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Blake Mills is a guitar virtuoso. Asked about Blake, Jackson Browne said "Who makes these people?" The Los Angeles native comes from the same school of thought as Browne, Dawes, Fiona Apple and many others. Blake's approach is a chilled out vibe that hides a reckless abandon, a willingness to put everything about yourself on the line for a dream. His album Break Mirrors conveys this through expertly crafted riffs and modern lyrics that remind us a time forgotten.
Blake was generous enough to spare some time with ATG a week and half ago and I think you'll get a better understanding of the man, his music and his motivation after a read. See Blake Mills with Fiona Apple on June 26 at the Warner Theater. And if you have twelve and half minutes to kill, I highly recommend his Red Bull Soundstage episode that both has some incredible home footage and b-roll.
MP3: Blake Mills – History of My Life
MP3: Blake Mills – Hey Lover
David: I kind of noticed, and maybe you may get sick of questions like this, but I've noticed a Tom Waits feel on the record. And I was just wondering —
Blake: Oh, cool.
David: I really — there's like — one of my favorite Tom Waits song is probably "Big in Japan" and there's just elements of that song and how it was recorded that I hear on your record. And I was just wondering if you did anything special in the production process, the recording process, to create that effect.
Blake: Well, I guess maybe the tie that binds the two together, if there is one, it may be a lack of preciousness in the recording process. Like I know on Tom's record he's kind of — he's always been kind of great at this sort of beautiful, controlled cacophony, like the junkyard sort of — the palette, the junkyard palette.
And because making my record was so experimental for me, I did kind of have a process where I just sort of threw a bunch of ideas together, just to see what would stick. And maybe through the kitchen sink, the kitchen sink is how it came across because of that. Maybe that's why they might ring a similar note with somebody.
David: Sweet. And then for your songwriting process, how do you — how does that come about? Do you go lyrics first, do you write the music first?
Blake: Generally music/melody first. It just depends. It depends on whether the impetus for the song comes from something I was messing around with when I was playing guitar, or something I was messing around with when I was living or thinking about a certain — you know, a specific topic.
But predominately the music will come first. It's kind of been off either a guitar part or a cord-change or just a certain melody or a mood or something like that.
More after the jump…
David: Do you have a particular spot you like to write in? Is there a favorite place in LA that you think and write best, or is it just kind of all over the place?
Blake: It's totally all over the place. I mean, I generally do my writing in these off hours when I'm not working on something else. When we're not working on a record or something like that.
David: And your pretty prodigious tour with the amount of people in the bands you've played with and toured with. Have any influenced you more than others?
Blake: Yeah, well, I spent a lot of time with Band of Horses. I was pretty moved by Ben and by Ryan, their keyboard player. And with how they could simultaneous — and this was in, this was both in their music and just kind of the kind of guys that they were — they would simultaneously be serious and kidding. Or laugh in the faces of even something kind of like deeply heavy. So there's definitely a — that was sort of eye-opening. I mean, it's kind of like the John Belushi-effect where it's like somebody's being — or Chris Farley — it's like instead of being really, really, really funny, but there's also kind of something sad about it as well. And that was maybe overly explored by, to a fault, perhaps, on Break Mirrors.
David: I don't think it's a fault.
Blake: Humor on there and so — sadder shit.
David: I wouldn't say that's a fault. I think that I — I really love your record.
Blake: Great. Thank you.
I find "It Will All Work Out" one of the more — at least for me — and maybe this because I interpreted it in my own personal life — one of the more complex songs and yet the riff is this — when I listen to it, has a simplicity to it and I love the way that kind of plays off to each other. I was wondering what the catalyst for writing that song was.
Blake: The catalyst for writing that song came from a friend of mine who's a skater, he's big into writing physical letters and postcards, and sending them through the mail. And he sent me a postcard — or a letter, rather, when two years back. He had had a pretty devastating injury that had scared him off of the skateboard for a while. And he had really badly broken arm — and this is the way he made a living, he skated professionally for years, since he was 15, 16 years old or something.
So he wasn't sure what he was going to do. He couldn't really get himself to step back on board, and it's — he was living in New York and his heating was out, and all this stuff. And I was just thinking to myself, this guy's whole world has collapsed. I couldn't imagine him not being able to figure out how to step back onboard. It was one of those things where it was like — and even he thought it was a lot more — because he was devastated, he didn't understand, he didn't see how he was going to be able to get back into it, and step back on, and stuff like that.
But I just didn't take him very seriously. I just, you know, you don't really have a choice. You can't — it's like Kobe saying, I don't want to pick the ball back up today. But he's that good. So I don't know if that was the first, the first riff I'd written about the — sorry, the first verse I'd written in the song was about that. And then it kind of — that like refrain***, It will all work out, just sort of started to pertain, and make sense, and in relation to other things. And then it also — a couple of those verses and saying "it will all work out" is kind of tongue-in-cheek. Because it doesn't always work out. It was my own naïveté that I shut out the possibility that my friend would never get back onboard doing what he's so passionate about doing.
But that happens to people. It doesn't always exactly work out. But I guess that's kind of the tune is about.
David: Okay. I definitely hear that. I love the line, "He was the biggest, he was a closet straight" I think that was pretty — that was a beautiful line.
Blake: Thank you.
David: So the other thing — another thing, actually a first time, and Shira piqued my memory again about it — I really loved The Voice Project. I think it's an incredible, just an incredible site, and what they're trying to do is amazing. My friend and I just live for new videos from The Voice Project.
But your Lucinda Williams cover is just fantastic. And I was wondering how you picked Lucinda Williams — was it while you were touring with her?
Blake: I was not yet touring with her. No, that actually came about before I got my chance to meet her. I was just a big Lucinda fan. I was touring with Cass McCombs a couple years earlier, and I had just been kind of fanatical, and then pretty shortly after they came by to do that, I couldn't — I remember they came by and I was trying to do a song by a friend of mine named Farmer Dave, and I just could not get the hang of this song, and I was just like, man this is a lot harder than it usually is and should be.
And I had done that Lucinda one before and it was something I could kind of fall back on, so I was like, oh, well, let me try this song. And I got it, and it worked out, and it ended up being that one. And they put it in a couple of months or weeks later — I can't remember — a friend of mine who had been playing with her gave me a call and said, hey, she's going to be touring and wondered if you'd come out.
So it worked out great. And I actually ended up playing that song in the opening set because we didn't really play all that much in her set — for whatever reason, it's not one that has necessarily grown as favorably with her – it was never in the Lucinda set. But it was always in mine. She didn't watch too many of the opening sets so I don't know if she found out. But I'd die if Lucinda had seen me doing it. The crowds were stoked.
David: How did you get approached by The Voice Project? How did you get involved with The Voice Project?
Blake: Dawes were involved in it pretty early on, from an early age. And the design of the site is such that the songs that are covered, the artists that wrote the originals are then approached to sort of continue the chain. And so Dawes covered, "Hey Lover" on the site, and that's how I was approached.
David: Yes, their version — I like how they're kind of figuring it out on the fly at the beginning of their video.
Blake: I think most of that was from memory, because I don't even think that — that my record was out.
