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News & Analysis
Tech takeaways from Obama's State of the Union
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U.S. President Barack Obama's third State of the Union address before Congress Tuesday (Jan. 25) was heavy on references to science, technology and engineering—perhaps more so than any State of the Union in years. The following is a collection of excerpts from the address where the President touched on topics that may be of interest to EEs:
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"Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. The science wasn't even there yet. NASA didn't exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn't just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs.
"This is our generation's Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race. And in a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. We'll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology—an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people."


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Issue 5 Evil Winter 2001/02
The Emergence of Social Inequality among Robots
Luc Steels
In 1949 the British cyberneticist, Grey Walter, and his technician, "Bunny" Warren, built two electronic tortoises, Elmer and Elsie. The tortoises were capable of avoiding obstacles, moving toward a light source (phototaxis), and parking in a hutch to recharge their batteries. They were built with analog electronics that connected simple sensors with motors. Grey Walter had designed these robots to investigate how a "living brain" manages to exhibit flexible control, learning, and adaptivity vis-à-vis the environment. And indeed, Elmer and Elsie showed rather surprising emergent behaviors that looked remarkably similar to some animals. They would zigzag to the charging station when their batteries were low, avoid obstacles on the way, and perform a kind of dance with each other due to the intermingling of attraction and repulsion. People ascribed all sorts of behaviors to these robots, as well as emotional states like fear and anger.
This situation models one faced by many animals in nature. There is an environment that contains sources of food, but the animals have to do something to get this food. There are typically a lot of competitors for the food, usually animals of the same species, and occasionally cooperation is needed. For example, birds that have a nest with eggs need to take turns feeding themselves, and hunters may need to organize in groups to attack larger animals. Ethological investigations over the past few decades have shown that animals adapt remarkably to their environment. They exploit the available resources very efficiently and will cooperate when needed. We managed to elicit these behaviors in the robots as well, and investigated in particular what kind of learning and adaptation strategies the robots needed to adopt to ensure group survival. But we also witnessed the emergence of a remarkable pattern of behavior that was neither preprogrammed nor expected.
In the ecosystem we constructed, two robots starting as equals needed to coordinate their efforts to survive. When robot one (R1) was in the charging station, the other robot (R2) had to keep pushing against the energy-draining box. When R2 was exhausted, it would go toward the charging station and push R1 out so that it could recharge itself. R1 would then start pushing against the box, and so on. As mentioned earlier, the timing of the cycle was not preprogrammed and indeed it could not be specified in advance because the physical properties of batteries are unknown and change with time. The robots needed to adapt their behavior to be compatible with the situation. They would monitor how much energy was available at the charging station while they were recharging and would work harder next time if there was not enough energy. If there was still plenty of energy in the charging station after they had recharged themselves, they would work a bit less. So each robot would individually optimize its own behavior with the idea that global optimality would emerge from the individual behaviors.
Indeed, we observed that after a while the robots regulated their turn-taking to be almost optimally compatible with the pressures in the environment that we set up for them. Both robots were taking roughly equal amounts of time to work and to recharge. But then we observed something strange and unforeseen. One robot managed to maneuver itself into a situation where it worked much less. The other robot was pushing the boxes twice as long as the first, and was on the verge of utter collapse due to lack of energy. The "master" enjoyed life by roaming around freely in the arena, only occasionally pushing the boxes. How was this possible? How could two robots that started with exactly the same hardware and software nevertheless develop a relationship where one appears to exploit the other?
The answer turns out to be surprisingly simple and is in line with research on game theory in economics. The robots behave in the real world and have only limited "knowledge" about this world. Moreover, the real world introduces various random factors that can disturb the equilibrium. What happens here is that due to chance, one robot, say R1, happens to be a bit less efficient in pushing against the boxes. After all, this is a non-trivial task. It requires detecting the boxes, moving towards them, and hitting them. When R1 is less efficient or less lucky in a particular run, less energy is available for R2, which therefore decides to work a bit more when it is its turn to push the boxes. But this makes more energy available to R1, which therefore decides to work even less. And this causes R2 to work just a bit more again next time to compensate for the lack of energy available to it when entering the charging station. So there is a hidden positive feedback loop in the system. Once the equilibrium is broken, there is a steady evolution towards exploitation. In the parlance of dynamical systems, we would say that there is "symmetry breaking." The system, consisting of the cycles of pushing and recharging, moves from one stable attractor (every robot works an equal amount of time) to another stable attractor (one robot works twice as much as the other one).
What to make of the stunning results of this experiment? Recall that the methodology of Artificial Intelligence research is to examine the consequences of certain assumptions. Here we examine what happens when two agents need to cooperate in order to exploit resources in the environment available for their survival. This sort of situation is very common, at the level of families, workplaces, and nations. The experiment does not imply that inequalities are inevitable or that those who were lucky, like R1, have a kind of birthright to their position. However it warns us that inequalities may develop even if the rules are completely fair and initial conditions unbiased. If one were to apply these results to human societies, it has the disturbing implication that even if every agent within a society attempts a fair distribution of labor and benefit, gross inequalities will nevertheless have a tendency to develop. The experiment does not say what could be done about it. Do we need an external controller that monitors the distribution of labor and occasionally sweeps in to re-arrange matters? Do the agents need a way to keep track of what work others are doing and be given the right to re-equilibrate if they judge the situation to be unfair? Should work be divided equally by a central authority who ensures that no one deviates? What happens when resources expand or diminish or when tasks need to become specialized? These questions have occupied social scientists for centuries and we are now finding new tools in A.I. for their examination.
Further Reading
Scott Canazine, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Nigel Franks, James Sneyd, Guy Theraulez, & Eric Bonabeau, Self-Organization in Biological Systems (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001).
Grey Walter, The Living Brain (New York: W. W. Norton, 1963).
David McFarland, Artificial Ethology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Luc Steels, "The Artificial Life Route to Artificial Intelligence," in Chris Langton, ed., Artificial Life (MIT Press, Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 1997).
Luc Steels, "Language Games for Autonomous Robots," in IEEE Intelligent Systems, September/October 2001, pp. 16–22.
Luc Steels is professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Brussels and director of the Sony Computer Science laboratory in Paris. He is the author of many books. His work on the origins of language in populations of robots has recently been featured in various exhibitions, including "LAwerp, 1999) and "NO1SE" (Cambridge and London, 2000).
Cabinet is published by Immaterial Incorporated, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Cabinet receives generous support from the Lambent Foundation, the Orphiflamme Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Opaline Fund, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Danielson Foundation, the Katchadourian Family Foundation, The Edward C. Wilson and Hesu Coue Wilson Family Fund, and many individuals. All our events are free, the entire content of our many sold-out issues are on our site for free, and we offer our magazine and books at prices that are considerably below cost. Please consider supporting our work by making a tax-deductible donation by visiting here. Thank you for your consideration.
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Kaufbeuren, Germany, June 26th, 2002 - PEP Modular Computers is now introducing the upgrade of the 3U CompactPCI CPU CP320 which has been successfully established on the market since 2000. The CP321 board is fitted with the follow-on processor Kahlua II (CP320: Kahlua). The CPU clock frequency on the board is therefore increased from 250 MHz on the CP320 to 330 MHz; at 133 MHz the memory bus is also clocked faster than its predecessor (100 MHz).
With the CP321 PEP has the only 3U CompactPCI CPU on the market which can use the full processor speed and also the fast memory interface of the Kahlua II, exploiting the full performance capability.
Useful secondary effects of the new MPC8245 Motorola processor, designated Kahlua: The current consumption of the CPU card has been reduced by about 15 percent despite this enormous increase in performance. Particularly users, whose priorities are reliability, failure tolerance and versatility under extreme ambient conditions, prefer the power-saving PowerPC boards to the significantly more power-hungry x86 architectures. A significant factor is that due to the power-saving PowerPC processor, a card design with passive cooling for the extended temperature range (-40?C to +85?C) is even possible.
The board is equipped with numerous interfaces: Apart from Fast Ethernet with 10BT/100BTx autosensing, two serial interfaces (RS 232 modem-compatible, RS232/485, optionally opto-decoupled) are provided. A watchdog for system monitoring, a DIL socket for DiskOnChip (file system without moving parts), an NVSRAM for data retention even under power failure and a real-time clock complement the new board with important features for industrial fields of application.
The new 3U CompactPCI board, CP321, based on the PowerPC is available immediately.
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Yes! There's Going to Be a Pitch Perfect Reunion
Briga Heelan stopped by our Los Angeles studio to give us all the details on the upcoming Pitch Perfect reunion, which will take place on her and Skylar Astin's new TBS show, Ground Floor. Briga gave us all the details and talked about her exciting new role.


