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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Papa Edwin T. Klehm, Illinois, circa 1885
"Papa Edwin T. Klehm" is written on the back of this cabinet card photo, taken at the Hartley Studio, 309 Madison, in Chicago, Illinois. There were a couple of Edwin Klehms living in the United States at the time this photograph was probably taken (the mid to late 1880s), but only one Edwin Klehm that seemed to match the age of the fellow in the photograph.
I'm fairly confident that "Papa Edwin T. Klehm" is the same Edwin T. Klehm that appears in the 1930 Census, living in Niles, Cook County, IL. Edwin appears to have lived the majority of his life in Niles, where he first appears in the US Federal Census in 1870, living with his parents George C. and Eliza Klehm.
In the 1930 census, his brother George H. is living with Edwin, 63 and his wife, Louise, 64; along with their daughter Pearl, 36; son-in-law Armin Mayer, 36; and grandson Armin Mayer, Jr., 7. At the time, George was the proprietor of a General Store.
I located Edwin & Louise's marriage information in the Cook County IL Marriages. They were wed on the 23rd of February, 1893. Louise's maiden name was Jarmuth. The couple had three children: Pearl, Ruby and Irene (source: 1910 US Federal Census, Niles, Cook, IL).
According to the Illinois Deaths Index, 1916-1947, Edwin T. Klehm was born the 23rd of February, 1867 to George C. Klehm and Eliza Harms. He died March 2nd, 1935 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois and is buried in Niles Center, Cook, Illinois.
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"The spacious home of Edward T. Klehm, built in the year 1900 at 5144 Oakton, had the distinction of being the first building in the village to have indoor toilet facilities. A windmill behind the house pumped water from a well into the house."ReplyDelete
Niles Center is now Skokie, Illinois.
Ruby and Pearl were twins - and they are the ones that the Black Hand Gang threatened to kidnap. The Skokie historic society might help you with this one.
Wow, thanks so much Intense Guy. This is great info! It sounds like Edward's sisters were very strong women. I'd never heard of the Black Hand Gang, but boy, it has the makings of a very interesting story. I wonder why they targeted the Klehms?ReplyDelete


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From a modest start of three donated Angus cows, Subiaco Abbey has created a cattle herd that is the envy of many cattle producers.
Logan County (Ark.) Extension agent Steven Sheets credits the abbey's success to the generosity of friends and former students at Subiaco Academy, the hard work of abbey personnel and help from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service through its Arkansas Beef Improvement Program (ABIP).
"Most of their herd, which consists of 275 head, has been donated," Sheets said. "A lot of people have gone through the school over the years. Some of them have become prominent farmers across the country."
The abbey hasn't always been so fortunate. It sold its mixed commercial herd in 1998, because aging abbey brothers were no longer able to care for them.
Tom Troxel, head of Arkansas Extension's animal science department, said, "The leadership of the abbey recognized that the farm and cattle had been neglected for a number of years. Five years ago, if you had driven past the abbey in the spring, you would have noticed the best crop of buttercup weeds in their front pastures."
Fortunately for the abbey, David McMahon, who owned an Angus ranch at Lavaca, Ark., took an interest in the abbey's situation and asked the monks if they would be interested in establishing a registered Angus herd. The monks agreed, and McMahon donated three cows. They calved in March 1999.
That June, Butch Geels, a retired dairy producer and former abbey student, was hired as farm manager.
Geels said McMahon took the cows back to Iowa where embryos were removed. The embryos were transplanted to the cows, and 42 calves were born. In November, a farm in Missouri donated 38 pedigreed cows. Twenty more cows were donated by two farms in Georgia.
"That was our foundation," Geels said.
He said the Extension service became involved shortly before he was hired. He said Larry Campbell, then the county Extension agent, discussed the ABIP program with the abbey, which agreed to enroll.
Under the ABIP program, a participant agrees to follow Extension's research-based recommendations. The recommendations are designed to fine-tune farm operations to reduce costs and maximize profits.
Troxel said the Extension team discussed goals with abbey personnel. The abbey's main goals were to provide quality beef cattle genetics for local producers and to efficiently use and properly manage forages and other farm resources.
"Two additional goals were set," Troxel said. "They were for the beef operation to provide funds for the abbey and provide educational opportunities for the students and public. With these goals in mind, we developed a five-year plan."
The first year of the program, Extension specialists worked solely on the pastures. Geels said the pasture not only had weed problems, but fescue toxicity was a problem.
"With timely weed control and fertilizer, the pasture responded remarkably well," Troxel recalled.
Geels said Campbell and Extension specialists visited the farm regularly over the years to advise him how to revive the rundown pastures
"The best help we got was advice on pastures and spraying and how to establish different forages. John Jennings, forages specialist, helped us a lot.
"ABIP supported soil and hay testing. We sample all our hay cuttings so we know what we're feeding, and if we need supplements. Our cows don't need any supplements unless they're breeding. We're trying to produce high quality hay so that additional supplements aren't necessary. They seldom need any grain."
Reducing winter feed costs for beef cattle is a major focus of the Extension service, according to Jennings.
Geels said the abbey is now doing its own embryo work.
"We have some really good calf-weight numbers and gains. We only use proven AI bulls. We'd like to get up to about 175 cows. We have 140 now with 70 heifers coming in the spring that were sired by top bulls."
Sheets said the abbey is doing other innovative things.
"They have one of the better working facilities in the county. They have a big covered area to work with animals. And they put their bulls for sale in a pasture alongside the highway. A lot of people stop and walk up and down the fence to check the bulls out."
Geels said the abbey has been concentrating on creating a top-notch herd while building numbers which influence profits.
"We would be making quite a bit of money if we were selling heifers, but we're keeping them to build the herd. We're about to break even. When we start selling heifers in about a year, it should be pretty profitable."
Meanwhile, he said, the abbey is making a lot of friends.
"People really like our bulls. We try to sell the bulls when they're 15 to 20 months of age. We're proud of the herd we've built, and we get a lot of good comments from visitors. We're trying to take good care of them and breed the best to the best."
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Lord McNair: My Lords, today's debate gives me an opportunity to tell the House about a visit to Germany which the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, Professor Antony Flew, Dr. Dennis O'Keeffe, Mr. David Rosser Owen and I returned from on 2nd October. The reason for our visit was to take evidence from witnesses who represent religious and ethnic minorities in that country. In the space of a week we met people from 17 different groups.
We think of Germany as a modern, progressive industrialised and democratic country. Indeed, it is all of those things, but by the end of the week we had the feeling that behind all that was another reality. As I recount some of what we discovered, the House may come to understand why we came to feel that Germany, in parallel with all its great achievements, is moving perceptibly in the direction of becoming a highly conformist, theocratic state.
Apart from the Turks, Kurds and a group called VPM, which has a philosophy of education and socio-ethics, all of the other groups interviewed were solely religious. The Turks and Kurds have religious as well as ethnic affiliations which can complicate their international and inter-community relationships in Germany. For example, in Britain we take for granted that if someone is born here he or she is automatically British. In Germany that is not the case.
One oddity brought to our attention by the witness from the Centre for Turkish Studies was that university applicants of Turkish origin had to attend an office at the university which was different from that used by German students. I was not sure whether that separation applied only to Turks or to all non-Germans. In any case, it applied mainly to Turks because they were Germany's largest minority. All of the members of the committee were already aware in general terms of the difficulties faced by Turks and Kurds. However, they were astounded by reports received from representatives of smaller religious groups, including new Christian denominations and religious movements.
The first group on which I touch briefly is the Charismatic Christian Church in Cologne. We took evidence from Pastor Terry Jones and co-Pastor Charles Robinson. That active Charismatic Christian Church has been administering to people in Cologne for many years. Over the weekend it has an attendance of about 1,200 people. That church reported an intense media campaign to discredit it, coupled with an attempt to remove its tax-exempt status. The most disturbing matter described was the attempt to reduce the charitable status. The Church received a de-registration order which stated that it did not contribute to the cultural, religious, social or spiritual value of German society. That appeared to the committee to be a rather arrogant position to adopt in respect of someone else's religion. It certainly goes beyond the limits of state neutrality in matters of religion. Pastor Jones and his colleagues are now engaged in a court battle to reverse the decision.
