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A schoolteacher has been fined 10,200 ($US13,300) for uploading and downloading music on the Internet in France's first big case designed to deter other peer-to-peer pirates.
The 28-year-old teacher was ordered by a court in the Paris suburb of Pontoise to pay the money to copyright companies after being found guilty of illegally transferred 30 gigabytes of music files - the equivalent of around 10,000 songs, or 614 albums.
The fine was less than half the 28,400 the companies had demanded.
The teacher also had his computer confiscated and was ordered to take out advertisements in two newspapers to publicise the verdict.
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It suggested the government, music companies, artists and consumer groups get together to strengthen copyright on musical works and work out "fair" ways to adapt the changes wrought by Internet.
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Certain things just don't mix. Oil and water. Yankee and Red Sox fans. Men and cleaning. Especially men and cleaning -- a source of household strife as old as the broom. I am a man and most of us (if I may aim broadly here) simply do not possess the cleaning gene. It's nature and >>OUCH!<< Which one of you readers threw that?
OK, OK, this is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, and I am a male of the species who pitches in around the house. But I know there are lots of others out there who don't. So if you live with someone who treats household cleaning like a foreign language that he (or she) doesn't speak, here is my advice for indoctrinating them. You just have to go slowly:
- Start small. Insist not on an entire house to clean, but rather a tiny portion thereof. Like a bookcase. Or the sink in the guest bathroom. Cleaning it will seem not so bad. It might even be fast and painless. After this initial foray into the domain of disinfection, gradually scale up your efforts to entire rooms. Go slowly enough, and eventually (s)he'll clean the entire house before (s)he knows it.
- Don't overload them with your full arsenal of cleaning supplies; this could cause a short-circuit. Start by handing them a roll of recycled paper towels and a spray bottle of Seventh Generation All-Purpose Cleaner.
- Don't let them clean in silence. Blast their favorite album or turn the radio on.
- Offer to work alongside them, and see if you can get the older kids to help pitch in, too. It's always more fun to share the labor.
That should do the trick. If not, immediately begin spending the entire household entertainment budget on a housekeeper and re-order your Netflix queue with all your favorites at the top. After a few showings of a genre you love and they hate, they'll be reaching for the scrub brush like it was a life preserver. Just ask my wife…
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What is Williams saying about human sexuality in "A Streetcar Named Desire?"
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Tennessee Williams, in his play "A Streetcar Named Desire," alludes to human sexuality through the characterizations provided through the strong use of gender roles.
Stanley is characterized as the stereotypical strong male. His dominant male sexual nature is seen through his abuse of Stella and the rape of Blanche. Through both, Stanley is able to control his home. (He is able to manipulate Stella into doing as he wishes--by getting her to continually take him back. He is also able to rid himself of Blanche by raping her (which results in her complete mental breakdown).)
Blanche, on the other hand, is a very sexual creature as well. She has used sex in the past in order to survive (as seen through her history as a prostitute). Not only does her sexual past ooze into her present (through her seduction of both Stanley and Mitch), she believes herself to be far more sexually attractive than she really is (given her aging).
Essentially, Williams is stating that human sexuality can be seen as a tool of power. Both Stanley and Blanche use sex to gain the things they need (Stanley to control his home and Blanche to control her desire to stay young).


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Subject: Re: [htdig] Indexing big files.
From: Gilles Detillieux (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Mon Dec 13 1999 - 13:53:14 PST
According to Petr Ferdus:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
> > According to Petr Ferdus:
> > > Is there a way to force htdig to produce more than one result match per
> > > file? In my case I have indexed just a few rather big files
> > > (approx. 2MB each). Search often showed links to all of them with
> > > the excerpts showing first occurrence of searched string. More usable
> > > output would show all occurrences of searched string located within
> > > documents. (with reasonable upper limit)
> > > Can anyone recommend what might bring richer output.
> >
> > Nothing right now. This feature has been requested once before, but I
> > don't know if anyone is currently working on it.
> Thank you for quick answer.
> Does it mean, that you can actually 'dig' from the htdig databases only
> excerpts related to the first occurence of any given word or the feature
> of viewing other word occurences is not provided by htsearch? (but can be
> implemented, because necessary data are stored there)
All the words of a document get put into the word database. How much of
the document can be used for excerpt highlighting is controlled by the
max_head_length attribute - set it high enough and the entire document
(minus formatting tags) gets stored in the database for use in document
excerpt display.
The limitation right now is that htsearch will only show one
document excerpt per matching document in a search. It will show
the excerpt_length characters surrounding the first matched word
in the document. If there are other matching words in that excerpt,
it'll highlight them too, but it won't go further than that. You could
of course increase excerpt_length, to get one really big excerpt, but
that's rarely what you want.
The suggestion was made, back in October, to extend htsearch to display
more than one excerpt per document. Jim Cole said he'd give it a shot,
but I haven't heard back from him about this. You can find that thread
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>> And, I was just wondering, would it be theoretically possible to >> write a >> dm target that stores data in a file, so that it replaces what the >> loop device does? Or was dm not designed for this? > >> You could write a loop target, and people have suggested this >> already. It's not something that I'm interested in doing however.


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The Beverly Hills Municipal Courthouse might be famous only because of people like Lindsay Lohan, but there's a better reason it deserves some love. Past the metal detectors, to the left of the marriage-license booth, stands an unassuming little wedding chapel, with a resident judge who marries couples every 15 minutes. Rumor has it that's where Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate tied the knot. And as anyone who's planned a wedding knows, the event means just one thing — spending money. Whether it's hiring a florist, photographer, planner or DJ, the cost of today's weddings can be obnoxious, to say the least. But thanks to civil spots like the Beverly Hills Courthouse, the cost of the ceremony can help keep things under budget. The chapel is open only on Thursdays, but a ceremony costs all of $25 ($18 extra if you need a witness). Plus, there's a fake quilted wedding cake, two imitation bouquets on loan, and the courthouse is right next to the picturesque Civic Center — all of which provide plenty of Kodak moments for the ol' wedding album. 9355 Burton Way, Beverly Hills. (310) 288-1310, lasuperiorcourt.org.
