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Third home on Plum Island demolished after weekend storm
A bulldozer broke down the precarious remains of another Plum Island home this morning, marking the third Newbury house that has fallen victim to last week's destructive nor'easter.
All three houses were in the hard-hit Annapolis Way area, said Susan Noyes, assistant town clerk. The other two houses, 31 and 41 Annapolis Way, were demolished Sunday.
In all, 13 homes in the area have been deemed uninhabitable and at least 40 other houses are considered at risk from erosion, which threatens to undermine their foundations, the Globe reported today.
The home demolished today, at 37 Annapolis Way, was owned by Thomas Nee, who managed to remove several personal belongings before the structure was destroyed, Noyes said.
"It really wasn't [inhabitable] so he decided that rather than invest more money he would determine what his next steps would be,'' she said.

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PhotoshopCAFE Digital Downloads now on Amazon s3
PhotoshopCAFE is excited to announce that we are now using the Amazon s3 cloud to deliver our digital downloads. What this means to our customers, is more reliable downloads, better speed and the security of Amazon's servers. We have updated our entire download infrastructure and customers will enjoy the best possible download experience for our training products, starting today. More info
Speaking at Imaging USA
So, way to start the year! I just got back from Hawaii on Saturday night, then off to AZ on Sunday Morning. I'm getting ready for day 2 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Imaging USA is the PPA (Professional Photographers Of America) national trade show. They have a number of other regional shows, but this one is their biggest and they have it every year. Although it's for members, the event is open to the public. The event features a trade show, print contests, award ceremonies and educational classes. more
PhotoshopCAFE Destination CC Tour, sells out!
PhotoshopCAFE's Colin Smith hit the road with a 7 city tour. Austin, Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Seattle, San Jose and Los Angles. This tour was such a success that some cities were sold-out weeks before and up to 150 on waiting lists. This was great for only our second PhotoshopCAFE tour. (Sponsored by Adobe). The fianl event was filmed live in Hollywood Californaia and is available as a Digital video or DVD.
Aerial Photography and video with the GoPro and DJI Phantom Quadcopter
I just got back from Photoshop World. It was huge success and I had great feedback from all my classes. I have posted some of the videos from the Pre Conference session that I taught with Adobe's Principal Creative Director, Russell Brown. It was aerial photography and video with the DJI Phantom Quadcopter more
PhotoshopCAFE Route CS6 Tour a Success
We just returned from a whirlwind tour of the East Coast. I had a fantastic time. it was great to visit Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington DC, Miami, Boston and New York City. I have been teaching full-day Photoshop seminars to photographers and designers.
PhotoshopCAFE about to begin a 30 City Tour
Get your motor running! Blazing speed – breath-taking quality with Photoshop CS6.
Something big and exciting is coming to 15 cities this summer! PhotoshopCAFE is hitting the open road, with the hottest Photoshop CS6 techniques. Sponsored by Adobe Systems, this inspiring never-before seen tour will equip you to get the best results, at a fraction of the time. Award-winning digital imaging expert, Colin Smith is presenting a full-day seminar that will turbo charge your skills. Join us this July and August for the must-see Photoshop event of the year! more
CS6 Launch site is live
PhotoshopCAFE launches it's 3rd Creative Suite launch site minutes after the adobe announcement. Started on the release of CS4, this is now a tradition, where photoshopCAFE pulls together the very best experts in the world. The result is a micro-site that covers all the main products in the creative suite. If users want to know what's new in the suite, this is the best free resource out there. more…
PhotoshopCAFE.com Acquisition of Leading Publisher, Software Cinema
PhotoshopCAFE.com, one of the leading online Photoshop, design and photography resources announced today the acquisition of the industry leading training company Software Cinema.
Software Cinema (http://www.software-cinema.com) is rich in heritage being founded by the much celebrated late photographer Dean Collins, who was the leading educator in photographic lighting techniques. Dean pioneered photographic seminars and created techniques for teaching lighting. He is considered by the best-known luminaries' in the industry as the leading voice in photographic education. Dean created the Finelight and Software Cinema brands of DVD based training as well as the live Training Camp tours.
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PhotoshopCAFE hits Vegas for Photoshop World
Read the report of PhotoshopCAFE at Photoshop World and Vegas here
Colin has 2 sessions at WPPI
Both of Colin's sessions were packed to capacity. They consisted of Photoshop for Wedding and portait photographers and new features of Photoshop CS4. Both sessions were sponsored by Adobe.
PhotoshopCAFE booth at WPPI is a roaring success.
PhotoshopCAFE is mainly an online resource, but we are starting to gain an amazing amount of traction and attention at trade shows. We are starting to get flooded with people at a rate we can hardly keep up with.
Colin selected by NVIDIA to appear in marketing campaign
Colin Smith was selected by NVIDIA to be the face of Adobe Photoshop. He is featured in their marketing campaigns. This includes video interviews, posters, magazine ads and online marketing campaign. NVIDIA chose 15 industry leaders to feature on a new website, Speak Visual. Colin was selected as oneof the 15 featured alongside Joshua Davis, Ocean Quigley, the creater of the Spore video game and other industry
Speaking at the Create Chaos Conference
Colin had a number of sessions at the conference.
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PhotoshopCAFE has a channel on Adobe TV.
Say hello to PhotoshopCAFE TV
I'm proud to announce that PhotoshopCAFE now has it's own channel on Adobe TV.
We will be adding new content on a regular basis. Look for this to expand into a full podcast with live footage and all that, when I find the time. Check out some episodes
Colin Speaks at the Creative Suite Conference in Nashville
Speaking at the Pixel Conference in Miami
Colin also was on the panel of judges with Deke McClelland and Sandy Cohen for a design realted reality show. more
Colin Smith featured in After Capture Magazine
Colin is featured in an article in the latest issue. Victoria Vestal (National Geographic, After Capture), has written up a really good article, which tells his story and shows a few of his latest creations. [only omission: he grew up in NZ.] Check out After Capture Magazine. This magazine is all about Photographic Post-Production, from the same people who bring you Rangefinder. You can subscribe for free.
You can download the pdf of the interview.
Heading back to Disney ABC Studios to conduct a 2 day training on Photoshop.
Colin Speaker at Flash Forward and Judge at Flash Forward Film Festival:
SEP 2007: see photos here
Colin featured as spotlight interview on Renderosity home page.
Read the interview here
Colin on his own tour. The Flash CS3 Summer camp tour. Sponsored by Adobe and Lynda.com. Tour is sold out! 3 Cities: Dallas, Portland and Atlanta
Colin Speaks at the Cre8 Conference
Colin Speaking at Vector Conference and Pixel Conference
How to Wow for Flash Training Disks, featuring 9 hours of Flash training
PhotoshopCAFE gets You tube channel
Launched CS3 Beta Launch site
Colin Smith featured in Photoshop Creative Magazine Issue 11
Colin teaching at Ignite 2006 (and 07, 08 and09)
Colin Smith to teach 8 Photoshop sessions and conduct a keynote presentation to 350 students from 40 schools, at Pepperdine University at Malibu
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Photos from Malibu
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PhotoshopCAFE is the top story on their news. The focus is on the training videos and what great value for money they are. The forums are also covered in a seperate article in the same magazine.
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Advanced Photoshop Magazine 2 page spread profiling Colin's work JAN/FEB 2006:
Computer Arts Projects Photoshop (78) Case Study on Colin Smith
Colin's Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration Featured on Cover Disk of Computer Arts Magazine Issue 117 (Dec 05)
Colin Smith is a tipster in the Hot Tips Issue of Photoshop User Magazine
Colin's Photoshop CS2 For Digital Photographers CDfeatured on the cover disk of Computer Arts Magazine
Version 3 launched of PhotoshopCAFE
Digital Photographer magazine (Issue 37 – Nov 2005) 4 page article on Colin Smith's Photorealistic Photoshop work. Download PDF
Colin's new book Complete Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers is now avaliable!
