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Reliquary made in Russia in Sofrino. The decision to provide the right hand of the Holy Nun-Martyr Elizabeth was made by the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. After traveling throughout Russia, the relics will be returned to the Synodal Cathedral in February of 2005.

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Riverside Travel Trailer Inc. Ships First Product

Riverside Travel Trailer Inc.'s Mark Gerber, Ken Licklider and Kean MacOwan

Riverside Travel Trailer Inc.'s Mark Gerber, Ken Licklider and Kean MacOwan

Fledging RV manufacturer Riverside Travel Trailer Inc., Peru, Ind., shipped its first RV, shown at left,  Wednesday (July 22) to Wratten’s RV’s in Adams, N.Y., following a small ceremony that included state and local officials.

The 130,000-square-foot plant in central Indiana — about 85 miles south of Indiana’s Elkhart County RV manufacturing hub — previously housed Adventure Manufacturing Inc. dba Timberland RV, which closed its doors in January.

Two former Adventure principles — President Mark Gerber and Vice President Kean MacOwan — will lead the new company, with the financial backing of Ken Licklider, owner of Vohne Liche Kennels, an internationally known breeder of trained dogs in nearby Denver, Ind., who will serve as Riverside president.

”We are not looking to be a large manufacturer, but to build high-quality trailers,” said Gerber, vice president of sales and finance for the new company.

Gerber met with Licklider while liquidating Adventure’s assets as receiver for a local bank.

Licklider said it didn’t take long to decide to back the new venture after hearing Gerber’s proposal. ”It took me about 10 minutes to know that I wanted to do this,” Licklinder told about 50 people who attended an indoor barbecue to mark the event. ”I wanted to see things built, and it helps the community; I made the stipulation that the company stay in Miami County. It all fit.”

The local economic development authority also is assisting Riverside with a $30,000-a-year rent subsidy on the property fronting U.S. 31 for the next five years.

Riverside wood-and-aluminum travel trailers will be available in 26- to 37-foot lengths with up to two slideouts. MSRPs will start at $19,500.

”It appears to be a nice product,” said Jim Wratten, co-owner of Wratten’s RV’s about 60 miles northeast of Syracuse, N.Y. ”It’s a solid, practical and useful travel trailer.”

State Rep. William C. Friend, R-Macy, said the addition of Riverside to the local economy is a good sign. ”It hasn’t been pretty for the last couple of years,” Friend said. ”The county and the state are very fortunate to have the Lickliders here. I congratulate them for their leap of faith, and that’s what this is.”

Gerber said that now is a good time to enter the RV market. ”The market is going to recover; sales are going to improve,” he said.

The company’s target is to sell about 600 trailers in its first year. ”After the Louisville Show, we will see what the market brings us,” Gerber said. ”We have the capacity to build between 5,000 and 6,000 units a year.”

Riverside initially will employ 30 people, all former Adventure workers. “We were able to select the best workers from Adventure,” Gerber said. ”They bring a great deal of energy to this company.”

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#1 Comment By Pete Florio On July 23, 2009 @ 3:20 pm

Oh boy. On one hand I’m happy that in the midst of all of the ‘economic gloom’ there’s a company that has gone ahead and is building; my hat’s off to them. Then I saw that it’s the former Adventure Manufacturing group (Timberland RV)……..this can’t be good for the industry. Having experienced, first-hand, the level of product quality, and its treatment of its dealers, I can only offer that I hope that this group has undergone a major “change of heart” on its approach.

#2 Comment By Bruce Leimer On April 23, 2010 @ 10:31 am

so how do i get the building specs or detail structual photos so i can repair my 2004 Timberlodge 30bhs most of the elctrical does not work or shorted out it would be nice to see the basic lay out . PLEASE HELP


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Smith Center, Kan.-based Peterson Industries Inc., manufacturer of the Excel luxury fifth-wheel brand, will be offering the Rhino Eco-Coat roof system on all Winslow and Wild Cargo model units. According to a press release, Peterson is the first OEM to use the new system from Rhino Linings Inc.

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In addition to new units, Peterson is offering Rhino Eco-Coat roofs for existing RVs, regardless of brand or type, along with livestock trailers and cargo or utility trailers.

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Roseville Police officers recently conducted a special operation to address a recent increase in thefts from landscape maintenance crews.

They worked with the department's crime analyst to identify areas where more thefts were likely to occur. Just before 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, officers on a stakeout saw a car cruising slowly through a neighborhood, and saw two people get out of the car and take tools from a landscaper's trailer on Park Regency Drive.

Officers stopped the vehicle and detained the driver on Junction Boulevard, but the passenger got out and ran away, jumping over a retaining wall and through yards in the adjacent neighborhood. After a search, officers found the second suspect in a yard in the 1800 block of Grouse Run Circle, and he was taken into custody without further incident. The stolen property was recovered and returned to the victim.

Shafeeq Jamal Purdy, age 32 (photo on left) and Christopher Darnell Ross, age 20 (photo on right), both of Sacramento, were arrested on suspicion of grand theft, conspiracy, and possession of burglar's tools. Purdy was also charged with delaying or obstructing police officers.


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Brian Thompson is a crew member aboard the Maxi Trimiran Banque Populaire V, which was attempting the break the Jules Verne Trophy 'fully crewed' record, currently held by Groupama 3.

Several days ago, Banque Populaire V hit an unidentified object and was forced to abandon their pursuit of that record. The maxi trimaran is now heading back to its French base.

Brian reports on February 8th.

Heading Home.

We gybed onto the long starboard up to the Doldrums at midnight and are now heading north at good speed. Now at 30 30S, so into the latitude of southern Brasil, northern South Africa, southern Australia and well north of all of New Zealand..

Sailing with the medium gennaker, staysail and full main. Saw the first flying fish yesterday so the albatrosses are far behind now, wheeling around the Southern Ocean without us.

Yesterday, when not steering, I had an educational time with my iphone, and the brilliant ‘Star Walk’ application, learning the Southern stars properly. The Southern cross I knew already, embedded in the milky way, but not alpha and beta centauri, the triangle australis, and I recognized Saturn for the first time ever. So more study tomorrow, and the rest of the crew are getting keen on the stars and planets too. Although as Yvon said, you can’t see the Southern Cross from his home in Switzerland, so he’s waiting till in the Nothern Hemisphere to learn the stars!

I think from doing celestial navigation pre GPS I became interested in finding stars, just so that you can calculate your own position, but now in this age of the instant positioning its interesting to find more about the stars than just where to find them…

The days here are flashing by, watch by watch. The equator is coming up rapidly and after that there is some windy upwind in the NE tradewinds. So enjoying this downwind sleighride we are having now. Very low stress as we are still have our speed limits in force to preserve the daggerboard..

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Heading north now and its rapidly getting warmer, just in one day the water temp has gone from 11 to 18C. Skies are still cloudy but I am sure by tonight as we are up to the latitude of South Africa, we are once more going to see the stars again.

We are sailing carefully downwind, in maxi trimaran terms, and throttling right back to 25 – 26 knots, to take care of the repaired daggerboard. It seems strange, and I am speaking as someone who still remembers the rush of excitement when I first hit 10 knots on a keelboat, but on this boat 20 knots feels like you are trickling along and at 25 you are just starting to get moving. It really is a speed generator. I have say that I sometimes consciously subtract 10 knots from the BandG speed display just to make some normality to the numbers, not to be spooked by doing a steady 39 knots or whatever it might be..’Ok, its only 29 knots, lets try for 30!’..which is of course 40!

I have an amazing 40 mins before I go on watch with nobody else waiting for the computer, and only one job to do – looking after the watermaker and filling the waterbottles, so I thought that I would send a few emails, but it always takes longer than I think, but that is French keyboards for you.


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Collinson FX Market Commentary- December 14, 2012 - Reality check

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Collinson FX market Commentary: December 14, 2012!Click_here to find out how to get CollinsonFX's free iPhone app

Global conditions continue to deteriorate with S&P downgrading the UK from stable to negative.

EU Finance Ministers released nearly EUR$50 Billion in Bailout funds to Greece, which will pay the bill for the next few months. The price being paid for security of the single currency is immense and growing at an exponential rate. The marginal tipping point is nigh and this could spiral out of control in the New Year. The answer, according to the Fed, is printing more money than the eye can see.

The gross expansion of the Money Supply and erosion in the value of the US Dollar and US wealth, is a response considered necessary as Politicians dally on Fiscal responsibility. US Retail Sales improved 0.3% and Weekly Jobless Claims fell in the US, but Fiscal Cliff negotiations overwhelmed any economic positives.

Speaker Boehner enunciated the lack of serious consideration by the Whitehouse in negotiations with advocation of revenue grabs and little in the way of spending cuts. It is fairly obvious where the problem lies when you look at the deficit and debt. It is not a revenue problem as Government spending approaches 25% of GDP!

