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Alan Gilbert Conducts World and New York Premieres by Kernis & Rouse, Dec. 28-30
Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Aaron Jay Kernis's a Voice, a Messenger, a World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Co- Commission with the Big Band Association, featuring Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith, and the New York Premiere of Christopher Rouse's Oboe Concerto, with Principal Oboe Liang Wang, Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Wednesday, December 29, and Thursday, December 30, at 7:30 p.m. Also on the program: Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins, RV 580, performed by Philharmonic violinists Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsberg, and Lisa Kim; Hindemith's Horn Concerto, played by Principal Horn Philip Myers; and Ravel's Boléro.
"I have a very clear personal recollection of the New York Philharmonic using members from the Orchestra as soloists in the Vivaldi Concerto, because my mother [Yoko Takebe] was one of them," said Mr. Gilbert. "It's exciting to see people who are usually sitting in their normal seats step forward and actually be soloists. The New York Philharmonic is an orchestra that has any number of musicians who are able to bring something really special - and soloistic - to what they do, and to build a program around this is something that I'm very proud of."
Mr. Gilbert noted that the two premieres being performed by principals in the Orchestra were written by "two composers I really believe in. To be able to do works by contemporary American composers on either side of the intermission makes a lot of sense," he said.
Pre-Concert Talk
Former Philharmonic Associate Principal Bass Jon Deak will introduce the program one hour before each performance in the Helen Hull Room, unless otherwise noted. Pre-Concert Talks are $7.00; discounts available for multiple concerts, students, and groups. Attendance is limited to 90 people. Information: nyphil.org or (212) 875-5656
On the Music: The New York Philharmonic Podcast
Elliott Forrest, Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, producer, and weekend host on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR, is the producer of this podcast. These award-winning previews of upcoming programs - through musical selections as well as interviews with guest artists, conductors, and Orchestra musicians - are available at nyphil.org/podcast or from iTunes.
National Radio Broadcast
This concert will be broadcast the week of January 10, 2011,* on The New York Philharmonic This Week, a radio concert series syndicated nationally to more than 300 stations by the WFMT Radio Network. The 52-week series, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin, is generously underwritten by The Kaplen Foundation, the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Philharmonic's corporate partner, MetLife Foundation. The broadcast will be available on the Philharmonic's Website, nyphil.org. The program is broadcast locally in the New York metropolitan area on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.
*Check local listings for broadcast and program information.
Alan Gilbert became Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2009, the first native New Yorker to hold the post, ushering in what The New York Times called "an adventurous new era" at the Philharmonic. In his inaugural season he introduced a number of new initiatives: the positions of The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in- Residence, held by Magnus Lindberg; The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in- Residence, held in 2010-11 by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter; an annual three-week festival, which in 2010-11 is titled Hungarian Echoes, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen; and CONTACT!, the New York Philharmonic's new-music series. In the 2010-11 season Mr. Gilbert is leading the Orchestra on two tours of European music capitals; two performances at Carnegie Hall, including the venue's 120th Anniversary Concert; and a staged presentation of Janá?ek's The Cunning Little Vixen. Highlights of his inaugural season included major tours of Asia and Europe and an acclaimed staged presentation of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre.
Mr. Gilbert is the first person to hold the William Schuman Chair in Musical Studies at The Juilliard School, and is conductor laureate of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of Hamburg's NDR Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted other leading orchestras in the U.S. and abroad, including the Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco symphony orchestras; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; and the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich's Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. From 2003 to 2006 he served as the first music director of the Santa Fe Opera.
Alan Gilbert studied at Harvard University, The Curtis Institute of Music, and The Juilliard School. From 1995 to 1997 he was the assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra. In November 2008 he made his acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut conducting John Adams's Doctor Atomic. His recordings have received a 2008 Grammy Award nomination and top honors from the Chicago Tribune and Gramophone magazine. On May 15, 2010, Mr. Gilbert received an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music.
Marc Ginsberg joined the New York Philharmonic in 1970 and was appointed Principal, Second Violin Group, in 1972. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Margaret Pardee, Ivan Galamian, and Paul Makanowitzky. He was also a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship for study in Paris. Mr. Ginsberg performs frequently in chamber music, including on the New York Philharmonic Ensembles series at Merkin Concert Hall and with the Washington Square Music Festival. He formed the Cleo Quartet with other Philharmonic members, including his wife, violinist Judith Ginsberg. Mr. Ginsberg's prior Philharmonic solo appearances include his debut in Vivaldi's
Concerto for Four Violins, led by Pinchas Zukerman, in 1977; J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in 1994, with then-Music Director Kurt Masur conducting; and as a member of the solo string quartet in Benjamin Lees's Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, in November 1998, Leonard Slatkin, conductor. More recently, he performed Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in December 2008, led by Lorin Maazel.
Lisa Kim joined the Philharmonic in 1994 and was named Associate Principal, Second Violin Group (In Memory of Laura Mitchell), in 2003. She teaches in South Korea and the United States, and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Seoul National Philharmonic Orchestra, and the SooWon, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, and Durham symphony orchestras. She has performed chamber music with the Philharmonic Ensembles series, Brooklyn's Bargemusic, Hofstra Chamber Ensemble series, Mostly Chamber Festival, and Lyric Chamber Music Society; with Lynn Harrell, Ani Kavafian, Yo-Yo Ma, Garrick Ohlsson, and the late Lukas Foss; in Europe, under the International Music Program; and at Jordan's Jurash Festival at the invitation of King Hussein. Lisa Kim began violin studies at age seven, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School. She has won prizes in the Arts Recognition and Talent Search, BRyan Young Artists String Competition, Winston-Salem Young Talent Search, and Durham Symphony Young Artists Competition. She joined the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in 1999. Ms. Kim most recent solo appearance with the New York Philharmonic was in December 2008, performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, conducted by Lorin Maazel.
Michelle Kim has been Assistant Concertmaster (The William Petschek Family Chair) of the New York Philharmonic since 2001. She has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Philharmonic, Santa Barbara Chamber and Pacific Symphony orchestras. An active chamber musician, Ms. Kim has collaborated with violinists Cho-Liang Lin, Christian Tetzlaff, and Pinchas Zukerman; cellists Mstislav Rostropovich, Lynn Harrell, and Gary Hoffman; and pianists Lang Lang and Yefim Bronfman. She has performed at the Santa Fe Chamber Music, La Jolla Chamber Music, Strings in the Mountain, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music festivals. She has also served as the first violinist of the Rossetti String Quartet, and was a Sterne Virtuoso Artist at Skidmore College in 2007-08. A former Presidential Scholar, Ms. Kim attended the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music as a Starling Foundation scholarship recipient. She has been a member of the faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music; Colburn School of Performing Arts; and University of California-Santa Barbara. Michelle Kim currently teaches at Mannes College of Music. Her most recent solo appearance with the New York Philharmonic was in June 2009, when she performed Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, conducted by Lorin Maazel.
