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The Interplay of Big Data, WorldCat, and Dewey
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From Modelling to Visualization of Topic Relationships in Classification Schemes
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Unleashing the Power of the Dewey Decimal Classification: Looking beyond Shelf Location
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International Dewey Users Meeting
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An "Abridged" View of WebDewey
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14 March 2012 - 14 March 2012
The Dewey Ecosystem
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DDC 23 Update
An update on the print and web versions of DDC 23 and tips on using DDC 23 and WebDewey 2.0
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DDC Abridged 15 Sneak Preview
See a preview of the newly released Abridged Edition 15 and learn about the new features in this print edition of the DDC, including:
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- Elimination of dual headings and unbalanced spans
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DDC 23 workshop at IFLA 2011
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Joan Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system at OCLC previewed the new print edition of DDC 23. The presentation is available for download. Questions raised during the webinar will be addressed on the Dewey blog in the coming weeks.
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11th International ISKO Conference, Rome, Italy - February 2010
ALA Midwinter, Dewey Breakfast/Update - January 16, 2010
- 281.5-281.9 Eastern churches and 340 Law (PowerPoint: 657.5 MB)
- 370 Education (PowerPoint: 865.5 MB)
- Dewey Breakfast/Update (PowerPoint: 1.22 MB)
- BISAC-DDC Mappings (PowerPoint: 556.5 MB)
- Dewey.info Update (PowerPoint: 1.47 MB)
World Library and Information Congress, 75th IFLA General Conference and Council, Milan - August 25, 2009
- UDC/DDC crosswalk developed by the Czech National Library for the purpose of collection assessment (PowerPoint: 2.68 MB)
- Classifying Photographs for the World Digital Library: Draft Guidelines (PowerPoint: 3.27 MB)
- DDC Update: Formats, WebDewey 2.0, and Linked Data (PowerPoint: 859 KB)
ALA Annual, Dewey Breakfast Update - July 11, 2009
- Design of the new web version of the DDC (PowerPoint: 931.5 KB)
- Representation of DDC in MARC 21 Bibliographic Format: An Update (PowerPoint: 463 KB)
- What Does It Mean to "Use Dewey"? (PowerPoint: 3.4 MB)
- Dewey Summaries as Multilingual Linked Data (PowerPoint: 2.2 MB)
North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization - June 19, 2009
- Melvil Dewey's Ingenious Notational System (PowerPoint: 294 KB)
The Ethics of Information Organization Conference - May 22, 2009
Texas Library Association Conference - April 2, 2009
- What Does It Mean to "Use Dewey"? (PowerPoint: 11,526 KB)
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Manslaughter Charges Upgraded In Florida A&M Hazing Case
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Twelve former members of the Florida A&M marching band are charged in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. The charges have now been upgraded to manslaughter. Champion's parents said Tuesday that they are encouraged by the stiffer charges.

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Be careful what you wish for, Dr. Dossey, you just might get it
If there's one thing about the so-called "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) movement that I've emphasized time and time again, it's that its adherents have a definite love-hate relationship with science. They hate it because it is the single greatest threat to their beliefs system and the pseudoscience that underlies it. At the same time, they crave the legitimacy that science confers. They crave it not because they have any great love for science. Quite the contrary. It is simply that they recognize that science actually delivers the goods. Of course, they believe that they deliver the goods too, but they come to this belief not through science but rather through all the cognitive shortcomings and biases to which humans are prone, such as confusing correlation with causation, confirmation bias, not recognizing regression to the mean, and being fooled by the placebo effect. Whether it's through a misunderstanding of science or less innocent reasons, they go to great lengths to torture it into superficially appearing to support their claims through a combination of cherry-picking of studies that seem to support them and misrepresenting ones that don't, discussions of which abound right here in this very blog.
The other thing I've emphasized about the CAM movement is that, even more than scientific credibility, they crave legitimacy. To them, however, science is but one pathway to legitimacy, because, unlike practitioners of science-based medicine, they are more than willing to bypass science to obtain the legitimacy–or at least the appearance of the legitimacy–they so crave. If it means doing an end run around science by trying to hijack the Obama health insurance reform bill that is currently being negotiated to resolve the differences between the Senate and House versions, so be it. Indeed, earlier this year, I described how Senator Tom Harkin has tried to promote CAM through the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and trying to insert provisions into the bill that would mandate that government-subsidized insurance exchanges pay for CAM. Meanwhile, prominent CAM advocates have been carpet-bombing the media with dubious arguments in support of CAM, as in when Deepak Chopra, Rustum Roy, Dean Ornish, and Andrew Weil teamed up in different combinations to promote the idea that CAM is all about "prevention" and that science-based medicine, in all its reductionistic evil, is nothing more than pushing pills.
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WR Keeper Overviews
It's time to take a look at the WRs for keeper leagues. This position is tough because there's always a huge drop-off after the true studs, and players can quickly go from being very productive to fantasy afterthoughts. That said I would place a premium on the studs at the position, especially the best of the best.
When we're talking about the best of the best at WR, we're talking about guys like
Andre Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Reggie Wayne, and Calvin Johnson. These guys are young, in mostly good situations, and are clearly elite, if not dominant. I'd view keeping him as a top priority, and I'd only keep a handful of RBs over them.
There's nothing wrong with the next tier of top receivers, and I also view them a studs: Greg Jennings, Roddy White, Steve Smith, Anquan Boldin, Braylon Edwards, Marques Colston, Brandon Marshall, Dwayne Bowe, Randy Moss, and Terrell Owens. These guys aren't all perfect, like Edward for example, but they are either […]


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Remembering Jaime Escalante
Long-time FASE Associate Jaime Escalante passed away in March 2010. A special tribute to the great educator presents images from his memorial service and the wake held at Garfield High School, video interviews with past students, and more. Click here.
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"This show is a huge part of my conversion. I've learned more from it in six months than I had in my twelve years of Judaism and 30-plus years of atheism. Your answers always have a solid foundation and the show is inspirational."
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Peace Corps Volunteers respond to various needs that impact Africa's development. These include the importance of HIV/AIDS prevention and education, girls' education, the increasing pressures of environmental degradation, advances in information technology, and the democratization process that some countries are committed to supporting. Peace Corps has continued to develop a strong partnership with the people of Africa. Volunteers currently work in the areas of education, health and HIV/AIDS, business development, agriculture, and the environment.
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|Coastal West and Central Africa
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|Eastern Africa
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Africa currently represents 39% of the volunteers.
