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Perceval S Aortic Heart Valve Study- North America
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01810679
Recruitment Status : Terminated (FDA approval)
First Posted : March 13, 2013
Last Update Posted : November 16, 2016
- Study Details
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|Condition or disease
|Aortic Valve Stenosis Aortic Valve Stenosis With Insufficiency Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Aortic Valve Incompetence
|Device: Perceval S Aortic Heart Valve
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|355 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Clinical Investigation of the Perceval S Sutureless Heart Valve
|Study Start Date :
|April 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2016
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|April 2018
Experimental: Perceval S Aortic Heart Valve
Treatment with the Perceval S Aortic Heart Valve
Device: Perceval S Aortic Heart Valve
Perceval S Sutureless Aortic Heart Valve
- Primary Safety Endpoint [ Time Frame: One-year ]To demonstrate that the complication and survival rates for the PERCEVAL S valve are comparable to appropriate historical controls manifested as objective performance criteria (OPCs) and to that reported for other stented bioprostheses in the literature
- Primary Efficacy Endpoint [ Time Frame: One-year ]To demonstrate that the rate of valve success for the PERCEVAL S valve is comparable to that of appropriate historical controls
- Secondary Efficacy Outcomes [ Time Frame: One-year ]To demonstrate that the hemodynamic performance of the PERCEVAL S valve is comparable to that reported in the literature for other stented aortic bioprostheses
- Secondary Efficacy Outcomes [ Time Frame: One-year ]To demonstrate clinically significant improvements in overall patient condition by comparison of preoperative and postoperative NYHA functional classifications
- Secondary Efficacy Outcomes [ Time Frame: One-year ]To demonstrate that the rate of device technical success for the PERCEVAL S valve is comparable to that of appropriate historical controls
- Supplementary Analyses [ Time Frame: Discharge ]Rates of cross-clamp time, cardiopulmonary bypass time, length of stay in ICU, length of hospital, and quality of life
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- Subjects of age >= 18 years.
- Subjects with aortic valve stenosis or steno-insufficiency.
- The subject is willing to sign the informed consent.
- The subject in which preoperative evaluation indicated the need for native or prosthetic aortic valve replacement.
- The subject is located in a geographic location that will enable the subject to return to the study site for all follow-up examinations (i.e. geographically stable).
- Subject will be available to the investigator(s) for postoperative follow-up beyond one year.
Exclusion criteria:
- The subject has preexisting valve prosthesis or annuloplasty ring in the mitral, pulmonic or tricuspid position.
- The subject requires a double or multiple valve replacement or repair of the mitral, tricuspid, or pulmonic valve.
- The subject has a previously implanted PERCEVAL valve that requires replacement.
- Subjects requiring simultaneous cardiac procedures, apart from septal myectomy and/or coronary by-pass.
- The subject has active endocarditis.
- Subjects with active myocarditis
- The subject is or will be participating in a concomitant research study of an investigational product.
- Subjects with aneurysmal dilation or dissection of the ascending aortic wall.
- The subject is a minor, drug abuser, alcohol abuser, prison inmate, institutionalized, or is unable to give informed consent.
- The subject has a major or progressive non-cardiac disease that, in the investigator's experience, results in a life expectancy of less than 1 year, or the implant of the device produces an unacceptable increased risk to the patient.
- Subjects with known hypersensitivity to nickel alloys.
- The subject is undergoing renal dialysis for chronic renal failure or has hyperparathyroidism.
- The subject has had an acute preoperative neurological deficit, myocardial infarction, or cardiac event that has not returned to baseline or stabilized ≥30 days prior to the planned valve implant surgery.
- Subject is known to be noncompliant or is unlikely to complete the study.
- Subjects with an aortic root enlargement, where the ratio between the diameter of the sino-tubular junction and the annulus diameter, assessed by TTE, is > 1.3.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01810679
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|United States, Alabama
|East Alabama Medical Center
|Opelika, Alabama, United States, 36801
|United States, Arizona
|University of Arizona
|Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Denver
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|United States, Florida
|St. Vincent's Medical Center
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32204
|Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33176
|United States, Georgia
|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
|United States, Indiana
|St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46290
|United States, Maine
|Maine Medical Center
|Portland, Maine, United States, 04102
|United States, Maryland
|University of Maryland
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|United States, Michigan
|Oakwood Hospital
|Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48124
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|United States, New York
|New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
|New York, New York, United States, 10467
|Lenox Hill/NS-LIJ
|New York, New York, United States, 11075
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|ProMedica Toledo Hospital
|Toledo, Ohio, United States, 43606
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Texas
|Cardiothoracic and Vascluar Surgeons
|Austin, Texas, United States, 78756
|United States, Virginia
|University of Virginia
|Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908
|Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
|Falls Church, Virginia, United States, 22042
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
|Principal Investigator:
|Rakesh Suri, MD, DPhil
|The Cleveland Clinic
|Responsible Party:
|Sorin Group USA, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01810679 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|March 13, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 16, 2016
|Last Verified:
|November 2016
Keywords provided by Sorin Group USA, Inc.:
aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
aortic steno-insufficiency
Sutureless aortic heart valve
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Constriction, Pathologic
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Aortic Valve Insufficiency
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Heart Valve Diseases
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction


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Instituto welcomes 'Visiones' exhibit
Art spans 70 years of Mexico's finest artists.
As staff unpacked crates containing the artworks for the Instituto Cultural de México's latest exhibit, each piece was greeted individually.
"When we opened every box, every container, we said, 'Hello, welcome to the Instituto!'" says director Gabriela Franco. "I said, 'Finally, we have this here!'"
The cause of all the excitement? "Visiones del Arte Mexicano" ("Visions of Mexican Art"), an exhibition of works organized by the Mexican Ministry of Finance. The well-traveled exhibition was in Vancouver before making the journey to San Antonio.
Currently on display, "Visiones del Arte Mexicano" spans five art movements and 70 years with works by masters including Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Rafael Coronel, Jose Luis Cuevas and Javier de la Garza.
Many of the pieces in the show are from the Ministry of Finance's Payment-in-Kind Collection — that is, works presented to the government agency by artists in lieu of monetary payment for taxes. Initially proposed by a group of artists including Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros in 1957, the art-for-taxes program was put into effect by presidential decree in 1975. Since then, the Ministry of Finance has accumulated a collection of more than 4,000 artworks in various media, recently adding collage and photography to its purview. The other pieces in the exhibit are from the agency's heritage archive of some 10,000 objects, artifacts and artworks.
Among the earliest works in the show is "The Photogenic Venus," a cubist painting from 1935 nearly unrecognizable as a work by Tamayo. The Rivera piece in the show is also not typical of the artist. He painted "Containing the Ice of the Danube in Bratislava" — one of his last works — in 1956 from a drawing he made on a trip to Russia not long before his death.
Other exhibit highlights include "Offering 1," a sinuous large-scale sculpture by Juan Soriano, and "The Christian and the Moor" by Rafael Coronel. Franco made sure the stunning portrait of a black-clad figure clutching an eerily life-like red mask had a wall to itself because "this piece has to be alone," she said. "It cannot be combined with (other pieces)."
More recent works in the show include photographer Graciela Iturbide's iconic "Our Lady of the Iguanas" and de la Garza's "Morcilla/Blood Sausage," a painting of a chacmool — a pre-Columbian stone figure — caked in dried blood.
"Visiones del Pueblo" runs through Aug. 22 at the Instituto Cultural de México, HemisFair Park. Call 210-227-0123.


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Padraig Harrington believes he has the game to win a fourth major at Augusta on Sunday – after stealing Rory McIlroy's Irish thunder.
The former British and US Open champion was given little chance of winning a green jacket in the build-up to the 2012 Masters.
But now, five shots off the lead on four under par, Harrington is in there with a fighting chance while McIlroy and Tiger Woods are out of the frame.
Asked by reporters if he can win another major and a first Masters title after a third round 68 – that included four consecutive birdies from the 13th - Harrington was positive.
"Of course I can do it again. Even with the leader on nine under, four under is in a great position," he insisted.
"I'll need another big day tomorrow but the good news is that I had to do something today and I did it. It gives me a chance tomorrow.
"It was very nice for me out there on Saturday. I hung in there well for the first 10 holes, made a bit of a slip up on the 11th and then finished nicely.
"I had chances on the 12th and 17th and birdied the other five. It's the kind of finish you would like to have on a Sunday.
"It's nice to do it on a Saturday because it keeps me in the tournament but you would certainly pay a lot of money for it tomorrow."
