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When you shake hands with Grapevine blacksmith Will Frary, you realize just how easy your day job is.
Since the early 1980's, the blacksmith's seasoned hands have been hard at work, pounding away at whatever piece of wrought iron, steel, railroad spike or horseshoe is unfortunate enough to find itself between his hammer and anvil.
Upon entering Frary's Grapevine foundry, where he makes one-of-a-kind high-end works of art by hand, you'll notice his great-grandfather's coal forge from the 1890's and his grandmother's old wood fired stove, which she let him keep on the condition that he would never burn coal in it.
If he likes you, he might even offer you some decaffeinated coffee from the kettle resting on his stove.
But these aspects are not the most surprising to a visitor to the blacksmith's shop.
While Frary forges projects for his patrons, he encourages them to interact with his foundry. Children, for example, are allowed to crank the forge's blower, like Frary did when he was a young child. There's a small red baby bat hanging behind a curtain in the foundry (don't spoil the surprise when you see it), and a giant foam but very real-looking anvil hangs above the heads of unsuspecting patrons.
"People get worried about the rope holding the anvil," said Frary. "I tell them that they're alright because I learned to tie a good slippery knot."
Frary isn't the only artist in Grapevine who offers an interactive artistic experience for customers. In fact, he is part of a collective group recently dubbed the "South On Main Artists in Grapevine," or SOMA Grapevine, which is made up of a unique lineup of artists, working in studios and galleries located on South Main Street in the heart of Historic Grapevine.
"SOMA is a grass-roots group of artisans who are pure in what they do with their artistry," said David Gappa, a founding member of SOMA and the owner of Vetro Glassblowing Studio and Gallery. "We don't want to be a sort of sidewalk show. We want to be a series of true working artisans that are creating art to benefit the world."
Although he humbly refers to himself as just "one of the founding members of SOMA," the collective would not exist without him, according to Patricia Bodnyk, owner of the Morgan Dane Art Gallery and Studios.
"[Gappa] hesitates to say that he's the cornerstone of SOMA, but he really is," said Bodnyk. "He doesn't want to take away from the rest of us, but he's the reason why it's here."
The four co-founders of SOMA, including Nick "Train" Kirk's Molten Metals Foundry, are conveniently located right next to one another, and the close quarters allow for a highly collaborative atmosphere.
This atmosphere is probably best demonstrated by Frary and Gappa's joint venture in the "Crimson Cascade", a 20-foot, 2,700-pound chandelier that consists of more than 350 hand-blown glass cylinders and hangs in the Place at Perry's restaurant in Dallas.
"Will [Frary] and I hit it off very quickly because he has the ability to fabricate any sort of steel you would need," said Gappa. "To have artisans that can work together is fairly rare. To have artisans that are close together in proximity really makes a difference."
Aside from capitalizing on a collaborative mecca of local artistry, SOMA's mission, the co-founders say, is to create a fine arts district in Grapevine where residents and tourists alike can learn about the local arts, actively participate in the working studios and have the opportunity to purchase pieces directly from artists.
Like Frary's interactive foundry, the artists of SOMA have all found ways to engage patrons. Morgan Dane allows the artists featured in its studio to teach workshops. Bodnyk teaches classes in the studios. Gappa allows patrons to watch their work as its being made and sometimes lets them participate in the creative process.
"It resonates quite a bit more with the patron that they can be actually involved in seeing the art created," said Gappa. "There's a higher level of intimacy that the patron can participate in."
SOMA takes pride in the significance of local art and the impact it has on its consumers. Patricia Bodnyk said 98 percent of the patrons that come into her gallery are looking for local art.
"The neatest thing about the artwork is [the patrons] have the 'Brag Factor,'" said Frary. "They can say, 'I know the guy that made this. I sat with him while he made it.'"
What's next for SOMA Grapevine?
"It's kind of hard for me to define my vision for SOMA because we don't know where it's going…and I think that's the beauty of it," said Gappa. "I think once you try to control a vision of artistry, then you destroy it."
SOMA artists agree that they want to increase the quality and quantity of public art in Grapevine.
"One thing that I would like to see SOMA accomplish is to start a fire for art in Grapevine, to have that fire grow into public art and provide a central location for the local artists here," said Frary. "I think we have a pretty good opportunity to provide leadership for the community with SOMA."
SOMA is currently hosting a fine arts show in the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau Tower Gallery, located at 636 South Main Street, that will be available to the public through Sunday, Jan. 13. The show, open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, exhibits fine art made locally by more than 20 artists working in or represented by the SOMA studios and galleries.
For more information about the show, click here, and be sure to check out the photo gallery below.


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GRAMMY award winning recording artist Maroon 5 are proud to announce their participation in the 2013 Honda Civic Tour presented by American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Maroon 5 will serve as the headliner and will perform alongside global superstar Kelly Clarkson and Rozzi Crane.
According to Live Nation, the concert is now officially sold out!
Maroon 5 and Kelly will kick off the tour right here in St. Louis on August 1st at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater!
