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Herman Melville's Whaling Years
Publication Year: 2004
Published by: Vanderbilt University Press
Title Page, Copyright Page
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pp. xi-xiii
Editors' Preface
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pp. xv-xxii
For years the log of the USF United States, the ship on which Herman Melville served after his whaling career had come to an end, lay on a shelf in the National Archives in Washington. ...
Author's Introduction
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pp. xxiii-xxv
The most stimulating and exciting objective experiences of Herman Melville's life came during the four years (1841–44) when he sailed the Pacific Ocean and wandered about its romantic isles. In three whaling vessels, two American and one Australian, he cruised for the great spermaceti whale...
1. Merry Christmas
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pp. 1-14
After mid-year 1840, there was little promise in the land for Herman Melville. The twenty-year-old schoolteacher was unemployed, his family was destitute, and the country was still suffering, without much hope of respite, from the effects of the depression of 1837.1 ...
2. The Acushnet and Her Owners
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pp. 15-17
The Acushnet, in which Herman Melville first learned whaling, was a new ship. She was carvel built, with two decks, three masts, and a square stern with minimum tuck. Her displacement was 358 and 71/95 tons. ...
3. Captain Valentine Pease, Jr.
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pp. 18-24
Few New England families were more intimate with the occupation of whaling than that of Captain Valentine Pease, Jr., master of the Acushnet. Valentine Pease the elder, his father, and Malatiah Pease, his grandfather, were both master mariners before him.1 ...
4. Ship's Company
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pp. 25-30
Six days after the Acushnet came to anchor in the harbor of Fairhaven, Joseph Waren Stedman, engaged as the cooper, became the first member of the ship's company to sign the Whalemen's Shipping Paper, or ship's articles, for the voyage.1 ...
5. The Agreement and the Law
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pp. 31-36
The ten articles of the Whalemen's Shipping Paper that Herman Melville and twenty-five other members of the original ship's company of the Acushnet had signed on December 30, 1840, constitute an important document in the study of Melville's whaling career. ...
6. All Astir
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pp. 37-42
Like Ishmael of Moby-Dick, who arrived at Nantucket at a period when the Pequod's preparations for sea were hurrying to a close,2 Melville came to Fairhaven at a time when the fitting-out of the Acushnet was well advanced. ...
7. On Passage
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pp. 43-49
After the Acushnet was settled well upon her course, Herman Melville and his new shipmates were doubtless mustered aft, according to the custom aboard whalers, to be told off into two watches for the passage and divided into whaleboat crews.1 ...
8. There She Blows
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pp. 50-58
If, with the exception of Moby-Dick, every account of the taking of whales and the cutting-in that turned them into barrels of oil was lost, we would still know a good deal about the essential action of the whale hunt. But there are multitudinous accounts, and the story of whaling is told again and again. ...
9. Rio, the Horn, and the In-Shore Ground
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pp. 59-68
On her seventieth day out, Saturday, March 13, 1841, the Acushnet passed between bold and precipitous barriers flanking the narrow entrance to the Bay of Botafoga. She worked her way into the beautiful sheet of water that fills an oval basin 30 miles long and 15 miles wide and came to anchor in the harbor of...
10. Santa
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The men of the forecastle broke out their go-ashore clothes and straw Payta hats on Wednesday, June 23. At noon the Acushnet was moving a little to the west of La Viuda Island and northwest-by-west of the Bay of Santa. ...
11. The Off-Shore Ground
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pp. 73-81
When Captain George W. Gardner of the whaler Globe returned to Nantucket in 1820 with a full ship—one of the first to carry more than 2,000 barrels of sperm oil to the island—he brought exciting news of the discovery of a new whaling ground. ...
12. A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat
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pp. 82-89
"Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity" (7:37), Ishmael observes in Moby-Dick after describing the gloomy marble tablets of the whalemen's conventicle at New Bedford, which recounted fatalities in the fishery. ...
13. Enchanted Isles
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pp. 90-105
After leaving the Off-Shore Ground the Acushnet sailed for the Galápagos Islands. Melville reacted strongly to the sight of them: ...
14. Tumbez and More Cruising
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pp. 106-125
The passage from Chatham Island to Tumbez, Peru, although not direct, was brief, requiring a week for the Acushnet to make good something more than 600 miles.1 Winds were either fresh or moderate, and the weather remained pleasant. ...
15. Authentic Eden in a Pagan Sea
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pp. 126-143
Soon after his ship entered Taiohae Bay, Melville tells us in Typee, a South Sea island vagabond—an Englishman jovially and almost helplessly inebriated—came alongside in a whaleboat and insisted on piloting the craft to her anchorage.1 ...
16. Jimmy and Toby
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pp. 144-157
When Gansevoort Melville, newly appointed secretary to the United States Legation in London, sailed on July 31, 1845, aboard the clipper ship Great Western, he carried with him the manuscript of his brother Herman's first book. ...
17. The Troublesome Crew of the Lucy Ann
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pp. 158-175
Five months after he sailed on a whaling voyage in the barque Lucy Ann of Sydney, Australia, Captain Henry Ventom lost ascendancy over the rebellious crew and had to appeal to external authority for aid in restoring order. ...
18. Nantucket Whaler
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pp. 176-186
The customary chore of writing a cruise report to owners of the ship under his command seemed most disagreeable to Captain John B. Coleman, Jr., after his arrival at Eimeo (Moorea) in late October 1842. In all his whaling years—at least seventeen according to the record and more than ten of them as a captain—he had never made a worse voyage. ...
19. Lahaina and Honolulu
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pp. 187-193
It was the height of the spring recruiting season at Lahaina when Melville's ship arrived. Fourteen whalers lay in the roadstead on April 27, and another cast anchor during the day. The Midas of New Bedford, now on a new voyage under a new master and making ready to sail, the William Lee of New-...
20. Mutiny, Mayhem, and the Town-Ho
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pp. 194-205
Herman Melville's whaling career ended May 2, 1843, when he was discharged from the Charles and Henry at Lahaina. He had no further personal experiences on the decks of blubber hunters or in their cedar whaleboats. ...
Appendix I: Toby Greene
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pp. 207-219
Appendix II: The Marquesas
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pp. 221-229
Appendix III: Oil from Whales
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pp. 231-240
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pp. 241-295
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pp. 297-307
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pp. 309-332
Print-ISBN-13: 9780826513823
Print-ISBN-10: 0826513824
Page Count: 384
Publication Year: 2004
OCLC Number: 61859539
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I'm twitching. Not only will I get out of Duckburg (Courtenay on Vancouver Island...waaaaayyy out in the boonies) but I will get to see lots of my squeegee dragging friends and aquaintances from the industry.
Here's hoping Yellow got all our equipment to the show in one piece, all the last minute graphics come through, and every body has a safe journey there. Come by for a little 'Shop Talk' at booth 1172 and check out our machines. We put the human touch back in screenprinting.
Andy Mac
ps - any of you newbies out there who like to ask questions and want to learn, you need to make the effort to attend this show. Get your eyes opened to all the equipment, supplies and knowledge out there that will make your jobs easier and more productive.
Well, finally got home. Nice to meet a few of you. less screenprinting, more digital, didn't get to walk the floor very much, but we had lots of inquiries at the TMI booth.
As usual we got screwed with costs - my frieght bill moving in and out was $3300, which after i asked for a reweigh and reclass from exhibit to machinery got reduced to $1200. Why is it necessary to kill exhibitors with such overblown costs? $1500 for a bit of power and air pressure and may 30 minutes of tech time?
I don't know how the big exhibitors do it. I have a good idea why more people don't bother exhibiting.
