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IAJE Evening 3 - To Q With Love
January 13, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: acceptance speech, awards ceremony, candido camero, david baker, gravy, heart, IAJE 2008, jam session, jazz master, jazz masters, jazz masterworks orchestra, joe wilder, josh jackson, Masters, masterworks, nea, paquito d rivera, perfect night, quincy jones, rhonda, smithsonian jazz, stockholm sweetnin
David Baker presented the 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award to Quincy Jones. Jones gave a Delight-ful acceptance speech. His words came straight from the heart. Give it a listen:
Quincy Jones Acceptance Speech - 2008 NEA Jazz Master Awards Ceremony
That's how Quincy Jones feels about jazz.
Perhaps you heard his interview with Rhonda Hamilton?
The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra played another Jones original:
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Stockholm Sweetnin'
NEA Jazz Masters Joe Wilder, Paquito D'Rivera and Candido Camero joined the orchestra onstage for a jam session:
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra with Joe Wilder, Paquito D'Rivera and Candido Camero - Walkin' aka Gravy
A perfect end to a perfect night, right? I thought so too. But as luck would have it, my perfect night was only beginning...
- Josh Jackson
IAJE Evening 3 - Tread Well for Oscar
January 12, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: canada council for the arts, dana gioia, foreign relations, IAJE 2008, Jazz Community, jazz masters, karen kain, Live Music, Masters, neighbor, oscar peterson, posthumously, promenade, tce
Just after the promenade of NEA Jazz Masters, a spot of good news for US foreign relations. NEA Chairman Dana Gioia and Canada Council for the Arts chair Karen Kain presented an award posthumously to Oscar Peterson. Hear Chairman Gioia read the proclamation.
Kelly, Oscar's wife, and Celine, his daughter, accepted the award.
During the ceremony, Oscar's childhood neighbor, Oliver Jones, sat at the piano and played tribute to his dear friend. The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, directed by NEA Jazz Master David Baker, joined Oliver for the musical salute:
Oliver Jones and The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - NEA Jazz Masters Awards 2008
Dave Young, Oscar's longtime bassist (1974-2006), joined Oliver for a trio take on Oscar's "Hymn to Freedom":
Oliver Jones Trio Plays for Oscar Peterson - NEA Jazz Masters Awards 2008
This was just the beginning of a phenomenal evening for jazz.
As I post this, there's an amazing show happening at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The concert's called "Simply the Best." Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Quincy Jones, and everyone in Canada are coming out for Oscar. The concert is free to the public. Nearly 2,000 seats were awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to those who lined up at the box office. Fans began showing up at 5:30 a.m. We're hoping to secure rights to air the show on WBGO at a later date... - Josh


text: Hello - I have a 15 day old baby girl (my second) and am giving a go to breastfeeding again (was not so successful with #1). She is wetting enough diapers and certainly nursing enough and is gaining weight. She has not, however, pooped on her own since her first day. She has pooped on day 5, 8, 9, and 14 all with the help of either a doctor's pinky or a suppository. My pediatrician seems concerned and of course we are too but we had the same issue with DD#1 (e.g. suppositories at the beginning) and she eventually 'went' on her own. DD#2 was born right at the start of 39 weeks. Just curious if this is the experience of other moms. Her stools are not hard by the way - meconium-like up until day 8 but yellowish green brown for the last 2 bowel movements (and a lot on this last one). We have visited a specialist who says a baby can go 10 days without a bowel movement and be breastfed and it can still be normal. I am exclusively breastfeeding and have given 1/2 an ounce of water to push things along (via a syringe) but that did not make her 'go'. Thanks in advance for your advice!

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RUSH: I've been waiting for this, and I am prepared for this. I just got an e-mail, not a subscriber. This is in the general e-mail account at firstname.lastname@example.com. It's from a woman called Sandy Bose. I guess that's how you pronounce it.
"Dear Rush: Since Operation Chaos, the GOP has lost three congressional seats. I'm a conservative. I have nothing. I have no candidate for president. I have no national party unit, and no Rush, who is consumed with Operation Chaos. Enough is enough. Sandy Bose." I've been waiting for this. I've been waiting for somebody to try to blame me for the Republican Party's inability to win in a district that George Bush carried by 20 points in 2004, talking about northern Mississippi.
Ladies and gentlemen, go ahead and attack me. Don't attack the moderates in the party; don't attack the Republican establishment; don't attack the country club types who are in the process of destroying the Republican Party. No, no, no, no, go right ahead and attack me. Operation Chaos has nothing to do with voting against conservative candidates, nothing. This thing down in Mississippi, the special election, regardless of party, conservatives could have voted for the Republican down there, doesn't matter. In two of the three of these cases, in two of the three of these House Republican congressional losses, they have been beaten by conservative Democrats, big-time conservative, social conservative Democrats. The Republican Party is ceding conservatism in the South to the Democrat Party. You know, yesterday was a very frustrating day, as you know. In fact, when I left here yesterday, I said the first thing I have to do when I get back to the Golden EIB Microphone tomorrow is apologize for what I thought was a subpar performance on my part on behalf of yesterday's program. Ladies and gentlemen, I can't tell you, after hearing this McCain speech, we played sound bites of it, I was a combination of angry, not quite depressed, I don't get depressed, but I was just fit to be tied. I was distracted, and I feel like I was not polite with a number of the callers.
I was having trouble hearing them yesterday, but nevertheless, felt like I had to come in here and apologize because normally we're very ebullient here and we are of good cheer, optimism. We try to enjoy life here at the EIB Network and spread that. And yesterday, I was not enjoying what's going on here. Well, today I'm going to expand on that, especially now, since some apparently think I, the leading conservative commentator voice in the country, am responsible for Republican Party losses in supposedly safe congressional districts? One was Denny Hastert's outside Chicago. Another was last night in Mississippi. Do you realize if the Democrat Party -- I just want to put a thought in your head here before we go to the break -- if the Democrat Party were not so controlled by a bunch of radical leftists, do you realize the wide-open shot they have at taking over the Republican Party? Nancy Pelosi, say what you want about her, but she knows what she wants. She wants a bigger majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives. She doesn't care who those Democrats are. She just wants party ID to enable herself to solidify her leadership and expand her majority.
So if she has run conservative Democrats in Tennessee, in North Carolina, in Mississippi, who are more conservative than Republican incumbents, if she has to do that and win, she will do it, and that's exactly what's happening. Because the Republican Party, which has sold out to the pseudoconservatives of the New York Times and the DC-New York media establishment who think that Rockefeller Republicanism and country club Republicanism is the future of the party, Ms. Pelosi, "Okay, they're going to give that up, they're going to give up Reagan, fine, we'll go take over." If she wanted to, she could take over the whole Republican Party this way. But she's too far left and her party is too far left. But if they really wanted a huge supermajority, it's waiting for them. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is doing everything in the world that it can to try be 25%, 30%, 40% liberal or independent for some God-knows-who-can-explain-it reason. A brief time-out. Before we come back, let me put this thought in your head. The Democrats are fighting to defeat us. We, at the highest levels of our party, appear to be fighting to join them.
RUSH: I'm not ready to come back. I'm still listening to the music I want to listen to. Greetings and welcome back. I'm here, ladies and gentlemen, El Rushbo, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing, all-feeling, all-concerned Maha Rushie.
From Marc Ambinder's blog at TheAtlantic.com: "A fairly remarkable statement from the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Rep. Tom Cole, about tonight's special election in Mississippi. He's warning his incumbents and challengers: Change or die. 'We are disappointed in tonight's election results. Though the NRCC, RNC and Mississippi Republicans made a major effort to retain this seat, we came up short.'" They did. You know who went in there and campaigned for our guy, Greg Davis? They sent Cheney in there. They sent Trent Lott in there. Haley Barbour, very popular governor, they sent him in there. Now, the Democrats did what the Democrats always do, they tried to portray Greg Davis as having ties to the KKK after Davis in his campaign tried to use Jeremiah Wright. But we know the Democrats are going to call Mississippi Republicans KKK members. It's about damn time somebody came up with an answer to that.
