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Life After Campo
What's Next For TheaterWorks?
By FRANK RIZZO
August 19, 2012
What happens to a theater when it loses its founding director especially when that person is such a singular and high-profile force for decades in the community?
Hartford's TheaterWorks faced a series of quick and dramatic hurdles following the announcement in January that longtime artistic and executive director Steve Campo, 59, would be taking a medical leave. In June, Campo resigned from the theater he created 27 years ago
Over the last eight months, the 12-member board named an interim artistic director, downsized its last two shows of its 2011-12 season, announced plays for its new season, stabilized its finances, renegotiated tenant leases in the building it owns, and began its search for a new permanent steward.
"We're feeling very good now," says Michael G. Albano, the theater's board president. "We've got our house in order and we're feeling confident. We were very concerned in December and January but I don't think we could have envisioned a scenario as good as the one that has happened."
The board has begun search for what it is calling a "producing artistic director" who will succeed Campo. The goal is to have the theater's new leader in place starting in January.
"We're looking for someone who can continue the special experience of this theater and its traditions, but ultimately will put their own stamp on it," says Albano.
He says the board is sensitive to the nature of the theater-going experience at the complex on Pearl Street in downtown Hartford; its programming of many off-Broadway and Broadway hits; its personable, multi-tasking staff; its flexible patron privileges; its general seating, which means audience members arrive early and then socialize in the upstairs gallery or subterranean theater. "We would be foolish to change that."
Albano says the theater does not have the money to hire two executive positions: one on the artistic side, the other dealing with finances. The producing artistic director, however, will be supported by a new development director, something the theater has never had before. (A part-time development consultant has been hired during the transition period.)
"We have a great potential from our subscriber base of 5,400 that has never been fully tapped," says Albano. "But we need to know more about our audience and how to reach them."
He also says the theater has to expand its connections to corporations and foundations "in ways we haven't done before. We tended to rely on the same loyal and generous groups over the years."
Albano says the 12-member board, which meets almost weekly, has stepped up in a way "that might not have been expected" and is in the process of expanding its number of members. "We didn't want to begin that until we were on pretty sound financial footing which we feel we are now."
It took several months of audits after Campo left before the board could identify the extent of its red ink and accumulated debt which amounted to more than $600,000, including a $300,000 deficit for the year ending Aug. 31, 2011.
Because of dramatic cost-cutting measures taken recently, including a new credit card system, smaller-cast shows, lower housing costs, choice of directors, the move of its offices to the building that it owns, the popularity of the plays and generosity of some funders, Albano says this fiscal year ending this month will break-even or even see a modest surplus.
He notes the support during the transition and for the new season from the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, Travelers, United Technologies, the J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Aetna, the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Albano says the board is developing a long-term plan to reduce the overall debt. One aspect of this will be for TheaterWorks, for the first time, to take out a mortgage on the four-story Art Deco building it has owned since 1995. "It's not to pay old debts," he says, "but to have money to tide us over in case there are any unusual expenses."
The Pearl Street building has tenants the armed services recruiting offices and about 10 small not-for-profit organizations. A re-negotiated lease arrangement will provide a modest increase to help operate the building's needs. Our physical plant is in good shape," Albano says.
"Our ability to continue had a lot to do with the good will of our audience, supporters and the strength of the brand we have developed over the years," says Albano. "Obviously that is something we would not have gotten without Steve. I have enormous respect for what he did for this theater and this community. We also owe an enormous debt to Rob [Ruggiero, former associate artistic director and now interim artistic director], the staff and our audience."
Ruggiero's Plans
Ruggiero, 49, who has been affiliated with the theater for 19 of its 27 years, says, "What we discovered these past months is that TheaterWorks is secure and solvent enough to sustain a life beyond Steve, who wants nothing more for the theater to thrive, grow and succeed. The transition period is focused in sustaining the wonderful things that are TheaterWorks."
Is he interested in becoming its new producing artistic director?
"I'm just at the point of figuring out what I want to do," he says. "It's been a challenge for me to be here and also do my outside obligations. Now that the dust is settling I'm figuring out what the right thing for me is and what the right thing is for TheaterWorks.
In the past few years, Ruggiero directed two Broadway productions, both by Wethersfield-raised Matthew Lombardo ("Looped" with Valerie Harper and "High" with Kathleen Turner); oversaw the bio-musical "Ella" throughout the country; and regularly staged works at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and other leading regional theaters.
"I think TheaterWorks has a unique profile both in what it does and how it does it and whether its me or a new person, everyone feels strongly about preserving that experience," he says. "But I also think there's room for growth . But I don't see anything radical changing."
Ruggiero says he hopes the theater will continue to occasionally do new works, like its recent hit of his staging of of "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," adapted by local playwright Jacques Lamarre which has also received interest from other regional theaters as well as from New York producer.
Other premieres at the theater over the years include a co-production of "High," as well as "Ella"," "Make Me a Song: the Music of William Finn" and "The Dragon and the Pearl" with Valerie Harper. In choosing the five-play 2012-13 season, Ruggiero will include a new work, still to be announced.
"I think TheaterWorks is a wonderful place to develop new and young creative talents, younger directors, playwrights and artists."
Thompson's Plans
Another person who has made his mark on Theaterworks in the past few years is Tazewell Thompson, 58, who stepped in to direct most of the productions over the last two seasons.
"I love that theater mostly because I love the staff which does everything the atmosphere and the audiences, particularly how they respond to the theater's mission and their sense of ownership in the place. I felt completely supported there in producing the very best theater possible. The production values are as good as any A-plus company."
Thompson says he is not interested in the position of producing artistic director, and says it may be a mistake for the theater to have one person oversee so many responsibilities.
"I strongly feel," says Thompson, "that there needs to be two at the top: an artistic director and a managing or producing director. It is an extremely rare, once-in-a-lifetime, genius-saint who can establish and maintain the artistic integrity of the theater, direct, chose a season, cast, supervise all the visiting guest artists and oversee the work of the shops while also being responsible for the fiscal day-to-day accounting of budgets, fund raising and working with the development director and the board.
"Should the board want to solicit my help or advice in any form, I am there," he says. "I love this gem of a theater and its dedicated, hard-working and extremely skillful staff. I wish them all the very best."
TRYST is now playing through Sept. 9 at TheaterWorks, 233 Pearl St. Tickets are $50 to $63; $17 for student rush. Performances are Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m,.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and weekend matinees at 2:30 p.m. (check schedule for specific dates). "Venus in Fur" opens the 2012-13 season Oct. 5 to Nov. 11. Information: 860-527-7838 and http://www.theaterworkshartford.org.
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Frank Stronach, owner of Pimlico, is in Washington, D.C., this week. He discussed his new book, "Magna Man: My Road to Economic Freedom," at a session today.
Yesterday, he spent time on Capitol Hill, working to spread his theory that American corporations should have their tax rates cut by 10 percent on the provision that they return that savings entirely to workers.
This, he says, is the best way to ensure employees are invested in the company's success. It is also the best way, he thinks, to jump-start and eventually stabilize the economy.
He spoke briefly of that work during an interview at the Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown. But the conversation turned quickly to horse racing.
"It's the best time of the year for that," said Stronach, who breeds and races horses in addition to owning several of the country's most important tracks.
To anyone associated with Maryland racing there is only one question for Stronach, and it is the one that has lingered since he bought the state's thoroughbred tracks in 2002, growing heavier each year: What will become of Old Hilltop?