The shallow and brief surge in confidence from QE Infinity soon evaporated with the reality of the situation hitting home. The AUD slipped back and looks to test 1.0500 on the downside with the KIWI just under 0.8400.

Collinson FX market Commentary: December 13, 2012

The big news of the day was the Fed's moves to extend and expand QE infinity. The Fed has decided to replace Operation Twist with further Security purchases to the tune of $45 Billion/month.

This is in addition to QE Infinity which was $40 Billion/month. Bernanke also decided to link the QE to Inflation and Unemployment targets of 2.5% and 6.5% respectively. The immediate effect of this plan is to expand the Balance Sheet to an unprecedented $4 Trillion! Markets, already flooded with cash, reacted accordingly with equities rising and the Dollar falling.

The EUR rallied to 1.3080 and the GBP 1.6150. The Unemployment target may lock the Fed into permanent money printing which will have disastrous repercussions long term. Bernanke has succeeding in eroding US wealth as the value of the USD has been completely undermined and begs for further adjustment. The sheer volume of liquidity has left little alternative for investors who receive nothing from interest rate investments and pushes them to the Equity bubble.

Commodities naturally increase as they are measured in Dollar terms which is being flushed down the toilet. This supported further rallies in the AUD to 1.0550 and the KIWI up to 0.8430. Equities, Commodities and currency moves should all be taken in perspective relative to the mortally wounded reserve currency.

Confidence surges but for all the wrong reasons. The Fed's policy is unprecedented and as a result of the dire state of the US economy so is this a reason to take risk?

Collinson FX market Commentary: December 12, 2012
Equities continued the strong Christmas rally that began last week with confidence rising in Europe and the US.

In Germany the important ZEW Economic Sentiment Index rose 6.9 after large recent losses and low expectations. Eurogeddon seems less important now Christmas is upon us and Politicians disappear to important domestic matters.

In the US, the Fiscal Cliff loses emphasis as boredom sets in with Political antics rather than higher expectations. Leave the leaders to it as an unfavourable solution will be found, however unattractive. The US Trade deficit continued to increase and small business optimism also fell.

The EUR regained 1.3000 as confidence returns and the GBP 1.6115.

Storm clouds gather in Australia with Business confidence unexpectedly collapsing from -1 to -9. This can be seen as a direct result of deteriorating economic conditions with rising costs and increased regulation. This failed to impact the currency which rose to 1.0525 with global confidence.

The KIWI surged to 0.8385 as Homes Sales rose 24.1% and QV House Prices by 5.7%! This is a product of demand and low interest rates coupled with exhorbitantly high building costs rather than improving economic conditions. Political developments will continue to provide direction to markets.

Collinson FX market Commentary: December 11, 2012

Markets continued to rally, following last week's gains, with no bad news to drag them lower.

The 'Fiscal Cliff' negotiations continued to be aired publicly and with a growing feeling that Republicans will concede the momentum to the Democrats and allow tax rates to rise. There seems to be no serious attempt to address the budget/debt blowouts that are spiralling out of control. The past form of Obama is to come to a last minute deal which will be a desperate compromise and do little to address the fundamental issues.

This crisis will be averted until the next one arrives and establishes a trend of lurching from one crises to the next. Solving none but playing politics and winning. The day of reckoning is nigh! In Europe, the technocrat PM Monti has announced his resignation with another election to be called. The Lazarus, Silvio Burlesconi, is set to make yet another return!

The EUR was not aided by the news with the single currency slipping to 1.2930 and the GBP 1.6065. German Trade data reflected growth with both exports and Imports rising although Italian GDP continued to contract immersed in recession. Chinese Trade remained strong but the rate of growth slipped with demand dragging exports back to 2.9% from previous 11.6% growth. Japanese GDP contracted 0.9% pointing to a slow down in Asia which will impact commodity demand.

This failed to hit the AUD, which is testing 1.0500 once again and the KIWI that continues to defy gravity, trading just over 0.8300. Markets will continue to focus on Political developments in Europe and the US as negative data is now expected and has little impact on equities, commodities or currencies.

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(49) - 2013 Auckland Cup, Day 3

The Auckland Cup Regatta concluded on Sunday with the best conditions of the regatta sailed on the outer Waitemata harbour, and Hauraki Gulf. Sail-World's camera was on the water, again.

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Kiteboarding and Windsurfing format trials in Spain

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Santander are to host the Kiteboard and Windsurfing Format Trials 2012
Kiteboarding and Windsurfing Format Trials evaluation event is to be held in Santander, Spain from 21 to 25 March 2012 at The Prince Felipe High Performance Centre which is also host to the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.

In May 2011 ISAF Council selected Windsurfing and/or Kiteboarding as a possible event for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition.

In November 2011 ISAF Council agreed that a specialist evaluation team be appointed to look at the format and event management implications for Kiteboarding.

The evaluation team has been selected for their in depth Kiteboarding knowledge and is made up of representatives from both ISAF and the IKA:
• Kamen Fillyov – Chairman of the ISAF Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Committee
• Bruno de Wannemaeker – ISAF Equipment Committee
• Michael Gebhardt – Olympic Windsurfer and professional Kiteboarder
• Markus Schwendtner – Executive Secretary, International Kiteboarding Association

ISAF has also appointed a panel of windsurfing, Kiteboarding and race management experts to prepare a final report for the ISAF Mid-Year meeting:
• Tomasz Chamera – ISAF Events Committee
• Ilker Bayindir – ISAF Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Committee
• Bruno de Wannemaeker – ISAF Equipment Committee

ISAF and the IKA have proposed the following format options for Kiteboarding to be trialled in Santander: short track, slalom, course racing and enduro: Click the links for more information.

Throughout the five day trials, sailors will sail the different formats and provide feedback.

ISAF is inviting Member National Authorities, National Kiteboard Associations and Kiteboarding manufacturers to nominate a maximum of one man and one woman to attend the format trails. Please complete and return the application for before 24 February. ISAF and the IKA will then select a maximum of 12 sailors to attend the trails in Santander.

The RS:X Class is also holding its own independent Equipment Evaluations in Cadiz, Spain from 9 to 13 March. ISAF will be attending the RS:X Equipment Evaluation Event with the aim of testing possible changes to foils and/or sails that will allow the equipment to evolve without increasing costs. In Autumn the RS:X Class is also planning a Format Evaluation in order to look at optimal windsurfing formats.

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Giulia CONTI (ITA) defeated Anna TUNNICLIFFE (USA) to win the 2005 ISAF Grade 1 Rolex Osprey Cup. Hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, the match racing regatta took place from 27-30 in 'absolutely ideal conditions' according to race co-chair Pat SEIDENSPINNER. CONTI, who will turn 20 this Friday, looks back on her most significant victory on the match racing circuit to date.
Both CONTI and TUNNICLIFFE knocked out the pre-regatta favourites 2003 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Champion Malin MILLBOURN (SWE) and number one in the ISAF World Match Race Rankings Claire LEROY (FRA), respectively, in the semi final round. LEROY went on to win the petit-final 3-2 over MILLBOURN. Sailing with CONTI was Alessandra MARENZI, Giovanna MICOL and Giulia MAZZOTTI.

'Winning this regatta has a special meaning because it is the first time that I have won a ISAF Grade 1 event ,' said CONTI, who has not been match racing since competing in the 2004 Rolex Osprey Cup. 'I think I'm going to remember it for the rest of my life!

'Winning this regatta was really unexpected. I was relaxed. I was there to have fun and to learn as much as possible. My crew did a great job on the water. We were coordinated, inspired and we were sailing fast. We had an amazing five race final against Anna. I think she's a great sailor: aggressive and sailing really fast! It wasn't easy beating her. I think we're going to see her soon in the top of the rankings if she continues match racing!'

There was a consolation round sailed in conjunction with the semi final round to determine places five through to eight. Elizabeth KRATZIG representing the Czech Republic, sailing with crew Lenka SMIDOVA, Alix MANLEY and Amanda CALLAHAN, defeated Linda HÄRSJÖ (SWE), with crew Anna KJELLBERG, Vanja LUNDBERG and Theres HJALMARSSON, 2-0. Rachael SILVERSTEIN (USA) and her crew of Jee LEE, Kristin HERMAN and Becca Thomas SILVERSTEIN, defeated Sandy HAYES (USA), with crew Sandi SVOBODA, Cindy OLSEN and Kiki ZAINEA, 2-0.

Rolex Osprey Cup Final Standings

1. Giulia CONTI (ITA)
3. Claire LEROY (FRA)
5. Elizabeth KRATZIG (CZE)
6. Linda HÄRSJÖ (SWE)
8. Sandy HAYES (USA)
9. Katy LOVELL (USA)
10. Arabella DENVIR (IRL)

For all the news on the Rolex Osprey Cup CLICK HERE.

