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Some things I'm just not comfortable doing. I'm not a superstitious person, but there is no chance I am playing those mysterious numbers from television's Lost in the Oklahoma lottery. Yeah, I watch it. You won't catch me skydiving; heights greater than three feet greatly intimidate me. I've tested it. I'm also not going to be getting my navel pierced anytime soon. It's the pain. A diamond would do a lot to accent my abs. I just can't take the pain.
It's not a lengthy list, so when Mr. Bob Fjeldsted of Tulsa's Round Up Boys used the tried but true method of triangulation to suggest I attend the 102nd Bob Wills' Birthday Celebration, I couldn't say no. The concert would include performances by The Round Up Boys, Chuck Hayes Swing Revue, and The Texas Playboys.
I am looking for ways to learn about Tulsa, so attending an event that honors one of Tulsa's most historic people seemed like a decent educational opportunity. And, thankfully, it didn't involve cursed numbers, heights, or belly button jewels.
Bob Wills and I have few things in common. The only noteworthy similarity is that our mothers share the same first and middle names. The similarities seem to end there. Bob was raised by a family who taught him music. The result was a legendary musician. My father played catch with me and dreamed of a Los Angeles Dodger son.
Unfortunately, my mother's genes didn't cooperate. Weak rotator cuffs run on her side of the family. The result was not a professional baseball player or even a world class musician, but I'm okay with it. Baseball bores me. I do love music, but I've decided to deal with the hand I've been dealt and I'm kind of lazy when it comes to learning an instrument.
Three years ago, on my first visit to Green Country, my girlfriend introduced Bob Wills and his birthday celebration to me. History suggests it was the 99th bash, but to me it felt like the 100th. I could have sworn I ate cake.
I learned the two-step, even if it was a novice's version.
Since the 99th bash, the historic 84-year-old floor has been replaced and the old floor recycled into picture frames. This year's crowd handled the new, perfectly level floor as spryly as the 2005 attendees. It was the first scootin' the new dance floor had seen since installation earlier this year.
On the night of the concert, the doors were to open at 6:30pm. For every concert I have ever attended, if you were to arrive at the venue when the doors were scheduled to open you would be doing a fair amount of standing (and waiting). For the Bob Wills' show it was the exact opposite. If you weren't in the door by 6:45pm, or had a good friend holding a seat for you, you would be spending the evening on your feet, which most the evening. For newcomers this concert's directions would be: Attendees and their partners are to scoot on the dance floor for their selected favorites and return to their home seat for a beer, water or a shared memory about Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys during their lesser favorites.
I was one of the younger members of the audience. Being in attendance at the concert was a much different feeling than any other show I have ever attended. It was history. Tulsa's music history.
Flashback, Flash Forward
As I sat in the back of the ballroom, I wondered how the scene may have differed had I been sitting in the very same seat in 1935. The faces may have been more youthful and smoking possibly permitted, but I doubt the '35 crowd enjoyed the evening any more than the '08 crowd.
The woman to my right brought her grandchildren to share the history with them. Presumably, her beloved memories of Bob Wills, Cain's Ballroom and her youth. Each time I looked her way she was smiling. Her smile was always the biggest when one of her grandkids was enjoying the music. Her grandchildren were well-behaved and seemed to be having their own kind of fun, but not always because of the music. It wasn't their music. They didn't fully understand. Had they been older maybe they would have asked her to dance. I can only imagine the smile that would have ensued.
What kind of music will I share with my grandchildren? I can only hope it will be something as rich and important as Bob Wills.
The days following the Bob Wills' Birthday Celebration at Cain's were to feature the music of NOFX and Bone Thugs ~N~ Harmony. A testament to the wide array of talent Cain's offers Tulsans. The music of the Bob Wills' tribute, NOFX and Bone Thugs ~N~ Harmony makes for three very different evenings for Tulsa music lovers. The Bob Wills' annual party would, no doubt, be the outcast in the threesome.
As the evening was drawing to a close I saw Bob of The Round Up Boys shaking hands and making his rounds. He stopped by to say hello and to share with the five of us the fact that were sharing a bench he had pulled it out of the trash several days before and restored. He winked and said something about sitting on a piece of history.
The thought offered about six seconds of relief to my pained ass. After three plus hours even the most beautiful wood becomes hard. Next year, Bob, could you pull some historic cushions out of a dumpster somewhere, too? That and mastering my two-step are the only improvements I could have made to the celebration.
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Former Representative Jim McCrery weighs in on the campaign to fix the debt.
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Right Nicole -- the president Obama's fiscal cliff club meetings now just getting underway with the labor leaders that's today and tomorrow turning its attention to the business sect community.
They either way we turn our attention to former congressman Jim -- from Louisiana and is a member of this campaign to fix the debt that's been getting a lot of attention to the steering committee.
With us now she could see from from DC but congress the first -- -- thanks for coming on.
And I say that description getting a lot of attention as you got Alan Simpson never -- vols have all these business leaders should now.
Jeff Immelt of GE on down and you what did you watch what effect do you think you can have on these negotiations.
Well the purpose of the campaign thinks the debt is to create an atmosphere that allows members of congress policy makers.
To make the tough decisions that have to be.
To be made to get our our debt under control.
I was in congress back -- 9596.
When we get welfare reform and 97 when we made pretty deep cuts to Medicare.
Those are very difficult votes for members of congress take.
So the campaign to fix the debt.
Is designed to -- I have the back out of the policy makers.
From a political standpoint so that they can make those tough votes to give them cover essentially so I'd say let's all hold hands and jump together because this is difficult and that's what's gonna happen -- you think.
Yeah I mean.
You could say to give them cover but what we want to do is educate the public to make sure that the public understands the importance.
Of members of congress making these tough votes and and that even though they may disagree with them.
On the particulars here and there overall.
They've got on the public has to understand that these votes have to be made that we've got to solve this problem.
-- are economy is going to be in the tank in the not too distant future and our children and grandchildren will suffer.
Couple questions on that because it had a few conversations just this hour about these.
These issues one the most recent moments with somebody in the markets.
Op -- UBS and he said probably cut mean based on a couple years maybe two years before the market really gets Addison says the bond market and said and an.
Says the we -- said the interest rates start to shoot up which is a message saying eight get your act together.
But until we see that will we see the necessary action because that would force the hand of government.
But if you don't -- low rates the business like force the hand.
Well that.
That's right but.
I think if we get to the point where the market starts to take action to discipline.
