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Posted: Sunday, May 28, 2000

But for a few brief moments to open the second half, the Juneau-Douglas High School boys soccer team would be bringing home the first official state title awarded in the sport for Alaska.

Instead, it's the Colony Knights who get to take home the state championship.

The Knights were able to score three goals in the first eight minutes of the second half as they claimed a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Crimson Bears Saturday afternoon at Soldotna's Skyview High School. Take away those brief moments, and Juneau wins the title instead of taking home the second-place trophy. Juneau also won the team academic award with a 3.23 GPA.

``It was a tale of two halves,'' Juneau boys coach Gary Lehnhart said. ``We went through a down period after those goals, but in the last 15 minutes we had numerous chances to tie it. We dominated the first half. We played very, very well. And even though we lost, we didn't play badly.''

In Saturday's other games, Dimond claimed a 2-1 double-overtime shootout victory over Chugiak in the third-fifth place game and Service knocked off East Anchorage 2-1 in the fourth-sixth place game.

In the title game, Juneau took a 2-0 halftime lead as Aaron Ver scored on an assist from John Rue in the game's 17th minute, then Caleb Froehlich scored in the 33rd minute on an assist from Robert Lossett.

But Colony struck before the second half was a minute old, as Gabe Edwards followed up a free kick and scored on the rebound. Two minutes later, Nathan Chud broke down the left flank to tie the score, and five minutes after that Sean McDowell had a similar breakaway down the left side to give Colony the lead.

``Colony is a good team and it converted its chances,'' Lehnhart said.

``It was amazing,'' said senior Jer Gleason, who joined juniors Lossett and Justin Dorn as the three Juneau players to make the all-tournament team. ``They were at another level for awhile. Most teams would be shocked by an outburst like that, but we came back. We still pushed at the end. That's the big thing about our team, we continue to rise above adversity.''

The Crimson Bears for years were seen as the outsiders of Alaska high school soccer, as they were the only team outside of Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley. But Juneau's continued presence and the addition of new teams in Ketchikan and the Kenai Peninsula forced the Alaska School Activities Association to create a state tournament this year. Juneau senior Rory Fletcher received special recognition for his efforts after he lobbied for the creation of a state tourney as part of his senior project for the Phoenix Program.

``I'm incredibly happy for everybody,'' said Juneau captain Troy Choquette, who was honored with Fletcher for their sportsmanship. ``Everybody worked hard to get where we are, and we definitely earned some respect. The Dimond coach (David Gonzalez) said `No offense to Juneau, but people saw the state's two best teams here,' after Colony beat Dimond in the semifinals. That pissed us off. I think we showed we can definitely play with anyone in the state.''

Colony beat Dimond 2-1 in a double-overtime shootout in Friday's semifinals, while Juneau advanced to the title game with a 3-1 victory over Chugiak. In Friday's consolation games, Service scored twice in the first overtime period for a 5-3 victory over Palmer and East Anchorage eliminated Kenai 3-1.

Chugiak took a 1-0 lead as Nate Stogsdill scored midway through the first half, but Lossett tied the score with an assist from Dorn late in the period to make it 1-1 at the break. Rue scored on an assist from Ver 11 minutes into the second half to give Juneau the lead, then Dorn added an unassisted insurance score for his 27th goal of the season.

Juneau's victory over Chugiak was a highlight of the tournament for Lehnhart, since he considers the Mustangs and coach Ed Blahous to be the top program in the state. But the victory was costly, as Choquette, who was battling through a knee injury, sprained his ankle midway through the first half and didn't play the rest of the tournament. Kyle Smith stepped into Choquette's spot on defense and played well the rest of the tournament, but Lehnhart said Choquette's senior leadership might have prevented Colony's second-half outburst.

``It was hard to do,'' Choquette said about watching the championship game from the sidelines. ``But we have a deep bench and everybody did well.''

``I think every player on the team put his heart and soul into this season,'' Gleason said. ``The players were on their feet cheering for their teammates the whole season. Even if they knew they weren't going to get a lot of playing time, they still made contributions. I wouldn't rather play with any other guys. These guys are like my second family.''

Juneau had 14 seniors on its 21-player roster this year, but many of the key starters were underclassmen. Lehnhart and his players think next year's team could be even better with the promotion of a junior varsity team that only suffered one loss and one tie this season, both to Ketchikan's varsity.

``We have set ourselves up well for years to come,'' Lehnhart said. ``The program has been building, and this group of players has taken it to another level.''

``I think it definitely should be as good, if not a better team next year,'' Choquette said. ``There's a lot of talent coming up. This year was a break-through year for us. It was a lot of fun.''

The Crimson Bears should be arriving back in Juneau on Sunday evening's flight that arrives at 9:30 p.m.

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Saturday, February 03, 2007

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hard traveling on 'The Road'

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Picador, 241 Pages, 24 dollars

Bleak, desolate, cheerless, barren, joyless, disheartening--there are over a dozen synonyms in the thesaurus, but none of them really do justice to Cormac McCarthy's stark, dark vision of postapocalyptic America put forth in The Road.

And yet, amid the cold ashes of a nuclear winter, McCarthy shows us a tiny, glowing ember of hope in the love between a father and son and the purity of a small boy's heart.

In an ash-covered world of eternal twilight and biting cold, where nothing grows and the living often envy the desiccated corpses that litter the landscape, a nameless, tubercular father and his sickly young son travel the highways of the Northeastern United States, heading south and east. Their goal is the distant coast, where they hope in vain that things will be better somehow. Masked against the drifting ash, their meagre possessions piled in a shopping cart, the two trek on, scavenging canned food, tools and clothing where they are able and dodging gangs of cannibalistic bandits and slavers. Their only protection from such marauders is a revolver with just enough ammunition to take their own lives. Their only safeguard against the constant specter of death from starvation and cold is each other.

It is about as cheerful as it sounds. McCarthy's greatest strength as a writer is not his plots or characters, but the atmosphere he creates through artful minimalist descriptions and sparse narration. The atmosphere here is forbidding, to say the least.

At the same time, in a strange way, The Road may be McCarthy's warmest, most emotional work. The contrast between the bleak, hopeless landscape of a dying Earth and the tenderness for each other displayed by the father and son is heartrending.

McCarthy describes the two as "each the other's world entire" and it is clear that while it is the man who keeps the boy alive by foraging for food, building fires and protecting him from human predators, the father needs the son as much or even more than the son needs a provider and protector. The man, like the rest of the world, is dying and knows it, but goes to great pains to keep hope alive in the boy that things will get better. Despite having abandoned any pretense of morality in their fight for survival, the man draws strength from his son's insistence on kindness to strangers and faith that the parent and child are "the good guys." In an utterly amoral world, the boy is his father's moral compass, keeping him from following the rest of the world into savagery. At one point the child pleads for the life of a starving stranger who has stolen all their possessions, convincing the father to let the man go free after they have reclaimed their food and meagre equipment:

"He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die.

He's going to die anyway.

He's so scared, Papa.

The man squatted and looked at him. I'm scared, he said. Do you understand? I'm scared.

The boy didn't answer. He just sat there with his head bowed, sobbing.

You're not the one who has to worry about everything.

The boy said something but he couldn't understand him. What? he said.

He looked up, his wet and grimy face. Yes I am, he said. I am the one."

Indeed, the boy is the personification of all the good left in the man's world. His wife has given in to despair and taken her own life, and every vestige of the old world is gone. He stays alive only to make sure the boy survives and does not despair.

The two live a life of almost complete immediacy. For them there is no future but the vague aim of reaching the coast and, for the boy at least, no memory of the past except for a hazy recollection of his dead mother.

McCarthy's spare prose matches the barren landscape of the novel. It is stripped even of much of the punctuation--there are no quotation marks and precious few commas or apostrophes. Like Hemingway, McCarthy pares his writing down to the barest essentials, purging it of descriptive excess and extended metaphor until it becomes akin to prose poetry. One can open the book and chose a passage almost at random and see McCarthy's mastery of rhythm and imagery:

"In those first years the roads were peopled with refugees shrouded up in their clothing. Wearing masks and goggles, sitting in their rags by the side of the road like ruined aviators. Their barrows heaped with shoddy. Towing wagons or carts. Their eyes bright in their skulls. Creedless shells of men tottering down the causeways like migrants in a feverland. The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class with it. Turns out the light and is gone. Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all."

