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Climate Check: Arizona
What SB 1070 means to people living in the Grand Canyon State
Think your New Mexico driver's license will prove your citizenship in Arizona? Think again.
Think your New Mexico driver's license will prove your citizenship in Arizona? Think again.
Note, I am not writing as a representative of any academic unit at UNM. Still, you ought to know my position. I am an assistant professor of American Studies and Chicano Studies (I hold a joint appointment in the American Studies Department and the Chicano/Hispano/Mexicano Studies Program).
It's not a policy or a policy change, says Mayor Richard Berry. Instead, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement setting up shop in the newly refurbished Prisoner Transport Center is an agreement. In fact, he says, the old policy is still in place that only allows Albuquerque Police Department officers to check into someone's immigration status if it's relevant to an investigation. But that's not the case for the feds. Every single person arrested by APD or the county sheriff who ends up at the transport center in downtown Albuquerque will have their immigration status evaluated by ICE. "I want 100 percent of the people checked," Berry says in an interview. "I want racial profiling out of the equation."
One of the most heartening things about the immigrants rights movement today is the involvement by U.S. citizens who are people of faith. Thousands turned out in the streets around the country—side by side with immigrants—to demand humane immigration reform and to express outrage at SB 1070, the Arizona law that cracks down on immigrants. The concern for immigrants' rights is mirrored in migration theology, a growing area of scholarship that examines what the Bible has to say about how we treat "the stranger among us."
For New Mexicans to understand the issues pertaining to Arizona's controversial new law, SB 1070, it's necessary to grasp the history of how Arizona has dealt with racial issues since its establishment as a territory.
Rudolfo Anaya, New Mexico's most celebrated writer, gave the Alibi this statement: "The recent anti-immigrants Arizona law is an assault on our basic civil rights. It is most hideous because it targets people of color. It should be protested by everyone. If there ever was a time for civil disobedience, it is now."
Leiahdorus has been in the business of creating sweet, soaring electro-pop since its formation by Jason Smith and Fox Fletcher back in 1998. Gaining keyboardist Darla VanWinkle in 2003 and drummer Ryan Goodman in 2007, the band has focused on evolving and cultivating a uniqueness over the years. With the release of Leiahdorus' third full-length on Section 44 Records, the Albuquerque band is finding itself more mature and less plugged in. And experimenting with banjos. Leiahdorus on this and more below, via e-communique.
Let's just get that out of the way. When Morrissey performed at the Sunshine Theater last year, at the ripe old age of 50, he didn't hand the people in the crowd a wilted bouquet of gladiolas. He gave them their money's worth. And then some.
Don't take it from us. Others much more in the know said it first.
After a long hiatus, the always flashy and original Daddy Long Loin returns to the stage with Jon Knutson on "drum set" and Blake Himm on "percussion." The group—Chicken Noodle Chainsaw—will perform original Long Loin songs, improvisations, Frank Zappa and Tom Waits covers, and who knows what else on the new outdoor stage at Marble Brewery (111 Marble NW) on Saturday at 8 p.m. The show is free. (Jessica Cassyle Carr)
Fox Fletcher is the guitar player for and a founding member of Albuquerque's Leiahdorus (which releases its third full-length album this weekend—see right). He also teaches guitar lessons, makes his own guitars and is an avid photographer. Below is a wild smattering of computer-selected tracks from his collection.
In trying to write Culture Shock for this week, I've felt like J. Alfred Prufrock: "Then how should I begin ... and how should I presume." In most respects, I think I'm a bit more realized and less fearful than T.S. Eliot's cautionary creation, but these lines kept coming back to me as I started to write this, my final column as arts and literature editor.
It seemed like a good idea, a happy confluence of events.
Three minutes. No poems.
Those are the rules at DimeStories—a prose-only open mic trying to gain traction in Albuquerque's poetry-dominated reading circuit.
Trailer queens. That's what you call classic cars put on trailers and driven to car shows. They live in locked garages, Nan Morningstar says. "People buy antique cars as an investment and spend thousands making them beautiful."
I ask Agnes Dill about the honorary doctorate she'll have received from the University of New Mexico at the Saturday, May 15 commencement. "I guess I'm getting honored for a bunch of things I did," she says. Her extensive list of achievements is the culmination of many years of work. "It's so long, and I don't know how to tell you," she says. Dill will turn 97 on June 23.
The Duke City Derby put on a show for a healthy crowd that nearly filled the Convention Center on Saturday, May 15. All five teams— DoomsDames, Ho-Bots, Derby Intelligence Agency, travel team Muñecas Muertas and newcomers the Taos Whiplashes—showed their stuff. Still, the visiting Denver Roller Dolls put together the most impressive performance with a merciless 262-48 victory over the Muñecas.
Two resolutions—one to boycott city business with Arizona and another aimed at Mayor Richard Berry's agreement with federal immigration authorities—failed at the Monday, May 17 Council meeting. More than 100 people attended the meeting to decry the mayor's plan to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into the Prisoner Transport Center. There, agents will check the immigration status of everyone arrested for any reason.
Dateline: Australia—A professor from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane recently noticed a glaring error in the Oxford English Dictionary, which has been in place since 1911. While researching an article for science teachers, Dr. Stephen Hughes spotted the OED definition for the word "siphon." According to the dictionary, siphons use atmospheric pressure to work. In fact, gravity is the force that makes them work. As soon as he made his discovery, Dr. Hughes wrote a letter to the OED's editors, who pledged to correct the entry in the next edition. Oxford isn't the only dictionary to get it wrong, either. "I found that almost every dictionary contained the same misconception that atmospheric pressure, not gravity, pushed liquid through the tube of a siphon," Hughes told the U.K.'s Telegraph. An OED spokesperson said the definition was first written in 1911 by "editors who were not scientists."
A hundred or so people turned out for the lieutenant governor forum at the Alamosa Community Center on the city's southwest mesa. The audience included senior citizens, teachers and a handful of young mothers and fathers with their children.
How big is this week's series finale sendoff for "Lost"? So big that even TV can't contain it! In addition to all the reruns, recaps and specials on ABC (see this week's "Idiot Box" for details), movie theaters across the country will be hosting a one-night-only, behind-the-scenes "Lost" event. On Thursday, May 20, Fathom Events and the New York Times Talks series will welcome the creators of "Lost," Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof. New York Times Entertainment Editor Lorne Manly will interview the duo live from The TimesCenter in New York. This in-depth conversation is likely to be Cuse and Lindelof's last interview about the show. So, chances are it'll feature a lot of secret-spilling. The event will take place locally at Downtown 14 and Rio 24 starting at 6 p.m. Advanced tickets are available through fathomevents.com and fandango.com.
One thing Hollywood has in spades is confidence. And Hollywood is pretty damn sure it knows better than you, me and every other non-celebrity type. That's why Hollywood is always rewriting, recasting, remaking and test-screening the hell out everything under the sun. There's nothing—from the prose of William Shakespeare to Heidi Montag's breasts to actual historical fact—that the movie industry can't improve upon. It's why no film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan has even remotely resembled its source material. And it's why movie studios are currently putting a reboot up the ass of every movie you've ever watched. Liked the original Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, Planet of the Apes, The Poseidon Adventure, The Pink Panther, A Nightmare on Elm Street? No you didn't. They sucked, so Hollywood was kind enough to remake them.