At any rate, Mr. Cole continued. "Tonight's election highlights two significant challenges Republicans must overcome this November. First, Republicans must be prepared to campaign against Democrat challengers who are running as conservatives, even as they try to join a liberal Democrat majority." Yeah, I just explained that. "Though the Democrats' task will be more difficult in a November election, the fact is they have pulled off two special election victories with this strategy, and it should be a concern to all Republicans." Gee, they're just now getting it. What took 'em so long? Did you see what happened in 2006? Folks, I am mad today. Did you see what happened in 2006? Did you see all the conservative Democrats Pelosi ran in the South then and skunked your incumbents? With what? Not McCainism. These Democrats were not running as McCain. They were running as Reagan conservatives, and that's how they won, in Reagan conservative districts. The Republican Party couldn't bring itself to do that. No. Of course it couldn't. I'll tell you why in just a second. We're just getting started here, folks.
"Second, the political environment is such that voters remain pessimistic about the direction of the country and the Republican Party in general. Therefore, Republicans must undertake bold efforts to define a forward looking agenda that offers the kind of positive change voters are looking for." Well, Tom, I agree with you, but if you do that you're going to have to split from your presidential nominee, 'cause that's not what he's doing. Senator McCain's not on that line. He's not on that train track, positive change voters are looking for. The next line from Tom Cole, "This is something we can do in cooperation with our Presidential nominee, but time is short." Hey, Tom, let me ask you a question. I say this with all due respect. When's the National Republican Congressional Committee going to come out and endorse Democrats' version of manmade global warming? When are you Republicans going to run for reelection in the House the same way McCain's running for the White House? If you're going to be able to coordinate what you have to do here with the presidential nominee, you might be better off switching parties and trying to become more likable than the other Democrats.
Mr. Cole says, "I encourage all Republican candidates, whether incumbents or challengers, to take stock of their campaigns and position themselves for challenging campaigns this fall by building the financial resources and grassroots networks that offer them the opportunity and ability to communicate, energize and turn out voters this election." I feel sorry for Mr. Cole. I know he wants to do the right thing, and I know he knows what the right thing is. But his hands are tied, just like Denny Hastert's were and just like a lot of other Republicans' hands have been tied. When there's no top-down conservative leadership and all you have is Republican leadership, you can't really go against the top leadership, or be accused of being a heretic. So their hands are tied. See, Congressman Cole, the Republican Party is only as good as its leaders. Its leaders lack the agenda you know it needs. It lacks the agenda that the Democrats in the South are using against you. Can somebody, can anybody at the Republican National Committee, in the McCain campaign or anywhere else, can somebody tell me what the consistent agenda is of the Republican Party? No.
The head of the party lacks a philosophy. Can anybody tell me what Senator McCain's overall philosophy is? Does anybody know? I'm open to hearing it, if you know what it is: 800-282-2882. Is there an appealing presence, is there a media personality presence, is there any excitement when a Republican shows up on television? I can think of a couple. No names here. If we want to be honest about this, and that's what it's going to take, my friends, it's going to take honesty, and here you go. We have to say that for eight years, the Republican Party was taken for granted. There was no effort made to build it's conservative brand -- we've spoken about this -- an absence of conservative leadership. It didn't come from the White House, did not come from Congress, either. And those responsible, at least in large part for the current circumstances, are still running the show. They're still dumping on Ronald Reagan; they're still dumping on conservatives. They're still trying to appeal to the wrong voters and the special interests.
Michael Gerson, who is now at the Washington Post, a couple other places, the columnist, was the chief speechwriter the first term for President Bush, wrote some of the finest, most soaring speeches a president's ever given. He's out there just lambasting conservatives today for not having big enough hearts, not doing enough to help people with AIDS, not doing enough to help people who are suffering. We are spending $3.1 trillion this year, and we're going broke. It's one thing for liberal Democrats to accuse us of being heartless. It's another thing for people who are in the position here of doing tremendous damage to the Republican Party to accuse us of being heartless. We are taxed, and we pay it. We are asked to donate charitably, and we do it. We do our best to take care of those who cannot help themselves, but we draw the line at people who can take care of themselves 'cause we want those people to improve. We don't want them to become wards of the state. So the Republican Party is now out there appealing to the wrong voters, people in special interests, and that's just one thing. On the other side of this, the Republican Party is attacking its own base in the process, and then wondering why they're losing safe seat special elections in Mississippi and Illinois.
RUSH: Some details about the situation in Mississippi, both parties carpet bombed ads for each of these guys, both the Democrat and the Republican. The Democrat was -- this guy's name is Childers, I've still not heard his name pronounced so I don't know how it's pronounced, I'm not trying to be disrespectful. He was billed as a pro-life pro-gun Baptist who would never raise taxes. Well, guess what? Guess who used to own all that? The Republicans. The Republicans. Except this guy, Childers, has never been in an office that would allow him to raise taxes, so we don't know what he's going to do. I easily could have answered this guy. We're gonna get to the Democrats here in just a second, folks. Don't sweat it, and when we get to the Democrats, you're going to like it. Just sit tight. We're talking here what's happening to the Republican Party. I am stunned it has taken these people three special elections, starting late last year, to figure out what the hell's going on here.
RUSH: No, my friends, the lesson in these Republican losses is that conservatives are fed up with the Republican Party and are fed up with the direction the Republican Party has taken. They have no real option in this election, so they are not voting, or in some cases they may be protesting voting against the Republican Party regardless of the candidate. And who do we have to thank for this?
The list is too long for me to go through here. But you can guess who the usual suspects are: all of the moderates, all of the mavericks, all of the independents, so-called, who have decided that their own political careers are more important than building a party and a movement that advances the principles that are critical to the well-being of this nation. Another word I'm tired of hearing is "maverick," "independent," when describing a Republican. So from now on when you hear the word maverick Republican or independent Republican, I want you to think of one word: selfish. Because that is who and that is what these people are. They are pandering to the elements in our society who wish the Republican Party and the conservative movement ill. They are pandering to people in the media and the Democrat Party who have not given up their task of politically decimating the Republican Party. They are joining them, whether by accident or by design. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why we conservatives are in a very difficult state right now. We can't vote for socialists. We can't go out there and vote for socialists like Obama or Clinton.
But, hell's bells, the Republican Party's nominated a candidate who spent decades pandering to these very people and these very elements and is still doing it as our nominee! He spent decades undermining our party. McCain-Feingold, amnesty, McCain-Kennedy. And this is the movement he now claims to be part of and whose support he seeks? Let me add a final point. McCain and his advisors and his plants, his sycophants, in the New York, Boston, conservative so-called media axis in the New York Times, see the loss, and folks, this is profound. If you've heard nothing I've said, and I know that's not possible, you've heard everything I said and you're marveling at it, and you should be. I am myself. These moderate Republicans and McCain and his advisors, they're looking at these three losses, these so-called safe Republican seats that have been lost, and you know what they see? They don't see trouble, a problem. They see an opportunity. This, my friends, is so important you've got to understand this. It's not that I don't think you're capable of it, I just want to say it, I may repeat it a couple of times to get it through. From McCain on down to his sycophants at the New York Times, and wherever you find these moderates, these independents in the Republican Party, they don't look at what happened in Mississippi last night as a problem. They don't look at what happened in Denny Hastert's district as a problem.
They see the loss of these three seats as evidence that their Big Government conservatism is the only way to win elections, that if the Republicans had run somebody like McCain, if the Republicans' candidate down there had been pro-global warming as the Democrats wanted, and for a compassionate, active government that grows larger, then they would have won. That is the way they're going to take this. That's the way they're going to spin it at the RNC on down. They see the destruction and the mayhem they've unleashed in the Republican Party as justification for more of the same. They blame conservatism where conservatism has been abandoned. There isn't any conservatism in the Republican Party except in a couple of individual cases. They're still out blaming conservatism for these losses and they're going to look at these losses, they see conservatism is not the way to go, despite the fact that the winners outdid Republicans in espousing conservatism. So they're going to blame Reaganism, or Reaganism has been abandoned. We've lost a lot of ground after a decade. Nonconservative activism, trying things their way, they have learned nothing from it. They are too vain; they are too delusional to see that their way will destroy what's left of the Republican Party brand.
