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2011 International Year of ChemistryFriday, November 13th, 2009
The United Nations Organisation has declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry. Promoted by IUPAC, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the governing body of chemistry world-wide, 2011 seeks to celebrate the achievements of Chemistry. The specific goals of this celebration, as outlined by Australia's Prof David StC. Black, the Secretary General of IUPAC, are to:
- Increase the public appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs
- Increase interest of young people in chemistry
- Generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry
- Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Mme. Curie Nobel Prize and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies.
IUPAC has created a dedicated website at which you can discover the events and activities that will roll out before and during 2011 ( to go to the site click <http://www.chemistry2011.org>or type into your browser) .
In his column in the May-June 2009 edition of Chemistry International, the news magazine of IUPAC, David highlights how Australia might kick of the International Year of Chemistry in spectacular style with the Sydney New Year Fireworks display, which is "nothing if not chemistry in action". Not only are the fireworks Chemistry, he writes, but people watching the display world-wide on television, are dependent upon chemical technology. Thousands of people will photograph the fireworks making use of the chemistry intrinsic to color photography, be it traditional or digital. Even those who just look at the fireworks to enjoy the wonderful colours will do so because of the chemistry involved in vision itself (photo-isomerisation of retinaldimine in the eye by light energy is responsible for the visual stimulous).
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Check out this week's episode for performances, interviews and more. Read More
Lots more rich heritage to explore including one-of-a-kind concerts. Listen Now
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On this week's program, we enjoy two generations of traditional jazz, featuring Connie Jones in the first half, followed by Tim Laughlin in the second. We also get a taste of the Treme Brass Band between sets.
And speaking of taste, we complete our 3 part series on the holiday menu known as Reveillon by visiting Juan Carlos Gonzalez of SoBou restaurant, as he takes us through everything from Flounder Carpaccio with Louisianabowfin roe to bread pudding with Puerto Rican eggnog.
The word "reveillon" comes from a French word meaning "awaken." Creole Catholic families looked forward to coming home from midnight mass on Christmas and New Year's eve to the reveillon meal awaiting them, a feast that stretched into the early hours of the following day. The tradition faded away early in the twentieth century, but was re-awakened with vigor in the 1990s in a new format. In New Orleans, December is now celebrated in over 40 local restaurants with the Reveillon menus, set four or five course meals showcasing the many unique flavors of New Orleans. Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series featuring Crescent City chefs offering Reveillon menus this holiday season.


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On the road for a year or so, with all images being snapped by a cell phone...
Jayms Ramirez has been on the road for the past 15 years in 40 countries as an intrepid traveler, guide and photographer. Jayms is a freelance photographer shooting in a photojournalistic style combined with a touch of fine art to capture the souls of the people and places he's encountered along the way. He has photographed land-mine clearance in rural Cambodia, Zapatista rebels in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, and recently chronicled Tlingit Indians of Sitka, Alaska, for new photo book being released soon. This year Jayms been hosting two shows for Travel Channel called "Ecoluxe" and "Travel Fact or Fiction." He is shooting editorial assignments and working on new projects TV projects focused on travel, adventure and sustainability.
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If you want to get together a group of friends, there are plenty of unique clown styles for your whole group. And don't forget that when you add makeup, not two looks will every be identical. You can be one-of-a-kind even if you and your friend are in very similar styles. After Halloween is over, use your girl's clown items as part of her pretend dress-up wardrobe.


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Marketing, Finance, Business Plan, Management, Strategic Planning, Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship.
B.S. Computer Science, Applied Math, Univ of R.I., 1981; M.E. Computer Science, Cornell University, 1983; MBA. Corporate Planning, Wharton Business School, Univ of Penn, 1987; Ph.D. Psychology, 2008.
I am a full time instructor in the Business Department. I have over 30 years of professional experience in marketing, corporate finance, management, strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, venture development, and engineering in several industries, including telecom, information technology, entertainment, computer manufacturing, and financial services. Companies that I had worked with range from venture startups to Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. and globally. I have worked in various capacities as a CEO & CFO in several companies and as a partner in international consulting firms, with a total M&A deal size of over $6 Billion.
For the spring quarter, I am teaching Intro to Business (hybrid face-to-face & online), Personal Finance (online only), and Social Media Marketing (online only). I am the advisor to the De Anza Marketing Club and the Student of Success Club on campus.
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GEMS Education, the world's largest kindergarten to grade 12 education provider, recently participated at 'The World Schools Debating Championships 2011', the most prestigious school-level debate tournament in the world. Held in Dundee, Scotland, from August 16th– 26th a team of five students from GEMS Schools represented the UAE and ranked fifth place out of 48 schools at the tournament. One of the team members, Raseesa Munshi of Wellington International School, received the opportunity of a lifetime with an internship for the President of the Unites States, Barack Obama, following her debating success at the tournament.
Other members of the Team UAE included, Anirudh Sivaram and Rohan Sampath from the Dubai Modern High School, Taahir Munshi from the Wellington International School and Aman Gupta from Jumeirah College. The team was managed by Mr Grant Smith, teacher and Jumeirah College and coached by Mr Lewis Iwu, World University Debating Champion 2008. The team exceeded expectations and won seven out of eight of its first round matches, defeating high calibre teams including India, Pakistan, USA and defending champions, Canada.
Grant Smith, English Teacher at Jumeirah College and GEMS debating team manager, said, "We are immensely proud of our students for representing the nation and GEMS Schools. We are a relatively new and small nation compared to many other participants but our team showed true confidence and made a great impression on all the coaches and debaters at the tournament. This was only our second year at the tournament and with more debating circuits being established across schools, the future of debating in the UAE looks bright."
Having faced opponents with more debating experience, the UAE team managed to win crunch debates in the preliminary rounds on motions such as, "This House believes that Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of resources in the developing world", "This house would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power" and "This house supports the free distribution of music on the internet."
After brilliant run in the preliminary debates, UAE debated South Africa in the octo-finals, proposing the motion "This House would abandon the use of nuclear energy." In an incredibly close debate, the panel of judges delivered a split decision in favour of South Africa, with one judge dissenting. In the Finals, Singapore managed to edge out Australia, to clinch a well-deserved title.
Along with the team's achievement at the tournament, all participating students benefited from the experience. Three of the GEMS students finished in the top 40 of 250 speakers, including Anirudh Sivaram from Dubai Modern High School who finished as the thirteenth best speaker at the tournament. Three of the speakers have now moved to prestigious universities Yale, University of Pennsylvania and New York University, and two have already been successful in their trials for their respective university debating societies.
Rohan Sampath of Dubai Modern High School was grateful for his experience at the tournament. "The World Schools Debating Championships 2011 was much more than a mere competition – it was a wonderful intellectual experience for us. Interacting with world-class thinkers and debaters, and forming close bonds of friendship and camaraderie with students from 48 nations opened us up to new perspectives and avenues of thinking, which will be of great benefit in the years to come. The credit for our performance goes to our teachers and coach for their great support and guidance," he said.
GEMS has already reserved a place to represent the UAE in next year's tournament which takes place from January 17-27, 2012 in Cape Town.
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I love holiday horror films. To me, they demonstrate the genre's ongoing commitment to ruining even the happiest of occasions with visions of nightmarish terror. There was a time when Halloween was the only holiday associated with evil and darkness and that set it apart as the isolated capsule of fear. But then, one by one, the other, more joyful, holidays became targets for horror interpretations. It's gotten to the point that no festive celebration is without its own signature slasher or identifiable bloodbath.
So far we have rung in the new year with the immortally schlocky New Year's Evil, delivered a big heart-shaped massacre with My Bloody Valentine, had Mike Bracken transport us to the Emerald Isle for a St. Patty's Day feast of Dead Meat, and been not-so-terrified of the Easter Bunny-gone-wild flick Night of the Lepus. Now there are two holidays in May, but I thought covering the 1980 film Mother's Day was a bit too on-the-nose. Instead, I thought I would observe Memorial Day with a special horror nod to the armed forces. So as you prepare to sit poolside, ingest ample amounts of barbecue, and herald in the summer, take a moment to support our troops by watching Deathdream. em>Deathdream is the story of a young soldier named Andy who dies in Vietnam. Well, he dies in so much as he gets shot and his family receives a telegram that he has passed on. Much to their surprise, Andy shows up one night out of the blue alive and well...or alive anyway. Gradually, his family begins to notice some startling changes in Andy; not speaking much, forgetting his old friends and neighbors, and a violent mean streak. What happened to Andy while he was away? Was he better off dead?
Before I continue, a brief warning. I happen to think the ending of Deathdream is quite shocking and was more effective to me because I had no preconceived notions of the film. There ending is not necessarily a secret but in the interest of not spoiling anything, I offer fair warning that I will be discussing the ending in this piece. If you haven't seen it and would rather not be spoiled, just go rent it and we will discuss it later. Thanks!