David: Right, yours hadn't come out yet.
Blake: That's pretty astonishing.
David: It was pretty cool to watch. So I know — I've read, I guess, that you're a big Jackson Browne fan. I was wondering what you — as he recently played there — I guess he would have played 8 months prior to when you're going to play there in DC, what is it like to play — I mean, have you, I think you've jammed with him before — am I correct?
Blake: Yes, I haven't known him for too long, maybe about a year. And we've done some playing together, and it is. It's like it's like you said, it's like seeing a master — a master craftsman. And in most of the settings that I've played with him, they've just been — there have many occasion where he shows up and we've been playing songs all night, and people have just been kind of calling him out. Some of them are originals, and some of them aren't, some of them are covers, and we've been playing them and whatever. And he'll show up, and he'll sit down, and we'll just decide on one of his tunes or he'll decide on one of this tunes, but once we start a Jackson song, it's just amazing how epic and you really recognize that the level of quality and craftsmanship in it because he's just so — you hear it, everything comes together like a performance instead of a jam on his songs. You know, they call for — they're disciplined, but they're just classic-sounding. That he's got — he's done it like a 100, 200 times. Like his newer shit is strong. He's still writing pretty remarkably, which is — that's rare. And he's enthused right now in a way that — from what I understand — is also something that it's been a long time since he was this prolific.
David: Do you think it's partly because of the resurgence of this Americana sound that's been —
Blake: I think it's — it has to do with it. I think he's inspired — as everybody is — I think he's inspired by the sort of ways of young blood behind it. I certainly don't think it has to do with him saying, oh, the iron's hot, I better strike, and if people are listening again. I think it's just that he's surrounded by people, young people, that get it, that understand and appreciate the craft of which we speak.
But he's on fire right now. He played me a couple of new songs the other day and it was just like, you know, what year was that from? And he goes, no, it's new.
It's really great.
David: So this is more of one those cheeky interview questions, but what's the first record you bought?
Blake: I wish I could remember. The first record I bought — you know, it's probably something really —
David: I know mine's really lame.
Blake: I guess when I was like 5 — I was probably in 5th grade so I was about ten years-old, maybe a little earlier than that, maybe I was 9. Right around the time I started playing guitar. And I was a big fan of — a really big fan of Nirvana and Metallica, and Sound Garden in particularly. So it might have been the Black album, it might have been In Utero. I remember having In Utero on cassette for some reason. So those are my earliest memories of owning records — was a cracked jewel case for the Black album and an In Utero cassette, I'd have to say.
But it was — there was a long, long period of time after that — like sometime between the summer of 5th grade and 6th grade that I stopped listening to rock music altogether. And I have to say like after a few of those Nirvana records and the Metallica records, those were like the only rock records I had for a while, and that's kind of why I remember having them distinctly more than others. I remember having Dookie. My sister bought a copy of Greenday, the record called Dookie. But those are my earliest memories of owned music.
David: Those are good ones to have. I have to 'fess up to buying Jermaine Dupri's 1492. (Laughter.) I don't know quite what I was thinking. It's all right, I've grown since then.
Blake: It's a constant search.
David: I guess the last question because we're running out of time here: Do you have any tour stops you're particularly excited to play this summer — any festivals or anything like that?
Blake: Well, the Governor's Ball is going to be great. All the guys in Beck's band are good friends, and then we've been seeing each other around town on various projects, and we keep having this thing to look forward to. Because generally it's like everybody's in town for a session or first* sessions and then they go out on their various tours and you don't see anybody for a few months. But most of these guys — Joey and Worker** and Smokey and stuff like that — are going to be playing with Beck, and so we're going to run into each other pretty shortly after we leave town. So that will be a nice little like re-sendoff, so to speak and a good show, to boot. And then from then, I'm kind of like looking forward to all of that, but I'm a little overwhelmed by the undertaking of figuring out a solo set to open her shows with. I've got a do — there's probably more playing in this tour for me than as a soloist that I've done so far, so that's — I'm trying not to think about it, but also giving it the appropriate amount of preparation, mental preparation, and just make sure that I can come up with something entertaining to do for 35, 45 minutes.
David: Is it just going to be you and your guitar? Are you going to have a full band behind you?
Blake: I think mostly — no, I think they just mostly guitar and vocals. And Sebastian, the bass player — Fiona's bass player — is a pretty heavy musician. He joined me for about half of my opening set when I was with her a couple months ago. And so that will probably happen again. I mean, I'm going to just try to get him to do as much as he will.
David: Well, I'm looking forward to it. I appreciate you taking the time. I'm very excited about it. And good luck with traveling and all that.
Blake: Thank you, thank you, man. Thank you, David. Appreciate it. Are you coming?
David: Oh, I'm not going to miss that. I'll definitely be around.
Blake: Great, great.
David: Thanks again for taking the time to talk with me, and good luck.
Blake: Right on, man. I appreciate it. Thank you.


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8 Steps to Preparedness from North Carolina Emergency Management:
Step 1 Respect Nature
Weather events, such as hurricanes, are powerful and dangerous. In fact, hurricanes and typhoons kill thousands of people worldwide every year and cause billions of dollars in property damage. Don't underestimate the weather's power. Having a healthy respect for hurricanes, tornados, winter storms and severe weather in general is the first step to being prepared. These same steps apply to other types of disasters.
Step 2 Decide Whether to Go or Stay
You must first decide if you will evacuate your home or stay and ride out the storm. Such a decision should be a family decision and must include considering such factors as:
Are you in a storm surge or flood zone?
Is your home structurally capable of withstanding hurricane force winds?
Do the openings in your home, such as the windows, sliding glass doors, and jalousie doors, have shutters to keep the powerful winds and rain out?
Do any of your family members have special medical needs that will require help you cannot provide?
Is your home capable of providing a "livable" environment after the storm when all utilities are lost?
Step 3 Make a Personal Plan
Whether you decide to evacuate or stay in your home to ride out a storm, you must get your family together to develop a family disaster plan. There simply won't be time to think of everything when a storm gets close. You will be surprised at the number of issues that need to be discussed once you sit down and start listing them.
If you are going to evacuate:
Where will you go?
Will you be using a local shelter?
Where is the shelter located?
What route will you drive to get there?
How long will it take to pick up everyone?
What will you need to bring with you? (Think 3-day Survival Kit)
How will you care for your pets?
What property security needs to be done?
Will you need to notify other family members where you will be?
If you are going to stay:
Do you have shutters for all windows and openings?
How long will it take to put up shutters or boards?
Is rising water an issue in your home?
How will you cope with any family members with special medical needs?
What special supplies and food will you need to have on hand?
Do you need to have any special equipment available for after the storm?
Do you have a safe place for important documents?
Should you notify any out-of-area relatives that you are staying?
Are you prepared to live without utilities and normal services for as long as two weeks after the storm?
Step 4 Prepare Your Property in Advance
The time to begin acquiring shutters and protection for your home is now. All openings of your home need to have protection to keep fierce winds and rain out of the building. Experience proves that a home that does not have protected openings is at grave risk for serious damage.