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Brands put millions of dollars into spreading their messages over Facebook, but it turns out that it's the users who are the most powerful marketing tools. Through Facebook's open graph tools, brands are letting users share deals, post stories, and become beacons of information to build brand awareness and drive sales. Angela Bandlow, vice president of marketing for Extole, talked with AllFacebook about how users are becoming a more important part of the equation.
Bandlow pointed out a handful of cases where companies worked with Extole to build their brands, finding that the best way to do that is to let the users become advocates. Facebook users tend to trust and like posts that their friends make more than they do companies, due to the personal relationships. Facebook's open graph is allowing brands to become part of that relationship.
Roku, which makes streaming entertainment devices for television, worked with Extole in 2010 on a campaign combining Facebook, Twitter, and email. It was a simple deal: For each user that a Roku user successfully referred via social media, they got a free month of Netflix, and their friend got $5 off a Roku box. According to Extole statistics, the campaign generated more than $250,000 in revenue in six months and accrued 40,000 customer advocates.
Bandlow spoke with AllFacebook about the importance of letting users speak on brands' behalf:
The core concept behind that is: What's going to motivate your consumers to share about you? Generally, we find that if there's something in it for them, and something in it for their friends, they're much more likely to share it. The concept of the referral project is, "You know what? I love this brand; I'm going to tell you about it, and by the way, I'm going to get $10 off my next purchase, and you're going to get $10 off your first one." Word of mouth generally converts at three times to five times higher than just regular brand advertising, and we actually generally see it being higher than that. Or the, "Wow, I just got this coupon and I think you'll really like it. I'm just going to share it with you because I think it'll be interesting to you," and making things viral that way.
Another example Bandlow offered is when a children's retailer ran a back-to-school campaign with Extole using Facebook open graph technology. Utilizing a Facebook application, participants could enter an instant-win sweepstakes for a $100 gift card. To get to the next level (friends of fans), users who didn't win could refer their friends via Facebook or Twitter. If the friend won, the referrer earned a gift card, as well. The goal of the sweepstakes was to generate 10,000 participants. It did much more than that, earning more than 27,000 entries.
For every person who entered the sweepstakes after seeing a promotional message from the brand, three more people participated based on earned media recommendations. The earned media stories and sponsored stories reached an audience of nearly 4.8 million on Facebook.
Readers: How often do you share a brand's message on Facebook?
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Located close to Interstate 91, this Norwich accommodation features free Wi-Fi and individually decorated rooms that offer plush bedding and a flat-screen TV. Dartmouth College is less than 2 miles away.Themed rooms feature warm decor and are equipped with a work desk. Select rooms at Vermont Norwich Inn feature a fireplace or sofa bed.Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served each day. The Pub microbrewery also serves a variety of ales while the wine cellar features a large selection of vintage wines.Guests can workout in the fitness centre or use the business centre that offers fax and photocopying services. Meeting and banquet rooms are also available.The Norwich Inn is 4 miles from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and the Montshire Museum of Science is 5 minutes' drive. ...read more
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Thousands of dead birds have fallen from the sky in Arkansas?!
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15th Street Fisheries & Dockside Café. This little gem is hidden in Ft. Lauderdale, just north of the 17th Street Causeway. Yeah, the locals sometimes shy away from this part of town because of the tourist traffic, but we've found some really great restaurants here. It's also sometimes fun to live like a tourist. Driving over the Intercoastal Waterway bridge, you can spot some of the largest cruise ships in the world docked right here in our port.
15th Street Fisheries is actually two restaurants in one. The inside and upstairs is the more 'formal' spot for dinner. We were there for lunch and chose the Dockside Café for the cool marina view and casual vibe (and less expensive menu). We had my parents here visiting and knew they would love this spot with all of the boat activity.
The parking here is a bit cramped so if you don't get here right when they open, you might have to valet (FREE). We were lucky and found a spot right away. You can enter through the front door and through the bar to the outside patio or walk around the side of the building and enter through the dock area.
We got a seat right at the edge overlooking the marina. Oh, one really cool thing here are the giant Tarpon. These fish are HUGE and quite the draw. You can get some shrimp and feed them at the dock and it's amazing on how these fish jump out of the water to get that food. You can see all of the action while you are enjoying your lunch. They even have cool 'windows' on the floor of the patio that you can see down into the water…really cool.
Our server took our drink orders right away and we enjoyed a few beers to start. While this is the 'casual, less expensive' side to the restaurant, it still can cost more than you were expecting. You're paying for the location and view along with the food but as I said, it's fun to live as a tourist once in a while. We decided to get soups and split a few appetizers.
We chose the Conch Chowder and the New England Chowder to start. I will start with the Clam Chowder first. The consistency was too thick and it almost looked like oatmeal. My Mom took a spoonful and made the comment "Oh…it tastes much better than it looks" and I totally agree. They should work on the consistency because you also eat with your eyes. The taste was fresh and it was full of clams and other good stuff. The Conch Chowder was actually really good. Perfect consistency and just enough spice to tie it all together. We suggest you get the Conch Chowder over the Clam Chowder.
