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The Oregon Encyclopedia (The OE) continues its monthly series of History Nights at McMenamins pubs with programs at the Mission Theater in partnership with the Northwest Examiner. At each History Night, The OE will look back at the people and events that have shaped our communities. Visit www. oregonencyclopedia.org for History Night locations and more details.
"The Life of Vesper Geer: A Biographic Documentary"
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7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
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Have you ever explored your family history through the photographs, letters or interviews left by previous generations? If so what did you learn about your heritage or the history of a time and place in the not so distant past? The December OE History Night offers a glimpse of one woman's commonplace yet extraordinary life throughout the 20th century. Vesper Geer was the 4th generation owner of the Geer homestead in Salem, the oldest frame-built house in Oregon to remain in the same family. Vesper was born in the kitchen of that old house in 1917, and passed away there on New Year's Eve, 2010.
Through a documentary written and directed by Michael Turner, this OE History Night tells the story of Vesper Geer. It chronicles her love for the small farm and her struggle to keep it in the family through her photographs, letters, journals, audio tapes and video recordings. The Oregonian reviewed the films as, "A beautifully conceived and executed tribute to continuity and preservation.... Rich for the eyes, ears, and memory." The Willamette Week described it as, "A gentle meander through one woman's average existence."
Michael Turner is the artist-in- residence at GeerCrest Farm and Historical Society. His first feature length documentary, The Life of Vesper Geer, was constructed entirely of archival materials and premiered at the 2012 Oregon Heritage Conference in Salem. He won Best Documentary for the film at the 2012 Teeny Tiny Film Festival.


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There should be some good, exciting matchups in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, after the weeding out of a few teams that showed they didn't belong. Here's a brief look at the second-round series:
Western Conference
(2) Detroit vs. (8) Anaheim: Have the Red Wings returned to their form of last season, or did they just catch a break by drawing what proved to be a Columbus club not prepared to step it up when the games really matter? This series will provide the answer. Jonas Hiller is not likely to fold like Steve Mason did, and Chris Osgood will face a much tougher test with several big bodies crowding the crease, blocking his vision and pouncing on more loose pucks than the Blue Jackets did. The Ducks aren't going to be able to rattle and intimidate the Wings like they did those perennial playoff dogs, the Sharks. Ultimately, Detroit is too deep up front. The Wings will come in waves at the Ducks, outshooting them something like 36-23 every game and wearing down their defense and Hiller.
Prediction: Red Wings in six.
(3) Vancouver vs. (4) Chicago: The Blackhawks are really impressive, their young talent and their speed, the way they play the game, and goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin knows what it takes to win this time of year. But they're still a year or two away from really challenging for the Cup. They were fortunate to be facing Mikka Kiprusoff, who was so ridiculously overworked by coach Mike Keenan during the regular season that he was a shell of his former self in the playoffs. Roberto Luongo looks tough right now. Real tough. And the Canucks have a good, underrated defense that is physical and will make it difficult on the Blackhawks. This series could go either way. Home ice will be the difference.
Prediction: Canucks in seven.
Eastern Conference
(1) Boston vs. (6) Carolina: The Hurricanes beat the Devils. Didn't see that one coming. I'd like to stick to my original prediction of Carolina reaching the Cup finals (every few years a surprise team seems to make a long run), but I must backtrack. The big, bad Bruins look too good, even though they were playing a Montreal team in disarray. Still, goalie Cam Ward should win a couple of games for Carolina. Eric Staal, Ray Whitney and Chad LaRose have been tough, but the Hurricanes, like the Ducks, lack scoring depth up front.
Prediction: Bruins in six.
(2) Washington vs. (4) Pittsburgh: I picked the Rangers to upset the Capitals, but I must admit it was highly entertaining watching them and their coach melt down. A dream matchup for the NHL, though they probably would have preferred it was in the conference finals. Ovechkin vs. Crosby. Ovechkin vs. Malkin. Good stuff. Getting a first-round scare might be just what the Capitals needed. And coach Bruce Boudreau make a season-saving move by pulling weak link Jose Theodore and inserting Simeon Varlamov in net. The Penguins have really responded to new coach Dan Bylsma. This is a toss-up. Would like to see and hear Don Cherry's reaction if Ovechkin and the Capitals win.
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Project Jackson's backers and detractors have a new forum for expressing their views on the riverside development proposal, by way of the Internet.
Petitions that can be "signed" or anonymously endorsed are at www.ipetitions.com/petition/project-jackson (for the "pro" side) and www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-baseball-stadium-along-the-river/signatures (for the "con" side). Signers also have the option of leaving a comment.
As of Monday afternoon, the petition in support of Project Jackson had 292 endorsements. The opposition had 44.
For some commenters, the center of attention has been a proposal for a $28 million stadium, a possible home for the GreenJackets, at the point where Georgia Avenue becomes the James U. Jackson Bridge.
Proposed investments include $60 million for a resort-quality hotel, with a City-funded conference center costing about $4 million, along with a 900-space parking garage costing about $10.8 million.
Also proposed are 75 town-home units costing $15 million and 40,000 square feet of office space, at $10.5 million.
The petition against Project Jackson was begun by Scott Gudith, a semi-retired Shoreline Drive resident who manages and rents properties around the CSRA. He declined a request to address the topic.
Gudith's endorsement was affixed Jan. 4, and among its early signers was Tom Fisher, a retired food-service representative who lives on River Club Lane.
Fisher described himself as struggling with the fact that North Augusta City Council already has a "signed, sealed and delivered document for development" in the proposed area and yet has also classified the area as "blighted."
Classification as "blighted," meaning that no one would otherwise be wiling to build on the land in question, is required in order to move ahead with tax-increment financing.
One opponent of the proposal, addressing the petition via computer, wrote, "As a former resident now living in Aiken and as a conservationist with the Sierra Club, I oppose this project and the damage it would create."
Another wrote, "I am fully opposed to using our green space for parking and an empty stadium."
Another entry, with two names attached, noted, "We agree with the wording of the petition totally."
Brett Brannon, the managing partner at Jackson Square, started the petition in support of the development proposal. His petition began Feb. 22.
Referring to Project Jackson, he said, "I just think it's the largest economic development project that's been proposed in a long time, if not ever, for the City."
He added, "It's not about a hotel. It's not about a baseball field. It's not about individual pieces. This project has been proposed as a whole, and it will either be approved in total or none of the pieces will happen."
Most of the petition's 200-plus signers did not leave a comment. Some left a brief remark, such as "Build this" or "Very much in favor."
Others went into more details. One wrote, "Strongly support this project! If it does not pass, NA will be a retirement community with no growth within the next 10 years."
Another wrote, "I have said for many years that I wish North Augusta had more options for dining and shopping. I would love to see folks coming here instead of us driving to Augusta, Aiken, or even Columbia. This is a great opportunity to see controlled growth in this area."