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BUFFALO - Doomed though they might be, the Sabres get full marks for defiance.
Pointing to 10 close results (two goals or less) between themselves and the Boston Bruins in regular season and playoff matches, and the fact theyve led or were tied much of this series, the Sabres approached Game 5 here on Friday with lots of outward confidence.
We know what needs to be done, goaltender Ryan Miller said after the morning skate. Its a race to four wins and they still have to put us away. And were a good team.
Any game in this series couldve gone either way. Weve made some errors and theyve got some bounces and thats how we sit here (down 3-1).
Coach Lindy Ruff will make one lineup change at least, dropping winger Raffi Torres for the more offensive-minded Nathan Gerbe on the third line.
Its a hunch, its throwing a kid in who can maybe give us an offensive spark, Ruff said. Maybe be a second-unit power play guy, to add that one goal.
Physically, weve been all right. There are guys Im unhappier with (such as Derek Roy and Tim Connolly) who have to come through.
Buffalo has scored first in all four games to date.
We have to stay with it, finish the deal, Ruff said of building on the lead. We laid everything on the line last game (a double-overtime loss), well lay everything on again tonight. Its going to come down to a little bit better execution.
We have to have the best night of the series on special teams.
Buffalo is 0-for-14 on the power play with scoring winger Thomas Vanek out.
The Bruins were loose at their skate, knowing a win gives them extra time to get ready for the next series.
If anyone thinks were taking this game lightly, theyre wrong, coach Claude Julien said. It only gets harder from here.
Julien used Buffalo captain Craig Rivet as an example. He was a member of the Montreal team in 2004 that came back from a 3-1 deficit against Boston, one of just 21 teams ever to do it in 234 best-of-sevens prior to the 2010 playoffs.
A sold out crowd at HSBC Arena on Friday, and another for Game 7 if the series ever gets that far, will be a tremendous boost for Buffalo.
Ive been a part of that (as a fan) and part of my role is getting them going, Angola, N.Y.-born winger Patrick Kaleta said. By far theyre the best fans in the NHL. You can look around and see how many times things have gone against us through the years, football or hockey, and every game they come back louder. Thats why Buffalo is so valuable (as a franchise).
Vanek (ankle) will miss the game for the Sabres.
Boston's Marc Savard continues to skate but Julien said there was concussion protocol for the centre to go through, not to mention conditioning, before hes cleared to play.


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Amanda Bynes seems to have settled into fashion school.
The 27-year-old actress attended her first class at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) at the school's Orange County campus, reported E! News.
"She was very nice, friendly and chatting with her classmates," a source said.
The source also admitted that Amanda, who enrolled at the educational institution weeks ago, was "originally going to be a fashion design major but has now decided to pursue merchandise product development. She is enrolled part-time for the winter quarter."
Since her release from treatment in early December, Amanda has been trying to get her life back on track and has been seen spending time with her parents on shopping trips and a visit to Disneyland.
An attorney for the Hairspray and Easy A actress said that she was "doing very well and re-establishing a close and loving relationship with her family".
The former child star was charged last May with reckless endangerment and marijuana possession after building managers called police and accused her of smoking the drug in the lobby of her Manhattan apartment.
The drugs-related case against her will be dismissed if she stays out of trouble for six months and goes to counselling twice a week for six months.


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Telling the story of a city through its digitized ephemera
Seattle has placed much of its municipal archives online, making for easy access to various chapters of the city's past. The archives can be accessed through their website or Flickr and with such a wide spectrum of civic material, one can't help but wish every city had an equivalent online collection.
We picked some representative pieces from the archives to show the city's evolution from planning for the growing presense of cars and commercial aviation, to slum clearance, subway propsals and gentrication (we highly recommend clicking the "full screen" option below for the best experience):


