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The best female soccer players in Europe are showcasing their skills in Sweden this July at the UEFA Championships, but in another part of Europe a group of women will be competing in a game that's completely their own
'Greatest Day' for Castlegar Camogie from Jerome Quinn on Vimeo.
The recent emergence of the National Women's Soccer League (NSWL) in the US and the Westfield W-League in Australia are part of the worldwide growth of women's soccer, as evidenced by the excitement around the upcoming Women's Euro 2013 Championships.
And as the sport continues to grow maybe some lessons could be learnt from one of Ireland's most skillful sports.
Camogie is one of the most popular women's sports in Ireland, a super-fast game played with a small ball and a stick made from ash (a brave attitude is also pretty helpful).
Officially founded 110 years ago, the sport of camogie is one of the fastest ball games in the world. The small hard sliotar (ball) can travel over 80 mph when struck with the camán, the ash stick used by players to control, pass and shoot the ball.
Along with gaelic football and hurling, camogie is part of Ireland's largest sporting organization; the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association). Possibly Ireland's best kept secret, gaelic games are to Ireland what baseball is to America or rugby is to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa; more than just sports, they are wrapped up in the national psyche.
Camogie shares the same facilities and most of the same rules as hurling and gaelic football with a few important distinctions.
Sixty minute games are played between teams of 15, with the aim to score goal or points through the H shaped posts. Safe to say the goalkeepers in camogie are a special breed; volunteering to stand in the way of the baseball sized projectile wouldn't be everyone's idea of fun.
Remarkably, players do not wear a large amount of protection; helmets recently became mandatory and shin guards are used, but that's about it.
The game's status as a female-only activity is also unusual. But it has arguably afforded the game space to develop out of the shadow of hurling.
The sport has a proud history of female presidents and administrators and the game has been marketed in its own unique way, right down to a tongue-in-cheek "chicks with sticks" slogan in recent years.
Despite the prominent physical element of the game, camogie is actually an extremely subtle, skilful sport. Players must have the coordination to pluck the ball from the sky, the balance to carry the sliotar on their camán (stick) as they sprint and the co-ordination and strength to pass or shoot over distances of up to 70 metres.
The top players can demonstrate the different skills found in baseball, basketball and soccer all within one passage of play.
The high skill levels mean that most top level players will be almost born with a camán in their hand. In 'hurling counties' like Kilkenny, Cork or Antrim you can expect to see plenty of kids with their length of ash, off to the local pitch for a 'puck about'.
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This July the majority of the group stage games in the All-Ireland Camogie Championship will be played throughout the country. Nine counties compete in the top tier of the Championship with the majority of teams coming from the south of the country where the game tends to be strongest.
As with all gaelic games, players are amateur (though with the commitment of professionals). The ultimate reward is to represent your county in Croke Park, the national GAA stadium.
The county system lies at the heart of these sports and explains how passionately Irish people can feel during matches.
You support the county you were born in, almost without exception; there is no transfer system so the connections between players and their team – and their supporters – run very deep.
The new Experience GAA initiative now means that visitors to Ireland can get to grips with hurling, camogie and gaelic football through training days with fully qualified coaches who will teach the basic skills and tell you all about gaelic games in Ireland.
The GAA Museum at Croke Park is another great resource for those wishing to learn more about the games. Stadium tours are run daily, including the spectacular rooftop tour, and visitors from around the world can test their skills in the museum's interactive area.
And as the top players will tell you, once the skills of camogie are mastered the world is your oyster. They could might even be able to give the ladies at the Euro 2013, the W League and the NWSL a run for their money...
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Snap o' the day: Walk on water
A frozen Mint Springs lured visitors to venture out on the ice January 18, though they stayed close to shore. Earlier parkgoers had thrown bottles and rocks that failed to dent the ice and littered the surface of the Crozet pond.
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What a crazy thing to do! The temperatures in this area in recent history do not support ice thick enough to walk on or skate on. I haven't been out on ice since the day former Commonwealth Attorney Richard Barrick and his friend fell through a few years back while ice skating. Mr Barrick survived, his friend didn't.
Do you think we'll ever see this sight again in Charlottesville ?
"the chance to ice-skate outdoors creates a frenzy in Kinderdijk"
Does anyone know the date of the last winter when people could safely skate on ponds outdoors in Charlottesville ?
Does anyone know the last winter it snowed?
I love the fact that people just flung bottles onto a frozen lake. Sounds like a nice "green" community. Perhaps someone has a few old refrigerators and cars laying around they need to get rid of. That would be pretty.
When I was 10 - and probably weighed maybe 65 pounds - I fell through some ice walking on a pond in Virginia Beach. Fortunately it only came up to my knees and I wasn't hurt, but I would never want to repeat that experience. The water was so cold that I could barely move, and my friends had to help me get out.
Just because the ice looks thick, or it can support an empty plastic bottle or a small rock, doesn't mean it can support human weight. A few days of below-freezing temps do not make for a frozen solid pond. Stay off it.
from the Times-Dispatch article about Dr. Arie Bestebreurtje
Charlottesville: This was his second parish and his last. He retired in 1981. He died in 1983 while skating and falling through the ice succumbing to the extreme exposure.
so I guess 1983 was perhaps the last year anyone could safely skate outdoors in Charlottesville ?
quote: "...so I guess 1983 was perhaps the last year anyone could safely skate outdoors in Charlottesville?
Betty, obviously 1983 WASN'T safe. This is the gentleman that was skating with former Commonwealth's Attorney Richard Barrick when the ice beneath them failed. Mr. Barrick was very fortunate in surviving the ordeal.
Demolition derby on ice is hard to beat for fun. The cool part is you don't have to dispose of the crashed up cars, they magically disappear in the spring!
My net worth greatly exceeds his! :-)
Oh, were you talking about "monetary" worth?

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I recently wrote a post about British versus American slang and terminology as a reference to help people understand the differences. A friend asked me why was this important to bloggers.
Good question. It is critical that you write as you and for you, but also for your audience, whoever and wherever they are.
If you are living and working in the UK and you are born and raised there, then you are probably writing like you talk and blogging about your life there, right? Then you are probably writing for your friends and neighbors and "folks from home", though your words may apply to others. Still, it is part of your personal and unique voice to sound "English". If you are from India, you may be writing in English, but you will be probably writing in your own country's version of English using a mix of words an American probably might not understand every time. And if you are a true Southerner in the United States, I'm sure a few "ain'ts" and "y'alls" will pop into your writing. This is part of your writing voice and style.
Writing in the style and terminology of your region is important if your blog is personal. And it's important for all of us to understand what is meant when someone in the government is called a "wanker" so we all know he's a jerk. So learning the different terms for similar words helps us all understand what is being talked about.
It's important to consider your audience. If you are writing for your region, write in a style they will recognize, especially if your blog is dedicated to a specific region, area, or culture. The more reflective the writing is of the local speech and dialect, the more "honest" your blog will feel when read. Even if this isn't your "native" language, writing for the audience and subject matter of the blog keeps the material locked into a specific culture or community, adding to the style of the blog.
If you are writing about non-personal subjects, though the subject might be important personally to you, like technology or science, then you need to write with a "cleaner" voice free of eclectic and regional references so your writing appeals to the broadest audience. Take care to edit out "ain't" and "y'all" and "wankers" from your writing to keep the language grammatically correct and…okay, I hate saying "dry" so let's say "clean". Free of colloquialisms and slang.
The words you choose in writing on your blog come from a combination of who you are and who your audience is, as well as your subject matter. The less formal the topic, the more slang is acceptable. The more formal the topic, the more stringent the language requirements.
Understanding the role the words you choose plays in what you write is critical to your success as a blogger. Think about the way you write, the phrases you use, especially common and frequently repeated phrases, and how they reflect who you are and what you are saying through your writing. Is it a good reflection? Is it really representative of what you want to say?
And then learn about the different words used in different cultures, even if they speak a form of English. It broadens your own language and opens up more word possibilities.
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Give the Giants Credit
There's a reason no NL team has been to three straight World Series since the 1942-43-44 Cardinals. It ain't easy.
The underdog Giants ended the Phillies hopes of history with another one-run win last night on our turf. Say hello to a Rangers-Giants World Series on FOX.
Give the Giants credit. They weathered a boisterous crowd, one that had "this place shaking" in the first inning said broadcaster Scott Franzke. The Phillies had scored twice on three hits in that inning. The offense which has been consistently inconsistent did just that, not scoring the rest of the night. They were 2-11 with runners in scoring position, 0-8 after the first inning.
An offense that produced 25 postseason homers a year ago, fell 21 shy of that total.
Again, give the Giants credit. Over the six games, they hit better, pitched better and played better defense. Two years ago Lidge was a perfect closer. Wilson has taken over this year.
While it will take time to get over the disappointment, the 2010 season should be cherished. Injuries dominated. A starting eight that included seven All-Stars was hardly intact for most of the season.
In July, it looked like they had no chance of reaching the postseason. But, something happens after the All-Star break with this bunch. They stormed back and won the division for the fourth straight year, a franchise first. They swept the Reds but couldn't conquer the Giants.
2010 was a long, roller-coaster journey that ended not like everyone had wished. On paper, the Phillies had their best team in franchise history. But, baseball isn't played on paper. That's baseball.
Over the next few days, players will come in an empty and quiet clubhouse and pack for the off-season, their first without a World Series appearance since 2007.
There are free agents. Some may stay, some may go. The top three rotation starters are all back, which is good. This team will be good again, enough to challenge for another postseason berth.
Look on the bright side….only 156 days until opening day in 2011!
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I am very sad today :O( The crowd was so nuts last night I thought we could will them to a win…didn't happen. Ok, maybe next year…