Trees need to be trimmed to minimize the damage they may cause to your home or someone else's. Vehicles left out in the open are often overturned by high winds. If you do not have a garage or carport, locate a protected spot to park your vehicles. A good location might be on the leeward side of the house, away from the main force of the wind.
Identify loose items located outside, such as lawn furniture, grills, toys, yard equipment, etc., that should be brought inside before a storm. When picked up by high winds, these items can become deadly missiles.
Examine your home to see if hurricane straps and connectors were installed to roof trusses, rafters and framing members. Homes that do not have such protective reinforcement are at risk of loosing roofs and walls to strong hurricane force winds.
Step 5 Store Up 14 Days of Supplies and Equipment
The experiences of Hurricanes Hugo, Bertha and Fran have taught us that we need to be prepared to live without our utilities and basic services for up to two weeks or more. Most of us are ill-prepared to do so. It is not immediately obvious what we would need for such an adventure. A useful exercise may be to try to live for one day without your utilities and begin making a list of essential items that become evident. Parents should try an occasional "one-day camp in" with their children. This will make it less traumatic for children (and their parents) when they are forced to live without all the things we take for granted. The following list should provide a start on this Step:
Food (canned, dry, non-perishable)
Baby needs - formula, diapers
Water (bottled or home-filled before the storm. One gallon/person/day
Canned sodas
Disposable plates, cups, utensils
Plastic garbage bags
Medicines - RX as well as aspirin
First Aid supplies
Mosquito repellent
Pet food
Bedding (1 blanket or sleeping bag per person)
Non-electric can opener
Dry goods (TP & paper towels)
Flashlight w/ spare batteries
Portable Radio or TV w/ spare batteries
Clean clothes and sturdy shoes
Clothes & dish detergent
Clothesline and pins
Games cards & quiet toys
Camp stove & fuel
Lantern & fuel (not candles)
Fire extinguisher - ABC type
Gloves & goggles
Small tools
Cleaning supplies
Brooms & mops
Pails and buckets
Plywood & nails
Rakes & shovels
Chain saw, gas & oil
Duct and masking tape
Rolls of plastic
Battery operated clock
Butane lighter or matches
Axes, hatchets, pruners
It is also important to fuel all vehicles before the storm hits. In addition, remember to get to the ATM or bank and secure some cash since banks will probably be closed for some time after a severe storm. Finally, keep a photo I.D. that also shows your home address. This may become important when asking a police officer or National Guardsman for permission to re-enter your neighborhood.
Step 6 Rehearse Your Plan
The best plan in the word won't do you or your family much good if no one can remember it. When a major storm approaches, things need to happen fast. There are usually too many tasks to be done by one person. Many people will be tied up at their workplace for some time prior to the storm's arrival. {Emergency Management personnel and emergency responders will be tied up during and for several days following any major weather event.} The only real way to ensure that everything gets done is to assign everyone in your family a list of preparation activities, or allot a substantial amount of lead time if you don't have anyone to help you.
Try actually putting up shutters one weekend to determine how long the process really takes. For those who will be evacuating, actually practice the drive to the shelter, including stops along the way to pick up other family members and friends. Driving time may be extended by hours when the real thing comes along, so be sure to plan accordingly. During Hurricane Andrew, many people discovered that what had been a 15-minute drive to the shelter actually took four hours because of the massive traffic jams.
Step 7 Watch Weather Reports Closely
Storms and weather fronts, especially tornados and hurricanes, can move very quickly. Hurricanes typically move at a forward speed of 8 to 25 miles per hour. While this may seem quite slow, such movement can advance an approaching storm up to 200 miles during the course of a normal work day. As a hurricane or other storm moves closer to you area, begin monitoring the weather reports every hour. Don't get caught by surprise by not taking advantage of the excellent media coverage of weather related events.
Step 8 Take Action
A growing concern of hurricane forecasters and emergency management officials is the problem of many people refusing to take action until a definite hurricane or severe storm warning is issued. Don't cut it too close. Numerous hurricanes have brushed by our coast or hovered off-shore for days. Such storms have been within one day of landfall if their directions had changed. This does not allow adequate time for preparation or evacuation. Good judgement and early action are everyone's responsibilities!
When the time comes for action, do so without hesitation. There is never enough time to get ready for nature's fiercest weather. Give yourself and your family a head start. It's worth it!
Some final thoughts for those who work outside the home --
What is your organization's hurricane / severe storm plan and how do you fit in?
Will you be asked to stay at work during weather emergencies?
If you are required to stay, when will you be allowed to return home?
If you are at home, when should you report to work?
What personal equipment or supplies do you need to bring with you?
Is your workplace secure from storm damage?
What skills or talents outside of your normal job role can you bring in to assist following a severe storm?
Will your family be able to cope with the storm aftermath in your absence?
Do you have any recommendations for hurricane / severe storm preparedness in your department?
If your work operation is closed down for several weeks, how will you handle the loss of pay? Will people at your work place be laid off if the business cannot get back in operation for an extended time?


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quote:Originally posted by Danielle:I need to go buy my fins, mask, gloves, snorkel, suit. I dont know anything about scuba yet my first class is coming next month.I dont want to over spend but I would like to get what will last and what works well. If anyone can help??? thanks danielle
Fins: They will try to sell you a $200 pair of bio-fins or force fins. Don't do it. Spend half that on a good pair of Turtle Fins, and you will be fine.
Mask: Make sure it fits. I don't like purge valves, but thats just me. If you like them, get one. But make sure it fits.
Gloves: If you're going to be in cold water, get good thick ones. The three finger variety tend to be warmer, at the cost of dexterity. Again,. proper fit is important.
Snorkle: Get the cheapest one on the shelf. You're going to ditch it right after you get certified, anyway.
Suit: Don't buy right now. Rent for a while. A good wet/drysuit is a serious investment, and you should have a bit more experience in the water before you realy know what you want to get.
[This message has been edited by OneThreeSeven (edited 02-07-2001).]
"One Three Seven" advised you to get the cheapest snorkel you could becasue after class you would never use it again. Danielle, that is complete BS, and if he really thinks so, I invite him to come diving in North Carolian some time with me. When you are in 4-6 foot seas, a snorkel with a nice purge valve on it is a beautiful thing to have. Besided you might just want to go snorkeling some times. To tell you honestly there are only a few times when I use my snorkel, but when I'm sitting on the surface in 4-6 foot seas, with 500 psi in my tank waiting on a hang line for everyone to get up the ladder, a few minuets without a snorkel would seem like an eternity of spitting out salt water.
Wetsuits are an interesting thing, the only part of diving in which you really do need more than one if you plan to do lots of different kinds of diving. Most women tend to get colder easier then men, so you would probably be a bit more comfortable in a 3mm/5mm suit in the carribean, once again, talk to the dive shop staff, they have done travel and would be best to reccommend which suit would do best for you depending upon where you are going.
Boots. I would probably tell you to get heavy boots, nothing is more miserable while diving than cold feet. Find youself a good fitting pair of 6.5mm boots and you will be set, 3mm boots a pretty pointless unless you never leave the carribean. Never once have I been diving in the carribean in my heavy boot and said to myself "Christ my feet are too warm."