As we've written, The Stronach Group subsidiary, Maryland Jockey Club, is finally in position to make a major investment in the facility, which has not seen significant renovations since the 1970s. The last major improvements came in the late 1980s, and in recent years the aging infrastructure of the building has necessitated spending that took away from possible cosmetic upgrades.
In other words, a lot of minor upgrades have gone by the wayside while Stronach and Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas waited to see whether racing could again flourish in Maryland.
A 10-year deal reached late last year between the jockey club, horsemen and breeders ensures at least a decade of racing here and enables the track owner to dip into a racetrack renewal fund seeded with slots money that should provide $112 million in matching funds over the next 16 years.
The jockey club has been clear on its plan for Laurel, which hosts all but 24 of the state's 140 racing days this year. The current grandstand area will be demolished, and a new one will be built on the other side of the track, so that it fronts to Route 198. The new building will follow the model established by another Stronach property, Gulfstream Park, and include shopping and restaurant options aimed at attracting a broader audience.
But Stronach was still mum on what he'll do with his signature property. Because of its urban location, he's unlikely to try to replicate the feel of Gulfstream Park.
Stronach, 80, was more cautious in discussing his plans than he has been in the past. Upon buying the Maryland tracks, he immediately pledged to rebuild both of them. It never happened, and subsequent promises went unfulfilled and fueled the toxic environment surrounding the sport in Maryland as it lost trainers, horses and breeders to nearby states with purses fattened by slots revenue last decade.
Now that Maryland's casinos are up and running and pumping $3.5 million into racing purses each month, breeders have returned and trainers are no longer looking elsewhere.
Stronach, though, wasn't ready to divulge what he'll do with the "solemn ground" where the Preakness will be run May 18.
"We'll make major renovations," he said. "We'll spend a lot on Pimlico. The plans are being drawn up now. We're working through that."
Stronach's vision includes building a park-like area around the track to make it feel more like an oasis in the middle of the city. He realizes that, for as old and crumbling as the track may be, its greatest challenge is location. Racing fans and trainers I spoke with in Kentucky constantly mentioned "the area around Pimlico" as one of the things preventing racing from re-emerging in Maryland.
Driving from Baltimore's Inner Harbor to the track means cutting through some of the city's most dilapidated neighborhoods. Park Heights, which borders Pimlico to the west and south, consists largely of boarded-up row homes, empty store fronts and a few liquor stores and pawn shops.
Stronach reiterated his belief that the area can be rejuvenated and told the story of opening the Baltimore Technical Training Center in the middle of the neighborhood in 2005. Just this week, the city moved forward with a plan to build a new youth baseball complex in partnership with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation not far from Pimlico at a total cost of $1 million.
Ultimately, Stronach's plan for Pimlico will probably revolve around a plan to make the seating areas smaller and more intimate feeling for everyday operation, while allowing for easy temporary accommodations to hold the 120,000 plus who attend Preakness.
Stronach has already agreed to build new barns on the backside and spruce up the area abutting Northern Parkway. It seems likely that an effort will be made to create a perimeter around the entire facility that helps distinguish it from the surrounding area. Churchill Downs, after all, has similarly troubled neighborhoods nearby but is generally considered safe and upscale because of the apron surrounding the track.
"We're sure we can make it work," Stronach said. "We're going to put money into it and we feel great that Maryland has put a deal in place that allows us to look to the future."

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Should you find yourself cruising just south east of Austin, Texas, the weekend before Veteran's day, I would highly suggest you make a stop in the town of Bastrop to attend the Veteran's Weekend Car Show and maybe fill up on some good food from some of the local vendors or some of the local restaurants like Anita's Mexican Restaurant located at 1010 Main Street (recommended), while enjoying the car show. All put on by the Bastrop Area Cruisers and the Downtown Business Alliance.
Friday the 7th was the "Meet & Greet Registration" from 4:30 till 8:00pm. The main street of Bastrop was closed on Saturday for a fun filled day. The show last year attracted over 260 vehicles from all over the spectrum, from Rods and Customs, to original muscle cars, motorcycles and what appeared to be some "fresh barn finds". The show was held in conjunction with a Veterans' Ceremony which was scheduled for 11am. The car show ran from registration at 7am until the trophies were handed out at 4:30pm. The awards were given in multiple categories including Best Chevrolet, Best Ford, Best Mopar, Participant's Choice, 20 different classes, DBA award and ending with the Best in Show. Sunday ended the weekend with a cruise to the beautiful Hyatt Lost Pines Resort where you could show your car from 8am-10am while you enjoy your brunch.
One of the highlights of the day, as it is for a lot of folks, the trip you take to get to the show. I had to drive south on 95. This is some of the most beautiful country roads that you'll find in Texas. The leaves on the trees have began to change to the normal fall colors of orange, yellow and deep reds, colors that are mostly enjoyed by the folks cruising to shows in other parts of the country. This along with the 80 degree temperatures and low humidity made for some very nice cruising down 95 towards Bastrop.
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NEW YORK -- With the departure of Josh McCown, the Bears were a logical bet to look for a young quarterback in this year's draft. Chicago waited six rounds to pull the trigger, but coach Marc Trestman has unearthed a new pupil to groom in San Jose State's David Fales.
The Bears used the No. 183 overall pick to add a passer whom 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh called a top-five prospect at the position, saying of Fales: "I think he sees the field. I think he throws the ball downfield."
With 25 career starts at the collegiate level, Fales joined Fresno State's Derek Carr as the only two passers with 4,000-plus yards in both 2012 and last season. Praised for his competitiveness and quick release, Fales' footwork has been cited as an area needing improvement. His arm strength also has been described as "just functional," but those who know him call him a football junkie.
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[Verse 1: Propain]
Yo, when I started out, you never gave me shit
But I was trying to survive on the grind for days till it made me sick
Niggas hating on me, talking down they used to make me quit
Nowadays when they call a nigga phone
Try to get me on they song, gotta pay me bitch
I ride round on a mission daily
Tryna get the paper gotta feed my grinds
Bun B told me young its tough, but when you coming up they wanna see you down
Down here they don't give a fuck about you
No love partner, its a dirty game
Just cos Rico killed Calvin
That don't mean a nigga won't merk ya mayne
Seen foul shit when niggas hurt for change
Watch ya back with these lying hoes
If you got a ho when you a shining bro
Then she gonna ride with a nigga who be shining more
She'll only love you when you buy her a stone
Yeah, they wanna fuck you when you diamonds glow
It's the same shine that'll blind ya soul
When you stop all that other shit they around it goes
And I lost a partner
He alive well not to Pro
I go ape shit, one monkey never gonna stop the show
Twin told me gotta watch your foes!
Nigga take from me I went and got some more
With just to let em' picture me rolling
I make the album cover with a drop and fold
Got the club popping while we popping rolls
Got your girl bopping trying to drop her clothes
All my niggas paid and my mama straight
Think I give a fuck bout that gossip ho?