Deathdream, alias Dead of Night, was directed by the one and only Bob Clark. While his horror career wasn't entirely prolific, he managed to create one of the greatest holiday horror films of all time: Black Christmas. Clark showed considerable talent for creating dark, unsettling, atmospheric horror films that not only invoked true terror but brought the character back to horror movie characters. If you go back and watch Black Christmas, take note of how many of the characters are insatiably likable and how that effects your reaction to their untimely demises. Deathdream precedes Black Christmas, but some of Clark's signature touches are clearly visible. There are expertly-crafted killer's perspective shots that served as the blueprint for many subsequent horror films including Halloween. There are also extended shots that establish the house in which the horror takes place which is even further utilized in Black Christmas and, again, aped by Carpenter in Halloween.
The performances in Deathdream are just as exemplary as those in Black Christmas. Richard Backus, as Andy, is one of the creepiest characters in all of horrordom. He executes every stratum of the character with staggering adeptness. When he first arrives, he elicits empathy with his wounded innocence, but as the film progresses he gradually increases the menace until his very presence is enough to put us all on edge. As the decay begins to take a firmer hold on him, his intensity is fantastic. I also love John Marley as the conflicted father who, though happy his son has returned home, struggles with the fact that he may also be responsible for acts of unspeakable evil. Marley, best known for his rather rude wake up call in The Godfather, displays an emotional breakdown during Andy's dark metamorphosis that is truly heart-breaking.
This film features some of the earliest work of makeup master Tom Savini. As Andy's necrosis gets progressively worse, Savini's artistry becomes more apparent. This is, after all, a zombie movie but the difference is that there is but one zombie in the film and no one knows he's undead. Therefore the film has to be just as much about hiding the necrosis from the other characters as it is about showing it to the audience. It starts with subtle, but impressive premature wrinkles. Small holes in the skin are the next development and the quivering maggots therein. From there, Andy begins to leak some sort of bile from his forehead in a scene that offers seamless integration of practical effects into actor physicality. By the time we get to full-on zombie Andy, he is slowly rising out of the back seat with an appearance that is entirely terrifying. Savini displays supreme chops with just his second job and, as we all know, only got better with age.
What is truly fascinating about Deathdream is the social commentary at its core. This film was Bob Clark's reaction to the Vietnam War. The film is a literal, fantastical interpretation of the horror not only present on the battle field, but the turmoil experienced by soldiers even after they returned from so hellish a conflict. I've read Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder research done on Vietnam veterans who returned home vastly different men. They talked about food not tasting the same and their own clothes seeming to no longer fit. They talked about how their psychological changes caused unending grief for their families and friends and, in some cases, ripped them apart. Andy is the personification of PTSD and the idea that one can't go home again. The Andy they knew and loved, literally died on that battlefield and the person that returned was an empty shell of a man...who happened to survive by injecting himself with the blood of his victims. Andy's actions cause unparalleled anguish for his family and friends. The ending, wherein Andy is burying himself in a cemetery, is an emotional translation of the idea that many of these veterans felt they would have been better off dead. Clark uses a very real social malady as a catalyst for something truly horrific and the idea behind it is just as off-putting as the zombie attacks he gives us on screen.
The film isn't perfect by any means. While I find the film interesting and a sterling example of the genius of Bob Clark, it's pacing is a hindrance. Many of my friends, even some of the horror buffs, find the film boring and lacking in any real eventfulness. It's almost a zombie character study and those two things are elementarily at odds so I completely understand the complaint. But for me, the pacing is a product of the slow descent into chaos the family experiences and the gradual decline of Andy's dead body. Give it a shot, let me know what you think in the comment section, and have a happy, zombie-free Memorial Day!


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You may have seen that Motorcycle Hall of Famer Craig Vetter, the guy who gave the world the Windjammer fairing and pushed motorcycle fuel economy to the forefront in the 1980s with a series of fuel-economy challenges, is back with a new version of his high-mpg contest.
As detailed in a press release here, the contest is, as you would expect from Craig, a laid-back affair that takes participants over some of the best roads on the Monterey Peninsula and compares who did it for the least money.
What's really cool though, is that this directly harkens back to Craig's first economy runs in the 1980s—several of which were run in the Monterey area. The first was won by a rider who got 97.9 mph. The last, under controlled—meaning very slow—racetrack conditions was won by a rider who reached 477 mpg!
Throughout most of the runs, Vetter competed on what may be the first modern-day feet-foward motorcycle, his 22 hp "Luxury Touring Streamliner." These days, he's running the same idea in his latest creation, a fully-faired version based on a scooter platform.
Even better? Craig's original fuel-economy bike is on display here at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum at AMA headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio. Stop by and check it out if you're in the neighborhood!
Oh, and you've probably already figured this out, but Vetter's own website is one of the best moto-deep-dives on the web—there's all kinds of cool stuff there from motorcycling's most endearing professor. Check it out!
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S'mores à la Carte for National S'mores DayOle & Shaina Olmanson
It's National S'mores Day, and I wanted to celebrate by showing you my favorite way of eating s'mores. The traditional method of graham cracker, toasted marshmallow, chocolate bar is plenty good, but it's a bit flat, especially when you've been eating them for so many years. The obvious answer for me is an Ý la carte buffet of delicious s'mores toppings.
The concept is simple: Add variety and flare to your traditional s'mores with a few side items. Choose your favorite fruits, nuts, candies and sauces. There's a s'more for everyone in this dessert!
The possibilities are endless: Banana and coconut with a bit of caramel. Peanut butter and banana. Chocolate-dipped raspberry s'mores. Yum. Let everyone choose their toppings and enjoy.
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Fudge-Striped Cookies
Biscuits of all sorts
Fruit: berries, bananas and apple slices work best
Nuts: macadamia nuts, slivered almonds, pecans
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Chocolate Pieces
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Toast marshmallows until golden brown. Place marshmallow on one cracker or cookie of choice. Top with sauces and fruit and nuts of your choosing. Press firmly with a second cracker or cookie. Eat. Lick fingers. Repeat.


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Looks like Martin Whitmarsh was actually right.
There will be no race beneficial data to be gathered in Mugello.
Well not when the test driver is 3 seconds off the pace there wont!!!


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Introducing New Technologies
Impact Carbon supports locally appropriate and commercially viable technologies to ensure maximum uptake and scale. We continually assess new and innovative technologies in order to best address the needs of our customers.
Improved Cookstoves
By supporting projects to distribute a variety of high performing fuel-efficient cookstoves, Impact Carbon reduces the consumption of biomass fuels, limits exposure to deadly indoor air pollution (IAP) and saves families time spent collecting wood and/or money spent purchasing fuel.
Household Charcoal Stoves
Household charcoal stoves reduce 36% of fuel consumption. 100% of customers report fewer indicators of exposure to indoor air pollution after adopting charcoal stoves. Families using these stoves save more than $110 in fuel costs each year and each stove reduces the equivalent of 2.81 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually.
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Stoves installed in schools, hospitals, and businesses reduce fuel consumption by about 45%. All cooks report fewer indicators of exposure to indoor air pollution. Institutions save approximately 56 tons of fuel each year, and each stove reduces the equivalent of 86.41 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Impact Carbon is disseminating fuel-switching semi-gasifier stoves in China to help customers transition from coal to 100% renewable biomass. The stoves have an average efficiency ranging from 40% - 89% and reduce 100% of coal use, equaling up to 2.18 tons per year among families previously using coal. Families adopting biomass gasifier stoves save up to $445 per year, approximately 18% of annual household income in China. The stoves also reduce the equivalent of 4.5 - 5.7 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Fuel-switching ethanol household stoves enable customers in Mozambique to transition from charcoal to 100% renewable ethanol. The stoves reduce 100% of charcoal use, equaling up to 0.73 tons of charcoal per year among families previously using charcoal. The stoves reduce the equivalent of 7.49 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Cotto vs Trout -
Pre Fight Quotes
Trout has been a World Champion and he deserves his recognition. I know why I accepted this challenge"
Training in Big Bear was great and we accomplished all the goals that [trainer] Pedro [Diaz] had for us. Everything so far is going just as he planned. Im feeling great.
Pedro has been a great addition to my career and for our team. Everyone saw the results with my fights against (Antonio) Margarito and (Floyd) Mayweather. Now, well see how I perform against Trout.
Trout is not the only undefeated fighter that I have faced. He is not the first champion either. With that in mind, I will climb into the ring to win.