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Volunteers serving in Africa
27% are Education Volunteers
22% are Health Volunteers
17% are Youth and Community Development Volunteers
17% are Business and Information & Communication Technology Volunteers
11% are Agriculture Volunteers
7% are Environment Volunteers
Since 1961, more than 60,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 46 African countries. Today the Peace Corps continues to enjoy strong cooperation and support from the people of Africa. At the end of fiscal year 2007, the agency predicts that 2,811 Volunteers and trainees will be on board, working in 25 countries. Programs in Africa cover all six of the agency's program sectors—agriculture, business development, education, environment, health and HIV/AIDS, and youth. In addition, many Volunteers are engaged in projects involving information and communication technology (ICT), and girls' education. With real potential for expansion in these sectors and projects, the Africa region is poised for substantial growth. In fiscal year (FY) 2006, Peace Corps received multiple requests from African governments to enter or reenter programs in their countries. The Peace Corps will be re-entering Ethiopia in FY 2007.
Safety and security of Volunteers continues to be the agency's number-one priority. Twenty-nine employees are dedicated strictly to safety and security in the Africa region, and each of the 25 posts has a designated safety and security coordinator. In addition, the Africa region's safety and security desk officer located at Peace Corps headquarters ensures effective communication and compliance related to issues of safety. Three additional safety and security officers with sub-regional responsibilities are located in South Africa, Togo, and Uganda, and they provide advice and support to the country directors.
Africa remains the epicenter of the AIDS pandemic. The Peace Corps has had a strong commitment to fight the spread of this terrible disease since the mid 1980s. Eleven posts are working very closely with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The Peace Corps trains all Volunteers bound for Africa, regardless of their primary assignment, in HIV/AIDS prevention and education. Volunteers provide AIDS education and prevention messages to schools, outof- school youth, and communities. They also help build capacity for communities and local AIDS service organizations to care for orphans and vulnerable children, and to support people living with HIV/AIDS. Volunteers are uniquely suited to work in HIV/AIDS because they live and work in the communities where they serve. They are trained to communicate AIDS prevention messages in local languages, and they share information in a culturally sensitive way. In addition to deaf education programs in Kenya and Ghana, Africa teaches Volunteers 169 other local languages along with French and Portuguese, to enable them to effectively live and work in their communities. In Botswana, Volunteers give priority to those organization supporting orphans and vulnerable children, as well as basic palliative care. They build the capacity of government district and sub-district AIDS coordinators to coordinate the delivery of HIV/AIDS-related services to families and communities throughout the country, and work in rural areas with local social workers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and community-based organizations that are striving to mobilize and implement community responses to HIV/AIDS.
In health, Volunteers work in 22 countries across the continent to improve child survival, nutrition, disease prevention, environmental health, orphan care, home-based care, youth at-risk groups, and women's health. In Cameroon, for instance, Volunteers are improving the quality of life through health education, water/sanitation instruction, HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted disease prevention, and community development. They train peer educators, which facilitate collaboration among organizations, including training in innovative water/sanitation techniques and community education on HIV/AIDS. In Guinea, Volunteers work as public health extensionists, conducting health-needs assessments and developing appropriate health-promotion activities with local counterparts. Volunteers provide health education, monitor and evaluate health systems, and build local organizational capacity to deliver services in reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, nutrition and control of diarrheal diseases.
Peace Corps Volunteers are involved with business development in 12 countries across Africa. Their efforts focus on teaching business skills to youth, farmers, artisans, NGOs, credit institutions, and IT-related businesses. In Senegal, for instance, Peace Corps' small enterprise activities respond to the government's priority development need to promote economic recovery through private-sector initiatives. Volunteers train entrepreneurs and help them better plan, manage, and operate their businesses. They particularly focus on agribusinesses, artisans, ecotourism, youth, and ICT. The Peace Corps also participates in Senegal's Digital Freedom Initiative.
Education remains the Peace Corps' largest program sector in Africa, with education projects in 20 countries. Among the subjects taught by Volunteers are English, mathematics, science, arts, ICT, and life skills. Volunteers use community content-based instruction to incorporate HIV/AIDS, environmental, and gender-specific themes into their lesson plans and presentations. In Mozambique, Volunteers teach between 15 and 24 class hours per week of sciences and English. Outside the classroom, Volunteers organize clubs, student newsletters, and field trips. Primary education teacher trainers work at the government teacher training institute or a private institute run by a Dutch NGO to prepare teachers to teach English as a foreign language. Volunteers who teach 10th grade prepare their students to pass the national exams for entry into higher academic levels leading to university and teacher training colleges. In Niger, Volunteers respond to the critical need for English training programs, helping increase community understanding of the importance of education, and contributing to formal and nonformal education that benefits an entire community as well as its youth. Volunteers teach teachers life skills, introduce community content-based instruction, and link out-of-school youth with learning programs in their communities. They also assist youth with income-generating and vocational projects.
Volunteers in the agriculture and environment sectors work in 14 countries in Africa to improve agricultural practices and promote environmentally friendly approaches. Volunteers and their counterparts address environmental issues by promoting environmental education in schools and by educating farmers. In Cameroon, for example, Volunteers work with individual farmers and farmer groups to identify agroforestry technologies that address their needs, protect natural resources, and promote sustainable farming systems. Volunteers help establish seed banks and introduce soil-improvement methods such as composting. They also promote live fencing, improved pasture/fodder production techniques, vegetable propagation technologies, beekeeping, watershed protection, windbreaks, erosion control, natural pesticides, woodlots, tree nurseries, and medicinal plants.
Volunteers work with individual farmers and farmer groups to identify agroforestry technologies that address their needs, protect natural resources, and promote sustainable farming systems. In Malawi, Volunteers work with communities to develop and implement resource management plans, extending natural resource management and introducing income- generating practices. While the work is hands-on and includes working with technical environmental issues, all of the work is geared toward building local capacity, preparing nurseries, planting trees, and researching appropriate species for different environments.
Across Africa, youth are a major focus of Volunteer work, not only in education, but also in community health and development, small enterprise development, environmental education, and girls' empowerment. In Namibia, Volunteers promote school improvement through learner-centered education and by strengthening the relationship between primary and combined schools and the communities they serve. In addition to their work as school resources, they provide HIV/ AIDS education and home-based care support in the community. In Senegal, Volunteers work with youth in environmental education by establishing environment clubs and committees. They promote environmentally friendly cook stoves, tree planting, micro-gardens, and they help build needed latrines. In Lesotho, Volunteers work with groups to assist youth in and out of school in life skills and sports. Volunteers strengthen community groups and businesses to improve their HIV prevention, mitigation, and outreach programs planning abilities.
