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Sunshine Blues Festival features two stages of music
Inaugural event features two stages, smokin hot blues performances
By LEE CLARK ZUMPE
Article published on
Monday, Jan. 14, 2013
The Tedeschi Trucks Band is the headlines for the inaugural Sunshine Blues Festival in Florida.
ST. PETERSBURG The inaugural Sunshine Blues Festival comes to St. Petersburgs Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Drive NE., Sunday, Jan. 20, 11 a.m.
The festival will feature two stages and a day of blues music. Entertainment will include performances by Tedeschi Trucks Band, Dr. John, Walter Trout, Sonny Landreth, Joe Louis Walker, Jaimoes Jasssz Band, Matt Schofield, The Wood Brothers, Big Sams Funky Nation, Sean Chambers and Bobby Lee Rodgers.
Tickets are $49.50 and are available online at
, at all TicketMaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000.
The Blues is where it all began for modern music in America, said Neil Jacobsen, president of Live Nation Florida, in a press release. Putting this show together has been a labor of love and we are very excited to bring a world class blues festival to Florida as an annual event.
In fact, the Vinoy Park date is the last of three festivals, presented over three consecutive days.
The inaugural Sunshine Blues Festival in Florida makes its official debut Friday, Jan. 18, at Centennial Park in Fort Myers. Then, on Saturday, Jan. 19, it will come to Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton. Finally, on Jan. 20, the festival wraps up with a full day of smokin hot blues performances at Vinoy Park.
Headlining the premiere event will be the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
The Tedeschi Trucks Band had an amazing year in 2012. In February, their album Revelator won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. Then, in July, they dominated the Blues Music Awards where they won not only Album of the Year, but also took home trophies for Band of the Year, Gibson Guitar Award (Derek Trucks) and Contemporary Blues Female Artist (Susan Tedeschi).
Revelator boasts a collection of blues-dipped rockers and heart-stirring ballads in which the echoes of so many great traditions flowed together naturally, blending with an entirely original, modern sensibility. The album broke into the Billboard Top 200 chart at No. 12, bringing both artists to their highest first week sales and charting of their careers. The bands second album, Everybodys Talkin, is a double live disc recorded on the bands fall tour last year. Tedeschi Trucks Band is an 11-member ensemble. In addition to Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, the band includes harmony singers Mike Mattison and Mark Rivers, brothers Oteil Burbridge and Kofi Burbridge, drummers J.J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell, trumpeter Maurice Brown, tenor saxophonist Kebbi Williams and trombonist Saunders Sermons.
We are thrilled to be a part of these inaugural festivals in our home state of Florida, and share the stage with some great musicians and friends, said Truck and Tedeschi in a press release.
More blues on the bill
In addition to Tedeschi Trucks Band, the inaugural bill for the festival will feature performance by a variety of industry legends.
Award-winning guitar slinger, passionate vocalist and gifted songwriter Joe Louis Walker, touring in support of his Alligator Records debut, Hellfire, will perform at the event.
Walker has been releasing groundbreaking music since 1986 and has toured and continues to tour worldwide. He has won four Blues Music Awards and has been nominated for 48 more. Walker was recently nominated for four 2013 Blues Music Awards, including B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year, Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year for Hellfire, Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year and Gibson Guitar Guitarist Of The Year.
Walker also has recorded as a guest with some of the blues world's best-known artists, including appearances on Grammy-winning records by B.B. King and James Cotton. He and his band recently appeared on TBS's Conan to perform the song Ride All Night from Hellfire.
Walker was born in San Francisco in 1949. His parents were both from the South and they brought their love of blues with them when they headed west. His dad played blues piano, and his mom played B.B. King records. Walker picked up the guitar as a child, and by the time he was 16 was regularly backing touring blues artists rolling through town. San Francisco's music scene was quickly becoming a melting pot of blues, jazz and psychedelic rock, and Walker was right in the center of it.
As a 16-year-old, Walker was the house guitarist at San Francisco's famed musical playground, The Matrix, where he played with or opened shows for everyone from Lightnin' Hopkins to Jimi Hendrix to Thelonious Monk. The blues legends Walker accompanied shared not only musical knowledge but also their personal wisdom. Fred McDowell, Ike Turner, Albert King, Freddy King, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Lightnin' Hopkins and many others taught, fed and chastised the youngster.
From 1975 to 1985, Walker performed nothing but gospel music, playing and singing as a member of The Spiritual Corinthians. In 1986, after Walker returned to playing the blues, Hightone Records released his debut CD, Cold Is The Night. Firmly rooted in blues, gospel, R&B and rock, the album caught the attention of music fans around the country.
With each subsequent release, Walker's audience continues to grow, as his touring schedule continues to expand. He's played major European festivals, including Northsea Jazz Festival, Glastonbury, Notodden and Montreux, as well as festivals in Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Ireland, Turkey and Brazil.
Mac Rebennack is better known as Dr. John, the living embodiment of the rich musical heritage exclusive to New Orleans.
His roots can be traced back to the 1950s when he wrote and played guitar on some of the greatest records to come out of the famed Crescent City, including recordings by Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Joe Tex and Frankie Ford. Following a gun incident that injured his left ring finger, Dr. John transitioned to organ and piano. By the 1960s, he had relocated to Los Angeles and was making a name for himself as a session musician, playing on records by Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and The Rolling Stones.
Around the same time, he launched his solo career, developing the charismatic persona of Dr. John The Nite Tripper. Adorned with voodoo charms and regalia, a legend was born with his breakthrough 1968 album Gris-gris, which established his unique blend of voodoo mysticism, funk, rhythm and blues, psychedelic rock and Creole roots.
Dr. Johns career highlights include the masterful album Sun, Moon and Herbs in 1971 and 1973s In The Right Place. The latter included the chart hits Right Place Wrong Time and Such A Night.
Dr. John has earned a number of Grammy Award wins and, in March 2011, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In 2012, he released a new album Locked Down, produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Dr. John continues to write, arrange, produce and interpret with a passion that has yet to wane. He continues to dazzle and delight audiences across the globe touring consistently.
American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Walter Trout still recalls the day in 1965 when his brother brought the first album by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band into his family's New Jersey home. The event set Trout on a musical path: The magic of the twin guitars of Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop, and Butterfield's gut-deep harmonica and vocal performances ensnared him.
Trout's practical schooling in blues started when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1973 and got gigs behind John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Finis Tasby, Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulsom, Percy Mayfield and Joe Tex. In 1981, he joined the remaining original members of Canned Heat. Then, beginning in 1984, Trout began his tenure with British blues giant John Mayall. Trout became part of the Bluesbreakers' lineage of great guitarists along with Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. Sharing six-string duties with Coco Montoya in Mayall's band, Trout helped to create a flexible guitar dynamic that sparked a renaissance for the Bluesbreakers.
In 1989, Trout established his own group, cutting his debut album Life In the Jungle, which launched him into the limelight in Europe. In 1998, his eponymous album ensured that he would remain a fixture in the American blues-rock scene for the foreseeable future.
Trout's passionate Blues for the Modern Daze, released in 2012, cuts right to the core of his art and his heart. His 21st album returns the contemporary guitar legend to his hard-core blues roots and finds his songwriting at a creative and personal zenith.
Sonny Landreth, an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana, is best known as a slide guitar player.