Cause these haters hate & they no stopping
Fuck'em all I made mo profit
Didn't understand when I was broke big-e
But money really bring mo problems
[Hook: Kirko Bangz]
I got a problem
Too much money, too many cars, got too many bitches
Too many cribs that I ain't even got enough time to live in
I got a problem, got too much heart, got too much soul
Got too much love, I show to much and mayne I never get enough of
I got a problem, I see these niggas hating on me
They at the bottom and they waiting on me
I pray to God I can make a way, give my sister a crib
Put my brother on the lake, & all of my enemies fade away
I got a problem
[Verse 2: Slim Thug]
I know so many wanna see me fall
I make the motherfuckers suffer when they see me ball
See me in that big bent like fuck'em all
You ain't gotta fuck with me cause I don't fuck with y'all
Crab ass niggas, snake ass niggas
Say they real but they just a bunch of fake niggas
My mistake niggas, thought you was one hunned
I take that loss bitch I'm a boss
But I learn from it
They tired of seeing me stunting, want me to fall off
They like me better broke & fucked up on that nawf
But bitch I'm still climbing
Ain't sold none of my diamonds
Still dropping all these cars I rap about, & all these bars
Still pull Ménage à trois, with the baddest broads
Like I dreamed it, it's hogg life for life and I mean it
I see these niggas hating, wait for me to fall
It's 15 years later, hater's I'm still standing tall!
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Zuckerberg to fundraise for Christie
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has friended New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will host a fundraiser next month in California for the Republican's reelection campaign, a Christie official and Facebook confirmed.
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BuzzFeed first reported the fundraiser, noting that Christie met Zuckerberg three years ago when the Facebook founder gave $100 million to Newark public schools.
The two appeared on Oprah with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who was expected to challenge Christie this year until deciding to campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2014. At the time, Zuckerberg was facing negative press associated with the then-upcoming movie "The Social Network."
"Mark and Priscilla have worked closely with Gov. Christie on education reform in the Newark school system," Facebook spokeswoman Sarah Feinberg said in via email. "They admire his leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark's school children. Mark and Priscilla are happy to host him at their home to support his reelection."
On Thursday afternoon, the Democratic Governors Association called on Zuckerberg to cancel the fundraiser, starting an online petition drive.
Maggie Haberman and Elizabeth Wasserman contributed to this report.
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Population estimates provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Central Valley Chinook Salmon Population Assessment program provides the GrandTab report and CalFish provides the Upper Sacramento River Basin Salmonid Monitoring annual monitoring reports, which present all the detailed data, methodologies, and assumptions. Data for 1963 missing for the 196201969 average. Data are preliminary and subject to change.
Steelhead are federally listed as threatened. The population abundance target shown above for steelhead represents just one of several criteria that the National Marine Fisheries Service considers when determining whether a species should be removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (50 CFR 223.102). Recovering any of the species entails meeting criteria for abundance, productivity, diversity, and spatial structure across multiple watersheds, as well as criteria for alleviating threats (NMFS, 2014). The population abundance target (i.e., 833) is not specific to Cow Creek; it is a generic, minimum recovery level that applies across the Central Valley Recovery Domain (NMFS, 2014). In-River returns should be primarily, if not exclusively, made up of natural-origin fish in order to support a delisting decision (Lindley et al. 2007).
Fall run Chinook are not listed as endangered or threatened, so there are no recovery targets. An alternative comparison is the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) natural production targets for naturally born fish that return to spawn in the river, including those harvested in the ocean and river prior to spawning. Note the CVPIA goals do not include hatchery returns. This is typically referred to as the CVPIA doubling goal (USFWS, 2001). The CVPIA natural production target for fall run is 4,600. The 2017 natural production estimate is 448 for fall run. The US Fish and Wildlife Anadromous Fish Restoration Program provides the Central Valley Chinook yearly natural production estimates in the Chinookprod report.
The 2017 snapshot is defined as November 2016 to December 2017, as per when salmon and steelhead return from the ocean to spawn. Late fall run Chinook return in to the Sacramento River and its tributaries in early November through February, with spawning occurring from January through mid-April. Winter run Chinook return as early as December with spawning from April through August. Spring run Chinook return in late January through August, with spawning occurring from mid-August through October. Fall run Chinook return from June through November and spawn from early October through late December. Steelhead migration can start in fall but is primarily during winter and spring, with spawning occurring December through April.
National Marine Fisheries Service. 2014. California Central Valley Salmon & Steelhead Recovery Plan. West Coast Region, Sacramento, California.
US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2001. Final Restoration Plan for the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program. A Plan to Increase Natural Production of Anadromous Fish in the Central Valley of California.
Lindley et al. 2007. Framework for Assessing Viability of Threatened and Endangered Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Basin. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 5(1): article 4. February 2007.


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Diary of a T-Shirt Intern is a weekly column written by Bo, a T-Shirt blogger at Loving This Tee who is also affectionately known in the tee community as dunz0. Bo will be tracking her experiences as an intern at Tilteed and sharing her thoughts on the strange land that is Portland, Oregon!
Last week, I got to prepare a piece for printing. This time, it was an intricate 5-color illustration by B7 (Ben Foot) called "House of the Surprising Sun.†Although this was rather challenging design to work with, I learned quite a bit from my trials and tribulations.
First, I had to expose all the screens. Sometimes I wonder if the intense UV light that seeps through is killing my eyes, since I'm short and the exposure unit is near eye level.
When all of these screens were ready, it was time to head to the printing press. The first thing that I had to do was to tape up all corners of each screen, so that I wouldn't be getting any ink into the crevices. Right off the bat, I was having trouble. How hard can taping up screens be? Very! There's so much adjusting required, especially if you're no pro like myself. I kept putting tape down, and having to take it off, only to do it all over again many times. I think I've finally figured out a technique to speed up the process and minimize the messing up, but it definitely took a while to get to where I am now.
When I had managed to finish taping everything, it was time to line up the screens. I am quite sure that I spent hours doing this. It's much harder to get every screen perfectly lined up than I had expected. What you have to do is to print the first color, then line up the next screen with that first color, and so on and so forth. At times when I thought that everything was perfectly aligned for one screen, I'd go to tighten up the knobs and the screen would shift by a bit. Talk about frustrating!
Unfortunately, something ended up happening that made one of the most important screens unusable. The artwork seemed to be stretched lengthwise by about a millimeter, so it couldn't line up with the rest of the screens. There was no way to fix this but to completely wash out that screen and expose a new one. It may not sound like a big deal, but that was hours lost right there!
Alas, everything worked out in the end. I was completely pooped but it was well worth it! Here's a look at the test run of the print:
Oh, and as promised, there are dinosaurs! I apologize for the horrible picture quality, but this as good as my phone can do.
This picture was taken at a restaurant called Laughing Planet. They have super tasty burritos and delicious smoothies. What makes them really cool is that they have random dinosaur figures on their tables. I even spotted a Pachycephalosaurus on our table, which made me super happy. I did a group project on pachycephalosaurs for my dinosaur class in college. Yeah, I'm a nerd. There's no use in denying it.
On another note, if you aren't participating in Tilteed's one year anniversary contest, then you should join in on the fun! You have the chance to win a Flip UltraHD camcorder, inprnt art prints, and free t-shirts. Head over to Tilteed to find out more about the giveaway!
Until next time!
Be sure to check out the latest tee at Tilteed. The shirt is called Reticent and is on sale now for $12 but you can save $2 by using the coupon code "TILTCOTY†at checkout!


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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
(1) Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the only chasuble with its own IP address.
(2) You don't put this on this garment, you hack into it.
(3) Most vestments get cleaned. This one gets a new hard drive.
(4) Old concept: liturgical colors. New concept: PC versus Mac.
