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I don't know that Nero was eaten by coyotes. I only know that our big black fuzzy cat went out around the hour of the wolf Thursday morning, August 21, and never returned.
What happened to Nero is unknown, and thus open to infinite possibilities. Everything we know about his departure can be expressed in "didn'ts": We didn't see him leave. We didn't see him return. He didn't come in through the cat door. He didn't come for the food I left for him Thursday morning. When I left for work he didn't prowl out of the little outdoor den he'd fashioned under the bushes. When Sandi got up he didn't come in. He didn't turn up when she went looking in the neighbord. She didn't see his broken body hit by a car. He didn't return that afternoon, that evening, or the next. He didn't have a collar, having thrown three in two months. He didn't have a microchip. We didn't find him in further walks through the neighborhood. We didn't find his chewed up remains in a walk through the hills. We didn't find him in the county's online listings of found pets. I didn't see him in any of the cages when I toured the shelter. I didn't see a match in any of the dead-on-arrival listings at the pound.
Of all the reasons that Nero might have disappeared, why coyotes? Why not assume he got hit by a car (where was the body?) or taken in by a nearby family (at 3 in the morning?) or simply ran off (without his food bowl, suitcase or favorite collection of toys?). If he could have simply fallen off a fence and died, or gotten into a fight with another cat and was holed up nursing his wounds, or could have been killed by a dog, or have had a heart attack or seizure?
Well, I could say that coyotes are one of the few species whose habitation has expanded with the growth of human population, because humans have killed the larger predators that keep them in check, because they get along better with humans than wolves, oh, and because idiots feed them, emboldening them to move into human territory where they can feed off garbage and stray pets. Attacks on dogs are more often reported because cats rarely survive; coyotes have been reported to feed off feral cat colonies and, later, on the food that humans were putting out for feral cats. Coyotes have known to scale walls to attack pets, to use advanced techological devices for more difficult kills (that's a joke), and even to steal purses from unwary women (surprisingly, that's NOT a joke) .
But the real reason I suspect Wile E. is that in the past three weeks we've been hearing coyotes in the hills behind our house, right around the same time frame that Nero goes out in the middle of the night. Sometimes it is just one; other times it's a howling cacophony. Our home is only one street away from the hills, and jackrabbits have been bold enough to enter our yard and try to eat the dry cracked twigs we pass off as our grass, so a predator might follow prey down into our area (or Nero might have followed a rabbit back into danger). And recently as a week ago, Nero came in, worried and shaken, not wearing his collar, as if he'd been through some great trauma, like a catfight or a coyote attack. He wasn't scared of going outside, though, so we didn't make the connection; I just assumed he'd gotten his collar caught on something, and had had to fight to take it off. But he disappeared in the night, right around the time the coyotes how.
The other explanations don't seem to hold water. Of course, if he'd been hit by a car and someone threw him in a Dumpster, or if he'd been eaten by a dog, there would be no trace; but Nero's actually somewhat suspicious of both cars and dogs so I'm not so worried about that. We have some suspicion that a neighborhood girl who was sweet on Nero finally coaxed him to go home with her: she once tried to argue that Nero was a stray even though my wife was standing there telling her the cat was ours; however, it stretches my imagination to think she would have taken Nero in the middle of the night. Sometimes cats who are injured go off to a quiet place to heal or die; but the last time that cats in this area started vanishing, it was eventually traced to a fox that was preying on them. Perhaps the fox is back. Perhaps the fox has been eaten by the coyotes, which at up to 45 pounds weigh in at three times as much as Nero's fighting weight, and which, for smaller prey, adopt a catlike stalking behavior, pouncing on their victims and subduing them rapidly with long, sharp, teeth.
Odds are actually good that Nero will return. Published studies indicate over half of cat owners that lose their cats see them return: that number isn't as good as dog owners, over two thirds of which are reunited with Rover. Information by our local animal shelter indicate, however, that over 90% of pet owners that get to the point of reporting their pet loss never see their pet again, unless they were microchipped and/or collared (see the note about thrown collars earlier). That doesn't jibe with the published stats, probably because the pet owners who see their cats return immediately don't get around to going to the shelter. Certainly in Sandi's experience she's had cats disappear from anywhere from two to eleven days, and her mother has similar experiences. So we haven't given up hope yet; I personally plan on waiting a month. But I had this nasty, sinking premonition the morning he didn't show up for his food, which has happened before; and this makes me wonder if there was some noise during the night when he was taken, some awful caterwauling that penetrated only my subconscious as I slept, leaving me waking up with no sure rational knowledge but a deep emotional foreboding quickly crystalized into an irrational certainty that's hard to shake.
What hurts about this most was is Nero's surly, irritable nature. Unlike the dogs that I've owned, or Nero's brother Caesar, Nero was neither giving of love nor unconditional: he was moody, wanted his alone time, and was most likely to want to be with you when he was working to get fed. But that surliness made the affection he showed stand out even more. He'd come pester you when you were sitting on the toilet, or demand to be petted when you were brushing your teeth. He'd hop up into your car as you were packing to go to work, or hop in and take a ride when you came home. When he saw you Nero woul
d meyow surlily at you, kicking his head back in an inhuman but completely recognizable gesture of greeting; then in the middle of the night he'd come and sit on your chest and nuzzle you as you scratched behind his ears or on his nose. He was a surly, burly cat, so you could really tell when he liked you.