Philip Myers joined the Philharmonic as Principal French Horn (The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair) in January 1980, and made his solo debut with the Orchestra that month in the premiere of William Schuman's Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra. He has since appeared as a Philharmonic soloist often, most recently Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for Winds in February 2010, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert. He also performed Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 2, conducted by Lorin Maazel, in New York in January 2008 and again in February 2008 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Shanghai, China. Mr. Myers began his orchestral career in 1971 with a three-year term as principal horn of the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was third horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1974 until 1977. As principal horn of the Minnesota Orchestra for a season and a half, he made a solo debut with that ensemble in 1979, performing Richard Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 1, Sir Neville Marriner conducting. A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Mr. Myers holds two degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He plays Engelbert Schmid French horns.
Philip Smith joined the New York Philharmonic as Co-Principal Trumpet in 1978, becoming Principal Trumpet (The Paula Levin Chair) in 1988. His early training was provided at The Salvation Army and by his father, Derek Smith. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School; while still a student, he was appointed to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Smith performs regularly as soloist, recitalist, chamber performer, clinician, and recording artist. He has been featured as a soloist with the Philharmonic almost 100 times, either in New York or on tour, under conductors such as Bernstein, Neeme Järvi, Leinsdorf, Kurt Masur, and Zubin Mehta; his most recent solo appearance was in Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in June 2009, Lorin Maazel conducting. In addition to solo releases on labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Cala, Summit, New World, and Arabesque, Mr. Smith has recorded with the Canadian Brass, Empire Brass, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Bargemusic, and New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony.
Sheryl Staples joined the Philharmonic as Principal Associate Concertmaster (The Elizabeth G. Beinecke Chair) in 1998, and made her solo debut with the Orchestra in 1999. Previously she was the associate concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra and concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony and Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestras. She has appeared as soloist with more than 40 orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Ms. Staples has participated in the Santa Fe, La Jolla, Brightstar, Martha's Vineyard, and Seattle chamber music festivals, and has been a faculty artist at the Aspen, Bowdoin, and Sarasota music festivals. She was a member of The Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio, and now performs with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles and the Lyric Chamber Music Society. She was a scholarship student at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Young Musicians Foundation Scholar, and W.M. Keck Scholar at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, spending summers at the Encore School for Strings. She earned an artist diploma from the University of Southern California. Ms. Staples is on the faculty of The Juilliard School, where she teaches orchestral excerpts. She performs on the "Kartman" Guarnerius del Gesù, ca. 1728. Her most recent solo appearance with the New York Philharmonic was in June 2009, performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, conducted by Lorin Maazel.
Liang Wang joined the Philharmonic as Principal Oboe in September 2006; in February 2008 he performed Richard Strauss's Oboe Concerto with the Orchestra in Hong Kong. Previously he was principal oboe of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and was guest principal oboe at the Chicago and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. Born in Qing Dao, China, he studied at the Beijing Central Conservatory and at California's Idyllwild Arts Academy; he received his bachelor's degree from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, and was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival and School and at the Music Academy of the West. He has won awards at the Spotlight Competition of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Pasadena Instrumental, Fernard Gillet International Oboe, and Tilden Prize competitions; and has twice received the Los Angeles Philharmonic Fellowship. He has performed chamber music at the Santa Fe and Angel Fire Festivals; has given master classes at the Cincinnati Conservatory; and was on the oboe faculty of the University of California-Berkeley. Mr. Wang's most recent solo appearance with the New York Philharmonic was in March 2010, performing Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for Winds.
Antonio Vivaldi's 1711 collection L'estro armonico (which translates approximately as "Harmonic genius" or "Harmonic inspiration") played a major role in elevating its composer's reputation, and was one of the most influential music publications of the day. The collection consisted of 12 concertos for string instruments in various combinations - the Concerto for Four Violins, KV 580, was No. 10 in the collection. Composers across Europe were inspired to imitate Vivaldi's many distinctive stylistic traits, including his energetic rhythms, fleet modulations, and playful use of brief motives. Among his many admirers was Johann Sebastian Bach, who made transcriptions of several of his works, including the Concerto for Four Violins, RV 580, which Bach adapted as a concerto for four harpsichords. The Philharmonic first performed the Vivaldi's original concerto in December 1940, with soloists Mordecai Dayan, William Dembinsky, Leo Dubensky, and Joseph Reilich, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. Most recently it was performed in October 1983 in Washington, D.C., with Philharmonic violinists Carol Webb, Yoko Takebe, Myung-Hi Kim, and Marina Krugilov, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
Aaron Jay Kernis's a Voice, a Messenger, a four-movement work, was influenced, says the composer, "by appearances of various instruments in the Bible that relate to the trumpet and the shofar." He notes that he was able to focus his thinking about the subject - which was suggested to him by Mr. Smith - after hearing the shofar played during Rosh Hashanah services and reading pages from the Scriptures that reference the trumpet, shofar, and cornet. He absorbed moods and narrative from various Biblical passages and created the work using different sounds, colors, textures, dynamics, and rhythms that to him evoke dramatic episodes that include these instruments. The work is scored for a large orchestra of winds, brass, and percussion (without strings, except for three double basses) and includes an extra tuba, a euphonium, in addition to a solo trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet which plays both solo passages and dialogues with the trumpet section.
Mr. Kernis was born in Philadelphia and studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan and Yale schools of music, working with composers as diverse as John Adams, Charles Wuorinen, and the late Jacob Druckman. He received the Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition (2002) for the cello and orchestra version of Colored Field; the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 2 (musica instrumentalis); and Grammy Award nominations for both Air and his Second Symphony. The New York Philharmonic performed the World Premiere of Mr. Kernis's Garden of Light on October 8, 1999.
In the 1920s and early 1930s, the prolific Paul Hindemith became increasingly dismayed by what he saw as a divide between composers and the public. He responded by making a commitment to writing music for "practical use," in the sense that the new works were intended for particular players, or to expand the repertoire of instruments for which little literature existed. In the case of the French horn, he wrote a sonata as well as a Horn Concerto; English virtuoso Dennis Brain premiered the latter in Baden-Baden in 1950. The concerto reflects the warmer, more accessible quality that Hindemith brought to his works of the 1940s and 1950s, while maintaining the strong profile of his musical personality. As Hindemith explained in 1952 in A Composer's World: Horizons and Limitations, the composer "can do nothing better than to reach a mutual understanding with the consumers on their inarticulate desires and his ability of wisely and honestly gratifying them." The Philharmonic has programmed Hindemith's Horn Concerto twice before: first in April 1986, under Zubin Mehta, and then in March 2000, under Valery Gergiev; Principal Horn Philip Myers was the soloist on both occasions.