RUSH: And we're back, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, ha-ha, ho-ho, hee-hee. Anyway, the media take on what happened in Mississippi last night, Jonathan Martin, our old buddy at Politico.com: "Republicans have now failed twice this month to win by using Obama against Democratic congressional candidates in the Deep South. In both a Baton Rouge-area seat ten days ago and tonight in northern Mississippi, GOP candidates aired ads tying their conservative Democratic opponents to Obama," and Reverend Wright. And of course now the media says, "It doesn't work, you Republicans think that you can defeat Obama or Democrats by tying them to --" Jonathan, with all due respect, it has nothing to do with why the Republicans lost last night. I haven't seen the exit polls. I'd like to know how many Republicans crossed over and voted for the more conservative Democrat, acted like McCain joining the Democrat Party. I wonder how many Republican mavericks there were in Mississippi. (doing McCain impression) "That's a good thing to ask, Limbaugh, because I'm the only one allowed to do that. You have to stay in the party, but I know what I'm doing, and you don't, so I can go join the Democrats whenever I want, but you can't! I'm the only maverick." No, we're all mavericks now.
RUSH: Dave in Concord, North Carolina, you're next. Hello, sir. Great to have you here.
CALLER: Well, it's a pleasure to speak with you, Rush. I've been listening for a long time, and this is the first time I've ever tried to call.
RUSH: I'm glad you made it through.
CALLER: I hope I am, too. I was wondering, I was referring to your last hour about your comments about Nancy Pelosi and trying to run conservative Democrats and take -- you know, broaden her base in the Democratic Party. And I was wondering if the Democrats in Mississippi were more conservative than the Republicans, why wouldn't you be pleased about that as a conservative?
RUSH: Well, in a certain context I would, but Pelosi is not trying to broaden her base. I didn't say that. She's trying to entrench her leadership. Once these conservative Democrats get to Washington, they're going to be brought to Pelosi's office and they're going to be asked, "Do you like it here? Do you want to stay here? Do you want to rise in the ranks in the leadership? Do you want to get on a committee that matters to you? Do you want to get some campaign contributions that come from outside your district?" They're all going to say, "Yeah." "Okay, fine, then you do what the leadership says. We'll give you as many chances as possible to vote along with your district, but on crucial issues you're voting with us."
You think I ought to be happy that there's conservatism out there. I'm not happy my own party wants to get rid of it. I'm mad that my own party wants to cast conservatism aside. I know there's plenty of conservatism out there. That's the source of the frustration. But conservatism by itself cannot move things. It needs a political party. In our political structure, it is parties that get things done. The Republican Party was the home of conservatism, and it still is. But the people that run the Republican Party right now are trying to get rid of it. And it's a death wish. It is an absolute death wish. And I'll tell you, if they happen to win, if the Republicans happen to win in November -- 'cause, look, as I said earlier, we're not going to vote for socialist Obama. He's a full-blown ignoramus, embarrassingly uninformed about crucial things. We're not going to vote for this guy. We're not going to vote for Hillary. We wouldn't vote for Algore. For some of us the question is, are we going to vote at all? But it's entirely possible, this newly constituted Republican Party which stands for nothing but liberalism lite might end up winning because a lot of the country might look at this socialist bunch the Democrats are offering and say pooey, and want no part of it, and then where are we?
Then we have an elected Republican Party holding the White House, who is going to say, "See, this is how you do it. You go out and you get moderates and independents and you have Big-Government aspirations with compassion, and that's how we become a majority party, not Reaganism and not conservatism." But you can look to the future, you can look through the crystal ball, and you can see disaster regardless of any electoral outcome. You can see it. Now, some people say to me, "But, Rush, but, Rush, but, Rush, hang on. I know McCain bothers you on his environmental policies and so forth. But come on. Wouldn't his stand on tax cuts and judges and the war on terror, wouldn't that sort of ameliorate some of this stuff?" I said, "Talk to me when it happens." We'll find out what the majority of Democrats in the House and Senate are that Senator McCain is going to have to work with, and if the Democrats in the Senate have 57 votes plus three liberal Republicans -- and believe me, they're there -- and they effectively have 60 votes, McCain could nominate Jesus Christ and the Democrats could stop him. McCain could propose a tax rate cut to 10%, and the Democrats would stop him.
So, you know, all these, "But, Rush, but, Rush, but Rush." Yeah, you can cite me these specifics, and, yeah, this is what we have to deal with. But do you realize, folks, do you realize what a bunch of sitting ducks the Democrats are this year? I don't care if it's Obama, I don't care if it's Hillary, half the country already hates Hillary, and by the time we're through more and more people are going to be aware that Obama is not a messiah and doesn't know half what he thinks he knows. By the way, look at the Democrat turnout, I don't care where you go, white people vote for Hillary, black people vote for Obama. This party is so racially divided, gender divided, this party is nowhere near unity. Obama doesn't have the ability to unify 'em, period. This party is a sitting duck! This is a recipe for a landslide a la 1980. And we're not taking advantage of it. We're out there trying to compete for the same lug heads that the Democrats are trying to compete for. Don't ask me to explain why. Well, I think there's a lot of people in the Republican Party who would be just punchy pleased if they could deemphasize conservatives in that party once and for all, and I frankly think that's what McCain-Feingold was in part about.


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first off, let me say how blessed we are to have a place like LRO. I have been searching the internet for fishing reports all across the country, and I can tell you that 90% of them are not current. thank you byron for a detailed daily fishing report. that being said, I was hoping some of you more experienced anglers could help me. I have some time off of work and am planning on heading somewhere to fish for a few days, possibly even up to 2 weeks. could anyone give me suggestions as to where to go? I can't afford a guide, will probably camp or sleep in my car, and live on potted meat (just kidding about that) but am up for anything really. I first thought about heading northeast, say VA, PA, and NY. any suggestions? But I am also considering heading west, san juan, or yellowstone area. I need a river I can wade, and something with relatively easy access, as I'm not really in the mood for a 10 mile solo hike in grizzly country. also I'd prefer somewhere that had good dry fly or terrestrial action right now. sorry to post this here, but as I said before, I'm having a horrible time trying to find these answers online. also, if anyone has the time or desire to go, I'd be up for having a fishing partner, and if you knew some good places to go even better. as I said before, I have lots of time off of work available so I can do whatever I want really. 2 days up to 2 weeks, and I plan on leaving soon. any suggestions greatly appreciated.
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ttas67, Where to start? The Smokies are fishing great right now. There are plenty of easily accessable waters to fish since the water temps are finally cooling down. If I were heading out west, I would go back to Yellowstone.
The lower section of the Gallatin river outside the park along Hwy 191 is fishing very good with Hoppers as is the Lamar, Soda Butte along NorthEast entrance road. I was out there a couple of weeks ago and had a great time fishing Hoppers and Para ant patterns. Wish I had the time off to go again but I hope this gives you some ideas.
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UW Regents meet at UW-La Crosse for first time in 5 years
The people making decisions for the entire UW System gathered Thursday in La Crosse.
The Board of Regents met on the UW-La Crosse campus for the first time in five years. Along with the regents, about 100 administrators from other U-W campuses are also in town.
The group is spending the two day meeting discussing a number of budget issues.
UW-L Chancellor Joe Gow says this is a great opportunity to showcase the numerous changes that have happened on campus in the last five years. "We've had some great improvements in our facilities, some major building projects, also have added a lot of faculty and staff as a result of our Growth, Quality, and Access program and they approved that five years ago so it's important to say 'here's what we've done with that money,'" said Gow.
The Regents' president is leading his final meeting. Brent Smith of La Crosse announced he will retire at the end of this term.
Smith has served on the Board for nine years and says it's been a great experience. "You hope within this when you do something like this that you contribute and make some kind of difference, even though this is a huge system with a lot of different moving parts that you hope in some respect that you've contributed," said Smith.
Smith says he has plenty of things outside education to keep himself busy.
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Tritium Racing arrived first in the Transpacific Yacht Race, or Transpac, from Los Angeles to Honolulu on Thursday at 9:52 p.m. Hawaii time, covering more than 2,225 nautical miles in five days, 11 hours, 52 minutes and 33 seconds.
The Tritium Racing team faced several unexpected challenges along the course including large amounts of debris left over from the tsunami in Japan in March 2011.
The delays and concern for safety prevented the crew from breaking the race record set by Bruno Peyron in 1997 aboard Commodore Explorer, an 86-foot catamaran, in five days, nine hours, 18 minutes, and 26 seconds.