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This Week in Geek is a weekly blog about new comics written post-comic-shop-visit by WorthPoint comic book Worthologist Matt Baum. Every Wednesday Matt takes a look at the week's new comics from a collector's point-of-view and discusses which the comics he'll be purchasing and why. Make sure to click on the hot links for previews and more information on the comics, characters, story-lines and creators discussed here. Make sure and post your comments below.
This weekend the weather is supposed to crescendo into what could be a perfect spring Sunday. The kind of Sunday that prevents suicides; we have particularly rough winters here in Nebraska. And so the great purge of 2010 will begin. Right where the purge of 2009 left off.
Each year I dig through the long boxes of comics I've acquired since the previous purge and attempt to make sense of the beast that is my comic collection. The idea is simple; I can't keep it all. There're comics I need to own, comics I enjoyed reading but don't need and then there's the garbage. Like I said, I can't keep it all. Just having a bunch of comics does not make a collection. This year, I'm entering the purge with three categories of comics I'll be keeping; ongoing series that I love (i.e. Avengers, Batman, Daredevil, X-Men, etc.), characters that I follow (Moon Knight, Beta-Ray-Bill, Spider-Woman), and creators who write great comics (Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Jonathan Hickman, Robert Kirkman, etc). With that in mind, there's plenty of stuff that won't make it into the master collection, I've got to come up with my own Pedigree name for my comic collection. Any suggestions? I was thinking about something regal like the "Baum of Dundee" collection (Dundee's my hood, y'all). Sounds regal right? But I digress, as I've mentioned in previous blogs, this year I'll be making a real attempt to sell some stuff rather than just giving it all away. It's been a tough economy for all of us, right? So watch this space for upcoming auction stories. I'll be sharing my wins, losses and general thoughts on what it's like to be a comic hobbyist selling his stuff to the masses.
In the meantime, here's a look at my stack of comics for the week of Wednesday, March 24, 2010, followed by some short reviews of stuff I've read and some thoughts on why I'm picking these titles up. Make sure and post your own weekly stack of comics below so I can make fun of what you're reading and vice-versa. For a full list of comics shipping this week click here. To find a comic shop near you click here.
Amazing Spider-Man #626
Captain America #604
Green Lantern #52: Life Blood
Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal #1 of 4
The Marvels Project #7 of 8
Mighty Avengers #35
Millar & McNiven's Nemesis #1
New Avengers #63
Orc Stain #2
Secret Warriors #14
Supergod #3 of 5
Superman #698: Destiny
Thor #608
Thunderbolts #142
Uncanny X-Men #522
X-Factor #203
Green Lantern #52: I'm not sure of the name of the writing device used in fiction wherein the author takes a villain and turns them into a hero, but it's one of my favorites. I love me a redeemed villain. Which appears to be what's going on in GL. SPOILER ALERT! It looks like writer Geoff Johns is going to end his wildly successful Blackest Night cross-over with the redemption of Sinestro. Which might involve a name change as well (could be hard to trust a guy named Sinestro, I guess). Last we saw him, Sinestro was slipping a White Lantern ring on his finger to save the Universe from the Black Lanterns. I guess I hadn't thought of the possible racial overtones to this story until I typed that sentence . . . huh. I haven't read this one yet, but I haven't been let down by a GL issue for quite some time.
Justice League: The Rise of Aresenal: Writer J.T. Krul seems to be just the shot in the arm the Green Arrow family needed to make the comic interesting again. Finally. It's been quite sometime since I've been able to read a comic about Ollie Queen (Green Arrow) and Roy Harper (Arsenal), both of which are characters I love. The two have found themselves in pretty terrible situations as of late, Ollie, murdering villains in the wake of the destruction of his home, Star City, and Roy having his arm ripped off and daughter murdered. We've seen how Ollie is dealing with the situation and now I have to know what Roy does next. It's about time someone wrote a compelling story for DC's archers.
New Avengers #63: While Siege was action from page one, New Avengers seems to have taken it's time jumping into the event and given us an intimate look into how the characters are going to be dealing with this final battle with Norman Osborne. This issue focused on Luke Cage's family, which is a soap-opera I would read every month if Bendis was writing it. I love the dialogue between Luke and Jessica, the mother of his child and ex-Avenger. Superhero comic dialog doesn't get better than this. And really, do all of our comics need to be a smash-bang affair? Some times it's nice to see the human side of these characters too, and nobody does it better then Brian Michael Bendis. As always, New Avengers was the first new comic I read this week and well worth the price of admission.
Thor #608: I never thought I would be disappointed to hear Matt Fraction (writer of Cassanova, Uncanny X-Men) would be taking over any comic, but I'll be really sad to see Kieron Gillen leave Thor. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the Fraction Thor will be great. But Gillen's Thor portion of the Siege event has been excellent, and writing all that flowery god-like dialog and keeping things interesting without being longwinded, can't be easy. I don't think I've ever loved Volstag the Voluminous more. Wherever Gillen goes, I'll be sure to follow him. The guy writes great comics and his Thor is no exception.
Thunderbolts #142: I guess I stayed with this comic on the promise of what will be happening after the Siege event. Thunderbolts isn't bad, I guess for a comic starring a group of villains I hardly care about, and the new Ant Man is as good as it could be. However, I'll be much more excited about the title when Luke Cage joins the cast (if they bring Iron Fist into the book I'll lose my mind). This issue was fun, there was a good tussle between Scourge (who is actually Nuke) and U.S. Agent, but Thunderbolts is definitely losing its steam. Hopefully, things pick up with Heroic-Age. I'm betting Thunderbolts just needs a little direction and having Luke Cage leading a group of villains looking for redemption in the wake of the Dark Reign storyline sounds perfect.
If I had to pick one comic to take home this week—which is ridiculous, I know—but if I had to, it would be:
Solicitation: Deep into unknown jungles go Monet and Guido—a.k.a. Strong Guy, a two-person rescue team—in a desperate gambit to free Monet's father from the hands of terrorists. And what exactly do the terrorists want? They want Monet, as it turns out. And you'll never guess who's behind it all.
Written by Peter David; Pencils by Valentine De Landro; Inks by Array; Colors by Tony Bedard.
Why this one? Even with constantly rotating cast of artists, some of which were really bad, writer Peter David is able to keep X-Factor one of the most fun, entertaining, high-quality reads every month. If you need a break from the huge cross-over events sweeping through both Marvel and DC currently, I highly recommend X-Factor. Mutant "B-lister" Jaime Madrox has become one of the most interesting and outspoken characters in the Marvel U with David's run on X-Factor, which seems to be a half-way house for the forgotten mutants of the late '80s and early '90s. This is a comic for nerds who love character-driven X-Men stories. This latest run of X-Factor is one I'll cherish years from now and gets an instant pass into my master collection.
Swedish cartoonist/rapper Simon Gärdenfors left his home to spend four months on the road. His rules were simple: During the 120 days he wasn't allowed to return to his home, or to spend more than two nights at the same place. Otherwise, anything could happen—and it did.
The result was an epic adventure across Sweden as Simon slept on strangers' couches, visited an ostrich farm, ate a psychedelic cactus, practiced free love, received death threats, was beaten up by teenagers, got adopted by a motorcycle gang, drank obscene amounts of alcohol and sacrificed his underpants to the Nordic god Brage.
For ages: 16+ ?Page Count: 416 ?Details: Soft cover, Black & white ?ISBN-13: 9781603090506
Why this one? I read the first 30 pages of this one at the shop the other day and fell in love. The book itself is small enough to fit in any back-pack or purse and is perfect for commuter reading. Even though the story takes place in Sweden, the material is very accessible—aside from some names that I won't even attempt to pronounce. The art is minimal and cartoonish, but lends it's self very well to the attitude of Simon, the writer. Very high-quality stuff, as usual, from Top Shelf press.
It's almost summer movie season again, and that means time for even more comics to make the jump to the big screen. With the exception of Iron Man 2, which we all know is going to amazing, what nerd-related summer movies are you most excited for? I'm going to go ahead and include April in the blockbuster season because of Kick Ass and The Losers. After seeing the Scott Pilgrim Vs the World trailer, that film jumped up to the top of my list. If the Scott Pilgrim trailer isn't enough to get you excited here's a Rap by Adam WarRock of the War Rocet Ajax podcast that recaps the first five Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. Excellent work as usua,l Euge.
My wife's new blog, Girl Meets Nerd, a blog about her dealing with being married to a nerd (me), is trucking right along. Her latest entry deals with our iPods and the music stored on them. Turns out I listen to pretty good stuff. In your face, baby. Also Read Along with Matt continues on Twitter, where I tweet notes on graphic novels and collections I'm reading. And yes, my Twitter name is Yobofofas. I swear. I've received some concerned e-mails. Now I've got to go start sorting through some comic boxes. See ya's next week. In the meantime you should check out the Comictwart blog, where different comic creators draw their takes on famous comic characters. This week is Riverdale's most famous red-head, Archie.
Until next time true believers . . .
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The sonar vs. strandings debate has always been a very contentious one, and one I'm not going to comment on. However it is fantastic to see the US Navy taking the problem seriously and conducting some research.
That's why a team of marine mammal specialists, engineers, acousticians, and biologists were placing suction cup tags on whales and dolphins from the Santa Monica Bay to the Orange County Coast these past few days.
The tags gather a plethora of information including how deep the whales dive, their exact route and location and their response to loud underwater noises.
This is the second year of this Navy funded study called SOCAL-11 and it seeks to determine how different species in different scenarios react to sonar.
Of course the overall goal is help the Navy become environmentally compliant.
"The Navy has been wonderful as they really want to discover where and when they should not be using sonar," said senior scientist Brandon Southall from SEA and the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Source: http://lagunaniguel.patch.com/articles/united-states-navy-seeks-to-understand-possible-reasons-for-whale-strandings


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Thoughts on Annette's Thoughts
I found yesterday's guest blog thought-provoking. Annette Lyon is one of the writers I admire most. She's a superb writer. She's very successful—how many books is it now, Annette? Seven? Eight? I look at Annette and think . . . wow. She whips out bestselling books, one after the other, without breaking a sweat. Plus, she has awesome grammar. Show me a woman who knows how to use a semicolon, and we'll be friends for life. But in reading her blog, I found out that Annette gets frustrated and discouraged. Who knew? She talks of competing with other authors who have the 'Midas touch'—seemingly effortlessly pulling in the big sales. Wait a sec—I thought Annette was a Midas author. What's the deal here?
I'm starting to wonder if the community of authors isn't a lot like Relief Society. We all sit there in our Sunday best, eyeing the sisters on either side of us and thinking how perfect they are and how they have it all together while we bumble around, tripping over our shoelaces. Little do we know that they are eyeing us and thinking the exact opposite—that we're the ones who are perfection personified and they're the ones who struggle. We see each other's outward successes, but we don't see each other's inward struggles.
The more I get to know authors individually, the more I find out that I'm not the only one who goes through bouts of discouragement and insecurity. Is it possible that . . . all of us experience those feelings?
Getting published is a tremendously exciting step, the fulfillment of a dream. You have a book on bookstore shelves! You've made it! But once you get on the other side of the gate, you find out that, as exciting as it is and as grateful as you are to be here, what you've made it to is another path. And there are plenty of boulders and muddy patches and detours on this path. Where you once agonized over getting that first book published, now you agonize over sales numbers and reviews. You agonize over your next book—can you do it again? One thing I didn't realize before publication was how short a book's shelf life can be—how quickly it will get bumped out of the limelight by newer books. It's not enough to publish one book. You have to keep the books coming. No laurel-sitting allowed, or your writing career will fade away.
And what if your next book gets rejected? Pre-pub, I didn't realize how common post-pub rejection is. Just because a publisher took your first book doesn't mean they'll take your second. Just because they took your first two doesn't mean they'll take your third. I thought it would get less stressful waiting to hear back on a submitted manuscript. It doesn't, or at least it hasn't for me. Waiting to hear back on a manuscript is my absolute least favorite part of being a writer. All that work, all that excitement, all that everything—and it can all collapse in the time it takes you to read the first few sentences of an e-mail. Not fun. And the stakes seem to get higher and higher. With each book, you've invested more and more in your writing career. You've got more fans, more expectations, more people asking, "So when is your next book coming out?" Post-pub rejection feels a lot like walking full-speed into a brick wall.
But beneath all the stress--and excitement--of the business side of things is the writing itself. I want to thank Annette for reminding me to enjoy the writing—to enjoy the process, the creative rush. I got into this business because I love to write. I love to create stories. When I start getting stressed about one thing or another, I need to stop and remind myself of this fact. So thanks, Annette.
(Which reminds me: I usually post blog and website info for guest bloggers when I post their blogs and I completely forgot yesterday. My apologies, Annette. Visit Annette's blog here and her website here.)