Volunteers in every project sector use ICT to help improve the training, capacity, and abilities of the African people in all aspects of life. Volunteers in Zambia provide primary education through interactive radio instruction for the growing number of children who do not have access to the formal educational system. Volunteers support learning centers, educate district and provincial leaders about the centers, and help monitor the effectiveness of the centers. They also train coaches in girls' empowerment, HIV/AIDS, and life skills. In Mauritania, Volunteers transfer basic business and computer skills to small-scale entrepreneurs and cooperatives. They work with Mauritania's informal economic sector to strengthen its planning, financial management, marketing, and profitability. The project also enhances the availability of ICT. In Cape Verde, Volunteers are posted in camaras (municipalities) and respond to the needs of the community based on needs assessments. Many Volunteers provide business training, develop youth groups, train trainers in computer skills, and work directly with entrepreneurs.
In FY 2006, four posts also collaborated with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in the areas of food security, tele-food, technical training, fertilizer inputs and HIV/AIDS.
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- Africa Official US Peace Corps website on Africa
Congressional Budget Justification 2008 Peace Corps website (PDF, 47MB)
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Now that does not mean actually WORK for a living but rather, their typical Modus Operandi concerning anything that they do not like, i.e., Freedom of Speech, Gun Ownership, Secure Borders, pointing out that Obama is a traitor and the most unqualified man in any room he walks into.Antiliberal.com
For example, Ivan the Dull mewled on "Time to Bust Out the Tar and Feathers" blog post:
Gunny G: "Fellow patriots, the Rule of Law in America is dead and gone. It is looking more and more like WE THE PEOPLE are going to have to apply the Rule of Law on these fugitives from Gitmo sometime after we boot them from office on November 6th, 2012."
Ivan: "You are once again flirting with open calls to insurrection and violence, you traitorous cur.
In case you've forgotten, it is a serious criminal offense to publicly advocate violent overthrow of the United States government.
I am presently considering whether to pass this on to the FBI, Secret Service and perhaps other law-enforcement agencies.
If your door gets kicked in 04:00 one of these mornings you'll know what I decided.
Keep your hands in plain sight."
You see fellow Patriots, this is how the Leftist maggots operate. They try to intimidate. They try to scare us. Then they try to threaten us. (See the Gunny's reply to Ivan on that post). What the leftists fail to note is that Obama's radical commie buddy and former Czar Van Jones CALLED for and STILL calls for violent revolution against the US Gov't.
Cornel West, another buddy of Obama, CALLS for violent revolution against the US Gov't.
Trumka, another buddy of Obama and visitor to the White House, CALLS for violent revolution against the US Gov't.
Andy Stern, another buddy of Obama and visitor to the White House, CALLS for violent revolution against the US Gov't.
Soros, the owner and operator of the DNC has called for the destruction of the US.
Anita Dunn, former Obama Czar, has called for violent revolution and cherishes Mao.
Even President Alinsky HIMSELF has determined that the United States MUST undergo a "fundamental transformation" and that he wishes he could "bypass Congress," which in reality, he has already done and continues to do.
Where Ivan the Dull is wrong is that it is NOT wrong to want to replace a corrupt and out of control government with what is allowed under the CONSTITUTION, it is wrong to try to OVERTHROW THE CONSTITUTION.
So WHO is trying usurp the Constitution? THE LEFT! THEY are the ones DOING IT via redistribution programs, illegal wars, bypassing Congress, Operation Castaway, Operation Fast and Furious, etc. WHO is stonewalling about Operation F&F? Holder and Obama. WHO is sealing records so that the truth cannot be found? Holder and Obama. WHO has used the Office of the President to attack PRIVATE CITIZENS? Obama. WHO ignores crimes committed by "his people" towards white voters in Filthadelphia? Holder and Obama. WHO fought against the epicenter of the economic collapse (Fannie and Freddie), THE LEFT, even as they milked those cash cows.
Quite clearly it is the Left who needs to have their doors kicked in and their a's frogmarched to jail. But then traitors like Ivan, who have SO DESPERATELY tried to silence and discredit the Gunny are willfully ignorant of the massive wrongs of the Left.
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- U.S. cattle market should remain strong, volatile
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- Factors to watch next year include the current weak U.S. economy, high levels of unemployment, lack of consumer confidence, political gridlock and chaos at all levels of government, and other issues.
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The U.S. cattle market should remain relatively strong for 2013 and average 4 to 8 percent higher than in 2012, according to Walt Prevatt, Auburn University Extension economist.
"As should be expected, the 2013 cattle market has the potential for some big price swings," says Prevatt in his annual U.S. beef cattle situation and price outlook.
Abrupt changes in one of several factors could add a lot of volatility to cattle market prices, he says. "Cattle farmers will need to search for ways to lower their unit cost of production and ways to enhance market prices in order to achieve profitability during 2013," he says.
Factors to watch next year, says Prevatt, include the current weak U.S. economy, high levels of unemployment, lack of consumer confidence, political gridlock and chaos at all levels of government, and other issues.
"There is little wonder why future economic uncertainty is fresh in the minds of many U.S. citizens," he says. "The decisions made on these issues are believed to have an overwhelming effect on business and consumer spending and our future prosperity. Unfortunately, there is not convincing evidence about what the future holds.
"Consumers, at least for right now, are spending less and saving more. Only time will tell if this may be the start of a longer term shift in consumer behavior."
U.S. beef demand has felt some challenges the last three years due to high unemployment and tightening consumer grocery budgets, says Prevatt.
"Domestic beef demand is expected to be further tested during 2013 as consumers continue to experience rising prices for most goods and services.
"If consumer disposable income does not rise proportionally, shopping habits and choices will shift as prices rise, forcing consumers to substitute and/or reduce the bundle of goods and services they consume. The weak U.S. economy during 2012 has limited domestic beef demand growth," he says.
Per capita consumption of beef is expected to decline during 2012 and 2013, he adds.
"Beef production during 2012 is expected to be 25.8 billion pounds, down 0.4 billion pounds or —1.6 percent from a year ago. Beef imports for 2012 are estimated to be 2.4 billion pounds or up about 349 million pounds (17 percent) from 2011."


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Tucumcari/Quay Regional Emergency Communication Board at 10 a.m., City Hall
Cemetery Advisory Board at 10 a.m., City Hall
City offices closed for Good Friday
Quay County Commission at 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse
Planning and Zoning Advisory Board at 5:15 p.m., City Hall
April 28
Housing Authority Board at 5 p.m., City Hall
City Commission at 6 p.m., City Hall.
April 29
City Finance Board at 10 a.m., City Hall
Service clubs
Altrusa Club of Tucumcari: First and third Wednesday of each month, noon, Pow Wow Restaurant, 801 W. Route 66. Call 461-1377.
American Legion Auxiliary: Bingo, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Bingo Hall, 100 S. Eight St., Logan. Call 487-3910.