Unlike Hemingway--whose entire body of work probably comprises a lexicon of no more than a few thousand words and only a few hundred of those of more than three syllables--McCarthy has a clear affection for using obscure but appropriate terminology. The man descends to a "gryke" in the stone of a mountainside; a roaming bandit army is accompanied by a "consort of catamites"; the man and boy are described as "mendicant friars."

Despite the gloom and doom, the book is ultimately uplifting and even moving, without descending into mawkish sentimentality or emotionalism. McCarthy is one of the most skilled writers working today, and The Road shows him at the top of his form.

(Feb. 3, 2007)

Not Too Late

Toshiba EMI, 2,500 yen

New York-based pop-jazz chanteuse Norah Jones is back with her third solo album, Not Too Late.

Jones continues to mine the same vein of subtle, sophisticated and subdued ear candy that made her two previous solo efforts smash hits. Not Too Late is possibly Jones' most personal album to date, recorded as it was in the home studio she shares with partner and longtime collaborator, bassist Lee Alexander.

Jones wrote or cowrote all 14 songs on Not Too Late and the recording shows her maturing as a songwriter and singer. While her previous albums were stylistically diverse with covers of Tom Waits, Hank Williams, Hoagy Carmichael, and even a bluegrass duet with Dolly Parton laid alongside Jones' own jazz-inflected mix of country, soul and classic pop, Not Too Late has a more cohesive feel to it. The songs flow into one another and there seems to be a more focused artistic vision.

That is not to say Jones' sound has become homogenized--if anything she has become more adventurous. As with her previous outings, most of the songs are built around Jones' piano and acoustic guitar played by a variety of guests including Jesse Harris, Tony Scherr and Kevin Breit. Jones even takes a crack at the fretboard herself on one track.

As a composer, Jones' early jazz training shows in every note, as does her obvious affection for simpler country, folk and old-time soul. Her songwriting style harks back to the prerock days of the Tin Pan Alley composers who wrote for artists such as Frank Sinatra and Patsy Cline. While songs of that era may seem bland in comparison to punk rock, bebop jazz or more flamboyant modern pop, they, like Jones' compositions, have a sense of substance, craftsmanship and musicality that most rock-based pop music simply doesn't have. Jones' songs are very much in the tradition of these so-called standards.

Still mostly understated and midtempo, songs like "The Sun Doesn't Like You" and "Not My Friend" show a darker side than Jones has previously revealed. She also gives us some political ruminations--the Brechtian "Sinking Soon" sounds like something accidentally left out of "Cabaret." "My Dear Country" is an ominous minor key lament that reminds the listener that "Nothing is as scary as election day." Going a step further, Jones shows her political colors with the lines "Who knows, maybe the plans will change/Who knows, maybe he's not deranged" with the context leaving very little question who she's singing about.

Not Too Late is a deeper, darker and more complex work than any of Jones previous material but still eminently listenable.

Buffalo Records, 2,500 yen

Keller Williams is a name that is not well-known outside the jam-band subculture, and that is unfortunate because the singer-songwriter and one-man-band has the kind of positive, upbeat, quirky sound that has broad appeal.

Dream, Williams' ninth studio album, pairs him with a wish list of favorite artists who are also mostly off the beaten track. The guest list includes Grateful Dead frontman Bob Weir, experimental banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, bass whiz Victor Wooten, jazz guitar ace Charlie Hunter, String Cheese Incident, Michael Franti, John Scofield and Martin Sexton.

Oddly enough, the standout track among the many excellent duets is "Restraint" a bouncy, earthily sexy and funny number that is pure Williams.

Dream is a must-have for Williams' fans and an excellent introduction to Williams and his kindred spirits for the uninitiated.

(From The Daily Yomiuri Feb. 3, 2007)

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Free Josh Wolf

Journalist Josh Wolf Longest Jailed In History - News

"The federal grand jury is seeking unaired sections of a videotape Wolf made of an anarchist demonstration in San Francisco on July 8, 2005, in which a police officer was injured. The panel is investigating a possible attempted arson of a police car that was partly paid for with federal funds. Wolf contends that handing over the tape would make him into a spy for the government and impede his ability to work as a journalist."

Damn straight, make the Gestapo do its own dirty work! Fight on!

Blessed are the meek

Which is good because they aren't going to get much other than a blessing from Christians like the good Rev. E.F. Briggs. Now in his late 90s, I suppose he is hoping the hurry the rapture along. So much for turning the other cheek. Apparently the notion of freedom of religion including freedom from religion is lost on this bozo-of-the-cloth. Do by all means write and tell the good Rev. E.F. Briggs what you think of him, after all he has left us an address. I know I will.
Update: Apparently the not-so-good Rev. Briggs went to his reward last year, so he isn't likely to read your letters or mine.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Franken 4 Senate
While he hasn't officially announced just yet, NBC is reporting that Al Franken will seek the Senate seat currently held by Republican Norm Coleman. Give'em hell Al! I bet you never really thought about this when you were introducing the Al Franken decade back on SNL, did you?

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

my old hometown
The depressing part of this story, aside from the obvious redneckery, is that my old hometown of Sault Ste. Marie has become shorthand for such bigotry to Quebecers. Personally, I always thought it was ironic that the city council there were the first gang of jackasses to jump on the English-only bandwagon back in the early 90s when the town has a French name and about a third of the population speaks Italian fluently. (thanks Joe!)

you can't make this stuff up

From Think Progress via Fark, we are told the new White House Pastry Chef is very, very well prepared for his new job.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

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New research shows that U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students.

The diversity gap comes as the number of minority students in public schools rises. Studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association point out that only 18 percent of the teachers in the public school system are nonwhite.

The author of the study Ulrich Boser says there are a number of issues at play. 'A culture that doesn't attract the best and brightest are pushing teachers of color to choose other career paths,'says Boser.

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Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close: Fans Risk Hearing Loss

Feb 1, 2014
Originally published on February 3, 2014 6:48 am

For diehard football fans, nothing beats screaming your lungs out in the stadium alongside tens of thousands of other fans.

There is, however, a downside: hearing loss.

With the battle among fans to be the loudest crowd getting almost as competitive as the NFL itself, hearing experts say it's time for a serious conversation about the damage caused by crowd noise.

"As you can imagine, it is a sensitive issue in the midst of an unbelievable season," says Nancy Alarcon, a speech-language pathologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

The crowd noise at NFL games currently averages between 80 and 90 decibels, according to Jack Wrightson of the acoustical consulting firm Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams, Inc. in Dallas. That, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is already hovering around the "loud" and "extremely loud" range.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, warns that without proper protection, exposure to 85 decibels for more than eight hours could lead to permanent hearing loss. Each time the noise level increases by three decibels, the recommended exposure time is cut in half.

That's why it's even more disconcerting to hearing experts that cheering fans can push levels well into the hundreds. At these levels, it only takes between 1 and 15 minutes for the sound to damage your ears.

The average football game lasts nearly three hours, with noise levels inching toward "painful" as the excitement increases.

"There are so many shots at 106, 107, 108," Alarcon says about a Seahawks game last December, when fans broke the Guinness World Record for loudest crowd noise in history, clocking in at a whopping 137.6 decibels. (They even induced a mini-earthquake.)

By NIOSH's noise meter, 137.6 decibels is almost equivalent to the sound level jet engines make during takeoff. But unlike airport employees, most Seahawks fans don't wear ear protection.

Each person responds differently to noise. For some, it can take as little as one game to start experiencing the effects of hearing damage, Alarcon says. Regular attendees are even more at risk as they repeatedly put strain on their ears, because the damage is cumulative.

Most spectators will experience anything from temporary hearing loss to ringing in the ears, according to Julie Bierer, an audiologist specializing in cochlear implants at University of Washington. In some cases, the ringing doesn't stop and the individual develops tinnitus, an incurable condition that can signal a more serious underlying problem.

Over time, some people can develop permanent hearing loss, which happens when tiny hair cells the in the inner ears gets so damaged that they no longer can transmit sound to the brain. Others can end up with hyperacusis, in which the volume of everything around them seems to be stuck at maximum, ear-splitting levels.

"Not everyone responds the same and some are more susceptible than others," Bierer says.

But all this can be prevented for just a couple of dollars without taking away from the excitement. A $10 pair of ear protection earmuffs or more subtle foam earplugs will reduce noise levels by 20 to 30 decibels.

"So you will still get the energy and the fun of it," says Bierer.

The solution sounds simple enough, but as David Murphy, the original project designer of the Seahawks' CenturyLink Field will tell you, temptation is irresistible.

A football fan himself and a father, Murphy made sure that he and his children all wore earplugs to the Seahawks' championship against the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 19. But he admits to Shots, "We took them out pretty soon.