No, I lie. He didn't do all these things just any abstract you. He did these things primarily to me me. He was nice to Sandi, and could be warm to other people, but we bonded with each other rapidly and completely. Even his annoyances were endearing – lifting up to as if to open a doorknob, shoving his way into the broken bathroom door and letting the cold in while you showered, hitting you with an oddly concerned "mrowr" (sounds like "meringue") that for all in the world seemed like he was saying, "you damn fools, what are you doing in all that water? Can't you see it's made all your fur come off?"
Sandi and I traded off imagined dialogues with the cats, her speaking to them and me filling in the responses: "Poor little monkey!"/"I'm not a monkey." and "He's a good dog!"/"I'm not a dog." Sandi developed her own doggerel songs – "he's Nero, he's Nero, he's big he's heavy he's large." – and I did the same – "Neurotic. Neronic!", "Nero, Nero, you're my hero!", and so on. Some of those lines seem creepy now. The last thing I did for him was pick him up and give him a big hug, saying, "I'll hug him and squeeze him until there's not a breath left in his body." And when I left and didn't see him, I cried after him, as I often did, "He's Nero, he's Nero, the tasty and lovable treat." / "What?!" It started a month back as a joke. It doesn't sound so fucking funny now. I'd gotten to the point that I'd sing "fuzzy, fuzzy, fuzzy cat" when I'd hop on 85 south when leaving Google. Now I still do the same thing as I leave, then catch myself and grow angry enough to punch a wall. Good thing I'm usually driving when it happens, but still.
Once when I heard the coyotes out a few nights after Nero was lost, I picked up my baseball bat and strolled through the neighborhood, walking with it like a cane as cars passed, swinging it grimly while alone. The outdoorsmen among you, who know what even a moderately sized wild animal can do to even an adult human, might think that this was foolish bravado on my part, but what you probably don't know is that I know the dangers better than most, think about them more frequently than most, and went out that night prompted by anger but acting on a deliberate, premeditated strategy of my own that I adopted long before I came to befriend Nero. Whether I came back or not, anything smaller than a Bengal Tiger that I met on the path would have run in fear of humans for the rest of its life.
Which might make you think I have a death wish, or a hatred of coyotes. I don't, on either count. I'm glad I chose to live in the green hills of Santa Teresa, a place where the biosphere is still functioning and alive, unlike the dead land and canned parks of the cities surrounding the Bay itself. I regret that the active life around us apparently claimed Nero's life, and would act to repel the coyotes from our homes; but not from our hills. Animals should fear humans, but as long as they do, they can coexist with us. I regret that letting Nero out apparently claimed his life, and will act to microchip Caesar and make sure he wears his collar, but will still let him out. Pets should be protected, but as long as it is reasonably safe, they should have some freedom.
Life is risk; and I'm glad Nero got to spend his last few months in a place where he was treated well and got to experience the outside. His story was a sad one: his original owners reportedly got on drugs and planned to release Nero and Caesar to the wild when they lost their home, which sounds good except for the bit that they were taken from their parents too early, are completely domesticated, and for all practical purposes can't hunt. One of our bridesmaids took them in, and after many months bouncing between closets and spare bedrooms of foster owners, all of which had too many cats already, we took them in and had them shipped out to us. They were traumatized by the flight, but Sandi had a plan to acclimate them which worked beautifully, and other than a little conditioning on my part to reduce the areas in which they might fear me (picking him up outside but not taking him in; putting him in the car but not taking him to the vet, etc), they needed very little training.
Nero in this sense was unearned, a gift from God: unlike the vast investment of a child or the lesser investment of a kitten, I got him full-formed, the living embodiment of my prayers for a cat. My image of the ideal cat was derived from a friend's cat in college, a black cat with a white blaze. Over time that image evolved in my notebooks to Cleopatra, a robotic black cat in many respects to Nero except for gender, appetite and processing power. When Nero arrived I was so caught up in making the fragile, frightened, surly beast warm up to life that I didn't even notice the similarities to my fictional robotic pet; by the time I did notice, Nero had eclipsed Cleopatra and had captured my imagination all his own.
What a cat. I loved his glossy black fur, his rich white throat, his fuzzy, gentle paws. His right eye went cloudy in a scrap with some unknown opponent, and he'd frequently be covered with little nicks and scratches from battle that he'd let me scratch at until a tiny little tuft of fur would come off. He loved rolling in the dirt, and was slow about cleaning himself – until you got on the computer, at which point he'd show his love of your lap, then the spacebar key, then hop up on the glass surface of the table and plop down so you couldn't see the lowest lines of whatever you were writing on the monitor.
Nero's dead and he's never coming back. When does an irrational certainty become real? Never. If he died how I think he died, I'll never know, and I have no feasible actions that can cast light on this. Only a suspicious fear, an irrational certainty, that only time can prove to be either a sound judgement (if he stays gone) or a borrowed bit of trouble (if he returns). I imagine that he'll come back, bruised as if from a fight, that we'll rush him to the vet and find that he's fine; Sandi imagines he'll come home, chipper, as if nothing has transpired. "What? What are you crying about? And where's my can food?" Anything is possible; Sandi's had a cat gone eleven days. My uncle had a dog gone for over a month. Nero's gone, but he could be back any minute. Really. He could.