—Tanja M. Laden
Once you've come to accept — even embrace! — the very graphic reality of Olympic Spa, that you're flopping around butt-naked with the women of Koreatown all day, you'll realize the pampered lifestyle of a much fancier lady isn't so far out of reach. That's right, princess: For the price of one and a half Patron shots, you can fade into a sweet three-tub rotation of jacuzzi, tea bath, cold rinse, repeat. Olympic Spa's $15 cover includes three sauna types: steam, clay and the red-light third room offering purported "oxygen stones" and charcoal formed from 1,800-degree ubame-gashi trees. Freebies, an intrinsic part of bathhouse privilege, abound — a sea-foam bathrobe, awesome-smelling shampoos, towels and flip-flops. It's quiet, light and pretty, almost utilitarian at times — as if a lovely cleanse were a necessity, and a right. Extra rubdowns and treatments are available, but the only thing you really need won't cost more than $2: a pair of yellow exfoliating mittens that, after a rubdown by the trough, will leave you simultaneously delighted at your new lightness of being and horrified that you could leave behind such a gnarly battlefield of dead skin cells. So worth it. 3915 W. Olympic Blvd., Koreatown. (323) 857-0666, olympicspala.com.
—Simone Wilson
Every mini-mall east of La Brea Avenue has one: a bare-bones Thai massage place, squeezed into a small storefront. Budget basic decor — small Buddha shrine, desktop fountain, photo of a sun-drenched Thai beach — often matches the ho-hum massage. At The Barai in Silver Lake, on a quickly bypassed stretch of Hyperion, the décor is in that spartan mode but the bodywork is not. And there's a super deal: For $39 (cash only), book the Thai-Swedish, an exceptional blend of the comforting strokes of Swedish massage with traditional Thai — where bodies are vigorously manipulated into an assortment of pretzel-shaped poses. Be prepared for an up-close-and-personal massage: A demure lady will knee your ass therapeutically as you lie on a cushioned mat on the floor half-naked. Almost invariably a she, except when it is Jack's strong fingers that stretch you. The fabric dividers between alcoves let the snores of others drift through; yours may soon join in. Don't embarrass yourself by asking for a happy ending. You will be happy. You will relax. 2316 Hyperion Ave., Suite A, Silver Lake. (323) 221-3853, thebaraispa.com.
—Kathy A. McDonald
No accreditation, no degrees, no pay, no tuition — the only thing you have to shell out for is your drinks. Run out of the top floor of the Mountain Bar, Chinatown's legendary Mountain School of Arts attracts a special variety of students, mostly from Europe, who want to come to Los Angeles to study, but perhaps aren't as interested in the credentials and limitations of the professional programs on the other side of downtown. The Mountain School was founded by artists Piero Golia and Eric Wesley, neither of whom attended graduate school. They intended MSA to be a new model for the L.A. art grad school, and to create their own mafia to compete with the other grad schools in town. The founders are very careful to correct you if you call it an alternative, as MSA sees itself not as an alternative but an equal to its more traditional competitors. Except for the teachers and founders buying their guests drinks, the school is run without cost with help from volunteers (myself included), and still manages to get some of the best artists and curators in the city and abroad, from artists Paul McCarthy and Thomas Demand to international curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. 473 Gin Ling Way, Chinatown; themountainschoolofarts.org.
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This Module will cover information about outdoor sport courts and fields. It will include technical information and describe types of materials used in their construction.
Tennis Court Designs
Tennis Court Dimensions
General Specifications
|Court orientation; year round play long axis northwest to southeast 22 degrees off true north. April-October play, long axis is north to south.
|Slope; a slope of .05% to .15% is acceptable depending on the type of surface. Courts should be sloped side to side or end to end.
|Dimensions: singles (78' long x 36' wide), doubles (minimum space 122' x 66')
|Fence: 6 or 9 gauge, 10' or 12' high, posts no more than 10' apart.
Types of Courts
|Porous: allows water to drain through the court surface.
|Non-porous: does not allow water to drain through the court surface.
Selection Considerations
Paddle Tennis
Paddle Tennis Court Dimensions
General Specifications
|Court orientation; year round play long axis northwest to southeast 22 degrees off true north. April-October play, long axis is north to south.
|Slope; a slope of .05% to .15% is acceptable depending on the type of surface. Courts should be sloped side to side or end to end.
|Dimensions: singles (65' 7 7/16" long x 32' 9 3/4" wide), with a 1% tolerance level.
|Enclosure, paddle court is completely enclosed by back walls (32' 9 3/4" wide, and between 9' 10 1/8" and 13' 1 1/2" high) sidewalls (13' 1 1/2" from the back wall, they decrease in height from 9' 10 1/8" to 5' at a 38 degree angle), and fencing.
Paddle Tennis Publications
Paddle Court Surfaces
|hard court (concrete, asphalt)
|artificial grass
Platform Tennis
Platform Tennis Court Dimensions
General Specifications
|Court orientation; year round play long axis northwest to southeast 22 degrees off true north. April-October play, long axis is north to south.
|Slope; a slope of .05% to .15% is acceptable depending on the type of surface. Courts should be sloped side to side or end to end.
|Dimensions: singles (44' long x 20' wide), Total surface is 68' x 38' or 2584 square feet.
|Fence: 16 gauge hexagonal, galvanized, one-inch flat wire mesh fabric, 12' high, posts no more than 10' apart.
|Deck surface is Douglas Fir planks 2x6
|All space around the platform is covered with wire, except for a 12' opening in the center of each side which is covered with netting.
Badminton Court Diagram
General Specifications
|Court orientation; year round play long axis northwest to southeast 22 degrees off true north. April-October play, long axis is north to south.
|Slope; a slope of .05% to .15% is acceptable depending on the type of surface. Courts should be sloped side to side or end to end.
|Dimensions: singles (44' long x 17' wide), Doubles court 44' x 20'.
|Court marking are 1.5 inches wide.
|Safety distance, 8' unobstructed behind the back boundary line and 5' on each sideline or between courts.
General Specifications
|Basketball Court Dimensions
Volleyball Court Dimensions
General Specifications
|Court orientation; year round play long axis northwest to southeast 22 degrees off true north. April-October play, long axis is north to south.
|Slope; a slope of .05% to .15% is acceptable depending on the type of surface. Courts should be sloped side to side or end to end.
|Dimensions: traditional in the U.S. (60' long x 30' wide) or U.S. Volleyball rules (59' x 29.5'). Total area 80' x 50'
|Dimensions (professional): 93' x 57'
|Boundary lines should be brightly colored 1/4" rope or 1 1/2" webbing. No center line is required (177' needed for court lines)
|Net height 7' 11 5/8" men's, 7' 4 1/8" women's, measured at the center of the
playing court.
|Court marking are 2 inches wide.
|Net is 39" wide and a minimum of 32' long
|Posts should be padded up to 6'
|Safety distance, 9' 10" unobstructed behind the back boundary line and on each sideline or between courts.
|Sand Court Construction
|Shuffle Board
General Specifications
Croquet Court Dimensions
General Specifications (Six Wicket)
|Dimensions: (105' long x 84' wide)
|The stake is set in the center of the court, inner wickets are set 21' to the north and south of the stake, outer wickets are 21' from the adjacent boundary.