Tucumcari Kiwanis Club: Noon each Wednesday, Pow Wow Restaurant, 801 W. Route 66. Call 461-3715.
Tucumcari Rotary Club: Noon each Thursday at Pow Wow Restaurant, 801 W. Route 66. Call 505-980-7925 or 575-403-7735.
VFW Post No. 2528: Bingo, 7 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, 105 E. Main St., Tucumcari. Call 461-3061.
Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous unity group: 7 p.m., Mondays, 1424 S. Sixth St.
Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous: 6 p.m., Mondays, Divine Connection Church, 312 E. Tucumcari Blvd. Faith based.
Story time will resume at the Tucumcari Public Library. It is held every Wednesday from Jan. 12 to April 20 and is open to all children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years old. If parents have already signed up their child for the fall session, they do not need to register again. Visit the library or call 461-0295.


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Manny Roth, NYC cafe impresario, diesBy DOUGLAS MARTIN
The New York Times | August 03,2014AP PHOTO
This undated photo provided by Jodi Roth shows Manny Roth.Just got here from the West, the gangly 19-year-old told Manny Roth, owner of the New York nightclub Cafe Wha? Names Bob Dylan. Id like to do a few songs? Can I?
Sure, Roth said; on hootenanny nights, as he called them, anybody could sing a song or two, and this was a hootenanny night, a bitterly cold one, Jan. 24, 1961. And so Dylan took out his guitar and sang a handful of Woody Guthrie songs.
The crowd flipped in excitement, Dylan later said.
He had hitchhiked to New York from Minnesota, and after showing up at the Cafe Wha?, he mentioned to Roth that he had no place to sleep. So Roth later asked the audience if anybody has a couch he can crash on and somebody did.
It was all standard fare, recounted again and again in many places, for Cafe Wha?, a large, plain basement room presided over by Roth during a lively and fertile period in Greenwich Villages history. He died July 25 at his home in Ojai, Calif., his daughter, Jodi Roth, said. He was 94. She said he loved being called the Duke of Macdougal Street.
It was at the Cafe Wha? that young performers like Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor got early chances to hone their talents. Folk singers, artists, poets, beatniks and anarchists came to the club, and so did far greater numbers of tourists, eager to observe those exotic breeds. (The clubs odd name was a shortening of the word what, intended to convey incredulity.)
An advertisement for Cafe Wha? featured a picture of a beatnik in beret and sunglasses and the slogan, Greenwich Villages Swingingest Coffee House. Mary Travers, before she was the Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary, was a waitress there.
Roth abandoned the club in the late 1960s, but it was started up again, after an interregnum as a Middle Eastern restaurant in the 1970s and 80s, under the same name by a new owner, and it continues to operate.
Manuel Lee Roth was born Nov. 25, 1919, in New Castle, Indiana, where his family owned a mom-and-pop grocery. He grew up loving sports and acting. At the University of Miami, he majored in theater and business before dropping out to enlist in the Army in World War II. He became a navigator on bombing missions over Germany and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, among other medals.
After the war, he helped run a United Service Organization theater in Germany, finished his studies in Miami and studied acting in New York. In the late 1950s, he started a club called the Cock and Bull, which featured a Broadway theme. It barely scraped by, and in 1961 it became the Bitter End another landmark under different ownership.
In 1959, someone told Roth about a garage that used to be an old horse stable. You had to go down steep stairs to reach the dark, dank basement, which was bisected by a trough once used as a gutter for horse dung. Roth immediately recognized it as an excellent site for a coffee house that legendary genre of cafe where, at least in the haziness of memory, hipsters smoked, sipped espresso and discussed Sartre.
In his book Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades, Clinton Heylin quoted Dylan as saying, You got fed there, which was actually the best thing about the place. In his autobiographical book Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan recalled a cook named Norbert who let him eat free at Cafe Wha?
He wore a tomato-stained apron, Dylan wrote, had a fleshy, hard-bitten face, bulging cheeks, scars on his face like the marks of claws thought of himself as a ladys man saving his money so he could go to Verona in Italy to visit the tomb of Romeo and Juliet.
Roths downtown duchy was rich in entertainment history. On the folk singer Richie Havens recommendation, Roth hired Jimi Hendrix, who in the mid-1960s called himself Jimmy James, as the frontman for a group called the Blue Flames. The Flames played five sets a night, sometimes six nights a week, at Cafe Wha? for little more than tips.
For two months in 1967, a then-unknown Bruce Springsteen brought his band the Castiles to the club to play afternoon sets for teenagers. Richard Pryor told jokes there, and Roth became his first manager. And Louis Gossett Jr. sang folk songs there before deciding to pursue acting full-time.
Roth was quoted as saying, on the website of the rock band Van Halen, of which his nephew David Lee Roth, the superstar rocker, is a member: I was in the center of the scene there all you had to do was carry an empty guitar case and girls would follow you.
I did my share of drugs, I had my long hair, he continued, adding, Every day was an adventure.
Besides his daughter, he is survived by his son, Brandon, as well as his wife, the former Marlyse Medel; his sister, Jami Roth; and his brother, David.
Roth later sold real estate in New York City and invested in the West End Gate Cafe, a 1990 resurrection of the West End Cafe, a favorite of Jack Kerouac and other beats. He moved to California about 10 years ago.
In 2012, David Lee Roth came back to play Cafe Wha?, which he had loved to visit as a 7-year-old, with Van Halen. It looked pretty much the same as he remembered it.
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#53077 - 01/17/02 11:06 PM Not in the least bit word related
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 618
Loc: Australia
Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems, known as submitted by QANTAS pilots and the solution recorded by maintenance engineers. By the way QANTAS is the only major airline that has never had an accident.
P = The problem logged by the pilot.
S = The solution and action taken by the engineers.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except autoland very rough.
S: Autoland not installed on this aircraft.
P: No. 2 propeller seeping prop fluid.
S: No. 2 propeller seepage normal. Nos. 1, 3 and 4 propellers lack normal seepage.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-fpm descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for!
P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windscreen.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with words.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
#53078 - 01/18/02 07:32 AM Re: Not in the least bit word related
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Yep, there's something about Aussies, all right! "Autoland not installed on this aircraft." Ohmigawd! (By the way, doc, I was mildly disappointed that you didn't rise to my second bait about 'Yes, PM'...)
#53079 - 01/18/02 08:00 AM Thanks so much for that, doc.
Registered: 04/03/01
Posts: 69
Loc: IL
I needed a good belly laugh, and as a former professional passenger on military aircraft, I was ROTFLMAO.
You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.
#53080 - 01/18/02 10:28 AM Re: Thanks so much for that, doc.
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Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
I don't think I would want to fly on plane serviced by humorists.