Maybe the screen equipment manufacturers need to find an agricultural hall somewhere in a city that wants some business and we put on a screen only show?
Vegas Shmegas.
Next year we get screwed by Mickey Mouse?
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More than 80 percent of Hispanic voters in the western United States think conservation measures are the best way to address water shortages, an expert in public water-usage policies told Efe.
That was one of the results of a survey carried out Sept. 22-Oct. 4 in Arizona, Colorado and Nevada, according to Jorge Figueroa, a policy analyst with Western Resource Advocates and a member of the Nuestro Rio (Our River) coalition.
In the specific case of Colorado, Figueroa said that since 2008 the state's 5.1 million residents are consuming more water than the amount found naturally in Colorado. And the situation is getting worse, since another 2.5 million people are expected to settle in Colorado over the next 40 years.
"Latinos understand that there's no need to take water from the Colorado River, nor to use water stored in artificial lakes. In fact we have all the water we need, if we regulate its consumption and consume it moderately," Figueroa said.
That means, he said, recycling water whenever possible, such as in car washes and watering golf courses, reducing consumption and sharing its use between cities and agricultural areas.
"Eventually, perhaps in the next 20 years, we'll all be paying the real price of access to water, which today costs us nothing because it's highly subsidized," Figueroa said.
"Poor communities will be the most affected. That's why public water policies are problems of social justice. As Hispanics, we know how to live within our means," he said.
The survey by Nuestro Rio, an organization dedicated to preserving the healthfulness of the Colorado River basin, also showed that 90 percent of the 1,200 Latino voters believe it's up to the government to care for rivers and lakes and, in general, to protect the environment.
For Figueroa, doing nothing about the growing water shortage in the west and southwest of the United States is "something morally repugnant," since that attitude means leaving to their fate numerous communities, many of them Hispanic, whose culture and traditions are intertwined with the water, as in the case of communities that depend on the Colorado River.
The solution, he said, will come from the science studying the causes and effects of climate change and from techological breakthroughs that allow water consumption to be regulated and maximized, as well as by ending dependency on fossil fuels and starting to use renewable energy seriously.
"We're still not doing all we should to avoid the catastrophe that we ourselves are creating," Figueroa said.
"To avoid the climate catastrophe, we have to think as a species. We must make the transition to clean energy. Within 50 years, 80 percent of our energy should be clean. And if we don't do it, what will happen? Let's just remember that the resource that suffers the greatest impact from climate change is water," he said. EFE


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Dear Roo,
One of my favorite things to do is watch you wake up from a deep sleep. You stretch your arms up and tilt your head to the side and make the cutest little scrunchy face. You are just so innocent and sweet. Taking care of you has made me realize how dependent we all are at one time. Maybe someday you'll know what I mean.
Your favorite things to do are sleep in your swing, study my face when you eat, ride in the car, watch TV (even though you're not supposed to) and have your diaper changed. You are like me in that most times you'd rather sleep than eat. We are really lucky because we get at least one stretch of five to seven hours of sleep every night. Let's keep that up.
It was pretty obvious from the beginning that I am your favorite person. I know that will change some day, so I am trying to treasure these moments. At least once a day you take a nap in my arms. It is our favorite thing to do together.
I never want anyone to hurt you. I look at you and realize that you don't know anything but love. I wish I could protect you forever from the hurt that is inevitable in this world. But I can't. Instead I can introduce you to Jesus and demonstrate how to live a Christian life. You will be baptized next month, and we hope and pray that as you grow you show love for Jesus with your life and your laughter.
You bring us joy, and we are so thankful.
Love always,
Dear Rooney Bear,
How about the first month, huh? That was pretty rough. I am so thankful for the challenges you bring us; without them, we wouldn't have learned how to take care of your needs. The struggles have built up our character as parents.
Some people say they want you to stay a little baby forever. I disagree. What fun would that be? I can't wait to watch you grow and change, and to get bigger, smarter and stronger. I can't wait to teach you about the world. You will stumble and it will break my heart, but it will make us both stronger in the end.
However, right now it's hard to imagine you doing anything on your own. I know the day will come, but for now we are happy to provide for your every need.
Did you know your mom is amazing? She gave birth to you like a champ. I couldn't be prouder of how that situation went, and couldn't have planned it any better myself. God orchestrated your birth many moons ago.
Right now I'm watching you sleep peacefully, every once in awhile chasing bandits off with your flailing arms. You are too cute for your own good!
I want to thank you for being such a good sleeper. You get that from your mom. It makes for happy parents. Keep dreaming, for one day you will turn those dreams into reality.


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- Are Crop Canopy Sensors Ready for Prime Time? | Pay Attention to How You Apply the Information They Provide.
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The crop-canopy sensor concept is intriguing: Establish a small reference plot with more than enough nitrogen (N) to produce a healthy green canopy, then scan the entire corn field. Wherever corn falls short of that ideal green, apply N.
In practice, it's more complicated.
Sensors aren't a cure-all, says Mark Lehenbauer, a Missouri farmer who's used them for six years to determine variable-rate application rates, including three years on the family farm.
"If you have other problems in your agronomic practices, this won't solve them. The sensors pick up stress but they can't tell if it's an N problem or something else.
"Because of our livestock, we use manure on a lot of our fields. That started my interest in sensors because the manure was so variable," Lehenbauer explains.
Where he doesn't apply manure, Lehenbauer puts down 60-100 lbs./acre of N at planting or just after, then sidedresses all his cornfields at the V6 stage.
Three sensors mounted on the sprayer's 40-ft. boom scan the crop's color at the V6 crop stage and vary the application rate based on the sensor data.
The process takes careful planning and preparation. "You have to put in a high-N reference strip in each field for the sensors to read, and you need about four weeks from when that strip goes in so the corn can respond, and you need to have it clearly marked," he explains. He also believes high-clearance spraying equipment is essential to give a wider window for completing application.
"You have a limited window and you don't know how limited it will be, so you need a back-up plan to go this route." says Lehenbauer. "Urea is my last resort if I can't get to all my acres. This is definitely not a perfected science.
"It's something everyone should have on their radar screen if they are raising grass crops. I think we're going to have to account for our N sooner or later, and the best way to reduce N loss is to shorten the time between when you apply it and when the crop needs it," he says.
Leading researchers question whether the sensor technology is "ready for prime time," raising some of the same issues Lehenbauer notes.
"I'm comfortable with the accuracy of the sensors," says Robert Mullen, Ohio State University precision-ag specialist. "The challenge is to translate what they measure into a decision. When you purchase the technology, you're not just buying the box, you're buying the decision tool that uses the data. It's the reliability of diagnosing what causes the difference that will dictate how good this technology is."
Mullen and John Sawyer, an Iowa State agronomist, both raise concerns about variability in growing environments, equipment, even different hybrids.
"There has to be some specificity among regions," says Mullen. "What we do in Ohio is probably different than Missouri. We need to build that into the models.
"That is why the models used to make the N-rate decisions in Missouri are different than what we use in Ohio. Producers need to be aware of which decision model is being used," he says.
Sawyer explains, "As new sensors come on, we will need new calibration for the equipment. If you change the sensor, then the readings will be different. It's a new management approach, and the manufacturers need to get it into a working system that farmers can manage."


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SsangYong is a Korean company founded in 1954 for manufacture of automobiles. It has been making commercial vehicles like buses, trucks and even specialized vehicles for use in firefighting and other purposes like mobile concrete mixers.
It is now firmly entrenched in the market as a premier manufacturer of SUVs (sports utility vehicles) and other recreational vehicles. It has decided that it is going to dominate the market for 4 wheel drive vehicles and is making an all out effort to do this.