I'm a sad panda. As you know, ABC's sci-fi drama "Lost" is coming to an end. After six seasons and 121 episodes, TV's most intriguing episodic series is calling it a day.
Even before I learned of the secret menu at Budai, I was already recommending the small, Taiwanese-owned eatery for the element of surprise its regular menu brings. The non-secret menu is a long and interesting read, full of familiar and unusual Taiwanese and Chinese dishes. If you ask questions about the food, you might get a history lesson from Elsa Fang, who handles the front of the restaurant while her husband, Hsia, does the cooking. And, if you ask her to, she will translate the secret menu from Chinese. But she will do so selectively.
I like my neighborhood. It's got most of the things I want in a neighborhood, such as a park I never visit and a liquor store I always visit. I don't know or even think about my neighbors, which makes for the best kind. The only thing missing that would make it a perfect place to live is a good beer bar within walking distance. Since this is Albuquerque, I know that unless I move Downtown or to Nob Hill, I have to drive a ways to anywhere worth drinking. I wouldn't live in Nob Hill because there's too much to do, and I'd be out spending my Alibi paycheck every night. I can't live Downtown because, well, I'm not really allowed there anymore. (I don't want to get into it. It involves drinking.)
If you were to lasso the simple, heartfelt punk of Patti Smith, mash it together with droning guitars and send it down the Mississippi river to be peppered with soul, you might end up with Heartless Bastards. The band formed in the mid-aughts in Dayton, Ohio—hometown of Guided By Voices, The Breeders and Brainiac. Heartless Bastards is led by Erika Wennerstrom and distinguished by her voice's deep, velvety, slightly ramshackle qualities. Wennerstrom, who now makes her home in Austin, says she learned to sing by trying to emulate her idols and out popped her own voice.
In the hospitality industry, three-story water slides aren't nearly as common as continental breakfasts. But Arthur Cooper, director of sales and marketing at the newly completed Radisson Hotel & Water Park, says it's a growing trend among hotels.
Duke City Derby's skaters are at practice at the Heights Community Center a little early today. A photographer from ABQ Sports magazine is on hand to take photos, and even though he's the one with the camera, it's the roller girls who direct the shoot. "We're all going to shake our faces," a beskated player in the front row tells the photographer. "You'll have about a two-second window to take the picture." Without further instruction, each skater madly shakes her head, and the photographer snaps away.
Duke City Derby will open the 2010 season in yet another venue. The league has scheduled six matches in the Albuquerque Convention Center, starting with the season-opener on Saturday, May 15. Location isn't the only major change this season—in a bid to make matches more competitive, players on the league's three Albuquerque-based teams (Derby Intelligence Agency, DoomsDames and Ho-Bots) have been shuffled. Plus, a new team, hailing from Taos, will jump into the fray.
I remember when derby hit the scene in the 505. Reporters covered it from many angles, but no one could seem to get a handle on whether this was hot chix with crazy socks on skates or a real sport. And maybe we've learned, finally, that it can be both.
O, fair Albuquerque! While you were nestled all snug in your bed this winter, your Auntie Betty was out patrolling the trails on bikeback, coming home with perpetually chapped cheeks from the cold. Spring has since sprung, summer is nigh on high, and our city's Bosque and bikeways are teeming with life. It's a rich taxonomy: Cyclists can spy roadrunners and rattlesnakes and rollerblading trophy wives. Almost everyone is welcome in the benevolent eyes of Betty Sprocket, but there is one species that must be stamped out. A type of rider more pernicious than the salt cedar, more insidious than the Russian thistle. The most despicable cyclist of all: the bike punk.
Dateline: Oregon—The owner of a waste removal service settled a feud with a deadbeat customer by simply returning all the dog poop she had removed from the customer's property—with interest. According to a report on KTVZ, Melinda Hofmann, owner of The Bomb Squad dog waste pick-up service in Bend, tried to collect a long overdue $150 payment from Deborah Dillow last Monday night. When Dillow didn't answer the door, Hofmann got an idea. "I started to go back and write another note," Hoffman told reporters on Wednesday. "But I just decided to give her poop back." Hofmann backed up her work vehicle and dumped the day's haul—30 gallons of feces—onto Dillow's front yard. Hofmann said it wasn't the most adult of decisions, but admitted, "As I was flinging the poo all over her yard, it felt really good, and I just kept doing it." In fact, Hofmann didn't stop "flinging the poo" until police arrived. "Very messy," police Sgt. Dan Ritchie said. "I would imagine it probably took the homeowners quite some time to clean that mess up." Hofmann was taken away in handcuffs and charged with criminal trespassing, criminal mischief and offensive littering. Dillow said she always intended to pay Hofmann, but is battling cancer and recently had to spend $700 on medication. Despite the outcome, Hofmann seemed unrepentant about her chosen course of action, telling KTVZ, "Do I have regrets for dumping poop back in her yard cause she's a slacker client? Nope."
New Year's resolutions are for suckers. Why would anyone choose to turn over a new leaf in January, a month best reserved for footie pajamas, hot chocolate and weight gain? The real time to explore and expand is now. Though you may not have been in school for decades (and while summer doesn't officially begin for another month), there's something uniquely exhilarating about the end of May. So make your summer arts resolutions now; coincidentally enough, I have a few suggestions for this week to start you off.
Duck inside Nob Hill's best-kept secret passageway and the first side-room to appear is the Magic and Juggling Shop—a zany bazaar where trick kits entice from glass cases, sleight-of-hand artists trade tips, how-to DVDs perch next to packaged rubber vomit and snippets of esoteric conversation may include, "Sorry, we just sold out of Bite Coin."
Summer may be synonymous with a break from education, but that doesn't mean you want your brain to rust. Plus, when the heat starts to boil your insides, what better way to escape it than to dash into the air-conditioned halls of a museum and admire art, learn about our ancestors or play with giant bubbles?
Over the course of his controversy-baiting career, Austrian auteur Michael Haneke has created can't-look-away, punch-to-the-gut films that hover somewhere somewhere between the joyous sadism of Quentin Tarantino and the staunch-yet-demented ethicality of the Brothers Grimm. Pore over Benny's Video, Code Unknown, The Piano Teacher, Time of the Wolf, Caché and the scabrous Funny Games (both the European and U.S. versions) if you're up for the challenge. Are these upstanding, heavily moralistic tales about sex and violence and the pop cultural worship thereof, or does Haneke simply love a good wallow in mankind's seedy, rotten shadow? You tell me.
The Filling Station, a performance space on south Fourth Street established by Mother Road Theatre Company, is looking to sponsor a New Mexico independent film night sometime in June. If you're a local filmmaker and you've got something you'd like to contribute, the deadline for submission is Sunday, May 16. Send your submission to: New Mexico Indie Film Night at The Filling Station, 1024 Fourth SW, Albuquerque N.M. 87102. Submissions should include genre, length, clips/copy/trailer and a summary of the film. For more information, e-mail email@example.com.