(5) For the time being, don't run Windows 7 while wearing this or the liturgy will constantly freeze up and you'll have to reboot and start over from the beginning. Microsoft's working on the patch.
(6) This chasuble also serves as a wi/fi hotspot.
(7) If you want to order one, the name of this product is iGarbage.
You get the idea.
12 comments:
- Randy said...
I wonder where you put the cooling fan?
- April 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM
- Monika said...
another iSore.
- April 20, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Look like a "Star Wars" vestment.
- April 21, 2010 at 5:31 AM
- Pastor Bakker said...
Please defrag!
- April 21, 2010 at 6:27 AM
I know that Christ has defeated the serpent, but you don't really have to incorporate the skin into your vestments in order to prove the point!
- April 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Error 404: Clergy Not Found.
- April 21, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Pr. Lehmann said...
End of line.
- April 23, 2010 at 3:14 PM
"Shaka Unbuntu"
- May 6, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- James said...
I am on this site for the first time; your jokes and comments are priceless. However, I can't help thinking that there is an entire congregation worshipping with Fr "Spaceship"; do they think this goofy garbage uplifts the mind and heart in Our Lord's presence?
Goes to show what happens when they threw out the 1928 Book of Common Prayer what came in.
- May 14, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Xopher Xadin said...
- May 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- Cantor Nikolaos said...
What happens when you mix Liturgical tradition and 21st Century technology?
- August 1, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Nancy Louise said...
When androids dream of electric sleep, this is the church vestments they see. . .
- April 13, 2011 at 5:17 AM


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Trips Vol. 3 No. 3
Can it really be 40 years since Workingman's Dead was released? Why, it feels like only yesterday that "Uncle John's Band" first started wafting out over the FM airwaves, spreading its warm smile coast to coast and announcing to the world that the Good Ol' Grateful Dead were now traveling to some cool new spaces (in addition to most of their deliciously weird old ones). This edition of Road Trips (Vol. 3, No. 3) celebrates that magical and transformative spring of 1970 with one of the best-loved aural documents of that era: The Dead's early and late shows at the Fillmore East on May 15, 1970, presented nearly in their entirety over the first 3-CD set in this series (plus the accompanying Bonus Disc).
This was a big tour for the Grateful Dead family. For one thing, it was the first jaunt the Dead undertook with their country-rock offshoot, the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which at this point still included Garcia on pedal steel guitar), as their opening act. As an added treat, at a number of shows that spring—including these two—the Dead started the evening by playing a casual and intimate acoustic set consisting mostly of old folk and blues tunes, but also usually featuring a few songs from the (still unreleased) Workingman's Dead.
Over the course of the two acoustic sets that night the group tackled such tunes as "I Know You Rider," "The Rub (Ain't It Crazy)," "Deep Elem Blues" (which does not appear on the previously circulating recordings of the late show), "Uncle John's Band," "Black Peter," "New Speedway Boogie," "Candyman," "Friend of the Devil" (those last two wouldn't turn up until American Beauty later in 1970), and these four which have never before appeared on an official GD release: "The Ballad of Casey Jones," "Long Black Limousine," "She's Mine" (sung by Pigpen) and "A Voice From on High," the last featuring John "Marmaduke" Dawson and David Nelson from the New Riders. There's plenty of charming between-songs banter and the sound is crystal clear.
There is lots to love in the electric sets the Dead played at the Fillmore East, too, including truly epic versions of "Dark Star," "That's It for the Other One" and "Morning Dew"; favorites like "China Cat > I Know You Rider," "St. Stephen" and "Cosmic Charlie"; the exciting new tunes "Casey Jones" and "Cumberland Blues" (which they also played acoustic); and Pigpen workin' it on out on "Hard to Handle," "Good Lovin'" and a fantastic "Lovelight." The Dead always played great at the Fillmore East—this was already the group's third headlining stint there in 1970—and it was shows like these that established the band as a top East Coast draw during this era.
As with all our releases, Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 3: May 15, 1970 was culled from the Grateful Dead's original tapes by Mr. Jeffrey Norman—the Pride of Petaluma—and mastered to the demanding HDCD spec for maximum power and clarity. The accompanying booklet for this 3-CD set includes vintage photos by Amalie Rothschild and Peter Simon and a historical essay by yours truly. All in all, it's sure to become another treasured favorite.


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An assistant coach for 14 years on the Division I level and a former junior college head coach, Chris Crutchfield is in his fifth year on the Oklahoma staff. He was hired by in April 2011 as an assistant coach after spending four seasons at Oral Roberts University in the same capacity.
Before his stop at Tyler, Crutchfield spent the 1996-97 season an assistant coach at Texas-San Antonio. He began his full-time coaching career during the 1995-96 season at his alma mater, Nebraska-Omaha, after serving the previous two seasons there as a graduate assistant.


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|This is the seismograph from Wupatki, Arizona. There weren't many closer, and I quite liked how clearly the P-wave and S-wave showed up in this one.
On February 28, at 10:54 am, I had just been picked up from school, and we were driving in my mother's 1870s powder-blue Camaro towards The Big Swoopy Hill. All of a sudden, the car swayed back and forth, the dashboard tilting up and down. It looked like that One Time My Dad Took the Car on the Potholed Forest Service Road Where People Go Mudding.
"Mum, do we have a flat?" I asked.
"No, I don't think so. We might have run over a downed branch." My mum looked in the rearview mirror. "Although I don't see anything behind us…"
"Mum, look at the lady parked on the side of the road!"
"She's getting back in her car, she's ok."
After we got back home, my mother worked on some legal briefs, and I worked on my report on deciduous trees. After an hour or so, the phone rang.
My mum picked it up. "Hello?"
"Are you ok? Is the house ok?" my dad asked, frantically.
"We're fine… Are you?"
"There was an earthquake!"
We walked around the house, and, sure enough, some of the vases on top of the piano had shifted a little. The dishes had moved.
The next day at school, my classmates regaled me with tales of crawling under their plastic-topped desks, all the while imagining the back half of the portable buildings sinking into the ground. One girl even declared that she'd thought it was the Rapture.
|This is from a school near Nisqually. Our school only had a couple lights fall down, and was otherwise fine.
|Well, I tried.
|A fault plane solution for the Nisqually earthquake. The little circles are dilatations, and the little stars are compression - so you can see how part of the plate extended, compressing the material to either side.
|A path near the State Capitol. One fellow looks depressed at the thought of all the work he's going to have to do. The other fellow looks like this is the coolest thing to ever happen - definitely a geologist.
|Highway 101 - nobody really uses the right lane, do they?
|The exterior of the State Capitol. You can see that some of the bricks are separating from the facade. The building was shut down for quite some time as it was examined for structural stability.
|Looters run rampant in downtown Seattle.
These fellows actually just found a co-worker's purse amidst the wreckage of their van.
|"Pssh, I've got nine lives, I ain't scared."
|Some fellows braving aftershocks to repair the Viaduct so people can tempt fate.
|A sand boil in Olympia.
|Worst sweeping job ever.
In addition to the websites linked through the above photos, here are some websites with information on the Nisqually earthquake:
Some Observations of Geotechnical Aspects of the February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake in Olympia, South Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington
Geodetic Information from Central Washington University
The Nisqually Earthquake Information Clearinghouse, housed by the University of Washington
GPS Analysis of Olympia Quake from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Pacific Seismic Network's Nisqually Earthquake Page
USGS's Preliminary Earthquake Report
Washington State Department of Natural Resource's Nisqually Earthquake Page
Identifying the Rupture Plane of the 2001 Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake
A Video Taken Inside Microsoft During the Earthquake
KOMO News Broadcast from February 28, 2001
Car image: http://bit.ly/x4x9RL
This video made me laugh so hard I cried. It's ridiculous!