SsangYong group of companies acquired Keohwa Motors in 1986. This acquired company had specialized in the manufacture of jeeps under the brand name of Korando. SsangYong then committed lot of funds as investment for manufacturing automobiles. The development of a four wheel drive compact SUV in the Korando family was the first vehicle that it launched in 1988, thus establishing the SUV culture into Korea. It has continued to be a leader in this field, and the vehicles are known for their innovation and quality.
The 1990's saw it get into a strategic alliance with the world famous Mercedes-Benz of Germany and this led to cooperation in management, distribution and the latest technologies between the two companies. Gradually this led to the introduction of commercial vehicles in 1991, diesel engines in 1993, passenger cars in the luxury segment in 1993, and also the manufacture of engines for gasoline fuel, in the same year. SsangYong has always had the expertise in technology to develop vehicles using the latest innovations, and also make their presence felt in markets the world over.
Musso a uniquely styled SUV with performance that surpassed others in the market was launched by SsangYong in 1993. It's a performance SUV, but when you get a car insurance quote, you'll get one comparable to a family saloon. That's SsangYong value! Changwon was the site for its own engine manufacturing unit, which was set up in 1994. A joint effort with Mercedes-Benz led to the development after 3 years of Istana MB100, a light commercial vehicle. The new Korando, a car with the latest in technology and as stylish as anything else in the market was launched the following year.
The year 1997 saw the launch of a luxury passenger car called the Chairman and SsangYong made it clear that it was in the market for passenger cars, SUVs and RVs - all ran by very sturdy Mercedes motors.
The severe economic crisis that affected the whole of Asia saw the company merge with Daewoo in 1998. It was re-established as an independent manufacturer again in the year 2000. Since then the company has vamped up its management practices, design capabilities including research and development and completely overhauled its sales and service networks.
This has seen the launch of the Rexton, an SUV, in 2001, followed by the New Chairman and the New Rexton that had a 2.7 liter diesel engine. A new and innovative Multi Purpose Vehicle called the Rodius/Stavic was introduced in 2004 which you can get at Car rental agency at FoxRentACar.com..
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The silvered morningstar would probably do better for Eva, since (as a simple weapon) she can use it for decent damage.
I'm more concerned about having a magic something for the things that need it (until I get what I'm looking for, anyway). The other handaxe would do fine.
The ring of protection/ioun stone of +1AC is always nice, but I'm sporting the best AC in the group already. Those might do better on someone with thinner armor.
Vertielle, put me down for a copy, I can't wait to see what I missed.. ;)
PS: Rova's also not a heartless bastard, but he likes to know the moral fiber of those he's associating with.
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1 rusty headman's scythe
1 citrine 50 g
x coin 500 g
x coin 500 g
3 potions of lesser restoration
2 potions of remove disease
1 bronze war medallion from the Shining Crusade 40 g
1 unframed Taldan painting of of Stavian I 100 g
1 noblewoman's silver hair clips 35 g
1 MW punching dagger
1 pouch containing 12 MW shuriken
1 MW war razor
1 collection of silver holy symbols (12) 300 g
1 spellbook 1245 g
1 MW silver flute 300 g
x coin 120 g
6 suits MW chainmail
6 suits MW studded leather
4 MW longswords
4 MW heavy maces
1 +1 ring of protection
These items are either unclaimed, being sold by me because I was just carrying them, or I don't know who has them. Speak up, everyone.
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|Vertielle Siepar
Just a heads-up: My family and I (me, hubby/Rova, daughter [who's now 19!)] are going on a vacation trip this week. We're leaving Tuesday and will be back late Sunday.
We're taking a lap-top so I should be able to post at least once a day except Tuesday.
Tuesday - drive to Orlando
Wednesday- if need be finish drive, then alternate Universal/Islands Of Adventure
Thursday - alternate Universal/Islands Of Adventure, night time for the haunted stuff
Friday - drive to Busch Gardens Williamsburg, park stuff & haunted stuff
Saturday - drive to King's Dominion, park stuff and haunted stuff
Sunday - drive home, collapse
I'm not abandoning anything, but I may not be real coherent
I'll have the module with me, so I can keep going.
Okay, I'm kinda in a dilemma. I have two courses of action. One is out of character but will likely help the party with finding out more. The other has Gkirkhan running off and possibly trying to outrun/outwit a cheesed off Eva. So do I go with the OoC option, or the more fun and detrimental IC option.
Honestly, I think Gkirkhan is smart enough to know that he can probably outrun Eva, the trick is outwitting her.
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Gkirkhan, I'm starting to see you as Junpei from Those who hunt elves
Watch the whole episode, not just the first third,
note it's NSFW due to language, and a few actions of the heros.
Yeah I can see that. The three guys in the last panel though, are what inspired Gkirkhan.
I do highly recommend giving the whole comic a read.
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|Vertielle Siepar
Whew. Three trees down in our immediate area, and power's still out across town.
Anyone keen on financing my scroll purchasing? It's 375gp, and I've got the coin, I'll go ahead getting one without aid. Any other divinations worth a purchase while I'm looking?
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Advanced Notice:
I'll be starting up a game after one that I'm GMing finishes within a short while.
It'll be a gestalt game, with a slightly modified version of character randomisation that I used in my Broadened Horizons Games.
The game will be one of 4 modules I'm looking at running, and it'll continue to a second module that I've decided on.
I'll post up a link to the new game soon.
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Those who have applied or played or playing in my Broadened Horizons Games did enjoy having the a random base to build their character with.
I even got two Merciful healer Clerics, but both were different as one was a tank build and the other a heal focused build.
Which amazed both those players in that the same results could yield different builds.
Some players even saw a new side to the class they got.
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My fun week...Wenesday/Thursday we realized that our 10-year-old hot tub was overflowing. And had been for a while. We solved that problem. The old lid was the cause. But...we had water in the basement (it's on the first/ground floor).
We didn't think much of it, since:
one - on Friday my dietician said I lost 4 pounds!
two - we hit mid-sixties weather in Pittsburgh over the weekend.
This hid the fact that the leak flooded the fuse box for our furnace.
Good news, the safety cut-off worked.
Bad news, it's going down to mid 20s and we had no heat.
More bad news, it wasn't covered by the warranty. We're out $260+ but at least we have heat. And they moved the fuse box. And gave us a waterproof one this time, too!
Life is fun.
All day I'd been saying there was something wrong with the furnace because it hadn't kicked on. This one time, I wish I'd been wrong.
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I missed my first class today because I forgot to turn my phone off of vibrate, and so I slept until the class started. Oh, and the class I missed was Pre-cal. Okay fine, that doesn't compare to what the rest of you are going through, but the teacher has already explained to us how much this class is going to suck, and I'm not good at math anyway, so. . .
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Hope you find a better job, Vertielle. Working for the government gives me a solid deal. Government jobs abound on the usa jobs website, though not sure of your field. Adam may want to look there too. The government is growing faster than the private sector these days.
A comedian once said if your job requires you to have a nametag, that is a bad sign. Well, my job requires me to have a nametag. I am sure NinjaDM had a nametag at one time too.
Best of wishes to everyone. Zhiden, if you need calculus help, the Schaum's outlines for calculus are great. They can cover for a bad teacher and have lots of worked problems.
Yeah I got some strong opinions on that.
I have a pretty good job right now. I know I lucked out to get it from an internship in the summer between my junior and senior years of college. (And through my senior year of college, this past summer and this last semester. Seriously lucked with these guys.)
Precal's not that bad. Cal 2, though, it's nicknamed the "Engineer Breaker" at where I went to college (feels very strange to say that now).