Next came the two appetizers. The Conch Fritters were screaming hot and of course (as always) I burned my mouth on the first bite. But that didn't stop me from tasting them and they were probably one of the better conch fritters we've had outside of the Caribbean. They were loaded with Conch and had bits of peppers and onion and a nice spice to them. The other appetizer we picked was the Gator Bites. These were VERY good. Fresh and not overdone we all dove into these and they didn't stand a chance with four hungry people. The meat was tender and flavorful. If you haven't had gator before…it's like chicken, but not exactly. If you didn't know you were eating it, you might be fooled.
After we finished our lunch we took a walk on the docks and this is the other great draw to dine here. There were water taxi's pulling up, the Duck Tour Boat driving by and so many mega yachts pulling up and driving by it made for great people watching (and boat watching). If you are lucky, you might even see a Miami Dolphin or Heat player docking their boat here. We were lucky enough to see Jason Taylor and his family on a previous visit.
15th Street Fisheries & Dockside Café is located at 1900 SE 15th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL


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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world outdoor championships highlighted the schedule in 2005 as four world records were set and a young American team collected a record 14 gold medals. Ethiopian runners and Russian field-event athletes dominated the season in setting records.
World Outdoor Championships
For its 10th staging, on August 6–14, the world outdoor championships returned to Helsinki, where the first edition of the meet had been held 22 years earlier. Cold rainstorms challenged athletes at times and forced the rescheduling of some finals. Justin Gatlin of the U.S., the 100-m champion at the 2004 Athens Olympics, won a sprint double in the 100 m and 200 m in Helsinki. His 9.88-sec winning time in the 100 m led silver medalist Michael Frater of Jamaica by 0.17 second, the largest margin ever in a world championships men's 100 m. In the 200 m, Gatlin's 20.04-sec time led the U.S. to the first 1–2–3–4 sweep by one nation in a world championships event. Gatlin and his American teammates Jeremy Wariner (men's 400 m), Bershawn Jackson (men's 400-m hurdles), Lauryn Williams (women's 100 m), Allyson Felix (women's 200 m), Michelle Perry (women's 100-m hurdles), and Tianna Madison (women's long jump) all won gold in the first world championships finals of their respective careers.
The IAAF passed a rule during the year that extended the period of international championships ineligibility for athletes who change citizenship in future years, but two athletes who had already switched made history in 2005. Rashid Ramzi, a former Moroccan competing for Bahrain, became the first man to win a world championships 800-m/1,500-m double. In the steeplechase Saïf Saaeed Shaheen, a former Kenyan competing for Qatar, repeated his victory of 2003. Although relations between Shaheen (formerly Stephen Cherono) and Kenyan athletics officials had been acrimonious, it was the eighth straight gold medal for Kenyan-born steeplechasers.
In the men's 110-m hurdles, Ladji Doucouré's win in 13.07 sec brought France's first medal in the event. Jaouad Gharib of Morocco became the second man to defend a world championships marathon title, winning in 2 hr 10 min 11 sec. Adam Nelson of the U.S. put the shot 21.73 m (71 ft 31/2 in) to end a string of second-place finishes at the previous two world championships and two Olympic Games. Battling rain and gusty winds, Bryan Clay of the U.S. took the decathlon lead in the 400 m (the fifth event) and held it to the finish.
Nineteen-year-old Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the first women's 5,000-m/10,000-m double in a global championships. Dibaba, whose cousin Derartu Tulu was twice Olympic champion in the 10,000 m, took the 10,000 m in only her second race at the distance. Dibaba covered the final 400 m in a stunning 58.4 sec for a final time of 30 min 24.02 sec. A week later her victory in the 5,000 m came with a world championships record of 14 min 38.59 sec that included a 58.2-sec time for the final 400 m and 28.1 sec for the last 200 m. In both events Dibaba led an Ethiopian sweep, with her sister Ejegayehu in third place. Olimpiada Ivanova of Russia won the 20-km walk in 1 hr 25 min 41 sec, cutting 41 seconds from the world record and 1 minute 11 seconds from the world championships record.
With $100,000 bonuses on offer for world records, in addition to the $60,000 prizes for all champions, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and javelin thrower Osleidys Menéndez of Cuba took their titles by raising their own world records. Isinbayeva won the pole vault with no misses through 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) and then had the bar raised to 5.01 m (16 ft 51/4 in), one centimetre above her world mark, and cleared the bar on her second try by an astounding margin. She lightly brushed the crossbar on her way down, but it stayed up. Menéndez launched her javelin out to 71.70 m (235 ft 3 in) on her first throw, a 16-cm (6-in) improvement on her global standard. Germany's Christina Obergföll hurled a surprising 70.03 m (229 ft 9 in), a European record.
Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Klüft of Sweden triumphed in a close battle with France's Eunice Barber, the 1999 champion. The win made Klüft the first successful defender of a world championships heptathlon title. She overcame an ankle injury to take the lead from Barber in the fifth event, the long jump. Barber narrowed Klüft's lead to 18 points with a longer javelin throw, but Klüft ran faster in the 800 m to finish 63 points ahead with a final score of 6,887 points.
