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The City of Sydney has a range of material for anyone wanting to know more about our history.
The City's history team has produced a number of books on Sydney's history, from the contributions of Chinese immigrants to the story of Sydney Town Hall.
There is a series of lectures and essays on Sydney's history that can be downloaded for free, and links to other history organisations.
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As opposed to other genres of music, Hip Hop has become notoriously well-known for its various rapper beefs. No stranger to the topic of rap beef, Queensbridge's own Nas appeared on Chelsea Lately to speak briefly on the topic with celebrity co-host Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters.
Nas seemed moderately fed up with beef in the genre as he spoke on Hip Hop being very standoffish and competitive at times.
"Once you say it, you gotta ride with it," Nas revealed. "You gotta be true. Hip Hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive. It's really about who's number one all the time. And it sometimes gets out of hand, definitely."
The Life Is Good rapper also touched on Hip Hop's decreasing recognition at The Grammy's after he was asked how he felt about various rap awards being moved to the awards ceremony's pre-show.
"It's cool. I feel like it could be a little more loved though," said Nas in regards to Hip Hop at The Grammy's. "Hip Hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight."
Nas is currently working on his twelfth studio album which he revealed he's in a "great zone" for during an interview at the top of the year.
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The Beach Boys 2012 Set List – Tuscon, Ariz.
Fresh off the new of a new album that will be released on June 5, it was a reunion that was a long time in the making at the Beach Boys 50th Anniversary tour kick-off in Tuscon last night.
Though the members of the band had been involved in numerous disputes over the past two decades, bygones were bygones last night as Brian Wilson joined fellow Beach Boys Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks. Last night marked the first time that Brian Wilson has shared the stage with the remainder of the Beach Boys since 1996.
Though the band delivered expected hits such as 'Little Deuce Coupe', 'Surfin' Safari' and 'Wouldn't It Be Nice,' the group also delved into their extensive catalog, pulling out lesser known tracks such as 'Sail On Sailor', 'All This Is That' and 'Forever'.
A complete review of the show can be read at Rolling Stone's website. The Beach Boys show in Tuscon marks the beginning of 47 shows the band will be performing between now and mid-July in the United States. Once their American run of shows wrap up, the band will tour through Europe and Japan.
The Beach Boys 2012 Set List – Tuscon, Ariz.
'Do It Again'
'Catch A Wave'
'Don't Back Down'
'Surfin' Safari'
'Surfer Girl'
'The Little Girl I Once Knew'
'Then He Kissed Me' (Phil Spector/The Crystals)
'This Whole World'
'Why Do Fools Fall in Love' (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)
'When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)'
'You're So Good to Me'
'In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home'
'Be True to Your School'
'Disney Girls'
'Please Let Me Wonder'
'Don't Worry Baby'
'Little Honda'
'Little Deuce Coupe'
'Shut Down'
'I Get Around'
'Sloop John B'
'Wouldn't It Be Nice'
'Sail On Sailor'
'Heroes and Villains'
'In My Room'
'All This Is That'
'God Only Knows'
'That's Why God Made the Radio'
'California Dreaming' (The Mamas and the Papas)
'California Girls'
'Dance Dance Dance'
'All Summer Long'
'Help Me Rhonda'
'Rock and Roll Music' (Chuck Berry)
'Barbara Ann'
'Surfin' U.S.A.'
'Good Vibrations'
'Fun Fun Fun'


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As the student-organized "State Patty's Day" approaches this month, town-and-gown initiatives are taking form to weaken the destructive annual gathering centered on the over-consumption of alcohol.
Since 2007, the artificial holiday known as "State Patty's Day" has led to an increase in alcohol overdoses, arrests, vandalism and litter, creating a generally inhospitable atmosphere in town. Attracting attention beyond the campus community, the event has been detrimental to the reputation of Penn State students, even though many of the day's revelers travel from outside University Park.
Last year, staff at Mount Nittany Medical Center estimated that half of 336 emergency room admissions were related to State Patty's Day. The average blood-alcohol content for patients was 0.282 percent -- a rate of 0.3 percent could lead to coma or even death.
Myriad strategies from Penn State and State College Borough officials mitigated some of the damage from last year's event, and newer tactics are being deployed to hasten the decline of this year's State Patty's Day, set for Feb. 23.
In 2012, the Interfraternity Council's decision to ban gatherings on State Patty's Day, combined with voluntary curtailed hours or all-day closures of some downtown bars, led to a decrease in criminal activity, according to police. From a 36-hour period during 2012's State Patty's Day, borough police fielded 399 calls for service, down from 480 calls the previous year. In 2012, borough police officers made 222 criminal arrests; 234 arrests were made in 2011. Penn State University Police made 67 arrests in 2012 – the same as 2011. Non-Penn State students accounted for 31 of those arrests in both years.
This year, efforts to quell State Patty's Day have been boosted by recently approved increases in fines that may discourage reckless drinking. Signed by the governor and effective Dec. 24, 2012, in Pennsylvania, the fine for a first offense of both underage drinking and public drunkenness is $500 –- up from $300 -– and $1,000 for any subsequent offenses. According to the Commonwealth Prevention Alliance of Pennsylvania, this new law (Act 205) was instituted with the aim of reducing alcohol offenses and their impact.
Other efforts to minimize the potential harm to students from high-risk drinking and decrease the damage of State Patty's Day 2013 include:
-- The University's Interfraternity Council has pledged to again ban parties on Friday, Feb. 22, and all social functions on Saturday, Feb. 23. In a statement, the IFC said, "We are excited to work with the Borough of State College and the Penn State community to further eliminate the presence of this event at our University. The Interfraternity Council plans to engage in various community service initiatives that day in lieu of drinking to further better our community here at Penn State." The Panhellenic Council has banned sorority functions as well, and both groups plan to monitor their membership to ensure the ban is followed. To read more about the efforts, see http://live.psu.edu/story/64200.
-- Many tavern owners have again committed to action such as closing on State Patty's Day, reducing hours of operation and limiting drink specials. More specific information is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
-- Student leaders have launched multiple volunteer initiatives, including the State Day of Service, sponsored by the Council of LionHearts. For early volunteer opportunities, visit http://volunteer.psu.edu/. Council of LionHearts members will also be interacting with revelers, promoting safety and urging participation in State Patty's Day alternatives on the day of the event.
-- Students living in University residence halls will be limited to one guest per room for the weekend, and there will be increased enforcement of rules.
-- State College Police are once again sending notice to local landlords and apartment complexes to seek their cooperation in tamping down the number of parties and gatherings that tenants may plan for that weekend. Additional police enforcement will be on the streets on both Friday and Saturday and will respond to complaints at private residences.
-- Prices in borough parking garages will be restructured so those parking long-term will pay rates higher than typical weekend fees and steps will be taken to ensure that parking is available for downtown visitors not associated with State Patty's Day. Those who park in downtown State College garages also will be charged a special event parking rate of $1.75 per hour, after a vehicle is parked for more than three hours at the standard rate of $.75 per hour, for a maximum parking fee of $26 daily. State College neighborhoods will see increased enforcement against illegal parking, and policies regarding overnight parking, parking on lawns and all other parking regulations will be strictly enforce.
Parking is of concern on campus and in downtown, since regularly scheduled events, as well as a Bon Jovi concert and a number of athletic tournaments will be under way. All on-campus parking facilities will charge a special event rate fee per vehicle for those who do not have a current Penn State parking pass displayed. Digital signage placed around campus will direct drivers to lots and decks with available parking. Several lots on campus will be posted with "No Overnight Parking" signs.
