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|Trad, Alpine, 4 pitches, Grade III
|YDS: 5.10b French: 6a+ Ewbanks: 19 UIAA: VII- ZA: 19 British: E2 5b [details]
|FA: Kor and LaGrange, 1960 FFA: R. Briggs and Reveley, 1974
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By Charles Vernon
From: Tucson, AZ
Jun 30, 2001
We hauled a little pack on the chimney pitch and I highly recommend this-- the squeeze/ow is quite continuous and since it steadily gets narrowing, a trailing pack would probably get stuck a lot. This 5.9+ pitch is at least as hard as the crux pitch, with fewer rests--consider putting your stronger leader on it. Also consider a #4 Friend for the OW, as an [old style] #4 Camalot is too big. The gear beta in the above description is otherwise great. Don't plan on trusting any of the old bolts.
I placed a very comforting rp at the crux of the last pitch. I was really happy to have that piece!
Although it is less commiting and shorter, I felt this route was considerably harder than the Casual Route.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 12, 2001
The P3 crux is where the chimney narrows into an evil fist crack. Your lower body will be in the squeeze while your hands jam the fist crack. As Charles mentions, a #4 Camalot is too big for this part, so I'd advise taking a #3 and #3.5 Camalot.
Thankfully, the fist crack is only about 10' long. If you have big hands, you can hand jam here and you will find it a bit easier than someone with small hands. Still, it is much more physical than the supposed "crux" on the 4th pitch.
By Anonymous Coward
Nov 8, 2001
|Much like Pervertical Sanctuary, the easier-rated offwith pitch is the true crux of this route, and the stronger climber should lead it.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Apr 21, 2003
|I agree the P4 crux is short, but there is a lot of 5.9 above there. The first time I attempted the route, I was past the crux when it started raining. I was gunning for the top but started freaking from all the water, and it not getting easier. I eventually lowered off a stopper and we ended up rapping the whole route. I returned some years later and finally did the last 50'. The final crack is also often wet early season, even when it is not raining.
By John Ringoen
Aug 7, 2003
|Just did the route yesterday. We found the "easy grassy ledges" getting up to the base of the route to be fairly exposed 4th class (at least where we went). Being timid, middle-aged dads, we roped up. Agreed, Directissima is classic (ignoring the marginal, dirty first pitch)! For us too, the crux was the grunt-a-rama P3 squeeze chimney, and it's meat-grinder fist crack. Another party stuck a #4 Camalot at the end of the chimney, just waiting for extrication by a dedicated booty hunter.
By Thomas Jensen
Jun 27, 2004
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|What an OUTSTANDING route!! It's hard to find a climb at this level that is so continuously interesting pitch after pitch. I just kept wondering when it was going to ease off. Really consistently fun top to bottom with good pro. I climbed a harder dihedral to the right for our first pitch and then traversed over when I saw all of the slings. It felt hard! Anyone know what it is? We climbed the last pitch in the snow on June 27th! Crazy
By David A. Turner
Jul 12, 2004
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Our rack seemed perfect. RPs to large stoppers. 3/4" Alien to 3.5 Camalot, with extra 1, 2, 3, 3.5 Camalots. This is a must do route. If you are considering doing a Chasm View Wall Route, do this one first. Way better than Red Dihedral. I have not done Royal Flush, but from watching others on it and talking with friends who have, it looks like one good pitch in a sea of ho-hum pitches.
By Kevin Stricker
From: Evergreen, CO
Aug 16, 2004
|As of 8/15/04 there are 2 fixed #4 Camalots in the slot on pitch 3. I agree with David in that a #4 Camalot is not necessary and a #4 Friend or 2 would protect this pitch (especially with the 2 fixed #4 Camalots in place). Do not be frightened off by the reputation for wideness as the offwidths on this climb are not that hard. The final pitch is AWESOME with interesting rock features, great exposure, and a perfect top out.
By Dr. Dan
From: Steamboat Springs, CO
Sep 4, 2005
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|[Climbed] the route yesterday in beautiful fall/summer conditions. A gift [of] a day. P2-4 were 5*. Led P3 and would agree that both P3 and P4 are equally challenging, you just work harder on P3. Don't think P3 is just about the [squeeze] or that P4 is just about the 10b crux, they are both solid from the deck to the [anchor]. FIXED Gear: There are 2 Met #4 in the [squeeze]. The first is about 15 feet up and is in good shape. The 2nd #4 is near the top of the [squeeze] and is twisted back and has the webbing cut off. The pin at the exit is a rusty 1/4" bolt with the hanger swinging in the wind. The truth is you don't need any of the fixed gear and you can solidly protect the [squeeze] if you are carrying any combination of 4 cams in the Met #3 to 3.5 range.
By Anders Fridberg
Jun 12, 2006
|We climbed this route on 6/10/06. The two number four Camalots stuck on pitch three are still there, but no webbing left. So, if you want to use them, bring some spectra cord to replace the webbing, or just girth hitch as a modern chockstone. Of course my oxygen deprived European sport climbing mind did not come up with this by itself but got this tip from some guy (Ralfi?) on the descent as he was hiking up to send the Cable Route in his Tevas. Spectacular route.
By Mike Munger
From: Boulder, Colorado
Aug 31, 2006
|Aug 30, 06 Excellent route with quality climbing from bottom to top. I would probably avoid the first jungle pitch and do one of the harder (cleaner) variations to the left. Both fixed #4 cams are still in place on pitch three and can either be threaded with spectra or slung like a chockstone. There are numerous bolts on this route, presumably from the first ascent in 1960, that are essentially worthless and should be pulled and or replaced. Most of the hangers are the old Gerry 'pry-out' 'Death' hangers and all of the bolts are 1/4" Rawl drives. With modern gear, none of them are necessary, so I would vote for cleaning up the route by removing the bolts and leaving them out.
By Jeff G.
From: Fort Collins
Jul 21, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
I did this route on July 1. Awesome day, very quiet with only a party on Red Wall. Not one party on the Diamond or Lower East face of Long's. This is a great alpine route with awesome position. The exposure on the last pitch is breathtaking, be sure to look down! Pretty burly line and harder than the Casual Route, so be ready. The fixed #4s are still there. I only bothered slinging the bottom one which made it comfortable to walk my #3.5 Camalot along with me. I had one old #3.5 Camalot and one new #4 Camalot which seemed perfect. You don't need an old #4 size even without the fixed ones.