His influences include Chet Atkins, Robert Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, Elmore James and Ry Cooder. Landreth recently released his 11th album, the evocatively title Elemental Journey. The CD is something very different from anything the Louisiana slide wizard has recorded previously. Released on his own Landfall label, the new CD is the artists first all-instrumental effort and his most adventurous work to date.
From day one on the guitar, many genres of music have had an impact on me, said Landreth in a press release. For these recordings, I drew from some of those influences that I hadnt gone to on previous albums with my vocals. Trading off the lyrics this time, I focused solely on the instrumental side and all this music poured out. Then I asked some extraordinary musicians to help me layer the tracks in hopes of inspiring a lot of imagery for the listeners.
Also highlighting the inaugural bill are Jaimoes Jasssz Band; The Wood Brothers, featuring Chris from Modeski, Martin and Wood and his well-known singer/songwriter brother Oliver; award-winning British blues guitarist Matt Schofield; the driving force of urban funk, Big Sams Funky Nation; Florida guitar favorite Bobby Lee Rodgers; and the no-frills blend of Chicago, Texas, and Delta blues of guitarist Sean Chambers.
Attendees may bring umbrellas, blankets, low profile lawn chairs and one sealed bottle of water per guest. Personal cameras will be permitted; however, flash photography, video and removable lens cameras are not permitted without venue approval. All small bags, purses, diaper bags and fanny packs will be inspected before they are permitted onto the festival grounds.
Items that will not be permitted at Vinoy Park include weapons of any kind, glass or metal containers, laser pointers, alcoholic beverages, rollerskates/blades, bikes, scooters and skateboards, lawn darts, air horns, megaphones, illegal drugs, narcotics, drug paraphernalia, fireworks or explosives of any kind and carts or tents.
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Not only does Donny Sizemore have the gift of gab, but he can turn that gab into a drink.
"I'm a 'bespoke bartender,'" he said. "You speak what you want; I find out your palate, and I make that. I love the challenge."
With 27 years' experience under his belt, he is a fount of boozy knowledge.
the first five minutes of speaking to him, Sizemore had rattled off the
history of the Sazerac, America's first cocktail; explained why
Peychaud's Bitters is bright cherry red; and educated me on the French
phylloxera plague that wiped out the country's grapes in the late 1880s.
My head spun, and I hadn't had even a sip.
tends bar at WSKY Lounge, 228 NE Second St., in Deep Deuce, where he is
part of the team effort that creates the seasonal cocktail menu. Their
original drinks include Remember the Maine, which Sizemore said was "an
effort to make a drink taste like a cigar," and Hearth and Home, made
with Bowmore 15 Darkest Scotch, Berentzen Apple, ceylon cinnamon-sorghum
syrup, Jerry Thomas' Own Decanter Bitters and a toasted cinnamon stick.
latter has all the flavors of fall — cinnamon, fire, apples — and even
the Scotch calls the season's changing leaves to mind.
You can find Scott Glidewell bartending at two places in the city:
The Other Room, 3009 Paseo St., in Paseo on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and WSKY Lounge on Fridays and Saturdays.
like all facets of bartending," he said, "from making high-end drinks
at WSKY to slamming out Red- Headed Sluts and two-dollar beers at The
Other Room."
concert with Sizemore and a few other local bartenders, Glidewell hopes
to open the first Oklahoma chapter of the U.S. Bartenders Guild.
we have 50 active members," he said, "and a few of us know about a new
rye whiskey, we can go to a distributor and say, 'Here are 10
restaurants or bars that will stock it.'" Besides being able to
influence liquors on hand in local bars and restaurants, Glidewell, who
also runs his own catering company, said the guild will help change the
way people look at bartenders and the service industry.
"This is a career," he said. "We're not all screw-ups, and we're not all partying all of the time."
His favorite drink? An Old Pal: rye whiskey, dry vermouth and campari.
"It's floral, dry, bitter and wellbalanced," he said. "It's a sipper."
Short for Jodaniel, Jodan Johnson is "more into technique than anything else" when it comes to tending bar.
"Stirring, muddling, shaking — I try to do everything the correct way, the way each drink was intended to be made," he said.
Three of the seasonal cocktails on the drink list at The Lobby Bar, 4322 N. Western Ave., were created by him.
Christopher Angel said, "I try to get everyone as involved as possible
on the menu. Jodan has lent a lot his own personal stamp and experience
to this season's collaboration."
update of the Mezcal Mule includes the usual mezcal, lime and ginger
beer but adds Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur, which is shaken with
roasted jalapeño and then doublestrained. The result is a warm, woody,
spicy, smoky concoction cut by the tang of the lime and sweet of the
ginger beer.
He also tries to make most drinks in the Japanese style of formal flare bartending.
do this, Johnson will place every bottle he's going to use in front of
patrons so they can see the quality and variety of spirits going into
the drink.
"It's all about presentation," he said.
Ventris knows her patrons well. Bartending three nights a week at Ranch
Steakhouse, 3000 W. Britton Rd., while finishing up an English
literature degree at the University of Central Oklahoma, she said the
stories are her favorite part about the job.
people come into the bar, they're looking for someone to talk to," she
said. "And I think part of the reason our regulars come back is because
we know them by name."
says the Ranch is also popular with out-of-towners because its decor
captures the city's cowboy history. She is proud of its
scotch-and-whiskey list, which includes 58 varieties and complements the
heavy drapes, dark wood and high-quality steaks.
love to do Old Fashioneds and Manhattans up. And pouring Laphroaig.
Every time I open the bottle, the whole room smells like that distinct
flavor," Ventris said, adding that bluecheese dirty martinis are also
"People love them. And we stuff the olives with blue cheese ourselves."
this year, Chris Barrett had eight minutes to make three drinks,
without recipes, in front of a judge at an advanced BarSmarts class at
the Tales of the Cocktail festival in New Orleans. Class members were
given a list of 25 cocktails, and the three they were assigned
on-the-spot were a surprise.
When asked if he passed, he wrinkled his nose, smiled and said, "Oh, yeah."
who likes to study and update classic cocktails, has a
foot-anda-half-high stack of spirits history books, old cocktail books
and bartenders' guides.
mixes these updated cocktails — like the Bee Smash Knee Cap, made with
dry gin, lemon, honey and fresh lavender — at Ludivine, 805 N. Hudson
Ave., four to five nights a week.
"Take out the lavender and it's a classic called Bee's Knees," he said.
Martinez is another of his favorites. It includes blood orange bitters
(made in-house), Carpano Antica sweet vermouth, Luxardo maraschino
liqueur and Old Tom Gin. Looking at it, one would never know it was a
gin drink. According to Barrett, that is part of the point.
try to enhance the flavor of the main spirit. This is about importance
of taste," he said. "A drink is more than a means to an end."
his 13th year of bartending, Christopher Bridges does flare bartending
of a different kind. Instead of placing bottles in front of his guests,
he flips them in the air, juggles them and generally makes a show out of
the cocktail. Last year, he was runner-up in the national Zero Gravity
Flair Bartending Championship and three years ago was its winner.
Club One 15, 115 E. Sheridan Ave., where you can find him Saturday
nights, most of his work is geared for speed. The club is busy, which
Bridges attributes to the impressiveness of the place — its decor, DJs
and dancing.
been put together so well, and that makes my job easier," he said. "The
trimmings, lighting and sound system — all of the details are
When he has time to slow down, he enjoys making a good Old Fashioned or a margarita.
simple but difficult to master," he said. "But there's a drink for
every situation. Nine times out of 10, people say our Thunderade — made
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Goulding in Glastonbury trance
Ellie Goulding confessed she found being at Glastonbury Festival so "bizarre" the experience didn't seem real.
The 23-year-old singer-songwriter was excited and nervous to be performing at the historic festival in its 40th year on Friday.
Ellie confided: "It's very bizarre, it's really scary but in a kind of positive way. You've got to have a bit of nerves really, 'cause I'm playing later – it's bizarre it's really strange to be here.
She added: " I feel like my brain just kind of locks down a little bit so I can concentrate and the tomorrow I'll just be like 'Oh my God!'
"And to play on the John Peel Stage is really, really exciting and me and my band are just really psyched and excited."
Ellie shot to fame this year with her hit debut album Lights, and said she will begin working on new material eventually, but at the moment she still feels new on the scene.
She said: "There will be new stuff eventually, but I kind of feel like I haven't given my album a chance to breathe yet, so I just want to keep keep playing stiff from that I suppose. There will be new stuff though."


