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Indian Classical Music
Primers of Indian Music
A Brief History of Indian Music
- A timeline and background of classical Indian music. Covers many years of Indian music history and describes the most famous Indian musicians and the musical instruments that made this music popular.
Fundamentals of Indian Music
- Discover the music of Indian. Includes information on topics such as the history of North Indian music, basics of Tal , folk music, Indian instruments, and films songs based off Rags.
Origins of Indian Music
- In addition to a history of classical Indian music, this website breaks down Indian music into categories to get more descriptive. Find information on ragas and talas , instrumental music, and great masters of Indian instrumental music.
Classical Indian Music
- Included with this history of Indian music, are suggested books for finding more information on classical Indian music.
Indian Rag
- Rag, meaning "color or passion", is a specific type of Indian music. Often played with string instruments such as violins, sitar, and other instruments similar to an
acoustic guitar
, this music is meant to be filled with pure emotion.
Raga Music
- Learn about this wonderful genre of Indian music. Includes audio files of musical pieces.
The Raga Guide
- Find out what Raga is, the special features of this genre of music, and how raga performances are conducted. Includes audio and sheet music on the website for educational aids.
All About Raga
- A history of Raga and how this form of music became an Indian musical tradition.
Raga Records
- Find audio samples, interviews and photographs of the famous raga artists from throughout history.
Hindustani and Karnatic Ragas
- View a listing of equivalent Hindustani and Karnatic notes for pieces of music.
Great Masters of Indian Music
Famous Indian Artists
- A huge collection of classical Indian music artists. Each artist contains a short biography and picture.
Classical Indian Singers
- Learn about the classical Indian voices that changed history.
Composers of Karnatic Music
- Find biographies, download compositions and view upcoming events for some of the best Indian karnatic composers.
Biographies of Famous Indian Musicians
- Read biographies and view pictures of some of the most influential musicians of classical Indian music.
- Learn the basic definition of the gharana (meaning "family") instruments and how they are used in Indian music. Mostly string instruments, you will never find
electric guitars
in the world of gharanas .
Major Gharanas in Classical Music
- Find information on the great masters in the world of Hindustani classical music.
Instrumental Gharanas
- Categorized by different gharana masters, you will read about the different styles used in Hindustani music.
Sarod Gharanas
- This page discusses the evolution of the Sarod musical instrument, and how it became a staple in North Indian classical music.
Potpourri of Indian Music
Indian Music
- Listen to real audio songs of popular classical Indian music.
Indian Audio Websites
- A huge collection of websites that offer information on Indian music including audio files, entertainment news, and more.
Hindi Songs
- Another great collection of Indian music information. From popular singers to MP3 files, get a feel for the traditional Indian music.


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|Application number
|Publication date
|10 Jan 2012
|Filing date
|19 Dec 2006
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|19 Dec 2006
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|Thomas G. Hacker, Tetsuro Kawanishi
|Original Assignee
|Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
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|Patent Citations (16), Non-Patent Citations (2), Classifications (18), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
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The present invention relates in general to monitoring pH levels in human tissue (such as ischemia in cardiac tissue), and, more specifically, to a microsensor needle adapted to in-situ pH measurement in human tissue.
It is known in the field of cardiac surgery that the pH of heart tissue can be indicative of conditions in which the tissue receives insufficient oxygen. If the heart does not have sufficient oxygen, ischemia can occur. Measurement of the pH can be performed using an optical sensor having a material which fluoresces in accordance with the pH of the environment into which the florescent material is immersed (e.g., blood or tissue). For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,783 to Yafuso et al discloses a micro pH sensor providing a dye material at the end of an optical fiber. Excitation light is transmitted down the optical fiber to the dye material which is selected to either fluoresce or to specifically absorb the excitation light. The ionic content of the fluidic environment into which the dye material is immersed affects the florescent or absorbing properties of the material. Light from the dye material travels back up the optical fiber to a detector for characterizing the pH. Since the excitation properties of the material also depend upon the temperature, a thermistor or other temperature sensor is typically included in the sensor probe. The emitted/returned light and the temperature are utilized by conventional algorithms to determine a pH value.
Prior art micro-sensors have typically employed glass probes. Such probes are relatively expensive and, even though they are smaller than some other types of probes, are still sufficiently large to require the creation of a passage through heart tissue having a size that can cause cellular damage. Moreover, existing probe designs have been difficult to sterilize and have had a relatively short shelf life. There is a need in the art to provide a device and method for manufacturing the device which is capable of measuring pH of tissue during cardiovascular surgery or other interrogation of human tissue that is cost effective, has a relatively long shelf life, is easy to use and sterilize, and reduces damage to tissue. Moreover, there is a need to provide a microsensor that is easily placed in a wide variety of tissue types and locations.
The invention utilizes a needle to encase the end of a light conduit and to retain a dye layer and an overcoat layer in a manner that achieves low manufacturing cost while obtaining accurate pH measurements from a very small device which is easy to use and sterilize, easy to insert or attach to a patient, and which has a long shelf life.
In one aspect of the invention, a sensor probe for in-situ measurement of pH in a human tissue environment comprises a hollow needle having a tip and a back end. The tip is insertable through tissue into the human tissue environment. An optic cable comprises a light conduit surrounded by a cladding. A first end of the light conduit not covered by the cladding is inserted from the back end of the needle and extends to within a predetermined distance of the tip to define a cavity within the tip. A porous dye layer is contained within the cavity adjacent to the first end of the light conduit, wherein the dye layer has a response to excitation light delivered through the light conduit that varies according to the pH of the human tissue environment. An overcoat layer is deposited on the dye layer, wherein the overcoat layer is ionically permeable and substantially opaque at a light wavelength corresponding to the variable response of the dye layer.
Referring to
Cable bundle section 13 includes an outer jacket 35 for retaining thermistor signal wire 27 together with the intermediate and second end portions of optical cable 31. The second end of optic cable 31 includes an optical connector 36 for joining with a control module having a light emitter and a light detector for interfacing with optic cable 31 and having an electronic controller for receiving signals from the thermistor and for performing the known operations for calculating a pH value.
The sensor probe assembly 10 is shown in greater detail in cross-section in
Thermistor 25 thermally contacts needle 15 and is held in place by a thermally-conductive adhesive 26 (such as T7110 from Epoxy Technology, Inc.). In order to retain the needle and thermistor assembly in housing 23, after the thermistor is attached to the needle then tip 16 of needle 15 is pushed through an aperture 43 in housing main body 23 and then the backend 17 of the needle together with the thermistor, its wiring, and the ferrule are fixed in place by injecting epoxy 44 to fill the remaining space in the interior of main body 23.
Referring to
The right angle orientation for handling the optic cable and cable bundle shown in
For other tissue monitoring applications, it is desirable to provide a sensor probe that is insertable through the skin or other intervening tissue to reach the tissue of interest.
