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PF - Al Horford
C - Serge Ibaka
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Adam Carolla may be the new king of all media, but he's still pushing laughs, legalization and 'Mangria'
By David Jenison 02/13/2013
Adam Carolla knows how to take on a challenge. He made a name for himself dishing out relationship advice as co-host of the syndicated "Loveline" radio program from 1995 to 2005. His forays into television have included a home improvement show on TLC, a car show on Speed TV and puppets making prank calls on Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers." He hosted "The Man Show" alongside Jimmy Kimmel and took over Howard Stern's timeslot when the shock jock jumped to SiriusXM. Carolla competed on "Dancing with the Stars" and "Celebrity Apprentice," and last April he actually won the Pro/Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix. He's written several books, including 2012's New York Times bestseller "Not Taco Bell Material," named after the fast-food joint that once shot down his job application. Still, the multi-tasking star truly challenged himself last year when he turned down a seven-figure radio deal in favor of continuing his own Internet podcasts.
This decision was a risk, but "The Adam Carolla Podcast" has proven to be quite a show. The right-leaning, pro-cannabis-rights Carolla — cited by the Marijuana Policy Project as a member of its VIP Advisory Board (composed of "high-profile people who are interested in being involved in and helping the cause in whatever ways they prefer," according to the MPP) — started the podcast just days after his radio gig ended in 2009, and the inaugural show scored a quarter-million downloads in the first 24 hours alone. Two years later, the podcast reached more than 59.5 million unique downloads, which pushed it past "The Ricky Gervais Show" as the most downloaded podcast in history. It is now officially etched into the Guinness World Records, and all because Carolla decided to look forward with an emerging platform rather than look back with traditional media.
Some might call him the white middle-aged P. Diddy, but while he's not dropping a rap album, Carolla is tackling yet another challenge. He is currently taking his podcast and stand-up comedy — plus his "Loveline" tour with Dr. Drew — on the road.
Despite racking up the overtime, Carolla peeled away enough time to talk about podcasting, hanging out with Snoop Dogg, cannabis and why he thinks people should be able to use it however they want.
Carolla will be appearing Tuesday at the Ice House, 24 N. Mentor Ave., in Pasadena.
You have taken "The Adam Carolla Podcast" on the road with live events. How are the live events different than the in-studio podcasts?
It is like doing a live stand-up comedy show in a weird way. We are up on stage with microphones. It would be like a four-piece band doing an acoustic show on stage or something of that nature. It is really part live radio and part stand-up comedy show. When we have someone like Graham Parker on the show, we have a little live music as well.
A few days after "The Adam Carolla Show" ended on radio, you launched "The Adam Carolla Podcast" and eventually set a world record for downloads. Did you suspect that podcasting had this much potential, and how is it going now?
It is sort of steady as she goes. We just try to keep moving forward by putting out product and being innovative and finding different ways to monetize our product. The challenge is how do we put out this daily podcast and keep it free for the listeners, and then how do I pay the mortgage at the warehouse and pay for the equipment, the studio, all the employees and all the other various expenses we have around here? The answer to that is people clicking through Amazon and buying my new Mangria — which I am very proud of. I always say, 'It is like a thousand hoses on trickle going into one bathtub.' It is not about making a ton of money, doing live shows or doing stand-up or from advertising. It is a little bit here, a little bit there. Sell a book, sell a live show ticket, sell some Mangria, and at the end of the month, it starts to add up.
Tell me about Mangria. It's a mix of red wine and vodka, correct?
Yeah. It's actually grape-based vodka because there are legal issues, but yeah, that is what it is. You have to buy it online if you want to try it, but hopefully it will be in stores soon.
Did Ricky Gervais say anything about the world record you took from him?
No, I have never spoken to Ricky Gervais. I have no idea. To be honest, I really have no idea if he even knows about our podcast. The way I am wired, I would be surprised if he's even heard of this podcast. I don't know why, but that's what I think. I guess that's the way I like to think, so that way I never get disappointed.
You are doing podcasts, live events, stand-up comedy and writing books. With so much going on, how do you divide your time?
Right now I am at my studio getting ready to do my 'Ace on the House' and 'CarCast' shows, and tonight, after doing my regular podcast, I am calling the 'Nick & Artie Show' and doing that on the ride home. I look at it this way — your show schedule is a lot of bricks, and your mortar is all the in-between stuff. It's a hectic schedule, but no individual thing I do really lasts more than 90 minutes. Honestly, the cell phone has helped a lot.
When you did 'The Man Show,' you and Jimmy [Kimmel] visited Snoop Dogg's house and sampled some cannabis.
Yeah, that was fun.
Tell us, how potent was Snoop's cannabis?
Good enough! It certainly worked on me.
The Marijuana Policy Project lists you on its advisory board, which is 'composed of celebrities and public figures who support ending marijuana prohibition.' It includes Bill Maher, Jack Black, Adrianne Curry and Melissa Etheridge. Tell us about that.
They just put [me] on there. I support legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana.
What are your thoughts on the medical cannabis movement? In the past you've criticized the war on drugs and said people should be allowed to use cannabis any way they want as long as they don't hurt anyone.
My whole thing is to call it what it is. Someone says, "I want to smoke pot." Fine, here is your pot. You don't need a note from your doctor. If you want to smoke pot, smoke pot…it's none of anyone's business. If you want it, you want it. You can argue that a cigarette is good for you if it relaxes you, or booze is good for you if it helps you sleep. People argue that pot is good for you…It's your business. I'll stay out of your shit.
You had joined 'Loveline' when Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge threatened you and got crazy enough that the police were called.
I knew there was going to be trouble at around 11:30 p.m., about 90 minutes into the show, but I was fairly calm about the whole thing. There are situations that people see as high-adrenaline or that should be seared into your memory, but I kind of float above it all. I don't mean that in a narcissistic way, but I have been in threatening situations that seem scary but haven't made much difference to me. I don't know why I'm wired in such a weird way. I don't process trauma the way other people process trauma. I'm just wired not to react too much, but it's not all good. It's not good for anniversaries and stuff like that.
