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Edyta was standing at the front of all the lines when everything got handed out (drat!).
I wonder why her hubby isn't on the show this season?
Edyta was standing at the front of all the lines when everything got handed out (drat!).
I wonder why her hubby isn't on the show this season?
The Bachelor/Bachelorette series is a soap opera with unskilled actors, bad writing, and beautiful locations...it even edits the real moon!
I missed the first 20 minutes. Who was injured and how?
Occasionally they show her without the Orange spray on tan. And she looks GREAT without it.Originally Posted by Rattus;3376839;
Poor LT. I thought that was lumbery. Not Evander Holyfield lumbery, but still in that direction.
Ick. Jackass Man is next. Feh. Lacey MIGHT make this interesting, but I am concerned.
"You don't rehearse Mr. T, you just turn him loose."
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They haven't announced it yet But it's Jewel & NancyOriginally Posted by Natshell;3376858;
Why are people automatically thinking Steve-O will be terrible? At least he's young and not carrying any extra weight to get in his way.
I have found the Truth and it doesn't make sense.
yeah unk i can imagine....i am sure it was the distraction of her....sleeve? right?? she is a bit hot, eh??Originally Posted by Unklescott;3376850;
first time posting with DWTS, watcher, and lurker, but first time watching the show with you all...appreciate everyone's comments. Love the gogo's too, hope belinda does well...
Edyta and Lawrence-Cha Cha-6-5-5=16
Nancy O'Dell suffered a knee injury last Thursday and Jewel had to drop out due to ongoing tendonitis in her knees.Originally Posted by Natshell;3376858;
Never let the things you want make you forget about the things you have.
Jewel and Nancy O'Dell were injured while in rehearsal and are being replaced.Originally Posted by Natshell;3376858;
I was expecting more out of Edyta and Lawrence. They did okay, but I was kind of disappointed.
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Senators F Bryan Smolinski won't be holding his breath when USA Hockey names its Olympic roster tonight.
"I've got no chance," said Smolinski, who would have loved the chance to play for his country.
Smolinski's play has picked up in the last month or so and he scored his second goal in three games Saturday night against the Leafs. He also added an assist on Mike Fisher's goal with a wicked blind pass from the corner to the front of the net.
Fisher yelled for the puck after he was left alone in front of the Toronto net.
"It was a little bit of luck, a little bit of effort and some great finish by Mike," said Smolinski, modestly.
Smolinski was shifted to the wing after Brandon Bochenski injured his shoulder. He scored his goal, his sixth of the season, on a nice snap shot from the right wing.
The Senators need guys like Smolinski and Fisher to provide that secondary scoring to back up The Spizza Line.
LINE JUGGLING?: With the Senators scoring depth hurt with the loss of Ws Martin Havlat and now Bochenski, Senators coach Bryan Murray isn't sure if he can afford the luxury of keeping The Spizza Line intact full-time. He might have to move RW Daniel Alfredsson or LW Dany Heatley around to try and spread the scoring out.
SENS THIRD BEST AT 30: The Senators have the third-best point total through 30 games in NHL history. The Senators' win over the Leafs gave them 48 points through 30 games, trailing only the 1929-30 Bruins (51 points), the 1943-44 Canadiens (49) and the 1979-80 Flyers (49).
FIRED UP FOR LEAFS: The Battle of Ontario had the Senators fired up Saturday night. The atmosphere in the room was a lot different from Thursday night when the Senators faced the Stars. "We came prepared to play," Murray said of the effort. "When there's excitement in the room, we're pretty good."
OTTAWA POWERS UP WITH REDDEN: It's no coincidence the Senators set a team-record with six power-play goals Saturday night (they had five against Columbus in Nov. 2003) when D Wade Redden returned to the lineup. Redden had a goal and two assists in his return after missing 10 games with a knee injury. He's got a knack for getting the puck to the net on the power play. It's not always a big shot that leads to scoring plays; just finding a shooting lane can often lead to chances down low.

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Oh, the irony: Obama and Romney, and that infamous mandate(Read article summary)
Mitt Romney, who is against the White House's health care act, actually implemented a similar plan in Massachusetts. President Obama pledged not to raise taxes on the middle class, but the Supreme Court has ruled the plan will essentially do just that.
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In the previous post I pointed out that Mitt Romney only a few years ago passionately defended the legal mandate to purchase health insurance. Obama on the other hand argued against it.
And of course, since it was upheld because it is a form of taxation, Obama again violates his 2008 election pledge not to raise taxes on families earning less than $250,000.
So now we are going to have a presidential race where the person who previously defended and implemented in Massachussetts a policy will argue for its nation wide repeal while his opponent will defend a policy he argued against until after he was elected.


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Whitey Herzog does not regret much. His is an almost idyllic existence now: He spends his mornings watching the sun rise over fishing ponds, and spends his evenings bidding farewell to the sun as it sets over the golf course.
Now that the man's retired, it's almost impossible to get hold of him. Interviews must be set up during the few moments he comes home and trades in his fishing rod for a golf club. But things have been this way for decades, even when Herzog was managing the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series during the 1980s. The man is a happy slave to a bucolic routine, at ease being at ease.
Maybe that's why there are few men more affable than Whitey Herzog, few men more giddy at the prospect of talking about the game. Sixty-seven-year-old Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog--bats left, throws left, lifetime batting average of .257--has been around baseball ever since the St. Louis Browns played near his hometown of New Athens, Illinois. He has held every position in the game, from player to scout to manager to coach to general manager. He created a form of speed-over-power baseball--no homers, lots of singles and stolen bases--that fans lovingly referred to as "Whiteyball." He played for the best of them, New York Yankee Casey Stengel, and managed the worst of them, the Texas Rangers.
He knows more about the game than just about anyone, and is happy to remind you. When you do finally reach him at home, his voice sounds like a smile, a cold beer, and a flattop. And he still lives up to his reputation as a sportswriter's best friend, offering up keeper quotes the way Rangers pitchers offer up run-producing hits.
"Baseball," The White Rat likes to say, "was very good to me after I quit trying to play it." Or, on the subject of the state of major-league pitching: "Shit, I've seen pitchers throw a goddamned fastball down the middle to Mark McGwire with two outs in the first inning and nobody on. Why would you do that? A base on balls is not as bad as a home run." Or, when asked about succeeding Ted Williams as manager of the Texas Rangers in 1972: "Ted Williams couldn't manage a meat market."
No wonder columnist Thomas Boswell once wrote of Herzog: "He seems to have a better time than everybody else." That's because he doesn't care what you think about him. Never has. Maybe that's why, during his first press conference in Arlington 27 years ago, Herzog said of his team: "This is the worst excuse for a big-league ball club I ever saw." He wasn't a liar.