Turning now to a preferred low cost manufacturing method for the sensor probe of the present invention in
Returning to
The needle assembly is mounted to the plastic housing in step 70. In a preferred embodiment, a fixture is provided for holding the needle assembly in the proper position within the plastic housing while epoxy is injected into the interior of the plastic housing. A dye solution is prepared in step 71 and then daubed into the cavity inside the needle tip. The tip is then dipped into a regeneration bath and dried in step 72. In step 73, a carbon black solution is prepared and the tip with the dye layer already formed is dipped into the carbon black solution. After drying, the needle tip is dipped in a triacetin solution 74. Final drying and cleaning are performed in step 75 and then the sensor probe may be packaged, stored, and distributed for use.
In order to create the overcoat layer, a suspended-polymer carbon black solution is placed in a vessel 84. The carbon black solution may be obtained by mixing into deionized water dextran (e.g., Sigma D5376) and carbon black (e.g., a blend of Marasperse CBOS-4 and Monarch-700). The resulting solution is insonified and then mixed with cross-link solution comprising 1,6-hexyldiamine and ethyleneglycol diglycidylether. The needle tip is dipped into the cross-linker solution for about 2 minutes and then dipped into a triacetin solution in a vessel 85 to provide a hygroscopic surface. The sensor is then dried at room temperature for at least 12 hours as shown at 86. Thereafter, the sensor tip may be immersed in a phosphate buffer with a pH of about 7.0 for ten hours and then dried again.
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|14 Sep 1983
|22 Oct 1985
|Allied Corporation
|Fluorescent fluid determination method and apparatus
|9 Aug 1982
|24 Dec 1985
|Imperial Chemical Industries, Plc
|Fibre optic sensor with bonded dye
|7 Mar 1984
|18 Nov 1986
|University Of Tennessee Research Corporation
|Apparatus and method for in-vivo measurements of chemical concentrations
|10 Oct 1986
|17 Jan 1989
|Cardiovascular Devices, Inc.
|Micro sensor
|14 Jan 1991
|28 Dec 1993
|Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
|pH optrode
|19 Jun 1992
|11 Jan 1994
|Puritan-Bennett Corporation
|Optical fiber pH microsensor and method of manufacture
|26 Jul 1993
|11 Oct 1994
|Avl Medical Instruments Ag
|Sensing device
|7 Dec 1994
|28 Jan 1997
|Biomedical Sensors, Ltd.
|Multi-parameter sensor apparatus
|27 Feb 1997
|28 Dec 1999
|Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
|Blood parameter measurement device
|14 Apr 1997
|2 May 2000
|Swayze; Claude R.
|Instrument for continuously monitoring fetal heart rate and intermittently monitoring fetal blood pH and method of use
|20 Aug 1999
|9 Apr 2002
|Cirrex Corp.
|Method and apparatus for analyzing a test material by inducing and detecting light-matter interactions
|23 Jun 1999
|20 May 2003
|E-Monitors, Inc.
|Method of using a pH tissue monitor
|6 Aug 1998
|24 Jun 2003
|Roche Diagnostics Gmbh
|Analytical device for in vivo analysis in the body of a patient
|26 May 2000
|29 Jul 2003
|E-Monitors, Inc.
|Systems and methods of pH tissue monitoring
|30 Apr 2002
|14 Nov 2002
|Hiroshi Takagi
|Injection needle
|19 Oct 2004
|26 May 2005
|Becton, Dickinson And Company
|Fiber optic device for sensing analytes and method of making same
|Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Eska Optical Fiber Division, Specification Sheet-SH-2001, Super Eska Polyethylene Jacketed Optical Fiber Cord, High Performance Plastic Optical Fiber, Jul. 2001, pp. 1-3.
|Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Eska Optical Fiber Division, Specification Sheet—SH-2001, Super Eska Polyethylene Jacketed Optical Fiber Cord, High Performance Plastic Optical Fiber, Jul. 2001, pp. 1-3.
|U.S. Classification
|600/342, 600/310, 385/12, 436/68
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|19 Dec 2006
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World stock markets mostly rose Friday after another batch of positive economic and corporate news helped ease concerns ahead of the publication of stress test results from 91 of Europe's banks.
In Europe, Germany's DAX was up 38.84 points, or 0.6 percent, at 6,180.99, while France's CAC-40 rose 13.80 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,614.37. Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 11.57 points, or 0.2 percent, at 5,302.24.
Wall Street was poised for a solid opening - Dow futures were up 25 points, or 0.2 percent, at 10,292 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 5.6 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,093.30.
Data showing that Europe's economy is growing faster than many have predicted helped shore up market optimism ahead of the publication of the stress test results at 1600 GMT (Noon EDT).
Particularly encouraging was the Ifo Institute's latest monthly assessment of German business confidence. Its main index rose to 106.2 points - far higher than expected - from 101.8 points in June.
"Against the background of double-dip concerns in the U.S., uncertainty over the European banks stress tests, and lingering concerns over the management of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, the German IFO index managed to post its strongest increase in Germany's modern history," said Frederik Ducrozet, an economist at Credit Agricole.
That gave the euro a boost ahead of the publication of the stress test results - by early afternoon London time, the euro was up 0.3 percent at $1.2927.
Meanwhile, the pound enjoyed a big rally after British data showing the U.K. economy growing by a massive quarterly rate of 1.1 percent in the April-June quarter, nearly double market expectations. The pound was up 1.2 percent at $1.5440.
The data proved to be a distraction from the stress test results.
"With the results of the European bank stress tests due after the close, and bearing in mind the gains seen over recent days it would not be a surprise to see a cautious market to finish the week off," said Anthony Grech, head of research at IG Index.
The goal of the tests is to allay market fears that the banks are in trouble in the wake of the synchronized global recession and the sovereign debt crisis that has taken hold of Europe this year.
Though most of the banks are expected to get the all-clear, there is a great deal of market concern that the tests are not as stringent as they should be, or as rigorous as those applied in the United States around a year ago.
Earlier, nearly all Asian stock markets advanced after Wall Street soared Thursday after Caterpillar Inc., Microsoft, UPS Inc. and other companies beat analysts' forecasts. A better-than-anticipated report on housing also reassured investors that the recovery, while uncertain, is continuing.
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average jumped 2.3 percent to close at 9,430.96 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.1 percent to 20,815.33. South Korea's Kospi advanced 1.3 percent to 1,758.06, and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.9 percent to 4,458.40.
Benchmark crude for September delivery was down 28 cents at $79.02 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract surged $2.74 on Thursday to settle at $79.30, a 10-week high alongside the rally in stocks.
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CLARKESVILLE -- The Jefferson boys cross country team finished first with 66 points and the girls team finished third with 70 points on Saturday at the Mountain Eagle Invitational at North Georgia Tech.
The boys team was led by Trae Timmerman (third place, 18:47) and Kyle Kashuba (fifth place, 18:59). The Lady Dragons were led by Reese Bowles (second place, 22:08) and Sash Parker (sixth place, 24:21). The Dragons will run again on Thursday at a meet at North Oconee.
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Naked Cow Dairy / Unless you've tried Naked Cow Dairy's fresh butter or hail from a Wisconsin farm, you probably don't know how good butter can taste. This Waianae dairy produces Hawaii's only butter, cream cheese and cow cheese. You can buy it at farmers' markets–Blaisdell, KCC, Waianae, Mililani and sometimes at the Thursday Kailua market. Usually on hand is flavored and plain butter and cream cheese and often feta. All of these creamy treats come from the 20 or so cows that graze on the 12-acre Leeward farm.