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ARMOR (Analyzing Renal Mechanisms of Creatinine Excretion in Patients On tesaglitazaR)
This study has been terminated.
(The development program has been terminated)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: September 30, 2005
Last Update Posted: August 30, 2011
Information provided by:
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- How to Read a Study Record
This is a prospective 24-week, randomized, parallel-group, multi-center, active-controlled (pioglitazone 45 mg) open-label study designed to assess the effects of tesaglitazar 2 mg per day on components of renal excretion of creatinine in type 2 diabetics. The study comprises a 2-week enrollment period, followed by a 24-week double blind treatment period and an 8-week follow-up period
|Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
|Drug: Tesaglitazar Drug: pioglitazone
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|A 24-week, Randomised, Parallel-Group, Multi-Centre, Open-Label Study of the Renal Effects of Tesaglitazar in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: type 2 diabetes
MedlinePlus related topics: Creatinine
Drug Information available for: Pioglitazone Pioglitazone hydrochlorideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Effects of on tubular secretion of creatinine in type 2 diabetics after 12 weeks of treatment as assessed through determinations of:
- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by iothalamate clearance
- Endogenous creatinine clearance
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Effects of on tubular secretion of creatinine in type 2 diabetics after 24 weeks of treatment as assessed through determinations of:
- GFR by iothalamate clearance
- Endogenous creatinine clearance
- The time course of change in serum creatinine concentration and GFR during a 24-week period of tesaglitazar treatment in type 2 diabetics
- The effects of tesaglitazar on urinary protein excretion in type 2 diabetics by comparisons of urinary total protein and albumin excretion rates
- The effects of tesaglitazar on urinary creatinine excretion in type 2 diabetics by comparisons of urinary total creatinine excretion rates
- The pharmacokinetics of tesaglitazar during 24 weeks of therapy in type 2 diabetics.
- The safety and tolerability of tesaglitazar in type 2 diabetics by assessments of adverse events, laboratory values, electrocardiogram, pulse, blood pressure, body weight, and physical examination.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
Drug: Tesaglitazar
2 mg once daily in oral form
Other Name: GalidaDrug: pioglitazone
45 mg once daily in oral form
Other Name: Actos
Information from the National Library of Medicine
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Provision of a written informed consent
- Men or women who are >=45 years of age
- Female patients: postmenopausal, hysterectomized, or if of childbearing potential, using a reliable method of birth control
- Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
- Treated with diet alone or treatment with a single oral antidiabetic agent or low doses of two oral antidiabetic agents
Exclusion Criteria:
- Type 1 diabetes
- New York Heart Association heart failure Class III or IV
- Treatment with chronic insulin
- History of hypersensitivity or intolerance to any peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist (like Actos or Avandia), fenofibrate, metformin or 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (statin)
- History of drug-induced myopathy or drug-induced creatine kinase elevation, liver enzyme elevations, neutropenia (low white blood cells)
- Creatinine levels above twice the normal range
- Creatine kinase above 3 times the upper limit of normal
- Received any investigational product in other clinical studies within 12 weeks
- Any clinically significant abnormality identified on physical examination, laboratory tests or electrocardiogram, which in the judgment of the investigator would compromise the patient's safety or successful participation in the clinical study
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00229684
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00229684
|United States, California
|Research Site
|Pasadena, California, United States
|United States, District of Columbia
|Research Site
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States
|United States, Florida
|Research Site
|Gainesville, Florida, United States
|Research Site
|Miami, Florida, United States
|Research Site
|Orlando, Florida, United States
|United States, Georgia
|Research Site
|Augusta, Georgia, United States
|Research Site
|Columbus, Georgia, United States
|United States, Louisiana
|Research Site
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|United States, Nevada
|Research Site
|Reno, Nevada, United States
|United States, New York
|Research Site
|Flushing, New York, United States
|United States, North Carolina
|Research Site
|Durham, North Carolina, United States
|United States, Ohio
|Research Site
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States
|Research Site
|Columbus, Ohio, United States
|United States, Oklahoma
|Research Site
|Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Research Site
|Cheswick, Pennsylvania, United States
|Research Site
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|United States, Tennessee
|Research Site
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States
|United States, Texas
|Research Site
|Midland, Texas, United States
|Research Site
|San Antonio, Texas, United States
|United States, Washington
|Research Site
|Gig Harbor, Washington, United States
|Research Site
|Seattle, Washington, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Director:
|Galida Medical Science Director, MD
More Information
Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00229684 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|September 28, 2005
|First Posted:
|September 30, 2005
|Last Update Posted:
|August 30, 2011
|Last Verified:
|August 2011
Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Type 2 Diabetes
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Oh happy day! My photo of sambal goreng udang was featured on Tastespotting! If you who are visiting my blog from Tastespotting's link, thanks for checking this out and a big welcome to you! This is a rather new food blog, but do stay tuned and subscribe for I'll be posting more exciting recipes and reviews in time to come! :) Also, feel free to leave a comment and say hi!
Today, I'm going to share with you one of the best, if not the best, beef bolognese recipe!
I'd usually save at least my afternoon and evening to make this because you need at least three hours to simmer the sauce and that is not counting simmering the milk and wine before that. But, it is worth the time because you can make a huge batch and portion them out (like what I did in the picture) and keep them in the refrigerator (more on that in the after note). So I'd say if you have a day, give this a shot and savour one of the best beef bolognese!
Bolognese Meat Sauce (from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan)
Some things to note:
Ragu, as the Bolognese call their celebrated meat sauce, is characterized by mellow, gentle, comfortable flavor that any cook can achieve by being careful about a few basic points:
The meat should not be from too lean a cut; the more marbled it is, the sweeter the ragu will be. The most desirable cut of beef is the neck portion of the chuck.
Add salt immediately when sauteing the meat to extract its juices for the subsequent benefit of the sauce.
Cook the meat in milk before adding wine and tomatoes to protect if from the acidic bite of the latter.
Do not use a demiglace or other concentrates that tip the balance of flavors toward harshness.
Use a pot that retains heat. Earthenware is preferred in Bologna and by most cooks in Emilia-Romagna, but enameled cast-iron pans or a pot whose heavy bottom is composed of layers of steel alloys are fully satisfactory.
Cook, uncovered, at the merest simmer for a long, long time; no less than 3 hours is necessary, more is better.
(2 heaping cups, for about 6 servings and 1 1/2 pounds pasta)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 tablespoons butter plus 1 tablespoon for tossing the pasta
1/2 cup chopped onion
2/3 cup chopped celery
2/3 cup chopped carrot
3/4 pound ground beef chuck
(see prefatory note above)
Black pepper, ground fresh from the mill
1 cup whole milk
Whole nutmeg
1 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 cup canned imported Italian plum tomatoes, cut up, with their juice
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds pasta
Freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese at the table
Put the oil, butter and chopped onion in the pot and turn the heat on to medium. Cook and stir the onion until it has become translucent, then add the chopped celery and carrot. Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring the vegetables to coat them well.
Add the ground beef, a large pinch of salt, and a few grindings of pepper. Crumble the meat with a fork, stir well, and cook until th beef has lost its raw, red color.
Add the milk and let it simmer gently, stirring frequently, until it has bubbled away completely. Add a tiny grating - about 1/8 teaspoon - of nutmeg and stir.
Add the wine, let it simmer until it has evaporated, then add the tomatoes and stir thoroughly to coat all ingredients well. When the tomatoes begin to bubble, turn the heat down so that the sauce cooks at the laziest of simmers, with just an intermittent bubble breaking through to the surface. Cook, uncovered, for 3 hours or more, stirring from time to time. While the sauce is cooking, you are likely to find that it begins to dry out and the fat separates from the meat. To keep it from sticking, continue the cooking, adding 1/2 cup of water whenever necessary. At the end, however, no water at all must be left and the fat must separate from the sauce. Taste and correct for salt.
Toss with cooked drained pasta, adding the tablespoon of butter, and serve with freshly grated Parmesan on the side.
Ahead-of-time note: If you cannot watch the sauce for a 3- to 4-hour stretch, you can turn off the heat whenever you need to leave, and resume cooking later on, as long as you complete the sauce within the same day. Once done, you can refrigerate the sauce in a tightly sealed container for 3 days, or you can freeze it. Before tossing with pasta, reheat it, letting it simmer for 15 minutes and stirring it once or twice.
Variation of Ragu with PorkPork is an important part of Bologna's culture, its economy, and the cuisine, and many cooks add some pork to make their ragu tastier. Use 1 part ground pork, preferably from the neck or Boston butt, to 2 parts beef, and make the meat sauce exactly as described in the basic recipe above.