That's why Whitey Herzog can write a book titled You're Missin' a Great Game, then spend the better part of 300 pages telling the reader why the game ain't what it used to be. That's why a man who hasn't managed a game since July 1990--when he resigned from the Cardinals out of frustration, sick to death of watching his team quit on him--writes a book nine years later lamenting all that's wrong with the game (i.e., owners, agents, players, and, well, fans) while proposing myriad rule changes, one of which is having the World Series on a neutral field (Good Lord). That's why Roger Maris' old pal can insist that last year's home-run chase was nothing but a Band-Aid on the bleeding wound that is professional baseball.
The White Rat adores baseball enough to hate it right now. His is the acrimony of a jilted lover.
"I have turned off a lot of games," he says. "That's one of the advantages I have right now. I'm a fan, and I try to tune in and watch the games. I tore my Achilles tendon two years ago, and I was watching as many as four games a day. But I turn a lot of them off too. I get upset at times: the long counts, the bases on balls, three-run leads and two walks, shit like that. To me, that's poor major-league baseball. If you play baseball at the major-league level and you got a three-run lead, if you make the team you're playing earn what they get, your chances of winning are pretty good. But when you give it to 'em, like happens so many times today, that's what turns me off."
Herzog's complaints are not brand-new. They arise whenever more than two people who care about the game get together over a warm beer and a cold dog to lament what's become of their beloved pastime. Games are too damned long. Pitching ain't what it used to be. Smaller-market teams with nominal payrolls will never be able to compete against franchises willing to spend more than $60 million on dead-armed free agents. The draft doesn't work when players don't have to sign with the team that picked them.
Then you've got players who don't respect the game, don't listen to managers, don't do anything besides fill their bank accounts with wasted potential and empty promises. Oh, yeah. And the home run does nothing but distract fans from the poor quality of the pitching. Interleague play is nothing but a chintzy, meaningless gimmick that strips the World Series of its consequence.
And the list goes on. The game, according to Whitey Herzog, is on the brink of disaster. It will eventually pay for its "long chain of screw-ups." It will go broke, lose its fans forever, disappear like a home-run ball over the left-field wall at Fenway Park...or like Fenway itself, which is due for destruction soon enough.
To see how screwed-up the sport has become, look no further than the Rangers, who have one of the highest payrolls--more than $75 million--and the league's highest earned-run average among its starting rotation, which sits (hell, which stands on its tip-toes) at a breathtaking 7.00 at press time, meaning the Rangers would need to score eight runs a game just to win by one. And the Rangers' starting five--Aaron Sele, Rick Helling, John Burkett, Mike Morgan, and Mark Clark--account for almost $16.5 million of the payroll.
The lot of them ain't worth 54 bucks and a ham, especially when the Oakland A's, with a payroll nearly a third of the Rangers', are only 2.5 games out of first in the American League West--despite a six-game losing streak.
There will come a time when owner Tom Hicks will be forced to either spend $100 million or blow apart the entire franchise. Either way, fans will suffer: Ticket prices will increase once more, or the season will end by April 2.
"You go out in the streets of Dallas and ask someone, 'You a Rangers fan?'" Herzog suggests. "They might say, 'Oh, yeah, I go to 30 games a year.' You ask them, 'I would like for you to name me 30 pitchers in the big leagues,' and I bet they couldn't do it--and there are probably 330, 340 pitchers in the big leagues today. Now, that's saying something. It's hard for most fans today, because when you have pitchers with 5 and 6 ERAs starting on every team..." He pauses, then begins again. "Let's put it this way, I managed 15 years, and I only had one pitcher stay in my rotation with an ERA over 5. Now, every team has at least a couple of guys like that. At least."
Whitey Herzog never forgets a player, never forgets the joy and disappointment of every second spent in pro ball. Ask him, if you dare, about the terrible call that cost his Cards the World Series in 1985. He carries with him not only the baggage of world titles and Manager of the Year awards, but also the sort of dissatisfaction not much written about in mythmaking bios. Whitey's more than just another cranky old-timer set out to pasture; his book is too funny, too true, to be written off as the irascible ramblings of an old coot.
You're Missin' a Great Game, which he insists he wrote during his injury time off, is both tell-all and tell-off. The only thing missing is stories about the old Rangers; that gets a mere two pages among the 300. Perhaps those years are better left buried. Herzog does have one regret, after all--the year he spent under the Arlington sun.
Mention that period to him, and he chuckles slightly, the way a man does when he still can't believe the memory. Herzog's single season (and not even that) with Texas was nothing but one long, sad punch line. His best pitcher at the beginning of the 1973 season was Dick Bosman, the man currently in charge of the Rangers' dead battery of hurlers. During his tenure with Texas, Bosman went 10-15.
That 1973 Rangers team was as talented as any high school team in East Texas. Too bad for Herzog he was fielding his boys in the pros, where only outfielder Jeff Burroughs and shortstop Toby Harrah would go on to have all-star careers.
But by then, Herzog was long gone. He was fired by owner Bob Short on September 7, 1973. Herzog was shocked when Short cut him loose; he was sure things were looking up for his young franchise. He'd gotten rid of his pitching staff two months after the season started. Now, he had on his roster a future 19-game winner named Jim Bibby, who would throw the team's first no-hitter in July, and high school wonder David Clyde, who had not yet traded his fastball for a highball glass.
But Bob Short, a man who lived up to his name, wanted a winning team to fill Arlington Stadium--or, barring that, a few good gimmicks to draw the crowds. That meant giving away pantyhose during one promotion and keeping David Clyde in the starting rotation, even though it would ruin his promising career.
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The Rangers went 57-105 in 1973, and Herzog got the blame and the boot. Short, who made all his money in the trucking business, had the best gimmick of all: new manager Billy Martin, just fired from the Detroit Tigers.
"Short bought the Washington Senators and hired Ted Williams thinking he'd draw people," Herzog recalls. "He was always tryin' to make a fast buck. The David Clyde situation, giving away pantyhose--all the shit that he did. David Clyde--it was a fiasco. But Short had no plan when it came to building a club for years to come. One Sunday morning, I was in the dugout, and Short told me Martin had gotten fired and said, 'I'd fire my grandmother to hire Billy Martin,' and I said to myself, 'Uh-oh, granny. Your ass is gone.' I always felt bad about the Texas situation, because I never felt I had been given a fair chance."
After leaving Texas, Herzog landed in Kansas City with his old pal Joe Burke, ex-Rangers GM. There, he managed a young player named George Brett and turned around another struggling franchise. Then he landed with the California Angels, then went to St. Louis, where, in 1982, his Cards won a world championship. Three years later, his team back in the World Series, Herzog garnered Manager of the Year accolades.
His stint with the Rangers? Just a speck of dirt in the rearview mirror. "Texas was the first time I failed," Herzog says, as though embarrassed by what happened 26 years ago. Fortunately for him, Texas would also be the last time he failed.


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We are an Ontario family, planning a land/cruise trip in September from Rome. Would like to rent car at FCO to keep for four days, turning in at Civitavecchia, where we will take a cruise for the week. Also need one night hotel (family of 7 adults) near FCO, so looking for suggestions on that. Looking for suggestions on car rental agency that allows drop at Civitavecchia with a reasonable charge. We have heard you can drop the car at the train station near the port, but do not know what name of the drop place, to give the car rental agency. Appreciate any and all suggestions! Thank you in advance!