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I compulsively and impulsively buy things for my kitchen the way other people buy clothes or shoes.
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Repeat this process 2 more times and then freeze for 4-5 hours.
You've worked really hard & waited long enough, so go on and treat yourself: scoop out a big serving into a large bowl, and dig right in.


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Dilemmawhat i'm feeling is so wrong in so many ways. He's my history teacher, he's older than my dad, he has kids, and a wife. But I just can't help it... I look forward to seeing him everyday, I miss him when i'm not in class & he's on my mind all the time. Not only am I attracted to him for his hot bod & gorgeous smile, he's soooo funny. I love the way he thinks so highly of me, it really makes me happy when he compliments me on being so "wise" and "intelligent" I always try my best just to impress him. I look up to him & admire him as a person. I love his dorky laugh and the crinkles by his eyes when he smiles. He hates his big ears but I think they're cute. I admire his joy for nature, traveling, and the beach. If only I were born 25 years sooner.....
I promise you darling there are others in your age group too, and plenty! The best thing to do is try your best in school for high grades and stay out of trouble with teacher-student relationships. They don't end well. :(
.......This is a crush that would pass,
If this guy encourages anything further,
Have him reported to the authorities ASAP,
He must be an old time predator of young girls flirting with you and giving you false hopes like this,
He should know better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And you too!!!!!!
Stop dwelling on impossible fantasies that will never come true,
And will only hurt you when acted upon!
Do you want to get damaged by falling for this guy's false charm?
Wake up, this is a fake fling that won't last long IN HIS HEAD!
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Behind the Candelabra
Remember when Wilco got a ton of press for having been dropped from their record label, Reprise, just as they were about to release the album that went on to be their most critically acclaimed and popular work, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? It was a story often repeated at the time as a shorthand demonstration of how sorry and dysfunctional the music industry had become. How could one of the country's best, most innovative and respected bands get dropped as a reward for making their finest synthesis of experimental leanings and classic Americana pop song craft? The story became symbolic of how skewed the priorities had gotten within the music industry which increasingly focused on short term profits from lowest common denominator garbage.
Well, I happen to think that Behind the Candelabra has become the filmic equivalent of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Every story about the film leading up to its release had to mention how no Hollywood studio would make the movie even though it was to star two of the most famous (Michael Douglas) and bankable (Matt Damon) stars working today and directed by one of the most successful and esteemed filmmakers (Soderbergh). Bankable stars; a respected, dependable filmmaker; a juicy, ridiculous story—what's not to like? Apparently enough that only HBO would agree to make it, effectively killing the film's chances of a theatrical release and giving one of the best, most entertaining movies of the year over to television.Continue Reading
The Loved One
Besides being one of the funniest, yet strangest comedies ever made, The Loved One may be the greatest satire of life in Los Angeles during the 1960s and has one of the most eclectic, but well used casts of all time (including Jonathan Winters in dual roles, Robert Morse, Milton Berle, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Paul Williams, Tab Hunter, Roddy McDowall…oh, and Liberace). Morse plays Dennis Barlow, a young British poet who shows up in Los Angeles to visit his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley (John Gielgud), a film studio worker. After the uncle dies Dennis gets involved with Aimee (Anjanette Comer), an employee at the sinister funeral home, Whispering Glades.
Based on the book by the big-time British novelist Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited), The Loved One was adapted for the screen by the American satirist Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove) and the haughty author and critic Christopher Isherwood (A Single Man). To make this motley crew even more improbable it was directed British filmmaker Tony Richardson who arose to much acclaim during the "angry young man" movement of British filmmaking in the late '50s and early '60s and won an Oscar for Tom Jones. But after The Loved One, he was never able to find his filmmaking footing. The film was shot beautifully in black and white, giving a crisp, yet gothic look to the Los Angeles locations, by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Bound For Glory) and it was edited by the soon-to-be-major director of the '70s, Hal Ashby (Harold And Maude, Coming Home). All of these very improbable voices came together to create one of the more unique films of the decade.Continue Reading


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The Best Government Money Can Buy
I mentioned the other day that I marveled at how cheaply Washington could be bought — "pennies on the dollar, really, for what they get." I wasn't talking exclusively about campaign contributions, although that is certainly a part of it. The network of influence is much bigger than that. In a WaPo article on Disney's attempts to get the federal government to pony up $200 million for an advertising campaign to draw foreign travelers into the country, one firm calculated how much money they had been able to deliver to their clients relative to cost:
The Carmen Group, a mid-size lobbying firm, regularly compares its clients' costs with the benefits it says they receive from lobbying. In its latest internal assessment, Carmen said it collected $15 million in fees from about 70 clients and delivered $1.5 billion in assistance — measured both in benefits received and in burdens avoided — a return ratio of roughly 1 to 100. Most clients still part with their lobbying dollars grudgingly. But they do part with them, which is why new buildings are going up all the time to accommodate the industry's growth. Want a former senator to guarantee a meeting with a current senator? No problem. Half the senators who leave Congress for the private sector register to lobby. Need to know the history of a tax law and whom best to ask to change it? Easy. At least half a dozen consulting firms are composed of nothing but former congressional tax aides and Treasury Department officials who know as much as, and probably more than, the current people inside.
The barriers between government and the private sector are very fluid and members of Congress are always looking to the lobbyist complex in terms of not only keeping their jobs, but also with an eye to their potential futures.
For corporate America it is a very cost effective system. Though with a return ratio of $1 to $100, I suppose "penny" on the dollar would be more appropriate.


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Gerard Pique and Shakira Latest Victims of Alleged Sex Tape BlackmailJanuary 25, 2012
The latest despicable rumors in the world of sports revolve around Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and his girlfriend, singer Shakira. Allegedly, the two are being blackmailed by one of Shakira's staffers to pay up or have a sex tape they made together released online.
We get the following from FOX News Latino:
According to TV Notas, one of Shakira's employees is blackmailing the "Hips Don't Lie" singer. Allegedly, if she doesn't pay up the large sum requested, the video will be released.
The gossip site says that supposedly the employee taped Shakira giving Piqué oral sex.
I'm not even sure where to begin, so I'll just start ranting.
If the story is true, Shakira's staffer is a despicable human being for trying to cash in on the privacy of the couple. I'm assuming the staffer would have taped the act unbeknownst to Shakira and Pique, though who knows?
If the story isn't true then TV Notas is a pathetic and bottom-feeding "news" agency for posting this on the Internet because they know the combination of "Pique" and "Shakira" and "sex tape" will drive traffic to their website.
And no, the irony of me noting the above isn't lost on me, trust me.
The TV Notas report is in Spanish, so let's play a little game I like to call "The World According to Google Translate." Here's the meat of that story after translation:
They claim that the Colombian star Shakira (34 years) is being blackmailed by one of its employees, who threatens to release a video that sees the singer and her boyfriend Gerard Piqué (of 24) in the very intimate encounter.
According to various media, a team member working Shakira recorded it while I was practicing oral sex on the Spanish footballer, and now he is requesting a large sum of money in order to maintain well-stored images.
Various media I would assume translates to "according to unnamed sources" in our lexicon.
The Internet is a depraved and frightening place.
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Yet for all its burgeoning national power and immense industrial achievement, prewar Japan was in other respects still a very poor country. Its military might was achieved only by extreme economic militarization; in 1937 Japan devoted an extraordinary 28.2 percent of its national income to the military, the contemporary United States about 1.5 percent (Kennedy, 1987, 332) -- a demonstration of the disparity in capacity of which Admiral Yamamoto, the planner of Pearl Harbor, warned his political superiors in vain. Japan might be an industrial Great Power, but the Japanese standard of living was comparable to those of its impoverished East Asian neighbors, not to those of the industrial West.
By 1945, Japan was moreover laid prostrate by the war itself. The Japanese, however, were quick to learn from their painful experience. The American model of civilian-based industrial prowess, when put to the test, had shown itself superior to the Japanese spirit of military bushido. Constrained in any case from re-embarking on a military path, the Japanese after 1945 threw themselves into applying the spirit of bushido to civilian economic development.
This collective decision was reinforced by American occupation policy. Initially, US occupation policy aimed primarily at making Japan a more open society, to eliminate what Americans (and a good many Japanese) perceived to be the roots of Japanese militarism. With the coming of the Cold War, however, what America most wanted in Japan was stability, and the American authorities actively fostered the dominance of the politico-economic elite that, in subsequent decades, would prove so impervious to American calls for reform (Smith, 1998, 125).
"Japanese, Inc.:" The 1970s and 1980s
Within a generation, by about 1970, the results were manifest in the form of Japanese automobiles on American street. Americans in their forties and older can still distantly recall a time when "Made in Japan...