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"I speak … in a spirit of hope," said President John F. Kennedy, beginning a policy address to the nation July 26, 1963. He went on to describe a major breakthrough in the Cold War. The new Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the Soviet Union would prohibit nuclear explosions in the atmosphere.
This followed the Cuban Missile Crisis of the previous October, which had brought the world to the edge of general nuclear holocaust. The two events are related and directly germane to our international leadership — or lack thereof — today.
Under the treaty, the Soviet Union and the United States as well as Britain agreed to renounce testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water. The treaty did not ban underground tests. Compliance could be monitored without on-site inspection, which Moscow opposed. The treaty was signed Aug. 5.
Cancer and other diseases resulting from nuclear radiation were well-known. The intensity of Cold War political fears and hostility can be measured by the fact that leaders and the public nonetheless had generally supported such tests.
Fear has always been an enormously powerful, and often destructive, motivation — for nations as well as individuals. During the 1956 presidential campaign, Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson courageously proposed ending nuclear tests in the atmosphere. Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon immediately denounced this as "catastrophic nonsense."
In the earlier 1952 campaign contest, Nixon described the beleaguered Stevenson, well behind in opinion polls, as "Adlai the appeaser" and a graduate of Dean Acheson's "cowardly college of containment." Nixon's alliterative attack anticipated the even cruder style of his own ultimately disastrous vice president, Spiro Agnew. Acheson, President Harry Truman's secretary of state, was widely blamed for the bloody and enormously unpopular Korean War, and for the policy of foreign policy restraint known as containment.
The 1952 Republican platform called for "rolling back" communism by liberating Eastern Europe. Gen. Douglas MacArthur advocated using nuclear weapons against China. Dwight Eisenhower, the general who achieved the White House, deftly managed this Republican right wing the way the bullfighter manages the bull.
Kennedy showed courage and deserves credit for successfully seeking to limit nuclear tests. The treaty was a direct function of his increased standing resulting from the Cuban Missile Crisis, and also willingness to engage in shrewd — and effective — political horse trading.
After a terrible tense week of nuclear confrontation over Cuba, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to withdraw strategic missiles. Unknown until years later, Kennedy in exchange secretly pledged to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
To secure Senate approval of the new treaty, JFK agreed to Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen's request that an investigation of Sherman Adams, Eisenhower's chief of staff, be dropped. Dirksen had been a visible opponent of the arms treaty. His classic rhetoric passionately advocating for the treaty on the Senate floor was instrumental in passage by a vote of 80-19.
The Test Ban Treaty provided an important bridge in long-term nuclear arms control efforts. Eisenhower achieved demilitarization of Antarctica as well as neutralization of divided, occupied Austria. The 1968 Nonproliferation Treaty, 1972 SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) Treaties and others built on earlier progress.
Pragmatism combined with engagement in dealing with Congress and Moscow was the key to Kennedy's success. That approach contrasts with today's rigid partisanship and White House condescension toward Congress.
Iran, North Korea and other nations today represent actual and potential nuclear weapons threats.


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Apple's announcement that Siri is coming "Eyes Free" into cars left more questions than answers at WWDC this week. But after talking with automakers, examining how voice controls are currently embedded in vehicles and looking at Apple's own patent filing for a steering wheel-mounted remote, we have a clearer view of how Apple's personal assistant will integrate into your next ride.
There's been plenty of confusion about what form Siri Eyes Free will take when it eventually comes to vehicles in the next year, and from what we can gather, there are a few possible models that automakers working with Apple will follow.
The first thing we can conclude is that Apple probably won't have its own button in your car. Many new vehicles are already equipped with a voice control button on the steering wheel, and it's doubtful automakers will develop and install a dedicated button just for Siri. After all, there are plenty of non-Apple smartphones in the world, and automakers want to cater to as many devices as possible.
So they will likely use the existing voice control button. In its current form, when the voice button is depressed, the factory-installed infotainment system brings up a series of possible commands the driver can execute, from "Navigate" to "Play playlist Kid Cudi." To maintain existing infotainment functionality, automakers won't completely cede control to the user's iPhone. Instead, when the voice button is pressed, the user could simply say "Siri" and the on-board controls would recognize the command and divert the following voice commands to the iPhone. This solution allows automakers to keep their existing controls in place and maintain a modicum of control, while still allowing drivers to utilize Siri's multitude of natural language inputs.
While this might seem like an obvious solution, there's more to it than simply reprogramming the navigation system. To that end, we can look to Mercedes-Benz, which recently introduced its entry-level A-Class to the European market with one of the most Apple-friendly head units fitted to a production vehicle.
The new A-Class features a separate Apple-centric infotainment display that allows drivers to access their iPhones through the control knob-based COMAND (Cockpit Management and Data) system, with the iPhone docked safely in the center console. By selecting the iPhone from the source inputs, a dedicated screen is enabled, providing access to many of the iPhone's functions – including Siri. This new "DriveStyle" app was originally shown at the Geneva Motor Show, with a refined version debuting at CES earlier this year. But one component was missing, and Apple delivered the goods on Monday.
The environment inside a car (road and wind noise, engine hum, etc.) is very different from what Siri is designed to interact with. Apple's personal assistant has been optimized for use with the internal mic on the iPhone, but what Apple didn't divulge during its WWDC announcement was that Siri in iOS 6 will be tuned for in-car use. Specifically, it will be able to recognize voice commands over the low thrum of exterior noises leaking their way inside the car. Sasha Simon, the head of advance product planning at Mercedes-Benz, explained the implementation to Wired, telling us that when the driver presses the steering wheel voice control button in the A-Class, Siri will be the default voice control. "Apple changed the algorithms to work in the car environment," according to Simon, and that was the final piece of the puzzle. While the A-Class won't be on sale in the United States any time soon, Simon tells Wired that Siri integration will be available on the range of Mercedes-Benz products "within the next six months, possibly in early 2013."
The other option is the aftermarket route, where a dedicated device – likely mounted on the steering wheel and already patented by Apple – would allow owners to add Siri functionality to their existing vehicle without having to shell out the coin for an all-new car. If the iPhone is tethered to the stereo – either over Bluetooth or USB – the button would pair with the phone, allowing the driver to access Siri with a simple press, and just as importantly, keep their iPhone stashed away to avoid distraction.
This solution would be particularly appealing to both drivers of older vehicles, as well as Apple, who could sell the steering wheel-mounted device as an accessory. But for now, most of this is speculation. And after talking with automakers, there's still plenty of details to be hashed out before we see exactly how Siri Eyes Free makes its way into our cars.


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Over the past six months, sisters Lee Johnson and Diane Robbins have been attending meetings of the St. Johnsville Village Board of Trustees in order to resolve a dispute regarding delinquent water rents left on a house that they bought after it was foreclosed on.
Over the past six months, sisters Lee Johnson and Diane Robbins have been attending meetings of the St. Johnsville Village Board of Trustees in order to resolve a dispute regarding delinquent water rents left on a house that they bought after it was foreclosed on.
Village Attorney Norman Mastromoro said at a regular meeting of the board held Monday that this month progress of a letter being composed between both attorneys is nearly complete, a development that has been part of a long-awaited process according to the owners of the property.
"The letter is mostly agreed upon at this point," Mastromoro said, addressing questions regarding communication being composed by both attorneys to be sent to the state comptroller's office.
The property, located at 8 Kingsbury Ave., was purchased in late spring, and, with the suggestion of their lawyer, Gerard Snyder, Johnson and Robbins requested a tax search from the village prior to closing to ensure that all bills were paid on the home.
After requesting the information from the village clerk's office for a sum of $10, the search brought back nothing.
It was after the house closing that Johnson and Robbins received a delinquent water bill in excess of $500.
After much discussion at meetings July through October, it was seemingly decided that an error in the search had caused the inconvenience.
Now the village and the property owners are in a back and forth discussion of what to do to resolve the issue.
Since the situation occurred, taxes were due, which the women paid on the house, including the delinquent water bill. They have suggested being reimbursed the money, since they paid for a thorough search.
Johnson approached the board Monday night with more questions regarding the situation. "On a personal note," she said, addressing each board member, "I feel like if it were any one of you, you would feel the same way we do about this situation. On a business note, I don't understand what is taking so long to complete this letter."
Mastromoro interjected that he and the property owners' attorney are busy, and that if they understood the work of an attorney, they would appreciate the length of time the case has undergone. "You have to walk a mile in an attorney's shoes," he said, "to appreciate what we do."
He continued that, rather than continuously approaching the village board at regular meeting each month, Johnson and Robbins should be discussing the matter with their attorney.
"I have been. You blame him and he blames you. I don't want to fight," Johnson said as Mastromoro explained that no blame had been put on either lawyer by the other. "It's been six months. We just want answers."