Transpac's first race was in 1906 and took 12 days to complete and has since become one of the premier international sailing events.
The Tritium Racing team navigated the Lending Club named yacht, a 73-feet offshore trimaran, on the Transpac 2013 race; a journey that began on Saturday, July 13, following two earlier launches on July 8 and 11 that included more than 59 boats.
"This was an extraordinary journey and I couldn't be prouder of the amazing crew of world-class sailors, our terrific partner Lending Club and this truly remarkable yacht that we were fortunate to race," says John Sangmeister, yacht owner and skipper, and president and CEO of Gladstone's Long Beach. "This was a journey that started two years ago and became a reality in just six short months. I sincerely want to thank my family, friends, crew and everyone that has supported us along the way."
Sailing with the number "USA 3," the nine-member crew included John Sangmeister, skipper, Renaud Laplanche, CEO at Lending Club, Ryan Breymaier, captain, Gino Morrelli, watch captain, Will Oxley, navigator, Peter Stoneberg, main trimmer, along with Howard Hamlin, Jay Steinbeck and Erik Berzins.
The Tritium Racing team is an award-wining group that includes America's Cup winners Sangmeister and Morrelli, New York to San Francisco Monohull World Sailing Speed Record holder Breymaier, four-time SAP 505 World Champion Hamlin and two-time French Laser National Champion Laplanche.
Tritium Racing sailed an ORMA 73 yacht. Originally built and raced as an ORMA 60 in 1998, the yacht went through several transformations including extending it to 72 feet and adding a 17 feet bowsprit to the central hull before Sangmeister purchased the vessel in February 2013. The team immediately began converting it into an offshore boat again, including the addition of a new engine, classic rig, central dagger board and foil system.
Tritium Racing takes its name from the chemistry compound Tritium. Sangmeister's father competed in the 1964 Little America's Cup trials in his C-Class catamaran "Hydrogen." Sangmeister owned and raced a Formula 40 catamaran named "Hydrogen II" named as homage to his father.
"Tritium or H3 is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen and this boat is certainly a radioactive iteration of its predecessors," he said.
Tritium Racing is honored to represent and partner with Lending Club, the Switlik Parachute Company, Garmin, KVH satellite communications, Aere Docking Solutions and Gladstone's Long Beach.
The Transpac 2013 sailing race was open to monohulls and multihulls and started at Point Fermin in San Pedro, Calif., near Los Angeles and finished at Diamond Head Lighthouse in Oahu, Hawaii, east of Honolulu. The first start was on Monday, July 8 with subsequent starts on Thursday, July 11 and Saturday, July 13. The staggered starts helped compress the finish times for a fleet that had widely different speeds over the 2,225-mile course.


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I pulled a "Chris" and had so many things to do in the process of leaving that I overwhelmed myself and wasn't quite as cautious as I should have been in my activities. I ended up with a scratched cornea – my eye swelled up, got red, watered and hurt in a major way.
Driving to Houston and then in a strange town was a safety issue I did not wish to push, especially when all I wanted to do was sit with my eyes shut. (I was informed, too, that the weather on the other end was horrific, so there was a good reason for the circumstances leading to my cancellation.)
Pulled a Chris? Well, just before our trips wherever and whenever, he made it a point to clean the water troughs for the cattle. It might have been six months between our week-long vacations, but in the days prior he had a laundry list which included the troughs, which had me standing by in amused observation of his activities.
I didn't try to stop him or change his methodology in any way – it was a part of who he was and I loved all of him – even these little habits. I'm pretty much the same way, to be honest.
Regarding the trip, I'd asked for prayer for safe travel and a friend of mine chuckled and asked, "Why are you afraid of flying?"
I am, really. I have a hard time with flying because I cannot control the outcome. I hope the pilot is on his/her "A" game and not distracted by outside issues.
I hope that no one wants to make a stand on any particular issues with my life in the balance. I hope the mechanics were thorough in their "look see" over the plane's mechanical well-being.
There are just so many opportunities for both good and bad and I know there are in ground travel as well, but I travel that daily –flying is out of my comfort zone and infrequent, to say the least. My fear comes down to trust and faith.
We speak of walking in faith through Jesus. There are a lot of variables in our lives as we live and grow.
I remember when my boys were united with their biological mother before returning to us for good. It was two months of immense heartache for me. I cried at the drop of a hat, but had to keep turning that back over to God each time it came across my thoughts.
I stayed as busy as I could so I wouldn't think about it. Then I had to say, "God, You know what You are doing. I trust You to do what is best and help me to deal with whatever You have in store for all of us. Watch over the boys and guard their hearts and ours ..."
That is what I've had to do throughout much of my adult life. Some "things" are out of my control and I am not even concerned with planks in my eye or specs in another. I am just dealing with myself.
I can be a handful sometimes – really! I have to keep returning to the source of all, forget my stubborn pride, my will and allow God to work through me for His purpose.
Walking in faith is not always easy, but when we know that God always works for our ultimate good it settles a lot of fears that may arise – whether founded or not.
Then I think on this for the week, "… let them say continually, 'Let the Lord be magnified. Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.' " (Psalm 35:27)
Know too, that prosperity is found in more than just monetary gain. Have a blessed week.


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After assessing Int B events and the Grand Prix Series I thought I would make a start of the favourites for the upcoming European Championships to be held in Sheffield - GB.
Favourite's: Volosozhar/Trankov - Russia
I am going to go with V/M because I love both their programs this year and they have improved so much. Great speed and flow with great tricks. More consistent I would say than S/S, I give them the nod here, but it will be close.
Closest Challenger: Savchenko/Szolkowy - Germany
Going through their personal transitional year has not been easy, maybe next year they will be much improved, but they seem to be thinking too much within their program to "Pina" choreographically that they lose the impetus. They do struggle with their jumps from time to time but if they are on song they should win. I do love their programs this year and great to see them go in a new direction, as leaders of their sport you do like to see the champions take it forward like T/D did in Ice Dance so great move by them and Ingo, maybe they will be more prepared for World's - we will see.
Other challengers:
Kavaguti/Smirnov - Russia
I really do love their LP to "Clare De Lune" and I would say better than the top 2 I have mentioned (can be very emotional and a crowd pleaser). They will need to nail everything though to compete with the top 2 and cause an upset, they seem to be trailing a bit to the top 2 in both TES and PCS. But a medal should be there for them but which colour?
Bazarova/Larionov - Russia
I assume they will be in the top 3 of Nationals to compete here. Vera is so balletic, they can look wonderful on the ice but I feel they are not as sharp as they were last year. Not a huge fan of their programs, will struggle to make the top 3.
I would say they are the top 4, but watch out for the much improved Berton/Hotarek - Italy who have a great chemistry on the ice and their programs can look very lovely on the ice and also Hausch/Wende - Germany who seem to have got better over the past 2 seasons.


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Your baby-sitter canceled and you need to head to the office. But is taking your kid to work really the best alternative?
"Yes, I think it's a very good idea," says Fortune 500 leadership coach Paul David Walker. "Not every day but periodically. If your boss is fine with it, this can be a great thing."
Walker says not only will an occasional kid visit help lighten the mood of the mundane office, but it can also build a culture that is empowering and exciting.
"And let's not forget that we might see our co-workers in a different light," adds Walker, author of the book "Unleashing Genius: Leading Yourself, Teams and Corporations" (Morgan James Publishing). "This can build a rapport with team members. If you see someone handling their children and you see they are good parents, this could change the way you view them as a co-worker. It can be a very positive experience."
While a planned visit can be an enjoyable change of pace, the occasional child-care emergency that forces a parent to bring the child to work isn't always welcomed with open arms. Bill Gaul, who works as a financial services professional, says kids at work can prevent productivity.
"If I'm on an important sales call, it's no different than Starbucks at that point," he says. "I am a parent, but it doesn't mean I'd like to see children at work.
"We shouldn't all have to become kid-friendly to accommodate a co-worker. Child care issues should be dealt with outside the office."
Brian Chambers, who runs a massage and acupuncture business out of his home, says there are times when his three children can be a distraction to clients.
"If a patient is in pain and they don't want any interruptions and total solitude, it can be tough," he says. "But I think my work situation is rather unique. … If I worked in an office for a large company, I absolutely would not bring my children into work because some adult environments are just not appropriate for kids."