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I will preface by saying hae no info relating to your question. But without more info do have a suggestion/comment which might help you answer our own question.
You might check this site and Trip Advisor under the topic of "italian traffic tickets", "Rome traffice", problems with renting a car in Rome", etc. You will find Rome is a horrific, terrible, nightmarish, problematic place to rent a car if you are staying in Rome. We suffered by attempting to return a car which resulted in numerous runa arounds with one way streets, horrible traffic, crazy, narrow streets and 2 traffice tickets arriving on our doorstep after 2 attempted credit card charges by the Rome municipality. So I would do anything but rent a car for staying in or driving in Rome.
"Rome hotels by FCO" on this site would/might give you recommendations that you are looking for.
I would consider getting a car an driver if, as you are 7 adults, want to get around in a vehicle.
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I agree that a car in Rome is a HUGE liability. Train and buses are such a great mass transit transportation option that renting a car could be the most commom rookie mistake for Rome-bound first travelers. BTW, you do not tell the rental car company where are YOU going to drop off the car. They give you choices according to the DROP off city. Typically, when you select the drop off city, then the acceptable drop-off points are laid out for you to choose from.
I would suggest you use a shuttle service such as Roma Express, etc... to get from FCO to Rome. Rent an apartment in Rome, then use the same shuttle service to be pick-up at the apartment and drop-off at the port in Civitavecchia. That is, if you do not want to use the train (with 7 people/suitcases, I would opt for the shuttle service). BTW, if using a shuttle service-- the more, the cheaper!
Again cease and desist of the crazy idea of renting a car in Rome unless you are picking the car at FCO and heading somewhere else than Rome. Your research efforts are MUCH better spend in renting an apartment. Apartments in the Vatican area are cheaper, larger, and cleaner. Apartments near Piazza Navona are more convenient (often plumbing is an issue!), apartments near area Campo de Fiori are a great value. I have used vrbo.com and holiday-rentals.com to rent apartments in Europe and been extremely pleased.
Another tip?-- get the ROMA PASS! For 25 Euros/pp you get 3 unlimited days of local train/bus transportation, and free entrance to 3 out of 25 listed museums including the Coloseum and the Roman Forum. This will save you serious waiting time on the HUGE tickets lines (show your Roma Pass- go in using a special entrance). One of the best tips I ever got on this forum! Roma Pass can be purchased in Tobacci stops (small stores), I got mine at the Rome Officce of R-Tourism at the Termini Train Station (second floor near Platform 25).
Have fun- I am heading out to Rome (again!) in November!
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I didn't read the OP as wanting a rental car for use in Rome where a rental car, as you say, would be a huge liability and totally unnecessary.
OP, I would start by phoning Hertz, Europcar, Avis, etc., and telling them what you want in terms of pick up and drop-off points or use the websites or combination of both. They will know the names of their drop-offs near the port.
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Forgot to add, there are vans which hold 7 but from experience they have limited luggage room so unless the 7 adults are packing very, very light, you may be better off with two cars. Even then, European rental cars tend to have less luggage space.
I'd consider spending your 4 days in Rome, going straight in from FCO via train or taxi (around 50€ flat rate).
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Never mind that renting a car is a hugh liability in Rome. think about parking, which is almost non-existence.
We didn't even take the Metro or bus. We walked everywhere. Juts make sure you pick a hotel that is central in location.
We stayed at the Hotel Quirinale which is in a great location. There are many hotels around tehre as well.
We are 5 blocks form the Tivili fountain, 2 blocks amd the art Gallery, and many churches. 2 metro stosp from the spanish steps (we walked) and 15 blokcs from teh Coliseum.
We took a cab to the Vatican. It was early in the morning, no traffic and the 6 of us piled into 1 larger cab (prebook with hotel). The fare was only 12 euros due to a total lack of traffic as it was real early (we arrived at Vatican at 7 am). We took cab from Vatican to Pantheon, about 10 eruos. We walked from Pantheon back to hotel.
Many good local restaurnants clsoe to the hotel, reasonably priced too. If you want safe North American Food, McD is 2 blocks away, and O'grady's Irish Pub a block away.
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One thing about Rome, or most European major cities for that matter, be very aware of pick pockets. They can pick out tourist as they really stand out and easy picking.
Paris and Rome are probably the worst for pick pockets
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Thank you to all for your helpful advice. We've managed to book 2 cars from FCO, will travel to Isernia for four days, take NCL Epic for 7 days and finish up with 3 days in Rome. I have two more questions to ask. I have booked Hotel Amalfi for our 3 nights in Rome. Reviews on TA looked quite positive. Comments? Also, our cruise stops in Marseilles. I've heard there isn't much there. Does anyone have any suggestions? We'd like to find a nearby winery where we can relax, drink wine, eat proscutto, cheeses, etc etc. Any suggestions? Thanks to all in advance!!
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We're also traveling on the Epic, but next June. If you haven't already planned your day in Marseilles - we are doing a private tour with www.provence-connection-tours.com We chose the full day tour - I'm not sure if you could customize a day with them to a winery, but I'm sure you could contact them with your ideas and see what they say. They were very responsive with their emails to me.
Where did you end up booking your rental car? I'm looking for a one way rental from Venice to the port - do you have to return to the train station or did you find a place to return directly to the port before the cruise? I thought Hertz had a location right at the port. We had looked into a 9 person van for the 6 of us. Hopefully that will work out!
Enjoy the Epic! If you get a chance, maybe you could post a review when you get back - have you been on cruisecritic?
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In Marseilles, you can easily catch a bus to (beautiful) Aix and spend the day. Don't know about a winery there, but lovely cafes - right out of a painting, and nice markets.
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Look at www.autoeurope.com for car rentals in Europe. It is a broker based in the USA, good prices, excellent service. We've picked up rental cars when leaving Rome and it wasn't bad getting out of the city.
Look at Marseilles as a gateway to Provence, so much to see.
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Wasteland 2 - Official Site, Forums Launched
InXile has launched an official site for Wasteland 2 and also forums. The site is basically a splash page with a blog behind it and here's a snip from Brian Fargo's inaugural post:
First off, I'd like to welcome you to the development forum for Wasteland 2… after all, it's because of you that we are even here right now. I've been wanting to get back to this franchise for over 20 years and the entire reason Fallout exists today is because I was unable to make a sequel back in the day, and after I cleared up the legal issues we were not able to get publishers excited unless it was a potential "billion dollar franchise" or they just didn't want the kind of gameplay experience that classic role playing games offered. It was frustrating!
Fortunately, we are in a different era with thanks to fan based funding and digital distribution. We have a chance to move the power back to the developers, allowing us to make genres of games that publishers just would not support. I had completely given up on making a Wasteland sequel until just recently, and I can tell you the last few weeks have been a blast re-connecting with the fans and working on designs. It reminds me of why I was excited about the games business to begin with.