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A group of students who take part in art programs in the Grossmont Union High School District will be vying for prizes this spring, including the opportunity for an extended internship with the founder of the annual Golden Artistry Jewelry Design Competition.
Terry Whyte, the owner of Golden Artistry Jewelry Design in La Mesa since 1984, is holding his sixth annual design competition awards night May 2 at the La Mesa Woman's Club.
This year's design theme is "Reflections," so art students in the Grossmont district were asked to design a pendant, a brooch or an earring expressing that theme. More than 300 students entered the contest and 16 were chosen Feb. 28 by a panel of judges, including Whyte, a 1971 Helix High graduate. Judging was based on the piece's ability to be reproduced, its creative nature, how wearable it would be, its visual appeal and the design inspiration.
All but two of the finalists for this year's awards ceremony are from Steele Canyon High. The Steele Canyon students are: Heather Bahur, T.J. Berry, Ford Cambell, Noah Folkesson, Anthony Gambirazio, James Garza, Jordi Gueniot, Melissa Masar, Keara McCarthy, Jolene Mckee, Isaac Payne, Kristen Rosier, Kyla Tanner and Joshua Uribe. Two El Cajon Valley High students vying for prizes are: Maryana Karoomi and Vincent Serrano. Helix and Grossmont high schools also had some of the 290 total entrants, but none made the final cut.
Whyte began the competition in 2009 for all students enrolled in Grossmont Union high schools. First, second and third place finalists receive gift certificates and merchandise. The Grand Prize winner receives his or her design as a finished piece of jewelry, plus an internship at Golden Artistry, along with cash and other prizes donated by local artists and merchants.
Top winners also may have their finished piece sold as part of a fundraiser for the district or entered in the San Diego County Fair. The winning design will also be reproduced for purchase at Whyte's store on La Mesa Boulevard.
"It's fabulous having the kids here," said Marjorie Pezzoli, a local artist and Whyte's manager, who works with the interns. "It has been so exciting to have the students intern at the shop. To learn to create something beautiful with your hands is wonderful. Being able to turn it into a career is priceless."
Whyte, a master goldsmith, said he started his intern program for young artists "to encourage students with artistic ability to pursue careers in a creative field." His business has employed 25 interns over the past six years.
Projects are designed to teach specific skills, Whyte said, and students under his tutelage learn repair, wax carving, metal fabrication, jewelry finishing and design considerations as well as business and people skills.
"By immersing students into a business environment, we want to make them employable and a vital part of a productive society," Whyte said. "I think making things develops part of your brain that wouldn't be developed otherwise."
Judges for the May event are the same judges who looked at the earlier entries: Whyte; Paul Fernandes, a glass artist and gallery owner at Fusionglass Co.; and Shannon O'Dunn, a gallery owner at O'Dunn Fine Art.
Ryan Maynard of Steele Canyon was last year's grand prize winner and won the community choice award as well. The 2013 theme was "Growth."


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Humidity during chicken incubation
Humidity is one of the most
important factors determining your hatch rate, but, contrary to popular
belief, high humidity is more troublesome
than low humidity during most of the incubation period. During
hatch, of course, you want high humidity in the range of 65% or more so
that the chicks won't get stuck in the shell, but the goal is 40 to 50%
for the first 19 days.
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How do chicks not raised in incubators deal with this? Does the broody hen help regulate moisture somehow? Or do they just lay enough eggs that it doesn't matter if most of them die, from a species survival point of view.
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I've been pondering this myself and don't have any really good answers. I'm guessing that the hen's feathers may trap in enough moisture that the eggs stay at the right humidity level during the majority of incubation. Then, after the first chick hatches, the humidity under there goes up drastically as all of that wet fluff dries off. Maybe it works because it's such a small, contained environment? I really don't know, and don't even know what percentage of chicks survive under a mother hen --- clearly I've got more research to do.
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And, I should add, chickens evolved in southeast Asia, where I believe conditions are pretty damp. So it's possible that has a lot to do with it (although chickens clearly manage to hatch out living chicks all over the world.)
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This question has been nagging at me for weeks, and I think I may have finally found the answer in an ancient book on incubation! The book mentions that eggs under broody hens lose less moisture than those in an incubator because oils from the hen's feathers rub off on her eggs and make less moisture escape. The author says that if you take an egg out of an incubator and a similarly aged egg from under a broody hen and drop them in a pot of water, the former has air bubbles escaping into the water while the latter doesn't. So, perhaps that's the difference?
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Hens due better than incubators at getting humidity right, because their clutch of eggs sits on the ground and the moisture needed for humidifying the eggs comes from the earth. Let your hens set on their eggs on the good old firma terra and you'll see how mother nature improves her hatch rate. ~ old farmer
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Actually, when one of our hens go broody, we take her and her eggs, place them in a nest box (with a bottom) and usually place them up off of the ground a foot or so. Chickens don't like to sleep on the ground because of predation. Doing this, we believe, eliminates some of that stress and the chicks can easily hop down to the ground without injury, provided the floor is covered with soft bedding.*
The point is, that humidity from the soil is not a factor in this approach. A hen will get off of her nest at different points during the day to eat, drink and even dust bathe. It is during those times that the moisture from the air can gather back inside the egg.
Add to that the oils of the hen's feathers, as mentioned by the author, and the fact that chickens cool down by soaking their feet in water when they're too hot and you've got the perfect humidity control...it seems. Our hens usually have a 100% hatch rate whereas the best hatch rate we've achieved is (I believe) a 72% in the still air incubator.
If you try this method, move the mother and eggs (when she has been on the nest for at around 3 days so as to be certain that she will not abandon the clutch) into a brooding pen. The pen only needs to be big enough for her to get out and stretch, eat, drink and bathe since she will spend very little time actually off of the nest. Also, make sure that during incubation only that she can get her feet in the water if needed (of course cleaning the water pan regularly.)
At about 3 days before hatch day(Day 18 of 21), remove the water pan and add a chick water pan so the chicks don't fall in and drown. Once mommy leaves the nest with her new babies, she will not return to it, therefore, it is time to move her and her new family to a larger enclosure that will facilitate the fast growing chicks and their obsessive need to explore. We generally free range therefore, we usually just leave the brooding pen's outside door open at this point, closing it only at night when mom and chicks have returned to sleep.
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text: Cruise Senator introduces Cruise Passenger Protection Act By Bill Poling / July 24, 2013 Share 1 -- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) introduced the Cruise Passenger Protection Act of 2013, designed to close what he called "gaps" in cruise industry consumer protection by significantly broadening the federal government's role in cruise industry oversight. Rockefeller, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, is slated to convene a hearing on the matter Wednesday afternoon, at which Carnival Cruise Lines President Gerry Cahill and Royal Caribbean International President Adam Goldstein are slated to testify. Rockefeller, who has been highly critical of the cruise lines and of their responses to his demands for more accountability, said, "I've been told time and again that cruise lines will change, that things will get better for passengers. "But according to our investigation, it doesn't appear to me that passengers are substantially safer. I expect straightforward answers from our witnesses, not more empty promises about how things will get better after the next safety review. Cruise passengers have been at risk for too long. It's time they get the safety protections they need and deserve."The following is a summary of key provisions of the bill.• Applies to passenger vessels accommodating at least 250 passengers with "onboard sleeping facilities for each passenger," that "embarks or disembarks passengers in the U.S." Vessels owned by the U.S. or any state government, or that are engaged in coastwise trade, are exempt. • Directs the Transportation Department (DOT) to stipulate that the CLIA Bill of Rights is legally enforceable by passengers in court. The DOT is further directed to set standards for summarizing key terms of cruise lines' contracts of carriage, including, style, formatting and terminology. Cruise lines would provide each passengers with a summary before booking and include a link on their Web booking site. Summaries would also be incorporated into advertising and promotional literature.• Directs the DOT to maintain a toll-free hotline and Internet link for consumer complaints about cruise lines, and to compile statistical data for each category, at least quarterly, identifying passenger vessels by name. Cruise lines would be required to include the consumer complaint number on their websites, on electronic confirmation and on promotional literature and advertising "through any medium," as determined by DOT. • Authorizes the DOT and other federal agencies to investigate consumer complaints regarding cancellations, delays and port-skipping; lost, damaged and delayed baggage; onboard conditions; problems with fares, refunds or fare adjustments and deceptive advertising.• Authorizes the DOT to impose civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation or up to $50,000 for continuing violations, and to refer criminal matters to the Justice Department for prosecution, with criminal penalties of up to $250,000 or up to one year in prison. • Creates a DOT consumer advisory committee, to be appointed by the DOT, with representatives of cruise lines, cruise industry associations, state and local governments, nonprofit groups dedicated to consumer protection and victim assistance, and an unspecified number of "relevant" federal agencies. • Imposes additional requirements for crime reporting, crime scene preservation training, and video surveillance of public areas, and creates a federal Director of Victim Support Services to coordinate support services and to serve as the primary point of contact for passengers affected by onboard crime.