Dubliner Harrington last won a major with his USPGA triumph in 2008 but insists he is ready to meet the challenge again.
Five shots off Swedish leader Peter Hanson and four behind Phil Mickelson, he added: "I'm a different player than I was then. I think a better player.
"I've been happy with my game for a while now and haven't been putting well but this week I've turned it around nicely.
"I can certainly go low in majors and I've proved that in the past. I've been working hard on the greens and hopefully it will show up well tomorrow and we can have a good run at this.
"If I get in the hunt I know I can make good things happen for me. I know what it takes. I will be going for a more relaxed attitude tomorrow and see what happens.
"I've won three majors already and any majors I win going forward are bonus majors."
The Irishman, now 40, also told his press conference that he is hungry for more major wins.
He said: "You're desperate to win another one. Over the years I've talked to major winners, and it's amazing how much they want the next one.
"So to be honest, the way I'm going to do it is just play my game and not want it so much, not be so desperate or anything like that, just know that it's going to happen."


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I think the USAF seems to have a grasp of the situation as there are more GE powered vipers than PW ones. Any pilots want to get in on this? There seems to be no disappointment in engine choice from what I have read here regarding GE powered Eagles, other than the fact that some one got there pockets lined with some greenbacks. That happens everday...... Look at Boeings fiasco with the first Tanker contract for 100 aircraft. And I agree Biff, GE makes some damn good engines. Hornet population, F-117, B-2, F-16, F-15, F-14, etc... quite a few satisfied customers.
That_Engine_Guy wrote:I wasn't talking about their engines... I know they are "okay"
What I'm getting at with my previous posts is how that GE has had some "shady" dealings of late.
Bribes with the Korean officials
CEOs who are under investigation for stock fraud
A company who's status has slipped in the S&P
A huge company that has hinted at a "break-up" then not
I must agree, the J79, J85, F110, etc have been great motors!
I got ya
Times are tough for leading US companies...I'd like to see both Pratt and GE do well...healthy competition


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".. as old as I am, I can still ride on horseback and wield a sword; and if her quota (S. Carolina) is not filled, if there is one name lacking to make it full, I myself will volunteer. This is our country and it is our duty to make it the champion of freedom for all time to come." - ex-Confederate General Wade Hampton, 1898 outbreak of the Spanish American War, "The State" Newspaper, South Carolina (courtesy of Brother K. Robison, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans)
Welcome, I'll be writing about the History of The South from the Colonial Era to the Present. I'm a Historian and Genealogist, as well as the Author of the popular bilingual "Rosales' History of The South" Newspaper Column and Radio Show and also the Author of various books and articles dealing with Southern History and Genealogy. I will be happy to assist you in finding your Southern, Confederate or Hispanic Ancestors, so feel free to email me at email@example.com
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Quote of Ex-Confederate General Wade Hampton, at the start of the Spanish American War, 1898.
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Trace Adkins (Feat. Colbie Caillat), 'Watch the World End' – Song Review
There's an intentional darkness that lingers over Trace Adkins' new single 'Watch the World End,' a duet with pop singer Colbie Caillat. It's an effective love song that also succeeds in painting a vivid picture of the apocalypse.


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Every year, NJBIZ names a select group of women in the state to its list of the Best 50 Women in Business.
It's a tough job: Each week, we come across more women who are having a profound impact on business in the state.
So we cast a wide net, pulling nominations from nonprofit organizations, hospitals, accounting firms, real estate corporations, banks and universities.
From that pool of nominees, we select the best 50, in no particular ranking.
The 2014 group includes Dea Benson, of Realogy Holdings Corp.; Debra DiLorenzo, of the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey; Caroline Dorsa, of PSEG; Barbara Kauffman, of the Newark Regional Business Partnership; Adrienne Kirby, of Cooper University Health Care; Mary Elizabeth Warner, of Quick Chek Corporation; Carol Ann Short, of the New Jersey Builders Association; Amy Mansue, of Children's Specialized Hospital; and Tracye McDaniel, from Choose NJ.
And that's just to name a few.
RELATED: Breaking Glass, read our Women in Business blog
Those women will now join a network of previous honorees that counts some of the most powerful women in the state.
"I appreciated being on the list, given the amazing, successful women who represent the N.J. business community," said Sally Glick, a principal of the firm and chief growth strategist at Sobel & Co. in Livingston and a previous Best 50 honoree. "There is a wide range of women in the for-profit and nonprofit markets who have made a significant impact on us all. It is quite an honor to be included with such a prestigious group."
To view the 2014 Best 50 Women in Business honorees, listed alphabetically, click on the links below.
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Varsity Scout Advancement
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Any young man from 14 to 18 years old may participate in this program for older Boy Scouts. Varisity Scouting offers five program fields of emphasis: Advancement, High Adventure, Personal Developement, Service, and Special Programs and Events. Each of these programs is led by a member of the team called a program manager, who receives assistance from a member of the team committee.
Position of responsibility requirements for Star and Life ranks may be met by a Varsity Scout serving as a team captain, cocaptain, program manager, squad leader, or other leadership roles assigned by the Coach. The acceptable positions of responsibility for the Eagle Scout rank are listed on the Eagle Scout Rank Application.
The Varsity Scout Coach will conduct a Coach conference. (See "Scoutmaster Conferences". p. 25.)
As the Varsity Scout meets the requirements for each rank, a board of review is conducted by the team committee member responsible for advancement, the advancement program manager, and the Varsity Scout Coach for all ranks except Eagle Scout. The Eagle Scout board of review follows the procedure established by the local council.
Boy Scouting ranks: Scout • Tenderfoot • Second Class • First Class • Star Scout • Life Scout • Eagle Scout Award
Varsity Scouting awards: Varsity Scout Letter • Denali Award


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ONLY poems listed here or in the current printed anthology are eligible for the 2018-2019 competition.
What People are Saying
"Though I have always had an immense love and appreciation for poetry, particularly spoken word poetry, it was not until I was given the opportunity to go on stage and actually deliver the words of others that I was able to comprehend the real impact of this art."
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David Carle releases new book
Local writer and former Mono Lake ranger David Carle's new book is out on local shelves.
"The Spotting Scope," a murder mystery based loosely in the Mono Lake area, is the prolific author's second book of fiction after publishing 12 successful nonfiction books.
"I read mysteries for relaxation, and I wanted to try my hand at one," Carle, 61, said. "I especially wanted to portray a protagonist that enjoys life. It's not a humorous or light book, necessarily, but it's not as dark as some mysteries, either."
The book traces Saline Lake's former state park ranger and search and rescue team member Jack Morgan's search for a missing boy who is lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains. During the search, Jack uncovers connections to a man found dead on the shores of the lake—and finds his own life in danger.
Carle said he draws upon his own extensive experience as a search and rescue team member—he was with the June Lake search and rescue team for many years—and as a 27-year veteran park ranger.
"I started writing fiction because I wanted to get into the characters' heads and emotions, after writing exclusively nonfiction," he said. He wrote a historical novel to test out the genre and liked it enough to write the mystery.
"The Spotting Scope is an apt title for a novel focusing with vivid clarity on sharply escalating tensions following a murder," said author Kirk Russell, who wrote the books Redback and the John Marquez series.
"Ex-park ranger David Carle draws on deep knowledge of the terrain and the people who live in it to create a plot where spiraling suspense feels as natural as the surrounding wilderness. I was taken by how clean and clear the writing was, easing from good-natured wit into the darkness of murder and anger unleashed as warring parties hunt a killer," he said.
The book is at the Booky Joint in Mammoth Lakes, at Spellbinder in Bishop, at the Mono Lake Committee's store in Lee Vining, and at the Mono Basin Visitor's Center just south of Lee Vining. It's also available on Kindle via Amazon, or go to http://users.qnet.com/~carle/ for more information about Carle and his books.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Cobras men's tennis lost to Pfeiffer University, 9-0 in a Conference Carolinas men's tennis match on Wednesday afternoon. The loss drops Coker to 1-6 overall and 1-2 in conference play, while Pfeiffer improves their record to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference.
The Falcons swept through doubles play with ease, winning at No.1 and No. 2 doubles 8-2, while picking up an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles.
Singles play seemed to be just as easy for Pfeiffer with a pair of straight set wins by Andrea Cazzaro at No.1 and Sid Kaushik at No. 4. The toughest match of the day on the men's side came at No. 3 between Coker's Rick Vliegen and Pfeiffer's Johan de Wit. Vliegen won the first set 6-2, but de Wit took set two 6-3. It then came down to the tiebreaker set, where de Wit narrowly escaped with the 10-8 win.