The VPM is a group that consists mainly of professionals such as teachers, lawyers, theologians, doctors, psychologists, people from other callings and parents interested in the psychology of education. That is a secular pressure group which is perhaps comparable with the British Campaign for Real Education, with which it has close links. It has been swept up by a network of sekte priests and sekte commissioners, largely because its stand against drugs runs counter to the views of powerful proponents of drug legalisation. It has been viciously attacked in the media as a sekte. In summary, its opponents have stigmatised VPM by the label of sekte and the authorities, media and public appear to have accepted that.
The committee also spoke to Herr Ignatz Bubis, chairman of the National Council for Jews. He told us that there had been an increase in the number of attacks on Jewish property and the desecration of Jewish cemeteries. He also clarified the difference in the meaning of two German words. I do not attack Germany. I want to see an improvement in the situation. He said that one had to listen carefully to the language used and there were graduations of dislike. The word auslander literally means a foreigner. For example, that term is applied to the British, Swiss and French. Non-whites are Fremde or strangers. Presumably, this means that the non-white minorities in Britain would count as Fremde even though they were mainly British citizens by right of birth.
Next, I deal with the situation in which the Church of Scientology finds itself in Germany. That seems to be the most frequently attacked group, perhaps because it is also the biggest. The attention devoted by the German state and certain officials to eradicate scientology (in the words of one CDU Young Union official) is extensively documented. The placing of Scientology in the cross-hairs was commented upon by the witnesses from the Unification Church and Sri Chinmoy. It was suggested to us by witnesses from those groups that the state and churches targeted Scientology as a prelude to, and an excuse for, the destruction of religious freedom for all religious and philosophical minorities in Germany. We were presented with a detailed and well researched briefing which included a sampling of incidents of discrimination. That briefing provided 60 examples.
We also received a copy of the application form to become a member of the Christian Democrat Party. There were two pre-conditions for membership. One was common to all such application forms known to the committee and my colleagues. It stated that the applicant was not a member of any other political party. The other was a declaration that the applicant was not a Scientologist. We were informed that all other major political parties took the same line; in other words, a German scientologist may not participate in the democratic process as a member of any of the main political parties.
Next, the followers of Sri Chinmoy express devotion to their leader's quest for peace in the world by organising concerts, marathons and other athletic events. Almost all of these facilities are within the gift of local authorities. They recounted instances where concert venues and sporting facilities are closed to them for no apparent reason. On one occasion they organised a marathon run only to find that they were not allowed to use the showers. The City Council of Cologne has decided that no public rooms are to be let to Sri Chinmoy groups.
Another group whom we met and interviewed was Orden Fiat Lux, a Christian healing group. Enormous efforts were being made to close it down. There is also a resurgence of cultural discrimination, which echoes German history. In the late 1990s attacks on artists who are members of an unfavoured sekte appear to be gathering pace. The technique employed is a refinement and intensification of the procedure in Germany known by the English word "outing" which is applied to professionals in any field, as the witnesses have clearly showed. In addition to the artists we interviewed, we were given documentation which described quite unacceptable discrimination. Reports in the media about two recent situations highlight the absurdity. In August 1996, as the release date of the Tom Cruise Film "Mission Impossible" approached, a spokesman of the Youth Union of the CDU issued a statement urging Germans to boycott the film because Tom Cruise was a Scientologist. The same fate was supposed to be meted out to John Travolta's film "Phenomenon".
We decided to try to find out from where this discrimination was coming. We concluded that there were several interconnected and mutually reinforcing sources of discriminatory attacks on the groups we interviewed. These can be distinguished as follows. Within the political and administrative structure there is a network of sekte commissioners, known in German as sektebeauftragter. Their task is similar to a network of religious sekte commissioners, to which I will turn later.
It was also reported to us that approximately 20 per cent. of elected German politicians were trained priests or pastors. There is a very close interconnection between church and state. From the evidence given, it appeared that the German state was spending millions of deutschmarks every year on anti-sekte personnel, propaganda and related actions. Some estimates are as high as 100 million deutschmarks.
Another example of direct discrimination by government is the state of Schleswig-Holstein. The state parliament has recently amended its data protection law to create a document centre containing information about individuals connected to sekten. That law is a specimen of selective legislation which strips away the fundamental privacy rights of members of groups labelled as "sekte" by excluding them from the data protection safeguards enjoyed by all other German citizens.
The Lutheran and Catholic Churches have a network of 140 sekt priests and pastors throughout Germany. Their function is to disseminate unproven, negative generalised propaganda about any group they choose to categorise as a sekt. In fact Pastor Terry Jones of the Christian Church of Cologne told us that the Lutheran and Catholic Churches categorise any group of which they disapprove - almost any group that is not Lutheran or Catholic - as a sekt to be closed down or disposed of.
We were astonished at the millions of deutschmarks and the thousands of man hours being poured into the campaign against minority religions. Our inescapable conclusion was that significant elements within the state and church apparatus have been brought to bear on these minority religions in an attempt to destroy them, but nowhere in our report do we suggest that events will inevitably follow a similar pattern to that of the 1930s. That would be unthinkable and quite impossible. However, there are unquestionably comparisons that can be drawn regarding the persecution of minorities, and those are of considerable concern to us.
I have gone some way towards introducing our report to the House. I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news when there is already so much bad news in the world. It is, I believe, a great strength of our House that we have such a diversity of preoccupations. The committee's report will be launched officially at a press conference tomorrow morning. It will be widely distributed thereafter. I shall of course send it to the Minister who so ably introduced the debate and to those noble Lords who were kind enough to wish us well on our mission. I hope that this will be the beginning of a focus on this aspect of political and social life in Germany which will bear fruit by changing the situation that I have described.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
3.0.2 Paladin Builds
Holy - 51/5/5
You don't have enough points to get Conviction in Ret, and Ret paladins won't have enough points to get Kings and all their damage talents. So for now, it's probably easiest if Holy gets Kings.
Protection - 0/55/6
Gets all of the defensive talents, and a 9s Judgement to make Prot rotations smooth.
Retribution - 0/5/56
Most of the damage talents, plus a few essential utility talents. Improved Retribution Aura versus a couple more points in Righteous Vengeance is a toss-up, but I'll give the tanks a bit more threat.
Note that in Retribution, you want 8s Judgements. All the simulations I've done show it as being an increase in damage. Because Divine Storm is on a 10s cooldown, Retribution doesn't have a smooth rotation, and your ability cooldowns will clash every so often. However, Protection does have a perfect rotation with 9s Judgements, so Prot doesn't need to spend the extra talent point.
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For Protection, why not Guarded by the Light? 6% spell damage reduction and 30% mana cost reduction on two (at 70) of our main spells seems like a good choice.ReplyDelete
Hmm. I don't know why I didn't take that. I think I may have removed the points when I was trying to get Seals of the Pure, but that didn't really work well. I'm not sure you'll really need the cost reduction. Maybe drop two points from Reckoning and take Guarded by the Light.ReplyDelete
Yeah, the way I see it, Reckoning is a nice-to-have. Although, it remains to be seen how much it is necessary for generating threat with the way things have changed.ReplyDelete
Hmm, although the problem seems to be that you need three points at or before Reckoning's tier to go further. So you can only take one point out of Reckoning to put into Guarded by the Light.
- Anonymous11:32 AM, October 15, 2008
Every paladin should spec Ret while it is still silly OP. I doubt Ret will stay in it's current form for long. Thanks to new Ret talents I'm doing silly burst damage and my heals hit just as big as they did prior to 3.0 when I was a holy build with 1k+ heals. Retarded OP, forget the other specs go Ret while it lasts.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:50 AM, October 15, 2008
What is your preferred rotation for Ret?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:36 PM, October 15, 2008
yes im also interested to know what your preferred ret rotation was. i think i've been doing judgement, DS, CS and consecrate if i need to or just repeat.ReplyDelete
There is no rotation for Ret. Generally, just hit abilities as they come off cooldown. If you have a choice of abilities, use the following priority:ReplyDelete
Judgement > Crusader Strike > Divine Storm. Throw in Consecrates/Exorcisms when the main three are on cooldown.
Sub-35% is similar, only the priority is:
Judgement > Hammer of Wrath > Crusader Strike, Divine Storm.
Strictly following the priority list isn't that important. All the potential priorities are very close in damage potential.