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The people have spoken, at least the one in eight registered voters who cast ballots in Tuesday's 45th Assembly District special election. Democrat Matt Dababneh is the all-but-official winner, his edge over Republican Susan Shelley growing to 329 (1.2 percentage points) in the vote-count update announced today.
It was a more dramatic contest than expected, and voters and non-voters alike sent messages to both sides.
That Shelley came so close to pulling an upset should provide more encouragement to Republicans. As far down as the GOP may be in California, it has made improved showings in a handful of Assembly and state Senate special elections this year. When the GOP runs good candidates like Shelley, it has a chance to win even in Democratic-leaning districts like this one that covers a big part of the San Fernando Valley, Calabasas and Bell Canyon.
That Dababneh came so close to losing should send him a warning along with the keys to an office in Sacramento. Despite Democrats' huge advantage in voter registration, his superior fundraising and his connections to power as a district aide to Rep. Brad Sherman, he woke up today with a lead of only 271 votes (0.6 percentage points) and more than 3,000 yet to be counted. Dababneh will be watched closely in the few months before he has to run for a full term in the June 3, 2014, primary.
Dababneh succeeds Democrat Bob Blumenfield, who gained considerable influence in the Assembly — he was chairman of the Budget Committee — before leaving to join the Los Angeles City Council.
It's not a comfortable position for the 32-year-old Dababneh, but voters shouldn't want their elected officials comfortable.
The 12.3 percent voter turnout, though a little better than recent figures in other stand-alone special elections, is disappointingly small. Dababneh and the Democrats didn't do as well as Shelley and the Republicans at getting their supporters out. Whether it's because Dababneh failed to impress or because the campaign was complacent, it nearly produced a shocking defeat that would have weakened Democrats' hold on their two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly.
A lot of Democrats would have been kicking themselves if that had happened; the low turnout gave Republicans a huge opportunity. Dababneh must breathe a sigh of relief and then get to work if he wants to hold off what may be a reinvigorated bunch of San Fernando Valley Republicans.


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It's been a long time coming: over two years after re-emerging as a solo artist with a YouTube cover of "Nothing on You", Jay Park has finally launched his first-ever concert series in North America with the 'Verizon APAHM Tour' this week!
Fresh after kicking the tour off the night before at the Fillmore in Maryland, Jay Park was welcomed by a packed house at the Best Buy Theater, located next to Times Square in the heart of Manhattan. The East Coast leg of the tour also showcased opening acts Viennie V and Dumbfoundead.
Check out allkpop's exclusive recap of the New York City show for Jay Park's 'Verizon APAHM Tour' below!
It's normal for Times Square, the so-called 'Crossroads of the World', to be bustling with locals and throngs of tourists during the summer, but this day was different. There was more people than usual, even by Times Square standards, and a throng of Jaywalkerz winded around the block. The anticipation crackling in the air at the Best Buy Theater was enough to turn heads this afternoon. When curious passerbys paused to ask what the buzz was about, they were given a concise answer: Jay mothereffin' Park.
Diehard fans who had lined up since dusk the evening before were blessed with a warm evening and a perfect summer-like afternoon leading up to the show. One fan in line shared, "Even if waiting outside for two days seems weird, I've been waiting to see Jay perform live for two years, so this is nothing!" Once the doors opened, the crowd streamed into an expansive ballroom, a high-roofed venue jazzed up with large chandeliers.
Cheers erupted as the DJ took his place at his equipment table on a raised platform at the back of the stage.
Immediately after, the night's MC, comedian Joey Guila emerged from stage left to greet the audience with a huge grin and an even bigger personality. From jokes that bordered between hilarious and offensive, he warmed up the stage for the first opening act of the night.
A pop singer based in Southern California, Viennie V kicked off the evening with a bang, performing her original pop tracks including "For You". With the heavy bass instrumentals and Top 40-esque melodies, the singer smoothly transitioned into a myriad of covers, from the danceable "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 to Far*East Movement's 2010 party hit, "Like a G6".
Dumbfoundead, who had headlined at District 36 (a new club in Manhattan's K-town) just nights before, assumed the stage to begin with "Bubba Kush", a Diplo beat that was also used for GD&TOP's "Knock Out". To slow things down, the rapper continued with "Liquor Store Blues", an acoustic cover of Bruno Mars' original release, and "Shit Don't Care". As if to match the mood, tongues of red-tinted fog lazily licked across the stage and into the dark of the audience.
"This next track is dedicated to my ex-girlfriend," Dumbfoundead shared, cuing a series of aw's from the audience. After a sentimental pause, an energetic beat blasted through the speakers and the rapper quipped, "The chorus is really easy to follow. This song's called 'Bitch."
The audience was also treated to the surprise appearance of a number of other East Coast based rappers. For a remix of the bass-heavy track "Cellphone", Dumbfoundead invited Decipher and Lyricks to the stage, and after a performance of his 2011 titular hit, "Are We There Yet," Dumfoundead concluded with a live collaboration with even more rappers including Manifest and JL.
After Dumbfoundead and his five fellow artists closed their last song, the MC returned to the stage to welcome the biggest name of the night. A haze of fog smoked up the blue hues cast upon the venue. The audience, a sea of bobbing red Verizon glowsticks, turned into a frenzy as everybody began to scream and wave their signs and red sticks even harder. The fans were rewarded when Jay Park emerged from the right side of the stage.
Jay kicked off his setlist with a popular track off his 'New Breed' album, "Know Your Name", a clear fan favorite as the audience sang along at the top of their lungs at every chorus. Dressed in a brown leather jacket, a white wifebeater and jeans, the dancer showed off the slick choreography to the crowd's delight, immediately joined by two suited-up back-up dancers and a sexy dance partner dressed in a blazer and black fringe.
The last notes of the song faded, and silence was filled with screams as Jay took off his shades and thanked everyone for supporting him and attending his tour. He immediately apologize for being tired and jetlagged from a rigorous travel schedule.
Jay dipped down to grab a bottle and take a swig of water, and without missing a beat, snapped into the groove of "I Got Your Back" and "Star", a feel-good melody and ballad both off of the 'New Breed' album.
The screams grew deafening as the song ended and Jay tossed aside his jacket to reveal a cut-up top over his wifebeater. "I'm a little sick alright… let's just have a good time, alright?" the singer shared. He grinned sheepishly and admitted, "I don't know what the next song is… let's just play the beat and see!" The instrumental of "Turn Off Your Phone" bumped through speakers, and Jay openly smiled in recognition and began to sing.
Watching Jay Park dance ten feet in front of you teasingly pulling at his shirt, doing body waves and gyrating his pelvis cannot be healthy for the average fangirl. As for watching the steamy slow jams "Star", "Turn Off Your Phone", then finally "Do What We Do" for nine full minutes with an entire venue of Jaywalkerz… cue the fangirl heart attacks and seizures.
Before the entire audience could pass out from the overflow of sexiness, Jay sped up the tempo with the swagtastic tracks "Up & Down", "Clap" & "Enjoy the Show" from 'New Breed'. Oozing with confidence, Jay completely commanded the stage, feeding off the energetic environment as raps sped off his tongue into the screaming swarm of fans below.
No show starring Jay Park is complete without the Art of Movement crew, and sure enough, AOM's Tony & Junior made a surprise appearance for a bboying session. After showcasing Jay's latest album, the night continued with some of the singer's most popular covers, including his viral 'comeback' cover of Bruno Mars' "Nothing On You" as well as "Count On Me".
As he took another drink from his water bottle, Jay reminded the audience, "If you haven't downloaded the mix tape, go download it... it's free music baby." He took another sip and glanced offstage. "Is he ready? Well this next song is featuring Dumbfoundead--" Jay continued then paused as deafening cheers blocked out his voice. "It's off my mix tape, it's called... You Know How We Dooo!" Sure enough, Dumbfoundead reemerged on the stage as the cheers grew louder. Ever since the mixtape release earlier this month, it's pretty much universally agreed that the duo completely beasted the track, and they totally killed the live performance as well.
"I hope you all enjoyed the show. I tried my best, performed my best... Now tomorrow's Monday and a lot of you've gotta go to school," he said, then joked, "We gotta party afterwards, so you know... our schedules are conflicted. Sorry!"
"But since this is the last song... I need y'all to go CRAZY, alright? If you know the words just sing along and if you don't, just dance and have a good time alright? Be wild with me! Love you all, drop that beaattt!" Jay exclaimed. The bass-heavy "Body2Body" thrummed through the stage and floorboards, and Jay wrapped up to end the show with a blast.
With the East Coast tour stops complete, Jay Park will be heading to San Francisco with a performance on May 25th and then Los Angeles on May 27th to wrap up his national tour this week with AJ Rafael and Blush. If you haven't already, make sure to purchase your tickets ASAP -- judging from the success of the NYC concert, the West Coast shows are guaranteed to be amazing!
Stay tuned for further coverage of Jay Park's 'Verizon APAHM Tour' and an exclusive interview with Jay when he stopped by the 6Theory office.
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Two men have been charged with hijacking following an incident in Londonderry.
They are due to appear at Londonderry Magistrates Court tomorrow (Friday).
A PSNI spokesperson said a 22-year-old man has been charged with hijacking, theft and five motoring offences, while a 23-year-old man has been charged with hijacking and five motoring offences.
It is believed the charges are in conection with a vehicle hijacking in the Little Diamond area on Wednesday evening.
The driver of a Kia Picanto car was coming from Free Derry Corner towards the Northland Road when he was stopped by a man standing in the road. He was ordered out of his vehicle and his car was then driven off.