-- A joint University/State College Borough letter will be sent to the owners of high-occupancy apartment complexes, urging that access be limited during State Patty's Day weekend. Law enforcement officers will be offered to property managers who seek extra security.
-- State College Borough also will increase code enforcement efforts to discourage unruly gatherings beyond the downtown area.
-- Alternatives abound that weekend at University Park, including a performance by Bon Jovi at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and the Lady Lion Pink Zone basketball game against the University of Michigan at 1 p.m. Feb. 24, both at the Bryce Jordan Center.
"This manufactured event that has taken off via social media has been a black eye for both the town and Penn State," said Tom King, borough chief of police. "It's costly, dangerous and totally without merit. Our hope is to make this weekend one in which those who come to engage in destructive, high-risk behavior will find the party is over."


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How to View Tracks
Use Polar RS800CX / CS600X with Polar G3 / G5 GPS sensor to record track data. The recording is done automatically when the GPS sensor is turned on. You can view the track data in ProTrainer 5 software after data download.
To view recorded tracks:
1. Open the Training Diary, e.g. double-click on the desired day in the Calendar. Open exercise whose track you want to view.
2. Click the Track Information button .
Track Information:
When the option is selected the information is also shown when the track is viewed in Google Earth.
- Sport Zones shows the sport zone coloring for the track according to training intensity.
- Automatic Laps shows automatic laps recorded for the exercise.
- Manual Laps shows manually taken laps recorded for the exercise.
- Phases shows the phases recorded for the exercise.
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- Google Earth button opens the track in Google Earth™. Google Earth™ installation is needed before viewing your tracks in the software. Check for updates if necessary.
- GPX Viewer button opens the track in a selected map software.
You can use any program that supports GPX file format. You can associate the GPX viewing program with the button when you click it for the first time.
The associated GPX viewing program can be also changed later.
In Windows XP: select My Computer → Tools → Folder Options → File Types page.
In Windows Vista and Windows 7: select Start → Control Panel → Default Programs - Set Associations: Associate a file type or product with a specific program.
Use Alt + Tab keys to toggle between Google Earth / GPX viewer and ProTrainer Curve view to analyze the exercise. To send your exercise and tracking data, use the E-mail Exercise Data option.
The track file is saved in the GPX file format. The file format is 'yymmdd01.gpx' (yy=year, mm=month, dd=day, 01=the ordinal number of the exercise in the day in question). The file can be copied and opened in any application supporting the format. The GPX files are saved in your person folder. See Related documents for person folder location.


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The Updated Applications feed now contains the changelog entry for the most recent version in addition to the version number itself. Hopefully it will help you get a feel for whether anything interesting has been added. The changelog used is the one for the deb package, so only what gets included by the package maintainer will be included in the feed.


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(Why not build relationships, right, while getting healthy?)
In the world of hustle and bustle that we live in, it's sometimes difficult even to meet the person that lives next door.
Over the years, generations of people have hurried themselves right out of meaningful relationships with others, too busy to get together to make memories through shared-interest activities. In light of this, people are taking new approaches to meeting others, and they get right to the point when making sure they have common interests. Web sites like www.lifeknot.com are quickly becoming a popular way for people to make a connection by helping them find others that enjoy similar activities.
"I have used lifeknot to meet people for activities,� shares Laura Neal of Brighton, Mass. "I met two other people to hike Mount Washington, a few weeks ago. I also used it to meet a new friend. I think it's a great way to meet new people and get involved in a wide variety of activities.�
The service works well to match people together because it's a free service to use, and members can search for others based upon their interests. So while someone that's a huge fan of the ukulele may have a hard time finding others in his area that share that appreciation, it would be a quick search factor on lifeknot, ultimately bringing ukulele fans together. They offer more than 1,000 activities of interest across many categories, so there is something of interest to everyone. "The lifeknot activity e-mail lists set it apart,� explains Jeff Fullerton of Somerville, Mass. "In one step you can send an e-mail to hundreds of people who are interested in the same activity. I've used it for two months and met up with one person so far, and I'm e-mailing three others who share similar interests. We're working to set up a weekend getaway of kayaking and camping.�
Another thing that sets them apart from other matching sites is that theirs is not based upon dating. Most sites that offer matches based upon interest are dating-related sites. Instead, lifeknot's service is designed to help bring people together who might otherwise not have the time or resources to find each other. "The fact that it's not advertised as a dating site takes a lot of the anxiety out of using it,� adds Mary Robinson of San Diego, Calif. "You can truly sift through and find people who enjoy the same things without any pressure to date. People with professional careers have hectic, fast-paced lives and limited time to meet people. Using lifeknot is a nice way to slow down, have fun and connect.�
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Less than a year into the job, we catch up with SCCA President and CEO Mike Cobb; this time at the track
"There is an analogy from this experience that I think is corollary to the business of the SCCA," President and CEO of SCCA Mike Cobb explains to me following his Club Racing Driver's School and wheel-to-wheel racing debut. "I was very strong at the start of the race, and even though I was watching for you in my mirrors, I probably did relax in the middle of the race – that's when you pounced. But that's when I got my focus back and I finished strong." Keeping focus, he explains, is also vital in his job as the head of the SCCA, especially as new programs are brought online. "Don't relax, don't let up, don't back off," he states. True words about racing, life, and business, indeed – but maybe this conversation would make more sense to you if I offered some context.
It was early on a crisp February Friday morning when I met up with Cobb at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. We were set for a packed and tiring three days as Cobb was about to launch himself into a completely new world. A lifelong motorsports fan and longtime autocrosser, this weekend was to be Cobb's first time in a wheel-to-wheel road racing situation.
The weekend was Cal Club Region's Driver's School, where, if all went well, Cobb would graduate on Saturday evening, obtain his Full Competition License, and then prep for his first Club race on Sunday. I was at the track to support his endeavor, but as any good crew with a sense of humor would do, I brought a spare racecar for myself – you know, to witness his driving skills firsthand come Sunday, hopefully to dog him for an on-track position, too.
This isn't the first time since June 2017 – the month Cobb took the position of President and CEO of SCCA – that he has tasted what the Club has to offer. Just weeks prior to this Driver's School, Cobb was standing on Turn 6 at Daytona International Speedway alongside a crew of SCCA workers, flagging the Rolex 24. That experience made him commit to working on his F&C license. His goal, he says, is to experience everything the SCCA has to offer, but if you think he's just here to have fun, you've never met Cobb. Beneath his humble demeanor and well-timed self-deprecating humor, Cobb is an astute businessman – he may be having fun with cars, but he's also taking notes and knows how to turn those notes into actionable scenarios.
"The bottom line is, your view of life changes viewing an apex versus driving an apex – at least, it does for me," Cobb tells me of his recent flagging experience. "If you consume motorsports watching TV and you see a corner station pull out a flag, I don't think you really understand what that means until you throw a flag yourself and communicate with a driver at speed. That's a pretty big shift in reality."
Ultimately, he says, flags are a big responsibility for both sides. "When I'm working a corner, I'm trying to communicate to the driver via telling them the status of the track; when I'm driving, I'm looking to a corner worker to provide me that same communication."
Interestingly, "communication" was the prevalent concept during two of Cobb's 2017 SCCA National Convention presentations. "How we closed the Convention was around consideration, communication, and collaboration," he says. "Those are the three concepts we closed with and, in my experience both working a corner and driving my first road-racing car, I learned a little more about consideration, communication, and collaboration by working both sides of the coin."