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By T.G. Branfalt Jr
ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) - New York state
lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill that would allow
limited access to medical marijuana in New York, joining 22 other states
where cannabis has been legalized for therapeutic purposes.
The bill, passed on a 49-10 state Senate vote, embodies a deal
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ingredients or to eat them in food, but prohibit smoking of
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Exactly how medical marijuana products will be formulated in New
York will be left up to the state's Health Department under the
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Cuomo, a Democrat who had long resisted proposals to legalize
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compromise bill balances public safety with the health needs of
individuals seeking relief from serious ailments.
The state Assembly passed the measure early Friday by a vote of 117
to 13, hours before final action in the Senate. Cuomo is expected to
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Of the 22 other states that already provide some form of legalized
access to marijuana for medical purposes, only one other, Minnesota,
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Patients aged at least 21, who suffer from any one of a list of
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Medical marijuana advocates have objected to provisions in the
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training course, and excluding physician assistants and nurse
practitioners, as well as the ban on smoking, which they say can
provide faster relief.
The Drug Policy Alliance hailed the bill's passage as a major step
in the right direction.
"This bill is far from perfect," said the group's state director,
Gabriel Sayegh. "But if implemented quickly and effectively, this
program will help thousands of sick and suffering New Yorkers, who
need help now."
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27 November 2009
Back Monday
An excellent Thanksgiving was had by all yesterday, with tons of food, friends, and laughter. And I've got a good bit of food and wine to discuss, but that can wait. For now, listen to Turkey the Dog:
"Curl up with a blanket, watch some movies, and put a serious dent in those leftovers."
Enjoy your weekend, folks. Safe travels to those of you headed back home.
5 comments:
- Samantha Dugan said...
Glad to hear you had a great Thanksgiving Benito, cannot wait to hear what you ate and drank!
- 27 November, 2009 08:37
- Benito said...
I tried a few things that I don't normally drink, but frankly Thanksgiving is more about the food and fellowship than anything else.
Bear in mind that by the time the wine was open, I'd been inhaling mesquite smoke for a good three hours. Don't expect detailed tasting notes. :)
- 27 November, 2009 13:47
- CM said...
We had great luck with rieslings from Alsace this year and last. They match almost everything except red meat.
Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving to all.
- 27 November, 2009 16:41
- Benito said...
Rieslings are almost always a great choice for appealing to a wide range of palates. Our wines were mostly white, though I did have one reddish oddball... Details later.
- 28 November, 2009 01:39
- Samantha Dugan said...
Oh dude, who ya tellin? I work in a wine store and am so OVER hearing, "Will this go with turkey?" ugh! Just curious what you may have had with that lovely picture you had posted on facebook!
- 28 November, 2009 20:05


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and feed the elk. LET'S GO!
FRONTLINE: POT REPUBLIC – 9:00PM (PBS) The most intense news program on TV takes a look at California's burgeoning legitimate medical marijuana industry, and the black market that has spawned from shady prescription practices. I said it before and I'll say it again: You want to save this country's economy? You want to help get rid of the debt? FULLY LEGAL WEED. Make it legal, tax it, open the doors for tourists, and suddenly you got yourself a thriving nation. A hungry, dry-eyed, kinda loopy, but THRIVING nation. ANTICIPATION: WEED!
AWKWARD. – 11:00PM (MTV) In case you missed the premiere of MTV's endearing new sitcom, tune in this evening for a new episode, in which our hero Jenna is humiliated when a nude picture of her gets passed around the school via social networks. So, so glad I only took analog naked photos of myself back in the day. If anyone had seen those, it really would have been awkward, nearly as awkward as the period in this show's title. ANTICIPATION: TEENY!
TURNING POINT – 10:00PM (OWN) Oprah's channel teams up with ABC News to bring you this new newsmagazine about "the fragility of life." First up, the story of that one guy in Boston who had to get a face transplant after having his original face burned off in a horrible accident. WARNING: There will probably be pictures. I have seen them. They are difficult to look at. Don't be eating beer cheese soup when you chance upon them. ANTICIPATION: NIGHTMARES!
AFTERMATH WITH WILLIAM SHATNER – 10:00PM (BIO) Tonight, the hardest working man in showbiz welcomes Jeff Hart, one of the rescuers who helped free the 33 Chilean miners last year. And give it up for Bill Shatner, who is EIGHTY years old and is still cruising along, acting and hosting talk shows and doing God knows what else. The man is 80! That's crazy! ANTICIPATION: EIGHTY I TELL YOU!
DEADLIEST CATCH – 10:01PM (Discovery) It's a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Season 7. Watch as the fishermen get testy with the cameramen, which is a nice change of pace from the fishermen getting testy with other fishermen. ANTICIPATION: ARGUING!
Tuesday Watch List: Weeeeeeeed!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and feed the elk. LET'S GO!


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Two innovative education programs in the Comox Valley are proving popular with parents and students.
"ENTER, (eCademy of New Technology, Engineering and Robotics), all the kids that could re-register for next year have re-registered, so they're all coming back that can," says Jeff Stewart, principal of Navigate powered by NIDES' (North Island Distance Education School). "At Fine Arts eCademy (FAE), about three-quarters of the parents so far have responded to the re-registration, so there'll be some spaces for new students next year but not a huge number.
"So if that's a measure, things have gone very well."
Piloted in September, each program uses students' natural interests to help them learn; FAE is offered to kindergarten to Grade 9 students and uses fine arts, while the Grade 6 to 8 ENTER program uses science and technology.
The programs feature three days per week of in-class project-based learning, and two days of distributed learning, (previously called distance learning), through Navigate. FAE is based out of Navigate (located at the former Tsolum Elementary School site), while ENTER is based out of Aspen Park Elementary School.
Grade 9 FAE student Dale Hollands attended another Comox Valley school before starting the FAE program at Navigate this year. She said she struggled in school before but really enjoys it now.
"It was just a busy class and it was difficult to learn, I have some learning disabilities so it's difficult for me to learn kind of the way they were doing it, but this way it's easier for me, and I get a lot of questions so it's easier for me to ask them," she says.
"I really enjoy our class and how it's like a family, and the different things we do at school."
Stewart adds the school wasn't expecting that feeling of family and interconnectedness to be such a large part of FAE.
"The social emotional piece around the children is a part that we hadn't anticipated as being so big, but it's absolutely huge," he says. "So that sense of belonging, that sense of being nurtured, that sense of interconnection between the kids and the faculty, because all the teachers know all the children, they don't just have their own class."
Multi-age classes, parent-teacher-student meetings every six weeks to look at each student's progress, teacher collaboration, and community integration are all important aspects of the programs.
Parent Advisory Council executive member Gesa Ward already re-registered her two children in FAE. She says the personalized learning and the freedom of the program are what attracted her.
"It gives us more breathing space so it's not rush, rush, rush all the time," she says during the FAE grand opening celebration and open house this week. "I've seen kids that were so shy that suddenly were up on stage singing and have no qualms about it. It's freedom to be who you want to be."
She says most of the parents she talks to are really happy with the programs, but some have struggled with the distributed learning aspect.
Stewart agrees the distributed learning part of the programs needs to grow, but he says the school is working on it and things are coming along well.
He also notes the Ministry of Education recently completed a quality review, and it was impressed.
"They were very big on the programs — they said, from their words, 'This is the future of education,'" recalls Stewart.
For more information on the programs including how to register, visit www.navigatenides.com.