Please leave the bolts!! They are awesome to see on this classic climb and give a great sense of history. They are worthless for protection but should be left so future parties will have the enjoyment of climbing past them and thinking about what things were like back in the golden age.
By David A. Turner
Jul 14, 2008
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Yesterday, we used the descent described in the comments section of the Red Wall. It is a much better option than The Camel. The exposed downclimb at the top may be fifth class, but no harder than 5.2.
By Laurens Sigman
From: Denver, CO
Jul 14, 2008
|The "easy grassy ledges" are quite slippery. Climber beware,and consider wearing your rock shoes (vs. just approach shoes) for this section: I slipped and tumbled down a few ledges. Ouch, and it ended my climbing day and was quite scary. Maybe roping up a bit earlier isn't such a bad idea, as mentioned in that 2003 comment.
By Peter Yakovchuk
From: Tempe, AZ
Aug 4, 2008
|Is the 10c variation to the right of the first pitch done often? We climbed this variation and I had to clean cracks from dirt...but otherwise it is an excellent pitch. The old bolt near the crux at the 10c pitch looks very interesting from historical point of view.
By Dusty
From: Fort Collins
Jul 11, 2009
|With a 70m rope, the first two pitches link quite nicely.
By GeoffElson Elson
Aug 1, 2009
rating: 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
Agreed linking 1 and 2 with a 70m works great, nearly all 70m's are used, just head up for the obvious yellow sling belay.
We laced up our rock shoes at the base of the slab, and pulled many 5.0 moves with no rope to get the base of the climb, didn't see a way get to the base casually. I couldn't get my #4 BD C4 to work well in the squeeze chimney/offwith on the third pitch, instead I used a big old #11 BD hex worked great, FYI there are now 3 fixed 4 so careful with your 4 if you have one pull it after you place your next piece? The #4 BD C4 work great for the short offwidth section on pitch 4.
Don't be intimidated by the roof crux on the fourth pitch I thought the protection was great with a micro cam (metolious 00) and then maybe 5 feet until your next gear placed from a jug. Also bring along extra of the smallest standard nuts, RP's were not necessary.
By Brent Apgar
From: Out of the Loop
Jul 24, 2011
As of 23 July 2011 there are still 3 fixed #4s in the chimney on the 3rd pitch.
I'd have to agree w/ the previous comments that a couple of old #3.5s would be perfect on the chimney, though I don't know what a new #4 would be like by comparison on the same section.
An unbelievable route.
By tooTALLtim
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 20, 2011
On the last pitch, to add a kicker at the very end:
Instead of traversing off at the very end, continue up the corner into the black band. The corner gets capped by a roof (visible in the picture in the Gillett guidebook, p.56). Traverse under the roof, and turn it on its left corner.
Why do this? Because you'll be turning a fantastic roof that's overhanging 800ft of air!
[Beta spoiler] The gear is ok, where as the rock is licheny and loose in spots (notably, where you turn the roof), but the pro at your feet is fine (small cams in horizontals, green C3/Black Alien). The roof felt like 5.10 on lead, and my partner thought 5.9 following. [Beta spoiler]
By 303scott
Aug 3, 2012
We combined pitches 1 and 2 with a 60m rope and about 15 feet of very easy simul climbing, but that of course depends on how high you choose to start the roped climbing.
I would definitely bring at least one new Camalot #4 with you. The squeeze chimney protects with new 3s and 4s. Also, slinging the fixed gear like a chockstone kind of blows, so you might bring 3 pieces of 5-6mm cord tied in 8 inch loops to girth hitch the 3 fixed cams where the webbing used to be.
Regarding difficulty, I found p3 to be the crux - no question. We climbed straight up off of the belay at p2 into a shallow, overhanging, right-facing corner, and we both felt the move near the ancient piton (i.e. didn't bother clipping) was spicy and the technical crux. Getting out of the squeeze was definitely the physical crux. By comparison, the "roof" on pitch 4 was a cakewalk with good gear, good feet, and ok hands.
Descent beta: We walked climber's right (east) to the lowest point in the saddle between Long's and Mt. Lady W. There was no cairn at that gully, so I'm not sure it was the correct one. Some exposed and high consequence 5.2-5.4 downclimbing for 40-50 feet on the climber's left side of the gully led to a loose 3rd/4th class scramble down the gully to the obvious (and cairn-marked) grassy ledge system back to the base. Total time less than an hour. I would probably give the raps a try next time.
By erik rieger
From: Ridgway, CO
Jun 24, 2013
|Good, steep route. Easily as good as climbing on the Diamond but with a shorter approach. We brought one new style #3 and #4. It would've been nice to have a double of either on the wide pitch, as it varies from 3-4 inches and the upper fixed cam is facing backwards and fucking hard to girth-hitch one handed.
By Dave Alie
From: Golden, CO
Jul 7, 2013
rating: 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
Finally got around to climbing this on July 5, 2013 - what an incredible route! After being peppered by gear beta questions from other climbers, I thought I'd chip in my two cents here. WARNING: BETA.... Having lead both pitches, I thought the technical crux was definitely the fourth pitch, but the chimney was where I really got worked. I was expecting a wide-ish crack that I could climb more-or-less straight in if needed, but this was not the case. A few fist jams are available on the left for those of us with larger hands, but for the most part upward progress was the result of chimney-groveling. The fixed cams (old style #4 Camalots) are still there, but they are lacking their slings so threading a runner through the eye-hole just to clip the fixed piece is a waste of time and energy, in my opinion. I agree with Charles Vernon's recommendation to bring a #4 Friend if you have one. I think 1 each: #4 C4, #4 Friend, #3 C4 would protect the chimney well even without the bolts.
Finally, the fourth pitch is so much fun it would be a stand-alone classic almost anywhere. Put it at the top of Chasm View Wall, standing above a series of exciting and exposed pitches, and it's a must-do. A good reminder that great climbing abounds on Long's, even beyond The Diamond!
By Nathan Welton
From: Estes Park, CO
Jul 11, 2016
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Did this route on 7/10/2016. Fantastic, though the approach is a little sketchy, and there is a fair amount of lose rock. Perhaps we got off route on the approach, but we wound up roping up for a short section and were glad to have done so. There are numerous fixed pins and bolts that are useful only in a historical sense. Don't trust them! One set of small cams, 1 set of nuts, and double big cams (#0.5 to #4 C4) would be sufficient. There are now 3 fixed old school #4 Camalots that you can sling in the squeeze chimney, so bring some skinny shoulder slings. The Camel descent is pretty chill and close by. P3 was definitely harder than P4.