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Owner's Manual
The Proper Care of your Voyage-Air
Voyage-Air Guitar Owner's Manual (pdf download)
Instructions for Unpacking
Thank you for choosing a Voyage Air Guitar. We know that the ability to travel with your guitar will inspire you to practice, play and share your music with others for many years to come. Now, get ready to enjoy the feeling. Play. Fold. Travel. Repeat.
Follow these simple steps to make your Voyage Air Guitar ready for play:
- The Voyage Air Guitar is shipped inside a durable backpack-style case. Set this case on a stable surface (like a table) with the flat side down.
- Unzip and open the case. Do not remove the guitar just yet.
- The neck of the guitar has a hinge. Lift the neck up and away from the guitar.
- The body of the guitar is secured in the case with a black nylon strap (the one with the pad for the neck). Undo this strap while holding the neck of the guitar.
- Lift the guitar by the neck so the body of the guitar is nearly vertical. Keep the bottom of the guitar resting in the case.
- Place your palm on the back of the guitar, near the top of the guitar body, but below the neck hinge.
- With both hands, position the guitar slightly so the sound hole is pointing down towards the table surface.
- Being careful that your hands or fingers are not in the way as the hinge closes. Pull the neck of the guitar into the playing position.
- Tighten the hinge-locking thumbscrew to secure the guitar in the playing position. Just use your fingers to make the thumbscrew tight: no tools are necessary. Note: this thumbscrew also serves as the guitar's strap-button.
- Tune the guitar. Play and enjoy.
To fold and store the guitar in the backpack case, reverse the steps listed above.
Voyage Air Guitar Owner's Manual (pdf download)
IMPORTANT! Please read these step-by-step instructions carefully before you attempt to assemble and start playing your new Voyage-Air Guitar! Personal injury and damage to your guitar can result if it is not handled properly.
Opening and Folding Your Guitar
This video gives an overview for unpacking and folding open a Voyage Air Guitar. It concludes with the steps for folding and packing your Voyage Air Guitar. To find out how you can get your own Voyage Air Guitar, contact us today!
Opening Your Voyage-Air Acoustic
TransAxe Electrics
Making the TransAxe Case into a Backpack
Cleaning your Guitar
Wash your hands.
Surprisingly, the number one tip for keeping your guitar clean is to wash your hands before you play the instrument. Not only does this remove any dirt and grime on your hands, it will also reduce the natural skin oils before you play. All of this helps keep the guitar clean.
Wipe down the guitar
Each time, after you play your guitar, you should wipe it down with a soft cloth. Dedicate this cloth to wiping down your guitar and don't use it for anything else. Pay particular attention to the strings: you will find that the strings last much longer if you wipe them down at the end of each playing session. There are special 'guitar wipe down' cloth products that are specially treated to make this an easy task.
Get a paint brush for dust
Take a trip to your local hardware store and purchase a soft-bristle paint brush that's about 2-inches wide. With this brush, you can whisk away dust that accumulates under the strings at the headstock, as well as under the strings near the bridge. Please use a new paint brush for this task; don't try one that's been used for touching-up the baseboards around the house!
Guitar Polish
If your guitar already has smudges and grime from some period of practice and play, use any quality brand of Guitar Polish, such as the products from Martin, GHS, and Planet Waves. Dedicated guitar-polish products are specially formulated to clean and preserve the finish of your instrument and can restore the "like new" sparkle of your guitar. Do not use any products that contain silicone (such as Armor-All).
Car wax and furniture polish
Simply stated: don't use this stuff on your guitar. These types of products can cause a wax buildup that is difficult to remove, and may cause long-term damage to the finish of your instrument.
String Tension
In most cases, the string tension is NOT released before loosening the strap button bolt and folding a Voyage Air Guitar. To ensure your safety, pay careful attention to the correct procedure for unfolding and folding your Voyage Air Guitar. We strongly recommend that you watch the demonstration on our HOW IT WORKS page. Also, please read the instructions provided with the instrument before you unfold and fold the guitar for the first time. There is a tendency for the guitar neck to spring outwards after the bolt is loosened, and this is perfectly normal. Be aware, and be prepared for this spring effect: it's the key to safe and proper folding/unfolding and storage of your guitar.
Related to String Tension is the relief (bow) or reverse curve (back-bow) of the guitar fingerboard. Every Voyage Air Guitar is equipped with an adjustable truss rod installed within the neck. This truss rod can be adjusted from the peghead using the wrench provided with each guitar.
For optimum playing performance, we suggest that you let the guitar acclimate to the environment (temperature and humidity) in which it will be played. Then adjust the truss rod to set the action to the preferred height above the 12th fret. (NOTE, all Voyage Air instruments are set-up and played prior to shipping. However, different climates and environmental conditions may affect the guitars playability. A second look and personal adjustment in your specific environment will insure the best performance from the instrument.)
After you're completely satisfied with the playability of your Voyage Air Guitar, we recommend that you leave it unfolded, with the guitar neck locked in the playing position. This allows your instrument to 'settle in.' While in the playing position, the string tension on the neck will create the necessary relief (bow). When the neck is folded, the string tension will be released.
All Voyage Air Guitars are designed to be folded and unfolded as many times as your traveling needs require. There is no danger in folding and unfolding it constantly. However, removing tension from the neck may require some time for the neck relief to come back into the neck once in the playing position.
Truss Rod Adjustment
How To Adjust The Neck Of Your Voyage Air Guitar With Adjustable Truss Rod
All Voyage Air Guitars are equipped with adjustable truss rods. The purpose of a truss rod is to adjust the neck to counteract string tension. The reasons for truss rod adjustments vary and this both strengthens the neck and allows for adjustments of bowed or warped necks. Common reasons for this effect are climatic changes and changing the string gauge or tuning pitch. String tension changes can affect string height, also known as the action.
To adjust the truss rod, remove truss rod cover located on the headstock.
Sight DOWN the neck from the headstock in order to properly gauge the bow (pictured left above) or hump (pictured right above) of the neck.
Insert supplied Allen wrench (size: 5/32nds). If bowed, begin tightening (clockwise) or, if the neck has a hump, begin loosening (counterclockwise) the rod. Turn very gently at small increments and continue to check the neck as you proceed with each fraction of a turn.
Truss rod tension can also be measured by installing a capo on the first fret and holding the string at the fret where the neck joins the body. Insert a thickness gauge between the string and fret at the 8th fret. There should be about .010 clearance (app .254mm). This clearance is called "neck relief". If there is too little neck relief, there will be fret buzzing, and too much relief can cause poor intonation and a high action. If buzzing continues after the neck is straightened, additional fret lowering or filing may be required.
Printable pdf version click here.
Using the Barrel Wrench
How To: Use Barrel Wrench to Tighten Thumbscrew Grommet
Sometimes, due to movement from travel, the grommet inside the thumbscrew assembly can change position causing the thumbscrew to not function properly. This may be expressed as a small 'gap' on the heel of a guitar, and the thumbscrew not being able to be completely screwed in. This is corrected easily with the supplied barrel wrench included with every Voyage Air Guitar.