General Specifications (Nine Wicket)
|Dimensions: (100' long x 85'wide)
Sport fields represent the largest area of land dedicated to recreation facilities. Issues surrounding sport field development are:
Types of Field Turf
FieldTurf Synthetic Field Surface
Natural Turf Field
Natural: Sport fields are special facilities. When natural turf is chosen, a sports turf specialist is needed to oversee the development of a total field management program (Lewis, 1994). A comprehensive program should include the following:
1) selecting an adapted grass for the locality;
2) mowing this selected grass at proper height and frequency;
3) fertilizing at the proper time and rate according to the turfgrass growth;
4) irrigating as needed to encourage establishment and to reduce stress periods;
5) aerifying to relieve compaction or dethaching according to the turf and the amount of play; and
6) using the appropriate preemergence and post emergence herbicides. The goal is to first produce a vigorous turf that will be competitive to the weeds (Lewis, W. (1994). Weeding Out Unwanted Growth: Weed problems on athletic fields can be nipped in the bud by implementing a total weed management program. Athletic Management, 6, (3), 28).
Chart courtesy of FieldTurf, Inc.
Bleacher Seating Materials
synthetics (plastic)
Bleacher Guidelines
Lighting is usually controversial issue for most recreation and sport fields. It increases the initial cost but offer opportunities to increase the use of the field and generate more revenue. Residents near a proposed field need to be included in the planning process to reduce political conflicts.
Multipurpose sport fields are more complicated, but more cost effective, to light than single purpose fields. However, most new field construction combine activities to maximize the use and minimize the acreage needed. There should be no shadows, glare, or irregular bright patches on the playing field. All lighting poles must be located outside the playing area.
Planning for Lighting should include:
Lighting levels (No Standards Exist, Only Recommended Practices, Guidelines, Etc.).
Lighting level - An easy way to understand lighting levels is consider it the amount of light falling on a surface. It is measured in either footcandles or lux (1 footcandle N 10 lux).
IESNA - Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. This group has established recommended criteria for various types of illumination for given uses. IESNA is generally regarded as _reference for defining lighting design parameters.
IESNA RP-6-01 - Recommended Practice 6-01 for Sports and Recreational Area Lighting. Since the project inception, IESNA RP-6-01 has been the design parameter used for the Thorpe field lighting.
Class of Play & Facilities - "In general, as the skill level is elevated, players and spectators require a better and more sophisticated luminous environment. A correlation exists between the size of a facility arid the level of play. e.g., a higher skill level attracts a greater number of spectators. As the number of spectators increases their distance from the playing surface increases and their need for increased illuminance to see players and tasks requires the values to increase. Accordingly, facilities should be designed to satisfy the most talented players and accommodate the greatest potential spectator capacity." IESNA RP-6-01
To determine illumination levels IESNA groups facilities into one of four Classes based upon the skill levels of players and the anticipated number of spectators.
Class I Competition play before a large group > 5,000 - 10,000
Class II Competition play with facilities for up to 5,000 spectators
Class III Competition play with some spectator facilities
Class IV Competition or recreational play only (no provisions for spectators)
Illuminance Criteria - Recommended illuminance levels per RP-6-01
|Coefficient of
|Coefficient of
|Class I
|< 1.3:1
|< 1.7:1
|< 0.07
|< 0.13
|Class II
|< 1.5:1
|< 2.0:1
|< 0.10
|< 0.17
|Class III
|< 2.0:1
|< 2.5:1
|< 0.17
|< 0.21
|Class IV
|< 2.5:1
|< 3.0:1
|< 0.21
|< 0.25
Uniformity (Horizontal) - "Uniformity is a measure of relationships of illuminance over an area. It is particularly important for high speed sports on a large playing field, such as baseball, football, ice hockey and tennis. Poor uniformity, especially shadows, may distort the visual perception of tasks both in speed and in position, thus affecting player performance." IESNA RP-6-01
Uniformity ratio and the coefficient of variation are both methods to express uniformity and to evaluate an installation.
Most recreation agencies use Class III or Class IV lighting levels for their sport facilities.
Illumination Levels:
Baseball & softball = 20 foot-candles (outfield) and 30 foot-candles (infield)
Soccer, rugby, football, lacrosse = 30 foot-candles
Orientation of Fields
Baseball & softball fields should be oriented with the axis (line between home plate to second base) determine the suns position at sunrise, early morning, late afternoon, and sunset. The orientation of the field should avoid the catcher or pitcher from facing directly into the early morning or late afternoon sun.
Soccer, rugby, football, lacrosse fields should be oriented north to south.
Youth fields need a four foot fence, interscholastic fields need an eight foot fence.
The ability of a field to drain quickly reduces the number of games that have to be cancelled due to wet fields. Playing on wet turf will destroy the sod and increase the replacement costs. Playing field should be crowned (1/4" per foot towards the sideline drainage area) to allow runoff.
|Three Types of Irrigation Systems
The planners of the irrigation system need to consider the following elements:
(1) The safety of the participant (i.e., perimeter or within-field sprinkler layout ,
Sports Fields for Special Needs Participants - Miracle Field
The Miracle Field is not only a baseball field, but it includes an entire environment suited for special needs youth and ball players. The field itself has a rubberized synthetic turf allowing wheelchairs and walkers to glide unrestricted in addition to the accessible dugouts and bleachers. The environment encompasses a control center with wheelchair and walker accessible restrooms & water fountains, an all accessible press box, a special needs accessible playground, and a pavilion for family and community fellowship.
Field Dimensions
15,102 sq. feet = field including dugouts and foul areas
Baseline: 50 feet
Maximum Field Size
– 125 feet (Home plate to center field fence). Any larger
field will not allow these children the opportunity of hitting the
ball over the fence.
Reference: http://www.miraclefield.org/ & Miracle Field (sports field for special needs youth)
Sports Field Space Requirements
Baseball/Softball Field Design Considerations
Field specifications will vary depending on the type and level of the users. Various organizations have rule books with this information. These include:
Amateur Softball Association
Miracle Field (sports field for special needs youth)
National Federation of High School Activities Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic
National Junior College Athletic Association
Softball USA
Independent Softball Association
International Senior Softball Association
National Softball Association
National Association for Girls and Women's Sports
Little League Association
Baseball/Softball Field Considerations
Backstop Designs
Purposes of the backstop are:
|keeping the ball in the playing field
|protecting spectators/and players
|protecting adjacent areas form pop-up or foul balls.