Even more on point, Cobb admits, he didn't come up with these comments for the Convention alone. "Those comments actually came from a Regional Executive who said to me, 'Michael, if you want to make an impact, and the SCCA wants to do a better job, I would ask you to do these three things. I would ask you to consider us, I would ask you to communicate more effectively with us, and I would ask you to do those things more consistently.' I said, 'That's great, Mr. Region Leader, but I would like to add one thing: Can we collaborate doing those things?'"
Collaboration, Cobb explains, is a one-plus-one-equals-three proposition – the sum is greater than its parts. "That's how we can harness the power of the knowledge and experience," he says. "And this is where the Region Development team and Chris Robbins came about."
Robbins was hired January of this year as the Club's Region Development Director. Constantly sporting a big grin and a can-do attitude, Robbins is a familiar face to SCCA Convention attendees as he has presented many times over the years; and now, Robbins, along with his newly created department and team at the SCCA National Office, has an interesting charge – one I didn't completely understand, so I asked Cobb to elaborate.
"Let's be very clear: Chris Robbins is not a Region cop sent from the National Office to police Regional activities," Cobb says. "Chris is a very collaborative and effective team and relationship builder, and an outstanding trainer. His primary mission is to represent the portfolio of the Club and to better present those to the Regions so that the Regions are aware of them. He's not there to mandate performance or adoption of the programs."
Part of Robbins' job will be to act as a conduit of success stories. "Through this journey, he will find best practices, and his job will be to share those best practices, not only across the Regions, but also back to the National Office so that we can build those best practices in Nationally, because they're already proven and in market. I'm pretty excited about that."
Robbins and his Region Development team will then work with Jeff Luckritz and SCCA's Leadership Academy to take that knowledge back to the Regions. What is the ultimate goal? To Cobb, it's not so much a goal as it is forwarding SCCA's mission. "At the Convention, I didn't present a theme, I presented a mission: We exist to fuel a safe, fun, and exciting motorsports experience for auto enthusiasts," he says.
A mission, Cobb explains to me, is what an organization shows up to do every day. "The mission I presented is a declaration of SCCA's core focus. It's inexplicably woven in to improve and deliver our core purpose. That's what we're focused on."
Focus is something Cobb is good at. Jumping between the classroom and seat time during Cal Club's Driver's School is hard enough, but Cobb managed it while juggling conversations with Region leaders and other racers interested in chatting with our new president, and not once did I see him miss a beat. It's also important to note that Cobb didn't register for the school as the president, he registered as a member, facing the same hurdles as everyone else at this Driver's School.
"As I went through the entire school endeavor, I found some friction in our own processes; I found some redundancies in getting multiple membership cards, and I found redundancies in communications," he admits. "You can assume you know what's going on, but that's not what I want to do as a leader – I want to go through the experience and understand it, both the opportunities that come with it and the areas where we can improve. I've already used that experience in service of the Driver's School with the team here at the National Office."
These learning experiences aren't limited to road racing, either. In his time on the job, Cobb has been educating himself on all aspects of SCCA competition, from RoadRally to RallyCross and beyond, including some of SCCA's relatively small-yet-complex specialty creations.
"Starting Line is a very good program, but we've learned some things in how to best optimize that program going forward," Cobb says. "Targa Southland is a very good program, too, but it's also a very complex program to execute at the local level. It doesn't mean it's a bad idea, it just means that if you want to take it on, you have to have the game plan, the strategy, the people, the resources, the locations, and the ability to pull it off. Not everybody can do that. So, what we're trying to do at the National Office is have ideas and conversations from an enterprise point of view and then connect those conversations to the Regional conversations." Think Chris Robbins and his Region Development team again.
My final questions to Cobb were, perhaps, the most obvious ones – but, as with any question posed to Cobb, his answer revealed more than the question implied. "Was the Driver's School fun? Will you road race again?" I ask. "I have to admit, I enjoyed it more than I thought," he replies, beginning a train of thought about street cars that would make great racecars. But as soon as he starts, he stops, admitting that starting a road racing career wasn't the reason he came to Buttonwillow. "For me, I learn by doing and by example and by experience," he says. "I've got to get out there and experience those things in as many communities as I can to really expand my knowledge and understanding of the Club."
For the record, Cobb beat me to the line during Sunday's race, albeit by a scant four seconds. This may have been his first shot at this track and this racecar, but he showed he makes the best of any situation in a very short time.
Preparation is key
Attending a Driver's School hosted by one of SCCA's Regions is stressful enough so don't add to it unnecessarily. While you may have driven on track before, you've probably never raced wheel to wheel, and there's also a good chance you've never piloted a real, bona fide racecar, either. Now you're going to do both while jumping back and forth between the classroom and on-track sessions. Stress will be high, your time will be limited, and keeping concentration is critical. In this situation, pre-event prep is vital.
"[It] is going to be a very busy two days for all of you," Ceci Smith, office manager for Cal Club Region, wrote in her introductory e-mail to all students of the Driver's School that Mike Cobb, SCCA's President and CEO, took part in. The Region also supplied a number of tips for the students via a letter from Race Chair Mark Smith, including everything from getting to the event location early to bringing a friend ("You will have little time to work on the car," the letter said). So, as a student, how do you set yourself up for a successful Driver's School?
The first step is bringing proper driver safety equipment. In Cobb's case, while a frequent autocrosser, he had no equipment that would pass driver safety gear inspection at a Club race. As such, Cobb showed up to the track with all new equipment in the form of an SA2015-rated Pyrotect helmet, an SFI/FIA-approved Simpson Hybrid head-and-neck restraint, and Momo fire-resistant clothing in the form of an XL One suit paired with Xtreme Pro gloves and GT Pro shoes (all holding FIA 8856-2000 certification, with the suit also having SFI 3.2a/5 approval).
Driver safety equipment isn't cheap, but chosen wisely and meticulously maintained, the gear will last for years. In fact, barring an incident, the helmet will be the first to be replaced, and that won't be for another eight years. Meanwhile, the Momo suit might never need replacing.
The next key component is what was hinted at in Cal Club's letter: you need a crew and a reliable racecar. For Cobb, he was flying to the event and utilizing SportsCar's editor as crew, so a racecar rental would have been perfect. But to keep things interesting, SportsCar contacted Honda Performance Development for use of the racecar Honda debuted at the 2017 PRI Show in Indianapolis.
The HPD Civic we borrowed for Cobb's use is actually the same racecar multi-time SCCA Solo National Champion Tom O'Gorman will be racing this year in the World Challenge professional racing series: a new Honda Civic Si. Dubbed a "Spec Civic," this 1.5L turbo Civic, wearing big brakes and race suspension, has been classed by SCCA's Club Racing Board in both Touring 2 and Touring 3, with the car also fitting in Super Touring Under. Best of all, the car started with the push of a button every time – fast, reliable, and fun. Perfect for a school.
The next step was tires. The demands of a school weekend are harsh, so we ordered Maxxis Victra RC-1 tires. With a 100 UTQG rating, these Maxxis tires might not be the setup for the fastest ultimate lap, but they do offer both durability and consistency, which are key. Not knowing the car, we started with a square pressure setup, leveling off the pressures around 40psi. The tires never missed a beat and held up well through the school's 3.5 hours of pounding track time of a tight, twisty course, in addition to the near hour of track time during Sunday's qualifying session and race.
The moral of the story: only bring equipment to an SCCA Driver's School that you know will withstand the harsh demands ("I'm exhausted, and I'm not even racing," SportsCar's editor was heard saying during the school), because if anything fails during the Driver's School, well, that would be stressful.
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Armandolas wrote:In the past i had criticizef some of your maps, mostly because of graphics....but this one just looks...Beautifull
ManBungalow wrote:To clarify, this is what I'm suggesting with the bridges:
You're currently using bridge model A.
I recommend bridge model B. It's the same, but with soft ends.