Our habits it's too late for policy makers that's why we've got to do this soon.
So -- we can't wait until the market is tired of BS and starts imposing higher interest rates which will lead to devalue the dollar.
Which will lead to a lower standard of living and that's what I'm talking about when I say it'll be very unpleasant for our kids and grandkids will probably make it okay.
But do we want to leave that to the people who follow us I don't think so so policy makers need to act now.
So that we can phase -- a solution that takes care of the problem and we don't face those draconian measures that the market will impose on.
-- OK that's the first part the second part -- wanted to go and ask you about is revenue and and the Republican mindset on this and you're just looking comments the last few days it seems and people are more and more inclined to say that he did that.
What -- recall whether its rates and other gonna negotiate the details or its closing of the polls that we're gonna higher taxes is that fair.
Well I think it's fair to say that.
If we have a solution to these big problems that are facing the country it's gonna take compromise is -- to have to be a bipartisan solution.
Any -- permanent that's done in congress and a and a on big.
Programs has to be done on a bipartisan basis and you get there you've got to compromise on both sides on the democratic side and on the Republican side.
So yes revenues will be part of the picture as well entitlement reform.
All right so then -- that -- and this conversation tell me what you think the final deal proceeding we have a deal what the final deal looks like.
And may be active phrase it this way how do you think the final deal as it's constructed will be different than -- Simpson Bowles.
Well I think it will be different from Simpson -- There there are a number of plans that have been produced.
Dimension Rivlin number of them.
And they they all have that combination of revenues and entitlement reform and so it's gonna look.
Something like those but not those particular details.
And I think and I hope that tax reform.
Will be part of the package not just an increase in the rates -- an increase in taxes the tax reform.
A long way a very serious and deep entitlement reform.
That will produce savings over the long term and those entitlement programs that are really at the root of the problem.
Parents may be able deeper on that and Simpson -- but that's that's sounds like -- and -- -- you guys your script is pushing something similar to.
But it's already been constructed and rejected to this point sensible stuff former congressman Jim -- thank you --
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Former Suns GM Kerr 'relieved' for Alvin Gentry
That's not exactly inaccurate.
Still, as far as former Suns GM and current TNT basketball analyst Steve Kerr is concerned, this is not the worst thing that could have happened to Gentry in his career.
"I'm sad for him, I'm also a little bit relieved for him," Kerr told Arizona Sports 620's Doug and Wolf Friday. "I know that he was under a lot of pressure, I know that this was a situation that was very difficult for him.
"It's always tough in the NBA when you don't have enough talent to really win."
Does anyone want to argue that assertion?
The Suns' leading scorer, Goran Dragic, is averaging just 14 points per game. The team does not have one double-digit rebounder, and they are not exactly racking up assists, either.
Yet, Gentry was tasked with keeping this team competitive, and while they were in most games this year, they weren't winning enough of them. Thus, the move.
"I think there's just kind of circumstances that lead you down that path where as a coach maybe you just can't reach the players, there's a frustration that sets in, and it's kind of like everybody just knows that it's probably time," Kerr said.
Kerr added it was probably apparent to everyone that the timing was right and a decision to cut ties made sense, as hard as it may have been.
"I'm sort of relieved for Alvin, but more than anything I'm sad because he's one of my favorite people on Earth. Just a tremendous human being. Funny, witty, cares about people.
"And he did a great job for the Suns."
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- Jeff Hornacek, Suns Head Coach - Tuesday December 10How will they prepare for Kobe Bryant?
- The DISH - December 10, 2013 - Tuesday December 10Jon Bloom gives us the day in Suns' history.
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New Ways to Play and Share Your Mario Fun
The new Super Mario Bros. U enables you to enjoy a new, side-scrolling adventure featuring Mario, Luigi, Toad … and your Mii character. Step inside the Mushroom Kingdom and explore new worlds, new power-ups and new ways to play right now. Up to five players can jump into the fun, with up to four people using Wii Remote controllers and one on the Wii U GamePad. The experience is different, depending on which controller is used.
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This simple recipe comes from Nigel Slater's "Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard."By: Herald Staff Report,
This simple recipe comes from Nigel Slater's "Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard."
Summer Salad
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
Pinch of salt
Freshly ground pepper
3 tablespoons whipping cream
Parsley, finely chopped
2½ to 3½ ounces thinly sliced cured ham
4 generous handfuls salad leaves
4 handfuls cherries, halved, pitted
Put mustard in bowl with vinegar, oil, salt, grinding of pepper. Whisk; whisk in cream. Add parsley. Tear ham into strips. Toss salad leaves with ham. Add cherries. Drizzle over dressing.
Yield: Serves 2 as a light lunch.
Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 500 calories, 32 grams fat (8 grams saturated), 47 milligrams cholesterol, 52 grams carbohydrates, 11 grams protein, 391 milligrams sodium, 9 grams fiber.
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A Lansdale man fired by Chestnut Hill College because he is gay is now co-teaching a course at the University of Pennsylvania. The Reverend James Saint George says Penn has not hired him, and Professor Andrew Lamas is paying him directly. The course is called Religion, Social Justice and Urban Development. He is Pastor of Saint Miriam Catholic Apostolic Church in Blue Bell.


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- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped cashews
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
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- 3 tablespoons butter
- Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan or Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 30-45 minutes or just until tender. Drain and cool slightly; peel and cut into cubes.
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- 5-24-2010
Stillman College hosted its spring event entitled "The Magic Connection: Birmingham to Stillman" May 20 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Parthenon in Birmingham. The event was designed to bring together members of Stillman staff, administration and faculty with incoming students and their families.
Students that have been accepted and admitted to Stillman for the fall 2010 semester attended this meet and greet event with family members. After an informational session, the group dined together. Several Stillmanites, including the president of the Birmingham Chapter of the National Alumni Association of Stillman College (NAASC), Lila Hackett, were also in attendance.
This is the second year that Stillman has hosted this event, made possible through a grant from The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, based out of Birmingham. This special initiative is primarily aimed at reaching Birmingham city high school students. Students from the following schools attended the event: Jackson-Olin, A.H. Parker, John Carroll, Wenonah, Carver, Ramsey, Erwin, Pelham, Pleasant Grove, Fairfield, Flint Hill, Clay Chalkville, Fultondale and Shades Valley.