text: Notebook: Cincinnati holds key to Mountaineers' BCS hopes By Dave Hickman November 25, 2011 Story Share MORGANTOWN - After defeating Pittsburgh 21-20 Friday night, West Virginia's football team still has a shot at the Orange Bowl.It just needs a boost of vitamin "C."In order for the Mountaineers to qualify, they first have to finish out the season with a victory at South Florida on Thursday. Then they need that boost.WVU must hope Cincinnati wins on the road at noon today against Syracuse, then at home against Connecticut to create at least a three-way tie at the top of the Big East standings with Louisville.If that happens, West Virginia would advance through the mini-conference tie-breaker. The next tie-breaker would go to the highest-ranked team in the BCS standings, which would almost certainly be the Mountaineers, a potential 9-3 team and one ranked No. 23 in the latest coaches' poll.Cincinnati is a 41/2-point favorite today against Syracuse and will probably be favored against UConn, but the Bearcats are relying on freshman quarterback Munchie Legaux after the regular season-ending injury to standout Zach Collaros. Legaux is known as a runner. He's thrown but 59 passes this season and completed 45.8 percent.If UC does not win out or WVU falls to South Florida, the Mountaineers will almost certainly go to the Belk Bowl (the former Meineke Car Care Bowl) in Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 27. nnAt 9:22 remaining in the first quarter, Pitt received an offisides call on WVU's Jorge Wright. Oddly, the ball was inside the 1-yard line, yet did not result in a first down. On fourth down, however, the Panthers earned the very short-yardage first down and subsequently scored via a Zach Brown rush.nnWest Virginia's sports information department confirmed through Big East officials that another call on WVU's Wright was indeed a chop block. It, too, was odd since Wright is a defensive, not offensive, player. The call was that Wright went low on a field-goal block attempt to make way for Mountaineer defenders jumping. nnWith West Virginia trailing 20-14, the Mountaineers had varying reactions."It was like, 'Oh, man, here we go again,'' said tailback Shawne Alston. "But we didn't get down on ourselves.''No, instead the Mountaineers developed a plan. It was pretty elementary, actually. "We got behind 20-7 and we started looking at the scoreboard and said, 'OK, we score once and make it 20-14 and then score again and win it,'" said linebacker Najee Goode. "Everybody just said, 'Yeah, that sounds like a plan.'"nnMost of the single-season West Virginia passing records that were expected to fall Friday night were dispatched of quickly.Geno Smith broke the previous record for attempts (419) with his third throw, an 11-yard completion to Tavon Austin. He broke the record for completions (274) with a 7-yarder to Dustin Garrison and yards (3,607) with his 63-yard touchdown pass to Stedman Bailey. He also broke the record for total offense (3,515) on that TD pass to Bailey.All of those records were held by Marc Bulger and all were set in 1998.Bailey, meanwhile, broke David Saunders' single-season record for receiving yards (1,043 in 1996) with his first catch, a 16-yarder. And Austin broke the mark for receptions (77, by Saunders in 1998 and Shawn Foreman in 1997) with his 24-yard catch in the fourth quarter. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Parole board seeks report on Lavigne for possible release from prison 3 SBA board OKs canceling Logan's construction management contract 4 Chuck McGill: Barry Switzer takes a special interest in former George Washington star 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken Herd trips Cincy in OT Previous Story WVU players redeem, give fans something to remember Next Story


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When best-selling author David Vann was 13, his father shot himself in the head. In a telephone interview last week, Vann described the ensuing period of his life as "very scary."
For one, he explained, he felt immense guilt. Right before the suicide, he declined his father's offer to homestead, just the two of them, for a year up near Fairbanks. (Vann explores a similar scenario in the haunting novella "Sukkwan Island," part of the story collection "Legends of a Suicide," a New York Times editor's choice 2008.)
Vann also inherited his father's gun collection—"I don't know who thought this was a good idea"—and began leading what he terms a "double life," sneaking around at night watching neighbors and shooting at various ("thankfully inanimate") targets.
But perhaps most powerfully, Vann said, his friends "were just awful." Suddenly, he was the kid whose dad died, and while he grew into his role as the constant butt of jokes, he did not enjoy it.
"Life had become such hell," said Vann, who was born in Adak and spent his early childhood in Ketchikan before the family moved to California. "But I kept getting straight A's, so no one said anything."
When Vann turned 16, he took matters into his own hands.
"I dropped all my friends — I had no choice. And then I had no friends for a while, which is absolutely terrifying for a teenager."
But eventually, Vann met some students who happened to be involved in theater; soon, he became involved in theater, too.
"For the first time, my life actually improved," he said, crediting this with fostering his interest in language and writing. "I always wrote, even when I was a kid, stories about hunting and fishing. But that's when I started working with a purpose: writing about my dad."
Graduating from Santa Rosa High School in 1985, Vann attended Williams College in Massachusetts for a year — "I didn't really get along there" —before transferring to Stanford University, where, finally, he sought therapy.
"I literally felt like my brain changed, physically," said Vann. "It would've been good to go to a therapist straight away, instead of getting a whole a bunch of guns."
Slated to graduate in 1989, Vann ultimately finished in 1990, not for any kind of personal troubles, however; he took the time to make room for an extra Latin program. He went on to earn his MFA in creative writing from Cornell University before returning to Stanford as a Wallace Stegner Fellow.
From ages 19 to 29, Vann kept writing about his father, developing the pieces that would eventually comprise "Legend of a Suicide," including his very first published short story, "Ichthyology," which originally appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, "plus a bunch that wound up in the garbage."
His second work of fiction, "Caribou Island," was released last year.
Vann is scheduled to address students at the Johnson Youth Center during two hour-long workshops on Thursday. Visiting Juneau as part of a statewide library tour — the previous week he was touring Europe — Vann's side trip to Johnson Youth Center came about as a serendipitous friendship between JYC librarian Julie Coghill and 49 Writers co-founder and program director Deb Vanasse.
"I remember feeling as a kid that my life wasn't entirely my own," Vann said, pointing to the dangers of negative outside influences. "Part of the reason I didn't want to spend that year homesteading with my dad was out of fear of what I might become; Alaska was a rougher place. All my friends up there were getting into things way earlier."
Still, geographic location is important to Vann, who often uses sense of place as an indirect way of addressing character, conflict, and dramatic theme.
"Most of all, writing can transform ugliness into something else," said Vann of his message to at-risk youth. "It helps you discover what things mean. Real life isn't meaningful. When tragedy happens, it's not cohesive. In fiction, there's redemption."