The networks are getting ready to announce their "upfronts"—that is to say, the new shows we'll be seeing (maybe) this fall. Question is, which shows are going to be canceled in order to make way for this new prime-time product? While we know a few shows that have already been given the hook—"Better Off Ted," "Defying Gravity, "Eastwick," "Scrubs," "Ugly Betty," "Three Rivers," "24," "Brothers," "Dollhouse," "Past Life," "Sons of Tucson"—many are still sitting on the bubble. That's industry talk for: We might cancel them, we might not—depends on how badly our new pilots suck. So what's on this precarious bubble and how much danger are they in? Let's look.
It was James Hetfield who said, "There's always a new generation of angry young men who latch onto Kill 'Em All," and this was certainly true of the members of Albuquerque's Anesthesia. The band got its beginnings in the '90s when guitar player Jake Pacheco and drummer Steve Abeyta met in a middle school science class. Now full-grown adults, the group has been together for 14 years and working with its current lineup, which includes Aaron Bustamante on bass and Nathan Tramontina on guitar, since 2001. Playing in the technically challenging and headbanging-friendly style of traditional thrash metal—see Metallica—the band also sites Pantera and Alice in Chains as among its paramount influences.
Dear Albuquerque: It is my deepest regret to inform you that there is an excellent new record store in town, and as soon as the collectors read this they will likely go there and buy up all of the precious vinyl that could be mine.
This flyer depicts a 1924 American interpretation of 18th century Europe. The image is accented with colors and fonts that would not have been accepted in either place or time period, and notifies the public that Milch de Máquina and Then Eats Them will perform their respective avant weirdnesses on Friday, May 14, at 8 p.m. This all-ages show costs $5 and takes place at The Kosmos (1715 Fifth Street NW). Also, something about a human sacrifice ... bring popcorn! (Jessica Cassyle Carr)
Alex Rose grew up in Santa Fe, played in Albuquerque bands, then moved to Seattle to further his audio engineering career. Our native son has enjoyed a professional music career ever since joining prog / indie rock band Minus the Bear, which stops at the Sunshine Theater this Tuesday in support of Omni (released May 4). In anticipation of the rock that's to come, here are random selections from his collection—this time with two bonus tracks!
Philadelphia doesn't jump to the top of the list of hot places in the world, but during the peak of summer it can be worse than Albuquerque thanks to its humidity and concrete. Somewhere in the streets of South Philly, the old Italian art of granita became the new science of water ice, also known as Italian ice.
You don't see that headline in the Alibi too often, huh? All politics and karaoke classics aside, there is no denying that American craft beer innovations are influencing the world to emulate our beers. True, once we were identified by tasteless, watery beer, and there are still plenty of uninformed people who think American beer = yuck. Since I pass time trolling local liquor stores, I hear people talking up unremarkable European and Asian lagers and snubbing anything American. I can't keep my mouth shut, so I explain how far our beers have come and how creative our brewers are, but my vaguely homeless appearance keeps me from being taken seriously, and off they go with their 12-packs of Stella Artois.
Every now and again, my mother will look at my sisters and me with a self-satisfied little smile and declare, "I grew you girls!" Technically, she's correct. She successfully performed one of nature's coolest party tricks and produced three other healthy human lives. Furthermore, she suffered no birth-related injuries or residual complications (except for the mild mental derangement that most parents develop). Mom has every right to feel proud of her achievements. But the odds for such happy outcomes were stacked in her favor.
Alicia Elgar got her first credit card before she headed off to college. She quickly maxed it out and, $5,000 in debt, found another offer poking out of her mailbox midway through her junior year at the University of New Mexico. The 23-year-old biology major is $9,000 in credit card debt, swimming in student loans, working two jobs and trying to finish her degree.
No one would give Iran a nuclear congeniality award, but the Washington Post's coverage of the Islamic republic is starting to look like an unhealthy fixation. After all, Iran isn't the only Middle Eastern country with nuclear issues.
City councilors urged us to share our hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys and other body parts—and not just when our time on planet Earth is up. Councilor Dan Lewis introduced a proclamation supporting Donate Life, an organ donation organization. This is a family issue for Lewis, who gave a kidney to his brother. Tim Lewis spoke at the meeting along with a handful of other organ recipients. One woman talked about the miracle of her double lung transplant. Another woman said she received a heart and a new life from an 11-year old. There are around 960,000 people who've signed up to be organ donors in the state, though the population is about 1.9 million.
In yet another case of my fellow white people embarrassing the bejesus out of me, the Arizona Legislature has passed a fascist immigration bill that allows law enforcement to stop people suspected of being in this country illegally and make them prove otherwise.
Dateline: Australia—A restaurant in a suburb of Adelaide has been ordered to pay a blind customer $1,500 restitution after refusing the man entry under the misguided impression that his guide dog was a "gay" dog. Adelaide's The Advertiser reported that Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at Thai Spice restaurant in May 2009 after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a homosexual canine. Restaurant owners Hong Hoa Thi To and Ahn Hoang Le said in an official statement to the Equal Opportunity Tribunal that Thai Spice waiters understood Mr. Jolly's partner, Ms. Chris Lawrence, "to be saying she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant." Although the restaurant is required by law to accept guide dogs and even displays a sign to that effect, there is no government policy on gay dogs. So, the restaurant refused to seat Jolly, Lawrence and the dog. "The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the owners' statement went on to say. As a result of the Tribunal's conciliation hearing, the restaurant owners agreed to provide Mr. Jolly with a written apology, pay him $1,500 and attend an Equal Opportunity education course.
Rallies and marches erupted across the country over May Day weekend in reaction to Arizona's SB 1070. The measure makes illegal immigration a state crime and requires law enforcement to question people suspected of being in the United States illegally. Without legal challenges, it will become law by August. The Arizona Republic reported that demonstrations in other major cities brought in far greater numbers—50,000 in Los Angeles, for example—than Phoenix. Still, thousands attended a morning vigil and afternoon march in Arizona's capital.
Registration has opened for the Albuquerque leg of the 48 Hour Film Project. In this annual filmmaking challenge, teams of eager moviemakers are given a few touchstones (a genre, a prop, a line of dialogue, a character) and have just 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and premiere their short films. Albuquerque has had fantastic participation in years past, and several local films have gone on to national and international glory. If you're interested in getting a crew together and making a run at it, log on to 48hourfilm.com/albuquerque. Screenings of the finished films will take place July 15, 16 and 18 at the KiMo Theatre.
Two weeks ago, just in time for Earth Day, Disney released its family-friendly documentary Oceans. This weekend, just in time for Mother's Day, Focus Features releases its family-friendly documentary Babies. Like its watery predecessor, there's no false advertising in Babies. It's about babies.
I don't know about you—but with "BSG" dead and gone, only three episodes of "Lost" remaining, "V" still waffling around for a tone and "Heroes" just begging for a burlap sack and a swift river—I'm desperately searching for the next TV obsession. ABC has kindly offered up "Happy Town," a serialized drama that seems to want to combine elements of "Twin Peaks" and Fargo. So far, I'm mildly intrigued but unconvinced it's going to be worth my weekly investment.
