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A room filled to the brim with the scent of blood.
The figure of someone screaming.
The loud laughter of a grim man.
I absentmindedly observed the spectacle before me.
"Hyaha! The wound is disinfected!"
It wasn't someone being disinfected with fire.
This was just the normal disinfection of a soldier's wounds.
Hahaha. What did it look like?
"Injured person kidnapped!"
Right now, this blockhead—Tall and lanky man, didn't actually kidnap a person, but was rather just carrying an injured woman around.
He wasn't acting like a bandit trying to rob and sell her off either, so I don't see why this female soldier was bawling.
"Oi oi, hey… what's with this arm? You're not trying to hide it from me are you, you sow! I'll treat it for you, yaa!"
This situation wasn't strange at all.
After all, if you left injuries untreated, they could easily become infected.
It's not like we were doing a shakedown, you know?
But I have to say, my men are amazing. Even that crying woman is silent now.
Although in reality, she was silenced from fear.
As I was spacing out, one of my men came up to me. That hyaha! expression from before was now tinged with a bit of fear as he faced me.
"Vice Leader! I've thrown the injured person on the bed! Please be at ease!"
Hey, hey, throwing an injured person on the bed isn't good.
You're asking me to be at ease, but how am I supposed to relax when you say it like that?
At times like this, I have to scold them properly.
"You! How many times do I have to tell you to handle the patients carefully! And you, too, the both of you are useless!"
""Sorry, Vice Leader!""
Ah, I almost forgot. My name is Usato Ken, but everyone calls me either Usato or Vice Leader.
I'm a hero that was summoned from another world.
Right now, I'm the Vice Leader of the Rescue Squad and my specialty is healing magic.
I am very glad to work in this post filled with smiles…
In the world I came from, I was a very ordinary high school student, but as to why I'm now here at such a pleasant post… that was the start of my misadventures.
It was a harsh, rainy day.
The lessons for the day had ended and I was about to make my way home when it started pouring.
I had left my umbrella at home, so I could only observe the other students passing by.
Of course, no one would conveniently have an extra umbrella for their classmate.
That being said, I didn't want to experience the unpleasant feeling of being soaked.
"It can't be helped. I'll take shelter for a little bit before leaving."
It wasn't as though I was in a hurry, and I didn't particularly hate the rain either.
…It's been 30 minutes and it doesn't look like the rain is going to stop anytime soon.
When I got to the school entrance, I unwillingly let out a sigh.
Hey, I'm going to start to hate you at this rate, rain.
And so, after another hour passed, the surroundings started to lighten up as the dark clouds dispersed over the skies.
"Well, it probably won't get any darker… hmm?"
A familiar pair was walking towards the entrance from the hallways.
If I remember correctly, those two are… people from the student council.
The boy's name is Ryuusen Ichiju. Ichiju (一樹) can also be written and read as Kazuki (カズキ), it's a pretty cool name. Being naturally tall and good-looking, it's almost as though he has no shortcomings at all; just like a protagonist from a galge.
Furthermore, he's also the vice president of the Student Council, as well as my classmate. Everyone sees him as an almost-perfect superhuman.
Compared to me, Usato Ken, who only stands out because of my surname… the difference is like heaven and earth.
"What's the matter, Inukami-senpai?"
"Isn't that boy from your class…"
Inukami Suzune. A dignified-looking girl with black hair, she was a third-year student and the current Student Council president. Intelligent, outstanding at athletics, and exceedingly beautiful. Being gifted with both brains and beauty, she was widely admired by the boys in the school and popular with some girls who had special preferences.
It was rumored that she was dating Ryuusen.
That kind of girl walked closer and even took notice of me.
"You don't have an umbrella?"
"Er, well… yes.."
"I see, so that's why you're waiting here. However, the school is going to be closing very soon."
It's already that late, huh?
I opened my phone and checked the time while sneaking a glance outside.
It looked like it would still be a while before the rain really stopped…
The thought of asking my parents to pick me up crossed my mind, but they were both still working, so I couldn't rely on them.
Inukami-senpai folded her arms, looking troubled.
"Muu… the student council's reputation is going to be affected if I let you go home drenched like this."
"If that's the case, senpai, how about I lend Usato-kun my umbrella? I have another folding umbrella, so," saying that, Ryuusen handed over his umbrella with a smile.
I see. This kind of personality would be popular with the girls at school.
He is in the same class as me, and even though this is our first conversation, how do I say it… it's somewhat refreshing. Also, I'm a bit moved that he knows my name.
"Thank you, Ryuusen-kun."
"Hey, hey, attaching a '-kun' makes me feel uneasy. Relax, you can just call me Kazuki. And I will call you.. erm.."
"You can call me Usato."
There were plenty of people called Ken in our school, after all.
And just like this, I unexpectedly became friends with the most popular guy in school and was even casually calling him by his first name.. Tomorrow, his fangirls will be shooting blood-thirsty glares my way.
"Well, then, may I also address you as Usato-kun?"
"I wouldn't mind, you know."
Inside, I was delighted; the school's number one beauty calling me by name? I can die in peace now.
I thought I was unlucky today, but it turned out to be quite the opposite.
It was definitely not everyday one became friends with the two most popular people in the school.
Rain, you're the best! Pour even harder if you want to.
It was all thanks to you that we could meet like this.
I'm not sure if we were getting along or if Kazuki wanted to raise the tension further, but I ended up getting invited to walk home with them.
In just moments, Kazuki has already gained a tight hold on the heart and emotions of an outsider like me, but for him, he was only thankful to have made another friend.
And here I had doubted him and directed my pettiness towards him by assuming things… I apologized and asked for forgiveness in my heart.
As Inukami-senpai didn't object to the suggestion of walking home together, I decided to accompany them.
"Have you decided what you'll be doing from now on till university?"
"Nope, I'm still in my second year."
"Senpai, you also asked me about this, right?"
"Fufu, I don't have anything like that. That's why I'm curious about other people's plans."
The rain poured down incessantly as we walked.
Possibly because of the heavy rain, there weren't any cars passing by us.
Well, with this kind of weather you wouldn't want to go out for sure, so I suppose that's natural..
While thinking and listening to the resounding noise of the rain, my heart became strangely calm. Were the two of them perhaps releasing some kind of negative aura to bring the rain?
With these thoughts worrying me, I raised a question to Inukami-senpai out of curiosity.
"Inukami-senpai, you still haven't decided on a university even though you're a third-year?"
"I haven't decided."
"Isn't that bad?"
It was impolite, but I was voicing my honest thoughts.
Inukami-senpai was already a third-year in high school; if she didn't choose a university soon, she might not be able to go anymore.
Hearing my reply, senpai showed an unpleasant smile.
Somehow, that smile didn't suit Inukami-senpai's dignified appearance as Student Council President.
"That's right, but you see, I can't find what I want to do… I'm the one saying this, but when I set an objective, I can achieve it almost immediately. It feels like this isn't the place for me. I have thoughts like that, sometimes."
"Senpai is amazing, Usato."
"For sure."
"Ah, wait, what I said just now wasn't sarcasm, okay..?"
"I know!" I said, exchanging glances with Kazuki while laughing.
Inukami-senpai's cheeks flushed a scarlet red and she turned her head away angrily.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. Kazuki, are you and Inukami-senpai dating?" I asked abruptly, just to see their reactions.
The two of them looked at me with puzzled expressions.
"Huh? That's not it."
"That's right, it's a misunderstanding by the students. We're together often because there's a lot of student council work."
That was a surprise. I was convinced that they were actually dating.
"That's a lie, right?"
"Hahaha, why would I lie about this?"
Huh, I thought Kazuki would be more difficult to approach. He's unexpectedly a very friendly person.
When I told him my thoughts, he replied, "I don't want Usato to be the one telling me that."… Well, I understand.
I usually talked to just the people I knew, after all. Him thinking of me that way couldn't be helped, I guess.
"…What's that sound?"
The other two looked perplexed and came to a halt.
When I looked back, both of them had their hands cupped over their ears as if they were trying to listen to something…
What did they hear? I didn't notice anything.
"What's wrong?"
"…Usato, did you hear something just now? Like a GON?"
"I didn't hear anything at all…"
"I heard it. This is… the sound of a bell?"
