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Jeff Jarvis is not a man to mince words. And to the critics and curmudgeons resisting the new networked world at our doorstep, the message in his latest book, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live, is clear: get with it.
The progression toward a more public society is apparent and inevitable," Jarvis writes. "Resistance is futile.
A blogger, professor of journalism, and the author of the 2009 book What Would Google Do, Jarvis's latest effort surveys the way sharing in the digital era has enabled a world of possibilities, arguing that an "obsession" with issues like privacy and disintermediation could derail some of the benefits of this emerging, powerful age. The challenge, "is to find a new balance between our roles as individuals and members of the public who join together to build better, more open, more generous, and more accountable companies, markets, communities, governments, schools, relationships, and lives," he writes. "There is a need for privacy, its cautions, and its advocates, to be sure. But publicness also needs its advocates."
PW recently caught up with Jarvis to talk about his new book, sharing, and of course, the changing world of books and media.
What inspired you to give this subject a book treatment?
Jeff Jarvis: A couple things, but the main one was that, with all the talk about "privacy, privacy, privacy," I began to fear that we weren't looking at the other side of that coin, which is publicness. We have a lot of presumptions, and there's a lot of fear. People say, "Oh my God! I watched CNN yesterday and there was a guy doing a report on Internet privacy and he looked at a bunch of sites about vacations, and, guess what, now they're trying to sell him a vacation—isn't that scary!" Well, no, it's not. But the anchor nods conspiratorially, because this is all new and we don't really understand it.
That's interesting, because I do have a sense that our expectations about privacy are being subtly altered by companies like Facebook, or Google, without transparency or public debate.
Well, my first instinct is to disagree with you—we have tons of debate. All we're doing is yammering about privacy. But, I do think you're right, because, actually, we're mostly just talking about privacy, but not necessarily debating it. Do we need some privacy controls? Yes. Do we need protection? Yes. I hope I make that clear in the book. I'm not anti-privacy, quite the contrary. I'm trying to point out the benefits of publicness, because I'm afraid we might lose some great opportunities in this age of links.
Is part of this privacy vs. publicness issue generational? Are kids growing up on Facebook more comfortable with sharing, or less worried about their privacy?
Yes, and no. Some of these "Net native," stories make it seem as if children come out of the womb understanding the Internet—they don't. They learn the same way all of us do. But, at the same time kids are more comfortable trying new things, and figuring things out. So, there is a generational piece to this, but kids don't have an entirely different attitude about privacy.
Do younger generations seem to at least better understand the technology and its implications? My parents, and some of my friends, even, can't understand how to, or why they need to, change their Facebook settings, for example.
You know, it's like the new "programming your VCR." I do think that's an issue, and I think for Facebook it's been a hard lesson to learn. They started out being accused of not having enough privacy controls, and not being transparent. Then they added so many controls that it's just too complex. Part of the problem is that they are not clearly communicating what it is they are doing. Google learned some lessons about that, too—they messed up badly with Google Buzz, but they've since turned it around in Google Plus.
With Google Plus, the fact that you have to put people into circles means you're thinking about your relationships. It's not a global setting, it's something that you do on a case by case basis.
But still, I caution, that's not about privacy control—it's about relevance. When I share something with my circle of journal wonks, it's not because it's a secret that I want to share just with them. It's because I don't want to bother all the other people who couldn't care less. That's not about privacy, and there's a danger in letting this be seen as privacy, because when somebody messes up and shares something they shouldn't have, Google is going to be blamed, even though the technology is not the problem.
Less than a decade ago, there was no Twitter, MySpace was new, and Facebook hadn't really taken off. As an author, and journalism professor, can you talk a little about how the march of technology has impacted the media?
Yes—so, this school, CUNY Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, is about five years old, and we were very much looking to change how you teach journalism by starting this school. I was hired as the nutty online guy. And we've seen a couple of big things happen since we started. One is the collapse of the newspaper business. It got worse and worse, and that's why I think journalists today have to be better stewards of our business.
But also, as you bring up, social media took off. Now, there had been some social media—basically, comments on articles. But comments are like, "O.K., we've finished, here's a little space for you to talk." These days, however, the conversation often starts with the public, not with us.
I remember the day I first showed Twitter to some of my colleagues here at CUNY, very early in Twitter's life. One of them, who always asks the hardest questions, and is usually right, said, "What the hell does this have to do with journalism?" So, we started talking about the ways reporters could use it, and finally, she said, "alright, I get it." What's happening, and I think what we're teaching at CUNY, is that we in the media now have an entirely different relationship with the public. Maybe you saw that I pulled up a bit of a shitstorm on Twitter recently?
Actually, no…
Well, I'll embarrass myself and tell you about it. I was watching TV news about the debt ceiling crisis, and after two glasses of a nice pinot, I got pissed off. So, I went to Twitter, which was invented for offloading your chest, and I tweeted, "Hey, Washington assholes, it's our country, our economy, our money. Stop fucking with it." And people started responding. So I said, let's start a chat: "Fuck you, Washington." Somebody came back and said, well, idiot, you do that with a hash tag. So, it became #fuckyouwashington, and it just took off. Within a couple days there were more than 88,000 tweets, and I ended up writing a post about it on my blog. What fascinated me was how it became a platform for people to say what they wanted to say. They started saying "fuck you, Washington, for not letting me marry who I want," or "for making my parents nervous about whether they're getting paid next month." It taught me a lot about the new structure of media.
Such as? I mean, you're a thoughtful writer and yet you didn't write a thoughtful article. What did it teach you about journalism that that kind of visceral offloading got such a reaction, rather than a well-reasoned article?
That it's not about the article, it's about the relationship with the public. I think we in the media should look at ourselves as a platform more than as a product. But instead we've separated our business into content businesses and platform businesses. "Fuck you, Washington" was a platform—a pretty weird one, and fleeting, but a platform nonetheless. It let people say what they needed to say. Some people were upset with me for the language, but "Dagnabbit, Washington" just doesn't have the same impact.