Colin Teaching 3 hour seminar on Digital Imaging at MacFair California.
PhotoshopCAFE booth a hit at Photoshop World 2005 Boston
Colin has teamed up with Weston Maggio from Wacom to produce a new training video on Photoshop and the Wacom Tablet
PhotoshopCAFE founder, Colin Smith Nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame at Photoshop World 2005, Las Vegas
Colin speaks at Deviant Art Summit at the Hollywood Palladium.
Photoshop Secrets: CS2 For Digital Photographers
NOW SHIPPING. 43 Video Tutorials to help you master Photoshop CS2. more info
Colin writes How to Do Everything With PhotoshopCS2 (McGraw-Hill)
Colin teaches 12 hours at PIDE (Photo Imaging and Design Expo) at San Diego Convention Center. Preconference session plus 2 hands-on labs.
Speaking at Apple store in Santa Monica
Speaking at "Red Rock Revival" Strata users conference
Colin named "One of the world's leading photoshop artists" byComputer Arts Magazine
Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration
Build stunning websites using Photoshop and Dreamweaver. This DVD is taking the world by storm! Featured in both Computer Arts and Practical Web Projects Magazines cover disks.
Winners announced
for 5th Photoshopcafe Photoshop Design Challenge
Colin Speaking at Long Beach Convertion Center at DL Expo
Colins Tips article in Practical Web Projects
Shawn King from "Your Mac Life" caught up with Colin at Times Square New York at DL Expo and at the Apple SoHo Store in NYC Hear the interview.
Colin is finalist in the MacWorld Design contest. His Guitar imge on tour for 1 year in the USA.
Lynda Weinman (Lynda.com) and Colin Smith (PhotoshopCAFE) Join lineup of speakers for 2003 MacFair
Colin wins GURU Award for 1st place in Illustration and finalist in Web Design at the 2002 Photoshop World Convention
Colin on Front Page (Business section) Tulsa World
Colin wins GURU Award. 1st palce for llustration at the 2001 Photoshop World Convention in Los Angeles
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Labour leadership contenders steer left in TV debate
Labour's leadership contenders vied for the 'socialist' tag as they took part in a live televised debate on Sunday.
The five candidates all took on board the label, which arguably would have been seen as a damaging admission to make at the height of New Labour.
Favourite David Miliband told the audience in Norwich he was a socialist 'because what we can do together is more than we can do separately'.
His brother, Ed, said: 'We need to be able to criticise the injustices of capitalism'. And schools spokesman Ed Balls said: 'We're stronger stood together'.
Andy Burnham said he wanted to change the 'postcode of the bed you're born in still defining life chances', while outsider Diane Abbott told the Sky News debate that socialism 'means making society more equal'. They lined up to savage New Labour, with Ed Miliband saying it had, like Old Labour, 'become conservative and stuck in the past'.
Mr Burnham, shadow health secretary, warned that Labour had become 'dangerously disconnected' from people, adding: 'It looked at times that we were on the side of big business.'
Summing up, David Miliband said he stood for 'a moral economy' and 'the redistribution of power' while Mr Balls insisted he was the only candidate 'who has set out a credible, but also a radical, plan on jobs and housing'.
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In a statement issued last night (6 September), the press watchdog said it was in "continuing dialogue with Prince Harry's representatives", but stressed as yet it had not received a formal complaint.
It said: "The Commission would be best placed to understand these issues – including the circumstances in which the photographs were taken – with the formal involvement of Prince Harry's representatives.
"In addition, an investigation by the Commission, without consent, would have the potential itself to pose an intrusion."
The Sun was the only British newspaper to publish the photos taken in a Las Vegas hotel room of Britain's third in line to the throne after an advisory note had been issued by the PCC.The Commission received around 3,800 complaints that the publication by The Sun raised a breach of Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors' Code of Practice, and said it was "grateful" to the many members of the public who have expressed concerns.
In its latest statement, the press watchdog, whose future remains uncertain ahead of Lord Leveson's recommendations to Government later this year, sought to spell out how it had responded to the unfolding situation.
It read: "On 22 August the Commission issued an advisory notice drawing to editors' attention the concerns of Prince Harry's representatives, on privacy grounds, about the potential publication of the photographs in the UK press.
"The advisory notice system provides a means to help individuals who find themselves at the centre of a news story to communicate their concerns that the Editors' Code of Practice is being breached or may be breached in forthcoming coverage.
"These notices do not prohibit publication; they help editors to make well-informed decisions about how to cover the news in a way that meets their obligations under the Code. In this instance, as always, the decision whether or not to publish remained with the editor of each publication.
"In addition, as the story was unfolding the Commission provided advice, on request, to editors about the relevant issues under the Code…Publications were reminded that they would be required to justify any decision to publish should the Commission later undertake a formal investigation.
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Initial Public OfferingOn July 27, 2012, following the end of the second quarter of 2012, the Company successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) of common shares at $13.00 per share. The Company issued 6,708,332 shares of common stock, including 874,999 shares sold to the underwriters in the IPO pursuant to their over-allotment option. The Company received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $79.4 million after underwriter discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. These net proceeds have been used to repay approximately $79.4 million of the Company's loans outstanding under the Company's credit facility. The total outstanding debt under the credit facility after the repayment was approximately $5.0 million. Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results Revenue increased $10.5 million, or 32.0%, to $43.5 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to $33.0 million in the second quarter of 2011. The increase was driven by $10.1 million in incremental revenue from an additional 113 operating weeks provided by eleven new restaurants opened during and subsequent to the second quarter of 2011. Comparable restaurant sales increased 1.9% during the second quarter of 2012. The increase was driven by a 1.6% increase in average check and a 0.3% increase in average weekly customers. Total restaurant operating costs decreased as a percent of revenues to 78.8% in the second quarter of 2012 from 79.7% in the second quarter of 2011, driven largely by the impact of favorable food costs, particularly produce and dairy costs, partially offset by increases in labor and occupancy costs at certain non-comparable restaurants. Net income available to common stockholders for the second quarter of 2012 was $31,000, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared to $8,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2011. Pro forma net income increased 39.9% to $2.7 million, or $0.17 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2012, from $2.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2011. A reconciliation between GAAP net income and pro forma net income is included in the accompanying financial data.
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Red Alert for Buyout and Venture Funds: Fair Value Measurements Adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on September 2006 ("FAS 157")
FAS 157 requires that fair values be based on the perspective of a "market participant." Consideration of the market participant's viewpoint in fair value estimates is not new; the use of market-participant assumptions is mandated in Statements 141, 142, and 144. For example, when determining fair value in the context of an impairment, both Statements 142 and 144 provide for the use of market participant assumptions when that information is "available without undue cost and effort." Otherwise, an entity's own assumptions may be used.
• Question: How complex is the Statement, with particular reference to private companies in the portfolio of buyout and venture funds? Does it simply repeat the ancient maxim... "fair value is determined by the board of directors, taking into account all the facts and circumstances"?
• Answer: The Statement is highly complex. Thus, while the Statement itself is 15 pages long, the entire document, including five Appendices (counting the summary), is over 150 pages. Perhaps the most extraordinary is Appendix D in terms of complexity, which lists APB and FASB pronouncements existing as of the date of the Statement and which refer to fair value.
• Question: How many pronouncements are listed in Appendix D?
• Answer: 68. Appendix D goes on to say that, "those pronouncements [of the 68] that are amended by this Statement are indicated by an asterisk."
• Question: How many such pronouncements are "amended" by this Statement?