In his autobiography, Sam Cutler—tour manager for The Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead in their raucous heydays—seems coy about the path his life took after splitting with the Dead about 35 years ago. But it's obvious that a lengthy hangover must've ensued. From snorting cocaine with Janis Joplin to dropping acid with Jimi Hendrix to chugging Southern Comfort with the Dead's Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Cutler spent his time as "rock 'n' roll nanny" in the company of some seriously self-centered and out-of-control stars, nearly matching their risky behavior and living to tell the tale. Just be careful—you may not be a fan of some of your favorite classic rockers after reading this.
Garden is a three chapter series of performances, incorporating live music and video projection, exploring themes of night, place and the intersection of humans with their environment. Albuquerque music lovers can catch chapter one, "Night," this weekend. Chris Jonas, the Santa Fe-based composer and multimedia artist behind Garden, hopes to give audiences a richer, more layered experience than a standard concert would. Meshing music with art installation, he's working with different musicians and artists for each piece of his trilogy.
Years ago Kate Mann traded her New Mexico home for Portland, Ore. She's just returned to Taos, guitar in hand, packing a songbook full of brilliant lyrics and discreet melody. Often backed by a rotating cast of musicians known as the Calamities, this week Kate plays her welcome-home set as a solo.
Listening to the variety of compositions penned by guitarist Ila Cantor, you get the sense that she is as comfortable in Brooklyn's new music scene as she would have been filling in for Charlie Christian at Minton's, that Manhattan crucible of bebop, in the '40s. Then again, she might have been equally at home subbing for Barry Melton, Country Joe and the Fish's lead guitarist, at San Francisco's Fillmore in '67.
Despite having a name that might suggest Americana, Willy J and the Storytellers plays lively and cathartic alternative rock, and the members cite acts like Pearl Jam, Incubus, Rage Against the Machine and Oasis as influences—smells like '90s revival. The band's front man, a shaggy-haired painter from Montana by way of Tennessee, says the name suits the quartet. "Our songs are stories," says Willy J, "and the songs I like the most are the ones that do have a story behind them." Find out what it's all about on Friday, May 7, at Low Spirits when the band releases its first album, Chopping Trees. Listen and find out more on alibi.com. (Jessica Cassyle Carr)
David Hevener is a preschool teacher and the guitarist, vocalist and mystic rattle player for Santa Fe's Gnossurrus. The robe-cloaked mystic-prophecy metal band is releasing its first album, Beast of Destiny, this Saturday at Burt's. To get a feel for some of Gnossurrus' inspiration, take a look-see at five random tracks from Hevener's collection.
Before it was a film featuring the cold, dead eyes of Julia Roberts, Closer was a wildly successful British play staged at the Royal National Theatre. Written by Patrick Marber, it follows failed writer Dan, doctor man Larry, photographer Anna and the professionally mysterious Alice as they fall in love, lust and hate with each other. Prepare your scorecards, because the betrayals are as constant as they are compelling. RyBan Productions and director Christy Lopez bring the play to The Filling Station (1024 Fourth Street SW) May 7 through May 23. Tickets are $16, or $12 for students, seniors and Albuquerque Theatre Guild members. Fridays are couples night ($10 for each half), and actors rush tickets for $10 are available on Sundays. Want more discounts off of the regular full price? Bring your own red or green apple (so, no rotten ones, kids) and get $2 off. Or follow in the footsteps of obituary writer Dan and bring your self-penned death notice. Grim? Maybe, but it'll get you $5 off. Call 507-0598 for reservations, and go to fillingstationabq.com for more details.
The week before a play's opening, most theaters work overtime to fine-tune performances and get the word out to potential audiences. But the week and a half before the premiere of Auxiliary Dog Theatre's production of Wonder of the World found the theater dealing with an additional imperative: keep the doors open.
Corinne Tippett never cared one way or the other about chickens. She harbored no childhood dreams of becoming a farmer, an egg seller or a butcher. But one day in 2004, without much planning, the Northern New Mexico resident found herself with a roost full of more than 100 birds—chicken, ducks, geese, quail, pheasants and a myriad of other tiny, feathered hatchlings.
Breaking up the long menu at Saigon Far East are bold descriptions of the food that lack neither color nor modesty. Consider the bun bo hue: "We are proud to introduce this famous spicy bowl of soup which was located in Central Vietnam," the menu crows. "A combination of sliced and well cooked beef shank and slowly cooked pork hock sliced. This bowl will spark your imagination and take you far away."
I can't remember any of their names, but they are all my best friends. That's how I regard the thousands of beer geeks who made the pilgrimage to Munster, Ind., for the annual Dark Lord Day. Not the Satanist convention it sounds like, Dark Lord Day is a holy grail trek for people like me. It's the one-day release of Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout, a 13 percent ABV beer that ranks among the highest-rated and hardest to find beers in the craft world.


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Everton vs Leicester 2017 English Premier League: Match Preview and Prediction
Fixture: Everton vs Leicester
Competition: English Premier League 2016-17
Date: Sunday, 9th April, 15:00 GMT
Stadium: Goodison Park.
Everton vs Leicester: Preview
Everton vs Leicester match is going to be held on 9th April at Goodison Park. At the moment, Everton is performing average and they have secured 14 wins, 9 draws and 8 defeats along with 7th position in English Premier League 2016/17 season. In other side Leicester is performing average with 10 wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats along with 11th position in English Premier League table.
Everton vs Leicester: Prediction
Predicted result will be a draw or away win for Leicester.
Everton vs Leicester: Betting Tips
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It has many names: arthritis, degeneration, spurs, etc. But I think we can all agree on one name for it: the ugly enemy. We can all agree that it is bad, painful, and can haunt you for the rest of your life. And we all assume it's just a disease for the elderly and maybe we'll get it one day, but that day is far off.
Wrong! Trust me when I tell you that our office sees patients with mild to severe arthritis in all ages, from the mid-20s on up.
Arthritis forms when bones are under stress. In order for a bone to be put under stress, you have to strip away the cartilage. A layer of protective cartilage covers each joint surface. Think of it like a knight's armor. Here's an example of how you wear down that armor until nothing protects you from yourself.
If you injure your left ankle, you lean to the right to take the pressure off. That's good. You're body has adapted to a situation to save yourself from pain. But that means you've double to weight on your right knee as you lean to that side. That's more weight than the cartilage is designed to deal with. The cartilage breaks down. Sometimes it happens slowly over the course of decades and sometimes it is very quick. Either way, eventually there will be no more armor and your joint will be bone on bone. THAT is painful.
Over the years the increased stress on the bones cause them to grow spurs, painful spikes that stick into bone and tissue. That is arthritis. It's one of the unfortunate rules of the human condition. When a bone is under stress, it grows, and it never grows in a pleasant or pain-free fashion.
Now you lean back to the left to take pressure off the right knee, putting increased stress on the left hip. Eventually, the left hip wears down and degenerates. This in time becomes very painful. You lean back to the right, and on and on until your whole back resembles the knee.
So what started as a pain in your foot that lasted maybe a week has turned into chronic pain all over. Pretty lousy that something so small can have such unfortunate results later in life. Let's look at another example with the same situation.