Of those 88,000 people, how many would have written letters to the editor? It emphasized to me that the article is no longer the atomic unit of news. It's not going to die, but there are other ways to think of news now that communities can share information in public on their own. So, the challenge is how do we add value to that?
It feels like just yesterday people were saying the article was the new atomic unit, rather than newspapers, magazines, or books. That moment's over already?
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The good juicing guide: Are these 'healthy' tonics worth the hype?
ARE these drinks as good for you as they are hyped up to be? Adrian Lee explains everything you need to know.
Juices and smoothies have taken the world by storm in the past few years. If we're not popping into the latest juice bar for a concoction boasting all manner of healthy ingredients we're making our own at home.
Sales of blenders and juice makers have gone through the roof while a host of celebrities, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson, are aficionados.
It seems barely a day passes without yet another juice detox, diet or cleanse emerging. You can spend a fortune on equipment.
But more recently there has been a juicing and smoothie backlash, with experts warning about sugar content and saying these drinks might not be all they are hyped up to be.
Here, with the help of registered dietitian Felicity Lyons and Jason Vale, author of the Juice Master books, we guide you through the juicing minefield.
If you buy cartons or bottles of juice they will almost certainly have been through some sort of manufacturing process.
This usually involves pasteurisation which means heating the juice to kill bacteria.
Unfortunately this also reduces some of the goodness in fruit and vegetable drinks, including vitamins.
"Think of juicing as being like cooking," says Felicity. "Making anything from scratch is better.
"When you make juice you control all the ingredients so you know exactly what you're having, it's less processed and retains more goodness."
Juicing retains more than 90 per cent of the nutrients found in fruit and vegetables.
Drinks bought at juice bars and prepared fresh are fine but they are a very expensive way of consuming fruit and veg, while smoothies can often be packed with added sugar.
If you make juice at home it's best drunk immediately but if stored, keep for only a day or two.
Fast juicers start at about £40 and there's really no need to spend more than £100. That might sound pricey but it's a small investment in your health
The juicing craze has spawned a huge array of kit but there's no need to spend a fortune, especially if you're a novice.
There are two main types of juicer: fast (also known as centrifugal) and slow (also known as masticating). Fast juicers (such as the Braun Multiquick range, costing from £99.99, braunhousehold.co.uk) are the most common and cheaper.
Typically they have a fast-spinning metal blade that spins against a mesh filter, separating juice from flesh via centrifugal force. The juice and pulp are then separated into different containers.
"They used to cost a fortune but not any more," says Jason.
"Fast juicers start at about £40 and there's really no need to spend more than £100. That might sound pricey but it's a small investment in your health.
"If you're starting out don't get too technical. All you need is something that produces juice to get the benefits.
"You can always step up to gold-medal juicing later."
He recommends a juicer with a wide funnel so the whole fruit can be inserted rather than chopping it first. Slow juicers (such as the Kuvings Whole Slow Juicer, £349, ukjuicers.com) extract juice by crushing and then pressing fruit and vegetables for the highest yield.
Because they don't produce as much heat, it is claimed they keep more nutrients intact.
Some experts disagree but Jason believes slow juicers produce better quality juice.
Both types will produce a liquid but if you prefer a smoothie, with a thicker texture, a basic kitchen blender will do the job. However they're not so efficient at producing juice.
Bear in mind that juicers can end up languishing in cupboards because cleaning is a chore. The latest models are easier to clean and some can be put in the dishwasher.
Jason says: "My own rule is always to clean the machine before enjoying the juice."
You can throw almost any fruit or vegetable into a juicer for a delicious, healthy drink in minutes.
Jason says: "Your staple ingredients should be an apple base, then add celery, beetroots, carrots and cucumber."
After that almost anything goes and it's your chance to add lots of green vegetables, such as kale, broccoli and spinach.
Vegetables are bursting with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which protect against cancer. Their high water content is also great for cleansing the body.
Kale has become the pin-up veg of the green juice and smoothie movement as it has high levels of many vitamins and minerals.
Watercress is another great ingredient which many people overlook. If you're feeling adventurous inject some zing with ingredients such as ginger, lime, turmeric, mint and basil.
In no time you will become a juicing connoisseur.
"The whole point is to introduce vegetables you wouldn't normally eat raw," adds Jason.
"The sweet taste of the apple and carrot disguise the bitterness but you get all the goodness from these amazing green vegetables that can be lost during cooking."
Because of their texture some fruits are best suited for blenders. Jason says: "Mangoes, bananas and avocados should all be blended. You can juice berries, such as strawberries but we recommend you blend them as you won't get a huge amount of juice from them and the flesh tastes delicious.
"Hard fruit and vegetables work best in juicers."
Strands of pineapple can clog juicer blades so it's best to add them last. Overpowering leeks, onions and garlic are best avoided.
The backlash against juicing revolves around high sugar content which can damage teeth and send calorie intakes soaring.
Although packed with nutrients, fruits contain natural sugar. An orange contains the equivalent of five lumps of sugar and because you tend to use more fruit in juicing than you'd eat whole, calories can soon stack up.
If you're also eating a lot of added sugar in cakes, biscuits and drinks there can be a problem and you may put on weight.
Felicity says: "My rule of thumb is to aim for 80/20. That's percentages of vegetables to fruit. But it's fine to start off with a little extra fruit at first."
Keeping the 80/20 rule in mind will also limit damage to teeth. Drinking juice through a straw also helps and you shouldn't brush immediately after drinking as this can strip away protective enamel.
Juicing with the emphasis on vegetables is extremely healthy but shouldn't be an obsession.
If you end up substituting juices for whole fruit and vegetables that you would normally eat at mealtimes then you will miss out.