Except for me, it seemed that they both heard it.
Inukami-senpai said "the sound of a bell", but there weren't any buildings nearby that would play such a sound.
Not to mention that the sound of pouring rain was masking everything else; it would be difficult to hear the sound of a ringing bell.
However, it was unlikely that both of them misheard it.
"Ar-are you alright?"
The instant I got closer to them, a strange pattern appeared on the ground.
When I saw it, my first thought was that it looked like the ones in video games.
"A m-magic circle?!"
A magic circle. But in a world dominated by science, something like that couldn't possibly…
I was startled, but quickly regained my composure before deciding to confirm it for myself.
The pattern on the ground assembled into a formation, shining and pulsing with light.
Wasn't this… wasn't this the kind of development where you end up being transported to another world?!
With a situation as absurd as this, I silently held my breath in anticipation.
"Kazuki, w-what do you think of another world?!"
"Eh? What are you suddenly saying Usato!! But anyways, what is this?! Is someone filming?!"
That's right! At a time like this, to someone saying such incomprehensible things, that's what you'd normally reply with. I'm sorry!
"Usato-kun, in another world, do you think there will be things like magic and monsters… maybe even heroes?"
"I get the feeling I'll be able to get along extremely well with Inukami-senpai."
Inukami-senpai was a person from this side!
She was definitely someone who read young-adult stories on the net.
The magic circle on the ground came to life once more with a dark light that slowly grew brighter.
Before I could even comprehend what was happening, the dazzling light made me shut my eyes and left me feeling dizzy.
All of a sudden, I felt a floating sensation and my consciousness faded.
As I slowly opened my blurry eyes, my hands felt the cold touch of the hard floor.
I raised my head up, using one side of my body to prop myself up from the ground.
Beneath me wasn't a concrete road, but one that glowed faintly with a smooth lustre.
"…nnn… where—?"
I looked at my surroundings and saw that I was in a gorgeous reception hall.
There were several strangers standing nearby, and in the center of it all was a man sitting on a large, ornate chair.
As I got up, I tried to get my bearings on the current situation.
Looking closely, the man in the middle was sitting on something akin to a throne.
He was also wearing what appeared to be high-class Western clothing, and his head was adorned with a crown.
On top of all this, the old people around him were wearing the kind of clothing you'd only see in an RPG.
I turned my head to see people dressed like knights lined up along the sides, sporting full armor with Western swords dangling on the sides of their hips.
"Are you okay, Usato?"
"Kazuki, where are we?"
Kazuki was beside me. He wore an uneasy expression as he called out to me.
I'm glad. It looks like we weren't separated.
Since Kazuki was here, senpai was probably here as well.
I turned to look and sure enough, Inukami-senpai was on the other side of him.
It looked like she had already woken up. She made her way over and sat next to me.
"I don't know. But there were already a lot of people with strange appearances when I woke up."
"I see. Are you okay senpai?"
"Aah, you don't need to be worried. I'm not hurt anywhere."
Noticing that we were all awake now, the regal man with the crown stood up and approached us.
Rather than due to solemnity or any sort of insight, we were being overpowered by his presence.
"It seems that you have all awoken."
He looked exceedingly distinguished and important; what did someone like that want with us?
As my eyes slowly wandered to our surroundings, Kazuki, who was ever vigilant, bravely turned to face him.
"You, who are you?"
"You bastard! How dare you disrespect Lloyd-sama!"
Next to the king-like character stood a man who appeared to be his retainer, and it looked like Kazuki's flippant manner of speaking riled him up.
"It's fine. Suddenly being called here like this, it's natural to ask something like that. There's no need to get angry over such a small thing, Gio.
"Ho-however… I understand.."
"Sorry. My vassal is rigid in many ways."
"My name is Lloyd Bluegust Lyngle. I am the king of the Lyngle Kingdom."
Lyngle Kingdom. I've never heard of this country.
"It seems that you are perplexed. Let me offer an explanation. You've all been summoned to my Lyngle Kingdom as heroes."
"As heroes?"
I heard a small voice next to me quietly squealing 'It's here!', but I was determined to believe that it wasn't Inukami-senpai's voice.
Please don't destroy your image as the cool beauty, senpai. I really admire that noble image of you!
Additionally, Kazuki, you're the serious type, please restrain yourself and don't act so rashly.
"Yes, as heroes. Several years ago, the Demon King was resurrected. The Demon King wasted no time steadily spreading influence with an army. Our kingdom had the resolve to fight but no matter how desperately we tried, we could not match the Demon King's army in strength. We were barely able to repel the previous attack and might not be able to the next time we clash. Hence, we resorted to using our last measure… We made the decision to perform the forbidden technique, Hero Summoning, to call forth help from another world."
Next to me, Inukami-senpai was unable to calm down and was pacing about excitedly while stomping her feet.
Senpai's dignified image was starting to collapse.
No, it's already crumbled.
"What are the requirements to be summoned?"
"It would be unfortunate to accidentally call the wrong person to this world. For that reason, the magic formation itself makes the selection. When you were being summoned, you heard the sound of a bell, correct?"
"…Uh yes, there was a sound like that. But if that's so, Usato…"
Kazuki looked my way. I believe the expression on his face is in silent apology for dragging me in.
Only the chosen heroes heard the bell. In other words, since I didn't hear it, I didn't meet the requirements.
So, this means..?
"I just got dragged along?"
I couldn't think of anything else but this …but, I didn't actually mind?
Even without meeting such a requirement, I still had my own worth.
I'm a person who really hates losing!!
The two of them looked at me while I was bewildered… yes, yes, I was the one in the wrong place, I understand.
It was a fact that I was pulled into this; but it felt like a tiny crack appeared in my heart.
As I was holding back the pain in my chest, I noticed the king looking at me before wearily closing his eyes.
This is bad, I'll be treated as useless baggage and thrown out…
"So you got pulled along… There's a way to send you back, but Hero Summoning is a one-way passage with set conditions. It's possible to summon someone, but sending them back can't be done using this technique. It's the same with the two others beside you… I am truly sorry… I don't mind even if you shout curses at me."
…Maybe this king was really a good person?
No… Summoning heroes—taking other people out of their worlds with no way back wasn't something a good person would do, right?
"Don't screw around!"
Before I could finish, Kazuki raised his voice in fury.
On either side of the king, the soldiers immediately put their hands on the hilts of their swords, ready to draw.
H-hey, I'm happy you're getting mad for my sake, but can you calm down for a second?!
"Have you thought about what's going to happen to our loved ones?! Our parents are in our former world! Senpai's too! And Usato's as well..!"
"I am very sorry… but we are desperate."
While clenching his hand into a fist, Kazuki took a step forward.
I only just became friends with him a few hours ago, but he's such a great guy.
Though, I personally find it hard to take this seriously since it's all so insane…
"Calm down, Kazuki! I'm happy you're getting mad for my sake, but there's no point in acting violently, right?"
"Kuh… If Usato says so."
Inside Kazuki's mind, how much weight did my statements actually hold?
"I know we're doing things for our own convenience. Being forcibly taken into this world, I don't know if we can ever give you appropriate compensation. But, we will find the magic to send you all back without fail. Until then, lend your powers to us… Please…"
O—i… In front of Kazuki, Lloyd prostrated himself on the cold castle floor.
Wasn't this conversation progressing a little too fast!?
There's no question, this person is an extremely good king!
The kings in the novels I've read are completely different!
"I am the king of this country! I have a duty to protect the citizens! For their sake, I will bow my head as many times I need to!"
Standing up from his place at Kazuki's feet, Lloyd made his way to me and silently bowed his head.
The king of a country was bowing his head to a mere student.
Inside that strange scene, Kazuki, who had calmed down, dropped his shoulders as if he was giving up.
"…Just before, I was being impolite. I am very sorry. Please raise your head, King-sama. Let's talk, we'll hear you out. How about starting with that first."
"Thank you for understanding."
King Lloyd turned and nodded his head in assent to Inukami-senpai and I.
Inukami-senpai flashed a smile and gave me a thumbs up. That was a side of her I'd never seen before in school…
These guys were unexpectedly adapting well to the situation and going along with it…
- Galge is short for galgame, Japanese games centered on interactions with attractive girls. Typically visual novels and dating sims.