"You get caught up in the passion and enthusiasm," he says.

Murphy adds that architecture only contributes so much to the crowd noise. CenturyLink may have provided the necessary acoustics to help concentrate and direct noise onto the field, but in the end, it comes down to the fans.

"If you take [Seahawks fans] to any NFL stadium, they will be loud," Wrightson, who helped design the stadium's acoustics, says. "It's really the fans that make the game, not the building."

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  Konstantin Lebedev, an aide to opposition Left Front movement leader Sergei Udaltsov, has been formally charged with plotting to organize mass riots and could be jailed for up to 10 years.

On October 18, a Moscow court ordered Lebedev held in custody until at least December 16.

Earlier on the same day, a spokesman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, announced the filing of the charge against Lebedev and added that Lebedev had been advised of the charge and denied any guilt.

The move means Lebedev is now closer to being placed under arrest.

Lebedev was taken in for questioning on October 17 along with Udaltsov and another person, Leonid Razvozzhayev, in connection with a film, "Anatomy of a Protest 2, " that was aired by the pro-Kremlin television station NTV last week.

The flats of all three were searched on October 17, as was the apartment of Udaltsov’s parents.

The film purportedly shows the three involved in a plot to launch large-scale disturbances aimed at toppling President Vladimir Putin.

The film also alleges that Georgian officials helped with the plot, implicating the chairman of the Georgian parliament’s Committee for Defense and Security, Givi Targamadze, the Georgian consul to Moldova, Mikhail Iashvili, and three of their aides as having met with Udaltsov in Minsk.

Speaking in Tblisi on October 17, Targamadze denied the allegation.

"First of all, I think it is beneath the dignity of any normal person to comment in detail on Putin’s fabricated propaganda, as it is neither the first nor probably the last of its kind, " Targamadze said.

"I think, judging from the fact that the whole thing [documentary] did not bring about much public excitement, people perceive it for what it is -- a falsification of Putin’s personal pocket television."

Udaltsov was freed from detention later on October 17 and there were no reports that he or Razvozzhayev were being charged.

Markin said the Investigative Committee was looking into information that the group might have been involved in plans for staging terrorist attacks in Russia.

He said if that turned out to be true, Udaltsov and the others, including the Georgian officials, would face terrorism charges.

With reporting by ITAR-TASS, Interfax, AP, and Reuters

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City talks deal for apartments at crumbling Newcomb

      The City Council will enter into conversations with a possible new developer of the Newcomb Hotel.

      The council agreed Monday to begin negotiations with Cedar Rapids, Iowa developer Frantz-Hobart Community Investors on an $8 million investment that would see commercial property and apartments developed at the long-vacant hotel.

      The includes tax incentives through city and federal programs including funding from Quincy's tax increment financing district, a sales-tax exemption on building materials and an Illinois historic preservation tax credit.

      Frantz-Hobart's proposal for the 125-year-old hotel at 400 Maine Street would see the first floor converted into commercial space with the second through fifth floors converted into 48 apartments. The 120-room hotel has been vacant for close to three decades. A portion of the building that would be demolished during Frantz-Hobart's proposed renovation collapsed during torrential spring rain storms.

      In June, the city began seeking proposals from developers.

      It received two proposals including the Frantz-Hobart plan and another from Double Diamond LLC in Crystal City, Mo. Double Diamond sought low-incoming housing tax credits, a proposal the council ultimately rejected.

      "The council felt that the market-rate project, the track record of Hobart and the projects they've done in other communities was the route that it wanted to take," Quincy City Planning and Development Director Chuck Bevelheimer said.

      The City Council would have to approve any future deals with Frantz-Hobart.

      Negotiations are expected to take place between October and December. If approved, construction would begin in spring 2014 with a tentative completion date of mid-2015. Bevelheimer stressed that those dates are estimates and could change at any time.

      The city last month began foreclosure proceedings against building owner Victor Horowitz of Newcomb Realty LLC. Horowitz failed to repay a $500,000 loan he received from the city's revolving loan committee. The city also took legal action against the company over the state of the dilapidated building.


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... or pick a day.

Friday, May 4, 2012

12 a.m.

"Jack Gets Up," Kottke, Leo

"Nothing in Rambling," Williams, Lucinda

"Way Down in the Hole," Earle, Steve

"Goodnight Moon," Said The Whale

"Humanity (Love The Way It Should be)," Legend, John & The Roots

"Are You Gonna Waste My Time," Zeus

"Do You Really Love Me Or Am I Just In Your Network," My Little Pony

"Piazza, New York Catcher," Belle and Sebastian

"Biko," Manu DiBango

"This Sky," Derek Trucks Band

"Jamaica Farewell," Veirs, Laura

"Coal War," James, Joshua

"The Light And The Sea," Williams, Dar

"Afterglow 61," Son Volt

"Close Call," Rilo Kiley

1 a.m.

"Keep You Right," Blind Pilot

"Times Are Gettin Tougher," Little Mac

"Wonder Why," Vetiver

"Gamma Ray," BECK

"War Again," Balkan Beat Box

"Baby I'm A Fool," Gardot, Melody

"La Grande," Gibson, Laura

"The Bad In Each Other," Feist

"To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is Dave Rawlings Machine," Dave Rawlings Machine

"Sweet Home Chicago," Johnson, Robert

"The Littlest Birds," Be Good Tanyas, The

"How Long Must I Wait?," Dr. Dog

"Best Of All," Dirty Dozen Brass Band

"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," Vampire Weekend

"I Me Mine," Beatles

"Lump," Bon Iver

2 a.m.

"Sophia," Marling, Laura

"The Garden (Part III)," Tea Leaf Green

"Birds Like It," Tape Five

"Feeling Good," Simone, Nina

"Streetlights (KHUM)," Yogoman Burning Band

"Outlaw Blues," Queens Of The Stone Age

"So What," Davis, Miles

"City Song," Po Girl

"No One But You," Paisley, Doug

"Free Time," Aggrolites, The

"The Turnpike Down," Lemonheads

"Whole Love," Wilco

"Salt Water," Boekbinder, Zoe

"I And Love And You," Avett Brothers, The

3 a.m.

"Ceiling Tan," Donkeys

"The Raft," Fat Freddy's Drop

"Colette," Orchestra Baobab

"Koudlo," Laveaux, Melissa

"Get It While You Can," Tate, Howard

"Radio Song," Spalding, Esperanza

"Dance Dance Dance," RYAN MONTBLEAU

"The Cascades," Fleet Foxes

"Tyrone (EDIT)," My Morning Jacket

"Egos Like Hairdos," Difranco, Ani

"Wrote A Song For Everyone," Staples, Mavis

"Hesitation Blues," Lindley, David

"(He's Got The) Whole World (In His Hands)," Doughty, Mike

4 a.m.

"Foregone," Decemberists, The

"Beggar In The Morning," Barr Brothers

"The Answer," Jodesha and Star Ride

"Suburban War," Arcade Fire

"Fault Lines," Little Hands Of Asphault

"A Few Honest Words," Sollee, Ben

"Neapolitan Girl," Divine Comedy

"The Jingle Swing," Bigott

"Camel Shuffle," Sundy, Amar

"Thanks Dad (part 2)," Sir Joe Quarterman and Free Soul

"Mansion on the Hill," Young, Neil

"A Little Bit More," Lidell, Jamie

"Heartbreaker," Alabama Shakes

"Open," Cockburn, Bruce

"Tangle In This Trampled Wheat," Tallest Man On Earth, The

"Do What You Love Blues," Walker, Melody

5 a.m.

"Soul Sister," Toussaint, Allen

"The Wicked & The Blind," The Do

"I Shot the Sheriff," Marley, Bob and The Wailers

"Crazy," Lydia Loveless

"One Red Thread," Blind Pilot

"Sweetheart," M. Ward

"I Swear," Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

"Pretty Bird," Lewis, Jenny

"Amberize," Womama

"Tiny Light," Potter, Grace & the Nocturnals

"Throw Me A Rope (Live)," Welch, Gillian

"Swallow It Down," Nelson, Lila

"The Sweetest Thing," Grey, JJ + Mofro

"Angel Dance," Plant, Robert

Cliff in the Morning

6 a.m.

"Drifter's Escape," Smith, Patti

"Boxer," Lovers

"Lucky Now," Adams, Ryan

"10," Wainwright, Loudon

"Odd," Nunes, Julia

"Colours," Grouplove

"I'm not your Monkey," ALO

"Listen To The Radio," Sloan

"Jazzdancer," Mop Mop

"Air Mail Special (Club Des Belugas Remix)," Ella Fitzgerald

"Locked Down," Dr. John

"Vocal Chords," Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

7 a.m.