• Answer: 28.
• Question: Are the amendments indicated in the Appendices?
• Answer: Yes, in Appendix E. The amendments make up 52 pages.
• Question: Is the rationale behind the amendments such that one can derive lessons from the same? Does the elimination of certain language and substitution of an alternative shed light on the meaning of FAS 157, having in turn the potential to clear up ambiguities?
• Answer: Unclear. Take, for example, Amendment to FASB Statement No. 13, Para. 5C, which defines the term, "Fair value of the leased property." It strikes the following language:
price for which the property could be sold in an arm's length
between unrelated parties."
and substitutes the following language:
"The price that would be received to sell the property in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Market participants are buyers and sellers that are independent of the reporting entity, that is, they are not related parties at the measurement date."
• Question: What's the difference between the two definitions?
• Answer: Who knows?
• Question: Do you have to go to extraordinary lengths to establish fair value … spend big bucks?
• Answer: Yes. See Para. 86 of Appendix C.
C86. In this Statement, the Board clarified that the reporting entity need not undertake all possible efforts to obtain information about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability or otherwise establish the absence of contrary data indicating that market participants would use different assumptions. However, the reporting entity must not ignore information about market participant assumptions that is available within reasonable cost-benefit constraints." (Emphasis added.)
In my cynical view, "reasonable" is just this side of "all possible efforts."
• Question: If there are other accounting pronouncements pertaining to the metrics of establishing fair value, need the reporting entity refer to and/or take into account different paths to their value and what those different paths would come up with, distinct from the FAS 157-driven calculation?
• Answer: FAS 157 waffles on this issue, which obviously makes the laymen, if not the expert, nervous when things go wrong, e.g: With the help of 20/20 hindsight, plaintiffs' counsel will allege that Fair Value would have been better calculated if the reporting entity had canvassed the entire 68 pronouncements on Fair Value referred to in FAS 157, plus all the other guides out there... the PEIGG, for example.
Thus, the Statement indicates:
"35. The reporting entity is encouraged but not required, to combine the fair value information disclosed under this Statement with the fair value information disclosed under other accounting pronouncements (for example, FASB Statement No. 107, Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial Instruments) in the periods in which those disclosures are required, if practicable. The reporting entity also is encouraged, but not required, to disclose information about other similar measurements (for example, inventories measured at market value under ARB 43, Chapter 4), if practicable." (Emphasis added.)
Query: Can a clever complainant turn the failure to respond to "encouragement," into tortious conduct?
• Question: Is the trick for the reporting entity to find the appropriate valuation methodology and stick with it?
• Answer: Not necessarily. Implementation Guidance is contained in Appendix A. In Para. 13, the Guidance states that:
"In some cases, a single valuation technique will be appropriate. In other cases, multiple valuation techniques will be appropriate. If multiple valuation techniques are used, the reporting entity should evaluate the results (respective indications of fair value), considering the reasonableness of the range indicated by those results. The fair value measurement is the point within that range that is most representative of fair value in the circumstances."
• Question: Historically, private equity and venture funds have carried portfolio positions at the lower cost or "market," "market" meaning a write down in case the company is running on the rocks... an event which is often objectively observable because Newco is not meeting plan, projections are in the dumpster, the founder/CEO has been fired, etc. Write ups are infrequent because, absent a liquidity event or a financing at a valuation which is established by non-insiders, it is very hard to cut through internal optimism and establish realistic upticks. Is that practice still acceptable?
• Answer: No. The idea of holding a portfolio position at cost for any period of time is no longer an acceptable practice. Thus, in Appendix A, the Statement is made:
"This Statement clarifies that in many cases the transaction price, that is, the price paid (received) for a particular asset (liability), will represent the fair value of that asset (liability) at initial recognition, but not presumptively." (Emphasis added.)
• Question: Is cost not even presumed to represent fair value? In other words, can the reporting entity simply say that: "the best judgment of board of directors on fair value of portfolio company x is $[____], taking into account all the facts and circumstances" ... and leave it at that?
• Answer: Apparently not. Thus, the Guidelines state:
"Qualitative (narrative) disclosures about the valuation techniques used to measure fair value are required in all annual periods."
• Question: Does the Statement, including the Guidelines, indicate what kind of narrative disclosures are required?
• Answer: No. At least not for what the Statement and Guidelines refer to as "venture capital investments." The thrust of the entire statement, if measured by the number of words used and descriptive phrases deployed, is focused on positions for which some market, perhaps more than one market, exists. Obviously, in view of the recent events there is extraordinary pressure to come up with methodologies which fairly value structured finance products and derivatives. Failures accurately and transparently to value such items have disrupted credit markets around the world. Thus, in the Guidelines, Para. 25, talking about Level 3 Inputs which are "unobservable," there are five examples given, three of which being: long-dated currency swaps; three year options on exchange - traded shares; and interest rate swaps. With respect to all others, the Guidelines suggest finding the present value of discounted cash flows based on the reporting entity's (i) own data or (ii) forecasts.
• Question: If it is not practicable to measure fair value of a portfolio company, is it acceptable to say so?
• Answer: It does not appear to be likely that the auditing firm will issue its certificate if the reporting entity has thrown up its hands on a material asset in its portfolio. See Para. 22 in Appendix C, Background Information and Basis for Conclusions.
• Question: The Statement uses the term "exit price" throughout. This is deliberate, as I understand it.
• Answer: Yes. Quite clearly, in the buyout and venture fund context, this means the price (based on whatever methodologies are used) the fund would receive (not taking transaction costs into account) were it to sell its position to a willing buyer.
• Question: What happened to the old rules of thumb... lower of cost or market? That is clearly conservative, and thus, should avoid controversy, should it not?
• Answer: The notion of staying on the right side of the line by being conservative... i.e. carrying a portfolio company's securities at cost even though there is evidence that the business is on plan... is no longer acceptable. Indeed, no rules of thumb can be deemed controlling. The thought, up until FAS 157, was that you could not go wrong if you carried your investments at the lower of cost or a marked down value if, in the latter case, there was objective evidence that things were not on plan. Who could complain if the recording entity was ultra conservative? That notion is now out the window. You have to mark up as well as mark down. If you don't, you will not get the accountants' certificate.
Joseph W. Bartlett, Special Counsel, email@example.com
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McCarter & English, LLP is a firm of over 400 lawyers with offices in Boston, Hartford, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia and Wilmington. In continuous business for more than 160 years, we are among the oldest and largest law firms in America.
Clients come first at McCarter & English. Their goals and priorities are what count. Our job is to listen to our clients, stay on top of the frequent changes that can affect their goals, and implement the strategies that will lead to success. Applying this approach effectively and consistently requires dedication and constant attention to many details. This client-centered philosophy has served our clients well and is responsible for our success and stability.
We are honored to be the chosen law firm of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-market and emerging growth companies to individual people. When our clients do great things, we are pleased to get the assist.
Look for part 2 of this article in the next Buzz.
To read the entire article, please go to 10.15.7 FAS 157 Fair Value of Portfolio Companies of the Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital.


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CSU Monterey Bay student Stevie Rae Stephens auditioned for "American Idol" on FOX and will go on to Hollywood for competition.
The announcement was made on CSUMB's Facebook page. A picture of a beaming Stephens holding the "golden ticket" invitation was attached to the post.
In a YouTube video titled "Road to Hollywood," Stevens said she was originally from Livermore and was studying music recording technology, with hopes of earning a bachelor's and master's degree.
Former CSUMB music department coordinator Nicole Mendoza said she knew Stephens from when she was a prospective student.
"She is an amazing girl who is not only beautiful on the outside but has a wonderful voice and heart," said Mendoza.
"American Idol" airs at 8p.m. Wednesday and Thursday on FOX.