First, here is an explanation of the parts of the thumbscrew (the male half) that are inside of the neck heel.
- Thumbscrew Retainer Grommet (This is what you adjust with the barrel wrench, pictured top-left.)
- Sleeve (pictured top-right)
- Thumbscrew (pictured bottom)
- Now, here is an example of a thumbscrew grommet that has been shifted or shimmied into an incorrect position.
- INCORRECT: Thumbscrew is all the way in and grommet is visible.
- [A Visible Grommet is incorrect]
- To correct this issue, take out the supplied Barrel Wrench which is included with your Voyage-Air Guitar.
- Place the guitar on a solid, non-scratch surface. Make sure that the Voyage Air Guitar is in the folded position and the thumbscrew grommet is visible and accessible.
- Connect the end of the barrel wrench to the grommet protruding from the thumbscrew.
- [Connect Barrel Wrench to Grommet]
- Rotate the thumbscrew clockwise until the grommet is no longer visible.
- CORRECT: Thumbscrew is all the way down and the grommet is NOT visible
- Click here for a printable pdf
Guitar Stands
Guitar stands are not for storing your guitar.
When you own a beautiful instrument, it's a natural desire to want to display your prize and keep it within easy reach for play. This isn't the best idea for a number of reasons.
Storing your guitar on a stand makes it susceptible to... everything. The guitar can be knocked over. Things can fall on your guitar. Your cat might mistake your pride-and-joy for a scratching post.
A guitar on a stand is also not protected from temperature and humidity extremes. For utmost protection, you should keep the guitar in its case at any time you are not actually playing the guitar.
If you use a guitar stand to keep your guitar handy, consider it as a place to hold the instrument while you take a break.
Avoid stands with rubber pads.
Over time, the chemistry of the guitar's finish interacts with the rubber pads. This usually results in an unsightly band or stripe at the contact point. At worst, the rubber can actually eat into the finish of the guitar. Very recent guitar stands have improved synthetic pads that are supposedly safe for the guitar's finish. If you want to use a stand like this, please double-check with its manufacturer to make sure that the stand won't harm the finish of your Voyage Air Guitar.
If you choose to keep your guitar on a stand for some period of time, make sure that the guitar is not exposed to direct sunlight. Sunlight can cause uneven heating of the instrument. Long term, it can also prematurely age or damage the finish of the guitar.
Guitars and Humidity
Keep the guitar in an environment with normal humidity. In the winter, with a furnace or radiators running much of the season, humidity is literally cooked out of the air.
Nature loves a balance. In an overly-dry environment, the woods of your guitar surrender their natural moisture content in a futile effort to humidify your room. This can be damaging to the guitar.
The guitar case offers a closed environment where you can easily control the humidity. You can also put a guitar humidifier inside the case. There are many humidifiers available and any of them will do the trick. It is typically a sponge-type material encased in something like a plastic holder. You keep the sponge part moist and stored in the case along with your guitar.
Cold Weather and Humidity
In the winter, there's usually record-breaking cold weather in much of the USA and around the globe. As a result, many of us are building fires in the wood stove, fireplace, or running the furnace much of the time to keep our homes warm.
While this is great for our comfort, realize that all of these heat sources remove the normal humidity from the air in our homes. They make the air very dry. And for the woods of a guitar, sometimes, the humidity level can sink down to dangerously low levels.
As the air in your home becomes dry (less humid), this tends to dry out the natural moisture content in the woods of the guitar. In the worst case, this can cause fret buzzing, frets protruding from the sides of the neck (as the neck woods shrink), or even cracking of the carefully engineered woods of your Voyage Air Guitar.
To prevent this, try to store your guitar at room temperature as much as you can, keeping it away from heat sources. The Relative Humidity (RH) of your environment should be about 45-55% (normal). In fact, the Voyage Air Guitar Shipping and QC Facility maintains 50-55% RH at all times to ensure the moisture stability and quality of all guitars that we ship.
There are a variety of inexpensive gauges (Hydrometers) that will show the actual RH (i.e., RH value reading) for your home. All well-stocked hardware stores and electronic outlets have digital gauges like that, and will show you the current RH level of your home.
Here's what you can do to protect your Voyage Air Guitar in a dry environment:
As much as possible, keep your guitar zipped-up and stored in the backpack case. This helps isolate the guitar when it must be stored in a dry environment.
There are 'guitar humidifier' products that you can get at your local music store. There are a variety of designs and all are inexpensive. Put a humidifier in the case before you zip it up, and the natural moisture balance of the woods will be maintained. Check your guitar at least once a week. Never let water contact the woods of your guitar!
Guitars and Heat
Heat is the Enemy of your guitar.
In general, your guitar is safe and comfortable at the same temperatures that you are safe and comfortable. A guitar can withstand heat up to about 110-degrees (F). Above that temperature, the glue that holds the instrument together begins to soften. In fact, luthiers who repair guitars use "heat guns" to heat glue joints and remove wooden parts for repair. Few realize the pressure that the strings exert on a guitar. If your Voyage Air Guitar is folded open to the playing position, the strings will exert a combined pull of more than 100 pounds on the bridge of the guitar - exactly the same as hanging a 100-pound weight from the bridge! Now, imagine that 100-pound weight pulling on the bridge as its glue gets hot and begins to soften. The bridge can easily lift, or even pull from the top of the guitar. Heat is the enemy. Protect your guitar from heat.
Wood shrinks.
When subjected to heat, the wood of your guitar suffers. The natural moisture-content is baked out of the wood, and the wood begins to shrink. Usually, the first sign that a guitar has been subjected to heat is the ends of the frets begin to protrude from the fretboard. Other signs are bulges and warps in the top of the guitar, or binding that has become loose or actually popped away from the edges of the tops and sides.
If your guitar must travel with you where it's warm (or downright hot), keep the guitar in its Voyage Air Guitar carry case. All Voyage Air Guitar cases have padded insulation that helps protect the instrument from heat.
Never keep your guitar locked in your car on a hot day.
The interior of a closed car can easily reach 170-degrees! On a hot day, never leave your guitar in the direct sun, even in its case.
Guitars and Temperature Extremes
Temperature change should be gradual.
Optimally, you want to keep your guitar with you, and free from the hazards inherent in any temperature extremes. Of course, this isn't always possible but temperature extremes are more likely when you're traveling with a Voyage Air Guitar!
In regards to temperature extremes realize that a fine guitar is a collection of different kinds of wood all glued together to produce the complete instrument. When heated all woods expand slightly. This is normal and taken into account when the instrument is designed.
The important point is that different woods absorb heat and expand at different rates. If a guitar is subjected to a sudden temperature change some of the woods will expand or contract much more quickly than others. This results in unnecessary stress to the instrument.
The very worst case scenario is where a guitar is stored for some period in the ice-cold trunk of a car and then immediately brought to play in a warm room. Even worse would be to immediately play it while sitting near a wood stove or a fireplace. The thin wood top of a quality guitar can actually crack from such stress.
If your guitar is ice-cold to the touch give it some time to warm up to the room. Open the case an inch and allow about 15-30 minutes for the instrument to gradually come to room temperature.
A guitar may be safely frozen and thawed without damage. However over time continuous freezing and thawing cycles may result in "spider web" cracks in the finish of the guitar.