Brannon said, "I just felt like there needed to be a widely available method for people to support the project if they were inclined to do so, and it's been strictly word of mouth. It literally started with my email list and has just spread via social media and people passing the thing from email to email."
Signers are endorsing an appeal for local government to approve the project and a claim that "the $150 million public-private investment in Project Jackson will benefit the citizens of North Augusta."
Benefits, according to the petition, would include "creating a vibrant downtown and riverfront entertainment district," creating 2,700 construction jobs and about 1,030 permanent jobs and "significantly expanding the tax base both in the remaining area of Hammond's Ferry and throughout the downtown development corridor."
On the opposite side of the issue, petitions are asking City leaders "to preserve the general environment of the Savannah riverfront and develop it as an area integrating the river and its genteel surroundings with structures and activities that complement the birds, animals and aquatic life along the riparian areas of the city."
The petition adds, "We hereby charge the city council and the mayor to reject all requests for development, including sports stadiums and arenas, which would bring thousands of people into these ecologically-sensitive areas, because the noise, lights, parking, petroleum pollutants and traffic are not conducive for preserving the natural habitat for plants, animals or humans. We would welcome baseball in North Augusta but in a less sensitive area than anywhere along the riverfront."
Fisher noted that voters around the county, in 2010, rejected a proposed tax hike to fund substantial improvements in local schools. Now the proposal is for a 30-year bond to fund a stadium that would be in service for 20 years "if everything works out perfect."
He added, "I just don't see how education's being served by building a baseball field. I think this kind of money should come with a vote of the whole county. I can't see where we're doing justice to the voters on this."
Mayor Lark Jones, who has generally supported Project Jackson, referred to the petitions during Monday's North Augusta City Council meeting, when asked about a comment he had made about the TIF proposal being "overwhelmingly favored" by North Augusta residents.
Jones noted that the petition favoring the proposal had significantly more supporters than the petition against it.
"I would say it's run at least 5-to-1 in favor of it," he said. "For the first time in any issue ... I've had people call me and say, 'What can I do to help the City make this happen?'"
Such feedback, he said, has come mainly from "young people - the 25- to 35-year-olds that want to see these things in the city."
The mayor also cited a North Augusta Chamber of Commerce survey that showed more than three-fourths of respondents favoring Project Jackson, including the stadium.
The proposal was unveiled to the public in mid-December, putting a variety of boosters and detractors into action, with questions of funding, safety, traffic, parking and environmental protection among those being raised.
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TUSCALOOSA -- With position battles nearing conclusions, Alabama coach Nick Saban continued an annual tradition Tuesday, scolding reporters for "speculating" on the Crimson Tide's eventual starting lineup based on rotations in practice.
"We let you come to practice. If you're going to speculate on the depth chart and who's starting at what positions," Saban said, "then I'm going to close practice -- for everybody. So nobody's going to get to come at all."
Media are typically allowed to watch two periods (roughly 10-15 minutes) at the start of Alabama's preseason practices.
"When you say one guy's starting in the newspaper and he's really not starting," Saban said, "that makes the guy that is starting come up to me and say, 'Why are they putting it in the paper that I'm not starting?' You don't understand what you do and how it affects people. We would like to manage that internally and as coaches and a coaching staff make those decisions, not make them in the newspaper -- before they even get decided."
CLASSES BEGIN: Alabama officially ended fall camp with Tuesday's practice in full pads. Classes start today at UA, meaning daily practices will now begin an hour later at 3:30 p.m. leading up to the Sept. 5 opener against Virginia Tech.
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BELL SLOWED: Crimson Tide true freshman wide receiver Kenny Bell is suffering from "real bad" shin splints that could cause him to miss at least a week, according to Saban.
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RISING RETURNERS: Cornerback and return specialist Javier Arenas has thus far been impressed with fellow cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick's skills as a return man, as well as some of the other newcomers like running back Trent Richardson.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Gloria Holt never remembered being bitten by the mosquito that gave her malaria, a disease that is a leading killer of children in Africa.
It was on a mission trip to Zambia in August 2005, while she was there to promote kind treatment of AIDS victims who were often put into the wilderness to die. "The kind of malaria she had, you had 48 hours to treat it," said her husband, Zollie Holt.
She was taken to a copper mine clinic nearby with four beds. She was treated there for four days.
"It was really a miracle that got her out of that," Zollie Holt said.
When she recovered, she had a new sense of purpose.
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"I can tell you first-hand that malaria is a terrible disease," she said later. "I cannot imagine a small child suffering from the symptoms I experienced – that's why so many children die from malaria. Malaria kills a child every 30 seconds. I feel that God has challenged me to help spread the word about this devastating disease and raise money to eradicate it."
She campaigned to have the North Alabama Annual Conference send its mission offering to Nothing But Nets, a campaign to save lives by preventing malaria. A $10 donation pays for one insecticide-treated bed net, the distribution of the net and education for a family to learn to properly use the net.
"Because of my experience I believe that God is calling me to raise awareness about this devastating, but preventable disease," she said.
Holt, a member of Huffman United Methodist Church for 37 years who then helped found ClearBranch United Methodist Church in Argo, died on Aug. 28, at age 73, from complications of breast cancer diagnosed a year earlier. Holt was born in Birmingham, graduated from Ensley High School and, after her children were grown, earned a degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1978.
For years she was the top lay leader for the United Methodist Church in North Alabama, and she became the top lay leader for United Methodists worldwide.
Her activism and leadership inspired many, and her malaria campaign may have saved lives.
Last fall, the North Alabama conference launched a new campaign, "Imagine No Malaria," that focuses on education about eliminating conditions that lead to the spread of malaria. Conference officials met with Holt.
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"She helped us to focus on the idea that this is not a campaign to raise money, it's a campaign to save lives," said Linda Holland, director of connectional ministries for the conference.
In a rare occurrence, Holt couldn't take a leadership role, because she was battling cancer.
"She was such a fighter, she didn't want anybody to feel sorry for her," Holland said.
Holt first took on church leadership as a 21-year-old with two small children at Huffman Methodist. She joined a women's circle that offered a nursery for children, just so she could have a break from the kids. Soon she was a president of the United Methodist Women chapter.
She was elected a lay delegate from North Alabama to five General Conferences and Southeastern Jurisdictional Conferences, from 1996 through 2012. She was chair of the Southeastern Jurisdiction Committee on Episcopacy, and president of the Southeastern Association of Annual Conference Lay Leaders and the International United Methodist Association of Annual Conference Lay Leaders.
In the North Alabama Conference, Holt served as conference lay leader from 1997 to 2006.
"There were all these jobs people asked her to do," Zollie Holt said. "She never turned it down."
She gave the Laity Address at the 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh - essentially speaking to the worldwide leadership of the United Methodist Church that gathers every four years.
In her speech, Holt chided bishops and clergy to share leadership with non-clergy.