Juicing removes most of the fibre in foods – about 75 per cent is ejected into the pulp container – but vegetable pulp can be used to thicken stews, soups and gravy so none of that goodness is wasted.
Blending keeps more fibre which is needed for gut and heart health.
Felicity says: "It's important that juicing does not replace eating whole fruit and vegetables. Most of us don't eat enough anyway so juicing should be regarded as a way of getting extra portions into our diets."
In the UK we are encouraged to eat at least five portions of fruit and veg a day but some experts insist that's still not enough to help ward of a range of conditions, including forms of cancer.
To learn more about juicing visit juicingscience.co.uk and juicemaster.com


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Hay prepares for Clinton visit
Hay-on-Wye, the tiny Welsh town that built its reputation on books, is preparing to welcome 55,000 visitors for the annual literature festival.
Former US president Bill Clinton and rock star Sir Paul McCartney head the celebrity line-up which includes top writers, poets, musicians, and other performers.
Secret Service agents and the Metropolitan Police have been aided by Dyfed-Powys Police to put strict measures into place after he decided he would like to stage a walkabout in the town to meet visitors.
Mr Clinton - who is reported to command at least $100,000 per speech - will talk about conflict resolution and the language of diplomacy when he appears at the BBC Wales World Lecture on Saturday evening.
He will be carrying out his first public engagement in the UK since ending his presidential term.
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Organisers say they could have sold the 1,300 tickets costing Ł100 several times over.
It has been estimated that his presence at the festival will bring an extra Ł1.5m into the area.
Authors booked to appear this year include Louis de Bernieres, Margaret Atwood, Nick Hornby, Germaine Greer and Frank McCourt.
Sir Paul McCartney, who has recently published a book of poetry, will also be at the festival which attracts crowds from across the world.
Pop band Pulp kick off the festival on Thursday and Irish rock star Van Morrison is due to perform on 1 June.
As a result of nearby foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks, the festival has been moved from its usual farm site on the outskirts of Hay to a less sensitive site in the town centre.
"We are expecting that there will be a certain number of people who will feel cautious about coming to the countryside, but we have been able to move the festival into the very centre of Hay-on-Wye," said organiser Peter Florence.
Hay-on-Wye is a small market town in the Black Mountains of mid Wales which has made a healthy business of its 39 bookshops and its 14-year-old famed festival of language and ideas.
The organisers of the festivals are boasting of "tens of miles" of book shelving to browse.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga does not feel Andy Murray is the player he was and claims locker-room rivals are less fearful about facing the Scot.
Their fourth-round clash at the US Open on Monday should provide a real measure of where Murray's form is after an up-and-down first three rounds.
The Scot has not faced anyone inside the top 70, yet has already dropped sets to Robin Haase and Andrey Kuznetsov, either side of a good performance against Matthias Bachinger in round two.
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The good news for Murray is he will surely be back on Arthur Ashe, a court he loves, for the Tsonga match and away from his nemesis, Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Should Murray win, it would be his first victory over a top-10 player since lifting the Wimbledon title last year.
Tsonga said: "The locker room is maybe a bit less afraid of Andy because he's losing a few more matches than in the past. But I don't know any player who once on court is going to be super confident against Andy.
"He's different than in the past maybe because I feel he's not serving as strong as he used to, nor maybe hitting as strong as he used to.
"And during matches he's showing more when he seems in pain with his back or hip region, I'm not sure. You can see it on some moves, too."
Murray declared himself in the best shape since before his back surgery almost a year ago when he arrived in New York, and maintained that is the case despite his cramp issues in round one.
He is no longer in pain from his back but has struggled to maintain his intensity through matches and has developed a bad habit of allowing leads to slip away.
He was pegged back by Kuznetsov after looking in complete control at a set and a break up, and went on to drop the third set, but Murray was happy with the way he handled the lows.
"Each time I had a slip, I did a decent job of getting myself back into the sets, getting a break straight away," Murray said.
"Even when I got broken at the end of the match, I broke the next game. When I was down 4-1 in the third set, I got myself back into the set.
"That's really what you need to do. You need to give yourself opportunities in every set and in matches. Then it will start to become natural again."
Murray was unable to turn things back his way the last time he met Tsonga, in Toronto earlier this month, when from 3-0 up in the deciding set he allowed the match to slip away.
It was Murray's first loss to Tsonga in a competitive match since the Australian Open in 2008 and he retains a dominant 9-2 lead in their head to head.
"I played a good match," said eighth seed Murray, looking back to the Toronto match.
"I was up a break in the third set and didn't manage to close it out. So obviously if I get myself in that position again, hopefully I'll do a better job of that. But I don't need to change too much.
"It will be a tough match. We've played each other a lot of times. He's obviously playing well right now. He had a great week in Canada. He's played some good tennis so far here.
"I've had a lot of close matches with him but I've won a lot against him, as well. I would say (my game) matches up well."
Tsonga had been having a poor season until Toronto, where he beat Novak Djokovic, Murray, Grigor Dimitrov and Roger Federer back to back to lift the second Masters title of his career and climb back into the top 10.
The 29-year-old is not reading too much into his win over Murray and admits the best-of-five-set format in slams does not suit him as well as best of three.
"Andy is someone I know very well, against whom I don't have a good record," said Tsonga. "But I'm feeling good. I expect to play a good match. Playing three sets, it's always more physical. I like when it's in three sets.
"(Toronto) is positive because it means that I'm able to play well against him. I hope I will do that again.
"One shouldn't overestimate this win, he still leads our head to head and now he'll be aware of the danger and maybe it plays against me.
"A bit as with Djokovic, he's really tough for me because he returns very well."


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Even as the first wave of AIDS cut short the creative careers of gay artists and engulfed gay culture, the disease proved fertile territory for the imagination. In writing, a whole genre emerged from the loss: the AIDS narrative.