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Vegetable juice vinaigrette
Commercially-prepared low-fat and fat-free salad dressings can be unpredictable; many carry a potent taste of vinegar combined with an overkill of sweetness. Using canned vegetable juice (or tomato juice) and dried herbs, this homemade low-fat dressing (just 3 grams fat per tablespoon) can be prepared quickly using ingredients you are likely to have on hand. Toss it with greens or with chilled pasta, steamed vegetables, and chicken for a low-fat lunch that is a fine substitute for a sandwich in a brown-bag lunch.
¼ c. mixed vegetable juice or tomato juice
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ tsp. Dijon mustard
1 tsp. minced fresh basil, or ¼ tsp. dried
1 tsp. minced fresh oregano, or ¼ tsp. dried
1/8 tsp freshly ground pepper, or to taste
Dash of salt
Whisk together all of the ingredients in a small bowl. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Advance Preparation:
If dried herbs are used, allow the dressing to stand for 15 to 30 minutes before serving; it will keep for up to 1 week in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator. If fresh herbs are used, the dressing will keep for 4 days. Whisk or shake before serving.

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A bit of casting news to sum up for you today. Here are the particulars:
- Heather Graham played a memorable character in The Hangover but was absent in the follow-up. Todd Phillips' The Hangover Part III will see her return, alongside Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Ken Jeong.
- Alan Ritchson (Smallville) is set to play a returning tribute in Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, opposite Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.
- Dawn Olivieri (House of Lies) will join Catherine Hardwicke's erotic thriller, Plush, along with Emily Browning and Cam Gigandet.
- Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) has been cast in director Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic, Noah, which stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
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First up, Variety reports that Graham will return as Jade, the Las Vegas stripper who wed Stu (Helms) in the first film. Plot details are few and far between at the moment (other than appearing in Tijuana), but it's looking like the appearance of Jade is going to put Stu in hot water with his new wife , Lauren (Jamie Chung). The third film will also feature the return of Mike Epps, as well as a few high-profile cameos that have yet to be named.
Ritchson will star in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Gloss, a returning tribute who competes with his sister, Cashmere, in the Quarter Quell. The adaptation to Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel is due out November 22nd of 2013.
THR reports that Olivieri will star as the band manager in Plush. This marks Olivieri as the second female lead in the picture, which stars Browning as a rising rock star who is crushed by the death of her band mate brother. Finding solace in a new guitar player, Enzo (Xavier Samuel) rather than her husband, Browning's character quickly learns that her new beau is more dangerous than he appears. Olivieri, who was previously reported to be involved with Breacher, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, has dropped out due to increased workload on Showtime's House of Lies.
Finally, Emmy-nominated Margolis left for Iceland to shoot Noah as soon as he received word that he was cast as Samyaza. The character, according to the ever-resourceful Wikipedia, could be either a fallen angel or even Satan himself. (I wonder if Satan converses only by ringing a bell…) Noah will mark Margolis' fifth film with Aronofsky, having worked on Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler and Black Swan.


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In the late 1960s, the sugar-growing province of Tucumán, Argentina, was undergoing the deepest economic crisis of its history. In 1966, eleven large sugar mills closed by order of the national government, then ruled by military dictator Juan Carlos Onganía. The mills closure left a quarter of the province's labor force unemployed, which, in turns, prompted a massive rural exodus and a permanent state of social unrest. Paradoxically, at the same time, the suddenly impoverished region was experiencing a boom of folk music festivals organized by small cities and rural towns, including those severely hit by the sugar industry crisis. This essay explores the context of the folk festival phenomenon, analyzing the role of town notables and local civic organizations in responding to the crisis brought about by the closure of the mills. The festivals were, in fact, part of a wider effort of local towns to develop their infrastructure and social services. By organizing festivals and fostering community development, local notables acted as a counterweight to the activism of the working class, generating spaces of consent that aided the military government's plans to reorder the provincial economy.
Keywords: folk music, festival, Tucumán province, sugar industry, military government 1966–1973, civil society
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Screening tests and vaccines are an important part of managing your health. A screening test is done to find diseases in people who don't have any symptoms. The goal is to find a disease early so lifestyle changes and checkups can reduce the risk of disease. Or the goal may be to find it early to treat it most effectively. Screening tests are not used to diagnose a disease. But they are used to see if more testing is needed. Health counseling is important, too. Below are guidelines for these, for men ages 18 to 39. Talk with your healthcare provider to make sure you're up to date on what you need.
Who needs it
How often
Alcohol misuse
All adults
At routine exams
Blood pressure
Yearly checkup if your blood pressure is normal*
Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mm Hg*
If your blood pressure is higher than normal, follow the advice of your healthcare provider
All adults who have access to healthcare provider for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up
Diabetes mellitus, type 2
Adults who have no symptoms and are overweight or obese and have 1 or more extra risk factors for diabetes (such as having a close family member with diabetes)
At least every 3 years (yearly if blood sugar has started to rise)
Hepatitis C
If at increased risk
All men
High cholesterol and triglycerides
All men ages 35 and older, and younger men at high risk for coronary artery disease
At least every 5 years
Anyone at increased risk for infection
Check with your healthcare provider
All men in this age group1
Every 5 to 10 years if no risk factors for eye disease
Diet and exercise
Adults who are overweight or obese
When diagnosed and at routine exams
Sexually transmitted infection prevention
Men who are sexually active
At routine visits
Skin cancer
Prevention of skin cancer in fair-skinned adults through age 24
Tobacco use and tobacco-related disease
Every exam
Who needs
Tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Td/Tdap) booster
Td: every 10 years
Tdap: Have a 1-time dose of Tdap instead of a Td booster after age 18, then boost with Td every 10 years.
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
All adults in this age group who have no record of previous infection or vaccines**
1 or 2 doses
Chickenpox (varicella)
All adults in this age group who have no record of this infection or vaccine**
2 doses. The second dose should be given 4 to 8 weeks after the first dose.
Flu (seasonal)
Yearly, when the vaccine is available
Hepatitis A
People at risk2
2 doses given at least 6 months apart
Hepatitis B
People at risk3
3 doses over 6 months. The second dose should be given 1 month after the first dose. The third dose should be given at least 2 months after the second dose (and at least 4 months after the first dose).
Haemophilus influenzae Type B (HIB)
People at risk
1 to 3 doses
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
All men in this age group up to age 26
2-3 doses (depending on the age at which the vaccine series began). If 3 doses are advised, the second dose should be given at least 1 month after the first dose and the third dose should be given at least 5 months after the first dose.
People at risk4
1 or more doses
Pneumococcal (PCV13) and pneumococcal (PPSV23)
People at risk5
PCV13: 1 dose ages 19 to 65 (protects against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria)
PPSV23: 1 to 3 doses depending on medical situation (protects against 23 types of pneumococcal bacteria)
The type of vaccine used and the number of doses depends on age and medical situation. Talk with your healthcare provider about when and which type of vaccine is best for you.
*From the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
**There may be exceptions. Talk with your healthcare provider.
***People who are 18 years old and not up-to-date on their childhood vaccines should get all catch-up vaccines advised by the CDC.
1 From the American Academy of Ophthalmology
2 For full list, see the CDC website.
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I think on the brighter side of b what it did do which was cool for while in Auckland was quite incredible, it was everywhere here for a while it seemed. BFM Auckland was a cool place to be.
It was at many times brilliant radio with a big listenership strangely filtered through it's very popular Sunday talkback.
Yes and no. On any given weekend night over the first decade of the 2000s I'd wager there was, and likely still would be 20 kids in Auckland entertaining themselves in the clubs along K Rd, Pons Rd, and down High Street for everyone at a live venue that night. But surely the two are complementary.
Oh, for sure. But the club scene got quite grim at times in the noughties, while a lot of cool, arty kids went to see their friends play in bands. (Looking back, I'm embarrassed at how we dressed in the old days.) The P craze didn't help. I recall having the occasional night out, sitting in a club room full of people glaring at each other, thinking, well this sucks ...
And I'm not sure if everyone in a bar where a DJ is playing on Ponsonby Road can truly be said to be there for the music ...
When I left George it became almost exclusively house for a long long time. Aural wallpaper as Russell points out.
Ah, that explains it then. I found it frankly unnerving. And I like house music.