Gloves in the carribean some would call a bit of overkill, the water is usually so warm that gloves are less than necessary. I perfer not to wear then in the warm water, because if you wear them you are more likely to touch things which as we all know is a scuba no no. Owning a pair is, however not a bad idea as you may have to go up and down rusty anchor lines or ladders, keeping a pair in your pocket for such a situation is probably a good idea. As for cold water and Rebecca's suggestion of 3mm gloves in cold water... well Rebecca has probably NEVER dived cold water. Cold fingers probably rank up there with cold feet while diving, if you are doing lakes and quarrys that arent known for being warm I would reccommend a good fitting 6.5mm glove.
Anyway I hope I have been a bit more informative that your past note leavers. Remember it's all about fit and comfort. Good luck in your class.
[This message has been edited by Mac8 (edited 06-03-2001).]
But lets not forget, Rebecca is what I call a "makes a living selling dive gear diver." You, however, are just going diving. You may be a summer diver, or turn into a hard core dive bum. But the only way to avoid having to re-invest is by buying the right stuff the first time. Do you need a farmer john? How about a jacket? Integrated hood? There are a lot of options involved in buying an exposure suit, and plenty of shop monkeys around that will sell you something you're not realy going to like. Rent until you figure out what you like, *then* go buy.
Snorkles are a hazard. They are great for snorkling, but you're going diving. Dive shops love them because they can bill you another 20 bucks. Here's a hint. If you're in the water, on the surface, get on your back. It's more efficient to swim and more comfortable. You don't need a snorkle to dive. In fact, they are an entanglement hazard, a drag point in serious current, often confused with your BC's auto inflator, and a common cause of mask leaks. Get the cheapest one you can. When you get your c-card, nail it to your garage wall.
Repeat this until it sinks in: "My instructor is not always right. My certification agency is not always right. I am responsible for me at all times in the water, and will therefore make my own decisions."
OneThreeSeven is what I would call a "dinosaur diver"
Just keep selling gear people don't need, and you'll be just fine.
Pick up a snorkel that has at least a semi-dry top that way you dont get much water in your mouth (I dont have gills I use my snorkel).
If you get on your back, you won't get water in your mouth, either. If the waves are *that* high, your regulator is a much better device for delivering air.
For fins, look for a fin that will give you the most performance for your kick. Like the Bio-Fins or Genesis Aquaflex.
Told ya' so. Avoid bio-fins. They are a one trick pony. Can't scull or frog kick, hard to turn sharply, and they cost 200 bucks. Get a pair of soft paddle fins, and practice a proper kicking stroke. Turtles can be had for $85.
You will also need to get some boots and gloves. For warm tropical locations you will want 3mm boots and thin gloves for protection. The 3 finger mitts are designed for ice diving. For colder water you will want 6mm boots and 3mm gloves.
Must be nice diving in bathtub water. I dive in 40-50 degree water all year round, and 3 mil gloves are about as effective as your skin. If you're in cold water (and I mean real cold, not 60 tea water) get 5 mil or thicker. Three finger gloves are for cold water, not just ice diving. They will keep your hands warmer than five fingers.
Anyway, you are ultimately going to have to make purchasing decisions based on the type of diving you do. Don't go spend a whole lot of money right now. Rent as many different types of gear as you can for a while.
And don't forget to ditch the snorkle.
Good Luck!
Its nice to see you're keeping up your end of the bargain.
for you. "One Three Seven" would have you believe that all dive shops are out only to screw you over, and line their pockets at the same time.
I'll state catagoricaly right now that the dive shop monkey isn't any more knowledgeable about what her needs are than you are, when she's standing right in front of them.
99% of shops are out to pocket your dollar. Note the dot on the end of that sentence.
What "One Three Seven" doesnt realize is that he is dead wrong. I'm sure that there are a few shops out there like that, but not many. In the past few years the scuba industry has turned out some fantastically brilliant designs in fin technology, and some complete crap too.
Mac8 is a sucker that spent 200 bucks on a pair of bio-fins because the guy in the dive shop told him how cool they were. Split and "force" type fins exist to make up for poor kicking technique. They limit the types and styles of kicks available to you. But they sure do look nifty. And they cost 200 bucks.
What not many people do not realize is that for the most part your dive gear will last you many many years, so it's probably not realistic to say "Well I'll get really cheap fins/mask/snorkel etc. now and upgrade later" because most people dont just replace perfectly working gear.
Thats exactly right. So the trick is to get the perfect gear the first time. Now, Mac8 is convinced that because he paid 200 bucks for his bio-fins that they must be the best. I mean, they cost the most, right?
In the long run you would probably be happier if you laid down a bit more cash in the beginning, the gear will work better and fit you more comfortably.
Of course it will. You paid more, so it must be better. Thats a perfect method for evaluating dive gear.
Sure, you might need to replace a broken fin or mask strap over the years, but those only cost a few dollars weather you are diving $70 fins or $140 fins.
Or, you could buy an $85 pair of turtles, put a $30 dollar spring strap on it, and never have to worry about it breaking again, ever. Now thats a sound investment.
"One Three Seven" advised you to get the cheapest snorkel you could becasue after class you would never use it again. Danielle, that is complete BS, and if he really thinks so, I invite him to come diving in North Carolian some time with me. When you are in 4-6 foot seas, a snorkel with a nice purge valve on it is a beautiful thing to have.
Get on your back, and inflate your BC. Stick the reg in your mouth. That 500 pounds will last you a looooong time on the surface. Unless you suck air like a Sears Vacume, in which case it will last you a looong time. Come on out to Puget Sound, and I'll show you how real divers do it. I'll send you home with a souvenier North West Snorkle Keeper. A genuine 16 penny nail.
Besided you might just want to go snorkeling some times.Thats a good use for a snorkle. So keep it in your dive bag.
To tell you honestly there are only a few times when I use my snorkel, but when I'm sitting on the surface in 4-6 foot seas, with 500 psi in my tank waiting on a hang line for everyone to get up the ladder, a few minuets without a snorkel would seem like an eternity of spitting out salt water.
Put the reg in your mouth. Solves all kinds of problems.
Boots. I would probably tell you to get heavy boots, nothing is more miserable while diving than cold feet. Find youself a good fitting pair of 6.5mm boots and you will be set, 3mm boots a pretty pointless unless you never leave the carribean.
Right. With a hard sole. Very nice for walking over sharp rocks and stuff.


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I normally have my weight bounce around in a 2 pound range (191-193) from day to day. Over the weekend, I was at the low end of the range (191.4)
Sunday was a gorgeous autumn day here in Philadelphia; my husband and I went out for a 16 mile ride with hills that used to feel hard, but were delightfully easier than we remembered.
Monday, I normally go to Fencing class -- but I had company and stayed home.
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Before I started losing weight last year, I had been steady for about 2 years; but I remember times when it seemed like I just gained 10 pounds in a week or two, and it never came off.
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KANSAS CITY, KS—A Johnson County man has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on bank fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. He was ordered to pay approximately $1.3 million restitution.