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Now I'm retired and am finally ready to buy a boat with the intention of living aboard in the Pacific Northwest and (among other things) sailing to Alaska through the inside passage. (That probably means motoring more than half the time.) It is not obvious that a sailboat is the ideal solution for this lifestyle, but I can't bring myself to live on a powerboat at this point. For this area, a pilot house sailboat seems ideal, particularly in the wet season (most of the time).

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Thousands of Samford University alumni and their families made the campus an especially festive place to be during 2004 Homecoming weekend Oct. 28-31.

Samford graduates Marvin Mann and Wanda Seay Lee were honored as 2004 Alumni of the Year at the annual homecoming banquet on Oct. 29.

Mann, a 1954 business graduate, is founder and chairman emeritus of Lexmark International, Inc. He lives in Cary, N.C., and Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Lee, a 1969 Samford nursing graduate, is executive director/treasurer of the Birmingham-based Southern Baptist Woman's Missionary Union.

The banquet was also the setting for the naming of two honorary members of the Samford Alumni Association.
Longtime Samford supporters Elouise and Harold Williams of Birmingham were named the first recipients of a new designation, alumnus honoris causa. The honor, which will be given to individuals who are not Samford graduates, recognizes outstanding service to the University through campus involvement, financial contributions and service as an active member of the University community.

A pep rally, bonfire and fireworks display followed the banquet.

Hundreds of alumni and families attended a variety of reunions for classes and affinity groups during the weekend. Special events recognized the 80th anniversary of Hypatia honor society and the 20th anniversary of the London Study Programs.

Football game halftime activity featured the presentation of the Homecoming court and the crowning of the queen, Katie Hall, a senior communication studies major from Tyler, Texas. Her parents, Jenny and Danny Hall, now live in Birmingham. Sam Hawes, an English and Spanish major from Plymouth, Ind., was named senior honor escort. They were elected by vote of the student body.

The Homecoming court also included seniors Hannah Hunter of Metairie, La., Jewel Littleton of Birmingham, Brian Pavlick of Montgomery and Josh Taylor of Sylacauga; juniors Matt Harrison of Huntsville and Lacey Sims of Magnolia Springs; sophomores D. J. Carter of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Suzie Hornor of Germantown, Tenn; and freshmen Sophia Martorana of Monroeville and Paul McNeese of Montgomery.

The Samford Bulldogs claimed a 20-17 victory over Tennessee Tech.

Country music star Brad Paisley entertained an enthusiastic audience Saturday night.

Homecoming activities also included a Thursday night organ recital honoring retired music faculty member Dr. H. Edward Tibbs. Five of his former students, representing each of the decades he taught at Samford, performed on the organ, which he helped design, in A. Gerow Hodges Chapel. Performers were: Dianne Norton, Sarah Heaslett, Charles Kennedy, Phillip E. Burgess and Michael Wayne Smith.

At a meeting of the Samford Alumni Association on Friday, Oct. 29, Birmingham investment consultant Tom Armstrong was elected association president. He is a 1973 graduate. Other newly elected officers are Mark Davidson of Mobile, vice president; and Kathryn Josey of Montgomery, secretary.

Homecoming weekend concluded with a worship service on Sunday, Oct. 31. Alumna of the Year honoree Lee was the speaker.

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  • Bed, Dresser, Mirror, and Nightstand

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Create a comforting atmosphere with the Gavin collection by Lauren Wells. Classic lines, decorative molding and a traditional multi- step rich cherry finish make this set distinctively compelling. This attractive panel bed combines comfort and practicality. Long lasting strength and durability come from our kiln-dried solid pine wood frame and veneers, while featuring beautiful color tones. The dresser, mirror, chest and nightstand combine abundant storage and smooth drawers. Light bed assembly required.

  • Rich traditional cherry finish
  • Poplar solid and birch veneers
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  • King panel bed: 86"W x 89"D x 58"H
  • Queen panel bed: 68"W x 89"D x 58"H
  • Dresser: 66"W x 19"D x 42"H
  • Mirror: 39"W x 3" D x 38"H
  • Chest: 40"W x 20"D x 56"H
  • Nightstand: 30"W x 20"D x 30"H
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A must have for every Scrapbooker and Crafter!

All paper crafting enthusiasts know a rotary trimmer is a must-have. Fiskars created an easier more accurate rotary trimmer that\'s very portable with clever design features for the easiest trimmer you\'ve ever used. When you\'re off to this week\'s crop just take it with you; this trimmer fits easily into your crafting tote. For making gifts cards gift bags and tags-for everyone you know- it\'s the tool you can\'t do without. Cut up to 10 layers of paper all with ultra-precise cuts whether straight scalloped or perforated it\'s an effortless way to do it all.

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Workshop Enhances TBI Film Week’s Impact

Monday, March 26, 2012

The University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute (TBI) has had two objectives since its 1994 inception: promote U.S.-Mexico border-related scholarship, activities and community at USD; and promote an active role for the university in the cross-border community.

Today through Thursday, TBI, in partnership with Communication Studies Department Chair and Professor Kristin Moran, hosts its annual Border Film Week at Mother Rosalie Hill Hall’s Warren Auditorium. While TBI’s mission statement will certainly be fulfilled, one of its more exciting aspects is an opportunity for USD students to gain hands-on experience in a free documentary video filmmaking workshop on March 28.

The workshop, 1-5 p.m. in the Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Production Studio, is open to all USD students. It will offer effective techniques for conceptualizing, shooting, and post-production documentaries with a distinct voice, compelling storylines, and engaging themes. Students will learn to conduct and shoot interviews, how to illustrate content and the basics of digital editing.

“Students now have access to technology that enables them to capture images cheaply, but this documentary workshop will provide them more structure and about what it means to utilize images good enough to get their message across,” Moran said.

Following the workshop, Wednesday’s films include six short documentary films by local San Diego college students, a filmmaking panel and a screening of “A Better Life,” which earned actor Demián Bichir Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations in its respective best actor categories.

“It’s not just about watching a movie,” Moran said. “Being in a university setting, we want Border Film Week to be about education, reflection and the context of the films. We want to infuse it with opportunities for students to participate in cultural dialogue and for those who might be thinking about filmmaking in the border region.”

On Tuesday, Issac Artenstein, a USD visiting professor and filmmaker whose work includes “Break or Dawn,” “A Day Without a Mexican,” “Ballad of an Unsung Hero,” and “Tijuana Jews” will do a 6 p.m. lecture/discussion in Warren Auditorium with excerpts from his work. Clips from documentaries directed by Artenstein and others will be used to illustrate and discuss relevant topics and strategies in Wednesday’s workshop.

Monday’s opening night film at 6 p.m. is “Miss Bala,” nominated for Best Motion Picture in the foreign language film category at this year’s Satellite Awards. Jose Yenque, who plays Kike Camara in the movie, is expected to attend.

Thursday’s 5 p.m. film screening is 2008’s “Presunto Culpable,” a documentary made by two young Mexican who are attempting to exonerate a man who has been wrongly accused. Through the process, the directors, Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith, expose the contradictions of a judicial system that presumes the accused as a guilty until proven innocent.

Moran said Thursday’s film provides an opportunity to also discuss the work being done by TBI and, specifically, its Justice in Mexico project.

Furthermore, Moran, as USD’s representative to the Binational Association of Schools of Communication (BINACOM), “an organization devoted to cross-border interaction and demystifying stereotypes through ethical communication” has helped turn Border Film Week into a binational event.

Films shown at USD will also be shown this week at a Border Film Week event at Tijuana’s Universidad Iberoamericana, providing another example of TBI working closely with Mexico, in this case, with an educational colleague.

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Gabardine (Point Loma) Restaurant Week

Finally we made it to another Malarkey restaurant!  So far Anh and I have been to Searsucker, Gingham, and now Gabardine crossed off the list.  I used to go to Oceanaire when Chef Brian grazed the kitchen before his Top Chef days and have been a fan of his ever since.  The food industry is a funny thing now with celebrity chefs or tv chefs becoming more celebrity than chef.  Could his vision be executed without him in the kitchen?

Believe it or not, this was the Clam Chowder.  There was bacon, corn, potatoes, and a few clams with shells in there.  The soup was certainly thick and packed a flavorful punch.  Can’t go wrong with bacon right?

Gabby’s Greens looked pretty basic.  The grapefruit did add a nice touch.  This serves as documentation and will mark the second time Anh liked grapefruit.