At the moment, they stand out from the rest of the map because they look like blocks of whatever just slapped on top of the image.
Oneyed wrote:there are still visible rivers under some bridges...
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Where? I can't see them...
DJ Teflon wrote:Nice - although do you really want to give +10 bonus for the full island on the right in Austrum, and nothing for connected regions in the centre?
Gilligan wrote:Might need to add/remove some neutrals on Austrum - 12 starting territs in 1v1 isn't great
puppydog85 wrote:Quick point on Austrum, once I figured out that it was not the last map I played (Vertex), I had a slight amount of trouble finding out what the exploratorum were (it might be that it was speed 1min. game). But perhaps it might be possible to make the ships in the legend a little bolder? They just looked like background decoration to me, but the whole thing could have been because I was confused about the map and then the time.
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Catchy CD: Tin Heart has a hook
Jan Smith's amalgamation of folk, country, bluegrass, and pop is on prominent display on her new debut CD, Tin Heart, has something that many (I'd say most) multi-genre forays seem to be lacking. That mystery piece of the puzzle, the element that brings a smile to your face and changes your physical involvement with the tune from mildly interested toe-tapping into steering wheel beat-boxing, is the hook. That little segment of a song that you hum when you're alone, and wait for each time you hear a tune, that's the hook– and Jan Smith has loads of them.
From the first song on Tin Heart we are treated to the sweet, simple instrumentation that stays a constant through the rest of the album. Smith provides rhythm guitar and clean soft(ish) vocals that occasionally sound like some strange mixture of Edie Brickell and Joni Mitchell, with Mary Lucey providing some extremely tight and well placed harmony vocals.
Permanent band members, besides Smith, are Tom Proutt on lead guitar, Jeff Vogelgesang on mandolin and guitar, and Gerald Soriano on upright bass. Smith's voice sounds perfectly at home fronting this Americana setup; the usual bluegrass rules are in effect on some songs– when the vocals break at the end of a melody line, up come the instrumental flourishes. These are provided by Proutt or Vogelgesang– often trading off on their respective instruments, sometimes playing together– but always they are well played and written in a way that furthers the piece.
Some of Smith's lyrics really knocked me out as well. A verse from her song "Ionesco's Chair" goes, "You'll be the stone, you'll be the spark/ and the fun down in the dark/and the name I whisper into my pillow." Her words vacillate from heart-on-the-sleeve confessions to clever imagery– just when you get placid and lost in the music, a quick line or phrase makes you sit up and really listen.
Smith came to Charlottesville in 1999, with the intention of just visiting a friend– she ended up making the city her home, after discovering the benefits of our cohesive musical community. Three prime members of this community, folk singer/songwriters Paul Curreri and Danny Schmidt, and Americana espouser Terri Allard (the last two also are featured on Tin Heart) are guests for Smith's CD release party at Starr Hill. If you go, be prepared for a walloping load of acoustic music, thrown down by some of the best songwriters this town has to offer. Jan Smith has already carved out a little section of Charlottesville fame; with the release of Tin Heart, she's on her way to making it big in points beyond
The Jan Smith Band CD Release Party with Paul Curreri, Danny Schmidt, and Terri Allard at Starr Hill, October 25.
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I know, I know. It's been a really long time since I've posted here. And, in the spirit of every other well meaning blogger who just hasn't found the time to stay as up to date as their blogging fantasies would like them to be, I too am resolving to do more of this in 2012…assuming the world doesn't end, of course.
In the meantime, you can still find me posting on Lalawag on a semi-regular basis, as well as on Twitter, Tumblr and my newest obsession — Pinterest. Wherever I am, I'm always under the same name: mollierosev. So look me up, say hi and stay tuned. In 2012, I really do resolve to post more here. Provided I can tear myself away from Pinterest, of course.


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Chicago White Sox notebook.
Add two more White Sox to the list of the walking wounded. It is a slightly strained right quadriceps that has Jermaine Dye hobbled but playing, while Jim Thome was out of Tuesday night's starting lineup because of a sore back. "There are a lot of guys here banged up," said Paul Konerko, the third member of the heart of the order who said the hamstring injury he tweaked a month ago is still nagging him. "The hardest thing as a player is the chips are down and something comes up like that, you're torn between doing what's the right thing and not doing the right thing. No one wants to sit out because it looks like you're backing out." An interesting choice of words, considering Thome's predicament. "Everything started when he played first base in Philadelphia (last week)," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It started getting sore." Thome has had back problems since 2005, and does daily exercises. However, it has been a regular issue, and the Sox hope this current bout is something that won't last too long. "You have to be patient," Guillen said of Thome, who said he woke up Tuesday feeling sore. "I would rather be careful with him for the next couple of days then miss him for the next 15 or 20 days." Guillen said the same about Dye, who was pulled from Monday's game after he aggravated the quad while making a fourth-inning catch. Dye suffered the injury over the weekend in Pittsburgh. "Right now, I'm gambling and rolling the dice with 'J.D.,' " Guillen said. The way Dye sees it, he doesn't have a choice about playing. "Either that or go on the DL," Dye said. "I don't want to go on the DL." Dye said the quad bothers him mainly while running, but there's not much point in taking a little time off. "I don't think it will — with hamstrings and quads they just don't go away," Dye said. "You need time off. Two, three days won't make a difference." "He has to help us to win and help his career," Guillen said of the free agent-to-be. "If he's not good enough to go out there, it's something you can't do anything about." Mistakes, Mistakes Florida catcher Miguel Olivo picked rookie Josh Fields off second base in the seventh inning of Monday's game. Later that inning, Olivo picked rookie Jerry Owens off first. "It just makes us both look really bad," Fields said. "We were talking about it, the two rookies screwed up not only in the game, but in one inning." Fields made another mistake in the first inning of Tuesday's game when he dropped his head immediately after hitting a fly ball to center, thinking the ball would be caught. Instead, the ball carried an estimated 400 feet and landed in the bleachers for a three-run homer. Where's it Gone? Monday's starting pitcher, Jose Contreras, said he didn't have his normal fastball. When asked where it was, the Cuban right-hander joked, "I don't know. Maybe it's in Cuba. Maybe Fidel (Castro) has it." More Sox coverage can be found online at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports.


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Art show on exhibit
PLAINVIEW -- The Plains Art Association 42nd annual Spring Juried Art Show is now on view in the Abraham Art Gallery on the campus of Wayland Baptist University. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
Lawanda Murfee, a landscape and figurative painter from Lubbock, Texas served as the juror for the exhibition. Murfee studied at Lindenwood College, Texas Tech University, the Art Student's League of New York, the Hensche Cape Cod School of Painting, the Robert Wood school of Painting, and the National Portrait Seminars of New York and Georgia. Her works have been widely exhibited, both regionally and nationally, and she is the recipient of numerous awards for her painting.
The Art Association show is open to all artists whose original work has been completed within the last two years, and Murfee selected this year's award winners in six media categories. This year, the Best of Show award went to Candace Keller of Plainview, for an acrylic painting titled "Huntington Pond." In the oil category, first place went to Jill Warren for "Summer in France," second place to Irene Meyers of Lubbock for "Swan Cove," and third place to Mary Moudy of Happy, for "Tennessee Heirlooms." Honorable Mention in the oil category was given to Mary Tom Tooley of Plainview, for "Welcome to my Garden" and to Jean Green of Olton for "Old Crock and Pomegranates."
In the acrylic Category, first place went to Candace Keller for "Huntington Pond," second place went to Candace Keller for "Ready to Serve," and third place went to Alex Gregory of Guymon, Okla. for "Rider in the Valley."