Coker will return to the courts on Saturday, when they host Erskine College at 2:00 p.m. Pfeiffer will continue their road play, traveling to Gardener-Webb University also on Saturday, for a 10:00 a.m. match.


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Startup Manager 2.4.2 re-releasedThursday, December 18th, 2008
Today we re-released Startup Manager 2.4.2. Te reason for this re-release are numerous fixes in the OpenCandy version included in the installer. So if you already have Startup Manager 2.4.2 installed there is no reason to update because the Startup Manager version included in the installer is exactly the same.
Startup Manager 2.4.2 can be downloaded right here.
There also is an ANSI version available and source code available over here.
And finally there is a list with installers for the translations (all translations are also included in the Startup Manager setup file).


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Virtual Learning in a Michigan School District
Beyond the Classroom
(Permission to rebroadcast in whole or in part is hereby granted. A courtesy super or CG crediting the Mackinac Center would be appreciated.)
Online learning is fast becoming another educational choice for families around the nation. In Michigan, one school district has taken its virtual program beyond the district boundaries as a way not only to educate more students but lessen the district's recent financial struggles. Find out how an entrepreneurial approach has set Berrien Springs Public Schools apart.
Check out Michael Van Beek's new study, "Virtual Learning in Michigan's Schools," to see how virtual learning can both save money and improve outcomes in education, and how removing state restrictions could unleash the full potential of virtual schooling.


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HTC One to debut on Verizon later this summer
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Cell Phones, Handhelds
This morning, Verizon announced that it will begin carrying the HTC One later this summer. This news means that, soon, the HTC One will be available on all four major carriers here in the US, matching other major phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5. Verizon has not announced any specific date or pricing (although we'd have to think it would be $199 with two-year contract,) nor any potential hardware differences, but that information will likely come sooner rather than later.
Be sure to check out our HTC One video review for more on this fantastic smartphone.
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J. Robert White doesn't have to be convinced about the power of the media. He has had to opportunity to communicate the Good News of Jesus Christ through television and radio during his years of ministry, realizing the incredible multiplication of ministry that can occur through the media.
This beautifully illustrated book is a compilation of one-minute devotionals which have been aired on numerous radio stations in Georgia and the southeast. (262 pages)
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Destination Wedding? Don't Ditch Your Family for the Honeymoon
Cool your jets! Just because you married at a faraway location doesn't mean you can ditch your family and friends
One of the best aspects of a destination wedding in a resort locale is that you don't have to travel far to your honeymoon location. But you do have to consider your guests before you kick off the honeymoon.
A bride-to-be asks:
"We don't want to waste any time. Can we start our honeymoon as soon as the reception ends?"
The Wedding Guru says:
Keep in mind that your guests have traveled to celebrate with you, so sending them off is a nice touch. You don't need to escort everyone to the airport, of course, but most couples host an informal good-bye event — such as a post-wedding brunch — as a way of saying "thanks" one last time. Plus, you want to give yourselves at least 24 hours to regroup and repack, don't you?
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6-foot-11 rising sophomore was traveling home to Indiana
"Words cannot describe the sincere heartache everyone involved with ETSU athletics feels at this time, and our thoughts and prayers go out to Seth's entire family," said ETSU men's basketball head coach Murry Bartow. "For those of us who worked with Seth on a day-to-day basis as part of the men's basketball program here at ETSU, this is devastating news. He was such a great young man with a pleasant personality, a wonderful sense of humor, and a really bright future. He was so well-liked within our team, and it was obvious by the reaction during games last year that he was a fan favorite as well. This is just unbelievably heartbreaking."
Coy, a 6-foot-11 center, joined the ETSU program last season after a high school career that included playing alongside highly-touted North Carolina signee Tyler Zeller. Coy and Zeller won a Class 3A Indiana state championship at Washington High School, where Coy averaged 13.6 points and 9.8 rebounds a game as a senior.
At ETSU, Coy played in 24 games as a true freshman, averaging 10.8 minutes a game, with 2.0 rebounds and 2.9 points a contest. He was expected to battle this preseason for a starting spot in the post during the upcoming 2009-2010 season.
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Millionaires move to save Pier 40
By Lincoln Anderson
When the Pier 40 Working Group proposed a few months ago that public funds instead of monies generated by large-scale private development on Pier 40 be used to maintain Hudson River Park, Henry Stern, a member of the Hudson River Park Trusts board of trustees, blasted the idea as socialist.
The Working Group and community members, too, for that matter didnt understand the parks financial realities, Stern said at the Trusts August board meeting, echoing the opinion of some others on the state-city authoritys 13-member board.
Since socialism clearly is not the Trusts favored economic model, a new group is taking the opposite approach, pledging to privately raise up to $30 million to repair and maintain Pier 40.
The 14-acre pier at W. Houston St. is currently the focus of intense community concern as the Trusts second attempt in three years to pick a developer for the pier comes down to the wire.
The new group, the Pier 40 Partnership, has a core membership of 20 parents, all of whom have children who attend local schools both public and private in the Village, Tribeca and Chelsea, and play in youth sports leagues at Pier 40. More than a few of them are wealthy, high-powered finance types and entrepreneurs.
Were not oppositional, stressed Rich Caccappolo during an interview at his office on W. Broadway in Soho. We want to help. We love what H.R.P.T. has done up and down [the waterfront] with the park. Wed hate to see Pier 40 be a huge misstep.
Pier 40 is the reason a lot of people have told me theyve stayed in the city young and old, across all economic levels, added Jill Hanekamp, who joined Caccappolo at the interview.
While not oppositional, in Caccappolos words, he said they do want to get one message across to the Trust loud and clear: That we are completely against the Related proposal and that we want to find a different approach to developing Pier 40.
Caccappolo is the new president of the Greenwich Village Little League, has been a board member of the Downtown United Soccer Club and is an active parent at P.S. 41. Before starting up Creative Commerce, an Internet investment firm, he was part of the team that built iVillage Inc., the worlds leading online destination for women.
Diana Taylor, the Trusts new chairperson, recently met with the group and told Downtown Express there were big ifs as to whether the group could raise the money.
Other leading members of the Pier 40 Partnership include Craig Balsam, of Razor and Tie, a record company on Sullivan St.; Gary Ginsberg, News Corporations executive vice president of investor relations and corporate communications; Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures, a venture-capitalist firm specializing in technological investments; Donna Zaccaro, a video producer; and Roger Ehrenberg, of Monitor 110, Inc., an Internet media-rating service. Not all among the group are so affluent.
Millionaires and paupers said Hanekamp with a laugh.
Hanekamp is a civil-rights attorney with two children at Village Community School. Caccappolo helped organize the massive turnout in early May at P.S. 41 for the big public hearing on Pier 40, attended by more than 1,500 people.
Following the hearing, the Pier 40 Partnership formed and since then has been meeting every Tuesday morning over breakfast, usually at Le Pain Quotidien on W. Eighth St.
Caccappolo said theyre confident they can raise up to $30 million from the community for the piers upkeep. Parents from local schools, ranging from Little Red Schoolhouse and Village Community School to Friends, have all told him how successful they have been at fundraising for their individual schools. The Trust says the pier will need between $20 million to $27 million worth of repairs over the next three years to keep the parking and field space open.
Theres that money in the Village, Caccappolo said. And the Village is a different place than it was 30 years ago. The money will come out.
Were really quite pragmatic, Caccappolo said. Were business people. We know Pier 40 needs repairs. We dont need it to get bogged down in an endless process. And we dont want the wrong long-term use for Pier 40, which is a tremendous asset.
Like the Pier 40 Working Group, the Partnership accepts the idea that Pier 40 should have commercial activity to generate revenue for the park, and both groups want a role in determining what shape that commercial activity and development will take. The Working Group favors continued parking and developing the pier incrementally, but some members challenge the Trusts assertion that the pier must pay for 40 percent of the parks maintenance costs.
Were O.K. with the act, with the parameters of the act, said Caccappolo referring to the Hudson River Park Act, which requires that space equal to 50 percent of Pier 40s footprint be developed commercially.
On the other hand, the Pier 40 Working Groups recent report on the pier, Caccappolo feels, was discounted [by the Trust] because it asked for public funding.
A key concern for the Pier 40 Partnership is preserving the piers 3.2-acre sheltered courtyard sports field. They dont approve of moving the field to the rooftop, as is proposed in The Related Companies $626 million Cirque du Soleil-based proposal.
