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Wildfire Impacts on Yellowstone Streams Topic of AMK Ranch Talk Thursday
The impact of wildfires on Yellowstone National Park streams is this week's topic for the weekly summer lecture series Thursday, July 26, at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Center. The center is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
UW's Lusha Tronstad, a research scientist with Wyoming's Natural Diversity Database, will discuss "The Chemical and Biological Responses of Three Streams to Wildfire in Yellowstone National Park," at 6:30 p.m. at the AMK Ranch, located north of Leeks Marina. A barbecue, at a cost of $5 per person, will take place at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are not required. For more information, call the UW-NPS Center at (307) 543-2463.
Tronstad and her colleagues collected water and invertebrates from three streams in Yellowstone National Park before 2003 and after wildfires in 2004 and 2005. Tronstad says stream nutrient concentrations were two to 80 times higher after the fires.
"These results suggest that burned watersheds leak nitrogen into streams, and are predicted to increase algae and aquatic invertebrates living in these areas," Tronstad says.
She will emphasize that wildfire is a natural terrestrial process that can drastically impact aquatic ecosystems and likely cause changes in the availability of invertebrates for young Yellowstone cutthroat trout rearing in these streams.
The UW-NPS Research Center provides a base for university faculty members and government scientists from throughout North America to conduct research in the diverse aquatic and terrestrial environments of Grand Teton National Park and the greater Yellowstone area.


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If you're attending a state-supported university in California, what's your strategy for covering sharply higher student fees? You might have budgeted for years to save and pay for a UC or CSU education for yourself or your kids, but the cost of attending those schools has tripled in the past decade.
In 2010, CSU trustees approved a 12 percent increase in Cal State campus tuition, and the UC Board of Regents has approved a 9.6 percent increase in University of California tuition. That's on top of UC and CSU student fee increases of more than 30 percent in just the past two years.
Are you working more, living more frugally, even delaying or cancelling plans for a degree? Are you borrowing more? Living with the folks? Eyeing a less-expensive education?
What other consequences of the college budget crunch are you seeing on campus or at home?

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During the peak summer days, families naturally gravitate to the great outdoors. For some, this is the ideal time to go for a spin in their favorite recreational vehicle, such as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or golf cart, or personal watercraft, such as a Jet Ski. This behavior is especially true for wealthy families who have the greatest ability to afford such vehicles as well as teenagers who are eager to use them.
While fun for both adults and teens, these vehicles are dangerous. Drivers need proper training, and both drivers and riders need appropriate protective gear. Given the potential for serious injury, liability insurance is a crucial component of owning or renting one of these vehicles. Nevertheless, many families overlook or underestimate the need. Wealth advisors can help better protect their clients' wealth by understanding the risks and underscoring the importance of securing proper coverage through a qualified insurance agent.
The Liability Lawsuit Threat
Lawsuits can arise from a number of dangerous scenarios involving recreational vehicles and boats. Common causes of accidents include improper training, lack of supervision, failure to wear proper safety gear and irresponsible behavior from teens and their friends. In one instance, a $20 million award was granted for the death of a teenage male riding an ATV on a neighbor's property. The suit claimed the neighbor had permitted him to operate the ATV without proper safety equipment and without adult supervision.
To protect against the threat of a multi-million dollar lawsuit, clients should understand the different levels of insurance required. Homeowners policies often offer a limited degree of protection. Standard industry policies commonly extend liability protection to owned recreational vehicle accidents that occur on the insured property. Liability may also extend to golf carts being driven on a golf course or within the confines of a private residential community. Otherwise, coverage usually stops as soon as the owned vehicle leaves the insured property, unless the client has a superior homeowners policy from a HNW-market carrier. Homeowners policies also typically extend liability protection to recreational vehicles that are rented for short periods of time, such as when the family is on vacation.
Many states require certain types of recreational vehicles to be registered and insured with the rough equivalent of an auto policy for liability. Even in states where they are not required, such policies are wise to consider unless the client is sure the vehicle will not be driven off his insured property—a dubious assumption if teens are involved.
Personal watercraft should also be insured with a dedicated policy. Their powerful motors typically exceed the horsepower limitations for watercraft found in homeowners policies. Standard industry policies will also exclude liability coverage when renting a personal watercraft. By contrast, HNW-market carriers may provide coverage while renting for a short period of time.