From the first sentence of Craig Curtis' debut novel, Fabulous Hell, it's clear he's building on that genre. Some writers like to keep their readers guessing, but Curtis flings us into his fiction, opening with a distinctly postmodern moment of truth: "The positive test result is given to me by a volunteer in the county clinic in Santa Rosa, California. I am also given a selection of handouts, including information on safe sex, support groups, and proper diet. I am told to limit my alcohol consumption to two ounces per week. I am urged to seek counseling. I am invited to stay and speak with a social worker. I decline. Numbly I exit through a rear door. I cannot face the people in the waiting room. They know."
What follows is a whirlwind trip to some of this nation's least fabulous locations (Orange County, West Hollywood, Pomona, Las Vegas, Seattle), with the unnamed narrator as our tweaked-out tour guide. A queer Virgil guiding us through the nine rings of a very gay inferno, we watch him snort, whore and drink his way through a series of bathhouses, beer busts, badly decorated apartments and short-lived jobs. We join him on the elevator down, as he speedily descends into his own private hell.
This is no hero's journey. The narrator is skeptical of the "heroes of HIV" he sees in posters on the walls of clinics. He finds himself unable to relate to those "thriving with HIV types," more comfortable when steeped in his own dysfunction. Curtis is not out to present us with a character who finds that life suddenly shimmers with meaning. If anything, life feels more pointless; HIV is no route to easy transcendence.
The book brims with wry asides on the disease. At a birthday party, he is "presented with a variety of plague-related gifts. Books by Louise Hay. A bathrobe." But irony often gives way to raw honesty. Annoyed with people asking for advice, he tells one friend, "The worst thing I ever did was get tested."
Curtis' pessimism recalls the work of such French writers as Cyril Collard and Herve Guibert, both of whom refused to be coerced into presenting an upbeat vision of life with the disease. His wicked humor brings to mind Gregg Araki's rigidly anti-P.C. movie about HIV, The Living End; like that film, Fabulous Hell is no advertisement for the gay life. The narrator, despite his near-constant state of intoxication, has a clear eye for gay culture's hypocrisies. Describing a club in Mexico: "Around the room pretty boys form tight, impenetrable circles. Less fortunate souls line the darkened wall. Geoff and I, like most of the other average-looking patrons, mill about the middle of the club. Fags are fags the world over."
At times, the protagonist's remarkable clarity and candor come off as little more than everyday bitchiness. He observes a waitress "in a uniform designed for a girl years younger. Rawhide shoulders protrude out above a ruffled, sleeveless bodice. Judging by the do, she hasn't seen a fashion magazine since Carter was in office."
But the bitchiness is always tempered by the fact that he is most ruthless with himself: "A fling will satisfy my precious ego, prop my vanity, and give me a taste of Life. The fix I crave before going back to the chilling reality of an emotional retardation that disables. A disability cleverly disguised by the glossy veneer to which I tend fanatically. Such devotion to an outward appearance makes it easy to ignore the hollow fissures lurking beneath."
Despite its bleak terrain, the book is eminently readable, thanks to its twisted sense of humor and the crisp, minimalist language that Curtis favors—think Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays, only more so. Curtis' vision of LA is even more nihilistic than Didion's, though colored with his distinctly gay sensibility: his eye for the high kitsch quota of Orange County will almost surely upset local real-estate agents.
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Structured in short chapters, the first half of the book flows particularly well, moving gracefully between a self-destructive present and an abusive past. The latter sections contain some of the book's best writing and insight, and I would have liked to see more of the childhood sections. That's where the narrator locates his present numbness without force-feeding us textbook psychology. Recalling the way he handled his father's violence: "I hover over the bathtub while a little boy is held underwater until his grandmother frees him. I hide in the closet while the boy is fed baby powder until he pukes up some orange paste. I peer from behind a potted plant as the boy, beaten with a pepper mill, bleeds into the cracks of the hardwood floor. His mother is concerned for the boy and the floor simultaneously. 'I hope this comes up,' she angrily tells the man."
But the book occasionally loses momentum. The narrator's voice becomes slightly grating, and Curtis fails to keep the relentless self-destruction interesting. A couple of experimental chapters don't feel fully realized; a long interlude into a job at the Duquessa Hotel adds little to the story.
Though Curtis thankfully steers clear of any big scenes of redemption, the book is full of lovely tiny ones: a surprise tear the protagonist sheds at a friend's funeral, the simple solitude of an early morning. Best of all is the scene in which the narrator is forced to play the Easter bunny at a company event. In these moments and others like them, Curtis shows his skills as a writer, and the tone moves from the cynical to the hilarious to the moving to the marvelous.
Fabulous Hell by Craig Curtis; Alyson Books. 256 pages. Paperback, $12.95. Curtis signs copies of and reads from Fabulous Hell at Different Drummer Books, 1294 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, (949) 497-6699. Sun., 2 p.m.


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PHS CC: McClellan wins Perham Invitational
Traditionally, the Perham cross country team hasn't enjoyed much luck in regards to the weather when it comes time to host their one race each fall.
Thursday wasn't a pleasant day at the team's Arvig Park course. But they've had worse. With temps hovering in the mid-40's and a stiff breeze whirling around, the Perham Invitational still attracted one of their largest crowds thanks to a 14-team field.
Perham's No. 1 ranked runner, senior Maddie McClellan, didn't disappoint her hometown fans as she won the girls 4K race with a time of 14:49.74, her lowest time of the year. She was a full 12 seconds ahead of Haylie Zenner of Fergus Falls, who finished second (14:57.93).
McClellan's top finish helped the Lady Jackets, the No. 1 team in Class A, to a second place finish with 55 points. Taking the girls team title was No. 10-AA Moorhead with 41 points. The Spuds had all five scoring runners finish in the top-13.