John T. Bradfield, 55, Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. In his plea, he admitted he conspired with co-defendant Paul Hartfield to make false representations to lenders in order to fraudulently obtain funds from mortgage lenders.
Hartfield owned two businesses in Overland Park: Hart Investments Inc. and Diamond Mortgage, both in Overland Park. Bradfield was the director of Operations of Hart Investments. Hart Investments purchased depressed properties in order to rehabilitate them and sell them at a profit. Hart Investments obtained loans to rehabilitate homes on a "subject to appraisal" basis that allowed the company to withdraw money as rehabilitation progressed. Starting in October 2006, Hartfield stopped rehabilitating houses. Instead, he, Bradfield and others made false representations to lenders in order to fraudulently obtain loan funds.
For instance, on September 19, 2007, Bradfield prepared a cost sheet used by a lender to loan money for a subject-to-appraisal loan for 3409 Holmes in Kansas City, Missouri. On November 2, 2007, Bradfield submitted a false draw in the amount of $35,700. He provided the lender with two fraudulent invoices for work not completed on the house.
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Question: I think I know what is in black holes [and] why black holes are black, because they swallow everything, even light? Well my theory is that nothing but what the black hole sucked in is in there and that everything is just compacted together and light particles are some how disrupted by the intense gravity. I just thought it might be thrown out there since people have so many theories. I'm only 14 so some of it might not make sense but I thought it might work. thanks for listening. — Vinnie
Answer: You are right! The simple interpretation of a black hole is that it just plain eats everything, even light. Nothing can escape. The details of this process and how it affects the properties of a black hole are very complicated, but your basic description is spot-on!
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Exactly what information are you looking to get?
One thing that you have to keep in mind is that ANY communication between a client and a lawyer is protected by the attorney client privileged.
ok but if i am suspecting him or her taking advantage of a mental state what can i do?
What do you mean by her mental state? Is she incapacitated in some way, or just emotionally upset?
fully fuctional but not making any sense on the accusations or listening to rational explanations.
These are very difficult issues to deal with, considering the strength of the attorney-client protection. There are two basic ways to deal with this, and you may have to do both:
First, you can let the litigation process take care of the lies. Essentially, you litigate the case normally and address all of the misinformation in court. If she's lying, the judge will see that and, ultimately, it will help you in the case because it will cause her to lose credibility with the judge.
Second (and you may have to wait until the case is litigated), you can bring the attorney up before the state bar grievance committee. That committee will hear your accusations and make a determination whether the attorney violated his ethical duties.
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we are married can see what he is charging...her
No. That is protected.
If you are still sharing a bank account, you can look at your bank records and see what she's paying the lawyer. But, you can't get that information directly from the lawyer himself.
if i hire a lawyer can i stop her from wasting her money and stop investigating the claims she is making.. i honestly want to protect her
A lawyer can't prevent another lawyer from investigating his case. There isn't much that can be done to stop him before he investigates. The most you can do is handle it on the back end after the case is over through the grievance committee. While you may know that the allegations are absurd, a judge won't. As such, a judge will have a very difficult time telling a lawyer what he can and can't charge his client for. I don't mean to be discouraging, and I know my answer is frustrating and probably not what you wanted to hear, but I have to give an honest assessment of the law and your case.
what would you do? she is not in her right mental state of mind we have 3 children we now live separately in apts .. just sold and closed on our house we were going to move cross country but the stress and the erratic behavior started right when we started the moving process she bought this lawyer to the closing and took 80% of the money from house which is ok i told....to stop wasting it on this guy what do i do now??
Have you actually filed for divorce yet?
no nor do i want to
i just need some help
I'm sorry, I assumed that there was a divorce going on. So, she's just investigating claims against you with no legal case pending or even planned?
that is correct ..i have not been served any documents and have no intention of ever filing ..
In that case, you need to file a complaint against the lawyer now.
Complaints against the practices of a lawyer are not typically handled through the courts. They are handled through the state bar.
the only problem is i don't know what they are doing... she tells me something then changes it the next day...i do not what to get him in trouble...if he is following her advice and investigating claims she is making up i honestly do not know if he is feeding her things which i do think he is or she is coming up with the claims.. and he is adding on to them.. i just do not know and want to stop this before she is taking for tens of thousands of dollars. what would be your advice to make the process stop should i hire a lawyer and set a meeting or wait until it is over.... and things are not calming down she came over this morning at 630 am and accused me of more things..how i can stop it with the help of legal or a mediator.. just to talk and calm things down
The other thing you can do is restrict her access to your family finances.
You could hire a lawyer, but I would not expect that lawyer to be able to prevent the other lawyer from following his clients wishes.
You could contact her lawyer yourself and tell him that you will pay him $x, and nothing more, and that anything he does beyond that will not be compensated. Of course, that only works if your wife doesn't have access to funds.
But, like I've said, no judge is going to issue an order that a lawyer is not allowed to investigate claims on behalf of his client.
she has the money from closing...i try to figure something out..THANKS this has been best advice i have gotten since this started...nice to get this off my chest..;)
Glad to help. I'm sorry I could not give you a more certain course of action, but this is not an easy situation.
very true just trying to piece together a plan
thanks again
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For Labor Day weekend we drove 2 hours to Mohegan Sun in CT to see Aerosmith. I was so close I could touch him *eek*! For those of you who are not in on my little obsession, read this post.
It's going to be a busy week! My sister is here already from FL to help with the class and then we have a full house of people prepping for my Raw Food Teacher Training Class. Then the group comes on Friday. It's amazing to see how far people come for this class. Australia, Japan, etc… I know many of you have tried to get in on this class the last few weeks but it's been full. We are at capacity for sure so Jessica couldn't fit any more in. I'm not sure when the next class will be. I'm trying not to overload my schedule with the new book coming out soon. I'll send out a bulk email shortly if there is another one on the calendar soon. Also, feel free to call Jessica in the office and ask to be put on a waiting list for the next class. That's why this one was filled so fast. We had half of it filled as soon as we announced it from the waiting list we had.
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Many of us have aging parents; some of us have even spent long periods of time with a parent during those final declining days. Those of us who have known that the comedy of such situations is little and far between. The beauty of Eric Coble's The Velocity of Autumn is that he catches that decline at a feisty high and then writes dialogue that literally glitters with gems of insight and humor.
The beauty of Arena Stage's production of the play is both the adorable personality of Estelle Parsons as Alexandra and the marvelous chemistry between her and her co-star Stephen Spinella, the son who returns to make things right. And then, of course, there is that tree.
The result is an hilariously touching comedy about—not coming to grips with dying (seen that and who needs it)—but about the human connection that can transform an "autumn" of continuous pain into a time of birds singing, slow memory-filled walks in the light, and (oh yes) that continuous pain.
The center of Autumn is most definitely Estelle Parsons and the effervescent personality of Alexandra. Lively and cantankerous, she opens the play with her colorfully clothed body stretched out in an armchair fast asleep. Surrounding her are dozens upon dozens of Molotov Cocktails, ready to be lit at a moment's notice. As we watch her sleeping, a beautiful Dutch Elm glittering through the bay window upstage behind her, we see a hand reach for a branch, and then another hand, until finally a middle-aged man clumsily hoists himself up onto a strong branch and sits. He silently speaks to someone on the ground below, pointing to the old woman all the while. When he slowly lifts the unlocked window up, he accidentally knocks over a small object that tinkles, startling Alexandra awake.