But Walker stresses that it can benefit the kids to see their parents doing their job.
"There was an HR professional who had to bring her son in because of baby-sitting issues," he says. "Her son, who was 10, turned to his mother and said, 'Mom, you're a leader!' It gives them an opportunity to see their mom or dad in a different light."
Here are some things to consider if you're planning to take your kids to work.
Give ample warning.
"You have to let the office know ahead of time," says Walker. "If it is a last-minute thing with a member of the staff, send out a note as soon as possible."
If it's not an emergency, Walker says the boss should take the lead and make an announcement well in advance.
Provide plenty of activities.
"Be sure to give them games or things to keep them busy," says Chambers. "The more choices you give them, the better."
Consider a time slot.
"Bringing your kids in for lunch is a great way to break up the day," says Walker. "Then maybe they stay for an hour of your work time, and get to see you do what you do, and then it's time to go. That gives them insight into your life at work, and that in turn helps you feel energized to get through the rest of the day."
"If they come in at the end of the day and you're on your way to Navy Pier, that's just enough time for the kids to see where you work, and they don't need to be around the office much longer than that," says Gaul.
Be age appropriate.
"A baby might be easier to care for if they're good sleepers," says Walker. "There's nothing cuter than passing around a baby. But ages 5-8 need more attention. They could be harder to control. We can't forget that the child's attention span is limited."
Plant the seed.
Taking your kids to work may also help them figure out what they want to do for a living.
"Sometimes we have to see it to understand it," says Walker. "And then we discover our passions, and are able to follow through with them as we mature. It's quite possible they will inspire the kids, too."


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Yes, I know. I promised that this article would continue to cover printing and the CUPS utility. But things didn't work out that way and at this point a second printing article wouldn't do the justice that a Unix GUI printing utility deserves.
Instead, I found myself spending the last few weeks installing servers for a small startup. As I did, I remembered the myriad details needed to create servers optimized for both performance and security. While it would easily take a book to explain all the details, this article can certainly cover some of the common pitfalls to watch out for and the logical approach necessary to do the job correctly. I'll demonstrate for a FreeBSD system, but the same logic applies to your operating system of choice.
If you're like the typical open-source user, you spend a lot of time experimenting by installing, reinstalling, and uninstalling software. In the beginning, that software usually includes the OS itself as you discover exactly what you can and can't do to a system! While this is a fantastic learning experience, it's a luxury you can't afford when you move on to servers in a working environment. Enter "production systems," "no downtime," and the raised eyebrows and disparaging looks (or worse) from your superiors when something doesn't work.
It's no exaggeration to think of a server install as 99% preparation and 1% configuration. Sure, you can finish quickly by installing the operating system and applications with their default settings. There isn't a sysadmin out there who hasn't had to fix the fallout from such an install — usually done by someone else who left town without a forwarding number.
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You can save yourself a lot of future grief if you start by clarifying your superiors' needs. Put all of the cards on the table so that you understand exactly what they want and they understand what is technically feasible. You don't want to spend a week configuring and testing Apache 2 only to find out that the web-mail program your manager has his heart set on only works with Apache 1.x. Or to hear, "What do you mean, I have to download all of my email?" after configuring a POP3 server even though you'd originally tried to sell management on the greater security provided by an IMAP server. Yes, there's often a wide gulf between management's software needs and the technical details a sysadmin concerns himself with; it may take all of your communication skills and patience to work through this preparation phase.
Finally, if your manager is the type who is always discovering new software and constantly asking you to install "just one more thing," make sure she understands that servers are special; once you've started, you'll only install what you've agreed on and written down.
After you've agreed on the software to install, you'll naturally progress to the design phase. Will you install all of the software on one server or will you spread different services out among different servers? The answer will depend upon the company's security policy, the available hardware, and the budget available for acquiring additional hardware.
For each server, go out and buy yourself a binder. You'll need thorough documentation that you create as you go along. I can hear you groaning now — or at least thinking, "I'll write down what I did later when I have more time." You won't. Even if you do, you won't remember half the stuff you did, especially the stuff you did at 3 a.m. because something still wasn't working and the server needed to be live by 6 a.m.
Next, decide whether to install using a CD or the two floppies and an Internet connection. If the system is not behind a firewall, buy or burn yourself a CD. The Number One rule when installing any server operating system is NEVER expose it to the Internet until you have secured the OS and applications. This means it needs a firewall. It also means that you don't start creating rules on the firewall to let connections in to the server until you're satisfied the server is secure. (Instead, start with temporary firewall rules that only allow connections in from a specific testing system.)
When you reach the partitioning portion of the install, pause to consider
the purpose of the server you're installing. The default partition sizes are
usually fine for a desktop but rarely so for a server. For example,
when I chose
a for automatic on my 5.2.1 desktop system, I
622 MB swap
256 MB /var
256 MB /tmp
13261 MB /usr
Every partition (except swap) received 256 MB with the balance of the disk
going to
/usr. This is totally out of whack for a server. If you
start installing web, ftp, or mail servers, you want to log their activities.
Logs go in
/var where 256 MB of space won't cut it. Things are
even worse on a mail server, with mail stored in
/var/mail until
the user picks it up. Depending upon the type of server,
/usr may
also need to be fairly big as this partition contains user directories and
installed software.
Unless experience has taught you otherwise, a safer assumption is to keep
/, swap, and
/tmp as-is and divvy up the rest of your
disk space between
/usr and
/var. I usually press
a for automatic, then
d to delete
/var. I can then use
c to create more reasonable
sizes. Ideally, I like to use two hard disks where
/usr is the
rest of disk 1 and
/var takes over disk 2.
The other thing to keep in the back of your mind is inodes, those
entries the file system uses to keep track of your files. You have a limited
number of inodes. If you run out, you can't create any more files on your
file system unless you delete files or repartition. Running out of inodes
usually isn't an issue unless your partition will store a huge amount of very
small files. The periodic script
/etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks emails root each night with
the output from the
df (disk free) command. After the installation, edit that script to add the
-hi switch
df. This will change the output to
human-readable with
inode information. That way you can monitor both
disk and inode usage on a daily basis.
Finally, the installer will ask you what to install. For servers, I fall
into the "install the bare necessities then add what you need" group of folks
as I find it easier than "installing more than you need than taking out what
you don't." To me this means no docs, manpages, or games as I always have an
Internet-attached system nearby should I need to look something up or take a
break. I do, however, choose
src so I can recompile the kernel and
rebuild the world. (Yes, you'll be recompiling the kernel to optimize it for
the needs of a server.)
I also believe that XFree86 does not belong on a server. Servers should be
lean, mean, performance machines without the prettiness, bloat, or security
implications provided by a GUI. If other admins or technical support staff will
administer the server, I'll instead install
/usr/ports/sysutils/webmin and
/usr/ports/sysutils/usermin. These applications have
configuration options to allow each support staff to access only the services
they need to administer, with the added bonus of providing a GUI interface they
can access from the comfort of their web browser.
You will most likely be installing software on the server and will want to
keep that software up-to-date. While I'm probably the biggest fan of the ports
collection out there, I don't install it on my servers as I can make better use
of the 500 MB or so of
/usr real estate needed to maintain it.
This means I also won't use
portupgrade to keep up-to-date;
instead I'll demonstrate how to use
porteasy to make a leaner
When the installer finishes, follow through the post-install configuration
menus. When it asks to create a user, make sure to create an account for
yourself with a good password. Create an excellent password for the super-user
account. When asked to view the ports collection, I say "yes" so I can install
cvsup-without-gui and
One of the first
tasks I do after rebooting into the new system -- before I even begin installing
the required server applications -- is to
cvsup all of the changes
to the operating system that have occurred since its release.
However, the very first thing I do once the install is complete is to grab
my server binder. Up to this point I've taken only rough notes on my network
settings and partition sizes. Even I have trouble deciphering my handwriting,
so it's time to create some printable documentation. This is where
scp (secure copy) comes in handy. I make sure to have
sshd running on another system with a configured printer, then
copy over my hardware information:
% scp /var/run/dmesg.boot firstname.lastname@example.com:/usr/home/dru
The above command will access the SSH daemon running on 192.168.1.10, login
as the user
dru and copy
/var/run/dmesg.boot from
this system to
dru's home directory on the other system. As you
can see,
scp works just like the
cp command, but
allows the source or destination file to be on another system.