@Vertielle: Hope you find a good job soon. Having no money sucks.
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IT and Comp Sci are two different things. Computer Science deals a lot with efficiency and resource usage, namely in algorithms. There is a lot of math involved, and I mean a lot. Comp Sci is often considered a branch of mathematics, and some programming languages allow you test them by using math to prove the validity of the logic. Information technology, as I understand it, deals more with network communications and routing through complex networks.
Personally, It says Computer Science on my degree, but I think I'm more of a software engineer than a computer scientist.
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I will be spending some time this week talking about how to find inspiration. Lots of us want to do something with our homes, we feel that our rooms are outdated or just do not reflect what we want them to, but many are totally unsure where to start.
Maybe you think these things...
new furniture ( big money)
new carpet (or flooring)
new house....
Get my point? We think we need something new, we go get it and are still unsatisfied because we haven't changed the feel of the room.
It looks just like it did, only now you have big bills.
So where do you start???
I thought I would start with showing you how I find inspiration ....
When you are looking to change a room, you have to have an inspiration, something that you LOVE...
I spent hours looking at images on the computer when I wanted to re-do my dining room.
I finally saw this image
After seeing this, I knew I had to have a little wallpaper. I knew I wanted something with black and white, with a graphic pattern.
While I love the yellow and black, I knew this yellow wasn't for me, but I had my jumping off point.
I also knew that I wanted the color of the room to flow well with the rest of the house.
The dining room is open to the foyer and and the office.
You can see the kitchen and family room from it also.
I have this color in the kitchen..
it is called Vintage Map...It is not blue, nor is it green....
We had it mixed in a Benjamin Moore Aura
Here is a paint swatch;
The green shade is called Anjou Pear. That is what we have in the family room.
I have a little yellow in my house and originally thought I'd go towards yellow, but began to lean more toward something neutral.
I am NOT a neutral girl, but I felt with such a graphic wallpaper, I needed to make everything else soft and quiet.
I went looking for wall paper and started with my local Lowe's Hardware...
After much deliberation.. I choose this paper;
I used my trusty paint deck from Benjamin Moore and choose the lightest shade of grey for the walls.
The next darker shade went on the ceiling.
I first brought the sample book home and held the wallpaper up to all of the surfaces that it would been seen with.
I knew that all of these elements would combine well, so I forged ahead.
Here is a collage of all the items together...along with the other rooms..
No new furniture was purchased for this makeover,
I painted everything that I could, including my chandelier...
The cost was very little...
You can see that despite the variety of colors, patterns and textures, it all flows nicely.
I'll share other things that inspire me as the week goes.
I have been working with my friend Sonia, on her dining room. Later this week I will post pictures of her room and some ideas we have for it!
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Not true.
Actually, it's not true. If Lincoln were alive, he would be a Democrat.
Does this point out how Bill and Hillary believe that marriage is sacred, vows are not to be broken and that divorce isn't an option…. bwhahhahhahahhaaa
Like many stories, some aspects of this lore are true, while others are not.
Gingrich may not have actually served his first wife with divorce papers on her deathbed, but he did discuss their impending divorce (and argued about it) with Jackie Battley while she was in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove a tumor, is all basically true.
So, I suppose Newt would be a merely a cad, instead of a DESPICABLE cad.
The fact aside, this cartoon is only using that lore as an analogy about how Newt seems to be jilting historic Republican philosophy for the more radical brand of Tea Party conservatism. So, I think Bennett's use of the more dramatic version would fall under artistic license.
So funny
Inane and absurd remark. You are blinded by your partisanship.
Let me use a tactic of the left……At least he wasn't caught with an intern under his desk!
Oh, no, he's definitely a despicable cad. He was a deadbeat dad — his wife and children had to throw themselves on the charity of their church.
READ some of Lincoln's stands, and you will find, for example, his description of value of labor over capital, which sounds strikingly like Marx! So you're right that he wouldn't be a Democrat — Lincoln might be a Socialist. He and Bernie Sanders would be voting together in the Senate…
@narrowminded: He WAS caught with an intern under his desk and he continued his affair with her while he was married to wife #2 even while he was impeaching Bill Clinton for his escapades. So Newt married his intern. Do you think that makes him less despicable?
Two more thoughts for you, narrowminded one: How has the Democratic Party behaved towards Mr. Edwards after discovering his affair? HINT: They ain't considering him for president or even dogcatcher. And last, when Newt lost his position as Speaker of the House, how long did his republican successor last, and why was Larry Flynt (Yes, the pornographer) able to get him fired?
Both parties switched identities back in the 60's.
The party of Lincoln took in the racist Dixiecrats and the
fair minded Republicans became Democrats.
@pirate227 Aye, matey! Aaahhhrrrrrr.
"Conservative"? NOT. Try Regressive as in Robert Reich's latest post; Social Darwinism is alive and sadly, well, though most Americans rejected it a hundred years ago, having seen the ugly results in the 'Gilded Age' of the 1890's.
If we get another of this pack of wolves in the White House, or more in Congress and the courts, you're going to have to go find a history book (not gutted by Texas) to find out just how bad it will be…
Okay let's take your comments one at a time. Edwards is a dirtbag. This is widely known, has been publicized in so many news venues that only a hermit who has been in a cave for 20 years would not cross the street to avoid him if he saw Edwards coming. His career in politics is over. He may be able to get a talking head position on some minor cable outfit in 10 or 12 years but not before.
Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice. He was not convicted but the negative stain on his administration is there. So saying they got "passes" on their cheating is not true. Now if Newt will agree to disappear from public life and go back to selling his soul to Lobbyists, we'll quit bringing up his multiple serial adulteries.
I don't like cheaters, however, none but the participants in all these scandals know the whole story. Doesn't excuse their behavior in the least though but I sure am not throwing the first stone.
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Ike S. Nunn.
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After allegedly murdering his stepfather in northeastern Arkansas, a 35-year-old man drove to Toledo and reportedly told hospital authorities what he had done.
Ike Nunn, 35, is now being held in the Lucas County jail, awaiting an extradition hearing. Mr. Nunn, 48228 Highway 58 Lot 45, Oakridge, Ore., is charged with murder.
Authorities said Mr. Nunn, on Sunday, beat his stepfather, Cecil Phillips, 61, to death with a baseball bat inside a mobile home in Tuckerman, Ark. The bat was found inside the unit, according to news reports.
A prosecuting attorney from Arkansas, Henry Boyce, said a preliminary autopsy report shows that Mr. Phillips died of blunt force trauma and had a fractured skull.
Mr. Phillips' body was found Sunday after a neighbor asked police to do a welfare check on the man because nobody had seen him for several days.
Tuckerman is about 726 miles southwest of Toledo.
Toledo police said Mr. Nunn drove his stepfather's vehicle from Arkansas until he saw a sign for Toledo Hospital. Mr. Nunn then went to the hospital and reportedly said, "I've just killed my father," police said.
Mr. Nunn spent about a day at Toledo Hospital before he was arrested and booked into the Lucas County jail on Monday.
Toledo police officials said the Arkansas State Police arrived in Toledo Tuesday and would take Mr. Nunn back to Arkansas once he is extradited.
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Baseball: Washington completes undefeated season, triple crown with win over Balboa
By Jeremy Balan
Call it the Triple Crown, call it the Trifecta, call it whatever you want — there wasn't a need for a name, because it hadn't been done before.
With a 4-1 win against Balboa High School in the Academic Athletic Association baseball championship on Thursday at AT&T Park, Washington High School became the first school in history to win a AAA championship in football, boys basketball and baseball in the same school year.