You hurt your left ankle. As you walk into your chiropractor's office you lean heavy on your right side to take the pressure off the injured ankle. Your chiropractic physician treats your ankle and leg, you feel better, and as you walk back to your car you notice how much straighter you can walk now and how you can put more weight on the left side. End of story. Your chiropractor did a good job of explaining how little things like that can cause bigger problems later and the future looks pain-free.
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In honor of April 9, 2006, corresponding to 11 Nissan 5766, which marks 104 years since the birth of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Mayor William D. Euille issued a proclamation of "104 days of education in the city of Alexandria." The 104 days began on Sunday, April 9.
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Mayor William D. Euille, together with Councilman Paul Smedberg, presented the proclamation to Rabbi Mordechai Newman, Director, Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington, during the April 6 meeting of City Council. The mayor asked Rabbi Newman to speak to the audience about the Rebbe and the work of Chabad Lubavitch.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J.—LaDainian Tomlinson has mentored Joe McKnight this season, and the Jets teammates conferred throughout Sunday's regular-season finale against the Buffalo Bills. Mr. Tomlinson had the day off to rest and prepare for the playoffs, so he took an interest in the performance of Mr. McKnight, a fellow running back who was getting the bulk of the carries.
Just knowing he could lean on Mr. Tomlinson for advice, Mr. McKnight said, was a great benefit, and the rookie ran and ran, all afternoon. But in the days since, Mr. Tomlinson has clammed up. No more words of encouragement, no more words, period. The postseason is afoot, and Mr. McKnight said he can sense Mr. Tomlinson's focus: He wants a championship, the one achievement that has eluded him.
"I haven't heard L.T. say anything the last couple days," Mr. McKnight said. "He's got a killer mentality right now: 'I want this, I need this.'"
On Wednesday, Mr. Tomlinson again reiterated that he signed with the Jets (11-5) over the offseason in large part because he felt he would have the best chance to win here. A first-round meeting with the Colts (10-6) on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium looms as the first step in the process.
Mr. Tomlinson's postseason experience is a mixed bag. He has appeared in seven playoff games, all with the San Diego Chargers, helping the team to three victories. Two of those wins came at the expense of the Colts and their quarterback, Peyton Manning, another icon. Both players will enter the Hall of Fame someday. Whether Mr. Tomlinson goes in with a Super Bowl on his résumé remains to be seen.
"Who knows if this opportunity will come around again?" said Mr. Tomlinson, a 10-year veteran who ranks sixth on the NFL's all-time rushing list with 13,404 yards. "I want to take advantage."
There is little question that Mr. Tomlinson's production waned over the latter two-thirds of the regular season. During his first five games, buoyed by a fresh start with a new team, he rushed for 435 yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry. He looked explosive and young, the old L.T. born anew. But then, just as quickly, the corrosive effects of his blue-collar profession seemed to take hold. Over his last 10 games, he rushed for 479 yards and averaged just 3.3. yards per carry, numbers that were reminiscent of his last two seasons in San Diego.
Against the Chicago Bears on Dec. 26, he labored and gained 28 yards on 13 carries. He sat out against the Bills even though he stood just 86 yards short of his ninth 1,000-yard season, another potential milestone in a career full of them.
Jets coach Rex Ryan figured it would be best to rest and recharge Mr. Tomlinson for the playoff push, and he was in agreement. The numbers, he said, mean nothing to him at this stage of his career.
He said he feels "pretty fresh, pretty healthy," and will share carries this weekend with running back Shonn Greene. Quarterback Mark Sanchez has been limited at practice with a sore throwing shoulder, and Mr. Ryan wants to emphasize the ground game. The idea is to take some of the pressure off of Mr. Sanchez, as well as keep Mr. Manning off the field. Ball control, Mr. Ryan said, is important.
The question is how much pop Mr. Tomlinson has left. He long ago became known around the league for his rigorous offseason workouts, thanks to his work with Todd Durkin, a San Diego-based personal trainer. The exercises range from the masochistic (800-pound leg squats) to the unorthodox (rice buckets to improve hand strength), each designed to build him up, hone his instincts and prolong his career.
"He wanted to play like a scared rabbit," Mr. Durkin said earlier this season. "So we'd mimic the moves of a rabbit: quick, powerful, explosive, strong. And most of the NFL guys that we'd bring in to train with him, they couldn't hang with him. They'd puke."
Running backs coach Anthony Lane has described Mr. Tomlinson as one of the most adept backs in the league when it comes to avoiding head-on collisions, but the numbers are still jarring: Including the playoffs, Mr. Tomlinson has accumulated 3,195 carries and 601 receptions. His job is punishing, and Mr. Tomlinson acknowledges being closer to the end of his career than the beginning.
Last Sunday, Mr. McKnight came off the field after the first series and sought counsel. Mr. McKnight felt like he was "dancing" too much at the line of scrimmage. Mr. Tomlinson told him to relax.
"Just hit the holes and wear down the defense," Mr. Tomlinson said. "The big runs always come late."
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We run a number of web-based applications for our clients here. Most of the older ones are written in some form of Web PL/SQL and the web server end is Oracle Application Server (OAS) which is based on Apache Web Server. They use the mod_plsql module that Oracle wrote for their version of Apache. Some of the newer ones are Application Development Framework (ADF) 10g applications, running on Oracle Containers For Java (OC4J) which is the JEE application server provided with OAS. So these applications run happily on the same web server - OAS, just on different parts of that web server.
Now comes the fly in the ointment. I'm writing the next version of one of the ADF applications with ADF 11g. Some new applications that a colleague is writing are also written with ADF 11g. Unfortunately, right now, ADF 11g applications are only supported for deployment to Oracle Fusion Middleware Server (FMS), based on their BEA WebLogic application server.
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I'm running a development OAS at oasdev.mycompany.com and a development FMS at fmsdev.mycompany.com. Since OAS was there first, and that's the one everyone knows, (and because I know how to do this on OAS, but not FMS) it gets to be the gateway to all web applications. The ADF 11g application on fmsdev is accessed at the URL, http://fmsdev.mycompany.com:8001/myapplication/. But I want users to be able to run the application at http://oasdev.mycompany.com/myapplication/. To make this happen, OAS has to see the user's request for /myapplication, and pass the request to FMS. Then the response generated by FMS is passed to OAS, which sends it back to the user's browser. OAS can do this, because it is running the Apache module called mod_proxy.
To configure this, I logged on to oasdev.mycompany.com and edit $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf. At the bottom of Section 1: server configuration, I added:
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The ProxyRequests line says that we're running reverse proxy, not a forwarding proxy. ProxyPass sends requests to that virtual directory to the other web server. ProxyReversePass says to alter the response from the other web server to change headers to what they would be if they came from OAS. One thing it will not change is links in the HTML, so you want to be careful to use relative addressing - if the link says explicitly to go to fmsdev.mycompany.com, it will bypass oasdev.
This may not be new to you, but it was to me - this will make things a lot easier for us, I think.
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This is Oracle's big show. If you want to know what Oracle is up to, go. Oracle Develop is no longer a formal track at OpenWorld. That doesn't mean that you can't find good technical content - you can, especially on User Group Sunday. But I am reconsidering whether there is enough to justify my attendance.