Importantly, the amount of liability coverage in a homeowners policy or specialized policy for the recreation vehicle will rarely exceed $500,000, not nearly enough to protect the wealth and lifestyle of a HNW client. Since lawsuits involving serious injury can reach into the tens of millions of dollars, HNW clients should have the added protection of an umbrella liability policy with adequate limits of coverage. deally, the level of coverage matches the client's net worth and future income stream.
Despite the importance of umbrella liability coverage, many HNW clients leave themselves at risk. An ACE study of households with $5 million or more in investable assets showed that more than 40% had less than $5 million in umbrella liability coverage, including 21% who had none. Most are surprised to learn how affordable umbrella liability coverage can be: $1 million in coverage usually costs only a few hundred dollars, and the cost-per-million declines as they buy more. HNW-market carriers, such as ACE Private Risk Services, offer coverage up to $100 million.
Clients must also be sure to have the recreational vehicles listed on the umbrella liability policy by their agent. Many forget to tell their agent about the vehicles, viewing them as just another toy. They are not. If the vehicles are not listed on the policy, coverage may be denied. The additional cost is usually insignificant for a HNW client. For instance, the cost to add one recreational vehicle onto a $1 million umbrella policy with ACE typically ranges from $30 to $35, depending on the state. For a $5 million umbrella policy, the additional cost would range from $49 to $60.
Accident Prevention Steps
Many teenagers want to jump on the vehicle and go—but that is an accident waiting to happen. Parents should hire a professional operator to teach their children proper riding techniques. They should also establish ground rules for usage. For example, they should require drivers and riders to wear appropriate safety gear. Parents should forbid letting friends drive the vehicle, unless a parent has given express permission. They should insist on a routine inspection of the vehicle before each use to make sure it will function properly.
If renting, parents should also stress the importance of safety with their children.They should feel confident that their children have the ability to correctly handle and maneuver the vehicle. First time users should seek a reputable company that offers on-site training.
Safety protocols and proper liability coverage are key steps to your clients' safety and asset protection. By understanding the risks and partnering with an expert, independent insurance agent, wealth advisors can help ensure their clients have the right types and amounts of coverage, and strengthen their client relationships as a result.


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Lasting connections: Love at the airport
By Sarah LeTrent, CNN • Published 11th June 2012
The ever-increasing baggage fees, the full-body scans, the unpredictable delays: Much is made about the woeful mechanics of travel.
Some travelers, however, pick up a lifelong souvenir well worth the stress of the airport before they even reach their final stop.
Former flight attendant Beverlie Nichols knows it's more about the journey than the destination.
Two days before Valentine's Day in 2011, Nichols was flying into Maine's Portland International Jetport when a broken lavatory plunged her into a whirlwind romance.
Once the plane was grounded, a ramp agent walked on to handle the repair. As the flight boarded to head back to Washington, the ramp agent and Nichols struck up a lively conversation at the end of the jet bridge.
That night when Nichols returned home, she had a Facebook friend request from a name she didn't recognize.
"After rejecting his request, something was tugging at me to look into who he was and why he requested me to be his friend. After I looked through his pictures I recognized him as the ramper from PWM," Nichols said.
Can your lover pass this test?
After accepting the friend request, the two immediately began instant messaging, and the next week when Nichols was scheduled for an overnight in Portland, she and her new Facebook friend, Jon Lee, decided to have dinner together.
Nichols was a recent divorcee and "doing anything but looking for a relationship." Lee was also recently hurt by an ex and hadn't seriously dated since.
"When we met, although we knew we were falling hard and fast for one another, we continued to say, 'I'm not looking for anyone right now, but we can be friends and see where it goes!'" Nichols said.
Both parties' hesitation to open up couldn't stop their spark igniting into a full-on flame. Soon, they were spending four to six days a week together. Nichols tried to get trips to Portland as often as possible while Lee would fly to visit her in Washington on his days off.
"Since both of us are used to working in the airline industry, we didn't want a delay on this, too," Nichols said.
Less than six months later, the couple was engaged. Beverlie Nichols is now Beverlie Lee and the couple is raising two kids from her previous marriage in Maine, the state where they originally made their lasting connection.
It started in a bar
Nora Plunkett wasn't looking for love. Love found her.
Plunkett, 34, met her husband, John Dudley, at an airport bar after a turbulent weekend with a man from her past in San Diego.
"I had recently gotten back in touch with the guy from my past, but it was clear that it wasn't going to work. I hadn't had the time to think about meeting anyone new."