Common Backstop Designs
|3 12' panels 18' to 20 ' high
|1 1/2" galvanized wire mesh
|side panels flare 30 degrees with the center panel
|fencing gradually tapers down to 8' behind the players bench
|top of backstop has 3 panels 4' to 6' by 12' attached to the upright panels at a 45 degree angle and covered with 1 1/2" wire mesh.
When designing the backstop, the planners should consider the following:
(1) using small mesh to discourage people from climbing the structure;
(2) ensuring the parking and traffic areas are not close;
(3) installing a double mesh to prevent fingers, faces, and other body parts of spectators from being crushed by errant balls or thrown bats;
(4) keeping the mesh free from any barbs or penetrating parts to ensure safety for players and spectators;
(5) ensuring the distance between home plate and the backstop is not less than 25 feet but preferably 60 feet to ensure player safety;
(6) using ground materials of either turf with an appropriate warning track composed of clay or crushed granite (M-10) or crushed brick, or no turf with either clay or crushed granite (M-10) or crushed brick; and
(7) ensuring the height of the backstop is at least 18 feet, preferably 20 feet, with a four- to six-foot overhang at the top with a 45' angle. (Mittelstaedt, 1999, p.326)
Skatepark liability: Modern skateparks are better designed, bigger and safer than the skateparks of the 1970's and 1980's. Insurance companies do not view contemporary skateparks as high risk for government agencies. Depending on state laws libility concerns may be reduced by operating unsupervised skateparks. A "skate at your own risk" policy. Nationally, skateboarding is one of the safest outdoor recreation activities.
General Planning Criteria
1970's remodeled swimming pool turned skate park
|Safety: Appropriate design features will reduce injuries and include:
- safe spectator areas
- minimum maintenance site
- clear sight lines
- protective netting or barriers to prevent serious falls and flying skateboards
- safety lighting
- emergency access
- environmental elements (wind, sun, rain, snow, lightning etc.)
- shaded areas
- drinking fountains and rest rooms
Types of Materials Used in Skateparks
|Wood: Least expensive but requires high maintenance (masonite, plywood, skatelite, or birch)
|Steel: More expensive than wood but skate features are bolted on a flat concrete pad.
|Concrete: May be in-ground or above ground. Most expensive and permanent features. Low maintenance.
Skatepark Features/Obstacles
Source: sk8parks International
Skatepark Design
Related Web Sites:
sk8parks International: Skate park designs.
Tony Hawk Foundation: Helping fund public skate parks nationwide.
Public Skatepark Development Guide
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Udaya R. Tennakoon
Unseen Visitor - Poem by Udaya R. Tennakoon
You imprisoned in
Mother's womb
When I was arrested and imprisoned
In social prison womb
Without seeking the sun and moon
Days and weeks
Months and years passed
And in the meantime you released from uterus
Keeping eternal pain
in my heart no one seen
Without a name and a born father
Grew up in a transitional time
And I put a name after three months
Relatives knew
But it concealed to neighbors
"Her father has been in abroad"
After almost six months
My daughter with mother
In front of the prison
Where crowding packed room in prison
Between the wall and through a small window fixed a
Small holes net
They have come to see me
Touching the iron bar
She was looking at me
Tears collapsed
Out of eyes of mother
But my eyes dried up
As the heart weeping
"This is your father"
Asked with sighs
She smiled
Looking at me
Touching the iron bar
Udaya R. Tennakoon
Comments about Unseen Visitor by Udaya R. Tennakoon
Adeline Foster (5/21/2012 3:37:00 PM)
Reminds me of The Song of Wandering Aengus by Yates. Truly a sad story. Read mine - MEMORY IS A CHEATING THING -
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Vipins Puthooran (10/5/2011 2:23:00 PM)
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Timbaland seems to be dividing opinion a great deal lately. Some would have it that the praise he's received from mainstream rock and pop critics since Missy's …So Addictive has lead to a complacency perhaps, a lack of rhythmic invention, a dearth of new directions in which to propel the artists he works with, and few truly head-wrenching "what the fuck was that?" moments over the last three years. Others would have it that, even if not accelerating his own game, he's still way ahead of everybody else, and that's all that matters; and even if he has been 'canonised', he's managed to avoid the kind of rhetoric of authenticity that can afflict other hiphop producers/rappers/performers/etcetera crossing over to a 'rock' audience. Maybe the Diwali riddim did make him double take and panic that dancehall producers had out-done him at his own game for a while there… Either way, Mr Mosley is still one of the most exciting producers working in music today, and one particular track on Petey Pablo's recent Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry album proves it.
"Get On Dis Motorcycle" may not be the most nuts, onomatopoeic beat that Tim's ever produced, but the texture and hooks running rampant over the top of the crunk thump send the weirdness-o-meter through the roof. A looped, chattering, drone-like sample of a chant in which words are indecipherable, possibly eastern, possibly sung by children, buzzes through the heart of the track, resting chaotically on the edge of pure noise but still maintaining a sense of melodic direction and a strong, intangible hook, while Petey Pablo (and later Bubba Sparxx) waxes blue collar jump rhymes over the top ("I was a bad muthafucka / Slightly retarded"?!). As if this wasn't weird enough, at the end of each chorus Tim fires up what I assume must be a (small) motorcycle but which could equally be a chainsaw such is it's pitch and timbre, and riffs with its revs quite extraordinarily for added found-sound sonic-delirium head-fuckery.
If "Get On Dis Motorcycle" brings anything to mind (other than Timbaland himself, and perhaps a hint of Qawwali about the tone of the vocal sample/hook), it's "Starbound: All Burnt Out And Nowhere To Go" from D.I. Go Pop by Disco Inferno, where a chattering, noisy vocal sample is looped into a delirious, push-me-pull-you hook. "…Motorcycle" though has a decade of musical and technological innovation backing it up; this is a track you could easily imagine getting radio and/or club play, whereas Disco Inferno's previous take on the idea exists fully in the realm of the experimental / avant-garde / ignored.
Which makes it even more tragic that, ten years hence, alternative rock still hasn't, by and large, even attempted to engage with the now, let alone the future, and even more remarkable that people like Timbaland have taken hold of the future and made it the norm.
Oh yeah, did I mention that, forgetting everything else, "Get On Dis Motorcycle" is bloody fantastic?
It is.