With Molotov Cocktail in hand the play begins.
Stephen Spinella plays Chris, the prodigal son, who left home over two decades ago and has remained mum ever since. His portrayal is as varied as it is subtle and heartfelt. Chris returns because not only has he grown concerned about his own tenuous hold on life, but also his older brother and sister have grown concerned about their mother's sanity. As one might imagine, a roomful of Molotov Cocktails might set off a few alarm bells, if not send Homeland Security to storm the place. His siblings' powers of negotiation, however, are lacking, with the older son in particular being overly aggressive with his demands that his mother move out of her Brooklyn Brownstone and into an assisted living situation.
…an hilariously touching comedy…Arena's commitment to new American drama is truly a godsent.
And hence the larger conflict that is driving the play's action. Alexandria wants to live alone; in fact, solitude is her joy, a joy interrupted by motherhood and marriage. The older son's insistence that she move out of that home has escalated the current situation to the point of terrorism, with threats of blowing up the neighborhood.
The miracle of this production is that, despite the hyperbole of the action, the threats of destruction stay one-step removed from emotional authenticity, and the play remains rooted in an upper class realism, with the intricacies of the newly developing relationship between aging mother and floundering son taking focus.
Molly Smith, artistic director of Arena, directs The Velocity of Autumn, her 25th show since coming to the theatre 15 years ago. She does so with a master's hand, varying both pace and pitch with subtlety and verve. Just when you think you know what might be coming next, or just when you think you have had enough of a particular behavioral rut between the two characters, the direction of the story shifts, with new discoveries and new levels of intimacy explored.
Beyond the superb two-person ensemble, Smith has pulled together an excellent production team, led by set designer Eugene Lee. His one-room set, with his marvelous bay window framing his gorgeously lit elm, creates the perfect locale for this comedy of aging. Rui Rita provides that light as well as the other variations in luminescence that help our reception of this delightful play stay nimble and acute. Linda Cho's costumes are just right as is the sound design provided by Darron L. West.
Arena's commitment to new American drama is truly a godsent. Although The Velocity of Autumn is not a world premiere—there are several just beyond the horizon—it does represent a contemporary America that most theatre-goers know only too well. Alexandra might not be living in a senior center, as most of the elderly must, but she is confronting the question that all seniors confront: as the faculties and talents that make us who we are begin to disappear, and we watch our very identity slip away day by day, how might we find the courage to not just go on but to thrive.
Fortunately, for this senior she discovers before it's too late that a home is more than a Brownstone, and solitude is not all that it might be chocked up to be.
Running Time: one hour and 25 minutes without an intermission.
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women and girls in technology and science. It is in honor of Ada Lovelace, who is often credited with writing the first computer program.
The only child of the poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was born on December 10, 1815. As a young adult she took an interest in mathematics, and in particular Charles Babbage's work on the analytical engine.
She translated an article by Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea on the engine, which she supplemented with a set of notes of her own. These notes contain an algorithm encoded for processing by a machine, i.e. the first computer program. The notes were published in The Ladies Diary and Taylor's Scientific Memoirs under the initials "A.A.L."
The computer language "Ada" is named after Lovelace. Since 1998, the British Computer Society has awarded a medal in her name and in 2008 initiated an annual competition for women students of computer science.
Ada Lovelace is a wonderful role model for girls (and boys!) interested in science and technology. Despite gains by women, social factors still play a role in holding women back in science, technology, engineering and math – the STEM fields. A new report by AAUW presents evidence that can help explain the STEM gender gap. The report, which looked at recent research on the topic, found the stereotype that boys are better than girls in math and science still negatively affects the performance of girls in these fields. Stereotypes can lower girls' performance in STEM subjects and reduce their interest in pursuing science or engineering jobs.
This March 24, think about how you can encourage the girls in your life to pursue their educational interests and believe in their math and science abilities. A lot of other blogs are celebrating in style today, too: Jono Bacon has highlighted ten women making strides in the technology field and Mikell Taylor has posted a great tribute to women in robotics. Thank you, Ada Lovelace, for paving the way!


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as of right now i ride a 48cm roadbike that fits me great-
i was wondering how and where is the best place and or way to find a small track frame-
im looking for for a vintage one, to build.
do you guys ever search for them on craigslist or ebay? what would i search for, if i need a small frame?


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A step forwardMay 23,2013
Action by the Senate Judiciary Committee in approving landmark immigration reform is a reminder that where there is a willingness to compromise, politics need not be an endless stalemate.
The committee voted, 13-5, in favor of a revised version of a bill written by a bipartisan group of eight senators. The 2012 election results have persuaded some Republicans that they need to end their obstruction of immigration reform and to show a more welcoming attitude toward the Hispanic population. Thus, four Republican senators joined four Democrats in developing a compromise that became the basis of the Senate bill.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the committee, led a series of grueling hearings during which the senators considered 301 amendments over five days. He let all of the senators have their say. As reports from Washington have suggested, some foes of immigration reform were all too happy to talk for hours. Leahy let them.
And yet the need to do something on immigration prevailed on a majority of committee members. The process was not without its drama. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Republican from Utah, was holding out for an amendment supported by the technology industry that would ease the way for a greater number of high-skilled foreign workers to gain admission. Organized labor and many Democratic senators had reservations about the possibility that American workers would be displaced. But the Democrats decided that Hatchs support would strengthen the bills prospects in the full Senate and in the Republican House, and the committee adopted Hatchs amendment.
Leahy had an amendment of his own that would have guaranteed the rights of married same-sex couples in immigration proceedings. At present federal law, including immigration law, does not recognize same-sex unions, which means that immigration proceedings can end up breaking families apart.
Republican backers of immigration reform were clear that they would withdraw their support if Leahys amendment was adopted. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was one of the authors of the immigration bill. He said, Youve got me on immigration. You dont have me on marriage. If you want to keep me on immigration, lets stay on immigration.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, said failing to include Leahys amendment was rank discrimination but that he could not support the amendment if it was going to ruin the bills prospects for passage. With immigration reform within their grasp, Democrats were not willing to risk it by including Leahys marriage amendment, and Leahy withdrew it with a heavy heart.
Supporters of marriage equality understood the difficult position in which Leahy found himself. The advocacy group Third Way issued a statement saying, Sen. Patrick Leahy has fought for years to achieve justice for both gay couples and immigrants, and so we stand behind him on todays tough but necessary decision to withdraw his amendment and move immigration reform forward. This decision undoubtedly pains those who were forced to choose between two constituencies they care about deeply. It is unfortunate that the legitimate interests of one constituency threaten the legitimate interests of the other in this legislation.
Leahy held out the possibility that he would introduce his amendment on the Senate floor, but at this point it would be a symbolic gesture since neither Democrats nor Republicans were willing for marriage equality to become the poison pill that would kill immigration reform.