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PHILADELPHIA >> Make it four-for-four in District 12 title games for the Lansdale Catholic boys soccer seniors.
The Crusaders got the four-peat Saturday morning at the South Philly Super Site, topping a very game and resilient Philadelphia Charter Academy School 2-0 in the Class AA final behind a brace from senior Noah Saba. Goalkeeper Jack Kane won his fourth straight district title in net, and posted a shutout for the third straight year.
It's a mark of consistency for the program, with the crop of seniors having been right in the middle of it.
LC hosts New Hope-Solebury at 3 p.m. Wednesday in a District 1/12 regional semifinal with the winner qualifying for the PIAA tournament. So while Saturday's game looked to have little meaning in the long term, it was of great importance to the Crusaders.
"It feels amazing," Saba said. "Coming to LC, I would have never thought or dreamt that we could have this kind of success. It just kind of proved that again that we have great coaches and a great work ethic at LC."
The one thing that has most plagued the Crusaders this fall has been an inability to finish goals. It cost them in Catholic League games and in some non-league contests. For the first half Saturday, that same problem came back to hover over LC.
Despite controlling the run of play and putting the ball in the box over and over, the Crusaders couldn't put anything away. The PACS keeper made some nice saves but LC also cost itself by heading balls over, not getting a foot to a ball in the box and shooting wide of target.
"We've had so many opportunities against good opponents like them and not been able to finish," LC coach Joe Wilson said. "Usually what happens is we make a mistake and end up going down 1-0 then it's a struggle. The guys know what the history has been and just stayed composed and kept working until we got what we thought we could do."
Kane only made three saves and credited his defenders for making his day relatively easy.
"My freshman and sophomore years we had a great team with a lot of great leaders," Kane said. "I learned a lot from them and I'm glad I was able to implement some of that leadership the past couple years. The coaching has helped, it pulls the team together. This year and last year, we really came together."
Saba missed the squad's last game, a 1-0 loss in overtime to Roman Catholic in the PCL quarterfinals but liked the fight and resolve his teammates showed in that effort. Playing mostly AAA and AAAA opponents all season, it was tough for the Crusaders to find their identity during the regular season.
But toward the end, they modeled themselves as a hard-working and resilient group. Despite not having a goal after 40 minutes, there was a sense of calm in the LC players as they went out to start the second half.
"We knew it was going to come, we had to stay patient," Saba said. "They were a good team and we weren't expecting them to come out as hard as they did. We had a slow first half but we came out in the second half a lot harder. We wanted to possess more and not hit as many long balls. We had a lot of success in the second half passing through them."
Saba's first goal came a shade less than three minutes into the second half. Chris Edling won the ball on a short clear by the PACS keeper and was able to thread a ball through to Saba, who got in close and slid a shot under the keeper to put LC on the board.
"The (defender) was on my back and I felt it, then I saw the goalie coming out and he was in the air a little bit, so I just put it underneath him," Saba said. "He was getting everything high, he was good, he was athletic so I wanted to keep it low."
Saba put the game away with 17:07 left on a second-chance opportunity. Senior Josh Yurastis had a great shot off the right side that curled with power, so the keeper could only palm it away and it went right to Saba inside the six-yard box.
"I started to breathe a little," Wilson said. "I thought I was going to have a heart attack. It helped me and you could feel it on the field, we started playing a possession game and with the pressure off, our technical touches were a lot cleaner.
"It was the fourth year in a row and there was a lot of pressure to get that district title."
Wilson said his team was very focused on Saturday and it mostly due to the seniors. The seniors themselves wanted to go four-in-a-row and the other guys on the team wanted to get it done for them.
Firstly, it gave them a game instead of waiting more than a week and a half to play and second, its core players got to do something they had wanted all year long.
"We got the those first three wins with all those guys above us and we wanted to continue the legacy," Kane said. "We wanted to make it a school record with the four straight championships. We have to keep the intensity high. It's late in the season, teams start to fall off but we have to keep that intensity up and come into next week on fire."


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Why do I love opera? Because it's a spectacle. Because it's the original multimedia event. Because it's filled with amazing melody. Because it makes you cry. Because the sound of the human voice is a miracle. Opera is about singing — beautiful singing — and about emotion, relationships, the human condition. The story lines can be silly, over the top, but that's part of what makes it fun, its very over-the-top-ness. There's so much melody, so much passion, so many wheels turning, so many eye-popping sets and effects to soak up, especially in this digital age. Even the snobbiness of the opera subculture — the bravoing and booing aficionados who argue over this spinto soprano and that heldentenor — are a trip. Don't be intimidated. Embrace it. Open up to Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Berlioz; their music is transporting. And above all, listen to those voices: Nina Stemme, Bryn Terfel, Sondra Radvanovsky, Karita Mattila, Stephanie Blythe; I'm picking names from a hat. Listen. Their voices will give you chills.
— Richard Scheinin
Hate it
I want to love opera, I really do. After all, it holds a certain place in Western culture as the grandest of all art forms. More than that, I'm a fan of classical music, and some of opera's well-known arias, duets and trios truly take my breath away. But listening to short selections is as far as I'll go. To actually sit through a full-length, live performance sounds tedious, especially given how a night at the opera is a major financial investment. I've given it a try, including San Francisco Opera's "La Boheme." World-class singing notwithstanding, it was hard to suppress eye-rolls during the overripe acting. And there is only so much "cultural context" I can apply to some of the old-fashioned story lines, especially when they feature centuries-old ethnic stereotypes — I'm looking at you, "Madame Butterfly." So, right now, I'll just cue up that sublime trio from "Cosi fan tutte" on my iPhone and leave it at that.
— Martha Ross
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Conviction not Conceit
Tonight I went to a public consultation about a city redevelopment because I want to learn about the processes and issues.
While I was there, I bumped into one of the city's other prospective parliamentary candidates. After quizzing me for a few minutes, she said "Well, whatever happens, it'll be good for your profile."
I had to stop her. I have a job, I told her. I'm not interested in profile. I'm standing because I care about Sheffield.
She was nonplussed. It didn't seem to have occurred to her that anyone might stand out of conviction rather than conceit.
That's career politicians for you.
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Could I save money with an Economy 7 energy tariff?
"I want to save money on my energy bill, and I've heard that an economy 7 tariff gives you cheaper rates at night, but would it actually be any better than the deal I'm currently on?"
Last week, Green Energy launched Tide, a "time-of-day" tariff that charges their dual-fuel customers any of three different rates depending on when they use their gas and electricity.
It uses smart meters to determine when exactly and for how long people are consuming energy, using the more accurate data to calculate a more personalised bill that could save some customers money.
However, it's not actually the first ever tariff on the market to offer different rates for energy used at different times of the day. It was preceded by the Economy 7 tariff, which as its name suggests provides customers with a cheaper rate - albeit only for their electricity - for seven hours each day, usually at night.
But like Tide, the question remains as to whether households can save money on their annual energy bills with an Economy 7 tariff. Well, as the following FAQ makes clear, it all depends on your particular circumstances...
How does an Economy 7 tariff work?