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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Durata Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DRTX) today announced a comprehensive review of the efficacy, safety and microbiology data of the company's lead product candidate, dalbavancin, for the treatment of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). The data is being presented in six posters at this year's IDWeek 2013™, held in San Francisco, Calif., October 2-6, 2013. Among the findings, an integrated analysis of two Phase 3 clinical studies (DISCOVER 1 and 2) showed dalbavancin met its primary and secondary endpoints of early response, measured at 48 to 72 hours of therapy, as well as clinical success at the end of treatment. Sensitivity analyses for both timepoints were also included. i A separate analysis showed that patients achieving cessation of spread of the lesion after 72 hours of antibiotic treatment with dalbavancin have a greater than 90 percent chance of being cured at the end of treatment. ii A pooled summary analysis of the safety profile of dalbavancin based on the Phase 2 and 3 clinical program also found it to be generally well-tolerated and to have a similar safety profile to comparators with fewer adverse events. iii Examination of patients with baseline Gram-positive bacteremia enrolled in the dalbavancin clinical development program as well as in vitro activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae were also presented. "The data show that dalbavancin has the potential to be an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment option for patients with ABSSSI," said Durata Therapeutics Chief Medical Officer Michael Dunne, M.D. "Our studies were designed to meet the new standards required by regulatory authorities for antibiotic development in the United States and European Union and support our New Drug Application submission to the Food and Drug Administration late last week." Dalbavancin is a novel antibacterial under investigation for the treatment of ABSSSI caused by susceptible Gram-positive microorganisms, such as S. aureus (including MRSA and other multi-drug resistant strains) and Streptococcus pyogenes, as well as certain other streptococcal species. Dalbavancin is bactericidal against Gram-positive bacteria and is administered with a once-weekly dosage regimen of 1000 mg on Day 1 and 500 mg on Day 8, over 30 minutes by intravenous infusion. Copies of the following posters will be available on Durata Therapeutics' website: www.duratatherapeutics.com . Poster # 1339: An Integrated Analysis of the Efficacy of Dalbavancin for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI) in the DISCOVER Program i (Date: October 5, 2013) Data were presented from an integrated analysis of the efficacy results from the DISCOVER (" Dalbavancin for Infections of the Skin COmpared to Vancomycin at an Early Response") program and found that dalbavancin is non-inferior to the comparator regimen at both an early timepoint and at the end of therapy. The DISCOVER program includes two Phase 3 identically designed multicenter, double-blind, randomized clinical trials of more than 1,300 adult patients with ABSSSI from the United States, Europe, Asia and South Africa. Patients were treated for two weeks either with intravenous dalbavancin once weekly (1000 mg on Day 1 followed by 500 mg on Day 8) or with intravenous vancomycin (1000 mg or 15 mg/kg every 12 hours) with the option to switch to oral linezolid after three days. Primary endpoints from the DISCOVER trials were cessation of spread of the erythema associated with the lesion and resolution of fever measured at 48-72 hours per FDA requirements. While a secondary endpoint for FDA, clinical success at end of treatment is the expected primary endpoint for regulatory review in Europe. Examining both endpoints provides clinicians with correlation between the early and late findings. The integrated efficacy analysis found that:
- Dalbavancin had similar efficacy rates relative to the comparator regimen in demonstrating the combination of cessation of lesion spread and absence of fever 48-72 hours following initiation of treatment
- Success rates at the Day 14 end of treatment and the Day 28 follow up visit were similar in both treatment groups
- The majority (945/1,046, 90.3%) of patients who responded favorably to treatment with dalbavancin by 48 to 72 hours were ultimately cured by the end of treatment
- Most (129/182, 70.9%) patients who were non-responders on Day 3 were also subsequently cured by the end of treatment
- Patients who do not achieve cessation of lesion spread at 72 hours alone and have worsening pain have an 80 percent chance of ultimately failing treatment


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Dog of the Day
Cat of the Day
Pet of the Day
That looks like a very content kitty and he picks the best place for a serious nap ... leaning in to his wonderfully warm hooman. Purrfectly normal
Yours in Whiskers
I'm not young enough to know everything.
"The Best Mirror is an Old Friend"
The secret of what is small is the secret of clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is the secret of strength.
- Lao Tzu
What a cutie! Back at you with a pic of my Dorry resting up for more frivolity and general mayhem.
Titan, you are so funny and cute!
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas
"We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet
Cassie's Catster page: http://www.catster.com/cats/448678
Aww so sweet, so typical! MWAH!
Can't you just see a sign, "Tummy rubs always welcome!" Ha ha haa
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Trace Adkins vs. Love and Theft – The Showdown
Trace Adkins' new single 'Watch the World End' topped another superstar single earlier this week, making for three straight wins. It will take five to get the duet with pop singer Colbie Caillat to the Hall of Fame. Today he's taking on a different kind of duo and their new ballad.
Love and Theft has released 'If You Ever Get Lonely' as the third single from their self-titled album, released in 2012. The song is a vocal showcase for the two men. It's a love song to someone who's moved away, and the singer's want her back. Their fans will have to decide if they want them back in Friday's Showdown. Adkins has proven tough to beat, but no giant is infallible.
Listen to clips of both Adkins' and Love and Theft's songs and vote for your favorite here. You can vote once every hour until this Showdown ends on Friday at 8AM ET, so come back and vote often to be sure your artist wins. The winner of this matchup will face a new challenger on Friday.
Listen to a Sample of the Trace Adkins (Feat. Colbie Caillat), 'Watch the World End'
Listen to a Sample of the Love and Theft, 'If You Ever Get Lonely'
Showdown Rules: The song with the most votes wins, and the winner goes on to face a new challenger in the next Showdown. Vote as much as once per hour online. If a song wins five Showdowns in a row, it will be retired into the Taste of Country Showdown Hall of Fame to allow for new songs to compete. Some songs will be considered for a second Showdown if voter turnout is healthy in a losing effort.


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Rabbits make fun and loving house pets. Just like a cat or dog, they have certain needs for their care that new bunny owners must learn about. A hutch is the first essential piece of equipment for your rabbit. Bunnies should be kept as an indoor pet for the best protection and its hutch considered his space.
Types of Hutches
Making sure that the bunny has enough space is very important. TheRabbitHutch.com recommends that for a 6 to 7 pound rabbit his hutch should be at least two feet wide, two feet long and 18 inches high. Preferably larger as rabbits need as much room as possible to stretch and move around.
It is important to make sure that his hutch is well build. Rabbits are very active and playful so a well built room for him is necessary. The floor of the hutch should never be made of wire or any other material that bunny can get his feet caught in. Wire floors, in particular, are very uncomfortable on a rabbit's feet. Smooth floors are much easier on the rabbit's feet and easy to clean.
Hutches made of wood are durable, but are tempting for rabbits to chew on. If you find that happens, simply spray bitter apple spray on the wood. This will typically stop the chewing.
Litter Training in a Hutch
The House Rabbit Society gives very specific advice on their web site Rabbit.org about litter training in a hutch. Some hutches have slotted floors with a tray to catch any droppings the rabbit makes. However, rabbits are very easy to litter train and a litter box is actually easier to clean than the pull out trays.
When you first put your bunny in the new hutch to explore you will notice that he will choose a corner to use as his bathroom. This is where you will put the litter box. Place some of his droppings in the litter box, put it in the spot he has chosen and typically the rabbit will do the rest and start using the litter box.
Never use clumping litter in a rabbit's litter box. An essential part of a rabbit's digestion includes ingesting some of its own droppings. Should the bunny ingest clumping litter it could cause a dangerous intestinal blockage. Instead, litters made of recycled newspaper, such as "Yesterday's News" is recommended.
Inside The Hutch
Avoid the temptation of putting carpeting in your rabbit hutch. While it might be a comfortable bed for him, rabbits are notorious chewers and will often chew and eat carpet, which can cause a life-threatening intestinal blockage.
Bunnies love to play. The experts at HopperHome.com recommend putting a cardboard box inside the hutch. Most rabbits will be enthralled and spend hours a day playing with it. They especially love boxes that they can sit inside. Be sure to remove any plastic or tape from the box before giving it to the rabbit.
Water bottles can be easily mounted on the hutch for the rabbit, but some rabbits prefer drinking from a water dish, just like a cat or dog. Many owners also find bowls easier to keep clean.


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Recycling & Reuse Options
General Recycling Information:Recycle with scrap metal at Davis Waste Removal.
Davis Waste Removal Recycling Center756-46462727 2nd StreetDavis CA 95616
FREE recycling drop-off, 24 hours a day: cardboard, paper, plastics #1 and #2, rigid plastics #3, #5, #6 & #7, glass, steel and aluminum cans, scrap metal, tin foil, used motor oil and used oil filters.
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Accepts for FREE recycling: electronics, TV and computer monitors, microwaves, cardboard, paper, glass, metal cans, aluminum cans, scrap metal, tin foil, rigid plastics, agricultural plastics, plastic #1-#7, used motor oil, used oil filters, car batteries, alkaline batteries and rechargeable batteries. A fee may apply for all other materials.
These items are also accepted at the landfill for recycling--fees do apply: toilets, stoves, ovens, freezers, refrigerators, wood, yard waste, dirt, concrete, gravel, sand, asphalt, tires, washing machines and dryers.
More information about the landfill.
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Professional Grooming for your pet at Passion 4 Pets
We offer a full range of grooming services for your dog or cat. Whether your puppy needs a full head to toe makeover, a bath & brush out, or just a quick nail clip, we are happy to welcome you to our store. Drop in with your best friend or just give us a call at 905 892 8778 for more information on our grooming packages for dogs and cats & how we can provide just the right solution for you.
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text: The Total War franchise is about what its name suggests - mobilizing your nation for full on war. That's why it doesn't have such thing as a cultural or a diplomatic victory. There is only one way to dominance – conquest! And in Medieval II: Total War, you will lead one of the medieval European countries to victory...or miserable defeat.