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Where is gold found on earth?
Gold can be found on nearly every continent of the earth. It also exists in trace amounts in sea water and in the human body. Despite the fact that gold can be found almost everywhere, there is very little gold in comparison to other elements on earth. In fact, if all the gold ever discovered were collected and melted down and formed into one cube, it would measure just 20 meters on each side.
The largest known deposits of gold appear on two continents, Africa and India. In these two regions, South Africa has the largest concentration of gold with the town of Johannesburg being built over the worlds largest gold deposit. India is home to the worlds second deepest underground gold mine, the Champion Reef Mine, which is located on the Kolar region of India. While the Kolar gold fields have been closed for several years due to diminishing returns on the investment, this area of India is still thought to contain very rich deposits of gold. The Indian nation also takes credit for being the world's largest consumer of gold and gold products.
As a producer of gold in the last two centuries, the North American continent has become a source that may rival these other continents. With deposits of gold being found in the United States, Canada and Mexico, the North American continent is developing as a gold producing continent.


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market since 1984. The reason he opened accounts in his sons' names was because he wanted them to begin to understand the difference between income and wealth. "With income you work for your money and with wealth accumulation your money works for you," he explains. "I'm hoping that they will be in a position when their sons and daughters are ready to go to college that their tuition and expenses will be paid for."
Khari works part-time for the New York City Board of Education and is a student at Baruch College in New York, where he is studying business administration and computer science. He's looking to beef up his stock portfolio and to contribute more on a regular basis, realizing that he is investing for the long term. asset allocation – teens 13-year-old teenage boy o lives in West Bloomfield, MI
o member of an 11-member investment club o club has about $500 among all the members o contributes a third of his biweekly allowance of $15 to the club's coffers.
This is a great age to start investing. An investor's time horizon significantly impacts investment results. The proper selection of a growth mutual fund with top holdings in either technology, pharmaceuticals or telecommunications would be a wise starting point. However, the one-time investment of $500 may narrow the selection, since many mutual funds have a minimum investment of $1,000. I would encourage them to call Alger Funds for a free prospectus. All investors should read the prospectus carefully before deciding to invest.
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Start an investment club with other teens
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BRIAN WATT: Another take on the economy comes out today. The Census Bureau releases its annual report on wages, poverty and health insurance. Helen Palmer tells us what to expect.
HELEN PALMER: The economy has grown for the last four years. And so have poverty rates, says Dr. Steven Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University. He analyzed Census Bureau data for the last four years.
STEVEN WOOLF: Well, severe poverty grew by 20 percent between 2000 and 2004, which amounts to about 3.6 million Americans.
Severely poor households earn $11,000 a year or less for a family of four. Woolf says a third of the very poor are children, who tend to be sicker and do worse at school than their peers.
WOOLF: The poverty rate itself grew between 2000 and 2004 from 11.3 percent to 12.7 percent.
Many economists say they they think the Census Bureau will announce little change in poverty and wage trends today. But they point out that only the wealthiest 10 percent are earning more in real terms. Income for the median American household was $1,700 less in 2005 than in 2000.
In Boston, I'm Helen Palmer for Marketplace.


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Located in Historic Centre, this hotel is steps from Church of San Lorenzo and Turin Royal Palace. Galleria Sabauda and Mole Antonelliana are also within 15 minutes.
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Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and self parking. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, concierge services, and dry cleaning.
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Really next year if people stop writing, "I really liked yours Blake but I voted for <that other damn person>." I don't want you to like my entry, I want you to vote for my entry.
it will if larlar stops giving me rather difficult first round opponents
A good recap, asim...
but YOU FORGOT ONE THING!
"The first ever team battle, and my first ever cameo!"
1minute 7 seconds in
recap probably isn't the best term for that
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Richard P. Rojeck, CFP® Elected 2014 Chair-Elect
Jul 25, 2013, 16:00 ET from Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.
Financial planning thought leader chosen by peers
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.'s Board of Directors has elected Richard P. Rojeck, CFP® - a long-time leader in the financial planning profession - to serve as its 2014 Chair-elect. Rojeck will lead the Board in upholding the organization's mission to serve the public by granting and upholding the standard of excellence for financial planning and fulfill its vision that the public benefits from financial planning delivered by professionals who adhere to a fiduciary standard.
"Financial Planning is a growing and thriving profession," said Rojeck. "The CFP® certification serves as the cornerstone for the profession. The public will ultimately be best served by an established financial planning profession with the competence, ethics and fiduciary standards embodied in the CFP® marks. Along with my colleagues on the Board, I will remain focused on building the body of knowledge, maintaining robust certification and ethics enforcement and growing the ranks of CFP® professionals to serve the public."
Rojeck is currently a Managing Director with Sagemark Consulting/Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to launching a financial planning practice in 1980, Rich served six years as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
The Board of Directors elected Rojeck at its July 10-12 meeting. He will begin his duties as Chair-elect on January 1, 2014, when Ray Ferrara, CFP® begins his term as 2014 Chair.
"We are thrilled to have Rich assume this prestigious leadership position," said current Board of Directors Chair Nancy Kistner, CFP®. "Rich's passion for the profession and his work in bringing in a new generation of CFP® professionals will help guide CFP Board to new heights. He will certainly bring a world of experience, talent and expertise to our Board and the organization. "
In addition to his professional career, Rojeck has previously served as a volunteer with many organizations. Serving on the national board of the International Association for Financial Planning from 1993 to 1999, Rojeck was the non-profit organization's President and Chairman. During his tenure, Rojeck laid the groundwork for the creation of what is now known as the Financial Planning Association, which he has been a member of ever since its founding. Additionally, Rojeck serves on the gift planning advisory boards of the University of California, San Diego and the San Diego foundation.
Rojeck received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Oregon State University and an MBA from San Diego State University. He and his wife, Joji, have three children and live in San Diego, California.
The mission of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. is to benefit the public by granting the CFP® certification and upholding it as the recognized standard of excellence for personal financial planning. The Board of Directors, in furthering CFP Board's mission, acts on behalf of the public, CFP® professionals and other stakeholders. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™, and the federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes more than 68,000 individuals to use these marks in the U.S.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Arthur has come and gone from the Florida coastline, but anytime storms reach our area, there's a concern for erosion.
It's an issue people living along State Road A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach have been dealing with for a while, with a strong increase in the last three months.
The county even declared a State of Emergency a few months ago.
Some residents there said they felt okay with the hurricane off the coast because they have a sea wall up.
For those that don't, there's a little anxiety about what Arthur may have brought and why they said they can't have a sea wall up right now.
"We have two stakes that are no longer supporting anything because it's been eroded underneath them," said Victor Halbachs.
Halbachs said he's lost 45 feet of his dune in the last two years. Twenty of those in the last three months.