How much energy do I have to use at night?
What about fixed tariffs
Getting up to 33% night-time consumption
Going beyond 33%
First of all, to benefit from an Economy 7 tariff, a household must first have an Economy 7 meter installed in their home, rather than a standard meter. You can check whether your current meter is an Economy 7 one by looking for whether it has two separate rows of numbers: one marked "normal" and one marked "low".
If it doesn't, then you need have one installed, which will be done once you've contacted your supplier and signed up for an Economy 7 tariff.
Once installed, you're ready to go, with your new Economy 7 meter taking two different readings for two different periods during the day. The second one of these - marked as "low" on the meter - can last from 11.00pm to 6.00am, 12.00am to 7.00am, or 1.00am to 8.00am, depending on your supplier.
As with all energy tariffs, the different rates you receive for both periods varies with supplier. As an example, EDF's Economy 7 version of their standard variable tariff (in the South East) gives a rate of 18.84p per kWh during the day and 6.85p per kWh during the night. This is compared to a single unit rate of 15.72p per kWh for the SVT without Economy 7.
One important thing to underline at this point is that the day rate on an Economy 7 tariff is noticeably higher than the single rate for a comparable non-Economy 7 tariff. You therefore really have to use more electricity at night than you normally would, otherwise you'll end up losing rather than saving money.
So how much electricity would I have to use at night to save?
Continuing to use EDF's rates as a benchmark, the threshold at which a household begins saving money can be estimated like so.
For the sake of simplicity, let's say you're a "typical" [PDF] UK household consuming some 3,300 kWh of electricity per year. This means that, on EDF's non-Economy 7 SVT, you'd be paying £518.76 per year for your electricity (forgetting standing charges, which are the same for both kinds of tariff).
Let's now assume that you're on an Economy 7 and that, of the 3,330 kWh of electricity you consume each year, 70% is used during "day" hours. This is equal to 2310 kWh charged at 18.84p, which puts the annual total of "normal" energy at £435.20.
So far so good, but with the remaining 30% of energy - 1020 kWh - charged at 6.85p per kWh, you still have to pay an additional £69.87. As such, the grand total comes to £505.03.
This is some £10 less than the non-Economy 7 SVT, making the Economy 7 version just about worthwhile for those who can use just under a third of their electricity during the wee hours.
And what about fixed tariffs?
Of course, it should be remembered that this is compared to a normal standard variable tariff, and that it would generally be more difficult to make savings against a cheaper fixed tariff.
To demonstrate this, the table below compares our example SVT and fixed tariffs with their Economy 7 counterparts.
|Economy 7 Standard Tariff
|Normal Standard Tariff
|Economy 7 Two-year Fixed
|Normal Two-Year Fixed
|Day rate
|18.84p per kWh
|15.72p per kWh
|17.47p per kWh
|14.03p per kW
|Night rate
|6.85p per kWh
|15.72p per kWh
|6.27p per kWh
|14.03p per kW
|Annual electric bill for 100% daytime consumption
|Annual electric bill for 30% night-time consumption
|Annual electric bill for 40% night-time consumption
|Annual electric bill for 50% night-time consumption
As can be seen from the table, the average household on a fixed tariff has to go beyond 30% - to something like 33% or 35% - before they begin making savings compared to a non-Economy 7 fixed tariff.
If nothing else, this goes to show that if you're on a competitive tariff anyway, you probably needn't consider an Economy 7 tariff unless you can move a big portion of your energy consumption to the evening.
But what do I have to do to get to at least 33% night-time energy consumption?
This is the question, for the matter of whether an Economy 7 tariff is advisable or not doesn't simply hinge on the optimal percentage, but on the kind of lifestyle you lead.
Not only that, but it also depends on the kinds of appliances you have. For example, if you have dishwashers, washing machines and slow cookers that can be set to run overnight, then you'll find that you're more likely to cross the 33% threshold.
This is because dishwashers and washing machines respectively use about 294 and 166 kWh per year, while a slow cooker offers a marked improvement over hobs and ovens, which soak up 226 and 317 kWh of energy respectively.
Similarly, if you have an electric storage heater then you could charge it overnight, enabling it to emit heat gradually over the course of the following day. The same also applies if you have a hot water tank, which offers considerable scope for savings insofar as hot water accounts for up to 10% of the average energy bill.
With these kinds of measures, you'll make considerable headway towards reaching the all-important 33% night-time energy consumption needed to begin saving money.
Getting beyond 33%
However, given that there are plenty of energy-consuming items - televisions, computers, kettles, fridges, hi-fis, traditional light bulbs - that can't be used solely night, the average household would have to work very hard to get beyond the initial 33% and make any substantial savings.
Televisions, for instance, consume anything from 50 kWh per year to 600 kWh, depending on whether you own an efficient modern LED TV or a Plasma model. Desktop computers require 150 kWh a year, while kettles sap 167 kWh each year on average.
In view of such demands, it's unlikely that the average family could push to, say, 40% night-time use, when savings become significant.
It's for this reason that, while Economy 7 plans might be relevant to the most energy-savvy households, it's generally to be recommended mainly to people who work shifts in the evening.
These are the people who already sleep during the day and consume most of their energy in the evening, so it wouldn't require a massive reform in lifestyle to make the most of the tariff.
Otherwise, an Economy 7 tariff arguably isn't worthwhile for most other people, since it requires such an adaptation that any modest financial savings are potentially outweighed by the inconvenience of having to alter how your house operates.
Still, it remains something to consider, and for those who are willing and able to do all their washing and cooking at night, it might be worth drawing up a tally of your energy consumption, to see if you can shift more than 33% of it to the evening hours.


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Calum is from the island of Tiree in the Hebrides. He started learning the fiddle at an early age, from a neighbor, Willie Kemp, who studied with James Scott Skinner. He was runner-up at the 1988 US National Scottish Fiddle Championships, and returned to judge the Nationals in 1989, 1991, 1998 and 2001.
The irresistible energy and sensitivity of Calum's playing has made him a highly sought-after performer and teacher. His busy performance schedule of concerts and workshops has taken him across the United States and Canada and to Scotland, England and Japan. Calum plays extensively for Scottish country dances across the US and Canada with his band, The Music of Spey that includes pianist Andy Imbrie and bass and cello player Ralph Gordon. He also plays frequently for dances with Muriel Johnstone, Scotland's premier country dance pianist.
Calum performed with harper Sue Richards on her solo CDs, Grey Eyed Morn, and Hazel Grove, and on the highly popular Scottish country dance recording, Memories of Scottish Weekend, recorded live at the Ramblewood Scottish Weekend in 1998.
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Angel Romero y Ruiz has been writing about world music and progressive music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Angel produced several specials for Metropolis (TVE) and co-produced "Musica NA", a music show for Televisión Española (TVE) in Spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. Angel also produced and remastered world music and electronic music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World, Lektronic Soundscapes, and Mindchild Records. Angel is currently based in Durham, North Carolina.