Originally commissioned for the Minnesota Orchestra in 2004, Christopher Rouse's Oboe Concerto is a recent addition to his ever-growing list of contributions to the concerto repertoire, among them his Pulitzer Prize-winning Trombone Concerto (1991) and his piano concerto Seeing (1999), both commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic. In his program note for the Oboe Concerto, the composer wrote that his concertos "seem to fall into one of two categories: 'somber' (e.g., trombone, violoncello) and 'genial' (guitar, clarinet). My oboe concerto ... is of the latter variety. ... Unlike some of my other concerti, there is no overt program to this piece. It aims of course to explore the capabilities of the oboe, of which the first in everyone's mind is its capacity to play long, lyrical lines. However, to compose a score that would only concern itself with this aspect of the oboe would be to deny the instrument's more virtuosic attributes, and so there are plenty of moments when the soloist is asked to play music requiring substantial agility. Notwithstanding the fast - sometimes extremely fast! - music that abounds in the work, I feel that there is an overall feeling of coloristic romanticism in the concerto, especially in the central slow movement." These will be the New York Philharmonic's first performances of this work and its New York Premiere.
In 1928 Maurice Ravel withdrew to the seaside home he kept in his native Basque country of southwestern France, following an exhausting 14-month North American tour. During his tour he made the rounds of major musical capitals, marveled at the Grand Canyon, and hobnobbed in Hollywood with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and Charlie Chaplin, among others. The dancer Ida Rubinstein commissioned a new piece from Ravel, who used his vacation to produce what is essentially an experiment in orchestration. Boléro, the resulting piece, he wrote, "is a rather slow dance, uniform throughout in its melody, harmony, and rhythm, the latter being tapped out continuously on the drum. The only element of variety is supplied by the orchestral crescendo." Ironically, although Boléro is one of the composer's most arcane experiments, it became one of his most popular successes. The first Philharmonic performance of the work was in November 1929, led by Arturo Toscanini; the Orchestra's most recent performance took place in July 2010 in Central Park, led by Andrey Boreyko.
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The commissioning of Aaron Jay Kernis's a Voice, a Messenger was made possible with
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Major support provided by the Francis Goelet Fund.
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Single tickets for these performances start at $32. Tickets for Open Rehearsals are $18. Pre-Concert Talks are $7. Discounts are available for multiple concerts, students, and
groups (visit nyphil.org/preconcert for more information). All other tickets may be purchased online at nyphil.org or by calling (212) 875-5656, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets may also be purchased at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office or the Alice Tully Hall Box Office at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street. The Box Office opens at 10:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and at noon on Sunday. On performance evenings, the Box Office closes one-half hour after performance time; other evenings it closes at 6:00 p.m. A limited number of $12.50 tickets for select concerts may be available through the Internet for students within 10 days of the performance, or in person the day of. Valid identification is required. To determine ticket availability, call the Philharmonic's Customer Relations Department at (212) 875-5656. [Ticket prices subject to change.]
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Open Rehearsal - 9:45 a.m.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 30, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Pre-Concert Talk (one hour before each concert) with former Philharmonic Associate Principal Bass Jon Deak
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim,
Marc Ginsberg, Lisa Kim, violins
Philip Smith, trumpet
Philip Myers, horn
Liang Wang, oboe
VIVALDI Concerto for Four violins, KV 580
Aaron Jay KERNIS a Voice, a Messenger (World Premiere-New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Big Ten Band Association)
HINDEMITH Horn Concerto
Christopher Rouse Oboe Concerto (New York Premiere)
RAVEL Boléro
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Well, Maybe Not Silence, But Advancing Muffler Technology To Help Cut Down On Your Engine's Bark Without Hurting Its Bite
Zoning regulations rarely fall in favor of the racer. As suburban areas take up space, these areas are running right up against the boundaries of long-established racing facilities. The fact that the racers were there first matters little when new, more restrictive zoning ordinances are passed. The only option for track operators and racers in many cases is to quiet down or shut down
Fortunately, as long as the ordinance is reasonable, it isn't all that hard to do. The most common maximum noise level agreed upon is 95 to 100 decibels at 100 feet. For a V-8 race car, that isn't hard to exceed under full throttle, but with the proper muffler installed, you can get under those limits without killing your power. The key is to minimize backpressure, which can harm the efficient flow of air and fuel into the combustion chambers.
Backpressure is created when a muffler (or anything else) impedes the flow of the burnt air/fuel gasses out of the exhaust pipe. For this story, though, we will consider only the role of the muffler. A restrictive muffler creates higher pressure in the exhaust pipes from the muffler inlet all the way to the exhaust valve. A naturally aspirated engine moves air and fuel through the system by taking advantage of the atmosphere's tendency to flow from high-pressure areas to low, so this increase in pressure in the exhaust path reduces the amount of burnt gasses that can flow from the combustion chamber into the exhaust plumbing. You can see where this is leading-a combustion chamber that isn't completely evacuated means there is less room for the incoming air/fuel charge, and because the already burnt by-products of combustion don't tend to burn a second time, overall engine performance is lowered.
For many of us, running an unmuffled exhaust system is no longer an option, but that doesn't mean you have to live with tons of backpressure clogging your engine. Modern muffler designs specific for racing can achieve good results when it comes to reducing noise levels without harming power levels. The key is that the greatest part of an engine's noise is created not by the "explosion" caused by burning fuel in the combustion chamber, but by the pressure wave created when the exhaust valve first opens and high-pressure exhaust gasses come rushing out at supersonic speeds. This is why a high-compression racing engine sounds louder than an unmuffled street engine. If the energy in those waves can be reduced before they reach the open atmosphere-either by disrupting them or splitting them into smaller waves-the quality of the sound can be changed or even reduced.
Currently, muffler designs can be broken down into two categories, depending on how they go about dampening the pressure waves that create sound. The most common design is probably the baffled muffler. This uses a series of pipes or dams that force the exhaust gasses through a tortuous route through the muffler casing before exit. These turns force the pressure waves to bend and bounce off each other, which dissipates each wave's energy.
The second design is commonly referred to as a straight pipe, which means there are no obstructions in the flow path. A straight-pipe muffler reduces noise by using a perforated tube, and in some cases a packing material around that, to absorb and break up the pressure waves as they travel through the muffler. The concept is similar to that of adding carpet and heavy curtains to a room to make it a "quieter" environment.
Both designs are effective if the muffler is properly built and matches the engine's needs, and neither has a clear-cut advantage over the other. If you aren't required to run a spec muffler, several companies have good muffler options to best fit your needs.
Borla Performance Industries In racing circles, Borla is famous for its straight-pipe designs, which are popular in Dirt Late Model racing where big-inch engines require a lot of flow. Borla also stresses that it's as important to maintain exhaust gas velocity as it is to maintain flow because the velocity of the exhaust pulse is what helps create the scavenge effect in the combustion chamber. It's for this reason that the mufflers are designed to provide maximum flow characteristics with smaller diameter tubing. Borla offers a host of options in every size and length imaginable. Simply give Borla's tech department a call to determine what will work best with your engine.