The Eagles also wrapped up an undefeated league season and will advance to play Oakland Tech in the Transbay Championship Series, which begins Wednesday at San Francisco State University.
"The first word that comes to mind is that it's just crazy," said Washington head coach Rob Fung. "It's history, it's never been done, and this is something that no one will every take away from this group."
Balboa took an early 1-0 lead on three singles in the top of the third inning, but it didn't take long for the Eagles to respond.
Washington's junior starting pitcher, Dane Vande Guchte, tied the game in the bottom of the third on a deep fly ball to the warning track in left field. Due to a base-running error, only one of two runners scored and Vande Guchte was limited to a single, but on the next at-bat the Eagles scored the eventual game-winning run.
Vande Guchte broke to second base on a delayed steal, and freshman Jordan Wilson, who was on third, broke home on the throw to second to score the go-ahead run.
"It was different being behind [early], but we knew we had our chances and knew it was going to come," Vande Guchte said. "We weren't scared or anything like that, we just played our game."
The Eagles tacked on two runs in the bottom of the sixth, and Vande Guchte shut down the Buccaneers on the mound.
After allowing the lone run in the third, Vande Guchte didn't allow a hit in the next three innings, and sophomore Chris Hau shut Balboa down in order in the seventh to collect the save.
"He's a big player. A little guy, but a big player," Fung said of Vande Guchte. "He gave us everything he could and he couldn't even go that seventh inning, he left it out there."
The lack of Balboa offense spoiled a solid start from junior Alex Arnold, who struck out three in 5 1/3 innings and kept the Bucs in the game before running into trouble in the sixth.
Balboa only got one runner in scoring position after the third, but the future seems bright, as the Bucs are only losing one senior to graduation, and have played their best baseball in the postseason, including an upset of Lowell in the semifinals.
"We started maturing and peaked at the right time," said Balboa head coach Tom Pontino. "We're certainly going to be back. We're going to try our best."
Scoring Summary
Third Inning
B – Michael Li singles, Eduardo Herrera scores
W – Dane Vande Guchte singles, Avery Velasco scores
W – Jordan Wilson steals home
Sixth Inning
W – Alex Kozakiewicz reaches on a fielder's choice, Javon Philips scores
W – Chris Hau walks, Kozakiewicz scores
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As a father of a former AAA all star I have been to every championship game since 2000. This was by far the least talented group of players at Pac Bell since the Giants had Armando Rios. LOL. I was extremely dissapointed in the level of game play out there and was astonished at the lack of hitting when each pitcher was maxing out at 65 mph. I remember the Lowell dynasty days with Max Newman and Charlie Cutler dominating the AAA and now I see one or two legitimate players on the field yesterday, Vande Gutche and Duchene. San Francisco public school baseball is slowly becoming a joke and it's sad to see. I would suggest all young prospects to consider SI or SH if you're considering playing Sf high school ball because you will not get better from modern AAA competition.
i completely agree.
the same has happened for basketball too and AAA football always sucked except for a few players haha.
but basketball not this year, but the year before was the last good year in my opinion in basketball.
Wash and the Mission underclassmen were the only good players in my opinion this year. Next year in basketball the only good players will be the Mission underclassmen, and the rest of the league sucks extremely bad.
Don't look forward to seeing any AAA boys college players in these three sports anytime soon!!!
Regardless i congratulate on Wash's accomplish, i know a lot of kids on all 3 teams and this is amazing and this is a moment to remember.
Obviously you do not understand the changing demographics of the city and the lack of facilities for all SF public/private schools. If you see the AAA as a joke, then do something about it. Go coach at one of the schools or are you one of those nintendo parent-coaches…….Share your talents, please.
Mr. Old Man…I Mean Goldman, Its stupid people like you who look down on young kids instead of uplifting and congratulating them for their accomplishments. These kids could be doing anything else with their lives but instead their being student athletes and entertaining Old Farts like you who are still trying to live out their glory days or live out your son's glory days. The AAA may not have the best talent because we are limited to our resources and they get kids that usually come from low income backgrounds but trust me there is plenty of talent out there. For you to tell someone to go to SI or SH is just plain stupid! Kids don't decide where they go, Parents do, and if the parents can't afford the school than guess what?, they're stuck going to a school in their area. Try putting one of your damn kids in a real high school atmosphere like Balboa, Mission, Thurgood, or Burton and see what results you get! Remember these talented kids you are putting down are still young and having fun so don't go talking down about their talents….
@BURTONIAN02….THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!! COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER MYSELF. Let me guess, you went to Burton? So did I (Class of '01).
Although this may be the truth, it's sad that you find the need to put down kids as young as 14 to put your two cents in. The young men on this team are fully aware of Lowell's past accomplishments, along with the long history of AAA championship teams. The boys look up to individuals such as Charlie Cutler, who have been able to break away from the relatively unsuccessful AAA League in San Francisco, and make a name for themselves in the baseball world. Coming from a former AAA PLAYER and MEMBER of the "dynastic" Lowell team, I find this post juvenile and unnecessarily harsh. I know kids joke about "my team being better" and "they aren't as good as us" but seriously this reaches a new all time low. Also no self respecting man says "LOL."
duchene is batting like .250
Congrats to Wash on a game well played. Bal, a young team with potential, stayed in the game through the sixth . It was hard not to smile at the end of the game, even for Bal, when your playing baseball on the World Series Champions' home field.
Mr. Golden,
While I agree with your overall assessment of the talent level of AAA baseball, please don't take away from what the kids at Wash accomplished this year and congratulate the Eagles and enjoy the fact that Washington High School accomplished a feat that has never been done in over 80 years of AAA history.
^ he is just being honest. AAA is going in a downward spiral in all their sports.
I grew up with alumni and kids that go to Wash and schools all across the city, and it is an easy comparison to see that AAA is horrible. You can be a horrible player in middle school and almost nearly make any of the 3 major AAA sports if you are semi-athletic.
But again good job WASH a tripple crown is pretty awesome.
Let see if WASH softabll team going to BEAT LOWELL. So WASH can make HISTORY!
Mr Golden,
not sure if it affected the game but it was a late start with Pitchers in the sun and batters in the shade, I know the A's and Giants have a hard time hitter in twilight games so that may have contributed to the poor hitting by both teams
Ah mr golden, wearing rose tinted glasses and remembering the glory days when your son was a lowell player …
Why rain on their parade? Let them enjoy their accomplishments without your putdowns.
r u kidding me? that Charlie Cutler kid was amazing a couple of years back. and it is true all the talent is going to the WCAL either with scholarships or parents are just sending their kids there because they think it is better
I suggest that Mr.Golden coach one of these AAA teams since it's a joke and he can bring his wealth of knowledge to the AAA .
Stop calling my Bucs win over Lowell last week an upset. It was a beatdown!!!! Plain & Simple. Plus, Balboa hit some pretty hard shots early yesterday, but they were right at people. Congrats to Washington!
I do agree, the talent level is no where near top of the line, but those kids played there hearts out.
anyone know when the all city teams come out?
Should come out on Thursday or Friday
Congrats to the Eagles! It certainly is a great accomplishment. For those who are putting down the AAA as being weak, it really doesn't matter what folks think. All the schools in the AAA still have to put their teams out there and compete with whatever they have.
People seem to forget that the AAA schools don't have a ton of money, facilities, coaches and other resources to draw from. I graduated from Wallenberg and we have a elementary sized gym for four basketball teams to practice in (I hear some teams practiced outdoors).
I think the current incarnation of the AAA is a great throwback to the old days where the kids just focused on competing and not worrying about where their college scholarship is going to come from. If there is someone that talented, great. But if not, let the kids play!