"I am really excited to come back to my second home. Fighting at The Garden is always special for me and a true pleasure. There is something unique in the atmosphere and it means a lot to me every time I fight there because the energy of the fans gives me extra motivation. Austin Trout will be a challenge for me, but I will win my fifth world championship on December 1."
Everybody who knows Miguel Cotto knows that I dont pick easy fights. He was the next in line and Im ready for him. Were going to see what happens on Saturday.
Hes fought in Panama and in Mexico but next Saturday hes going to be in New York with me at Madison Square Garden. Its my home and there is nothing is going to be equal to that. Madison Square Garden is a special venue and hell figure that out when he gets in there.
"Miguel Cotto needs no introduction. He's a true champion and one of the best fighters of the last 10 years, but I'm the present and future of the sport and this is just the showcase I need to prove to the world that I'm one of the best, pound-for-pound. I can't wait to fight in such a legendary place like Madison Square Garden; it's every fighter's dream."
"I am a lot bigger, physically, than him. That was the first time I had been right next to him. I knew pretty much about his dimensions. But seeing it up close, it was funny. But it was cool. We kind of looked at him and we agreed that if we need to, we can definitely push this little dude around."
... "He looked me right in the eyes, and a lot of people don't do that for as long as we were in the stare down. I didn't expect fear. But I thought that it was funny that he really had to look up a lot to do the stare down. I'm 5-foot-10, and I would say that he's about 5-8 or 5-7."
There are 2 sides of Austin Trout: Austin Trout the fan and Austin Trout the fighter. I love to watch him fight but in the back of my mind I think that I can beat him. When Im daydreaming about beating up somebody in front of a large crowd its one of those guys that Im a fan of and he happens to be one of them.
My past experiences have not been on this level but practice makes perfect. The crowd can only do one thing and thats make noise. It doesnt help him punch harder or move faster.
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NORMAN, Okla. – Hank Frame was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for the second-straight season, the Gold Coaches Association of America announced, Wednesday.
A native of Spokane, Wash., Frame completed his Washington State career as one of a dozen Pac-12 student-athletes to receive the award. In 2012-13, he notched six-top 10 finishes, including five-top five placements. He won the Cougars' season-opening event in Pullman. He recorded an average of 72.9 strokes per round.
To be eligible for the Cleveland/Srixon All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70-percent of his team's competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.


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Food Bites 2/5/2014
Day of social justice to be celebrated
Hotel Fauchere, Milford, in cooperation with the Columns Museum, will offer a special dinner and program in honor of World Day of Social Justice on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m.
After a dinner inspired by the cuisine of various countries, Tamara Singer will give a presentation on tribes of several nations. An explorer and photographer, she lived among the tribes of Irian Jaya, Myanmar, Ethiopia and others.
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If anybody was born to rap, it's Ice-T. In television and in film, the way the almost 30-year Rap veteran delivers his lines, it's still rooted in cadence and conviction. The same is true when you interview him. More than most, Ice-T is a listener. He tells a mean story, but he always touches on to each facet of a question, even if it's 10 minutes later.
The same appears true of Ice-T's career. As seen in Law & Order: SVU and his relationship with Coco, the O.G. is continuously evolving, but if conversation allows, he shows that he's remembered every mile in the road that brought him here. The same man who made the cassette tapes that I had to hide from my mother, now entertains her through a multi-network syndicated television show. The Home Invasion prophecy has been fulfilled, as T has achieved true and lasting Power.
It might not be rhyme that pays these days, but Ice-T tells HipHopDX about new music with Immortal Technique and Canibus. He asserts that he's a Mobb Deep fanatic, and although Dr. Dre and Ice may frequently break bread together at the dinner-table, T explains why friendship is always thicker than collaboration. Although many love him for so many reasons, we forever champion this man for his risk-taking rhymes and topical, vividly-optical style. Ice-T, one of our heroes.
HipHopDX: I woke up this morning and was listening to one of your early records, "Reckless." I wanted to ask you, between 1982 and 1985, you made a lot of raps to Electro beats. We can talk about your influence in Gangsta Rap in a second, but I'm curious to know what goes through Ice-T's mind when he hears this Electro resurgence on records from Black Eyed Peas and others, especially as a forefather in that movement...
Ice-T: The cool thing about about Black Eyed Peas, I can't go in on them, 'cause [will.i.am] is old school, from L.A., he was originally signed to Ruthless [Records], Eazy's label. He's really from that era. Thank God that they've blown up and they're still making music now. Will's a G, he's been around - he ain't new. If you say you was signed to Ruthless, that lets you know somethin', back in the day.
It's funny you mention "Reckless" and Black Eyed Peas, 'cause I was at an award show a while ago, maybe about three years ago. will.i.am walked up to me and started rappin' "Reckless"! He walked up to me and said [rhyming], "Once upon a time..." Another thing, Eminem - I've known Eminem since back in the days when he was on Warped Tour when he first started out. He told me that "Reckless" was the first Rap record he ever heard. So it meant something.
I think the west coast, before it had a Hip Hop scene, it had a Techno scene. The people who were really makin' music first, out of L.A., were Uncle Jamm's Army and Egyptian Lover - those were our early-type music, before we actually started to rap like New York rappers. So you can't front on that. I spent many nights at Uncle Jamm's Army, doing the Freak to that shit. [Laughs] Gettin' it on! That whole Techno sound really started with [Afrika] Bambaataa, taking ["Trans Europe Express" by] Kraftwerk and twistin' it back. It was, basically, one of the original forms of Hip Hop - that whole Techno-Funk sound. I think Common brought it back too [with Universal Mind Control]. It is part of Hip Hop, truly. You can't get more Hip Hop than Bam and them, to front on that is to front on Soulsonic Force, and that's impossible.
DX: I much prefer Electro-Pop to some of the "ringtone" Rap that has made the mainstream...
Ice-T: Well, [Electro] has true origins. Hip Hop has origins in Reggae, it has origins in that Techno-Funk, but I think really, people are not so upset with the musical content as [they are] with the lyrical content. I think that's the problem. The content of Hip Hop always had something to do with life, it always had something to do with the struggle, it had something to do with the realness. Now, it's just kinda become Disco, and it's very based around "I got money." That, first off is delusional. If you listened to the records, you'd swear to God there was a Bentley on every corner, which there's not. A lot of the people rappin' about it aren't even old enough to get in the club. They're singin' about clubbin' [too]. It just misses the guts. When you start talkin' about stuff like Gang Starr, and start talkin' about [Rakim] and Big Daddy Kane and things like that, there was a soul to it. [Hip Hop today] is missing the soul. Even with Black Eyed Peas, it's great Dance music, it's great Pop, but every once in a while, they have the ability to do Soul records. They can make deep records if they want to, 'cause they've done it. You gotta show that in order to get my respect, personally.
DX: I'm glad you mention Gang Starr and Rakim... one of the things Hip Hop fans love to do is argue about albums within a catalog. For instance, for years, I've argued that De La Soul Is Dead is better than 3 Feet High & Rising, or guys today might do it with T.I.'s catalog. A good debate is within your own catalog, your first album Rhyme Pays versus Power. Both of those albums did so much, and although it's your first and second LP, they're so different. What's your take on that debate?
Ice-T: I think O.G. (Original Gangster) is the best.
DX: Really? What makes you say that?
Ice-T: Yeah. O.G. was a different type of record. Rhyme Pays was me not really believing in Rap. I was rappin', but I didn't really believe you could paid. You gotta remember, nobody had ever bought a car off Rap at that time. So I was kinda makin' the record, but I didn't really believe I'd be accepted. Nobody had ever blown from the west coast. I wasn't arrogant enough to think that I was gonna blow. I just made a record, and I just did my thing. I was kinda overwhelmed with the success of Rhyme Pays. So my focus wasn't power.
Power was me saying, "Oh wow, people are listenin' to this shit." That's where the whole concept of Power came [from]. If you listen to Rhyme Pays, you've got interesting records on it. You've got crime-rhymes like "Drama," "6 In The Mornin'," but still, I wasn't paid, I did have my street money, but I didn't have that arrogance that you need to be a real powerful rapper. To rap, you've gotta think you're the shit - I mean, "I don't give a fuck!" [Laughs]
By Power, I came back and was like, "Yo, you mothafuckas are listening. So let me drop some knowledge." But when I went to O.G., that album was meant to be the first Rap double album - 25 songs. Before that, all Rap albums had 10 songs. But Warner [Brothers] wouldn't let me release it as a double album, so I had to kinda compress it and make it into one really thick single album. I think O.G. has all the best of Ice-T. It has the political, it has the gangsta, it has the stories, the sex shit, it's got all my best vibes. You get the full picture of me on that album.
DX: It's funny, because let's step away from the music for a second. Of all rappers in history, you probably have the most interesting and provocative cover art. O.G. might be your favorite album, but it has arguably your least interesting cover...