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Dilution may keep water supply safe
De Beque town manager says benzene contamination poses no threat
Dilution should protect De Beque from benzene contamination in an upstream tributary of its water supply, the Colorado River, the town's manager says.
"We don't see any particularly large (red) flags right now," Town Manager Guy Patterson said Thursday.
The river is the town's sole source of potable water, and De Beque is about 10 miles downstream from Parachute Creek, the site of benzene contamination from what Williams says was a natural gas liquids leak from a pipeline leaving its gas processing plant.
Groundwater and soil contamination involving thousands of gallons of hydrocarbons was discovered last month, but benzene hadn't been found in the creek until last week. However, the benzene levels remain below the state drinking water standard of 5 parts per billion in Parachute Creek. Also, no benzene has been detected where the town of Parachute diverts its irrigation water supply 2.7 miles downstream of the leak source area, or at the creek's mouth at the Colorado River.
"Since we're much further downstream it looks like we're safe but we're continuing to monitor the situation," Patterson said.
Like others, De Beque was concerned about a lack of notification about the incident when it was first discovered. Officials first learned of it through media accounts. But Patterson said the town is now being kept up to date about surface water test results.
Williams said Thursday it has completed installing a water aerator in the creek to remove benzene and other volatile organic compounds. Installation of similar systems making use of what are called air sparging devices are either pending or nearly complete in both the creek and underground along the creek bank where a trench also is being built to try to keep benzene-tainted groundwater out of the creek.
Williams has installed another well for recovery of liquid hydrocarbons, and two more are planned. It has continued to drill monitoring wells to delineate the extent of contaminated groundwater.
The highest benzene measurement in the creek so far was 3.9 ppb, on Tuesday. The high reading Thursday was 3.2 ppb, with additional detections of 1.4 and 1.3 ppb at the next test locations downstream.
The state Water Quality Control Division doesn't consider the creek a drinking water supply, and has set a maximum benzene standard in the creek of 5,300 ppb to protect aquatic life.
While the creek is used for irrigation and livestock graze near it and drink from it, the division hasn't established agriculture-based standards for organic chemicals.
"However, in general, aquatic life and drinking water uses are much more sensitive than agriculture uses, meaning that standards established for those uses are much more stringent," said division director Steve Gunderson, who also noted that benzene typically dissipates quickly in streams.


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2006 Toyota Sequoia - Consumer Review
Build Quality
Reliability Value
Build Quality
Reliability Value
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Tough to beat in this class
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Vehicle2006 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4dr SUV (4.7L 8cyl 5A)
ReviewExcellent quality... no squeaks, rattles, everything solid. Takes a while to get used to the size (if used to a smaller car)... braking in particular takes longer due to the high weight. Time-proven Toyota engine. Lots of room, visibility excellent but need to check corners by sight and not rely on mirrors. Had an Explorer and, while reasonably reliable, got tired of incessant rattles and relatively poor build quality. Good sound quality, controls user-friendly. Very happy with the vehicle, would recommend based on experience so far.
Best FeaturesLike the looks, overall quality. Have had a Toyota in the past, and it was outstanding. Excellent storage capacity, especially with third row seating removed (although not a simple process for some). Good power, no problem accelerating when moving, but won't win any drag races at a green light.
Worst FeaturesThird row is a pain to remove... my wife cannot do it due to the weight. Toyota is usually pretty innovative, but not in this regard. Rest is great (could use better mileage, but I knew that going in, and it's not bad given the engine size and vehicle weight). Great product overall.
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- Pharmaceutical industry-sponsored meetings: good value or just a free meal?S L Carney
Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute, The Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Intern Med J 31:488-91. 2001..However, many clinicians and industry representatives support a greater role by independent postgraduate organizations in industry-sponsored CME...
- Direct comparison of repeated same-day self and ambulatory blood pressure monitoringShane Carney
School of Medical Practice and Population Health, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nephrology (Carlton) 10:151-6. 2005..Consequently, this study evaluated 18 normotensive and 79 hypertensive patients, including 21 not taking hypotensive agents, and measured their blood pressure at least every 2 h while they were also undergoing ABPM...


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Vancouver police looking for man wanted in connection with park assault
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Vancouver police are asking for help tracking down a man wanted in connection with a brutal assault on a 64-year-old man at Esther Short Park last Monday.
Police said Jason A. Hanson, 23, is considered violent and should not be approached.
He is 6 feet tall and 165 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes and has tattoos of a bomb on his right shoulder and a cross on his left leg. Police said he spends a lot of time in downtown Vancouver.
A girl who is also a suspect is in custody on unrelated charges.
If you have any information about Hanson, call 911.


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The Midnight Justice
I realized that I've never posted about the fun story of Justice Peter Daniel, who was confirmed to the Court in 1841 under strange circumstances. (It's was part of my Andrew Jackson research, and now it is part of my research on the Constitution and political parties).
In 1840, the Whigs won a sweeping victory ("Tippecanoe and Tyler Too") ending twelve years of Democratic control of the White House. They also won control of Congress for the first time. In February 1841, Justice Philip Barbour (a Democrat named to the Court by Jackson) died. President Martin Van Buren decided to act immediately and nominate Daniel (another Democrat) to the Court. He was confirmed shortly before Inauguration Day.
It is hard to imagine something like this being tolerated today. A lame-duck President (just beaten at the polls) choosing a new Justice confirmed by a lame-duck Senate (also repudiated at the polls). Whigs in the Senate boycotted the vote and protested that Van Buren was repeating the precedent of John Adams and his "Midnight Judges." Since we got Chief Justice John Marshall as part of that bargain, describing the effort as illegitimate does pose problems, but anyway . . .
What did the Whigs do about Justice Daniel after Inauguration Day? They could not impeach and convict him, but they could make his life difficult. So they passed a circuit reorganization bill that gave Daniel circuit riding duties in Arkansas and Mississippi–as far from Washington as possible. Given that he was from Virginia, this assignment was especially burdensome and unusual in the sense that circuit riding was normally tied to where you lived and had practiced. Congress may have hoped that Daniel would resign as a result, but he did not. He stayed on the Court long enough to join the majority in Dred Scott.


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Imagine if we valued ecosystems as if they mattered - Towards opportunity and prosperity
Imagine what would happen if we valued ecosystems as if they mattered. Imagine what would happen if good environmental managers had the advantage and bad environmental managers got penalised. All we need to do is reverse the onus of responsibility and create opportunity.
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It is today that the first Datsun vehicles sold in the 21st century will be delivered to customers in India. Nissan said the Datsun GO fulfills a promise made two years ago to bring back the brand that made car ownership mainstream in Japan and numerous other countries, and now returns as the brand of […]+ Read More
Datsun-branded vehicles are coming back, but not yet in America. Yesterday the new-old company unveiled the first new Datsun car for the 21st century. The all-new small car to be sold by the Nissan-Renault alliance under the Datsun brand will be known as the GO and will be on sale in India early 2014. The […]+ Read More


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Hundreds lace up sneakers for Turkey Trot
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:08:47 GMT —
efore slicing into turkey, hundreds of people took to the streets in Baldwinsville, or the trails in Manlius, to burn some calories before sitting down for their big feast.
Thursday morning marked the 44th annual Turkey Trot in Baldwinsville, thrown by the Baldwinsville Kiwanis.
Proceeds will go toward the Ronald McDonald Charities of Central New York, and other local organizations.
Meanwhile, in Manlius, runners laced up their sneakers to participate in a 4K and an 8K race through Fayettville-Manlius High School's cross country trails.
This was its third turkey trot.
oney raised will benefit the school's sports programs.
All across the country, Turkey Trots were held to benefit organizations in many communities.