By zeb
Aug 27, 2017
|Are there fixed anchors at the top of every pitch for belaying/rappelling?


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I explained to the nice lady I spoke to that I wanted to set up a company in the Islands, with the aim of minimizing my tax exposure and making it hard for anyone to find out about my finances. She explained to me I could have that within 24 hours. In addition to a zero tax jurisdiction, I was also getting a complete waiver on my corporate liability, no corporate filing obligations, total secrecy for my shareholders, and a complete waiver on any need to file accounting returns or prepare accounts for audit. For a small extra fee, they also offered to set me up a bank account in my choice of Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai (with debit cards, so I could spend in the UK, of course). The total cost of the full package was about £900 - about one-thirteenth of what I'm due to fork over to HMRC by 31 January. Of course, as an added benefit, I'd never have to pay tax ever again. 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It's probable the game isn't worth the candle for HMRC if you're a lowly TV producer, rather than say, someone as rich as Mitt Romney. If the Marshall Islands don't take your fancy, there are plenty of firms offering to offshore you to Panama, Belize, the Caymans or Cyprus, who are using Google Adwords to show up to those googling "Marshall Islands Tax Haven". I spoke with a tax expert about whether the structure I'd been offered would be legal. He said, in no uncertain terms "what you're suggesting would be a crime. Admittedly, a crime that's relatively easy to commit and relatively hard to investigate." He did also concede that with a little tweaking, it could be made kosher, but that it would be unlikely to be worthwhile legally for people with incomes under £150,000 a year. Still, that salary wouldn't exactly put me in the ranks of the super-rich; I probably wouldn't be troubling Abramovich to buy Chelsea. Maybe something like Folkestone Invicta FC . . . 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Tributes have been paid to teenager Mary Stroman who died after being struck by a train in Yarnbrook on Wednesday, January 15.
The 16-year-old, of Hornsey, in London, was hit near the Aintree Avenue crossing at around 8.20pm and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Let me start off by saying that I don't hate Granger; He's been one of my favorites for the longest time. But it's time to get some good pieces out of him before it's too late. He still has rep of an elite scorer. I don't think any of these offers are ludicrous in our favor, but they might be becuase I'm selling high on Granger.
The problem with him is that he is one-dimensional, doesn't like to play defense, takes bad shots, he's lacks smoothness and ability to get seperation which will kill him in the Playoffs, and he is put in a bad position with us. He is a very good 2nd, 3rd scorer and impatient teams would be happy to acquire him as well as teams trying to get over the hump. How are these deals?
To IND:
Derrick Favors (star potential)
Anthony Morrow (an okay replacement)
Damion James (somewhat decent prospect)
Jordan Farmar (very good backup point)
1st round pick (Lotto protected)
To NJ:
Danny Granger
Okay, we get Derrick Favors who will be the best defensive power forward in the league who is also 19 years old with some touch, we get one of the best backup point guards in the league with championship experience, we get a solid young replacement for Danny for the time being in Anthony Morrow, and we also get a first round pick lottery protected.
New Jersey gets a big three and they're very impatient. If Melo never goes through they'll bite for one of these second tier guys. Harris, Lopez, and Granger is somewhat decent. Their owner wants to win now and they don't want to wait for Favors to get his groove.
Trade two
To IND:
Nicholas Batum (star potential)
Wes Mathews (hell of a player and he's young)
Armon Johnson (very good future backup point)
Luke Babbitt (he's adequate, I guess. I expected more out of him but his rotation is deep.)
2nd round pick
To POR:
Danny Granger
Lance Stephenson
We get two very good prospects in Wes and Batum as well as a very good backup point that Seth really likes. We also get Luke Babbitt who could be a contributor someday.. If not he's a good trading chip. (cut Solo and Foster I guess.)
If Portland has hopes of getting Roy and Oden healthy again than Dre/Granger/Roy/Lamarcus/Oden is a hell of a lineup. They'd actually use Granger right.
Trade three:
To IND:
Jeff Green
Serge Ibaka
Mo Pete (cut)
BJ Mullens
Royal Ivey (cut)
1st round pick
To OKC:
Danny Granger
James Posey
Josh McRoberts
For one, we cut HUGE salary. For two, we get Jeff Green, Serge Ibaka, and a first (cut Mo Pete and Royal Ivey for roster spots). Serge Ibaka is going to be a very good player and Jeff Green already is.
OKC does this because they get another top 25 player in the league and Danny can be a third option where he can really, really excel. This trade puts them over the top and makes them favorites in the west. Slide either Granger or Durant to the two. They add James Posey who is undoubtedly a bad contract but he brings things to the table, and they get an adequate starting forward in Josh. They can use the MLE in the offseason to sign a starting power forward in Kenyon Martin and hopefully for them Cole Aldrich is ready to produce next season. Then they have:
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Bay Street Theatre Presents American Premiere of MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE, 5/29
Bay Street Theatre is pleased to announce the first production of the 2012 Mainstage Season. Polly Draper stars in MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE, by Geraldine Aron. This American Premiere runs May 29 – June 24. The production is directed by Matt McGrath, one of Bay Street's Artistic Associates.
Divorce CAN be fun. This one-woman show tells the story of American ex-pat Angela whose irritatingly round-headed British husband takes off. She's left to cope with a disapproving mother, a shifty attorney and a bad case of hypochondria. Poignant, insightful...and very, very funny. A real treat from across the pond! Previews Tuesday, May 29 through Friday, June 1 are sponsored by Peconic Landing.
Polly Draper (Angela), is best known for her role as Ellen on the groundbreaking series "thirtysomething", for which she received an Emmy nomination. Broadway credits include CLOSER, Brooklyn Boy, and CRAZY HE CALLS ME. Ms. Draper also starred in the original New York productions of FOR DOGS AND A BONE, Neil Simon's ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, John Cassavetes' THORN HILL, IMAGINING BRAD, SISTER MARY IGNATIUS, RUM AND COKE, and TOP GIRLS among others. She recently appeared in STANDING ON CEREMONY at Minetta Lane and The Escort at the Geffen Playhouse. She is currently filming a role in Steven Soderbergh's Bitter Pill. Her most recent film and television credits include a role on the Showtime series "The Big C", and a role in the feature film Our Idiot Brother. She wrote, produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed feature film, The Tic Code, which won awards at film festivals worldwide including Berlin, Vancouver, and the Hamptons. Draper has also spent the last five years writing, producing, and directing The Naked Brothers Band, a movie and subsequent hit Nickelodeon television series she created, for which she won many awards, including a WGA award. Miss Draper received a BA and MFA from Yale.