The operation was started by Monique van der Stroom who ran the now-defunct Pacific Dairy in Waianae, which supplied milk to Meadow Gold. She managed a rather conventional dairy operation for some 15 years with 27 employees and nearly 1,400 cows. When Pacific closed, van der Stroom found herself wanting to continue in the industry, but on a different scale and with new products.
Van der Stroom's business partner is her sister, Sabrina St. Martin who has a culinary background, having worked in Louisiana's lively food scene. When Hurricane Katrina hit, she left the state and eventually joined her sister at the dairy, where she handles the marketing and cheese development.
One of the ultimate goals of Naked Cow is to produce not only butter and cheeses but whole, unhomogenized milk in returnable glass bottles. This will require additional capital to purchase all the machinery necessary, so it's on hold for now. Hard cheese production is coming as well, from both raw and pasteurized milk, yielding swiss, gouda and cheddar.


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The Heritage High football team couldn't keep up with host James Logan's high-powered offense Friday night in a nonleague game.
The Patriots (0-4) watched Logan (4-0) score the first 35 points in a 48-14 loss. Logan quarterback Jeffrey Prothro threw five touchdown passes in the first three quarters.
Leading 21-0 early in the third quarter, Prothro found Kavoin Augustine for a 53-yard touchdown pass, then connected with Damond Beasley for a 46-yard touchdown on a screen pass to give the Colts a 35-0 lead with 8:11 left in the quarter.
In the first half alone, Amalani Fukofuka had 109 yards and three touchdowns on six catches, Prothro had 153 yards passing, and Beasley and Warren Miles Long combined for 86 yards rushing.
Logan took a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter as Prothro found Fukofuka for an 18-yard touchdown pass. In the second quarter, the two hooked up again, this time on a 34-yard score with 4:22 to go in the half.
The Colts went up by 21 just before halftime as Fukofuka caught a 3-yard touchdown with 9.4 seconds left.
Heritage quarterback Anthony Carter was 15 of 24 passing for 188 yards and a touchdown. His top target was Nick Zalec, who caught four passes for 92 yards. Teammate Mason Sargent caught four passes for 38 yards.
The Patriots struggled on the ground with just 43 yards.
Heritage's first score came on a 5-yard quarterback keeper by Carter that capped an eight-play, 74-yard drive and cut the Logan lead to 35-7 with 4:34 left in the third quarter.
The Patriots' other score was a 13-yard pass from Carter to Nicolas Calegari with 7:14 to play that made it 41-14.
Heritage's defense was no match for Logan's offense, which gained 313 yards through the air and 198 on the ground.
College Park 14, Pinole Valley 7: Matt De Silva scored two touchdowns in the first half to help lead the Falcons (2-2) past the Spartans (1-3) in a nonleague game at Diablo Valley College.
De Silva's first touchdown came on a 1-yard run and capped a 72-yard drive to open the game. After a Pinole Valley fumble, De Silva scored again, this time on a 6-yard run to give College Park a 14-0 lead.
That was enough offense for the Falcons defense.
— Steve Dulas, correspondent
Freedom 43, San Leandro 6: Darrell Daniels and Joe Mixon each scored three touchdowns as the host Falcons (2-2) routed the Pirates (0-4).
The Falcons quickly turned the game into a blowout, bolting to a 36-0 halftime lead. Mixon ran 11 times for 150 yards, and Daniels rushed three times for 102 yards, had 37 yards receiving and returned the opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown.
For San Leandro, Randy Bell rushed for 115 yards, and Robert Aleto ran for 91 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Freedom increased the margin to 14-0 on its first possession.
After Daniels returned a missed field goal attempt by the Pirates 41 yards to the Freedom 42-yard line, the Falcons needed five plays to score on Mixon's 1-yard run. Mixon carried eight times in the first half for 131 yards and scored three touchdowns.
Mixon made it 21-0 on a 65-yard run on a delayed handoff with 10:46 left in the half. The Falcons added a 47-yard touchdown pass from Dante Mayes to Mixon on a swing play. Mayes completed two touchdown passes.
Freedom's Johnell Green intercepted a pass from San Leandro quarterback Stephen Johnson on the Pirates' next possession, setting up the Falcons' fifth touchdown on a 9-yard completion from Mayes to Daniels, who slipped a tackle at the 6-yard line.
— Matt Schwab
Pittsburg 31, Berkeley 0: The host Pirates had a 17-0 lead at halftime and never looked back as they posted a nonleague win over the Yellowjackets (1-3).
Pittsburg (2-2) took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter as Crajon Menefee took a fake punt 52 yards for a touchdown. After Antonio Saldana booted a 47-yard field goal, Jamal Lockett scored on a 36-yard run to give the Pirates a 17-0 lead in the second quarter.
Lockett had 115 yards rushing in the first half, and Menefee had 67 yards on the ground.
— Paul Burgarino
Antioch 70, Dougherty Valley 20: Hunter Karnthong had a 90-yard punt return, two touchdown runs, a 70-yard scoring strike and two two-point conversions — all in the first half — to lead the Panthers to a nonleague win over the visiting Wildcats.
Karnthong, Antioch's senior captain, unleashed a scoring barrage that left Dougherty Valley (0-4) scrambling for answers.
The Panthers improved to 4-0 for the second straight year with hopes of improving on last year's 6-4 regular season.
Karnthong is thriving in his first full season as Antioch's starting quarterback, but it was his 90-yard punt return that got things going. Antioch had a 27-7 lead midway through the second quarter.
— Ken Silman, correspondent
Salesian 42, Kennedy-Richmond 0: The Pride (4-0) had a 28-0 lead at the end of the third quarter and cruised past the host Eagles (0-3).
In the first half, running back Michael Page had a 6-yard touchdown pass from Zak Boyett. Page also had a 30-yard run as he finished the first half with eight carries for 69 yards.
— Don August, correspondent


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In the brightest region of the nebula RCW 34, gas is heated and expands through the surrounding cooler gas. Once the heated hydrogen reaches the borders of the gas cloud, it bursts outwards into the vacuum like the contents of an uncorked champagne bottle - this process is referred to as champagne flow. But the young RCW 34 has more to offer; there seem to have been multiple episodes of star formation within the same cloud.
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YOU know that someone has reached icon status when you only have to mention that you work in the Canberra press gallery and people spontaneously shoot back, "Oh, Peter Harvey, Canberra".
And that's 16 years after he has left the place. Maybe the legend owes something to the brilliant Mike Carlton lampoon, "Peter Gravy, Canberra". But I think it is just that Peter was a rare giant of the small screen. The trademark voice and gravitas gave authority to everything he did. It also allowed his integrity as a journo to shine through.
But the real Harves was bigger than the legend. My wife and I spent an hour with him and his family 10 days ago when things were really getting grim. He frankly spelled out his dire prognosis but was hanging on to the faint hope that he may defy the odds and survive.