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February 10, 2013 BY Aaron Hope
The latest Nike Dunk High AC demonstrates how important color selection can be, even in the context of a single blocking template. This autoclaved Dunk High is done identically to the Air Jordan 1-leaning edition we saw a short while ago, but thanks to the Photo Blue and Khaki combo, these lean closer to the Blazer Mid '77s with which they share the multicolor zig-zag pattern than MJ (or the potential UNC look from a softer blue). Click through for more views of this March 2013 release and stick with Sneaker News for word on US availability.
Nike Dunk High AC
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Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
I looked at the files listing in packages.debian.org for the tftpd program. It does not install anything in /etc/init.d. I am not sure if that program can run as a daemon.On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:14:05PM +1100, hce wrote:On 11/5/07, Jeff Grossman <email@example.com> wrote:hce wrote:Hi, I've just installed tftp and tftpd package by apt-get. But, I could not see the tftp server running. Actually, I could not figure out where is the tftp script. In FC6, the tftp script is in xinit.d. In Debian, there is not xinit.d. How can I check whether the tftp server is running or not? And, if not, which command I can call to run the tftp server? Thank you. JimI don't think Debian uses xinetd by default. It puts everything in the inetd.conf file. You can manually move the entries over to an xinetd file.probably you should avoid inet.d and just start the service directly.Indeed, the tftp is in inetd.conf file. But, how can I run/restart/stop tftp server? Also, how can I check whether the tftp server is running or not? I checked ps and grep with in.tftpd, but could not find it.in debian services are started with an init script stored in /etc/init.d/ and linked to various runlevels in /etc/rc[S123456].d/ to start the service use either/etc/init.d/<Service name> startor invoke-rc.d <Service name> start to check the status of a service, look at ps -e (grepping asappropriate) or checkinvoke-rc.d <Service name> status (or /etc/init.d/<Service name>) personally, i like the /etc/init.d/ route as you get tab completion of a service name, if you happen to not remember it exactly. Many services won't actually start unless they are enabled in /etc/default/<service name>, so if you start a service and it doesn't seem to work, check there. hth A


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Atlanta-based First Data Corp. said it is integrating the personal financial management solution from MoneyDesktop of Provo, Utah, into its online banking offering.
The Provo, Utah, company said it now has more than 260 credit union clients and 21 online banking, core and card processing partners.
Geezeo adds to PFM client list, creates new division and hires credit union marketer to lead it.
Geezeo said it has signed six more credit unions as users of its integrated, white-label personal financial management platform for online banking.
New PFM clients are in Texas, Oregon, Nebraska.
When UniWyo Federal Credit Union learned that its members, many of whom are college students, liked to manage their money online using sites like Mint.com, the credit union took matters into its own hands.
The 103,000 members of the $1.1 billion Pen Air Federal Credit Union in Pensacola, Fla., will now be offered an online personal financial management solution from Geezeo of Tolland, Conn.
The 110,000 members of AmeriCU Credit Union can now plan to manage their finances online with the Geezeo personal financial management solution, the company and credit union said.
The $970 million AmeriCU Credit Union in Rome, N.Y., plans to deploy the Geezeo personal financial management platform to its online members.
Madison, Wis., credit union goes with Geezeo personal financial management online solution.


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By Sam Amico / The Amico Report
The Phoenix Suns are entering a season filled with questions, and I'm not about to try to answer them.
But I will tell you what I do know:
* Stephon Marbury has changed for the better. Marbury will deny this, as he has said repeatedly that he didn't play any differently last season than in years past. In one sense, that's true. Marbury has always been an exciting and point-producing point guard, a tough New York City-type who will hit a jumper in your face then tell you all about it.
But last season, he gave his teammates a chance. By that, I mean he tried to get the other guys in the flow of the game before trying to take it over himself. He became one the NBA's most underrated passers and one of its staunchest defenders. Honest. And he still managed to average 22.3 points per game while toning down the trash talk.
All of this is good news for Suns fans, because as good as Marbury's supporting cast is becoming, he's still the cement that holds this team together. If Marbury continues to show the type of leadership and unselfish attitude he displayed last season, the Suns will always have a shot to make the playoffs. If he reverts to his me-first ways, they'll be lucky to finish .500.
* Shawn Marion is one of the league's most underrated rebounders. We all know that Marion can jump high enough to touch the scoreboard above center court, that he is a deadly mid-range shooter who's slowly extending his perimeter game to the 3-point line. But at 6-foot-7 and 215 pounds, he doesn't exactly have the build of a rebounding machine.
Then you watch Marion play and suddenly notice how he uses his energy, athleticism, and sheer will to chase down rebounds on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a new era in pro basketball, a time when superstars of the MTV generation get by on athleticism alone. They aren't supposed to HUSTLE. Well, somebody forgot to tell Marion, because last season he crashed the boards as if a pot of gold was about to fall off the rim.
This isn't to say Marion is The Next Dennis Rodman when the idea is gobbling up bushels of rebounds ... but it is to show there's a lot more to Marion than just his leaping ability.
* Amare Stoudemire put the power back in forward. No high-school-to-the-pros rookie since Moses Malone had as big of an impact as Stoudemire did last season. In fact, you could even argue that Stoudemire had a better first season than Malone (and you could use Malone's trade from the Buffalo Braves following his rookie year for support). But there's no way the Suns would trade Stoudemire, not after watching him power his way to the basket to the tune of 13.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game on his way to rookie of the year honors.
Granted, Stoudemire has a lot to learn, particularly on offense, where his only move is a power dribble, a drop step, and a monster dunk. This allowed other teams to figure out that the best way to slow down Stoudemire is to get tough with him -- and toward the end of the season, all it took was one physical defender to force him into frustration. At this level, you're not a true post threat unless you're getting double- and triple-teamed.
Still, you can't complain about Stoudemire's start. And the bad news for everyone else: He'll only get stronger and more fundamentally-sound.
* This isn't the Penny Hardaway from the days of the Li'l Penny commercials. When Penny Hardaway was playing alongside Shaquille O'Neal in Orlando, he was a tall, athletic, and confident point guard who many called a poor man's Magic Johnson. Now he's 32 years old and injury-prone. And a shooting guard to boot.
But Hardaway's role with the Suns wasn't appreciated enough last season, as Phoenix was soaring until he went out with a thumb injury. When he returned, the Suns started playing well again. Everyone talks about the job Scottie Pippen did as the steadying force for Portland, about the veteran leadership he provided for a team that desperately needed some. Well, Hardaway basically performed the same role for Phoenix.
I'll be honest, I like the older Hardaway much better than the younger version. He's no longer an All-Star, but he is a complete basketball player. Today's Hardaway reminds me very much of how current Seattle coach Nate McMillan played as a guard with the Supersonics. Like McMillan once did, Hardaway does a wonderful job of seeing the court and keeping things moving. He's also a positive influence in the locker room, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him coaching in the NBA someday.