I'm going to have to agree with Coach41. You CAN NOT compare the AAA to the WCAL or BCL teams. The AAA schools are PUBLICALLY funded while the schools in the WCAL and BCL ARE NOT. So for anyone to even say that the AAA is getting weaker, you obviously have no clue to how schools are funded. Funding makes a HUGE difference. The AAA is getting by with what they have. They do not have a money tree like the WCAL schools. Before you go bashing the AAA, educate yourself first….then get off your butt and go help out the situation instead of bad mouthing it! Be a part of the solution, NOT part of the problem!
If the AAA has proven anything, it's the fact that they know how to make due with what they have and are doing a GREAT job at keeping things afloat dispite the lack of resources and funding.
"So for anyone to even say that the AAA is getting weaker, you obviously have no clue to how schools are funded. Funding makes a HUGE difference."
What does that even mean? The AAA is getting weaker that is a fact. Funding does make a huge difference but what does that have to do with making an observation that the AAA is getting weaker?
It doesn't diminish what Wash did but it does provide some perspective. They were the best of one of the worst sections in the state.
The point is, there are reasons why the AAA is getting weaker. One of the people who commented (whom I will not mention) was bad mouthing the AAA without acknowledging the fact that there are reasons behind it. That isn't fair. In the WCAL and the BCL aren't bound by recruitment restrictions. The AAA is. So obviously, the teams in the AAA can not go and recruit like the WCAL schools can. That is the ONLY reason why they are as good as they are. The AAA doesn't have an surplus of cash flow…the WCAL does. So for one to knock the AAA while it's down, doesn't make any sense; especially when the league is bound by several by-laws that restrict it from progressing.
In summation….do not knock the AAA without acknowledging the reasons why they are in the situation they are in now. Once the situation is understood, hopefully those who keep making these comments will begin to do something about it. It makes no sense to keep saying that the AAA is weak, but yet, do not do anything about it!
I'm not trying to knock the AAA but aren't all the other public schools in the state in the same situation? Most of them seem to be doing fine. In fact a lot of them do much better than private schools.
@Cats Pride…You are, in part, correct. But you also must remember that other public schools have a larger population to gather good talent from, CONSISTENT community involvement, and probably a better athletic booster club. These are other elements that play a major factor in the equation.
It's a shame that there are those people who have a need to put their two cents in and make light of the accomplishments of these kids. This is not the place to do it. If you have a comment about how weak the public school baseball is, put it out there where ALL can see. Take it to the next level and put your money and your time where your mouth is. Make it a public issue because the only one's who really see your comments here are the kids and that's a slap in their faces. These kids, on both teams, played their hearts out….for their school, their team (mates and coaches), their family and friends and for themselves. They play for the love of playing baseball.
The coaches do their best with what they have. Teams are left to fundraising to make ends meet. Many, if not all coaches, volunteer their time So Mr Golden…let's see you step up to the plate. I challenge you to take the bull by it's horns and take charge. Make a change and turn public school baseball back to its "dynasty days" as you call it. For the love of baseball…..
I AGREE!!!!! People need to stop criticizing and step up to the plate and try to improve the situation!!!!!
Thank you alumni @8:50. Well said.
Does Wash have the largest student body in the AAA? Maybe that's why they have been dominating in most of the major sports recently? A larger student body has more athletes to choose from.
This is the enrollment for the 2009-2010 academic school year. The numbers are probably sightly different now…but I doubt it's by much.
1. Lowell – 2,597 students
2. Lincoln – 2,346 students
3. Washington – 2,283 students
4. Galileo – 2,090 students
Work Cited: http://www.sfusd.edu
Wash is third on the list, so I'm guessing that they just have the better athletes, and/or have a superior coaching staff.
And Balboa, with an enrollment of 1295, overcame its small numbers to make it into the finals…
That is a VERY good point. Bal did overcome a lot of odds; especially with less than half of the size of Wash. They should be proud!
How many students at Balboa?
Let's just put this whole thing to rest. The AAA is the ORGINAL league in San Francisco. The WCAL and the BCL still have a LONG way to go before they even aquire that amount of history that has been made in the AAA. I'm not just talking about just in baseball, I'm talking about in all sports. As it is with any great team, league, orgnization, etc., there are down times, and the AAA is it's down time. But do not be fooled, it is rebuilding itself. The athletes in the AAA are better than some of you AAA bashers are giving them credit for. But when the AAA is back on top the only thing that will be heard from ALL AAA bashers is SILENCE! So go a head, continue to take away from all of the championships that have been won this year, continue to bash the AAA, but when our teams become dominant again, you'll jump on the bandwagon and look like a bunch of hypocrites! Keep brown nosing the WCAL and the BCL, they to will have a time where they will have to rebuild, then what? Then you'll finally understand what the AAA is going through now!
Oh, by the way, for the genius who said that people should send their kids to SI or SH, BOTH SCHOOLS WERE A PART OF THE AAA. They left in the late 60's mainly because they didn't want to have restrictions on who they could recruit! SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? They couldn't hang! So the only reason why both schools are successful in sports is because they can recruit. The AAA doesn't need that privilege to be successful….the WCAL does. Without their ability to recruit, the WCAL would be CRAP!!!!!
Be a part of the solution, NOT a part of the problem!
Actually the true reason SI left in 67 and SHC after the 69 season was a combination of competition and lack of security in AAA events. I still remember the 69 AAA championship that SH won and the fight that prompted then (as SI) to get out of the league.
oh yea SI really couldn't hang. Look at the champions from 58-67 http://www.cifsf.org/Sports/footballchampions.pdf . SI was either the varsity league or turkey day champion 5 of those 8 years, so saying they couldn't hang is a little off.
The comment made about SH/SI not being able to hang, wasnt worth a response – it was so ignorant of the facts.
If it wasn't worth a response, why did you respond?
As an SI grad, I feel that the comments from the WCAL supporters are becoming condescending. Yes, there are statistics which show the following: how many D1 athletes come from the WCAL, head to head records against the AAA, records from decades past, statistics which show how tough CCS is, etc. However, what is the point of putting down trolls? When WCAL supporters retaliate and put down trolls, the WCAL stoops to the trolls' level. At the same time the retaliation makes the WCAL supporters look like snobs, and it can hurt the feelings of AAA kids who play their hearts out. Something else to consider. There are a bunch of public/private HS's that field much better teams than SI (especially from SOCAL). How would you feel if they "tooted their horn" constantly? Conclusion: Schools will have up/down years. Let's try to make each other better. Let's take the high ground and ignore the trolls. Feeding the trolls does more harm than good.
But I love how all of you WCAL supporters overlook the fact that y'all have to recruit just to stay competitive. And no, both SI and SH left due to the recruitment restrictions that were about to be placed on them and the changing demographics, not because of the lack of competition and lack of security. Although that 1969 AAA basketball championship was the last time there was a major fight at a basketball championship prior to this years.
Sacred Heart Cathedral and St. Ignatius do not recruit. They both left the AAA for legitimate reasons, mainly the competition level and safety concerns.
Also, the AAA is not the "original" league of the City. There was a baseball-only league in the 1890's where SH and SI competed on the collegiate level with Stanford, Cal, St. Mary's and Santa Clara.
The first prep-only league was the San Francisco Athletic League which was part of the larger Academic Athletic League (a misnomer since it was actually a section). That started later in the 1890's.
What is Balboa's population?
1400 young students
Congratulations Washington on a historic year for your athletic program. Regardless of whether some believe your accomplishments are "watered down", winning titles in the 3 major sports is an incredible feat and you deserve to enjoy your victories for awhile. Talent is not the only thing that matters in sports and the way the Washington student-athletes pulled together on the different championship teams is a testament to team chemistry. Great work this season, way to do it with class!