When I left George it became almost exclusively house for a long long time
Not really true though Damian. When I arrived there in 2002 there were tons of specialist shows on the station, killer jazz shows on Sunday, Victoria's Sunday show, ambient shows, drum'n'bass, hip hop shows which went for years, a NZ electronica show which went from the late 1990s for a decade or so, funk shows, Cian, the saturday morning shows which were hilarious at times, brekky, which pre-Urlich was quite rocky, Bevan's shows which have always played a huge range of black music.
The house shows were mostly afternoon and drive, and I guess that's when large numbers were listening hence the stereotype.
I'll always be grateful when I released the Welcome To NZ house comp, which was the first time many of those acts had had any release in NZ, in 2000, George, at no cost to us, came to me and offered a weekend of free support, with every track on the album being carted and played repeatedly by Thane and others over the next month or so.
BFM, even though Greg and I hosted their dance show, and Greg featured on the first track strongly, didn't playlist a single one even though some 5000 people bought it. Ever.
I don't want to bitch about B as they've been hugely supportive of so much I've done, but y'know, it irks..
If RadioWorks didn't had the sense to put contractual steps in place to stop that happening, then they've got bigger problems than Thane
The advice I've had in the past is that restraint of trade clauses are hard to enforce, especially for longer than a few months. They also have to protect the employer from something other than the employee just taking their skills somewhere else.
Active is dull
It's *variable*. I suspect (somebody can put me right) that it's almost entirely a volunteer operation, so it's up to who volunteers.
Like I mentioned upthread, *I* think that Liam is pretty good in the mornings. Some of the others play stuff in daytime that isn't really daytime radio. Then there's the guy on Saturday mornings. Nuff said...
I notice the dance music / rock music divide popping up. They both have an audience, and in Auckland in the middle of the last decade, dance had a large one. I guess if you don't like dance music, then it's crap, and nobody will tell you otherwise. Same for rock. Plus if you're 19, then this is spiritually important. If you're one of the cool kids who goes to (insert current Jafa cool kid rock band name) gigs, then attending Our House is gonna get you ostracised.
Also, while we have the attention of the NZ radio gurus, what's with the Sunday Lunchtime Jazz Closed Shop?
Do the programmers get together and agree that on Sunday lunchtimes, if you want to listen to the radio, it will be jazz?
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I'd wager there was, and likely still would be 20 kids in Auckland entertaining themselves in the clubs along K Rd, Pons Rd, and down High Street for everyone at a live venue that night.
@Simon - I think you're probably right, although I'd argue - in terms of one's relationship to the music - there is a difference between me sitting at the bar at 4am that happens to be playing dance music, and making a conscious decision to head along to a gig (whether a band or a DJ gig). I think the days of people heading out to hear certain DJs have definitely waned.
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@Simon: Not really true though Damian.
The weekends (which include Cian, Victoria, the funk shows, the jazz shows) have always been a bit of an exception on George (and I did say "almost exclusively"). What did happen though, was a number of the shows that I had set up with specialist DJs, were replaced with house shows. The night-time shows, I'm talking about.
I remember having an argument with Pam about it (who had taken over the PD role from me), she was replacing I think it was the drum and bass or hip-hop show at the time, with another house show (there were about 6 during the week by this stage, not including daytime shows).
"But it's a different kind of house, doll", was her response.
When I left doing Drive Monday - Friday in 2000, Drive was divided up into 5 different shows too, and became once again a whole lotta bedroom house DJs. For at least a few years the sound of George FM was that of two house records slowly slipping out of time from each other. It was really depressing after what we'd started.
Then a few years later, you're right Simon, things changed a bit. You came along, so did others, things got a bit better. Honestly though? I'd given up listening by then. I had a job at bFM, my music tastes were changing too, and I've never been one to listen to much radio in the evening where those good specialist shows are. And I've never really gone back to George.
always seemed to overlook us when those Ooonst gigs were put on. We were the only dance show on B and we were not even given tickets to the bloody things.
Acts of kindness perhaps :)
Having listened to b since my lunch times spent hiding in the art room at high school, I get an oddly personal sense of disappointment when listening to it for any length of time - sometimes for very short lengths.
Like some have said, you can't 'F' with the specialty shows, but the breakfast show for the reasons mentioned above, and a swag of daytime programming just leaves me cold. I figure it's part getting older and part a more fashion orientated approach to the programming.
As for George, since it was bought and renovated by RadioWorks, it's taken on a whole new commercial timbre that has doomed it to fitting in with the commercial dross around it on the frequency - it just sounds cheesy. Though George too has some stunning shows on the weekend and latenight roster.
Anyway, for a more relaxed, conversational and homely breakfast show, listen to Chip Matthews and Tyra Hammond on BaseFM (107.3 & Freeview Channel 71). Musicians playing music - it works.
And lastly, Rich, the Sunday jazz lockdown does NOT apply on BaseFM, my show, "Sunday Sounds" 12-2 every Sunday, fits hand in glove with Automatic over on b with his show kicking off at 2. Four hours of music for Damian to drink to.
The thing that sets the b apart from all the others is that they have never taken themselves that seriously but when they do serious stuff they do it seriously well. Mikey epitomises that. I, for one, will miss my dose of conspiracy theory in the mornings mixed with a certain madness that resonates with those of a suspicious mind and resembles nothing of the false prattle of so called pirates that proves the point that the others are shit.
Good luck Mikey maybe you'll get a haircut and a proper job now.
And I've never really gone back to George.
I think we've had this discussion before several times, maybe it's not one for a forum, and I know you had your issues with George, which I respect. But when I arrived at the station in 2001 I'd go as far as to say that it was waaayyy more interesting than B at the time, which seemed stuck in a bygone universe, as Sacha implied. I remember being ecstatic at my new freedom.
So, diversity? I get a bit grumpy when I get this, as I've had many times over the years, mostly from non electronic music listeners who think it's all the same (which, before you get tetchy, I know does not apply to either you or Russell).
My first show on George was at 6pm on a Monday night, before I was moved to Weds morn, and I was followed by Mark Burgess and Andrew Shearer's eclectic mix of all sorts of things black an rhythmic, Tuesday had the mighty Kog NZ Show at the same time as mine. The UK garage show was after that I think and then a d'n'b show. There were a couple of mighty fine purist techno (just "a different kind of house" to most non listeners to electronica I guess, but well targeted to those that loved that genre) shows week nights (Matt Drake and Miles Cuen did one and Silverbeat another) and a couple of specialist funk shows. Before me, Paul Dean pulled txts in a way I'd never seen a drive show do on B, the few I'd either sat in on or co-hosted. People loved it .. I remember sitting in a cab at 4am after Calibre, and the driver was rabbiting on about how much he loved Paul on the radio. Paul was asleep beside me :)
Yeah samey at times, later in the week (and some of the very late night here-is-my-new-record-I bought-this-week shows), until they pulled Philipa in on Fridays (my suggestion and it really worked) for drive but for me around 2001-2 the station really began to gel, and it's hard to overstate how immensely popular Bevan Keys' Fridays were. And to look in there during those drives, across the week and watch the incredible volume of txts rolling across the screen. George found an audience that B had missed, urban kids thoroughly dedicated to their black and electronic music mostly and I think you'd be surprised how many of them were those faces you saw at club venues each weekend. I'd go to clubs and get a stream of people coming up to me asking about tracks I'd played and I know Greg and others get the same still.
Cian's visibility on his 10+ years of George shows has helped keep what may be the best record shop outside Japan alive..no mean feat.
Still mates, huh?
As for George, since it was bought and renovated by RadioWorks, it's taken on a whole new commercial timbre that has doomed it to fitting in with the commercial dross around it on the frequency - it just sounds cheesy.
Indeed. It was not good when I was back earlier this year. But it was inevitable when they bought in. I was asked to do a guest show but declined .
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Simon, no doubt you're right. Yes, I had issues with George, being screwed over majorly by Dave and Thane at the time (after setting up all the weekday nighttime shows - including half of the ones you mention - getting them all sponsored in return for a share of the profit from it they said "thanks, we'll take it from here" which was my bad being naive and thinking we were all in it together...).