"She was preaching to the bishops and ministers, saying, 'We're supposed to be one body. What do you all not know about one?'" Zollie Holt recalled.
Wanted women included
She made a proposal that conference lay leaders be included in cabinet meetings. Many bishops and clergy opposed the idea and tried to block it, but she spoke from the floor of the General Conference, gathered support, and got legislation passed.
Holt also wanted more women as clergy.
She was instrumental in the North Alabama Conference getting its first woman bishop, Debra Wallace-Padgett.
Since she was chair of the committee that picked and assigned bishops, and had worked closely with Wallace-Padgett, she was basically able to choose her own bishop.
Holland, the first non-clergy person to be the director of connectional ministries, said Holt promoted the idea that ordinary church members should run the church, just as much as professional clergy.
"She was a huge inspiration to me," Holland said. "Gloria was always leading the charge. Her heritage will be far-reaching. It's that can-do attitude, that eternal optimism. That will be an inspiration for many years to come."
In 2011, Birmingham-Southern College President Gen. Charles Krulak called Holt to the stage at the North Alabama annual conference and gave her an honorary doctorate. The award was a surprise to Holt, who was called onstage and given a graduation robe. ''I had no idea,'' she said. ''I thought, 'What do they want me up there for?'''
Greg Garrison welcomes your suggestions for Life Stories from the Birmingham area. Know an ordinary person who lived an extraordinary life? Please contact Greg at email@example.com


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KELOWNA, British Columbia -- Mats Zuccarello-Aasen, a 5-foot-7, 154-pound Norwegian forward who led the Swedish Elite League in scoring this season with Modo, could be on the Detroit Red Wings' radar.
The undrafted, 22-year-old is free to sign with any NHL club, and his agent, Erik Ryan, is trying to generate as much interest as he can, telling Sweden's Aftonbladet that Detroit is the "hottest choice" for the skilled forward. He listed Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas as other suitors.
"(Detroit) is a team that plays the type of hockey that suits him best," Ryan told Aftonbladet. "For Mats, (it is) stupid to come to a team that is defensive. He should rather come to a team playing offensive hockey, with more give and go. In addition, they must believe in Mats, his style of play, and I think Detroit does."
Red Wings general manager Ken Holland was reluctant to discuss his team's level of interest in Zuccarello-Aasen but acknowledged he was impressive for Norway in the Olympics.
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POPLARVILLE --- In a clash between archrivals that are both ranked in the NJCAA D-II Top 20, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Pearl River split a baseball doubleheader Wednesday, with the Wildcats taking game one 8-6 and the Bulldogs capturing the nightcap 13-3.
No. 16 Gulf Coast (14-10, 1-3) jumped out to a 5-2 lead in game one behind two run singles from Blake Lawson and Pascagoula's Garrett Odom. However, the No. 7 Wildcats scored four in the bottom of the third to take the lead for good.
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Michael Gilbert had three hits and drove in two while Odom and Jarred Gates each had two hits. Pitcher Taylor Olsen (2-1) of Pascagoula went five innings and struck out seven in the victory that snapped the team's eight game losing streak.
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oh, play that thing
by Roddy Doyle
(Viking, 384 pages, $24.95)
It must be tempting to write about the New York of the 1920s. Gin runners shot and stabbed each other for territory. Speakeasies hired heavies to man the doors. It was a dangerous, mean, dirty place, and the immigrants who lived on the Lower East Side scrapped and crawled over one another to get to the top. It's the perfect place for Henry Smart to feel at home.
When we last saw the hero of Roddy Doyle's "The Last Roundup" trilogy, he was on the run from IRA assassins. Oh, Play That Thing, the latest installment, opens with Smart arriving at Ellis Island with nothing but the shirt on his back and his wits to live by. This raucous, out-of-control accordion of a book plays the picaresque tune of his adventures.
The problem is, once Doyle cranks out a few bars, the song sounds familiar. Henry Roth and E.L. Doctorow, among other American novelists, have already written extraordinary novels about life on the Lower East Side. Oh, Play That Thing feels like a research project by comparison. Henry attempts to squeeze his way into the marketing business, and he gets squeezed right back out by gangsters who not only own the streets but the people who walk them, too.
It isn't until Henry winds up in Chicago--and blarney meets the blues--that this windy novel earns back a bit of its heft. Henry discovers legendary trumpet player Louis Armstrong, still struggling to get out from behind his band. The jazz musician needs a white man to make him legitimate; Henry needs a cause to attach himself to. As a result, the two fall into a friendship that would make Cornell West proud.
As readers familiar with The Commitments know, Doyle can blow with the best of them. His prose will bop and bang its head to punk, or it will bump and grind to the blues. Doyle wisely stays away from deconstructing Armstrong's songs and simply pays homage to them. "Sweet and Low Down," for example, "was like a quick creep up the stairs; that was how these men were playing it, shoes off, before the light came on and caught us."
Like Albert Murray, who brought to life Duke Ellington in his novel The Seven League Boots, Doyle is never star-struck by the famous musician walking around his pages. His Armstrong is twinkle-eyed and wicked, hugely talented and a lover of women. But most of all, he simply wants to blow that horn, and Henry's job is to make sure he gets paid well for doing it.
Like Murray, Doyle understands that becoming an American--whether you're black or Irish--is a game of improvisation, just like jazz. Murray called this syncopation, or the "also and also" of American life. It's an appropriate phrase for this book as well. Henry can never stop running, or reinventing himself, because people from his past are still trying to kill him.
When Doyle puts Louis Armstrong on the page, Oh, Play That Thing sounds like a hit. But when Henry has to run again, there is simply too much also and also to this book. In the end, he simply wears us out.
Doyle appears Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the First Congregational Church as part of the Portland Arts and Lectures series. 1126 SW Park Ave., 227-2583. 7:30 pm. $8-$13.


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Beyblade: Legends
Post: #1(This post was last modified: Feb 09 2011 12:50 AM by NightWolf7919.)
Hi everyone! I'm NightWolf and I've always had this great idea for a story. I'll be posting the first episode of Legends soon and any constructive criticism is welcome!
I will not use your characters until the National Tournament. All characters WILL be accepted and used, but later!
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|Dec 30 2010 10:57 PM
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Beyblade: Legends
Episode 1: Origins: Beyblade!
It was his first time in Tokyo, a poor boy from Kyoto coming with his family on vacation. Vacation, more like escape. As he apprehensively traversed the wide city streets, he mentally compared the environment of the metropolis to his poor slum known pejoratively as the Narrows. His amber eyelids shuddered at the memories, the horrible scarring experiences that he had endured. But this city was different. In Tokyo, people laughed. In Tokyo, people weren't killed on the streets.