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Sheep, Chicks and Geese Scurry at the County Fair
As photographer Dan Nelken has catalogued, the county fair is the place for family farms to showcase their prized livestock
- By Brian Wolly
- Smithsonian.com, August 14, 2009
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Chenango County Fair 2002
As a newcomer to farm culture, Nelken faced a steep learning curve when it came to livestock. The judges' rulings trained his eye to look more closely at a hog's rump, a ewe's wool or the shape of a cow's teats.
He also learned how the animal's behavior and appearance reflected the farmer, as in the case of Carl, above.
"I just loved his intensity, as opposed to Jonathan, who was intense but had an angelic look about him. Carl is a serious farmer type," Nelken says. "The fact that the animal is willing to stand there without moving says something about Karl as well. This is something that you'd only know after watching dairy and beef competitions and seeing how the cows misbehave. These are powerful animals, and they are very skittish."
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i WORK AT A SENIOR LIVING RESIDENCE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GET VISITED BY SOME FARM ANIMALS. Especially, baby chicks, lambs, etc. Do you know of someone who would be available to do such a thing? Please refer them to my email address. Thank you, in advance. Marilyn
Posted by Marilyn Pierce on May 4,2011 | 02:25 PM
I was very surprised to see my son and myself in your book! We are on page 9 during the baby contest. My friend spotted your pictures in this mag. and let me know that we were in it. I love it! I really need to buy the book. Nice picture!
Posted by Mary Phraner on April 25,2010 | 02:22 PM
This book is more than a pleasure to look through! The pictures are wonderful and the stories they tell are fabulous! Can't wait for the next ... bring it on Dan Nelken!
Posted by Catelyn Eddy on September 16,2009 | 05:06 PM
This work is heartland America in living color. Mr. Nelken has the eye and ability to capture the essence of the county fair: the care, the pride and hopes of these youngsters as they show off their prizes to one and all.
Very well done and thank you for giving us these snapshots of American.
Posted by Toby B. on September 7,2009 | 05:08 PM
The book is a fantastic and fun distraction and makes me want to get away from the city and run back home to the countryside! Dan's talent shines through from every photograph. My kids loved it too and would like to see a UK version!
Posted by Kathy B on September 3,2009 | 12:14 PM
Looking through these pictures is so much fun! The atmosphere is amazing ... warm and inspiring images!
Posted by Lily G on August 31,2009 | 04:04 PM
Fabulous work, great humor, lovely stories; you are only missing the smells of the barns to bring it into 3D.
Posted by Adele Brown on August 31,2009 | 03:09 PM
I think that this book is a really insightful look at the background activities of the country fairs. I enjoyed reviewing this book, and my review was published on The PhotoBook (http://thephotobook.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/dan-nelken-till-the-cows-come-home/). Very nice
Posted by Douglas Stockdale on August 31,2009 | 10:26 AM
This book is not only the masterpiece of an immensely creative & talented photographer, a thoughtful tribute to American culture, but also an edgy work of conceptual art.
Dan Nelken is a brilliant artist and "Till the Cows Come Home: County Fair Portraits" is an important contribution to the world at large....Thanks Dan!
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It's wonderful to see the fruition of this wonderful body of work into a book and an online article here. I wish it long life! And looking forward to seeing the book!
Posted by Chin-Chin Wu on August 27,2009 | 10:22 PM
I love this book. Dan has captured some of the same people over the years so each individual shot is great but the story builds when you see the transformation of the kids with their animal prize of the year! I wish Dan had a book for the great demolition derby pictures he has taken. Check out his web site!
Posted by Brian Sisco on August 27,2009 | 02:28 PM
I've known Dan and this wonderful body of work for a number of years-of course I own the book, too! This on-line article is well written, personal, and informative & includes a smartly chosen series of images. I certainly responded to the individual stories and his reflections - the format worked extremely well. Dan Nelken is a sensitive, intuitive, "real" person and these exceptional photographs reveal that. Bravo!
Posted by Fredrik Marsh on August 27,2009 | 10:02 AM
Dan Nelken captures the essence of county fairs. The traditions, the families and friends, the people - the heart of America.
Posted by Lois E. Goblet on August 22,2009 | 07:43 PM
I own the book. Everyone that sees it, loves it.
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Case-Shiller Index co-author Robert Shiller discusses his latest report on home prices.
Jul 31, 2012
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-- -- to another piece of -- in today that would be the data on home prices single family home prices rising.
For the fourth month in a row according to the -- -- PK Shiller home price index C.
Real estate site zillow last week said it believes housing is hit the bottom so.
Does Robert Shiller agree after seeing these.
It's index I feel like we ask in this every month and I'm sure he's sick -- -- so we'll keep it up the co author of the Case Shiller Index and professor of economics at Yale.
Joins us.
Right now how about this talk about housing.
Bottom these home price figures do look pretty good today in your index.
They do look good and one thing that I believe in and home price forecasting is momentum so we do have some upward momentum.
Part of it is just seasonal though we're going into the summer month.
If you look at a lot of the data it doesn't look like that bigger rebound yet and it could just -- mostly seasonal.
So I'm not confident I think it's possible that this is about them but I'm not at all -- and I I tend to worry more than most people about.
The the longer run down ten resuming.
-- That is.
Kind of interest again we know that from talking to you over the last -- many by -- really about it is right.
That you have to -- doesn't I was gonna say you've been dead on with this episode being this spring and then as you say their early -- -- you see people going out.
And buying a little bit more so it's a good sign I guess that they -- are as they are expected to be but then so when will we know.
That we should take these numbers a little bit more seriously is sometime in the fall -- -- we never know for sure it's a speculative market.
That the real question that is on my mind is.
Are we possibly off to the races again you know you know that the real estate market has become more volatile by the decade.
Over the last few decades and people are you know there.
I I think in cities like Phoenix or San Francisco.
We might be seeing something pretty big development is that people there are very.
Speculative minded now how I think.
So -- know.
Overall -- apparently you are a -- -- second.
Professor Shiller you say there's another bubble forming in some areas is that or that type particular -- -- There could be you know are these -- take you by surprise bubbles occur sometimes into the least optimal time that's because people think.
That you wanna buy before the news is right -- in the midst of a recession you could start a bubble.
And in Europe Europe Northern Europe has a.
Housing boom going on right now.
Despite the troubles that Europe is brother -- Southern Europe that.
It it's kind of surprising that there would be such a boom going on there.
It is surprising and it's also surprising I think to.
You know the president doesn't studied this like you do that it might be happening in some parts of the of this country what areas in particular are you looking at.