That's why he's almost unphased by the threat of Hurricane Arthur.
"I mean, unfortunately were getting used to it, we certainly don't like it and don't want to tolerate it but were limited in what we can do," said Halbach.
Halbach said the Department of Environmental Protection gave him a temporary permit and he can't build a sea wall until his dune is back to the original spot.
Other homes further north have been allowed to install sea walls, a great help one neighbor said.
But for Halbach, having owned his home since 1987, he said it's difficult to think about more of his dune washing away.
"It removes some of the land we've paid for but it also, more importantly, erodes the protection from the dune for our house.
Now as Arthur continues his way up the coast, it brings the possibility of stronger waves and higher tides, Halbach said he'll watch and wait, staying hopeful that he'll be able to keep as much of his dune as possible, and that his holiday plans will stay intact.
"We've got our family, some coming from out of town to be here, for the Fourth of July and if it comes in and knocks this dune walk out and makes it unsafe to walk on, then we are not going to have much of a Fourth of July," said Halbach.
The erosion has been such an issue the county declared a State of Emergency for some homes along the St. Johns County's coastline in April.
Homeowners said the new wall has made a difference for some but not for all.
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I am looking for a program that will convert a png strip to an animated gif. I have Animation GIF Wizarrd but it converts from multiple files. I need a program that extracts frames from a single file. I could extract the frames one by one but I want the easy way out.
I would appreciate any help, thanks.
doesn't seem to be an easy way
found this: http://rbytes.net/software/avi4bmp-review/
but I haven't downloaded, scanned or used it
says it converts gif to pny
says it has a 'convert back' so maybe it will go from png to gif
I wish we could have gotten this http://forums.wincustomize.com/324799 working!
You said a mouth full there! I will check that out.
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hi BONEHEADdb my suggestion is to ask the author for the original pngs before he pasted the images as a strip
for example my "Digital Counter Animated" http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=14701&libid=29 is a pngs strip to be used with the "Animated Shortcut" docklet,
but the same skin also comes with all the 61 single frames on the "Graphic gallery" http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=966&libid=18 (to be used with the "Picture Slideshow" docklet)
when you specify the name of the png strips you like to convert maybe the author will provide the separated images, if it was my case I'll be glad to send them to you
I am the author! Some of my PNG files don't have a stacked version and some were made from stacked files and later tweeked.
So I am just looking for an easy way to convert this:
to this:
This was done by restacking the image and converting with PSP.
I FOUND ONE! It's been on my computer for years. Image Forge. It imports a png file and you tell it how many frames.
does the free version do it?
I don't think it does. I don't have the free version anymore, I guess it got bumped when I installed the new one.
may download and give it a try later to see...
finally I found the freeware application: "TileMage ImageSplitter" saves the splitted pngs preserving the alpha channels
but it worked for me only in batch mode AW if you want to process only 1 strip on the dialog window you can uncheck the other images in the same folder !
if you want to process only 1 strip you can uncheck the other images in the same folder !
or maybe create a folder just for that and only put one in?
thanks frankell I'll look into that one too
BONEHEAD check this out it cut mt cursor assembly time in half! https://www.metaplace.com/wiki/index.php/Animation_Strip_Editor
nice new avatar Harley .....
AVMAN, I just downloaded it and gave it quick test. This is a lot faster than using the frame builder in Skin Studio.
Yeah, works great, framebuilder as its supposed to work
Neil if you see this can you maybe change framebuilder to something like this, most code should be the same just incorporate drag drop and preview plus loading several images at once, the filelist is a nice touch in this app, plus keep the old features.
pretty please with a cherry on top
Thanks saarge
Bone head and voidcore glad you like it! been looking for one like that for a couple years
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Question: I was wondering if Colin Hanks from Roswell and the new movie Whatever It Takes is related to Tom Hanks? I think they look alike.
Televisionary: They certainly do look alike and there's a very good reason for that: Master Hanks is Tom's son by his first wife, actress Samantha Lewes, who parted ways with the lad's father when Hanks the younger was 8.
As you say, Colin plays nerdy Alex on the WB teen drama Roswell and also can be seen on the big screen in Whatever It Takes. His series, though worthy, is struggling in the ratings and his less-worthy movie was a disappointment at the box office, but I'd say his career shows promise.
Hey, his dad started out in a dress and just look at him now.


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Nick Castellanos was a once heralded prospect in the Tigers organization but is now showing a resurgence, giving owners an intriguing pick up in leagues.
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Chris Benzine discusses why Byron Buxton is worth a pickup if not already owned, plus more in Wednesday's lineup card.
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Sunday Lineup Card: Promotion Sunday
Lindor and Buxton add their names to the list of top prospects to make ML debut this season.
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The 25-year old May was once a touted prospect for the Twins, and while he hasn�t debuted with a boom during his young career he still offers some intrigue as a backend pitcher to roster in deeper leagues
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Mike Bolsinger has delivered four outstanding starts for the Dodgers, and he should be able to keep helping fantasy squads.
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You know what I'm talking about. Here's the video:
The Eagle has landed. Holy crap. Excellent driving. Neil.
I love that Armstrong checks to see if it will be possible to get back up the ladder in his space suit before stepping off. Good move. That would have been…interesting…if they could only step onto the moon and not step off of the moon.
That was July 20th, 1969. Where were you? I was in China. You can see me in the video at about 9:10.
Only kidding. I was in Albany, NY glued to the TV. I remember the rug I was sitting on. I remember who was in the room. I remember the blanket that was draped over the couch thingie that wasn't really a couch.


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Thread: Naming a baby you lost.
November 24th, 2012 02:43 AM #6
I'm so sorry for your loss. I've not personally lost a baby but I do feel strongly that naming the child is a very important step to both healing as well as commemoration. Often in miscarriage you as the mother feel so isolated and alone in your grief, as many others-- even baby's father-- have no direct experience of the child, only an abstraction. Later in pregnancy and of course after birth the loss is more easily shared. Naming the child and asking family members to refer to him/her by name can really help those who weren't carrying him/her, but who still loved him, to grieve-- and to remember.
You might give this baby the name you'd selected (or, one of the names), if you had an intuition as to the gender. That can help commemorate him and link him to the ideal of the baby you were dreaming of, and hoped to have. Conversely, if you're still considering trying for more children, and you think you'd like to use the names you'd selected for a future baby, you might select a name that has especial significance for you during these last 13 weeks (which could be anything-- the name of the coffeeshop you walked past when you went to purchase the pregnancy test, a name related to the nickname you called the developing baby in that early ultrasound, anything), rather than a name out of a book.
One name I like is Halia (ha-lee-ah). It's quite different from your daughters' names, as it's Hawaiian, but it means "remembrance of a loved one."