Related says, Were giving you the same field space. Yet its not the same space, not the same environment, on the roof, Caccapollo said.
Carol Ash, the state Parks Commissioner and a Trust board member, said she encouraged the Partnership to meet with Related to see if there was a plan that both sides could agree upon.
On a Saturday morning, up to six Little League games can be held on the piers courtyard field at once, Caccapollo and Hanekamp said.
Its our community meeting place, said Hanekamp. Its where every weekend I will see people who work in different fields and whose kids go to different schools. Its just our plaza, if you will. Its the fabric of almost everybodys life now if you have a kid, youre there.
No ones comfortable with the idea of dropping our kids off in this busy entertainment center, added Caccappolo, referring to the Related plan. We dont think its safe where tens and thousands of people would come to see the circus, interspersed with kids going in and out.
Referring to the car traffic that would cross the bike path while going to and from the Related development, he added, And we dont think its appropriate for the rest of the park. A lot of cyclists and joggers go by that pier. Its the most active bikeway in America.
In an interview several months ago, Anthony Fioravanti, a Related executive, acknowledged there were problems with the firms traffic plan.
Right now youve got walking traffic and vehicle traffic coming into the same spot, he said in May. Neither the Trust or Related have said there have been any subsequent changes to the traffic plan.
Caccappolo said that a movieplex on the pier also part of the Related plan would surely fail from being located so far from mass transit.
Theres a movie theater down at the financial center, and its a failure they put a DSW shoe store in there, he said, referring to the Regal Cinemas in Battery Park City.
A competing plan, the lower-budget The Peoples Pier, is more to the Pier 40 Partnerships liking, since it keeps the existing courtyard field in place. But Caccappolo charged that the Trust has spun its analysis of The Peoples Pier proposal so that its financial viability seems doubtful.
It just seems like its not getting a fair shake, he said.
As an alternative, the Pier 40 Partnership is proposing funding a $150,000 Pier 40 feasibility study which would be done by the Design Trust for Public Space to determine what kind of commercial uses could work at the pier and be acceptable to the community.
Above all, the Partnership supports an incremental approach to fixing up and developing Pier 40 rather than, as Caccappolo put it, approaching it as one giant project and just giving away the pier to one developer.
However, when they met with Connie Fishman, the Trusts president, in June, she informed them that the Trust intends to complete the current process of evaluating and possibly picking one of the two competing development plans for the pier; introducing a new feasibility study now could change the process, and the Trust couldnt even guarantee they would read the study, the Partnership members were told.
As a result, the Partnership is holding off, for now, on doing their study.
In a subsequent telephone interview, Chris Martin, the Trusts spokesperson, said the authority hasnt decided yet whether to accept the Partnerships offer to do an independent feasibility study for the pier.
The Trust [staff] has had two discussions with the Pier 40 Partnership to date, and we appreciate their efforts to think proactively about the future of Pier 40, including the need to generate revenue for the overall park, he said. That said, any decision on our boards part to support a land-use study would have to be viewed from within the context of the R.F.P. [request for proposals from developers] process that is still under way. Our board has not yet made any decisions regarding how to proceed with Pier 40, so decisions about the offer for a land-use study have not yet been made.
As for uses that might fit well on the pier alongside the ball fields, Caccapollo personally thinks a great arts center, with affordable studio space, could work, as well as possibly a maritime museum. The Pier 40 Partnership feels a mix of restaurants, as well as musicians enlivening the atmosphere, should have a place on the pier, too, he said.
In addition to meeting with Taylor and Ash, Fishman and her staff, the Pier 40 Partnership has also met with several other Trust board members, including Joseph Rose, Julie Nadel, Franz Leichter, Lawrence Goldberg and Suzanne Mattei who represents Pete Grannis, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, on the board and has a meeting set with Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe.
They have also met with local politicians, including Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Councilmember Alan Gerson, Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, State Senators Tom Duane and Martin Connor, and a representative of Congressmember Jerrold Nadler.
Caccappolo said theyve found that from the Trust to the local politicians, At the end of the day, they all have issues with the Related proposal, and that theres widespread skepticism that the plan will really generate more than the $5 million to $6 million for the park that the piers existing parking operation currently does.
They havent tried to meet with Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, the Trusts vice chairperson, feeling he has a close relationship with The Related Companies over a past financial bailout the development company helped him with, and that he must surely be backing Relateds proposal.
Its a ridiculously beneficial deal for Related, Caccappolo said, noting that, in his understanding, Related would pay just $4 rent per square foot for Pier 40, while across the street, space at the St. Johns Center goes for $30 to $40 per square foot.
From a business point of view, this delivers very little to the Trust, Caccappolo added. From what weve heard, this Related proposal wont bring in any more money than the parking. We dont mind the parking at all, but we think it could be done more efficiently and made more profitable by using car stackers.
The Trust has not disputed repeated assertions that the Related plan represents a slight drop in annual revenue for the park. The Trust points to the firms willingness to repair the pier.
Although concerned about the piers use now and in the near future for their own children, the Pier 40 Partnership group is also looking farther ahead and they dont envision Relateds plan in that picture.
From a legacy point of view, its not what we want to see just a place for tourists, Caccapollo said. If no one does anything, its just going to happen. So we felt we had to come out and help the Trust come up with an alternative.
We really dont know anyone in the community who supports the Related project. Were just saying, delay this thing, or reject this thing in November and well say the project wont die.
The sprawling sports field was created a few years ago after the first stab at a Pier 40 R.F.P. process went down in flames in the face of community opposition. It was at the time dubbed an interim use, but has since become a cherished amenity.
Its really the only space within Hudson River Park for active sports, Caccapollo stressed of Pier 40.
Connie [Fishman] always tells me that You cant say you cant live without something thats only been here two-and-a-half years, he said of the artificial turf field. But it really has become integral to everyone. My response to her should have been: The Hudson River Parks only been there a few years, but I dont think anyone would like to see the park go away.
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by Arion » Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:51 am
She was adorable back then. But she was more appealing as an adult character.
by Grayson » Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:33 pm
Chew Omnivore Edition Vol. 3 - Wow...that was completely unexpected.
From sports writers obsessed with writing about the sex lives of former athletes to psychedelic chogs, the third volume of John Layman and Rob Guillory's Chew is filled with all the zany, off the wall action that we have come to expect from the world of Tony Chu. This volume relies more on Tony's supporting cast of characters than Tony himself. Ordinarily, shifting the focus of a book off of the main character onto their supporting cast is a prospect that I don't look forward too. Layman doesn't skip a beat in this instance however. In Tony's absence we get to find out a little bit more about his twin sister Toni, his best friend and partner John Colby, Olive, Cesar, and the always delightful POYO! The ending is so unexpected that I don't really want to say anything else that may potentially ruin it for somebody who hasn't had a chance to read this series yet.
Just do yourself a favor and read Chew!
by misac » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:13 pm
I got the Fourth World hardcovers and then I saw they put them out as softcovers so I decided to wait for these Kirby collections to be rereleased.
by misac » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:20 pm
I'm glad they undid some of the mutant stuff. It was cool but it was too much like the Inhumans with all the monster mutants. And that kind of took away from what I liked about the X-Men. They were supposed to be the next step in human evolution, mostly normal looking people with powers not alien looking motherfuckers.
by covalesky » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:23 pm
Halfway in this continues to be a great book. I expected that the story had been a direct follow up to Hume's arc, but it took a different route.
I'm enjoying it very much.
by Grayson » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:27 pm
LOVE The Sixth Gun! Glad you like it!
by misac » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:41 pm
Really liked that mini. It's really too bad Van Lente isn't writing at Marvel anymore. Or Paul Tobin.
by misac » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:45 pm
It's not an omnibus, it's more like the older hardcovers. This is one of the first Iron Man comics I got.
I started liking Maria Hill with this too. She was just one note up until then
by Keb » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:49 pm
Yeah I bought the paperbacks. I really like them.
by Keb » Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:51 pm
Yeah this was my first Iron Man comics too. Really good stuff.
by Grayson » Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:51 pmI am running out of space in my bookcase...
by Keb » Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:58 pm
Me too
I've actually filled the shelves in my room with GNs and records. I'm slowly filling up the book shelf I have in my brother's basement.
And I just spent $125 on classic Marvel GNs today...
by Grayson » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:04 pm
I feel bad because I am taking over our entire bookshelf but my girlfriend has books and things she likes to display at well. We're probably going to move into a larger place (*crossing my fingers for a house*) by the end of the summer, so I guess I will just have to start a stack until I can buy a new bookshelf.