At the bar, Plunkett kept trying to text and call her sister to recount the dreadful weekend, but couldn't get a signal. Meanwhile, Dudley kept looking for a way to start talking to her. When she looked up from her phone at the Cubs game on the TV in the bar, he swung -- and hit a grand slam.
They were able to continue their conversation and sit together on their flight from San Diego to Chicago because of Southwest Airlines' open seating policy.
On the way to baggage claim, Dudley asked her out. The couple is now married and recently added some extra cargo: their first child.
"At the time we met, we lived 10 minutes from each other in Chicago, but it wasn't until we were thousands of miles away from home that we connected," she said.
Plunkett saved the cocktail napkin from the flight home and framed it for her husband on their first anniversary.
"I do feel lucky, and I do believe in fate. John's brother passed away unexpectedly a year prior almost to the day that we met. I like to think that he was looking out for his little brother and putting all of the pieces in place for us to meet," she said.
A woman on a mission
Unlike Nichols and Plunkett, Holly Lutz was actively on a quest for love.
Lutz scheduled a trip to Club Med Turkoise, an adults-only resort in Turks and Caicos, in 1988. Ironically, she would meet the love of her life before wheels down at her final destination.
"Let's just say I intentionally went away on my own. I told my mom at the time I was going to find a new husband as if it was a fun job. This was recently after a divorce, and I was still only 28 at the time," she said.
Find a new husband is exactly what she did.
She and her now-husband, Ray Xerri, chit-chatted at the airport and found they were bound for the same destination but scheduled for different flights. When Ray's flight got delayed, he was switched to Holly's, much to her delight.
Their plane took off, but air traffic detoured their courtship. The plane had to turn around mid-flight. Ray ended up on his original flight while Holly disappointedly waited overnight at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for the next plane in the morning.
"I arrived one day later than him. He had a big smile on his face as I approached him on a lounge chair," said the now Mrs. Xerri.
On May 29, they celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary.
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COLLEGE STATION – Rice already had its hands full by kicking off its season at No. 7 Texas A&M at high noon on Saturday at Kyle Field before what Owls quarterback Taylor McHargue dubbed "90,000 crazy Aggies" today during Rice's first game-week press conference.
The Owls will also be without what the Houston Chronicle's Joseph Duarte dubs their "top two defensive players" against A&M. Rice coach David Bailiff announced today that cornerback Phillip Gaines, the C-USA preseason defensive player of the year, will sit out the opener because of the ever-vague "violation of a team rule." Also, linebacker Cameron Nwosu will miss the A&M contest with a knee injury that sidelined him during camp.
Meanwhile A&M athletic director Eric Hyman announced Saturday that cornerback Deshazor Everett will be suspended for half of a game and safety Floyd Raven will be suspended for a full game. The duo, both expected to start for the Aggies, was arrested in the offseason on misdemeanor assault charges. A&M did not mention the specific game for the suspensions in a release, and coach Kevin Sumlin will not be available to the media until Tuesday.
Defensive tackle Kirby Ennis is suspended against the Owls for his arrest on charges of flashing a firearm in the offseason. A&M and Rice, longtime Southwest Conference foes, last met in 1995 in Houston, a 17-10 Aggies victory. A&M owns a 50-27-2 all-time series advantage.


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The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development of democracy.
"I admire your fearless efforts to tell the truth. We would live in a very different world without a strong independent media," said Mijatović, speaking from Tunis, where she is attending an international media freedom conference. "Risking your safety and even lives in the line of duty, you continue to courageously fulfill your mission."
"At this moment when we are celebrating World Press Freedom Day, there are many journalists sitting behind bars and many still waiting for justice," she emphasized.
"I will continue to urge governments to solve all cases of violence against journalists and to stop impunity for the perpetrators, in order to make our region a better and safer area for reporting. I will continue to oppose restrictive laws and practices that silence independent and critical voices of media, off- and online."
"The digital revolution and modern Internet technologies have changed your methods, but not the essence of what you do. They have made news gathering and sharing faster and easier, but they have not eliminated the need for professional investigative reporting."
The OSCE media freedom representative, along with the other three special rapporteurs on free media from the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, is attending a UNESCO conference dedicated to World Press Freedom Day.
World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.
It serves as an occasion to inform citizens of violations of press freedom - a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, detained and even murdered.
It is a date to encourage and develop initiatives in favour of press freedom, and to assess the state of press freedom worldwide.