Flowmaster Flowmaster mufflers use the baffled design to disrupt the sound-producing pressure waves before they exit your exhaust system. Like water rushing past a rock in a stream, the baffles produce low-pressure areas in the lee of the exhaust flow, which deaden sound. Flowmaster's line of racing mufflers is designed to maximize the scavenging effect while minimizing the overall package size of the muffler so that it can easily be placed in the best location under your race car.
Schoenfeld Headers Famous for their headers for years, Schoenfeld also produces a line of mufflers specifically for racers. Constructed from mild steel and economically priced, Schoenfeld's mufflers utilize the straight-pipe design without packing material for minimum weight, size, and cost. If you race IMCA, SUPR, All-Stars, WoO, or any of several other sanctions, Schoenfeld produces mufflers specific to your rule book. Also, if your rule book requires only a muffler without stating noise limits, Schoenfeld produces a lightweight muffler insert that fits in your header's collector and produces limited damage to your power and your checkbook.
Spin Tech Spin Tech uses a unique baffled design to "spin" the exhaust gasses into several high-velocity vortices, which are said to "trap" the sound waves. This is accomplished with several specially designed tubes welded into place inside the muffler. Spin Tech says the effect is essentially to turn the sound into heat and radiate it out through the muffler case. The vortices are also said to create low-pressure systems inside the case, which improve combustion chamber scavenging.
Engine Tuning for Mufflers
Obviously, every situation is different, but here are a few guidelines for engine tuning when adding mufflers to the exhaust system.
Although it's advantageous in any situation, make sure you run a crossover pipe between the exhaust pipes before the mufflers. This helps equalize pressure between the cylinder banks, which can help with pulse dampening and reduce noise even without a muffler. Of course, a crossover pipe increases scavenging and helps power, so you should be running one anyway. Both X- and H-pipe designs work well.
Here's an obvious one for you: Don't overmuffle. If your rule book states specific decibel limits at a specific distance, find a muffler that meets that requirement with your engine without going over. Don't make yourself work harder than you have to.
If you are forced to use a spec muffler that increases backpressure, keep an eye on your coolant and oil temps. Backpressure not only reduces exhaust gas flow out of the combustion chambers, but also causes the engine to retain more heat.
Backpressure harms an engine's fuel economy. Also, additional jetting in the carburetor may be required to regain a measure of lost performance.
If you have a muffler that adds to backpressure, you may be required to make a cam change to restore some of the lost power. Typically, you will need to shorten the valve overlap.
Don't end the exhaust circuit at the muffler. In most cases, a length of exhaust pipe after the muffler will increase power and sound dampening.
Finally, if you are running a Street Stock on another low-power class, your engine's limited exhaust flow means you probably don't need a full-out racing muffler. If money is an issue, a race muffler may provide no benefit over a performance street muffler. Try one out and see, or ask your engine builder.


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STRICTLY'S very own panto villain will be starring in this year's production in Southend - and tickets are already selling like hot cakes.
Craig Revel Horwood, 48, popular for his scathing put-down's on BBC's hit show Strictly Come Dancing, will appear in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves when it comes to the Cliffs Pavilion this Christmas.
And, such is his popularity, more than £100,000 worth of tickets, that's about 4,000 tickets, have already been sold for the show, considerably up on sales for this time last year.
Eastenders actor Shane Ritchie starred as Buttons in the 2012 Christmas panto which ran over two weeks and sold more than 46,000 seats raising £1.2million - breaking the venue's record.
Revel Horwood will play the Wicked Queen although no other cast members have so far been confirmed. The High Wycombe production also stars Anne Widdecombe as a lady-in-waiting.
Paul Driscoll, spokesman for the Cliffs, said: "We are really excited about this year's production and delighted to welcome Craig Revel Horwood to the Cliffs.
"Last year people see Shane Ritchie as 'one of our own' and his popularity in Essex as a good, down to earth, approachable, cheeky chappie comedian, is loved by all."
The Cliffs has seen enthusiasm and bookings for its pantomimes increase year by year and believes this Christmas's spectacular could be the most successful ever.
It will open on Friday, December 13 and will run for three weeks.
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Hey guys, I am relatively new to programming in C++. I have some experience with very basic languages like HTML, but I need some resources to get me up to par. I am enrolled in a computer science course focusing in programming and I will be taking C++ as a course later this year. In the mean time I have been trying to teach myself C++ but I have hit a dead end in my own search. Does anyone have any tutorials on the subject that they would like to share or ideas of where to look for them? I don't want to go into my class not knowing what is going on. I know that the course is designed for people with no programming knowledge but I like to be ahead of the game. Any ideas would be welcome! Thanks
What exactly is the problem with the tutorials you've read so far? Can't you just access your universities resources given that you're already enrolled?
With C++, I'd strongly suggest that you go grab one of the classic books from a good store, like Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language" - but in addition to that, you're also going to need a book for beginners (at least that is what I would suggest if you have little experience).
The thing is that C++ is definately not the optimal language to learn the basic concepts behind computer programming - at least not in the beginner-stage. I would therefore also recommend that you learn something simpler first...
I cant access the school resources until I am in the class. Also C++ and VB are the only languages that my school offers and I figured C++ would be the most valuable of the two. The tutorials I have found have helped me greatly, but I have reached a point where all the tutorials I find are covering things I already have gone through. I was looking into a couple of books in Borders but I didn't really find one that I felt would be what I am looking for. Most were a little advanced. Any books you would recommend?
First thing you stumble upon on google would be this:
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/ And in general this websitehttp://www.cplusplus.com/
Read through those tutorials, try writing some simpler algorithms using visual studio and windows console application setting, print some messages and numbers. Just to simplify everything and save yourself a headache of setting up window and starting up graphics.
Then when you feel like you tried everything in tutorial, set a new goal, like create a pong or arcanoid, or invaders game, or simple one-room platformer arcade, and ask here on this forum again. We'll help you picking a good graphic library, and tell you first steps to start with it.
Bruce Eckel's books are pretty good for online books:
I wouldn't buy a book because you'll be buying one for the course. Although, if you can find which one, it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy it early. Playing around on your own by writing simple games and other programs is probably as much as you should do. Stay with text games because you should probably wait to decide on a graphic library till later.
I second fireside's suggestion. I also recommend the Head First books.
And, no, Stroustrup is horrible for beginners.


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Wasn't this same vid out like two years ago?
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Tyler is playing scared. Why are you shuffling your feet under the rim.....
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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How can you call that, but not call travel on Wade?
I'll be pissed at Tyler for traveling there, when they start calling traveling on Wade.
god hansbrough is a bum such a zero when he is out there unreal
Tyler = sigh......
Well at least we got it back down to 6.
TYLER wat are you doing
Hansbrough, you know you can take a dribble right?
oh tyler...
Just checking...Hansbrough IS retarded, yes?
adumson and hansbrough aren't a good combo
Tyler Hansbrough has really never impressed me I guess he's a good bench player but nothing else.
Holy crap please someone step it up.