In the mornings I still drive off, thinking I'll see him come out of his little outdoor den, or see him run over to hide by the olive tree in the front yard. In the even ings I still drive home expecting to see him sitting in the driveway. At night Caesar still looks off in the distance, expecting him to come in the door when he goes out (to maintain cat parity) or to join him for a nice bit of C-A-N food. At bedtime I still open the door and call his name late at night, expecting him to come home. In the middle of the night I think I'll still wake up and hear him hop on the bed, feel him crawl up on top of me, feel him stretch out a paw to touch my cheek, and hear him, under the scritching of my fingers under his chin, give off his soft, endearing, almost cooing purr.
Nero was a surly, burly cat, so I could really tell that he liked me. Or, as Sandi frequently said, watching our interactions, "He loves you." After all the traveling I'd done in July I'd been thinking I should spend more time with the cats. In August, I'd started to do it, and the last thing I did for Nero was pick him up and give him a big old hug. If I had a choice on what note our friendship could go out on, that would be it.
In the ten months I had him, Nero fast became the favorite pet I ever owned. I'll miss him. And I pray to God that he proves me wrong and returns safely home.
Nero: born 2000, missing in action 2007.
If you're reading this, Nero, please call Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh or someone else in the animal language research community immediately.
Then come home.
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Trump says his order will keep bad people out of the U.S. His comments came during a White House meeting with county sheriffs.
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Turkish officials say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump — their first since the American leader took office.
Officials from Erdogan's office said the conversation would take place around 2100 GMT, or 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Turkey's relations with the United States under the Obama administration were strained, with Ankara frequently expressing frustrations over what it perceives as U.S. reluctance to extradite U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of orchestrating the failed July 15 military coup.
Turkey has also been angered by U.S. support to Syrian Kurdish militia fighting the Islamic State group. Ankara considers the fighters "terrorists" because of their links to Kurdish rebels in Turkey.
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President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary says a housekeeper he previously employed at his home was an undocumented worker.
Andrew Puzder said in a statement that he and his wife employed a housekeeper for a few years and they were unaware that "she was not legally permitted to work in the U.S."
He says that when they learned of her status, "we immediately ended her employment and offered her assistance in getting legal status."
Puzder, a fast food chain executive, adds that he and his wife have "fully paid back taxes to the IRS and the State of California."
The revelation could complicate Puzder's nomination.
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President Donald Trump says it's no fair "the haters" tie him to Russian President Vladimir Putin when President Barack Obama was the one who struck a deal with Iran.
He tweeted Monday: "I don't know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and the haters are going crazy — yet Obama can make a deal with Iran, #1 in terror, no problem!"
Obama helped orchestrate a 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers, in which Tehran agreed to curb its uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions.
Trump has criticized that deal. He also once bragged about how well he knew Putin, but he has since walked back those comments, amid accusations that Russia meddled in the U.S. election.


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Marty Raney says he's seen the best of the American spirit while working on Discovery Channel's "Homestead Rescue." The gritty reality TV star, whose show is currently in its second season, has traveled across the United States helping people who want to homestead. Viewers see expert homesteader Raney and his children Misty and Matt instruct those who want to live off the grid how to survive in the wilderness. And Raney told Fox News, "I'm a man of action. I'm a man that gets something done, right or wrong, nothing happens until someone starts moving -- so standing around talking doesn't do much for me." Raney shows tough love with the homesteaders, saying he's "not necessarily [there] to give them a handout but to give them a hand up….everyone wants a handout and I'm sensitive to those people, and those people I don't visit…I'm more impressed by the doers and the workers than I am the talkers and the dreamers. "What made America was the homesteader, the people who built their own homes. Those people built this country, hard workers, people not afraid to roll up their sleeves. That is a dying breed. I know because I'm one of them." Raney, who has been married to wife Mollee for 40 years (she's chosen not to appear on the show along with the couple's other two grown kids), said each homestead has its respective needs such as how to get the basic fundamentals set up to live in the wild—water, shelter, and food. Raney and kids Misty and Matt teach the homesteaders how to tap into solar power, set up heating tanks, and build greenhouses. Those who appear on "Homestead Rescue, are "starting to appreciate the power of nature and tapping into things [naturally] and….leaving the concrete jungle further and further behind," Raney noted. The reality TV personality has practiced what he preaches—before doing the Discovery show, Raney said he'd never left Alaska in 43 years but now he has the opportunity to travel across the U.S. helping others live self-sufficiently. But he noted, "The America that I'm seeing is rural; the America that I'm seeing is farmers, ranchers, homesteaders and those to choose to live off-the-grid and when you think about, it was that collective, that demographic, that built America, hands down, and they did it with hand tools." Speaking to Fox News from one of his "Homestead Rescue" assignments in Missouri, Raney said he's visited "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder's homestead that she built with her husband -- and reflected on the pioneer spirit that is drifting away in the U.S. He said, "I'm on the road less traveled, literally. I'm on the backroads of America and that group of people are impressive, the people who carved out these farms in Missouri are all dying off. Some, and I would say a small amount, of family members keep these farms alive but it's dying off everywhere I go. This lifestyle is dying off because it takes hard work to live independently, off the grid, to have self-subsistence. I think that a hard-working man and woman that can make it living off the land, clearly, unhesitatingly, [are] on the endangered species list." But Raney said it's still a lifestyle worth fighting for because many of the homesteaders he visits have walked away from a two-hour commute every day, big mortgages, car payments, and other stress-inducers. Although Raney feels privileged to have seen America through his show, he got choked up when speaking with Fox News and said, "I've been working so hard on these homesteads…We started in September, so it's been a long time on the road…The fact that I get emotional is because…I'm sure people will never get how hard we work to help these people…I don't know of any honor higher than that, month after month after month of helping people… "It's been a long ride. There's been a lot of danger involved, a lot of high risk that people will never know," he said. Raney said of season two, "Grown men cry on this show virtually every episode -- and that includes me." "Homestead Rescue" airs Wednesdays on Discovery.