#53081 - 01/18/02 11:42 AM Re: Not in the least bit word related
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
Thanks for that, doc! Those engineers sure have a way with words. Even if it's apocryphal, I'd still hate to see what a major accident-leading airline's logs look like.
And actually©, IMNSHO, your subject header does you a disservice. This offering is more word-related than a lot of stuff you see posted around here.
#53082 - 01/18/02 05:48 PM Re: Not in the least bit word related
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Registered: 11/13/00
Posts: 3146
Loc: Northamptonshire, England
Hate to tell you this Doc (if you hadn't already suspected) but the list is well-crafted urban myth. I've seen it attributed to virtually every major airline in the world at various times! It was even published in (I think) Aeroplane a few years back (as humour)._________________________
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
#53083 - 01/19/02 07:27 AM Re: Not in the least bit word related
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 618
Loc: Australia
No illusions shattered here, CK.
#53084 - 01/19/02 08:13 AM Re: Not in the least bit word related
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/25/00
Posts: 3439
Loc: New England, USA
Hilarious ... maybe it's been around awhile but sure glad you posted it ... would hate to have mythed it.
By the way QANTAS is the only major airline that has never had an accident.
Shhhhh. You'll jinx it!
#53085 - 01/19/02 11:13 AM Touché Down
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/13/00
Posts: 3146
Loc: Northamptonshire, England
Air New Zealand, let me tell you, has not had a major accident. No, sirree. I will admit that there was a slight technical hitch with the first attempt to land a DC-10 wheels up at cruising speed on a glacier at 10,000 feet on Mt Erebus in Antarctica. But it wasn't an accident. Nope.
Flying urban myths ... my favourite was one about South West Airlines. According to the story, at one point they had a policy which involved the pilot or the co-pilot in having to go and glad-hand the passengers at the entry as they disembarked on arrival. After one particularly ropey arrival which involved a hard touchdown and a couple of subsequent hops before the plane consented to admit it had landed, the pilot was less than enthusiastic about performing this duty. However, everyone smiled and said "thank you" as they got off. Except for one little old lady, last off the plane. As she stepped out in the jetway, she looked back and asked, "Sonny, did we land or were we shot down?"
Any others?_________________________
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#53086 - 01/19/02 01:42 PM Re: Touché Down
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
I KNOW there is something that was passed around on the internet that is a list of supposedly real comments by airline staff, and I cannot find it. But it is hilarious--one was something along the lines of a stewardess telling passengers after a rough landing that they could debark when all the pieces of the plane had been picked up off the runway. If anyone has/finds this, please post it. Meantime, I offer a substiute, though it has nothing to do with planes (actual dialog, of course)!
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Toward the end of Bush's second term and all through Obama's, America (and the world) has been in economic decline. People like to point to various statistics on growth, employment, and inflation, but ultimately, all those amount to nebulous ink blot tests, sending ever-changing (and sometimes conflicting) signals. More telling than any graph or testimony from the Fed are the economic indicators we see every day, which tell us that nothing has gotten any better for about five years.
Good thing five years is the wood anniversary, because in this economy, most presents will come from IKEA.
4 Sneaky Job Listings
Despite all the hard times, there are still some people lucky enough not to be affected by the economy and stupid enough not to keep their mouths shut. They say things like "I don't know what everyone's talking about. I see plenty of job listings online." And then the conversation is over. Point proven. Success is out there waiting for you, they believe. You just gotta grab it! But I'd suggest that these folks take a closer look at the job listings they're touting, because they're not invitations to a brighter future, but proof of nothing other than corporate America's creativity in turning a profit.
There has never been and will never be a depression so bad that businesses can't come up with a listing:
"Fortune 500 company seeks energetic individual to assist in cutting costs and reducing overhead by ... murdering half our employees."
"Says here you must be proficient in wielding blunt instruments and Microsoft Excel."
Or sometimes they'll combine two jobs in the hopes of hiring one new guy to replace two older employees, even if the jobs have nothing to do with each other:
"Seeking Industrial Chemist/Panini Chef. Must be able to synthesize complex chemical compounds and make those adorable little sandwiches we like for the company picnic."
Creating jobs and sustainable careers is the hard part. Listing jobs is easy, and any close review of what's really being offered (or not offered) tells you far more about the economy than the number of entries on Monster.com.
3 Food Keeps Shrinking
One of the biggest signs of economic hardship is the hardest to see. That's because it's shrinking. Specifically, food is shrinking: boxes of pasta, cans of tuna fish. Increasingly, you're getting less food for the same money. The cost of raw materials is up, but with high unemployment, food companies are hiding the screwing you're getting, because increased prices would just lead to riots.
Hidden screwing is not like a sexy game of hide and seek.
For example, when I was a kid, you could make at least two full sandwiches from a can of tuna and have extra left over for some crackers. Today?
Pictured above: parent feeding child a full can of tuna.
So I guess my point is that politicians can point to their pie charts in an attempt to prove that the economy is on the mend, but odds are that pie no longer feeds a family of five.


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Skip to comments.A Peculiar People: Crunchy Cons
Posted on 03/07/2006 6:08:18 AM PST by Mr. Silverback
If you encountered someone who made his own granola, bought his veggies at a food co-op, wore Birkenstock sandals, and wanted to save the environment, if youre like me, youd probably think, well, there goes a lefty, or a liberal, or maybe an aging hippie. But the author of a new book says someone like that is just as likely to be a conservative Republican. In his book, Crunchy Cons, journalist Rod Dreher writes about a group of people he calls crunchy conservatives, a group that includes, among others, hip homeschooling mamas, Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic farmers, and right-wing nature lovers.
What Dreher, a Dallas Morning News columnist, means by crunchy conservative is someone who rejects the consumerist and individualistic mainstream of American life. This rejection distinguishes their worldview from that of mainstream liberalism or conservatism, which, in Drehers estimation, are both essentially materialist ideologies.
The result of this materialism is a society dedicated to the multiplication of wants and the intensification of desire, not the improvement of character. What sets Drehers crunchy cons apart is the extent to which they have recognized the corrosive effects of a culture that is both materialistic and pornographic, and they are prepared to do something about it.
They all start at the most basic level: marriage and family. Of course, the liberal and the conservative mainstream both affirm the centrality of the family. After all, apart from some radicals, everybody is for the family, right?
Well, not like the crunchy cons are. People like Caleb Stegall, a Kansas lawyer who is profiled in the book, dont just talk a good game when it comes to familytheir lives testify to its importance. They walk away from prestigious jobs and sacrifice a second income in order to make the time to raise families correctly.
This emphasis on family and instilling character is why many crunchy cons homeschool. As a Manhattan mother of five told Dreher, homeschooling shows her kids that their well-being is whats most important. Instead of working to give them more stuff, she gave them more time instead.