"River's Gonna Rise (live)," Warren Haynes

"Lost In the Light," Bahamas

"Eve of Destruction," Bishop Allen

"Look Around The Corner," Quantic & Alice Russel

"Still Hanging On," Fields, Lee & The Expressions

"On The Road," George Carlin

8 a.m.

"Borneo," Firewater

"Blew Out The Walls," ALO

"Afro Blue," Robert Glasper feat. Erykah Badu

"Crowned & Kissed," Spalding, Esperanza

"Simple Song," The Shins

9 a.m.

"Sing A Simple Song," Sly And The Family Stone

"Everyone But You," Young Veins, The

"Pony," Waifs, The

"On a Summer Day," The Red Button

"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!," Beatles

"Hang Mr. Kite," Guided By Voices

"Lusitania," Bird, Andrew

"Big Mac," Mayfield, Curtis

"1,2,3,4," FEMI KUTI

"1234," Feist

You and Meme

10 a.m.

"In Between Jobs," Snider, Todd

"Shambala," Beastie Boys

"Boddhisattva Vow," Beastie Boys

"Something's Got To give," Beastie Boys

"Brokedown," Hot Buttered Rum

"Do It On The Strings," Mother Hips

"Carousel," Nicki Bluhm

"I Can't Go For That," The Bird and the Bee

"Guttersnipe," Bhiman

"Midnight Special," Odetta

11 a.m.

"Changes," David Bowie

"Warrior Man," Dr. Dog

"Sure Shot," Beastie Boys

"Stang's Swang," Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Buenas Tardes Amigo," Ween

"Little Green Bottle," Lindley, David & Ingram, Wally

"Powa," Tune-Yards

"Cocaine Blues]," Dave Van Ronk

"Ballad of Oregon," River City Extension

12 p.m.

"Hey Ladies," The Beastie Boys

"Mother Popcorn," Brown, James

"Groove Me," King Floyd

"Superfly," Curtis Mayfield

"Egg Man," Beastie Boys

"Pick Up The Pieces," Average White Band

"Love Rollercoaster," Ohio Players

"Fight For Your Right," The Beastie Boys

"It's A New Day," The Skull Snaps

"Up For The Down Stroke," Parliament

"Pass The Mic," The Beastie Boys

1 p.m.

"Freaky Hijiki," Beastie Boys

"The Cisco Kid," War

"Street Sweeper," The Grease Traps

"I Want To Take You Higher," Ike & Tina Turner

"Burn Rubber On Me," Gap Band

"I Gotcha," Tex, Joe

"Flute Loop," The Beastie Boys

"Masterpiece," Clarence Reid

"Janxta Funk," Pimps of Joytime, The

"You'd Better Quit It," Georgie Boy

Awkward Pause

2 p.m.

"The Sound of Everything," Quantic & Alice Russell

"Let Me Take You Higher," Roy Ellis And The Teenagers

"Le Vicompte," Soel

"Floating on Air," Club Des Belugas

"Valerie ['68 Version]," Winehouse, Amy

"Better," Haley, Cas

"Revolution," John Butler Trio

"Uz," 17 Hippies

3 p.m.

"I Ain't The Same," Alabama Shakes

"Burning Down the House," Talking Heads

"Lion And The Bull," The Mother Hips

"Suffragette City," Bowie, David

"Sick Of My Shadow," Haynes, Warren

"Dear Mr. Fantasy (Live)," Welch, Gillian w/ Chris Thile

"lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken," Camera Obscura

"Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam," Nirvana

"Locked Down," Dr. John

"Brazilian Love Song (Remix)," Cole, Nat King

4 p.m.

"Cluck Old Hen," Delmhorst, Kris

"(In My) Wildest Dreams," Jayhawks

"Here I Dreamt I was an Architect (Live)," Meloy, Colin

"A Cool Cat In Town," Tape Five

"I Don't Care If There's Cursing," Phosphorescent

"Picture of a Bird," Fruit Bats

"Crowned & Kissed," Spalding, Esperanza

"Happy To Be Here," Snider, Todd

"Tonight in My Dreams," Francey, David

"Lonely Holiday," Old 97's

"Just A Dream," Moreland & Arbuckle

5 p.m.

"Rite of the Ancients," BUDOS BAND

"Fat Boy Rag," Wills, Bob & His Texas Playboys

"Next Time You Say Forever," Case, Neko

"I Just Can't Work No Longer," Lindley, David

"Friday On My Mind," Easybeats

"Aloha Friday No Work Till Monday," Kahoano, Kimo & Natto, Paul

"Bloodhound," Donkeys

"Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying," Barr Brothers

"Nasty Hats," Orgone

"Get Back," McCartney, Paul

"Tumblebee," Veirs, Laura

"Carbon Monoxide," Cake

"Surf Beat," Dale, Dick & His Del-Tones

"Rox In The Box," Decemberists, The

"One Goodbye," Milk Carton Kids

Smile Time Radio Hour

The South Side

7 p.m.

"Super Cooker," Erico Crivellaro

"Hate To See You Go," Little Walter

"Straighten Him Out," Mary Deloatch

"Sleepwalkin'," Ryan Hartt & The Blues Hearts

"It's Your Voodoo Working," Charles Sheffield

"Do I Make Myself Clear," Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto

"Shame, Shame, Shame," Gary Clark, Jr

"Don't Leave Your Daddy at Home," The Paul deLay Band

"Why Can't You Jus Ac Rite," Adrian Duke

"You Got My Mind Messed Up," Collard Greens & Gravy

"I Haven't Done No One No Harm," Champion Jack Dupree

"If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time," Tyrone Davis

8 p.m.

"This Is Hip," John Lee Hooker

"Tracking My Roots," Anders Osborne

"Love Me Tonight," John Németh

"I'm So Tired of You Doing Me Wrong," Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers

"Sweet Fine Angel," Gary Primich

"When I Was Young," The Wood Brothers

"Think Twice Before You Speak," Lowell Fulson

"Walk All Day," Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

"It's Your Thing," The Isley Brothers

"Theme from Shaft," Isaac Hayes

"What You Gonna Do?," Curtis Salgado

9 p.m.

"Work That Sucker," The Bo-Keys

"My Brother," The Soul Of John Black

"That Ain't Right," Shakura S'Aida

"Rabbit In a Log," Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood

"Tell Me Why," Brandon Isaak

"Bad Detective," The Mannish Boys feat James Harman

"Get Your Lies Straight," Bill Coday

"M & O," Paul Rishell

"I Just Want To Make Love To You," Muddy Waters

"Looking Up At Down," Billy Boy Arnold

"Ay-Te Te Fee," Clifton Chenier

Zen Through Zappa

10 p.m.

"Cradle Rock," Frank Zappa

"Luigi And The Wiseguys," Frank Zappa

"You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here," Frank Zappa

"Freak Trim," Frank Zappa

"Return Of The Son Of The Monster Magnet," Frank Zappa

"Who Are The Brain Police?," Frank Zappa

"The Sealed Tuna Bolero," Frank Zappa

"Lather," Frank Zappa

"The little March," Frank Zappa

"The little March," Frank Zappa

11 p.m.

"Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude," Frank Zappa

"Outside Now," Frank Zappa

"Disco Boy," Frank Zappa

"Lonesome Cowboy Nando," Frank Zappa

"Flambay," Frank Zappa

"Watermelon In Easter Hay," Frank Zappa

"Dupree's Paradise," Frank Zappa

"Peaches III," Frank Zappa

"City Of Tiny Lights," Frank Zappa

"Strictly Genteel," Frank Zappa


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    Tests routing protocol primitives with the new GossipRouter. Since 2.2.1, the GossipRouter is supposed to answer Gossip requests too.
 Note: Disable DEBUG logging before this test, otherwise the stress tests may timeout. @author Ovidiu Feodorov <> @ver ...
  • org.jgroups.tests.stack.GossipTest
    Tests Gossip protocol primitives with the new GossipRouter. Since 2.2.1, the GossipRouter is supposed to answer Gossip requests too.
 It is possible to switch all tests to use an old GossipServer by setting USE_ROUTER to false; @author Ovidiu Feodorov < ...
  • org.jnp.interfaces.TimedSocketFactory
    A concrete implementation of the SocketFactory that supports a configurable
  • org.apache.james.transport.mailets.RemoteDeliverySocketFactory
    It is used by RemoteDelivery in order to make possible to bind the client socket to a specific ip address. This is not a nice solution because the ip address must be shared by all RemoteDelivery instances. It would be better to modify JavaMail (current version 1.3) to support a corresonding prope ...
  • com.sun.slamd.example.JSSERandomClientCertSocketFactory
    This class provides an implementation of an SSL socket factory that will use JSSE to create an SSL client socket. The first time the server requests a client certificate, one will be chosen at random from the appropriate set of keys in the JSSE JKS-format key store. Subsequent requests will cont ...
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    @author Kevin Seguin @version $Revision: 1.14 $ $Date: 2004/02/24 08:48:41 $ A simple class to provide synchronized access to a boolean. ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors Construct a new Ajp13Processor associated with the specified connector. @param conn ...
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    An abstraction of an HTTP {@link InputStream} and {@link OutputStream} pair, together with the relevant attributes.
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    An implementation of SocketFactory that uses the JSSE @author @version $Revision: $
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    FTP Data Session Class
 A data connection is made when a PORT or PASV FTP command is received on the main control session.
 The PORT command will actively connect to the specified address/port on the client. The PASV command will create a listening socket and wait for the client ...
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    This is a SOAP Monitor Application class. This class provides the user interface for deploying the SOAP monitor service and displaying data from the service. @author Toshiyuki Kimura ( @author Brian Price (
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Congressman Jared Huffman is reacting to the possibility of a Government shutdown…in comparison to his days in the California Assembly.

“None of it holds a candle to the chaos we are experiencing right now in the House of Representatives. Because even in the depths of the dysfunction in Sacramento, at least our leaders were trying to find bi-partisan compromises and solutions…and unfortunately the leadership in the House of Representatives right now is simply refusing to negotiate with Democrats.”

Huffman says he feels House Republicans are doubling down on irresponsible bills and political theatre…things that have no chance of becoming law. He sites Republicans proposing to cut 40-billion dollars from the Food Stamp Program…even though the Senate, House Democrats and President Obama have said they will never agree to support the bill. His reaction comes as a showdown is looming and a possible shutdown of the government inches closer to reality.


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Was 50 Cent’s weight loss real?

It’s safe to say that everyone who saw the pictures of an incredibly skinny 50 Cent last week was pretty shocked.

Many of you questioned the authenticity of the photos, wondering where 50’s tattoos had gone (even though we provided a link to an article where 50 said he was having the bulk of them removed…)

In an interview with Rap-Up.com, 50 confirms that the photos are indeed real!

Rap-Up.com: For those who still can’t believe it, can you confirm the authenticity of those photos?
50 Cent: Yeah, they’re absolutely real. I shot the first half of the film for eight days and then I left for my international tour, and I spent that time training to lose weight. I had a week and a half after coming back to really intensely train to get down to 160 for the last half of the film project, Things Fall Apart. It’s myself, Mario Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield, and Ray Liotta starring in the project. It’s directed by Mario Van Peebles.

We barely recognized you.
Yeah, it was a lot for me to actually get there. After the second week, it was crazy. They say it takes 30 days to make a habit, but man… I was on the Internet and I was looking at Christian Bale, while The Machinist was out, he almost killed himself. I was feeling like maybe I’m overdoing it and I’m dropping 54 pounds, but I was in such a good physical state prior to me deciding to go down on the weight.

RELATED: PHOTO: 50 Cent Drops 50 Pounds For Movie Role

RELATED: 50 Cent: “I Don’t Think The Music Business Is Dying”

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Monday, February 22, 2016

Where Futures End by Parker Peevyhouse - OPTIONAL

Peevyhouse, Parker Where Futures End, 289 pages.  Kathy Dawson (Penguin), 2016.  $18.  Langauge: PG (16 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG (talk of a future where women take several husbands); Violence: G.

When Dylan was little he dreamed (or did he) of a fantasy land that was oh so much better than the life he was leading.  Now a teen, he is desperate to escape to that other place, sure that it is real.  Fast forward ten years, then sixty years, and finally 100 years in the future.  Dylan’s choice has change the worlds and the consequences are coming due.

Peevyhouse has made bold, maybe bizarre, choices for the future to showcase the consequences of Dylan’s jump to another world.  Hand sell this to your absolute best science fiction readers.  It would probably even be a bold choice for a class room read in the 10th or 11th grade.

HS – OPTIONAL.  Cindy, Library teacher

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Ms. Yingling said...

Yeah. Couldn't get into this, and couldn't think of any students to whom I would recommend it.


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The Klickitat County Environmental Health program focuses on our natural ecosystem and built environments that may affect human health. This includes monitoring and regulating naturals resources that help us live; such as clean air, drinking water, recreational waters, food, sewage, and communicable disease surveillance. The goal of Klickitat County Environmental Health is to promote safe and healthy environmental conditions throughout Klickitat County for residents and our visitors. By focusing on reducing environmental and social risk factors, we can reduce the potential for disease.


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Live from Pledge Central - Day 2: 24% to Goal

Mar 2, 2013

Short pledge drive means two things—a shorter number of days for the drive as well as fewer hours on-air during the drive.  But what does that really mean?  Well, it means returning about 36 hours of programming to you AND continuous listening for our Classical Music and Diane Rehm fans.

It's two days into the drive and we're making slow but steady progress toward our goal. Short pledge drive is a financial risk for KNAU because nearly 70% of our funding comes from…YOU!   We do get a little nervous when we don’t hear the phones ringing, but then we remember that you became a sustainer last year, or pledged on line, or responded to one of our recent renewal requests.

A hearty thanks to all the KNAU listeners who helped kick off the spring drive with their pledge of support! We've had some terrific community groups in to answer phones. The sound of phones ringing was definitely music to their ears!  Many thanks to the folks from Coconino Community College,  Sedona / Verde Valley Pride, The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County, Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation,  and other individuals who volunteered their time during this gorgeous early spring weather!).

Food kudos go out to our community partners - Coco's Bakery Restaurant, Main Street Catering, Jitter's Lunchbox, and Sugar Mamas Bakery - for providing sweet and savory eats to help feed our volunteers and staff during the first couple days of the drive.

Finally, a big congratulations to our first three sweepstakes winners:  Janice Knochel of Kingman who won the pre-drive iPad sweeps; Donna Boward of Flagstaff who won a 3-day Grand Canyon Getaway in the Friday daily sweeps, (thanks to our friends at Grand Canyon Railway for donating that great package!); and Robert Zaccaria of Winslow who won the Saturday daily sweeps - two VIP tickets to "Reinventing Audio - An Evening with Ira Glass".

If you value the programming you hear on KNAU, please, pledge your support today.  There are just 3 days remaining in the drive, and in order to prove that SHORT really is the new normal we must make our goal!

Stay tuned... more updates to come!

"Call Me!" - Volunteers from The Arboretum at Flagstaff and Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County, Friday afternoon.

Morning Edition Host, Janice Baker, with studio guests Bob Glazar and KNAU Development Director, Stacy Murison.

Listening to the sweet sound of pledges - Volunteers from Sedona - Verde Valley Pride, Saturday morning.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

No. Really. I am still here.

It appears that when life gets stressful, I clam up. That’s probably a Good Thing, as I tend to be impulsive and might write something I wouldn’t want to take responsibility for at a later time. The better part of valor is discretion, a tenet it’s taken me many, many years to adopt.

First things first: Happy birthday to Wendy! I’ve been trusting her running advice (and more) for way more than a year now. Just because she’s flipped over into that “don’t trust anyone over mumble-mumble decade” doesn’t mean I’m going to stop now. Click over and give her your good wishes. I’ll wait.

So. It appears that, for me at least, the Penguin is right: It’s difficult to lose weight during race training. He doesn’t say it’s impossible, but he does point out that losing weight is one thing and race training is another. Different goals demand different strategies. I’ve found it verrrrry difficult to stick with a South Beach eating plan while following my training schedule. Doesn’t matter if it’s physical or mental – the fact is, I’m hungry more often and vegetables just don’t appeal. (I’m back up to 177, after the party and eating a lot of restaurant and hospital cafeteria meals last week.)

My mother-in-law has been transferred from the far-away, big-city hospital to what I like to call Tiny Hospital. It’s a 12-mile drive and she’s getting adequate care, but I’d like to see more emphasis on physical therapy and getting her up and out of bed than has happened so far. I’ll chalk it up to being transferred at the end of the week – small hospitals tend to clear all but the seriously ill out on weekends, and they – like most medical facilities these days – are short-staffed.