And -- will you continue to look at and how much data do you need before you draw some sort of -- conclusion.
I'll never know for should have never ever clear conclusion.
There's a lot of things that that -- matter like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still unresolved.
What what's congress gonna do they -- in the mortgage deduction.
All sorts of uncertainties right now.
So but you know the thing -- momentum does matter and I have and I am.
Very much noticing the strong performance we had in the last night with 2.2 percent and one month if it kept that up to be like over -- 4%.
In the year write it won't because this is partly seasonal.
-- the Euro area the areas you're thinking about that in the bubble like behavior areas of the country.
Well I think of the the previous them notably it would be San Francisco and Phoenix.
But many other things looked like bubble -- but I'm not sure they are like Chicago was up a -- this month.
Atlanta was up a lot this month but part of this -- -- bands have she got part of this is just the decline in foreclosure activity.
So we just had to be -- from Karl logic that prime foreclosure activity is down about a quarter from a year ago.
And so that's going to be.
Boost the index now it could be that that's the kind of stimulus that we're getting the stimulus being that people see home prices going up because there aren't as many foreclosures.
And -- -- to get optimistic and reinforcing that that could be what's happening.
Robert Shiller it is always our pleasure having on in the night job talking through these issues -- we'll keep doing it so take care and thanks for joining us today.
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Welcome to TD Garden, which was all but bustling with activity this morning as the Bruins and Sabres prepared for tonight's game.
It starts at 7 p.m., on NESN and WBZ-FM 98.5. Twitter followers can get an assortment of in-game updates by following @loftusatledger.
- The biggest news of the morning was coach Claude Julien's decision to take Chris Bourque out of tonight's lineup. Saying Bourque "is putting a lot of pressure on himself right now" and is "certainly not the Chris that we know," Julien said he would move Daniel Paille into Bourque's spot at left wing on the third line, with center Chris Kelly and right wing Rich Peverley, and replace Paille on the fourth line (with Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton) with Lane MacDermid.
A couple of factors are likely in play here:
1. The Bourque-Kelly-Peverley line hasn't seemed to develop much, if any chemistry in even-strength situations. Nobody on the line has a goal through 6 games, and everyone on the line is minus-3 (Kelly) or minus-4 (Bourque, Peverley). Combined with the fact that Bourque, despite a power-play assignment and 12 minutes of ice time per game, has only 3 shots on goal through 6 games, Julien decided it was time for a change. (Paille and Campbell had already been taking some of Bourque's shifts late in periods, for defensive purposes.
2. Coaches and players on both sides are denying there's anything to any of this, but still, there can be no denying this: The Sabres were pushed around by the B's (and other teams) on numerous occasions last season, with Milan Lucic getting away unscathed after a collision that sidelined Sabres goalie Ryan Miller for close to a month. To improve their overall team toughness, Buffalo traded for the combative Steve Ott, who had several incidents with the Bruins while a member of the Dallas Stars, and signed giant winger John Scott (6-8, 270 pounds) as a free agent.
MacDermid, at 6-3 and 205 pounds, adds size to Boston's lineup, specifically to its fourth line. Scott is a full-time fourth-liner, and MacDermid proved last year's he's a very willing fighter: He fought the New York Rangers' Mike Rupp (6-5, 243) in his first Bruins/NHL game last season.
Elsewhere ...
- Tuukka Rask was the first goalie off the ice this morning for the Bruins, indicating he's going to start tonight. Defenseman Aaron Johnson, who filled in for Adam McQuaid in Tuesday's win over New Jersey, is expected to be a healthy scratch tonight, along with Bourque. McQuaid returns after missing Tuesday's game against the Devils for personal reasons.
- Miller, who beat the B's twice (shutout, and a 2-1 shootout win) in Buffalo after last year's collision with Lucic, looks to be tonight's starter for the Sabres. If so, it'll be his first appearance at the Garden since that No. 12, 2012 incident.
- The Bruins' 5-0-1 start is their best since 1970-71. If they improve to 6-0-1 tonight, it'll match the best 7-game start in their history. They've done it twice before -- 1937-38 and 1969-70.
- The Sabres, meanwhile, have lost 4 in a row since a 2-0-0 start. They're coming off an overtime loss to visiting Toronto on Tuesday night.
- Today is Tyler Seguin's 21st birthday.
Mike Loftus has covered the Bruins for longer than he can remember. He uses his blog to keep tabs on them, but he also likes to get outside the Garden to cover other hockey stories. "One of the coolest things about covering hockey in this area is the number of players who take the game past the high school/prep level," he says, "many in the hopes of one day making reaching the pro level."


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The air seems sweeter here in the front of the website, the sun a little brighter and the deadlines a little more immediate, but as Uncle Ben once reminded Peter Parker, with great power comes great responsibility. So here we are in relatively short order with a batch of new reviews and a few more older titles in my continuing quest to revisit the deserving releases from the not-so-waning months of 2011. We're getting there, slowly but surely. Read them while they're hot; there's more where they came from.
Singer/songwriter Eric Falstrom has been performing locally for several years, including with the rockin' Mystery Wagon in the early '90s. Since then, Falstrom has been working the solo route, releasing records on his own off and on since the end of the Wagon.
But Falstrom's latest disc, Love Will Come Through, feels much like a reintroduction, featuring some of the best writing and performing of his career so far. The album is rich and focused, bringing Falstrom's strengths (poetic lyrics, a heartfelt singing voice and beautiful arrangements) to the forefront.
Our third and final day on-site at Bonnaroo was no less crazy than the previous two. I took occasional breaks during the day, sometimes in the air-conditioned press tent, and other times back at the campsite where I'd snack, get off my feet for a few minutes and pour water over my head.
The day began with an 11:30 a.m. press-tent panel discussion on changes in the concert industry since Bonnaroo's inception 10 years ago. The panel included Bonnaroo founder Ashley Capps who reminisced about the festival's early days. Capps and crew intentionally booked bands for the inaugural festival who already had direct contact with their fan base via the internet. By tapping into this pre-existing network, they were able to sell out the first Bonnaroo in just 18 days.
It's no secret that Chicago is a great place for music. Pretty much any touring band of note — and no doubt many a musical outfit that need not be noted — is sure to include a Chicago stop, and the city's local scene remains rich and diverse, aided by a host of nurturing venues and an eager, uncommonly discerning base of listeners. That it's only a five-hour drive from Cincinnati makes it an enticing destination for those of us who yearn to catch shows that skip the Queen City.