Edit: Which GN's did you get?!
by Keb » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:53 pmI got the second Invincible Iron Man HC, Captain America Scourge of the Underworld, Iron Man Demon in a Bottle, Iron Man Armor Wars, X-Men Fall of the Mutants vol 1.
Yeah having shelves is so key. I have to now sort through my stuff because of the upcoming cross-country move this summer. I have to basically ask my brother for more space in his basement to store my stuff (he actually likes having my shelves in his basement) and then figure out what I want to take. I could never imagine having to share my shelves (yes shelves) with anyone.
Having house space is the best
by Grayson » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:56 pm
Cross-Country move?!
I just moved across the state last summer and I hated it. Ugh, I hope it's worth it!
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"Even if you don't believe all the hype about HTML5, sooner or later, you'll need to start encoding some video to WebM format. Maybe for internal experimentation, for a pay-per-view or subscription project (where H.264 may incur royalties), because you've decided to jump into HTML5 video with both feet, or because Google announced yesterday that it's going to stop supporting H.264 in Chrome. Whatever the reason, you'll be sitting at your desk or poolside one day, and you'll be thinking 'I've got to encode some video to WebM format'. If and when that day comes, set a bookmark in your memory banks for this article, because it's all about encoding to WebM. I'll start by looking at how WebM compares to H.264 in terms of quality, just to set expectations, and then briefly review the quality and performance of several free and for-fee encoding tools."
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Yes, but in one case there's just the matter of exporting a project (from Premiere) to a render queue with different settings, then running the queue and in the other case, exporting a project to an intermediate and then re-encoding, using another program, to whatever the current ideologically-purest-format is.


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This recipe is taken from John Egerton's book Southern Food. This book is an invaluable resource for all types of Southern cooking, and his barbecue recipe is easy and authentic.
Bring a 5 pound Boston butt to room temperature and rub it with salt, black pepper, and a half-and-half mixture of vinegar and hot-pepper sauce. Build a charcoal fire in a kettle grill and let it burn down to low heat. Have a separate bed of warm coals nearby to replenish the main fire. Add some water-smoked hickory chips to the main fire to create heavy smoke. Put the shoulder meat on to cook, turning every 30 minutes to assure uniform cooking. Damp the fire and meat with a water-vinegar solution (7 to 1) if it gets too hot. Strive for a slow, steady fire. After about 3 hours, the meat should be getting tender. Cook it between 3 and 4 hours, basting once in the last hour with your choice of sauce. Have more warm sauce available for individual application at the table. This much meat should make 6 to 8 big sandwiches.
I am including this recipe as an example of the bizarre ideas that some people have about barbecue. This recipe instructs the reader to top a good barbecue sandwich with lettuce and tomato(?!?!?!?!) It is taken from BBQ and All the Fixin's, by Simon Oren. The author owns a barbecue restaurant in New York City, and was assisted in this book by K.C. Balmer- Dinhofer, a "Brooklyn-based writer, consultant, and caterer."
Use a good quality French or sourdough roll. Split the roll in half and mound 5 ounces of shredded pork that has been marinated in Pig Sauce on the bottom of the roll. Top with lettuce, tomato, and coleslaw.Craig Claiborne's BBQ Sandwich
This recipe is from the redoubtable New York Times food critic, and shows a deeper understanding of how barbecue should be served.
1. Open up the buns. Spoon equal portions of the chopped pork onto the bottom half of each bun.
2. Spoon a little of the barbecue dip on top of each serving.
3. Top with equal portions of coleslaw. Cover the sandwich and serve.
1. Combine all ingredients in a small sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
2. Remove from the heat and let stand until cool. Spoon a small amount of the sauce over barbecued meats and poultry.
These next sauce recipes come from Greg Johnson and Vince Staten's Real Barbecue, a book that is lamentably out of print.Memphis-style Sauce
Mix all ingredients together in large sauce pan, bring to a quick boil, reduce heat and let simmer for 10 minutes. Figure out your own secret ingredient and dump it into the mix.
Combine all ingredients. Allow to stand for four hours. Serve as table sauce.Western North Carolina-style Sauce
Mix all ingredients together in sauce pan, bring to a boil, and remove from heat. Pour over meat. Use some as a baste and save the rest to serve on the side.
1. Remove the core of the cabbage and the tough or blemished outer leaves. Cut the head in half and shred fine. There should be six cups. Coarsely chop the shreds and put them in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the mayonnaise, onion, salt and pepper and toss to blend well.Potato Salad
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This is my great-grandmother's recipe, and is really, really good.
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The World Economic Forum should send a warning on rapid urbanization to all levels of leadership in Africa. The undersecretary general and executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Professor Anna Tibaijuka, made this suggestion yesterday.
Speaking during the first opening of the Co-Chairs Press Conference at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Dar es Salaam, she said she hopes that the forum will make it clear that Africa is a continent on the move and in transition where about 70 per cent of Africans have crossed into urban areas.
"This is taking place, I am afraid, in a very rapid and chaotic manner. So Africa has to catch up with this scourge of rapid and chaotic urbanization for the continent to be secure for business and economic activities," she cautioned.
In this demographic transition it is the women and children who are normally caught in between; the 70 per cent who have crossed into cities and towns are living in squatter settlements without access to safe water and sanitation, "indeed to call a spade a spade without dignity," she lamented.
Prof Tibaijuka continued to say that Africa is a useful continent where over 60 per cent of the people are below 30 years old. This brings into perspective the question of providing opportunities for young people in education, skills and training.
She said the WEF coming to Dar es Salaam and East Africa generally has to explore the environment of the African continent, not only from the traditional resource perspective of Africa such as in extractive resources, but try to develop Africa for Africans.
"Sustainable development in Africa will have to pick a social perspective in order to secure the interests of the people because then and only then could we flourish," said Prof Tibaijuka.
She warned that if Africa fails to contain the rapid urbanization, it faces a threat of perishing because it is a recipe for unrest and urban upheaval. Continue reading Africa: a continent of chaotic urbanization


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(Lenexa, Kan., May 8, 2013) - EPA Region 7 will present an achievement award to Kansas State University (K-State) for demonstrating commitment to improving sustainable food management practices.
In 2012, K-State reduced food waste by 39.8 tons, an increase of 41.6 percent from its 2011 total, as a part of EPA's Food Recovery Challenge. In 2010, K-State's first year in the program, the university reduced food waste by 22 tons.
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WHO: Becky Weber, Air and Waste Management division director, EPA Region 7; Ben Champion, Director of Sustainability, Kansas State University
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NEW ORLEANS – Around Super Bowl XLVII and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game:
Shop wisely when looking for those Super Bowl souvenirs.
Federal officials have seized more than 163,000 counterfeit items worth more than $13.6 million over the last five months as part of Operation Red Zone, John Morton, director of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, said. That's a "significant" increase from last year, when about $5 million worth of merchandise was seized.
"Everything from hats to jerseys to Nike shoes. My personal favorite is this counterfeit Super Bowl ring from Super Bowl XLIV," Morton said, holding up a massive gold ring. "It's actually quite heavy and a better counterfeit than most. Just goes to show you the lengths people will go in this business."
Equally troubling are websites selling counterfeit merchandise, some so sophisticated they include anti-virus logos and the seal of the Better Business Bureau — making them almost impossible to tell them apart from legitimate vendors.
Morton said federal officials have already seized domain names of 313 web sites, almost all of which originated overseas.
"Imagine what's going on when you're putting your credit card through this site. Really think about that," Morton said. "The site is being run by overseas criminals in Asia.... You can imagine what the result is, and sadly many, many of these sites come with malware and other unfortunate ornaments on the Christmas tree."
The easiest way to make sure fans are buying legitimate merchandise is to buy from an official vendor, Morton said. Each team has one, as does the NFL.
But the best way fans can prevent being scammed is to use common sense, Morton said. Look closely at items, and there will be signs they're fakes. If there are extra words in a website address — com.us — or misspellings, that's almost always a dead giveaway.
"We're not letting up," Morton said. "We'll have teams out the next couple of days looking for counterfeit and scam artists."
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Casinos in the Biggest Little City in the World are expecting a bump in Super Bowl betting this year thanks to 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, maybe enough to help Nevada set a record in wagering on the game.
Kaepernick played college football at Nevada, just down the street from casinos in Reno.
Now, most of those casinos are offering an especially large number of proposition bets on the quarterback.