'Salad Bowl' topic of history series talk
Carmel Public Library's Local History Lecture Series continues at 7p.m. Feb. 12 with local agriculture expert Meg Clovis.
Clovis, cultural affairs manager with the Monterey County Parks Department and director of the Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum, presents "Salinas Valley: A History of America's Salad Bowl (1170 to Twenty-First Century)."
The lecture takes place at Carpenter Hall at the Sunset Center, Ninth Avenue and Mission Street in Carmel.
The event is free. Seating is on a first come first serve basis.
For information, call 624-1615.
Step Afrika steps it up at CSUMB performance
Step dance group Step Afrika performs at 7p.m. Feb. 21 at the CSU Monterey Bay World Theater, Sixth Avenue near A Street on the CSUMB campus in Seaside. Tickets are $15. For information, call 582-4580 or visit csumb.edu/ worldtheater.
Step Afrika is the first professional dance company devoted to stepping. The Washington, D.C.-based company focuses on the stepping tradition created by African American college students in the early 1900s.
Movie director Spike Lee devoted part of his 1988 film "School Daze" to the artform.
The performance is part of the university's Black History Month celebration.
Love tattoos, anyone?
Herald reporter and ArtBeat columnist Marcos Cabrera is looking for local residents with "love tattoos," or tattoo art inscribed with the name of a significant other.
Participants will be interviewed for a Valentine's Day story about love tattoos. They may also have their tattoos photographed for the story.
Interested participants can contact Cabrera at 646-4345, or email email@example.com. Include photo attachments in the email if possible.
Follow Marcos Cabrera on Twitter: @MarcosACabrera.


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Asexual reproduction is usually considered a way of life--an evolutionary choice a species makes when the drawbacks of sex outweigh its long-term benefits. But recent research has shown that in some insects, parthenogenesis--in which females give rise only to daughters and no males are born--is more of a sickness than a strategy. Now, in a paper in the latest Royal Society Proceedings: Biological Sciences, two Dutch entomologists claim that parthenogenesis may literally be contagious.
The culprit is Wolbachia, a bacterium that lives within the ovaries and testes of many arthropod species, playing havoc with sex lives and gender ratios. In some wasp species, Wolbachia has eliminated males altogether, by causing the egg to develop as a female. In wasps, the infection seemed to be inborn; in the lab, bacteria couldn't be transferred between wasps. That led researchers to speculate that the wasp and its parasite might have cospeciated: Whenever a wasp lineage diverged into two species, a new Wolbachia strain would then develop in each isolated wasp species.
Richard Stouthamer and Menno Schilthuizen of Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands collected 20 species of Trichogramma, a genus of minuscule wasps condemned by Wolbachia to perpetual asexual reproduction. After sequencing specific DNA regions in each, they drew evolutionary family trees for the insects and for the microbe. Because they found almost identical Wolbachia in distantly related wasp species, the researchers concluded that Wolbachia must have leaped from one Trichogramma species to another many times, carrying the parthenogenetic lifestyle with it. "We knew parthenogenesis was curable; now we know it's contagious too," says Stouthamer. He suggests that the infection spreads in butterfly eggs, Trichogramma's favorite place to breed. When infected and uninfected wasp species share an egg, the infection may jump between species.
All this may have practical use. Says Wolbachia researcher Henk Braig of Yale University School of Medicine, "If there is horizontal transfer, there's hope we might be able in the future to make insects parthenogenetic at our will." Certain Trichogramma species are already used as effective parasitic weapons against insect pests, and all-female strains would be even better, because only the female wasps parasitize pests by laying eggs--and an all-female strain wouldn't waste any time on sex.


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6730 Fern Street
Coral Bay, Margate, 33063
Commute to Downtown Margate
Almost all errands require a car.
About your score
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One of the sport's top pound-for-pound fighters, Jose Aldo, is reportedly going to return to action on July 21 when the UFC heads to Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 21 for UFC 149.
While the company has to announce the show as finalized, a special press conference today is supposed to announce the show as official. However, it is unlikely that they will announce Aldo's participation during today's event.
The Brazilian based fighter boasts a 21-1 professional MMA record and is currently riding a 14-fight winning streak. He last saw action taking out the previously undefeated Chad Mendes at UFC 142 in the very first round to earn his fifth straight title defense (3 UFC and 2 WEC).
It is unclear who the UFC has left on the roster to challenge the champion. With most of the top contenders booked up, the one sole opponent that makes sense is Japanese standout Hatsu Hioki who remains the number two-ranked featherweight in the world on most ranking systems but lacks in UFC experience.
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Searching for laughs in Santa Cruz—seriously
To Get to the Other Side
Readers' Digest said it best, or at least most famously: Laughter is the Best Medicine. The adage is thought to come from the Bible, Proverb 17:22, "A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones." Similarly, the Koran supports the funny with, "He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh." And who among us can argue with Siddhartha Gautama's observation, "When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." Of course historically we laugh with equal gusto at all that is imperfect (see What's Up With Airline Food?).
But beyond recommendations from religious texts, scientific data also supports the "the epiglottis constricting the larynx." (Despite its violent anatomical description, it is comforting to note that Wikipedia declares, "It [laughter] is in most cases a very pleasant sensation." Phew!)
Research presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 56th Annual Meeting was prefaced by lead researcher Jun Sugawara touting positive blood pressure results in a control group viewing a comedy film, "Laughing is likely not the complete solution to a healthy heart, but it appears to contribute to positive effects." Further bolstering the ha-ha, "Watching a documentary about a depressing subject was actually harmful to the blood vessels," said Takashi Tarumi, another lead researcher on the study. Goodbye Michael Moore, hello Will Farrell!
According to Mayo Clinic website, short-term benefits of laughter include stimulation of multiple organs, thanks to increased oxygen intake, and activation and release of the stress response, resulting in a relaxed feeling. Long-term effects include immune system improvement and even pain relief in many cases.
At the risk of becoming a life-threatening documentary, let's get past the pesky facts and background information and on to the real meat of the subject (or tofu … or the funnier-named meat substitute, seitan):
Santa Cruz, if you're not laughing, you should be.
Cantaloupe Tonight, I'm Washing my Hair
We have a little joke in our household. When one of the kids starts a story with, "Mom, you know what's funny?" I simply answer, "Yes. Yes I do." And we chuckle, because I, like almost everyone else around me, believe that my perspective on humor is the right one. I've never met anyone who readily admits, "I really don't know what's funny."
So it was with unaccustomed humility that I started my quest for the funny in Santa Cruz. What's funny here? Where does it live? Who are its participants, its spectators, its celebrants? Does the intersection of environmentalism, political correctness, economic downturn and comedy exist for us? (Or has it been redeveloped into a roundabout, and we are left yielding unnecessarily, not quite sure when to proceed with the yucks?)
The short answer is yes, there's plenty to laugh at and with in Santa Cruz. In fact, the comedy scene here has had a steady pulse for at least 30 years by most accounts, thanks to local patron saints of the funny bone John Cox (Crow's Nest) and Cliff Henderson and Dixie Cox (Fun Institute). If your larynx isn't getting constricted epiglottially enough at home or at your office Christmas party, there are other outlets. Never mind the formulaic comedy playing at a movie theater near you. In my humble opinion, the act of laughing out loud and the subsequent benefits from that act are compounded exponentially when the experience involves living breathing human beings, flying without a net, in a small room with other living human beings, all in search of relief from the world's stresses and anxieties. Call me crazy. Luckily we have lots of options here, including open mic nights, stand-up comedy, improv, sketch comedy and theater. Call us all crazy.
Holy cow! A Talkin' Dog!