Geraldine Aron (playwright) was born in Ireland and spent her adult life in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Aron wrote several award winning plays for Ireland's Druid Theatre Company, including BAR & GER, A GALWAY GIRL, SAME OLD MOON, THE DONAHUE SISTERS, THE STANLEY PARKERS and MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE. Geraldine is also the author of twelve produced television and radio plays and two screenplays.
Matt McGrath (director) most recently appeared in NEXT FALL at the Diversionary Theater in San Diego. Prior to that he stepped into the role of Frank' N Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at The Old Globe Theater. McGrath, last season, directed Darrell Hammond in TRU. Bay Street audiences may remember his performances as an actor in JAPES, THE LADY IN QUESTION, BEYOND THERAPY, BELL BOOK & CANDLE and ROMANCE. He was the recipient of the Bienecke Fellowship from the Yale School of Drama in 2007 and also received an Honorary Masters Degree from The American Conservatory Theater. His work performing in THE BLACK RIDER by Tom Waits and William S. Burroughs in London, San Francisco and Sydney, dir. Robert Wilson, earned him a Helpmann Award nomination. Broadway credits include: CABARET (Emcee) dir. by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall and also A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Off Broadway: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, DISTANT FIRES (L.A. Weekly Award), A FAIR COUNTRY, GRACELAND, AMULETS AGAINST THE DRAGON FORCES and DALTON'S BACK (Drama Desk Nom.) Film credits include: Full Grown Men (Tribeca Film Festival '06), Boys Don't Cry, The Notorious Bettie Page, (both by Killer Films), The Anniversary Party, and The Broken Hearts Club.
The 2012 Mainstage Season program is partially funded by the Suffolk County Executive's Office and Suffolk County National Bank.
Single tickets to see MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE and 3-play 2012 Mainstage Season subscriptions are available online at www.baystreet.org or by calling the Box Office at 631-725-9500. Based on availability, there will be up to 20 tickets sold for each performance for $20 available after 2 pm (excluding June 2, July 7 and August 11). The first preview performance on May 29 will be "Pay What You Can" available after 2 pm that day at the Box Office only and based on availability. The Box Office is currently open Wed.-Sat. 11-5 pm. It will be open 7 days a week beginning Wednesday., May 30
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text: Statehouse beat: Picking on the new kid By Phil Kabler March 17, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It was no secret during the 2012 election that retiring Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass was not too keen about the possibility of then-Sen. Walt Helmick replacing him.Douglass may be gone, but he's still bedeviling new Commissioner Helmick.One of the first bills to come across Helmick's desk was from Embassy Suites for $8,023 for a reception back in November that was billed as a Celebration of Agriculture, but was really a retirement party for Douglass.Helmick has refused to pay the bill -- it shows up on the auditor's website as "rejected, returning per agency request."Helmick is miffed that the department staged the taxpayer-funded party, despite getting advice from the Ethics Commission that they could not use state funds, and after being turned down by the governor's office for contingency funds to hold the party. (The governor's office reportedly offered the use of the Culture Center for the event, but got a thanks-but-no-thanks.)If Helmick sticks to his guns, Embassy Suites will probably have to go to the state Court of Claims to try to get payment. Of course, it's not like they'll go bankrupt: Since its opening, the Charleston hotel has done $9.06 million in business with the state, including $6.88 million paid by the Department of Education for various teacher training seminars.***Perhaps as befuddling as the abrupt firing of General Services Division Director David Oliverio was the meeting called of all General Services employees to notify them of Oliverio's departure.All 100-some GSD employees were called in to Charleston -- some from as far away as Weirton -- for what was described as a five- to seven-minute presentation by Administration Secretary Ross Taylor to say that Oliverio was out, that Taylor wanted GSD to "go in a different direction," and then saying he would not take questions. Many participants thought it was a waste of work hours and mileage for the travel.Deputy Secretary Cedric Greene is temporarily working out of Oliverio's office, but does not have the title of acting director.Although much has been written about how Oliverio straightened out a division that had been hit by numerous scandals and made significant upgrades to a Capitol Complex whose buildings had been subjected to years of deferred maintenance, it should also be noted that, unlike his predecessors, Oliverio actually had a background in physical plant maintenance.(Too often in the past, when a new governor took office, the position was a place to put whichever campaign supporter had the least discernable management skills.) Shortly after Oliverio took over the position, the Capitol grounds were torn up with ditches to run lines from the chiller plant to the Capitol and other buildings on campus.Oliverio was particularly upset about the appearance of the grounds -- noting that one of his degrees is in landscape architecture. General Services employees are at a loss for what led to Oliverio's ouster. There had been some isolated issues with employees abusing overtime or using vehicles for personal use, but nothing like what was going on prior to Oliverio's tenure.More recently there had been controversy over the installation of GPS tracking devices on General Services vehicles, as well as an ill-conceived meeting where Oliverio berated employees for allegedly tampering with those devices.***Magic bus: State Automobile and Truck Dealers lobbyist Ruth Lemmon confirms renting a limo to take freshmen senators to dinner at Café Cimino in Sutton Wednesday evening.She said it was a good opportunity to meet with the new senators in a conversational atmosphere, away from the pressures of Charleston.Not all freshman senators attended. For one, Sen. Donald Cookman, D-Hampshire, (an early front-runner for freshman of the year) sent regrets so he could attend the Select Committee on Children and Poverty's meeting in Oak Hill that evening. ***Finally, Governor's Highway Safety Program Director Bob Tipton used simple physics to explain why people should wear seat belts: In an crash, Tipton noted, unbelted occupants will continue to travel at the speed the vehicle was traveling until they hit something, and the human body just wasn't designed to absorb 30-mph to 70-mph-plus impacts.That's why 75 percent of people ejected from vehicles are killed instantly, said Tipton, whose job requires that he review all state accident reports involving traffic fatalities.Tipton said that, while he's heard anecdotal stories about persons being unable to get out of flooding or burning vehicles because they could not unbuckle their belts, he's never seen a single accident report out of the hundreds he's reviewed where that actually occurred.(Apparently, his explanation wasn't simple enough: The bill to make failure to wear seat belts a primary offense (HB2108) remains dry-docked on the House inactive calendar.)Reach Phil Kabler at email@example.com or 304-348-1220. 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Aybar returns as Angels deal with Monday's fallout
OAKLAND -- Devastating as the Angels' 19-inning, 10-8 loss to the A's on Monday night might have been, it was historic -- at six hours and 32 minutes, it was the longest game in both teams' histories -- and included several impressive performances.