As for the Li'l Penny commercials, they're long gone. And know what? Thank goodness.
* Yes, the Suns have a decent center. Actually, they have three decent centers, all of whom pretty much play the same way. I'm talking about Scott Williams, Jake Voskuhl, and Jake Tsakalidis. OK, none exactly rings up memories of Bill Russell -- or even Luc Longley, for that matter. But all three play hard and don't mind hustling for offensive rebounds, even if they do simply pass those rebounds back out to someone with a decent shooting touch. These three aren't going to score much or block many shots, but somehow, they're reliable and productive.
* You gotta like the bench. At the end of last season and in the playoffs, second-year swingman Joe Johnson became the Suns' sixth man. It was a brilliant move by Coach Frank Johnson, as Johnson could have been a candidate for the league's Sixth Man Award had he done it for the entire season. That's because the Suns didn't miss a beat when Johnson relieved either Hardaway or Marion. Sometimes, they actually picked up steam, thanks to Johnson's solid shooting and all-out hard work.
Then there are guys like Casey Jacobsen and Bo Outlaw. Neither will cause opponents to tremble with fear when they check into a game, but they both serve a valuable purpose.
Jacobsen is a second-year player with a remarkable perimeter game. He also is an underrated natural athlete who can get to the basket and draw fouls. Word is, Jacobsen spent his entire summer in the gym, working with a shooting coach to extend his already accurate 3-point game. Meanwhile, Outlaw is 100 percent energy, the one guy on the team who always thinks about defense first. He's also the one guy who is willing to guard anyone from Karl Malone to Ray Allen -- and even at the age of 33, Outlaw still loves the game enough to have spent the offseason playing summer league ball.
* As for the rookies ... Last year, the Suns stole Stoudemire with the No. 9 pick in the draft. This year, they may have done the same with 6-11 Zarko Cabarkapa at No. 17. Cabarkapa has been compared to Pau Gasol and Dirk Nowitzki (he himself prefers Nowitzki), and if he's anything like either of those two, the Suns are in for a real treat.
At the very least, Cabarkapa is lanky, agile, and can hit the 3-pointer. He should contribute off the bench immediately, especially when you consider the Suns could use another shooter to extend opposing defenses.
The Suns also acquired the rights to Brazilian point guard Leandro Barbosa in a draft day trade with the Spurs. I've only see Barbosa play one time, and let me just say the guy has the funkiest jump shot I've ever seen -- but it goes in. He's also a good ballhandler and decent at slashing to the basket, and he'll be a nice replacement for Marbury when Marbury needs a breather.
In other words, for the second straight season, it appears Phoenix's front office got two young guys who can really help the team.
* Finally, the coach. Like a lot of the Suns, Frank Johnson doesn't get enough credit. Truth is, Johnson is an underrated X-and-O guy who demands that his players respect the game. He's also one of the few NBA coaches who has unwavering support from the front office, which means Johnson isn't afraid to yell at the players when every other motivational tactic fails.
And there's a reason Marbury changed his ways last season. It's because of Johnson, who often meets with the players one-on-one to let them know exactly which areas of their games need improving. Johnson isn't the best coach in the league, but he knows how to reach the modern-day millionaires in high tops, and especially, how to get everyone to play hard.
* The bottom line. As I said at the beginning, there are plenty of questions. Will Marbury maintain his winner's attitude? Will Stoudemire be as effective now that other teams will put a body on him? Will Hardaway hold up? Will young players such as Joe Johnson and Casey Jacobsen become more consist? Will everyone continue to respond to Coach Johnson?
If the answer to most of those questions is yes, the Suns will be right back in the playoffs -- and my guess is, they'll sneak up on a few people while there. After all, it could be argued that Suns gave defending champion San Antonio its most difficult playoff series.
No matter what happens, it should be enjoyable to seek some answers in Phoenix this season. That's because at the very least, the Suns will be lots of fun to watch.
And there's something to be said for that.
-- It's a good thing Atlanta is matching Utah's contract offer for restricted free agent Jason Terry. The Hawks are already in trouble, but could you imagine if the only point guards on the roster were Jacque Vaughn and Dan Dickau? Yikes. Terry said he didn't want the Hawks to match the offer, which had me thinking, "It's good to see there are still some guys out there who are willing to play in Salt Lake City." Anyway, the Hawks are keeping Terry, and I'm sure he'll learn to like it.
-- In other point guard news, Kenny Anderson is still without a team, as are Rod Strickland and Bimbo Coles. Anderson is reportedly leaning toward signing with Indiana, probably for the same veteran's minimum offer he rejected from Miami earlier this summer. Strickland and Coles are also being eyed by the Pacers, as well as Orlando, Utah, and Boston. Anderson will be 33 when the season starts, Coles 34, and Strickland 35.
-- The Boston Globe reports that New Jersey center Dikembe Mutombo has been telling friends he thinks he'll be traded to Toronto. Of course, Dikembe says a lot of things that never end up happening, and it actually wouldn't be surprising to see the Nets bring him back as insurance. Right now, their current starter is Alonzo Mourning, who as you know, missed all of last season with a kidney ailment.
-- Well, TNT will be at it again with its corny NBA-related commercials this season. The channel recently announced a new ad campaign that will feature players in parodies of "well-known nursery rhymes." All you need to know is that Cleveland rookie LeBron James will be featured in a parody of "Rock-a-bye-baby." Heaven help us.
-- Esther Amico (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) e-mailed to say that in the previous newsletter I wrote "bare with me" when I meant "bear with me." Thanks, mom. I need an editor. But I promise it was just a type-o, and that you didn't raise no dummy (I speak, of course, solely for myself and not my sisters).
-- Forward Donyell Harvey, who had a productive year last season in Denver, signed a one-year contract with Orlando. This was an underrated move by the Magic, who added another athletic swingman to an already loaded roster. I really like what Orlando has done in the offseason. It hasn't been flashy, but I have a feeling it's really gonna pay off.
-- A poll on the New Orleans Hornets' Web site asked readers to vote for the newcomer who they think will have the biggest impact. My pick, Darrell Armstrong, received 66 percent of the votes. Rookies David West (26 percent) and James Lang (five percent) were second and third, respectively, followed by veteran center Sean Rooks (three percent).
Names you may know that will be participating in NBA training camps in a couple of weeks:
Mike Wilks, Gabe Muoneke (Houston); Eric Chenowith, Jamal Sampson, Ime Udoka (L.A. Lakers); Quincy Lewis, Kirk Penney (Minnesota); Alton Ford, John Crotty, Shammond Williams (Orlando); Mark Pope (Phoenix); Tracy Murray, Mamadou N'Diaye, Robert Pack, Adam Keefe, Norm Richardson (Portland); George Williams (Toronto).
I promise to get back to responding to your e-mails in the next newsletter, so keep those questions coming (please don't forget to include your full name and hometown).
In the meantime, thanks so much for reading, as YOU are what makes this newsletter work. I am extremely grateful.
And finally ... training camp is just a few weeks away! (And if you're a Cleveland Browns fan like me, it couldn't come at a better time).
Anyway, the NBA season is almost here -- that, along with your e-mails, always gives me reason to smile.
If you would like to receive the Amico Report each week in your e-mail inbox, just send your address to me at email@example.com. The newsletter is free, now and forever. You can also send questions and comments to that address, although you must include your full name to be have your thoughts printed in the newsletter. Also, please include your hometown when e-mailing, for the sole purpose of killing my curiosity.