"We are just so proud of how confident Maddie has been running at the front," head coach Jeff Morris said. "The really great thing is to see the other girls close the gap.
"The girls just continue to improve as a pack," Morris added. "We are still getting some of our girls back to top form after fighting a lot of sickness, but we are excited to see the pack tighten up."
Perham had all five of their scoring runners finish in the top-19 out of 78 individuals. Shayla Fulford was the team's second runner, finishing ninth with a time of 15:34. She was one place and three seconds behind No. 14-A Lydia Lutz of Park Rapids.
Holly Sheets was 11th in 15:42. Racole Karels was 15th (15:58) and No. 12-A Abby Anderson, still getting back to full strength after some illness, was 19th (16:14).
Karels was the only top-five runner for Perham that isn't a senior. Karels is just an eight grader.
"Senior leadership is making such a difference, especially with three eight graders and a ninth grader in top-eight," Morris said. "Today we had our top-seven under 16:30, with our top-five right at 16 (minutes) or better."
The boys were without one of there top-five runners, Klaus Weber, who is fighting a sinus infection. Even without Weber, Perham, the No. 1 ranked team in Class A, finished second at their home invite with a team score of 53 points.
Moorhead, ranked No. 6 in Class AA, nearly had a perfect score as they finished with 19 points.
A perfect cross country score is 15. One point for each scoring runner if you have the top-five finishers (1+2+3+4+5=15). The Spuds had the top-three finishers and all five scoring runners in the top-eight. Winning the race was the Spuds No. 11 ranked Lukas Genmar with a time of 16:11.97.
Jacket senior Sam Stoll helped break up Moorhead's attempt at perfection as he finished fourth overall with a time of 16:41. As a team, Perham had all five scoring runners in the top-16, and all seven varsity runners finished under 17:45.
"Today our boys team from varsity down to junior high ran so well," Morris said. "We are coming off a hard last week of training, but they continue to be aggressive and assert themselves with the front pack. I am excited to see what we are capable of when everyone is 100 percent.
Perham teams also finished 2nd overall in both boys and girls J.V. races, and they jr. high boys finished first in their race.
Weber is expected to be in the line-up Tuesday as the boys and girls run at the Heart O' Lakes Conference Championships in Breckenridge. The Perham boys have won seven-straight HOL titles. The Lady Jackets have won the last five in a row.
McClellan is the defending HOL champ for the girls and Perham has five returning All-Conference runners (McClellan, Anderson, Fulford, Sheets and Cassie Beseman). The boys have six returning All-Conference runners (Stoll, Schornack, Weber, Isaac Werner, Brandon Karels and Nick Carignan).
Thursday, October 8
Perham Invitational
Boys Team Scores
1. #6AA Moorhead 19, 2. #1A Perham 53, 3. Detroit Lakes 90, 4. Little Falls 131, 5. Fergus Falls 182, 6. Bagley/Fosston 217, 7. Roseau 220, 8. West Central Area 230, 9. Otter Tail Central 241, 10. D-G-F 262, 11. Wadena-Deer Creek 294, 12. Frazee 303, 13. Park Rapids 310.
Medalist: Lukas Genmar (M) 16:11.97
Perham Individuals: 4. Sam Stoll 16:41, 9. Keith Schornack 16:51, 11. Isaac Werner 17:01, 13. Nick Carignan 17:08, 16. Brandon Karels 17:15, 20. Andrew Riestenberg 17:30, 27. Dalton Dahms 17:44.
Girls Team Scores
1. #10AA Moorhead 41, 2. #1A Perham 55, 3. Park Rapids 103, 4. Little Falls 116, 5. Roseau 137, 6. Detroit Lakes 158, 7. Pelican Rapids 185, 8. West Central Area 192, 9. Fergus Falls 215, 10. Lake Park-Audubon 277, 11. Otter Tail Central 294.
Medalist: Maddie McClellan (P) 14:49.74
Perham Individuals: 9. Shayla Fulford 15:34, 11. Holly Sheets 15:42, 15. Racole Karels 15:58, 19. Abby Anderson 16:10, 23. Ciarrin Covington 16:15, 29. Lizzie Fudge 16:33.
Boys Class A Poll Section Rank
1. Perham 8 1
2. Minnehaha Academy 4 2
3. Plainview-Elgin-Millville 5 3
4. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 6 4
5. St. Cloud Cathedral 5 5
6. Albany 6 6
7. Holy Family 4 7
8. Waseca 2 8
8. Jackson Cty Central 2 9
10. The Blake School 4 10
11. Fairmont 2 11
12. Adrian 3 12
Girls Class A Poll Section Rank
1. Perham 8 1
2. Waseca 2 2
3. Holy Family 4 3
4. St. Cloud Cathedral 5 4
5. Park Rapids 8 5
6. Adrian 3 6
7. Fairmont 2 7
8. Canby-Minneota/LinHi 3 8
9. LaCrescent 1 9
10. Minnehaha Academy 4 11
11. Mountain Lake/B-O 3 ---
12. Mora 5 10
Maddie McClellan (P) No. 1
Abby Anderson (P) No. 12


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Big XII 'Plus' Research Symposium at Baylor UniversityMarch 9, 2006
By Morgan Lawrence
Baylor University will be hosting the Big XII Plus MIS Research Symposium on April 1-2 during which PhD students from the Big XII will present their research ideas to junior and senior faculty in order to obtain feedback prior to beginning their dissertations.
This Symposium helps IT researchers exchange their current and future research ideas. Not only do researchers share ideas, but they can look at areas of collaboration for future proposals. The Symposium helps all the Big XII schools build a network of ideas and foster positive communication with one another.