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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell began the season with a clear intention of dethroning 100-m king Gatlin and ran a 9.84-sec race in early May. In early June Powell lost an extremely close race to Gatlin in Eugene, Ore., as both recorded a wind-aided 9.84. Powell attributed his lack of a lean at the finish line to caution over a thigh injury that he had sustained three weeks earlier, but 10 days later he stormed down the track in Athens to a new world record of 9.77 sec. An intense rivalry with Gatlin was projected for Powell, but the Jamaican's injury forced him to withdraw from competition until the London Grand Prix in late July. Ten metres into that race, which was won by Gatlin, Powell pulled up with a groin injury. He failed to finish the race and was forced to cancel the rest of his season. American Tim Montgomery, who had set the 9.78-sec 100-m record that Powell broke, had a lacklustre 2005 as a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency case alleging that he had used banned drugs dragged slowly through the international arbitration system. In December the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against Montgomery and his U.S. teammate Chryste Gaines, imposed a two-year ban on each, and stripped Montgomery of his record.
Ethiopian distance star Kenenisa Bekele's fiancée, Alem Techale, the 2003 world youth 1,500-m champion, died in January from a heart attack as the couple trained in the forest outside Addis Ababa. Although Bekele said that his heart was not in the 2005 season, he came within three seconds of his world record for 5,000 m at the Paris Golden League meeting in July. In Brussels in September he ran 10,000 m in 26 min 17.53 sec to cut 2.78 seconds from his world record for that distance.
In the elite Golden League series, which offered a share of a $1 million jackpot to any athlete who could win his or her events at six meetings (in Paris, Rome, Oslo, Zürich, Brussels, and Berlin), the field was narrowed quickly. After Rome only three women—100-m sprinter Christine Arron of France, 400-m hurdler Lashinda Demus of the U.S., and Russian triple jumper Tatyana Lebedeva—remained in the chase. Demus lost in Oslo, and Arron was eliminated in Zürich. The 29-year-old Lebedeva, whose domination of the early season included three meets in which she surpassed 15.00 m (49 ft 21/2 in), aggravated an Achilles tendon injury in the world championships qualifying trials. Although a win in Helsinki would have made her world champion for the third time in a row, she bowed out of the final in order to preserve her shot at the $1 million. Lebedeva's decision paid off richly; she kept her win streak alive through Berlin and became just the second Golden League winner (after 800-m runner Maria Mutola of Mozambique in 2003) who did not have to share the jackpot. Late in the year the IAAF announced a reduction in the number of events in its World Athletics Tour from 34 meets in 2005 to 24 in 2006. Revisions to the Golden League jackpot format were promised, but no details were announced before year's end.
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A trio of distance greats in their 30s showed that they could still win. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, who had retired from track racing after his quest for a third Olympic 10,000-m gold came up short in 2004, ran the fastest marathon of the year. In the Amsterdam Marathon in October, Gebrselassie passed through the half-marathon in 1 hr 2 min 3 sec in an aggressive attack on Paul Tergat's marathon world record (2 hr 4 min 54 sec). In the final 12 km, Gebrselassie slowed as he ran solo through a hindering wind to finish in a personal-best 2 hr 6 min 20 sec for his first marathon victory. Tergat ran the New York Marathon, where he waged a nail-biting battle with defending champion Hendrik Ramaala of South Africa and Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi of the U.S. over the closing kilometres to snatch the win from Ramaala in the last five metres—the closest finish in race history. Tergat was timed in 2 hr 9 min 30 sec. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of the U.K. won the London Marathon in a time that only she had ever bettered, 2 hr 17 min 42 sec.
Bekele won his fourth consecutive double at the world cross country championships. Dibaba matched Bekele's short-course/long-course double in the women's races as Ethiopia took all four senior team titles, relegating archrival Kenya to a single victory in the men's junior race.


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U.K. publication ShortList has revealed a few new snippets of information on Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V.
According to the magazine, the open-world title will star a retired East Coast gangster, who moves to the game's setting of Los Santos to make a new life for himself.
However, the unnamed protagonist instead finds himself inexorably lured back into a world of crime – and hey presto, we have another excuse to play a GTA game.
The reports also mesh nicely with a voiceover from the GTA V debut trailer: "I wanted to retire from what I was doing, that line of work. Be a good guy for once, a family man," it states. "But you know how it is…"
Elsewhere, U.S. Rapper The Game told Wired 96.5 (via VideoGamer) that he will be reprising his role as Mark "B-Dup" Wayne from GTA: San Andreas in the sequel.
"They [Rockstar] called man, and we did a little bit of work with them," he commented. "Once you in a video game, you struck gold, man."
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Republican former Rep. Ernie Konnyu has decided not to challenge Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom for his seat this year — mainly because nobody in his party would bankroll him.
Konnyu, 76, of San Jose, had said last Friday he was considering such a run.
"The analysis I did — just Internet research — on the lieutenant governor found him, in my opinion, vulnerable despite the Democratic nature of California," Konnyu said.