Ice-T: The trip to the O.G. album [cover] is, you might see me as this thug, or you might see me as this guy in a tux - they're both me. Kinda like right now today. Okay, I'm on Law & Order, and you see me as this other guy. But I'm that dude in them shackles [as seen on O.G.], regardless. So it's like, don't get the images twisted. It's me saying, "Regardless of how I look, I'm the same person."
The Power album cover, the concept of that was: you have three powers. You have the power of sex: which is the first thing you see - Darlene in the bathing suit. Then you have the power of weapons. Then, the final power is the power of deception. If you read The Art of War, that's the ultimate power. The fact that we had guns [hidden, as revealed on on the back cover], and you were worrying about [Darlene on the front cover].
I grew up buying George Clinton albums and stuff, and you would look at the album cover while you listened to the record. It would be an experience. You're reading the liner notes. Back in the day, rappers used to put "Special Thanks" on their records and name every mothafucka. Every rapper would go to the other rapper's record to see if he got shouted out. One of my biggest things that ever happened to me was Big Daddy Kane, on his Long Live The Kane album, I got the first "Special Thanks" because me and Kane had been hangin' tough that year, travelin' and tourin', doin' promotion. I got in his head and he respected that. I was like, "Wow! Kane gave me special thanks, first!" I still talk about that shit! [Laughs] It meant something. Now, in the days of iTunes, and the bullshit, nobody cares about the fuckin' album covers. It's Pen & Pixel bullshit. They don't really mean nothing.
DX: I'm a little younger, so though it's not one of your more popular albums, the first record of yours I bought was Ice-T VI: Return of the Real. You might not hear it about that album much, but shit changed my life.
Ice-T: The record you're talking about Ice-T VI: Return of the Real, was meant to look like a novel. Everybody said, "Oh, your shit's so theatrical. It's like a book." So if you put that on a paperback cover, the Roman numerals with the bullet-holes in 'em, that's what it was meant to look like.
DX: As you talk about covers, can you settle a bet I had with some of my colleagues. Your most recent Gangsta Rap album cover - and I genuinely liked that album regardless of what anybody says, was that cover at all inspired by the famous John Lennon and Yoko Ono photograph of them in bed?
Ice-T: Nah, never saw that.
DX: Damn. I lost the bet.
Ice-T: I never saw Yoko Ono's picture. I heard about it afterwards. That was inspired by me, actually laying in my bed and just saying, "I'm a fly mothafucka!" [Bursts out laughing] On some real-talk shit! If you notice, I've got the pistol on the counter. The pistol isn't on the counter, but it's in that dresser. That's really my bed. I was kinda thinkin' to myself, "Really, what's more gangsta?" Going back to the Superfly movies and shit - you've got your bad bitch, you laid up in the bed, butt-naked with your pistol. Bam. Fuck standing in front of cars. Nigga, that's the end of the game! That's the final level, [the name of my company]. That's where you're trying to be. Coco was like, "Fuck it. Let's do it." A lot of people take pictures sittin' on the toilet. I was like, "Aiight, I'ma take one in the bed, like I gives a fuck."
DX: It certainly worked. Recently, I watched WC's DVD Bandanna Swangin' and there was a really cool sequence of you and him talking about the Rhyme Syndicate/Low Profile days. When you look at WC or Everlast or even King T, your ear for enduring talent rivals that of any rapper that ever had a label. Can you speak on how you look back at those years and your ear for that that?
Ice-T: The Hip Hop in L.A. comes from a small tree. It's either the [Rhyme] Syndicate or N.W.A. or Delicious Vinyl [Records]. So if you're part of N.W.A., that's Snoop [Dogg] and that's Daz [Dillinger] and all that which came. [Ice] Cube is part of N.W.A., so the people that branched out from him, Mack 10 and all them. Then you've got Delicious Vinyl, which is basically Tone-Loc and Young MC. Then you've got Syndicate, who actually had [DJ] Muggs, who was in 7A3, who ended up being Cypress Hill. One of the kids from T.D.F., off the [Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through] album is Tim Story, he directed The Fantastic Four and [Rise of the] Silver Surfer and all that.
The Syndicate was basically Zulu Nation west coast. I took the philosophy that Bam gave me, which was "We all goin' in the same direction, so we shouldn't compete," - unless one of us is a bitch. Let's all help each other. So before it all becomes a war, let's start organizations within organizations. The trick with the Syndicate is, I was not the leader, I was the founder. All those groups had their bosses. Whether it was Low Profile with Dub and [DJ] Aladdin or whether it was T.D.F. or whether it was Everlast. I was not Everlast's boss, but we agreed to sit at a table and talk versus beef. That's all it was.
You can tell who's talented. Everlast was a mothafucka. When I first met him, Divine Styler was connected to Everlast. Divine Styler's a beast, and he was connected through Bilal [Bashir]. I was the first rapper on in L.A., one of 'em, and people would come to [me]. I'd say, "I'll help you. I'll do what I can." I just told everybody, "Just be yourself. Don't sound like nobody else." When I met Everlast, he kinda sounded like Rakim. I was like, "Yeah. Yeah. That's okay, but don't sound like him. Sound like you. You sound good." People don't tend to like their own voice. He went on to do his thing. Peace to House of Pain; I just seen La Coka Nostra out there.
DX: And I want to talk to you about King Tee, another of my heroes.
Ice-T: He was [Notorious B.I.G.'s] favorite fuckin' emcee! Let's go there. Biggie said, when he came to L.A. They're very similar. [Laughs]
DX: King T, besides Spoonie Gee's "cheeba, cheeba, y'all" is one of the first emcees to rhyme about smokin' weed.
Ice-T: He had a thing he used to make rhymes, he called it the "drunk technique." He had to be the right amount of drunk to get on the mic. If he got too drunk, he couldn't spit. If he wasn't drunk enough, it wouldn't came out. Sometimes it would take days to get to the right focus point. [Laughing]
How I met Teela was, my first record that I made outside of "Reckless" was on a label called Techno-Hop. That was owned by Unknown DJ. When we was gettin' ready to make records, I had made records with ElectroBeat or some bullshit-ass garage record, but then I started fuckin' with Unknown. Unknown had a studio in his crib. At the time, Unknown had King T and Compton's Most Wanted. So all of them was in the same camp. I didn't get to meet [MC] Eiht till later, but since Teela had the same initial, we just became friends. That's my style. If we're gonna be on the same label, we might as well click-up. We had mutual friends.
At one point, ask Teela, we lived in the same apartment building. That nigga was doing St. Ide's commercials. I had an apartment full of furniture and a girl, my shit was laid [out]. Teela's house had nothin' but a refrigerator full of St. Ide's. And Xzibit, the whole Alkaholiks, Tash, Phil Da Agony, all of 'em, they'd be laid out on the floor of his house. That's where The Alkaholiks were born, right there. 'Cause E. Swift was doin' all the deejaying for King T, and shit was like a flop-house. Shit was crazy. [Laughs]
DX: When I speak to Marc Live, Smooth The Hustler or Grand Daddy I.U. over the years, artists really champion both your loyalty and your friendship ---
Ice-T: You know what it is, dude? I'ma tell you. I've always been able to get my own money. So I don't angle you for money. So if me and you become friends, you either gonna be my friend or not. I don't hang around cats that I don't like [in hopes] that I'll make a record with 'em or somethin'. If you look at my catalog, I've never made a record with any big artists on my albums. I always used cats that were around me, unknown cats. I never said, "Ooh, he's hot. Let me run over here, have somebody call him, I want to perform with him." That's corny to me. I rather fuck with people I fuck with. With me, friendship is first. If we're not gonna be friends, I ain't fuckin' with ya. At all.
I don't get around a lot of guys who lie on records either. That's why I'm cool with Smoothe [Da Hustler], or Kool Keith, who really is insane. [Laughs] I know Smoothe and Trigga [The Gambler], I know how they get down, so we not goin' in there lyin'. I can't go sit up with a bunch of guys talkin' about bustin' guns and they don't do it. I try to fuck with just the real cats.
I have friendships with Dr. Dre, Shaquille O'Neal, Wesley Snipes, Quincy Jones, all these people that are doing things...and people say, "Why don't you ever ask Dre [for a beat]?" I say, nah. That ain't our friendship. I can go out with Cube and have dinner. We don't have to talk about Rap.
DX: It's cool to know though, when you go on tour, and fans go to an Ice-T show, from the first act to the last, it's only artists you truly like, admire and believe in. I wish that more people in your position were doing the same thing.