Speaking of traumatic situations, you once had to talk down a guy with a loaded gun. Do you think your wiring helped you make it through this?
Probably. It was a shotgun, and the guy was in his underpants. He wouldn't let us into his apartment to do work on it. He was threatening people, so [my co-workers] called me up to deal with him. I just went into his small bachelor apartment and sat with him on the end of his Murphy bed. Once he calmed down, I remember he said, 'I don't know how to get the hammer back on this shotgun without it going off. I can't make any guarantees.' I remember sitting on the bed with my hands over my ears so I wouldn't have to hear the shotgun when it went off into the floor or wherever. That was a lifetime ago. I miss those days.
Speaking of bad jobs, you were a traffic school instructor. Were you a hard ass or totally lax?
I didn't follow any of the rules, and I didn't follow any of the regulations. I just was funny. If you showed up late, you showed up late, and if lunch took an hour and a half, lunch took an hour and a half. That is how I did it. I never clocked anyone in, and I never timed anybody. Sometimes people showed up two hours late, and I didn't give a shit. I would just tell them to sit down. What do I care? Unless you are flying an airplane, everyone in charge just needs to back off. So the fuck what if someone shows up an hour late. Who gives a shit? It didn't make any difference in my life, I figured out pretty quick. As far as I'm concerned, they are all victims of this horrible, chicken shit, ticket clown circus we've worked out here with the whatever-PD. My feeling was that no one wants to be here, including me, but at least I'm getting paid 91 bucks. Let's just get out of here as fast as we can with the least amount of pain as possible. n
Adam Carolla goes on stage at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Ice House, 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. Tickets are $30, and a two drink minimum is required. Call (626) 577-1894 or visit icehousecomedy.com or adamcarolla.com
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Susan Beecher, a well-respected guardian of Pike County's natural resources will retire from her post as executive director of the Pike County Conservation District (PCCD) on December 31, concluding 23 years of service. The news was announced at the monthly meeting of the PCCD Board of Directors on August 20.
In a discussion that was typical of many others in which Beecher has worked to protect the County's high quality water, forests and land, concerns were expressed about possible impacts to a "premiere Pike County trout stream," where the proposed Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) Northeast Upgrade Project (NEUP) would cross Cummins Creek in an area described as a beautiful forested gorge with very steep slopes.
"One of the streams that we're very very concerned about with the TGP NEUP project is Cummins Creek," said Beecher, who estimated that the banks at the proposed site are at approximately 80% slopes. "That's one of the places that they're proposing additional temporary work space, so the right of way will be even wider," she noted.
For perspective, Beecher cited an example from TGP's 300 Line Project. "The tree clearing that took place at the Lackawaxen River was about 300' at a 45% slope. Imagine slopes twice that steep with the same level of tree removal," she said.
PCCD staff and volunteers have been actively involved in water quality monitoring initiatives and have added additional sites this year. "Cummins Creek had some of the highest numbers of trout that we found in the county," she said of the creek which bears a High Quality designation from the PA Department of Environmental Protection. "We're very concerned about the impact of this pipeline on that and some of the other streams."
PCCD is also completing its second technical review of the proposed pipeline project. While Beecher noted that staff is still processing the extensive comments, she expressed her disappointment that some of PCCD's requests about minimizing impacts to the riparian buffers and mitigating some of those impacts by planting trees in the stream corridors did not bring about a greater response.
Pike County Commissioner Richard Caridi noted that in New Jersey, TGP has agreed to do more extensive replanting. "If it's good enough for New Jersey, why isn't it good enough for PA?" he asked.
Beecher said she had looked at the reforestation plan for New Jersey. "It's the same project, the same loop, just a different state," she said. "There's a reforestation plan that has TGP not only documenting what trees are there pre-construction that will be impacted by the pipeline, but they also have a suite of native trees and shrubs that will be planted after the project.
"My concern is in those areas in the riparian corridors where they're taking additional temporary workspace. Sometimes those areas are pretty extensive and I think they should be replanted. They're doing that in New Jersey; I don't know why they can't do it here, particularly in the special protection watersheds." Beecher cited differences in state requirements and project costs as two possible reasons for this.
Beecher added that she thinks Pennsylvania can use its anti-degradation requirements as a means to mitigate the forest losses in riparian corridors.
"I've been encouraging TGP to come up with a revegetation plan. They plant grass, but that's not mitigating all of the habitat and shade and aquatic resource impacts like planting trees would. I think in order to meet the anti-degradation requirements, they've got to show that they're not changing the physical, biological or chemical character of those stream corridors and removing trees in 100-foot swaths on steep slopes along wild trout streams, I think, is changing the physical, biological and chemical character of the streams."


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Chicken and Spinach Lasagna
- Prep Time: 40 min
- Cook Time: 55 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 10-12 servings
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 pound ground chicken or turkey
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/4 cups cottage cheese
- 1 (10 oz.) package frozen chopped spinach, well drained and squeezed dry
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup Crisco® Light Tasting Olive Oil
- 1/2 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 (14.5 oz.) can chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups milk, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 (8 or 9 oz.) box no-boil lasagna noodles
- 2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350ºF. Coat 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no stick cooking spray.
- SPRAY a large skillet with no-stick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat. Add chicken, onion and garlic. Sauté about 10 minutes, stirring and crumbling chicken until onion is clear. Remove from heat. Stir in cottage cheese and spinach. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well.
- HEAT oil in medium saucepan. Stir in flour. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Slowly pour in chicken broth and 1 cup milk. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Whisk until mixture is slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in nutmeg, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Add up to 1/2 cup of the remaining milk as needed to thin.
- PLACE 1/2 cup sauce in the bottom of prepared pan. Cover with a layer of lasagna noodles. Pour 1/4 of the remaining sauce over the noodles. Top with 1/4 of the mozzarella and 1/3 of the chicken mixture. Top with another layer of noodles. Pour another 1/4 of the sauce, 1/4 of the cheese and 1/3 of the chicken. Top with another layer of noodles. Pour on another 1/4 of the sauce, 1/4 of the cheese and remaining 1/3 of chicken mixture. Top with lasagna noodles, remaining sauce and cheese. Cover with foil.