I'll then send the output of my NIC settings:
% ifconfig > nic_settings && scp nic_settings firstname.lastname@example.com:/usr/home/dru
Default gateway settings:
% netstat -rn > gateway && scp gateway email@example.com:/usr/home/dru
DNS settings:
% scp /etc/resolv.conf email@example.com:/usr/home/dru
And partition and swap settings:
% df -h > disk_usage && scp disk_usage firstname.lastname@example.com:/usr/home/dru
% swapinfo > swap_usage && scp swap_usage firstname.lastname@example.com:/usr/home/dru
From the system running
sshd, I can now print the copied files
and add them to my binder.
Now it's time to start securing the system. First, I create a
more /root/cvs-supfile
*default host=cvsup.ca.freebsd.org
*default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
*default prefix=/usr
*default tag=RELENG_5_2_1_RELEASE
*default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress
Choose a
host= geographically close to you and make sure that
tag= matches your OS. (See the
cvsup section of the FreeBSD
Handbook for details.)
I'll then create the base directory and download the changed source:
# mkdir /usr/local/etc/cvsup
# cvsup -L 2 /root/cvs-supfile
While the download continues, I start my hardening routine. I covered many
of the steps in Securing
FreeBSD. I'll also create an SSH banner on the server and use the
AllowUsers option to limit
SSH access to myself and other authorized staff.
When the download finishes, it's time to rebuild the world and the generic kernel:
# cd /usr/src
# make buildworld
# make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
# make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
# make installworld
After rebooting into the up-to-date OS, it's time to strip the kernel. I'll
carefully review each line in
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC to
remove the hardware and options that aren't relevant to the server. I'll then
read through
NOTES (or
LINT) to see if there are
additional options that will increase the security or performance of the
server. Avleen Vig's Tuning FreeBSD for
different applications has some recommendations to get you started.
Next, I install and reboot into the new kernel, printing out a copy of the
kernel configuration file with comments explaining why I added the options I
did, for my server book. I then copy my kernel config file to another location
such as
/usr/local/etc. At this point, it's a design decision
whether to remove
/usr/src from the system. Removing it frees up
about 400 MB of space; however,
/usr/src is sometimes necessary to
implement the solution to a security advisory.
Now that you have an up-to-date OS and an optimized kernel, it's time to
start installing software. While using
pkg_add -r to install
pre-compiled binaries is quick and convenient, it isn't the best choice for a
server. The same goes for installing a port without first reading its
Makefile and combing through the installation instructions at the
application's web site. Server applications come with
make options
which influence the application's behavior and performance. Be aware of these
options before you compile the binary. This brings us back to the "99%
preparation, 1% configuration" truism.
It also brings us back to your server documentation. As you install a
service, carefully note the
make options you used. For example,
here are two entries from one of my server installs:
#installed from /usr/ports/www/apache2
#use "make show-options" to see available make options
#use "make show-modules" to see available modules
#use anon auth and disable SSI and autoindexing:
make -DWITHOUT_AUTH -DWITHOUT_MODULES="autoindex" \
-DWITHOUT_MODULES="include" install clean
#installed from /usr/ports/ftp/pure-ftpd
#install as stand-alone server with privilege separation
make -DWITH-PRIVSEP -DWITHOUT-INETD install clean
Knowing what options you used to compile the binary will greatly assist in troubleshooting future configuration issues. You'll also be able to repeat these options when you eventually upgrade the software.
How did I get those port directories to
cd into when I didn't
install the ports collection? This is where
porteasy comes into
play: it downloads just the ports skeletons you need. To do so, first set up
your environment:
# setenv CVSROOT :pserver:email@example.com/home/ncvs
# touch /root/.cvspass
Then, as you need a ports skeleton, tell
porteasy what you
# porteasy -u www/apache2
That's it — all the convenience of the ports collection without maintaining the entire collection.
porteasy will also assist in keeping your software up-to-date.
I create a script like this:
echo "Updating installed ports skeletons"
porteasy -uI
echo "The following ports need upgrading:"
porteasy -s |grep "<"
Note that this script will keep my ports skeleton up-to-date and inform me
of out-of-date ports; however, it won't upgrade them for me. This is actually
ideal for a server as you never want to upgrade applications blindly. Instead,
carefully plan the upgrade, research any changes to the new version and their
impact on your current configurations, and schedule the upgrade for a time that
will least impact users on the off-chance that the upgrade results in an
unforeseen glitch. Yes, I'm talking about more preparation. Most major server
applications have an upgrade section to their documentation; all applications
have an
UPDATING or
README that comes with the new
version. Read them all.
The actual configuration of an application will definitely depend on the application. Fortunately, most of the major server products provide excellent documentation at their web sites. If anything, a poor sysadmin might suffer from information overload!
If it's your first time plunging into a product, especially something as complicated as a web or mail server, take the time to skim through all of the documentation before you install anything. Much of it won't apply, but it will give you a good idea of what options you have and what the configuration will entail. You'll probably also find sections that you'll want to print out and add to your server binder until you're more familiar with the product.
I always print out a copy of the original configuration file(s) that come with an application and store it in my server binder. I find it convenient to pencil in the changes that I made with comments to myself reminding me why I did so. An alternate approach is to carefully comment your changes as you make them and to print out the final result. Either way, you do want a hard copy to refer to. (It goes without saying that you'll have at least one software backup copy of both the original and modified configuration files.)
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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Will Patton to play CastletonJune 25,2013Will Patton to play Castleton
CASTLETON The summer concert series continues with the Will Patton Ensemble at 7 p.m. tonight at the Castleton State College Pavillion.
As a multi-instrumentalist and composer, Will Patton plays a variety of music including jazz, bluegrass and rock n roll. He has led the ensemble comprised of a mandolin, violin, guitar, flute, clarinet and string bass. They focus on Gypsy jazz and Brazilian styles while incorporating the likes of bluegrass, Brazilian samba and choros as well as original compositions of all styles. The music evokes the mood of a Parisian bistro or a plaza in the heart of Brazil.
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July/August 1999
Italian Instable Festival
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The Italian jazz scene has produced numerous world class musicians since the '60s, but the North American jazz establishment's knowledge of it, for the most part, begins and ends with Enrico Rava. The Italians began comparable investigations into freely improvised music contemporaneously to more press-hyped movements in England, Holland, and Germany; odds are, however, that the enthusiast who recognizes an Evan Parker solo in a nanosecond would be dumbfounded when confronted with a disc by pioneering altoist Mario Schiano. That is why the 2-disc Italian Instabile Festival is such an essential recording; it is the audio equivalent of a Berlitz immersion course, from which the listener emerges with a functional literacy in a rich jazz dialect.
The design of the album is simple; use tracks by the Italian Instabile Orchestra, a veritable national all-star aggregation, as cornerstones, and fill in with performances with a mix of small groups configured from its ranks. The seven performances by the full orchestra run the gamut from the bop-tinged fireworks of reed player Gianluigi Trovesi's "Scarlattina" to the dramatic sweep of multi-instrumentalist Renato Geremia's "Ballata." In addition to their engaging ensembles, composers like trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini and reed player Carlo Actis Dato deftly incorporate wide ranging improvisational strategies within their compositions. Even though they comprised less than half of the performances, the full orchestra tracks confirm IIO as a world-class composers' forum.
Still, the small group tracks are more than ample evidence that the IIO is also brimming with exceptional improvisers. Among the highlights: a playful trumpet duel between Rava and Pino Minafra; Trovesi's folksy, Giuffresque clarinet in duo with bassist Paolo Damiani; a lyrical impromptu by trumpeter Guido Mazzon and pianist Umberto Petrin; and a flowing, richly textured improvisation by Gruppo Romano Free Jazz (Schiano, Schiaffini, and bassist Bruno Tammaso). In the course of the two-discs, all nineteen musicians are featured, and they all pull their own weight. How many other orchestras have met this standard on disc recently?


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It was bound to happen, I guess, but I didn't see it coming: I wore out the snow shovel I've been using for the past five or six years.
We've gotten that much snow. At least that's what I like to think.
This shovel had a dark blue, all-metal scoop that could hold a fair amount of snow to throw. It had a metal shaft that had two bends in it. The idea was that the bends made it easier on the back to shovel snow versus the typical straight shaft.