"When it started four years ago, the symposium was exclusively for Big XII PhD students and faculty but since last year, the conference expanded--hence the "Plus"--to include the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas-Dallas, both of which have strong IS doctoral programs" said Dr. Dorothy Leidner, professor of Information Systems and director for the Center for Knowledge Management-Institute of Emerging Technologies and coordinator of the event. "The Big XII Plus MIS Research gathering provides an informal, friendly atmosphere for doctoral students to present their initial research ideas and receive feedback from respected faculty from other institutions whom they might otherwise not get to meet," she added.
Baylor is expecting 100-150 people to attend the Symposium, and there will be 17 different research presentations. Each paper is reviewed by a junior and senior faculty member prior to its presentation by the doctoral students during the symposium. During each session, a faculty will act as session chair to facilitate dialogue. Throughout the discussions, the author will gather feedback and the attendees can help revise their peers' work.
Besides enabling researcher interaction, the Symposium also aims to help Ph.D. students learn about the different schools in the Big XII Plus and learn from the senior faculty at these institutions. To this end, the second day of the symposium features panel discussions where prominent faculty share insights about their careers and their research.
For more information about the Big XII MIS Research Symposium at: www.baylor.edu/business/isy/bigxiisymposium
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Sammy Adams ft. Mike Posner - LA Story
If you could turn back the hands of time, what would be the first moment you'd want to relive over and over? For Sammy Adams, chances are that moment just might be skating down by the boardwalk on a sunny California day stealing drinks from bystanders – all while carrying balloons and being chased by hot girls (who wouldn't want to relive that?). In his latest video, LA Story, Sammy does just that, and more, but in reverse. Adams brings viewers into his world, rapping about what a typical day in L.A. consists of; at least when you're rolling around with him. The playful single sees an assist from Finally Famous member (and RCA label-mate) Mike Posner on the hook, along with writing and production from hitmaker Ryan Tedder. While there's still on word on Adams' debut album, those digging this LA Story will be able to cop the single on iTunes May 28. In the meantime, feel free to hit rewind and watch this one again.


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This research study is designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of an experimental drug called vonapanitase (PRT-201) in patients both receiving or expecting to receive hemodialysis who have chronic kidney disease and who are undergoing surgery to create a new access point to their bloodstream for hemodialysis. Vonapanitase is a protein that has been shown in previous research studies to help keep vessels patent when applied to the outside surface of the blood vessels (arteries and veins) in patients who undergo surgery to create an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). The purpose of this study is to determine whether vonapanitase when applied to a limited segment of your blood vessel (about 2 inches) immediately after surgery is safe and improves the patency of your AVF.


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By Kent Gray
Triplicate staff writer
Thousands of people lined the streets of Crescent City yesterday to watch the city's annual Fourth of July parade.
For nearly two hours, spectators viewed everything from show horses to the library district's Wonder Bus, from mini automobiles to characters from Veggie Tales.
One highlight of the parade was the long procession of fire trucks from all over Del Norte County and Brookings' fire departments that honored its fallen heroes. The oldest truck dated from 1917.
andquot;It's a combined entry in the parade, starting with the oldest truck and onto the newer ones,andquot; said Crescent City Fire Chief Steve Wakefield. andquot;One truck has a bell that (tolled) 234 times in memory of the firefighters we lost on Sept. 11.andquot; None of the trucks utilized their sirens in a silent tribute.
Twelve categories were judged out of 110 entries. Awards were given in the following categories:
? Marching: the Del Norte Youth Cheerleaders won first and the Crescent City Municipal Marching Band placed second.
? Commercial: First place went to the Del Norte Medical Clinic.
? Fire Truck: First place went to the Del Norte County Fire Departments. The trucks were entered as a combined entry between the Crescent City Fire Department, Crescent Fire Protection District, Smith River Fire Department, Gasquet Fire department, Klamath Fire Department, the California Department of Forestry, the Forest Service and National Park Service. Trucks from Brookings and Harbor were also represented.
? Children's: First place went to Foursquare Gospel Church.
? Best Mounted Single Horse: First place went to Vickie L. Mattingly.
? Best Mounted Group: First place went to A Woman's and Girl's Mounted Group. Second was Nicole Dawson.
? Best Mounted Pony: First place went to Moriah Wilson.
? Bicycle Division: First place went to Michael Wilson. Second was Joseph M. Stephanik.
? Classic Cars Division, 1960 or Earlier: First place, andquot;Win With Wilson.andquot; Second, Rick McClendon.
? Classic Cars, 1961 or later: First place, PT Posse. Second, Jason Levi Gaylord.
? Customized Modified Cars Division: First place, the Northern Knights. second, the Hillah Chetco Shrine Club.
? Float Division: First place, Wal-Mart. Second, Vogue Beauty Academy. Third, Function Junction.
Pat Bailey, organizer and President of the Chamber of Commerce, said he was impressed with this year's parade.
andquot;I think this parade was a lot bigger and I think a lot more work went into the floats than last year,andquot; said Bailey.
After the parade, many of the spectators migrated to Beachfront Park to grab some lunch, browse the makeshift shops and listen to music.
andquot;We play up and down the coast,andquot; said singer Bart Cotta of the Sans Prophet Blues Band, which entertained the crowds on the breezy but sunny day. andquot;We played Klamath a little while back. We really don't like the bar scene much and have been playing a lot of festivals.andquot;


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When you install a performance air intake system, you gain a more efficient and powerful engine. A greater amount of oxygen is supplied to your engine's combustion chamber, allowing cold air and RAM air intakes by companies such as K&N or Injen to facilitate a cleaner burn, generating greater torque and more horsepower. Installing a performance intake also increases your gas mileage, saving you money in the long run.
The installation job itself isn't the hardest in the universe, but there is some work involved. Even so, you don't need to pay a mechanic to install one of these systems for you, and the satisfaction of a job well done is the main thrill of doing it yourself. Be sure to follow directions and pay close attention to what is being removed, and from where, so that you can be confident in where to reattach everything when installation is complete.