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Like people who buy restaurants but have no restaurant experience, it seems that many people think they can live off the grid but don't have the knowledge, expertise, or resources necessary to do that.
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In 2011, Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait looked at the two currently existing beer makers, Anaheim Brewery and Noble Ale Works, and asked, "How do we make this city the Napa Valley for beer?" The "Brew City" committee was formed, issues were addressed, and Anaheim became one of the easiest places in Orange County to open a brewery.
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The expansion of Christianity to North America long remained a thoroughly colonial affair. Not until after the Seven Years' War (or French and Indian War) of 1754/56-1763 did the idea even begin to emerge that new-world colonies could be anything but extensions of their mother countries, for religious as for all other purposes.1 Huguenots, the party of Reformed Protestants in France, for instance, could play a role in the early settlement of Quebec and Acadia because a French monarch, Henri IV (ruled 1589-1610), who had once been a Protestant, had expanded their liberty with the Edict of Nantes in 1598. But after 1627, Cardinal Richelieu succeeded in banishing the Huguenots from New France as well as constricting their freedom at home. The very names of English colonies reflected a different kind of old-world presence. Virginia, for example, was named in honour of the Protestant Elizabeth who had ruled England as the virgin queen (1558-1603), and Maryland, after Henrietta Maria, the Catholic queen of Charles I (1625-49) and sister of the French monarch under whom Richelieu banished the Huguenots. Yet despite these intentions simply to replicate inherited patterns - intellectual, political, and social, as well as religious - new environments consistently forced the colonists to innovate.
From the old world, Catholics and Protestants both carried intense suspicion of the other. That antagonism, especially when exacerbated by competitive alliances with Native Americans, defined the wider horizons of formal religion for the entire period. Early on it was responsible for a rare bit of humour: on board ship to Acadia in 1604, a Catholic priest and a Huguenot minister had combated each other so vociferously that when they both died within the year, sailors of Samuel de Champlain buried them in the same grave that they might continue their arguments into eternity. Much more typically, Catholic-Protestant contention was taken in deadly earnest, as when during the French and Indian War a Virginia preacher warned that 'Our religion, our liberty, our property, our lives, and everything sacred to us are in danger', especially ofbeing 'enslaved' by 'an arbitrary, absolute monarch' enforcing conformity to 'the
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The depleted Yankees could hardly afford to lose more players to injury, but in less than three innings on Friday, the Yankees lost their starting battery — possibly for a significant duration.
Just five pitches into Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, catcher Francisco Cervelli was struck on his right hand by a foul tip from the leadoff hitter, Rajai Davis. After walking around home plate in apparent pain, Cervelli left the game and was taken to the clubhouse for X-rays, which revealed a fracture. Cervelli will need surgery to repair the break, and he will miss a minimum of six weeks.
Less than two innings later, the Yankees lost starting pitcher Ivan Nova, who complained of right elbow pain after allowing a single up the middle to Davis in the third. Nova was taken out of the game and was scheduled to have a magnetic resonance imaging test, but the results of that test were not immediately available. Nova's fastball, which registered as high as 93 miles per hour in the first inning, was barely cracking 90 in the third.
The Yankees may find it difficult to replace Cervelli, who had become one of the team's most consistent offensive performers this season. Entering Friday, Cervelli was hitting .269 with an .877 on-base plus slugging percentage. To replace Cervelli, the Yankees could call up the prospect Austine Romine, who is hitting .341 this season for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Nova entered Friday's game with a 6.14 earned run average, and the Yankees have little pitching depth. David Phelps, who has been pitching out of the bullpen, is likely to replace Nova in the rotation. It is unlikely that Chien-Ming Wang, who has just two starts this season in the minors, will be considered, although his E.R.A. is 0.75 after 12 innings of work. More than likely, the Yankees will call up a reliever to replace Phelps in the bullpen.
PLATE DISCIPLINE PAYING OFF Robinson Cano's hot streak to begin the season has been especially important with so many starters out of the Yankees' lineup because of injury.
Entering Friday's game, Cano was hitting .322 with seven home runs and a 1.005 on-base plus slugging percentage. Cano has helped ease the loss of Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez.
"That's what you want, especially when you don't have the main guys here," Cano said. "With most of the guys out, you want to do what you can to help us win games."
Manager Joe Girardi has praised Cano's patience at the plate, and the statistics back him up. This season, according to Fangraphs.com, Cano is swinging at only 30.1 percent of pitches out of the strike zone, his lowest mark since 2005 (25.6). Additionally, Cano is making contact with pitches in the strike zone 97.1 percent of the time, by far the best mark of his career.