Two children suddenly galloped their way past him and ran into what appeared to be a fun house on the side of the alley. The boy read the sign: Toi Syoppu
He apathetically shrugged and entered the colorful emporium. Inside there were planes flying on strings and toy trains running obediently on plastic tracks and countless boxes of amusing machines and contraptions that would surely bring joy to any child. Except for this boy, who merely scanned the isles in silence, a shade cast across his young unblemished face. The shopkeeper glanced over uncomfortably at the withdrawn boy standing in the corner underneath the television set.
"Hello there!" said the shopkeeper in perfect English, "What's your name?" His dirty blond hair fell over his forehead in wisps and his green overalls were stained brown in some spots. At first glance, he appeared to be a little over the age of forty. However, despite the man's age, his smile was that of a 10-year old boy.
"R-Reiiji" the boy said timidly, his eyes darting to avoid the shopkeeper's gaze. The shopkeeper opened his mouth to express a sentiment, but he was interrupted by the hollers of several young boys in the back of the shop. The shopkeeper let out a wry smile as he eased across the mob of children to see what all the commotion was about and Reiiji keenly followed suit. After swimming through the rampant crowd, Reiiji noticed they were surrounding a large dish.
"Haha, theres no way your blade could ever beat mine!" one boy said.
"Oh yeah? Go, attack!" the other boy said. Reiiji fought his way into the mob to take a closer look at the action inside the dish.
He watched in silent fascination at the battle of the two tops. The boy's eyes shimmered and glistened with excitement under the bright neon light. Eventually one top overpowered the other and the crowd cleared, but Reiiji remained behind, still captivated.
"I can give you a starter pack of Beyblades for 1500 yen. What do ya say, kid?" asked the shopkeeper with a warm smile, his English clearly well practiced. Reiiji nodded his head ecstatically, having processed nothing of what the man had just said, except for one word, Beyblade.
"Reiiji!" a man shouted from the outside the shop. Suddenly the door swung open and a clearly drunken man hobbled in. He clumsily walked to the back of the store. The children stared at the inebriated fellow in fascination. Some giggled in amusement. The tall man stood over Reiiji like a monolith.
"What are you doing here?! I told you not to wander off!" he spat out in slurred speech. Reiiji glanced up at his father's unshaven face underneath the glow of the neon cylinder and then back down at the bowl where the two tops still lay, covered under the shade of his father's trenchcoat. The boy bit his lip and said nothing. The silence lingered for a moment, then the drunken man clamped down on Reiiji's arm and stormed out of the shop.
"You're going to be punished for this. Severely punished. I told you to wait outside the back of the pub" the man blared as the door closed. Reiiji feet dragged along the pavement as he took one last look at the shop. The blonde man was facing the window with a look of resignation. Clutched in his hands, a green box with the depiction of a spinning top on the side. He watched as Reiiji disappeared into the dark of the night.
Next on Beyblade: Legends
Episode 2: Origins: Entering the Regional Tournament! Part I
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|Dec 31 2010 12:20 AM
Post: #3
Nice story! Keep up the good work. Are you taking character requests?
"Fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me." -Michael Jordan
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|Dec 31 2010 01:04 AM
Post: #4(This post was last modified: Dec 31 2010 01:10 AM by NightWolf7919.)
Hmmm...Okay. But I'll have to set some conditions. Any character requests must have beyblades that don't have bit beasts. Just describe the blade that the person has and I'll see if I can get the character through.
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|Dec 31 2010 01:07 AM
Post: #5
It's pretty sweet. Kinda short, but sweet.
Is Reiiji gonna get a beyblade or will he stay a spectator?
|Dec 31 2010 01:09 AM
Post: #6
No, he's going to get a beyblade alright. Or rather...he's going to make one
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|Dec 31 2010 01:11 AM
Post: #7(This post was last modified: Dec 31 2010 01:37 AM by Annoying-Fork.)
Nice vocabulary used, not something I usually see in a fiction on this site to be quite honest.
|Dec 31 2010 01:34 AM
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(Dec 31 2010 01:34 AM)REtread Wrote: Nice vocabulary used, not something I usually see in a fiction on this site to be quite honest.
Lol, thanks. What do you think of the story though?
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|Dec 31 2010 01:41 AM
Post: #9
Good story are you gonna be taking requests on what beyblade he's going to have or
have you already decided?
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|Dec 31 2010 01:54 AM
Post: #10
great job on the story so far, so whats gonna be his bey?
|Dec 31 2010 01:58 AM
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Sry guys, I kind of already decided, and Ryuki, he's gonna have at least one before he gets his main blade
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|Dec 31 2010 02:03 AM
Post: #12
awesome work!
Thanks Kai-V for this carpin awesome sig!
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|Dec 31 2010 02:35 AM
Post: #13
Wow!!! That's really good!!!! Can't wait for the next installment.
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it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward"
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|Dec 31 2010 04:10 AM
Post: #14(This post was last modified: Jul 23 2013 06:52 PM by NightWolf7919.)
Beyblade: Legends
Episode 2: Origins: Entering the Regional Tournament! Part I
Finally, it was complete. It had taken days, weeks, and months of scrounging up pieces of plastic and metal off the floors of Beyblade arenas and figuring out ways to assemble them. He had toiled and struggled over it, and one could only hope it had all been worth it. In Reiiji's hands he held the final product. In his hand he held his Beyblade.
Four years had passed since Reiiji's vacation to Tokyo, but he had not forgotten a single detail of the Toy Shop. He recalled the harsh lights, the slick slope of the Beyblade arena, and the excitement of the crowd. His eyes creased as he remembered the fond experience, but it faded quickly when he reached the end of his daydream. When his father had stormed in, dragging the boy to the streets. When he had looked back at the expression on the shopkeeper's face. And then the hell that had followed that. Reiiji lightly traced a curved scar on his left cheek with his index finger. It was slight, but noticeable, especially in the light. It hadn't healed terribly well either. Reiiji glanced darkly at his other hand, it was still holding the Blade he had built. As if out of a trance, he snapped to action, putting the blade through its final test.
He opened a drawer and took out his broken "lightly used" launcher he had bought from the local market. He inserted the ripcord into the rectangular opening and then affixed it to his Beyblade. The contraption hovered over a used cooking pot, scratched from years of use. Anxiously, he placed his index finger into the ripcord and counted down, though it made no difference.
"Tsuri, Tu, Wan, Gooo Shoot!" He felt the metal gears of the launcher grind and his beyblade went flying into the scratched metal bowl. The moment of truth had arrived. None of Reiiji's previous projects had ever survived this test.
With a loud clang the metal tip made contact with the bowl and the Beyblade began spinning. Reiiji anxiously waited to see if it would break down. It was not the hardiest of tops. He had constructed the attack wheel out of two broken ones he had found on the floor of a Beyblade shop. He toyed with them for weeks trying to balance them out. The mid section spin track was the only genuine part of the piece, a 145 track if he remembered accurately. The tip was nothing more than a sharp metal spoke he had affixed to the track. Reiiji clearly expected the broken down Blade to collapse but to his surprise, the toy managed to spin for a while, outlasting even his best previous efforts.