The struggle over Leahys amendment demonstrates that for all the gains achieved in the fight for equal rights, much remains to be done. The federal Defense of Marriage Act holds that in the eyes of the federal government marriage is between a man and a woman only. If the Supreme Court overturns DOMA, it could open the way for recognition of equal marriage rights in immigration law.
Leahys willingness to compromise on a matter of principle was an act of statesmanship that ought to be less rare in politics. It was not surrender. It was not defeat. It was a choice: that immigration reform has reached a historic juncture and that marriage equality is a battle for another day. Gradually, through patience and dedication its a battle that is being won.MORE IN EditorialsHillary Clinton is said to be wrestling with the dilemma of how to respond to the nasty personal... Full StoryToday is Memorial Day and this year this special occasion has been given an extra dose of... Full StoryThe guerrilla theater carried out at the home of Public Service Commissioner Chris Recchia last... Full Story
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How does a court seize a nuclear plant? Well, that damn Russian floating nuclear plant is cursed. After a series of early setbacks, the plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now close to completion. Too bad the shipyard building it is going to go bankrupt.
The World's First Floating Nuclear Plant Has Been Seized By the Courts
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Birmingham, West Midlands -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/25/2012 -- Blueberry Consultants is pleased to announce that it is now a Microsoft Gold Partner - representing the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies.
The new certification will encourage a much closer working relationship with Microsoft through improved support and access to new product releases, ensuring Blueberry stays at the forefront in the implementation of innovative Microsoft technologies.
Managing Director, Martin Green, said: "We have worked hard to gain this accreditation and achieving this highest level in Microsoft's accreditations demonstrates the depth of our knowledge, capability and commitment within our solution areas.
"This is also good news for our clients as they will benefit directly from the latest developments."
He went on to say: "Achieving the Gold competency underlines the high level of expertise we can offer our clients and has helped us clarify our "best in class" capability to other Partners. It is yet another demonstration of our level of investment in our chosen area of expertise."


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That's not a secret: Silverlight's
DataGrid default style is beautiful while WPF's is poor.
Instead of reinventing the wheel let me ask the community if anyone has copied the SL styles to use in WPF.
Please take a look at the screenshots and judge for yourself how the Silverlight and WPF teams invest in their products.
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UPDATED: Armstrong soloes to victory, takes overall lead in Aspen womens stage race
- By Steve Wood
- Published Aug. 23, 2011
- Updated Feb. 29, 2012 at 5:21 PM EDT
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. (VN) — Under near perfect conditions in the central Rocky Mountains, the race for overall lead at the inaugural 2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race is proving to be quite a battle.
Olympic, multiple world and national champion, Kristin Armstrong, 38, (Peanut Butter& Co.-Twenty12) soloed to victory in Tuesday's 35-mile stage 2 road race to take the overall lead, breaking away with Janel Holcomb of Colavita/Formo D'Asolo early in the race, then attacking to finish 40 seconds clear, hands held high.
"It was a really hard race; each lap got harder and harder," Armstrong told VeloNews. "With two laps to go, I decided I didn't want to be the victim, so I attacked first."
'Brutal' course
The course for the road race was a 3.5-mile circuit around the Snowmass Club golf course, at the heart of the Snowmass Village resort community west of Aspen. Each lap involved climbing roughly 300 feet in altitude with grades of between 4 and 5 percent, to about 8,200 feet above sea level, on the backside of the course through Snowmass Village. Ten laps of the course, raced under cobalt blue skies, temperatures in the low 80s Fahrenheit and a slight breeze, meant a rough total of nearly 3,000 feet of climbing in just 35 miles.
Holcomb, who originated the break by attacking on the fourth of 10 laps, finished alone for second, with Anne Samplonius of NOW Cycling leading in a small group of riders for third place at 2:37, followed by Armstrong's teammate and race leader Kristin McGrath, Andrea Dvorak Colavita/Formo D'Asolo and Metromint Cycling's Kelly Crowley.
"We were halfway up the climb with another six laps to go," Holcomb told VeloNews. "I went up on the right side and just ramped it up. I looked back and saw only Kristin was on my wheel, so I thought, 'that'll work!'"
Armstrong and Holcomb worked together smoothly to a one-time advantage of more than two minutes while their respective PB & Co. and Colavita teams controlled the race behind.
'I never gave up'
"On this course, the place to try is on the climb. I felt it was best to work with her until later in the race. If I didn't work, and just sat on, I knew McGrath was behind with the leader's jersey. I never gave up," Holcomb said. "But I knew Kristin is accomplished, powerful, explosive and had some cards to play,"
"I told Rachel to ride smart and have confidence in yourself," added Colavita sports director Rachel Heal.
On the penultimate lap, however, Armstrong unleashed a powerful attack and never looked back.
"Janel had just finished pulling. I knew I had at least one match to light with two laps to go," Armstrong said. "I knew if it didn't work I'd have another one to light on the last lap."
One team noticeably absent from the action at the front of the race was the HTC-Highroad womens team. Amanda Miller, Emilia Fahlin, Ally Stacher and Katie Colclough all finished in the main field nearly four minutes down.
'A very rough day'
"We all had a very rough day," Fahlin, a three-time Swedish time trial champion, told VeloNews. "None of us are used to this altitude; and the course was brutal."
Six riders abandoned the race altogether. Another suffering in the thin air was France's queen of cycling, Jeannie Longo, on her fifth consecutive day of racing, having competed on the Front Range over the weekend — and having lost sleep overnight, too, due to news of her father's ill health.
"And Kristin's team did the race for her, so she could go whenever she wanted," Longo said. "I tried to be placed well for the selection, and I was able to use big gears in the beginning. But my cramps came back again and I had to gear down."
The stage race ends Wednesday with a 60-minute criterium on the streets of downtown Aspen. Crowds gathering for the finish of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which will finish in Aspen later in the afternoon, are expected to number in the tens of thousands.
With 35 points for today's stage win, plus 28 points from her runner-up performance in Monday's time trial, Armstrong now leads the overall classification seven points ahead of Holcomb and Monday's winner, McGrath, who are tied for second place overall with 56 points.
"We're actually looking forward to tomorrow," said HTC's Fahlin. "We're good tactically, we love going fast and we're motivated. And it will be really nice to race with big crowds and a special atmosphere."
Altitude 'a huge factor'
The criterium carries 25, 20, 18, 16 and 14 points for the first five places down to two points for 15th through 20th place. With such a tight race for the top three overall — and Samplonius and Crowley breathing down their necks in fourth and fifth places and 48 and 44 points, respectively — expect these pro women to have another aggressive day at the office.
"The altitude so far has been a huge factor," said Samplonius. "But tomorrow it's a whole new ball game."