Chicago's embarrassment of musical riches has only grown in recent years with the addition of two high-profile three-day summer festivals: Lollapalooza and Pitchfork. The former needs little introduction — Perry Farrell's unexpectedly fruitful brainchild is, almost undeniably, the inspiration for the explosion of summer fests over the last two decades, a trend that has grown even more robust since the turn of the century. Every weekend each summer now features at least one festival worthy of audiences' ears. The trend has even reached Cincinnati, where Bunbury just finished its second successful year — and shared a headliner with Pitchfork. (Whether outdoor settings, marked by often difficult weather conditions and bright sunlight, is the best way to experience the type of music offered at such festivals is a different question.)
Lollapalooza is, alongside behemoths Coachella and Boonaroo, one of America's biggest and best-attended summer fests, boasting more than 130 artists and an audience in excess of 150,000. Pitchfork, meanwhile, has quickly established itself as a singular presence on the summer circuit, a discerningly curated endeavor that's an extension of the influential, taste-making webzine that runs it. (Chicago-based Pitchfork.com took over the business side of the fest in 2006 after curating 2005's initial gathering, which was then called the Intonation Festival). Set in Union Park — a modest city-block space just west of downtown Chicago — Pitchfork now features nearly 50 artists, many of which are still unfamiliar to all but the most plugged-in Indie music connoisseurs. (Ironically, as a champion of cutting-edge acts on the way up, Pitchfork also serves as an early snapshot of future Lollapalooza lineups.)
This year's Pitchfork, which ran July 19-21, offered one of its most curious lineups to date, especially as it pertains to the headliners, which included Bjork, Belle and Sebastian and, somewhat controversially, R. Kelly. Sure, there were several typically lesser-known acts on the bill, but almost all of them graced the Blue Stage, the smallest of the fest's three stages. Whether this year's more accessible bill might have been a reaction to last year's fest, which gave relatively high-profile slots to such interesting but largely faceless artists as AraabMuzik, Purity Ring, The Field, Big K.R.I.T., Hot Chip and Chavez, among others, is anyone's guess, but a realignment of sorts from Pitchfork's powers that be seems plausible.
More proof of a possible shift in booking philosophy: There were more veteran acts than ever this year. Beyond the headliners, each of which has been making music for more than two decades, there was Wire, The Breeders, Swans, … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Low and Yo La Tengo. The only comparable 2012 act in terms of longevity — admittedly not the best gauge when it comes to creative vitality, but we're talking audience-drawers here — was Godspeed You Black Emperor, which headlined along with Feist and Vampire Weekend. All are solid acts, but none of them are likely to perk the senses of those looking for a little "star power." Enter Kelly, one of the era's preeminent hit-makers (more on that later).
As usual, many of Pitchfork 2013's most interesting artists emanated from the Blue Stage, which is the most intimate of the fest's three stages — the larger Green and Red stages (note the refreshing lack of corporate branding, another sign of Pitchfork's discerning nature), which are but 50 yards (or so) apart, alternate acts at the north end of Union Park, while Blue's lineup overlaps with the other two. Tucked into a tree-laden area of the park's southwest corner, the Blue Stage is something of a festival unto itself, its cozy confines offering a break from the spacious, open-air spots where the Green and Red reside.
Multiple Blue Stage artists delivered strong sets, including Frankie Rose, a former Dum Dum Girl whose latest album, Interstellar, is a Synth Pop gem that wouldn't sound out place alongside Beach House; Mikal Cronin, a little ragamuffin of a guy whose latest album, MCII, is a Power Pop keeper; Angel Olsen, whose Americana-flavored songs and swoon-worthy voice and visage compelled much of the audience during her late-afternoon slot; Metz, a Canadian trio coming to Cincy for this year's MidPoint Music Festival in late September, whose terse songs roared even more righteously in a live setting (think Nirvana on fast-forward); Minnesota mainstays Low, who seemed oddly out of place but still effective in the early evening light; and Trash Talk, a Hardcore crew from Sacramento, Calif., whose long-haired frontman delivered the funniest line of the fest after noticing a number of "old people" in the relatively sparse Friday-afternoon crowd: "I like old people. Old people make the world go around. They fucking had us and shit."
Best of all — or at least the biggest surprise — was Brooklyn-based Post Punk quartet Parquet Courts, whose playful, twisty tunes recall everyone from early Pavement to the Minutemen to a far less trashed Guided by Voices. Frontman Andrew Savage's voice is thin but endearing, and his dynamic guitar interplay with fellow frontguy Austin Brown had more than one rapt audience member shaking their ass in the Saturday-afternoon sun.
One got the sense that the Parquet Courts dudes would have been just as happy performing on the street corner just beyond the fence behind them. The fact that they had a much bigger platform to deliver their slanted gospel is just one example of what has made Pitchfork so vital for those looking to experience something rawer and less polished than the acts that dominate other festivals. (Go get Parquet Court's recent full-length, Light Up Gold, as soon as possible.)
Even the Blue Stage's less successful performances were compelling in one way or another: while Julia Holter, Ryan Hemsworth, Andy Stott and Evian Christ — the latter three DJs who essentially stand behind a table — have issues in the area of crowd interaction and sometimes suffered from spotty sound mixes, each was able to convey its mood-altering music in ways that, at the very least, provided sonic respites from the relatively more conventional acts at the bigger stages, whose roar often bled into the Blue's.
On to the two main stages, which drew large, unusually enthusiastic crowds all weekend. Long a champion of adventurous Hip Hop, Pitchfork again featured some intriguing purveyors of the form, most notably Sunday sets by Killer Mike and El-P. The pair released two of the best albums of 2012, and their stellar recent collaboration, dubbed Run the Jewels, dropped as a free download in June. After a sweaty set in which Mike ran through songs from his R.A.P. Music — including strong versions of the title track and the politically cutting "Reagan" — he joined his buddy El-P for a batch of Run the Jewels cuts that mixed verbal dexterity with a healthy dose of levity. Their record, simply titled Run the Jewels, is something of a break from the duo's doomsday aesthetic as solo artists — Jewels is an exuberant, sonically diverse fun-ride that makes light of Hip Hop's silly preoccupation with bling (the two performed with fake gold chains around their necks), among other Pop-culture oddities. (El-P later tweeted, "I'll just go ahead and say @pitchforkfest is the most chill, fun ass festival around right now.)