I have a pally sitting at 60, ready to lvl up to 70 now that 3.0.2 is live. Would your ret spec change much for solo leveling doing quests? Less focus on grouping...ReplyDelete
The two different rotations typically used in Ret Raiding for 3.0 is a First Come First Serve System using one of two different priority modes:ReplyDelete
FCFS, Priority DPS: When there is a conflict choose the highest DPS ability first.
FCFS, Priority Damage per Cast: On a conflict choose the ability with the highest damage per cast (i.e. DS get priority over CS).
Mana issues will also obviously cause Judgement to be high on the priority list is mana starved situations. As Rohan says, once you reach <35% HoW enters the equation, because it rocks.
Because of the slightly longer cooldown i like the use of DS first. then after a Consecrate, stun CS, Judgement, DS should be just about ready to use again. I threw stun in there because some of our abilities and new glyphs give us bonus damage on stunnedReplyDelete
I used a different spec for my Prot choices:ReplyDelete
I picked up Blessing of Kings because my Holy Pally dropped it.
I skipped Shield of the Templar, because we're not going to get Shield of Righteousness until level 75.
The devs have mentioned that they may add some more damage reduction to Shield of the Templar, to make it more attractive. I can re-evaluate it if that happens.
I have a pally sitting at 60, ready to lvl up to 70 now that 3.0.2 is live. Would your ret spec change much for solo leveling doing quests? Less focus on grouping...ReplyDelete
I'd probably drop points from Divine Strength, Art of War, Righteous Vengeance, Improved Retribution Aura and Pursuit of Justice. Just get the full damage increasing talents and Divine Storm.
You could also drop points from Fanaticism, but this is a very bad idea if you want to do any grouping at all.
Thanks Rohan! :)ReplyDelete
- Polecat1:55 PM, October 15, 2008
I'll admit that for my Prot Pally I went with this set-up:ReplyDelete
- Polecat
Here's what I'm going with: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sZaxVA0uMtcIRhoEReplyDelete
I'd rather put the 5 points in Kings into Reckoning, but I need to do a little more research into what my Expertise would need to be. We'll be able to get up to 16 Expertise with both talents and the Glyph of SoV, but I'm not sure yet what a boss' chance to parry is. I might put 5 of my 71~80 points into Reckoning, but I'm thinking of taking Heart of the Crusader, Improved Judgements, and Seals of the Pure with them.
I also decided to drop Ardent Defender because while I think it's pretty neat, I'm not really sure the benefit is all that useful overall. I'd rather put those 5 points into Benediction, since that's a 10% cost reduction on -everything- Prot uses.
- Anonymous3:50 PM, October 15, 2008
I went a slightly different path, forgoing Kings because we always run with prot pallies in raids, and going instead for Heart of the Crusader for a little more raid utility. http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sxAkgMzhVu0xRtaZVReplyDelete
On a side note, we threw together a quick raid from the guild last night and jumped into kara for a laugh. It was unbelievable. We chain pulled up to Aran in around 35 minutes. We still had ushers and a skele when we pulled Moroes. No one could go OOM, HL crits were landing for around 11-12k, with the HL glyph I was raid healing like a shammy. Haste from judgements is just delicious. It's a whole new game :)
I was really worried about the mechanics of pally healing in the patch, but it's a lot more fun than it was before, in fact it's damn fun! I'm definitely staying holy.
- Anonymous4:56 PM, October 15, 2008
So assuming a 0/55/6 build, what should the rotation be?ReplyDelete
I will miss Seal of the Crusader...
- Anonymous9:11 PM, October 15, 2008
My prot build for end game. http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=sZ0xVAcuMteIRGoVReplyDelete
Why improved HoJ? Cause its an interrupt now, and when needed i would rather be able to interrupt 2 times a min then just one. And everything else is pretty self explanatory. Of course at 80 I'll have the reduced judgment time and the 5 in holy, but for now, with the retarded amount of threat i have already, this seems to be the cats pajamas.
- Anonymous9:13 PM, October 15, 2008
Ahh crap i just noticed i put the into benediction instead of deflection, make a mental not of that on the previous postReplyDelete
I'm curious why noone is grabbing Vindication. That's a 20% reduction in all stats. That's huge in PVP and it appears to be proccing in PVE as well.ReplyDelete
Does Vindication work on bosses?ReplyDelete
Vindication doesn't work on bosses or even many outdoor elites. It's a decent PvP talent, I think.ReplyDelete
But for PvE, the basic rule is if the fight is even slightly challenging, Vindication will not work.
Definitely doesn't work on bosses. But, I'm on a PVP server - to me it's an awfully nifty debuff that can help end a fight quickly if the target can't manage to dispel.ReplyDelete
Vindication was good before 3.0.2 even if it doesn't work on bosses since it was considered another chance to proc JoL or JoW. But now that they're basically guaranteed procs on timers, Vindication isn't really as useful for anything but PvP.ReplyDelete
Well, the nerf is here. Forget that Ret build.ReplyDelete
Go pound on something solo that has high armour. Watch it laugh at you.
Vindication annoys me PvE,ReplyDelete
SCT just spams "Immune" every time you swing lol.
What was your prot rotation?
Im considering dropping Reckoning since it procs upon you being hit(wasn't this going to be block too?) Since my paladin is Unhittable (with HS) now this is kinda pointless.
As I recall, a block is considered a hit. So Reckoning should proc off blocks. It's the avoidance -- parry, miss & dodge -- that reduced the usefulness of Reckoning.ReplyDelete
This is what I originally thought, but if you dont take damage due to blocking is that classed as a hit?ReplyDelete
I was almost sure that the text on the PTR for reckoning "stated being hit by or blocking a damaging attack".
I shall definitly test it out this weekend and come back with a definitive answer I guess ^^
- Anonymous10:06 AM, October 17, 2008
I don't play a pally (bear and spriest, actually) but both holy palys in my 10-man-raid-focus guild went 37/9/15.ReplyDelete
Like I said, I don't play a pally, but the second one to change to that spec won't shut up about how much he loves it.
Personally, I specced the second point into improved judgement for prot. I may or may not respec back to a 9 second cooldown once I hit 75, but until then, I find it's really hard to maintain a 969696 rotation when half of your sixes are missing. So instead I've been doing more of a priority cast system, with top priority depending on the situation (Shield for max mitigation, hammer for single/small groups, consecration for big groups).ReplyDelete
Even at 80, though, I may keep that second point in there, since on mitigation-sensitive fights, you're probably going to want to ensure 100% holy shield uptime, in which case it would be preferable to have a sustainable 8 second rotation, using hammer and shield as 8 second cooldowns (1.5*5 = 7.5 seconds out of every 8, so it's not like you'd be standing around half of the time like we used to pre-3.0.2).
Given what the devs keep saying about not wanting threat to be such a big deal any more, I think the perfect threat rotation is going to be more of an e-peen stroking ability than a raiding requirement. Which is not to say I won't practice using it (and have a macro set up for it); after all, it's also a maximized DPS rotation, and tanks do some serious DPS now, too, for those hard enrage timers.


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WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration begins to implement $85 billion in cuts to federal spending this year, no part of the budget other than defense will take a bigger hit than healthcare.
And the so-called sequester appears likely to have a disproportionate effect on areas of the health system already hobbled by years of retrenchment or underfunding, including public health and medical research.
Although the Medicare program will account for the largest chunk of dollars cut from healthcare simply because of its great size, the scheduled 2% reduction in its payments to doctors and hospitals is significantly smaller than what many public health and research programs face.
Laboratories at major universities and medical centers are already laying off scientists, even before the latest round of cuts is scheduled to take effect. And local public health officials, hit by years of cutbacks, are scaling back immunization campaigns and other efforts to track and control infectious diseases.


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"Musica ad Rhenum has, since its founding in 1992, created a devoted following in the musical world. The intensely personal and highly emotional style which characterizes the performances of the group has earned them a special place on the early music scene. "Exhilarating", "controversial", "virtuoso" and "cutting-edge" are words which critics have used to describe the highly-charged atmosphere the group has created in concert at festivals and halls throughout Europe, North and South America, Iceland, Israel and Japan.