"Yatta*!" he let out with joy. He grabbed his blade and marveled at its beautiful imperfections. Finally he had a Beyblade to call his own. He could finally compete with the rest of the happy, unrestrained children he had seen in the shop. Reiiji's glee was short-lived, however, for his victory cry had attracted Tsukuyo's attention. Reiiji's father stormed into the room clasping the neck of a beer bottle in his left hand.
"What are you...doing in here..." he babbled. Reiiji instinctively pushed the launcher under his bed and hid his Beyblade.
"N-nothing Dad...I just found something I lost a long time ago" Reiiji meekly replied.
"Did you...do your homework?..." he asked.
"Y-yes Daddy...like always. Don't you see me doing it when I get home from school?" he responded, realizing full well his efforts were pointless.
"Well do it again! We don't have room for drop-outs in this house!" he mumbled.
Drop-out. The word echoed in Reiiji's head. Such a word had never applied to him. In fact he was top of his class and he excelled in school. Unlike most children living in the Narrows he went to school in downtown Kyoto in the Kyoto Academy for Higher Education. His father would often grumble about the cost of the schooling, but was never quite mad enough to put an end to it completely.
"Get out your books, you good-for-nothing!" Tsukuyo yelled, as he pushed through the curtain that was Reiiji's door. Reiiji quickly took out a piece of paper and pretended to write whenever he heard his father's footsteps in the hall. Eventually, the old man's footsteps stopped and he collapsed in a drunken stupor. Seizing the opportunity, Reiiji climbed out the window of his tent-like hovel, and with his beyblade in hand he set off for the lights of the city.
*"I did it!"
Next on Beyblade: Legends
Episode 2: Origins: Entering the Regional Tournament! Part II
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|Dec 31 2010 04:56 PM
Post: #15
if i have a character does the beyblade have to be made with original or real parts?
|Dec 31 2010 08:15 PM
Post: #16
Not at all
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|Dec 31 2010 08:19 PM
Post: #17
Great i like it if you are taking character requests heres one John bey Lightning L-Drago 100RF clothing jeans sneakers ans a t-shirt with L-Drago's face on it. brown hair. Gets a little crazy in battle.
Just try to defeat the forbidden Bey. Sorry if i spam. But if i do please pm me so I can fix it. I dont want to spam again. Heart of a Lion. Body of a Dragon. Let It Rip!
|Dec 31 2010 08:19 PM
Post: #18
(Dec 31 2010 08:19 PM)LDRAGO KING Wrote: Great i like it if you are taking character requests heres one John bey Lightning L-Drago 100RF clothing jeans sneakers ans a t-shirt with L-Drago's face on it. brown hair. Gets a little crazy in battle.
Can you make it a Japanese name? And no bit-beasts for now unless you can wait a looong time. If you want it to be in the next 7 or so episodes, make it without a bit beast, just describe it
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|Dec 31 2010 08:21 PM
Post: #19
name Yamato what do you mean no bit beast
Just try to defeat the forbidden Bey. Sorry if i spam. But if i do please pm me so I can fix it. I dont want to spam again. Heart of a Lion. Body of a Dragon. Let It Rip!
|Dec 31 2010 08:37 PM
Post: #20
I mean it doesn't have a spirit inside of it, unless you can wait until the National finals which is kind of a long ways away
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|Dec 31 2010 08:40 PM
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True Blood's McMillian and veteran comics writer Marc Andreyko's next "True Blood" arc explores what happens when new vampire Jessica Hamby is turned feral by a contaminated bottle of Tru Blood. MTV gets the scoop:
MTV: So what about the story itself? Why is this the right story to tell at this point in the series?
MCMILLIAN: I think it's cool because the story centers on Tru Blood itself, the bottled blood. Marc and I went into it interested in finding out what areas of the mythology we could build upon that the show would not go into 'Äî which I think is a great role for the comic book. [The comic can deal with] how to expand the mythology laterally while the show drives all the characters and the story arc forward. The comic can kind of act as another format for the mythology to expand within.
We thought it would be cool to do a story about contaminated bottles of Tru Blood and what would happen if an ingredient got into bottled blood that made vampires go feral, go crazy, I think that really piqued Alan's interest and IDW's interest because there hasn't been anything like that in the show yet. What's at the heart of the whole mythology is this bottled blood that allows vampires to coexist with humans, so what happens when you take that element and you screw it up? What happens to vampire-human relations at that point?
Those are always my favorite stories of the show, and obviously playing Rev. Newlin I lean that way, but I love the stuff that comes down to the politics of vampires and humans. We wanted to tell a story that would put vampire-human relations at the forefront, and underneath that, all of our human characters are starting to go, "You know, I think life might have been better before all of this stuff started happening to us. I think things might have been better before vampires came into our lives." There's this sense of lost innocence that Sookie and Tara and Jason, and even the vampire characters like Jessica, are sort of longing for. And that's our starting point for Volume 2.


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M. Yukita (SAO), R.E. Kilgard (SAO/University of Leicester), A.H. Prestwich (SAO)
We observed two rich LMC star clusters, NGC 1818 and NGC 1831, using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. These clusters are similar to but not quite as massive as super star clusters found in starburst and star forming galaxies. For NGC 1818, we found 1, 4, and 15 sources within 1, 3 and 5 half-mass radii. For NGC 1831, we found 2,9, and 15 sources within 1, 3 and 5 half-mass radii. The X-ray emission from these sources is most likely derived from the colliding winds of two main sequence or giant stars. We did not find any X-ray sources unambiguously identified as classical high-mass X-ray binaries. If such sources formed early in the lifetime of the clusters they were most probably ejected from the cluster core via 3-body interactions. In such a case, we expect the binaries to be several kilo-parsecs removed from their originating clusters.
This work was supported in part by NASA contract NAS8-39073 and NASA grants GO1-2115X and GO2-3135X.
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The trend in software whether embedded systems or CAD tools for design engineers is moving toward greater and greater complexity. More than 20 percent of the cost of the average car is now the electronics systems. Electronics monitor the cars operating systems. Soon electronics will run multiple media streams and formats in the cabin. "The complexity is increasing due to the personal aspect of the information system," says Andrew Poliak, automotive segment manager at QNX Software Systems. "When you talk to an iPod from a media player, it becomes complex in how you speak the protocol to get the audio." He says cars will soon have master information systems that can stream iPods, radio, CD and DVD feeds to different parts of the cabin.
QNX Software Systems now provides frameworks that allow users to integrate filters, format and content handling components with advanced multi-layering support, including 3D multimedia applications. With these capabilities, users can integrate new codes into multi-media applications, handle new data sources or media formats or create media players that handle multiple formats. The frameworks also support reusable filters, format handling components, content handling components, stream filters, format filters and renderers.