Kaep-mania has run so rampant in Reno that sporting goods stores can't keep stocked in jerseys. More than 7,000 fans set what Nevada officials said was a world record when they all simultaneously kissed their arms "Kaepernicking style" during a break in last week's basketball game against San Diego State.
A Kaepernick viewing party is planned during Sunday's game at the student union.
— Scott Sonner
The players can focus on football now — they're officially done talking to the media.
Ravens safety Ed Reed was the last guy at the podium on Thursday. After he finished talking with reporters, he scooped up a blue placard with his name on it.
"I'm going to give it to my mother," he said.
He said he's very glad that his interviews are done for the week.
Players had three hourlong sessions during the week, and Reed had another press availability on Monday.
The coaches for the 49ers and Ravens will speak with reporters again on Friday morning.
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Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh and San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh are hardly the only high-profile siblings who've squared off in their arena of expertise. The AP is asking some others who can relate how they'd handle going against a family member in the Super Bowl.
Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez said after scoring 21 points in a loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night that it's a combination of joy and competitiveness.
"I know they're just going to treat it as a game. That's how I treat it whenever I play Robin," Brook Lopez said. "I know they will enjoy it as well. But if I have any experience playing against Robin growing up, I know it's going to be competitive. I know they're going to want to beat each other."
Brook's brother, Robin, plays for the New Orleans Hornets.
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The way Jack Harbaugh tells the story, Jackie Harbaugh was so shocked by her eldest son's decision to choose coaching over a career in law or politics, she fell face-first into a dish of mashed potatoes.
See, Jackie Harbaugh loves political science and politics. And as a political science major at Bowling Green with a high grade-point, John Harbaugh seemed headed for law school.
"Jackie was so excited about it," Jack Harbaugh said.
But both of the Harbaugh boys had been bitten by the coaching bug early. The practice fields at Iowa and Michigan were their playground, and they knew more about coaching before they got out of grade school than some veteran assistants.
"He came home one day and we're sitting around the table and we're having dinner. Jackie says, 'John, what law school will it be?' John said, 'Mom, I think I want to try coaching,' Jack Harbaugh said. "To which Jackie went facedown into the mashed potatoes. She said, 'What? Coaching? You've got to reconsider!'"
That's not exactly what happened, Jackie Harbaugh said.
"May I tell the truth? There were no mashed potatoes," she said. "When he came home and talked about (coaching) and I saw that look in his eyes, my feeling was, you have to do what you want to do. If you want to try this and see where it takes you, that would be great."
Seems like he made the right choice. After making the playoffs in each of his first four seasons, John Harbaugh has the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl on Sunday, where they'll face his brother Jim's San Francisco 49ers.
— Nancy Armour — http://twitter.com/nrarmour
How about some home cookin' in the Big Easy — as in 150 plates of it to feed a football team? That's what Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones' mother, Emily, presented the Baltimore players for dinner this week at the team hotel to kick off Super Bowl prep New Orleans-style.
"Gumbo, jambalaya, potato salad, bread pudding, macaroni, the whole nine yards. She made 150 plates," Jones said. "All they kept saying is she put her foot in it. I love it."
That's a real compliment around here.
Now, Jones might give his mother a break.
"I'm going to let her be. I might buy me some crawfish or something."
And he knows all the best spots in New Orleans to get it.
— Janie McCauley — http://twitter.com/janieMcCAP
Packers wide receiver Donald Driver has announced his retirement, ending a 14-year career as Green Bay's all-time leader in yards receiving and catches. Only quarterback Brett Favre has played more games in a Packers uniform.
In a team statement, Driver says: "I played my entire career in Green Bay and have always enjoyed a special bond with the fans. ... I can think of no better way to retire than to celebrate with them and the Packers organization."
Driver was slightly less formal on Twitter: "It's been an amazing journey, thank you for all of your love and support! (hash)Packer4Life"
Driver's key career statistics: 743 receptions, 10,137 yards, 61 touchdowns. He had seven seasons with 1,000 or more receiving yards.
— Nancy Armour — http://twitter.com/nrarmour
Ray Lewis is retiring to spend more time with his family. Matt Birk is still playing, in part, because of his.
The Baltimore Ravens center is 36, and he and his wife have six kids. When Birk contemplated retiring after last season, his family was supportive, knowing they'd have him around a lot more.
Then they saw what that would be like.
"In the offseason, I'll be home for a month or two and they'll be like, 'Isn't it time for you to go back to work?'" Birk said. "I like to try to get involved, and they have a rhythm at home. When we have the re-entry period in the offseason, where I'm home a lot more, there's always a few bumps."
— Nancy Armour — http://twitter.com/nrarmour
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick set an NFL record for yards rushing by a QB in a playoff game, gaining 181 against Green Bay on Jan. 12.
But don't forget — the kid can throw, too.
Actually, he really zips the ball, showing off a right shoulder honed in part by his days as a baseball pitcher who threw 90 mph and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.
Maybe throws a football a little bit too hard on occasion.
"I talk to him about a little less mustard all the time. (There's) a lot of velocity on the ball," 49ers tight end Vernon Davis said. "Colin is always in the weight room. If you want to find Colin, go to the weight room."
— Howard Fendrich — http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver is reversing course after saying he wouldn't welcome a gay teammate.
Culliver now says that's "not what's in my heart" and he was "just kidding around."
The cornerback apologized to the city of San Francisco for remarks he made earlier this week to comedian Artie Lange.
— Paul Newberry — http://twitter.com/pnewberry1963
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This Thursday, May 10th, WBWC (88.3 FM in Cleveland, OH) continues it's 2007 Summer Marathon Series with 18 hours of The Smiths and Morrissey!
Tune in starting at 7 am (EDT), for the 'Still Ill' Smiths / Morrissey radio marathon. For 18 hours, we will be playing Smiths and Morrissey hits, B-sides, rarities, live cuts, and covers, getting you ready for Morrissey's concert at Playhouse Square in Cleveland on Thursday, May 17th.
Be sure to listen for your chance to win tickets to that concert (Courtesy of Live Nation).
You can listen all day Thursday on 88.3 FM in the Cleveland area, or worldwide on the web, at wbwc.com. You can even send us your Smiths/Morrissey requests by phone: (440)826-STING (7846), or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has hailed his team-mate and brother Yaya as an "unbelievable" player.
Yaya Toure's importance to City was again highlighted on Thursday as the team were beaten in his absence - through suspension - at Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League. The midfielder was missed when on international duty in January and February but returned to reinvigorate City's Barclays Premier League title charge with outstanding displays against Blackburn and Bolton.
With City just two points clear at the top with 11 games remaining, the 28-year-old is vital to his club's title hopes, and Kolo Toure said: "You know Yaya's quality - he is a great player. He is technically unbelievable - he can play up front, at the back, down the middle, anywhere. He is a great player."
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Daikin Mini Split System, you can heat or cool 3 separate areas of your home at one time. Perfect for an addition or if you need specific comfort levels in different areas of your home or office. With Daikin, there is no need for major ductwork, no noisy backyard compressors and best of all no bulky window units! With a space saving design, quiet operation and an inverter "variable speed" compressor, Daikin uses a small, easily hidden outdoor unit connected to a wall mounted indoor via a pair of copper piping to cool your rooms or zones. These lines open into a small three-inch opening through a wall or ceiling. Its streamlined, wall-mounted indoor units and compact outdoor units blend in discreetly with any home design and run quietly, too. Whether you're enhancing a single room or adding on an entire wing, the system's space-saving, modular design is ideal for set-apart areas like a garage, office or nursery.
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What do Tina Fey, Katy Perry and Diane Keaton have in common? They're not just famous ladies, but famous ladies known for their stand-out eyeglasses. From cat eye peepers to tortoise shell frames, these celebs bust the "men don't make passes at women who wear glasses" myth big time. Whether they're chic, "nerdy" or just plain 'ole quirky, we're loving the looks of these bespectacled beauties.
So, to channel our inner Cat-Eye Perry or Liz Lemon, we scoped out some non-prescription lovelies (a.k.a. readers, fake eyeglasses, clear lensed glasses, lens-free frames) that look darn close to the real thing. Since we've always got our eyes peeled for a great deal, the fake eyeglasses we found were way more affordable than say, Jen Aniston's (an assumption, but um, Forbes once named her one of the top 10 richest women in entertainment. Just sayin').