Newsom as San Francisco's mayor violated state law by authorizing marriage licenses for same-sex couples in 2004, Konnyu said, and violated his own Catholic beliefs both by having an affair with his campaign manager's wife in 2007 and by remarrying in 2008 without having his first marriage annulled.
But Konnyu sent an e-mail Wednesday saying he has decided against it.
Though he still believes Newsom to be vulnerable, "the only problem with my election formula was that I could not find a producer to finance this fun show," Konnyu wrote. "The Republican State Chairman, former Senator Jim Brulte, showed no interest in fielding anybody against Newsom. That was especially true with me since he disrespected me in 2004 and we haven't talked since."
Santa Clara County Republican Party Chairman Charles Munger Jr., who has bankrolled a few campaigns from his own pocket, didn't want to meet with him about such a candidacy, Konnyu wrote: "Same with the state's Lincoln Club leaders, a traditional source of Republican campaign dollars."
And his wife wasn't happy with the idea of him sinking their money into it either, he wrote. "Yep! She put her foot down even though I would not have put in an amount close to the minimum $1.7 million I needed."
"So my friends," Konnyu wrote, "NO CAMPAIGN FOR ME."
Regional approach to homeless? Not so much
In a mayoral debate organized by the Health Trust last month, San Jose Councilwoman Rose Herrera stressed the idea of a regional approach to the city's homelessness problem. By that, she meant trying to persuade other cities to kick in money if their residents wound up in San Jose's homeless encampments.
This was a long-shot idea at best. The history of regionalism from a quarter-century ago suggests that cities are not keen on cooperating with one another when it means parting with money or power. Then, at Tuesday's council meeting, the city's housing director, Leslye Corsiglia, pointed out another roadblock: The great bulk of San Jose's homeless, she said, once lived in houses or apartments in San Jose.
Despite a survey that backed up Corsiglia, Herrera wasn't quite ready to give up: "I'd be curious about the questions, to understand what the path to homelessness was," she said. "If there's a possibility of working regionally, that's one of the ways to approach it."
Just don't hold your breath while the debate unfolds in Palo Alto, Cupertino or Los Altos.
Numbers don't add up on 'Condo-gate'
Last month, we thought we detected a smidgen of good news in the debacle of the downtown San Jose condo and underwater mortgage that former county schools' chief Charles Weis sought to dump on taxpayers. The Santa Clara County Board of Education, which in 2008 extended Weis a $915,000 home loan at little or no interest without requiring any monthly payments while he was in office, settled a lawsuit with its ex-employee over the condo's disposition.
The county board won $13,400 and title to the luxury condo overlooking the Guadalupe River. But, it turns out, that sum merely covers delinquent homeowner-association dues, late fees and penalties, which Weis didn't pay.
The county board will pay $18,000 in transfer, closing fees and insurance to take title to the condo — costs it would have incurred without suing.
So what did the county board get for the $86,000 it spent on the lawsuit? Maybe the ability to say to really ticked-off constituents: "We're not taking this lying down"?
And yes, the same law firm, Lozano Smith, that filed the suit also advised the board in drawing up the contract for Weis' successor, current Superintendent Xavier De La Torre, with the same no-monthly-payments loan perk. Under board pressure, De La Torre has since agreed to pay back principal and interest every month.
Explaining the seemingly meager Weis settlement, board President Leon Beauchman noted that "the law is what the law is, and protects the homeowner." He acknowledged it was unlikely the board would have prevailed in court.
So the upshot of the $86,000 legal action against the former superintendent is Weis ended up paying the $13,400 in delinquent fees, plus just $15,562 in home-loan interest that he paid 2009. Not bad for a fellow who was making $332,000 when he retired in 2012 — and who bought a $350,000 vacation home in the Gold Country while in office.
We hear the county school board is looking for another superintendent. Are applicants lining up at the door yet? The board even has cool downtown digs it could offer its next executive.
Half Moon Bay Mayor John Muller is a lifesaver
Former Carmel mayor and "Dirty Harry" actor Clint Eastwood wasn't the only public figure lately to dramatically save a choking man. Before Eastwood cleared the airway of a choking AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am executive on the eve of the tournament, Half Moon Bay Mayor John Muller wound up saving a man's life during a January trip to Napa to get some pumpkin seeds.
It was Jan. 19, the day of the NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Seahawks, and Muller had gathered with fellow giant pumpkin growers to swap stories and Atlantic giant seeds.
As about 50 growers and their families tucked into lunch, "Farmer John," as he's known, noticed the man across from him, Los Altos Hills grower Vince Zunino, appeared to be choking on a piece of tri-tip.
"I just looked at him and could tell he was choking," Muller recalled. "I said, 'Are you choking, are you choking?' I was waiting for a signal."
Zunino didn't respond, so Muller ducked behind him and performed the Heimlich maneuver — a few tries and the obstruction spilled out.
Once Zunino had recovered, they shared a laugh — "I told him, 'Now you owe me a couple good seeds.'"‰" But Muller also found himself shedding tears.
"I'm the one that broke down — I was crying," he said. "It was very emotional for me. It was weird. You just hope and wish you did the right thing."