Tommy Hanson pitched six innings of two-run ball, giving the rotation back-to-back-to-back quality starts; Chris Iannetta squatted for 19 innings behind the plate; Albert Pujols had four hits, went deep twice to snap a 19-game homerless drought and played the field all night; Jerome Williams hurled six innings of one-run ball in relief; and Mark Trumbo hit a 475-foot homer that tied for the longest in the Majors this season.
But the Angels were in little mood to reminisce on Tuesday.
"I don't take much nostalgia away from that game," Trumbo said. "It's all about winning, and we didn't get it done. End of story."
The fact is the Angels are now 9-16 -- tied for the worst 25-game start in franchise history -- and must maneuver through yet another injury.
As expected, outfielder Peter Bourjos was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of the strained left hamstring he suffered while trying to beat out a sacrifice bunt in the 11th inning. In his place, shortstop Erick Aybar returned to the roster -- batting leadoff -- after being on the DL since April 9 with a bruised left heel, while J.B. Shuck started in left field and Mike Trout moved to center.
The Angels also purchased the contract of outfielder Scott Cousins from Triple-A Salt Lake, filling up their 40-man roster once again, and optioned rookie left-hander Michael Roth to Double-A. That means they're back to a traditional seven-man bullpen and four-man bench, despite having seven relievers account for 12 2/3 innings the night before.
"Really, we're as banged up on the lineup side," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who was up until about 3 a.m. PT pondering potential roster moves with the front office.
The Angels have already used the DL on seven occasions since the April 1 opener -- one more time than they used it through the first three months of 2012. They've used 18 pitchers in April, the most in one month since August 2000.
Innings-wise, Monday's game was the third-longest the Angels have ever played and the longest in American League history since July 9, 2006, when the White Sox beat the Red Sox, 6-5, in 19 innings.
But now it's time to play again.
"The game doesn't stop," Scioscia said. "You need to keep going."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Week In Music: Britney Vs. Obama
Huffington Post has compiled a top 140 Twitter most-followed list and it's mostly good news for musicians, two of whom top the leader of the free world in Twitter followers. But while some of the highest-ranking music personalities are fairly predictable, the list shows a surprisingly democratic Twitter world, and one where you don't have to be the hottest name in pop culture to win fans. Britney Spears tops everyone with more than 5 million followers, and other major current music stars rank in the top 20, including Lady Gaga (No. 4), Taylor Swift (No. 8), John Mayer (No. 9), Coldplay (No. 17), Katy Perry (No. 19) and 50 Cent (No. 20). But the list also includes M.C. Hammer, who touches the list at No. 51, "Weird Al" Yankovic at No. 62, recent GRAMMY winner Imogen Heap at No. 123, and self-proclaimed avant-cellist Zoë Keating at No. 140. For the record, President Barack Obama lands at only No. 5, but that might be because it's tough to distill the 1,000-plus-page financial reform act into 140 characters.
Speaking of the financial reform legislation, which continues to limp through Congress this week, it comes with an entertainment-related note: Currently it would put a halt to proposed movie box-office futures trading if passed, according to the Los Angeles Times. The only other commodity on which futures trading is banned by law is onions. We think there's a joke in there somewhere, though it would be funnier if instead of onions the ban was on raspberries.
A new music video trend may have been stopped before it started. Instead of the usual humdrum video set, Snoop Dogg recently attempted to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for his new music video. Of course, with an estimated population of just 35,000 and covering roughly 61.7 square miles, Liechtenstein is not entirely large. Unfortunately for Snoop the deal couldn't be consummated as his team "did not give enough time," according to a local property agent. The lesson? When looking to rent out Liechtenstein, get your request in a little earlier. Or, maybe try Andorra instead.
Police rushed to a Batavia, Ill., theater last week to halt the screening of a concert featuring performances by metal legends Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer. The theater's manager placed an emergency call after attendees started to get a little out of hand and police arrived to find damage including one broken seat, broken armrests and a small hole in the screen. On top of that, there was "a large amount" of alcohol beverage containers on the scene. Large amounts of alcohol, holes in the screen, busted chairs — now, that truly is metal. However, no one was arrested. Not very metal.
In other raucous news, the National's Matt Berninger was recently taken into federal custody on suspicion of terrorism at the Honolulu International Airport when he attempted to carry on a MacGyver-esque, bomb-resembling alarm clock that the indie rocker had purchased in Tokyo. We're not sure if this was more of an inconvenience for Berninger (who had to ultimately surrender the clock to the Transportation Security Administration), or the rest of the airport patrons forced to evacuate. "Suddenly I hear my name being called and my name's flashing on all the monitors," said Berninger. "I was kind of hoping that maybe I could finish this 15-minute massage chair thing first then realized that maybe I shouldn't."
Platinum '80s pop starlets Deborah "Debbie" Gibson and Tiffany are set to make mega-film history. The duo will battle it out in the upcoming Syfy original Saturday night movie, Mega Python vs. Gatoroid. Both are no strangers to film as Gibson previously appeared in Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus and Tiffany starred in Mega Piranha — but this is the first time the duo will appear in a film together. "I know that pop culture fanatics have been dying for Tiffany and me to collaborate for the past 24 years!" said Gibson. "What better way to do it than by battling each other in a campy romp through the Everglades?" No word on whether the film's mega climax will be set to "Lost In Your Eyes" or "I Think We're Alone Now."
U.S. News & World Report's June 28 story, "21 Things You Should Never Buy New," probably left a sour taste in the collective mouth of the entertainment industry and, well, most every other industry too. No. 1 on its list is DVDs/CDs. But among the other 20 buy-used-only items: books, video games, jewelry, furniture, cars, musical instruments, pets (we have a relatively low-mileage cat we're taking offers on), houses and consumer electronics. What should you never buy used? Not much of consequence beyond laptops and underpants according to a related article. The report doesn't suggest how the manufacturers and intellectual property owners of the above items are supposed to be compensated (or for that matter how an item never bought new becomes used…). Of course, be sure to buy your copy of U.S. News & World Report used.
Katy Perry's "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg, is once again the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, and is tops on the iTunes singles chart.