A number of days ago, much like a person tends to, on occasion, go pass through an old neighbourhood they've long since left, I took a stroll along The Gloria Records website. As I imagine many are already aware of, The Gloria Record were led by Chris Simpson and Brian Malone, who were members of Mineral, a band that parted ways a number of years ago. My reasons and, as a result, interests in music have, it seems to me, changed quite a lot during these last couple years, so my wondering about TGR came with some surprise. While checking in on TGR I came to learn that apparently the boys are, as they put it, not broken up, but are without plans to ever play together again. So it seems those of the emo lineage are promised a short life-span and yet, with this being said, I had hope TGR might be one of those who defy their genes and last just a little longer. Although I nearly lost all interest for indie rock in general, I kept tabs on a select few if only out of fleeting interest. Not to say I'm terribly ashamed of having once listened to emo and though I do horde old cd's such as The Power Of Failing, The End Of The Ring Wars and How It Feels To Be Something On, under my bed as though they were dirty magazines, I do, on occasion, play them quite openly before other people. Just yesterday I wiped the dust off Kilowatthours' Strain Of Positive Thinking and gave it a listen. The experience of listening to those old records has been like flipping through an old photo album you had, for some time now, all but forgotten about and having past scenes sort of flicker back into clarity.
Among other thoughts, this has brought to mind my wondering just how many other bands have unfortunately parted ways before I, as a listener, would have preferred. There are, of course, endless streams of such cases and I'd like to only briefly touch on a few:
A.C. Newman's debut, as the next best thing to a new New Pornagraphers record, has been getting some pretty impressive hype. I was thinking about trying to review it for Stylus, but upon hearing it a few times, I find I have very little to say about it (although I'm sure someone else will). Most of the record just sounds like Oh, Inverted World to me, and one of the reasons I love Chutes Too Narrow so fiercely is because it was such a quantum leap above the Shins' first album, which I found mostly boring.
Of course, I realise that comparing The Slow Wonder to Oh, Inverted World will be a glowing recommendation for some, and that's fine - Newman is a good songwriter and performer, even if his stuff isn't quite my style. But I wish he had more songs like "The Town Halo". It's got more teeth than anything else on The Slow Wonder, and is the closest any of it gets to being as exciting as, say, "The Body Says No". The song is anchored by a stirring, dark string refrain that is repeated inexorably during the verses. When Newman yelps out the title phrase over insistent piano, it's a thrilling moment. It has a drive that seems missing from much of the album, and while that langour occasionally works in Newman's favour ("Drink To Me Babe, Then" in particular), a better balance between it and songs like "The Town Halo" would have served The Slow Wonder better.
For those of you who enjoy train wrecks, check out how badly The Cure's Robert Smith is aging in their latest video.
At 3:15 in the morning yesterday, I was watching TV in my parents' basement as is my summer wont, when I flipped to HBO Signature which was going into its, "This Feature is Rated R" screen. I stuck around for a minute or two to see if there would be an N(udity) and SC(Strong Sexual Content) label following the rating intro. Alas, only nudity came up, but at 3:15, beggars can't be choosers and I waited for the opening credits. To my surprise, they were airing Festen, the first Dogme 95 film, directed by Thomas Vinterberg.
This is my first experience with Dogme 95 stuff, and if anything I held a preconceived distaste for their films because the "Manifesto" seemed utterly stupid. The idea behind the Manifesto, focusing on the story and characters rather than superficial aspects of moviemaking, is good. However, one can tell a great story and include artistic visuals, so why limit oneself? Regardless, I was willing to watch Festen because Dogme 95 has an intriguing aura, I felt I needed to see its fruits.
For the first 20 minutes I was crestfallen, what kind of boring, impenetrable foreign crap had I gotten myself into? Characters whizzed about and many scenes had such different airs that I thought I was just letting symbolism rocket over my noggin. And then; that sweet sweet plot twist was delivered. I had had no idea what the film was about, and the revelation (avoiding spoilers as much as possible) snapped my slouching form to attention. Not knowing the plot beforehand made Festen all the more engrossing, so I implore you to rush to the video store and refrain from reading the box.
Simply put, Festen is excellent. The characters are painfully real and the story suspenseful. Watch this movie, you won't regret it.
Regardless, I'm still not going to watch Dogville (made by Dogme 95 director Lars Von Trier), I will forever hate Nicole Kidman for her hack performance in Kubrick's last film.
I know this isn't exactly music-related, but since what we do here at Stylus is most definitely journalism (though some of you might not always agree), I felt it was appropriate to express just how unbelievably saddened I am to hear about the passing of former Sports Illustrated writer and ESPN2 columnist Ralph Wiley. Pro sports and indie rock are little more than two ships passing in the night for most people, but I'm a huge fan of both, and I count Wiley as one of my biggest influences as a journalist even though I've never written a line of sports copy in my life. You didn't have to be a numbers junkie or a stat head to appreciate his work, because he dug deeper than almost any other sportswriter, getting at the personalities behind the highlight reels and trying to understand sports as more than just a game but a cultural phenomenon, a mirror of society and especially of race. His writing was thick with ideas, but always remained direct and highly readable. He broke down barriers between journalist and reader, constructing an open dialogue in everyday speech rather than declaiming from some high horse or pedestal. I continue to try and follow his example in my own writing, and if someday I can be half as good a music writer as he was a sportswriter, or hell, just a writer in general, I'll be really onto something.
In reading Todd Burns' Playing God piece on The White Album, I can't help but ponder for a moment: is "Martha My Dear" the very best that one-half of the best songwriting duo in pop history had to offer? Yes, it's about his sheepdog. Yes, it's decidedly the most non-life-changing trifle imaginable. But is it also life-affirming? Because, when I think about that chorus, "Hold your head up/You silly girl"—and particularly the falsetto-busting "See what you've DUUUUHHN," as it leads into the "Find yourself in the thick-of-it" section—I almost feel guilty over the degree to which I am rejoicing in that little slice of unencumbered pop heaven — that something that means nothing in the world to anyone means everything in the world to me.
Anyway, just a thought.
A blessing to most of us, Creed announced that they've split up. The only strange part, as reported by The Rolling Stone, is that singer Scott Stapp's future plans include working with Canadian arena rockers The Tea Party on a full-length album. As an unabashed fan of The Tea Party (despite their last poor effort), I can't help but ask the unanswerable:
Does this mean that Stapp is getting cooler or that The Tea Party are getting lamer? Please, don't answer that.
With the sneaking suspicion that TTP's best work may well be behind them, I want to take this opportunity to shamelessly suggest, for those of you who haven't heard any of their work, 1997's Transmission and 1999's Triptych. For a three-piece, these guys produce a really intricate sound that rewards repeat listens. To oversimplify the nature of their sound, they are like an updated Led Zeppelin, sung by Jim Morrison, replete with exotic eastern instruments (they'll actually find some of these obscurities in Indian flee markets, have them repaired, teach themselves to play them, and feature them prominently on their records). I mean—really—what other band is doing this stuff?
If downloading is your thing, try these songs:
"Walking Wounded"
But if your mainstream fuse is especially short, and you can indulge but one, try the egregiously underrated ballad "Gone". It'll get your girl's panties off in a hurry and in the end, isn't that the truest musical litmus test?