It serves as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. Just as importantly, World Press Freedom Day is a day of support for media which are targets for the restraint, or abolition, of press freedom. It is also a day of remembrance for those journalists who lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.
The recent uprisings in some Arab States have highlighted the power of the media, the human quest for freedom of expression and the confluence of press freedom and freedom of expression through various traditional and new media.
This has given rise to an unprecedented level of media freedom. New media have enabled civil society, young people and communities to bring about massive social and political transformations by self-organizing, and engaging the global youth in the fight to be able to freely express themselves and the aspirations of their wider communities.
Yet, media freedom is fragile, and it is also not yet within the reach of everyone. Furthermore, as more reporting is transmitted online, more and more online journalists including bloggers are being harnessed, attacked and even killed for their work.
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DJ will take a look at Blues guitarist Bo Diddley and teach you the "Bo Diddley beat."
Taught by DJ Phillips in Blues Guitar with DJ seriesLength: 13:26Difficulty: 1.5 of 5
That was harder to do slow than fast. Once I just took off with it, there it was. Thanks for a great lesson!
Bob Marley had said that he used to listen to New Orleans radio at night and that they tried to imitate the artists because they liked the music so. Maybe Bo Diddley helped create reggae???
Where is the Bo Diddley lesson?
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YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! This is my favorite stand alone lesson of all here. It's great because there's so little to it, I can get it pretty much immediately (painless). And all the touches you gave at the end were the right kind of dressing to this bare bones piece. I've played this before this lesson without much analysis, and now I know how to actually play it. Made to order. Thanks DJ!!!!! Love it.
Thanks for the comment, gw! Glad you like the lesson!
TJ Happy Thanksgiving. In this Bo Diddley lesson, right around 8:45 in, you show us the C to D to C sequence. My question is: Whydo you go from the 2nd C to the "short form" of the G chord? Why not go straight to the full bar instead? Thanks
Hey jimm! Hope your holiday was grand. Either voicing is viable. The partial or "short" form voicing is what is played in the "lead" part to emphasize the higher notes. In this example around 8:45 I am combining the two parts to show you the context. But you could definitely go straight to the full form barre chord.
DJ Phillips will teach you everything you need to know to become a master of the blues with an emphasis on fast-paced techniques & playing.
Lesson 1
Meet Mr. DJ Phillips & learn what he's going to teach you throughout this series.Length: 2:30 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Lesson 2
Learn what makes a chord progression a blues progression as well as the basics to the famous 12 bar blues.Length: 13:18 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 3
Time to take the 12 bar blues progression you've learned and add in some rhythmic variations.Length: 8:48 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 4
Now that you've learned the 12 bar blues and some rhythmic variations, it's time to throw in some chord variations.Length: 6:22 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 5
Time to take a break from the 12 bar blues and start mastering some lead techniques. This all starts with the minor pentatonic scale.Length: 8:13 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 6
Now that you've learned the minor pentatonic scale, it's time to learn how to move it around.Length: 11:10 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 7
Learn a handful of new blues techniques while learning to play Stevie Ray Vaughn's "The House Is Rockin'".Length: 49:58 Difficulty: 3.0 FREE
Lesson 8
Now that you've mastered some SRV, DJ is going to show you some funky blues rhythms that use the 9th chords.Length: 8:44 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 9
DJ begins a discussion of the minor pentatonic scale patterns. He demonstrates the A minor pentatonic scale in first or "open" position.Length: 12:16 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 10
Continuing on with the minor pentatonic scale, DJ covers the second position. As with lesson 9, he provides a few exercises and riffs along the way.Length: 10:11 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 11
Continuing with the A minor pentatonic scale, DJ returns with a lesson on the fifth position pattern.Length: 7:09 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 12
In this lesson, DJ covers the A minor pentatonic scale in 7th position. He includes licks and riffs to help with skill building.Length: 8:49 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 13
This lesson covers the 9th position of the A minor pentatonic scale. DJ provides licks, riffs, and a string skipping exercise.Length: 15:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 14
Now that DJ has covered all five patterns of the minor pentatonic scale, he explains how to shift from one pattern to the next.Length: 6:12 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 15
Now that DJ has covered the minor pentatonic positions, he shifts gears to the major pentatonic scale.Length: 17:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 16
In this lesson, DJ demonstrates a number of major pentatonic licks that feature position shifts.Length: 5:15 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 17
DJ demonstrates how to combine the major and minor pentatonic scales. He provides a number of combined scale licks for you to learn.Length: 12:54 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 18