Onto the main courses!  Above is the Costa Rican Mahi Mahi.  I guess I should have read the description closer because I completely missed the port “drunken” cherries part.  8 times out of 10 I prefer to keep my sweets separated from my savories.  This would constitute one of those 8 out of 10 times.  The presentation was nice and I dig what they are trying to do with the tart cherries and the nutty almonds.  It just wasn’t my favorite.  Oceanaire has a very similar item on their menu but another course on I used to order is the “Dynamite” Ono.

The Pork Chop featured a generous portion of pork with a little sweetness added with the apples.  Funny thing is with this one I wish there was more apples as opposed to less cherries on the fish course.  The meat was very moist.  Anh managed to clean every ounce off the bone.  :)

Our waiter recommended the Sticky Toffee Pudding over the King Sundae so I got that.  Basically it was a bread pudding with buttermilk ice cream.  It wasn’t all that bad but didn’t make the go to dessert list either.  The buttermilk ice cream seemed a little too sour for my taste.

Anh got the Chocolate Mousse which looked like cute little turds on a plate.  Luckily they didn’t taste the way they looked.  Underneath was a layer of  chocolate brownie and it had little chocolate (malt?) pearls mixed in.  Hands down this was the dessert champion that night.

So there you have it.  The best Malarkey experience out of the three so far probably was Searsucker about a year and a half ago for brunch.  I heard it has changed since then but I guess that just means we have to check it out soon!  Anh and I want to come back to try some of the other items here though as well.  The steak looked delicious and our server was raving about the lobster gnocchi.  I’m happy to report another successful San Diego Restaurant Week experience.  Hope you all had a chance to get out there and try some new things!

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A City Serene

Kris Renfro: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Carly Baker: Vocals | Mike Buxbaum: Drums | Xander Bourgeois: Vocals | Michael Sherman: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Marc Koch: Bass guitar, Vocals

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Inception: San Diego, 2008

Influences: Carnifex, Atreyu, Silverstein, Children Of Bodom, Kite Flying Society, Trivium

Screamo band A City Serene released their debut EP The Art of Deceiving Perception in summer 2009. In September, just after starting a tour, the group was involved in a highway accident that injured the members, two of them critically.

A truck crossed over the median outside of Bakersfield and collided headfirst into their tour bus, sending the entire band to the hospital and two of the members (drummer Mike Buxbaum and the band’s female vocalist, Carly Baker) into comas.

Despite spending the remainder of 2009 in hospital rooms and rehab facilities, the band did not lose focus. In January 2010, when members weren’t working on new material or getting their chops back, they were busy shooting a music video for their song “With Swords Crossed.”

“Since we won’t be able to do any shows until everyone is healed up a little better, we needed something to keep the band going, build buzz, until we get back onstage, so this was a perfect opportunity,” the band wrote in an email about their latest venture.

But recording the video didn’t go without incident, such as when police nearly arrested them for trespassing at an abandoned lot in San Marcos, or when they nearly got mugged during a shoot in North Park. And then there’s the ongoing recovery.

“It made the video really tough to shoot,” read the email. “Kris [Renfro] can’t stand up for more than a couple seconds without feeling really out of it. Mike [Buxbaum] isn’t back enough to really play drums all that well right now, but it was good enough to kind of fake it. So, after lots of good edits and hard work from our director Kevin Longwell, you would never know we ever got in an accident.”

Also in January 2010, the band discovered they were voted the third top unsigned band in Alternative Press Magazine for the year 2009. Their post-hardcore tune “With Swords Crossed” was the number-one song on purevolume.com for two weeks, and smartpunk.com announced a City Serene was the “Top-Selling Unsigned Artist” on the website.

However, though Buxbaum continued to recover, the band did not. Buxbaum says at first he had high hopes of returning to the band. “A City Serene eventually went back on the road with a replacement drummer because I was recovering so slowly. They went to Florida to record, and that’s where the breakup started. After that, they all went off in different directions. Some of the members started a new band called Secrets.”

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— "Crudo" seems a risky name for a restaurant, just begging for nasty puns. But in Italian, it merely means "raw" and refers specifically to the Italian version of sashimi enjoyed in Venice for snacks and antipasti. Items such as raw swordfish marinated in lemon juice and carpaccio di salmone are menu staples locally at upscale eateries like Coronado's Primavera and Del Mar's Osteria Pescatore. But this traditional genre exploded into the ultimate in Manhattan chic in 2004, when chef David Pasternack started featuring top-quality seafood in delicate raw creations at Esca, a seafood restaurant owned by famed chef/entrepreneur Mario Batali. The idea seemed to unleash the creative juices in chefs all over New York, who've been devising increasingly bold and imaginative spin-offs -- dishes like raw tuna topped with sea urchin foam, or live scallops bedded on truffled green papaya salad. By now it's become a raging fad in San Francisco, too, such that renowned Bay Area chef Joyce Goldstein is featuring it in her next cookbook.

Has crudo moved to San Diego? Well, a touch of it. I was hoping that our Crudo would be a shameless Esca copycat, which would at least be something new and different here. When Crudo opened, co-owner Joe Busalacchi (of Busalacchi's, Po Pazzo, etc.) told San Diego Magazine, "We're going to...serve Italian sushi with a Chinese flair, like P.F. Chang-type food. In Sicily, where I'm from, there's a lot of fish, even raw fish, and there's a place in Milano that serves Italian sushi, with oils and garlic. That's what I want to re-create here." But his partner in the venture is nightclub maven Mike Viscuso (founder of E Street Alley, On Broadway, Red Circle, and Deco's in the Gaslamp). When it comes to the disco crowd, Mike is all about Fats Waller's lyric: "Find out what they want, and how they want it, and give it to 'em just that way." Viscuso brought in executive chef Jon Gamora, a veteran of Japengo and Sushi on the Rock. Now three months old, Crudo is not turning out exactly as advertised.

It certainly looks slick. Outside there's a well-heated roofed dining patio flanked by a serene Buddhist-style fountain. Enter, and your eye lights on a striking kimono hung on the wall above the hostess station. The reddish wall along that side, edged with booths, sports a large hammered-copper Thai Buddha profile -- similar to the one at the downtown Lotus Thai, but facing the other way. To the left is a large, bright sushi bar, with a fluorescent "Crudo" sign behind it. The partly screened-off adjoining bar/lounge/disco has multiple TV screens -- several running videos of tropical fish -- and multicolored moving lights that shine onto the dance floor.

This is, as far as I know, the first nightclub in rapidly condo-fying Little Italy. It seems designed as a more civilized alternative to the Gaslamp's frenetic underground clubs and "meet markets." At 8:00 o'clock on a Wednesday evening, the dining room and sushi bar began to fill rapidly with couples ranging from their mid-twenties to late fifties. The hostesses greeted many of them familiarly, so evidently the disco is developing a core of regulars, with an older and more neighborly demographic than the Gaslamp's weekend bridge-and-tunnel cuties. Having a few bites before the disco opens ensures a good table in the lounge with no cover charge.

The menu turns out to be neither Italian crudo nor "Italian-Chinese." It's divided into a double page of appetizers (mainly seafood), a page of sushi and sashimi, and a final page of entrées and desserts. The fusion style of both hot and cold dishes is along the familiar, Japengo-esque line of Japanese basics with fruit and sugar added. Italian ingredients, so far, make tiny cameo appearances. The drink list includes cocktails, beers, a handful of wines from California and Italy, and a good selection of sakes sold mainly by the bottle. The shortage of sake choices by the glass and the extreme markups are surprising: For instance, Momokawa Pearl dry nigori (unfiltered fizzy sake, which the Japanese call "crazy milk") is available only as a full 725 ml bottle at $19 (versus about $8 retail if you can find it). A 325 ml half-bottle of the popular, sweeter Sho Chiku Bai nigori made in exotic Berkeley, California -- $3.69 at Jaroco Market in Golden Hill and $6 at most sushi bars -- is shockingly priced at $23 and change, though it's no Pearl at any price.

My partner and I started with a few sushi rolls -- our usual opening order of uni (sea urchin). The urchin proved a grade-A specimen -- bright orange, firm-tender, and clean flavored. Sushi is all about rice, and I quite liked this version: The rice, barely sweet, held together perfectly, leaving no grains clinging to our fingers. A week or so later, we ordered the uni again, but this time it was a day older and a trifle mushy, with a mineral edge -- still acceptable, but not glorious.

A spicy scallop handroll was less amusing. Despite having the goodies (cuke, scallops, sauce) running all the way from top to bottom, it was rolled too loosely, and we needed to grasp it firmly to keep it from falling apart at the seams. The scallops were flaccid, and the roll needed more mayo for textural contrast to the not-too-spicy hot sauce.