As I'm beginning to feel like Avril's album may be among my favorites of the year so far (this and the Neurosis album, ok?) , I feel like I have some responsibility to chime in on the debate that centered around the recent article on the main site. I figured I'd bring it out here to continue the discussion a bit more easily.
One of the criticisms leveled at Avril is that of being without a personality. I can't think a statement could be further from the truth. Giving her the benefit of the doubt in the basic construction of her public persona, Avril has crafted a very distinct personality that is anti-pose and anti-Britney. She wants people just to be themselves, rather than trying to act like something they're not. Throughout her first album and, much more interestingly done on her second, she does so in an incredibly schizophrenic manner because she's a 17 yr. old girl trying to find herself and trying to find her way in the world. If the complaint is about how she sings the songs too straight, I also couldn't disagree more. As J0hn Darnie11e used to deride the song's singing: "the mispronunciation of "complicated" to make it rhyme with the even worse mispronunciation of "frustrated" — that song just reeks to heaven in so many ways ", I find to be one of the reasons to embrace it all the more. The Canadian accent adds a different pronunciation to key words that make it far more interesting otherwise. In any case, there are numerous subtle inflections that she brings to certain moments of songs is actually quite brilliant (new album "Forgotten"'s beginning, "I'm With You"'s climax, "Freak Out"'s punk sneer). And all of this is aside from the fact that she's an INCREDIBLE singer. That's the reason that she got a record deal in the first place.
The further claim made in the comments of the article go like this: "Avril has nothing to add to any music dialogue". Mmm. I'm halfway able to agree with this. Except for the fact that when she appeared on the pop landscape there was not a strong female presence that denied sexuality as a defining influence. Her contribution to the musical dialogue is anthems for teenage girls that don't have someone to listen to (on the radio) that say that abstinence is good, outside of Christian stations. I can't imagine the semi-atheist teenage girl population that doesn't want to have sex is that small. It's an important addition to that musical dialogue and narrative that simply wasn't being presented at the time.
Finally, the claim that Lavigne's music isn't humorous is put on the table. If you can't listen to "Sk8er Boi" and "He Wasn't" without cracking a smile, you probably have a different conception of humor than her. Imagine that.
Tipped off by my helpful soulful house informant, Rich Moroder Juzwiak, this A-side has a fantatstic bass run-up that is augmented by a preponderance of squelches. Never one to back down from the disorienting ping (cf. Sparks: "Tryouts for the Human Race" and Kelis "Caught out There"), it's also got great lyrics. Anything that makes reference and then drops the sample to AOL's "You've Got Mail" gets extra special bonus points from me…
Who is that he needs, though? House music. Hard to believe he's taking a picture of her and putting her up on the internet…but when the music is this good, you can't let logic get in the way of the dancing.


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Jovian UV Albedo and Center-to-Limb Profiles as Observed by IUE and WFPC2
M. B. Vincent, J. T. Clarke, G. E. Ballester (U. Michigan), W. M. Harris (U. Wisconsin), T. Livengood (UMD at NASA/GSFC)
Jupiter's ultraviolet albedo and center-to-limb profiles vary with latitude and wavelength as derived from observations by the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) and the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). This study combines the complimentary feature of both instruments to examine these variations. WFPC2 images, from May 1994 through March 1997, provide the high spatial resolution required to accurately determine the center-to-limb profiles. However, the broad band WFPC2 UV filters limit our ability to identify individual photoabsorbing species. IUE's short and long wavelength cameras provide spectral resolution, at the expense of spatial resolution. In September 1995 and August 1996, IUE observed the darker belt near and the brighter zone near planetocentric latitude. Multiple central meridian offsets were targeted to obtain the wavelength dependence of the center-to-limb profile. The target areas were based on WFPC2 images convolved to match IUE's point spread function. All IUE observations used the small apertures. One of the IUE results shows the center- to-limb profiles change significantly from 170 to 198 nm and more gradually up to 335 nm, with strongest limb darkening occurring at the shortest wavelengths. This work is supported by NASA grant NAGW-5235 and grant AR05797.01-94A from the STSCI to the University of Michigan.


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'True Blood' HBO Season 7 SPOILERS, Episode 1: Eric Ditches Sookie for New French Girlfriend? She's 'Drop Dead Gorgeous,' Tara and Pam Details, 2014 Start Date Revealed
"True Blood" season 7 is going to start with a bang in 2014 as new spoilers reveal Eric's new love interest and Tara and Pam's relationship.
According to E! Online, Alexander Skarsgard is going to be returning as his popular, sexy character Eric Northman, but also with a sassy love interest as well.
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Last season, we all giggled and gasped when Eric burned to a crisp whilst bathing naked in the Swiss Alps. Now, prepare for a wave of good news to wash over you because... Spoiler Alert: Eric lives! And he's getting a super gorgeous love interest: Slyvie is a drop-dead gorgeous and can speak fluent French. Sorry, Sookie, but all you can do is nag people to death and sometimes glow.
Millions of "True Blood" fans wanted to see Eric and Sookie live happily ever after in the HBO TV series, but it doesn't look like this is going to happen.
New showrunner Brian Buckner hinted that the love triangle with Sookie will not include Eric.
"To me, with Eric gone and off on his own story going forward, I think it's a pretty obvious triangle we're setting up between Bill and Sookie and Alcide," Buckner told TV Line.
What about Tara and Pam?
Tara actress Rutina Wesley dished some spoilers about her relationship with Pam, played by Kristin Bauer van Straten.
"They are a good couple, Pam and Tara," she told HuffPost Live studios. "It's nice because Tara sort of brings out a side in Pam you don't always see. I think Pam has met her match when she's with Tara."
She dished about her character as a new vampire as well.
"I like the strength that comes with being a vampire," Wesley said as she discussed the gifts that came along with Tara's transformation.
According to Hypable, Bill Compton actor Stephen Moyer will direct the final season of "True Blood." He last directed the season 6 premiere episode "Who Are You, Really?" as well as season 5, episode 8, "Somebody That I Used To Know."
HBO announced in September that season 7 will be the last season with 10 episodes, and will premiere in June 2014. The show will begin filming in January.
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Cocktails didn't resurface again until the age of disco arrived in the late 1970s. But these were fruity and frothy concoctions that glowed bright under mirror balls. The piña colada went hand-in-hand with the booming economy of the eighties. But not unlike the muddled martini mania that has run amuck for the past few years, it wasn't very smart.
"Fruit martinis can be sold as upmarket, sophisticated drinks," Barr explains, "but after a while people realize they're not. It's a gradual learning process."