In the watermedia category, first place went to Shelley Bates of Lubbock for "Floating Leaves," second place went to Ginnie Slesick of Amarillo for "Palo Duro," and third place went to Shelley Bates for "White Vase." Honorable mention in the watermedia category went to Alex Gregory for "Winter Scene."
In the pastels, drawings and graphics category, first place went to Ginnie Slesick for "Pair of Pears," Katherine Stephens of Tulia, took second place for "Coyote" and third place for "Scratchboard." Honorable mention in this category went to Lil Nicholl of Plainview for "Maiden Quinceniera."
In the photography category, Bill Weaks of Plainview won first place for "Winter Mystique," and second for "Rodeo."
In the other art forms category (which includes sculpture, fiber, collage and pottery) first place went to Nichole Mosley of Lockney for "Illumination," second place went to Alex Gregory for "Raku Pitcher," and third pace went to Claude Blair of Lubbock for "Shavano." Honorable mention in this category went to Candace Keller for "Sunflower Cross."
The Forrest and Jack Mickey Memorial Award for "Best Concept of Color and Light" given by Maylene Mickey, went to Candace Keller for "Ready to Serve." The Scottie Morris Memorial Award given by Jack Morris Ford Agency, went to Alex Gregory for "Rider in the Valley." The Jack Skaggs Memorial Award, given by John and Mike Skaggs, went to Katherine Stephens for "Kindergarten Parade." The award for "Best Figurative Concept" went to Carrie Perkins of Plainview.
Local Businesses and individuals who provided Purchase Awards for the Show selected the following works.
Wells Fargo Bank, Texas N.A. purchased "Morning Sentinel" by Jean Green. Dwain and Shirley Dodson of Plainview, selected "Old Crock and Pomegranates" by Jean Green. Bob and Marguerite Butler of Plainview Selected "Lifeform" by Mark Hilliard of Plainview. American State Bank of Plainview purchased "Work" by Bill Northcut of Abernathy. Dr. Elden and Lil Nicholl of Plainview purchased "Lifescape" by Mark Hilliard. Lanny Voss, Attorney at Law, of Plainview selected "Coyote" by Katherine Stephens. Barbara Strain, C.P.A. purchased "Grapes" by Alex Gregory of Guymon, Okla. and Dwain Dodson of the Dodson Agency purchased "Scratch" by Ketherine Stephens of Tulia.
There will be a reception for artists and patrons in the Gallery on Friday, June 27th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm and the public is welcome.


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Planes landing on highways is such old hat. Also, so is saying the phrase "old hat." BUT WHATEVER. Because a plane in Houston just landed in the middle of a goddamn parking lot, weaving all this way and that way to avoid cars and possible destruction. That is so much better.
The plane went down this morning right near a freeway, actually, and the pilot, the only occupant of the plane, was unhurt, according to the Houston Chronicle. It's unclear yet why the engine stopped, but clearly the big news is that it seems as if the pilot actually believes that the parking lot is an airport:
The plane's pilot told the Chronicle that he started looking for the closest place to land when the engine stopped. "We got lucky having this field here." The flight originated at the Weiser Airpark in Cypress.
Either that, or the guy's got a remarkable sense of humor for someone having a rough morning.
Let's hope it's the latter.


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The Central Connecticut volleyball team fell to St. John's on Friday afternoon. The Blue Devils (2-0) trailed 2-0 heading to the third set, but rebounded with a 25-21 victory. The Red Storm (5-1) were able to close out the match with a 25-20 victory in the fourth game.
St. John's (5-1) started the match on fire earning 17 kills in the first set. The Red Storm claimed the first two sets 25-19 and 25-8. Central battled back in the third set and ultimately came away with a 25-21 victory before eventually dropping the fourth set 25-20.
Senior Emily Cochran led the Blue Devils with 12 kills accounting for almost one third of Central's total kills. Senior Jamie Rademacher was second on the team in kills with six and also earned four blocks. Defensively, sophomore Brittany Schumacher led the team with 15 digs followed by freshman Makenna Lommori with nine.
St. John's sophomore Aleksandra Wachowicz tallied a match-high 21 kills followed by freshman Karin Palgutova who had 17.
CCSU returns to action Saturday at 1 p.m. against the Holy Cross Crusaders (0-3) and again at 5:30 to face the Brown Bears (0-0).


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Editor's Note: This story has been updated from a previous version.
FARMINGTON — A 19-year-old Layton man was sentenced to prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to molesting multiple children over several years.
In an emotional hearing in Farmington's 2nd District Court, Judge Michael Allphin got personal with the victims' families before ultimately sentencing Alexander Clifton Winward to at least a decade in a Utah prison.
Winward — who was arrested in September 2017 — pleaded guilty on May 14 to four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first-degree felonies.
According to charging documents, Winward "engaged in inappropriate sexual contact" on multiple occasions with boys who were all under the age of 7.
During Winward's sentencing, the mothers of four different children molested by Winward read victim impact statements and detailed the level of psychological damage he caused to their children.
"There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about what Alex has done," one woman said.
One mother said her family moved out of their neighborhood in an effort to escape the emotional damage they have been through.
All four women asked Allphin to give Winward a life sentence or the maximum sentence possible.
"Please let my son live his life without fear Alex will come back and hurt him," one woman said to the judge.
Winward was originally charged with eight counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, but four charges were dropped as part of a plea deal. The deal was made possible when Winward gave police the names of nine victims against his attorney's request. A handful of the parents voiced their disappointment that Winward was not convicted on charges for each victim.
After one woman was finished reading her statement, Allphin asked if her boys — who were both sexually abused by Winward — were in therapy. She replied no.
Allphin later voiced his concern with not having all of the abused children in counseling, along with other issues he observed during the parents' testimonies.
Winward said during a brief statement that what he did is terrible and that he hopes the victims' families can learn to forgive him.
"I'd like to apologize to the victims and to my own family," he said.
After the many statements and testimonies, Allphin shared a very personal story he and his family had experienced.
Allphin said that members of his family were molested in years past and that he and his family "chose to forgive" the man responsible. He added that the man convicted of sexually abusing his family members now lives a normal life with a wife and children of his own.
"You are going to have to learn how to forgive," Allphin said to the parents.
Allphin went on to say he believed Tuesday's hearing was more about the parents rather than the victims, and the parents should hate the crime, not the person. Allphin said the parents can curse him all they want but told them not to transfer any hate they have toward him or Winward to their own children. They've been through enough, he said.
While holding a pre-sentence report and a psychosexual evaluation, Allphin said that investigators and analysts found that Winward isn't "totally gone" and has good potential for rehabilitation while in prison.
"I've done this for 29 years. I've seen people come back and contribute to their communities," Allphin said. "I hope Alex can be that kind of person."
Before issuing Winward's sentence, Allphin continued to be candid with the court.
"I've been torn over this," he said. "I've lost sleep over this."
Allphin told the court he doesn't believe that a 15-years-to-life sentence is appropriate, and there's good potential for Winward's rehabilitation.
Allphin gave Winward an indeterminate sentence of 10 years to life for each of the four charges but ordered the counts to run concurrently. Winward was given credit for the 310 days already served in Davis County Jail.
Before he was led away by bailiffs, Winward was reminded by the judge the real amount of time he's incarcerated will be determined by his own maturity and growth while in prison.
It was unclear as of Tuesday when Winward will be transferred to a state prison to begin his sentence.
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I created a Custom Post type and in that custom post type have a hierarchical taxonomy (categories).
Here's an example of the categories I made:
- Mens
- Womens
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The problem is that when I go to the "Mens" sub-category of the "Shoes" Main category it goes to the Mens category of the "Hats" category, i'm guessing it's because the URL of the two is the same.