Rosemary is a beautiful name, and in the ancient symbolism of the flowers, it signifies remembrance.Blade, MD
XY: Antoine Raphael; Julian Victor
XX: Cassia Viviane Noor
Allaire * Emmanuelle * Honora * Lysandra * Marina * Rosamond * Serena * Sylvie * Thea * Verity / Blaise * Cyprian * Evander * Jules * Laurence * Lucian * Marius * Quentin * Rainier * Silvan
Hayat _ Qamar _ Sahar _ / Altair _ Faraj _ Tariq
November 24th, 2012 02:56 AM #8Senior Member
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I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I've been in the same boat, one at 11 and 1/2 weeks and one at 18 weeks. I only named my 18 weeker because I knew it was a girl, saw her, held her... but I say you do whatever helps you through. A word with some meaning to you that can pass as a name would be lovely. I've found it's more for me than anyone, I hardly even told anybody her name, but it helps me feel the realness of her having been with me for a while. I hope you can settle on something that fits and brings you some peace and comfort.If only I could make a living naming other people's children...
Girl names I'm loving right now: Leonor, Jane, Daisy, Arabella, Francesca, Georgia, Violet, Flora, Raphaela, Beatrice, Kira, Winter, Zara, Sophie, Delia, Bronwen
Boy names I love (after naming 5 of my own): Gideon, Watson, Magnus, August, Miles, Oliver, Callum, Felix, Rafe, Reuben, Bram, Cormac
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November 25th, 2012 01:36 AM #12
Thank you. You have all given me so much to think about.
Names are such a huge thing for me (as I'm sure you all understand!) and I feel like I can get some peace by naming the baby
I will let you know when we decide on a name.
Thank you again for all you suggestions.The 3 Princesses in my life...
Elizabeth Hope
Annabelle Cadence
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November 25th, 2012 01:39 AM #14
Good luck and again I'm so sorry.Blade, MD
XY: Antoine Raphael; Julian Victor
XX: Cassia Viviane Noor
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Immigrants have always played an integral role in our economy and in building this nation. Shelley supports comprehensive immigration reform to secure our borders, make our immigration system stronger and provide these workers a way to earn legal status by learning English, finding a job, paying fines and back taxes, going to the back of the line and passing a criminal background check.
Shelley is also a strong supporter of the DREAM Act, which would give young people who were brought to this country by their parents through no fault of their own, stayed in school and kept out of trouble the opportunity to earn legal status by getting a college education or serving in the armed forces.
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While diced potatoes are far from heresy, the orthodox approach to the California burrito requires, nay, demands french fries. Where potato chunks are sensible, fries are "crazy," the impulsive gesture of some stoned surfer or impulsive cook who thought outside the tortilla for a moment and changed burrito cookery as we know it. Fries inside a burrito might be the highest point of excellence in California cuisine. The burrito can be called the edible symbol of the border, the thing which represents Mexico to many Americans and America to so many Mexicans, which neither side can claim as its own. Our very own California burrito, with its french fries and carne asada in synergistic happiness, is perhaps the burrito's highest form.
I have eaten California burritos booth good and bad, but some of the best have come from Lucha Libre Taco shop in Mission Hills (1810 W. Washington Street, 619-296-8226). Lucha has had some serious issues with service and consistency in the years since it skyrocketed from obscurity to hipster popularity. Ignoring for a moment the wrestling theme and the quirky service model, there's no denying that the long lines of customers often overwhelm the staff and the food takes a nosedive in quality. Still, during off hours the Tijuego taco shop of record--with TJ dogs, corn, and fried cheese tacos--wraps one of the best California burritos.
The presentation is somewhat austere, as the burrito contains carne asada, fries, cheese, and sour cream. Nothing else is needed, since Lucha Libre Taco shop has an excellent salsa bar with 8 different sauces. The cilantro cream and the deep red chili arbol are both standouts, although the mango salsa is fun for chips.
Such a simple preparation highlights the interplay of carne and fries with elegance. Quality of carne is important, and Lucha Libre meets the requirements by stuffing the burrito with generous amounts of deeply charred steak.
But it's the fries that really bring it home. They do it in a way that regular potatoes just can't manage. How can this be? After all, aren't fries just potatoes, cut into strips and fried? I think the answer is in the kind of fries that are used. Taco shops tend towards prepared french fries cut to a medium thickness. When viewed outside the confines of a burrito, it's plain that the fries are exceptionally crispy, more so than regular fried potatoes have a right to be. This is because a lot of commercially available french fries are coated in a thin batter. It's nothing like the batter that surrounds fried fish. It's the thinnest of veneers, applied before freezing, that gives the fries a crunch coating when they're cooked.
And it tastes great. That coating on the fries is a contributing factor to the flavor of french fries, something that's encoded in our collective memory as a good and wonderful thing, and it's detectable in a good California burrito. Every bite has a little bit of that "hot, fresh fries" taste in it, which, balanced by the grilled steak, is so perfect.
Of course, when it doesn't work out that way the effect of soggy, underwhelming fries is much worse than diced potatoes. There is some risk involved in using fries over potatoes, but when it pays off the reward is that much greater. For this reason alone, I have to adjudicate in favor of french fries for the California burrito. When they're good, they can't be beat.


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Published: September 27, 2008
A nonprofit agency run by the Sacramento mayoral candidate and former National Basketball Association star Kevin Johnson, left, used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run personal errands for Mr. Johnson and even wash his car, federal investigators say.
The findings from an agency that oversees the grants were sent to federal prosecutors and were listed in a letter to Mr. Johnson dated Wednesday, which also said he would be prohibited from receiving federal money while the investigation was under way. Mr. Johnson's campaign said he would appeal the decision. His agency, St. Hope, has received money through AmeriCorps, which provides college grants to people who volunteer for certain community service programs.


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[1]The world's two largest commercial jet makers are arguing over the size of economy seats on planes designed for long-distance travel[2].
Airbus and Boeing (BA[3]) are taking public positions on the dispute ahead of the critical Dubai Airshow, at which both giants hope to land major orders from global airlines. Boeing says that airlines should decide on their own how large the seats should be, while Airbus wants to establish an 18-inch industry standard for the seats, Reuters notes.
Seat size is an important factor in determining how many people can fit onto a flight, and thus how a plane performs, economically.
17-inch seats on Boeing's 777X jets will allow them to carry 406 passengers per flight. That compares to just 350 passengers on Airbus' A350 jets with 18-inch economy-class seats. Airbus claims the extra inch makes fliers more comfortable. Boeing says airlines need the flexibility to make their own determination.
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FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in the United States is increasing and is associated with follicular infection, most commonly folliculitis followed by furunculosis, according to a review published online July 16 in the British Journal of Dermatology.
Keyvan Nouri, M.D., from the University of Miami, and colleagues reviewed the literature for articles on recurrent furunculosis secondary to CA-MRSA.
After excluding articles not referring to Staphylococcus aureus furunculosis from the 1,515 articles initially retrieved, only 91 articles were included in the review. The researchers found that furunculosis has been increasing within the United States secondary to the CA-MRSA epidemic and the resistant organism's close association with the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) virulence factor. PVL-associated follicular infections had the strongest association with furunculosis and its recurrence. The primary risk factor for recurrent furunculosis was the nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, which occurred in 60 percent of individuals.