"That's something you learn throughout the years," Cano said. "You want to learn to play better when you mature. Sometimes they don't want to pitch to you. They'll want to pitch around you. You just have to look for your pitch or take a walk."
YOUKILIS STILL HURTING Infielder Kevin Youkilis, who has not played since April 20, was once again out of the lineup on Friday with back spasms.
"He's better, but he's still not quite there," Joe Girardi said.
Girardi said he hoped Youkilis would be available Saturday. Youkilis has not had any tests on his back, and the Yankees do not believe the injury is serious. ... The former Yankee Chien-Ming Wang continued his strong start in the minors by allowing just one run in six and two-third innings for Scranton on Thursday.


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Following our notice and call for comments posted here on Sept 12 (below for your reference), here is the formal call for nominations for civil society representatives for the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory group (MAG).
This nomination process in 2014 will be run across several civil society coalitions, including Best Bits, IGC, APC, Diplo, NCSG, and Just Net Coalition, who together comprise the Civil Society Coordination Group. You are welcome to nominate through any of the above individual coalitions. Nominations close on Tuesday, September 30, 2014.
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Brenda Song heads back to her car after running a few errands around Los Angeles on Tuesday (October 3).
Over the weekend, the Angry Angel actress was spotted on a fun double date with rumored boyfriend Macaulay Culkin and friends Seth Green and Clare Grant.
Brenda and Macaulay are actually starring in Seth's upcoming directorial debut movie called Changeland.
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WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team used a 7-0 run in overtime to take the lead for good and down Concordia (N.Y.) College, 105-97, during its season opener on Friday afternoon during the Assumption College Tip-Off Classic at Laska Gym.
- Saint Michael's (1-0), Concordia (0-1)
- Senior Levi Holmes III (East Brunswick, N.J./Rutgers Prep), 25 points, 7 rebounds, 11-for-13 free throws
- Senior Derek Cheatom (Buffalo, N.Y./The Park School of Buffalo), 23 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists (career high)
- Junior Eli DiGrande (Essex Junction, Vt./Essex), 20 points (career high) in 20 minutes off bench, 5 rebounds, 10-for-13 field goals
- Junior Jordan Guzman (Staten Island, N.Y./Xaverian), 13 points, 5 rebounds
- Senior Winston Jones II (Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream Central), 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks
- Senior Jaylen Hall (Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park/Richard J. Daley), 8 points, 4 assists
- First-year Jontai Williams (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes), 6 points, 4 assists
- Senior Stephen Milhaven, 32 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists
- Redshirt junior Cedrick McFadden, 22 points, 7 assists
- Sophomore Baron Goodridge, 20 points
- Season opener for Saint Michael's.
- Saint Michael's leads the series 7-1, with the teams meeting for the first time since Nov. 18, 2011.
- Holmes improved his career point total to 1,324, passing Tom Hoey '79 and Jay Wandtke '98 (1,317) for 19th in program history. He is six points shy of Brian Young '89 (1,330) for 18th place.
- The Purple Knights committed only 11 turnovers in 45 minutes while forcing 15 giveaways.
- Saint Michael's shot 10-for-12 on free throws in overtime after going 6-of-11 in regulation while holding the Clippers to 3-for-10 shooting in the extra period.
- Saint Michael's had last scored 100 points on Feb. 6, 2014, netting 106 at Franklin Pierce University.
- Goodridge, McFadden and Milhaven combined to shoot 12-of-25 on three-pointers for Concordia.
- Three different Clippers hit a three-pointer en route to Concordia leading 9-2 just 1:26 into the game.
- A three from Jones at 17:11 was followed by a Holmes lay-in 41 seconds later that cut the deficit to 12-10, but McFadden scored seven during a 16-4 run that pushed the lead to 28-14 by 10:33 of the opening half.
- Guzman netted seven points in an 11-2 run before Concordia twice extended its advantage back to 10.
- Cheatom scored five points and DiGrande four in a 9-2 stretch, and Saint Michael's trailed 42-39 with 3:29 to go before trailing 47-42 at halftime.
- The teams played through two ties and two lead changes in the opening 1:53 of the second half before a 14-4 Clipper run made it 72-60 by 11:22.
- Still down 81-72 with a little more than six minutes to go in regulation, Saint Michael's put together an 18-4 run, with Williams knocking down two threes and DiGrande scoring the final 10 points, singlehandedly turning an 85-80 deficit into a 90-85 lead with 1:11 left.
- Milhaven made a three with 36 ticks to go before converting a tying lay-up at 20 seconds, and a Purple Knight miss in the final seconds sent the teams to overtime.
- Sophomore Alex White Jr. converted a lay-up 39 seconds into the extra session before Cheatom wrapped two free throws and a triple around a DiGrande bucket, putting the Purple and Gold up 97-92 at 3:12.
- Milhaven's lay-in trimmed the deficit to three points with 2:03 to go, but Holmes later picked up a steal with the Clippers possessing and having a chance to tie before the captain finished the game on a personal 8-3 run, going 8-of-8 from the charity stripe in that time.
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Closing out twenty-years as the best-selling musical duo of any genre, Brooks & Dunn rocked the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in a big farewell show on the Last Rodeo Tour. The day of the show, I received an email from fellow music photographer Chris Bradshaw that gave me a tip-off that made some great images possible.
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So, what was the tip that Chris gave me? Simple: Head out to the end of the thrust.