A little more housecleaning: The group photo I took at our Obama party did end up on the website. It's part of a slideshow and takes for-freaking-ever to download on dial-up, so I didn’t do it. But someone did for me, and says our photo is at the 4:13 mark. (I don’t know if the slideshow has been updated since the day I tried to view it.) You can see it here. Eventually.

The most popular item in the party goodie bags was the “Retired. Inspired.” bumper sticker. Hey, we’re old! What can I say? It hasn’t been too popular on CafePress, but then I’m not sure how to compete with the other 18 million Obama items for sale there.

I missed one run last week, and was two miles short of my weekly mileage goal, but felt good on the long run yesterday. My pace is supposed to be 12:39, but I’ve been shooting for 12-minute miles at this stage and I was darned close yesterday: 12:07 for more than six miles. I gave up when my husband drove by to see how I was doing and offered me a ride. The long run wasn’t quite as long as it was supposed to be, but my legs were toast and riding the last 1.7 was Just. Too. Tempting.

Shana said...

Thanks for posting this. I am not where you are running-wise, but as I try to increase my mileage from a comfortable 4-5 miles to a maybe-I-won't-really-die 5-6 miles, I am ALWAYS hungry. And since I have added running to my exercise program, I have stopped losing weight (I've lost 36 pounds since I started dieting in November but have been stalled out since I developed 5k fever). Glad to realize that maybe this is all related and it's not just my body saying no more weight loss for me. Though I don't know what to do exercise wise, because I don't want to cut back on the running. Decisions, decisions...

altopower said...

I remember you saying in training for an earlier race that losing weight and training didn't go together, and it makes sense. Glad to know your mother in law is improving and doesn't need the specialized care from the Big Hospital at this point. Having her closer will save on your travel time and maybe let you stay on a more even schedule. Now off to check out your Obama stuff.


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May 4, 2009

MDS&W 2009 - Unusual is the Word

The best way to describe this weekend would be unexpected. I did go to Maryland Sheep and Wool but nothing went quite as I thought it would. No bad, not good exactly - just different.

In the past I attended MDS&W with my buddy Felicia but the addition of a certain nearly 2-year-old has changed her priorities a bit so she begged off this year. My daughter heard this and siezed the opportunity to join me. Yay! She played it down to her friends because admitting that you're going to a yarn festival with your mother by choice is just not cool but I know the truth. she came because she wanted to and I love that. Unfortunately her school work load has been really heavy lately so she spent the first part of the day in an off mood till I ordered her to go sit and take a quick nap. After that it was all good.

MDS&W 2009 - 5/2/09

Before she left for her nap she accompanied me to the Ravelry meet up. Last year I passed on this due to the crowds. This year I found a spot to pull myself up on one of the walls and sit (which turns out not to have been a great idea - more later) and from my perch I observed all of the crazy. I chatted with my wall-sitting neighbor but I didn't mingle much which dismayed my daughter. She would have me do a full-on meet and greet but that's just not my style. DQ came face to face with parental dorkiness.

I did other things this year that I hadn't in the past. I got lost on the way to MDS&W because, in a thoroughly uncharacteristic move, I neglected to check a map and missed the exit twice. I never go anywhere without advance prep. Once we got to MDS&W I waited in the ridiculous line at The Fold and scored 2 skeins of STR. I'm still not sure why though because I usually laugh at the folks on that line. I even walked down to watch the sheep dog trials. That was fun.

The Sheep Dog Trials - MD S&W 2009

Another thing that kept up occupied was watching the sock machine demonstration. it was way cool but not enough to convince me to buy a machine for myself. I suppose that could change if I watched a few more times.

At the end of the day I carried home a lot of stuff. More than I expected. I can (and will) blame a lot of it on DQ. She is quite the enabler. She carried a lot of it but even the stuff I was carrying became quite painful at some point. Even after we dumped it all in the car my left shoulder still hurt... a lot. And when I reached up to massage my shoulder it was hot and there was a lump where there shouldn't be one.

Hubbo took me to the ER where the doctors said that I had the case of the night because they don't see the type of lump I had all that often. It turns out that I had torn one of my shoulder muscles (lifting myself on to the wall maybe) and a hematoma had formed. Ugly and painful but after some really good drugs (Percoset! Vicodin!) I'm feeling much better.

It's a good thing that my injury wasn't more serious because I have lots of pretty new fiber and toys to play with.

sprite said...

Oh my gosh, Hillary! Ravelry's going to have to beef up their fine print to warn about potentially causing injuries!

I hope you're feeling better (even without the drugs) soon!

Carole Knits said...

Oh, how terrible! I hope it's feeling much better today.

CrazyFiberLady said...

Ouch! Now I'm glad I passed on the Ravelry meet up. My shoulders were sore enough from schlepping the new wheel to the car. It was good to see you at the festival!

Sarah said...

Oh, no! I hope you heal well and quickly.

Julie said...

OUCH! I was wondering just how much fiber you were carrying to make your shoulder hurt that much. That injury sounds painful - the drugs sound pretty good though :-) Get better real soon!

margene said...

Oh, the danger we put ourselves into for the love of fiber. Hope it heals quickly and you suffer very little. I can tell you, however, you'll be black and blue there for a loooong time.

aija said...

Wow, I hope you heal fast! :( Sounds like a fun day otherwise.

Kathy said...

Oh no! Feel better.


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Recent economic news has been discouraging. Growth is slowing in many developed countries, and experts warn that the world could slip into another recession, having never really recovered from the last one.

According to Mark Zandi, chief economist and cofounder of Moody’s, the odds of a renewed recession over the next 12 months continue to be about one in three, but a continuing “crisis of confidence” could make matters worse.

“We’re suffering a loss of faith in the economy,” Zandi said in an interview with Knowledge@Wharton. “The collective psyche is on edge…. It really wouldn’t take much of a misstep or a shock to push us back under.”

In a report to Moody’s subscribers, Zandi wrote that has reduced its forecast for real GDP growth in the U.S. to an annualized rate of 2% for the second half of 2011, and just over 3% in 2012. “A month ago, we projected GDP growth at 3.5% during the second half of this year and through 2012,” he said.

What has changed?

“A string of unfortunate shocks are to blame,” Zandi noted in the report. “Surging gasoline and food prices, and fallout from the Japanese quake hurt badly in the spring; more recently, the debt-ceiling drama, a revived European debt crisis and the Standard & Poor’s downgrade have been especially disconcerting. Confidence, already fragile after the nightmare of the Great Recession and Washington’s heated policy debates, was severely undermined. Stocks are nearing bear-market territory….. Prospects for GDP growth and job creation have diminished substantially since our last forecast.”

The irony, Zandi told Knowledge@Wharton, is that many economic gauges are more favorable than they typically are when a recession looms. Business balance sheets are very healthy, as many firms have paid down debt and locked in low interest rates. The ratio of businesses’ interest payments to cash flow “has never been lower.” Though many homeowners are struggling with mortgage debt, the overall portion of after-tax household income spent to remain current on loans is “falling fast” and could be at record low rates by early next year. Household liabilities have fallen by $1.2 trillion from their peak three years ago, a 10% drop.

(For another view of today’s unusual conditions, see this Wall Street Journal column co-authored by Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel.)

“The economy’s path depends on how swiftly and effectively policymakers act to shore up confidence,” Zandi wrote in his report to subscribers.

According to Zandi, the Federal Reserve should launch a third round of quantitative easing with an open-ended program of buying billions of dollars worth of Treasury securities every month until conditions improve. Washington also must avoid another debt-ceiling crisis, and needs to develop a long-term plan to reduce federal budget deficits, he added. That should include reform of entitlements and ways to increase tax revenues, largely by reducing tax credits and deductions. Even the cherished mortgage interest deduction should be trimmed, he noted.

“I think we are going to make our way through without a recession,” Zandi predicted during his interview. “The economy is going to gain traction through the rest of the year and into next year.”

But potential gains could be derailed, he cautioned, if a failure to address big underlying problems like sovereign debt in the U.S. and Europe further undermines consumer and business confidence. “A crisis of confidence,” Zandi said, “can become self-fulfilling.”

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Exploding targets under scrutiny after devastating fire

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - While dozens of wildfires were burning out of control in north central Washington last summer, two people decided to do some target shooting in the dry, grassy hills above Alta Lake. They set up an exploding target and fired at it, causing a loud boom and a huge smoke-like cloud.

The outing resulted in the Goat Fire, which would burn 73,378 acres, the Wenatchee World reported.