Run the Jewels was an interesting transition into a set from the ever-vital Yo La Tengo, which mixed choice cuts from its vast back-catalog (including sweet reworked versions of "Autumn Sweater," "Tom Courtney" and "The Hour Grows Late") with several tunes from the New Jersey trio's latest record, Fade. As usual, they didn't interact much with the crowd, though frontman Ira Kaplan, who dropped in several impressive guitar freak-outs, did joke that it was "good to be opening for R. Kelly again."
The fest's most curious social-media-stirring moment occurred Sunday evening as M.I.A., amid a garishly colorful backdrop of spinning wheels and neon lights, unveiled songs from her forthcoming album, Matangi. A sea of cell phones rose to record her entrance; many stayed aloft throughout. It was a departure in audience etiquette — somewhat unexpectedly, much of the festival was free of such ubiquitous use of technological interference.
Clad in a flashy gold top and orange short-shorts, M.I.A. stalked the stage, often with dancers at her side, as bass-heavy Dance-Rap arrangements thundered through the ample soundsystem with almost netherworldly force. The ceaseless sonic assault pretty much drowned out whatever she might have been trying to convey in her new songs — which, based on the spottiness of her previous record and the delayed release of Matangi, might be a good thing. Only when her set was interrupted by technical glitches did she seem spontaneous or even all that engaged. It was a weird, disjointed set, the kind of whiz-bang spectacle that rarely rears its head at Pitchfork.
In contrast, Savages Saturday afternoon appearance was a model of lacerating intensity. The buzzed-about British quartet — whose recent debut Silence Yourself is a satisfying blast of atmospheric Post Punk — was one of the most anticipated acts of fest. They didn't disappoint, delivering blistering versions of "I Am Here," "She Will" and "Fuckers," a new song about not letting the "fuckers get you down."
Jehnny Beth is a captivating frontlady, her no-bullshit stare and frequent high-pitched yelps lifting the music's familiar elements — everyone from Gang of Four and Patti Smith to Siouxsie Sioux and PJ Harvey come immediately to mind — to uncharted heights. More unexpected was the band's tendency to evoke '80s-era U2, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Even more curious was Beth's evocation of Ian Curtis, both in terms of her appearance (lean with close-cropped hair) and in some of her mannerisms (as if the music were transporting her somewhere beyond the stage).
Michael Gira, Swans' longtime ringleader, was impressed,
asking the audience, "How about them lady Savages?" before clapping in
appreciation. Gira's band immediately followed Savages, and it was an
apt pairing, like opposite sides of the same coin. His crew of gifted
Post Punk vets — which includes a hairy multi-instrumentalist named Thor
and a suave German slide-guitar player who looks as though he'd be
right a home in a David Lynch flick — conjured an unholy racket during a
truncated version of "The Seer" and offered an inspired take on
"Oxygen," which featured Gira doing a spooky Indian-like dance
throughout. While it was odd to witness Swans' menacing, ebb-and-flow
soundscapes in broad daylight, the outdoor setting still left those in
attendance vibrating long after the band's final drone leaked from the
That brings us to the three headliners. The festival's mission — it attempts to highlight the most adventurous, zeitgeist-channeling acts on the current landscape — makes choosing an anchor to each day's events a challenging dilemma for Pitchfork organizers. Given the esoteric nature of many such music-makers, there are only so many high-profile acts that fit the typical "headliner" criteria. Past choices have included such Alt-Rock mainstays as Flaming Lips, Spoon and Sonic Youth to more contemporary entries in the canon like TV on the Radio, Animal Collective and LCD Soundsystem.
Pitchfork even had Yoko Ono headline one year, which makes the choice of R. Kelly as Sunday night's festival-closer even odder one on multiple levels. First, there's the fact that Kelly — no doubt one of the most important R&B artists of the era, and a Chicago native to boot — is the most mainstream artist the festival has ever booked. Second, and far more troubling for many, is Kelly's reputation as a serial misogynist who never got the legal reprimand he deserved.
The most vociferous critic has been longtime music writer Jim DeRogatis, who broke the story of Kelly's indiscretions while working at the Chicago Sun-Times in 2002. DeRogatis called Pitchfork's decision to book Kelly and the subsequent excitement from "some (not all) paying customers" as being "fueled by irony."
No doubt there are legitimate questions about how an artist's personal issues should impact the way in which we experience their music, but, for better or worse, those knotty questions were not going to be answered during Kelly's Pitchfork set.
In fact, based on the reaction of those in the massive crowd — probably the festival's largest ever — irony was not as prevalent as DeRogatis wanted to profess. The overwhelming majority of those in attendance, which ranged from fortysomething African-American couples to teenage hipsters, seemed genuinely excited to be taking in Kelly's sextastic jams. The performance itself, meanwhile, was largely standard-issue R&B stagecraft, as Kelly ran through much of his extensive songbook medley-style (38 songs!). Not even a steady drizzle of rain could dampen the mood, as many swayed and sang along straight through to a set-closing version of "I Believe I Can Fly," which was accompanied by the release of dove-shaped balloons.
If Kelly's presentation was fairly straightforward, Bjork's closing set on Friday was anything but. Or so it seemed — unless one was within 75 yards of the stage, it was hard to see what was going on besides fleeting glimpses of Bjork's elaborate headgear, which looked like a porcupine lit up from within. Worse, the two video boards that flanked the Green Stage were mounted too low, rendering them almost useless to those they should intend to aid.
No matter: Bjork's expressive voice was just as fluid and otherworldly as one would expect on slightly reconfigured versions of "Hunter," "Joga" "Pagan Poetry" and "Army of Me." When rain and pending lightening and thunder prompted festival organizers to pull the plug after an hour, Bjork responded with this curio: "It's calm. I don't know. This wouldn't be much in Iceland, I can tell you that much."
It also rained on Belle and Sebastian Saturday night, but not enough to cut short what was the festival's most overt nod to nostalgia. The Scottish crew ran through a career-spanning set that crested early with rousing versions of "I'm a Cuckoo" and "The Stars of Track and Field," which had more than one thirtysomething couple embracing amid all the tuneful sweetness.
Putting a tour together that includes three opening acts is a daunting challenge, but one All Time Low has risen to. When the popular Pop Punk band brought its tour to Cincinnati's Bogart's on April 30, all four bands on the bill definitely had their supporters, but the fans seemed to enjoy each of the other acts, as well. Of course everyone was amped to see All Time Low. The group's much anticipated major label debut Dirty Work was pushed back until June, which meant "The Dirty Work Tour" was a rallying call for ATL fans to get pumped for the forthcoming release so they'll save up their allowance money for the big launch date.