Another bonus? Fake glasses are perfect for changing up our look when we're 1) in a hurry and 2) non-committal. Who needs a new hair cut or makeup overhaul when a fake rimless number can turn heads in, well, the blink of an eye? Get ready to make a statement with these fun finds.
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When proposing retirement calculations, please use a more statistically "average" retiree for your calculations. [According to] the Federal Civilian Workforce Statistics "fact book," that would be a GS-9 to GS-10, not a GS-13, step 6 (in the "rest of U.S." category for 2006), as your $85,000 would indicate.
I used a higher salary since this article was written for Government Executive. (This is actually a low salary for an executive).
Great article. However, I disagree with including the Flexible Spending Account as a deduction from current net income, since it's money that still can be spent. In my case, with four family members who all wear glasses and one who is in the midst of braces, it's money I would spend anyhow -- whether I work or am retired. If FEHBP covered dental better and vision at all, it might be different.
I agree that money set aside for FSA will still be spent after retirement, but I included it on the salary side since it affects taxable wages.
Re: Federal income tax, there's no explanation of how it's computed. Suggest a footnote or a link to the exact page on the IRS website to determine what your post-retirement taxes will be.
There is no way to compute actual taxes without more information. I'm trying to capture a snapshot using a worksheet that should only take someone a few minutes to complete. I used a very general estimate of about 22 percent total federal/state withholding. The idea is to realize that taxes on a full salary are not the same as taxes on a retirement benefit. Also, I only applied the tax to the salary after FSA, FEHBP and TSP withholdings.
How does a 56-year-old FERS employee with 34 years of service making $85,000 per year only get a gross retirement pension of $17,765? That's less than 21 percent. Don't FERS employees who retire before age 62, but who still reach the minimum retirement age with 30-plus years of service get 1 percent per year -- thus a 34 percent pension (presuming that the $85,000 is the high-3 average salary)?
Many FERS employees who are currently eligible to retire have spent a portion of their career in another job (in the private sector or the military). Since FERS covers employees hired after 1983, the most FERS service someone could have right now is about 22 years.
My example covers a FERS employee who is eligible for Voluntary Early Retirement. The requirements for VERA under FERS are age 50 with 20 years of service or any age with 25 years of service (same as CSRS). There is no age reduction under FERS and the FERS supplement is payable at the minimum retirement age (55-57).
As a government employee who has to pay my former spouse a court order award, there is no way to figure that amount to determine if I can afford to retire. I have been told that OPM will compute how much my former spouse will receive from my divorce decree; therefore, that computation cannot be performed until after I retire.
If you wish to find out how much your former spouse will receive based on the court order, I recommend getting a retirement estimate from your personnel office and having the attorney who drafted the court order compute the amount to which the former spouse is entitled.
Overall, my main thought when I wrote my previous column was to provoke employees to think beyond the retirement estimate. I have had several conversations with employees in recent weeks who have worked for 30-plus years and felt that they couldn't afford to retire. They were comparing their "gross" income to their "gross" retirement. Once we looked at the "net" it was much more comforting!
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AMD's annual update adds the ability to stream games from your PC to your phone, improvements to ReLive, HDR tweaks and more.
David Katzmaier updates his advice for cord-cutters, the Marriott cyberattack may be the work of Chinese spies, and Intel chips score a breakthrough.
The world's largest mobile chipmaker is amassing an army of 5G Android phones.
Lenovo has found people buy its Qualcomm-powered always-connected PCs more for their long battery life than the fact they're always connected.
CEO Pete Lau's prediction of a price tag that's $200 to $300 more than the OnePlus 6T confirms that 5G phones won't come cheap.
But Qualcomm says it's a platform for 5G. Confused? We break it down.
Apple may stand as the only major phone maker to miss out on 5G next year.
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Join us in celebrating SMU's centennial by making a $100 gift to purchase a brick paver. Your etched brick paver will be installed in a pedestrian mall in SMU's new centennial quad, which will be constructed on the east side of campus behind the Blanton Student Services Building.
Through your support you will leave a lasting legacy for future SMU generations. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the promise of SMU's next 100 years.
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Health bosses running Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust are inviting members of the public to their Board meeting, on Thursday February 27 at Farnah Room, Babington Hospital, Derby Road, Belper, DE56 1WH at 9am.
Questions are encouraged but need to be submitted in advance .
Kirsteen Farrar, Trust Secretary for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, said: "Engaging public involvement is a top priority for us and providing greater opportunities for people to have a say in how we run and develop services in future."
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Ernest Hemingway's short novel The Old Man and the Sea was probably unfilmable to begin with, but this didn't stop John Sturges from trying to cinematize Hemingway's tight little character study. Spencer Tracy is the Old Man, a Cuban fisherman who tries to haul in a huge fish that he catches far from shore. Tracy's tiny boat is besieged by sharks and by natural elements, but the Old Man stubbornly sticks to his job. In the end, the fish is nothing more than a skeleton, and the Old Man returns to his tiny hovel to dream about the lions. Spencer Tracy may have been dreaming about the Oscar when he agreed to make this film, but Old Man and the Sea is defeated by pretentiousness and by several unconvincing sea scenes shot in a studio tank (even though both Tracy and director Sturges underwent incredible hardships filming in a real boat on the real ocean). Old Man and the Sea was remade as a 1990 made-for-TV movie starring Anthony Quinn, which compounded the mistakes made in the Tracy version by grafting on a pointless love story.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Director: Aleksandr Petrov
Writer: Ernest Hemingway and Aleksandr Petrov
Cast: Gordon Pinsent and Kevin Duhaney
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UCLA may have a shot at stopping Stanford running back Stepfan Taylor in the Pac-12 Conference title game Friday. But Kulabafi, that hip guy with the dark glasses and leopard print sweater, could be a handful.
Taylor, you see, can come at you out of multiple offensive sets — and with multiple personalities.
There is the running back with tree-trunk legs who is 36 yards from setting Stanford's career rushing record. He is a soft-spoken Texan, a senior who is majoring in science, technology and society.
Then there's Kulabafi, the pseudonym that allows Taylor's wild side to roam free in videos.
The different personalities merge to create a player and person deserving of national recognition. UCLA can attest to that after Taylor ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns Saturday even though he sat out the last quarter of a 35-17 Stanford victory at the Rose Bowl.
A repeat performance against the Bruins in the Pac-12 title game Friday would put the Cardinal in the Rose Bowl and push Taylor past Darrin Nelson's school-record 4,169 career yards rushing.


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I tried to join the other groups at first, mimicking their movement patterns. But when that didn't work I felt sad for them when they got scared by me and disappeared. So I started staying away from them. Just like some lonely people in real life I guess.


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A full breakfast and lunch menu for this week appeared in the Aug. 18 issue of The Tama News-Herald and will be published throughout the school year.
Motorists are reminded to be on the look out for youngsters heading to and from school and exercise caution with school buses traveling the roadways.
Meet some of the new staff members on Page 8 of this issue.
The South Tama varsity football team opens the season this Friday night against Saydell on Trojan Field in Toledo.
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PRACTICAL, graphic, surprising and poetic: A good path is a garden godsend. Whether it's softening a compact, angular backyard, or wending through a sprawling rural park, a path (or two) adds a design element that delights the eye and directs the feet.
Be your path made of stone, wood, mulch, crushed shells, brick, gravel or grass, it should be easy to navigate (smooth, stable and cleared of branches) and wide enough for two people to walk side by side—no fewer than 3 feet across. Also key: A path needs a purpose, even if it's given to meandering. A walkway starting, say, at a back porch could end at a vintage iron bench under an old oak. A route from a potting shed might lead past a pretty, color-packed flower bed into an all-green woodland area. A path from a terrace might culminate in a swimming pool.
When planning your path, make sure its style and configurations complement your house. How big of a statement should the walkway make? Straight or curved? If you live in a geometric modern box, a mishmash of squiggly, skinny stone paths will undermine your architecture's austere purity. Conversely, a 6-foot-wide, no-nonsense linear path made of cement slabs will overwhelm a lacy Victorian mansion.
Consider, too, the look of your existing garden. If your backyard is large, precisely designed and manicured, an irregular, loopy path strewed with wood chips or tree-trunk rounds might resemble a Hansel-and-Gretel trail of breadcrumbs. Best to go for a wide, straight path of rigorously pieced-together stone or herringbone-patterned vintage brick. Reserve the serpentine fairy-tale look for a smallish rustic garden.
Cost, of course, is a factor that can't be ignored. Mulch, gravel and mowed grass are the least expensive choices. Vintage brick or large chunks of natural blue stone are more pricey and complicated to install.