U.S. Forest Service officials have not said whether their investigators believe the fire was caused by the target or a bullet striking something else.

There's plenty of disagreement about whether targets that explode can start fires. Some think they're dangerous and should be banned; others say they're no danger.

But as exploding targets become more popular they are more often linked to wildfires. The devices have been blamed for starting at least two dozen fires across the West last summer, the newspaper reported.

Fire officials last summer said that two other smaller fires in north central Washington - a 120-acre blaze near Entiat and a quarter-acre fire near Cashmere - were started by people shooting at exploding targets.

Kelsey Hilderbrand, owner of High Mountain Hunting Supply in Wenatchee, sells one brand of exploding targets, Tannerite, for between $4.95 and $9 apiece.

"They're very popular, and they're a lot of fun," he said, adding that he has used them and that the targets have never started a fire.

"They are not a heat-related explosion, so there's no way to have an ignition-based system," Hilderbrand told the Wenatchee World

Others disagree.

"There's no question they start fires," said Bill Gabbert, a former wildland firefighter and fire investigator in Southern California who produces the online magazine, Wildfire Today.

Gabbert believes they are a growing danger because more and more people are starting to use them.

"I think we need to figure out a way to ban the use of exploding target," he said, adding, "I'm convinced they are too dangerous to use."

Exploding targets are a mixture of an oxidizer - usually ammonium nitrate - and a fuel, such as aluminum.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives does not regulate the sale and distribution of these powder chemicals, even when they're sold as kits designed to become explosives, according to its May 2012 newsletter.

Once mixed, someone must have a federal explosives permit to transport them, the newspaper reported. Sportsmen generally mix them onsite before using them as targets.

In Washington state, exploding targets are illegal to use on state land, said Larry Raedel, chief of law enforcement for the state Department of Natural Resources.

"We don't allow any explosive or incendiary devices," he said, including Tannerite, an exploding target which, its manufacturers claim, does not ignite fires.

The question isn't so simple on federal lands.

"We don't have anything that specifically addresses explosive ammunition," said Tom Knappenberger, regional spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.

In California, Sgt. Bob Epps, bomb squad commander for the Riverside County Sheriff's hazardous device team, said his officers are charging businesses and sportsmen for possession of these chemicals, even unmixed.

Retail stores in his county have been told they have 30 days to return their inventory of binary explosives, or they can be charged with a felony under California law that bans the devices.

"We understand that this has not been tightly regulated," he told the newspaper.

Epps said he believes the explosives could cause serious injury, although he hasn't had any incidents in his jurisdiction.

John Maclean, who has written several books on fatal wildfires, said he's concerned about the danger that exploding targets pose to firefighters.

In northeastern Pennsylvania, two game commissioners were investigating a fire caused by exploding targets when an unexploded target suddenly exploded. They checked into a local hospital with temporary blindness and hearing loss, and went back to work the next day, the Wenatchee World reported.

"It's a growing problem, and it's going to get worse," Maclean said.

Local sportsmen say the real issue should focus on whether people are acting recklessly. Hilderbrand said the issue rests with the individual responsibility of the target shooter.


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Four player co-op in Gears of War 2 would be too messy, the plot would fall apart, Mark Rein told me tonight as we sipped mojitos at the Ciudad restaurant.

But he and Cliff Blezinski both know how much gamers thirst larger co-op experiences. So the development team set out to create something that would be just as fun as four player campaign co-op, but not as problematic.

In Horde up to five players take on increasing large waves of locust, clearing rounds and scoring points until everyone dies. The idea is fairly straight forward and surprisingly fun.

I was lucky enough to sit down with Rein and Blezinski and play through a couple of matches of Horde as they looked on. It only took a minute or two for Rein to start back seat playing, pointing out where enemies were and chastizing my skill, or lack of it, with a sniper rifle.

"Head shot, head shot, you need to shoot him in the head."

"You know what we say in our studio, take your time, and do it right."

"Oh, you got him, OK you don't suck."

At one point Rein, apparently frustrated with how slow I was reacting to his shouts, tried to grab the controller from me to revive one of my dying companions. I twisted free and brought my guy back to life.

"It's fun isn't it," he asked as I continued to play.


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Square Enix, to the best of our knowledge, has not officially nailed down the amount of disc-swapping Xbox 360 owners will need to do to enjoy Final Fantasy XIII on Microsoft's console. But retailer GameFly may know.

The online rental service notes in its product description of the Xbox 360 version of FF XIII that it is "a three disc game," meaning at least two breaks in adventuring for those who opt for the non-Blu-ray, non-PlayStation 3 version. Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama had previously noted that Square Enix was shooting for a three disc count in preserving the experience for Xbox 360 gamers.

We're double checking with Square Enix about the disc count, realizing that GameFly rarely pulls these details from thin air.

Now that this closely guarded and largely inconsequential factoid has finally been revealed, we can all move on with our lives and something something something.

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Hideo Kojima doesn't only make Metal Gear games, these days, it seems like they're all he makes. Even the diehard fans are getting sick of them. Why can't Kojima make another Zone of the Enders mecha game?

"I also want to make one," Kojima told website GamerFitNation. "But we don't have the staff." If they were to make Zone of the Enders 3, Kojima wants them to do in on his studio's upcoming game engine, the Fox Engine. Right now, everyone is working at full capacity on other projects.

Back in 2010, Kojima told a Japanese magazine that the development for the next Z.O.E. title had been pushed back. That was 2010, and Zone of the Enders 2 was released in 2003.

The series does have its hardcore fans, though, some hardcore mecha game fans find the Z.O.E. games unfulfilling.

And in 2009, Kojima Productions, Kojima's studio, was gauging interest in Zone of the Enders 3. Then Kojima said he and his team were "really considering" Z.O.E. 3, followed by a promise that there would be a Z.O.E. sequel someday.

"Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more." Say it with me.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Dolan Will Let Obama and Romney Joke It Up at the Al Smith Dinner

It appears the decision is final. This is VERY bad VERY sad news.

New York Times

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops have been up in arms about various policies of President Obama, including his support for same-sex marriage and his insistence that employer health insurance cover contraception.

But the nation’s top bishop, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, signaled on Tuesday that he was willing to share at least one night of joking and camaraderie with the Democratic president, despite their differences.

The Archdiocese of New York confirmed that both Mr. Obama and Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, had accepted an invitation to speak on Oct. 18 at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a glittering New York Catholic charity event that has served for more than six decades as a lighthearted pit stop for presidential candidates in the weeks before national elections.

Mr. Obama’s invitation has generated dismay among some opponents of abortion, who point out that there are precedents for barring candidates from the dinner. In 1996, Cardinal John O’Connor decided not to invite the candidates, apparently because President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, had just vetoed a partial-birth abortion bill, and in 2004, Cardinal Edward M. Egan did not invite the candidates, apparently because the Democratic nominee was Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, a Roman Catholic who supports abortion rights.

Cardinal Dolan, who has a dual role as archbishop of New York and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has warned that the nation’s religious liberty is at risk as a result of several Obama administration policies, like the new health care law’s mandate that some religiously affiliated institutions provide coverage that includes contraception for employees.

But the cardinal has also said it is important to engage those he disagrees with, and as the president of the Al Smith Foundation’s board of directors, he sent the invitation, said Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the New York Archdiocese.

“It is the tradition of the Smith dinner to invite the presidential candidates in the presidential election years in the spirit of nonpartisanship, good humor and good fellowship,” Mr. Zwilling said in an interview.

At the dinner, which is held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, the two candidates will be asked to give seven-minute speeches. By tradition, the speeches are humorous and self-deprecating.

In 2008, Mr. Obama got big laughs when he exchanged quips and compliments with the Republican candidate, John McCain, though neither man had a joke as memorable as that of George W. Bush in 2000, who told the well-heeled crowd: “Some people call you the elite. I call you my base.”

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Creativity is Ageless

Articles like this give me hope that my best writing years may not be behind me.

Prevailing wisdom about the role creativity plays in aging is that it can help slow down the process of mental decline, memory loss, and brain-related health issues such as Alzheimer’s and Dementia. But there is now a growing body of evidence that the aging brain may be more creative and capable of innovation than younger brains.

Maybe it’s premature of me to be thinking about this now. I am 54, which is supposedly the new 41-and-a-half or whatever the Age of the Moment is at the moment. But I got into this game so much later than other writers I know that I still feel like a newb at times. I’M STILL A KID, DAMMIT. Except that I’m not. I’ve crossed the border into the land of interesting medical tests, creaky knees, and AARP. I’ve heard that writing productivity can slow starting at age 60, and the gulf between 54 and 60 is not quite as wide as I would like it to be. I’m a slow enough writer as it is–I don’t want to get even slower. Worse yet, I don’t want to lose the ability to, well, make shit up. I want the idea furnace to continue to burn hot.