What is the best way around this problem?


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The goal for this build was a gaming build that wouldn't break the bank. Since our last couple builds have been on the more expensive end ($3600 and $10000), we decided to keep things a bit more practical this time around. Our budget limit for this build was $1200, but due to the timing of purchases it ended up just under $1100.
NZXT kindly sent us the new H440 to test out, and we found it to be an outstanding case. More on that, and the rest of the build below...
The part list and pricing at the time of this post:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
|Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
|$199.99 @ Newegg
|Gigabyte GA-H81.Amp-UP ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
|$75.66 @ Newegg
|Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
|$89.99 @ Amazon
|Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
|$78.94 @ Amazon
|Video Card
|MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card
|$359.99 @ SuperBiiz
|NZXT H440 ATX Mid Tower Case
|Power Supply
|SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
|$71.30 @ Newegg
|Operating System
|Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit)
|Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.
|Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-04 15:42 EST-0500
NZXT provided the H440. We already had the CPU, RAM, HDD, and video card on hand.
We made the conscious decision not to overclock the CPU on this build. Our goal was to keep it simple and clean, yet still plenty powerful. By spending just $100 more, you can replace the motherboard with a Z87 variant, the CPU with an unlocked K version, and an aftermarket cooler.
We also wanted to ensure the build had plenty of storage space - which is why we opted for a platter-based drive instead of an SSD. It's possible to find less expensive 1TB drives right now, but we chose this particular drive as we had it on hand from previous benchmark runs.
The NZXT H440 deviates from traditional cases by eschewing the 5.25" external bay. We'll be installing the OS by either using an an external drive or via a USB flash drive.
The power supply is covered by a shroud which significantly cleans up the cable management. As you'll see later, the NZXT logo lights up when the rear panel lighting is turned on.
With the front panel and dust filter removed, you can see that the case has three 120-mm fans in front and one 140-mm fan in rear - plenty of positive pressure cooling for our components.
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Cable management has never been easier than with this case. Motherboard cutouts on the bottom of the power supply shroud provide convenient routing options for USB, HD-Audio, and front panel connections. I love the fact that the HD-audio connector does not include a dongle for AC97 - further keeping things simple and tidy.
An interesting design element is the angled motherboard tray. Does it improve cable management? Hard to say, but I think it is a nice touch.
Here's the back view showing the cable management. The space under the power supply shroud provides plenty of space for routing unruly cables. The 8-pin CPU power connector from the power supply was a bit shorter than I would have liked, but it was still possible to route it somewhat cleanly.
With the flip of a switch on the rear of the case, the rear I/O panel and the NZXT logo will light up.
Not to be left out, the Gigabyte H81-Amp UP motherboard also lights up green - something I must admit caught me by surprise the first time I powered it up.
We'll be following up this build by documenting the OS installation (without using a 5.25" bay), as well as recording application and game benchmarks using our thermal benchmarking. Stay tuned!
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I never got into anything live action, even Sailor Moon.
I HAVEE ARRRIIVEEDD!!!!!My FAVORITE ANIME EVER!!!! My room is dedicated to Sailor Moon with other anime thrown in.Got two SM wallscrolls on both walls, got backpacks, markers, dolls, plushies, hair accessories, wands, books, jewelry, brooches, figurnies, keychains, live action and anime merchandise etc... Got All the dub seasons 1-4 on VHSAll the seasons 1-5 in Japanese on DVDAll the movies on DVD in JapaneseAll the anime specials on DVD in Japanese Got all of PGSM on DVDAnd have most all the musicals on DVD with some fankans thrown in. And all the manga My favorite book of all time? http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Legend-Reflections-Japan-Sailor/dp/1419608142Uses Sailor Moon as a reference window in Japanese culture/history I write mostly SM fanfiction at my FF.net profile. I got my own fanstory based off of it I'm still working on and have been since 1998- I upload alot of those pics to my DevArt account- and up until 8th grade I wished that oneday a cat would some talk to me and I'd gain powers to fight in a school uniform... once I hit 14 I was sad cause that was past the age Usagi was xD I will hopefully be cospaying Super Sailor Mars for Kcon 2011- depends if I can lose enough weight where I feel comfortable in that getup. *takes deep breath* I love this thread~~~ *dances*
but it'd be cool to all get together for a Sailor Moon picnic or meetup type thing during the con, if all our schedules allow it~
I heard that they were considering re-licensing it here. ^^ I know it's been re-licensed in Italy already.AND, I heard they were considering re-dubbing it. >.>;
AND, I heard they were considering re-dubbing it. >.>;
Re-Dub? Weird.... I've heard they wanna do a re-make of it, follow more closely to the manga (like FMA is doing)
i know how you feel xD omg is it bad if i still say "wicked cool" every once in a while..... though i guess i do have to thank DiC.... if it wernt for them i might have never watched sailor moon....
though i guess i do have to thank DiC.... if it wernt for them i might have never watched sailor moon....
I want sailor moon cosplay
Quote from: Titus_Love_Doll on January 11, 2011, 12:52:41 pmI want sailor moon cosplayo.o?
I know a kid who loves it (and they're a boy!) He still too young to read though so He can only watch it in english. But it was fun watching it with him.@titus: You were really called Meatball head? Also is that a Peter White cosplay I see?
I love your Peter cosplay! do you have anymore pcitures?


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Morgan leaves Mystic behind and sets out on milestone journey
Seventy-two years ago, Hermine Dudda and her twin sister got permission from their mother to walk down to the Mystic River and watch the Charles W. Morgan being towed up the river to its new home at Mystic Seaport.
The ship had fallen into disrepair and the 10-year-old Dudda "wasn't sure what all the fuss was about."
Later in life, as she went to work at Mystic Seaport, she discovered why people were so interested in the ship, whose 80-year whaling career ended in 1921.
On Saturday, Dudda was among the Seaport employees and invited guests aboard the world's last surviving wooden whaling ship as it began what will become its 38th voyage by being towed to New London by a tugboat. It was the first time the Morgan had left Mystic since arriving there in 1941.
In New London, the ship will be prepared for a two-month tour of historic New England ports, slated to begin June 14 with a trip to Newport, R.I.
"This is phenomenal," Dudda said as the Morgan traveled along the Groton shoreline at a crisp 8 knots late in the morning. "This is a chance of a lifetime."
Except for a brief moment when the ship got stuck on the muddy bottom at the mouth of the river and was nudged free by a tugboat, the three-hour, 45-minute trip to New London's City Pier was a smooth one.
Crowds packed Mystic River Park and along the banks of the river, cheering the ship, which squeezed through the open drawbridge and into Fishers Island Sound.
At one point as the ship passed just a few yards from the park, Seaport President Steve White, who first raised the idea of sailing the 173-year-old Morgan when its 5½-year-restoration was completed, stood along the port rail and cupped his hands.
"Thank you! Thank you, Mystic!" he yelled to the crowd.
"Bon voyage, Charles W. Morgan!" shouted back a man on shore as the crowd broke out into a chant of "hip, hip hooray."
"It was warm, exciting and appreciated," White said about the reaction of the crowds.
"I really felt a sense of community and that this was a really good thing for the ship, the museum and this community," he said. "There was a lot of teary eyes as we went through the drawbridge."
Before the trip began Saturday morning, there was a short ceremony in the Seaport shipyard where the restoration took place.
During the ceremony, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, who was aboard for the trip, said the trip has "re-energized and refocused people's awareness of the Morgan" and "reminded us that it is truly a national treasure."
White said the restoration and trip were the result of the work, courage and commitment of many people over the years.