QNX has also introduced multi-layering technology that provides improved visualization and differentiation for advanced graphics displays such as automotive navigation systems, casino gaming displays and industrial automation process control systems. The technology lets users render different displays independently to separate layers, resulting in multi-display composited content on a single screen. Layer independence means each layer can't affect the presentation of timely or critical data of other layers. Developers can use the multilayers to implement rich displays that incorporate legacy applications, as well as standard and customized display elements. Users can also port these across a range of hardware platforms.
Green Hills Software has developed DoubleCheck, an integrated static analyzer designed to work within the same compiler used to build software. The goal is to reduce the hours, even days, of analysis time. The DoubleCheck analysis engine takes advantage of efficient dataflow and path pruning algorithms developed over years of compiler optimization. The total time to build and analyze software is reduced since the compiler uses a single parsing pass of the code to perform both compilation and analysis. The analysis is limited to modified code paths, ensuring a small change does not require a long analysis time.
DoubleCheck was developed to address the trend toward increased complexity in systems in products such as automobiles. "In 1990, there was a million lines of code in the average car. By 2010, there will be a hundred million lines of code," says David Kleidermacher, CTO of Green Hills Software. "We're going beyond manageability. We addressed that with DoubleCheck." Kleidermacher believes DoubleCheck is the start of a "bigger body of analysis tools" designed to cope with the greater complexity of software systems in products.
SIMULIA has added a number of enhancements to its new architecture for Abaqus, including high-performance linear dynamics, advanced capabilities for simulation and nonlinear materials modeling. The 6.7 version also offers an intuitive and customizable user interface for accelerated model building and results visualization, plus two new interfaces for CAD associativity. The heavy-duty vehicle producer Scania has adopted Version 6.7 "Simulia is delivering several important enhancements to Abaqus FAE software that we expect will greatly improve overall productivity at Scania," says Martin Edberg, head of chassis simulations at Scania CV AB. "We are particularly impressed with the new high-performance linear dynamics functionality in Abaqus Version 6.7."
The new linear dynamics architecture is fully integrated with existing nonlinear capabilities, enabling engineers to share model data and results across workgroups. For the auto industry, the new version offers a unified simulation environment for general purpose structural integrity, powertrain durability, noise and vibration behavior, crashworthiness, occupant safety and tire-road interaction. The software's distributed memory parallel direct solver technology uses recent advances in high-performance computing to offer performance improvement in clustered environments.


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Larry Dauterive resigned as head football coach at East St. John High School on Friday.
The action followed remarks he made at a New Orleans Quarterback Club meeting on Monday that some say painted a negative picture of the black community.
Superintendent Courtney Millet accepted his letter of resignation effective Friday. Because Dauterive is a tenured teacher, he will still have a job in St. John the Baptist Parish schools. He will report Monday to find out where he will be placed.
School Board member Keith Jones said he had been told that the coach, who was in his ninth season at the school, had resigned.
Jones was one of five black School Board members who met with Superintendent Courtney Millet on Thursday to express their concerns about his remarks.
At the Quarterback Club meeting, Dauterive talked about the challenges of coaching black students from single-parent homes and referred to the Reserve school as "the Gaza Strip."
"At the end of spring training I had 78 kids finish and 69 of those kids come from single-parent homes," he said. "So, I'm the only poppa they've got. It's a staggering figure. I'm the only chance (for them) to get out of there."
Dauterive will not coach when the undefeated East St. John team takes on Destrehan High School tonight.
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Mariners adjusting rotatation to pitch Kuma in Boston
Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon confirmed that veteran right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma will move ahead in the rotation later this week and start Sunday's series finale in Boston, which will push rookie Roenis Elias back a day to open a the next home series in Seattle on Monday against Texas.
The move allows Elias to get an extra day rest, while keeping Iwakuma on his normal five-day rotation after starting Tuesday against the Phillies. The Mariners have an off day on Thursday in the middle of their current nine-game road trip.
McClendon said the reasoning to flip-flip Iwakuma and Elias was two-fold.
"I want Kuma against Boston, but we also have to watch Elias any time we can," McClendon said. "An extra day just makes sense. He's going into uncharted territory."
Elias is second among Major League rookies in innings thrown going into Monday's start against the Phillies and the Mariners are just bringing him back after a 10-day respite with Triple-A Tacoma to lighten his workload.
Iwakuma and James Paxton will pitch the final two games of the Phillies series on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Felix Hernandez, Chris Young and Iwakuma now set to face the Red Sox on Friday through Sunday. McClendon lined up his pitching the same way last week against the Blue Jays and swept that crucial three-game series in Seattle.
Hernandez, Iwakuma and Young have combined to go 36-15 with a 2.54 ERA in 71 games so far this season. That's the lowest ERA of any starting trio in the AL. The rest of Seattle's starters are a combined 15-23.
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Picker or hoarder?
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Just south of Sequim, Carl Allen and his wife, Pat, have a two and a half acre spread. They're not raising crops, but they have a bounteous harvest — of stuff.
Lots of stuff of all varieties, including antique outboard engines, 10 or so tractors (new and old), more than a dozen motorbikes and a small but impressive collection of vintage autos.
But that's just the beginning.
The collection begs a question of Carl: "Are you a picker or a hoarder?"
Pat chimes in instantly, and with a laugh: "a hoarder."
Pat said that Carl "may be tired, but he's not retired." If Carl continues at his current pace, she said, he'll "fill this place up."
Carl begs to differ. "I'm a picker," he declared. "I was picking before (the two guys on 'American Pickers') were born."
Motorcycles, outboards and more
The results are impressive. One garage is stuffed with motorcycles, including a '59 Honda 50cc bike.
Carl points. Yonder is one of the famous Indian bikes, this one dating from "'69 or '70."
Buried among the bikes is a real oddity: an old gasoline-powered Maytag washing machine.
Carl gets all of his new acquisitions running and in some cases does a complete rebuild "from the ground up."
That includes another fine vehicle, a '56 Ford pickup truck that starred in both "La Bamba" and a two-hour "Murder, She Wrote" special.
Carl has some local goodies, too, including a coffee grinder from Poulsbo, dated 1871.
Carl proudly showed off what he says is a "very, very rare fishing pole," a Master Kaster with stroking action. "Other people may collect fishing poles," he said, "but they don't have one of these."
He laughed at the memory of its purchase, noting the fellow who sold it had 3,000 poles, but had no idea of the value of the Master Kaster.
Pat pretends to be a little annoyed with it all, but she clearly also gets a kick out of the stuff that fills her home, yard, porches and outbuildings. She laughed when the tale was told regarding their best investment, a Gatling gun manufactured in 1870.
They loaded it into a pickup truck and drove it home along the Golden State Freeway, where they "almost caused a few wrecks along the way," Pat said.