Ice-T: Mothafuckas is tryin' to get paid. So they'll do whatever. They'll ask their manager, "Who's the hottest? I want to be on the song with them." I worked with Slayer, but that was that a project [after they expressed interest] in working with me. You God damned right I'm goin' to get down with Slayer. My thing is, I can make a fuckin' Rap record by myself. I don't need to be on a record with somebody I don't like. There's people I've just recently worked with. I've worked with Immortal Technique. I'm a record with Canibus. Those are people I admire. Then again, I have friends I admire that I've never recorded with, like Busta Rhymes, and I never recorded with Mobb Deep. I'm the biggest Mobb Deep fan in the world. I just did a record with M.O.P., well really, just me and Billy Danze. To me, music is supposed to be fun. I look at it like old Jazz musicians in a room jammin'. The only people allowed in that room is cool mothafuckas. You don't just come and pick up the horn.
DX: You talked about King T. I always said that you and him had the coolest cars of any rapper. He had the old school Impalas and Cadillacs, you had - what was that, a Ferrari Mondial on one joint. Of all the cars you've owned, what was the one car you wish you never got rid of?
Ice-T: [Laughs] Damn! I don't know. I had a feeling about cars. It's like, you get your fun out of them, then you move on. Probably my Bentley. I had bought a Rolls [Royce], and then I traded the Rolls in for a Bentley. I remember when Jay-Z came to L.A., I took Jay-Z for a ride in it. That might've been his first Bentley. It was a bi-turbo with the red piping and all that, that shit was hard.
People didn't understand it. They used to come to my Bentley and say, "What's the matter with your Rolls? It got a 'B' on it." Niggas couldn't get it; they thought I had a fake Rolls. I always try to stay ahead of the curve, maybe 'cause I was lil' older, or maybe 'cause I was comin' from whole 'nother culture of players and hustlers that always wanted to have something that nobody else had. That was our whole thing - to be up on some different clothes or some different watch. "Aw man, what is that?" "Oh, you've never seen this before, have you?" Then would I'd turn you onto it and somebody else asked you, you'd say, "Oh, Ice introduced me to that. I know about that now." Players love to give compliments, man. We're not haters. I want to tell you how fly you look, how them sneakers is lookin' good, and I might have to get some of them, man. I like how you wearin' that. That's always been my philosophy of being a player. As a gangsta, you can turn the P into a G. Quick. But the thing of it is, what makes a gangster is the peace that the player seeks. The player wants peace. And the worst person you can fuck with is a man that's trying to be peaceful. Really, my gangster is based on your actions. I'm not a thug. I'm not gonna push up on you. We can kick back and have fine foods and drinks and talk shit and yell at hoes or whatever, but if drama occurs, I got that too. [Laughs]
That's what it is. I don't miss cars. I still got cars on my list I want to get. I want a Bugatti. But I need a livingroom I can park it in. [Laughs]
DX: Pre-Internet, I heard a bootleg tape of you and Tupac Shakur doing a parody duet of Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond's "You Don't Send Me Flowers." It was filmed in the last year of his life. Obviously, it's a light-hearted moment, but it's something I still watch again. How do you look back on that?
Ice-T: [Laughs] That was funny, right? The thing of it is, I have a different relationship with Tupac than most of these people do. A lot of people, you talk about 'Pac, it's like talking about Jesus. They have such reverance for 'Pac. I'd known him since he was in Digital Underground. I remember when he used to carry records for Shock G. So I know 'Pac, the little homie. I rapped on ["Last Wordz" from Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.]. His rise was incredible. He was like, "I'm gonna rap" to "I'm tryin' to rap" to "rap" to "like Jesus." He just shot over me into this other stratosphere. See, he could go deep. That's the key to rappin' is to be able to go deep.
Anyway, we were both scheduled to be on [The Roseanne Barr Show] and we knew it was a comedy show. We were booked separately. [There's] another skit too, where this lady talks about hittin' us with the water-hose. It's funny as hell. So it's like when you go on Mad TV, you know you're gonna be asked to do comedy skits. I think the fact that 'Pac knew me, it was okay. Do you understand? I think if he didn't know me and I was another rapper, I don't think he'd have been able to shed the skin and have fun. We had a good time, we laughed and shit. The homies laughed. It was fun. Plus, we're both actors. We know it's a gag, we know the role: two thugs singin' "You Don't Send Me Flowers." [Laughs] It was just so stupid. But I didn't realize how important it was gonna be to see my dude. I went through a lot stuff with 'Pac, when he was going at Biggie, and me tryin' to chill him out and calm him down, all that kinda shit. It's interesting to see that [footage]. He's a very interesting guy, very multi-dimensional. I think he was different to different people, I think that's what it was. To me, he was always very humble and cool. I was the big homie. I always had that.
DX: When it comes to lyrics about hustling, you are the pioneer. Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Young Jeezy. His lyrics can be extremely simple, but there's so much inspirational wisdom and truth there. That's something you gave us, with a much more competitive, sophisticated lyrical approach in the '80s. The Rap community embraces Jeezy as "the realest," but I'm sure you were shunned for doing and saying a lot of those same things, then. Can you speak on that?
Ice-T: I like [Young] Jeezy. When I first heard him say, in ["Soul Survivor"], "Oh God, please don't let me go to jail tonight," I felt it! The invincible shit don't work. Like I say in "The O.G.," "I throw ya in the joint, you'll be comin' out feet-first." That humbleness to the streets, that "I can get got, anything can happen" that, to me, is realism. I heard that in Jeezy's voice. He's struggling with the streets. Now he's struggling with being famous in the streets, which is even another dilemna. I'm writing a book about that, which is called Transitions, which the life of somebody comin' from a straight street life, street values to the legitimate world, which is sometimes even more cut-throat.
When I first came up, I was too hard. I was cursing. [DJ] Kool Herc didn't like the fact that I cursed. In New York, they didn't have the hardcore shit. When I started doing the gangsta shit, nobody was doin' it. The only person in New York, they had a group called Mob Style, with a kid named Pretty Tony. They were the first New York rappers to go hard, to go into gangsta shit. Later on, Big and everybody followed suit. It was kinda like not-Hip Hop. Bam had based Hip Hop on so much peace and unity and you had to rap about partyin'. Then I kinda added the guns and the drugs [and] there was some raised eyebrows. Like, "Is this okay?" My explanation, "I can't rap about that, 'cause I'm from L.A. L.A. doesn't have a Hip Hop culture, we got a gang culture, and I can only rap about my own life." If you listen to the words of "O.G.," that's the story. [Rhymes] "Ten years ago, I used to listen to rappers flow / Talk about the way they rocked the mic at the disco / I liked how that shit was goin' down / Dreamt about rippin' the mic with my own sound / So I tried to write rhymes, somethin' like them / My boys said 'That ain't you Ice, you just sound like them.' / So I sat back / Thought up a new track / Didn't fantasize, kicked the pure facts / Mothafuckas got scared / 'Cause they was unprepared / Who would tell it how it really was, who dared? / A young nigga from the west coast, L.A. / South Central, fool, where the Crips and the Bloods play / When I wrote it at parties, it didn't fit / '6 In The Mornin',' that was the real shit." That's the story.
Also, on The Seventh Deadly Sin, there's a record called "God Forgive Me," and it's about the invention of Gangsta Rap. It's me about me begging God to forgive me, like the Devil is taking me to Hell for it. [Laughs] It's me, Poppa LQ, and SLEDJ on there.
DX: As you recite these rhymes verbatim, you have a lot in your discography. With all that you have going on now in acting, books, etc., when you go on tour, and there's a kid in the front row screaming for something, say a deep cut. Do you usually know the lyrics?
Ice-T: Uh,...no. [Laughs] I can remember the ones I perform at my show. I still do spot-gigs. If it's in my set, I know 'em. Some of the songs I haven't done in years. What I'll do is, I'll take the CD, if we're gonna add it to the set and I'll rehearse. Like anybody else, you rehearse, you practice. Remember it. Even right before I go on stage, I have a CD with every song I'm gonna perform that night. I'll be in the hotel room, gettin' ready, and I'll put the CD on and I'll rap the whole show - just to have the words correctly.
You're a rapper, you can't fuck up! You can't fuck up! You'll draw a blank on "Colors." There's people on stage sprayin' champagne, people slippin', slidin', bitches jumpin' on stage. You'll just draw a blank. You know what I do? Here's my trick: there's always a kid in the front that knows every word to your record.
DX: Put the mic in his face.
Ice-T: Yeah, or he's a human tele-prompter. [Laughs] I'll lip-read him and I'll get back on track. It doesn't happen often, but if it does happen, the next show it won't. You'll be so pissed. Sometimes, I'll alternate verses. I could be performing ["Girls L.G.B.N.A.F."] and [I'll confuse] the third verse with the first verse. There's too much goin' on. [Laughs] I try to keep that to a minimum.