There isn't a proper photo pit for this show, so photographers are basically mixed in with the fans. The Last Rodeo Tour, like many country music tours, employs a short catwalk right into the crowd. Chris mentioned that he'd seen the tour photographer head out there, so he booked it out there as well while all the other press were lined up along the stage.
I took Chris's tip to heart, and all I can say is, it was a fantastic suggestion.
While Kix Brooks hangs on the stage for the two alloted songs, Ronnie Dunn comes out onto the thrust during the second song and basically performs there for the entire song. What this meant was really fantastic, close-up access to the singer. And, since the B-stage at the end of the thrust was lower and free of lights or any monitors, it was great for shooting.
Cameras Used:
Lenses Used:
For this show, the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 was essential, as I was out at the end of the thrust for the first song, while Brooks & Dunn performed on the main stage for the first song.
It's only at the end of the first song that I switched to the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 and Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 the for my main shooting of Ronnie Dunn, and these lenses were key.
End Notes:
BIG thanks to Chris Bradshaw for the tip. If you saw my images from Green Day in 2009, Chris is the same guy who very generously sent me an email with his shooting notes for that show as well (check out Chris's notes at the end of the Green Day post, they're very detailed). Both times, Chris has sent me shooting notes for concerts completely unsolicited, and it's something that I greatly appreciate it.
If I'm ever shooting a tour that you've already shot and want to send me tips, I'd graciously accept them. Thanks again, Chris!
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My Camera DSLR and Lenses for Concert Photography
|Nikon D850:
I use two Nikon D850 for my live music photography. A true do-it-all DSLR with amazing AF, fast response, and no shortage of resolution.
|Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8:
For most gigs, the 24-70mm is my go-to lens. Exceptional image quality at wide apertures and super-functional range.
|Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR:
A perfect pair to the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8, I can basically shoot any job with the midrange and this lens. Superb image quality.
|Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8:
Ultra-wide perspective, ridiculously sharp even wide open at f/2.8. I love using this lens up-close and personal, where it excels.


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Features a spacious interior with bright LED lighting. Spill-proof shelves help keep interior clean and are a cinch to wipe down. Ice maker works incredibly well. Fridge also has a water dispenser and is ENERGY STAR certified.
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Simple, affordable, no-frills fridge perfect for those on a budget.
Wipes down easily inside and out. Exterior isn't a fingerprint magnet. Features a simple interior layout that maximizes space. Fridge is energy efficient and fairly compact. Door bins are deep enough to hold gallon-sized jugs.
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High-tech smart fridge perfect for the modern chef or busy family.
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French door fridge with convenient interior ice maker.
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On January 21, qBionano's Mattias represented the Marie Curie Alumni Association in a panel debate entitled "How Researchers & Publishers Can Collaborate In The Move Towards Open Science" organized by Elsevier in Amsterdam. Below is the full video from the event. Mattias also shares a summary of key take-away messages in this blog post.
My three key take-home messages from the debate are the following.
- Open infrastructure must be supported. Researchers should never be restricted from reading or publishing research due to an inability to pay. The long-term goal should therefore be to have open infrastructure where there are zero author-facing fees and zero reader-facing fees. This is sometimes called platinum or diamond open access and is something I have discussed previously. Funders and publishers can take a leading role here by directly negotiating and establishing agreements that support open publishing infrastructure for the long term. In the short term, any and all publishers can embrace open science by simply following the "Royal Society-model" to Plan S readiness: i.e., zero embargo, green open access.
- The research evaluation system must be modernized. Funders and institutions should take a leading role here by modernizing their processes for recognizing and rewarding researchers (e.g. for decision around grants, hiring and promotion). DORA has established an excellent resource for good practices that are already established in this area. For example, any research funder can directly follow the recent incentivization blueprint from the Open Research Funders Group which provides a simple step-by-step guide (including template language) for modernizing research evaluation. At an institutional level it is important that researchers advocate for change, and take part in discussions around good practices in research assessment. For example, we recently had an event on the future of research assessment at my own institution (video recording available here). We researchers can also help push this important area by ensuring that we focus on the whole research process, and not solely on the outputs, as I have recently discussed.
- Researchers need support and resources to adopt best practices in open science. Almost all researchers want open science, but implementing good practices in the research workflow can be challenging. Excellent training resources exist for example through FOSTER and the Open Science MOOC. But while training is important, it is not sufficient by itself and the additional needs will vary by discipline. Funders and institutions can take a leading role here by engaging with researchers to identify and fill the gaps in support and resources needed for fully implementing open science research workflows. The goal is to make 'open science' just be thought of as 'science'.
If you have any comments or thoughts from watching the video above, please feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @bearore.
Video details
- Event title: A debate on challenges and opportunities in open access & open data.
- Date: January 21, 2019
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Panelists (left to right)
- Gareth O'Neill, President of the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc).
- Gemma Hersh, Vice-President for Global Policy at Elsevier.
- Mattias Björnmalm, Vice-Chair Policy, Marie Curie Alumni Association.
- Wouter Haak, Vice-President for Research Data Management at Elsevier.
- Sylvestre Bonnet, Secretary of the Young Academy of Europe.
- Moderator: Stephane Berghmans, Director for Academic Relations at Elsevier.
- This video was originally streamed through Brighttalk.