The following directions should serve as a general guide to installing a cold air intake system, the most popular kind of performance intake system.
How To Install a Cold Air Intake System
- Open your product's packaging and make certain all necessary installation materials and hardware are accounted for. You don't want to be stuck without an important part in the middle of an installation.
Helpful Hint:Be sure to allow your engine to completely cool before starting this installation process. You will be reaching into and around sensitive engine compartments, and if you start before your engine has totally cooled, you run the risk of burning yourself.
- Turn off your vehicle's ignition, and disconnect your battery cables. Remove your radiator cover/dust shroud, and remove your intake tube. If applicaple, you will also need to remove your engine cover. Remove your crank case hose, and disconnect your vehicle's electrical air flow sensors. Lastly, remove your air box, and disconnect the mass air flow sensor from it.
- Assemble your intake's heat shield. This will usually require attaching mounting brackets and rubber trim and then connecting your mass air flow sensor to its underside. Sometimes, you will be required to cut the rubber trim to the proper size. Remember to make absolutely certain you are following your product's exact directions during this step, as the particular intricacies of each system differ. The most important consideration in this step is that you properly assemble your heat shield exactly as laid out in your product's instructions. There should be a large tube end available to connect the air filter to the intake tube.
- When the heat shield is properly assembled, attach the air filter to the instructed position opposite where the intake tube will be attached (as the filter will feed directly into the tube). Tighten all necessary connectors. At the end of this process, you should have a piece of equipment similar in size to the air box which you previously removed. Your new system will fit into the vacated air box cavity.
- Install the heat shield/air filter combo into your engine cavity. Do what is necessary in this process to retain and properly use key components such as splash guards and mounting brackets. The factory mounting positions from which you removed your air box should be used to mount your new heat shield and filter, as your new intake system will be made specifically for your vehicle.
- Attach any vent fittings and remaining connective parts to your intake tube. Once ready, connect your intake tube to your heat shield/filter combination on one end and to your engine on the other. This may involve attaching and securing silicone hose ends, one to your throttle body and the other to the far end of the tube itself. However it is managed, this step entails seemlessly connecting your filter and heat shield to your throttle body.
Please note:Every air intake system has a different method of installation. What you see here is a simple guide that generally covers cold air intake systems. Closely follow ALL of your particular part's instructions, in the greatest possible detail. That is the only way to ensure a proper installation.
- Tighten and secure everything: all hose clamps, all gaskets, all bolts and fasteners. When we say tighten, we mean as tight as humanly possible. Under no circumstances is it advisable, or even acceptable, for these connectors to come loose at any moment during vehicle operation.
- Reattach all vents and sensors unhooked in Step #2, including crank case vent hoses, battery cables, electrical sensors, engine covers, and/or radiator covers.
- Make sure everything is properly attached and fully tightened. When you have determined this is so, start your engine and listen to that baby purr! It is recommended that every couple hundred miles you check your gaskets, fasteners, and hose clamps to ensure they've retained their tightness, at least through the first thousand miles. You can never be too careful, and bad things WILL happen if this system comes undone during operation.
Below, you will find a detailed installation video for the K&N FIPK Intake System:
A performance air intake system improves the way your engine operates in a number of different ways. Once installed, you will understand exactly what all the fuss is about. We hope the directions posted above are helpful to you, but if you run into difficulties at any point throughout your installation process, do not hesitate to call our knowledgeable and dedicated Customer Service team at 800-663-1570.
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One thing that came up while looking at the most recent resort collections and more specifically at Alexander Wang's second ready-to-wear collection for Balenciaga, was the topic of odd hats. If you let time take you back through fashion's trajectory in reverse mode what you'll find is a plethora of imperforate collections that tend to feature the one strange caveat that make them hyper runway: idiosyncratic headgear.
Take, for example, Balenciaga's funfetti bucket hats–which were a perfect pick-up point post the lampshades that Oscar de la Renta sent down his controversially-aided-by-Galliano runway the previous season. In Balenciaga's instance, they seem not only fit for the aspiring vision impaired but also just the right accoutrement at, say, a nightclub on the Champs-Elysees.
I likely need not even remind you of the fur, floppy hats Marc Jacobs produced (solely) for his FW12 show or the enormous turban-style knit Oliver Twist caps that uniquely complimented the rather streamlined fall collection from Band of Outsiders (slides 7,8) the following FW season.
Considering that which was evident at Kenzo (slide 5) and a combination of the beret-cum-swim caps at Ralph Lauren (slide 6), what I can only describe as tar colored brain guts at Comme des Garcons (what else should one anticipate, though? slide 10), Yankee Doodle's feather point needle through a white felt hat at Anne Demeulemeester (slide 11,) and Acne's version of Indiana Jones' highly fashionable, Swedish hat, I just have to ask: why?
It's not that I don't appreciate the hats–I'd kill for some tar-colored brain guts just as violently as the next man repeller–and I understand that they're serving a purpose in their ready-to-wear, not-ready-for-you singular form. Just what that purpose is, though, I'm not quite sure.
I can chalk it up to saying that without the hats, the simultaneous aspiration and opportunity-to-gawk factor gets lost but that seems too easy. And while hats were historically recognized as an accoutrement used to indicate a favorable social status, there is vast artillery to denote the same sentiment now. So where does that leave these if not directly at the intersection of frivolous and decadent?
Do they need to fall anywhere else to prove their worth?
What I'm thinking is this: as Cathy Horyn put it at the close of the Fall/Winter 2013 season, "to be relevant is to be wearable." And while, of course, that hasn't always been the case, (dip back a mere two seasons and you might find the flaming botons of Gaultier's Cyndi Lauper homage,) there's something to be said about allowing hats to be whatever they want to be as a means to catalyze a designer's intrinsic artfulness without impeding on the business of his/her brand. So while practicality might not necessarily be their strongest attribute, that's probably a good thing. Hats may very well be what keeps the creative process afloat.