Muller said the episode is a good reminder for him, and others, to brush up on their first aid.
"It all worked for the best," he said. "It's not about me. It's about all of us being prepared and reacting."
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Timyra-Joi Beatty stands all of five feet tall and weighs just 110 pounds. But she vows that she is ready for battle this week and is determined to be the last man – make that, young woman – standing.
Fortunately, that battle will be a musical one, not a fight.
The diminutive San Diego teenager with the very big voice returns this week, possibly as early as tonight, to TV's "The Voice." Her return comes barely two weeks after Timyro-Joi, 15, wowed the judges on the popular national singing competition show with her precocious poise, powerful delivery and an ability level that seems beyond her years.
"When I went out there, I was really nervous, recalled Timyra-Joi (whose name is prononced: Team-eye-rah-joy). "It was really nerve-wracking. I honestly don't remember anything but having my eyes closed when Christina turned around (in approval). And when I opened my eyes, she was turned around and it shocked me a little bit. But after that I kind of settled down in my shoes and wasn't so anxious. Because if nobody else turned around, it'd be okay because I'd still be on her team. "
In fact, Timyra-Joi went out thinking she would choose to be on the team of another judge, CeeLo Green. But Aguilera won her over, beating out bids from from Green and Blake Shelton.
"I did go in maybe – I don't want to say expecting – but hoping they would (all) turn around, (although) of course, everyone does (hope that)," Timyra-Joi said during a recent interview at the Mission Valley offices of U-T San Diego.
"I did have a preference, a 1-2-3-4 preference, and my first choice was Cee Lo, because he's so great and I think the guy-girl thing would kind of bring some magic. But I went with Christina, because she fought for me, and she had good reasons for me to be on her team and she relates to me because she was young in the industry. So I went with her."
As for this week's impending battle rounds, in which singer is pitted against singer on each team, Timyra-Joi sounds eager to resume the action on the show.
"I'm looking forward to everyone seeing the outcome," she affirmed. "And I'm hoping – how do I put it? – I'm hoping that everyone likes it."
Have she and Aguilera met in the interim?
"I've met with her. I've met with her a couple of times. Yes," said Timyra-Joi, who momentarily sounded as if she was being interrogated by the CIA and was reluctant to divulge classified information.
And what was that like?
"It's crazy! Because she sings songs certain ways and she's like: 'Sing it like that' or 'Do it like this.' But she doesn't realize she's Christina Aguilera, I don't think, and it's still kind of surreal for me. I have to work on my focus a little bit because, after all, Christina's my coach."
Timyra-Joi acknowledged that she knows exactly what song she will perform this week during her first battle round on "The Voice." But she isn't allowed to disclose its title, or the name of the artist who popularized it.
Regardless, she should have no problem putting her stamp on whatever she sings. Timyra-Joi proved as much two weeks ago when she put a distinctive, high-octane spin on Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire."
"I knew that when I chose 'Girl on Fire,' I would be compared to Alicia Keys. Because, after all, that's her song," Timyra-Joi noted.
"But I wanted to bring a little bit more power, a little more like oomph to it, make it a little more exciting on stage. I incorporated things that I did with my body, and things that I did different with the song, to make it all come together and make it different."
A Philadelphia native who moved to San Diego when she was 4, Timyra-Joi has spent two-thirds of her life learning how to sell a song to an audience.
She has performed in musical productions at the San Diego Rep and the Old Globe, and performed the national anthem at a San Diego Padres game and for 10,000 attendees at the San Diego Convention Center, where she made her professional singing debut when she was 5.
"My first show was 'The Grinch' at the Old Globe. I played Cindy Lou Who and I was the first African-American to play her (here)," Timyra-Joi said. "I did 'High School Musical' at the Lyceum and 'Aida' at Starlight Bowl. I've done benefit concerts and stuff like that. It's been fun.
"I started singing before I could talk, but it wasn't serious, obviously, then. I started singing professionally when I was 5 years old because my mother – well, her mother – said I could sing. But I really didn't want it as a career till about 10 and didn't really take it seriously until then, so .. but I mean, I've been singing all my life."
Asked what happened when she was 10 that made her want to pursue music more seriously, she replied: "I don't know. I think it was just something in there. I've always had the dream to sing. But I always think, like, that there are a million people on this earth that (have) the same dream as me, so why is this going to happen? But I decided not to think about the negative and focus more on the positive. And I think I'm happier with myself, that I'm trying, rather than not trying, but not failing. You know, I'd rather try and fail than not try at all."
Timyra-Joi is home-schooled. Her favorite subjects are, she said, "math and lunch."
She and her family lived in North Park before moving to Lemon Grove (she prefers North Park). She is now living in Los Angeles to focus on her budding career, but spends as much time as possible in San Diego. She plans to continue dong so, no matter how far "The Voice" and her voice take her.
"L.A. is so much more chaotic," she said. "I think they're equally beautiful, but San Diego is a place where I can come, go with my Dad to SeaWorld and watch the water and be relaxed. And then, after those couple of days, go right back to L.A. and be in the chaotic world of Hollywood where it's crazy. It's all just crazy in L.A."