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LA MONTE YOUNG: But the Trio for Strings, little did I realize when I wrote it that it was so hard to play. You see, at the time I wrote it, the head of the ethnomusicology department at UCLA was also the university organist and he let me write the piece on the organ in Royce Hall. So I had this enormous pipe organ at my fingertips and one of the things that had been a factor in the music that I had written before, such as for Brass, was that I had written them at the piano. And so the durations were in my mind but I was never able to really hear them sustained and when I wrote for Guitar, the piece that was in between for Brass and the Trio for Strings, I actually wrote it on my Aunt Norma's guitar. Remember, she had taught me cowboy songs and guitar accompaniment and she was living in my grandmother's house at that time too, and she let me write the piece on her guitar so I actually could hear the sounds of it. Because one of my composition teachers said to me that it's very important to write the piece specifically for and ideally on the instrument. And I began to learn that this is a very important part of musical composition, that you really should write for the instruments. That's why it was important for me to work directly with the Kronos Quartet. And from that point on I began to write by working with musicians and in fact I took it so seriously I began to organize my own groups and from that time on all of my musical process was real music making as opposed to armchair composing. I almost completely got away from the idea of writing. Even though I have the kind of mind that thinks abstractly and is able to create abstractly, I found that through the process of working on real music directly with musicians and hearing it as you create it, I took that concept to the extreme and I found that it gave back much more than I was getting through the process of notation. Therefore notation became an adjunct to music making, whereas the recording allowed me to be completely free and I could improvise and create on the spot. You see, my creative process is such that, because I learned how to improvise when I was young, when I was in high school, the ideas just flow through me. If I stop to write it down, it's very, very different what I do, because you can't keep the flow going. It takes so long to write, whereas if you record it while you're playing it or—like the way my raga ensemble performed with me—we've worked together over such a long period, singing together, exchanging phrases, I teach them all of these phrases and Marian and I had lessons together with Pandit Pran Nath, then I teach Jung Hee Choi and Charles Curtis and our disciple Rose Okada who plays sarangi. We teach them various patterns and ragas and how it goes. And of course, no performance is ever exactly the same. I mean, with the notational process we can make everything exactly the same and there is something to that. It's important. On the other hand, it's been my experience that process of live improvisation with a group that has been instructed over many, many years can produce something that is on a much more profound level.
FRANK J. OTERI: So, has there ever been a desire for you to write for, say, symphony orchestra?
LA MONTE YOUNG: Well, you know, I used to talk to Charles Curtis about this. You know Charles was first solo cellist of the Hamburg Radio Orchestra, for years. And I used to talk about, you know one time the Brooklyn Phil was asking me to do something and I said, O.K., let's do the Orchestral Dreams. And in the Orchestral Dreams I said, I want 8 French horns, 8 trumpets with Harmon mutes, 8 trombones and 8 tubas. At first they were saying, O.K., O.K. And then they started to get serious and they said, well, you know we've only got 3 tuba players on salary and we've only got 5 horns on salary and we've only got 3 trumpets on salary, and I have to bring in all these extra musicians? So I was saying, O.K., I'll bring in these other musicians, you pay them. But it could never come about, plus I said I wanted many rehearsals…And I decided that working with my own group was better. The Theatre of Eternal Music Big Band, that's my symphony orchestra. 23 pieces. O.K., if I could get a bigger group, but you have no idea how devoted those musicians were! They were the best freelance musicians in New York City. I mean, the lead tuba player…
MARIAN ZAZEELA: …Steve Johns…
LA MONTE YOUNG: He plays first tuba with the Metropolitan Opera and the Symphony and he's just a great tuba player. All the musicians in the group were on that level. The trumpet players, some of the best jazz players in town and each group of musicians—and Jon Catler on guitar, you know, just intonation specialist, Brad Catler, on bass and…
MARIAN ZAZEELA: Actually that is one of our very next releases because we did receive a grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust a few years ago to put out the Big Band and that was going to be our next release on Gramavision but then Gramavision folded and so we looked around for several years for another record company, but we couldn't get it out. But eventually, we will definitely put it out on Just Dreams and it should come out maybe in this year.
FRANK J. OTERI: I can't wait. Is that the concert I heard at Dia?
MARIAN ZAZEELA: Yeah.
LA MONTE YOUNG: Yeah.
MARIAN ZAZEELA: It's going to be the last one of the series. I don't know which one you came to.
LA MONTE YOUNG: The last one was the best.
FRANK J. OTERI: I think that's the one I was at.
LA MONTE YOUNG: Oh.
MARIAN ZAZEELA: Because we did four live concerts in the series.
LA MONTE YOUNG: Monday night was Big Band night so we would rehearse this group on Monday nights, because it's their off night from the Metropolitan Opera and so forth. And these musicians donated their time; we had 23 rehearsals before the first concert. I paid them well for the concert, but it was based on how much attendance they had had at the rehearsals. If people didn't show up as much, I didn't pay them as much for the concert. But the thing was, their attitudes were so fantastic. Steve Johns would leave a rehearsal saying, oh boy, I need a tape to take home so I can practice my drone. He was playing one tone! Or two tones all night long and he wanted to practice his tone. You know, what an attitude!
FRANK J. OTERI: That's great.
LA MONTE YOUNG: It was so rewarding to find musicians that took such a serious approach to music and cared so much about what they were doing.
MARIAN ZAZEELA: You know, there is one thing about this. It has to be 2 CDs. It actually just fits in 2 CDs, it could be a little over, but it might be nice to release it as an audio DVD.
LA MONTE YOUNG: We might release it as a DVD, as a music DVD.
MARIAN ZAZEELA: In fact, you know something about that, right?
FRANK J. OTERI: Audio DVDs. Yeah, I know that Mode Records did this audio DVD of the Morton Feldman 2nd String Quartet, which is a 6-hour piece.
MARIAN ZAZEELA: Right. And they released it as several CDs.
FRANK J. OTERI: They released it as 5 CDs and…
LA MONTE YOUNG: I wanted to address your question of the symphony orchestra, whether I would ever write a piece for them. I used to discuss this idea with Charles Curtis because he's had so much experience playing in orchestras. He said, "You know, it's an institution. Why do you want to even try to deal with them?" They don't give you any of the conditions that you want. Terry Riley was invited to write a piece for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The conductor was very interested in Terry's music and he commissioned the piece…
MARIAN ZAZEELA: Wasn't it Leonard Slatkin?