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Police say charges are currently pending against six adults and one possible juvenile accused of spray-painting the Bean and Cancer Survivor Wall in Maggie Daley Park.
More than 200 corporations, including many of America's best-known companies, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
A Chicago native is returning home to cover the city's vibrant arts scene for "Chicago Tonight."
For all it's polish and ambition I can't say the show has turned me into a fan of the operetta style. But "The Flower of Hawaii" is unquestionably an artifact of musical theater interest, and this might just be the only chance you will ever have to experience it.
Federal defenders are seeking a four-week delay to review and translate videos of Yingying Zhang and her family if that evidence is allowed at sentencing.
If you plan on hitting the road Friday afternoon, be warned: it's projected to be the worst time for travelers in Chicago, according to AAA, with delays as much as two times the normal commute.
The disease known as sudden oak death has killed large numbers of oak trees and native plant species in California, Oregon and Europe. The pathogen behind it has now been identified in Illinois.
Watch the July 2, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
We visit a career-spanning show of work by Marvin E. Newman, a still-working photographer who captured Chicago and its people in the 1940s and '50s.
Meet Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, the first woman in the 200-year history of Chicago's federal court to become chief judge.
As states prepare to draw new election boundaries after the 2020 census, what can be done to ensure those maps give equal weight to all votes? Behind the practice of gerrymandering and the movement to curb it.
For the past two weeks, electric scooters have been zipping around Chicago's West Side. An update on how the pilot program is going.
Geoffrey Baer investigates an early attempt at a Chicago baseball crosstown classic – that may or may not have actually happened.
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As is the case each and every season, each and every week, any omission below is not on purpose, it's merely intentional.
Scheduling buzzsaw complete
One of the major storylines of the weekend heading into the Top-10 matchup between LSU and Georgia was current Bulldogs quarterback Aaron Murray and former Bulldogs/current Tigers quarterback Zach Mettenberger. While neither disappointed, it was another defining team moment for the squad from Athens that's had a season's worth in the first month of the football year. The huge 44-41 win over LSU was UGA's second win over a team ranked No. 6 in the country this season, the first coming three weeks ago against SEC East rival South Carolina. Their lone loss? A season-opening three-point defeat on the road at the hands of Clemson, which was No. 8 at the time but has climbed to No. 3. Thanks in large part to the play of Murray — four touchdown passes on the day, including the game-winner with under two minutes left — the Bulldogs still control their own destiny; win out through early December, and UGA will head to Pasadena to play in the last-ever BCS championship game. Of course, their opponents in Saturday's game can say the same thing, as can Alabama. Still, from the heartbreak in the opener to an absolute meatgrinder two of the last three games, Mark Richt has to be beyond ecstatic with the position his football team finds itself in.
Braxton back, boon for Buckeyes
After Kenny Guiton lit up opposing defenses for 10 touchdowns in two starts, many were calling for the senior to start even after Braxton Miller was healthy enough to return from a knee injury. Urban Meyer wouldn't hear of it, and Miller showed why. In his first action since the first quarter of a Week 2 win over San Diego State, Miller accounted for 281 yards and four touchdowns in a 31-24 win over Wisconsin. The win was the Buckeyes' nation's best 17th straight, and its first over a ranked team since beating Michigan to end the 2012 regular season. Whether it was enough to impress voters, though, remains to be seen. OSU's first four wins of the season came against three FBS teams that had won a combined two games entering Week 5 as well an FCS program. The fact that OSU couldn't put away the Badgers after holding a 31-14 lead in the fourth quarter could give those with the power pause. Regardless, OSU will have another chance to impress next week as they travel to Evanston to face No. 19 Northwestern.
The Camdy Man can
If the Broyles Award for the nation's top assistant coach were given out today, LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron would likely be an easy choice for most voters. On the bayou, the former head coach who failed miserably at stops in Indiana and with the Miami Dolphins is like water finding its level. While the Tigers dropped a heartbreaker to the Bulldogs Sunday, Cameron's impact on the LSU offense in general and Mettenberger specifically is undeniably obvious. Last season, Mettenberger completed just 58.8 percent of his passes; averaged just 7.41 yards per attempt; and threw 12 touchdowns versus seven interceptions. This season, with Cameron orchestrating the offense, Mettenberger is completing 64 percent of his passes; averaging 10.9 yards per attempt; and has thrown 13 touchdowns and, even more amazingly, a mere one interception. Yes, the game between The Hedges was a punch to the gut, but Tiger Nation can take solace in the fact that they finally have a championship-caliber offense to go with an above-average defense.
Class of the Big 12?
Thanks to Oklahoma State tripping over its own junk in Morgantown Saturday, it appears that Oklahoma is the class of the Big 12 and the road to the conference's BCS berth will, as it ofttimes does, go through Norman. Maybe. Exacting revenge for its loss to Notre Dame last season, the Sooners went into South Bend and went home with an impressive 35-21 win over the Irish. Certainly OU was helped by three turnovers, which they turned into 21 points, but this kind of performance in a big-game atmosphere is something that's somewhat eluded the Sooners for the past several years. Does it, though, signify they're should be sitting in the league driver's seat? That answer will have to wait until back-to-back late October/early November games against No. 25 Texas Tech and No. 19 Baylor in Waco.
UW, short for "Unother Win"
Don't look now, but there may be another player in the race for the Pac-12 North title. In handing Arizona its first loss of the season, Washington raised its record to a perfect 4-0 for the first time since 2001. The Huskies have now won all four by double-digit margins, including a 32 drubbing of (soon-to-be) 3-2 Boise State and a 10-point win over 3-1 Illinois. The good news for those in the media whose beat is the Pac-12 is that whether the Huskies are pretenders or contenders will be known in short order; next week, UW travels to No. 5 Stanford before playing host to No. 2 Oregon seven days later. One thing is certain: two weeks from today, we'll know exactly where the Huskies stand in the Pac-12 pecking order.
A Mannion among boys
Remember that quarterback competition at Oregon State? Yeah, it appears Mike Riley made the right call. After throwing for 414 yards in the blowout win over previously unbeaten Colorado, Sean Mannion now has 2,018 passing yards through five games. He came into the game leading the nation in that category, and the fact that he led by nearly 300 yards (Wyoming's Brett Smith and Ball State's Keith Wenning, 1,315 apiece) means he will enter Week 6 as the leader as well. Last season, Mannion had 15 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions in nine games; this year, he's thrown 21 touchdowns — including a school-record six Saturday — while tossing just two picks in 235 attempts. The best part of Mannion's torrid start is the fact that it's played a significant role in OSU's 4-1 start to the season, which could've been a perfect one were it not for the inexplicable season-opening loss to FCS-level Eastern Washington.
B1G MACownership
Who says the SEC has sole ownership of the Big Ten? Northern Illinois pushed its record to 4-0 on the season with a 55-17 pasting of Purdue. It's the first time one MAC school has beaten two B1G teams in the same regular season, with the Huskies' other coming in the season opener against Iowa. NIU also tied a record for the largest margin of victory by a MAC member over the B1G, matching Toledo's 31-point woodshedding of Minnesota in 2001. What it also means is that Fresno State might not be the only BCS buster still in play as the Huskies, which crashed the BCS party last season, are on an unbeaten path, although they would need to remain undefeated and get some help from some of the heavyweights in college football to make it back-to-back party crashes.
No UpHill climb this time
Taysom Hill's struggles in 2013 aren't exactly a state secret. BYU starting quarterback entered Friday night's game against Middle Tennessee State completing an anemic 35.1 percent of his passes and ranked No. 114 in passing efficiency. After getting a vote of confidence from his teammates and coaching staff earlier in the week, Hill went out and completed 14-of-19 passes (a career-high 73.7 completion percentage, besting his previous high of 66.7) and 177 yards in the win over the Blue Raiders. The sophomore also rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Hill's not out of the offensive woods quite yet, but Friday night was most certainly a step in the right direction.
Bo don't know THAT defense
Ole Miss starting quarterback Bo Wallace raised some eyebrows earlier this week when he opined that his Rebels offense "can put points on" Alabama's stingy defense. Yeah, that didn't work out too well for anyone with an Oxford lean. In Alabama's Tuscaloosa whitewashing of Ole Miss, the Rebels managed just 205 yards of offense and zero points. Ole Miss came into the game averaging 490 yards (T-26th nationally) and 38 points per game (T-37th). Ole Miss averaged just 1.8 yards per rush attempt and a staggering 4.9 yards per pass attempt against the No. 1 team in the country. The Tide defense actually outscored the Rebel offense, with 'Bama putting a safety on the board — at Wallace's expense, appropriately enough — in the fourth quarter. Hint to Wallace for future reference: it's best to allow sleeping D's lie, especially one like the Tide's.
One-Lane road outta town
Thanks to our friend at YouTube, here are the final moments of USC's epic 62-41 meltdown against Arizona State Saturday night:
There's no way Lane Kiffin survives this season, right? Right??? For the sake of a very loyal and proud Trojan fan base, he'd better not.
Not-so-OK State
Oklahoma State entered Week 5 as the highest-ranked team in the Big 12. An inexplicable loss to a not-very-good West Virginia team, however, has cast a pall over a season that began with BCS title aspirations in Stillwater. In two games against FBS teams this season, the Mountaineers passed for a total of 280 yards; in the loss Saturday, the Cowboys coughed up 320 yards in the air, including 309 by first-time WVU starter Clint Trickett. OSU is certainly not out of the Big 12 race by any means, but if they're giving up that type of yardage to a team like West Virginia, what are they going to do when teams like Baylor and Oklahoma come a callin'?
Since replacing Phillip Fulmer in 2008, Tennessee has gone a non-UT-like 26-29. Included in that total was a seven-point win at home against South Alabama, a program that was playing at the FCS level a mere two seasons ago. The Vols were leading 31-7 early in the early quarter, but allowed three Jaguar touchdowns in less than a quarter and a half to cut the lead to seven with just under nine minutes remaining. USA had a fourth-and-goal with under two minutes left that could've resulted in a game-tying touchdown, but the Vols intercepted the last-gasp attempt in the end zone to preserve the win. While the Vols are 3-2, those three wins have come against a pair of Sun Belt school (USA and Western Kentucky) and an FCS program (Austin Peay). In two games against teams from automatic-qualifying conferences, UT has lost by 45 (Oregon) and 14 (Florida). I liked the Butch Jones hire when it happened, and still do, but he and his coaching staff have a long way to go to dig out of the hole created by previous coaches over the past few years.
What the Heel is going on in Chapel Hill?
After becoming the permanent replacement to Butch Davis, Larry Fedora raised the hopes of Tar Heel Nation by guiding North Carolina to an 8-4 record his first season at the school. Three of those losses came by a combined total of nine points. Then the 2013 season started. An embarrassing 24-point loss to East Carolina Saturday, however, dropped UNC to a surprising 1-3 on the season. The road to redemption doesn't get any easier for Fedora's charges, either, as the Tar Heels will in the next four games face an improving Virginia Tech team on the road; No. 15 Miami; and Boston College and in-state rival North Carolina State.
UConn-not be serious
Exactly one week after having Michigan on the ropes at home, UConn went on the road and were embarrassed by 1-2 (now 2-2) MAC member Buffalo 41-12. And going inside the numbers might be even more embarrassing than the 29-point loss. The Bulls entered the Week 5 game 122nd (out of 123) in total defense, giving up an average of 560.3 yards per game; UConn could muster just 220 yards of offense against the worst non-New Mexico State defense in the game. The Huskies were just 7-of-18 on third down, committed four turnovers and averaged a meager .7 yards per carry. Add it all up and it's an 0-4 start for Paul Pasqualoni, who entered the season on the coaching hot seat after winning just 10 games his first two years with the program. If things don't turn around in a hurry, he may not make it through his third season let alone make it to a fourth.
During ESPN's College GameDay show, veteran pot-stirrer Paul Finebaum stated that former Tennessee and current USC head coach Lane Kiffin "is the Miley Cyrus of college football." In response to a tweet to that effect, one of CFT's followers on Twitter, well, posted this:
Yeah, good luck going to sleep again. Ever.
How ranked teams endured close shaves vs. unranked opponents
— No. 10 Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 33: The Aggies jumped to first-half leads of 17-7 and 24-10, but allowed the Razorbacks to pull to within 24-20 heading into the locker room. It was 38-33 early in the fourth quarter until a Ben Malena one-yard touchdown run essentially iced the game in a downpour.
— No. 12 South Carolina 28, UCF 25: Placing the Gamecocks into this category is a tad bit misleading as the Knights were 4-0 and on the verge of cracking the Top 25. UCF led 10-0 at halftime, but a punishing ground game — and the Knights' inability to cash in on first-half turnovers — in the second half kept the Gamecocks' (slim) BCS title hopes alive.
— No. 20 Florida 24, Kentucky 7: Why would a team that won comfortably and was never in any real jeopardy be here? The Gators did it against a team like the Wildcats, that's why.
A snapshot look at how my ballot would look Monday if I, ya know, had a real vote instead of a measly and meaningless preseason poll.
1. Alabama — It wasn't pretty (again), but a win is a win is a win is a win. The Tide's next four games come against one FCS team and three other teams (Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee) that have combined for five wins against FBS schools in 2013. (Last week: No. 1)
Next up: vs. Georgia State
2. Oregon — Neither rain nor bye week can stop the Ducks as UO cruised to a 55-16 win over Cal. UO's offense was limited to 381 yards, but that was due more to the "stiff dew" than anything else. (Last week: No. 2)
Next up: at Colorado
3. Clemson — The Tigers had absolutely no problem dispatching Wake Forest to the tune of 56-7. A trap game coming up this weekend is the only thing standing between Clemson and a huge Week 7 showdown against the Florida State. (Last week: No. 3)
Next up: Boston College
4. Ohio State — The Buckeyes turned a double-digit win that would've looked good in the eyes of pollsters into a closer-than-it-should've-been over nemesis Wisconsin. "Redemption," though, is at hand. (Last week: No. 4)
Next up: at No. 19 Northwestern
5. Stanford — After winning their first three games by 21, 14 and 14 points, the Cardinal laid the wood to overmatched Wazzu in a 38-point win. Stanford is rounding into shape nicely, and it comes at a most opportune time: four of their next five games are against Washington, UCLA, Oregon State and Oregon. (Last week: No. 5)
Next up: vs. No. 16 Washington
"Ole Miss has a really good team and a really good offensive team, so for us to shut them out was a great job by the defense." — Nick Saban, presumably with a non-smile on his face.
"I'm about to pass out. I mean, what a game. What a game." — Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo.
"What a great team win. We played a complete game for all four quarters. There were no lulls in our play. We played a ton of guys and they played to our standard of excellence." — Dabo Swinney, on Clemson's 49-point waxing of Wake Forest.
"It was like Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis." — Georgia tight end Arthur Lynch, on the back and forth between Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger.
"I hope not." — Les Miles, when asked if the SEC is entering a new era of high-powered offense.
ESPN's College GameDay may just go ahead and call it a career as the pregame show could never possibly top this, regardless of how long it stays on the air:
Tom Rinaldi. In jorts and dark socks. My life is now complete.
Entering its game against Notre Dame, Oklahoma had three interceptions in three games; the Sooners had three in the first half in building a 21-7 halftime lead en route to avenging last year's loss.
Not only is Miami 4-0 for the first time since 2004, they are doing so in dominating fashion: according to a note from the school, the Hurricanes have not trailed in a game for the last 357 minutes dating back to last season.
— Jameis Winston totaled five incompletions his first two games of the season; he misfired on four of his first six attempts against Boston College Saturday. The Florida State quarterback settled down, however, by completing his last six passes of the first half and finished the 48-34 win with 330 yards passing and four touchdowns. He also totaled 67 yards on the ground.
— Tajh Boyd totaled 380 yards of offense (311 passing, 69 rushing) and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in Clemson's 56-7 rout of Wake Forest. The senior also became the second player in ACC history to account for 100 or more touchdowns in his career.
— Tommy Rees had two turnovers in Notre Dame's first four games; he had three in the first half against Oklahoma, helping the Irish dig a hole from which they could never recover.
— In the first half alone, Nathan Scheelhaase passed for 256 yards (on 15-of-20 passing) and a school record-tying five touchdowns. Playing sparingly in the second half, Scheelhaase added just 28 yards and zero touchdowns to that total in Illinois' 50-14 win over Miami of Ohio.
— Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo went 38-for-54 for 389 yards with three touchdowns in Nevada's 45-42 win over Air Force.
— From the "One of the Best QBs You've Probably Never Heard Of" department, East Carolina's Shane Carden totaled six touchdowns — three passing, three rushing — in the Pirates' romp over North Carolina.
— Bishop Sarkey's 40 carries in Washington win over Arizona set a school record. He rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown on those 40 carries.
— Barry Sanders — yes, the son of that Barry Sanders — scored his first career touchdown in Stanford's win over Washington State. His 22-yard scoring jaunt was part of a three-carry, 34-yard performance.
— Logan Thomas completed 76 percent of his passes in Virginia Tech's win over previously unbeaten Georgia Tech Thursday night; it marked the first time the quarterback has completed at least 60 percent of his passes in a single outing since Oct. 13 of last year, a stretch of 10 straight games. The completion percentage in the win was the second-highest of his career, trailing only the 92 percent (23-of-25) he put up against Miami Oct. 8, 2011.
— Chuckie Keaton did Chuckie Keaton-like stuff in Utah State's win over San Jose State Friday night, totaling 312 yards of offense (260 passing, 52 rushing) and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing).
— Braxton Miller's 25-yard scoring toss to Evan Spencer in the first quarter was the first touchdown pass Wisconsin had given up this season. He would go on to toss three more in the win.
— Wisconsin came into the game against Ohio State averaging 349.8 yards per game on the ground and 7.99 yards per carry the first four games of the season; in four quarters against the Buckeyes, the Badgers totaled a season-low 104 yards and averaged just 3.9 ypc.
— USC had entered last night's game against Arizona State having given up 44 points in four games; they gave up 62 to Arizona State in a 21-point loss. It was the most points the Trojans have ever given up in a single game.
— Every team that Washington has played this season had been without a loss entering their respective games against the Huskies.
— Florida has now won 27 straight games against Kentucky, the longest such streak in the country.
— Clemson ran its record to 66-0-1 all-time when putting up 500 or more yards of total offense.
— Southern Miss has now lost 16 straight games dating back to Week 1 of the 2012 season. Prior to that, the Golden Eagles had gone 12-3 in their previous 15 games and prior to the departure of Larry Fedora for North Carolina.
— TCU had six sacks in the win over SMU, the Horned Frogs' most in a single game since 2009. They also forced five turnovers (four interceptions, one fumble recovery).
— Sticking with the school in Fort Worth, TCU's 31 four-quarter points are the most scored in the fourth quarter by an FBS team this season.
— Texas A&M and Arkansas combined for 1,003 yards of total offense, 523 for the Aggies and 483 for the Razorbacks.
— Army ran for 414 yards and passed for 16 — on three attempts and one completion — in a 35-16 win over Louisiana Tech.
— In their stunning 24-point win over North Carolina, East Carolina rolled up 603 yards of total offense (376 passing, 227 rushing). That total, incidentally, was the most given up by UNC since 1989 against Duke… which was coached at the time by Steve Spurrier.
— The Wyoming-Texas State game was delayed for nearly four hours due to lightning. It was the third time in five games this season that a Cowboys contest has been delayed by lightning.
— UNLV's 22-game road losing streak came to an end courtesy of a 56-42 win over New Mexico. The Rebels last road win? In 2009 against the Lobos, of course.
— UT-San Antonio outgained Houston 493-491… had as many first downs (27) as the Cougars… had just six penalties compared to UH's 10… and still lost 59-28. Of course, five Roadrunner turnovers that the Cougars converted into 21 points played a significant role in the lopsided final score.
— Colorado State jumped out to a 28-7 halftime lead on UTEP, watched as the Miners tied the score at 28-all in the middle of the third quarter, then scored the next 24 points en route to a 59-42 win.
— Before a one-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter of their loss to Illinois, Miami of Ohio had gone 193:39 without an offensive touchdown dating back to the second quarter of their season opener four weeks ago.
— Georgia Tech came into their game against Virginia Tech No. 4 in the nation with 345.3 yards per game and averaging 5.7 yards per carry; in their win Thursday, the Hokies' defense held the Yellow Jackets to season-low totals of 129 yards and 3.1 ypc.
The world of college football suffered another loss last weekend, with Cincinnati offensive lineman Ben Flick losing his life due to injuries incurred in a one-vehicle accident Saturday night. In honor of Flick, Western Michigan, which wasn't even playing the Bearcats Saturday, wore UC's helmet logo beneath theirs for their game against Kent State. A very classy, selfless and moving gesture by head coach P.J. Fleck and the entire football program.