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Kickstarter: Combat Jacks by Mark McKenna
My old funnybook pal Mark McKenna has a great-looking project that you should take a look at on Kickstarter: Combat Jacks.
Created and written by Mark (who also inks) and pencilled by Jason Baroody, this looks like a really fun deal.
Mark says in his video that it's a throwback to the old EC comics of the '50s - like Weird Science Fantasy meets Vault of Horror - but with a modern twist.
What's it about? Space Marines Vs. Monster Jack O'Lanterns on a distant planet.
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Let's take a quick look at some of my favorite Kickstarter projects and see how they're doing.
The Devil Is Due In Dreary is really close to getting fully funded. There's not much time left, so go over there and check it out.
"Two strangers with a questionable past arrive in the reclusive town of Dreary and unknowingly fulfill a prophecy the town believes will precede the coming of the apocalypse." This looks like a very fun and original project, deserving of support.
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Kickstarter: The Garlicks by Lea Hernandez
I love funny stuff and after reading about Lea Hernandez's new Kickstarter program for her graphic novel, The Garlicks, I knew I wanted it.
According to Lea's PR material, The Garlicks is "a webcomic/graphic novel about a vampire girl, for girls." But guys apparently dig it too and it's a lot of fun. You can check out some archived strips at the Garlicks website.
Lea's going to serialize three color pages each week on her site and the Kickstarter fund is to finance those strips and the publication of the first story into a nice 148-page trade, with an introduction by Scary Godmother's Jill Thompson.
But what is The Garlicks? Says Lea, "It's a vampire tale, told from the POV of Pandora, a vampire with zero vampire abilities and the big sister of baby Pamila (who's usually called Ham), who seems to have gotten everything Pandora didn't, like being able to shapeshift into an adorable flying fish and eat meat."
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Bowden + Sheffield Minimalist iPad cases are beautifully functional
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We know that it's hard to find variety when looking for a great iPad case. Our main problem with the cases is that we want something that adds a level of form and function while also offering protection, but we don't want something that hard to take the iPad out of, because we don't want to use an iPad that's stuck in a bulky case. Up until now, there's been no way for us to have our cake and eat it too, but that's set to change with the success of the Bowden + Sheffield Minimalist iPad Cases Kickstarter project. While the project wraps up in 16 more hours as of this writing, it's surpassed its $20,000 goal. What makes this case so good? Well, for starters, both cases look fantastic. The case designs are similar, with the difference lying in the materials.
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Kickstarter: Dumbing of Age
David Willis, creator of the popular webcomic Dumbing of Age, is using Kickstarter to raise funds for a collection of his strips.
This Campus Is A Friggin' Escher Print will be "185 full-color pages with author commentary, character profiles, and behind-the-scenes material" promises Willis.
More than a year's worth of stuff will be inside, from September 10, 2010, to October 28, 2011. This includes storylines: "Move-in Day," "Uphill from Here," "Men Are from Beck, Women Are from Clark," "The Bechdel Test," "Media Rumble," and "Yesterday Was Thursday."
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Pebble wristwatch picks up Bluetooth 4.0 after massive demand
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Allerta, the group behind the Pebble Bluetooth watch that became an overnight Kickstarter sensation, has announced that due to overwhelming demand, the watch will be compatible with Bluetooth 4.0. If you scour the comments on the Pebble Kickstarter page, you'll notice Bluetooth 4.0 requests by the plenty. We figured it was just too late in the game to switch around the design of a watch that's slated to ship so soon, but the company says that Bluetooth 4.0 inclusion was on the list for a while, and therefore, the decision won't affect the ship date at all. That said, when the Pebble watch does ship, it'll be Bluetooth 2.1 out of the gate, with the Bluetooth 4.0 module being activated later through a software update that'll be available to all.
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Kickstarter: Build-O-Saurs
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Dinosaurs Vs. Dump Trucks! When it comes to moving earth, my vote's with the dinosaurs, especially the ones called Build-o-saurs.
My pal, animation writer Richard Clark, created Build-o-saurs as an interactive book app. He's Kickstartering to raise the necessary cash to make it a reality.
"They're not machines," Richard says, "they're just special dinosaurs who are born to build!"
And they look cool, too. Clark, and his creative partner, artist and animator Richard Murray, have created delightful kid-friendly dinosaurs that look like they want to dig, crunch and get dirty on the job site. I've got young kids and they loved the character designs.
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Kickstarter: Soulless by Logan Giannini & George Kambadais
"When you wake up in a morgue drawer with a hole in your chest the size of a cantaloupe, it's only natural to have certain questions."
Now that's a first sentence that grabs my attention and it's from writer Logan Giannini in his pitch for Soulless, a new Kickstarter project that's illustrated by a friend of mine, George Kambadais.
Neill is the star of Soulless and after waking up in the morgue he sets out to uncover not just himself but what happened to him as well.
As Neill searches, according to writer Giannini, he "learns a great deal about the true nature of the people around him, from his girlfriend Sarah (who, it would seem, didn't exactly wait for Neill to be dead to start seeing other guys), to Neill's vampire friend Bradley (a name he hates), to a young ghost girl (with questions of her own) who's accompanied by a large gorilla and a parrot..."
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Kickstarter: The Devil Is Due In Dreary
I love comics with a Western-style setting, and if you throw in some apocalypse too, even better. Creator David Parkin and Executive Editor Daryl Freimark describe The Devil Is Due In Dreary as "Classic cars, pompadours and rock-n-roll meet the folklore of the American southwest in this rockabilly take on the classic western."
Team Dreary, in conjunction with artist Allan Jefferson, successfully published their first issue through Ardden. Now they're going through Kickstarter to fund issues 2-4 and wrap up the story.
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Kickstarter: A Geek's Journal 1976
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials
I'm a geek and I certainly was in high school.
My life was full of comics, television, and all the usual school stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't write any of my life down at the time. But I know a guy who did: Steven Thompson, the creator of the popular pop-culture blog Booksteve's Library, wrote it all down in 1976 and kept it up.
He recently discovered his old diary and posted it on the internet, one entry per day along with modern commentary as the author looked back on his teenaged life.
It's a funny, fascinating look at one fan's life, as he tries to get something going with girls, hangs out with friends, goes to concerts, buys records and comics, watches television and masturbates (yep, he goes there).
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OAKLAND — The last time Harrison Barnes came off the bench, he was a freshman on his high school varsity team. In his first two games with the Warriors, he's been the sixth man.