Lastly, crucially and most fun, what sort of visual and aromatic surprises will you provide along the route? If there's nothing to engage the senses, a journey down your path will be like a freeway drive: monotonous and annoying. Spice up the walkway with borders of plants that spill out and over along the sides—heather, Russian sage, irises, fragrant phlox and roses. Install a latticework settee, a vintage marble birdbath or large pots overflowing with seasonal color. Any path worth following should encourage you to stop, savor and think.
Beckon guests with a path of woven brick
Carefully set into sand or cement, herringbone-patterned brick looks impressive in both formal or more casual gardens. Bordered with colorful plants and grasses, this brick beauty in a garden in Sussex, England, will wear well over many years. Green Thumbs Up: Solid and won't crack. While old, weathered bricks are more desirable, new bricks will achieve a vintage patina in a couple of years. Green Thumbs Down: If your path runs longer than 100 feet or so, material and installation costs will be substantial.
Go free-form with gravel
A pea-gravel (or crushed-shell) path is comfortable to walk on and lends a certain lightness to any garden. Less stately and formal than brick or stone, gravel blends well with natural, nonmanicured plantings. To limit weed invasion, lay the gravel down on 12 layers of newspaper or a sheet of landscaping fabric. Green Thumbs Up: Inexpensive, easy to install and drains well. Green Thumbs Down: Gravel "travels" with heavy traffic and is a poor choice for cold climates: After a couple of snow-shoveling sessions, little gravel will be left in place by spring.
Like something conceived by Davy Crockett via Hans Christian Andersen, a sliced tree-trunk path can imbue a small house or garden with charm. Each wood roundel should be cut to the same thickness, and must be sunk into the ground on a base of sand or pebbles. Green Thumbs Up: Has a down-home, handcrafted appeal; a good way to recycle those maple and fir trees you took down last summer. Green Thumbs Down: Looks really hokey if not abutting a cottage or tucked into woodlands. Soaks up water and is short-lived—most tree-trunk paths have to be replaced or repaired every five years or so.
If they're level and pieced together without too many gaps, irregular natural stone paths are great for high foot (and wheelbarrow) traffic. Sink the stones in a layer of sand, gravel or cement. Green Thumbs Up: Long-lived—and diverting as a visual puzzle. More pricey than gravel or mowed grass paths, but also more impressive. Green Thumbs Down: If the gaps are too wide, you'll have to clear them of weeds, grass and moss several times during the growing season. In Zone 5 and lower, stone paths might heave and crack in the cold.
Mow strategically
There's nothing more naturally beautiful or poetic than a clipped grass path flanked by taller grasses and meadowlike plantings. Green Thumbs Up: Suitable for many types of landscape design; inexpensive to install and maintain. Green Thumbs Down: Can get soggy and muddy; not high heel-friendly; must be mowed regularly.
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Platform UI Test Plan for 3.6 RC1
The goal of this test pass is to achieve full coverage of the SDK to get a good overall picture on the state of the build.
Verify bugs for [3.6 RC1].
- Accessibility. There have been numerous changes through the SDK in all components that could severely hamper accessibility.
- High contrast
- Screen reader
- New problems, markers, bookmarks and tasks view. The problems view has been replaced and is ready for general testing. Concentrate on
- All markers view
- sorting and filtering
- command enablement
- Commands.
- Contributions
- The new Customize Perspective Dialog
- Decorators
- there have been a series of optimizations to decorator creation.
- Look out for disposed widgets as a result of opening and closing views
- confirm all decorations occur as expected
- files should decorate with icons for the appropriate content type. This often will show itself with XML files. Try defining XML files of various types and ensure that they have the correct icon. Note any performance hits for this operation
- there have been a series of optimizations to decorator creation.
- RCP - the ide now has several optional plug-ins. Try making RCP apps with the ide and no optional plug-ins.
- IDE - ensure that external modification followed by a refresh (F5) works as expected
- Progress
- check for multiple instances of the same job
- confirm canceling works
- confirm correct sort order
- run in background preference should be tied to the Always Run In Background in the Progress Dialog
- check the layout of all progress dialogs
- Graphics
- check for graphics that need to be updated
Also see the [Component Test Areas] plan. The current owners of the components is actually described in [Component Areas], but the suggestions of what to test are good.
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By Jennifer DeFrayne
Label: Palo Isle Music
Released 3/3/2017
Sísu tracks
1. Fire Island
2. Be Who You Are
3. Sísu
4. Beyond
5. Gathering
6. Palo Santo
7. Roots
8. Stepping Stones
9. Equanimity
10. Internal Light
11. Renew
12. Perseverance
The Right Stuff
There are tragedies in the human drama that produce voids in the spirit. That sadness and sorrow etches the soul. Fortunately, there are times when the harsh landscapes of life influence a person to create their own world of beauty. Such is the case for pianist
Jennifer DeFrayne
. Let me say up front that if ever there was a time when music healed a broken heart and body, this is the case.
Loss of family, damage to personal health, and an inescapable span of time have all been adversities in this gentle artist's life. When the going gets tough, the tough get going, but when it gets tougher than that, you need to use "sisu". Thank the Finns.
is the concept of perseverance beyond the norm. Sometimes you have to reach deep down inside to find it, but according to Jennifer's music it is there for all to employ.
The opening song is called
Fire Island
. A cold wind blows in the background as the music comes upon you like a mist. Jennifer's piano lead is mystical as if the secrets are about to be revealed. Then you discover the mist is not so cold after all. Like winter falling into spring, the music of Fire Island warms you deep down to the bone.
Be Who You Are
is an encouraging piece, an invitation to stand your ground as a human. The piano in this has its own warmth and its own blissful meter. It suggests that is does not matter what the outer shell looks like, it is the mindfulness of what is inside that defines who you are. Compassion, warmth, intelligence, and humor takes a back seat to tall, short, pretty or not.
The title tune
is a bit more somber than the rest of the tunes on this album, and the seriousness is a necessity. DeFrayne's piano is joined by
Premik Russell
's electronic wind instrument,
Michael Manring
's bass, and
Sara Milonovich
's violin. It is a beautiful ensemble effort. The tune reminds me of Robert Browning's quote, "Ah, but a man's (woman's) reach should exceed his (her) grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
No matter many how many times I listen to this poignant, contemporary album I always seem to return to
Palo Santo
. It is a haunting piece that echoes with the sound of electronic flute (EWI) floating about like a phantasm, but the piano keeps us on the plane of reality. It was my favorite on the recording. Like the music, the "holy stick" or incense has a purifying effect on the spirit.
A major achievement in your life does not occur every day, but we can celebrate the little things that do.
Stepping Stones
is that little celebration, that acknowledgement that a goal was reached, a friend was made, or better still, heart won over. It is those baby steps that count. The tempo of Jennifer's dynamic tune provides a rhythm to those steps.
Jill Haley
's English horn announces the beginning of the song
. The gentle fanfare proceeds the piano tune that is a theme song for a new beginning. It is hard for many to believe that sometimes change is a good thing. I myself was resistant to change in my younger years, but I have learned to look for the little bit of silver lining in every stormy cloud. If you learn this early in your life, things will get better.
The last piece,
is a heartening refrain of the main focus of sisu. The never give up, never say die ideal will get you much farther that the why me and the what ifs?. Just ask any musician, any artist, or any writer who has been plugging way at their craft. We, they, I encounter more negative nods and closed doors than you can imagine. The trick is to not let the nay sayers and put downs stop you, but instead challenge you to keep going. That is the essence of sisu. Jennifer's final heartfelt track is that encouragement embodied in musical notes and she is playing your tune.
Jennifer DeFrayne's twelve track contemporary piano album is more than just soothing music. The compositions offers to take your hand and guide you to a state where brave hearts are welcome. They inspire you to keep going, no matter the trials put in front of you. And, most importantly, to draw upon your own version of sisu.
Rating: Very Good
- reviewed by RJ Lannan on 5/26/2017
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Video flashback: Watch Rap City, the 1988 documentary about Philly's rising hop-hop scene
In 1988 video producers/directors Glenn Holsten and Lisa Marie Russo produced a documentary about the emerging Philadelphia rap scene for WHYY television called Rap City. The documentary featured some incredible interviews with Schoolly-D (and his mom), Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Ruffhouse Records founder Chris Schwartz, hip-hop radio pioneer Lady B and Yvette Money and excellently captured the energy of Philly's mid to late 80's hip-hop scene. You can watch all three parts of the documentary below.