The Green Hornet is one of the few futo maki rolls here that's free of both cream cheese and eel sauce. It features lobster, asparagus, avocado, wasabi green peas, scallions, and wasabi cream. We enjoyed the zesty, harmonious combination. It emboldened us to try the signature Crudo Special roll, with eel sauce, spicy mayo, spicy scallops, tempura shrimp, asparagus, avocado, puffed seasoned rice, and a soy-paper coating. To our delight, it proved an exuberant admixture of textures and flavors: Even the eel sauce succeeded, because its sweetness near the top of the roll was balanced by the pool of hot sauce infusing the bottom. "This reminds me of the party rolls at Sushi on the Rock," my partner observed. (We didn't know yet that Crudo's chef is from Sushi on the Rock.)

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— Lee's home-style diner's at 1621 Wylie Avenue, in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Across the street, the Prophet Samuel, bejeweled with rings, lies in an open casket at West's funeral parlor. A block-long queue of mourners wants to rub his head for luck. A few doors down is Lutz's deli where, nine and a half years ago, Hambone painted the white man's big, wrap-around fence and got paid a chicken when he swore it was worth a ham. Ever since, the homeless man has fixated on the injustice: "He gonna give me my ham!"

If you need answers even the -- some say nefarious -- prophet can't provide, leave the diner and head uphill to 1839 Wylie. Go around back and knock on the red door. That's where you'll meet Aunt Esther. She's either 322 or 349 years old (though she looks 500) and holds forth like a Delphic Oracle.

Beyond Wylie Avenue, in August Wilson's Two Trains Running, it's 1968: Vietnam, Nixon, Dr. King assassinated in Memphis, civil rights, Black Power. But instead of bandying generalities about the times, Wilson stays inside Lee's diner and recreates its world in micro-detail.

Sly, dapper Wolf uses the pay phone to run numbers; 65-year-old Holloway camps out and advises the hopeful to avoid false prophets and visit Aunt Esther. The waitress, slow-moving Risa, slashed her legs with a razor so men would concentrate on her inner being, not her legs. Hasn't happened.

Memphis Lee, the owner, has seen better days -- and worse. When he found water on his property in Jackson, Mississippi, a white man named Stovall stole the land from him. Now Pittsburgh is urban renewing a 12-block area, including Memphis's building. The city will offer much less, he's convinced, than it's worth. Like Hambone, Memphis won't settle for a chicken -- or chicken feed.

Young Sterling, fresh from five years in prison, stirs everything up with new ideas ("black is beautiful"), a new prophet (Malcolm X), and blazing dreams.

August Wilson (1945-2005) grew up at 1727 Bedford Avenue, two blocks north of Wylie, in the '60s. He said, "The ideas of self-determination, self-respect, and self-defense that governed my life in the '60s I find just as valid and self-urging as 1996," when he spoke at Princeton University. Two Trains Running gives this trio of ideas human voices.

Blitzkrieg pacing has become the norm for Hollywood and television (how many movies these days are just extended chase scenes?), and in much theater. Form reigns over content, especially if the form moves at Mach 3. August Wilson's ten Pittsburgh-cycle plays, which chronicle the African-American experience during each decade of the 20th Century, unfold at a more deliberate pace, especially Two Trains. By the time characters make life-changing moves, you know them and their surroundings so well it's as if you've been a long-time regular at the diner. Also like Chekhov's dramas, they blend everyday concerns -- the price of gas up to 72 cents a gallon! -- with talk of hope, rage, injustice, and the "two trains" of life and death, running in opposite directions.

The Old Globe's opening-night performance had some first-act lulls, but overall it's hard to imagine a more faithful or compelling staging. For years, Wilson battled critics -- of the antsy, Rev-It-Up School -- about the allegedly sprawling shapes of his plays. Never once during the three-hour show does director Seret Scott hit the panic-pacing button. Instead, she gives Wilson's scenes, dialogue, and aria-like monologues time to breathe. And sink in.

Nineteen years ago, Chuck Cooper played a leonine Aufidius in the Old Globe's unforgettable John Hirsch-directed Coriolanus. Cooper's terrific Memphis can be a slave-driver (to poor Risa), a heckler (as when he questions West's "leak-proof" coffins), a time bomb, and a poet. Most remarkable: you watch Memphis parade around his domain, like a king, and swear the actor's giving 100 percent. Then, late in Act Two, Cooper doubles his intensity.

Young Edi Gathegi -- remember the name! -- looks a lot like Tommy Smith, the sprinter who, in the 1968 Olympics, made a Black Power fist when handed his gold medal. Gathegi's Sterling moves three times as fast as everyone else, and Roslyn Ruff's withdrawn Risa three times as slow. Together they create an ongoing verbal dance.

James Avery's sage, resonant-voiced Holloway talks as if he's already seen the play (and may be Wilson's raisonneur). Al White's precisely groomed West and Montae Russell's slick, superstitious Wolf are money-grubbers given surface dignity. And, as Hambone, Willie C. Carpenter adds dimensions of subtext to one of theater's most one-note characters.

On Tony Fanning's set, history's in black and white -- large photos of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, and Wylie Avenue in the background -- and Lee's diner's in color. Past-their-prime shades and hues give myriad details a lived-in look, including a menu that gets smaller and smaller as the day of demolition draws near.

Two Trains Running, by August Wilson

Old Globe Theatre, Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts, Balboa Park

Directed by Seret Scott; cast: Montae Russell, Chuck Cooper, Roslyn Ruff, James Avery, Willie C. Carpenter, Edi Gathegi, Al White; scenic design, Tony Fanning; costumes, Karen Perry; lighting, Chris Rynne; sound, Paul Peterson

Playing through May 27; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Matinee Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. 619-234-5623.

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Touring jazz musicians often drop in at late-night gigs around town – 'It's not about looking good, it's respect for the music'

Log on to and catch San Diego trumpet master Gilbert Castellanos play the Rogers and Hart classic “Lover.”

Have a good time, and keep your eyes open

Here are some venues around town where, if you're lucky, you might find a famous musician or two sitting in with the locals:

South Park Bar & Grill: Jazz Jam Thursdays, Blues Jam Saturdays; 1946 Fern St., South Park; (619) 696-0096 or

Onyx Room: Jazz Jam With Gilbert Castellanos on Tuesdays; 852 5th Ave., downtown; (619) 235-6699 or

Humphreys Backstage Live: Chet Cannon's Monday Night Blues Party (May 4, May 18); 2241 Shelter Island Drive, Shelter Island; (619) 224-3577 or

Dizzy's: San Diego Wine & Culinary Center, Harbor Club Towers, Second and J streets, downtown; (858) 270-7467 or

By the time Gilbert Castellanos and his New Latin Jazz Quintet finish the 10 p.m. set at the Onyx Room, there's a line of musicians waiting to sit in. Instrument cases pile up against a brick wall near the small corner stage with the velvet curtain backdrop.

The intimate venue is one of the few in town offering a jam night geared toward working professionals, and they congregate after hours to perform with the highly respected trumpeter and his band.

While sitting in opens the door for networking and employment opportunities, the greatest motivation is the challenge of performing off-the-cuff with other skilled players.

The audience benefits, too, by hearing musical moments that many describe as transcendent.

The New Latin Jazz Quintet covers selections from the traditional jazz repertoire. But its arrangements are enlivened by salsa, merengue and samba rhythms, with a pulse that magnetizes other musicians.

Every member of the quintet wears a suit.

“It's not about looking good,” explains Castellanos, who has the commanding presence of a matador. “It's respect for the music. The stage is the altar and it's a lot like going to church. You pour your guts out and that's what it's all about. A lot of people don't understand that.”

As the band plays the last song of the set, Castellanos stands to the side of the stage and greets the musicians who intend to sit in. Some are strangers hoping for the chance to perform, others, like Brian Levy, are old friends.

Though he grew up in San Diego, Levy teaches part-time at the New England Conservatory of Music and he's finishing his doctoral degree in jazz performance. And like many who strive for a career making music, he embraces the chance to refine his chops.

“I come back occasionally to play with Gilbert,” he says. “He's an incredible musician, and it's great playing with the band and being creative and spontaneous.”

The band's uptempo arrangement of the Rodgers and Hart song “Lover,” driven by congas and timbales, gives it a sense of sensual urgency. Castellanos blows the refrain and the lyric comes to mind:

Lover, when we're dancing / keep on glancing in my eyes.

Levy weaves his horn lines around the melody, with a style that is tentative but determined.

The audience shows its appreciation with rapt attention and enthusiastic applause.

It took Castellanos eight years to build the pro jazz night at the Onyx Room. It started out slow, he says, and once he had to beg every friend he knew to show up.

“When my reputation as a musician started to build, people paid more attention to me,” says Castellanos. “We've had some unbelievable musicians come through – Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane and Nicholas Payton, one of my favorite trumpet players. We've had Brian Lynch, who lives in New York now, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, who plays with Diana Krall.”