- BAKE 35 minutes. Remove foil and bake 20 minutes more, or until golden brown and bubbly. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.
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Serving Size (1 slice, 1/10 of recipe), Calories 440 (Calories from Fat 210), Total Fat 23g (Saturated Fat 8g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 55mg, Sodium 540mg, Total Carbohydrate 28g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 5g), Protein 29g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 60%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 40%, Iron 10%.
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Simmons was born in Skåne, Sweden and participated as botanist on Otto Sverdrup's 2nd Fram expedition to northwest Greenland and the islands of northeast Canada 1898-1902
Herman Georg Simmons had previously, in 1895, been on an expedition to the Faroe Islands. He published several scientific works from the Fram expedition.
The 2nd Fram expedition was different from the two others, with Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, in the number of qualified scientists that participated – 5 of the 16. The expedition therefore produced an impressive amount of scientific data, in addition to surveying c. 150 000 km2 of the previously uncharted islands of what today is the Canadian province of Nunavut.
Despite the amount of botanical material that Simmons managed to gather, he found the expedition at times to be frustrating. This was because the scientists were under the command of the mates of the Fram, Baumann and Raanes, and not directly under Captain Sverdrup. The professional sailors, including Sverdrup, did not quite understand all this botanising. In addition the expedition contract bound the participants to take any work onboard that they were ordered to. The situation gave Simmons a serious depression during the last two winters. He instructed the expedition cook, Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm, in plant collecting, which Lindstrøm did with great eagerness and success.
Simmons was able to collect enough data to publish widely on return. He became internationally known as an Arctic botanist and he held many lectures, including one in 1904 on the distribution and migrations of Eskimos. In 1906 he became lecturer at the University of Lund, and then was professor at the Ultuna Agricultural Institute near Uppsala 1918-32. From 1928-32 he was head of the Institute. After his retirement he continued to publish from his house at Lidingø by Stockholm.
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In five years since graduation, Kai Ruggeri '06 has studied in Ireland and England, lived in Austria, Spain and Germany, completed a postdoctorate in Portugal and worked in Belgrade, Serbia. Not bad for someone who never studied abroad as an undergraduate majoring in psychology. "I had too many commitments, played football and changed majors late in the process so I never had the opportunity to go abroad," says Ruggeri, who's been living in Serbia.
Yet the international flavor of North Central's campus influenced his career. He credits his language skills to studying Spanish with professor Beverly Richard Cook. It was two international students from Northern Ireland, Glenn Hand and Sarah Harte, who convinced him to consider a doctoral program at The Queen's University in Belfast. With the help of professors Karl Kelley, Heather Coon and Stephen Maynard Caliendo, Ruggeri was admitted to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology focusing on international statistics education. He finished first in his class and completed his doctorate in two years thanks to fortunate data returns and nights spent in his office analyzing and writing.
Ruggeri's résumé includes a qualification in international human rights earned at Oxford University and work in Serbia as a research and policy advisor for several development and humanitarian organizations. He's been associated with the United Nations since 2009 and he's also a consultant in Chicago for a statistical economics project. He has published several papers on statistics, including one co-written with Kelley. With his work completed in the Balkans, Ruggeri is in the process of obtaining a research position in public health at the University of Cambridge.


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PHOENIX, Ariz. â With five players tied atop the Boys Division leaderboard at 5-under-par 139 heading into Sundayâs final round, the stage is set for a true battle to the end. Philip Francis of Scottsdale, Ariz., Kyle Nielsen of Lake Havasu City, Calif., Josh Hedge of Billings, Mont., Brian Locke of Los Angeles, and Jake Yount of Danville, Calif., lead the rest of the PING Phoenix Junior field by two shots. In the Girls Division, Scottsdale, Arizonaâs Amanda Blumenherst continued to set the pace with a 1-over-par 73.Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the PING Phoenix Junior features 84 players, 63 boys and 21 girls, ages 12-18 from 18 states, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates. Thirty-three juniors call the host state of Arizona home. The 54-hole stroke play event is being held at the Moon Valley Country Club for the first time.Francisâ up-and-down round included seven birdies on his way to a 3-under-par 34-35â69.âWhenever I made a birdie today, it seemed like I made a bogey right afterwards, or vice versa,â said the 15-year-old Francis. âI only had 25 putts today, and with seven birdies, itâs hard not to shoot a decent round.âAfter firing a 67 on Friday, the first-round leader Nielsen found trouble on the back-nine.âI played solid on the front-nine, but I made my first bogey of the tournament, a double, on No. 12,â said Nielsen, who had a 33-39â72 on the day. âI made some good par putts to stay in there, but I just couldnât get it going after No. 12.âHedge was five-shots back after day one, but a stellar 67 moved him from 15th place into a tie for the lead.âI had five birdies and no bogeys in my round today,â Hedge said. âI finally started making those three to six foot putts that you need to make. If you can put the ball into play off the tee, youâll get a lot of chances from that range.âLocke and Yount were tied for second place after the first round, and both fired 2-under-par 70s on Saturday. They now find themselves in a five-way tie for the lead although their low rounds to get there were vastly different. âI was 1-over through No. 7, but I hit driver, 3-wood to about 30 feet on No.8 and sank the putt for eagle,â said Locke. âI didnât think it was going to drop, but when it kind of died into the hole at the end, it really kick-started my round.ââIâve been 3-under and 4-under-par through five holes during both of my rounds,â said the 17-year-old Yount. âStarting strong really has helped to calm me down because Iâm at the number I want to be at for the day. Itâs all about holding it there from that point on.âIn the Girls Division, Rolex Junior All-American Amanda Blumenherst enters the final round with a six-shot advantage after firing a second-round 73 for a 6-under-par tournament total of 138. According to Blumenherst, her putting let her down during Saturdayâs round.âI made all of the putts that I needed to make on the front-nine, but on the back they just werenât falling,â said the eight-time AJGA champion Blumenherst. âI just didnât putt well today and it was a real detriment to my round.âFourteen-year-old Taylore Karle of Scottsdale, Ariz., sits six shots back of Blumenherst at 144 after carding a second-round 2-over-par 74. Jennie Lee of Huntington Beach, Calif., is alone in third place with a 70-75â145.The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.The final round of the PING Phoenix Junior will begin Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees. For more information about the PING Phoenix Junior, please contact tournament headquarters at (602) 942-0000, ext. 4611.