Blending an informed historical perspective with a lively artistic spirit, balancing the intentions of the composer against the needs of the creative performer, Musica ad Rhenum aims to make an impact on the audience; to move, amuse and delight them, through the music itself. The essence of the artistic experience, the meeting of minds separated by centuries, the moving of passions felt by hearts now turned to dust, needs no frivolous trappings, no gimmicks. Musica ad Rhenum is convinced, and has convinced audiences around the world, that Baroque music is as strong, expressive and free as the performers themselves, and as relevant to the world today as it was when first composed.
With more than 30 CDs on the market, with prizes and recommendations to their credit and repeated invitations to perform in the most prestigious venues, Musica ad Rhenum has proven its merit. The group has performed at festivals in York, London, Graz, Antwerpen, Madrid, Berlin and Utrecht, and on the concerts series of Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Frick Museum New York, Wigmore Hall London, Philharmonie Berlin and both Musikhaus and Musikverein Vienna. The core activity of the group is the performance of 18th-century chamber music: most recently the group has specialised in French music, which they approach with the enthousiasm, style and sense of fun which characterizes all their work. Their success with this repertoire can perhaps be judged by their 2004 recording of the complete chamber music of François Couperin, which has been highly praised in the press and has sold more than 20,000 copies. However, Musica ad Rhenum is not soley a chamber music group. Traverso-player and founder Jed Wentz also conducts the orchestral formation in large-scale works, and recent recordings and staged performances of operas by Mozart, Purcell and Handel have been hailed by critics for their verve and freshness. Whether the repertoire be intimate chamber music or grand, tragic opera, a concert by Musica ad Rhenum is not soon to be forgotten. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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This page is about the idiom a couch potato
You can say someone's a couch potato if they're very lazy and they spend a lot of time sitting around watching TV and eating junk food.
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- Since he lost his job, Marty has become a couch potato.
- How can you expect to feel good and look good if you're a couch potato? If you turn off the TV, get some exercise, and eat healthy food, you'll soon look good and feel great.
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What do certified nursing assistants do?
The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) designation is the first step in becoming a nurse. After Becoming a CNA, you will assist in caring for patients by monitoring vital statistics, bathing, feeding and maintaining personal hygiene. Most CNA and nurse's aide programs can be completed within a few months, allowing you to begin working. As the public ages, nursing care has become a major source of employment for technical program graduates. In nursing homes and residential care facilities, nursing assistants are often the principal caregivers. They have more contact with residents than other members of the staff. Nursing assistants often develop close relationships with their patients because some residents stay in a nursing home for months or years.
Nursing assistant duties:
- Clean and bathe patients or residents.
- Help patients use the toilet and dress.
- Turn, reposition, and transfer patients between beds and wheelchairs.
- Listen to and record patients' health concerns and report that information to nurses.
- Measure patients' vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature.
- Serve meals and help patients eat.
The next step in a nursing career is to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). This is a one year long program, in which you'll work under an RN, and be assigned advanced care work. Practice requirements for nurses aides and LPNs vary from state to state, but basic duties include passing meds, wound care, and administering feeding tubes. One year nursing certificate programs train students to pass the licensing test, in order to become an LPN or LVN.
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Nursing assistants must complete a state-approved education program in which they learn the basic principles of nursing and complete supervised clinical work. In addition, nursing assistants typically complete a brief period of on-the-job training. After completing a state-approved education program, nursing assistants take a competency exam.
Nursing assistants who have passed the competency exam are placed on a state registry. Some states have other requirements as well, such as continuing education and a criminal background check. By comparison, orderlies do not need a license, however, many jobs require a basic life support (BLS) certification, which shows they are trained to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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Nursing assistants held about 1.5 million jobs in 2017. The median annual wage for nursing assistants was $26,590 in May 2017. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $20,040, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $37,900. Most nursing assistants and orderlies work full time. Because nursing homes and hospitals provide care at all hours, nursing aides and orderlies may need to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
The work of nursing assistants and orderlies can be strenuous. They spend much of their time on their feet as they take care of many patients or residents. As the population ages, nursing assistants and orderlies will be needed to assist and care for elderly patients in long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. In addition, shifts in federal and state funding are increasing the demand for long-term care, which should lead to increased opportunities.


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"Somewhere There's Music Playing..."
By Chuck Obuchowski
"Today is National Aviation Day ... so why not take a pilot out to lunch?"
Longtime WWUH Monday Morning Jazz host Dean Hildebrandt wasn't prone to cracking jokes or making small talk during his program. He kept his microphone breaks brief so that the music would always be front and center. But somewhere along the way, Dean started making his "national ... day" announcements, always with the suggestion that the listener treat a nurse, auto mechanic, convenience store clerk - whomever was being honored that day - to lunch.
It was kind of corny, yes, but somehow it suited Dean perfectly: a touch of lightheartedness, and a tip of the jazz beret to someone in the listening audience who deserved to be acknowledged for his or her contribution to society. Perhaps it was inspired in part by the patter of legendary New York jazz DJs like "Symphony Sid" Torin and Fred Robbins, whom he'd listened to as a teenager. Whatever the case, Dean's weekly lunch invitation became a pleasant WWUH ritual for a dozen years or more.
Dean Hildebrandt died on March 15, 2010, a month shy of his 77th birthday. Monday Morning Jazz listeners will no longer be implored to dine with people of varied occupations, nor will they be greeted at 9 a.m. sharp by Erroll Garner's distinctive rendition of "How High the Moon," which also closed Dean's program each week, just before noon. However, many of us will always cherish those memories, just as we'll always fondly recall his exceptional taste and knowledge of mainstream jazz, from the 1940s to the present.
Although Dean had apparently been ill for some time, he never shared that news with any of his colleagues at WWUH. Rather, he continued doing his show - and engaging in station duties - up until the week he died, never complaining or indicating that he needed a respite.
Dean joined the WWUH staff in early 1997, after he'd retired from a successful position at Travelers Insurance Company. Although he may not have fit the stereotype many have of an announcer at an alternative college radio station, Dean's passion for the music earned him immediate respect from his peers at 91.3 FM. Actually, his initial contact with the station occurred when he answered a request in the Hartford Courant for volunteer library assistance; he'd assumed the position was with the University of Hartford's Hartt School.
This proved a fortuitous "mistake," both for Dean and for the university radio station. He was able to further his love of jazz and classical music, while at the same time, doing a splendid job of reorganizing and expanding the WWUH recorded music collection.
As station manager John Ramsey explains, "With a collection of close to 100,000 LP and CD titles, it's a big job, but Dean was up to the task. It wasn't long before he had catalogued the entire jazz library ... and over the years, he continued to keep the library up to date in an incredibly efficient manner."
Jim Christensen, host of "Conscious Evolution," the program which precedes Monday Morning Jazz, is a carpenter by trade. Jim built many of the CD shelves used in the expansion of WWUH's library; he marvels at Hildebrandt's attention to detail: "Dean gave me a bunch of formulas [to help determine how much space would be needed.] He knew exactly how many inches we'd need, and how much time we'd have [before another expansion would be required.] "
Jazzyjayne, Tueday Accent on Jazz host, enjoyed assisting Dean with CD storage tasks at the station: "I could see the huge effort he put into commandeering the general library all these years." She proudly recalls that it was Dean who first encouraged her to become a WWUH announcer.
Once she'd completed training, Dean "was especially kind to sit in with me during my very first fill-in show, which was a Marathon [fundraiser] evening." According to Jazzyjayne, Dean guided her through that inaugural program and helped build her on-air confidence: "He was an amazingly caring, considerate, impassioned individual."
Curiously, when Dean began volunteering at WWUH, he had no intention of becoming a jazz announcer. I got acquainted with him during a series of conversations we shared on Tuesday afternoons in the station office. I'd be working on our jazz calendar after concluding my morning jazz program, and Dean would be painstakingly inputting artist names and album titles into the UH computer system, part of his ambitious cataloguing process.
Right from the start, it seemed obvious to me that he'd make a great announcer. Dean had been a jazz fan since the age of 13, when he purchased a couple 78 rpm recordings by Benny Goodman. As a teenager, he witnessed firsthand the bebop revolution of the 1940s and became an avid radio listener. His family lived close enough to the Big Apple to allow him to pick up the air signals of the most influential jazz stations of that era.
Dean didn't need much persuasion to try his hand at jazz programming. Once he'd completed his announcer training, he filled in on a number of classical shows until a jazz slot became available. Former UH Jazz Director Harvey Jassem, a U of H professor, had hosted the Monday morning program for about 10 years before deciding to leave Hartford on a sabbatical.