DX: Last question, as we talk about verses. What's your proudest verse? Not favorite. Proudest
Ice-T: Wow. That's hard. I'm actually doing a movie called The Art of Rap, these sound like some of my questions. [Pauses] I don't really know. Shit. In "Power," I have a rhyme that explains my style absolutely to the tee. I always bring that up. The first verse. [Rhymes]
"I'm livin' large as possible / Posse's unstoppable / My style is topical / Vividly optical / Listen, you'll see 'em / Sometimes I'll be 'em / Cops, critics and punks never, ever want to me in power." That's about the simplest breakdown of the Ice-T style. [Repeats verse] "Sometimes I'll be 'em," that's "Cop Killer." That wasn't me, I played that person. That's the breakdown of the Ice-T technique.


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Your Own Medicine EP
- Artists Brandon De Carlo
- Release Date 2013-09-16
- Labels Downside Up Recordings
- Catalog DUR044
Brandon is back to give you a taste of "Your Own Medicine", with 4 new original dance floor scorchers! The title track " Your Own Medicine", is a big room minimal tech house bomb with its dark baseline with abstract tones held together by chunky drum programming. My Own Volition takes more of a techno vibe with its driving groove and subliminal vocals that create a dissonant aesthetic. While "Formalities" continues the techno motif with its full-on drumwork and dotted synth stabs. Rounding out the effort is "Of The Ordinary", with a melodic undertone designed for those early am sunrise moments. Another consistent effort from Brandon who seems to show now signs of slowing down!
Written produced and arranged by Brandon DeCarlo (C) 2013 Downside Up Recordings. All rights reserved


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BoingBoing co-author Cory Doctorow gives a wide-ranging interview to the Chicago Tribune in which he touches on misperceptions about violent video games and the Virginia Tech massacre.
There's this broad consensus that the Virginia Tech murders had something to do with violent video games. When you actually read the coroner's inquest report, video games are mentioned twice. The first is his mother saying he never wanted to play those video games. The second is his roommate saying, "We always thought he was weird because he never wanted to play video games." Yet it's still a [popularly held] truism that violent video games must be responsible for Virginia Tech.
GP: As GamePolitics has reported in the past, the official commission investigating the Virginia Tech rampage found only one game that the killer played – Sonic The Hedgehog.


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Dena Bank plans to open 65 new branches by March-end
Jan 13 2014 , Mumbai
"By the year-end we should have opened 150-175 branches. 90 branches have already been opened till December," its Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Kumar told reporters here today.
Kumar said branches to be opened will be spread across urban and rural areas and in all geographies.
The bank had a network of 1,509 branches and 770 automated teller machines as of September 30, 2013.
He said the bank was planning to open around 200 branches every year.
Kumar also endorsed the view that the cost of operating an ATM will increase because of the additional security measures initiated at such outlets following the Bangalore attack, and said those costs have to be recovered.
"If the cost goes up it has to be recovered. How do you recover that has to be worked out," he said.
With the NPAs in the system growing, he said the bank has been focusing on the recovery front, especially on wilful defaulters.
When asked about the benefit to the bank from a second round of recapitalisation of state-run banks for their lending in the consumer durables space, a senior bank officer said Dena Bank may get nearly Rs 250 crore.
A media report this morning said the Ministry of Finance was contemplating infusion of additional capital of up to 10 per cent for the lending done by the banks under the 'funding for lending' scheme, wherein the government made banks reduce rates on consumer durable and 2-wheeler loans to boost the sagging growth and get additional capital infusions.


text: Share this page: Share on facebook Share on twitter Visit Contents Hours Admission Exhibit Renovation Become a Member Group Visits Parking and Trolley For Families Helpful Information Special Experiences Located on Main Street in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country's most popular destinations and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world. Standing as a three-story red brick building on Main Street, the Museum opened its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939. The Hall of Fame has stood as the definitive repository of the game's treasures and as a symbol of the most profound individual honor bestowed on an athlete. It is every fan's "Field of Dreams" with its stories, legends and magic to be passed on from generation to generation. Exhibits are subject to closure, and all exhibits may not be open during the time of your visit. Any special closings will be posted here. Want to start planning your trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum right away? Request a brochure Become a member and enjoy free admission year-round Hours To the top The Museum is open 7 days a week. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Summer Hours: May 29 through Sept. 4 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Regular Hours: Labor Day through Memorial Day Weekend 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Giamatti Research Center Hours Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. November 1 - March 1, Wednesday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Plaque Gallery and Museum Bookstore will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 2. There is something for everyone at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame) Share this image: Share on facebook Share on twitter Admission To the top Museum Members Free Adults (13-64) $23.00 Seniors (65+) $15.00 Children (7-12) $12.00 Veterans $12.00 Active/ Career Retired Military Free Children (6 and under) Free Purchase Prepaid Tickets Online or call 607.547.0397 (service fees apply)Admission rates are subject to change. Hall of Fame lobby and ticket booth (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame) Share this image: Share on facebook Share on twitter Exhibit Renovation To the top The Grandstand Theater remains closed at this time. Please be assured that the visitor experience will not be interrupted by this closure. Share this image: Share on facebook Share on twitter Become a Member To the top Relive. Celebrate. Join. Through the Hall of Fame's Membership Program, baseball fans from around the country and around the world can help preserve, honor and connect the National Pastime for generations to come, while receiving great benefits including free admission year-round and a subscription to Memories and Dreams magazine. Join Now Memories and Dreams magazine (Milo Stewart, Jr/National Baseball Hall of Fame) Share this image: Share on facebook Share on twitter Group Visits To the top Minimum Group Size Adults (19-64) $21.00 20 Seniors (65+) $13.50 20 Youth (13-18)* $11.00 10 Junior (7-12)* $10.25 10 *One adult chaperone is required per every 10 - Junior, Youth or Camp Groups. Groups must make advance reservations • Group Reservation Form • Youth Group Reservation Form For more information on group visits, call (607) 547-0312. School groups should contact our Education Department Parking and Trolley To the top Parking Parking is extremely scarce on Main Street and the surrounding streets. In addition, parking is limited to two hours on Main Street and most other streets in the Village of Cooperstown and is STRICTLY ENFORCED. During summer months, a limited amount of all-day and hourly parking is available, provided by the village of Cooperstown, for a fee in Doubleday Field Parking Lot. This centrally-located parking lot is accessible from Chestnut Street (south of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce) or from Main Street (next to the Key Bank Building). This lot is a paid lot daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day. Parking in this lot costs $2.00 per hour with a maximum fee of $14.00 per day. Tickets can be purchased at either entrance as early as 7 a.m.. Tickets purchased before 9 a.m. are time stamped to begin at 9 a.m. Trolley Lot Map (Village of Cooperstown) Share this image: Share on facebook Share on twitter TROLLEY For an enjoyable and hassle-free visit to Cooperstown we recommend you take advantage of the free parking areas and ride the Trolley. The Trolleys will bring you to the Museums, Main Street shopping, and other points of interest. Trolley tickets cost $2.00 per person and can be used for unlimited rides on a given day. • Blue Lot: just south of the Village on State Route 28 • Yellow Lot: just northwest of the Village on State Route 80 • Red Lot: accessed from Glen Avenue (Routes 28/80) near Maple Street All three lots are serviced by the Village of Cooperstown Trolley System. Trolley tickets cost $2.00 per person and can be used for unlimited rides on a given day. Season trolley passes are also available for individuals and families. 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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS were forced to postpone the last four shows of their summer tour after lead singer Scott Weiland was diagnosed with "inflamed vocal cords."The band was scheduled to perform last night (Tuesday, September 13) at the Taft Theater in Cincinnati, Ohio. But per Weiland's physician's diagnosis, Scott was put on immediate vocal rest. Dr. Sid Khosla, director of the UC Health Voice Center in Cincinnati, said, "Today myself, Dr. Eva Van Leer and ENT Dr. Keith Casper consulted with Mr. Weiland. Upon a video stroboscopy, we determined his left vocal cord has likely scarring and his right vocal cord is tremendously inflamed. With such a heavy concert schedule and vocal activity, we determined that Mr. Weiland could potentially run the risk of a vocal hemorrhage or suffer permanent damage, hence putting him on complete vocal rest."
Refunds will be issued at point of purchase. STP released its sixth album last year after a nine-year break from the studio. The band's last effort before that, "Shangri-La-Dee-Da", came out in 2001.
The quartet reunited in 2008 for a successful world tour following a six-year hiatus.