Not because he was deluding himself but because to the end he held on to life with both hands. He was looking forward to getting back to doing the 60 Minutes mailbag. When his son Adam said someone else was doing it, he said: "Oh well, there goes my career. Maybe next week."
Peter said he was a glass-half-full man and this positive outlook coloured all his dealings with people. It drove a generosity of spirit so many have remarked on in these sad days.
In 1988 he was on a trip with then foreign minister Bill Hayden to Tibet. The Channel 10 reporter, part of the TV pool, came down with severe altitude sickness. Peter wrote his script for him.
I got to know him when I came to the gallery 25 years ago. We spent many hours in the back of the prime ministerial plane on long haul flights across the globe.
There we would shoot the breeze on everything. I learned that his Christian faith was integral to the man. He wore it lightly but it sustained him.
In January I shared author Morris West's dying testimony with him, about arriving at the top of the ridge and looking into a dark valley. West wrote, "I believe and hope there is a city of light beyond the darkness". West's doubts were tempered by this hope. Peter told me, "I like that." Harves has entered that valley and those who share his belief hope he finds that city.
Vale old mate.
Paul Bongiorno is Channel 10's national affairs editor
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Samsung World Championship to bring 19 of the best women's golfers together - and Michelle Wie
In October, the LPGA will unleash the Samsung World Championship. Just 20 elite players are allowed into this event, which prides itself as the LPGA's "fifth major."
"Just to get in means you've had a great year," said Laura Davies. "It brings the best of the best together and anytime you beat the best players, it's a feather in your cap."
Thus far, five players are set - major winners Lorena Ochoa, Morgan Pressel, Suzann Pettersen and Cristie Kerr are four of them.
The other is Michelle Wie.
Wie - who has missed the cut her last three times out, and counts four missed cuts and two WDs among a 2007 season that's seen her best finish be a tie for 69th - is currently one of the best of the best according to Davies and Samsung.
Suddenly, the FedEx Cup looks a whole lot less contrived, doesn't it?
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The Samsung committee's premature and nonsensical invitation to Bubbles has been discussed on these boards several times.
I realize that sponsors have a certain amount of leeway in granting exemptions, but it was absurd to extend one to Bubbles in a limited 20 player field.
She couldn't have had a poorer season if she had tried. The committee gave her the freebie two weeks before she ever swung a club in an LPGA event, and more than four months after her last round of competitive golf, her missed cut at the Sony.
If Bubbles and her machine don't have the good sense to graciously withdraw, the Samsung committee should do it for them.
Otherwise, the Samsung will be a farce.
Nonetheless.... it is always a fun tournament to watch.
And congratulations to Lorena on her third straight win.
I totally agree with you, and think it is worthy of even more discussion, as this event is supposed to mean something to the LPGA. Everyone involved looks bad at this point.
We'll see what happens. After the year Wie has had - especially with the 88-rule WD - it would see ma PR no-brainer to have her stand up and say she will not play because she has not earned it and her game has not deserved such an honor.
It would seem a very smart and easy way for her to begin the healing process for her persona. Taking even a little personal responsibility goes a long way amongst American sports fans and writers.
With how she's been managed and marketed, however, it's doubtful. She'll play, giggle off a couple 78s and further damage her future and how golf fans view her.
If the Wie machine doesn't take the road, it wouldn't surprise most people.
Then it will be a non-issue.
As far as losing the event goes - well, you can't win it all....
Or maybe the other 20 players can withdraw to protest....
Annika certainly would deserve to be invited as a sponsor's exemption to any FULL FIELD tournament to which she somehow does not qualify.
But definitely not to a 20 player field that advertises itself as the "fifth major."
Traditionally the Samsung was to include the winners of the four majors, the leading golfer on the LET, and the remainder of the field of the leading money winners on the LPGA tour who were not otherwise qualified.
Last year, Bubbles was put in the field even though not an LPGA member, the justification being that her money winnings would have placed her in the field if she had been a member.
Nothing can be construed as justification for Bubbles being granted an exemption this year, and thus depriving a far more deserving golfer, possibly even a winner on the LPGA tour, of her rightful spot in the small and elite field
You're surely joking, no? You can't possibly be serious. If you are serious with your comments, you need intense psychotherapy.
One thing with which I agree is that Bubbles didn't have a GREAT year. As a matter of fact, she didn't have a mediocre year or even a poor year. Her year was and is abysmal.
And what's this reference to her "injuries/" Did she have more than one debilitating "injury" in 2007? I was under the impression that the "fall' in Hawaii or Palo Alto, or wherever was her only life-threatening injury.
Rich, what is your definition of "doing well?"
In a 20 player field, "doing well" would be in the top five or 25%. Bubbles' chances of being in the top five of that field are between slim and none and slim just left town.
I think last October when MW was "on top of her game" she finished 17th out of the 20 golfers at the Samsung. Due to what has happened recently, it is a sobering thought that Ochoa could nearly give Michelle 1 stroke a hole and still beat her. I can hardly wait to hear the reason why she is not going to join the LPGA in October.
Come on, Mike. I don't see any vitriol here.
Isn't it a bit much to refer to Bubbles' golf game as an "awe-inspiring phenomenon?"
It's also a bit of a stretch to say that she was given an exemption before "her troubles" started this year. She was given the exemption two weeks before she even swung a club in an LPGA event. Wouldn't you say that was a little premature?
Florida Mike, the only thing that inspires "awe" is winning. Imagine Tiger Woods had 13 second place finishes instead of 13 major titles. Would that inspire any "awe"?
Bubbles' would not only inspire awe to a guy like Florida Mike, she HAS inspired awe with Florida Mike.
Lf Bubbles ever makes another cut, Mike will be even more awe-inspired.
It doesn't take much for a Wie Warrior to be awe-inspired.
You're wrong again. I personally never had a harsh word for Bubbles when she was thirteen.
I have only been a Wie skeptic for about two, since she started making all the claims about playing in the Masters', the Ryder Cup team, etc.
The real phenomenon here is the fact that you and a few other diehard Wie-wee's refuse to accept the obvious, that Bubbles is not now, nor never will be the world beater that she was made out to be.
Mikey my man, you've been taken for a sucker by the Wie publicity machine. The sooner that you realize as much and admit it, the better for your psyche.
Your daughter can always find a better role model.
Michelle is a professional golfer. Paula Creamer and other professional golfers work their butts off to get their games into shape.
If you want to be a top level golfer there is no room for pissing about the place. It takes hard work and dedication to be among the best. MW might be more talented than the other players but those will talent still have to practice.
I should have added she is a professional, not an amateur. That means it is her job.
Not true Alex.
Given that you have said she doesn't belong in the field because they are the 20 best and you are using that as a reason, then beating half that field would really make a complete mess of your argument. Think about it, you said that she didn't belong with those players because they are so good, so surely if she beats half of them or more, you will admit you were wrong.
By the way, I don't expect her to beat half of them at the Samsung, so you will probably be safe from doing a U-Turn, but go on Alex, admit it, if she beat half the players you would be very surprised. Admit it.
If it were anybody but Bubbles with her abysmal 2007 record, that person would never be in the field. I would indeed be surprised if someone so eminently unqualified had the gall to even tee it up in a 20 player field.