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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
This is a very nice track. I particularly like the very muted tone on the piano that gradually sharpens as the piece goes on (although at the very beginning, it seemed to be clipping or distorting a bit--it could be just me, but you might want to look into that).
Overall, the track has a very dark, intense feel, and another important element supporting this is the super-punchy drums, especially the snare that kicks in at 1:11. When this snare starts appearing in more diverse forms like the buzz roll at 1:53 or the weird echoey variant at 1:58, it sounds really awesome.
Mixing piano with dark synthesized backgrounds like you do here can easily go wrong, but you seem to have handled it quite well: the instruments blend with each other perfectly.
As for what could be improved, there's not much I can come up with off the top of my head; I would agree that the fade out is a bit strange, especially since you end the piece for real in the middle of it. More supporting instruments, or even an additional melodic one, would serve the piece well, and help make that dark atmosphere richer.
In short: nice use of piano, excellent drum patterns & tone, cool atmosphere, and no major complaints. Great job!
But why eggs?
What, you don't like eggs?
Fixed the ending :)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I can only asume that this is the product of our recent conversation? :D
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i like eggs too! lol, really good sounding track. love the feeling it gives on pumping along to a tempo, drives the mind
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Really nice piano and great track. altough I would say it's more DnB like then Trance like.
also I've got the feeling the bass needs some more mastering and It does need a proper ending. That means no fade out. also add some more high notes for example with hihat's to the track that would really give it a bit of extra.
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Well it's supposed to be a little darker, so I kind of wanted to avoid using a bunch of hi-hats and high notes. I also don't think it's fast enough to be DnB. I agree about the ending though.
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This cold snap, sources say, is the result of a rare polar vortex that is sending extremely cold Arctic air as far as the southern United States. This mass of cold air has taxed resources of nearly every metropolitan area, with police, fire crews, and emergency personnel working overtime.
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A weekly investigation of "American Horror Story: Asylum," as well as, when applicable, an investigation of the "American Horror Story: Asylum" bakery. Spoilers lie ahead.
Announcement: this week's episode of "American Horror Story: Asylum" is being incorporated into the history curricula in every high school throughout this great nation.
Really, how else are students supposed to learn that Anne Frank is not only still alive but also a Korean War widow who married a guy from Jersey, as well as a gutsy mental patient who gets into bar fights with anti-Semites and, also for the record, Lola from "Run Lola Run"?
We all thought Frank tragically died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. It turns out, per the "American Horror Story: Asylum" episode "I Am Anne Frank, Pt. 1," she survived and eventually got out of Germany while picking pockets and, presumably, doing this:
Of course, that's the Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk version of Holocaust and post-Holocaust events. Which, perhaps, we should not choose to believe. In fact, a lot of things that happened in this week's "AHS" episode may or may not have been worth believing.
That said, let's pursue our quest for Briarcliff Manor truth the way we always do: by attempting to answer 10 key questions about this week's episode of "American Horror Story: Asylum" and ultimately concluding that the only things we know for sure are that Jessica Lange is the bomb sha-zomb and Evan Peters is the sweetest accused mass murderer we know.
1. So really: Could Franka Potente-Anne Frank be actual Anne Frank?
The answer to this should be a simple no. As noted above, the heroic hider from the Nazis and writer of a very famous diary died in a concentration camp in 1945. This was noted by Sister Jude; it's also documented in the historical record according to the Anne Frank Museum.
But the woman who identifies herself as Frank has no documentation that contradicts her narrative. She also has an elaborate back story that, weird as it is, sounds semi-plausible, especially when corroborated by a disturbingly authentic-looking tattoo that seemingly marks her as a Holocaust survivor. Look, if you were Anne Frank and you had decided to stay undercover for nearly two decades, wouldn't you reveal your true self the minute you ran into Jessica Lange? Personally, that's what I would do.
My current theory about our Anne is that she was in a concentration camp and genuinely does remember Arden — or, as she calls him, Hans Gruber, a name that aligns him with a certain German terrorist that we all know and yippee-kai-yay love. But she is probably not "the" Anne Frank; perhaps she decided to assume her name to make herself feel more special or because she genuinely is a bit mentally off.
At the very least, I think what's she's remembering about Arden's days as a young Nazi getting a head start on his fulfilling career as a torturer of women — in black-and-white, "Schindler's List"-ish fashion, of course — is probably on the money.
2. Let's talk about Arden. Why exactly is he X-raying the heck out of people?
To be clear, we only know for an absolute fact that he was X-raying Kit. But those blisters on poor, increasingly grotesque Shelley's face — not to mention the blisters on the bodies of the ex-patients/pseudo-zombies currently residing in the delightful wooded grounds of Briarcliff — seem like a natural byproduct of excessive exposure to radiation.
At this point, I'd like to note that the inventor of the X-ray and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, was Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who happened to be a German. Even more relevantly, I'd also like to point you to this information about the X-ray experiments conducted at Auschwitz, where Nazi doctors attempted to use the technology to sterilize prisoners and thereby guarantee the complete extermination of an entire people.