This de-emphasizing of stuff is another hallmark of Drehers Crunchy Cons. Its not because they reject capitalism or seek to appear holier-than-thou. Its because they understand the importance of postponing gratification in building character. They know that people accustomed to satisfying every material want are not likely to exercise restraint in any area of their lives.
This emphasis on restraint cuts across the grain of a culture where people are taught to regard anything that stands between them and their desires as a kind of tyranny. So it comes as no surprise that most of Drehers crunchy cons are Christians.
Thats because Christians understandor should, at leasthow pervasive what writer Dan Knauss calls the porno-culture is. This pervasiveness is why protecting our kids requires diligence and commitment. Drehers crunchy conservativesmostly crunchy Christiansare reminders of what the apostle Peter meant when he called followers of Christ a peculiar people. And its why these hip homeschooling mamas and right-wing nature lovers are worthy of our respect, no matter what they wear on their feet or how much granola they eat.
Home schooled kids will be running the country in 20 years. Count on it.
There are links to further information at the source document.
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I know people like this through Church connections. The ones I know aren't hard-core conservatives--for example, welfare doesn't frost their buns nearly as badly as it does mine--but they do believe in giving generously, and don't believe in giving away other people's money. Similarly, they believe in being "good stewards" of the planet, but they don't go in for Greenpeace. They don't believe in adultery, but they also don't believe in stoning. "Conservatives in birks" is not a bad description of these folks.
Disclaimer: I own a pair of cork sandals, but they aren't birks. I don't wear them, though, because sandals seem to promote stinky feet like crazy.
There are many ways to reject mass-market, no-brain popular culture.
See you at the chamber music recital...
"...if youre like me, youd probably think, well, there goes a lefty, or a liberal, or maybe an aging hippie.."
I guess I'm not like him.
Actually, I'd be resisting the urge to punch that hippy filth in the face as hard as I could. That kind of dicispline requires alot of concentration, and would be all I was thinking about.
Own any Earth Shoes ?
What makes you think these people have HBO?
I'm seeing the rise of the Limbaugh Babies now! And loving every minute of it. My out-of-college kids are probably a little more conservative than my hubby and I.....and that's going some!
Ahh, you ought to try Birkenstocks! They are really, REALLY comfortable! I'm not in that guy's book, but my family could be. Been home schooling for 16 years, we make do or do without. My kids are old enough to appreciate their upbringing and have thanked us for it.
Birkenstock ping.
My wife and I fit the description of "crunchy cons," and I guarantee you that we are *at least* as conservative as you or anyone on the list. As with any ideology, there are degrees of difference -- I'm sure you're right about the people you know, I just didn't want you to think that we are all conservative-light.
I second that...conservation is conservative.
gun-loving organic farmers, and right-wing nature lovers.
You rang? LOL!
Please add me to your ping list, Mr. Silverback. :)
Some schools of conservatism (such as the European kind) have always had a deep distrust of "alienation from nature." Unfortunately, they also tend to interpet such alienation as Jewish (some idiots even claim that Jews have never practiced agriculture).
It always burns my biscuits when conservatives imply that nature is "the enemy" and that only man was created by G-d. Who created nature . . . the Devil?
I resemble that remark! ;o)
I believe you. I was only referring to those acquaintances of mine; they're conservative enough to disapprove of welfare queens, but they're rather bemused at how spitting angry I can get about such things.
I just didn't want you to think that we are all conservative-light.
Fair enough. I think the religious angle plays an important role. It seems to make them reluctant to take the revolutionary viewpoint, even though it's also what makes them disapprove of the status quo.
Nothing wrong with any of that, is there?
Then you're prolly may favorite kind of people. Even if I'm not much of a sandal-wearer myself, they do seem to be the funnest people to hang around with--except that the liberal ones can be so tiresome.
I have even joined the ranks of those in the Northeast who wear socks with their Birkie clogs. Hey, I'm a Southern gal by birth and my feets get COLD up here!
"You seem to have missed Mr. Colson's point. He notes that Crunchy Cons do NOT reject modern society as the liberal crunchy sort sometimes seems to want to do. They understand that God placed us on the earth to be stewards of His Creation. Crunchy Cons don't WORSHIP nature, but they do respect it. The article mentions that Crunchy Cons might DELAY purchasing things sometimes, or doing things they might otherwise want to do in favor of spending more time with their kids, e.g. homeschooling instead of Mom taking a job so the family can do more vacationing and buy more stuff...Nothing wrong with any of that, is there?"
Well said. *Applause* I'm glad to see that there are others like me out there. I'm as conservative as they come, but I also fit this "crunchy" stereotype to a "T".
Be sure to check the link to the article; there was some terrific reading referenced at the bottom. :)
I think you're missing something here; For 'crunchy cons'(I don't like the name), loving nature is personal. For liberal tree-huggers, it's a political ideology and weapon. We discourage materialism in our own houses, but a liberal will tax you for your 'luxury' items.
The older I get the more I appreciate comfortable shoes...even if they do cost a bit more than my WalMart sandals. I don't homeschool, but have considered doing so and it is still an alternative. We support our local animal shelters, yet not PETA. I choose to not feed my family veal, yet don't tackle others in the grocery store who do. I support truthful drug education for your youth, yet do not support the current War on Drugs. I still feel that many of societies ills come from the demise of traditional family values.
Some conservatives have called me a flake. Frosted, corn or crunchy I don't know.
Whoops, you lost me there, sorry. If it's cold enough for socks, I say hang up the clogs. If you're in connecticut, the approved winter-wear for girls is jodhpurs.
I like 'conservationist' better. The dictionary definition of it is "one who practices conservation of natural resources", as opposed to Environmentalist, which is "Advocacy for or work toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution."
Conservationists try to change their own behavior, Environmentalists try to change everyone else's.
Anyone who is honest and thinks for himself will be a maverick of some kind.
This is one of the things that make Leftists so insufferably boring: They cannot think for themselves. They are slaves to appearances, fashion, and groupthink. And they cannot be honest. If they were truthful and capable of original thinking they wouldn't be Leftists in the first place.
I do not like labels and categories--including "crunchy conservative." In fact, I do not consider myself to be "conservative". I am myself; that's it.
I love my Birkenstock sandals. I like granola but do not make my own. My wife and I are both strict vegetarians. Neither of us is a Leftist. We are both liberal. (Note tagline.)
I have an arsenal of guns, and I know how to use them. However, I hate hunting. We do not allow it on our property. My lawn is a mess because of the wild animals, but I'd rather have them--and watch them enjoying life--than have a pretty lawn.