I don't know whether that is true. I had been thinking about buying one of those bent-shaft models for more than 10 years but couldn't bring myself to do it. Where was the science to back it up? Was this the snake oil of shovels? Scoop scam?
I was walking the dog years ago and came across a guy shoveling the sidewalk with one of these bent-shaft shovels, and I asked him what he thought of it: Did it help? He shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know for sure, but it might have been better. Talk about your testimonials.
That's the thing about shoveling snow. Bent shaft or straight, shoveling is hard work in less-than-ideal conditions. It's a matter of degree as to whether the bent shaft is any better.
But in five or six years of shoveling, I don't remember my back going out, and that had to mean something. It's happened with straight-shaft shovels.
And it has happened again, but I don't think I can blame the bent shaft. I blame plastics.
Let me finish describing the shovel. At the end of the metal shaft it flares to make a grip to put your hand on and muscle into shoveling. I never paid attention to the handle, which aside from the front edge of the shovel takes the most pressure.
I didn't notice it until last Wednesday's snowfall when I was close to finishing an hour of shoveling. The handle came loose and started slowly twirling around on the end of the shaft. Huh? Then it was time to throw, and the shovel went with it, leaving me with a handle in my hand, a plastic handle.
I just assumed it was metal like the rest of the shovel. Wrong. It was plastic, and it had cracked, finally loosening itself from the shaft. There was no buildup to the handle falling off. No slips or spins.
In a matter of minutes, my shovel was broken. But, as I was nearly done, I was able to finish shoveling the sidewalk leading up to the house if I held the shovel just so. Plastic! They made the piece of the shovel that takes almost the most blunt force out of plastic. Of course it's going to break. Eventually.
The next morning I woke up with a sore hip. It's fine when I am laying or sitting down; it's only when I'm standing and walking that it hurts, sending a sharp radiating pain from my hip to my lower back and down my right leg. It's been a week now.
I blame it on the broken handle on my shovel. I started shoveling with a different motion to keep the handle from flying off the shovel, and it must have put unaccustomed pressure on my hip. Twenty years ago, it might not have been a problem, but now I am in serious pain, waiting for it to wear off.
I promptly bought a replacement shovel, fearing the stores might be out of shovels while they stock the shelves with spring gardening equipment. It's February, after all. That was the case at one giant retailer, which only had about 10 shovels left, and they all had straight shafts.
I went to the home improvement center and asked a clerk where the snow shovels were. And there were plenty of bent-shaft shovels. Naturally the handle was plastic, but so was the scoop. The scoop!
It lightens up the shovel considerably, but it's plastic. Even if the scraping edge is reinforced with a metal strip, it still is a plastic scoop. It's not going to last forever. I'll be surprised if I get four years out of it, especially at the rate we're going this winter.
My good wife, who does more than her share of shoveling with a lighter weight straight-shaft model, shoveled Saturday's snowfall. I'm out of commission with an injury. It wasn't the bent shaft that did me in. And I didn't see it coming. I was blindsided by the weakest link, a piece of plastic.
• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental-health advocate. He is a freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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some of you people sound so stupid. you know how many people drive legally "drunk" see all those cars parked in bar parking lots? how u think they get home. just cause they got pinched being over the limit dont mean they are fall down drunk.
and to the tool who says u have no respect for d drivers? i guarentee your mother, father, sister or brother all at some point have driven somewhere with a drink or too in there system, which with todays standards of testing would make them over the limit. piss off geek
and really, why am i even a knicks fan? not matching for lin? who is running this team clowns?........oh wait
whatever, with the nets move to bklyn the faggot ass knicks will be losing a large portion of fanbase, i may go with them.


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A short list of celebrity presidential endorsements
To compile a list of celebrity presidential endorsements, you first have to relax your meaning of celebrity.
President Barack Obama supporter George Clooney and Mitt Romney supporter Clint Eastwood, of course, fit the definition like a tuxedo at the Oscars. And let's add Steven Spielberg - his film company DreamWorks donated more than $4 million to an Obama SuperPAC - to the list. Meanwhile, executives at various other film studios have donated to Romney. »Read Full Blog Post(13)
New Milwaukee Rep season boasts Liberace, 'Color Purple'
During its 2014-'15 season, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater will stage two world premiere productions — and bring back one of this town's most popular entertainers for an encore.
Next March, the Rep, 108 E. Wells St., will premiere "Five Presidents," a commissioned drama from Rick Cleveland set on the day of Richard M. Nixon's funeral, which brought Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton together. Cleveland has been a writer on such acclaimed TV series as "House of Cards," "The West Wing" and "Six Feet Under." »Read Full Article(1)
Food and drink events in Madison for tonight and later: MadTown Shakedown and SloPig
Two events in Madison will revolve around food and drink with a competitive edge: the MadTown Shakedown cocktail competition tonight, and SloPig on March 16.
The cocktail competition, which starts at 7 p.m. at the Wise bar inside HotelRed, 1501 Monroe St., will pit five Madison bartenders against each other to create a cocktail from ingredients divulged when the contest begins. Participating bartenders are Grant Hurless, Kevin Lu, JR Morcanu, Jessi Stebbins and Jeff Spear. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Late 'Ghostbuster' Harold Ramis explains the meta of 'Groundhog Day'
I spoke to the late "Ghostbuster" and "SCTV' cast member Harold Ramis before his appearance here as a guest of the old Milwaukee International Film Festival in 2006.
Although the honor was a modest one, "you can never get enough accolades," he joked. »Read Full Blog Post
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It's not too early to think about summer. And summer beer.
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Welcome to the last Monday in February. There's something to be said for that.
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Both brothers have had their fair share of outbursts, petulant moments, poor choices, rants, and lamebrain moves that have won them no favor in public opinion. Yet both drivers have also shown sheer brilliance behind the wheel. Their talent unmistakable and unavoidable cannot be denied.
Although Kurt has a Cup, in the nine years since he has found himself out of a job with some of NASCAR's best teams.
Jack Roush bid him adieu in 2005 after more than five years together and one Cup championship. It was Kurt's decision to join Roger Penske's Cup organization, the No. 2 car vacated by Rusty Wallace. Roush may have been unhappy at first but eventually gained David Ragan.
Penske kept Kurt in his stable until the end of the 2011 season. A laundry list of problems, some known to the public others perhaps not, contributed to the separation which was called a "mutual agreement to part ways".
Abusive language to teammates, other drivers, despicable behavior, and uncontrollable outbursts including verbally attacking respected member of the media Dr. Jerry Punch at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the season closer in 2011 showed Busch was coming apart at the seams according to public opinion
James Finch agreed to take Kurt on in the 2012 season to run for his Phoenix Racing. If nothing else the name seemed prophetic as Kurt is akin to the proverbial bird that keeps rising from the ashes. But still Kurt's mouth got him in trouble prompting NASCAR to put him on probation that season. Public opinion once again turned against Kurt.
Despite all of the headlines Kurt continued to do what he does best – drive. He landed a job with Furniture Row Racing for the 2013 season.
And, with raw determination, a powerful, positive new attitude and an obviously reined in personality, Kurt piloted the No. 78 FRR car to a berth in the 2013 Chase, a rarity for a single-car team.
Seeing the emotion in his eyes, the breathiness of his voice upon learning he'd raced himself into the Chase was moving. This Kurt seemed to be a man who had possibly changed. A man who had
been at the top, fallen hard, and had climbed his way back to another chance.
Kurt is a man with the love of a good woman and her son, a boy who makes Kurt want to be a better man.
As a former champion, Kurt knows how to string together a championship season. The question is, are there enough resources and is the team backing him able to contend for the remainder of the Cup season with multi-team, big-budgeted organizations?
If anybody could do it this season, it will be Kurt.
Kyle Busch is Kurt's younger brother. Although he has yet to earn a Cup, Kyle is arguably the more impressive career-wise with accolades, wins, and records set in NASCAR's top three series.
Kyle has a legion of loyal, rabid fans who love his go-for-gold driving style no matter the
competition. Kyle is aggressive, focused, dominant, unapologetic, arrogant, and a bit of a punk, but his fans love him for it.