He bought the piece for $3,000 and it's now worth "six figures," he said. It's not on display — all Carl will say is that "It's still in the family."
A little history
For 50 years ("too long," said Carl), the Allens had a roofing company in the L.A. area in California. That proved very useful to Carl's avocation as a picker. On one occasion he picked up a 1965 El Camino in exchange for a new roof. Another time he swapped a roof for a Model T.
In California their collection was even larger, Carl said, including more than 100 "hit-and-miss" engines, which use a flywheel as a governor. When they decided to move to Sequim, they sold many of the engines because carting that much weight was simply unworkable. Today he has a tractor with a scoop that is used primarily to move stuff around.
Selling isn't something he ordinarily does. Pointing to another old Ford pickup, Carl said, "I could sell that truck for $500. But pretty soon I don't have the $500 or the truck."
The two have been married for 52 years.
Their son, Carl Jr., was the first to show up on the peninsula. He had young children and wanted a better place than California to raise them. The elder Allens followed just shy of 13 years ago.
They have one daughter in Poulsbo and the other in Marina del Rey, Calif.
Carl admits his choice of a new home was slightly odd, saying, "I don't hunt, fish or drink."
But filling his days, even in "'tirement," isn't tough. He might be picking or he might be hoarding, but he most assuredly is busy.
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But the Detroit Tigers have put themselves in position to try to take three of four from the Minnesota Twins and put some distance between themselves and their AL Central Division rivals.
The Tigers lost 4-1 on Saturday afternoon to end an 11-game winning streak against the Twins that dated back to Sept. 2 of last season. The Tigers were 7-0 against the Twins this season before the loss.
"They're a good baseball team, and they play the right way," said Tigers starter Brad Penny, who took the loss. "That's baseball. You go out there and you try to win every game and, unfortunately, we were on the wrong end today.
"Every day's important. That's why we've got to come back (today) and forget (Saturday) and look forward."
Detroit has a one-game lead on the Cleveland Indians in the division pending the outcome of Saturday night's game against the Chicago White Sox.
The Tigers struggled to string together hits, especially early in the game against Twins right-hander Scott Baker.
Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Jhonny Peralta and Carlos Guillen entered the game with a combined .357 career average (71-for-199) and nine home runs against Baker, who had not pitched since July 5 because of a stint on the disabled list with a strained right flexor.
But the Tigers managed only three hits -- all singles -- in five innings against Baker, who had a 7.84 ERA in two previous starts this season against the Tigers.
Baker (8-5) walked one and struck out five.
"We actually probably got a little overaggressive with Baker," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "He's very good at getting you out with some high fastballs and he's very good at getting in a spot where it looks good, but it's a little too high to get to.
"We had a couple chances. We were probably a little overaggressive, and he probably got us out of the strike zone a little bit."
When Baker left the game after five innings, the Twins led 4-0. The Tigers scored their only run of the game in the sixth inning when a two-out double by Cabrera scored Brennan Boesch from second base.
The double by Cabrera was the first extra-base hit for the Tigers.
Penny (7-7) struggled with his control early and it looked as if it might be a short outing for the veteran right-hander. But he battled back and turned in a workmanlike performance. Penny allowed four runs on seven hits and three walks in seven innings. He struck out four.
"I just didn't have my command early in the game," Penny said. "But after that, I started throwing more strikes and getting ahead."
Leyland also thought Penny got better as the game progressed.
"He pitched very good, really," Leyland said. "In the early innings, he was wild. His control betrayed him a little bit early on. After that, he settled down and pitched a whale of a game."
Penny pitched well enough to give the Tigers a chance to win, but they could not string together enough hits. Cabrera and Peralta each had two of Detroit's eight hits. Peralta went 2-for-4 with a double and is now 8-for-13 with five extra-base hits in the series.
The Twins scored in the first inning on an RBI single by Michael Cuddyer, and made it 2-0 when Danny Valencia led off the second inning with a line drive into the second level of seats in left field.
The Twins increased their lead to 4-0 on a two-run double by Delmon Young with no outs in the fourth. The Twins threatened to add more runs in the fourth, but Ben Revere grounded into an inning-ending double play with runners at first and third.
But that was all the scoring the Twins needed as they closed to within six games of the Tigers. Rick Porcello faces Francisco Liriano today in the series finale.
If the Tigers win Sunday, they will have a seven-game lead over the fourth-place Twins. If the Tigers lose, they will be in the same place they were at the start of this series, five games ahead of Minnesota.
"Every time you put a uniform on, you want to be in a race," Penny said. "It's going to be fun. It's going to go down to the wire, I think, and I think we've got a good enough team where we should be on top."


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First, it was Mark Dantonio, who bolted Cincinnati for Michigan State. Then, it was Greg Schiano, who flirted with Miami before deciding to remain at Rutgers. Now, it's Rich Rodriguez, who seems bound for Alabama after having established himself at West Virginia.
So, what's up with the Big East Conference? Is it suddenly the "Cradle of Coaches?" And, if so, where does Syracuse University's Greg Robinson shake out? Will he soon (or ever) be wooed by others? Will he someday answer questions regarding his possible departure with the familiar catch word, "plan"? As in, "I plan to remain at SU"?
Schiano maintained that he "planned" to stay with the Scarlet Knights, and he did. Rodriguez is saying he "plans" to hang with the Mountaineers, but that's not the way to bet. Who knows? Despite his 5-18 start with the Orange, maybe Robinson will yet get his turn to to used the "p" word.
Funny, huh? Some 18 months ago, so many of us believed the Big East was a conference on the verge of extinction . . . or at least of irrelevance. Miami, Virginia Tech, Boston College and Temple were gone; Louisville, Cincinnati, South Florida and Connecticut were in. And a whole lot of folks wrung their hands.
But now look at the thing. Three of the teams (Louisville, West Virginia and Rutgers) were Top 15 types for so much of the campaign. Five of the teams (the three mentioned above, plus South Florida and Cincinnati) are headed for the postseason. A sixth team (Pittsburgh) was bowl eligible, but uninvited even to the International Bowl.
And now, the coaches -- or a fair amount of them -- have morphed into Rocknes and Staggs, Bryants and Warners.
Dantonio . . . Schiano . . . Rodriguez . . . Robinson . . . Louisville's Bobby Petrino . . . South Florida's Jim Leavitt . . . Pittsburgh's Dave Wannstedt . . . UConn's Randy Edsall. All of them, for the most part, have intriguing resumes or the promise to build same. And so, the raid is on.
Dantonio is gone, Schiano could have been, Rodriguez may soon be. Weird, huh? The conference that was a punch line, oh, 20 minutes ago has become a kind of go-to place for programs looking for saviors.
And who'd have thunk that, oh, 20 minutes ago?
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Gypsy jazz finds a home in Lynwood: Special concert celebrates Django Reinhardt
The free-spirited gypsy sound of early 20th century Europe has come to Bainbridge Island, and it seems to be right at home.