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Announcing 2 Days at DC Armory w/ Armin van Buuren and Avicii
Monday, September 26, 2011, 8:00pm. (Updated: 11/09/13 at 5:13pm) Add comments
Glow Washington DC and Live Nation are excited to bring you…
Avicii 11.18.11 | Armin van Buuren 11.19.11
Glow @ DC Armory
Single-Day Tickets • On Sale Now
Friday November 18, 2011
Glow @ DC Armory
Supporting sets by:
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
Doors at 5pm
Saturday November 19, 2011
Glow @ DC Armory
*** 6 hour Extended Set ***
Supporting set by:
Doors at 5pm
55 Responses to "Announcing 2 Days at DC Armory w/ Armin van Buuren and Avicii"
is there a dress code?
Does anyone know where you can still get both the tickets together?
It's a lot cheaper that way
I was going to buy a ticket and I saw that VIP tickets are available. What extras come with a VIP ticket?
Does the VIP package include admission into the event?
i am the best bartender at this event come see me my name is lu
So I see it says doors at 5pm for the Friday night show? Approximately what time will Avicii go on and how long is the show slated to last?
does anyone know how strict the age (18+) is enforced here?
Does the VIP tickets get any type of discount on beverages?
Why are glowsticks prohibited? Are the small wrist glowsticks also banned? And will promoters be using their own security or the always awful DC Armory staff?
Armin's set is six hours? So the time is 8pm-2am, yes?
Is the venue handicap accessible?
I went to Radiate back in 2001 and it rocked. Can't wait for this one.
It's not likely but does anyone know if the Metro if open later? Got anyone who diwan't know it's open til the on weekends normally.
Edit: to anyone who doesn't know out's open til three am on the weekends.
I'm from New York and have never been to DC, will there be cabs waiting outside the venue after the event is over or should I arrange for car service??
Im a girl and i was wondering what i should wear to this event?
Does anyone know whether cameras are allowed? I have a Canon T1i which has a detachable lens….doesn't say anything about them being prohibited. Thanks!!
It's 18+ right? and How will they check if youre 18?
Are you going to or have you already posted set times?
Hi! My friend and I bought tickets separately for GENERAL ADMISSION. I just printed out my ticket and noticed I have a section/ row/ seat number. He is in a different section than me. Can we still stand next to each other at the concert? Or do we have to stand in our assigned areas? How heavily is this enforced?? Thank you.
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO BRING IN YOUR OWN WATER?? 🙂 &what time do the doors close
Is there coat check?
how do I pick up my 2 day pass? I haven't heard anything since I got it the first day
If i have a backstage and VIP pass what benefits do i have?