"I'd developed a good relationship with a lot of listeners but felt very comfortable leaving the slot in Dean's good hands," Harvey remembers. "Dean not only loved the music, he played the music ... it was fun seeing him performing with the various bands of which he was a member."
Dean had played clarinet as a young man, and he returned to performance after retirement, eventually adding saxophones and trombone to his musical arsenal, too. He played in several bands in the Simsbury area, where he lived with his wife Marge. One of his ensembles - the Farmington River Royal Ragtime Ramblers - even gave an in-studio concert on WWUH during one of our "It's All Live" days several years ago.
Friday Night Accent on Jazz announcer Doug Maine observes that "Dean set very high standards for himself," regarding show preparation and organization. Whenever he was involved with one of the summertime Bushnell Park jazz broadcasts, for instance, Dean would carry a notebook filled with questions and comments for artist interviews, as well as details about upcoming concerts.
He relished his Monday morning airshift because it allowed him to debut the latest releases; his enthusiasm for sharing these sounds with his listeners never diminished. As much as he appreciated classic material from the 40s and 50s, Dean knew that jazz is a living, ever-changing music - and he made sure to support young and/or local artists, on the air and at the many concerts he attended. But he honored jazz veterans too, frequently offering birthday salutes and previews of upcoming concert appearances.
Despite all his talents and the rich experience he brought to WWUH, Dean Hildebrandt remained humble to the end. He'd probably have scoffed at an article like this one, preferring to do his work quietly and behind the scenes. Yet, those who were privileged to know him won't soon forget his tireless efforts on behalf of the station, nor the good humor with which he approached his tasks. A plaque acknowledging Dean's music cataloguing contributions will be installed in the WWUH library in the near future.


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The 52 Weeks of Color Challenge fizzled faster than it did last year. *sigh* Well, I'm still trying to catch up (slowly) and this is my Pueblo. Yes, there's actually some pueblo in there! It's in the middle part of the ombre on my RezIpsa Loc tights. Really!
A last minute reminder for those of you out there who haven't made it yet: The first round of Fluid is still going on! You've only got two more days to get over there, though! This pose is from Pekka's sweet little Eva pack and I just love it. It helps look Chloe look at least a little embarrassed about this color debacle.
(Items in the first round of Fluid will be noted in blue.)
Skirt | So Many Styles – Chiffon Lacy Skirt (Red, Gift)
Shirt | Milk Motion – My Vintage Tank
Tights | RezIpsa Loc – Ombre Tights (Rust)
Hair | Tiny Bird – Autumn Leaves (Natural Red)
Shoes | BF – 7ommys (Black)
Skin | Illusory – Paige (Milk Tone, Soft Touch Makeup)
Tattoo | Vestigium – Zodiac (Leo)
Eyes | Vision by A:S:S – Intense (Jungle, Clear)
Bracelet | Miel – Chum Bracelet
Pose | Pekka – Eva (1)


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[electronic edition]. The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2005. http://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries
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John Quincy Adams diary 15 (almanac), 1 January 1790 - 31 December
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Boston police Superintendent William G. Gross, the department's night commander who has also led the gang unit, will be named the force's second in command as early as Thursday, officials said.
Two law enforcement officials briefed on the plans confirmed Gross's promotion Wednesday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the move.
The historic appointment of Gross, an African-American with about three decades of experience on the force, will make him the department's first black superintendent in chief. He will answer to Interim Commissioner William B. Evans, who will be named permanent commissioner on Thursday.
Gross could not be reached on Wednesday night.
A police spokesman and an aide to Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who selected Evans for the top job, each declined to comment.
But several city councilors welcomed the news, including Councilor at Large Stephen J. Murphy, a former chairman of the Public Safety Committee.
"I think he's a proven leader as a police manager," Murphy said. "I think it's a good choice by Commissioner Evans. I think together, the two of them respect one another, have years of service in managing the Police Department together, and as colleagues will work well for the department and the new mayor and his administration."
Councilor Tito Jackson was also pleased.
"I'm very happy and excited about the appointment of William Gross as superintendent in chief," said Jackson, whose district includes Roxbury and parts of Dorchester. "Willie has a stellar record of community engagement and outreach and a sincere willingness to work with the community."
Jackson added that Gross has a strong background in youth violence prevention and is "committed to diversity and has worked to make sure that the Police Department reflects the community that it serves."
The issue of diversity in the department became a flashpoint before the mayoral election, when the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers pledged to "vigorously oppose" any candidate who committed to retaining Evans's predecessor, Commissioner Edward F. Davis, if elected.
Larry Ellison, a Boston detective and the association's president, had accused Davis of bias in promotions and meting out unfair discipline to officers of color, charges that Davis denied.
Ellison did not return calls.
Councilor Charles Yancey predicted that Gross will thrive in his new job. But the councilor tempered his enthusiasm.
"It would have been a far more significant milestone if he was named police commissioner, which I also think he was qualified for," Yancey said. "But I'm sure the superintendent will do very well in this position, and he's a team player, so he's not going to rock the boat and make life difficult for my friend, Commissioner Evans."
Gross served as a deputy superintendent and commander of a zone that includes Roxbury, Dorchester, and South Boston, according to a department biography . Other assignments have included heading the gang unit and supervising detectives and investigations.
Gross will replace current Superintendent in Chief Daniel P. Linskey, who could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. It was not immediately clear what his future plans are, though officials indicated that he intends to stay on in the department.
The Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, the department's largest union, praised both men on Twitter.
"We wish outgoing Chief Dan Linskey the best," the union tweeted. "A Marine, a leader, a Bostonian, and a good cop. Whether you stay or move on, best wishes to you."
The union added, "Speaking of intelligent, seasoned, pragmatic leadership,congratulations to Willie Gross; new superintendent in chief of the BPD. Lead on!"
Councilor Matt O'Malley added to the chorus of approval. Gross "has been a terrific partner and a great resource," O'Malley said. "I think the team of Commissioner Evans and Chief Gross is really terrific."
Community leaders agreed.
"He's always been someone who I've felt has always had the best interests of the community at heart," said Rufus Faulk, a program director with the Boston TenPoint Coalition, which works with youth to stem violence. "I know he'll do a great job."
Michael Curry, president of the Boston branch of the NAACP, described Gross as an accessible police official.
"He has often extended his hand to work with the NAACP on issues of violence and a host of other issues," Curry said. "We always enjoy working with him and look forward to working with him in the future."Andrew Ryan of the Globe staff contributed to this report.


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Chapman, S. J. and Howison, S. D. and Ockendon, J. R. (1992) Macroscopic models for superconductivity. SIAM Review, 34 (4). pp. 529-560. ISSN 0036-1445
Cruywagen, G. C. and Maini, P. K. and Murray, J. D. (1992) Sequential pattern formation in a model for skin morphogenesis. IMA Journal Mathematics Applied in Medicine & Biology, 9 (4). pp. 227-248.
Fowler, A. C. and Frigaard, I. and Howison, S. D. (1992) Temperature surges in current-limiting circuit devices. SIAM J. Appl. Math., 52 . pp. 998-1011.
Fowler, A. C. and Lisseter, P. E. (1992) Flooding and flow reversal in annular two-phase flows. SIAM J. Appl. Math., 52 . pp. 15-33.
Heath-Brown, D. R. (1992) Zero-free regions for Dirichlet -functions, and the least prime in an arithmetic progression. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (3), 64 . pp. 265-338.
Heath-Brown, D. R. (1992) The density of zeros of forms for which weak approximation fails. Mathematics of Computation, 59 . pp. 613-623.
Heath-Brown, D. R. (1992) The distribution and moments of the error term in the Dirichlet divisor problem. Acta Arithmetica, 60 . pp. 389-414.
Howison, Sam (1992) If I remember rightly, . Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 19 (5). pp. 119-122.
Joyce, Dominic (1992) A twistor transform for complex manifolds with connection. Twistor Newsletter, 35 . pp. 11-14.
Maini, P. K. and Benson, D. L. and Sherratt, J. A. (1992) Environmental instability in heterogeneous domains. Journal of Agricultural Science (Cambridge), 119 . pp. 138-139.