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Treating infertility can be a complex and drawn out process, so it's important to have the right clinic and specialist working with you. It's a good idea to interview several to ensure you find one who is qualified, with whom you are comfortable talking, and who is sensitive enough to help you through what can be an emotionally and physically intense experience.
Before you visit any fertility clinic, learn about common fertility treatments and procedures to find out what may lie ahead for you, and discuss with your partner how far you are both willing to go. ART (advanced reproductive technology) can cost thousands of dollars and require you to take strong drugs and hormones which can have dramatic physical and emotional side effects. If you know your limits ahead of time you can avoid being talked into a procedure you don't want and can't afford.
You and your partner should be present for the initial visit at the clinic. Use this opportunity to interview the prospective specialist and make sure you are comfortable with this person. Be aware of how receptive he or she is to your questions and concerns. If the specialist seems impatient or dismissive, you may be better off elsewhere. The attitude and openness of the support staff at the clinic is an important component as well, since you will be dealing with them over the phone and during appointments, sometimes more often than the specialist.
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Any fertility specialist you consider should be an American Board of Medical Specialties certified reproductive endocrinologist (RE). An RE has completed the standard OB/GYN training, as well as an additional two to three year fellowship in infertility treatment, two years of clinical experience, and has passed both oral and written exams.
The lab associated with the clinic should be accredited by the College of American Pathologists, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) or the state. The fertility program should also follow guidelines for IVF established by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). While membership in the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) is not necessary, it is a sign of the clinic's quality.
It's a good idea to also find out the clinic's success rate, if possible. You can find many fertility clinics' success rates in the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) publication "The Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates in the United States: National Summary and Fertility Clinic Reports". Not every fertility clinic reports to the CDC; however, even if your prospective clinic is not included, this will give you enough information to ask informed questions and understand success rates in your region. Many factors contribute to a clinic's success rate, so it is important to understand all the data.
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Six fishermen are safe after their vessel began taking on water and sank approximately two miles off the coast of Kahoolawe on Monday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received a radio call from the captain of the 43-foot charter fishing vessel Piper at 12 p.m.
The captain reported the vessel was sinking and passengers were putting on lifejackets. The six people aboard the Piper abandoned ship into a life raft.
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A crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Maui was launched.
The Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast over VHF marine radio channel 16 to notify other vessels in the area of the emergency and the need for immediate assistance.
The crew aboard the recreational vessel Misti III responded and rescued the passengers and crew. The Misti III transported the six survivors to Ma'alaea Harbor where emergency medical services met them. No serious injuries were reported.
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[Editor's note: The following letter was sent to the Town of Callicoon Town Board members. It is reprinted here at the request of the authors.]
My husband and I are shocked by the actions the [town] board took last night. By adopting a town comprehensive plan that includes such welcoming gas drilling language as you have written, the board egregiously ignored the multiple examples of compelling evidence that the town's taxpayers and residents overwhelmingly oppose fracking in our town. It also ignored the advice of Sullivan County to remove the pro-fracking language from the plan. The fact is that the town board has not offered a single bit of evidence that fracking is supported by the majority of the community.
You have recklessly opened the town to defending itself against expensive lawsuits that will come about as a result of this action. Many of us are prepared for a long legal fight. My husband and I, for example, will not idly sit by while you write a plan that invites the devaluation of our property and the essential destruction of our home.
The irony is that you will certainly want to continue to heavily tax us for a piece of property that will be dramatically diminished in value by the presence of gas drilling in our town. For this reason, the town can expect there will be those who legally resist the town's tax property assessments. Note that the board's action last night has already immediately diminished the value of our property. In a town that has just passed the comprehensive plan you passed, it will be hard to sell real estate with good homes in it.
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Originally Posted by Shodaime Swagkage
Shishui. Enough said.
i agree.i want to see his body flicker
Nagato, Hanzo, Hashirama, Onoiki...
Minato, Kushina, Itachi, Jiraiya & Yamato.
(Well, we don't know what's going on with Yamato right now, but..)
(And yes, in my opinion we saw too less Itachi and too less Jiraiya and way too less creepy-face going on!)
Originally Posted by Silent Zetsu
Orochimaru. I'm dying to see his history.
yessssssss Orochimaru. i need to know about him!
Originally Posted by Piratefish
Sakumo, yeah, though it's said that his reputation rivaled the Sannin (collectively, though) but I still would like to see him, in combat and out of it.
I'd like to see something from the lives of Tobirama and Hashirama.
I'd like to see Orochimaru's parents purely to see what sort of creatures could have spawned him.
The unknown Kages would be cool.
Yagura and the Jinchuuriki.
The Uzumaki clan.
again, Oro!
Originally Posted by Makoto
How about Konoha 11? We never got to see how they developed.
yessss i need to see more of Shino. TENTEN has been in more fillers than Shino! #UNEXCEPTABLE!
Not really one character in particular, but I'd really like to see (especially in the anime) an epic Senju/Uchiha fight from the elder days with Madara/Izuna/Hashirama/Tobirama and all the other epic ninjas.
Originally Posted by Omnipotent
Dude, tone down your crush, it's getting embarrasing. He IS pretty dreamy but you can sigh his name (and honorary title) to yourself, lovingly, when you're alone.
Write some poems too, if you really have to. (I'd actually like to see good [or bad] ones on why Tobirama is baws.)
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Some farmers are stuck putting their long-term plans on hold now that the farm bill has temporarily been extended.