As they spoke, Quentin Snediker, who heads the shipyard and oversaw the restoration, stood along the rail, his head and hands resting atop it.
"We keep saying she's a lucky ship. The way the weather cleared this morning shows she still is,'" he said.
White then gave his instructions to ship Capt. Richard "Kip" Files, telling him to proceed to New London and other ports.
"We've prepared the ship well and given you a good crew," he said, adding the hold will no longer carry whale oil but instead history and knowledge to collect and share.
The ship was pushed away from the dock at 9:07 a.m. and made its way through the drawbridge. A flotilla of support boats and police vessels accompanied the Morgan, which was followed by an armada of kayaks and small boats, some of which traveled with the Morgan to New London.
All long the way people cheered, congratulating White and the crew.
"I am awestruck by this," he said.
While Courtney has many invitations to attend weekend events, he said being on the Morgan was one he was not going to miss.
"This is a chance to be part of history. It's not something you can take a raincheck for," he said.
For lead shipwright Rob Whalen, the turning point for the Morgan came on Thursday, when the crew began to move their belongings on board.
"The ship was now alive. You could feel the palpable shift. It has a life of its own again," he said.
New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio was not at City Pier waiting to welcome the Morgan Saturday afternoon. Instead, he took the opportunity to board the ship in Mystic and be part of the trip to New London.
As a boy growing up in Westerly, he said, his parents often took him to the Seaport, where going aboard the Morgan was one of his favorite things to do.
"This ship is such an icon. To be on it going to New London is almost a surreal experience," Finizio said.
He said City Pier has been upgraded for the Morgan's stay, which he hopes will draw people to the city.
"This is a huge honor for the city of New London," he said. "We have a proud history of being the Whaling City. So to have the last American whaling ship visit our city is a great opportunity."
Saturday was the second time the Morgan has visited New London. It was there briefly in 1941 just before it arrived at the Seaport.
Also on board Saturday was Steve Coan, president of Mystic Aquarium.
"It's an honor and a real privilege to be a part of this," he said. "Our two organization are great friends and partners, so I'm happy for Mystic Seaport. It's a huge thing for the community, Mystic and tourism."
Coan said he was impressed with how White took on the challenge of sailing the Morgan again and fundamentally changing the direction of the museum.
As the Morgan docked at City Pier at 12:50 p.m., Finizio went to the starboard rail and yelled to the crowd, "Hey, New London, let's give the Charles W. Morgan a New London welcome!"
He then led the crowd on three rounds of "Hip, hip, hurray!"
White said he felt exuberant as the ship docked. A Seaport staffer handed him one of the baseball caps being passed out to commemorate the 38th voyage.
"It's like winning the Super Bowl," he joked as he pulled on the cap.
While in New London, the remaining ballast will be added to the ship and the crew will conduct training cruises, marking the first time it's been under sail in close to a century.
The first training cruise into Fishers Island Sound is slated for June 7.
"If you're a sailor, you're going to want to be here for that," White said.
Morgan tours
What: Charles W. Morgan 38th voyage traveling dockside exhibit and tours
When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 24, 25, 31 and June 1
Where: New London City Pier, foot of State Street
Cost: Suggested admission $5 per person
More info: mysticseaport.org, (860) 572-0711
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NBC's The Office ends after a nine-season run
Steve Carell said goodbye to co-workers for one last time as NBC's The Office came to an end following a nine-season run.
The season finale featured a long-awaited wedding between office manager Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), and accountant Angela Martin (Angela Kingsley).
Carell, who left the show in season seven, entered the episode as a surprise guest at the ceremony, uttering one of character Michael Scott's best-known phrases, "that's what she said."
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Hot stuff: chile peppers, climate change, and the future of food | Grist
Climate change is the issue of our time. Its ill effects will fall heaviest on the people who have least contributed to it: billions in the global south. But no one will escape the impact of the warming climate, and one place it will manifest most obviously is on our plates. If we look at chile peppers, for example, it's easy to see how the negative effects of climate change have affected the food on our plates and the farmers behind that food.
In their new book, Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail, authors (and self-titled "gastronauts") Gary Nabhan, Kurt Michael Friese, and Kraig Kraft clear a path in the rubble on their beloved "spice ship," with the chile pepper as their guide. You'll never see hot sauce in the same way again. In this interview, the three spoke as a team, so I've conglomerated their answers to reflect their pepper-infused mind-meld.
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SOARING PLANS FOR TRANSBAY TERMINAL / The West Coast's tallest building: 3 competing ideas show audacity that adds to the city's rising skyline
Three competing proposals for what would be the tallest building on the West Coast were unveiled Monday in San Francisco amid architectural fanfare and political buzz.
There's no guarantee that any of the towers will be built, or that the design to be selected next month by public officials will reach the heights envisioned by the development teams. But the audacity of the designs - and the favorable response from elected officials - showed that the recent startling changes to the city's skyline are only a prelude to what could lie ahead.
"There they are," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said with a wave of his right hand as black mesh was pulled from three lavish large models. The event was held in a crowded event room at City Hall filled with dozens of people and several television crews. "Today is an historic day."
The three proposals range in height from 1,200 feet to 1,375 feet - each extending well past the 853-foot Transamerica Pyramid, the tallest tower in San Francisco. And each is accompanied by a transit terminal that is intended to become a major civic gateway.
The competition is being held by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, a regional government body created in 2001 to bring about the construction of a new transit terminal in San Francisco that backers say could become the regional equivalent of Grand Central Station.
The authority would sell or lease the tower site to a developer, with the proceeds helping pay the estimated $983 million cost of the terminal and related elements such as new bus-only ramps from the Bay Bridge.
After the unveiling, the hearing where each team made its presentation attracted an overflow crowd to the Board of Supervisors chambers in City Hall, with more than 100 people watching a video hookup in another room.
But public officials aren't stressing the architectural flourishes as much as the transportation payoff of the new terminal located one block from Market Street and BART.
"Through this facility, we can create a statement to the rest of the world while creating a seamless transportation network connecting the Bay Area to the rest of the region and state," said San Mateo County Supervisor Jerry Hill, who chairs the Transbay authority's Board of Directors.
Long-term plans for the transit complex include extending commuter rail lines from where they now stop at Fourth and King streets. The design would also allow for high-speed rail service from Southern California, although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed putting a bond for the service on the ballot.
In the early planning for the new terminal, it was assumed that any tower alongside it would climb no higher than 550 feet. Now, though, public officials say the extra height is merited - not just to boost the land sales, but to show that San Francisco continues to measure itself against other cities of global status that are seeing super tall towers proposed or built.
The three proposals are similar in several ways: Each cloaks the terminal in glass, and each tops the tower with a translucent or open crown with wind turbines tucked inside it. Each would be roughly the height of the Empire State Building, which is 1,250 feet high.
Also, with an eye toward environmental issues, each project emphasizes sustainable design elements such as the turbines, which would generate power for the complex.
Finally, each team played its presentation to the hilt - with elaborate models and videos as well as with assurances that a new civic landmark waited off stage.
"In a single stroke, this design will redefine for the world San Francisco's architectural, urban and environmental intentions," said architect Craig Hartman of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, echoing a theme struck by the other teams.
The Skidmore firm joined with Rockefeller Group Development Corp. to propose a 1,200-foot tower that would twist and fold as it rose, while a glass "crown" would extend another 175 feet. On the ground, the tower would be punctuated by an open-air passage 70 feet wide and 103 feet tall leading to the terminal concourse.