In this lesson, DJ demonstrates how to build an effective guitar solo.Length: 9:13 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 19
This lesson details the importance of rhythm within solos and lead lines.Length: 6:10 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 20
DJ talks about the art of improvising in this lesson. Always begin with a grand entrance and end with a big finish.Length: 7:59 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 21
DJ begins a discussion of colorful dominant chord voicings. He demonstrates how to build chords from a root note on the 6th string.Length: 9:38 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 22
Continuing on from lesson 21, DJ explains how to build dominant chords from root notes on the 4th and 5th strings.Length: 8:26 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
In lesson 23, DJ demonstrates how various chord voicings can be used while playing rhythm or lead over a 12 bar blues progression.Length: 4:49 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 24
With lesson 24, DJ begins a short segment on tricks of the trade. First, he discusses and demonstrates string rakes.Length: 5:08 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 25
DJ explains how B3 organ licks can be played on guitar.Length: 4:11 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 26
In this lesson, DJ talks about volume swells and how they can be used.Length: 4:37 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 27
Continuing with his "tricks of the trade" lessons, DJ demonstrates a walking bass line and the upstroke shuffle.Length: 6:51 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 28
In this lesson, DJ discusses and demonstrates the basics of slide technique.Length: 5:28 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 29
DJ demonstrates some of the subtleties of using a wah pedal in the blues style.Length: 3:50 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 30
DJ discusses and demonstrates natural, artificial (harp), and pinch harmonics in the blues style.Length: 8:37 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 31
DJ delves into tone in lesson 31. He discusses how and why certain tones are achieved.Length: 21:41 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 32
With lesson 32, DJ introduces the minor form of the 12 bar blues progression.Length: 4:57 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 33
Building on his minor blues set, DJ discusses how to utilize the dominant V7 chord to spice up the standard progression.Length: 4:14 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 34
DJ demonstrates a couple turnaround techniques that can be applied to the 12 bar minor blues progression.Length: 6:13 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 35
In this lesson, DJ discusses some minor 7 voicings with roots on the 6th, 5th, and 4th strings.Length: 9:12 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 36
Much like lesson 35, DJ discusses minor 6th chord voicings with roots on the 6th, 5th, and 4th strings.Length: 8:53 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 37
DJ explains how altered extensions such as the b9 and #9 can be added to the V7 chord within the context of a minor blues progression.Length: 8:35 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 38
DJ discusses the scale options that can be used over a minor blues progression.Length: 2:21 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 39
In this lesson, DJ builds upon lesson 38 and covers the minor scale positions across the entire fretboard.Length: 5:11 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 40
DJ profiles blues guitarist T-Bone Walker in lesson 40.Length: 31:23 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 41
Profiling T-Bone walker, DJ will demonstrate the T-Bone Shuffle.Length: 29:26 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 42
DJ discusses and demonstrates skills acquired from learning T-Bone Walker's material.Length: 17:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 43
DJ will take a look at Blues guitarist Bo Diddley and teach you the "Bo Diddley beat."Length: 13:26 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 44
Dj is back yet again with more on the style of Bo Diddley. Here is will dive more into his style of solos as well as an in depth explanation of how the songs are played out. Get comfortable everyone and...Length: 22:15 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 45
Dj brings a kicking finish to the style of Bo Diddley by teaching you how to implement his style of playing to your's. With a quick review of what he has taught so far, Dj will play the backing track as...Length: 10:59 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 46
DJ returns to his blues guitar series with the introduction of a complete blues solo. Through the next 12 lessons, DJ will provide a phrase-by-phrase breakdown of the solo. By the end of this mini-series,...Length: 3:38 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 47
DJ is back with Phrase #2 of the Swing Blues Solo. This lick is designed to outline the IV chord.Length: 3:10 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 48
DJ is back with another phrase of his swing blues solo. The third phrase of the first solo is also your first turnaround. In this lick, you'll outline the chords that bring us back to the top of the form.Length: 3:22 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 49
The fourth phrase of your first solo has a lot of pentatonic influence in it. You've also climbed the neck to the upper register to help build your solo.Length: 2:29 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 50
We're back to the second phrase in the long form blues again. This lick picks up where the last left off and continues to build suspense in the upper register.Length: 3:11 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 51
DJ is back with the sixth phrase of his Swing Blues Solo. We're now at the second turnaround of the long form. This lick incorporates chromaticism to build tension.Length: 4:26 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 52