"Think globally, laugh locally." So says Richard Stockton, long-time comedy veteran and most well known to fellow Santa Cruzans as the driving force behind the successful Planet Cruz Comedy Hour, a variety style show performed at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center and re-broadcast on KUSP for four seasons. Sold out houses and standing room only were de rigueur through 2010, when Planet Cruz left our orbit for the galaxy of Hiatus.
After arriving in Santa Cruz in 1968, touring the nation's comedy clubs intrepidly, and appearing on television ("that white guy on BET"), Stockton has concluded that Santa Cruz's sense of community and insistence on authenticity make it the obvious nesting place for him. His routines hit home for local baby boomers, among others, and his tales of "ducking and covering" and other misguided travails throughout his storied life delight a broad audience. Perhaps his most valued gift to Santa Cruz is his ability to import nationally renowned acts to the intimate 200-seat Kuumbwa—Will Durst, Vanda Mikoloski and Dan St. Paul among them.
"They love Santa Cruz audiences," Stockton says. "They all wanted to come back, whether I was paying them or not."
What was it that they loved so much? "Santa Cruz audiences demand that you be authentic. They need a connection. And they're very progressive." And the comedy no-fly list? "Santa Cruz is not interested in mean humor, name-calling humor, or indulgent profanity." He does clarify, however, that appropriate profanity flies just fine.
In full agreement is Todd Phillips, longtime member of Um…Gee…Um, a locally grown improv group that also teaches the craft. "Our Santa Cruz audience is the best audience ever," he says. "They love and support us, which allows us to take risks. It's really a relationship."
And the risks they take are guided by their audience, as per the nature of improvisation. "There is no fourth wall—they are a part of this."
Like Stockton, the troupe welcomes visiting performers—improvisers and teachers who all love Santa Cruz because, "…everyone's not trying to be discovered. We have big, big love. And there's no rivalry between improve troupes in town. This is how improv is supposed to be."
When asked what succeeds or fails onstage in front of Santa Cruz audiences, Phillips reinforces the fundamentals of improv—don't go for the laugh, and always focus on relationships. He doesn't recognize any topic trends here, and emphasizes that the credo to "be real in imaginary circumstances" allows the audiences to see themselves in the unfolding scenes, regardless of subject matter, creating transformational theater. He doesn't state it outright, but it's often hilarious.
Um…Gee…Um is "like a family," according to Phillips. They have not added new members in 14 years, which "creates the atmosphere of trust." Phillips, Susan Boes, Chopsy Gutt and Suzanne Schrag are the trusters as well as the trustees. Their fans apparently trust them as well, and are repeat customers for the live shows. "We used to ask, 'Who's never been to an improv show before?' But we stopped asking, because nobody was raising their hands!" Friend them on Facebook. All the cool kids are doing it.
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On the flipside, first-time comics as well as new audiences tend to flock to the weekly Comedy Night at the Blue Lagoon, now in its third year. DNA (his name—his whole name) took over the weekly event from Lindsay Blaz a year ago, and undertakes the rather large job of presenting a full roster of comedians every seven days—starting the night with a handful of beginners and up-and-comers and ending with regional and sometimes national acts.
"Santa Cruz is hilarious. I find this to be the funniest town I've ever lived in." says DNA. That includes Chico, where, in 1990, he entered the Chico State Showtime College Comedy Laugh Off to avoid paying the cover charge at the door. He won. He was ready and willing to add "comic" to his job descriptions (music promoter, theater and event producer). He claims the Blue Lagoon is a favorite among regional comics. Why? "They like Santa Cruz audiences. They're warm and open—as long as they don't insult their personal ethics." Echoing other local experts, DNA says local progressiveness and liberal bent "challenges performers. Santa Cruz won't stand for anything homophobic or racist."
Are we too progressive and/or liberal? "Audiences are tough also because they'll find empathy with inanimate objects, like What's the deal with toasters? And people will be – hey, toasters have feelings, why are you making fun of toasters, they have a valuable place in our community." We laugh. Because we know it's true.
So what does fly in this hotbed of forward-thinking movers and shakers? I will paraphrase to maintain my journalistic integrity: Phallic humor, or, conversely, that related to the female reproductive genitalia. (Believe me, it's funnier using the vernacular.)
"Seriously, it's always funny, dating back to the Aristophenes' 'service my dongle' quote in Clouds. It has historical context," but he will pull comics aside after failing, and have them examine what they are trying to say and how they're saying it. This supportive atmosphere at the Blue Lagoon makes it a favorite spot to try out new material.
I'll Take the Soup!
Surprisingly, a younger crowd on the hill might not agree on content. "Crude, racial or sexually aggressive terminology in any context … will not get a laugh." Words of wisdom (and caution) from Nathan Habib, who books Comedy Night at the Barn on the UC Santa Cruz campus. "The crowd appreciates smart humor, and acknowledgment that they are an intelligent group, self deprecation and commentary on social life work. Stoner jokes are not necessary." Who is this discerning crowd? "Primarily students. Older people who show up are usually parents." And these students fill the Barn for every comedy event.
The format Habib adheres to is similar to the Blue Lagoon—three or four student comics, who are chosen after being vetted by Paul Herzog, fellow booker. "We make sure they are out performing, doing open mic nights, working new material at the Blue," followed by outside comedians with more experience under their belt.
The audiences are made primarily of stand-up and improv fans, and also the expected support groups for the evening's performers, hence the parents.
"Stand-up is blowing up. Everyone's a comedian these days. You just can't escape that type of art form." And the consistently large and enthusiastic audiences? "There's not many options on the hill, or if you're under 21. We don't advertise downtown – we don't need to." Habib takes his own advice and leaves the immediate area to fry bigger fish on a regular basis. He will be at the El Rio in San Francisco on Sept. 12, doing his own stand-up set and also scoping out new talent to bring to the Barn.
An area of agreement—Santa Cruz is not the place to be if you are waiting to be discovered. If you're looking to get that Comedy Central Presents slot you'd be better off playing in larger, more citified climes. However, as my dad used to say of my rural hometown, "This is a great place to be from. You can get anywhere from here." (Note: his intent and my translation were two entirely different points.)
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Sometimes "here" is just where you want to be. Such is the case for local sketch comedy troupe Dangerous Neighbors, according to Bill Burman, one of its founding fathers. Burman and fellow members Eric Conly, Suzanne Schrag, Mike Steitz and Bob Vickers (also co-founder Chris Palermo) have been providing Santa Cruz with well-written slices of life since the first show in 1993. It is perhaps Santa Cruz' longest standing troupe (despite a 10-year nap that recently culminated in a successful run at the Broadway Playhouse, which just closed July 9).
The sure-fire and off-limit topics have remained steady. For instance, "Hank 'n' Sue's Homosexual Rehabilitation Summer Bible Camp— people in Santa Cruz tend to be sympathetic to satire about people reforming gays … and another about gun culture (Earl's 24 Hour Guns 'n' Grog) works well," Burman says. "Culture issues … stay the same."
Not such a sure bet was their sketch essentially based on over-the-top cruelty, involving a terminal cancer patient, a former convict and a woman drowning in bad choices. What's not to laugh at, right? "Friday night we had a very sensitive audience," he says. "They were dead silent. But the next scene about pedophilia and the Catholic Church … we won them back. They loved the rest of the show." Good thing there was no toaster-on-toaster violence!
While Santa Cruz prides itself on straying from the perceived norm, we apparently are part of a nationwide trend in the theater. "It's amazing how people love 10-minute plays," says Wilma Chandler, artistic director of 8 Tens at Eight, writer, director, former improv teacher, notes that every seat is filled for the annual short play festival. "And 75 percent of the offerings are comedies. This is a trend all over the country within the last 10 years—short one-acts with a comic bent."