Any predictions for first team all city's?
Gabe Howden is absolutely tearing up the BCL. He should make it
Both pitchers in this game and Chris Miguel
I see that Mistah Goldman could not be bothered to respond to the responses. That speaks louder than anything he could have said. Bet he's enjoying his Prop 13 status.
Go Wash…congratulations on this historic event. An undefeated season, ending with a triple crown. It makes me proud to be an alumni. My father and I saw that game and what we saw was a wonderful high school baseball game. Considering the previous scores when Bal and Wash earlier played, I expected a slaughter. Credit Balboa for keeping it close till the late innings. Being a little older, all I wanted to see was a good game between two teams, especially in a championship at AT&T. Mr. Goldman, your comments made me so glad I have a father like I do. As a former high school athlete myself, all that was expected from me was hard work and determination to do my best. What I saw from both teams was that and more….. Mr. Goldman perhaps that's what you should expect as well…….I know it's a little early, but any predictions to who will be the two teams next year…GO WASH.
Part of the reason why AAA is so weak in baseball is due to the lack of facility. Park and Rec is allowing soccer to use any part of the baseball field for a fee, and take a look at the conditions of some of the fields out there, it's a total disgrace. I remember Aptos not too long ago spending a ton of money renovating their park, and for the first few months the place looks great, now it looks horrible with weeds growing in the infield, and all torn up, just a waste of our tax dollar. Take a look at some of the fields down the Peninsula, it's beautiful and not run down.
San Francisco Park and Rec, please take pride in your fields and make them available and baseball will return to the city.
It was a great feat by Washington, and history was made, It doesnt matter if this was the WCAL or AAA, the kids played hard and deserved it.
People! People! Now, now… its JUST HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS!!! but on another note wcal always over aaa. It will be like this for all eternity. either accept it or go to your grave with your delusions.
O'Koyea Dickson of Washington HS was just drafted in the 12th round of the MLB Draft. I am a Lowell alumnus, but I'm proud of him representing the AAA. The AAA may not have as much talent as the other leagues, but it sure feels good to have one of our own get drafted.
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As the Aug. 14 release date for the Fleetwood Mac tribute album Just Tell Me That You Want Me gets nearer, we get treated to more and more gems from the Starbucks-masterminded compilation. A few weeks ago, we heard the New Pornographers offer their version of "Think About Me," and, more recently, our ears met Best Coast's cover of "Rhiannon."
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The "Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac" tracklist is as follows:
1. Lee Ranaldo Band [Feat. J Mascis] – "Albatross"
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3. Trixie Whitley – "Before The Beginning"
4. Billy Gibbons & Co. – "Oh Well"
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10. Matt Sweeney And Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – "Storms"
11. Washed Out – "Straight Back"
12. Tame Impala – "That's All For Everyone"
13. Craig Wedren with St. Vincent – "Sisters of the Moon"
14. The Kills – "Dreams"
15. Gardens & Villa – "Gypsy"
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17. MGMT – "Future Games"
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Reports link Rays, Bedard in Minor League dealThe Rays signed Bedard on Friday morning. The Rays are close to signing veteran left-hander Erik Bedard to a Minor League contract, according to multiple media reports. The Rays have signed veteran left-hander Erik Bedard to a Minor League contract with a… (more)Source: MLB.com
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(Reprinted from the Mooresville Weekly, Nov. 5, 2010; leave your comments at the end of this posting or at http://mooresvilleweekly.com/opinion/2010/11/republicans-sweep-local-election-races-yawn/)
Tuesday, as expected, was a great day for the GOP when it gained several seats in the Senate and took control of the House of Representatives in a historic national election. Locally, Republicans also swept the Iredell County elections, but that wasn't surprising. Why? Because being elected to public office in Iredell has almost always been as simple as running Republican.
To the majority of Iredell voters, moral character and fiscal responsibility are irrelevant, as is how much money is raised or spent campaigning. It doesn't even matter if a Republican candidate is a liberal-at-heart (or even if they've previously registered Democrat). Most Iredell voters don't care who the candidate is, or what baggage they carry, as long as they carry the "R" behind their name.
Tuesday's Iredell election was no exception. It was boring. (Yawn!) Anticipated. Predictable. After all, every contested partisan seat, as expected, was won – easily – by a Republican.
Of 43,077 ballots cast in Tuesday's election in Iredell County, 16,008 voters cast straight-ticket ballots, with 10,292 of those being Republican.
Sheriff Phil Redmond, a Republican, easily carried his race, thanks in part to those straight-ticket voters. But how many of his supporters realize that Redmond was a Democrat before deciding to run for Iredell County sheriff in 1994? Redmond changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 1987 – 13 years after he began working for the Iredell County Sheriff's Office and seven years before he became sheriff.
Bill Stamey, the Democrat who challenged Redmond, collected only 9,321 votes on Tuesday, compared to Redmond's 24,431. Though on paper Robert "Skip" Alexander, who is unaffiliated, was the most qualified candidate for sheriff – with prior service as a law-enforcement officer, a lawyer and a special agent with the FBI – he garnered even fewer votes than Stamey, finishing with only 8,897.
Let's face it: Redmond didn't need to campaign to win; he's not only a registered Republican, he has also been Iredell's sitting sheriff for 16 years. But according to campaign finance records at the Iredell County Elections Office, Redmond raised $10,700 in campaign funds, primarily through individual contributions.
Redmond's campaign expenditures totaled about $12,800, including refunds/reimbursements from his campaign committee and in-kind contributions. Redmond spent the majority of his campaign collections on newspaper and radio advertising, shirts, cards and campaign signs.
Stamey raised a fraction of Redmond's campaign bounty. He collected about $8,800 – $3,000 of which he loaned to his own campaign. Stamey's expenses, including in-kind contributions, totaled about $8,500. The majority of Stamey's campaign collections were applied to advertising, cards and campaign yard signs.
Then there's Alexander, who spent about $19,500 of his personal money on advertising, printing and promotional materials, such as rulers, jar openers, caps and shirts. Alexander did not raise money from individual contributions.
Just as Redmond easily secured his fourth term as Iredell's sheriff because he is a Republican, a 20-year county officeholder lost her seat primarily because she isn't.
Brenda Bell has been Iredell's Register of Deeds since 1990. It was presumed that since Bell was the long-time incumbent, she had a natural edge on Tuesday. Another factor appeared to give her even more leverage: Bell and her experience were being challenged by a young, political newcomer, Matt McCall, who had just turned seven years old when Bell first became Iredell's Register of Deeds.
Bell secured $4,000 more in individual campaign contributions than McCall, and she spent double what McCall did on his campaign. But Bell lost the race, 18,807 votes to McCall's 23,471.
Don't get me wrong: McCall seems like a great guy. He is young, personable and energized, and he will almost certainly introduce new, fresh ideas to a little-known office in Iredell County. But he received nearly 10,300 straight-ticket votes right off the jump simply because he's Republican. He knows as well as the next guy – and I'd bet he'd be willing to admit – that the "R" behind his name gave him an immediate advantage over Bell in Iredell County.
Even while Redmond and McCall arguably would have won the election without raising or spending the first penny in campaign materials, credit belongs to both men, especially McCall – who called a press conference to air some of his concerns about the Register of Deeds office – for demonstrating the spirit of democracy by actively vying for their seats.
The top three vote-getters in the Iredell County Board of Commissioners race – all Republicans – campaigned more like what could be expected of Republicans who know they are government shoe-ins.