The Bainbridge-based jazz band Ranger & the Re-Arrangers, along with several special guests, will perform in honor of the 104th birthday of legendary gypsy jazz man Django Reinhardt in what promises to be an exciting and informative celebration of the international musical genre.
Gypsy jazz, the unique sound inspired by the work of early American jazz masters infused with European dance hall waltzes and gypsy folk tunes, will be center stage at the Treehouse Café in downtown Lynwood Saturday, Feb. 1.
"Part of what I enjoy about this event is making it a varied experience for the audience," said Ranger Sciacca, the group's frontman. "And exposing them to lots of different musicians playing lots of different instruments, to really make it like an old-time variety show."
Of course, the true star of the show is Django.
Django Reinhardt, the father of gypsy jazz, was an itinerant gypsy who earned international acclaim in the 1930s for his uniquely European brand of jazz. Many of his compositions became classics, and he is considered today to be one of the most influential guitar players of all time.
"It has its roots in America but it came together overseas," Sciacca said of gypsy jazz.
"Django is considered the father of gypsy jazz. He heard American jazz recordings and artists who were touring in Europe and he said, 'I want to play that stuff.' Of course, coming from the background he came from, he brought some of that dance hall and gypsy musical tradition to American-style jazz when he started to play it."
Reinhardt's influence extends beyond just the jazz genre, though, and he has been cited by the likes of Duke Ellington and Jerry Garcia as an inspiration.
"He was really one of the very first people to be playing a guitar solo," Sciacca said. "It had been really more of a rhythm instrument up to that point."
The magnitude of Reinhardt's musical ability is made all the more impressive when you consider he was able to do it all without the full use of his hand.
When he was 18, Reinhardt was badly injured in a fire. His right leg was paralyzed, and the third and fourth fingers of his left hand were badly burned. The budding guitarist was forced to literally relearn his chosen instrument in an entirely new way, which ultimately resulted in his unique style of playing.
"Who knows if that held him back from being even better, or if that's one the things that made him so good?" Sciacca said.
Reinhardt's legacy had a particularly personal affect on Sciacca who, along with his father Michael, formed Ranger and the Re-Arrangers in 2006 after returning from a pilgrimage to the Django Reinhardt festival in Samois, France. It is the largest annual celebration of the musician in the world.
"It [gypsy jazz] went from an interest to a passion after that," Sciacca said. "When we formed our band, I think that all of us had been playing instruments and music for years but we were all kind of new to gypsy jazz."
In the years since, the band has released three CDs and played more than 400 shows, including summer concerts, festivals, dances, art openings and weddings.
The group consists of Sciacca on violin, his father Michael on rhythm guitar, Todd Houghton on bass, percussionist Jeffrey Moose, Dave Steward on the mandolin and Darin Locke on guitar.
Special contributing guest musicians for the Django birthday party include guitarist Tony Kahn, Chris Laughbon on the trombone and Amanda Grzadzielewski on the harp.
The music selected for the program includes gypsy jazz classics, original compositions inspired by the genre traditions and, of course, some Reinhardt tunes.
"All of the songs capture a mood so well," Sciacca said. "Most of them are really happy songs. They really have a feel. You can hear the joy of the improvisers come through the music. There's a focus on lyrical improvisation, the ultimate goal is to be composing new melodies as you play. I'm fascinated by that."
Considering the casual music fan, for whom this concert may very well be an introduction to gypsy jazz, Sciacca said the birthday tribute is meant to be as accessible as possible.
"With this one [show] specifically, I'm shooting to make it really accessible and I'm going to talk a little bit about the history," he said. "People will come away feeling as if they've learned an intro to gypsy jazz."
Time to Django
What: Gypsy jazz concert celebrating the legacy of Django Reinhardt
When: 8 p.m. Saturday Feb. 1
Where: Treehouse Café (4569 Lynwood Center Rd. NE)
Admission: Free. Donations accepted.
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I've been a longtime Jars of Clay fan.
From the band's debut self-titled record, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, to "The Shelter," which released earlier this year, I've always found Jars of Clay to make consistently good music.
I am especially impressed by the band's willingness to stretch its creativity and experiment with new styles. Each album offers something different, fresh and relevant. I haven't been enthralled by every single song they've released (for me, the entire "Good Monsters" album was a bit of a slump), but I'm an admirer nonetheless.
But why all this Jars if Clay talk? Well, the band will perform in Amarillo on Friday. I spoke with lead singer Dan Haseltine on the phone last week about the group, its latest project and the current tour (with Brandon Heath).
Here's the article I wrote based on that interview — it's posted for you online two days before it prints in Friday's issue of Get Out!.
Below, I've compiled a list of my top five Jars if Clay songs. Note: It's not necessarily a greatest hits sampler; rather, these are simply five songs that I've found personally enjoyable over the years. The countdown is:
5. "Hibernation Day," Christmas Songs, 2007. "Really?" you ask. "A holiday song makes the cut?" Yes. This song is a perfect representation of winter, not just Christmas, to me. A sample lyric: "I'll take a day dressed in pajamas, in a room without a view, if I can spend the day curled up next to you." It's the epitome of cozy music for snowy days.
4. "The Edge of Water," The Eleventh Hour, 2002. I love the instrumentation on this song, the album's final track. It introduced me to the wonders of a banjo, which has a prominent place in the background of this tune. (Another note: This album, "The Eleventh Hour," is one of my favorites.)
3. "Hymn," Much Afraid, 1997. "Much Afraid," Jars of Clay's sophomore project, received a lot of criticism when it first released. I mean, everyone knew it would be a gargantuan effort for the band to top its much-beloved debut. But I'm a "Much Afraid" fan. The final track (is there a theme here?), "Hymn" offers some of Jars of Clay's most beautiful lyrics. Words like "pirouette" and "bludgeoned" make an appearance in this moving piece about worship.
2. "Closer," The Long Fall Back to Earth, 2009. "Closer" was the first single Jars of Clay released after "Good Monsters," and so I was leery to try it. But I'm glad I did. This is a unique and fun love song with such clever writing: "You are tears, I'm a cheek. I'm a pail on your boat with slow leaks out to sea for weeks." Or how about: "You're my shirt, I'm an arm. I'm the tick, you're the bomb. You're the L and the V, I'm the O and the E."
1. "Flood," Self-titled debut, 1995. Of course this is No. 1, even though it's everyone's No. 1. But really, isn't it the best? This tune put Jars of Clay in the mainstream music arena, and it's still always worth a listen.
Also, if you haven't yet heard "The Shelter," you should. Try "Small Rebellions" and "Out of My Hands." Either of these songs could end up on the above list in time.
Are you a Jars of Clay fan, too? Which of the band's songs would make your top five list?
Are you planning to see the group in concert this week?
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