By comparison, the design by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for Houston-based developer Hines is a 1,200-foot-high obelisk-shaped office tower with a sleek silhouette. The most dramatic element is a 1,300-foot-long park, designed by Berkeley's Peter Walker and Partners, that would sit atop the terminal at the sixth-floor level and measure more than five acres.
The third proposal is from a team including Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners with developers Forest City Enterprises and McFarlane Partners. The metal tower includes exposed elevators for a sense of movement, and rises 1,100 feet - but the steel frame would continue another 125 feet and enclose a wind turbine that would be visible on the skyline.
For all the hoopla connected to the tower, there's no guarantee that any of the visions unveiled on Monday will be built - or even that they'll be the deciding factor in determining which team wins the right to conduct exclusive negotiations with the authority.
Each proposal was evaluated in private last week at Fort Mason by an appointed jury that includes architects and engineers as well as a transportation expert and a real estate analyst. The jury will present its recommendation to the authority board on Aug. 30.
In evaluating the three proposals, jury members are directed to base 60 percent of their evaluation on the design for the transit station and on "functionality and technical issues," according to the evaluation sheet. As for the tower, economics are every bit as important as aesthetics, with such directives as: "The jury will focus on the timing and amount of revenue to the TJPA."
Another unresolved issue: how tall the tower will be allowed to be.
City planning officials aren't shy about wanting an extremely tall tower, and they encouraged the boldness seen in the three proposals. But a full environmental study is needed before zoning can be changed - and the planning work to test such heights only now is getting under way.
Whatever proposals do emerge will be scrutinized by potential foes in a city long wary of high-rises. Indeed, a voter-approved proposition from 1984 makes it difficult to erect any tower that cast shade on a public park.
Still, support for the tower is considerable.
Besides public officials, it includes a number of environmental groups who in the past have fought for height limits but now see mass transit as a critical issue for the region. There's also support from civic groups that want to concentrate development in the core of the city - the same impulse that prompted the residential towers now rising between Mission Street and the Bay Bridge.
But the tallest such tower - One Rincon, which was recently topped off at Harrison and Fremont streets - is 605 feet tall. That's less than half the height of what the three development teams are proposing.
The Transbay authority is scheduled to vote on Sept. 20 to select the development team. The goal is to have the new transit station in operation by 2014.
The models and other details of each proposal will be on display today from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. next to the rotunda in San Francisco City Hall.
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The proposal: An 82-story tower topped by a wind turbine that includes offices, housing and a hotel next to a transit center that would have fresh food markets and cultural facilities.
The architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The London firm's current projects include a tower for the World Trade Center site in New York City. Founder Richard Rogers is the winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the profession's highest honor. Assisting the Rogers team is SMWM, a San Francisco firm.
The developers: Forest City Enterprises with MacFarlane Partners. Cleveland-based Forest City was a developer of Westfield San Francisco Centre. McFarlane Partners is headquartered in San Francisco and is working with Forest City on the Uptown housing project in Oakland.
The proposal: A mixed-use obelisk-shaped tower along a transit terminal that would be topped by an open-air, 5.4-acre rooftop park with vast skylights that allow sunlight to shine onto the floor below.
The architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. The Connecticut firm's work includes 560 Mission St., a 31-story tower in San Francisco. Founder Cesar Pelli is best-known for such high-rises as Petronas Towers, the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004. Pelli is working with WRNS Studio of San Francisco, which also is involved with the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
The developer: Hines. Based in Houston, Hines has developed a number of high-rises in San Francisco during the past 25 years, including 101 California St. and 560 Mission St.
The proposal: A 1,200-foot-tall tower with a torqued shape. The first floor would be raised 100 feet above the ground to allow for a public plaza next to a full-block park.
The designer: Skidmore Owings Merrill. The architects are in the San Francisco office of this storied firm. They include Craig Hartman, the lead designer of the International Terminal of San Francisco International Airport, and Brian Lee, the designer of two towers taller than 1,000 feet in China, both under construction.
The developer: Rockefeller Group Development Corp. The name is synonymous with urban icons - think Rockefeller Center - but the firm now is owned by Japan's Mitsubishi Estate Co.


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Tech Talk: Meet the O-Arm
Lexington Medical Center is the first hospital in the Midlands with the technologically advanced O-Arm, a new imaging system for spinal surgery.
The O-Arm is a machine placed around a patient on the operating table. Before surgery, doctors use the O-Arm to capture images of the patient that help them develop a precise surgical guide. During surgery, the O-Arm images allow neurosurgeons to confirm proper placement of instrumentation. After implants are placed, neurosurgeons use the O-Arm again to confirm correct placement of instruments in the spine and address anything further that needs to be done. Images are displayed on a large, digital flat screen at a view station next to the operating table.
For an up-close look at the O-Arm in the Lexington Medical Center operating room, watch this video. Dr. Scott Boyd, neurogurgeon at Columbia Neurology Associates narrates.
What is the O-arm? from Lexington Medical Center on Vimeo.
Before O-Arm technology, patients would have an MRI or CT scan before surgery and doctors would use 1- or 2-Dimensional images to guide them. They would place instruments and implants by using their best educated guess based on standard anatomy. But in back surgery, doctors are working through a small opening and it can be difficult to know where you are in the spine. Margins of error are millimeters – and implants must be placed with a great deal of accuracy.
Manufactured by Medtronic, the O-Arm improves safety for surgeons and staff members, lowers the chance of revision surgeries and can enhance patient outcomes. Spinal problems can be chronic and debilitating. The O-Arm gives patients a great opportunity for excellent results.
Lexington Medical Center began using the O-Arm this summer. For more information, visit www.lexmed.com/O-arm


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Kent State Tuscarawas Receives $7,500 Local Economic Assistance Program Grant From AEP Ohio
Kent State University at Tuscarawas recently received a Local Economic Assistance Program grant awarded by AEP Ohio. The grant award of $7,500 will help the campus' new Atwood Small and Emerging Business Technical Assistance Center programming at Atwood Lake Resort and Golf Club in Carroll County.
"We sincerely appreciate the support of AEP Ohio for this business initiative," says Gregg L. Andrews, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State Tuscarawas. "This generous grant enables the campus to expand our services at the Atwood Small and Emerging Business Technical Assistance Center, which will support economic development efforts in Carroll, Tuscarawas and surrounding counties. We are currently offering counseling services and business start-up workshops for new entrepreneurs at Atwood. In the fall, we plan to expand programming at this site to meet the needs of local residents."
AEP Ohio's Local Economic Assistance Program grants support projects that promote the retention and attraction of manufacturing jobs and investment. Examples of acceptable programs and projects are retention and expansion surveys, site feasibility studies, retaining existing industries, attracting new industries, conducting special studies, performing research and other creative uses.
Grant projects must leverage additional funds from other sources, demonstrate joint participation from more than one group and provide benefits to an area or region, according to AEP Ohio program guidelines. The company awards grants of up to $10,000 for eligible projects.
"We are pleased to be able to provide financial support to help facilitate economic development projects that help to bring jobs and prosperity to local communities," says Pablo Vegas, AEP Ohio president and chief operating officer.
AEP Ohio has offered grants to local economic development organizations since 2005. To date, 165 grants totaling $403,875 have been awarded to support projects in communities and counties throughout the AEP Ohio service territory.
AEP Ohio serves nearly 1.5 million customers in Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. In Ohio, the company provides electricity to more than 920 communities located in 61 of the state's 88 counties. In West Virginia, the company serves Ohio and Marshall Counties, providing service to approximately 41,000 customers. The company's headquarters is in Gahanna, Ohio, with regulatory and external affairs offices in downtown Columbus. A subsidiary of American Electric Power and the largest of its regional utility divisions, AEP Ohio comprises Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Power.