Compared to the tens of thousands of dollars spent in other county races, Marvin Norman, a Republican incumbent, spent about $1,800 on promotional materials and dinner tickets to a Republican Party event. Republican incumbent Steve Johnson spent about $4,200 on campaign signs and radio advertisements. Newcomer Renee Griffith spent about $1,920 on a photo for newspaper advertising, promotional items and entrance to an event where she campaigned.
All three Republicans easily edged out their one Democratic challenger, Theodore Geary, who collected only 11,912 votes compared to Johnson's 30,299, Norman's 30,013 and Griffith's 29,283.
In a separate election to determine who will serve the remainder of the late Godfrey Williams' term on the county board, Republican Frank Mitchell easily defeated Democrat Chuck Gallyon. Both spent about the same amount of money in their campaigns. Mitchell spent about $1,265, primarily on campaign signs, and he collected 27,690 votes. Gallyon spent about $1,350 on cards, handouts, posters and emery boards. He collected only 14,532 votes.
Finally, in the election for Iredell County Clerk of Superior Court, Republican incumbent Rena Turner easily defeated Democrat challenger, Erin Mendaloff-Green, 30,073 votes to 12,110, respectively.
Nothing except party affiliation matters in an Iredell County election – not the time or money spent campaigning and not who's most qualified for the job.
Perhaps many Iredell voters would say "don't fix what isn't broken" – certainly those who are registered and voted Republican on Tuesday are happy with the status quo.
But I wonder if those same Republicans realize that when they vote straight-ticket, they may easily be voting for a true-blue Iredell Democrat who has switched party affiliation simply to have that "R" behind his or her name?
After all, one's record doesn't have to speak for itself. At least not when you're in Iredell County. And not when you're running Republican.


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Since the beginning of her career nearly 30 years ago, Szifra Birke has been an original thinker, a pioneer recognizing needs others do not see and developing creative solutions to address those needs.
In the 1970's, it was clear to Szifra that grown children of alcoholics needed a safe place to discuss their experience, build self-esteem, and learn more effective ways to relate, so she created such a group. Within a few years, groups and resources to support adult children of alcoholics had become widespread.
In the 1980's, Szifra believed many would benefit if physicians' offices brought mental health services into their practices. She began to work in a medical office and was brought in for consultation in cases where the patient's complaint might have some psychological basis. Many of those patients eventually became Szifra's clients.
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Broadcast since 1997, Szifra is producer and co-host of "Shrink Rap," a monthly television show highlighting current mental health issues.
Szifra is also on the on the Board of Experts for Marcia Yudkins Marketing for More Mentorship Program.
A professional speaker for two decades, Szifra has led workshops and presentations at local and national conferences on mental health, addictions, and money and emotions. She has been conducting training sessions for mental health professionals for 20 years.
She holds a Master's Degree from Purdue University and a BA in psychology from Boston University. Since 1973, Szifra has attended 500 hours of continuing education, plus seven graduate courses beyond her master's degree. She is a licensed mental health counselor, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a certified drug and alcohol abuse counselor.
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Considering the Figure: The Building Blocks of the Figure
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Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Speaker: Michael Horowitz
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Artist Michael Horowitz leads this class emphasizing figure drawing. Using the Museum's collections and figure models as inspiration, this class explores the figure's basic construction and anatomy as well as its use as a means of self-expression.
Using simple shapes and measuring the proportions of the body, students are introduced to the basic layout of the figure by drawing from examples in the Museum's Asian galleries. This class emphasizes gesture drawing and analyzing the silhouette of a figure.
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Referencing the color "blue" rather than the blues themselves, the duo of New York tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and Joe Morris on acoustic guitar present free improvisations balancing technical and melodic musings, an intimate and thoughtful album of concentrative playing.
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Label: Leo
Released in: Great Britain
"Ivo says that it is not exactly a blues record. You won't hear any blues cliches or chord progressions. "It is a blue record because it has the feeling of the colour blue; the whole album is very intimate, and it has that blue feeling throughout. Much of the time it's a kind of introspection." Joe Morrris is known first and foremost as a bass player but BLUE is the first album Perelman has ever recorded in the format of a saxophone/guitar duo."-Leo
"Serial Music is integrative, in the sense that it deals with differences in such a way that the individual characters are maintained while at the same time a unity is achieved. The defining difference of serial from thematic music derives from the relationship of the elements: in thematic music, the elements do battle; here, they are elements in a continuum." (Grant, M.J. (2001) Serial Music, Serial Aesthetics, Cambridge: CUP, p.164)
"First and foremost the music on this album may have been influenced by Serialism, in the way that the works of Webern also influenced Derek Bailey, but the music itself is not Serialist. The strict system, which that implies, needs rigorous planning and a disciplined but creative compositional strategy, with the very essence of this being at odds with an improvisational approach. In this way, it is not the actual system but the sound of the music that has sparked Ivo Perelman's creativity as an improvising musician.
This album is about the colour Blue in all it's connotations and meanings, it's certainly not the 'Blues' in a structural sense (although there are melodic passages which hint at these stylistic traits) and as Perelman is also a very accomplished painter it seems that the blueness of the music is more fixed on the visual idea, whilst seeping over into more emotional responses. I very much like Perelman's visual art and the winding contrapuntal lines of the music seem to be an audible manifestation of his more drip-like Jackson Pollock inspired pieces. As an album of improvised duets between tenor saxophone (Ivo Perelman) and acoustic guitar (Joe Morris), this is the first time that Perelman has recorded with just these two instruments in an intimate setting, and one that he also had reservations about with regard to the viability of the project. However, he needn't have worried and the music on the album is a triumph, once listened to carefully and with respect for what the musicians are trying to achieve.
The title track starts the album and Perelman's sax, with Aylerish-vibrato at times, carries the foreground melody whilst Morris' guitar provides accompaniment mainly through freely atonal chordal voicing's with interspersed linking single lines. This piece sets the overall tone for the album, which the rest of the music carefully continues with great consistency, such is its serial aesthetic. The second piece 'Turtle Dance' reminds me of some of Perelman's 'taking a line for a walk' type paintings with the two complex lines of the sax and guitar criss-crossing over each other. This constructs a complex texture that appears more of a musical object, that we get to view at different angles, as opposed to a piece with an obvious structure that we follow on a journey through time. This is even more apparent on the shorter pieces such as 'Bluebird' and 'Instant' that come in at around the minute mark with their splashes of colour that also seem to have a clear parallel in the visual art of Perelman.
Out of the nine pieces that make up Blue one of my favourites is 'Wee Hours' a track that starts with a husky melody on the sax with a guitar accompaniment that is almost playing a blues turnaround. The piece gradually and consistently develops with the simple lines becoming increasingly more complex before a bluesy melodic line marks the end of the sax's input, with Morris' guitar coming to the fore for a timbral and structural contrast before Perelman's re-entry to bring the piece to a close. More 'bluesy' fragments are also on view (so to speak) in the piece 'Almost Blue' which is similar in it's overall form to 'Wee Hours', also having the feel of an abstracted ballad and containing this feeling in it's essence.
The nature of the instrumentation naturally gives the album an overall introspective and intimate feel and there is clearly a link between Perelman's thoughts as a painter as well as an improviser. As an inward-looking album, Blue doesn't necessarily come out and grab you and it may take a while to tune-in to the dynamics of the pieces. However, the playing is subtle, complex and heartfelt, whilst the title sways your listening bias to hear passages that seem to have developed out of the Blues, of which there are clear moments. Blue is a consistent set of complex musical interactions with unique forms having been influenced by a Serial aesthetic."-Chris Haines, Free Jazz Blog
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