Maybe the house was "limited" to the daytimes, drive, and half a dozen specialist shows. It still represented about a 1000% increase of house music from what precededed it. I still saw shows like the drum and bass show be scrapped or pushed into the wee small hours to accommodate more house. It definitely got less diverse for a while.
At the same time I agree that bFM had big issues when we started up George. Massively defensive, they seemed to almost dig in and play less electronic music to spite the audience. Even today they have a Nocturnal Dominion death metal show, but no drum and bass show....
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I should add a couple of points actually Simon:
I don't do appointment radio. Therefore specialist shows can be great, but only if they're at a time I'm likely to bump into them. Like most people, I listen to radio in the morning, in the car during the day and at drive time. Once PU started doing Breakfast it was pretty hard not to hear a house track 100% of those times. We had a running joke where we'd be in the car and just as we'd flick over to George I'd start doing the 4/4 mmm-sst-mmm-sst of generic house music to see if I could fluke it in time with whatever was on.
My personal issues with being ripped off aside (because as I say, as a lawyer I shoulda known better and it was a good life lesson in never trusting anyone...), I still stuck around at George for a couple of years after that. In the end I left because they were still on a small frequency and I got tired of doing a show every day that at least half of the people I knew couldn't hear. About two months after I went to bFM, George got a full frequency. Go figure.
I'm not denying you had a fantastic time at George at some period, but to me as a co-founder and then listener, I heard the diverse thing of beauty I had helped create turn into (at least at the times I was listening) as narrow-minded and stale a beast as the station it had been competing with.
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@OscarLow - 12pm Sundays? I'm there!
Even today they have a Nocturnal Dominion death metal show, but no drum and bass show
'The Warning'? 11-1 fri nights with DJ DWare?
Anyone know whats been happening in Christchurch at RDU ? How's Pylonz 'one dollar' investment turning out :) ?
Even today they have a Nocturnal Dominion death metal show, but no drum and bass show
'The Warning'? 11-1 fri nights with DJ DWare?
There's been a D&B show right through, I think. For years it was the one with the funny "chocolate milk" promo.
Oh, also Hannah Sarney was mildly miffed to be described by me as part of a "previous generation" when she's still 23 and still has a show on Saturday nights.
I remember when I first started listening seriously to b it was the "louder than a bomb" time and I do remember a truck load of new dance music and hip hop being played . Grandmaster Flash,Public Enemy,with acid house and house hits alongside the constant run of Flying Nun 1980's gems.
And then it went rock apparently but I think you'll find most of the good keen ears on the planet were particularly bowled over by the guitars and words of the pixies, pavement, nirvana, jamc, my bloody valentine , sonic youth, predominantly american new pop,
etc but I still remember a lot of various forms of dance music being played.I don't know the genres, they confuse me but there was a lot of dance/guitar crossover MBV, NWA, springs to mind.
....and then a lot of seriously long dance music got played and the dance scene became huge , a huge live earner earner for a few "right place, right time" promoters which tended to attract other money, which created a bubble as it always does.
And then there was a garage rock renaissance across the western world which found an already well formed scene here, so apparently guitars came back in.
But my laboured point is that I remember the best playlists being pretty eclectic and the pixies sounded great by ten city. .
I remember when I first started listening seriously to b it was the "louder than a bomb" time and I do remember a truck load of new dance music and hip hop being played . Grandmaster Flash,Public Enemy,with acid house and house hits alongside the constant run of Flying Nun 1980's gems.
Quite a lot was vented on bFM Historical Society about the music wars around this time, with Simon Laan/Nick D'Angelo programming hip hop, the guitar guys revolting and Sir Vere not liking any of them.
S'funny really: I was involved with the station for so long, but that kind of stuff tended to pass me by. I only really ever had a problem with one person, and that person had ... issues.
Sunday Sounds" 12-2 every Sunday
FWIW I think this is a very good show.
Im quite a fan of the music Oscar's co-pilot kirk james plays too. Kind of a weird mix of funk and jazz and not quite either, old and new. Not quite sure how their time table works, it might be a week on week off thing.
Both Oscar/Kirk's music is precisely the music I want to hear at 12 on a sunday. Major bummer is the lack of frequency strength, if im not near my computer i miss out. Resorted to hanging my comp speakers out the top floor window a few weekends ago so I could dig a retaining wall and hear the show.
Back on topic, I really like Mikey, and personally preferred him to Wallace, but was *hugely* disappointed when they reappointed him. I always thought bFm was a bit of a nursery for breeding new talent. Even if it didnt work at least they gave it a go. Mikey's reappointment changed this view for me.
I always thought bFm was a bit of a nursery for breeding new talent
and then host Zm breakfast shows and do quirky late night news. It must have a stronger vision than that surely.
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Saints vs. Dolphins Injury Report: Lance Moore, Mark Ingram, Cameron Wake inactive
Here's the final injury report submitted by the Saints and Dolphins prior to Monday's contest.
Out: (All inactive)
S Roman Harper (knee)
DT Broderick Bunkley (calf)
WR Lance Moore (hand)
RB Mark Ingram (toe)
DE Tom Johnson (hamstring)
DB Rod Sweeting (coach's decision)
OT Terron Armstrong (coach's decision)
DE Cameron Wake (knee)
CB Dmitri Patterson (groin)
DB Will Davis (coach's decision)
QB Pat Devlin (coach's decision)
RB Mike Gillislee (coach's decision)
G Dallas Thomas (coach's decision)
G Danny Watkins (coach's decision)
Questionable: (All active)
S Isa Abdul Quddus (ankle)
CB Chris Carr (knee)
G Jahri Evans (hamstring)
G Tim Lelito (calf)
DE Tyrunn Walker (knee)
S Chris Clemons (hamstring/quad)
DT Paul Soliai (knee)
LB Koa Misi (shoulder)
Probable: (All active)
OLB Martez Wilson (elbow)
ILB Curtis Lofton (knee)
WR Marques Colston (foot)
OLB Junior Galette (hamstring)
RT Zach Strief (neck)
DT Akiem Hicks (knee)
DE Glenn Foster (ankle)
CB Jabari Greer (back)
LB Dannell Ellerbe (ribs)
LB Jonathan Freeny (shoulder)
C Mike Pouncey (ankle)
LB Philip Wheeler (thumb)
S Jimmy Wilson (groin)
WR Brandon Gibson (knee)
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BOSTON >> All-Star second baseman Dustin Pedroia is close to a contract that could keep him with the Boston Red Sox for his entire big league career.
A person with knowledge of the talks said Tuesday that Pedroia is in the process of agreeing to a deal adding $100 million over seven seasons through 2021.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement was not yet complete. The new deal was first reported by WEEI.
Pedroia is making $10 million this year and is guaranteed the same amount in 2014 as part of a $40.5 million, six-year contract that started in 2009. That deal includes an $11 million club option for 2015 with a $500,000 buyout.
The 5-foot-8, 165-pound sparkplug was the AL Rookie of the Year in 2007 and AL MVP in 2008.
It's important to Pedroia to finish his career in Boston. The deal would expire after he turns 38.
"It's not official or anything, but, yeah, this is my home," he said before Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. "I love being here. I love my teammates. I love the city. So if (the deal is finalized), I'll be pretty excited."
Pedroia is a big reason for Boston's success. The Red Sox began play Tuesday with a half-game lead over the Rays in the AL East with a 60-41 record after winning just 69 games last season.
In 100 games through Monday, Pedroia was hitting .308 with six homers and 57 RBIs. He made only two errors and missed just one game.
A new contract "is not going to change who I am or my role with this team," he said. "My job is to still go out there and try to help us win a game every day and I'll try to do all I can to make that happen."
The 29-year-old was a backup on the AL all-star team this season and entered the game after starter Robinson Cano was hit by a pitch. Cano can become a free agent after this season, his ninth with the New York Yankees.
Pedroia might have received a better deal than the one that's close to agreement if he had become a free agent after the 2014 or 2015 seasons.
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A second-round pick of the Red Sox in the 2004 amateur draft, Pedroia made his major league debut in August 2006. He hit .191 in 31 games that season then had his breakout season in 2007 when Boston won its second World Series championship in four years. He hit .317 with eight homers and 50 RBIs.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
What an Exciting Day!!
Posted by Mom to 5...Daughter of the King at 3:08 PM
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- Dawn said...