It's old wisdom that comedies always fill the house. "People, especially when times are hard, want to go and have fun."
And the shorter format that feeds our shorter attention span (bolstered at first by the music videos of the '80s, and now by kitty cat clips on YouTube) are understandable. Says Chandler, "I love the sitcom format. It's comforting, funny, and wraps up in 28 minutes. Everything gets healed.
"Anything politically incorrect, you run the risk of boos and hisses. Here, a lot is off limits, but it used to be worse. You couldn't say anything about women or indigenous people."
Her go-to list started simply and obviously enough – politically left-leaning humor, gay life, old hippies, and then with the encouragement of a certain freelance writer went all-out Santa Cruz Weird to culminate in what is destined to be the biggest sure-fire hit in the history of the county: A musical about yoga, organic gardening, Bali, composting, midwifery and Jack O'Neill.
Contributing his brand of lovable curmudgeon insight, local writer, emcee, Backstage Lounge proprietor, and all around funny guy Sven Davis chimes in on the topic. "Comedy fails in Santa Cruz because it's too nice here. Comedy comes from pain and adversity. The best this town has ever produced is a few gags about poison oak." And in an almost supportive tone, he adds, "That doesn't keep people from trying, though."
Anywhere he Wants
In search of a broader perspective against which to hold our funny little town, I contacted Mike Sacks, writer, Vanity Fair editor, father, and also editor of possibly the greatest collection of interviews with top humor writers of the 20th century, And Here's the Kicker (Writer's Digest Books). His non-fiction appears regularly in magazines and newspapers of note, and his most recent book of essays and one-liners, "Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason" (Tin House Books) is available now. In short, he knows his stuff.
Sacks lives in New York, but is read internationally. The only regional differences he sees in his feedback seem to be urban vs. rural, and he attributes this to a younger demographic in urban areas. Trying to apply this logic to Santa Cruz has its obstacles; we are neo-urban in practice, but rural in legal distinction, not to mention peopled with students, retirees, and everything in between.
The margin of error exists in live performance as well as written practice. Does he recognize any off-limits or sure-fire topics? He answers, quite eloquently, what I heard from DNA and others, "There are no off-limit topics, per se, but for certain topics, the margin of error is very, very small," Sacks says. "If you make a joke about the Holocaust, it better be damn good. Sex is a sure-fire topic, unless you're telling jokes while you're having it. If you were to do that, the margin of error would again be very, very small."
And what about that pesky inter-web-net? Is it improving or killing comedy? "Definitely improving it. There's a ton of great writers who wouldn't be published in more traditional outlets, and there are a lot of performers whose work would never be seen if there was no internet. With that said, there's also a ton of crap. And sometimes it's hard to make your way through the garbage to find the gems. Isn't that an old hippie saying?" (I foresee more regional feedback for Sacks.)
Speaking with these gems of the Santa Cruz comedy scene gave me hope, both for myself and for my fellow humor-seeking humans. When people say "Santa Cruz" we often picture the great outdoors and all it has to offer. Isn't it nice to know we can now also add the dark indoors and budding local talent? Put your shoes on, open your mind and constrict your larynx with some friends!
Get Up! Stand Up!
Check out these and other events in and around Santa Cruz:
-Find out about events, improv classes by following Um…Gee…Um at Um…Gee…Um… Improvisation on Facebook.
-True Fiction Radio, presented by Richard Stockton and Wallace Baine, KUSP 88.9 FM Sundays at 8 p.m.
-Comedy Night at the Blue Lagoon, presented by DNA, Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. Free.
-Comedy Showcase at Vino Prima, presented by DNA, last Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Free.
-Comedy at the Barn, UCSC, presented by Nathan Habib, Oct. 8 and Dec. 31 at 10 p.m. Free and open to the public (even old people).
-Nathan Habib at the El Rio in San Francisco on Sept. 12. Sliding scale door.
-Sven Davis is exploring comedy and storytelling at The Backstage Lounge, Santa Cruz.
-Don Quixote's International Music Hall, July 17 at 7 p.m., Will Durst, Johnny Steele, Deb and Mike Comedy Madness!!! $15.
-Crow's Nest, Sundays at 9 p.m., three comics $7.
-SubRosa Anarchist Café, open mic Thursdays 8-10 p.m. $5.
-Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Freedom, open mic second Wednesday of each month 7-9 p.m. Donations accepted.
-The Ugly Mug, Soquel, open mic Mondays at 6 p.m. Free.
Kim Luke is a a sporadically funny writer living in Santa Cruz, and has the following to say about this story: "Larynx is NOT pronounced lar-nix, and mic is the correct abbreviation of microphone, unless it is made by the Michael Corporation." [email protected]
Richard Stockton
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Walter did not eat the ball. He just ate a thin layer of the outside, little bites of which he seems to have already thrown up, at least 60%. Do you think we still need to make him throw up?
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The ball doesn't look like it has any big chunks out of it, mainly he chewed half the outer circumference in a relatively thin layer. Is there anything else we should do for him?
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"He is so desperate he stole all of my wedding rings and sold them for $91 to a gold buyer in Chartwell," his mother said. He has also stolen his father's iPhone and sister's PlayStation, among several other items, to pay for his addiction.
Rather than press charges against their son, who suffers from anxiety and depression, the couple enrolled him in a drug rehabilitation programme at Odyssey House in Auckland, where he remains on a waiting list for help.
"If he doesn't go, we'll be forced to press charges, but we don't want him to have a criminal record. We want our son back - the one who never stole, lied or threatened suicide," his mother said, weeping.
It is a familiar story for New Zealand Drug Foundation executive director Ross Bell, who is eagerly awaiting new laws to replace the current rules that date back to 1975.
"The current laws can't cope with this phenomenon of legal highs," Mr Bell said. "We are seeing these sorts of stories reported in the media, but it's difficult to gauge the full extent of the problems because we have no idea what we are dealing with."
Mr Bell said the only reason synthetic drugs were able to be sold was due to "glaring loopholes" in the current law.
"Until the Government evaluates the level of harm and decides whether it should be a scheduled substance, then these substances can be sold with absolutely no controls over them."
Mr Bell commended the steps taken by Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne to review the outdated drug laws, which he said would put New Zealand at the forefront of international drug reforms.
"The Government is committed to modernising the drug laws around these new products and saying to retailers and manufacturers, 'Right, it's now up to you to prove it's safe - and if you are able to prove it, then it will be sold under very tight controls'. That's world class thinking," Mr Bell said.
The Times went to the Knighton Rd Dairy yesterday, where the 22-year-old has been buying his legal highs. When asked about synthetic cannabis, a shop assistant produced a range of products from below the counter with more than a dozen options for purchase at either $19 a packet or two for $35.
Mr Dunne has called for communities to name, shame and boycott businesses that prey on young people with unethical marketing of legal highs. "In six months this will be sorted with law that will make the industry prove its products are safe before they can be sold, and will put restrictions on how and where they can be sold," Mr Dunne said.
It cannot come soon enough for the Waikato parents, who have spent three months on "tenterhooks" not knowing what their "wired" son will do next.
"His driving is erratic, his moods are unbelievable - he even broke his hand smashing the dash in his car when he was unable to get money for more," his mother said. "He is my son. He's a good boy, but this has to stop. There is nothing legal about those products - they are evil, they are breaking families apart and someone has to do something."
For further information go online to drughelp.org.nz or contact the free alcohol and drug helpline on 0800 787 797.
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CALDWELL — After finishing 9-10 overall, but also ending up in second place, behind Caldwell in the Super Essex/Liberty Division standings last year, the lacrosse team from Mount Saint Dominic Academy is being kicked upstairs to the much higher-level SEC/American Division.
Also being moved is the team from James Caldwell High.