Since her 1994 indie debut, The Honesty Room, Dar Williams has attracted a diverse and pathologically loyal fan base with her quirkily hybridized Folk/Pop ministrations. Like an elegant gene splice of Shawn Colvin and Loudon Wainwright III, Williams can easily triangulate the emotional distance between breezy humor, somber reflection and crystalline heartbreak, on subjects as intimate as family and love and as broad as culture and politics, by finding the commonalities between them and translating them through her muse. Equally relevant is the fact that Williams hasn't shied away from experimenting with her base formula over the past two decades; her desire to extend her reach is a testament to her restless creative spirit and her success in doing just that is a testament to her steadfast audience.
In the Time of Gods is Williams' ninth studio album and, like the majority of her catalog, it is a work that somehow manages to be both spectacular and subtle. In keeping with her need to experiment, Williams conceived In the Time of Gods as a concept album with each song representing a particular Greek mythological archetype, while also weaving contemporary emotional, social and cultural concerns into the narrative. It's an unlikely formula, and one that requires an almost impossible songwriting balance, but Williams was clearly up to the task, because In the Time of Gods stands with the best of her albums to date.
Part of its brilliance is that Williams uses the Greek pantheon as a launch point to create her own dieties and address her unique issues, proving that mythology must be both consistent to be permanent and malleable to be relevent. The element that drives all of this home is Williams' impeccable songwriting skill as she finds the connective tissue between gods and goddesses like Hera ("I Am the One Who Will Remember Everything"), Hermes ("You Will Ride with Me Tonight"), Dionysus ("I Will Free Myself") and Poseidon ("The Light and the Sea") and places their gifted and flawed archetypes in real life situations with real life outcomes.
As always, Williams' musical accompaniment in this endeavor is engaging and beautiful and exactly right, providing the consistency that runs through her estimable canon. With a surgeon's skill, Dar Williams has grafted the wisdom, wonder and humanity of Greece's ancient pantheon onto In the Time of Gods' modern cautionary tales, further evidence of the contention that Williams is among the finest Folk/Pop songwriters of the last half century.
(Dar Williams performs in Cincinnati on June 23 at Mt. Lookout club The Redmoor.)
I haven't done LSD in at least a decade, but Thursday's MidPoint Music Festival sure felt like a psychedelic flashback. My long-ish, strange-ish trip began at 9 a.m., as I drove into downtown and found Central Parkway colorfully dressed up as if an army of elderly women had sneaked in overnight and turned the strip into a Dr. Seussian wonderland. The colorful crocheting that hugged the trees, lampposts and practically everything else sticking out of the ground was actually the work of The BombShells' Yarn, who've dropped similar "yard bombs" on statues downtown (like the William Henry Harrison one in Garfield Park).
Regardless of whence it came, it set the trippy tone for my first day at MPMF.11. And things only got trippier. I'm a big fan of the surreal and bizarre, so it wasn't a bad trip, by any means. And the soundtrack was pretty kick-ass.
I don't think I've ever written anything about Jake Speed without mentioning Woody Guthrie. Call me lazy, but the political Folk pioneer is such an obvious influence on Speed's songs and lyrics it almost seems dishonest not to mention it.
While listening to World Come Clean, Jake Speed and the Freddies' brand new release, I never thought of Woody once.
On the album, Speed and his band still work within a traditional Americana format, but the songs are a bit more expansive and the claustrophobia of Folk clichés is alleviated by the more dynamic songwriting and performances. The album's songs are far less predictable than ones from previous Speed releases, showing the maturity of Speed as a songwriter, refreshingly not purely working within the idioms of Folk music. There are shades of Rock, Blues, Country and Gypsy Jazz (and, yes, still lots of Folk) in the mix and The Freddies' turn in typically perfect performances, showing they may just be the best Roots band in the city.
Thankfully, Speed's lyrical approach remains socially/politically aware, with jabs at the U.S.'s current sad state. Most of the songs began as "Songatorials," from Speed's weekly song offerings for CityBeat throughout 2007, "Speedy Delivery," based on current events. While these issues have often been diluted with a tinge of sharp humor on previous Speed recordings, here, Speed plays it more straight. In fact, there's a sense of urgency and even a little anger in the feel of many of these tracks, something largely absent from Speed's discography so far.
The fiery nature of the lyrics is translated wonderfully by the musicians (Freddies Justin Todhunter, Kentucky Graham, Chris Werner, and assorted "guest Freddies"), who perform most of the songs with the energy of a Punk Rock band. The album shifts gears halfway through with gentler songs that turn the anger and despair into hopefulness about the world and the future. Giving the album this kind of duality (and breaking it up so exactly) creates an enjoyable and interesting listening experience.
Some see Speed as a bit of a novelty act, his aw-shucks shtick and throwback duds making him seem like a costumed strolling troubadour at some Renaissance Fair-like Pioneer Days festival. But those people aren't listening or paying close enough attention. World Come Clean should go a long way in dispelling such surface observations.
Jake Speed and the Freddies will celebrate the release of World Come Clean this Saturday with a free show at Northside Tavern. The Queen City Zapatistas open. Go to Jake Speed and the Freddies official site for more info.
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The photo of delectable Greek food in a traditional blue-and-white setting in my last blog made me think about this wonderful colour scheme and all the delicious ways it is applied. If you search our catalogue with the phrase "blue in interior decoration", the results reveal its ongoing popularity. Here are a few of my favourite titles.
Decorating with Blue and White shows the colour scheme applied to every style of décor, including Mediterranean. In a country kitchen, soft blue and white appears in checks on comfy armchairs with large striped ottomans. It is echoed in kitchen accessories like polka-dot mugs and enameled cookware.
Bathroom blues are expressed in glass tiles and pretty towels. Outdoor blues include the deep cobalt painted on a Moroccan door and traditional tiles around a pool.
350 Inspiring Ways to Decorate with Blue is a 2011 title from House Beautiful in a convenient paper-back size which makes it easy to browse on the C-train. Designers share their favourite paint colours and sources and talk about why the colour resonates with them.
You see blues from the sea and sky, as well as dusky navy and indigo. Sometimes blue dominates the room; in other spaces, it is used as an accent. As you would expect from House Beautiful, most of the décor is traditional or contemporary classic.