Maini, P. K. and Benson, D. L. and Sherratt, J. A. (1992) Pattern formation in reaction diffusion models with spatially inhomogeneous diffusion coefficients. IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Medicine & Biology, 9 (3). pp. 197-213.
Monk, Peter and Suli, Endre (1992) A Convergence Analysis of Yee's Scheme on Non-uniform Grids. Technical Report. Unspecified. (Submitted)


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How Did Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton Do Hosting the ACM Awards 2012? – Readers Poll
Blake Shelton was clearly more comfortable on stage during the ACM Awards 2012 than he was the previous year, the first time he co-hosted with Reba McEntire. It seemed like the singer was able to write some of his own jokes, or at least include jokes fans would expect to find on his Twitter page. For better or worse, the monologue and interludes had more bite than those in years past.
An early shot at the expense of Randy Travis (not in attendance) and another at Taylor Swift (who took the joke in stride) were two of the more jaw-dropping moments of the Academy of Country Music Awards. Both were met with a stunned silence from the crowd instead of a chorus of laughter, but it could be argued that both were right on point. Throughout the show, McEntire played the setup man to Shelton's one-liners, many of which landed and few of which sailed right by the country music-loving audience.
Overall, what did you think of the job McEntire and Shelton did co-hosting the award show? Take the readers poll below, and feel free to expand on your opinion in the comments section below.


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Reds taking hard road, but destination within reach
CINCINNATI -- The Reds played a game here Wednesday night, beneath the glow of a full moon, that was entirely more arduous than it needed to be.
They scored seven runs before their opponent, the D-backs, notched a single hit, and yet they still found themselves clinging to every precious out at the end. Aroldis Chapman had to record the final six of those outs and, thanks to a double-switch that wasn't, had to go to bat for the first time in his career. The offense could not rest on the laurels of the battering it bestowed upon Brandon McCarthy but instead had to keep piling on in the eighth.View Full Game Coverage
CINCINNATI -- The Reds played a game here Wednesday night, beneath the glow of a full moon, that was entirely more arduous than it needed to be.
They scored seven runs before their opponent, the D-backs, notched a single hit, and yet they still found themselves clinging to every precious out at the end. Aroldis Chapman had to record the final six of those outs and, thanks to a double-switch that wasn't, had to go to bat for the first time in his career. The offense could not rest on the laurels of the battering it bestowed upon Brandon McCarthy but instead had to keep piling on in the eighth.View Full Game Coverage
The nearly four-hour exercise was about as exhausting to watch as it was to play.
"That," manager Dusty Baker said afterward, "was the epitome of a full moon."
But hey, when the 10-7 win was over, the Reds had held their ground against a fellow Wild Card competitor and gained a game on the first-place Pirates in the National League Central.
And in a year in which pretty much everything has been a little bit more difficult than expected, why should this particular game be any different?
It might get more difficult still for the Reds. Tony Cingrani, who has been such a boon to the rotation while staff ace Johnny Cueto waits out his third disabled list stint of the season, left Tuesday's start with a strained lower back, an injury he had been hiding for a couple weeks. Though the news on Cingriani's condition Wednesday was encouraging, the Reds still weren't confirming if he'll make his next start, and they'll freely admit they don't have any obvious options to replace him if he doesn't.
Cueto, meanwhile, played catch for the first time since straining his lat on June 28, which was good news, but the Reds remain unsure if he'll be able to help them in September or, with the Minor League season winding down, if they'll be able to adequately stretch him back out as a starter.
And then, in the midst of Wednesday's madness, came the continuation of the injury issues affecting setup man Jonathan Broxton. Fresh back from an elbow injury, Broxton felt a twinge near that area that will assuredly send him right back to the DL, and so more stress is placed on a Reds bullpen that had seemingly recovered from its early-season struggles.
All of the above qualifies as concern as the Reds look to leapfrog the Buccos and the Cards to repeat as NL Central champs. But their resilience on this particular night is a quality they've shown often this season, so it's difficult to doubt them.
Indeed, the Reds still have plenty of realistic reasons to look beyond the Wild Card and dream on that division title that everybody predicted them to possess so many months ago.
Remember those days, when the Reds were the obvious favorite for that NL Central honor? Gosh, that seems such a long time ago. Before Ryan Ludwick dislocated his shoulder on Opening Day. Before Cueto not once, not twice, but thrice went to the DL. Before the Pirates became arguably the best story in baseball. Before the Cardinals collectively decided to hit something like .736 with runners in scoring position (or thereabouts).
Yes, it's been a long time since we viewed the Reds from the first-place prism. They last sniffed that standing on April 22, and, for all we know, they might not sniff it again.
Even on the difficult nights, you get the feeling we might just be watching the roots of a run for the Redlegs. They've won 11 of their last 15, and they'll play 21 of their remaining 35 games here in the comforts of Great American Ball Park. Their starters have posted a 2.41 ERA over the last 13 games, and the quality of Ludwick's at-bats has been steadily improving since his return from the DL earlier this month, a potentially big addition to a Reds lineup that has sorely missed his right-handed thump.
It's not all wine and roses for the Reds these days, as the particulars of this game proved. And even if Cingrani makes his next start, there will be concern over whether the rookie can handle the innings increase and the pressure of the postseason chase.
But the Reds were favorites going into the season for a reason, and, despite all the difficulty they've endured, they've hung tough in a surprisingly brutal division battle for a reason, too. Next week, they'll begin a stretch of seven games in 10 days against the Cards -- a team they've beaten just four times in 12 meetings -- and they hope they'll finally be facing that foe at something resembling full strength.
"We haven't had a lot of success against St. Louis," Joey Votto said, "but that's a small number of games to make an evaluation on how we play against one another. We could sweep two series and everybody would say we have the edge. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Cardinals, the way they've played, the way their organization is made up and the way they compete. And Pittsburgh is starting to turn into something like that. Fantastic pitching, and they seem to have an endless supply of it."
There is an endless supply of intrigue in the Central this season, but the Reds have spent longer than they'd like looking up at the Pirates and Cards. They were 6 1/2 back of first -- their largest such deficit of the season -- as recently as Aug. 7. They'll awake Thursday within 2 1/2 games of the lead, and, with home-and-homes against both clubs in the final weeks, they'll have plenty of opportunity to finish first.
If they don't, Baker isn't quite as dismissive of the specter of the Wild Card play-in as some.
"Once you're in, you've got a chance," he said. "Weren't the Cardinals in a one-game playoff last year? And they nearly went to the World Series. You just don't know. Washington was one strike away from going to the next level. We were one game away from the next level. San Francisco had four or five elimination games. You hope for the best record and home-field advantage and all these things, but sometimes it doesn't matter. Sometimes the teams that have to go the furthest and the toughest [are better for it]."
The Reds have had it tough at times this year. Even in victory Wednesday, the going was tough. But if that's what it takes to get to where they want to go, well, bring on the next full moon.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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Hugh Jackman continues to look fearlessly scruffy in a set video for The Wolverine. Catching Fire adds a Peacekeeper to its cast. Game of Thrones and True Blood are sticking around for a good long while. Plus new Skyfall photos!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from Game of Thrones.
The Wolverine
Here's a set video of Hugh Jackman's scruffy new look for Wolverine, which we saw the other day, which likely ties in with the movie's flashbacks to a World War II POW camp. I'd advise muting the obnoxious narration before watching the video. [IGN]
Man of Steel
Producer Christopher Nolan offers this small tease for the new Superman movie:
"I don't want to say too much about it because they're a long way out. They're at the beginning of the process, really. It doesn't come out for another year. But I think what Zack [Snyder] and Henry [Cavill] are doing with the character is going to make a remarkable impression."
Thor: The Dark World
And on the topic of people discussing upcoming superhero films without really saying much of anything, here's Loki actor Tom Hiddleston:
"I don't want to give too much away. But I can guarantee that you won't be disappointed. [Director] Alan Taylor's vision of Thor 2 is utterly brilliant. The journey continues in the most epic dimension and proportion imaginable. It's very, very exciting."