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Tyler needs to work on his f*****g footwork, two straight times he traveled the same way
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6 point game. We can win this. We just need the confidence and swagger we showed in the first quarter. Gold Swagger Dammit!
Pacers are making it easy on the Heat. They need to get back to moving the ball on offense and getting good shots, like the Hansbrough jumper late in the quarter.
You know what Tyler?Why don't you try dribbling the ball first before you do that stupid travel every single game?You know,just for a change. *sighs*
Roy used to shuffle his feet just like that all the time. Shaq used to as well, but they never called it.
Slug 'em Sabres!!!!!
Well, that sucked.
We need to find a way to gut this one out if we want to win this series.
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Serves me right I guess.
Does Tyler think that he's going to get fouled everytime he has the ball?
we'd be down by 2 if hansbrough wasn't an idiot
George, Granger, West, and Hibbert better play all 12 minutes of the 4th if we are to have a chance. Anything less than that and I will be severely disappointed in Vogel.


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"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
-- The Holy Bible, Matt. 7:15 (King James Version)
Markets move based on how events transpire relative to consensus expectations, and it is my view that many commonly held and more upbeat expectations for 2013 are too optimistic -- perhaps substantially so.
To be sure, Mr. Market's momentum from the end of 2012 and year-to-date 2013 has been impressive, but Mr. Market is often fickle and the wolf could emerge out of the sheep's clothing.
With higher share prices has come a degree of investor optimism that is all too often associated with previous tops.
Most recently, the failure of the fiscal cliff debate to accomplish much of anything has been ignored by investors. I am now convinced that hyper-partisanship will prevent meaningful budget cutting legislation in the months ahead.
This is a profound negative, as it relates to our economy and our investments.
From my perch, the current degree of bullishness (among other reasons) is founded on the notions that:
- there is a global monetary put that limits the market's downside;
- fund flows will move out of bonds and into stocks (and reverse the trend in place since 2007);
- equities are cheap relative to interest rates;
- the economic recovery is healthy and self-sustaining;
- the growth in corporate profits will continue apace;
- corporate balance sheets are pristine; and
- the housing market will have an above-average 2013 (capable of offsetting some of the Washington induced drag).
While some of these factors have merit, I believe, nonetheless, that there is less than meets the eye to the current equity market advance.
Market participants, for now, are ignoring conspicuous headwinds and rationalizing the irrational.
So, I wanted to start the week by describing what I see as the most powerful headwinds and suggest that the high for S&P 500 in 2013 might be accomplished in the first two weeks of the year.
An Aging Advance
The economic recovery is aging (it is now four years old), and the bull market is maturing (of a similar age). These advances are typical of the life of the previous ones -- both in terms of duration and magnitude. In terms of economic growth, consider that, according to Zero Hedge, fourth-quarter 2012 real GDP estimates were ratcheted down last week:
- Goldman Sachs reduced from +1.8% to +1.3%.
- JPMorgan has gone from +1.5% to +0.8%.
- RBS decreased from +1.5% to +0.7%.
- Nomura went from +2% to +1.3%.
Unsustainable Fiscal Policy
The U.S. is running trillions of dollars in deficits while maintaining zero interest rates -- these are unsustainable policy strategies. The inevitable reversals of these policies will undoubtedly result in slower growth, rising interest rates and less attractive valuations.
The Earnings Cliff Is Upon Us
The fiscal drag may be understated both on domestic economic growth and profit expectations. Though the drag from the fiscal cliff agreement appears to many to be a manageable $250 billion-$280 billion (or less than -0.80% taken off U.S. GDP), the actual multiplier of this drag is greater than most are projecting (over -1.5%).
Consensus domestic economic growth expectations may be overstated. Moreover, there should be additional drags from spending cuts in the upcoming debates. Consensus real GDP growth in the U.S. is about +2.5% -- I expect no better than +1.5%.
In terms of S&P profits, the "V" in profits and profit margins since 2008 is likely over. Already margins in fourth quarter 2012 are expected to drop from 9.5% to 9.1% sequentially. Consensus 2013 S&P profits are about $107 a share, top-down estimates are about $108 a share, and bottom-up estimates are north of $112 a share. I live at $95-$97 a share, which, if accurate, will be a big disappointment (and will almost negate the possibility of multiple expansion, which has become the meme of strategists).
The early fourth-quarter earnings report card is unimpressive. For example, Wells Fargo (WFC) had a slight penny beat, but its effective tax rate fell from 34% to 27% and mortgage originations slipped by $15 billion, to $125 billion sequentially.
The Interest Rate Cliff May Lie Ahead
Bonds, which have been in a 30-year bull market, are likely to be poor investments in the years ahead -- perhaps much worse than most believe. The consensus appears to be that the 10-year will rise no higher in yield than 2.25%-2.50% in 2013-- based in part on continued deleveraging, slow growth and a friendly Fed (which will effectively repress long rates). It is important to recognize, however, that there is a limit to how much interest rates can rise before other asset prices are negatively impacted, as long-term interest rates are the discount rate upon which future profits are valued.
A Reallocation out of Bonds Into Stocks Is Not a Certainty
There are numerous reasons why a broad reallocation is a premature thesis. Mutual funds are generally nearly always fully invested (with little cash in reserve), and large pension plans are slow-moving and usually respond only after a clear trend change has been in place for a while. Individual investors have been victimized by the screwflation of the middle class -- with middle class wages being outpaced by the costs of the necessities of life, this demographic has a lower propensity to invest in equities than at other times in history.
The business media has breathlessly chronicled over $19 billion of inflows in the latest week, but that number includes ETFs. The real number is $8.9 billion. This is the largest inflow since March 2000. That was the pinnacle of the tech bubble -- remember what the market did after that month?
Washington Does Not Instill Confidence
As well, it is also my view that the trajectory of economic growth in 2013 (and corporate profits) will also be adversely impacted by the manner in which businesses and consumers react to the tax hikes and the growing animosity and contentiousness in Washington, D.C., in the months ahead. Indeed, I fully expect the upcoming deliberations between the revenge-lusting Republicans in the House and the equally dogmatic and partisan incumbent President and Democratic Senate to not result in any meaningful cut in spending or entitlements reform. I do, however, expect these negotiations to have a direct and distinct adverse impact on economic growth, confidence and profits.
A dysfunctional Washington sows the seeds for reduced consumer and business confidence and risk-aversion, which could lead to slower economic growth. Our economy has never been more reliant on policy. The dependency on our economy and on business and consumer confidence to Washington's ability to compromise and deliver intelligent policy will prove, at the very least, unsettling to the markets in the year ahead. At worst, it will undermine the economic expansion by putting us in lockdown mode.
The Consumer Is Spent-Up, Not Pent-Up
In 2013 we will likely discover that there is a limit to the consumer in the face of our dysfunctional leaders' inability to deliver a grand bargain. A payroll tax increase, higher top income tax rates and the Obamacare surcharge, coupled with disappointing capital spending and weak hirings, represent the brunt of the domestic growth shortfall that I envision relative to consensus expectations.