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I'm new to WordPress and only use Visual, not being a coder. On the most recent post I uploaded two images in the same way, in they went nice and easy. But the caption to the second is faint and offset to the right, and maybe even (my eyesight can't decide!) in a different font. I cannot find anywhere in the edit photo options to change this, and if I delete it and do it again it repeats exactly. What's going on, what am I not getting? http://biomad.net/
The blog I need help with is birdfarer.wordpress.com.


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I received this in a swap.
this cup was so clear it was quite spectacular.
this is so delicious. I don't know what potato pancakes are suppose to taste like, but this is so good. you get the buttery vegetal notes & the hint of cinnamon & apples. mmmmmm I could drink this all the time.
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Cheltenham 2014: The big day arrives
HUNDREDS of workers were swarming around Cheltenham from early morning to ensure every inch of the track was perfect as the four day bumper festival kicks off.
Dozens of people had gathered on the gallops to watch the jockeys exercise the horses hours ahead of the races getting underway.
All eyes were on top jump jockey Ruby Walsh as he beamed as he led out the mammoth string of Willie Mullins horses on the first day of the festival.
Walsh - the most successful jockey of all time at the festival with 38 winners - is heading into the festival with arguably his strongest ever book of rides.
His big ride today is aboard the champion Hurricane Fly who is in the running for a third Stan James Champion Hurdle.
Mullins is the 4/9 favourite to take the Irish Independent Leading Trainer Award over the four days of the meeting.
Out on the gallops, Wexford trainer Paul Nolan, told Independent.ie that an extremely strong string of Irish horses had travelled over this year.
"I think there is great strength and depth, led by Willie of course, each race seems to be a very competitive race. Race-wise and quality-wise I think it is one of the best festivals we are ever likely to see.
"I've a horse King Vuvuzela in the last race today, he's had a good season maybe he's gone a little bit high in the ratings but he is a good each way chance, I hope he runs well," he said.
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It's become a Twitter inevitability. When a player scores his first goal of the season, as Tom Wilson did Tuesday night in the Capitals' blowout of the Islanders, at least one fan of the team excitedly points out that the player now has one more goal than Claude Giroux.
Perhaps the most telling Giroux-related tweet came Tuesday afternoon from the account of Uber Hockey Facts (@UberHockeyFact). It pointed out that 433 players have more goals than Giroux this season. After Tuesday night's games? That number is now at 445.
Giroux doesn't have a goal yet in 2013-14. He's sitting at zero this season, same as you and me. He's 0-for-29.
Compounding the misery, when it looked like the Flyers might be able to build off a 1-0 win over the Devils, they collapsed late against the Hurricanes on Tuesday. A late goal in the third and an overtime goal from Manny Malhotra meant that Carolina continued to send Philadelphia's season spiraling.
Making it worse for Giroux, he was defending Jordan Staal when the Canes center scored the tying goal.
"I think so," Giroux confirmed after the game when asked by the Philadelphia media. "It happened pretty quick."
There was one thing he was certain about: This was as frustrating a loss as there's been all season for the Flyers.
"Yup," Giroux said.
That's saying a lot.
When looking at the list of disappointments in the NHL as one-quarter of the season is nearly expired, the Flyers top it by a long shot. There's the early-season coaching firing that reeked of a lack of planning. There's the superstar without a goal. There's the embarrassing goalie fight that league executives found so problematic that it could lead to a rule-change proposal at next week's GM meetings. The Flyers have one of the five highest payrolls in the league and entered the season with Stanley Cup aspirations yet are sitting second-worst overall, with just two more points than a Sabres team that's in full rebuild mode.
It's disappointment that's hard to top, but we know misery loves company. Here are the nine other most disappointing developments of the early NHL season:
2. The Eastern Conference's pathetic showing versus the West. You instinctively knew the Western Conference was the stronger of the two conferences, but last season's lockout-induced schedule meant we didn't have proof. The Bruins played the Blackhawks tough in the Stanley Cup finals, proving that the best teams in the East can compete with anybody out West. Even this season, the Bruins and Penguins are teams you'd have a hard time picking against in the Cup finals against anyone. They also both have winning records against the West.
But from top to bottom? It's not even close. The West's depth has dominated against the East, with an overall record of 66-26-10 against the Eastern Conference.
"Overall, the West might be more responsible defensively," said understated Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson. "There's a lot more odd-man rushes in the East. That goes back to the West concentrating more defensively, trying to win a game 2-1 rather than 4-3. That makes a difference if you're playing a team in the East that doesn't share that philosophy. If things aren't going well that night and plays aren't being made, it could be a tough night." The East has had a lot of them so far this season.
3. Tim Thomas' stalled comeback. We were thrilled when Thomas decided to rejoin the hockey world and play for the Panthers, so it's been frustrating to see a groin injury slow it down. He's played six games this season, but two were cut short by injury and the anticipated return to Boston this week is up in the air as Thomas continues to recover.
4. The Panthers as a whole. Florida was never going to be a topflight Cup contender this season, but the addition of Thomas along with the mix of late-summer veteran additions and high-end young talent like Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau and Erik Gudbranson made it an interesting team to watch. But any hope of the Panthers being a surprise playoff team has disappeared as the losses pile up. Tuesday night's loss to the Oilers was the Panthers' sixth in a row, and they haven't won a game since Oct. 19.
5. The Blackhawks' penalty kill. Chicago is clicking along just fine in the standings, with a 9-2-4 record that hides an ugly development: Its penalty kill has been awful. It's currently at 73.2 percent, which is ranked last in the league. Last season, the Blackhawks had the third-best PK in the league. You can win a Stanley Cup with a below-average power play, but it's nearly impossible to win one if you're giving up a bunch of power-play goals. One of the quiet losses from the Cup-winning team was Michael Frolik, who was a big part of Chicago's PK last season. That's an area for GM Stan Bowman to address as the season continues.
6. Dallas Eakins' NHL coaching debut. At this time a year ago, Eakins and Jon Cooper were the two hottest young coaching commodities in the AHL. Both built reputations as guys who could develop talent and win games. Since then, they've been given an opportunity to prove it at the NHL level. Cooper has the Lightning off to a surprising 10-4-0 start on top of the Atlantic Division. Eakins? Dead last in a Pacific Division that is the best in hockey. But Eakins is already making adjustments. Credit him for admitting early-season mistakes and simplifying the team's play in the defensive zone, as this Edmonton Journal story pointed out last week.
7. Stephen Weiss' offensive production. The signing of Weiss to a five-year contract seemed like the perfect Red Wings offseason move. Bring in a talented player who underachieved elsewhere, ingrain him in the Red Wings' philosophy, hand him over to Mike Babcock and watch him blossom. Well, it's still a work in progress. Weiss has just three points in 16 games and is minus-3. On a team that likes to control the puck, Weiss has a Relative Corsi of minus-12.1, the second-lowest on the team among regulars. To add salt to the wound, the guy he replaced in Detroit, Valtteri Filppula, has 11 points in 14 games for the Lightning.
"He's been really, really good," Lightning assistant GM Julien BriseBois said of Filppula when we chatted recently. "He has a high hockey IQ. He's skilled, fast, competitive. He calms things down for us. When he's on the ice, you can see he has things under control."
8. The Ducks' power play. Maybe we're splitting hairs here, because Anaheim has been great this season. It's on top of the Pacific at 12-3-1. But 6.7 percent on the power play? For real, Anaheim? The Ducks have four power-play goals all season. The Capitals had four Tuesday night.
9. Jonathan Quick's save percentage. Quick started last season slowly and found his game in time for an impressive playoff run, so Kings fans don't need to be too concerned that he's sitting at .896 this season. But what about Americans? Goaltending is supposed to be the huge edge Team USA has over Canada in the Olympics. Quick is supposed to be the starter in Sochi. There are 13 Canadian goalies with better save percentages among the league leaders. That's not how you send an Olympic-year message up north, Jonathan.
10. Ilya Bryzgalov's extended free agency. C'mon, Garth Snow or Craig MacTavish. You know the NHL is more fun with Bryzgalov around. He's only two seasons removed from a .921 save percentage. He has a career save percentage of .913. This is a bounce-back candidate just waiting for a chance. Do it for all of us.


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BF touring bars vs. drops
I'm considering getting a BF and have seen both touring bars and drops. My usual road bike has drops. Any comparisons on the two?
My wife bought a new Bike Friday Pocket Crusoe Petite last year with the touring bars and by August I had converted it to their drop bars. She likes the drops better. Roger
Depends on the type of riding. My full touring bike had wide drop bars, but I used the top bar and brake hoods mostly, and the drops rarely. The Bike Friday STI Touring bars (a kind of combination of H and Bull-horn) look like they would provide enough hand positions for longer rides. But you might want the drops if you're looking for a more aerodynamic position.
Going by pics alone (caveat), both the sti and "h" touring bars wouldn't do it for me because the main section looks so straight, i.e. no "ergonomic" bend(s). Might be ok if you primarily hold the ends though.
FWIW, the STI Touring bars don't look terribly comfortable to me. The upwards curve kinda wigs me out. :P
If you like drops, then I recommend you stick with them. If drops do not feel comfortable, I'd look into options like the H bars and/or aero bars.
My understanding is they can custom fit the bike to virtually the exact same fit as your favorite bike.
If you like to ride drops, get drops. If you like to ride flat bars or H bars get them. No sweat either way.
I have drops on my NWT.
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DJ Quik went off on Twitter yesterday (March 17), taking to the social media network to air out former partner AMG.
The artists formed a group called The Fixxers in 2006, and released a single "Can U Werk Wit Dat." Their album, Midnight Life, never materialized.
Quik explained that AMG would take to radio and insult him.
His life is a Tragedy. Jason Lewis aka Amg.
Quik further explained that AMG's disdain for Interscope, allegedly because the label suggested that he "get in shape," was a part of the reason the album never dropped, and directly resulted in termination of the group's recording contract. Even after airing out his former partner-in-rhyme, Quik still had words for him.
Amg is a grumpy old fag.
Amg doesn't even own his own name. I digress
DJ Quik and AMG worked together in the early 90s, with each artist making guest appearances on the other's album, notably on AMG's "Bitch Betta Have My Money."
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Terrible news CF, my heart felt condolences to you and your family.
Damn, life can sure kick you in the balls once in a while. My cousin walked into her 22 year old son's room late this morning to wake him up and he was dead. A crushing blow to the entire family. No idea what the cause was yet.
I used to live in a 2 family house. Y cousin and her husband lived on the top floor and me, my wife ( now ex) and my 1st son lived below them. I can still remember them coming down to tell us that my cousin was pregnant. We were the first ones they told. Their son was born exactly 1 year, 1 month and 1 day after my older son.
So hard to imagine thier pain. Just horrible. No parent should ever have to go through this. And on top of it, today was my aunt's birthday and he was her only grandson.
It's going to be a brutal week.
Terrible news CF, my heart felt condolences to you and your family.
Jesus Christ, sorry for your loss dude. There is nothing worse than the unexpected loss of a loved one. Good luck my friend.
Good God, prayers and thoughts.
Sorry for your loss my dude. Terrible news, I'll keep you and your family in my prayers.
awful news, sorry for your loss
Terrible. Just terrible.... How do parents get through that?
I imagine they never do.
Thoughts are with you, brother.
Damn, Cross
Thoughts are with you, bro.
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Sorry to hear it. My condolences.
Holy cow, dude.
So sorry for your loss.
Damn, life can totally suck at times.
Damn. Sorry for your loss, buddy.
My sincerest condolences goes out to your family .
My condolences, cro. That's absolutely horrible.
CF my sincerest condolences, I am sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss, love the ones you got.
Thanks all. Still in shock here. Young kids shouldn't die and parents should never have to bury their children.
cross, how horrible
i'm so sorry to hear about this. My thoughts to you, your cousin and entire family.
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Absent a union contract or other established rule, you don't have to use seniority to decide which employee should be laid off. You can use any objective measure.
Recent case: David was the only black mechanic who worked at an airport cargo-handling service. He was also the most senior.
David was terminated in an economic reduction in force after his boss picked him instead of one of the other white mechanics with less seniority.
He sued, alleging race discrimination and claimed one of his white co-workers should have been selected. The employer explained it picked David because he had been written up three times, once for smoking in a truck filled with gasoline.
The court dismissed the case. It ruled that employers can use disciplinary history in layoffs. (Walton v. Evergreen, No. 10-2403, ED PA, 2012)