Catching Fire
Sons of Anarchy and Super 8 actor Patrick St. Esprit has reportedly been cast as Romulus Thread, the Chief Peacekeeper of District 12, in the Hunger Games sequel. [Variety]
The Hobbit
Here's a look at a very slightly alternate trailer. Check out the link for a list of the couple of pieces of new footage contained therein. [The One Ring]
Director Peter Jackson discusses whether his now three-part adaptation will reflect the lighter, somewhat less adult tone of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel compared to the later Lord of the Rings:
"I do want to make these movies run together, so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row, there will be a consistency of tone. I don't want to make a purely children's story followed by The Lord of the Rings. We are providing a balance. A lot of the comedy and the charm of The Hobbit comes from the characters. You are dealing with Bilbo Baggins, who is a little more reluctant to go on an adventure than Frodo was. Dealing with Dwarves, who have a personality and a camaraderie all their own... there's a lot of humor and a light touch to be gained from those characters... But there are still some serious themes involved. Hopefully the Hobbit films will comfortably straddle both worlds."
Kick-Ass 2
Comics artist John Romita, Jr. discusses how the movie uses his and Mark Millar's source material:
"As far as I know, the Hit-Girl comic is actually the beginning of the film. Kick-Ass 2 is the second half of the film. It's an interesting thing that occurred. The filming got pushed back due to contracts and the actors not being ready, so it worked out well that way, allowing me more time to get the comics finished. So as soon as Mark Millar and Jeff Wadlow had discussed what they wanted to do, we got to the point where the Hit-Girl story would be the beginning of the film. Now it's just up to me to get things done as quickly as possible. The director has Mark's synopsis already with pretty good detail –- not a script per se, but a detailed synopsis so he knows what's going to happen. There's a screenplay already, so having the series done far enough in advance for the director to use some of it, all of it, none of it… but for him to have a choice, is the ultimate goal and I'm just going to try and get the Hit-Girl series done as soon as possible."
He also says filming should start in September, and it's unclear whether the sequel will feature an animated sequence like the original did. [SFX]
Here are some new promo photos of Daniel Craig's third James Bond movie, taken from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. [The Playlist]
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Mickey Rourke is reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Marv, which presumably means the movie will feature flashbacks to before his story in the first movie, what with it ending with him getting the electric chair and all. Although this is Marv (and Mickey Rourke) we're talking about, so better not rule out anything until we know more. [Deadline]
Only Lovers Left Alive
Tom Hiddleston offers this update on Broken Flowers director Jim Jarmusch's latest, which the director has described as a "crypto-vampire love story":
I'm playing a fascinating character, quite unlike anything I've done before. And I'm working with Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin and John Hurt, who are all extraordinary, and we've shot in Detroit and Tangiers. So that's my summer. Then onto Thor 2. Who knows after that.
Doctor Who
Here's a new, shorter version of the recently released trailer for the first half of series seven. [Life, Doctor Who, and Combom]
Now that Withnail & I's Richard E. Grant has been confirmed as the main guest star for this year's Christmas special, we can move onto the rest of the cast. The other confirmed guest actor is Tom Ward, who is best known for playing Dr. Harry Cunningham on Silent Witness. There are still no details on who either Grant or Ward are playing. [BBC]
Showrunner Josh Wyman promises the fifth and final season will offer a more or less definitive conclusion:
I'm not interested in leaving it open-ended. That would just cause me frustration. I wouldn't be satisfied. What's really cool about Fringe, and one of the things we did do right, was that the way we chose to tell the story was that, with every season, there was a closure and then a new chapter. That allowed us to actually make the closure. And then, if we really wanted to, we could open it up again. One thing Fringe has is no shortage of ideas. There are so many jumping off points that we could use and have thought about. I just wouldn't want to pull a trick like that on the viewers. I really want to reward them. I honestly and sincerely feel that it's the most miraculous fan base I've ever seen, so I just want to make sure I use every fiber of my body to deliver for them what I think is going to be satisfying for their loyalty.
Could you have saved the world at the end of last season, if you had to?
What's a hero, if not for its journey. I think you're going to recontextualize what saving the world means, and I think that you will be satisfied with the stakes. That's all I can say about that.
He also explains why 2036 was chosen as the show's new setting, and it all has to do with Peter and Olivia's daughter:
We just figured that it would be a good age for Etta to be a part of the Fringe division. How cool is it for a woman to dedicate her life to finding her parents, who may or may not be dead? She's believed in this lore that her parents are these famous Fringe fighters that just went missing. Some people say they're in Peru, and some people say they're dead. I just was really intoxicated with that whole concept, as we all were. We just thought that was the right time 'cause she could be old enough to have made an impact in her own life, becoming a Fringe division agent, working for the underground. Her history was fascinating to us. What happened to her? Where did she go? Who raised her? When did she decide that she wanted to be in the Fringe division? Did she just use it as an apparatus to be able to find her parents? All these questions are really cool and provided us with a lot of push-off points.
There's a bunch more at the link, including the promise of some major, top-secret guest stars. [Collider]
Game of Thrones
HBO executive Richard Plepler promises the show is committed to adapting all of George R.R. Martin's books, including the ones that haven't quite been written yet:
Well, as long as George keeps writing, we'll keep producing, and he seems very excited with that proposition. As long as he sees fit to keep creating, so will we.
That's nice to hear, although of course it should be pointed out the show is still only renewed on a season-by-season basis, so things could change between now and eight seasons from now. [Collider]
True Blood
From the same interview, fellow HBO executive Michael Lombardo is similarly optimistic about the long-term future of their other big genre show:
And I think with True Blood, the show's obviously doing well. This coming year will be the first year Alan Ball is taking a little bit of a step back, but creatively, they're still engaged and excited by the storytelling. As long as it continues to be performing with the consumer and, more importantly, exciting the storytellers, I think we're there.
Here's the trailer for the final three episodes of the season, which appears to show a brief glimpse of Jason Stackhouse either dead or — considering he's in Jessica's arms — about to be turned into a vampire. Check out the link for some additional context and speculation on what might be ahead for Jason. [TV Guide]
Here's a new extended preview for NBC's new show in which energy doesn't exist anymore or something. I don't know, I've kind of given up on trying to encapsulate this show's premise, so I'm turning the job over to the video.
Here are some promo photos of Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell, who has taken over the predominately flashback-driven role of the teen protagonists' mother, which was played by another actor in the unaired pilot. [TV Line]
Here are some other new promo photos. [SpoilerTV]
Falling Skies
Here are some promo photos from the next episode, "The Price of Greatness", guest starring Lost alum Terry O'Quinn. A synopsis of the episode is below [KSiteTV]
The 2nd Mass meets new faces, while Tom comes across his former mentor and professor Arthur Manchester (guest star Terry O'Quinn). But it's difficult to know whom to trust. Maggie begins to realize that Pope may not be sticking with the group very long. Tector embraces his military past.
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Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch will begin its 2013 mine tour season with a free open house at the underground mining museum from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Visitors will be able to explore about 1,000 feet of restored workings in the former Hazel-Atlas silica sand mine, with park staff posted along the way to point out interesting features. For safety reasons, the self-guided tours are restricted to ages 7 and older. For younger children, there's a chamber just inside the mine entrance with displays and activities related to the park's mining history.
After open house day, 90-minute guided mine tours will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays through November. Advanced reservation tours are scheduled at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekends. A 10 a.m. tour is available to groups of 10 or more. First-come-first-served tours are at noon and 3 p.m. Again, participants must be 7 or older. Tour tickets cost $5 per person. Reservations can be made online at www.ebparks.org, or at the park office. For the 10 a.m. group tours, though, call 888-327-2757, option 2.
Another way to see the mines is the underground Greathouse Visitor Center, which is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends through November. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome. The center contains artifacts and photos from the park's coal and silica mining days. Above ground, naturalist Eddie Willis will lead a safari to see amphibian denizens of Black Diamond Mines' stock ponds. It's from 10:30 a.m. to noon Sunday and will take place rain or shine. Meet Eddie in the parking lot at the end of Somersville Road, 5 miles south of Highway 4 in Antioch.
And naturalist Bob Kanagaki will host a program from 10 to 11:30 a.m. March 9 about the park's mining boom times, featuring a slide show and a look at the mine. The program is restricted to ages 7 and older. It's free, but registration is required. For registration and information, call 888-327-2757, option 2, and refer to program number 1441. Black Diamond Mines has a parking fee of $5 per vehicle when the kiosk is attended. For general information about the park, call 888-327-2757, ext. 2750.