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Bishop's bar mitzvah episode may spell trouble
Eric Semler wanted to throw his son a Bar Mitzvah bash that he would never forget — capped by a fireworks show near the hedge fund investor's Southampton, N.Y., home — but he needed Rep. Tim Bishop's help.
The fireworks company Semler hired hadn't received government permits needed to put on the display. So on May 21, with the party just five days away, Semler contacted the Democratic congressman and asked for his help.
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Bishop agreed to intercede. But before Bishop and his aides completed their work on his behalf, Semler received a request from the congressman's campaign staff, according to documents obtained by POLITICO and multiple interviews: For a contribution of up to $10,000 to Bishop's reelection campaign.
"Our Finance Chair, Bob Sillerman suggested to my dad that you were interested in contribution to his campaign and that I should be in touch directly with you. We are going to be in a tough, expensive campaign and so we are very grateful for your willingness to be of help," the congressman's daughter and fundraiser, Molly Bishop, wrote to Semler in a May 23 email, three days before the party, when it was still unknown whether the permits would come through.
"If you make a contribution before June 26th you and your wife may each contribute up to $5,000; after June 26th the most you can each contribute is $2,500," she added.
Tim Bishop received $5,000 combined from Semler and his wife on June 26, the first time the couple had given to the five-term congressman.
The two men have conflicting accounts of who broached the donation: Bishop said Semler volunteered the money as a show of thanks, and his campaign was just following up; Semler said the congressman's staff solicited him.
But House ethics rules don't make that distinction: A member or his staff can't solicit or accept a campaign contribution tied to an official action.
In interviews, both men insisted they had done nothing wrong.
"I did my job. I was asked to fix a problem for a constituent that I did not create. I fixed it," Bishop said. "I never directly solicited him. We told him how he could help. And then a month later, he helped."
As for Semler, a few days after the party he complained in an email to employees of Grucci Firework that Bishop "didn't hestitate to solicit me in the heat of battle" and called the request, for up to $10,000, "really gross."
But in an email to Bishop after the party and again in an interview this week, Semler praised the congressman's efficient work to help secure the permits and said that nothing untoward occurred. Semler repeated, however, that it was Bishop's campaign staff that brought up the idea of a donation.


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Surviving Sandy
Last Monday, Hurricane Sandy took New York and New Jersey by storm. And if losing power was the biggest imposition to your daily schedule, well, then you've got a lot to be thankful for.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the tri-state area has been left with an estimated $50 billion in damage. Lower Manhattan was dark and flooded for nearly a week, and the Jersey Shore decimated.
Since all the LASIS reporters are students at New York Law School in TriBeCa, many of us were stranded inside the belly of the beast, uncertain how the school, our friends and families, or the surrounding areas would fare.
I hunkered down in New Jersey, where I'd been for the weekend, and watched the lights flicker until finally everything went dark and stayed that way for several days. Other members of the LASIS team were left in flooded buildings, watching transformers explode, or crowded around radios without power and water. One of us was even ambitious enough to do some reading for class by strapping on a battery-powered headlamp.
We were in as much contact as possible with each other, thanks largely to our Google Group for this site and our iPhones. We checked in regularly to see that the others were safe. Thankfully, we were.
After the storm cleared there was more damage than most anticipated and the tragic stories came pouring in like the tidal waves that overwhelmed the subway system and beaches.
We learned that one of our reporters went outside to help cut downed trees on a neighbor's lawn, others offered up their couches to friends who'd been displaced. Several of us were donating clothes, food, anything we could.
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I would have liked to include Smaug's own quote describing himself -- "My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are like swords..." etc. -- but I don't have the book handy and it wasn't a quick find online.
- "My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!" - The Hobbit, Ch. 12 'Inside Information'.
- --Earendilyon 16:52, 31 October 2006 (EST)
- Thanks, Earendilyon. --Ted C 17:40, 31 October 2006 (EST)
- Um, I already put that in the article. --Narfil Palùrfalas 18:16, 31 October 2006 (EST)
I'm considering a major rewrite of this article. As written, it goes well beyond the role of Smaug in The Hobbit, and if there's any background for Smaug outside The Hobbit, it's not included here. --Ted C 17:40, 31 October 2006 (EST)
[edit] Pronunciation
Is there any instance of Tolkien saying "Smaug" on tape? Can we be 100% certain about the pronunciation of this? Although AppE says "au" makes an "ow" sound as in "how" (not an "aw" sound as in "thaw"), if you read it carefully that paragraph applies to Quenya and Sindarin pronunciations.
If we can't be sure we should take out the IPA at the top and the spoken file because they amount to one editor's view. If pronunciation is a matter of interpretation, we should honestly say so. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 09:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- I say, remove the pronunciation until it is referenced.--Morgan 11:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- I second that. --Amroth 11:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- I third. The pronunciation table of Appendix E is obviously not relevant for pseudo-Old Norse. A quick search on the net gets more results for "smowg" than "smog", but never a source. They sometimes point to Fauskanger's Mannish article on Ardalambion, but it only discusses the origins of the name, not the pronunciation; it's just a rehash of Letter 25.
- I'm not sure if Tolkien ever pronounced the name. However, looking at its roots, we should probably consult an Old Norse pronunciation guide or something for this. -- Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 12:18, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Henry Adams Bellows' 1936 edition of The Poetic Edda has a pronunciation guide. It does say some of the sounds are approximations or conjecture, but doesn't say which ones.
- "Smaug" is unattested "Germanic",[2] presumably what we would call Proto-Germanic. I can't find a (hypothetical/conjectural) pronunciation guide for PGmc.
- So, in short: if we treat it as an Old Norse name, it's Sm-ow-g. If we treat it as Germanic, I'm not too sure, but probably Sm-ow-g as well. It may need some additional (and if possible, more modern) sources. Maybe do some OR by checking what other contemporary Germanic languages do to the /-aug/? -- Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 09:41, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
- Tom Shippey pronounces it as Sm-ow-g, or nearly so; that's good enough for me. And indeed there are recordings available of Tolkien reading from The Hobbit — I'm sure Smaug is mentioned somewhere in the recorded fragments and I'll find out how he says it. — Mithrennaith 05:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
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- May I ask why isn't there a "Gallery" section in the Dragon infobox? Woolly Mammoth 13:34, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
- ↑ Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda, "Pronouncing Index of Proper Names", p. 558
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 25, (dated February 1938)


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Hi everyone!! As promised, here are my photos from my weekend getaway to the Swiss Alps! Even though I'm not a fan of cold weather or winter sports.. I'm SO glad that I made the decision to go to Switzerland!! The views were incredible and these photos don't do justice… every view was truly breath-taking! And serious thanks to Bus2Alps for making this trip so easy!!
{Interlaken, Switzerland}
{interior of Victoria Jungfrau Hotel & Spa}
{what I look like 75% of the time- camera in my face}
{view while taking a hike!}
{top of our hike- incredible view of one of the lakes in Interlaken}
{beautiful view of the town, walking down the trail}
{yummy lunch after hiking!}
{Girls & I literally on top of Europe!! – we were 11,782 ft above sea level @ ice palace!!}
{cute ice penguins}
{ice palace @ Jungfrau}
{leaving the Alps, will def be back!!}
If I hadn't made the decision to study abroad, I would've never had the opportunity to go on these little weekend trips to the most beautiful places in the world!! It's amazing how easy it is to travel in Europe, and how affordable it is as well! Optional activities in the Swiss Alps included sky diving, canyon jumping, paragliding, hiking, ice skating, going to the top of Europe, and etc.. all of course were an additional cost, but seriously the most incredible activities you could part take in, with the most incredible views. Ever.