AS for where Bubbles might place, My answer was to Rich's fervent hope that Bubbles would surprise everyone by doing well. I never said I expect her do do anything but continue her dismal play.
You seemed to have a similar position a few days ago when you had written off Bubbles as a malingering slacker who didn't take her practice seriously. What happened to change your mind?
A good showing by Bubbles would not invalidate the argument that she doesn't belong in the tournament. As I have said before, sample variance comes into play, so it's conceivable that an unqualified individual could do well in an event; the fact remains, however, that the last year's results make it obvious that an invitation is unwarranted.
A week ago, I had some hope for Stanley when he said that he had become disillusioned with Bubbles do to her poor work ethic and lack of dedication among other things.
Now, he has reverted to form, and is making all sotrs of excuses for his idol. There can be no salvation for these unreconstructed Wiebots until they realize how badly they've been duped.
These guys remind me of those hundreds of people who a few decades ago had been conned by pyramid schemes like Dare to be Great, Ammway, Koscot, and others.
Even when shown irrefutable evidence that they had been swindled, the majority were still convinced that the high-powered salesman who sold them a bill of goods was really a nice guy, and that they hadn't worked hard enough at selling further franchises.
The Wie-wee's like Stanley have bought the whole Bubbles shebang and they will ride it out to the bitter end.
Yes, ego is a funny thing. Pride goeth before the fall, and it's very hard for many people to admit that they've acted foolishly.
I am actually glad to see that you are back in Wie's corner, although I think the argument here was more directed at why she was invited instead of how well she will perform, But speaking of how well she will do against these other ladies is an interesting topic as well. I do not think she will come in last like she did in back-to-back men's events last year, but I would bet she will be close. I am predicting she will come in about 18th.
If the Samsung committee doesn't have the good sense to rescind its exemption to Bubbles, and if she and her cabal don't have the decency to decline the invitation and she actually tees it up at the 2007 Samsung, the Wiebots like Stanley will have multiple causes for rejoicing.
1)Bubbles will definitely not miss another cut. She will play the weekend and draw in those overflow crowds of admirers on Saturday and Sunday.
2)She will have her best finish in an LPGA eventin a year regardless of what she shoots or where she finishes.
3)She will cash her largest paycheck of the year no matter if she ends up in last place.
And,4)If she would happen to score better than even one of the other ladies, that will be proof positive to the Wiebots that Bubbles is on her way to the top, since she outscored one of the top nineteen woman golfers in the world
So even though it would be a sign of good sportsmanship and a sense of fairness for Bubbles to graciously decline the ill-timed invitation to the Samsung, WKW is probably right. Look for her to embarrass herselffurther at the Samsung.
I didn't change my mind on Michelle.
I simply don't know what she is doing. For all I know she could be at the Big Horn course practicing away in anticipation of the Samsung event.
The difficulty is her team don't release any information. I don't want specific details about where she is or anything like that, but it would be nice to know, is she practicing, what are her intentions after the Samsung, will she play more events.
I am also annoyed that when she was asked questions about if she would be able to practice with the golf team and she didn't know and said she would just have to find out later.
These things are not good enough. A champion like Tiger would know the answer to these questions and would have a plan laid out. That is what p*s me off about the Wie's sometimes. They make so many errors in things like scheduling and then they don't even know what the deal is with Stanford. They should know exactly what the plan is and not just be taking it as it comes. That is not good enough.
I am actually glad to see that you are back in Wie's corner
I am more for Michelle than against her, but if they do stupid things, I don't mind saying it.
The whole Stanford thing is a joke. She is not an amateur golfer, she is a professional golfer and she should take that seriously.
It is her job.
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Your statement is indeed a first.
Never before in my life have I ever heard anyone say that applying for admission to a prestigious institution of learning, beinf accepted by that institution, enrolling at that university, attending classes, and eventually graduating with a degree from a top-rated college like Stanford waqs "a joke."
If her chosen "job" of being a professional golfer isn't working out too well, perhaps it is time for her to change careers and start behaving as an eighteen-year-old girl should act.
The opinions I expressed about Stanford are opinions that many other people agree with.
As you said, her chosen job is a professional golfer. Note the word professional. She is not an amateur and not eligible to play on any Stanford golf teams.
Golf is not an easy game. If you have the ambition in the game that she has stated she has, don't you think it might be a good idea to concentrate on the game of golf?
If your opinion is that attending a prestigious university such as Stanford is "a joke", and if you supposedly have others that agree with you, then I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do for you.
And further, if you honestly believe that it is proper and sensible for ANY sixteen-year-old girl to annouce herself as a professional in any walk of life, then your definition of propriety differs 180 degrees from mine.
Good grief Stanley, what further disasters must befall Bubbles for guys like you to realize that her career has been an unmitigated failure? Wake up, my man!
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…then everything looks like a nail. When you've got a gun, the effect is eerily similar.
Maslow's oft-quoted phrase is now being echoed by a University of Notre Dame study revealing that people carrying a weapon are more likely to "classify objects in a scene as a gun and, as a result, to engage in threat-induced behavior, such as raising a firearm to shoot" – even when the object in the scene was a foam ball.
From a Health in All Policies perspective, any act of governance may have health implications, and this study points to some behavioral and physical health issues wrapped up in gun laws. Arizona's state legislature has made national headlines lately via permissive gun legislation, with some representatives seeing the bills as 'a no-brainer' given the Second Amendment. Now it turns out that the effect of gun carrying laws on our brains is an issue in itself.
If we are to consider health in all policies, we then might want to view firearms legislation from a new angle. Far from the nation we were when the Second Amendment was codified in 1791, we have become a community whose problems are less that of defense against external threats and more that of challenging and harming each other – and that doesn't strike us as too terribly healthy.


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Rangers sweat out ride on bullpen carousel
The Texas skipper was forced to use five relievers in that span, following a rather effortless one-run performance by starter Colby Lewis. Every decision proved crucial, and though some did not work in his favor, the ones that did helped him celebrate a nerve-racking 4-3 Game 3 victory in the American League Division Series.
Such a win -- and a 2-1 advantage in the ALDS -- appeared to be slipping away quickly when right-hander Mike Adams entered a 4-2 contest in the eighth. He was looking to stabilize a lead that had already been narrowed in the seventh when the veteran arm of Darren Oliver surrendered three consecutive hits before Alexi Ogando bailed him out by letting just one inherited runner score via Sean Rodriguez's RBI groundout before inducing another grounder to end the frame.
But the usually highly dependable Adams offered up Desmond Jennings' second home run of the game -- a leadoff shot to left field on a 2-2 pitch -- before furthering the damage by walking three batters, something he had done just once before in his career and not since April 2005 while with Milwaukee.
The speedy B.J. Upton was responsible for drawing the first free pass. Very much needing an out, Adams -- not so much known for holding runners -- threw a pitchout to batterymate Mike Napoli, who proceeded to toss out Upton on an attempted steal for the second time this series. But Adams, despite gaining what could have been quite the momentum shift, didn't take advantage of a clean basepath, instead walking Evan Longoria and Matt Joyce.