text: The BIOS is where you can custom control your performance environment, and where the overclocker finds themselves at home. Tweaking the BIOS has always been my favorite way to tweak your systems performance, but with today's much hotter running CPUs you need an intense after market cooling solution with liquid solutions being the most optimal, if not economical way to go if want to get your system seriously tweaked. The board features the AI overclocking option, which is a unique option offered in the BIOS that enables quick overclocking of up to 30% (depends on CPU and RAM). The AI overclocking automatically detects and optimizes every relevant parameter to provide both performance and stability. This is a very good feature that will allow new users to Overclock their system within a controlled environment that will not burn up their board and or CPU. You can manually adjust the CPU Core Voltage Adjustments in 0.025V increments above the default value; this feature is used for increased stability when increasing the CPUs FSB speed. I was able to push my FX-53 up to 2.5GHz without the use of a after market CPU cooler.


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Wright Twp. man charged with stealing from sister
A Wright Township man has been charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing jewelry from his sister, according to court documents.
Kenneth Paul Cromer, 54, of 1 Anne St., is accused of stealing a trinket bag from his sister, Marijo Slembarski, also of the address, sometime between Feb. 27 and last Friday.
Slembarski told police Cromer went into her bedroom and stole a trinket bag containing four rings worth $3,500, according to a police affidavit.
Police contacted Mountain Top Gold & Coin at 80 N. Mountain Blvd. and discovered Cromer had sold two of the rings there for $100, according to the complaint. Police also discovered Cromer had sold a third ring to Main Street Trading Post at 102 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, for $120.
Cromer is charged with felony theft and receiving stolen property. He was booked into the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with bail set at $2,500.
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Real Housewives of Atlanta
Which Housewife Posted An Adorable Flashback Pic With Her Mom?
With all the focus on the Atlanta housewives adult drama, sometimes it's easy to forget that these ladies were once innocent children themselves. Before they had to deal with booty battles and bogus boyfriends, they were just the cute kids living a normal life.
So that's why it's a refreshing surprise to see that this housewife posted a throwback photo of herself along with her mother, who, we have to say, is rocking a pretty 80s-tastic 'do! Work that retro look, girl!
Think you know who the little lady with her mama is? Click on for the reveal to see if you're right!


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – All those teams who were hoping to add Kendrys Morales to their lineups for the final four months of the season — cough, cough Mariners — will have to look elsewhere.
The full-time designated hitter and once-a-week first baseman is finally off the market. On Saturday, multiple outlets reported Morales had reached an agreement with the Minnesota Twins on a one-year contract for a prorated $12 million. Morales will make just under $8 million this season.
The deal isn't official since it's pending a physical. Even with his injury issues in the past and indifference to offseason conditioning, it seems unlikely Morales would fail the physical. He will join the Twins immediately.
"We've always liked the guy," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire told reporters. "We know he can hit. He's always been able to hit. A run producer. We all know he's out there, and we all know everybody is trying to talk to him. Hopefully he comes our way. That would be wonderful."
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The Twins need a designated hitter after Chris Colabello was sent to the minor leagues. Colabello had a sizzling April, batting .295 with 27 runs batted in, but hit just .125 since and struck out 24 times in 56 at-bats.
It seems like a massive letdown for Morales and a failure for agent Scott Boras. The Mariners offered Morales a three-year, $30 million extension toward the end of last season. Boras, who rarely has his players agree to extensions, turned it down. The Mariners then made a free-agent qualifying offer to Morales of one year, $14.1 million, which was also turned down. There are reports after that Seattle then offered a two-year, $20 million offer to Morales, which was also met with a "no."
Unfortunately that's what a lot of teams said to Morales in the offseason despite hitting .275 with 23 homers and 80 RBI last season. Because he turned down a qualifying offer from the Mariners, any team signing him would have to give up its first-round pick of the 2014 draft to Seattle. That caveat was lifted once the 2014 draft began Thursday. It's no surprise that Morales agreed to a deal just two days later.
The Mariners, Rangers and Brewers, who were also reportedly interested, will try the trade market to find hitting help.
K is for Kluber
Who is the best pitcher no one has heard of in the American League? The honor might go to Indians right-hander Corey Kluber.
The 28-year-old Texas native put together a stellar month of May, going 4-0 with a 2.09 earned-run average. In 43 innings pitched, he struck out 60 and issued just seven unintentional walks.
It's the most strikeouts in the month of May since Curt Schilling struck out 62 in 2002 for Arizona.
The last time an Indians pitcher struck out 60 hitters in a month? That honor belonged to Dennis Eckersley, who struck out 60 in September 1976.
"His stuff is so dominant, and it's not just stuff, it's location," said Indians manager Terry Francona. "When he comes in, he comes in hard. That's really impressive. He throws to both sides of the plate, with power and with late movement. The ball gets two feet from the plate, and it goes both ways."
Kluber is 6-3 overall, with a 3.23 ERA on the season and working toward earning a trip to the All-Star Game.
"Consistency," he said. "That's always been my goal, to be consistent from start to start."
Around the league
• On Wednesday, Los Angeles Angels starter Garrett Richards rolled through the second inning in brilliant and domination fashion against the Houston Astros. Richard struck out Jon Singleton (swinging), Matt Dominguez (looking) and Chris Carter (swinging) on a total of nine pitches.
He became fourth major-league pitcher this season and the 74th since 1876 to strike out the side on nine pitches in a regular-season game. Richards continued the domination throughout the start, pitching eight shutout innings, allowing just four hits and striking out nine. Of his 107 pitches thrown, 80 were strikes.
Richard is 5-2 with a 3.25 ERA in 12 starts for the Angels.
• With hard-throwing reliever Alexi Ogando being shut down and placed on the disabled list with elbow inflammation, the Rangers have used the disabled list 18 times this season, most in the majors.
• The Cardinals lead the majors in games called for rain and rain delays this season, enduring eight canceled games and nine rain delays totaling 11 hours, 22 minutes. Starter Michael Wacha has had 6 hours, 30 minutes of rain interruptions in his starts — most of the starters on the team.
• Former Mariner and Walla Walla native Eric O'Flaherty is inching closer to returning to the big leagues for the Oakland A's. O'Flaherty threw one scoreless inning — striking out the side — for Class A Stockton in his first rehab outing. O'Flaherty is recovering from season-ending Tommy John surgery in May 2013. He signed a two-year, $7 million contract with the A's despite the injury.
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Since I've moved to Ankeny, I haven't gone to a Doctor yet. I need to set an appt. for something today and am wondering if any of the places in Ankeny are fine or am I better going somewhere in DSM. Ankeny is more convenient, but if the DSM places are much better, its something to consider. Anyone who's had experience and has comments, it would be great to hear them.
Thanks in advance.
Mercy North on 1st Street up near the interstate is a very nice place. I have used it as a walk in when I've needed it a couple of times and have been pleased with the care I've received.
I have gone to both the urgent care/walk-in clinic and family health care at Mercy north on 1st st. -both are nice.
My insurance is covered at Mercy, so I might set something up there. I do work in DSM, so I was thinking about scheduling around work, but if I ever had to go in on a Saturday, I'd be driving further then.
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My insurance is covered at Mercy, so I might set something up there. I do work in DSM, so I was thinking about scheduling around work, but if I ever had to go in on a Saturday, I'd be driving further then.
Does it really matter that much?
I work downtown, so if Im not feeling well during the day, I just walk down the skywalk to the Mercy Quick Care clinic (or whatever they call them) in the Equitable Bldg.
My regular Dr is on the south side, so if I need to schedule an appt that works well too.
My house in in NW Des Moines, and there is a clinic within walking distance from my home. If I have an unexpected issues, I go there.
Isn't the key to find a good primary doctor (which is why I still go to a southside clinic even though I live in NW DSM)? The other stuff is just a matter of convenience.
They have hot nurses at Mercy North!!!
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Butler vs.
Tuesday, February 14, 7 p.m. (ET)
Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind.
Game Notes | Live Stats | Video | Audio | Tickets
Butler, coming off a successful two-game trip to Ohio, will begin
its final homestand of the season when it hosts long-time Horizon
League foe Loyola on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The Valentine's
Day contest against the Ramblers will tip at 7 p.m. (ET) at Hinkle
Fieldhouse and will be televised in central Indiana on
WNDY-TV. The Bulldogs, who swept both Youngstown State and
Cleveland State on the road last week, are locked in a battle for
third place in the Horizon League with Detroit and Youngstown
State. All three stand 9-6 in league play, and each trails
league-leading Valparaiso (11-4) and second place Cleveland State
(10-4) with two weeks of league play remaining. Butler
maintained its position in the title chase with victories over
Youngstown State, 68-59, and Cleveland State, 52-49, in its last
two league contests. The two wins lifted the Bulldogs to
15-12 on the season and to 3-1 in February. Butler and Loyola
will be meeting for the second time in four weeks. The
Bulldogs captured the first meeting in Chicago, 63-57, on Jan.