As part of the so-called "fiscal cliff" deal, Congress extended several agriculture subsidies. It extended part of the 2008 farm bill for nine months. The dairy portion of the farm bill got extended for a year.
Southeastern Minnesota dairy farmer Mark Clark is grateful for one thing: The quick fix averted a milk price crisis.
"A mess. It really would have been a mess," said Clark.
The extension prevented the milk subsidy program from reverting back to a formula from the 1940s, which would have caused milk prices to rise to $7 or $8 a gallon.
"It really would have been almost catastrophic to the markets," said Clark.
That's where the gratitude ends.
The short-term extension has him frustrated, to say the least.
"They didn't fix anything. They just do what they do best, they kicked it down the road for the future, you know, somebody in the future to take care of," said Clark.
For organic dairy farmers, it's a different story. They're seeing changes now, but not the kind they were hoping for.
"The extension came about without any funding for the existing organic farming program. So we're hoping that they'll at least reinstate those programs that they've already been supporting in past years that relate to organic farming, because those relate to our farmers directly," said Organic Valley outreach specialist Greg Welsh.
Clark said it's that kind of instability that makes it tough for farmers to plan for the long term. The only thing he said he can count on is more gridlock.
"It's just time that we make some of the big changes that have been proposed this year, but didn't get passed. So we'll see in a year from now if that actually happens or if they just continue to keep putting it on for other years," said Clark.
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TALASIS, Maryann "Mary"
TALASIS, Maryann "Mary," 97, formerly of N. Zane Highway, Martins Ferry, OH, passed away Friday, May 3, 2013.
She was born in Pittston, PA on January 28, 1916, a daughter of the late Michael and Helen (Jackowski) Makuch.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church of Martins Ferry.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul A. Talasis; sister, Stella Ulczynski; two brothers, Michael and Tony Makuch.
Mary is survived by three daughters, Mary Lou (John) Wonsik, Fairfax, VA, Judy (Robert) Wood, Martins Ferry, Paula Brown, Mercer, PA; two brothers, John (Clara) Makuch and Chester (Angie) Makuch, both of Dillonvale, OH. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.
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Rosary will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday followed by a Wake Service at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home.
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 11:54 AM
cant wait to go to low end theory later!!!!!
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:13 PM
Video kept freezing while I was trying to enjoy the performance... {pause}
Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:31 PM
Goddamn, so many hipster minions all up in his records...they better remember where they pulled them jawns from.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:34 PM
I do ride for the little baby dude grooving, though...
Posted 12 December 2012 - 07:53 PM
Im enjoyin it man
Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:00 PM
I turned it on when it started and enjoyed the first four hours before I had to go to work. My three year old daughter was hanging out in my record room where we usually listen to music together and she was digging the show; I'm going to go ahead and consider it her first concert ever. When I got home from work I was able to check out the last 20 minutes and was very pleased to see The Madlib in attendance.Thanks PBW!
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 04:08 AM
There's a striking resemblance between PBW and Patrick Jane(Simon Baker) from The Mentalist, haha.
Caught the first hour, gutted to have missed the rest!
Caught the first hour, gutted to have missed the rest!
Posted 13 December 2012 - 08:05 PM
Went to Low End Theory yesterday and it was nuts! I got to see Madlib, J Rocc, Rhettmatic, Houseshoes, Dam Funk, and Egyptian Lover. It was too much...and J Rocc did a special Dilla set =O
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im favored to win by almost 60 against that team
2015 season tbd
Originally Posted by EliDaMANning
Yeah, the mods are right yet you can refuse to believe it. DarkSaint is my brother and I don't know about the others. But it's time you and the rest get over it.
Originally Posted by ryan12
im favored to win by almost 60 against that team
You should be favored to win by 600 points.
So Rude.
Originally Posted by NYG-
Eli highlight tape.
Originally Posted by Moke
DarkSaint is his brother, which most likely means that doesn't have a brother.
That's very corny.
Eli Manning is better than your quarterback.
Originally Posted by EliDaMANning
That's very corny.
Why? Because you two are the same people?
Originally Posted by gmen0820
Eli highlight tape.
"Ill bet you the last dorito that Eli outplays Brees and Rodgers this season!"
Originally Posted by Moke
Why? Because you two are the same people?
You still harping on it? Lol
Let's not bring TAGF crap in the FF league thread. Those who wanna scrap-a-doo, go to PM.
Not my trade, but thoughts?
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I am Christmas Crazy. I fully admit it. Seeing the little Santa guy in the corner of my tv screen frosting up the glass with his breath and the 25 days of Christmas come up makes me giddy. 25 days of Christmas and holiday programming!! It's great!! Plus, I can share so many of my childhood favorites with the kids- and some new ones…you'll want to check out that site if you are a fan- there are coupons, games and contests on there with some big prizes!!
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What's up with Jake?
I feel better just knowing that Jake Peavy is on the White Sox. It's his Cy Young Award pedigree and intense and combative nature that make me both like him and realize he can be a huge boost to a contending team. So it's been pretty disappointing that in his first two starts he has compiled an 8.44 ERA in 10 2/3 innings of work.
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Another tough loss last night 4 – 2 with 1 hit.
The problem with "Small Ball" is the other team has to play "SMALLER"!
Way too early to start worrying about Jake. Gotta give him 5 or 6 starts to make any judgments.


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Cozy Studio near Alexanderplatz (TARA)
Size42 m²
Floor No.3
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
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|Chodowieckistraße, 10405 Berlin, Germany
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The apartment has a round surface of 45 m2 with one room for up to 3 people, kitchen and a bathroom with shower and washing machine. We have one big double-bed (200/180) and a smaller one (180/110). Its equipment also includes a Digital-TV, free WIFI.
The kitchen comes with gas stove and fridge. In the flat you will also find towels, bed linen, dishes, etc. Both bedroom and kitchen are bright, clean and fully furnished.