Seriously, if you're the slightest bit interested in studying abroad, I say, do it. It is a huge commitment to make and there are a lot you have to adjust to, but I promise it'll be the best, life changing experience of your life!
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The gate to enter Burning Man was officially closed Friday morning because the population had reached its limit of 68,000, a representative from the Pershing County Sheriff told the Black Rock Beacon, a daily newspaper at Burning Man.
"New attendees were only being admitted when a Burner left. As of Friday morning there were 190 vehicles waiting to enter BRC," according to the Saturday edition of the Black Rock Beacon.
The organizers of Burning Man (BMORG) are "expecting 11-12 hour delays at Exodus," which is usually the time from Saturday night after the Man burns to Monday night, the paper said.
The Man is scheduled to burn Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. For the first time, a live video stream of the event will be online and include shots from the Man's perspective, with four (we've been told) cameras mounted in the Man.
The weather has been as close to perfect as you can ask for, with mild days and warmer than usual nights with no warm layers needed yet this year.
Thursday night the Circle of Regional Effigies (C.O.R.E. Project) kicked off the weekend of art burning, as 24 projects from all over the world were set ablaze at 9 p.m.
Friday night the Cradle of Mir, a large wooden structure surrounding a 1/3 wooden scale replica of the Mir Space Station, from Moscow, Russia burned before a number of other pieces were transformed into a pile of ash through the night.
Midnight church burnings seem to be a thing this year, with Rebekah Waites' Church Trap, from Los Angeles, going up in flames Friday night at the stroke of midnight, followed by Petaluma's Mike Garlington's Photochapel set to burn Saturday night at midnight.
"I always wanted to burn a church and not go to jail," Garlington said as part of his inspiration and excitement about his piece this year, a favorite of many.
So far no whiteout dust storms this year and despite more than 10,000 people here than ever before, Black Rock City is basically the same as it ever was.


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Before a packed house April 10 at the headquarters of the Growth Opportunities through Athletics, Learning & Service organization, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait made an emotional address praising a number of local service-oriented organizations and individuals for their commitment and passion.
"This represents the best kind of spirit and effort in a city that prides itself on kindness," Tait said.
The mayor's appearance was hosted by the Anaheim-based group GOALS as part of an effort to recognize the importance service work. It was spearheaded by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
In introductory remarks, GOALS Executive Director Dave Wilk praised Tait as a man who does more than just talk about the importance of service.
"While a private businessman years ago, the mayor volunteered to help with design and engineering of our Dreamscape Sports Center," Wilk said. "He is a true champion for service across the city."
More commonly known as AmeriCorps, the federally supported initiative places volunteers who receive modest stipends at not-for-profit organizations to assist with wide-ranging community projects. AmeriCorps and Senior Corps volunteers are key contributors to service throughout the country.
In Anaheim, more than 373 AmeriCorps members and 141 Senior Corps volunteers serve in various roles, helping through programs such as the American Red Cross, the Anaheim Police Department and other not-for-profits such as Grandma's House of Hope. GOALS was the local site for a branch of AmeriCorps called Vista for six years. Most GOALS AmeriCorps participants were program alumni who brought community insight to their volunteer roles and projects. The Corporation for National and Community Service annually engages more than 5million people in service at more than 70,000 locations in 8,500 cities across the country through AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and other programs.
Following his speech, Tait was escorted by GOALS coaches and youngsters from their morning A+ Opportunity Academy program to the new GOALS garden. The A+ program offers six hours of free weekly activities to Anaheim children who are not in school because of the year-round track system. GOALS youth enjoy team sports, educational enrichment, films and field trips.
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Rondo and Ray-Ray knock-out Lakers, Celtics win game two
Ray Allen scored 27 of his 32 points in the first half with a record-setting 3-point shooting display, Rajon Rondo completed a triple-double down the stretch and the Boston Celtics evened the NBA finals with a 103-94 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 Sunday night.
Allen hit a finals-record eight 3-pointers in a dazzling effort for the Celtics. Rondo then took charge after Allen cooled down, racking up 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in his fifth playoff triple-double to hand Los Angeles its first home loss of the postseason.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: They came. They saw. And they got their all important split on the road.
After winning one-of-two games in Staples Center, the Boston Celtics have momentum against the defending champion and heavily favoured Los Angeles Lakers.
There were three reasons Boston turned the table against L.A., and took game two:
1) Obviously, Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen had terrific games. Rondo dropped a Jason Kidd like, triple-double, while Allen stretched the defense with an NBA Finals record eight-3 pointers.
2) Rondo, Allen, and the Celtics got points in transition. For instance, the Celtics ran quick pick-and-rolls and pushed the ball, which surprised the Lakers' defense.
3) Boston got back to blue-collar basketball. They ran down loose balls. They set the tempo. And they out-hustled LA. This intensity and effort, led by reserve Glen Davis, was a major reason Kobe Bryant was in foul trouble most of the night.
The next three games of the NBA Finals are in Boston. If the Celtics can keep momentum and hold at home, they may just secure their eighteenth championship banner.
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Monday, November 4
Fair Isle (http://fair-isle.blogspot.co.uk/) – Blue and Great Tits – not common up here on Fair Isle
Tuesday, November 5
Birding Ecosse (http://birdingecosse.co.uk/birding-ecosse-blog/) – Scoters and Long-tailed ducks
Wednesday, November 6
Birding Frontiers (http://birdingfrontiers.com/) – Seabirds of Flamborough
Thursday, November 7
Another Bird Blog (http://anotherbirdblog.blogspot.co.uk/) – Wildfowl and waders of the N-W
Friday, November 8
The Biggest Twitch (http://www.thebiggesttwitch.com/diary) – Some classic Welsh birds: Pied Flycatcher, Common Redstart, Wood Warbler, Black Grouse and Chough
Saturday, November 9
10,000 Birds (http://10000birds.com/category/birds) – British and Irish avian visitors in the USA (with an opportunity to win a book!)
Sunday, November 10
Mark Avery (http://markavery.info/blog/) – Pipit ID-ing and THE LINNET
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Ireland's Wildlife (http://www.irelandswildlife.com/wild-blog/) – The Birdwatch Ireland Garden Bird Survey: how you can help monitor Ireland's garden birds
Tuesday, November 12
Bird Words (http://www.birdwords.co.uk/) – Gull ID-ing
Wednesday, November 13
The Drunk Birder (http://thedrunkbirder.wordpress.com/) – Winter thrushes
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Derek BirdBrain (http://derekbirdbrain.blogspot.co.uk/) – Using the ID Guide in the field
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The Urban Birder (http://urbanitybirder.blogspot.co.uk/) – Ring Ouzel
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics players have decided to donate one full playoff share to eight local and national charitable efforts, a total of $34,325.16.
Reliever Jerry Blevins, the team's player representative, informed the front office that he and his teammates voted to donate one playoff share to charities -- including Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The other charities are the MLB Players Trust, UMPS CARE, Oakland A's Community Fund, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area, United Way of the Bay Area, Donnie Moore Ministries and the "Strike 3 Foundation."
The AL West champion A's lost in five games of the AL division series to the Detroit Tigers after a sensational final week of the regular season that included a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers to capture the division crown.