Now, on a slightly unrelated note, I ask this: remember when Carrie Bradshaw tried to pull a story out of the contents of her sock drawer? …? ….? ….?
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LONDON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Smartphone maker ZTE says it will sell a handset running the new Firefox operating system in British and U.S. markets but only through eBay.
The Chinese-made ZTE Open runs applications written in the web-based HTML5 language rather than developed for a proprietary operating system.
A ZTE spokesman said the Open, already on sale in Spain, Colombia and Venezuela, is aimed at first-time smartphone users.
In Britain and the United States the Open, featuring a 3.5-inch display screen and running a 1GHz processor, will be not be locked to a specific mobile wireless provider, the company said.
The decision to sell the phone on eBay "is an admission by ZTE that most carriers around the world are not yet ready to sell Firefox OS devices," on analyst said.
"Being different isn't enough" in a marketplace already crowded by Google, Apple and Windows, Jan Dawson, chief telecoms analyst at British consultancy firm Ovum, told the BBC.
"If you have to explain to people why Firefox provides a better user experience, then it's not particularly compelling," he said.


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Mirza, 21, has opted out of India's leading tennis event - next month's £305,000 Bangalore Open - saying it was becoming impossible to deal with the controversies.
"Every time I have played in India there has been some kind of problem so we just thought it was better not to play at this point," she said.
The player, who is a Muslim, has been criticised by Islamist groups for wearing short skirts while playing, and in December apologised for filming an advert near a historic mosque in her home city of Hyderabad. She also faces prison if a court rules she showed disrespect to the Indian flag during a tournament in Australia last month. Media photographs show her bare feet resting near the Indian tricolour.
Mirza, Asia's highest-ranked tennis player at number 29, said she had considered quitting the game because of the rows. Tennis writers say that March's Bangalore Open, which will be contested by Venus and Serena Williams, will be poorer without Mirza, who in 2005 became the first Indian woman to win a Women's Tennis Association title.
Sharda Ugra, who writes for India Today magazine, said: "When she plays you get a whole different crowd.
"I think with Sania we have seen her celebrity get bigger than her athleticism. It is a bit like Monica Seles - she's an attractive young woman with a lot of talent. Of course she is also a Muslim and that attracts other unwanted attention."


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Tagged: page navigation, sidebar
Hi guys,
I have disabled the Page Sidebar Navigation in the Theme Options, since I don't want the sidebar to show by default for the main part of the site. But for one part, I would like it to show. I could do this by using widgets and add a custom menu, but I'm worried that other publicists might not grasp all the steps they need to perform, when creating a new page for the page to be visible in the tree. Also, the custom menu and widget option, does not behave exactly as your page sidebar navigation (with nodes opening and closing).
Do you have an idea on how I could solve this? I would still like to use your avia_sidebar_menu, but I would like it to show only for pages that use the template page "Members". Is that possible? I would be ever so greatful for some feedback, please. :-)
Kind regards,
Hi KattaC!
You can add this on your custom.css or Quick CSS to remove it from other pages.
.widget_pages, .widget_categories, .widget_archive {
display: none !important;
Then inspect the page that you want the sidebar navigation to show. You can use the Google Chrome Inspect Element. Look for the unique css body class.
On the example above, the page's unique selector is .page-id-2251. We can use it to alter the display of the sidebar navigation on that specific page.
.page-id-2251 .widget_pages, .page-id-2251 .widget_categories, .page-id-2251 .widget_archive {
display: block !important;
Make sure that this is at the bottom of the first css code provided.
Good idea, didn't think about just making changes to the CSS. Works like a charm with some minor adjustments (nothing in my rendered HTML that says "widget_pages").
.inner_sidebar nav.widget_nav_menu {
display: none !important;
. (Purchase code hidden if logged out) .inner_sidebar nav.widget_nav_menu {
display: block !important;
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Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC
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Effective Date: 03/01/2009, Docket: RP09-257-000, Status: Effective
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Rates to be charged by KMLP for service to any Shipper
under Rate Schedule FTS or ITS may deviate in either form or level or
both from the applicable maximum rate level in this Tariff, subject
to the following provisions:
(a) KMLP and Shipper have executed a valid Agreement
containing therein or in a related agreement a specific mutual
understanding that Negotiated Rate(s) or a Negotiated Rate Formula
will apply to service for that Shipper;
(b) At the time of execution of the Agreement (or the
amendment to an Agreement), which first provides for the
applicability to Shipper of the Negotiated Rate(s) or Negotiated Rate
Formula, service was available pursuant to the terms and conditions
(not modified by this Section 30) of Rate Schedule FTS or ITS of this
Tariff, as applicable; and
(c) No later than the Business Day on which KMLP
commences service at such Negotiated Rate(s) or Negotiated Rate
Formula (or if the Day on which KMLP commences service is not a
Business Day, then no later than the next Business Day after KMLP
commences service), KMLP will file a tariff sheet advising the
Commission of such Negotiated Rate or Negotiated Rate Formula,
stating the name of Shipper, the type of service, the Receipt and
Delivery Point(s) applicable to the service, the volume of the Gas to
be transported, any other charges, the beginning and ending dates of
the contract term and specifying either: (i) the specific Negotiated
Rate included in such Agreement; or (ii) the Negotiated Rate Formula
included in such Agreement with sufficient specificity such that the
rate in effect from time to time can be readily calculated. The
tariff sheet must also incorporate a statement that the Agreement
does not deviate from the form of service agreement in any material
respect. As an alternative to filing the tariff sheet, KMLP may file
the contract setting out the Negotiated Rate or Negotiated Rate