"It's just different," Barnes said. "That's the best way to describe it: different. It's the NBA, so you've got to learn your role."
Barnes, a small forward, has no doubt made an impression through training camp and in the first two preseason games. He's shown some signs of the scoring prowess that made him a high school sensation and a star at North Carolina. He's been praised by coach Mark Jackson for his intensity on defense. He's earned his teammates' respect with his fearlessness and work effort.
But while developing his game and learning the system, Barnes is having to dust off another one of his intangibles. Patience. Because this is all new territory for Barnes, the No.7 overall pick in June's draft.
"I'm just trying to learn my role on this team," Barnes said after Tuesday's practice. "Obviously it's much different from Carolina. I'm just trying to go out there and work hard."
Barnes is used to the role of superstar, but he had to endure hearing "knocks" about his game throughout the draft process. Then he slipped from the one-time projected No.2 pick to the middle of the lottery.
Now, he's fighting for the status that once came so easily. With the Warriors, he's gone from saving the day to proving himself daily.
And while he keeps a poised expression and speaks words of humility, you get the sense this coming-off-the-bench stuff is giving him an edge.
Of course, edge is a good thing in the NBA.
"He wants to be great," Jackson said. "You're talking about a kid that comes early, stays late. He's here late into the night, requesting film, asking questions. He's going to be very good."
Barnes is in a tightly contested battle with swingman Brandon Rush for the starting job, which is the only noninjury-related drama in Warriors camp. Jackson said Tuesday that Barnes could easily be the starter.
However, he has a few obstacles to overcome. Primarily, Rush's play.
Rush is the better defender, which matters tremendously since the Warriors' starting lineup really needs defense. Plus, Jackson has a comfort level with Rush, who earned Jackson's favor as a key bench player for Golden State last season.
But Barnes has several things working for him. At 6-foot-8 and 210 pounds, he gives the Warriors good size at the position. His strength has been apparent — such as when he posted up the Lakers' Kobe Bryant on Sunday and dunked on Utah's Paul Millsap on Monday — bringing some physicality to the Warriors' finesse.
Though he hasn't shot the ball as well as Rush, Barnes is proving he can score in a variety of ways — in transition, off the dribble, out of the post.
It might all add up to his starting, or he might becomea cog on the second unit. Jackson said Barnes is going to get playing time either way.
But if he is the starter, he will have earned it.
"Once he understands what plays we're calling for him, and what reads he needs to make, he'll be fine," point guard Stephen Curry said. "He's a humble kid. He understands he's got a lot of work to do, but he has an opportunity to really have an impact on our team. But it doesn't change his mentality going into the season — waiting his turn and learning, continuing to get better."


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The day is winding down and the market is making new lows. President Obama's press conference did nothing to reassure the market that a fiscal cliff deal is forthcoming and the minutes of the FOMC meeting made it sound like the Fed is pretty much out of bullets.
In other words, we have no positives to entice buyers into this market so the downtrend continues.
Respecting that we are in a downtrend and not trying to predict a market turn works well, and I continue to see no reason to change that stance. We'll have a bounce eventually, but as I've often said, trends tend to last much longer than most people think is reasonable. Those who were fighting the uptrend in August and September are the same people fighting the downtrend now.
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New to the menu at KFC in the Philippines is the Cheese Top Burger (50 pesos, about $1.18) featuring an "Original Recipe" chicken patty* with garlic parmesan dressing on a bun topped with a slice of melted cheese. Why put the cheese on the outside of the bun? ...Ah...um...[tumbleweed rolls by]...so the Internet will feel compelled to write about it?
* Yeah, yeah, that's not beef, but wackiness trumps beef-lessness in this case.
KFC in Malaysia also sells a cheese-topped bun breakfast sandwich, the Cheesy Egg Bun.
If anyone tries the burger, let us know if it deeply impacts your view of cheese placement in sandwiches.
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies, 'The Babooch' – Song Premiere
For a while there, the '90s sounded a lot like the '40s, and that was good news for Cherry Poppin' Daddies. In 1997, as the era's short-lived swing craze was reaching its zenith, and even preppies in Gap ads were jumping and jiving to big-band sounds, the Oregon group crashed the party with 'Zoot Suit Riot,' a modern-rock fave that came within one spot of making the Top 40.
On their two subsequent albums, the Daddies packed up their wallet chains and wingtips and changed sounds completely, and if it seemed to some they were distancing themselves from a fizzled-out fad, the fact is CPD were never a swing band to begin with. Before 'Zoot Suit Riot,' the group had dabbled in punk, ska, rockabilly, psychedelia, lounge and just about every other style you can think of. In a decade of weird mainstream crossovers, few were weirder than these guys.
Now, 16 years after 'Riot,' the Daddies get back to swinging on 'White Teeth, Black Thoughts,' due out July 16. Diffuser.fm is jazzed to premiere 'The Babooch,' the album's leadoff track. As leader Steve Perry points out in a press release, this "not a nostalgic record," and CPD are "a modern band talking about modern problems." 'Babooch' bears this out, and despite the retro gin-joint groove, Perry sings about hedge funders, jets to Cannes and UPenn's Wharton business school. It's 'Gatsby' for the Google Age (or something), and you can stream the sucker below.
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'No, the news is all good out of Buffalo, said commissioner Bettman. Five groups, each one more interested than the other, are anxious to buy in Buffalo and operate in a decent but decaying city, home of a team playing in a new oversized arena before a dwindling fan base.'
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SOUND OFF World Premiere Exclusive Part One: GLEE's 'Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee' from GREASE
Today BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present not one, but two world premiere exclusives from the upcoming GLEE tribute to GREASE - oh-so amusingly titled "Glease" - both the risqué and rollicking "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee", performed by Becca Tobin (Kitty) and the gleek girls, as well as the mournful, balladic "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)", passionately performed by Melissa Benoist (Marley).
It's electrifyin'! GLEE returns with GREASE fever on November 8 as the Season Three musical is finally unveiled - none other than the beloved 50s-styled rock 'n' roller GREASE! The full tribute airs November 15 and the soundtrack is out November 6. Of course, since GLEE has already prominently featured a memorable rendition of "Summer Nights", as well as showcased the seriously sensational abilities of GREASE film star Olivia Newton-John in previous seasons, we can rest assured GLEE will do GREASE proud with its forthcoming epic tribute - just as it similarly did with the spectacular homages to THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, WEST SIDE STORY and WICKED (the latter two having also had exclusive world premieres hosted in this very column, as a matter of fact; byway of "Something's Coming" courtesy of Darren Criss and "For Good" in a duet by Chris Colfer and Lea Michele, respectively).