Soo funny! What will you do with your self??? Better yet, what will poor Ella do all by herself durring that time?!!
I wish I could send EmmaLi to preschool, but I still don't think she's ready and besides we missed the deadline for the "lottery". (it stinks to live in a town with only 1 preschool)
- March 4, 2008 at 3:51 PM
- erin richardson said...
HOORAYYYYY!!!!! You're not excited, are you??
- March 4, 2008 at 4:45 PM
- Sharon said...
Wooo Hoooo! I think we are getting ready to do the same thing!!!!
- March 5, 2008 at 7:19 PM
- Anita said...
OH how exciting!! YIPPEEE...and it's not even here yet! :) It's definitely preschool time around here. I checked one out just Wed with Kaylin and she wanted to stay so bad to play with the kids. She keeps saying she wants to go to "little school" like sissy goes to "big school"!! :) We have a few more to check out before we decide....but soon!
- March 7, 2008 at 7:56 AM


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Mexico is worried about a spike in the number of H1N1 flu cases and deaths, in the country that was the epicenter of the 2009 outbreak of the strain.
But even with 1,261 confirmed cases of the flu strain and 123 deaths in the Jan. 1-23 period, the Health Department says the figures remain well below 2009 levels, when there were 1,479 deaths and more than 70,000 confirmed cases for the year as a whole.
The H1N1 strain generally hits people in the prime of their life, and memories remain sharp of the 2009 outbreak. People have waited in long lines at vaccination posts set up in Mexico City's subway stations to get their flu shots.
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PB Crave Flavored Peanut Butters: For the Win?
When PB Crave sent over its flavored peanut butters in dreamy flavors like cookie dough and double chocolate, we thought we were in heaven. Available at Walmart and Cost Plus for about $6 a jar, the peanut butters seemed affordable, accessible, and slightly exotic. How could anything go wrong? As it turned out, some of the flavors just fell flat. Read on to find out which ones scored high and which ones didn't.
Choco Choco
Choco Choco mixes semisweet, dark chocolate and wild honey into peanut butter. Sadly, the chocolate pieces mostly sunk to the bottom of the jar, making it nearly impossible to churn them to the top. As a result, tasters felt like there was not enough chocolate. A few noted that they would actually buy the product, but many felt like it didn't blow them away, preferring Nutella instead.
CoCo Bananas
CoCo Bananas blends peanut butter with natural banana flavor, semisweet chocolate, and honey. And it reminded us of Banana Runts! Several complained that it tasted fake, artificial, and "grody." While no one spit it out, no one was reaching for second helpings, either.
Razzle Dazzle
Razzle Dazzle incorporates natural raspberry flavoring, white and semisweet chocolates, and honey into peanut butter. Tasters recoiled from the artificial flavor and shot out one-star ratings. A few, however, didn't think it was so bad and even (secretly) admitted to liking the fake raspberry flavor. "It's like built-in jelly flavor almost, for that PB&J taste," one said.
Cookie Nookie
Cookie Nookie combines chocolate chips, cookie dough flavor, and honey into peanut butter. Is it even possible to mess that up? It's with great disappointment that our tasters found this product somewhat mediocre. Several found the artificial vanilla flavor way too overpowering, gross, and fake. Others, though, thought it nailed the salty-sweet combo, calling it the best of all four. Declared one: "FTW!"


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MACON, Ga. (May 10, 2013) – Coach Skole refers to Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) as a warrior.
The senior right-hander provided the ETSU baseball team with another "warrior-like" performance as he delivered the Blue and Gold to a 1-0 win over No. 21 Mercer on Friday night at Claude Smith Field.
Doane held Mercer's offense – which is one of the best in the country – to five hits en route to registering his fourth shutout of his career (all of which have come this season). Doane joins Jeff Andrews (1978-81) as the only other pitcher in ETSU history to toss four shutouts in both a season and a career (Andrews recorded his four shutouts in 1980). Doane improved to 11-1 on the campaign and is two wins shy of tying the Buccaneer single-season record for victories, while the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. native also struck out five Bear hitters and issued zero walks. In addition, Doane posted his 10th complete game Friday night, which is also one shy of tying Matt Baber (1999-2000) for the ETSU single-season mark. Baber tossed 11 complete games in 1999, while Caleb Glafenhein (2004-07) holds the single-season wins record at 13.
The Bears left runners in scoring position in the fourth and eighth innings, but ETSU plated the only run of the night when Mason Hershey's (Altoona, Pa.) sacrifice fly to right scored pinch runner Zach Thompson (Johnson City, Tenn.) in the seventh inning. From there, Doane retired nine of the final ten hitters he faced to clinch the Blue and Gold a spot in the 2013 Atlantic Sun Championship.
ETSU has now won seven of its last nine games and improved to 29-20, 14-8 in A-Sun play, while Mercer dropped back-to-back games for only the fourth time of the year and moved its mark to 37-14, 15-7. The Bucs moved back into a tie for third-place in the A-Sun standings after Florida Gulf Coast lost to North Florida, 8-7, in 11 innings, while the Blue and Gold still sit two games back of the league-leading Ospreys and one game back of Mercer for second. North Florida sits in first at 16-6, Mercer is second and ETSU and FGCU are tied for third.
In an old-fashioned pitchers' duel, Doane retired nine of the first ten hitters he faced to start the game, while Brandon Barker – who was dealt his first loss of the season – sent down nine of the first 13 Buccaneer batters.
Following the third inning, Mercer missed on the first scoring chance of the night when the Bears had runners on second and third with one out in the fourth; however, Doane kept his composure to work out of the inning unscathed. Chesny Young led off the inning with a single to center and moved to third on Nick Backlund's one-out double to right-center, but the team who ranks seventh nationally with 7.5 runs per game couldn't manufacture the key hit off Doane. The Buccaneer righty forced Logan Gaines into a shallow fly out to center and Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.) tracked down another fly out to end the threat.
With the game still scoreless in the seventh, ETSU put its first runner on second base since Jeremy Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) reached in the first inning when Andrew Lasure (Stanford, Ky.) laced a leadoff single to center, which led to Thompson entering as a pinch runner. After Derek Niesman (Wellington, Fla.) failed on a sac-bunt attempt, Thompson moved into scoring position by stealing second and advanced to third on Alex Reynolds' (Johnson City, Tenn.) single to left. From there, Chris Riopedre (Miami, Fla.) reached on a fielder's choice after he hit one right back to the mound, but Barker's throw to second was high and Reynolds was called safe – leading to Hershey's heroics on the next at-bat. With the bases loaded, Hershey sent a 0-1 pitch into right field and drove in Thompson to snap the scoreless affair, 1-0.
The Bears had one last chance in the eighth as Sasha Lagarde reached via a two-out single, while advancing all the way to third by stealing second and took another base on Hershey's throwing error. Fortunately, the miscue didn't come back to haunt the Bucs as Doane induced Young into an inning-ending grounder to short, and sent Mercer down in order to end the game, resulting in Mercer's first shutout loss in conference play this season.
Barker saw his record drop to 6-1 despite allowing one unearned run on four hits in eight innings of work. Young finished with two of the five hits for the Bears.
Meanwhile, Green has now reached base safely in 14 straight games after generating a single in the third, while Niesman has hit safely in seven consecutive contests after going 2-for-4 on the night.
Game two of the series is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday night. Junior Logan Rice (Erwin, Tenn.) will get the start for the Blue and Gold, while Mercer counters with senior left-hander David Randall.
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I Heart Mark Zuckerberg
So I was at a lunch of the AllThingsD.com staff in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday–at Il Fornaio, natch, where we pretended to be as important as its usual dot-com mogul and VC customers, but failed miserably–when Accel Partners VC Jim Breyer stopped by to chat about some stuff.
Unexpectedly, he brought along Mark Zuckerberg, the 20-something founder of Facebook, with whom Breyer had been lunching.
Graciously and mostly because he had zero choice after I whipped out my annoying tiny white Pure Digital digital video camera, Zuckerberg gives a quick update in the video below about the recent much-ballyhooed opening of the hot social-networking platform to third-party developers.
But when I ask him about the buyout rumors that have swirled around the company for a good long time–the new one has Google sniffing about, by the way–he scoffed, but then got mighty uncomfortable in a hurry.