Under the new alignment for girls lax in the SEC, the Mount and Caldwell will join perennial powers West Essex Regional, Montclair High and Glen Ridge in the SEC/American Division, which will also include Columbia, while the members of the SEC/Liberty will now be Verona, Livingston, Millburn, Montclair Kimberley Academy and Newark Academy.
In addition, alignments in the New Jersey Girls Lacrosse League have also been changed, with the Mount landing in the NJGLL/Freedom-South Division, along with Cranford, Governor Livingston, New Providence, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Union Catholic and Millburn.
"I don't know if we're ready to face that top-level competition and do well, but you can't get your team to that level unless you face opponents who are already at that level," said third-year head coach Kendahl Shortway.
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A 2004 graduate of Vernon High School, where her father is a lacrosse coaching legend, Shortway is a member of the College of New Jersey Class of 2008 and is orking on her doctorate in psychology at Kean University.
"On the other hand, the teams in our division of the NJGLL are very much at our level and I know we can and should be very competitive with those clubs," Shortway said. "I think we're in a very good place.
"We're in one grouping where we can compete for a championship and in another which will be very challenging and which should help us improve overall.
"In addition, we only graduated one senior, Liz Blasko, from last year, so virtually our entire team is back intact and I think, with a lot of hard work, we can do well this season."
The current MSDA contingent is captained by a trio of veteran starters: Claire Peck, a junior attacker from Essex Fells who totaled 115 goals and who was the second leading scorer in the state in 2012, Leslie Yevak, a senior midfielder from Caldwell, and Carly Daniels, a senior goal-keeper from Cedar Grove.
The list of other returning starters includes Megan Wujciak, a senior midfielder from West Caldwell who was the squad's second leading scorer last season, Maddi Morrissey, a senior defender from Caldwell, Kelly Gaffney, a junior midfielder from Florham Park and Havana Blehl, an 11th-grade middie from Montclair.
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Kinda speciesist, don'tcha think? People in the modern world in large part have learned to be illogical, but it isn't an inherent quality; in fact, some would argue that the current low level of rational capacity is very difficult to maintain. If people were inherently irrational, why can everyone learn mathematics, why can children sometimes disagree with their parents, and why was a prerequisite for degeneration into the current American political system that 7 corporations should own all major media outlets?
I didn't down vote this but considering you seem to be new I feel I should explain why it was down voted and probably rightly so.
Currently the consensus on this site and among experts is that humans are inherently irrational on many things. Evolution hacked our brains together and the reasoning part of the brain always having the best possible map of reality was not an end in itself. Search for mention of evolutionary psychology you'll quickly run into examples, though speculation about the evolutionary origins of said features or from our perspective flaws are often poorly founded.
Besides the older sequences the recent one by Kaj Sotala on Robert Kurzban's book might be a good place to start reading.
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By Jesse Huey
Sep 9, 2011
This route deserves all the stars in my opinion. A comparable route to Astroman. Some pitches link nicely. Pitches 3&4 with a 70 meter rope. If you are feeling spry, I suggest linking pitches on the calling. The 11+ sport pitch into the 11+ corner with a 60 meter rope (This works well if your partner does not want to climb the calling) because you can rap from here with one rope. Linking pitches 2 (long corner & 3 bombbay chimney) are the most logical with a 60 meter rope but you will need to save a number 2 & 3 for the roof. Linking 1,2,&3 is also possible but REQUIRES an 80 meter rope. I know all combo's have been done. So good!
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By Luke Stefurak
From: Seattle, WA
Aug 9, 2013
If approaching from astro ledge look for a two bolt anchor right above a roof that goes over the trail. The first bolt of P1 is about 15 feet up.
For P1 bring doubles green alien to .5 camalot and single .75 to #2. 10-12 draws. There are currently 4 bolts, 3 pins and a fixed nut or so. Rad pitch!!
For P2 I thought it was nice to have doubles from yellow alien to #2 camalot with an extra .5 and .75 camalot. Super enduro pitch, no moves as hard as P1 but the corner goes on forever.
No need for a #3 camalot unless you are going higher than P2.
You can easily rap from the top of P2 with a 70m rope. Seems like P2 might be more than 30m long. P1 is only 20-25m.
We thought these two pitches were 4-5 stars. Amazing! The fixed lines across astro ledge could use some love.
By Dru
Apr 20, 2015
|A major rockfall on April 19, 2015 damaged the upper pitches of this climb and several other routes to the right. The 10b and 12a pitches have been severely affected. The route should be avoided until further notice.
By Drew Marshall
Jun 27, 2016
p1 won't take anything bigger than a 75
p2 is certainly no harder than 11c. Triples from .5 to 1 would be worth bringing but doubles will get you up there
By michael loch
Jul 8, 2016
|There is only one bolt above the crux section on pitch 4. The hanger has been flattened (can still be clipped) and the bolt pulled half way out. The ledge used to walk off and reach the fixed lines is no longer there, but you can scramble/bushwack straight up from the top of the last pitch to reach the trail leading to the third peak.
By Raddam6
Aug 17, 2016
Truly great climbing. Link 1+2
By npaolini
From: Vancouver, BC
Aug 28, 2016
|Awesome! went to the top of pitch 3. You can rappel these pitches with a stretchy 60m (just barely for pitch 2), or easily with a 70m. Some swinging around is involved to rappel the third pitch with one rope (if you do it with two ropes you skip anchor two and don't need to swing in to get there)


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HONG KONG — The world's financial leaders are gathering in Washington this weekend for crucial annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Never has the world so needed leadership, imagination and creative thinking, yet never has it been so lacking, with leaders sticking their heads in the ground like ostriches or, worse, trying to export their way to economic growth, a game in which there can be few winners.
The delicately balanced scenario that confronts the financial leaders is a world economy that is growing again, barely, but in difficult and potentially dangerous ways. In the developed countries a near-jobless recovery is under way, with the potential to undermine the fast growth in developing countries, especially China and India, and the hopeful prospects emerging from Africa.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, aka DSK, the managing director of the IMF, has put on a cautiously optimistic face, saying he does not expect a double-dip recession, even in the United States, but he warned of the need to create more jobs, saying "The Great Recession has left behind a wasteland of unemployment."
The recession may be officially over, but it is not for millions of people who have lost their jobs and businesses that cannot get access to funds, even though interest rates are at record lows.
Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega warned last week that the world was in an "international currency war," with no country wanting the burdens of a strong currency. Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said his country was facing difficulties of a strong baht, but so far it had not had an impact on rising exports. On the other hand, once mighty Japan intervened in forex markets to weaken the yen, a move that had some success for a week, before the yen started rising again.
Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz said weakening the U.S. dollar would probably be the best weapon to get the economy moving again, something that Mantega is worried about. Both DSK and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner play down fears of a currency war, but someone should tell the U.S. Congress and China.
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to allow U.S. companies to petition for duties on imports from China to compensate for an undervalued currency. If ever there was a case of irresponsibility, this was it. The bill will put pressure on the Senate to respond in kind and on President Barack Obama to do something if he wants to avoid a crushing defeat in next month's midterm elections. Any actual move to impose tariffs on Chinese goods would be somewhere between dangerous and disastrous, for the U.S. and China and the world.
Robert Reich, U.S. labor secretary under President Bill Clinton, who is now an economics professor at Berkeley, acknowledged that with elections weeks away, politicians wanted to show they're committed to getting jobs back and so had adopted a policy to get tough against China. But this, he said, is "a dangerous ploy based on wishful thinking."
Yes, the renminbi could and should be stronger — for the good of China as much as for the better and more balanced growth of the world — but, as Reich warned: "It's naive to assume all we have to do to get Chinese to do what we want is to threaten them with tariffs. They might retaliate." It is already costing China large sums, in the form of its accumulating dollar reserves, to keep the renminbi undervalued.