The apartment is situated centrally and at the same time calmly in the district of Prenzlauer Berg. Subway and tram (S-Bahn) station Prenzlauer Allee are just 10 minute-walk away. From there you can reach numerous tourist attractions of Berlin within a very short time. Cafés, clubs, shops, parks, night clubs in 2 footstep reach.
House rules
You can rent a bike from us.
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It's a really nice apartment with everything you need near Alexanderplatz and Kulturbrauerei. I will surely come back!!
It is a perfect apartment for two persons, it is cozy, very clean and very near of Alexanderplatz, we have all we need. Michael is a nice person, we hope to return in the future! Thank you so much. All the best
Everything was fully satisfying! Information, meeting, the apartment. Clearly recommendable!
Our Berlin break could not be better, the host was very welcoming and helpful. The flat is spacious and tastefully decorated. The tram stop is on the doorstep, only few stops away from hustle and bustle of Alexander Platz. Would definitely recommend for anybody wanting to explore Berlin and feel like a true Berliner.
Very nice flat and near the cafes and shops. Very nice host. The bed was wide and everything was as we hoped it to be.
A kid- friendly environment. Plenty of cafés, parks and bakeries. The flat is perfect for a couple. It's very easy to travel and explore Berlin from a location like this.
We were very pleased with the apartment. Clean, warm (Dec.) in a quiet area in the backyard of a typical Berlin residential area with local flavor. Prenzlauer Berg offers every visitor a lot: culture, food, coffee's, many young people and many children, just a great atmosphere. Good tel vote, perfect keys and the pleasant and discreet attention from Karsten round up the very good overall impression.
Wir waren mit der Wohnung sehr zufrieden. Sauber, warm (Dez.) ruhig gelegen im Hinterhof eines typischen Berliner Wohngebietes mit Berliner Flair. Prenzlauer Berg bietet jedem Besucher viel: Kultur, Essen, Kaffee's, viele junge Leute und viele Kinder, einfach eine tolle Atmosphäre. Gute tel. Abstimmung, perfekte Schlüsselübergabe und die angenehme und zurückhaltende Aufmerksamkeit von Karsten runden den sehr guten Gesamteindruck ab.
We thoroughly enjoyed our 3 day stay in this lovely apartment situated in quiet residential area of Alexanderplatz and within easy walking distance to city centres.
I can highly recommend staying here.
Trish & Keith Knowles
Very nice apartment, original and functional. Kitchen includes everything that is needed. By the very quiet courtyard location. Central location in Prenzlauer Berg with good restaurants, shops and bakeries nearby. Excellent access to public transport, tram about 2 minutes, subway about 10 minutes away. Free parking about 5 minutes to reach by tram. Karsten was a very friendly and always helpful host. Overall, a feel-good feeling for a pleasant stay in Berlin. We will be back for sure.
Sehr schöne Wohnung, originell und zweckmäßig eingerichtet. Küche beinhaltet alles was nötig ist. Durch die Innenhoflage sehr ruhig. Zentrale Lage am Prenzlauer Berg mit guten Restaurants, Geschäften und Bäckereien in unmittelbarer Nähe. Hervorragende Anbindung an die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel, Tram ca. 2 Min., U-Bahn ca. 10 Min. Entfernung. Kostenfreie Parkplätze ca. 5 Min. mit der Tram erreichbar. Karsten war ein sehr freundlicher und stets hilfsbereiter Gastgeber. Insgesamt ein Wohlfühlgefühl für einen angenehmen Aufenthalt in Berlin. Wir werden mit Sicherheit wiederkommen.
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The report was issued in May as part of the college's process of accreditation, which occurs every decade.
SACS, with headquarters in Decatur, Ga., sets and enforces the accreditation standards for 804 educational institutions from Texas to Virginia.
CBC "obviously has some challenges," says SACS President Dr. Belle Wheelen.
Some of the deficiencies are minor, such as a lack of a signature, to answers with insufficient documentation. But some are more serious, such as SACS questioning CBC's financial stability.
CBC President Dr. Beatriz Espinoza admits that she wishes the results would have been better, but is confident that all the points of disagreement will be rectified to SACS' approval.
Two-year process
The two-year procedure begins with CBC providing SACS with the answers to a profusion of questions concerning curriculum, assessment, employee qualifications and finances.
From those answers, SACS provides a preliminary report on its findings. CBC then must reply to the deficiencies in a focused report. If SACS still isn't satisfied with the scope of the answers, it can file a monitor report, which gives the college a year to correct any issues. That is followed by a warning, then the college being placed on probation and, finally, loss of membership — which results in forfeiture of all federal funding. However, Wheelan says, "such events are rare."
The more serious of the SACS concerns is the institution's financial health. CBC board minutes "do not reflect a plan to address the (financial) concerns," writes the chair of the reaffirmation committee, Dr. Renea Akin of West Kentucky Community and Technical College.
However, the report was published prior to the CBC board's passing its 2013-2014 budget that includes a $1.5-million payment to reinforce a reserve fund depleted during the presidency of Dr. Thomas Baynum.
The annual payment — one of three — along with staffing layoffs and stringent budgetary belt-tightening — are aimed at restoring the college's financial viability. Espinoza is confident the combination will satisfy SACS.
Wheelan says a report with 34 percent non-compliance is slightly higher than the norm.
"Many of the deficiencies are simply that we did not supply enough information for SACS to make a decision," Espinoza says.
The accreditation process began almost simultaneously with Espinoza's taking over the presidency.
The 42-page report would have been a single item on the CBC board agenda. But now the CBC Faculty Senate, highly critical of Espinoza's governance and her bare-bones budgetary cutbacks, is using it as political leverage.
"I am shocked that Dr. Espinoza, faced with 33 items of non-compliance that the college must address, seems to be very keen this summer in getting into shouting matches with the faculty instead of dealing with them," says Dr. Emmanuel Alvarado, the outgoing president of the faculty senate.
For the last three board sessions, charging that Espinoza has effectively silenced them, senate speakers have used the public comments portion of the board meetings to criticize Espinoza's cost-cutting and her dramatic restructuring of the administration.
Board members are not allowed to converse with any speaker during the public comments portion of the board meeting.