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I've been programming a TETRIS game in JAVA, and i just finished it..
But when i was trying to execute the .JAR file, i noticed that i couldnt open the only .ser file i have, which is a serializable class containing the 5 highest scores obtained by different players..
I thought that it was enough to open the file from the application, as if it where an image, or a sound effect, so i put all those resources in the same folder, which i can access properly, but not to read the .ser file. Of course the problem im having is that i cant access it when i execute the .jar file, but it works perfect when i run the application from NetBeans.
I think now i have to do something with the manifiest, or maybe not.
Have no idea how to make it work... any suggestions pleaseeee?


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Sustained Damage: Toyota, Nissan, Honda Sales All Slide in May
Last month we wondered if the top three Japanese automakers were experiencing a "calm before the storm" in terms of sales. Toyota slipped slightly, while Honda and Nissan both made moderate gains for the month of April. Sales figures for May are in and it appears that the parts and supply shortages from the March 2011 earthquake are taking a toll on the major Japanese brands.
Toyota - Down 26 Percent
Toyota has taken the biggest hit with 96,082 total units sold during the month of May, a decrease of 27.9 percent compared to the same month last year. For the second month in a row, the Yaris continues to nosedive with only 1,690 units sold, a decrease of 56.4 percent from May 2010 sales. The Prius also took a deep plunge with 6,924 units sold compared to 14,248 during May 2010, a decrease of 47.4 percent. The newly redesigned Scion TC continues to sell strongly with 2,664 units sold, an increase of 119 percent. The Scion xD squeaked by with a 1.1 percent increase for the month of May.
Toyota trucks and SUVs were up slightly for the month of April, but couldn't hold on for May. Overall sales were down 17.3 percent for trucks and 20.2 percent for SUVs. The Tundra and the Land Cruiser took the biggest hit with a decrease of 45 and 31.3 percent respectively. The Toyota Tacoma was lone model to post an increase; last month 9,091 customers purchased the Tacoma, compared to 8,630 during May 2010, an increase of 14.1 percent.
Lexus - Down 40 Percent
Supply shortages are taking a big hit on Lexus models including the new CT 200h hybrid, which is nearly sold out. For the month of May, Lexus sold only 454 CTs, compared to 875 units sold during April. The HS 250h hybrid posted 220 units sold last month compared to 1,360 during May 2010, a staggering 82.5 percent decrease. The RX crossover, usually a superstar for Lexus, experienced a 30.5 decrease for the month of May.
Honda - Down 16.1 Percent
Honda sold 81,773 units last month, a decrease of 16.1 percent compared to May 2010. "May sales are on par with what we expected due to the lingering effects of parts and production shortages resulting from the devastating March 11 earthquake in Japan," said John Mendel, executive vice president of sales for American Honda. "We are confident that sales will rebound as our North American plants reach 100-percent production capacity for most models in August."
The Honda Fit posted the biggest gain with 5,921 units sold last month, an increase of 46.3 percent compared to May 2010. The Odyssey minivan also experienced an uptick with 9,428 sold, which was 5.5 percent more compared to the same month in 2010. Losers include the Honda Ridgeline with 672 units sold (60.7 percent decrease) and the Accord with 18,185 units sold (34.5 percent decrease).
Acura - Down 17.1 Percent
All Acura models except the MDX experienced a decrease in sales for the month of May. The automaker sold 3,824 MDX SUVs compared to 4,064 during May 2010, a slight increase of 1.9 percent. The RL and the ZDX posted the biggest loss with a decrease of 58.4 and 54.5 percent respectively.
Nissan - Down 7.8 Percent
Nissan, which experienced the biggest sales gain in April (up 14.5 percent) took the smallest hit for the month of May. The Altima continues to dominate the brand's sales figures with 25,525 units sold, an increase of 16.3 percent. It's also an increase from last month when Nissan sold just 17,232 Altimas. Nissan sold 1,142 Leafs and 1,984 Jukes during the month of May.
Nissan trucks were down 12.5 percent with the Titan taking the biggest hit with a 43.8 percent decrease compared to May 2010. Nissan did well with the Frontier and sold 4,674 units, an increase of 25 percent compared to the same month last year. The automaker sold 873 newly redesigned Quest minivans.
Infiniti - Down 21 Percent
Nissan luxury division took a 6.2 percent plunge for the month of April and the number decreases to 21 percent for the month of May. Surprisingly, the full-sized QX56 SUV posted 779 units sold, which was an 11 percent increased compared to May 2010. All other models, however, posted sales losses. The EX35 took the biggest hit with 441 sold compared to 687 from May 2010, a decrease of 35.8 percent.
Toyota, Lexus, Honda and Acura percentages are based on daily selling rate
Source: Toyota, Honda, Nissan