Grimes attributes our elevated taste buds to a resurgence of serious bartenders. "Most of these guys," he says, "are working out of a respect for cocktail tradition and are building on that."
For further evidence of increased respect for the cocktail, Grimes points to a newfound co-operation between the front and the back of the house in New York restaurants. Chefs and bartenders, he says, are finally sitting down together and coming up with ways to help the bar support the cuisine. "You see more and more cocktail menus that draw on the flavours and the spices of the food. That's a dramatic example of what's happening."
While Barr agrees that the renewed interest in classics has been fuelled by properly trained bartenders, he also believes it's a generational development. "There are lots of young people with very highly paid jobs today. They have lots of money and they're looking for glamour."
He points to the Ten Room in London's Cafe Royal in the Soho district, where 24-year-old master mixologist Andrés Masso has created a multiple-page menu that lists 130 premium cocktails, including an entire page devoted to "grinders." Otherwise known as mashed cocktails, the category encompasses Cuba's refreshing crushed-mint mojito, and its Brazilian cousin, the lime caipirinha. Although Masso offers many sweet and fruity variations on all-time favourites, he makes a great effort to only use ingredients with integrity -- house-made vanilla-infused rum in his daiquiris, for instance, or freshly puréed raspberries in his champagne cocktails.
Quality ingredients, Grimes insists, is the key to a great cocktail. "Nothing ruins a Manhattan faster than 'well' liquor," referring to inferior house brands used by many bars. "I think people today know more about whisky and rum and bourbon, so there's a better chance of getting a good drink."
Premium liquors may be on the rise, but the premium cocktail almost contradicts one of its primary raisons d'être: to mask the taste of hootch. According to Calabrese's research, 70 per cent of the cocktails ordered in bars these days -- like the mai tai -- were created during Prohibition.
Back in Toronto, Agg has definitely noticed an increased awareness (and availability) of premium bourbons, rums and tequilas. So, in addition to the increased space alloted to classic cocktails on her new drinks menu, she will be offering an expanded list of premium shots -- that can be used to upgrade a cocktail or sip straight up.
"I want to give our customers as much choice as possible -- so we don't have to ride the cocktail thing. Because they are going to go out of style eventually. I think people are going to go back to straight booze."
Grimes, however, remains adamantly optimistic. "Unlike many, this was actually a trend that was a good idea. But I think it's gone beyond a revival. Classics are now just a fact of life. And I don't see any course correction."
he original sour -- a brandy sour -- was a favourite drink in the 1850s. You can make sours with any spirit. Bourbon and whisky have been the most popular versions for years, but to the dismay of some connoisseurs, the amaretto sour is the up-and-coming drink of choice for the Toronto club crowd. 2 ounces amaretto Juice of ½ lemon ½ teaspoon sugar or sugar syrup Orange slice Mix all ingredients, except orange slice, in a shaker with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled whisky sour glass. Garnish with a slice of orange.
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Political editor Michelle Grattan considers the consequences of defeat tomorrow for Mark Latham and for John Howard.
Mark Latham
A Latham defeat tomorrow means Labor would have lost four elections on the trot, traumatic for any party. The hard reality would hit after the excitement of a campaign when victory seemed at least within grasp.
Latham would have an excuse for losing. A man who had been leader less than a year, and before that was little known to the public, was always going to face a herculean task to oust John Howard. Labor would find it harder to rationalise, but both party and leader would jointly have to shoulder the responsibility of failure.
With the community ready for change, some in the party might feel the familiar face of Kim Beazley would have frightened the electorate less. Others could argue that holding back huge policies like tax and family, and Medicare Gold was in retrospect a bad strategy.
But a big blood-letting would not be in the party's interest. Nor, since there is no stand-out alternative, would a quick change of leader.
The first post-election test for Latham would be to avoid Labor tearing itself apart. He would need to use his considerable powers to persuade it that this defeat was a step on the road to victory (like 1969 was to the 1972 win), not the brink of an abyss. This would be easier for Latham if he'd cut into Howard's majority.
Labor would be back to rebuilding. As it has said through the campaign, it would have to prepare to fight the next election against Peter Costello. Second time round, Latham would face the people more experienced but would have lost the advantage of newness; he would also not be able to portray himself as the young leader facing an opponent on the verge of retirement.
Latham's challenge would be to keep his team together and himself disciplined. Since he won leadership in December the party has given him enormous latitude. Things would not be that smooth through a three-year term of opposition. The party would assert itself against his one-manband style, and if he performed badly he could always face a challenge.
Certainly people would feel much freer to challenge policy directions and demand a say. It is very different in the first or second year of a term than immediately before an election, with the leader still in his honeymoon period.
The factions could become more restive, and possibly even more fragmented.
Latham as leader has been extraordinarily personally disciplined. A prolonged period in opposition would test that self-control and yet, without it, he could not succeed.
Before he became leader Latham was a policy magpie, picking up lots of shiny ideas that interested him. In the run-up to this election he has laid down a bold set of policies. An early issue would be whether the party started with a completely clean slate or used the main election policies as building blocks for the next term.
Although caucus formally chooses the front bench (and the leader allocates portfolios), Latham would want to mould his team, which he minimally changed when he became leader.
Jenny Macklin would be under pressure not to contest the deputyship or could face a challenge if she did so. Julia Gillard, one of the highest-profile shadows during the campaign and personally close to Latham, has been eyeing the deputyship.
A loss would affect Latham's relationship with key players such as Kim Beazley, Kevin Rudd, Stephen Conroy, Stephen Smith and Wayne Swan. While there has been all-round harmony for the past months, these have all been severe Latham critics in the past.
The longevity of a leader is hard to predict these days when parties can be ruthless. If Latham performed however, he'd almost certainly lead into another election. By then, he might look back on 2004 as the easiest days of his leadership.
John Howard
If John Howard loses this election, Peter Costello would be catapulted into the job he least wants. The tumble from office would come as a shock for the Coalition. Although the Liberals and Nationals have been acutely aware the election could fall either way, they go into it expecting a win as the more likely outcome.
Many Liberals would blame Howard for staying on after he'd indicated he was likely to quit. Costello is said to be unimpressed with the conduct of the campaign. The party, to whom Howard so recently has been a hero second only to Robert Menzies could quickly fall into a nasty game of recriminations.
History would see Howard very differently from the way it would be written if he triumphed tomorrow and resigned in his own time, a year or 18 months from now.
Being thrown into opposition would bring instant generational change, the hard way. Some older ministry members have already gone, but others in the Howard team would stand aside or be dropped from the front bench in the new Costello line-up. Costello loyalists such as Christopher Pyne and George Brandis would be looking for their place in the sun.