On the flipside, Kyle has also become persona non grata to many fans who just cannot tolerate his attitude, his dominance (especially in the NCWTS and NNS), and his petulant mood in post-race interviews if he does not win.
Kyle has made unfortunate decisions in his career and personal life that allow the media and fans to criticize. Right or wrong, Kyle is a badboy of NASCAR – like his big brother Kurt – and he seems fine with it.
What has plagued Kyle in his career in NASCAR is the ever elusive Sprint Cup. It is the reason driver's compete in this sport. The championship is the Holy Grail, the greatest achievement, and the only thing most remember when they recall seasons past.
What Kyle and Kurt have in common, it seems, are both strong negatives and positives.
The positives include having the love of a good woman in their corner. No matter what popular opinion says about the respective drivers, how the media or the fans crucify them, their women stand by proudly and lovingly supporting their men. For some that may seem silly to include, but history has shown that a truly great love can sustain and propel a driver to greatness.
The Busch Brothers are certainly separate entities, but being family they have shared traits. This season it seems both have great shots at going farther in the Chase than they've had opportunity in recent seasons.
Kurt will have some great momentum as he begins 2014 in his new ride at Stewart-Haas Racing. And, after two Chase races in which he scored a second in both, Kyle Busch is still in position to contend mightily for the Cup.
Regardless of how these two drivers finish, they certainly make watching interesting. Witnessing the changes that are occurring with both Busch Brothers – whether real or perceived – are yet two more reasons why I love NASCAR.


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Detroit Still Has Some Fight….Just Not the Tigers
Since the Tigers have absolutely no fight left in them, Detroit sports fans have to look elsewhere. And, in general, there hasn't been much to look for. However, even though preseason doesn't mean much as far as the record goes, it can show you if a team has fight or not. The good news is that if this video is accurate, the Lions just might have a little more fight in them than we're used to as Detroit fans:
Ok, so it wouldn't take much to show more fight than the victory a year the Lions have averaged over the past couple seasons. And, in general, I guess it would be nice if the fight didn't lead to penalties and suspensions. But when you're a Detroit fan, you take what you can get.
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I think Delhomme is lucky his head is still intact. Wow…brutal.
The good part is the Tigers still have some hope of a post season award. It seems that Austin Jackson and Brian Boesch each have been mentioned as prime Rookie of the Year candidates.
Hopefully they do not cancel each other out and we see some like Rays pitcher Wade Davis win it by both Jackson and Boesch supporters fighting to the death and forgetting to cast their ballots. Weirder things have happened, even in Motown!
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Celebrating the artists of New Hope Community
October 2, 2013 —
LIBERTY, NY — In October and November, more than a dozen individuals supported by New Hope Community will once again have the opportunity to display their artistic works during a showing at the Liberty Public Library at 189 North Main St.
"Recent Works by the Artists of New Hope Community" will officially be welcomed to its temporary home during a reception at the library scheduled for Thursday, October 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. The pieces can also be viewed during normal library hours (Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
The works, which will be available for sale, include abstract art presented in a variety of mediums. All proceeds go directly to the artists. "Our artists at New Hope are really looking forward this opportunity," said New Hope Community Leisure Coordinator Sue Petry. "For some, art has been a real journey; it's a pleasure to watch the progression as these men and women learn from their peers and get more confident in their techniques."
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By Karl Terry, Local Columnist
Identity theft is a terrible thing but simply misplacing your identity isn't a lot of fun either.
My wife recently lost her purse containing her credit cards, driver's license, Social Security card and approximately $5,000 in makeup. She said the loss of all of her personal information made her feel like a "non-person."
There is no doubt, those cards, with identifying numbers and expiration dates have become a big part of our lives. Replacing them as quickly as possible is essential even if it is a huge aggravation.
The credit cards were the easy part. A quick call to the various card issuers stopped the lost cards and put new ones on the way. The driver's license and Social Security card were another matter. You need to show your Social Security Card to get a license and it helps a lot to be able to show your driver's license when applying for a new Social Security card.
After finding out we needed the Social Security card to get the license, we grabbed up the documents we thought might be of use and went to the Social Security Office in Clovis.
Any place where you have to take a number and wait you know is not going to be a lot of fun. Finally, after nearly an hour's wait, our number came up and we explained our problem and offered the birth certificate we figured would be the most necessary document. Wrong.
Without the driver's license they couldn't use that as the second form of identification. Instead, they asked us to bring in a hospital record.
That sounded pretty absurd to me but not as crazy as the Mexican banker who had to get ID from me to replace lost Travelers Checks while on vacation south of the border. The guy carefully read the English instructions for the checks and noticed he needed three forms of ID to replace my checks. He handed my driver's license back to me and gave me careful directions to a copy center around the block, where he said I should have three copies of my license made. I just shook my head and complied with the guy.
I shook my head as we left the Social Security office and told my wife this "Catch 22" was not unlike that event.
A week later with a hospital record and our marriage license in hand we steeled ourselves for another grueling trip to the Social Security office by first having lunch first. When we got there the parking lot was abandoned and the flag wasn't flying. We figured we had probably overlooked a holiday. Instead the place was vacant except for the security guard, who it turns out we knew from years ago in Tucumcari, and the manager of the local office.
We were instructed to take a number, even though the waiting room was abandoned, but we were quickly called to the window. In five minutes we had applied for a new Social Security card and a Medicare card and were on our way.
Next week we plan to take on another government dead zone — the Motor Vehicle Department.
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If you or someone you love is a over 60…. then please read this…
Just because you are of a certain age that DOES NOT mean you can't be stylish. Yes, our youth obsessed culture will have you think that everyone over the age of 30 should either a. dress like Miley Cyrus or b. wear horrible mommy jeans and Christmas sweaters. Yes, we know, many trends are geared for the younger generation (very few people over the age of 14 can wear neon leggings), but it's the seasoned fashionista who can exude real style. If you've crossed the 60-year mark and still want to keep it poppin', here's some tips on how to do it.
Here are my tips on being fabulous regardless of your age
Please throw out the following:
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- Muumuus (unless they are for lounging around the house)
- Long (ankle length), unstructured, A-line skirts
- Elastic-waisted pants that make everyone look like a balloon
- Unstructured pants and suits
- Large, oversized t-shirts
- Khaki/mauve-colored grandma flats
- Unstylish jumper-type dresses (usually made of khaki or jean material)
- Sweaters with embroidery, appliques, etc (especially christmas sweaters)
Then start re-building your wardrobe. The easiest first step is to go the monochromatic (ie wearing one, simple color like blue, red, green, black, white, khaki,etc) route. which will make you look slimmer and classic. Now monochromatic doesn't mean boring or boxy, just means keeping it simple.
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Take a look at fabulous women over sixty like Susan Sarandon, Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, and you will notice that they keep the patterns to a minimum, tending to focus more on wearing solid colors. If you do decide to wear a pattern, keep it simple and consistent
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One area that older women always seem to get wrong is in the accessories department. Don't wear your entire jewelry box, but focus on one wearing one standout piece at a time. Also, don't be afraid to wear trendy accessories. By keeping your wardrobe basic, you can add trendy accessories without looking like you're trying to "be young". Stores like Target, Forever 21, Mango, Zara, H&M, are all great places to find accessories without going overboard with spending.
Denim looks fabulous on older women and yes, older women can wear jeans.
I'm not taking about low rise, hootchie mama denim jeans, but a nice pair of trouser cut, straight leg or wide leg jeans look fabulous on older women. If you're a bit larger on the bottom, try a trouser cut or boot cut jean, the flare will help draw attention away from your mid section and give you a slightly taller look, which is important as you get older. Also look for jeans with at least 2% spandex/lycra content– this will allow the jean to stretch to fit you and help to control any problem areas. Some brands to try- Gap, Banana Republic, Levi, Seven, UNIQLO, and Mossimo at Target.
If you're a bit smaller on the bottom, then yes (gasp), you're a perfect candidate for straight leg or skinny jeans (even if you have a bit of tummy). For those of you with a bit more of a tummy, try skinnies from brands like Old Navy and New York and Co as they have a bit higher rise (which will help it sit better on your waist).
Also, if you have gray hair, the dark navy color of the jeans really set off the gray in your hair. Pair the jeans with a bright colored tee from a store like old navy or a fitted sweater. But please, for all that is fashionable and good in this world, avoid wearing denim from head to toe.