LA MONTE YOUNG: After the first rehearsal the orchestra stood up and booed the piece. I mean, why do you have to put up with this kind of indignity? It's unnecessary and just because the symphony orchestra is a machine supported by the establishment—that's the reason. That's the only reason. And it's no reason for me to want to do a symphony. I get so much satisfaction out of working with musicians like in the Theatre of Eternal Music Big Band. Would I want to work with a large group? Absolutely. Would I like to have eight French horns, eight tubas, eight trumpets in Harmon mutes…
MARIAN ZAZEELA: You know from the very beginning he conceived of the Trio for Strings as a string orchestra piece, also. But we've never had the opportunity to have that realized…
LA MONTE YOUNG: The finances, of course, are a factor. But I have found that you can get more love out of a group of musicians that you gather yourself, tell them what the conditions are and that this is how it's going to be and we want to do this together, if we want to do it together. They decide if they want to do it. If they want to do it, we do it. As opposed to dealing with this—you know when you go to Europe there are masters of red tape, like in France or Italy if you want to get something done it's impossible because there are so many more signatures that you need. Then you got to go here and get another signature, then go there for another, and eventually you can't do it. It's impossible. That's what happens when you get hooked up with a symphony orchestra. It's made for this kind of music that can be played by a machine. I used to say that I want five rehearsals. They would laugh at me! No way! They we're going to give me one rehearsal and play it. I don't want that. The one thing that I'm known for is quality. I got it by hard work, by dedication, and, quite frankly, by establishing alternative spaces where I could invite musicians to do something that took a lot of time. Imagine when you go into a union hall… You can't do this. You can't do that. You can't do anything. O.K., that had its place in time. There were two lines. There was a line of music coming out of the churches and the cathedrals, out of religious experience, and out of ritual. Then there was another line of theater and so forth that came out of entertainment, dances and various kinds of entertainment. To some degree the symphony orchestra, with all its pretensions of being high art, is really tied in to this entertainment factor. Where does it pay? Can we do this piece? I've heard so many stories of Webern and Schoenberg not being allowed the number of rehearsals they wanted and they had to just go right in, put it on the stands, and play it. It requires people who have a concept—the way Heiner Friedrich had a concept—that there was something more important in life, that it should be funded and should be made possible. Very few beings that have money have this sense, or sensitivity, because it's rare that you both have the money and the concept at the same time. The mentality that goes after earning the money isn't often the mentality that is able to produce the high artistic-spiritual experience. On the other hand, if the money is sometimes handed to you and you have that mentality anyhow, if you happen to have it anyway, then occasionally a person comes along who is willing to spend their money in such a way that it can do some of these things that establishments usually don't want to do.


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There are two routes you can choose when authoring a book like
this: the sensational, gossipy Us Weekly tack, complete with
inflammatory cover lines, or the staid, straightforward
BusinessWeek approach, more proper research than primping
revelation. And there's certainly nothing wrong with that. In
LITERARY FEUDS, Anthony Arthur applies a fine formulaic approach to
his subjects. He introduces them (some better than others), deduces
the catalyst for their quarrel and shares a few fun bon mots along
the way. It's an interesting subject. The main problem is that a
little Us Weekly would have gone a long way to making the book more
digestible to the typical non-English major. And even to us English
majors, a few of the names are a bit obscure to get too worked up
Arthur obviously possesses a clear understanding of the literary
landscape. He tinges his writing with knowledge, whether he's
describing Gertrude Stein's shortcomings pre-AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE
B. TOKLAS or deconstructing Tom Wolfe's criticism of ANNA KARENINA.
Arthur employs a smart if somewhat dry style that gives a fair
shake to both participants in the feud. He excels at explaining the
authors' literary legacies, why a Sinclair Lewis has become more
well known than a Theodore Dreiser. However, although blood pumps
through his characters (his description of Edmund Wilson's wardrobe
helps define his public and private characters), the feuds remain
relatively bloodless.
Perhaps it is the material that Arthur has chosen. After all, in an
age where our political candidates attack one another regularly on
TV and the local gossip pages print tales that would have made for
scandalous fiction 50 years ago, it's hard to be thrilled by a
run-of-the-mill tussle. Add to that the fact that many of these
"fights" have unclear roots, which Arthur does his best to uncover
satisfactorily but not overly convincingly and the book loses some
of the title's promised bite.
Many of the authors begin as friends, such as Wilson and Vladimir
Nabakov or Mark Twain and Bret Harte. The feud begins with perhaps
a bad review by one of the other. It seizes when the less famous
overtakes the more famous in literary reputation. It generally
never comes to a boil, instead fading into dusty apology (such as
Truman Capote's lame note to Gore Vidal) or death.
Most of the fights appear driven by the green-eyed monster. Stein,
for example, had no reason to fear Ernest Hemingway until the
latter eclipsed her spotlight. Then it became easy for a former
friend who had crowed about Hemingway's promise to publish a
damaging review. Yet the dilemma for Arthur seems to be that many
of these fights were simple sideshows. Authors are, by definition,
a class without hubris; you have to have at least some ego to think
other people should care to read your words. It's understandable
how many of the fights began, but unless they're about something a
little bigger than the participants --- like C.P. Snow and F.R.
Leavis' showdown over the scientific and literary intellectual
communities --- it's difficult to imbibe them with anything more
than an "as noted" quality.
With that being said, there are some barnburners in the book. The
final three chapters have the most verve, probably because there
are better records of what occurred through lawsuits and media
accounts. For sheer cattiness and juicy bad behavior, you can't
beat Mary McCarthy vs. Lillian "every word she writes is a lie,
including 'and' and 'the'" Hellman, as McCarthy characterized her.
Gore Vidal and Truman Capote's war of words was as delicious for
its cleverness as for its sheer duration and intensity. And while
it's unclear why Arthur chooses to pit Wolfe against only John
Updike instead of including Wolfe's two other "stooges," nee
tormentors Norman Mailer and John Irving, it's priceless to hear
Wolfe speaking in his own defense in a letter to the author.
Arthur has done an extremely competent, honest job with this book.
Although it isn't packed with fresh insights or lively writing,
it's an intriguing read, if only to trace some of the country's
literary history through its most well known voices. If Arthur
wanted to attract more readers, perhaps he could have dug a little
deeper, scandalized a little more, or chosen a different theme ---
say, writers with beefs against Hollywood. But as it stands now,
this book is certainly worth the price of a stack of Us
magazines. Just don't expect that type of guilty pleasure.
Reviewed by Toni Fitzgerald on January 22, 2011
Literary Feuds: A Century of Celebrated Quarrels From Mark Twain to Tom Wolfe


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In 1925 The Director of the Parks Commission suggested the development of a golf course at the Riverside Recreation Grounds in Weston, Ma. In the spring of 1930 the nine-hole golf course was finished, opened to the public, and named The Riverside Golf Course. After a successful season another nine holes were constructed on the south side of the Charles River and were made open to the public in 1932. In 1945 permission was granted to rename the golf course to the Leo Jerome Martin Memorial Golf Course. Leo J. Martin was a golfer that held membership at Riverside. He was a decorated champion winning the Massachusetts amateur champion and New England amateur champion becoming the first to hold both titles simultaneously. He was killed in action during World War II and will be forever memorialized for being one of the most successful amateur golfers in Massachusetts during his time.
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