"Mike just didn't have it tonight," Washington said. "He was battling his butt off out there, but he just didn't have it."
But he got a pick-me-up from Mike Gonzalez, whose lone job was to set down Johnny Damon. Three strikes later, Damon was gone, and -- as expected -- so was Gonzalez after just one-third of an inning.
"I know I had to get it done," Gonzalez said. "I know my role and that's to get left-handers out in that situation. You just have to focus and get it done."
"From that point," Washington said, "we had decided if Mike had gotten Johnny, that we was going to have to use Neffy for four outs."
Enter Neftali Feliz. Just seven times this year in the regular season, he threw at least 25 pitches, with five resulting in blown saves. He was going to have to tally four outs, making that dangerous 25-pitch mark a real possibility.
He reached it. And on pitch No. 25, with Rodriguez running at first base, Kelly Shoppach grounded it to third, where Adrian Beltre started a game-ending double play.
"We're in the playoffs," Feliz said. "I know I have to do whatever they ask me to do. One inning, two innings, it doesn't matter."
Overall, Texas' bullpen -- which racked up a 4.11 ERA during the regular season, second-worst in the AL -- has given up a combined seven runs in 10 innings during the series. But the 30 outs acquired during that time have proved of greater significance.
"I really wasn't worried too much," Lewis said. "Our bullpen has been pretty phenomenal all year long. Of course Mike [Adams] had a little hiccup, but it is not very often that guy has a hiccup. And Gonzo came in and did his job, and Feliz, of course, stepped up for the four outs."
"That was one intense ballgame," Washington said. "And we needed everything that we got from everyone today."
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Moisture in between double glazing panes, can it be removed or is it new pane ?
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New pane. how old are they?
New pane.
Misting in DG units is as inevitable as death and taxes. This is because the separator has tiny holes to allow the air trapped inside to be in contact with the silica gel, which is inside the separators. Over the years with atmospheric pressure changes there is a tiny movement of air in and out of the gap and eventually the silica gel becomes saturated, at which point moist air is entering the unit and eventually condensation will begin to appear.
The double glazed units have been in 25+ years, south west facing windows get all the weather so Globalti it looks like its change time.
Never knew there was silica gel in there
in theory you could have the glass unit disassembled and a new spacer with new desicant. In practice, not worth the hassle.
Glass units are cheaper than you might actually think
Will measure up and price up.
Annoying thing is one unit has dried out over summer but its left a nasty load of streaking.
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The classic description of Christian womanhood and motherhood is found in Proverbs 31:10-31. This passage gives the virtues and characteristics of the Christian wife and mother. Reading Proverbs we realize their influence is immeasurable and irreplaceable.
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House and Senate negotiators are getting closer to Governor Perdue's request to raise more taxes. They are attempting to pound out a budget that would, among other things, help some state employees keep their jobs. They are watching those negotiations very closely on the campus of UNCW. Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo told us this is serious business for the university. "We got a report this morning that the House is looking at additional sources of revenue. We are hoping that happens. We are the lowest funded university in the system, so any cuts to us – cut to the bone," she said. UNCW's fate rests with the state legislature. The Senate's tax proposal would raise money by slapping a sales tax on more services. The plan also would raise $274 million by taxing electricity at the full sales tax rate. Currently we pay three percent.
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He is a good listener! very cute painting Gene!!
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Hi Anne and Kirsten thank you, I expect you are both asleep right now so sweet dreams
Just catching up on what I missed over the week-end, while I was entertaining guests, June. This is another sensational puzzle. And very hard to choose faves, when all nine are sooooo good.
I'm sorry that your oxygen is uncomfortable, June. I'm so glad that Jigidi provides you with some distraction and relief.
And I hope you don't mind me using your puzzle to say to Carol that I'm sorry to hear about your losses. My condolences. And I hope that Jigidi continues to help to brighten your days. :)))
Speccy effects June! Centre fave for me too, followed by the yellow/green combos. Just lovely. Thanks.
Can certainly relate to the nasal specs for your oxygen being annoying - been there, done that. Can't imagine what all the time would be like ie day in, day out with no real break or none at all. Had 2 naso-gastric tubes for about a week each when stomach was first a problem and that was no fun at all.
Hi Carol and chilisand thank you. Yes jigidi has a way of soothing. When I take my oxygen off for a couple of hours I can get breathless but jigidi makes me forget it's happening and my breathing gets regular. Those darned nose prongs get on my nerves lol
The very center absolutely throbs, it is wonderful. Thank you!
Just loved all of these, June. Such a variety of designs and lots of spectacular colors. What a day-brightener! I was feeling really down this morning (two deaths in the family in the last 15 months), but doing your puzzles always makes me feel better. Plus I was listening to my two favorite Gordon Mote gospel CD's. The combination shooed away the clouds in less than an hour! :-) Thanks bunches.
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I love the bold color combination of the center motif. Thanks for the fun:)
Great job today! Thanks for the early morning fun. Can't wait til another day to see what's coming our way!


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Sixty years ago, a petite product of San Diego's public tennis courts accomplished the greatest feat by a teenager in the history of sport.
In 1953, Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, at the age of 18, became the first woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis — all four majors in a calendar year — losing but a single set. In her meteoric career, cut short by a tragic horseback riding accident in 1954, San Diego native Mo Connolly captured the last nine Slam tournaments that she entered.
Had not her horse, Colonel Merryboy, been spooked by a speeding concrete truck careering around a curve in Mission Valley, who knows what unreachable heights Maureen Connolly might have scaled? She was just 19, but she never recovered from the awful leg injuries she suffered in the mishap. Only 15 years later, she succumbed to cancer.
Standing at 5 feet, 2 inches, Maureen acquired the nickname "Little Mo" because her lethal ground strokes called to mind the firepower of the World War II battleship Missouri, nicknamed "Big Mo." Remembering Maureen Connolly, who first stepped onto our municipal courts brandishing a $1.50 racquet, I offer a small glossary of tennis terms:
tennis. Descended from the French tenez, "take heed" or "mark," frequently used to start a match, tennis became the name of the game itself.
court. From the Norman French cort, "an enclosed area of yard." Court tennis, the forerunner of the modern game, was played mainly in courtyards.
love. The most charming derivation for the tennis version of love to indicate "no points" is that the word derives from the French l'ouef — "the egg" — because a zero resembles an egg, just as the Americanism goose egg stands for "zero." But un oeuf, rather than l'ouef, would be the more likely French form, and, anyway, the French themselves (and most other Europeans) designate "no score" in tennis by saying "zero." Most tennis historians adhere to a less imaginative but more plausible theory. These level heads contend that love is rooted in the Old English phrase "neither love nor money," which is more than a thousand years old. Because love is the antithesis of money, it is nothing.
poach. From Old French pochier, "to pocket," which came to mean "to encroach or trespass for game; to steal."
racquet. From the Arabic rahat, "palm of the hand." The earliest racquets were palm-shaped bats used by the Persians as early as the 4th century.
round robin. The robin in round robin descends from the French ruban, or "ribbon." During the 17th and 18th centuries in France, it was a brave man indeed who had the courage to address a grievance to the crown. To avoid losing one's head — literally — some clever complainants devised a rond ruban, a method for taking grievances to superiors with the document signed in circular form by the petitioners so that no one name would head the list.
seed. Despite the fact that this word is often erroneously spelled cede, what we have here is an agricultural metaphor. In tennis tournaments the highest-ranked players are separated like seeds drawn from a husk and then strewn around the field of entrants.
serve. From the Old French servir, "to labor as a servant," attesting to the relative unimportance of the first shot in a point in the early days of tennis. Clearly this term was coined before the careers of Andy Roddick and Venus Williams.
volley. From the Middle French volee, "flight," a derivative of the Latin volare, "to fly." The application to tennis is first recorded in 1596 for the action of hitting a ball in flight before it has bounced. When you exchange shots with your opponent from the back court, that is a rally, not a volley.