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Extra are gearing up to release the follow up to their "Ahchoo" Reebok Pump AXT. This time around it's the Pump OXT and dubbed "The Sheriff". The colorway is based more on Chappelle's "Ahchoo" character's outfit when he's taken in to Robin Hood's clan and eventually becomes the sheriff. They've integrated the green spandex-y nylon on the tongue and collar lining for the whole "Men in Tights" effect. Limited to 350 pairs, the shoe will release Friday, March 23rd at Midnight.
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Depending on your access permissions, you can add any of the following content. To preview available content, click the Add Content button and page through the content gallery.
Customer Summary
This area appears below the customer's name on the left side of the snapshot. It provides summary information about the customer you select.
QuickBooks displays how long they have been a customer, their open balance, and their credit limit.
Click More Details to view the customer's information in the Customer Center.
Sales Summary
This area shows the total sales for the selected customer. You also see the sales for the same period in the previous year.
Click the date drop-down arrow to change the summary period.
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Click any of the column headings to sort by date, invoice number, amount, and open balance. Click QuickReport to get even more detail.
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Click any of the column headings to sort by date, check or reference number, or amount. Click QuickReport to get even more detail.
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Place your pointer on any bar in the graph to see the total for that bar.
Double-click any bar in the graph to view its detail in the Report Center.
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Requesting Reports in the Siebel Web Client
Users can request reports by using the Reports menu that is located on the application-level toolbar.
To request a report in the Siebel Web Client
In the Reports menu, you can review your previously requested reports by choosing My Reports. For more information, see About the My Reports View.
Using the SOAP protocol, reports submitted from the Siebel Web Clients are run on the exports Server as transient jobs. Reports no longer run as background jobs. In this run now mode, the report is viewed as it is being generated. Using progressive viewing, the first page appears before the entire report is completed.
However, if the report generation fails, an error message will not be available as no completed notification is generated. Use the scheduling function to request the report again to review what is causing the report to fail.
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The doctors welcome new patients who live within our Practice area.
To register with the practice you must live in the Practice area (Postcode BH23) as shown on the boundary map below. We will need your NHS number and you will need to complete an application form and a Practice Health Questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. The Practice Health Questionnaire will be assessed by a member of the clinical team and you may be invited to have a health check with either a doctor or a nurse. You will also be required to provide proof of residency within our boundary (Utility Bill, etc) and ideally some photographic Identification if it is available. Please also complete the extra chld registration forms required for children under the age of 17 years.
Please print out the registration forms (see below) and bring completed and signed forms to the surgery. Please contact the Practice if you have any queries.
This surgery is now part of the GP2GP scheme where a patient's Electronic Medical Records are sent automatically from a patient's old surgery upon leaving; any manual records follow on. This gives our clinicians immediate access to any important medical information that has been recorded on a patient's electronic record.
All patients have a named GP but are encouraged to see any of our clinicians as they all have direct access to all medical records.
Patients who work/study outside of the Practice Area:
With effect from 5th January 2015, patients who live in the area covered by the Practice but work or study elsewhere, now have the option of remaining registering with this Practice as well as the option to register with a Practice near their place of work/study. This will enable patients to ensure that they are always able to access urgent primary medical care. It is worth noting that patients' physical records will be retained by their 'home' Practice.
University/College Students
Patients who live in the area covered by the Practice but study elsewhere now have the option of remaining with this Practice ('Home' Practice). Students may wish to register also with a local practice near to their place of study, especially if they have any underlying medical conditions (Students will need to decide which Practice they would like their physical patient notes to reside). Students may register as a temporary resident at any local practice near to the place of their study should they need urgent primary medical care.
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Country Pastor: Writing in the earth
There is a secret to the story in John 8 of the woman caught in adultery.
You might remember how it goes: Jesus is teaching in the temple and the scribes and Pharisees bring a woman who has been caught in the act of adultery and make her stand before them all. Then they ask Jesus,
"Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?"
They do this to test Jesus, that they might be able to bring some charge against him. In response, Jesus does a strange thing. He bends down and writes on the ground.
What is Jesus doing? Had the scribes and the Pharisees been less intent on their evil, they might have known from the beginning.
In Jeremiah 17: 13, we read "O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved: for you are my praise."
We can now understand what Jesus is doing. When he bends down and writes in the earth, he is saying in effect, "Haven't you scribes and Pharisees departed from the Lord?" "Aren't your hearts dry like the dust of the earth because you have forsaken the fountain of living waters?"
But the religious leaders go on questioning Jesus, they don't notice what he is doing. Jesus then straightens up and puts it to them plainly, "Let him who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."
And again, Jesus bends down and writes in the earth. This, at last, breaks through the blindness of the men; they begin to "get" what Jesus is doing and saying, and one by one starting with the elders they leave, until no one remains but Jesus and the woman.
Jesus straightens up and says to her, "Woman, where are they, has no one condemned you? And she says, "No one, Lord." Jesus replies, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on no longer sin."
Jesus could have thrown stones at the woman. He was without sin, after all. But God sent his only begotten son into the world, not to condemn it but to save it, as John 3 tells us. I consider Isaiah 53-55 a summation of the good news and it tells us that "all we like sheep have gone astray," but the Father sends the Son to die on a cross, and "by his wounds we are healed."
To us, Jesus looks like a criminal on the cross, hated by God (vs. 4), but in fact, God makes Jesus into a holy offering for sin there, but the word of the cross is so that we, like the woman may go free, sinning no more. Golgotha is not condemnation, but salvation. It is the Lord healing us and "we shall be healed."
Jesus Jehovah dies, hung on a tree and the gospel is preached and one by one people who were once dry as dust begin to drink from the fountain of living water and, in turn, they themselves become fountains of living water, welling up to eternal life.


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The Revival Tour 2012
@ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Featuring: Chuck Ragan, Emily Barker, Cory Branan, Jay Malinowski, Rocky Votolato
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The Revival Tour 2012: Chuck Ragan + Emily Barker + Cory Branan + Jay Malinowski + Rocky Votolato
The Revival Tour is a revolving showcase of real music by real people in a simple grassroots fashion. This year's UK edition in the Autumn kicks off with a multi-national collection of amazing storytellers in Chuck Ragan, American singer/songwriter Cory Branan, South Australia's Emily Barker, Canada's Jay Malinowski from reggae band Bedouin Soundclash and Texan Rocky Votolato.
See www.therevivaltour.com for further information.
Chuck Ragan
Simply put, they don't make musicians like Chuck Ragan anymore. For nearly two decades Ragan has traversed the country and the world - first with his celebrated punk act Hot Water Music and later as a solo troubadour - to bring his music to the masses.
Chuck Ragan tour dates
Emily Barker
'Heartfelt songwriting... bridging the gap between folk, country and Fleetwood Mac' - The Times.
'Ambitious and beautifully wrought' - Q.
Along with her regular cannon of work, Emily also wrote her first score for a feature film starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen, and penning/performing the theme to BBC TV's Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. This Bafta and Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter blends classical, rock, country and folk influences to stunning effect. As a live performer, she captivates her audience.
Emily Barker tour dates
Cory Branan
Cory Branan is a natural-born storyteller. As with any of his musical and literary pedestal sitters, from John Prine and Leonard Cohen to Raymond Carver and Márquez, his seemingly conversational, painstakingly crafted anecdotes benefit from a hard-eyed stare at hydra-headed experience.
Cory Branan tour dates
Jay Malinowski
Jay Malinowski is a Canadian vocalist and guitarist for the Canadian reggae group Bedouin Soundclash, as well as a solo musician.
Jay Malinowski tour dates
Rocky Votolato
An American singer/songwriter from Dallas, Texas. Now based in Seattle, Rocky has toured with the likes of Damien Jurado, Small Brown Bike, The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, Owen and The Casket Lottery.
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