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For some horse owners who keep a full riding schedule year-round, body clipping is a necessity in winter. No one wants their horse to overheat or for the horse's coat to get soaked with sweat after every ride. But that doesn't mean you can't get creative with the clipping. Go ahead – have fun with horse clipping patterns!
JMC Equestrian Driving & Custom Clipping turns horse coats into works of art.Photo via JMC Equestrian Driving & Custom Clipping/Facebook
England-based JMC Driving and Custom Clipping understands that horse clipping can – and probably should – be a work of art. The clipping company has created medieval themes in horses' coats, as well as hearts, stars, shamrocks and even an Easter-themed chicken and egg. JMC has turned horse clipping into an art form. With all forms of art, however, come the critics. Some are even calling the designs a form of animal cruelty. JMC responded to the critics:
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Apollo is a huge male entertainment club in Manila featuring exotic dancers, cabaret and music performances. You'll see a bit of everything from street dance to acrobatics. The performers are working at a very high standard so you're guaranteed to have an excellent gay night out in Manila.
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Understanding The Male Attitude Towards Divorce
Legal Separation is an order from the court that can decide problems with property, debt, custody, parenting time, and assist while the parties are nonetheless legally married. And no, my attorney wouldn't refund a single penny for causing this delay which induced me to lose any likelihood I had of recovering any cash, in actual fact, they threatened to send it to collections, although they knew of my unemployed single mom state of affairs. Whether you might be proceeding with a contested divorce or an uncontested divorce (through Linnenbringer Law, naturally), you are certain to listen to terms and are available throughout courtroom-associated paperwork that you are not familiar with.
It's important to keep in mind that divorce doesn't change one important fact: A dad or mom who lives some place else is still your dad or mom. However, the court docket may request a short listening to and ask a few questions in regards to the information described in the papers. The technique of divorce can go away anybody vulnerable, and once you're weak, you are likely to make unhealthy relationship choices. Unprovoked this Judge berated and put this man down as if he had been a prison in his court docket. I write from my very own expertise of divorce and the next estrangement from my very own youngsters. The higher the divorce is dealt with now, the less of a burden they are going to be later.
After receiving a Judgment, you (creditor") can ask your former spouse (debtor") to look in courtroom to answer questions on their financial status and property. However, it may be advisable to go to a solicitor for common advice earlier than you apply for a divorce. Some divorce attorneys have provide you with other causes for the rise in 'silver-splitters'.
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My "Wicked" Night at the Wharton Center
I finally saw "Wicked" for the very first time Thursday night (Nov. 10).
So many people I know have already seen it, and many of them have seen it numerous times...but this was new for me.
Having watched the 1939 version of "The Wizard Of Oz" ever since it started showing on TV back in the 1950's, "Wicked" is a welcome view. It has twists and turns the uninformed don't expect. It gives insights to what made the characters the way they were.
Is the Wicked Witch really all that wicked?
And is the Good Witch the saint she's cracked up to be?
It also tells you the origins of not just the Wicked Witch of the West, but her sister the Wicked Witch of the East, Glinda the Good Witch, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow.
It begins way before Dorothy existed, touches on some parts of "The Wizard Of Oz" filmstory and winds up with an ending with no less than a few surprises.....the storyline of "Wicked" succeeds with a perfect arc from beginning to end.
I was actually blown away with the harmonies of the cast during the first half...there's a real WOW of a final note in one of the numbers that really opened my eyes in admiration.
The deep shade of emerald green in the second Act (after the intermission) is so absorbing, you may be distracted from what the actors are doing onstage, just to stare at that color...it's mesmerizing.
Do I recommend seeing it? I definitely do, 1,000%. It's especially entertaining if you know the 'Wizard of Oz' story, but if you came from another planet and you don't, you'll still enjoy the show. See the stage show and then watch the 1939 movie when you get home. You'll NEVER watch it in the same way again.
"Wicked" is now playing at the Wharton Center thru November 27. Find out more details and Wharton Center ticket info by CLICKING HERE.
Thanks to Bob Hoffman and all the others at the Wharton for bringing it back!


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The party season begins in earnest for us on Saturday 19th July with our first summer barbecue. I'm really looking forward to pitching up at the Floral Place Nursery and Preschool Summer Party with our Barefoot stall. We were invited by the setting to help fundraise for their favourite charity.
I'm especially looking forward to seeing how the organisers will recreate a beach in the midst of very urban surroundings. After a discussion with the setting's Regional Manager, about how we could support their event. We created a dedicated EVENT LINK so that they could maximise fundraising opportunities from the day – before, during and after the Summer BBQ Party. Giving families and or individuals, whether or not they attend the event, an opportunity participate online.
A percentage of sales from books bought online and from the stand, will form a donation to Floral Place Nursery and Preschool's favourite charity. So come on, dig out your beach wear and pop along for some summer fun!


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Dance Equity & Inclusion Day – Mar. 21, 2020FREE
Join us for a day of learning, questioning, sharing, and dancing about how to make our field more accessible and equitable to all. While this is part of Luna's everyday practice, and a critical aspect of all our workshops, we are dedicating a full day to immerse intently with community. Stay tuned for more details about the day's guest workshops, panels, dance jams, and more.