Besides his regular jazz jam at the Onyx Room, Castellanos performs and records with many top artists, including saxophonist Charles McPherson and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.

He also has an upcoming engagement celebrating Cinco de Mayo with the New Latin Jazz Quintet on Saturday at Dizzy's.

Though Dizzy's doesn't have an official jam night, it's a venue “where the music matters most” and it attracts musicians who want to perform their own arrangements and compositions.

“Gilbert's Tuesday jam session draws a lot of people when they are in town,” says Dizzy's founder Chuck Perrin. “I remember when I first got into the jazz scene in the early '90s, and I sat in with him. You are living in the moment, and a lot of that happens at Dizzy's.”

Perrin recalled the time when the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra was in town and members of the rhythm section, including drummer Ali Jackson, bassist Carlos Henriquez and pianist Don Nimmer, called him.

“They wanted to go to a jazz club and just play,” says Perrin. “I was blown away by the quality of the musicianship. Wynton Marsalis came in and gave them support. Everything today is so packaged and preconceived, but jazz is the antithesis of all that.”

The musician-friendly South Park Bar & Grill offers an all-ages jazz jam on Thursdays, overseen by pianist Philip “Jay Jay” Lim. It draws many of San Diego's best players, including teen saxophone phenom Chloe Feoranzo.

On Saturdays, a jam hosted by the Will Street Blues band packs the South Park stage. Vocalist Will “The Thrill” Jackson plays guitar and organizes the lineup. The job is demanding because it's the leader's responsibility to balance the instrumentation and the sound must be professional enough to hold an audience.

“Usually, I try to mix seasoned players with someone new,” says Jackson. “It's a balancing act, but I try to accommodate everyone.”

Jackson gets his sit-in opportunity at Humphreys Backstage Live lounge, when Chet Cannon and The Committee invite professionals to join the Monday Blues Party.

Cannon is a wide-bodied man with salt-and-pepper hair and a white soul patch long enough to twirl. His big, whiskey-scratched voice is a force that attracts a following and he's known for foot-stompin songs such as “(I'm Your) Hootchie Kootchie Man,” popularized by Muddy Waters, and the Willie Dixon number “Evil (Is Goin' On),” originally written for Howlin' Wolf.

The Committee's guitarist, Jim Moran, leads the next number, the T-Bone Walker tune “Bye, Bye Baby.”

He plays a hollow-body ax with two pickups, to get that rich tone of the jump blues era.

“It's in Eb,” he says to the band. “Come in on the four.” The players start to swing and Moran sings:

Sometimes I wonder, why don't you write to me? / If I've been a bad fellow, I didn't intend to be.

Saxophonist Brian Strickler is sitting in. He solos, intermittently blasting a note and yelling out, “Why!?!”

The crowd goes wild. Jitterbuggers on the dance floor twirl and toss each other.

“That's what you call a feeding frenzy between the band and the audience,” Cannon says. “They feed off each other and it's a beautiful moment.”

Cannon won't mention the blues heavyweights who have showed up to sit in. He says some of the best musicians in the world are often unknowns.

“I'm not a big name-dropper,” he says. “But it's the nature of this club. If you are here at the right time, there's no tellin' who will walk in.”

When Humphreys Concerts-by-the-Bay series starts in June, the touring musicians who perform with headliners such as Alan Parsons Live Project (scheduled for Aug. 7) and Tower of Power (Aug. 21) have no place to go but an empty hotel room after the gig.

Their creative energy is at a peak and many head for the Backstage Live lounge to sit in with a local band. Shauna Aguirre, who hires the Backstage bands, looks for groups who play in the same genre as the concert acts.

“We booked classic rock band Rockola with Alan Parsons Live Project and Alan came in with several members and did a set,” says Aguirre. “That was an electric night in the club and the audience members who had gone to the show earlier were shocked to see him up there. We got a lot of e-mails from people who were thrilled to be in the right place, at the right time.”

At last year's Backstage shows, the musicians who play with Etta James sat in with Ruby and the Red Hots. A few of the horn players from the funk group Tower of Power joined the local soul band Detroit Underground.

Rancho Bernardo resident and trumpeter Mike Bogart has played with Tower of Power for the past nine years and when he isn't touring, he often shares the stage with local musicians.

“Usually, bands are honored to have you sit in,” says Bogart. “When Rockola plays, I do the piccollo trumpet solo for the song 'Penny Lane.' The first time I did it, the bandleader came up to me before the gig and said, 'Can we announce you are from Tower of Power?'

“I said, 'Bob, I'll tell you what. If I don't make a mistake, tell them I'm from Tower of Power. If I screw it up, tell them I'm from Blood, Sweat and Tears.”

Marcia Manna covers arts and entertainment for the Union-Tribune.


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Patients in Tenn. beauty salon crash upgraded

— Two people who were critically injured when a van crashed into a beauty salon in eastern Tennessee have been upgraded to serious condition.

In all, 10 people were hurt Tuesday when a driver who appeared to be having a seizure clipped a car and plowed through the glass front of the salon in Kingston, pinning four customers against a wall and one under the vehicle.

Kingston Police Department spokesman Lt. Gary Nelson said one of those customers, 63-year-old Cheryl Brooks, was listed in very critical condition Tuesday night and needed major surgery. Van driver Richard Ward, who is 52, was also taken to the hospital in critical condition.

University of Tennessee Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Wyatt said Wednesday that the conditions of both have been upgraded.

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JetBlue to fly between Boston, Newark starting May

— JetBlue Airways Corp. on Tuesday said it will expand its service out of Boston's Logan International Airport to include four daily flights to Newark, N.J.

Forest Hills, N.Y.-based JetBlue said the flights to Newark Liberty International Airport will complement its existing schedule of six flights between Boston and New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The low-cost airline did not detail how much it plans to charge. It noted the average fare between Boston and Newark in the first quarter was $280 one way.

With the new flights, plus a series of flights slated to launch in November, JetBlue will have 75 trips daily leaving Logan.

JetBlue shares rose 18 cents, or 3.3 percent, to close at $5.71.

(This version corrects number of trips daily from Logan to 75.)

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Blackhawks, Flyers tied at 2

The second period started with another roar, with a breakaway by the Flyers' Simon Gagne and a smooth blocker save by Antti Niemi to deny him. The Blackhawks got a power play when Scott Hartnell, the guy responsible for this tie game after his late rebound, was sent to the penalty box, but the Flyers killed it off.

Then after a couple of quality shots by the Hawks, the Flyers took their first lead.

Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith's skate collided with Ville Leino's at the absolute worst time for the Blackhawks, causing Keith to lose his balance and fall down. That gave the Flyers a 2-on-1, which Danny Briere finished with a high shot past Niemi's glove side to make it 2-1.

The Flyers were winning despite a 22-9 disadvantage in shots on goal at that point.

This is Philadelphia, though. This long-suffering generation of sports fans, save for the 2008 World Series title by the Phillies, knows about letdowns. Flyers fans would never be so foolish to think winning the Stanley Cup, let alone sending the series back to Chicago, would be a lock.

Something could still happen, goes the typical dreaded thought.

Something just did - when former Flyers forward Patrick Sharp sent a shot that sneaked underneath Michael Leighton's left skate. That will go down as a bad goal for Leighton.

It's 2-2.

Here's a point to ponder at the first intermission: Who should be happier with this 1-1 tie, the Blackhawks or the Flyers?

The Blackhawks owned the first period, putting relentless pressure on the Flyers in their own zone and outshooting them 17-7 over the first 20 minutes. They clearly wore the Flyers down during their successful power play, when Dustin Byfuglien scored, and so far have shown an edge the home team didn't have - frustrating Chris Pronger into those two penalties.

On the other hand, the Flyers - as they've done so well this period - responded to the goal given up with a knocked-in rebound by Scott Hartnell to make sure they were even when they headed into the locker room. Without many quality scoring chances, they were still able to avoid falling behind.

This is not a repeat: Chris Pronger found himself back in the penalty box.

This time he didn't get away with it.

Pronger's high-sticking infraction, just a few minutes after his holding call, gave the Blackhawks a power play opportunity they promptly converted. Just like in Game 5, Pronger's archrival Dustin Byfuglien took advantage of his absence on the ice.

Byfuglien was anchored in front of the crease, then quickly popped out to face the net and one-time a pass from Jonathan Toews past Michael Leighton for a 1-0 lead with 3:11 left in the opening period.

If there was any doubt about how tight this game was going to be called, well, the Flyers drew a power-play chance of their own right after Byfuglien's goal. That expired, but then they got another one.

Scott Hartnell knocked in a rebound given up by Antti Niemi, tying it at 1 just before the first period expired.