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In the wilds of Tuscany ask somebody about what they're eating and you're likely to find out how their mother spent her days, where the good shepherd is located, when a nice fat pig is scheduled to arrive from the Casentino, how to stretch pasta dough to feed a crowd if necessary, or how to make it rich and silky if the hens are laying. Before you know it you're off onto a socio-economic study of wherever you happen to find yourself. You'll get an idea for tradition and how it's being carried forward, modified perhaps by a few creative souls.
As Carmelo Chiaramonte the Modican chef and creative soul working in Catania put it, showing a thirst for knowledge is often rewarded with a richly loaded response. He'd been buying fish from and talking with the same old-timer pescivendolo/fishmonger for six years before he'd taken the care to show his thirst for knowledge. What came out of it was the (re)discovery that Sicilian fishermen traditionally butchered a tuna into 32 different parts, each with its own distinct cooking methods, and Carmelo's subsequent book A Tutto Tonno.
Taking a trip to get to know a culture through its cuisine doesn't mean you have to spend a month interviewing every tuna fisherman and seller you can find on the island of Sicily (although it surely could). Come to Italy to meet the people who work with the earth and sea, listen to them describe their approach to their work, their earth, and then taste the results. In Sicily you can taste the sun, the sea, the minerally black earths of Mt. Etna, or the rich red soil of Vittoria in a sip of well-crafted wine. In Tuscany, in a bite of fresh sheep's milk cheese or a drop of genuine olive oil, you can taste the contrast between gentle breezes and temperate clime, the rocky soil and the Mediterranean maquis.
Meeting honest producers working with what nature provides, and the people who cook with and eat their wares, opens up doors to a culture more immediate and profound than looking at a culture's art and architecture, or observing their festivals.
Living a moment in the rhythm of the Tuscan seasons introduces you to the people who live it today and gives you an opportunity to be a part of the natural cycle. Experience what autumn means in Tuscany: hike through a mountain forest gathering chestnuts, sit by the fire in a chestnut smoke-house (on a short-legged stool to stay under the smoke), watch the rock hard nuts being ground in an ancient water-powered mill, taste castagnaccio made with the fluffy pink flour. Pick olives while listening to the cadences of stories being told and retold; old-fashioned love songs being sung; watch and smell over the din of well-used machinery as the miller crushes the olives and extracts the peppery green oil. Or taste it like the miller does, on grilled bread with a splash of brusque, yet honest, sangiovese from a plastic cup.
It's easy enough to take a day trip into Chianti to visit a well-known winery or a famous butcher, or to reserve a table at a restaurant with stars. But wait, it's what's lying just under the surface that turns a visit into a thirst-quenching voyage. Go home feeling enriched by having participated in ancient rites, new experiences. Participating with all five senses gives you the full immersion into a culture and lets you become, briefly, a part of it. Have fun,learn a little something, eat well, and affect your own reality by learning about someone else's.Understanding their approach gives you the chance to take it home with you if you want to. Tasting what comes from the earth here in Italy, how it's coddled into being and then how its used in the kitchen, makes you pay more attention to what's coming from your own earth and what you're putting on your own table. Learning about a food philosophy that works and tasting the heavenly good results encourages you to apply the same philosophy to your own culture, the ingredients that come from your own earth. Have fun, learn a little something, eat well, and affect your own reality by learning about someone else's.


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The Super Bowl of Super Bowl Liveblogs
There are many reasons why one would want to watch the Super Bowl. Some people like the football, others the halftime performances, and many tune in just for the commercials.
We'll be weighing in on all of these — as well as the Twitter reactions to each, in our second annual Super Bowl liveblog. For a taste of what to expect, here's a link to last year's liveblog.
Things should get started just before kickoff. On the football front, its the battle of the Harbaugh brothers, while the tech front will feature rival ads from BlackBerry and Samsung, as well as spots from Best Buy and others.
So pull up a chair, flip on the TV (or view CBS's live Web stream on a second device) and get ready for some football.
3:20 pm: OK, it's almost kic-off time. The Sandy Hook Elementary School just backed up Jennifer Hudson in singing "America the Beautiful."
So, who do you have in the pool? Political numbers expert Nate Silver is going with the 49ers.
3:22 pm: Alicia Keys is — as some on Twitter had surmised — on the keys, playing the piano for a subdued version of the national anthem.
3:28 pm: Heads or tails. It's a coin toss.
The 49ers will start with the ball, while Hyundai has possession of the next commercial, and Alicia Keys is getting some flack on Twitter for that rendition of the anthem. At least she wasn't (or maybe she should have been) lip-synching.
3:38 pm: Some technical difficulties here have forced the laptop to the sidelines. Luckily, the iPad has been waiting for this opportunity all season.
3:40 pm: Back on the field, Baltimore is out to the early lead with a touchdown.
3:45 pm: Uh. Oh. GoDaddy.com commercial time. They usually manage to offend.
And they deliver… Lots of kissing in commercials this year.
3:55 pm: Amy Poehler is rocking the Best Buy spot. BTW, marketers, the word "dongle" is always funny.
If you missed it, here's a link to the spot. We've also got the scoop coming up on a mobile-specific follow-up ad that Best Buy plans to run.
In the mobile ad, Poehler again quizzes the Best Buy sales rep, this time asking if they have the latest phones (they do), if they have all the plans (they do), and if they make commissions (they don't).
Best Buy is touting the fact that it has all the major providers, as well as a new promotion that gives customers $50 in credit if they buy their next phone at the retailer.
4:28 pm: Cable Internet is failing me here, too, by the way. Thank goodness for iPad with LTE.
4:34 pm: As for the mood in the San Francisco Bay Area, Anand Iyer summed it up pretty well on Twitter. "The entire city is deflated."
I'd expect a serious decrease in Silicon Valley innovation this week if things don't turn around.
4:36 pm: Some racist ad for VW. Hmm. Maybe they are trying to compete with Go Daddy for the most offensive crown.
4:37 pm: The most offensive moment, followed by the cutest so far. An NFL commercial with Sam Gordon, a 9-year-old girl, running down the field against her presumably all-male Pee Wee peers.
4:43 pm: Meanwhile, if you want a really alternative take on the Super Bowl, check out the Portlandia on Twitter.
4:45 pm: Okay. The starters are back. My laptop and cable modem, that is. Hopefully that will mean faster updates, if not wittier.
4:47 pm: In the strangest commercial yet, Taco Bell has a bunch of older folks running around acting like hipsters.
4:49 pm: Ravens score again. Halftime can't come soon enough for 49ers fans. Or Beyonce fans.
4:52 pm: Sorry, my wittiness is failing me. Not as much as the 49ers offense is failing them, though. Hopefully both will be better in the second half.
4:56 pm: For another perspective, check out this page from moment.me that sources different perspectives from within the Super Bowl crowd.
4:58 pm: Did the Niners QB just trip over the blue line of scrimmage? I thought that was only on TV.
5:01 pm: One thing that is a bit weird: If you watch the livestream, you see some of the same companies advertising — but generally not the same ads. But all the ads are themselves available online.
5:03 pm: Scientology ad. Guess it's not just for Atlantic readers anymore.
If you need to replay any of the first half, here they are. The commercials, that is.
5:07 pm: Important analysis. If the 49ers don't improve, they will lose.
5:09 pm: Time for the Pepsi Beyonce concert, Pepcifully brought to you by Pepsi.
5:11 pm: I can already predict the final score. Beyonce 1, Alicia Keys 0.
That said, it's nice Keys was able to get time off from her job as BlackBerry Chief Creative Officer to perform at the Super Bowl.
5:16 pm: Here's how the first quarter ads stacked up, according to Poptip.
5:25 pm: If you like our troops, apparently you have to go buy a Jeep.
5:29 pm: GoPro just had a cute baby commercial. Though, even with a rugged camera, I am still not sure you are supposed to throw your baby.
5:34 pm: The Ravens have come back on the field for the second half.
5:39 pm: It's lights out for the 49ers. And the Ravens.
Seems like a blackout of some kind.
5:40 pm: And with that, it's the BlackBerry commercial.
5:41 pm: Power's still out.
Maybe CBS pulled the plug so they could show more commercials.
5:45 pm: 49ers have finally found a way to contain the Ravens.
5:57 pm: Bloomberg News is reporting that it was a power surge that caused the blackout. It sure didn't come from the 49ers.
6:00 pm: Score one for PBS.
6:02 pm: Ravens expected to resume playing in seven to 10 minutes. No estimate on when 49ers might start playing.
6:03 pm: CBS briefly showed a clock counting the outage. It was at 27 minutes.
6:08 pm: And in case you are wondering, of course, the Super Bowl lights have their own Twitter account.
6:10 pm: Lights back. 49ers offense not.
6:12 pm: Hmm. Maybe not the best thing to be touting …
6:15 pm: When the lights went out in New Orleans, a lightbulb went on over at Oreo.
6:21 pm: Anti-poverty group One Campaign notes that 500 million people in Africa have never had power.
6:29 pm: BuzzFeed has a nice collection of Super Bowl blackout tweets.
6:33 pm: Power now restored to the 49ers, too, as they cut the Ravens lead to single digits.
6:37 pm: My Super Bowl math: One-minute commercial costs $3.7 million. So a 33-minute power outage equals $122.1 million worth of free advertising for Twitter.
6:40 pm: I thought they would restore power and play would resume. Never thought there would actually be a game.
6:42 pm: This.
From Kevin Mitnick:
6:49 pm: Breaking: Superdome to be renamed Enron Field.
6:56 pm: Meanwhile, Samsung just got some nice free advertising for its Galaxy Camera from Martha Stewart.
7:21 pm: That Sodastream ad aired. Anyone know the full story?
Oh. I guess the original had the Coke and Pepsi logos
7:29 pm: Samsung's fourth-quarter ad placement, which looked like a bust earlier, turns out to be pretty good.
7:39 pm: Don't the 49ers still have one blackout remaining?
7:41 pm: And that's the ball game. I'd say that fans, CBS and advertisers got their money's worth.