Luckily, his valiant VC Breyer swooped in and showed just what he does to earn his zillions. And, as he had in this previous post, Breyer underscored that the company was not for sale.
But after I was done harassing him digitally, Zuckerberg surprised me by telling me I was "mean" to him in this blog and he kind of had a point. But not completely.
First, I do tend to write favorably of Facebook, which I think is an innovative, clean and well-executed Web experience that has even become useful to me of late (for some reason, as others have noted, I now have a boatload of "friends" on the site, which has become a Silicon Valley hotspot of late). Score one: Kara.
And I tend to smack around giant rival MySpace more, for being chaotic and irksome, although that might be because I am, shall we say, a grumpy older lady perplexed by all that flashy dreck. Again, Kara 2/Mark 0.
But I was definitely a tad mean in this post, about removing "A Mark Zuckerberg Production" from the bottom of Facebook page, which I thought a little self-absorbed on his part, and replacing it with the simpler Facebook © 2007.
I also began my holy war against the flip-flop obsession the press has latched upon when talking about Zuckerberg. Since he did build the company and it is really not my business what shoes he wears, I will give this one to Mark, so Kara2/Mark 1.
I did say Mark had "delusions of grandeur" here and implied he had a swelled head here.
I suppose when I think about it, that pretty much makes him average around Silicon Valley, which is the homeland of pompous fatheads. And, frankly, I think I use it on him more because of his youth, which is ageist–again, due to grumpy-older-lady disease. Kara 2/Mark 2.
But I think it was probably this post that likely irked Zuckerberg most. It was his big day announcing the opening of the Facebook platform and I characterized his onstage performance as awkward.
Well, it was, but I also said I meant it in the nicest way. Zuckerberg is not a smoothie in any way and that's not a bad thing (think Bill Gates, Larry Page). It's even endearing.
But I did go after those flip-flops again, which I said, "are now about as annoying to me as the lava lamps and colorful bouncy balls at Google eventually became." Actually, I am still more annoyed by those lava lamps and balls, and now Google's aren't-we-kooky-as-ever dinosaur statue on its campus.
So perhaps we will have a split decision here. Kara 2.5/Mark 2.5. Given that, Mark, can't we just get along?


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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The United States now has nearly 2.2 million farms after losing 11,630 farms last year, according to a government report released Tuesday.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service's annual snapshot of farms also pegs the total land in U.S. farms at 914 million acres. That is 3 million acres fewer acres than last year. The average farm size is 421 acres.
In Kansas, however, the numbers remained unchanged with 65,500 farms and 46 million acres. The average Kansas farm size also remained unchanged at 702 acres.
While the overall number of farms declined nationally, the number of the biggest farms, those with $500,000 or more in sales, jumped by 8.6 percent to 145,190.
Small farms, those with fewer than $10,000 in sales, fell by 2.5 percent to 1.17 million.
The numbers for farms in other size categories increased by roughly 1 or 2 percent.
The numbers of livestock operations of all types dwindled last year amid a widespread drought that drove up the costs of feed. Beef cow operations were down 1 percent to 729,000; milk cow operations fell 3 percent to 58,000; hog operations shrunk 1 percent to 68,300; and sheep operations dropped 1 percent to 79,500.
The government defines a farm as any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced or sold. Land in farms consists of agricultural land used for crops, pasture or grazing.
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Israel-based switch maker Voltaire told US federal regulators today it plans to raise up to $100m in an initial public offering.
Out of the 7.7 million ordinary shares the company plans to sell, 5.8 million will be offered by Voltaire. The remaining 1.9 million shares will be sold by a group of shareholders. Voltaire has applied to trade under the ticker symbol "VOLT."
Voltaire told the Securities and Exchange Commission it came up with the $100m figure based on a midpoint estimated price range of $13 a share. Using the midpoint estimate, Voltaire expects to raise $67.5 from its portion of the IPO after expenses. The company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares from selling stockholders.
The company expects to retain about 20.5m shares after the offering.
Voltaire plans to use the proceeds from the sale to repay in full a $5m loan, and the usual gamut of research and development funding, business and marketing activities and working capital. Voltaire also speculated it could use some of the money to acquire or invest in complimentary companies or technology, but the company doesn't have any acquisitions or investments planned.
For the three months ended March 31, Voltaire reported losses of $4.2m, compared to a loss of $3.7m during the same period last year. The company specializes in Infiniband switches for high performance grid computing. Voltaire lists that more than half of their customers have been government, research and educational organizations. The company's OEM customers are IBM, HP, Silicon Graphics, Sun and NEC Corporation.
Voltaire joins a flock of other tech vendors recently registering to sell stock in what appears to be the IPO season. ®


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Image: NANCY KLAUD, Courtesy of the Field Museum
The first primates may have scampered among the trees while dinosaurs still ruled the planet, according to the results of a new study. Researchers writing today in the journal Nature conclude that primates--the order of mammals to which humans belong--arose more than 15 million earlier than previously thought. In addition to posing difficulties for widely held ideas about the emergence of this group, the findings could force scholars to rethink the timing of the origin of humans.
Conventional wisdom holds that primates arose no earlier than 65 million years ago (after the demise of the dinosaurs), a date based on the oldest accepted fossil representatives of the group, which hail from roughly 55 million years ago, plus a few million years thrown in for good measure. The problem with that approach to estimating the timing of primate origins, says study co-author Robert D. Martin of Chicago's Field Museum, is that the early primate fossil record is so scrappy. "Our calculations indicate that we have fossil evidence for only about 5 percent of all extinct primates," he reports, "so it's as if paleontologists have been trying to reconstruct a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle using just 50 pieces." Indeed, estimates Martin and his colleagues have come up with using a statistical approach place the number of extinct primate species at up to 9,000--many more than the 474 species known from the fossil record.
Taking that into consideration, the last common ancestor of the primates--today represented by lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes and humans--probably lived around 81 million years ago, the team proposes. As to why such ancient primates have not turned up in the fossil record, it may be that their remains simply did not have the conditions necessary for preservation. But Martin guesses that the common ancestor was small, nocturnal, and dwelled in tropical forest trees, feeding on fruit and insects (see image).
The new date, although at odds with previous paleontological estimates, actually accords fairly well with conclusions drawn from molecular studies, which have indicated that primates diverged from other mammals some 90 million years ago. It also suggests that humans and chimpanzees parted evolutionary ways earlier than once thought--eight million rather than five million years ago. "We hope our research will help reconcile the discrepancies between the various dates suggested by paleontologists and molecular biologists," Martin remarks, "not just for primates but for other groups of organisms, too."


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Actor John Ratzenberger, back in his native Connecticut, discusses region's economy
BRIDGEPORT -- John Ratzenberger's voice, that wonderful helix of bravado and vulnerability, is a familiar one.
To kids, it's a fixture in Pixar movies. To adults, it's that of Cliff Clavin, maybe the world's most beloved mailman.
But in Bridgeport, the voice belongs to "Johnny Rat," the local boy who fell into an acting career and who credits the hard-working spirit of his native city for writing his script for success.
"There's a Bridgeport mentality," Ratzenberger said Thursday night, this time speaking as a radio show guest at the Fire Engine Pizza Co. on Fairfield Avenue. "It's a unique place to grow up in. You have Stratford and Fairfield on both sides, Trumbull to the north, a deep-water port and Interstate 95. But still, there is plywood on storefronts. It's nuts.
"But the people -- they are spirited, they are hard-working," he said. "Look at Black Rock. It's a real neighborhood. I know people who have been here for five generations."
Snuggled next to his new wife, Julie, in a booth at the back of Marty McCarthy's pizza joint, Ratzenberger seemed at home -- he grew up just a few blocks away -- as he appeared on the "Modern Problems Radio Show," a nationally syndicated program broadcast out of the Black Rock restaurant each week.
Ratzenberger and his wife joined radio host Daveylove and his crew to talk about topics ranging from his wife's love of collecting sea glass at the Milford beach where they live, to his newfound sense of style.
Ratzenberger said sometimes, he forgets that he's a celebrity. But his wife, whom he married in November after they had dated for several years, is always there to refresh his memory.