Already chain stores sales are turning mixed. Both high-end Tiffany (TIF) and middle-of-the-road Aeropostale (ARO) are feeling it.
Policy Alternatives Are Diminishing
U.S. monetary policy is now effectively shooting blanks, and fiscal policy, out of the necessity of a bulging budget deficit, will now switch to be a drag on growth. Moreover, the likely reluctance and inertia by our leaders in addressing our budget could continue to turn off the individual investor class to stocks this year.
Valuation Is Volatile
Valuations are not demanding but, at the same time, are certainly not undemanding.
My ursine tone is also a reflection that, by most measures, the U.S. stock market is not meaningfully undervalued (against consensus forecasts) and that given the dynamic of the headwinds of slowing economic growth, a poor profit outlook and the developing weakness of policy are unlikely to be revalued upward in 2013 (as many strategists suggest).
Should my well-below-consensus corporate profits forecast be realized, current valuations could be viewed as more demanding than is generally assumed. And kicking the fiscal can down the road is not supportive of a 15x P/E ratio.


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Stock earbud headphones and computer speakers are essentially an afterthought, so it's no surprise that they're low quality. Same goes for the audio circuits found inside most PCs, which aren't designed with hi-fi in mind. To see if we could find ways to improve the situation — and sound — we headed into the new Crutchfield Labs.
Upgrade your speakers and your headphones
Without a doubt, one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to enjoy better sound is to upgrade your speakers or headphones. We tried several models for both on-the-go and desktop listening, and found some excellent choices.
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Little box, big sound
A digital-to-analog converter, or DAC for short, translates the digital information stored on CDs, MP3 players, computers, or streamed from the Internet into analog music signals that can then be amplified and sent to your speakers or headphones.
Unfortunately, the cheap DACs found inside many components and computer sound cards can rob your music of its realism. Adding a high-quality outboard DAC to your system is an easy way to help breathe new life and excitement into your tunes.
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Above, we found that playing even highly compressed music files on high-quality portable headphones or powered desktop speakers can yield pretty good sound. But how well would those same tunes hold up when played through a full-sized home audio system? To find out, we set one up using the components shown below. The results were impressive — surprisingly rich, full, and room filling. If you're passionate about music, want the best sound possible from your PC or iPod®, and have the available space, then this is the system for you.
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Compressing music into small digital files saves space, but it can also negatively impact sound quality. If you're ripping CDs into your music library, your music ripping software may be set by default to remove up to 90% of the information found on the original CD. If you've got enough storage space on your iPod or computer, try selecting a higher "bitrate" setting in your music software for better sound quality.


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Of the winning Burmese food, which really is worth a visit to College Point Boulevard, the salads should be at the top of your list to order, particularly this Burmese Ginger Salad (jin thoke, $8.95) full of shredded young ginger, cabbage, fried shallot, garlic, and crunchy fried legumes in a simple but punchy lime dressing. Unlike its mature version, young ginger has a clean, crisp grassiness and only a mild heat, which makes for a full-flavored salad base that takes well to layers of spice, crunch, and acidity—hallmarks of Burmese flavors that show up again and again in several forms throughout your meal.
There are so many fried and roasted crunchy bits here you'd be hard-pressed to call the dish a healthy salad, but some things are too fun to eat to care.
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Spoiler alert: Stop reading if you don't want to know how this First 48 Dallas homicide case was resolved in advance of tonight's episode.
The A&E reality television show The First 48 on Thursday night will feature a tragic September slaying in which 47-year-old Charles Leo McFarland was gunned down in South Dallas.
McFarland had stopped for a 1 a.m. to-go order at the Williams Fried Chicken at Scyene and 2nd Avenue when he was shot during an apparent robbery attempt. Police later arrested 18-year-old Oczaveone Terrel Jackson on a capital murder charge.
Investigators believe it was the first of two shootings Jackson committed that night. He is also accused of robbing a third person of his car in Richardson later that morning.
Jackson remains in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, where his bail is set at more than $2 million. He was scheduled to plead guilty to the charges in February, but there is no record of whether the case actually went forward. I've asked the Dallas County District Attorney's office for an update on the status of the case.
The episode, titled "Desperate Moves," airs tonight at 8. Here's the official summary from A&E:
In Dallas, an innocent man gunned down in his car leads detectives on a manhunt for a killer on a shooting spree. As the investigation unfolds, witnesses reveal the brutality of the shooter. Detectives Tommy Raley and Michael Yeric must track down their killer before he strikes again.
Scott Goldstein writes about crime. Follow @dallascrime on Twitter and Dallas Morning News Crime Blog on Facebook.


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Thursday, 29 January 2009
Foolproof beer and food matching - come on, it's time to give it a go
Saturday, 24 January 2009
THESE recommended daily limits on alcohol the government has come up with are really not doing it for us, drinkers said last night.
Beer and wine enthusiasts across the UK stressed that while three to four units may sound reasonable, it's obviously not going to get you trousered, even if you're a lady.
They are now calling on the government to rethink its guidelines or better still just leave them alone and go and bother fat people instead.
Tom Logan, a trainee solicitor from Northampton, said: "It seems to me that they may have confused a safe daily limit with what I like to call 'lunch'."
He added: "Of an evening I like to smash through the limit with a convivial pint or two after work, before I then jump up and down on the limit and set fire to it with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio."I manage to do all this without bothering anyone else. The worst that happens is an occasional tendency to fall asleep and urinate all over the sofa, but, and I'm sure we're all agreed, that's my problem."
Emma Bishop, a marketing executive from Twickenham, added: "How's about this? As an adult, I think a reasonable daily limit is me drinking as much as I fucking want.
"If it affects my work I'll get sacked. If it affects my relationships I'll be all lonely and sad.
"And as for my health, following a quick glance at my tax bill I've decided that the NHS will treat me and the government can keep its fucking opinions to itself."
Thursday, 22 January 2009
You wait eighteen years for a TV series on beer and then two come along at once
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
BrewDog rapped for Speedball beer drug connotations
Scottish brewer BrewDog has had its Speedball beer brand pulled from UK shelves following a complaint about the product's intimated link to drugs.
UK drinks industry body The Portman Group said today (20 January) that its independent complaints panel has upheld a complaint under the group's code of practice, brought by Alcohol Focus Scotland, claiming the beer's marketing is associated with illicit drugs.
Speedball is the name given to the practice of combining heroin and crack cocaine to give both sedative and stimulant effects, the Portman Group said.
The drink is marketed by BrewDog as a "class A ale" containing "a vicious cocktail of active ingredients" which creates a "happy-sad" effect.
"The blurring of alcohol and illicit drugs fosters unhealthy attitudes to drinking and trivialises drug misuse.," said David Poley, chief executive of the Portman Group. "BrewDog is profiteering from the scourge of illegal drugs, mocking the misery caused by misuse.
"We are taking urgent action to protect the public from exposure to such negligent marketing."