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Characterisation of esterified secondary carotenoids and of their isomers in green algae: a HPLC approach
Remias, Daniel Lütz
Algological Studies Volume 124 (2007), p. 85 - 94
published: Jul 1, 2007
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Under certain environmental conditions, green algae can produce a variety of secondary, non-photosynthetic carotenoids which are predominantly esterified with fatty acids. Our HPLC method is designed to characterise such carotenoid ester patterns without the need of saponification, what may cause artefacts or losses. The individual chromatogram of a species can help to typify a green alga on a chemotaxonomical level. A demonstration of the performance is given with two species whose cyst stages are known for a large production of secondary carotenoids, Chlamydomonas nivalis and Haematococcus pluvialis. The separation of carotenoid isomers is shown with the example of astaxanthin. Both algae accumulate, besides the standard type all-trans astaxanthin, also significant amounts of a cis-isomer (13Z-astaxanthin). The latter has an additional spectral absorption in the near UV-region (about 375 nm) and thus may play a role in avoidance of UV-irradiance stress which frequently occurs in the natural habitats of these algae. A technique to ensure an optimum-yield, artefact-free opening of algal cysts is also presented.
algae cyst opening • 13z-astaxanthin • chlamydomonas nivalis • carotenoid isomer • haematochrome • haematococcus pluvialis • red snow • uv-protection


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Food Companies Want Consumers Eating Less, Is There A Catch?
Apr 27, 2016 08:08 AM EDT | By Mark Jason Alcala
It seems big food companies are starting a new food trend: smaller burger options, smaller packaging and even warnings not to consume their products on a daily basis. What could be the reason why these giant food companies want their consumers eating less of their products?
Big companies have always encouraged consumers to eat more of their products. This is understandable since their performance is primarily measured in terms of profits. Yet, the new trend of companies urging its consumers to eat less of their products can't be denied based on the following examples.
McDonald's is now testing a smaller version of its iconic Big Mac. Appropriately named Mac Jr, the smaller burger is targeted for people who prefer smaller portions. At the same time, Mac Jr is marketed as the perfectly sized burger for people on the go.
On the other hand, Mars Food opted for a different approach. While its products' sizes have not changed, they now carry labels that effectively urge consumers to eat less, reports Daily Mail. For example, the company plans to put "once a week" labels on some of its Uncle Ben's rice products because of its high sodium content, as part of a health initiative of the company.
Soda manufacturers Coke and Pepsi are offering miniature-sized soda cans while Starbucks offered mini-sized frappuccinos, reports USA Today. Another food company, Mondelez International, started introducing thin Oreos which are smaller in size and lower calories per serving.
According to The Food Business School executive director Will Rosenzweig, this downsizing trend is just one of the methods for survival employed by companies engaged in processed food manufacturing. With America's soaring obesity and diabetes rates, American consumers are now more health conscious, preferring to buy these smaller portions as they are deemed less unhealthy compared to their full-sized counterparts.
And it may even present these companies the opportunity to make people pay more. According to CNN Money, people actually pay more per ounce when they buy those mini cans of sodas.
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Ridgewater College, Hong Kong medical programs develop partnership
Ridgewater College has entered into a formal agreement to provide emergency medical training for the Hong Kong Society of Professional Medical Care.
The college and representatives of the society signed the papers to seal the deal this week, while the Hong Kong officials were visiting the Willmar area. The partnership will bring a national certification system for ambulance personnel in Hong Kong and give Ridgewater's training programs an international reach.
Program director Ng Kwok Wai, who uses the English name Roger, and training director Li Lok Chun, who uses the English name Ray, attended a national conference in Chicago last week and came to Willmar this week. Several Ridgewater officials had visited Hong Kong in July.
Roger and Ray are both nurses with additional medical training. Both served in the Royal Army Medical Corps when Hong Kong was part of Britain.
"Unfortunately, in Hong Kong, we are not using the EMS program like here," Roger said.
A national certification will be important, Ray added, because each ambulance service currently does its own certification. A person who leaves one service is not certified anywhere else.
"We are extremely pleased to have formed this partnership," Ridgewater President Douglas Allen said at the signing ceremony.
Allen said he was impressed by how quickly the partnership came together, taking only about six months.
"When you get the right people together, I guess things can happen quickly," said Betty Strehlow, vice president of academic and student affairs at Ridgewater. "We have all just clicked together.
Emergency Medical Services Coordinator Bev Hartzburg said the partnership was approved at the National Association of EMS Educators conference in Chicago. That allows the society to use the nationally approved curriculum and to be certified in Hong Kong. Strehlow, Hartzburg and Mobile Simulation Training Coordinator Ron Flannigan made the trip to Hong Kong.
Hartzburg said the training for the pilot class of 100 students will begin with first responder classes and move on to EMT. It will be a blended class of some online study and some in person. Hartzburg will deliver some lectures over the Internet. She will go to Hong Kong for final testing and certification.
The first class of EMTs could be testing in May or June, she said. She expects the training to go well -- "They're very dedicated."
Eventually, Hong Kong will have its own certified trainers in place, too, she said.
"The people of Hong Kong are going to get better care," Hartzburg said. "Their paramedic care is basic here, so the standard of care is going to go up for everyone."
During their visit, Roger and Ray have visited Affiliated Community Medical Center and Rice Hospital.
While some things about the two medical systems are similar, Roger said he noticed that the hospital and clinics are quieter and less crowded.
Crowded hospitals have created greater problems there with antibiotic-resistant infections, too, he said.
Electronic records are more prevalent here, too, Roger said. "We are still using paper files," he said. "It is improving; ... it can take a long time."
The training will be done in English. Most people in Hong Kong speak English, as it was part of Great Britain until 1997. Hartzburg said computers will help with pronunciation and definitions of medical terminology.
During their visit, Ray, Roger and Roger's wife, Joanna, and 3-year-old daughter, Victoria, have also visited a farm and enjoyed the different environment.
In the densely populated, heavily urban Hong Kong, "you don't see the sky, or grass or trees," Ray said.
Ray noted that shopping and clothing is cheaper in Hong Kong, and it's easier to get to restaurants, which are found just about everywhere.
The visitors touched horses and other animals for the first time when they visited the farm, and little Victoria sat on a horse.
"This is the most animals I've ever seen in my life," Roger added. "There is no grass in Hong Kong, basically."


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Sail design
Hi everyone,
I'm am doing a project on sail flying shape prediction with ANSYS. I am using CFX in particular. As part of my project I need to carry out a flow analysis on a 2D sail profile (sail section seen from the above) and one of the requirements is that the sail should have zero thickness. I have created the geometry in GeometryModeler using the "3D curve through XYZ points" tool then extruded it by 1cm in the z direction as I know CFX doesn't deal with 2D objects. My domain is a rectangular box 1cm deep in the z direction. However, when I come to create the boolean, it would't let me and an error message comes up saying "the operation would result in non-manifold bodies".
Does anyone know how i could overcome this problem and create the boolean for the zero thickness sail?
I don't know if this is the correct way to do it but you could create two bodies where the intersection between them is the 2D shape of the sail. You could put two more bodies on the side for the flow around the sail. Create a part out of it.
Then in CFX Pre, define all bodies as a single domain and model your sail shape as a wall interface. All other connections leave default (conservative interface flux)
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Mall's Dressing Room 2
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