Quick lurches in the value of the currency are potentially destablizing and may have dangerous consequences, economic as well as political. The best remedy is to keep the pressure on Beijing to let its currency appreciate as part of a move toward increasing growth through domestic consumption.
In the past few weeks, Beijing's leaders have seemed more statesmanlike. Premier Wen Jiabao, in a CNN interview broadcast last weekend, admitted that China's economic development "lacks balance, coordination and sustainability," adding that "We can rely on stimulating domestic demand to stabilize and further grow the Chinese economy."
It may be too soon to conclude that Wen and China see the importance of domestic consumption. China's economy is unbalanced to an unprecedented degree, as Yves Smith noted in the "Naked Capitalism" blog. China's exports plus investment account for half of gross domestic product, an unheard of level. The share of investment is actually higher than exports and is increasingly unproductive. It takes $7 of borrowing to create each $1 of GDP growth, even higher than in the U.S., where the figure is $4 to $5.
China also has the largest foreign exchange reserves to GDP of any country in modern history. As professor Michael Pettis pointed out, the next two biggest were the U.S. on the eve of the Great Depression and Japan at the end of the "bubble." It is high time for Beijing to turn away from mercantilism, as Wen has perhaps realized. On the other hand, Beijing has shown itself to be adept at saying what it thinks the world wants to hear: Witness the announcement of the move to a more market-based currency to head off a firestorm of criticism at the Group of 20 meeting.
China's ability to debate and reach sensible conclusions earlier on these economic issues might have been aided if there had been helpful contributions from Hong Kong or Japan — the former because of its key role in China's great economic leap forward, and the latter because of its experience of creating prosperity from the ashes of war and defeat.
Hong Kong's entrepreneurs were active in China's recent great economic growth. To quote a recent commentary: "The presence of Hong Kong meant that China could make full use of modern Western institutions, such as a reliable legal system, property rights, efficient services, etc., without having to go through the cumbersome decades-long hassle of building these at home."
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang has said little about the recent global economic turmoil. Perhaps he thinks that this is part of foreign policy — and thus out of bounds for Hong Kong — or maybe he fears that Beijing might make him a hero by sacking him if he dared speak of Hong Kong's concerns. Has he forgotten that the much-maligned colonial officials in Hong Kong were always prepared to speak up for the territory against Britain when London ignored Hong Kong's interests?
There is debate in China about the shape and direction of the economy, with captains of the state-owned industries and the east coast exporters fighting to keep their privileges. This is precisely where Hong Kong can contribute from its experience and wisdom. But is has been the mouse that failed to roar.
Kevin Rafferty is editor in chief of PlainWords Media, a consortium of journalists interested in development issues.


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Cisco today announced that it will be hosting its Cisco Expo Qatar 2011 on Tuesday 31st May 2011, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha. Under the theme, 'Collaboration and Virtualization without borders', the Expo will bring together around 600 key technical and business decision makers to discuss and experience the latest and most innovative global megatrends, and their societal and economic impact, as well as innovation and technological architectures and share best practices that will transform businesses and increase business productivity in Qatar.
Cisco Expo Qatar 2011 will also examine the critical role that information and communications technologies play in the development of innovative business solutions and will include a series of in-depth sessions and demonstrations covering the power of collaboration and video, borderless networks, cloud and virtualization and emerging technologies, which are transforming businesses to Networked Enterprises in the region hence driving business results, productivity, competitiveness and societal change.
Cisco Expo Qatar 2011 keynote speakers will include:
Howard Charney, Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Cisco
Tarek Ghoul, Director and General Manager Gulf & Pakistan, Cisco
Den Sullivan, Senior Director, Architectural Plays, Cisco
Keynote sessions will explore how megatrends will affect the way we live, learn, work and play, both globally and regionally, and how Cisco's architectures support this progression. With particular relevance to Demographics, Globalization, Sustainability, Energy, Green and Industry Transformations, the sessions and interactions will offer a real platform for thought leadership and the role of innovation, to address our current and future government and business environment.
Cisco Expo Qatar 2011 is a registration-only event. Those interested in attending Cisco Expo Qatar can register online [2].
Tarek Ghoul, director and general manager Cisco, Gulf & Pakistan, "This event demonstrates Cisco's commitment and confidence in the Qatar market. Cisco Expo Qatar 2011 will be an excellent opportunity for us to showcase our latest technology solutions, demonstrating to businesses how technology will improve and enhance the services they offer - from simple connectivity to an intelligent platform that will dramatically improve productivity and collaboration and help drive productivity, competitiveness and societal change in Qatar."
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Tottenham Hotspur believe they are best placed to sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, and club sources have told ESPN they are considering a bid that would test Villa's resolve.
- Blog: Villa collapse, Benteke possibility
Benteke handed in a transfer request this week, and ESPN has been told the Belgium international forward would be open to a move to White Hart Lane.
Villa have put a price tag of £25 million on the player - which would mean Tottenham breaking their transfer record for the second time this summer after the arrival of Brazil international Paulinho for a reported £17 million.
Head coach Andre Villas-Boas feels it is essential that Spurs make a statement of intent up front, especially after missing out on David Villa and seeing moves for Brazil international Leandro Damiao stumble in successive windows.
Given his mix of force and finesse, Benteke is seen as a player who could immediately tie Villas-Boas' system together. The Portuguese coach's style of play has generally seen most success with a powerful forward, not least when Radamel Falcao was part of the attack at FC Porto in 2010-11.
At the age of 22, Benteke would represent value for money, although it remains to be seen whether Tottenham are willing to go as high as £25 million. The club are also monitoring Real Madrid B forward Jese Rodriguez, who plays between the midfield and the front-runner.
Valencia forward Roberto Soldado had been touted as an option, but it appears that deal is unlikely to come to fruition.
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Keep Cool and Caffeinated: Houston's Top 10 Iced Coffee Drinks
Cafe sua da at Que Huong: It's humid and gross in Vietnam, too, this time of year. But Vietnamese iced coffee can help you beat the heat.
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August is nearly here, and the summer ain't getting any cooler. But at least your coffee can.
I'm not the type of person who can make it through a morning without getting caffeinated, but it requires a special kind of fortitude to grimly chug a few cups of hot coffee when beads of sweat are already rolling down your back at 9 a.m. -- and you haven't left the house yet.
You can, of course, purchase cold-brewed coffee concentrate and make your own iced coffee at home (which is something I recommend for the hardcore coffee drinker). But if you're in the custom of stopping by a coffee shop on the way into work for your morning joe, then try one of these cooler drinks instead.
10. Cafe sua da (Vietnamese iced coffee) at Que Huong
You can get a Vietnamese iced coffee at nearly any Vietnamese restaurant in town. But I like Que Huong for the wide array of other excellent Vietnamese dishes (nearly 350 on the menu at last count) that you can get along with your coffee -- many of which are perfect for summer, too, such as the tempura soft-shell crab and light, tangy jellyfish salad.
All of the coffee drinks at McDonald's are far better than they should be.
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9. Vanilla iced coffee at McDonald's
There is no shame in this game. McDonald's makes a very respectable iced coffee that's even better when you have them throw a little vanilla syrup into the mix. It's inexpensive, it's not terrible for you and the ingredient list is short and contains instantly identifiable things like milk and espresso.
8. Granita at Agora
This is more an espresso milkshake than anything else, but what a milkshake it is. Imagine a Starbucks Frappuccino that was actually good -- that's a granita at Agora. It comes topped with whipped cream and floats on a layer of chocolate syrup. I like to mix it all together for a decadently sweet and creamy treat that I can't help but indulge in at least once a summer.Next Page
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