Stage results
- 1. Kristin Armstrong Savola, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty 12, in 1.35'58"
- 2. Janel Holcomb, Colavita / Forno D'asolo, at 40
- 3. Anne Samplonius, Now Cycling/now And Novartis For Ms, at 2:37
- 4. Kristin Mcgrath, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty 12, at 2:37
- 5. Andrea Dvorak, Colavita / Forno D'asolo, at 2:37
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty12) attacks breakaway companion Janel Holcomb (Colavita Forno d'Asolo) to take the victory in the final lap of the Snowmass circuit race.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Kristin Armstrong delivers pre-race strategy to her teammates.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Colavita/Forno d'Asolo team has a pre-race meeting befoe the start of the Snowmass Circuit Race.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Armstrong prepares for the Snowmass Circuit Race.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Kristin Armstrong spent only the first three laps in the pack before escaping with Janel Holcomb of Colavita/Forno d'Asolo.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
On the second trip cresting the Brush Creek Road climb, the pack was whole with race leader Kristen McGrath (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty12) front and center.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
The 14,000-foot Snowmass Mountain provides a majestic backdrop to the second stage.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d'Asolo) is trailed closely by Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co-Twenty12) during their seven-lap breakaway.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
With two laps to go, Armstrong increased the pace on breakaway companion Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d'Asolo.) "I thought I'd need two laps to break her," Armstrong said after the race.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co/Team Twenty12) attacks.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d'Asolo) spent the last lap on her own, with Armstong up the road and the fractured peloton significantly behind her.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
The evergreen Jeannie Longo surged from the fractured peloton to finish seventh in the Snowmass Circuit Race.
2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women's Pro Stage Race, day 2
Peanut Butter & Co teammates Kristin Armstrong, Kriste McGrath and Olivia Dillon (L-R) share congratulations on the team's second victory in two days.
Steve Wood is an AP Award-winner freelance journalist and media consultant living in Vail, Colo., as well as a former European correspondent for VeloNews. He can be reached at slwoodyink.com.
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Core-dinations announced a design team call for card designers today.
Here are the details of the call, shared via their blog today:
Calling all Cardmakers … Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock is looking for Card Designers!
We are looking for talented and dedicated cardmakers that can not only create cards but other projects that can show the creative use of pre-made card bases, die cuts, and embellishments:Step One: Design and then post three projects in one posting on your personal blog on or before Friday August 10th at 12:00pm EST titled "Core Cards Creative Frenzy" Keep in mind we are looking for paper crafters that specialize in cardmaking and that can showcase pre-made card bases and die cuts with cards and other unique projects. Feel free to include step out photos or step-by-step instructions of any techniques that you used that you feel need highlighting as we are looking for our designers to be able to create tutorials in PDF format on occasion.Step Two: Send us an email with a link to this exact blog posting to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please ensure the link is to "Core Cards Creative Frenzy" posting and not just a link to your blog. It makes it much easier to find, especially if you post frequently on your blog. Please include in your email your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. Also include a resume of your publications and current design team obligations (if applicable).– We are also looking for designers that are comfortable creating how-to videos as well so please let is us know if this interests you (camera and compensation will be provided).– If you have any questions about the application process and/or design team requirements, be sure to post them on the Core'dinations' Facebook page or on this post as they may be questions that several applicants would like answered or email Ellen at firstname.lastname@example.com projects or the use of Core'dinations Cardstock is not required but if you have some Core'dinations and would like to create something brand new we would love to see it!
I didn't see specific info in the blog post about (1) What they will require of their new card designers and (2) What perks, benefits or compensation will their selected designers receive? I know you want to know!! I added a comment to their original 'call' post asking those questions so hopefully clarifications will be provided later
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(Valencia Basket) landed former NBA big man Justin Hamilton and John Shurna.
Valencia Basket Rumors
Nemanja Nedovic: "The key to signing with Valencia Basket was having minutes. In the NBA I didn't have the chance to play. I need minutes to improve my game."
Emiliano Carchia: OFFICIAL: Nemanja Nedovic is heading to @valenciabasket His agent @MiskoRaznatovic just tweeted "Bienvenido NN"
Marc Stein: Serbian guard Nemanja Nedovic released yesterday by Warriors because he asked to be let go so he could return to Europe to play regularly


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How Hard Is It to Pass The Cicerone Exam?
How hard is it to pass the exam for the first level of the Cicerone Certification Program? I found out a couple of days ago.
First, some background. Though 7x7, like many other publications, has covered the topic of Cicerones previously, let's review: In 2008, steadfast in his determination to improve service to beer consumers, Ray Daniels, renowned beer writer, judge, and festival organizer, established a certification program for beer professionals similar to the sommelier certifications for wine. Fast forward to today: There are more than 5,000 people certified at the first tier, Certified Beer Server; more than 200 at the second level, Certified Cicerone; and a scant three at the top of the hop heap, Master Cicerone.
The Cicerone (Basically a Beer Sommelier) Is the Drink World's New Hip Job
This city might be the home of Anchor Steam, one of the nation's first craft breweries, as well as the Lower Haight's pioneering beer bar Toronado, but until a few years ago, the beer culture here has been mostly a "large-bearded-man-in-a-dirty-bar type of thing," says Sayre Piotrkowski, cicerone at the Monk's Kettle in the Mission.
A grimy dive is certainly not the domain of a cicerone, the term for a certified beer sommelier—the latest hip job in the drink world. According to the Cicerone Certification Program, started by Chicago-based beer expert Ray Daniels in 2007, cicerone literally means "one who conducts visitors and sightseers to museums." (The leap to beer might be a long one, but the 18th-century terminology sounds duly impressive.)


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Global Nanotech Drug Delivery Market to Grow at 74% CAGR through 2016
The increasing knowledge about the molecular causes of diseases is driving the demand for more targeted and effective nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery therapies.
April 2, 2013
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Research activities in healthcare have changed significantly in recent years. There has been a paradigm shift away from blockbusters drugs to a more personalized medicine approach as makers increasingly focus on formulating drugs based on the individual's unique genome and immune response.
Personalized medicines have gained significant popularity because they enable the medical profession to provide customized treatment to patients. Customized treatment is based on the genetic as well as medical profile of a patient.
The increasing knowledge about the molecular causes of diseases is driving the demand for more targeted and effective nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery therapies. According to a new report by Infiniti Research, the nanotechnology drug delivery market in the United States is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 84.79% through 2016. Infiniti Research also forecasts that the global nanotechnology drug delivery market is expected to grow at a 73.97% CAGR through 2016.
One of the most important applications of nanotech in medicine currently being developed involves employing nanoparticles to deliver drugs to specific types of cells, such as cancer cells. Nanotechnology drug delivery helps in delivering drugs directly to diseased cells, which allows direct treatment of those cells. This technique helps to avoid damage to healthy cells within the human body. Hence, drug delivery technology helps to increase the overall market success of a particular drug.
According to Infiniti Research, one of the main challenges in this segment is the increasing safety concerns. Studies have revealed that the use of various nanomaterials may cause a variety of toxic effects. Lack of FDA directives is another major factor hampering the growth of the Nanotechnology Drug Delivery market in the United States.
In the smart pill technology market, one of the key drivers in this market – forecast to grow at 6.9% – is the significant rise in the number of people suffering from GI disorders, which is mainly a result of changing lifestyles and food habits. Consequently, there has been an increase in the diagnosis and treatment of GI disorders.