Saturday, March 21
Luna Dance Institute
$40-200 sliding scale
Motivation & Creativity – Oct.1, 2019$75.00
Examine human motivation theories and their relationship to creativity, culturally relevant dance instruction, and social-emotional learning. Through a critical pedagogy lens, participants discuss intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and consider instructional adaptations that support student autonomy, confidence, and meaning-making. No prerequisite.
Those taking Fall 2019 DIDC-B are already registered for this course.
10% Professional Discounts available for this course for Dancers' Group/CDEA/NDEO members. 50% off for current full-time students. Please contact 510.883.1118.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Luna Dance Institute
Practitioner Exchanges – monthlyFrom: $15.00
Practitioner Exchanges create time and space for peer educators to explore issues of practice. Get inspired! Try out new ideas or perspectives! Ask for help with your challenges. Each month centers on a different topic. This year, Practitioner Exchanges are paired with workshop offerings as an opportunity to integrate and revisit information throughout the year. Practitioner Exchanges are facilitated by Summer Institute alumni and veteran dance teachers experienced in the topic addressed. Come to ONE, come to ALL. No prerequisite. Held at Luna Dance Institute, 605 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA.
Practitioner Exchanges are included in the cost of workshops as follow-up discussions. When taken in conjunction with a half-day workshop, PD hours total 4.5-7.
Topics include:
Creating Space for Child-centered Work
September 10
Embodied Poetics: Writing & Dance
October 8
Dance in Special Education & Inclusion
November 12
Creating Community through Dance
December 10
Aerial Dance & Creativity
January 14
Dance & Self-regulation
February 11
Dance Integration Across Curricula
March 10
Agency & Power in Early Childhood
April 14
Cultural Relevancy in Dance
May 12
Dancers in Leadership
June 9
Luna Dance Institute
$15-40 sliding scale.
Free of charge for registered Professional Learning Users (those who have paid the annual $25 fee).


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Choosing a walker or rollator
When you choose a walker, it's important to take the user's hand strength and cognitive ability into account. Rollators with brakes and seats are wonderful, but can be dangerous if the user lacks the strength or presence of mind to operate them safely.
Here are some additional factors to consider when choosing the best walker:
- Consult a physical therapist if possible. A physical therapist can also adjust the walker's size properly and teach you how to use it safely. This is especially valuable if the walker is needed because of an injury. If you don't have access to a physical therapist, most experts recommend that the walker's handles be adjusted level with the crease of your wrist. (Stand in your shoes, with your arms hanging straight at your side.) The Mayo Clinic also offers a useful slideshow that can help you learn how to fit and use your new walker.
- Not all walkers fit through bathroom doors. Check the width of bathroom doorways in the user's primary residence; many are only 24 inches wide.
- Check the fit to your body. The handlebars on more walkers, and occasionally the seat, adjust up and down to fit your body. Be sure the width of both seat and frame are wide enough for whoever will be using the walker, and that it's rated to bear the user's weight. If the walker or rollator has a seat, your feet should be flat on the floor when you're seated.
- Look at warranty and parts availability. Warranties vary among brands, and customer service and parts availability differ even more. If a walker is used regularly, some parts like wheels will need replacing from time to time. Using a walker with worn or damaged parts, or disregarding manufacturer instructions to use specific parts, can put you at risk of an injury.
- Wheels and glides matter. For indoor use, small wheels of 3 to 5 inches in diameter are fine. For outdoor use, larger wheels of 6 to 8 inches are better. Tires that are too hard may slip, so softer tires are safer even though they'll wear faster. If a walker uses glides, read reviews or test before purchase to be sure they won't scratch your floors.
- Consider ease and safety of folding. Whenever possible, have the person who'll be using the walker practice folding and unfolding it to make sure they're comfortable with the process. Beware of trigger-style releases on a folding frame; accidentally gripping the release instead of the walker handle will cause the walker to start collapsing. You may also like to have a clip or strap that you can wrap around the walker to keep it from unfolding once it's closed up.
- Compare storage and accessories. Rollators (and some frame walkers) come with a basket or pouch for extra storage; some users prefer the closed pouches because they say they're less likely to tempt a robber. Add-on storage bags and cup holders are available to fit just about any walker, but be sure the accessories you want will fit the walker you choose. For example, a paddle release on the top bar of a folding frame walker could prevent the use of a food tray.
Know before you go
Walkers are not wheelchairs. It can be tempting to use a walker equipped with a seat and wheels as a wheelchair, or for the user to roll around the room while seated, but rollators aren't designed to withstand such use, even when the user doesn't weigh much. Improper use can weaken the frame, wheels or seat and cause the walker to break.
Walkers need maintenance. For safety, all parts of a walker should be checked at least weekly for damage or wear. If anything seems to be wrong, fix it before the walker is used again. Examine the frame and joints, check the brakes, and lean on the seat hard to make sure it doesn't crack under stress. If the user can't or won't do this, someone else must. This might seem obvious, but we found a number of reports made to the FDA about walker accidents that could have been prevented by good maintenance or prompt repairs.
Know your warranties. Walker frames often carry lifetime warranties, but most parts built into walkers will wear out with normal use. Many users are surprised when their walker's wheels, brakes, handles or seat need replacing after about a year. When choosing your walker or rollator, be sure that replacement parts are readily available.
Proper fit is important. In an article from the American Physical Therapy Association, therapists say that having a walker that's properly fit to your body is key in diminishing discomfort and decreasing your risk of a fall.