A retailer alert bulletin will be issued to retailers in the UK, urging them to remove the drink from sale until its marketing is altered to comply with the code.
The co-founder of BrewDog, Martin Dickie, defended the company's behaviour. "The Portman Group has attacked us for our marketing instead of going after the companies who are mass-selling products cheaply and causing the nation's alcohol problems," he said.
"This is a drink which, in the UK, had a release of 1,184 bottles and cost GBP3 a bottle, so Speedball is for those who enjoy a quality beer responsibly and enjoy a premium drink at a premium price.
"Technically, the name fits within the product. The ingredients are natural stimulants including guarana and kola nuts with natural depressants Californian poppy and hops, so it is a speedball of a combination."
Love the beer, love the brewery. Agree with the point the lads are making. But at the same time, I'm not sure it was a great idea to launch this beer with the specific intention of getting this result. Yes, it gives them an opportunity to put a case forward, but in an attention-deficient age where most people read the headline and skim the rest of a story, I worry that if you just get the barest facts or read reports like this one half way, then you're going to walk away on Portman's side. Am I being an old fart about this?
Monday, 19 January 2009
The difference the Atlantic makes
Yes, Foster's has launched an ALE. At least, it claims to be an ale. It has caramel colouring added, and may be a lager in disguise, but the website makes a great deal of how it tastes different from the lager: caramel and fruit aromas versus 'light malt aroma', and a 'smooth caramel finish' rather than a 'light hop finish'. More interestingly, the beer aficionados at beeradvocate say on the whole that it tastes pretty decent. I'm sure it will never give the likes of Stone or Dogfish Head sleepless nights, they've seemingly launched a perfectly drinkable beer.


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Mark Lourenzo
Beacon Correspondent
The Ferndale Wildcat girls basketball team must have been tempted to pinch themselves, to make sure it wasn't all a dream, as last Friday evening the Lady Cats pulled off a miraculous overtime win over the St. Bernard's Crusaders to secure the North Coast Section Division 6 championship. It was the second straight section crown for Ferndale coach Kristie Christiansen and the Wildcats. The Ferndale Wildcat boys were not so lucky. After their emotional win over rival St. Bernard's in the semifinal round, the Cats ran into a buzz saw in the form of No. 1 seed, Rincon Valley Christian. The boys had a off night in Santa Rosa and the host Eagles ran off to the North Coast Section title.
On Feb. 27, the No. 1 seeded Ferndale girls played host to the No. 4 Tomales Braves in the semifinal round. The Braves had a size advantage on the Cats, but it was Ferndale that got off to a quick start with an up-tempo approach. Meagan Earley, Kendra Losa and Maci Branstetter fueled a sizzling first period as the Cats scored 22 points to the visitors 10 and Ferndale kept a double-digit lead the rest of the game. Earley finished with a game-high 23 points, canning a dozen in the first quarter alone and 20 points by half-time. Losa was on fire as well, scoring 20 points, including 9 in the 3rd quarter when the Braves keyed on stopping Earley's point production. A very frustrated Tomales team left Ferndale on the short end of a 59-43 score, the Braves felt they were a better team than the score showed, but the game was decided very early by Ferndale's blazing start.
It was on to the championship game for the top seeded Wildcats and their would-be league rival St. Bernard's, a team that lit up the scoreboard in the preliminary rounds of the division bracket. Like an award-winning movie, the game unfolded in dramatic fashion, slowly building up the drama, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats until the gut-wrenching conclusion.
The award for best jump shot in the girls game of basketball goes to Meagan Earley. The Ferndale junior pulled off another scintillating game with her amazing jumper, scoring 24 points to lead all in a low-scoring contest. The award for best clutch play by a reserve goes to, Ferndale's Katrina Senestraro and Nicole Vollmer. Senestraro hit a huge 3-pointer to tie the game with just seconds left in overtime, just when it appeared that the Cats would go down to defeat. Vollmer then followed with an inbound steal and hit the game winning free throw with :0.7 on the clock.
The award for best performance in a supporting role goes to the St. Bernard's Crusaders, coming from behind after scoring just 13 points in the first half to take the lead in the fourth and overtime periods, only to fall victim to fate in the end.
The marquee award for best performance in a real-life-dream-come-true story in a championship game goes to the Ferndale Wildcats girls basketball team. The Cats play team ball as preached by coach Kristie Christiansen. Though it was not the best game played by either the Wildcats or the Crusaders, it was Ferndale who relied on their tough man-to-man team defense and big plays that came from every member of the Lady Cats squad.
It was certainly a hard-earned championship for the Wildcats, as Ferndale's Earley related.
"We wanted to come out strong in the third quarter and put them away," Earley said, as Ferndale held a 9 point lead at half-time, "so it was hard to see them come back, we had to keep our cool." With so much on the line, both teams experienced some big game jitters, but it was the Cats that came up with the big plays in the final moments to earn the 55-54 victory.
"I'm super proud of them," Ferndale head coach Kristie Christiansen said of her squad. "St. Bernard's did a lot to deserve to win that game until the end when we came through." The back-to-back championships bode well for the Lady Cats as they do not have a senior on the roster, so look for them to make another run next season. "I'm up for another year -- this is fun," said an exhausted Meagan Earley as the Wildcats cut down the nets to celebrate winning the title.
The Ferndale Wildcat boys finished off the season playing good basketball. After a slow start the Cats came around midseason and really played well. That was evidenced in Ferndale's 66-51 semifinal win over the St. Bernard's Crusaders last week. The Wildcats came out strong over their league rivals and never let emotions play into the result, flat outplaying the Crusaders from the opening quarter. Ferndale's Justin Lang had perhaps his best game of his senior season as he put down 22 points on the evening. Big man Hunter Van Emmerik was once again huge around the basket with 13 points and many rebounds. Chris Catana provided team leadership and 14 points. Junior Ike Townsend put up 8 points and Wyatt Standley added 7 points. It really was the Wildcats at their best. The Crusaders got hot and hit the 3-point shot late in the game, but that outburst did little to change the outcome.
Unfortunately for Ferndale that momentum did not carry over to the championship game on Rincon Valley Christian's home court March 2. Although Ferndale scored the first points of the game, the Eagles took a modest advantage earned in the opening period and built on it as the game wore on. The Wildcats turned cold in the second quarter and the game got away from there after being outscored once again in the third quarter. The Cats saw their three-year streak of being North Coast Section Division 6 champions come to an end. However, let it be said that three years in a row it was Ferndale who were section title holders and this season they came in second place -- not a bad result for a school the size of Ferndale High.
Photo by Mark Lourenzo/Beacon
The victorious Ferndale Wildcats gather for a group shot after winning the North Coast Section's Division 6 girls basketball championship March 1, doing so in dramatic fashion. The Lady Cats trailed late in the title game against local rival St. Bernard's. Sophomore Katrina Senestraro hit a 3-pointer with seconds left in overtime, then teammate Nicole Vollmer stole the inbound pass getting fouled in the process. Vollmer then hit the game-winning free throw with 0.7 seconds left and Ferndale emerged with the 55-54 win.