My wife and I live in The Middle of Nowhere. And do we love it! Yesssssssssss! No neighbors. Pristine beauty everywhere. No noise. Yet windows on the world everywhere, including the internet and access to travel.
Yes. The pornographic culture that surrounds us is corrosive, but we and our children have successfully protected ourselves from it. The world around us is also filled with wonderful, wholesome, loveable people, full of beauty and intelligence and ideas and education, and our lives are filled with these people.
As for marriage and family: I have been married to the same beautiful, brilliant, wholesome, wonderful woman (advanced degrees, Phi Beta Kappa, et al.!) for 45 years! I'm the only man who has ever made love to her.
Each of my children has been through college three times. One's a successful engineer, in Mensa. One's a physician. All are Republicans!
I walked away from a prestigious job--and 6 million dollars worth of contracts--back in the early '90s when $6,000,000 was serious money. I have never regretted it.
I sent my children to private schools because the public schools were a mess. I didn't like it. I prefer public schools. My wife and I went to them. It was an excellent education in life--being thrown at random with all the people in the community around you. I helps build character. It also shows you what the world is like. I should have sent my children to public schools. I wish I had, but they turned out very well just the same.
I came from a poor family, worked my way through college, earned every penny I have. My wife was from a wealthy family, but we lived on what I could earn, slept on a box springs supported by concrete blocks, at on a card table, cooked on a hotplate. I payed for four years of college for my wife (her parents were dysfunctional).
I also paid for all my children's education, and I set up a college scholarship program for the indigent and sent I-don't-know-how-many people to college.
Because my mother had to drop out of college after her freshman year (her debonaire and well educated father was a horrible alcoholic), I got her though college too. She paid for it, but I enrolled with her, studied with her every night, and, dispite her lack of self-confidence, got her through the most difficult of courses, and she graduated!
Because I earned plenty of money, I gave my children everything and anything they wanted--expensive trips, gadgets, clothes, cars--you name it! It had a wonderful effect on them. You cannot overindulge a child too much IF you also instill good values, a strong sense of self-worth, and--above all--love them.
My children are the opposite of materialistic! They are not in the least interested in having "stuff". They are fascinated by things of the mind, love, wholesome relationships--all the things that my wife and I value.
However I am definitely a capitalist!
And I am definitely a Christian!
As far as the environment goes-- We have all been committed to protecting the environment for a long, long time. We all recycle regularly. Protect animals and the forests. Never pollute.
For a long time, my wife and I were enthusiastic about the "environmentalist movement". However, when I realized just what this is all about I recoiled in disgust.
I have never seen a more odious gang of sadistic bullies in one group as I have seen in the "environmentalist movement".
NEVER give one penny to an "environmentalist charity"!
This is the best rule of thumb: If the "environmentalists" are for it, oppose it; if they are against it, support it.
Crunchy cons ping!
Crunchy ping!
Will there be a civil war between Crunchy Cons and South Park Republicans?
Crunchy cons ping!
You should send the story idea to SP!
Yep that's me! :-)
You have a problem with people not wanting to kill themselves striving to keep up with the Joneses? Most of the folks this article is about are simply tired of the rat race and chose to live a much simpler lifestyle. They are deeply convicted about raising their children with their values and making sure that they will be self sufficient leaders for their generation.
They don't want to infringe on anyone else's rights to live as they desire but they do want to be the best steward of all that has been entrusted to them, that is their family, health and finances.
Besides a lot of those crunchy cons have eschewed the tv altogether and make their children read or if old enough work doing chores, a job, or some other creative enterprise in their free time. Slouching in front of the tv is usually not an option.
This may interest you.
Thanks for the ping, Pyro! And SB, what a great manifesto! In fact, all the comments on this thread are terrific (makes me proud to be a FReeper bump).
Well said! While I don't like the name either, at least conservatives are debating ideas and ideology instead of following like sheep in that other party.
I had a cute line from a cartoon that I paraphrased to use as a tag, but it was too long. . .
"At first I became a vegetarian for health reasons, then I remained one for ethical reasons; now I am one just to tick people off" (LOL!)
I do believe Christians should generally have a stronger propensity toward a more modest lifestyle. Conservatism, conservation, and Christianity naturally align toward the "crunchy con" mentality.
Thanks for the ping!
FYI, some of us aging hippie types are actually undercover. Which is kind of cool when a real relic starts talking to you because he thinks you're "one of them" and you get an open platform to rant. ;^)
Ha, well I've never met one but I bet that would be fun to see.
For example, a majority of home-schoolers are conservative. But most have given up income and "stuff" to pursue something they believe is more important.
There is also a species of conservative I find puzzling and I'm sure others do as well. These are the conservatives who not only want to use natural resources for legitimate reasons, but only seem happy if resources are extracted with as much waste and destruction as possible. I'm talking about those who not only want to cut down the forest because human beings need wood, but want to cut down forests because they seem to get a kick out of it. A lot of these conservatives also seem offended by those who don't use every waking moment making money in order to buy "the latest version of the latest version". They seem to think of that as letting down the capitalism team.
I'm not sure how being smart and careful in using resources was ever disassociated with conservatism. It used to be a core value of conservatism.
I'm going for the most conservative on this thread. (Qualifications provided upon request)
And I recently joined "Smart Growth", I walk to work, walk to church, and even tolerate a few homosexuals that I know.
Almost forgot: I have planted over 17,000 trees, and about 24 acres of native prairie.
I would have a go; uh, what the definition of "conservative?"
I confess to being clueless these days.
Long-time member of and chapter leader in The John Birch Society. Now that will kill this thread, it is so conservative. Happens every time.
I believe being a *Conservative* has to do with a belief and lifestyle honoring GOD, Country and values that would be a one man one woman marraige, prayer in schools, stop abortion on demand, saluting the flag, that being said everyone has a different view on foods, drugs, discipline and health methods which is neither liberal or conservative.
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JazzSet in October
October 3, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Alternate Routes, Ben Williams, danilo perez, Green Mill, Jazz Alive, JazzSet, Kennedy Center Jazz, kenny werner, Masters, njpac, Poncho Sanchez, Randy Weston, roy hargrove, Toots Thielemans, village vanguard, Von Freeman, Yotam Silberstein
JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater is celebrating ten years with Dee Dee as host, and nearing our 20th anniversary on the air with live music every week. You have two chances to catch this week's show on WBGO Jazz 88 - Sundays at 6pm, Wednesdays at 6:30. Miss a show? Listen on demand. We're in Surround Sound. Here's our early fall line-up:
THIS WED, OCT 5, HEAR 2012 NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, born October 3, 1923
We knew Freeman was born and stayed in Chicago, but until earlier this year, everyone including the man himself thought his birth year was 1922. Howard Reich of The Chicago Tribune suspected it was 1923, and writes here about how he corrected Von Freeman history. On this JazzSet from New Year's Eve, 2010, at the Green Mill, he dukes it out in a mock battle with fellow tenor Ed Petersen .