A lot of action in that one.

Two more periods to go.

With the midpoint of the first period not yet nigh, Chris Pronger found himself back in the penalty box.

The bad boy of these finals was all over Marian Hossa in the corner, putting the Blackhawks forward in a bear hug at one point and finishing their tussle with an elbow to Hossa's face. Pronger was barking on his way off the ice after the holding call, but he didn't have much to argue about.

There were a few of those famous Philly boos coming from the crowd, but probably more perfunctory than passionate.

The Blackhawks had some prime chances on their power play, including one slap shot that ricocheted off the post, but the Flyers killed off the penalty and returned to even strength.

After Lauren Hart's hearty rendition of "God Bless America," a staple at every Flyers game, we're under way at the Wachovia Center. No surprises in the net: Antti Niemi for the Blackhawks and Michael Leighton for the Flyers.

After pulling Leighton from Game 5, the second time he's given him the hook in this series, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette faced questions about whether he'd stick with Leighton. Though declining to announce his starter before the game, Laviolette all but revealed his choice yesterday.

"Our goaltender has the best numbers in the playoffs. I didn't think I had to announce it," Laviolette said. "I'm very confident in Michael. He's played excellent in the playoffs. His home numbers are terrific."

Leighton has won six straight games at Wachovia Center.

The sixth game of the Stanley Cup finals is about to begin at Wachovia Center, and the Chicago Blackhawks are on the verge of their first championship since 1961.

If they're victorious tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Blackhawks will get the chance to hoist one of the most precious prizes in sports - on unfriendly ice.

There's a sentiment around the game and around Chicago that it would be best for the Blackhawks to win the series at home, but the players insist they're not picky. They want to win it, wherever they can.

In an interview with NBC, Blackhawks forward Dustin Byfuglien sure had his game face on. He never cracked a smile and wouldn't even acknowledge the presence of the silver cup in the building, when asked about the anticipation.

Trailing 3-2 in the series isn't fazing the Flyers, though. They've faced the threat of elimination for two full months, barely making the playoffs in the first place.

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Marriott posts 3Q loss on charges

— Marriott International Inc. posted a loss for its third-quarter as the hotel operator was dragged down by a number of charges.

Adjust results for the company, which operates the Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and other hotel brands, met Wall Street estimates. But the company gave a cautious outlook for the year.

Hotel operators were hard hit by the recession but have slowly seen demand build for both personal and business travel. However, with the uncertain economy, a full recovery is not certain.

Investors were looking to Marriott to provide a clear picture on the industry's future on Wednesday as it was the first lodging company to report for the quarter. But with its muddied quarter and cautious outlook, they may not have gotten the clarity they desired.

Marriott, based in Bethesda, Md., reported a loss of $179 million, or 52 cents per share, for the quarter that ended Sept. 9. That is down from net income of $83 million, or 23 cents per share, in the same quarter last year.

While the company reported growth across its brands and around the globe, the quarter included a number of costs tied to the spin-off of its time-share business. After adjusting for these items, the company's net income rose 25 percent to $104 million, or 29 cents per share, meeting analyst expectations.

The company said the spin-off of its timeshare business remains on track to close in the fourth quarter.

Marriott's total revenue rose 9 percent to $2.87 billion. That beats the $2.81 billion that analysts polled by FactSet anticipated.

The company said its average daily rate for its rooms rose 5.3 percent and revenue per available room, an industry measure of rates and occupancy, rose 8.7 percent. Marriott saw demand from both business and personal travelers grow at equal rates during the period.

J.W. Marriott Jr., CEO of the company, said that management is pleased with the performance despite the continued economic uncertainty.

Marriott expects earnings per share of 45 to 50 cents for the fourth quarter and $1.37 to $1.42 per share for the full year. Analysts expect the company to earn 49 cents per share in the fourth quarter and $1.39 per share for the year.

Marriott said it is cautiously optimistic about 2012, forecasting that it will earn $1.48 to $1.68 per share for the fiscal year. Analysts expect $1.68 per share.

"I think the source of the cautious part of optimistic has to do with the macroeconomic trends," said Lauren Paugh, director of investor relations for the company. "We aren't seeing it in the business but we are looking at the same economic news as (everyone else)."

The company operated nearly 3,700 properties and timeshares at the end of the third quarter. It has 650 hotels under construction, awaiting conversion or approved for development to help drive its future growth.

Marriott will discuss the quarter's results further with investors on Thursday. The company's shares rose $1.08, nearly 4 percent, to close at $28.18 and were unchanged in after-hours trading.

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Spain's Catalonia region staging final bullfights

— Some of Spain's top matadors are gathering for a final weekend of bullfighting before the blood sport is banned in the northeast Catalonia region.

Top flight 'toreros' are on the bill both Saturday and Sunday at the La Monumental arena in the city of Barcelona. They include Jose Tomas, one of the country's most popular bullfighters.

The ban on the sport takes effect Jan. 1, but this is the last event of the 2011 season in the Catalan capital.

The conservative, pro-bullfighting newspaper El Mundo ran an analysis by an economist lamenting among other things how much money the city will miss by banning bullfighting.

It published another piece that read like an obituary, with vignettes on matadors who made their names in Catalonia and others - four in La Monumental - who died in the ring.

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Parks surplus makes for tricky fundraising issue

Volunteer groups try to reassure donors who were told the department had no money

Pre-surplus fundraising video

"What's At Stake" video by nonprofit Friends of Palomar Mountain Committee

Would you give money now to "save" a state park?

Yes 18% (10)

No 82% (45)

55 total votes.

The discovery of $54 million hidden in California’s parks department last week has created an awkward situation for officials and volunteers in San Diego County raising money to keep parks open amid budget problems.

State parks chief Ruth Coleman stepped down last week, and her top aide was fired, after the state found the department’s undisclosed reserve, amassing for 12 years. The discovery came while 70 parks were threatened with closure to make $22 million in cuts to a $364 million operating budget.

Three parks in the Colorado Desert District were listed for closure, including Palomar Mountain State Park in Pala and the Picacho and Salton Sea recreation areas in Imperial County. Locals were conducting an impassioned fundraising effort.

A video posted in May by the nonprofit Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park tells the story of “Black Friday,” May 13, 2011, when the state parks announced Palomar was on the list of closures.

As eerie wind gives way to jaunty folk music, text in the video states, “In the face of uncertainty, over 300 individuals, corporations and foundations committed the money needed to keep the park open for another year...The struggle isn’t over. How long will Palomar endure? Only you can answer that.”

Fundraising video: "Keep saving Palomar"

Nedra Martinez, acting superintendent of the Colorado Desert district headquartered in Borrego Springs, said the exposed surplus could affect much-needed donations — although that has not been the case yet.

“So far, our donor base has been really understanding. Even if this (surplus) money comes to us, it is one-time money and it’s not every year and our needs are every year,” Martinez said. “We are waiting for the investigation to finish and we are hopeful that the department will be able to use that money.”

Palomar has remained open with the help of a three-year agreement with the friends group. Local parks officials were notified last Thursday that Picacho will remain open with grants and state funding unrelated to the surplus, and officials are working to finalize a donor agreement to keep the Salton Sea recreation area open for six months, Martinez said.

Rick Barclay, chairman of the Palomar friends group, sent a letter to supporters Saturday indicating their donations are safe and being put to good use. The group has raised $160,000 since January.

“Faced with looming closure and significant deferred maintenance issues, all of us have worked very hard and have given generously to save Palomar and keep it open for future generations,” Barclay wrote. “Despite this recent disclosure, we remain confident that our work has been and will be critical to ensuring that Palomar Mountain State Park remains open, and we will continue to work to improve the park and ultimately make it self-sustaining.”

Barclay said Wednesday none of the donors have asked for their donation back and noted that the Legislature has yet to determine whether parks will receive any of the $54 million discovery.

Escondido’s San Pasqual Historic Battlefield State Historic Park near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was one of 70 parks statewide marked for closure. The park marks the location of one of the bloodiest battles in the Mexican-American War in 1846.

A pending deal with a partner has kept San Pasqual’s July 1 closure at bay thus far. Clay Phillips, a parks district superintendent, said he is not concerned the discovery will affect finalization of the deal. He declined to identify the partner or the nature of the partnership.

“There is a lot left to learn about the discoveries that were revealed on Friday and it’s surprised us just like it surprised everyone else, but we are focused on serving the public and that is what my challenge and the challenge of staff is,” Phillips said.

The San Diego Coast District, which includes most state parks in the county, operates with a $9.6 million budget and welcomes 13.8 million visitors annually. The 10 parks in the district not targeted for closure have also been affected by state funding cuts, largely by not filling staff positions, Phillips said.