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Relaxation Response With Acupuncture for HIV Patients
This study has been completed.
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Information provided by:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 11, 2003
Last updated: August 16, 2006
Last verified: August 2006
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Detailed Description:
Advances in treatment has turned HIV/AIDS into a chronic illness. Relaxation response is a state in which individuals evoke a bodily calm, effecting physiological changes that are shown to be associated with improved immune functioning. Acupuncture and relaxation are thought to both induce calm and deep relaxation in mind and body. This trial will study the combined effects of acupuncture and relaxation response in HIV patients.
|Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS
|Behavioral: relaxation response
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Relaxation Response With Acupuncture for HIV Patients
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Acupuncture HIV/AIDSU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|July 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2006
HIV/AIDS patients experience a range of symptoms associated with clinical manifestations of the disease, opportunistic infections, and medication side effects, all of which are strongly associated with quality of life (QoL). Many HIV/AIDS patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to help alleviate their symptoms and to improve their QoL. Among the various CAMs, acupuncture and relaxation response are commonly used regimens. These two therapies are thought to share common features and can complement each other in that acupuncture facilitates the effect of relaxation response and on the other hand relaxation response prepares the body to be more accessible to acupuncture. This study will test the feasibility of conducting a double blind 2-arm controlled trial and to collect pilot data in preparation for a large-scale study to fully test the hypothesis that adding relaxation response to acupuncture will have an enhanced effect in HIV+ patients. For this pilot study, we will recruit 100 HIV+ patients who are currently receiving acupuncture. Study participants in the intervention group will listen to tapes with instructions to elicit the relaxation response as well as music routinely played while receiving acupuncture. Study participants in the control group will receive usual care that is listening to music while receiving acupuncture. Study participants in the intervention group will be given the relaxation response tapes for home practice and they are asked to record the frequency of usage. We will assess both groups' symptoms and quality of life at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and upon completion of the intervention at 12 weeks. We will assess the feasibility using various indicators, including patient evaluation of the study. Ultimately, the qualitative analysis of patients' study evaluation as well as the longitudinal regression analysis results that compare the outcomes between the intervention and control groups will be used to help design a future large-scale study of the relaxation response intervention among HIV+ patients treated with acupuncture.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive
- First time and long-term acupuncture users
- Symptomatic criteria including: sinus problem, headache, dental pain/sore or bleeding gums, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle aches, joint pain, neuropathy, weakness, anxiety, depression, and insomnia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients suffering from acute symptoms
- Patients with acute opportunistic infections
- Patients currently practicing relaxation response
- Patients currently enrolled in another intervention study
- Cognitive impairment as measured by MMSE (Mini Mental Status Examination)
- Lack of English proficiency
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00064740
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00064740
|United States, Massachusetts
|Aids Care Program
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
|Principal Investigator:
|Bei-Hung Chang, Sc.D
|Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Public Health
More Information
Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00064740 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R21AT001276-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|July 11, 2003
|Last Updated:
|August 16, 2006
Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
Complementary therapies
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Immune System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Slow Virus Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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The classic textbook, "Rumen Microbiology and Its Role in Ruminant Nutrition," originally published by the late Dr. James B. Russell in 2002, is now available free of charge for noncommercial educational or scientific purposes. The PDF can be downloaded via the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center web site.
Dr. Russell wrote the book "for beginning students or people that simply want an overview" of rumen microbiology, and it was considered by Dr. Russell to be particularly useful for college undergraduates.
Dr. Russell was one of the world's foremost rumen microbiologists. He was a research scientist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service from 1981 until his death in 2009. Dr. Russell was located at Ithaca, NY and was also affiliated with the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, WI.
Download the book. You will be asked to register before gaining access to download.
Source: U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service


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The Obama administration took its highly unpopular chained CPI proposal off the table Thursday, causing a host of Democrats and other progressives to give a collective shout of approval.
"This is a huge progressive victory -- and greatly increases Democratic chances of taking back the House and keeping the Senate. Now, the White House should join Elizabeth Warren and others in pushing to expand Social Security benefits to keep up with the rising cost of living," said Stephanie Taylor, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, an organization dedicated to electing progressive politicians.
Adopting this lowered way of calculating cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for Social Security and other benefits would have lowered the shortfall in Social Security funding by about 20 percent. That's according to Voice of the People, a nonpartisan organization working to give Americans a voice in the policymaking process.
A lowered COLA would not cut Social Security, but its effect would compound over time by slowing the increase in benefits. Voice of the People calculates that after 10 years, the average monthly benefit would be $35 less than it would have been under the current COLA. And after 30 years, average monthly benefits would be $107 less than they would be under the current method -- a relatively small impact on most people's retirement planning.
The Obama administration told The Associated Press that the administration hadn't totally removed the proposal from consideration but wouldn't push it as part of the 2015 budget proposal, which is expected to be announced next month.
Nancy Altman, co-director of Social Security Works, an organization whose mission is to protect Social Security, said this was the right thing to do. "We should be talking about expanding Social Security, not cutting it," she added. "The president is moving in the right direction. We think cutting Social Security would increase wealth inequality and worsen the impending retirement crisis."
The office of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, criticized President Barack Obama's decision, stating, "This reaffirms what has become all too apparent: The president has no interest in doing anything, even modest, to address our looming debt crisis."


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Ever had one of those weeks where you have so much to do but all you really want to do is sew? That was my week. I did manage a bit of housework but nap time and post-bedtime were pretty much devoted to working on this pretty little thing.
As I mentioned before, the block pattern is from the Modern Quilt Guild blog. I'm not one who follows patterns often (although I might be now!) but this was EASY to follow, although labor intensive. 84 pieces in this one block... whew! But so worth it!
I'm in LOVE with the backside, which is also quilted - for sturdiness sake. Those colors wrap up the whole project well, and the dots... well who doesn't love a good dot?
Its called "So Sophie" by My Minds Eye for Riley Blake.
Really, I made this pillow cover just like a quilt, except for the back side which creates the envelope enclosure. The binding is no exception. Mitered corners just like a quilt! And I love the Mendocino fabric with seahorses, its the perfect binding!
Here's a better shot of the quilting... I decided to do the opposite of my original plan. Chevron straight-line quilting in each of the 8 sections thanks to my walking foot.
You guessed it, I'm in love with that too!
My husband was impressed, if that means anything! Engineers are hard to impress, mind you.
{As an aside - I'm interested to see how Elizabeth (the author of this block pattern) quilts her quilt made from 9 of these blocks! It will be fabulous, I'm sure!}
The Orb pillow sitting in its official home, on our couch! Its my first handmade pillow for our living room - with more to come! I've only just begun to make a dent in that pile of mustard & aqua fabric... stay tuned.
I hope your weekend is filled with much sewing, relaxing, and coffee-sipping!