"I go out and I'm dressed like I'm going to clean out the garage," Ratzenberger said. "My wife has to remind me that someone might take my picture. Now it's like I'm 8 years old again."
Laughing, his wife cut into the conversation: "I lay out his clothes for him, do his hair."
According to the show's hosts, whatever she is doing, it's working.
"You look better than the rest of your Cheers castmates do," Daveylove said, referring to the Boston-based sitcom.
Daveylove has hosted the radio show for seven years. He's brought in guests ranging from musicians playing at the Acoustic Cafe in Black Rock to actors such as Ratzenberger.
Lately, the show has been broadcast out of McCarthy's pizza place. The two met when McCarthy was serving pizza out of a restored fire truck after a fire temporarily closed his business.
"We've built a good relationship," said McCarthy, who reopened the restaurant at 2914 Fairfield Ave. in late October. "We finally got our home back and they needed a home and we had a spot for them. They bring a good crowd and are building up a nice celebrity portfolio."
Ratzenberger will be returning to television soon. He has a role on FX Network's "Legit," which will debut in January. He's also reprising his role as the Abominable Snowman in Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc., set for release in June.
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On July 2, the Obama Administration announced that it will delay the deadline by which employers must provide health insurance to full-time employees and dependents by a year, pushing it back to 2015.
As you may recall, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted into law in 2010, mandated that "large employers," those who employed 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees, must offer affordable and comprehensive health insurance coverage to full-time employees and their dependents by January 2014. Full-time employees are those who work more than 30 hours per week. The law applies to the private and public sector which means local governments will be penalized for not adhering to the law.
Since park and recreation agencies utilize seasonal employees, the 30-hour threshold provided significant concern as local governments feared that they would be required to offer health insurance to seasonal employees.
Regulations released late last year, however, provided a safe harbor relative to seasonal employees by allowing employers to create their own "defined measurement period," spanning between three and 12 months, to be used in determining the employee's full-time status. The regulations also provided employers the flexibility to determine the start and end months for the defined measurement period. At the end of the defined measurement period, employers would enter into a "stability period" and would be required to offer insurance during that period to those seasonal employees who continued as an employee and who averaged 30 hours per week during the defined measurement period.
Since the law was enacted, employers have asserted that compliance would be difficult for a variety of reasons. Part of the push back on the regulations was the complicated process by which employers will have to determine their full-time equivalent employees and verify that those entitled to employer-coverage have received it. The burden of verifying coverage (in an effort to avoid the penalty) rests with the employer and not the employee. This may be especially burdensome for local governments that employ seasonal employees as the local governments will be required to track, monitor and verify the "defined benefit" and "stability periods."
Fortunately, the Administration has realized the difficulties inherent to compliance and has pushed the compliance deadline from January of 2014 to 2015.
The one-year delay is, seemingly, a double-edged sword as it allows the Treasury Department to build up greater capacity to monitor businesses, but it also provides additional time for local governments to understand the reporting requirements.
Related reading is available in the October 2012 Parks & Recreation Magazine and in a past Open Space blog post on what you need to know about the healthcare law and seasonal employees.
DISCLAIMER: This article is not intended to provide legal advice, and none of the information in this article should be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion. NRPA members are strongly encouraged to consult their attorneys and human resources professionals when interpreting relevant provisions of law or determining compliance strategies.


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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
TWD: Banana Cream Pie & Orange Cream Tart
Many thanks to Amy of Sing for Your Supper, who chose Banana Cream Pie for this week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe. Who doesn't love banana cream pie? (All of you banana cream pie haters, just shush ;-) )
I've made enough pie now that it doesn't strike fear in my heart like it used to. Still, I'm far from an expert.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I need to try a different pie crust recipe (sorry, Dorie! it's me, not you!). I simply can not get the edge of the crust to hold it's shape and not shrink. Following the advice of long-time pie bakers, I made sure to have plenty of dough at the edge. I chilled the dough after rolling it out and before placing it in the pan. I took extreme care not to stretch the dough while I was putting it in the pan. I chilled the crusts in their pans for over an hour before popping them in the oven.
And yet, I got shrunken, shriveled crusts...
Fortunately, the crust isn't the star of this show, the filling is. This is not your typical creamy vanilla-flavored banana cream pie filling. It's more the exotic cousin of your standard filling, with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It was the color of pale peanut butter.
It thought it tasted fantastic. I could have been easily satisfied naming it cinnamon pudding and calling it a day.
But, with the pie shells already made, it wasn't much more effort to transform it into pie...
I guess it's time for a confession. I really don't like making whipped cream. It's just sooooo much easier to grab mother's little helper out of the freezer...
Don't hate me!
I also made the Orange Cream Tart this week. I made a quarter of the recipe and it fit perfectly into a mini pie shell.
This was almost the same dessert as The Most Extraordinary Lemon Cream Tart, with the juice being different, of course, as well as the addition of gelatin.
It was fabulous and tasted like a pie version of a Creamsicle. You can find the recipe HERE at the Brown-Eyed Baker's blog.
I really enjoyed both of these pies and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite. All in all, they made for a good baking week.
OK, see you next week, when we start a chocolate triple header.
24 comments:
- Sihan said...
no one's going to blame you for using the cool whip. hehe. The pie still looks lovely! great job with both of em.
- April 7, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- NKP said...
Oooh! I want that creamsicle tart! Looks great! Love the minis.
Your crust didnt' shrink as much as mine did!
- April 7, 2009 at 5:54 AM
- chocolatechic said...
I love cool whip, but this whipped cream was great.
The only thing you didn't do when you baked those crusts was to weigh them down.
Put a piece of foil in the bottom of the raw pie shells, pour in some dried beans. Bake for half the amount of time called for, take off the foil/beans and finish baking.
- April 7, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- Bunny said...
I want to try the banana cream pie ..well both actually I love the orange tart too but i'm so curious about the banana cream!!
- April 7, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Maria said...
Two pies, this is our lucky day! Both look fabulous!
- April 7, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Jamie said...
Orange Cream...Oh my goodness!!! Amazing!
- April 7, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Michelle said...
Your tarts are so cute...there's just something about miniature anything that I can not resist!
- April 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- grace said...
nothing wrong with shrunken, shriveled crusts, especially when they're covered with yummy filling like this. and i love that banana shot. :)
- April 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Cathy said...
I had crust shrinkage too! It seems like this was a common problem. No matter, your little pies look gorgeous! Love the orange cream tart, too!
- April 7, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- Amy of Sing For Your Supper said...
Mmmm, these look absolutely delicious!! Thanks for baking with me this week!
- April 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Megan said...
I thought mother's little helper was Xanax? Which is what I usually need after dealing with a finicky pie crust. Which is why I made a graham crust instead.
- April 7, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- farah said...
All the pies look delicious. Great job :)
- April 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Teanna said...
Mmmmm! A creamsicle tart!? That sounds AWESOME! Both of your versions look awesome!
- April 7, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Heather said...
Exotic cousin is the perfect description for the banana cream custard. The orange cream sounds great!
- April 7, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- Rebecca said...
OK, now I've got to make that orange tart ...
- April 7, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- TeaLady said...
It's all good. Cool whip works. Pies look delicious.
- April 7, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Pamela said...
Mmmmm...creamscicle pie sounds very tempting. Both versions look great! And I had a bit of shrinkage in my crust, too.
- April 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Both the banana cream pie and orange cream tart look delicious. I need to make the tart.
- April 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Dragon said...
The banana cream pie sounds amazing!
- April 7, 2009 at 10:34 PM
- Elyse said...
MMM, both of your pies look delicious. I especially love the idea of an "orange creamsicle" tasting pie. How fabulous! And the idea of cinnamon pudding also sounds fabulous. Man, oh man, two tasty treats. How great!
- April 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Amanda said...
This look delicious! This pie was a hit at my house :)
- April 8, 2009 at 7:26 AM
I have the same feeling about the crust - I have made other recipes with more success. This was good anyway, though!
- April 8, 2009 at 8:51 PM
- Unknown said...
My crust shrunk too so I feel your pain. Your mini pies look terrific!
- April 8, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- Annette said...
Your pies are beautiful! I had trouble with my crust tearing. Oops. I didn't chill it. Next time! It still tasted good. :)
- April 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM


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