My, how convenient it would be to get rid of all the "deviant" members of society by bringing them to a mental hospital and, slowly, making them disappear.
3. But wouldn't Arden also be exposed to a lot of excess radiation as a result of all this experimentation?
Yes, he would. Which may be why Shelley (Chloe Sevigny) so callously laughed at his supposedly deformed private parts last week.
Also, if Arden really is Bloody Face — and, as I'll explain shortly, I'm sure he may be to a degree — his gamma ray aura could explain why he can show up in 2012 seemingly just as spry as he was in 1964.
Remember how in "Watchmen" — the graphic novel, not the God-forsaken movie, although both work in this context — Dr. Manhattan existed outside of space and time because of that nuclear experiment gone wrong? Maybe Arden is the "AHS" eqivalent of a huge, naked blue guy who may or may not resemble Billy Crudup. Again, just throwing crazy ideas out there because that's what you do in the presence of deranged James Cromwell.
4. So we definitely think Arden was Hans Gruber?
Between the X-ray stuff, and the Holocaust footage, and the Nazi memorabilia and — oh yeah, this is important — the fact that Monsignor Howard warned him that the detectives who interviewed him were "on to him," yes, I'd say the guy has a decidedly Nuremberg trials-ish vibe about him.
5. So why does Monsignor Timothy Howard — a good, handsome, wine-drinking Catholic authority figure — want to protect a bad guy like Arden?
Well, the monsignor has connections to Rome, and as we all recall, Italy and Germany were on the same side during World War II.
6. We know that Grace initially lied to Kit about killing her family. She definitely is guilty. Why did she do that?
In the mind of Grace (Lizzie Brochere), she's only semi-guilty because she had cause for her action: Her dad's abuse made her do it. But rather than explain all that to Kit, it was initially easier to go with the more crowd-pleasing, rationalized version of what happened, rather than the NC-17-rated director's cut in which she was solely responsible for the hacking up of bodies. Look, you don't get to make a murder-baby with Evan Peters if you tell him you're a killer, right off the bat. Come on. We all learned this from "He's Just Not That Into You," did we not? (By the way, that murder-baby line from Sister Jude: De-lish.)
From a narrative perspective, Grace's pendulum swing from lie to truth made her one of several possibly unreliable narrators featured in this week's episode, making the audience unsure how to process the outrageous fibs vs. the understandable untruths vs. the real story. I think Grace's second story is true. But I also think she may still be hiding something.
7. Speaking of Kit, I thought he wasn't guilty. But now he wonders if maybe he is guilty and he's simply in denial. So like, which is it?
I say he's not guilty and he's just starting to crack due to repeat listening to the song "Dominique," not to mention Dr. Thredson's manipulative line of questioning.
Oh, Quinto, you've been playing a very convincing game the past couple of weeks. I was sure that you were the good psych-cop to Sister Jude's bad God-squad. But now I am beginning to believe otherwise.
It seems to me that Thredson wants to keep Kit exactly where he is, at Briarcliff. The way his conversation with Kit played out made it seem like he was engaging in a full-on brainwashing. And I also doubt his desire to genuinely help Lana.
9. But . . . but . . . he so kindly forced her to vomit while looking at pictures of pretty women, thereby attempting to cure her of her lesbianism. How could this not be viewed as an act of supreme care and generosity?
Well, for about 87,000 reasons. But let's consider the following, very specific one since it may be the most significant.
See this Webster University list of Nazi doctors and their various heinous acts?
Scroll down to the name Dr. Eisele.
What does it say this guy did? "He also injected many patients with apomorphine to observe them vomiting. He performed many unnecessary operations and amputations and then murdered his patients."
What did Dr. Thredson give to Lana? Yep. Apomorphine.
10. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Are you saying . . .?
Yes. I am saying that, as was suggested during last week's episode, Bloody Face isn't just one dude, especially not a young one with the eyes of a gentle fawn. Being that busy lady murderer is a three-man job. You need one to provide financial support and infrastructure (Monsignor Timothy), one to engage in the surgical and skin-sewing aspects of the work (Arden) and one to do the actual killing (Dr. Thredson).
Together, they're all conspiring against Sister Jude, the poor woman who thinks she's in charge but is being crassly steamrolled over by a trio of males in various positions of religious, scientific and legal authority. And Lana? Well, she could wind up being the next victim if she accepts Threadson's offer to help her "escape."
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I should note that journalists were given copies of the second part of this two-part episode. I haven't watched yet, because I thought it would be unfair to do so until after I wrote my analysis of "I Am Anne Frank, Pt. 1." So I could be completely right about all this, or wildly off base. I have no idea right now. (Part of me also wonders if Grace might be in on this Nazi X-ray/killing plot, too. She is very good with an ax.)
What do you think? Could the man partly responsible for so much "American Horrror Story: Asylum" death actually be . . . Sylar? Please, post a comment to sound off about Bloody Face-related murders as well as your concerns about people who purposely try to make murder-babies.