21. The Ramblers (6-18, 1-13 HL) picked up their first
Horizon League victory with a 78-69 decision over UIC last
weekend. Following Tuesday's game, Butler will take a
break from Horizon League play to host Indiana State in Sears
BracketBuster X. The two state foes will meet at Hinkle
Fieldhouse on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. (ET). The Bulldogs
will close out their final homestand against UIC on Tuesday, Feb.
Butler has had 10-plus conference wins in a league-record six consecutive seasons.
HOUSE WORK: The Bulldogs, who have played six of their last eight games on the road, will play three of their final four regular season contests at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler is 8-5 at the Fieldhouse this season with wins in four of it's last six home games. Since Brad Stevens took over as head coach, Butler is 64-10 at Hinkle Fieldhouse, and 38-5 in Horizon League regular season home games.
Butler is 160-24 at Hinkle Fieldhouse since the start of the 1999-2000 season.
TOURNAMENT CHECK: The 2012 Horizon League Tournament will begin on Feb. 28 with four games at campus sites. The top two teams in the final league standings receive first-round byes. The No. 3 seed will host No. 10, No. 4 will host No. 9, No. 5 will host No. 8 and No. 6 will host No. 7 in the first round.
STATE SWEEP: Butler used two strong defensive efforts to pull off back-to-back wins in Ohio last week. The Bulldogs limited Youngstown State, the Horizon League leader in three-point field goals, to a season-low three baskets from beyond the three-point arc and just 17.6% (3-17) three-point shooting. Two days later, Butler held Cleveland State to 18 points in the first half and 49 points for the game. The Bulldogs limited the host Vikings to 24% shooting in the first 20 minutes, including an 0-9 effort from beyond the three-point arc, while building a 10-point halftime lead. Butler then held Cleveland State to just one field goal in the final six minutes. The two wins lifted Butler to 3-0 in Ohio this season.
HIGH IMPACT: Sophomore Chrishawn Hopkins and freshman Kameron Woods combined on two of the game's biggest plays in the closing minutes of Butler's victory at Cleveland State. The first came with just over a minute-and-a-half remaining and the score tied at 49-49. Woods rebounded a missed layup by teammate Roosevelt Jones and passed it back to Hopkins, who banked in a short jump shot to give Butler the lead for good. Then, with 12 seconds remaining and Cleveland State in possession of the ball, Hopkins deflected a Vikings' pass and it was picked up by Woods, who was immediately fouled. The Butler forward made one of two free throws for the final margin.
CAREER DAYS: Butler picked up career-best performances from a couple of freshmen on the team's successful trip to northeast Ohio. First-year forward Roosevelt Jones (right) helped power the Bulldogs past Cleveland State with a career-high 17 points, including a 7-10 performance at the free throw line. That scoring total topped his previous high of 16 points, which he accomplished three times in Butler's previous seven games. And guard Jackson Aldridge, who had just one double-figures scoring performance since Jan. 1, came off the bench and matched his collegiate scoring-high with 15 points at Youngstown State. His 15 points matched the total he compiled in Butler's victory at Stanford just before Christmas.
RETURN ADDRESS: Sophomore Khyle Marshall, who missed consecutive Butler games against Detroit and Youngstown State with concussion symptoms, returned to action against Cleveland State and immediately made his presence felt. The 6-6 forward came off the bench with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds, including four offensive boards, in 24 minutes to help lift Butler past the Vikings. It was his highest scoring total since Jan. 21, when he scored 14 points at Loyola.
SHORT LIST: Senior Ronald Nored (top right) led the Bulldogs with a career-high 11 rebounds at Youngstown State. It was the third time this season that the 6-0 point-guard led the Bulldogs in rebounding and the fourth time for his career. He also led the Bulldogs with six assists at Youngstown State and with four assists at Cleveland State. This season, Nored became just the second player in Butler basketball history (5-9 point-guard Thomas Jackson, 1998-2002, is the other) to record 400 career points, 400 career rebounds and 400 career assists.
Ronald Nored has had career-highs for points (18), rebounds (11) and assists (9) in Butler's last 15 games.
THREE FREE: Butler won at Cleveland State, despite the fact that the Bulldogs didn't hit a single three-point field goal in the game. The Bulldogs were 0-8 from beyond the three-point arc and were out-scored 15-0 on three-pointers. The last time Butler won a game without the aid of a three-point field goal was at Bradley in the 1999 NIT. The Bulldogs won that game, 51-50, despite going 0-3 from long-range.
Butler is 7-2 all-time when not hitting a three-point field goal.
CENTURY CLUB: Ronald Nored and Garrett Butcher became just the fourth senior class in Butler basketball history to record 100 career victories. The two have helped Butler to a 102-32 record during their four seasons in the program. Willie Veasley and Nick Rodgers (2006-10) are Butler's all-time winningest class with 118 victories, while Matt Howard, Zach Hahn, Shawn Vanzant, Grant Leiendecker and Alex Anglin (2007-11) finished with 117. Darnell Archey, Joel Cornette, Lewis Curry and Mike Moore (1999-2003) finished with 100 wins.
TOP TEN: Brad Stevens became the tenth coach in Horizon League history to record 125 career victories while a member of the league earlier this season. He enters Butler's game against Loyola in eighth place on the league's overall wins list with 132 career victories, one ahead of his former boss Todd Lickliter (2001-07). Perry Watson of Detroit owns the league record with 261 victories from 1993 to 2008.
LOOKING AHEAD: Butler will face longtime foe Indiana State in this year's Sears BracketBuster X on Saturday, Feb. 18. The game at Hinkle Fieldhouse will tip at 2 p.m. (ET) and will be televised on WNDY-TV. The Bulldogs, 4-3 all-time in BracketBusters' games, are returning to the late season event after a one-year absence.
•Butler had a season-high nine blocked shots in last month's game at Loyola. Sophomore Khyle Marshall led the way with a career-high three blocked shots, while junior Andrew Smith added a pair of blocks.
•Senior Ronald Nored stands second on Butler's all-time list for steals (193), 14 behind career-leader Thomas Jackson (207 from 1998-2002).
•Ronald Nored ranks third in the Horizon League in steals (1.9).
•Ronald Nored ranks second in the Horizon League in assists (4.8), and he stands third in assist/turnover ratio (1.7).
•Ronald Nored has averaged 4.7 assists and 4.0 rebounds in his six career games against Loyola. He's only had one career double-figures scoring performance against the Ramblers, and that came last month when he led the Bulldogs with 16 points.
•Junior Andrew Smith has shot .598 from the field, .474 from beyond the three-point arc and averaged 12.4 points in Butler's 15 wins this season.
•Andrew Smith is averaging a team-best 11.8 points at home this season.
•Andrew Smith pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds in last month's game at Loyola. It's the highest rebound total for a Butler player in league play this season.
•Sophomore Khyle Marshall continues to lead the Bulldogs in field goal shooting (.545). He's fifth in the Horizon League.
•Sophomore Chase Stigall came off the bench with 10 points in 12 minutes against Loyola in last year's game at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
•Sophomore Chrishawn Hopkins scored a team-high 19 points at Youngstown State. It was his top point total since late November when he tallied 19 points at Indiana.
•Chrishawn Hopkins matched his career-high with four steals at Cleveland State.
• Chrishawn Hopkins has hit 20 of his last 22 free throw attempts.
•Freshman Roosevelt Jones has scored in double-figures in four of Butler's last five games. He's averaged 13.2 points over that stretch.
•Roosevelt Jones leads the Bulldogs and ranks seventh in the Horizon League in rebounding (6.2).
•Roosevelt Jones ranks third in the Horizon League in offensive rebounds (2.7). He's had 17 offensive rebounds in Butler's last five games.
•Butler head coach Brad Stevens ranks seventh on the Horizon League's all-time list for league victories. He enters this week with 71 career league victories, one behind former Loyola coach Gene Sullivan (1980-89) in sixth place on the all-time list.


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BOSTON A record number of Massachusetts residents could head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the highly contested presidential and U.S. Senate races.
Secretary of State William Galvin, the state's top election official, said on Monday that he expects up to 74 percent of eligible Massachusetts voters to cast ballots Tuesday.
He based that figure on historical trends, registration numbers and absentee ballot applications.
"My best estimate now, based on all these, is that the turnout [Tuesday] — the total turnout as a result of the election — will be between 3.1 and 3.2 million votes cast in Massachusetts," Galvin said.
Galvin said the high turnout could cause lines and delays.
The state's current turnout record of 3.1 million voters was set in the 2008 election.
— Click here to find your polling location and view a sample ballot.
— And here's a list of Massachusetts municipalities with extended polling hours.