My mom lived to 87. I would love to still be writing at 87. Even if I have to tell the voices in my head to speak up.

(h/t to The Passive Guy)

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

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It's encouraging that the creativity well may get more fertile. Mixing my metaphors. I'm younger than you, but more decrepit. I've been in the land of horrible medical procedures and strange annoying tests for the last 20 years. I hope i'm still writing strong in another 20 years, and another 40.
I'm terribly slow. At 70, I'm just now in sight of finishing something longer than short stories.*

Aside from the usual old age problems, I'm finding a writing process that feels like 'channeling' working better, though.

*Well, not counting a few unsold genre potboilers from my 30s.
I'm 59 so I know what you mean. My mom is now 89 and my grandmother lived to 87 while my aunt was 103. So I'm hoping to have a few more years ahead of me too. It's nice to think that "making stuff up" may keep me sharp because my mom is slowly slipping into the forgetfullness zone. ;-(
Well I have to look to my grandparents generation for longevity but I'm hoping to be creating for decades to come.

And I think there's a reason why there's an archetype of aged storytellers-- we're the ones who have time for storymaking, and all our accumulated wisdom (ha!) and experiences to draw upon.

Then there's the question whether it's the act of storytelling that helps enable the aging part.
And that leads to the question of whether the act/process of storytelling and making up the story itself helps enable the aging part. Does making stuff up help ensure the continued ability to make stuff up? Does it do something good to the brain and maybe the body?

Or do the Old Ones just decide to let us keep talking because we entertain them as well. 1001 Nights writ...different.

Bet there's a story in that....


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30 March 2013

Roots Tech 2013

Last week I attended the Roots Tech conference in Salt Lake. It was amazing and the Expo area was fantastic! I wanted to make sure and share the video classes that are located at the RootsTech.org site. There are a variety of classes for the beginner and advanced genealogist. Some of the classes are focused on how to search the internet effectively, other classes are about gathering and preserving family stories. Take a minute to check out the great resources at this site.

15 October 2012

ICAPGen Conference 2012

Presented by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and the BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
October 19-20, 2012
Ernest L. Wilkinson Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Featuring 60 different classes in six tracks:

Preparing for Accreditation
Resources for Professionals
Skills and Methodology
U.S. Regional
Technology and the Internet
Special guest speaker at the Friday ICAPGen Annual Meeting and Luncheon:
Don Anderson, "FamilySearch and Family History Communities"

Full conference registration includes two full days of conference classes, vendor booth access, lunch both days, and time for networking.

The early-bird price for the full two-day conference is $80 for AG Professionals and $90 for general registration. This price includes a nice luncheon both days. One-day registration is also available, and the early-bird price for a one-day registration is $50.
Register at: icapgen.org, then chose ICAPGen Store
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Utah Facing Tough New Air Quality Regulations

Dec 4, 2012

The Utah Air Quality Board will meet tomorrow to look at a new set of state regulations aimed at cleaning up winter air pollution.  The new rules would impose stricter standards in Cache County as well as the Wasatch Front.  The new plan has to meet standards set by the U-S Environmental Protection Agency, with federal highway funding at risk if it fails.

Fifty-year-old John Chevalier has been involved in the auto body business since he was 18. After managing dealer's body shops over the years, he now owns the largest independent collision repair service in Ogden, Utah. He says he’s conscious of the air quality issues associated with the chemicals he uses to fix vehicles.  And Chevalier says he’s mitigated those issues over the years.

“Even standing here with the paint going," Chevalier says as he opens the door of a spray booth, "you hardly even smell any paint or see any paint. Because it dissipates through the filter system, you know. We’re not putting very much of it in the air anyway, we’re using very little pressure, so most of the stuff we’re spraying is going on the vehicle instead of into the air.”

According to the new State Implementation Plan Utah must approve by mid-December, Chevalier’s business and others like it will now have to regularly track how much paint they buy, how much paint the spray and measure the amount of vapor’s those paints release into the air. Chevalier says he doesn’t have a problem complying with the new law, but he’s concerned with being penalized if he exceeds the limit the state has set.

“If you’re busy," he says,"and business causes you to generate more volume and then there is a penalty, how do you pay for that penalty?”

One of the new rules would require that body shops and bakeries, for example, pay fines up to $4000 for exceeding the 2000 pound limit on volatile organic compounds (VOC's) released into the air. Chevalier says a $4000 fine could cost someone their job.

“Bakeries are going to lay people off, body shops are going to cut back," Chevalier tells KUER.  "You know it’s basically a tax that’s going to affect the economy. And in this economy, I think that’s probably a bad choice.”

Chevalier was among those offering testimony at a hearing in Logan, expressing his concerns online about the proposed regulations during a 30-day public comment period.

Right now, residents of the Wasatch Front counties have to get their cars tested every other year when they renew their license tags. But Cache County Council member Craig Petersen says that’s too much for Cache County. Peterson claims Cache County’s air quality is only bad for a few days each winter, and he says the program would cost a million dollars a year for only a slight improvement in air quality.

“So even though it’s been used in other places," Petersen says, "we’re not convinced that that’s a prudent policy for us.”

Cache County has endorsed a voluntary testing program that would give those who choose to participate a sticker to put in the back window.  Those who choose not to get their vehicles tested, would not be allowed to drive on bad air days.  Petersen acknowledges that would be a tough sell to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

“What we’re looking for is some type of a compromise," he says."I should mention too, that if this comes to a confrontation between Cache County and the EPA, we know we’re going to lose. The EPA holds the trump cards.”

Maura Haunenberger studies meteorology and atmospheric science at the University of Utah. She says, while the new rules are a good first step, they’re not addressing Utah’s unique problem. “Really to bring us into attainment, we need to focus on when the air quality is actually the worst, which is during the inversion periods. “

Haunenberger says the state failed to include episodic controls in the plan, like reducing speed limits and having stricter rules for refineries and mining operations specifically on bad air days.

She says, “Our city is not set up for everyone to be taking public transportation but during these inversion periods we allowed free ridership say on UTA and we were able to take some people off the road than that would help to limit pollution during those specific times.”

State Air Quality officials admit the plan won’t bring the state into compliance with the new EPA rules immediately. They’ll likely apply for multiple extensions, which are permissible under federal guidelines. That’s the issue Kristin Urry has with the plan. She’s a licensed social worker in Salt Lake City.

"I have a serious problem when people in this state believe that we can’t do better than what we’re already doing," Urry tells KUER.

As a social worker, Urry often sees children who struggle to breathe at the height of the inversion season. She says most of those children are from low-income families who live in some of the most polluted areas along the Wasatch Front.  “Many of those families are without vehicles, so number one they’re not contributing to the pollution with their vehicles but they’re also riding the bus, walking significantly, taking children to and from school.”

Urry finds Utah’s poor air quality to be more and more a socio-economic problem that needs action now.

Bryce Bird is Director of the Division of Air Quality. He says what the EPA is requiring of the state is a tough standard to meet and will require about a 30 percent reduction in daily emissions along the Wasatch Front.

“But we need to do it," Bird says, "in a way that impacts industry, the community, the transportation sector as little as possible.”

Although the plan must be submitted to the EPA by December 14th, Bird says the state has until 2014 to bring itself into compliance.  After that, it can petition the EPA for one year extensions until 2019. But the state still has to show continued progress each year.

"So we can’t just say, we’re going to keep the emissions as they are and then fix everything in 2019," he says.  "It has to be a glide slope between where we are and where we’re meeting the standard.”

Regarding emissions testing in Cache County, Bird says the board believes it has the authority to move forward with the mandatory program, but it's evaluating all options.

KUER’s Dan Bammes contributed to this report.


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from Ted Leonsis of Ted’s Take,

The last time we were picked this highly and with this much expectation, we didn’t even qualify for the playoffs.

So I think I liked it better when we were underdogs. Now we have the weight of expectations on our shoulders. I am hoping our shoulders are broad enough to carry these heightened expectations. There are so many great teams in the NHL. I would hate to give any team bulletin board fodder as motivation. We must remain hungry and very humble.

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Paul Kukla founded Kukla’s Korner in 2005 and the site has since become the must-read site on the ‘net for all the latest happenings around the NHL.

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Email Paul anytime at pk@kuklaskorner.com