SUN, OCT 9, AND WED, OCT 12, DISCOVER Ben Williams & Sound Effect and the Yotam Silberstein Quartet .. two new talents from the KC Jazz Club
Williams from the DC area won the Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition; now he leads a fresh-sounding quintet with Marcus Strickland on sax and Christian Sands on piano, to name just two. Guitarist Yotam from Tel Aviv made a great first impression on Kennedy Center audiences in the sold-out Ella! concert (as broadcast on JazzSet), and in Yotam's quartet you'll hear his boyhood friend from Israel, Roy Assaf on piano.
SUN, OCT 16, AND WED, OCT 19, NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston & African Rhythms
For pianist Weston, jazz is not a genre. It's home, celebrated in music from the opening "African Rhythms" to his long-time theme, "Love, the Mystery Of."SUN, OCT 23, AND WED, OCT 26, Danilo Perez AND Poncho Sanchez, Back to Back
Danilo from Panama plays emotional, colorful, storytelling music from his album Providencia. Poncho from southern California and his long-running Latin jazz band (two dozen albums, one a year) party with the Newark audience, including some of his own family.
SUN, OCT 30, AND WED, NOV 2, NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner at the Kennedy Center - broadcast premiere of a concert from March, 2010
Toots holds the harmonica to his lips, the mic to his harmonica, and the music seems to come straight from his heart, with Guggenheim Fellow Kenny Werner on piano. The music comes from Belgium, the US and Brazil.
SUN, NOV 4, AND WED, NOV 7, The Second Set: Trumpeter Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Village Vanguard
The first set aired Live from the Village Vanguard on WBGO and NPR Music. Here's the second set - all music, not a word from the stage. At the end, the audience claps for three minutes straight for Justin Robinson, alto; Sullivan Fortner, piano; Ameen Saleem, bass; Montez Coleman, drums; and Roy Hargrove. The sweetest tone in town.
The Checkout: Live
July 6, 2011. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: 92Y, 92Y Tribeca, bassist, Ben Williams, jazz, Jazz Alive, josh jackson, npr, npr music, Pedro Giraudo, The Checkout, wbgo
Last month, The Checkout: Live at 92Y Tribeca made its debut. The first performance in this new series featured Dan Tepfer and Noah Preminger. You can hear excerpts from that performance during The Checkout on July 19, 6:30pm on WBGO Jazz88.3FM and online at wbgo.org.The next installment takes place Tuesday, July 19 at 8pm with Ben Williams Sound Effect and Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra
"By definition the bass player is a pivotal figure in jazz, a steward of tonality as well as tempo. Determining a good one can require close listening: that quality reveals itself in the cohesion of the band as well as in the handling of line and phrase. All of this was accounted for in Mr. Williams's set, which also involved a pair of harmonically sound original compositions and a balance of tradition and novelty." -Nate Chinen, New York Times
Washington, DC-born, New York-based bassist Ben Williams' is celebrating the release of his debut album State of Art out on Concord Jazz. The album is a result of Williams' first prize in the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Competition for double-bass. Recently, Williams has been touring with vibraphonist Stefon Harris & Blackout, a R&B and hip-hop-tinged group, which calls on Williams' unique connection with go-go, from his native Washington, DC to inform its sound and pianist Jacky Terrasson's Trio. State of Art marks Williams' first album as a leader and features tenor/soprano saxophonist Marcus Strickland, guitarist Matthew Stevens, keyboardist Gerald Clayton, drummer Jamire Williams (who also appeared with the bassist on Terrasson's Push) and percussionist Etienne Charles, joined on three tracks by alto/soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw.
"An opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisations, deliberate contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies." — John Murph, DownBeat Magazine
Since his arrival in New York in 1996, Pedro Giraudo has performed and recorded in a wide variety of musical projects and prominent ensembles, ranging from tango to jazz, in addition to his own Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra. He has collaborated with 9-time Grammy® award winner Paquito D'Rivera, Grammy® award winner Pablo Ziegler, Latin American icon Ruben Blades, as well as with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Regina Carter, among many others and has performed in venues such as The Blue Note (Japan & USA), Birdland (Austria & USA), Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Iridium, Jazz Standard, Jazz Gallery, Blue Note, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (NYC). His latest CD, his fifth, is titled Córdoba — the name of his home city and province in Argentina— released in June 2011 on the ZOHO Music label.
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My son has been vomiting for 3 days i call dr and dr says to feed him rice. We havn't started him on anything but my breastmilk. Confused on how to approach this
My son has been vomiting for 3 days i call dr and dr says to feed him rice. We havn't started him on anything but my breastmilk. Confused on how to approach this
Is he sick? have you seen the doctor? Is he keeping anything down?
not too sure. He had his shots on the 22nd and since that night he has been fussy, running, fever and throwing up everythingh. Won't drink pedialite either because he doesn't like bottles. I took him to dr today again dr said yes his soft spot is sunken in but he has only lost 2 oz of weight in 3 days. He said he wants me to give him rice and that should help. but now he just has thicker throw up.
sorry about the type'os typing one handed with upset baby
Did the doctor say what he thought was causing it or if it was the shot? I gave the pedialite in a large medicine dropper a little at a time. I can't remember exactly, but they gave me instructions for gradually increasing the amount (if it was tolerated) over a period of time. After a while of no incidents we started to try to nurse again.
How is his diaper output?
I have always heard that you should nurse rather than give Pedialyte, because breastmilk counts as a clear liquid and because it has a lot more nutritional value than Pedialyte, and because nursing usually comforts a sick baby. I have NEVER heard that a vomiting baby should be given rice.
Nopers the doctor didn't say what could be causing it. He did however say if it was the shots then this would have happened when he was 2 months old because the four month shots are the exact same as the 2 month shots. Baby is even pushing off my breast. His doctor said it sounds like my baby has a drum in his belly. He said if he isn't better tomorrow then to call again. He just doesn't seem concerned because of the little amount of weight he's lost. I may try the Pedialyte with a medicine dropper and see if he will take it that way. not too sure. He did try to eat the rice i made for him with a spoon but most of it was pushed out of his mouth with his tounge. He is having about 4-7 wet diapers but no dirty diapers in three days.
I think the pedialyte worked because we were able to control the amount that she was getting until her stomach settled enough for larger amounts. I'm sure it would work the same way with breastmilk. I haven't heard that either. I wouldn't even bother with the rice, especially if it's not helping. Great time to start solids, as well.. Hopefully he is better by tomorrow.
Thank you gals!