But in a conversation early this week. Board Chairman Paul Jaure defended Espinoza.
"(She) inherited an institution that was on the road to financial ruin," Jaure says. "Primarily, the college's expenses were well over the revenue."
Trustee Laura Fischer is more descriptive: "She inherited a monster."
Alvarado is skeptical.
"It is a very disingenuous idea to think that the members on the current board had no clue that the college was over-stretched," he says. "They certainly now have converted into 'we are the stewards of the people's money.' That sort of narrative wasn't there for the past three years, and they could have fixed it. I think that's something the citizens of Bee County should be aware of."
"We're not a day-to-day, hands-on board," counters Fischer. "We are a policy board, not an activity board. This is something the public may not understand."
Under the Baynum administration, the board was given 72 hours to peruse his budget, compared with this year's budget, passed only after 30 to 45 days of examination.
In the last few years, the college has witnessed a steady drop in enrollment — with resultant loss of revenue — mostly attributed to the insatiable demand for oil field workers with accompanying high salaries.
In 2012, the board directed Espinoza to address the problem. "She quickly found that we had a college that was faculty-and-staff-centered and not student-centered," Jaure says.
Driving that shift in emphasis are board decisions to require CBC instructors to teach 40 hours a week and, starting in 2014, requiring students to attend class Monday through Friday.
Student success has become a universal mantra. The phrase "Keeping Student Success in Sight" appeared on 85 percent of the agenda items for the last CBC board meeting.
"The board asked Dr. Espinoza to have a procedure that would be as fair and equitable as possible," Jaure says about the decision not to renew the contracts of a dozen instructors.
"The faculty division chairs did not agree with the decisions. Consequently, they withdrew themselves from the decision-making process when their input was needed," Jaure says. "We need the cooperation of everybody, to have everyone on the team."
The enmity between the administration and the faculty senate has reached such an impasse that Alvarado predicts that six — perhaps more — instructors are planning to resign in protest.
Espinoza doubts that figure; so does Jaure.
The salient point, says Espinoza, is that the senate members do not represent the mind-set of the entire faculty.
"We're trying not to have animosity with them; we're trying to work with them," Fischer says.
The first step, Jaure says, is that at the next board meeting he is going to ask the senate if he could attend its next meeting.
"I'd like to invite them to come to present to the board how they operate. I think the board would like to know who makes up the senate. Do they have minutes of their meetings? How did they get to this point of appearing before the board? Do they have bylaws and a quorum, and do they vote? Or is it just two people who meet and do whatever they want?"
Of the senate's claim of being silent, Espinoza says it is more a matter of perception. "Where they got that perception, I do not know," she says, citing a plethora of monthly meetings, retreats, "breakout" sessions, in-service days and institutional effectiveness workshops — to all of which, she says, faculty senate members were invited.
"But I'm interested in fixing it. Because as a college, we all need to be working together. The outcome is what we are all working toward – and to get there efficiently."
As the Eagle Ford Shale project forever changed the economy of the area serviced by the college, CBC has had to adapt.
"Our focus still seems to be more on grades," Espinoza says, "but the push all the way up to Congress is more emphasis on learning. Employers are concerned that more and more students are graduating but don't have the skill sets. I can't comfortably say that the scope of that is understood here."
Also what is needed, she says, is a sense of teamwork.
"Obviously, as the job market changes, the needs of the students change," says Mark Secord, CBC vice president of instruction. "You would expect the school to move in that direction. We haven't always done that. We kind of stagnated over time."
"What I have found," Espinoza says, reflecting on her tenure, "is that we have a significant core of people who love what they do, who care about our students, who care deeply about this community, who believe in this college as family and home and want to make it work. With that much of a built-in army, how can you go wrong? I'm disappointed that I could not keep everyone happy, but my job is to keep this college going, to keep its doors open."
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A musical discordance for Refused and orchestra
The hardcore band Refused from Umeå had the world at their feet for most part of the 1990s. They were reunited in 2012 for a limited number of appearances around the globe.
Taking his inspiration from their last album, the groundbreaking The Shape of Punk to Come, the composer and conductor Jonas Nydesjö is reworking the material in collaboration with Refused's drummer David Sandström. The new music is independent of the original while also being a tribute to the album.
NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester will perform the concert twice during the MADE Festival, on Thursday May 8 and Friday May 9.
Jonas Nydesjö, who is regularly composing for the symphony orchestras in Sweden and soloist and artists from the jazz, classical and popular music scene. He has written music for film and television and co-worked with Ola Salo and Per Tengstrand among many other things.
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#141286 - 03/23/05 03:12 PM Silence
Registered: 08/27/02
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
If you haven't already, do check out the extra quote under today's word.
When was the last time you encountered silence? In the city even if you find or make a quiet spot there is always noise behind the quiet. In the country you can sense the quiet behind the noise.
My parents used live on an island and some nights you could feel the silence laying over you like an extra quilt.
#141287 - 03/23/05 05:36 PM Re: Silence
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/24/00
Posts: 2661
Loc: Chicago
In the city even if you find or make a quiet spot there is always noise behind the quiet. In the country you can sense the quiet behind the noise.
I suppose this hinges on one's intent: To hear things out of context? or to hear the context within them? ...since silence itself cannot be *heard.
I search the night for silences. Although living on a busy street in a large city doesn't offer much, I do have nightly impasses where the industrial corridor in which I reside is void of traffic, and I can occasionally hear the low rumble or roar of the expressway almost a mile away, but tucked in between buildings as I am does offer me some snipets of silence.
A perspective has been forged from my years of listening, performing, composing and hearing music that the busier the music gets the more my ears seek silence... so as music finds a balance between the space used and the space allowed, so do my anticipations (or even anxieties, I suppose) resolve. This is what I transpose to words when I say "less is more".
#141288 - 03/24/05 10:28 AM Re: Silence
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Registered: 12/20/00
Posts: 1055
Loc: Berlin
No doubt there is truth in the AWAD quote - I wouldn't worry too much though - silence approaches - its hush penumbras back over time and is deafening!