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This was delicious! Just a beginning to my review. It actually reminded me of the Da Hong Pao I recently tried from my brother, but this was sweeter and a bit more resonant with maltiness.
The liquor is a gorgeous amber shade with a sweetish, caramel-based aroma. The tea itself isn't exactly sweet, but evokes sweetness in it. Like cinnamon. It is spicy and fun and a good cup overall!
I think this would be an ideal tea to start my day off before work. Help me wake up and perk up for the hours in the office!


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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Can You Teach an Old Dog?
My son-in-law assures me that once I learn how to use it, I'll be delighted. It will be faster, I'll have more storage, etc., but at present I'm praying for patience and getting plenty of opportunity to practice it. My guardian angel is keeping his wings over my mouth. I suspect my husband is downstairs chuckling. He does very little on the computer and is probably the better for it. But since writing is my apostolate, I'm just offering this up and hoping it will get me a little time off in Purgatory. What a terrible prospect to think it might result in added bench time in the steam room. Please pray that this old dog can be a quick learner and things will be back to normal soon!
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- Old Bob said...
I'll pray for you. Sometimes dealing with The Machine can be torture.
- January 11, 2012 at 1:57 PM
- cwbullets said...
I'm sure Ray will help you. ;-)
- January 11, 2012 at 3:48 PM
- Ray Schneider said...
Practice makes perfect! One of the exasperating aspects of the information age is how they change the technology in ways, that while it may make it faster, with more memory, with greater abilities, it also makes you relearn everything every time. Microsoft keeps changing Microsoft Office in ways that drive me nuts.
I spent quite a while today fooling with making a histogram in Excel and it doesn't work like it used to. Trying to find the various underlying defaults drives me nuts. People always are telling me how wonderful something is, but forgetting that it took them a year to become proficient. And I teach computer science. It's crazy!
- January 11, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Sure, you can teach an old dog new tricks...but it takes longer, and the old dog keeps asking "Why bother?"
- January 12, 2012 at 1:25 PM


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Alexander's White Lion
20 Cuna St., across from the fort, 829-2388: ZA provides music at 8:30 p.m. today. College football is all day and music by Josh starts at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Bob & Joline Patterson and Friends perform at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Service Industry Day and football are Monday with free tacos. Darts and specials are on Tuesday. Ladies Nite is from 9 to 11 p.m. Wednesday. Pong Nite, darts and specials are on Thursday.
Allison's Fly by Caf
4900 U.S. 1 N., (904) 827-0172: Blind draw darts at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Team trivia at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Allison's on Anastasia
113 Anastasia Blvd., 819-9334: The Committee plays Friday and Saturday. Scholars Word performs from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Auditions will be held at 9 p.m. Sunday. Soulo performs Tuesday. Schkopps plays Wednesday. MamaSed plays Thursday. Food is served until midnight, and live music lasts from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.
The British Pub
213 Anastasia Blvd., 810-5111: South Beach Sensation plays from 9 p.m. to close Friday. Karaoke is from 8:45 p.m. to close Saturday and Thursday. Quiz night is Sunday. Drink specials and football are Monday. The Darts Silver League meets and Service Industry Night is Tuesday. The Darts Gold League meets Wednesday. Ladies drink free from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday.
Caf Alcazar
25 Granada St., 824-7813: Rick Kuncicky plays guitar from noon to 3 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday.
Caf Eleven
501 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-9311: Pintetop Perkins will play at 8:30 p.m. today. Bob Morgolin and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, both of the Muddy Waters Band, and Mookie Brill will open.
Creekside Dinery
160 Nix Boatyard Road, 829-6113: Magnolia Possums play from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Dunes Cracker House
95 Cordova St., 827-1888: The Boston Connection will play music of the big band era for dining and dancing from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
13 S. Dixie Highway, 829-9831: Pat Murphy is the disc jockey from 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays.
Kingfish Grill
252 Yacht Club Drive, 824-2111: Members of the St. Augustine Jazz Society will receive 15 percent off their checks during entertainment hours on Thursdays.
McKnight's Irish Pub and Restaurant
16 Cathedral Place, 824-0046: The Drunken Pony Riders play from 9 p.m. to close Fridays and Saturdays.
Milltop Tavern
19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329: Doug Wood plays at 5 p.m. Friday, followed by the Don David Trio. Don Oja-Dunaway plays from 1 to 8:30 p.m. when Don David Trio returns at 9 p.m. on Saturday. Sam Pacetti plays at 1 p.m. Sunday, followed by Don Oja-Dunaway from 5 p.m. until close. On the deck, Sharon Dunaway plays at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by "Just" Wade at 5 p.m. Cliff Knizley handles the music at 1 p.m. Sunday. Weeknite entertainment features Sam Pacetti on Monday, Singing Bill & the Lost Dogs on Tuesday, Uncle Meat & the Bumblebee on Wednesday, and Homestead on Thursday. Live music daily from 1 p.m. until close.
Panama Hatties
361 S.R. A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 471-2192: Trivia from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Tuesdays. Mike Howard and Friends are on the deck from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays. Double DJ nights on Fridays. DJ Ragga Muffin spins from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sundays. All you can eat crab legs on Wednesdays. The Boston Connection plays big band era music for dining and dancing from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays.
Scores Sports Bar at the Holiday Inn
860 Beach Blvd., 471-2555: The hairband Papercutt will play '80s covers during the bar's Halloween bash Sunday night.
The Reef
4100 S.R. A1A, Vilano Beach, 824-8008: Roland Fleming Connection and Don Hawkins play Fridays. Mike Howard plays Saturdays. Rick Kuncicky plays during brunch on Sundays. Call for times.
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The San Diego Section's search for a new commissioner ended Tuesday morning with the announcement that Sweetwater Union High School District athletics coordinator Jerry Schniepp officially had been handed the reins to the job.
Schniepp, 48, assumes his new position as the section's top administrator for high school athletics on Sept. 1.
"I'm very excited," Schniepp said. "It's going to be a challenge. I realize that. But we have a unique opportunity to take a good hard look at how we do things in San Diego County."
Dennis Ackerman, who served a 10-year stint as section commissioner, announced his retirement on Jan. 14. He will remain in office until Oct. 3 to facilitate the transition.