BIRDS, BIRDS: Beginning and experienced birders alike can enjoy a bird walk from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Sunol Regional Wilderness in southern Alameda County, led by naturalist Kristina Parkison. The bird walk designed for ages 8 and older is free, and registration is required. To register, call 888-327-2757. Select option 2 and refer to program 1466.
FOR KIDS: Outdoor Discoveries is a nature program designed for children ages 3 through 5 accompanied by a parent. Naturalists Katie Colbert and Cat Taylor preside. There's a program with a geology theme from 10 a.m. to noon March 7 at Del Valle Regional Park south of Livermore. The fee is $6 per child ($8 for nondistrict residents), and registration is required. Call 888-327-2757, option 2, and refer to program 1673.
Ned MacKay writes a regular column about East Bay Regional Park District sites and activities. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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by Tom Utescher
Playing three games in as many days proved too tough a task for Springside Chestnut Hill Academy to handle last week, especially when two of the opponents were 2013 Pa. Independent Schools champion Episcopal Academy and Girls Inter-Ac League runner-up Notre Dame.
On Monday, the Lions hosted EA, which got quite a run from SCH but eventually prevailed 32-27, clinching the Inter-Ac title outright in the last league game of the season. In another home contest the next afternoon, Springside Chestnut Hill opened up in the Pa. Independent Schools tournament with a 54-32 victory over non-league area rival Germantown Friends.
While Wednesday's journey to Notre Dame was not quite as unpleasant as a voyage on the Carnival Triumph, a tired, flat Lions crew was no match for the Irish, and SCH went down 58-25. Unfortunately, that outcome tipped the Lions' season record to the negative side, as they finished up 13-14 overall. However, even with the final league loss to Episcopal, Springside Chestnut Hill ended up with a winning mark in the Inter-Ac, going 7-5 to rank fourth in the final standings.
Episcopal arrived at SCH on Monday with a chance to claim outright possession of its first Girls Inter-Ac championship in basketball since the once all-male institution began to field girls' varsity teams in the early 1980's.
The Lions actually helped quash the Churchwomen's hopes to accomplish that feat a year ago, defeating host EA in the second-to-last game of the league campaign. It didn't seem likely that SCH could be a spoiler this season, since EA romped to a 60-37 home court win over the Lions in their first meeting back in mid-January.
Like most teams, SCH has trouble matching up against the 6'2" senior center for the Churchwomen, Megan Quinn. She had a strong supporting cast in the first clash with Springside Chestnut Hill, as her 16 points were matched by junior teammate Sarah Abbonizio, and five other players contributed to the scoring.
In last week's rematch, it was largely pure force of will on the part of the Villanova-bound Quinn that carried EA to victory, and the program's first championship. She netted 21 of her team's 32 total points, and the Lions stayed in contention the whole way by shutting down almost everyone else on the visiting ballclub.
Abbonizio and fellow guards Leah Becker, Kristen Hinckley, and Meghan Hubley had combined for 35 points when Episcopal thumped SCH back in January. Last Monday, the same four had 8 points between them as Abbonizio, with six points on the day, was the only Churchwoman besides Quinn who scored more than two points.
However, Abbonizio and Hinckley each corralled four rebounds, and that, along with the 12 boards pulled in by Quinn, helped keep the Lions from getting second shots on most possessions while providing multiple chances for the visitors.
In the first quarter, Abbonizio and Hinckley each drove for a lay-up, and Abbonizio uncorked Episcopal's lone three pointer of the afternoon (down from a team total of seven in the January game). Two lay-ups and a free throw by Quinn helped give EA a 12-7 lead at the end of that opening period, with SCH getting a traditional three-point play from sophomore Caroline Henry and field goals from senior Gianna Pownall and junior Julia Schumacher, also guards.
Almost six minutes into the second round, it looked like the Churchwomen might be making a clean break as only sophomore forward Olivia Byron found the net for the home team during an 8-2 Episcopal surge. Another Byron basket revived the Lions, then Pownall strung together a three-pointer and a score off a steal in the final minute, tugging her team back within four points by halftime, 20-16.
Overall, offensive production fell off in the third quarter, with the reckoning at 4-4 until Quinn engineered a put-back of her own shot with half-a-minute to go, making it 26-20 to start the fourth round.
Schumacher, the smallest starter between the teams at 5'2", had scored all the Lions' points in the third period, and after Pownall opened the fourth with a solitary free throw, Schumacher completed the Lions' total for the day with three field goals. The third shot, a mid-range jumper from the right wing with 1:23 remaining, had SCH's deficit down to four points, 31-27.
As the clock progressed through the final minute, the visitors lost a chance to ice the win by coming up empty on a pair of one-and-one's. SCH could not get any shots to fall from the field, though, and with EA getting into the double bonus with nine seconds to go, Abbonizio made the first of her two shots from the stripe to complete the scoring for the day. By the time the Lions called a time-out just five seconds were left, and they could do nothing but heave up a meaningless (and off-target) three-point shot.
Leading the losing cause were Schumacher (five rebounds) with 12 points and Pownall with eight, followed by Byron with four points and Henry with three. Freshman Lindsay Hiner and senior Maddi Hinchey hauled in six and five rebounds, respectively.
The SCH girls may have missed their last shot from beyond the arc in that game, but the next day they drenched the GFS Tigers with three-balls in the first round of the Pa. Independent Schools Championship Tournament.
Seventh-seeded Springside Chestnut Hill rained down 12 triples in all; four for Hiner (12 points total), three each for Pownall (18) and her freshman sister, Marissa (nine), and two for junior Madi Sehn (10).
It was actually the younger Pownall, a freshman, who began to break the game open in the middle of the third quarter. Seeded 10th for the tourney, GFS was hanging in and was down seven at 32-27 when the SCH ninth-grader subbed into the game and nailed her three treys all in a row. The Lions proceeded to a 48-25 advantage at the three-quarter mark, and cruised from there.
Another freshman, Germantown's Lizzie Becker, had a team-high 12 points, and Tigers sophomore Imani Ross added nine.
The previous day's game for the Lions, the one against Episcopal, had originally been scheduled for the Friday before, and SCH had planned to host the Indy tournament game with GFS on Monday. But while almost every other school – pubic and private – went forward with their Friday afternoon contests without suffering ill effects from the approaching winter storm, Springside Chestnut Hill postponed the EA game until Monday while shifting the tussle with the Tigers to the following afternoon.
This put the SCH hoopsters in the position of having to play three games in three days, and on the final outing on Wednesday, the Lions had a major letdown at Notre Dame. In the first of the two regular-season duels between the teams, the Irish had roared back from a small halftime deficit to ring up a 52-24 victory, but in the rematch on February 1, host Notre Dame prevailed by just half-a-dozen points, 47-41.
The third time was definitely not a charm for the locals, who never enjoyed a lead even briefly. The Irish were eager to have a third encounter with Germantown Academy, something that would happen if both teams won their Indy tournament games on Wednesday (which they did).
Notre Dame and the Patriots split in their two Inter-Ac tilts, and the GA win, which came in the second set-to, eventually forced the Irish to settle for second place in the league while Episcopal claimed the crown.
With Hinchey and Pownall each driving for lay-ups, SCH only trailed 5-4 seven minutes into Wednesday's contest, but near the end of the first quarter Bucknell-bound senior Megan McGurk bagged a three-pointer and then scored a breakaway lay-up off of a pass from classmate Kathleen Fitzpatrick, who's headed to St. Joseph's University.
From that 10-4 shortfall, things went downhill rapidly for the visitors, who didn't score again before halftime and found themselves looking at the Irish across a 23-4 gap. It was 42-14 by the end of the third quarter, and in the final frame the lead grew as large as 35 points.
Declining to use his team's back-to-back-to-back schedule as an excuse, Lions head coach Steve Purcell said, "I just think they played really well and we didn't play well at all. Notre Dame never let us get into our offense, and they just did everything right out there."
One bright spot was that Hinchey, a Norwood Fontbonne Academy graduate who did not score in the Episcopal or GFS games, came on to record 10 points after halftime at Notre Dame, winding up with a team-high 12 points. Gianna Pownall produced four points, Hiner had three, and Henry, Marissa Pownall and freshman Essence Walden scored two points apiece.
McGurk, with 20 points, and Fitzpatrick, with 12, topped a list of nine scorers for the Irish.