"There is no such thing as empty space or empty time. There is always something to hear or something to see. In fact, try as we might to make a silence, we cannot. For certain engineering purposes, it is desirable to have as silent a situation as possible. Such a room is called an anechoic chamber, its walls made of special materials, a room without echoes. I entered one at Harvard University... and heard two sounds, one a high and one a low. When I described them to the engineer in charge, he informed me that the high one was my nervous system and the low one was my blood circulation."
- John Cage, Silence
#141289 - 03/24/05 06:34 PM Re: The Sound of Silence
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Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
I remember a time, time back way back, when I had heard practically no live music for about two years. I was in a state-of-the-art peformance space with a string quartet way down there on the stage. I was listening as hard as I could (with the aid of a certain music appreciation enhancement medium) but something was missing. I kept listening (and I didn't have my high F# overlaying the general experience) and I finally managed to detect the sound of an air-conditioner somewhere in the building and realised that what I was missing was the sound of recorded surface noise.
#141290 - 03/24/05 10:21 PM Re: The Sound of Silence
Registered: 03/14/01
Posts: 2379
Loc: New York City
"recorded surface noise"
Strange, but that is lovely.
#141291 - 03/27/05 09:41 PM Re: Silence
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Wow, what a poetic thread, already:
>>>"...you could feel the silence laying over you like an extra quilt."<<<
>>>"silence approaches - its hush penumbras back over time and is deafening! "<<< *
since silence itself cannot be *heard. No, but it can be listened to.
Interesting, about never being able to be in truly total silence. That made me think of those sensory-deprivation experiments; not something I'd care to try.
Sometimes, outdoors very early on a winter morning, I can't hear anything other than the noise I am making; no traffic, no train or planes in the distance; no wind; and above all it has to be a season where there are few birds; at least not in the abundance that warm weather brings. I have been outdoors at night when it was quiet enough to hear the wind whiffling through the owl's feathers as she flew past my head. And most nights this winter I've heard one (at least) calling in the distance.
*How I wish, sometimes, that parts of my past would fall silent...
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#141293 - 03/28/05 10:34 AM Re:
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park
silence is unknown in NYC.
but early in the morning after a heavy snow fall, there is something close to it.. the snow dampens distant sounds-- every neighborhood a highway or major thru street within a few blocks--so traffic is always there as constant--but snow reduces traffic, and dampens the sound of what is left.
and small close sounds, like footfalls go away too.
but we city dwellers do not 'close our ears'or miss small sounds just because of a constant background of noise--a quick fun experiment can be done with $3 to 4 --drop a penny, (on a busy street) and most will ignore the sound.. but drop a US quarter on concrete--not a very big sound, but passers by will hear it, and look for the quarter..
(this experiment was done by a scientist from Mus. of Natural History--and reported about..a naturalist heard a cricket on columbus avenue-- (and pointed out that no one else seems to here it..) but his companion, a anthropologist, pointed out, in NYC a cricket wasn't an important noise.. and the clink of quarter on concrete was.. and NYer would hear that small noise (over the noise of cars, and buses, distant sirens, footfall, boomboxes..etc) and he was right.
silence isn't natural.-not is cities or elsewhere..
but close listening can be practiced. (i have made a point at times to listen for crickets..--and have heard them and i have found beautiful little mushrooms (growning in planters, with evergreens, outside trump tower on 5th avenue)
and last weeks the NY times had a wonderful article about practicing listening to others coversations when in public..(close your eyes and feign indifference.. but take in every word.. its a fun hobby!)_________________________
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#141294 - 03/29/05 09:10 PM Re: Silence and Solitude
Registered: 03/29/05
Posts: 31
Loc: California
True silence is unknown state except perhaps to the profoundly deaf. But solitude is possible, though rare. I experienced it once and once only. I didn't recognize it at first, then, suddenly I knew I was truly alone.
I was walking on a beach on Kodiak Island. I had asked for a jeep ride the two miles down to the beach from the satellite tracking station, where I and my compadres were tending a sick bird (satellite).
I looked around and noticed at last what I did not hear, what I did NOT see--that is, any sign of Man. No wisp of smoke, no gum wrappers, no beer bottles, no power lines, no distant susurrus of traffic, NOTHING that spoke of Man or any of his effects.
What provoked this epiphany was the sight of a fellow being--a fox, who paused, seeing me at the same time I saw him. He just stood there head cocked to one side, muzzle uplifted. We continued in companionable silence, each staring at the other, until my furry fellow resumed his steady gait, going from the beach inland.
It was then I saw more than just scenery--beach, sand, rocks, trees, ocean, sky, clouds. For the first time in my life I saw that I was truly ALONE. All the support and comfort of fellow humans was gone. No cry for help or company would be heard. All the support that I unconsciously so relied on--GONE!
And then I had another realization. This was KODIAK ISLAND, home of the justly famous and fierce Kodiak Bear! Grisly bears don't need much provocation to attack humans. One such would be quite another matter than a fox, who in this context was my approximate equal, unarmed as I was. Unarmed for the moment that is. Like a good ape, I immediately got myself a stout 'walking stick' that would have been less than useless against any opponent as formidable as a bear of any variety, but sufficient to put me one up in any tussle with an aggressive, lone canine.
I walked briskly the two miles back to the lonely, high tech human outpost. I was greatly relieved to see the little plume of smoke and steam and hear the low thump of its generators. That was my WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE.
Markham Robinson,
CEO MasterPlan Financial Software
#141295 - 03/30/05 09:28 PM Re: Silence and Solitude
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/28/00
Posts: 2891
I know exactly what you felt like Markham.
Every autumn, my Dad and I go hunting in northern Québec. "In the middle of nowhere" is a good description of where we head.
There is one path we travel that separates about two kilometres into the woods. I love to take the southern path because about a kilometre in, there is a plateau of bare stones. I feel awed in this open space in the middle of dense forest.
It may be nice to go back to civilisation, but I do enjoy this yearly retreat.
Is this an outing youd repeat?
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