Schniepp was among six finalists for the job.
Among Schniepp's first tasks will be to select an assistant commissioner and secretary for the local CIF office.
Bill McLaughlin, who served as assistant commissioner, retired in June.
Longtime CIF secretary Jeanette Brewer also has retired.
"Seventy-five percent of the section's administrative office will be new," said Schniepp, a Bonita resident.
In many ways, Schniepp sees this administrative changing of the guard as a new beginning for the section, especially in how it conducts business and is perceived throughout the region.
Schniepp feels he has a strong background of involvement in high school athletics to successfully fill his new post.
He has served as the Sweetwater district athletics coordinator for the past five years after previously serving in the same position in the Grossmont Union High School District.
Between those two jobs, he served as the principal at Santana High School. He coached the Helix High School baseball team from 1988 to 1997, winning one section championship in 1988, finishing runner-up in the CIF finals the following year and winning four league championship titles.
"I really like being involved in athletics," Schniepp said. "When this job opened up in the Sweetwater district, I knew I couldn't pass it up."
Schniepp said nothing has been discussed at this point about his replacement as the Sweetwater district's athletics coordinator.
"Right now, I will try to juggle both jobs," he said.
As the San Diego Section commissioner, Schniepp's primary responsibilities will be to carry out policies established by the San Diego Section Board of Managers and enforcing rules, including those concerning eligibility, transfers and recruiting issues.
Schniepp said one of the first priorities he will establish once he is on the job will be to form committees to review both the section hierarchy and its policies.
"I addressed several areas in my first interview that I feel we need to focus on," he said. "My first plan of action is to form six or seven committees to deal with specific areas in San Diego County we need to look at."
The San Diego Board of Managers currently sets the by-laws within the section. It is comprised of school district superintendents, or their designees . Schniepp said that arrangement is unique within the state. He said other sections' boards of managers are comprised of coaches, principals, athletic directors and superintendents.
"The first thing we need to look at is the governance of CIF and see how closely it resembles the groups it serves," Schniepp said. "We need to find out if our governing body accurately reflects our students and schools."
A couple of other areas Schniepp said he is committed to addressing are recruiting concerns between private and public schools and finding ways to get more adult women and minorities involved in high school sports.
"We need to see if we need to change the ways we're doing things or if we've been doing things right all along," he said.
The San Diego Section's search for a new commissioner ended Tuesday morning with the announcement that Sweetwater Union High School District athletics coordinator Jerry Schniepp officially had been handed the reins to the job.
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Chimera Expands Mold Production Capacity
Chimera Co., a precision mold parts designer and manufacturer in Tokyo, Japan, plans to expand its finished mold product plants.
According to the company's press release, the output capacity for finished molds, most of which are used in the automobile and electrical equipment industries, will jump from 10?15 units a month to 20?25 units a month.
The expansion will take place at Chimera's No. 2 plant, which was acquired in 2000. Approximately 1,300 square meters of floor space will be revamped and outfitted with machine tools. The project will raise the production of molds used to make plastic products. Capital spending will total around 300 million yen ($2.6 million), including work to upgrade machine tools at the factory.
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I of course know where she works. Her name is no longer in the telephone roster. I think she really is not working.
Soooooo STBXH loses his job in middle of September. When judge asked him if he got laid off, quit, he said he was terminated. Sounds like fired to me! And the OW#3 is not working either!
STBXH is out of town weekly (renting a room) all by himself. OW#3 is up here, no job, by herself all week long.
Maybe a bit of karma for the both of them. Now STBXH is really supporting 2 families. Ha Ha Ha
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Hey all,
So I've been looking at the "where to eat in Toronto" threads, and at some of the menus / websites etc. Looking for somewhere to eat tomorrow night (Thursday) in the city following the California Legends tasting at the ROM.
Problem is, we both work in restaurants. Between us we have worked at Twisted Lemon, Blacktree, Lord Nelson, Oliver's, Ancaster Mill... so a range of flavours but generally some fairly high quality.
Very rare that we go out for anything other than Thai or Sushi. Do like good BBQ (we have a nice fairly local place called Sweet Smoke which is pretty good most of the time.)
Looked at Khao San Road - like Thai but we get a lot of it. Enoteca Sociale looks nice but I'm not 100% sold. Marben looks interesting, Parts & Labour is checking quite a few boxes... these are all from the websites & posted menus mind you.
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(can't afford Canoe or the like at the moment LOL!)
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New Brunswick scientists have confirmed that the oldest known hockey stick, which hung in a Nova Scotia barbershop for decades, was carved at least 170 years ago.
Colin Laroque, a tree scientist with Mount Allison University's dendrochronology lab in Sackville, N.B., says the stick, made from sugar maple wood, was carved between 1835 and 1838.
"It was more or less a small, curved tree that they reshaped into a hockey stick," Laroque said. Because of this, scientists at Laroque's lab were able to examine the ring patterns of the stick to determine its age, to a small window of three years.
The stick had been on display in a barbershop in North Sydney, N.S., for 30 years before it was bought by current owner Mark Presley in 2008.
Last year, Bill Fitsell, a historian for the International Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum in Kingston, Ont., described the stick as the best known example of a mid-1800s hockey stick.
Fitsell cited documentation that suggested the stick belonged to W.M. Moffat of North Sydney, N.S., who was born in 1829.


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The panelists discuss the history and scope of the austerity agenda, its effects on the environment, indigenous peoples and working people the world over. Who and what is driving this agenda and how do we conceive of a fight back strategy that might begin to challenge the current hegemony of corporate power.
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wikiHow to Catch the Regis in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
This little post will show you how to obtain the three Regis, known as Regirock, Registeel and Regice in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
1Travel to Pacifidlog Town and surf onto the route west (away from Sky Pillar). Make your way to the Dive Spot.
2Dive in this area. Travel south underwater until you reach a small area where you can go back to the surface. Once there, go back to the surface.
3On the north wall, you will notice braille. The Braille tells you to Dig. Use Dig in that exact spot to enter the next room.
4Travel to the north wall and read the Braille. It translates to "First comes Relicanth, then comes Wailord". Now, put Relicanth in the first slot in your party, and Wailord in the last. This will trigger an earthquake, and doors will appear to open far away.
5Fly to Dewford Town and stock up on Ultra Balls. Surf north on Rt 105 to reach the Island Cave. Make sure to save your game. Once inside, go up to the braille and read it. It says to not move for two whole minutes. Go do something else, turn your volume on your game up, and after two minutes are up, the screen will flash, you will hear a noise and a door will appear. This door goes to Regice's room where you can battle him.
6Go to Route 111 and on the South quadrant of the desert, a cave will appear. Go to the very middle of the Braille wall and move twice right, then twice down. It is important that you follow those instructions carefully, or the process won't work. You will then be able to use Strength on thin air, revealing another door. Go inside and you will battle Regirock.
7Head to Route 120 and find a cave. This cave is called the Ancient Tomb. The riddle requires you to go to the direct center of the room, which is six steps backwards from the inscription with the riddle, and use Fly, which opens Registeel's tomb. Save your game, because you are about to battle the final Regi!
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