Although Blue & White Living by Stephanie Hoppen was published in 1998, many of the classic blue-and-white combinations remain fresh today. A large living room by John Stefanidis features furniture slip covered in blue-and-white ticking. Blue ikat cushions line a long bench in this light-filled room.
These books are bound to leave you singing the blues.
Zesty eggplant stew, a dish of olives and fresh lemons against a backdrop of cobalt blue. That's the delectable cover of The Country Cooking of Greece by Diane Kochilas. She is a chef and owner of a cooking school in Ikaria who also writes a weekly food column for Greece's largest newspaper.
Kochilas provides more than just recipes; she takes you for a tour of the culture and people. You meet the mussel man who owns a popular taverna and cultivates mussels in "the rich, sweet-salty waters of the Thermaikos Gulf". You learn about Greek oregano, the kalamata olive harvest and Santorini tomatoes that flourish unexpectedly in the chalky, volcanic soil of the island.
She writes an ode to the classic Greek salad which melds the amazing flavours of simple fresh ingredients. I can't wait to try the Cretan beet salad with yogurt and walnuts. Pistachio-crusted feta and ouzo-glazed duck breast are calling my name.
I like that the recipes are as much about method as ingredients and that many of the recipes have an uncomplicated list of ingredients consistent with country home cooking.
The cover lured me in with a visual feast and the book lived up to its cover.
- Jane
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This is a re-post from the Official South Carolina Democratic Party Blog.
Welcome to the SCDP Convention blog! Over the next few weeks I'll be updating the blog with some information about the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. During the actual convention (Sept 3-6), the blog will be updated several times a day with posts from within the convention hall as well as the other events surrounding the convention. If you've got thoughts, comments, or suggestions for posts feel free to leave a comment below!
In just under a month President Barack Obama will take the stage in Charlotte, NC and layout his case for why America should re-elect him to a second term. Four years ago I was watching our future President address the nation on TV and wished I could be there in person. I couldn't be more excited and honored to be going to Charlotte, NC as a delegate representing South Carolina this fall.
I graduated from the College of Charleston in May of 2008 and knew that Barack Obama had to be our next President. After some deliberating I packed up my life at the end of June and spent the next 6 months as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in southern Ohio. The hours were long and the work was far from glamourous but it all paid off in the end when we elected President Obama.
As I sat in a community center in Chillicothe, OH back in 2008 I promised myself that I would work hard to be at the next convention. I returned to Charleston after the election and became even more involved with political process and four years later I'm excited for this opportunity.
I think all of us here in South Carolina should be excited about the Democratic Convention whether you will be attending in person, tuning in on TV, or following along by reading the blog here. For southerners it's a great chance for us to show off why we are proud to live in the South, and for Democrats specifically it is a chance to highlight why we need to work hard to re-elect one of the best Presidents we've had.
That's all for this post. Next time I'll answer one of the main questions I get when I tell people I'm going to the convention, which is "How did you become a delegate?" Check back for that and much more over the coming few days and weeks.


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May 16, 2012
Dr. Arthur Caplan
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Well you're probably an alcoholic and you don't even know it.
Because doctors with the American psyche -- psychiatric association -- rewriting the definition.
Of addiction.
The new symptoms of alcoholism include.
When alcohol is is often taken in larger amounts -- over a longer period of time then was intended.
Or when a great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain alcohol.
Use the substance.
Or recover from its effects.
This from a -- guidebook that helps determine what insurance companies will cover among other things.
According to one study the proposed changes could increase the number of people diagnosed with alcoholism.
But -- 660%.
Doctor Arthur Caplan is with a -- the director of the center for bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and joins us live -- good afternoon.
-- -- afternoon well I'm comforted and happy to report that everyone I know is an alcoholic.
But but but but but under this need -- new definition.
The definition that they're.
Putting forward and it's not the last word so there's still time to fix it.
He is obviously to be too broad too inclusive you can't have.
A category that takes every moderate and -- drinker and turned him into an addict.
I have some sympathy with the idea.
It we want to pinpoint.
Problems like binge drinking in university user of spring break that behavior that I know pretty well this.
Problems that we gotta get some attention to -- calling everybody and I met at an addict just doesn't fly one day of binge drinking.
In one month in college.
Makes that college student.
And alcohol.
Right and again it's just straining too -- to try him get some attention to a real problem which is.
If you have one day one month every month for years of college binge drinking.
Well I think you may be setting yourself up for problems later in life with alcohol or -- could be doing yourself -- In college just in terms of injury use them car accidents and all the rest of it.
Well that sounds more like bad decisions that that that that then a disease really.
I mean you you make the decision right -- -- I'm not diminishing alcoholism or anything like that but.
The college student to a couple years into school decides well I'm throwing one back and gonna pass out of the -- don't flow out.
Is part of a grand tradition of bad decisions.
Right now I think.
We think that would addiction.
He's craving compulsion and drives that you can't resist.
Sort of throwing your whole life in pursuit of the drug or the substance that really is compelling -- in ways that you cannot control in any way.
Then what we think it would binge drinking is a bunch of college kids making bad decisions so.
We don't need a book of bad decisions god only knows it would be a very very long book.
But we do one and not dismiss or minimized things like.
You know gone through college ball Lotto every weekend for four years that probably isn't good for us the difference is.
Let's not try to make everything into an addiction.
Give it that way somebody -- pay for it if everything's in addition.
But well I suspect that's part of what drives -- I suspect you're right you know giving it covered is a big -- have.
How low we pay attention of these definitions these days doctor Arthur Caplan call and out of Philly and the UK and it's nice to see doctor thank you so much that.
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THE BIGGER THE BETTER: Jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth has a nice problem: "I can't keep in stock the pieces that are $50,000 and up, which is pretty amazing," she said before Ylang 23 threw a dinner party in her honor at Oak in Dallas. "I've designed jewelry for 10 years and we have people who have been collecting pieces forever, and now they're ready for the next step."
Neuwirth's latest works mix opals, chrysoprase, emeralds, lapis, carved turquoise and rose-cut diamonds in bold 18-karat gold necklaces, earrings and rings. "I want it to look like costume jewelry but do it ultra fine – pieces that are over the top," she said.
Neuwirth is one of the top three resources at Ylang 23, according to co-owner Joanne Teichman. The designer visits the store regularly and even found her beloved white labradoodle, Teddy, five years ago during one of those stays. "People ask me if Teddy can model for them," she said. "It was quite a trunk show."
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