“We are running a 27 percent vacancy rate. That’s significant. That makes a significant dent in our ability to protect our natural resources,” Phillips said.

Some $900,000 has been cut from the San Diego Coastal District budget. That has meant alternating closures of the campgrounds at San Elijo and South Carlsbad state beaches during the off-season. Hours at museums countywide and educational programs at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park were reduced to save $25,000 a year. Some restrooms in day-use parks were closed to save on maintenance, and seasonal lifeguard hours were reduced 11 percent.

The San Diego Coastal District did see an influx of $800,000 in funds in the last fiscal year for use on special revenue generating projects, and a new picnic facility at the Border Field State Park opened this month. Cuts to most other services remain, Phillips said.

None of the seven parks in the Orange Coast District, including San Onofre State Beach, were threatened with closure. District officials there declined to discuss budget matters or comment on the discovered funds.

President Elizabeth Goldstein of the San Francisco-based nonprofit California State Parks Foundation wrote in an open letter to the governor and members of the state Legislature indicating the $54 million discovery “has affected our members, our partners, and the public’s trust in our state park system.”

The group awarded $20,000 in grants to the Friends of Palomar Mountain, $15,000 to the Sea and Desert Interpretative Association supporting the Salton Sea recreation area, and $15,000 to Friends4Picacho in recent months.

Goldstein called the loss of confidence in the parks system heartbreaking.

“For the last 14 months we have publicly and repeatedly made the urgent case for citizen volunteerism, activism and, most critically, financial contributions to keep our parks open,” Goldstein wrote. “In the days, weeks and months to come, we stand ready, as we have for 43 years, to work as a partner on behalf of our members and the millions of Californians and tourists who enjoy our state parks.”

Newly opened picnic area in the southwest corner of Border Field State Park. Summer 2012. — California Department of Parks and Recreation


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The World Culinary Olympics, held every four years, are one of the highest-level culinary competitions in the world, says Miller, who is an instructor at The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California – San Diego. More than 1,500 chefs from 50 countries compete in national and regional divisions. Miller’s team competed in the regional division, representing the southwestern United States. The team took 20th place, out of 45 teams, and was the second-ranked regional team from the United States.

Prior to the Olympics, Miller had been competing in the United States for eight years. He joined the regional team a year ago and trained for the world event by spending 20 hours per week preparing dishes and photographing them for the coaches and captains. The team members live in different cities and worked remotely with the exception of three in-person practice sessions.

“It was really only these three weekends that we worked together as a team,” Miller said. He adds that the struggle of working remotely was the biggest challenge during training.

At the Olympics, held from Oct. 5 to 10, the teams were tasked with creating complete meals in only a few hours. There were very specific requirements that vary according to division.

One of the dishes that Miller’s team created included a sampling of many types of pork: pork rack, pork leg, pork brains. Another dish centered on food of the southwestern United States; Miller said that this was particularly difficult because his formal training is not in Southwestern food, but rather in Asian and fusion cuisine. He did get to use his training when helping to make appetizers — and in the process of doing so, he learned a lesson about cultural differences.

“In most competitions in the U.S., what’s important is the diversity of ingredients and cooking techniques,” Miller said. “German judges didn’t know what a lot of my ingredients were, and they definitely weren’t comfortable with a lot of the Asian stuff. This worked to my disadvantage since it was not something that they could really judge that well.”

Of course, it’s a given that none of the challenges was easy, but Miller said that he appreciated the difficulty of the competition. The entire experience had an element of the surreal, he said, especially since the team slept only an hour and a half per night for five days.

“We were staying at a tiny inn in the middle of the German countryside with nothing except a hotel and houses; there wasn’t even a gas station,” he said. “Standing out there in the middle of nowhere, producing food at this level in the middle of the night — that was just the funniest experience.”

It’s an experience that he hopes to repeat in 2016, if the Art Institute of California — San Diego (where the culinary school is located) can raise enough money to send the team again. Funding is crucial to success in the Culinary Olympics — one winning team, from Sweden, spent more than $500,000 during training.

Meanwhile, Miller is preparing for his master chef test, which is two years away. He’ll keep this experience in mind.

“Going to Germany was probably the most humbling thing I’ve ever had to do,” he said. “Everything I could do at gold medal level here was bronze medal material there. But it’s helpful; it’s good to be humbled in that way: You learn more from humbling experiences than from things that are easy.”


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Karen Li and Albert Park in Chinese Pirate Productions' "Golden Child."
Karen Li and Albert Park in Chinese Pirate Productions' "Golden Child." — Christina Rogers

Some Tony Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Broadway-celebrated playwrights are more accessible than others, and David Henry Hwang might be more down-to-earth than most. Chances are he’s also among the most web-savvy.

About two months ago, while Hwang’s latest play, “Chinglish,” was still running on Broadway, the writer took some time to offer backing to a proposed San Diego production of his 1998 work “Golden Child.”

“Golden Child”

Chinese Pirate Productions

When: Previews Saturday. Opens Sunday. Runs Fridays-Mondays. Through Feb. 18 (Performance times vary; check with the theater.)

Where: 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Ave., downtown

Tickets: $15-$25 (discounts available)

Phone: (619) 559-4277

Online: brownpapertickets.com/event/217810

And not just moral support — actual cash, through an online funding campaign mounted by director Andy Lowe and his Chinese Pirate Productions, whose staging of “Golden Child” opens this weekend.

Hwang, best-known for the Tony-winning 1988 play “M. Butterfly,” was one of 57 backers who donated a total of $2,215 toward the show on Kickstarter.com, a site that’s at the vanguard of a new wave of “crowdfunding” websites.

The general idea is for creative types to tap the enthusiasm of the masses by touting their projects — everything from plays to films to ideas for handy gadgets — and attract enough seed money to help turn those concepts into reality.

If the project doesn’t meet a preset goal for contributions, it doesn’t get funded. If it does, the backers get to share in the rewards, because they’re typically offered perks for donating various amounts of money. (The top incentives for “Golden Child” included show tickets and exclusive renderings by the production’s designers.)

Hwang’s surprise involvement was “a little surreal,” Lowe admits. “I have always felt very linked to (his) body of work. The first thing I ever directed was his ‘Trying to Find Chinatown’; the first time I came to understand ‘Asian-American’ as a unique shared experience was because of ‘FOB.’ ”

Lowe's campaign reached its $2,000 goal with 67 hours to spare before its Dec. 31 deadline. Those funds will cover (among other things) the cost of licensing Hwang’s Tony-nominated play, which focuses on a World War I-era Chinese businessman whose exposure to Western culture and religion throws his traditional family into turmoil. (The show's cast includes Kym Miller, Jyl Kaneshiro, Karen Li, Janny Li, Albert Park, Michael Nieto and Dana Byrne.)

And even if Hwang wasn’t the project’s top contributor, it seems likely there’s a seat saved for him at “Golden Child” anyway.


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Recall news

The following recall has been announced:

DETAILS: Motion Security Lights manufactured by HeathCo LLC of Bowling Green, Ky.; sold exclusively at Home Depot Stores from September 2011 through April 2012. The motion security light replaces a standard outdoor wall mounted light fixture and is designed to turn on when motion is detected at night. It has two cone-shaped light bulb receptacles attached to a round mounting plate. A small, rectangular motion sensor is attached to the mounting plate between the light bulb receptacles. The unit is made of aluminum and plastic. It comes in white only. The brand name and model number are on a label located on the back of the motion sensor. The motion security lights were manufactured in China.

WHY: Internal wiring can be damaged during installation, bulb replacement or adjustment, posing an electric shock hazard.

INCIDENTS: None reported.

HOW MANY: About 7,800.

FOR MORE: Contact HeathCo at 855-833-8657 Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. EDT, or visit the company's website at .

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Human embryonic stem cells. UC San Diego

San Diego scientists will receive about $18.1 million in the latest round of funding from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the agency that's distributing $3 billion in stem cell research money made available through Proposition 71.

Since funding began, San Diego County researchers have been awarded at least $258 million, making the region one of the largest stem cell research clusters in the country.

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Here's a sample of the latest grants:

Mark Tuszynski, UC San Diego, $4.7 million for research on novel stem cell therapies to treat spinal cord injuries.

Peter Schutlz, The Scripps Research Institute, $4.3 million for research to treat multiple sclerosis.

Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Salk Institute, $2.3 million for research that would help repair damaged blood vessels.

Yang Xu, UC San Diego, $1.8 million for research that would help treat heart failure.

Eric Adler, UC San Diego, $1.7 million for research to help treat Danon disease, which causes major abnormalities in heart and skeletal muscles.

David Schubert, Salk Institute, $1.7 million for research aimed at treating Alzheimer's disease

Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo, UC San Diego, $1.6 million for research that could help treat ALS.

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