The first battle would be for deputy leader, with Tony Abbott, Brendan Nelson, Joe Hockey and Alexander Downer among the likely contenders. Costello would want to influence the choice of deputy, but the position is the gift of the party room.
One early question would be whether the Liberals and Nationals stayed in coalition in opposition. A glance at history would suggest they should - when they have gone it alone it's been a disaster. Mark Vaile would step into the National Party leadership. John Anderson would follow Howard in bowing out of leadership. Costello and Vaile, who is ambitious and energetic and popular among grassroots Nationals, would work well together.
Although Costello has been the second most senior Liberal all through the Howard years, his position on many issues outside his treasury area have not been fleshed out. There are a lot of question marks about how a Costello Liberal Party would look, and whether indeed we would see a "made over'' Costello.
He would be more "modern" in many attitudes than Howard. But despite being supported by the moderates, Costello so far in his career has been more small-c conservative than small-l liberal. Where he would position the party is unclear, but it seems unlikely he would take it drastically to the left.
It would be fascinating, for example, to see how Costello responded to Labor's proposal (hardly mentioned in the campaign) to run plebiscites and then a referendum for a republic.
This process would almost certainly throw up the model of a directly elected president, which Costello abhors. If he wanted to oppose a republic on these terms it could cause angst in his party.
Within the Government, Costello has been the strongest advocate recently for more economic reform, especially of the labour market. As leader, he would have the chance of putting a "dryer'' face on the party. But taking a hard line in opposition is more difficult than it sounds.
For Costello, leader of the opposition would be a very frustrating job, at least initially. It is tough to adapt to after being in government, where a minister is backed by immense resources. Costello's adjustment would not be made any easier by knowing governments usually get a second term.
One challenge would be moving from the narrow role of treasurer to the all-encompassing one of opposition leader. He would need to acquire a human, and patient, face.
Being top dog in his party would be something that would please him. But the long haul to get the prize kennel would hugely test someone who has become accustomed to thinking of the Lodge as just a resignation away.


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Men recognized for 50 years of service with West View VFD
Where there's smoke or fire, there's John Hoellerman and Wayne Groskinsky — at least in West View.
On Nov. 14, both men were honored for their distinguished service to the West View Volunteer Fire Department by Mayor J.R. Henry and borough council. Both have been part of the department for at least 50 years.
Serving in many capacities associated with the department, they have spent decades doing what they love, all the while helping others.
West View fire Chief Mark Scheller, 56, of West View has worked with both men since he joined the department 38 years ago.
"They're 100 percent dedicated. To still have that dedication for 50 years, they're a cut above," he said.
On the 102-person roster, which includes one woman, just 58 members are active. Groskinsky and Hoellerman are among them.
"I never thought I'd live this long," Groskinsky, 77, said about reaching a milestone 50 years with the department.
He joined West View's Company No. 2 at age 27 and stayed, achieving the rank of first lieutenant and then serving as president for 17 years. Other appointments followed long after he quit chasing fires.
The worst one was more than 40 years ago at Rook's garage on Rochester Road in West View, he remembered.
"It was 15 degrees below zero, and the water froze on our bunker clothes. When the fire was goin', it was OK."
Back at home, his uniform literally stood in the basement.
For the last seven years, he has been president of the West View Fire Police Unit, and he has been manager of the firefighters' West View Banquet Hall for 13 years.
"I'm still going and doing what I can do to help out," said Groskinsky, who now lives in Ross Township. "As long as I can go, I'll keep going."
It was the persistence of John Farley, former fire department chief, that got Hoellerman involved.
He had a part-time job at the former Pennzoil gas station at the corner of Highland Avenue and Perry Highway in West View, and Farley would come in to talk to him.
Hoellerman said he didn't want to join, but Farley kept asking.
For six years before his official membership date, he helped fight fires.
"(Farley) would swear me in on site," said Hoellerman, now of Ross Township, who finally joined in 1962.
Having been a member of the Army medical corps, he was an asset. Brandt's Funeral Home had an ambulance the department used before the borough got its own vehicle, he said.
"Back then, I was like the EMS, but I couldn't do nothin,'" he said.
He rose through the ranks in Company No. 3 and also achieved the rank of first lieutenant. He worked in the borough's public-works department for 30 years — retiring as foreman — and answered fire calls during the work day. It's a practice the public-works department still follows. In those same years, he was president of the North Suburban Fire Company and delegate to the Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association.
Hoellerman, 82, still participates in department activities but those on the less-hazardous side.
He remembers a night at West View Park's Dance-land as a most exciting policemen's ball.
"I was out on the dance floor with my wife, Helen, and she said 'What's that red up there?' as she pointed to the air vent."
He climbed the stairs to find the roof on fire.
Everyone got out safely, but Danceland burned to the ground in 1973 because of an electrical fire.
Hoellerman's granddaughter, Brittney Clifford, caught a bit of his spirit. A medical assistant in a doctor's office, she is a member of the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company.
"I like helping people," Hoellerman said. "I guess it's in me."
Dona S. Dreeland is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-772-6353 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Health monitors said on Friday they were keeping a close eye on the plume of ash and gas from Iceland's erupting volcano but saw no major risk to health at present.
The cloud includes irritant gases and fine silica dust, which if inhaled can reach deep within the lung, posing a danger to those with respiratory problems, said World Health Organisation (WHO) spokesman Daniel Epstein in Geneva.
"We're very concerned about it. We're studying the situation closely," he said.
However, the plume was circulating at high altitude, he said.
"The cloud is suspended high in the atmosphere. When they (the particles) begin to settle to earth that would be an increase in our health concerns.
"In that case, especially for people with respiratory problems and asthma, we would recommend to stay indoors as much as possible, as in any other pollution-related event."
Professor Didier Houssin, deputy head of the French health ministry, said the authorities were watching the plume and assessing weather patterns.
Winds and rain would determine which way the plume would be blown and whether particles fall to earth and if so, in what concentrations.
"For the time being, we don't see any consequences for health... and have no particular recommendations to make for the public," Houssin said.
Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Thursday said the concentration of particles that could reach ground level "is likely to be low and should not cause serious harm."
"Those with existing respiratory conditions such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma may notice... effects more than others and should ensure they have any inhalers or other medications with them," it said in a press release.
"Any such health effects are likely to be short term."
Colin Macpherson, a specialist in Earth sciences at Durham University, northeastern England, said the plume was being spread at an average height of some 7,000 metres (20,000 feet).
"It's having no health impact on us down at this level," he said.
"The good thing is that it is being blown about by fairly strong winds at the moment. It's rather like strong waves acting on an oil slick, dispersing the plume."
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