First up, check out catty cheerleader and new GLEE S3 addition Kitty, as portrayed by Becca Tobin, positively tear up the catchy and caustic sarcasm-laced girls' slumber party-set number "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee", a veritable list song of 50s sex symbols delivered with ample Rizzo attitude and brio. Enjoy!
Also, be sure to check out today's other GLEE world premiere exclusive, "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)", performed by Melissa Benoist.
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You can purchase this song and the rest of the soundtrack for GLEE: THE MUSIC PRESENTS GLEASE at the official site here. The soundtrack is officially released on November 6.
GLEE returns with a slew of brand new episodes starting November 8 at 9 PM on Fox and be sure to be there or be a square for the November 15 "Glease", too!
So, dig this and stay cool slicking back your James Dean 'do or puffing up your poodle skirt until next Thursday, cats - just don't forget the grease, GREASE or GLEASE!
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SALEM -- Alice M. Parke Morris, age 77, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at the Hospice House in North Lima.
Alice was born May 23, 1935, in Kent, Ohio, the daughter of Harry and Prudence (Wise) Schrader. She was married to Donald Parke in 1957. He preceded her in death in 1981.
Alice leaves her second husband, Harold Morris, whom she married in 1991; and five children, Richard Parke of Salem, Cheryl Newman of Gray, Maine, Diana Mason of Sebring, Jeffrey Parke of Buffalo, N.Y., and James Parke of Salem. She also leaves a sister, Eleanor Englehart of Kent; and a brother, Harry Schrader of Westland, Mich. Alice also leaves 20 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Viola Hanson and Catherine Anderson; and two daughters, Sharon Hancock and Donelda Beck.
According to Alice's wishes, no services will be held.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Hospice of the Valley at 5190 Market St., Youngstown, OH 44512.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Lane Family Funeral Homes Canfield Chapel. Friends and family may view this obituary and leave condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes.com. (3-1-13)


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CHICO -- They smashed the 125,000-hours volunteered goal, but the desire to provide community service at Chico State University is far from over.
Students, faculty, staff, parents and alumni reached the goal to perform 125,000 hours of service helping others last November, but the number of hours continues to grow. As of early January, the campus community logged 168,132 hours for the My Service Counts campaign in honor of the university's 125th anniversary.
"We are still logging hours from 2012," said student assistant James Wilson. "We are not letting the program go."
When it's all tallied, he expects the hours will total more than 170,000. The hours involved many different activities, including cleaning up parks, helping at homeless shelters and visiting nursing home residents.
Just because the 125,000-hour mark was reached doesn't mean the volunteering stops, Wilson said. The campus community is encouraged to continue, with countless options for service.
"It's really to strengthen the bond between the campus and the community," Wilson said. "Community service has been a Chico tradition."
In February, university president Paul Zingg called for 250,000 hours of community service, half of which were to come from the campus community and the rest from alumni and students' parents. When that goal started to look unattainable, it was reduced to an overall goal of 125,000, Wilson said.
Campus Action Volunteers in Education students made a big dent in My Service Counts, with its 1,054 volunteers logging 31,600 hours.
Last semester, student Liz Jaramillo volunteered on a cleanup trip to Golden Gate National Park and spent time with special education students at Chico High School. She'll return to the high school this spring and also hopes to go on the Alternative Spring Break to work with Habitat for Humanity in Louisiana.
"It's just a great feeling," she said. "You can think, 'I don't want to get up early to go,' and once you are there you have such a great time and when you leave you are so happy you went."
Wilson, a junior studying project management and entreprenuership, volunteers with the organization DeMolay on cemetery cleanups, pulling out invasive plants and cleaning the yards of the elderly.
"It makes me feel good but I feel it's more about that's just the right way to do things," he said. "Everything from donating socks to cleaning up yards for elderly to soup kitchens, it betters everybody's life."
Jaramillo, who is operations director at CAVE and a senior majoring in communication science and disorders, said volunteering makes her more appreciative of what she has and has opened her eyes.
"You kind of have to get out of your comfort zone," she said.
Each semester, CAVE enrolls about 600 students who volunteer in programs such as after-school tutoring, the Butte Humane Society, spending time with veterans, cleaning parks and adopting a grandparent.
"We want them to know there is more than you going to school — you can be a person helping someone else," Jaramillo said.
She encourages all students to try volunteering.
"You might just completely change your major; you might want to do something different with your life," she said. "Volunteering does that for you."


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On the ScentBy Emily Gould
In 2008 Luca Turin, a European biochemist who'd done groundbreaking research on how olfaction works, joined forces with Tania Sanchez, a thirtyish American, to produce an English edition of his cult hit French perfume guide. The result, their Perfumes: The Guide, has a wide readership among people who admire good perfume, but it deserves a wider one among people who admire good criticism of any kind. I found it in the "fashion" section of a classy bookstore, and in retrospect this seems like finding Madame Bovary shelved with the historical romances.
Unfortunately, though, Perfumes has the side effect of making the reader—well, this reader—embark immediately on the kind of quest that leads her to a lot of esoteric corners of the internet and shoddy midtown shops. But more on that later.
I picked up Perfumes on a whim, expecting standard women's magazine perfume writing: imaginary fruits and lavish adjectives, nonsense marketing descriptions bracketed with pseudoscientific junk about how smells awaken our reptilian base nature. Sanchez seems to have anticipated this concern. "Smell psychologists and the uncritical journalists who love them get a lot of mileage out of calling smell the most primitive sense. But as with all of the work of evolutionary psychologists, the conclusions that support our desires and reinforce our prejudices are those of which we should be most wary," she writes.
I read the rest of that page standing up in the store and finished the introduction on line at the cash register.
Sanchez goes on to debunk any and all fixed ideas anyone might have had about perfume in an economical four pages. She describes the ways the industry has discouraged serious perfume criticism, from concealing the identities of fragrances' authors to lying about formulas and content. She explains why this is a golden age of perfume criticism (the Internet). She dismisses the notion that talking about our pleasures ruins them. "The fact is," she announces in closing, "this stuff is worth loving. As with the tawdriest pop melody, there is a base pleasure in perfume, in just about any perfume, even the cheapest and most starved of ideas, that is better than no perfume at all."
And then the real fun begins: the reviews. Read More