state-ranked Fort Dodge has been rescheduled for July 10 at 5 p.m. Des Moines Roosevelt's best player, Nick Biancalana, left the Riders' squad early this season to attend the Air Force Academy. He has hopes of playing on the school's baseball team as well.


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MARQUETTE - After 70 years, Smokey Bear still plays vital role in fire prevention
When the typical American thinks of wildfire prevention, the first image that comes to mind is surely that of the iconic Smokey Bear.
Since the days of Smokey's first words in 1944 - "Smokey says - care will prevent nine out of 10 forest fires." - his likeness and slogans have been invaluable to federal, state and local agencies responsible for wildfire prevention and management.
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With the help of DNR fire program staff and volunteers, national fire prevention icon Smokey Bear appears at more than 100 wildfire prevention events each year in Michigan. This year marks 70 years since the first Smokey Bear campaign poster appeared.
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This undated file photo shows the original Smokey the Bear, symbol of forest fire prevention is shown in his National Zoo home in Washington, D.C.Smokey died in 1976 and was returned where he was found as a cub with burned paws in 1950 in Capitan N.M. Smokey Bear was created in 1944 because of fears that enemy shelling from Japan would cause forest fires while most U.S. firefighters were in battle overseas. When the war ended, Smokey stuck around _ and he is now at the center of the longest-running public service announcement campaign in U.S. history. Research shows he is known by 96 percent of American adults and ranks near Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus for name recognition.
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This image provided by the Ad Council circa 1945 shows an early version of the Smokey Bear campaign.
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In this May 8, 2004 file photo a Smokey Bear character waves to visitors at the Smokey Bear Historical Park in his home town of Capitan, N.M.
Smokey Bear posterFor the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Smokey was not only instrumental in establishing the importance of fire prevention education throughout the state, but also became one of the pillars upon which the DNR's highly regarded fire program was built.
In recognition, the DNR joined the rest of the nation Saturday, Aug. 9, in celebrating Smokey Bear's 70th birthday and all that this character has done to bring fire prevention to the forefront in Michigan.
The DNR's fire program first began using Smokey Bear as a de facto spokesman for the cause in the 1960s, and today credits widespread public awareness about wildfire prevention to Smokey's broad appeal.
Through the years, Smokey has appeared at countless community events and educational programs on behalf of the DNR, and the bear's image and famous sayings have graced many DNR fire prevention promotional and educational materials.
"Every DNR Forest Resources Division (FRD) field office uses Smokey Bear at parades, fairs, school programs anywhere we are trying to spread the fire prevention message," said Paul Kollmeyer, manager of FRD's Resources Protection and Cooperatives Programs section.
"Smokey is the catalyst that gets people's interest, especially the young people," Kollmeyer said. "When you're delivering an educational program to second graders, you couldn't ask for a more engaging teacher than Smokey. He really leaves an impression."
Created by an art critic as part of an advertising campaign to educate the public about each individual's role in preventing wildfires, Smokey made his official debut on a poster on Aug. 9, 1944. Wearing a pair of dungarees and a ranger hat, he is depicted pouring a bucket of water on a campfire.
Three years later, his slogan was modified to the long-lasting and well-known version, "Remember, Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires," which stuck for another five decades before it was slightly updated to today's version: "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires."
Although Smokey was originally a fictional product of the World War II-era campaign, geared at shifting the public's focus to fire prevention rather than suppression (since many citizens who would normally help fight fires were deployed overseas), his real-life counterpart was found six years later, clinging to a tree at the scene of a wildfire in New Mexico.
The bear cub had suffered burns to his paws and hind legs and was flown to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where he lived for 26 years, becoming an integral part of the Smokey campaign.
In 1952, Smokey became the subject of a song, "Smokey the Bear," and that same year, his image was legally protected under the federal Smokey Bear Act, which established three administrators of the image: the U.S. Forest Service, National Association of State Foresters, and Ad Council.
Smokey Bear at state Capitol Building in LansingNow 70 years old, the Smokey Bear wildfire prevention campaign is a bit of an anomaly in how popular it remains, still striking a chord with audiences of all ages after seven decades of heavy rotation.
According to the national non-profit Ad Council, Smokey and his message are recognized today by 95 percent of adults and 77 percent of children.
"What's so unique about Smokey is the multi-generational appeal. People and kids of all ages can relate to each other over Smokey Bear," said Gwinn Unit fire supervisor Pete Glover. "One of my favorite parts about our Smokey Bear appearances is seeing a grandparent who is just as excited about having their picture taken with Smokey as their grandchild is."
With the busy and complicated lives parents lead today, Glover said he recognizes that Smokey's presence is vital to the positive reception of the many educational programs fire officers give each year.
"It would be difficult to get parents to come to an evening or weekend program if their kids weren't interested in attending as well," he said. "Smokey holds the attention of the younger audience members, giving us time to really drive the wildfire prevention message home to the parents and other adults in the audience."
With the help of DNR fire officers and volunteers around the state, Smokey Bear makes more than 100 public appearances annually, including National Night Out public safety events, where he is typically swarmed with visitors hoping to get a hug, high-five and photo with Smokey.
And when they leave an event, Smokey's fans don't only have smiles on their faces they also leave with their hands full of educational "Smokey swag" promoting the fire prevention message.
Smokey Bear billboard"Smokey is the linchpin that made fire prevention popular nationwide and in Michigan," Kollmeyer said. "Without our use of his image, slogans, voice and presence, I am not sure we would have such an educated public when it comes to wildfire awareness and prevention."
"I hope in 70 years, fire programs around the country will be celebrating Smokey Bear's 140th birthday."
For more information about Smokey Bear and to see campaign posters and other images from the past 70 years, visit www.smokeybear.org.
To learn more about the DNR's fire program and fire prevention in Michigan, visit the website www.michigan.gov/preventwildfires; to request Smokey's presence at a community or school event, contact the DNR fire officer in your area.