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The Fate of Flash on Mobile Devices: Here's the Adobe CEO Talking About It at D9
When Walt Mossberg interviewed Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen in June at the ninth D: All Things Digital conference about the future — or lack thereof — of Flash, and about the software company's ugly fight with Apple over not supporting the technology on its mobile devices, Narayen declared the battle over.
"It's an argument that the press likes to continue bringing up," said Narayen, noting that all was fine with its development for Google Android and Research In Motion mobile offerings.
But now, as Ina Fried writes: "Adobe is apparently ready to throw in the towel when it comes to getting Flash to run on mobile devices."
As it seems to have turned out, even Adobe now might be agreeing with the late Apple icon Steve Jobs on the issue.
Until we have more clarity on the plans, here's Narayen on the topic at D9:
(And, to even out the score, here's a video of Jobs talking about Flash at D8 a year before.)


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First Look: Mezcal, Cocktails, and Seasonal Mexican Bites at La Urbana in San Francisco
Preview brand-new spots to drink (or fresh new menu items) here.
Note: First Looks give previews of new drinks and menus we're curious about. Since they are arranged photo shoots, we do not make critical evaluations or recommendations.
The bar at La Urbana in San Francisco is already stocked with 56 different mezcals, with another dozen or so on the way. The menu offers tasting-note guidance to each bottle. "Mezcal offers such a wide spectrum of flavors," says bar manager Lucas Ranzuglia. His focus is on unaged versions: "Without the interference of wood," says Ranzuglia, "you can taste more of the original flavor of the agave." The mezcals are available in 1 1/2 ounce pours or in flights of half-price tastes. Though Ranzuglia confesses a fondness for the bottlings from De Leyenda and Pierde Almas, he says that favorites "depend on your mood of the day. They all have their own energy."
We stopped by La Urbana, which opened last week on Divisadero, for a quick preview of some of the cocktails—and the bites served alongside. The debut cocktail menu is 7 drinks long, but "there's more to come," says Ranzuglia, who also said they plan to lead informational mezcal tastings for the public, as well.
Mezcal appears in several—but not all—of the drinks. In the martini-inspired Acapulco-Manila, it's stirred with sake. "Both ingredients are very smooth," says Ranzuglia, "and they share similar aromas." In another cocktail, pot-distilled mezcal is mixed with an unsweetened spiced cacao water and served cold. And yes, there are margaritas, too—one with mezcal, and another variation with violet liqueur and orange flower water.
Instead of standard chips and salsa, Chef de Cuisine Julio Aguilera and Chef Ben Klein are serving house-made spiced rice cracker chips tossed with toasted brassicas (such as kale and collards.)
The tortillas start as whole dried blue corn, ground and made into dough, and pressed out each day. A beet and chayote salad is topped with chopped toasted grasshoppers and smoked almonds, cold-smoked crema, and habanero jam.
Head over to the slideshow for a peek at a few of La Urbana's drinks and dishes »
About the Author: Maggie Hoffman is a Senior Editor at Serious Eats, based in San Francisco. She founded Serious Eats: Drinks in 2011. You can follow her on Twitter @maggiejane.
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Or more accurately, there are nanners all over my counter, in my freezer, smoothies, cakes, muffins and pies, (most recently, Dorie's Banana Cream Pie). Lately my house has become the final resting place for everyone's aging bananas. When you walk into my kitchen the scent of bananas is so strong, it's a wonder we haven't started attracting monkeys. As fast as I can bake with them, more bananas keep showing up. If only people would send money, cookbooks and chocolate with as much frequency… My fingers are crossed. In the meantime, I'll keep baking and buying my own accessories like this gorgeous new cake plate. I've been pining away for a cake plate for quite some time now and finally broke down and bought my own. I wanted a plate with a dome, but that will have to be for another day.
I bought Bills Open Kitchen by Bill Granger at a great discount bookstore, it was only $9. With a huge cookbook section and prices like that, it's a wonder I didn't walk out of there with the whole store. This recipe for Banana Maple Upside-Down Cake stood out from the first time I flipped through the pages, it's got maple syrup in it, how could it not? And just as I suspected, the maple syrup caramel was the best part. I think I'll be making the topping again to use in other baked goodies. Or, if you want to forgo the cake part altogether, the maple caramel would be really good simply drizzled on top of sliced bananas, or even better on top of whipped frozen bananas. But really, there's no reason for you not to make the entire cake because it's quick to put together and is even easier if you have someone to crack your eggs for you.
Banana Maple Upside-Down Cake (by Bill Granger from Bills Open Kitchen)
50g unsalted butter plus 100g unsalted butter, softened
55g brown sugar
60ml maple syrup
3-4 bananas, sliced in half lengthwise, (I sliced mine into coins because it was easier)
230g superfine sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp natural vanilla extract
155g all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
Preheat the oven to 350F. To make the topping, place the butter, brown sugar and maple syrup in a small saucepan. Cook on a medium heat for 10 minutes or until the sugar melts and the syrup is rich and golden. Pour the syrup into a 9inch greased or nonstick springform cake tin and arrange the sliced bananas over the base of the tin.
To make the cake, place the extra butter and cast sugar in a bowl and bet until pale and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition, then add the vanilla. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt and gently fold through the mixture. Spoon the batter evenly over the bananas and caramel and smooth the top with a spatula.
Place the cake in the oven on a baking tray to catch any escaping caramel and bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Transfer to a large serving plate.
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Woongjin Food Design Team Shares The Baba Coffee Beverage
Woongjin Food Design Team, the author of the award winning work Woongjin Food Design Team's BABA COFFEE beverage explains, Caramel Affogato harmonized by dark espresso, gelato and caramel expresses the toppings such as fresh gelato, nut products, etc. realistically and it becomes one Affogato by maximizing the dark espresso bubbles as if it's poured just now. Skinny Latte emphasizes low-calorie latte product with the image of skinny jeans. With tag and back pocket of jeans, the brand property was emphasized and it was designed by matching milk bubbles so that people can feel the taste of sufficient milk in spite of low-calorie..
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