We're back to the top in the 3rd chorus of the blues solo. This lick starts to amp up the solo by adding more bends and a few double stops.Length: 3:47 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 53
DJ is back with the eighth phrase in the swing blues solo. The second phrase of the 3rd chorus incorporates hammer-ons.Length: 3:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 54
DJ is back with the ninth phrase in the swing blues solo. For the third time, we find ourselves at the turnaround. This lick plays on the idea of a repeating figure followed up by a scale run.Length: 4:46 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 55
We really start to add some gusto to the solo for our final three phrases. This lick uses open stringed double stops and position shifting to create a long build up towards the solo's climax.Length: 3:40 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 56
The eleventh phrase of our long form blues solo continues to build on the previous phrase. This time you'll be using a repeated but slightly varied figure along with double stops to create more build-up.Length: 3:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 57
DJ is back with the final phrase of the swing blues solo. This turnaround lick uses quick bends, repeated figures, and a chromatic walk down to twist your ear before finally resolving back to E.Length: 5:42 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 58
Now that you've completed the first solo of a long form blues, it's time to tackle the second solo. This next blues is played in straight eighths and starts off with some chromatic notes, bending, and...Length: 3:13 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 59
Dig into the second phrase of our straight blues solo! This one uses double stops, bends, and vibrato to kick the solo into high gear!Length: 3:10 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 60
The first turnaround in our straight blues solo uses a low walking melody along with a scale run that brings us back up to the top.Length: 2:53 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 61
As we return to the top for the second round of our long form, we hear a familiar melody. This one is stolen right from the last phrase, only it's been transposed up into a higher register.Length: 2:36 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 62
We're getting into the meat of this solo and it's time we started rocking! We amp up the energy by using some down picking and scale lines.Length: 2:59 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 63
We've now reached the second turnaround of our long form blues. This phrase gets a little funky with some position shifting and double stops.Length: 4:08 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 64
Here, we return to the top and continue the funky feel from the turnaround. This lick features chromatic runs with vibrato and a repeated figure.Length: 3:41 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 65
The next lick in our long form straight blues is all about syncopation and getting that dirty tone from the amp. Careful rhythmic placement of rests and the use of double stops help us accomplish this.Length: 1:59 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Like many guitar players who began playing around the same time, DJ began plunking out Nirvana and Soundgarden tunes when he first picked up the guitar in the mid-nineties. While these grunge-y roots certainly have their merit, it wasn't until DJ's eldest sister took him to a Led Zeppelin laser light show that the full potential of the guitar began to come into focus.
With Jimmy Page's Les Paul pyrotechnics as his inspiration, DJ began fervently practicing for hours on end in the suburban jungle of Southwestern Ohio. This newfound passion (combined with his complete lack of athletic prowess and physical coordination thus completely ruling out all sports) led him to form rock bands in junior high and high school. He grew to love the performance aspect of music and soon decided on it as a career path.
College led him to Nashville, Tennessee where he began to pursue a degree in Commercial Music at Belmont University. He also started another band and got his first professional theater gig the following summer. Since that summer, DJ has spent nearly every waking hour finding ways to play music and avoiding a real contribution to society in any other way.
He moved to Minneapolis after college, rocking out between theater gigs with his current rock band Brother Big Bad. He has now convinced the band to move to Nashville where music flows like water.
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Ship Channel remains closed after oil spill
Meanwhile, oil washes up on Galveston beaches
GALVESTON — The Houston Ship Channel, where up to 168,000 gallons of oil were spilled after a barge and a tanker collided last weekend, will remain closed until Tuesday, Coast Guard officials said late Monday.
Officials said they will evaluate on Tuesday whether to open the channel.
Oil washed up on tourist beaches in Galveston Monday, two days after the collision, an official said.
The oil on Galveston beaches was in the form of tar balls, relatively easy to clean up, primarily on the east end of Galveston Island, said Charlie Kelly, Galveston's emergency management coordinator.
The ferry between Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, closed since the spill, is expected to reopen at 7 a.m. Tuesday, officials said. For now, services will be limited to between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
A total of 81 vessels waited Monday to move through the channel as authorities continued efforts to contain and recover oil.
As of 6 a.m. Monday, the command said in a statement, 43 outbound vessels and 38 inbound vessels were waiting for the channel to be reopened.
On Sunday, salvage vessels finished pumping about 750,000 gallons of heavy marine fuel oil from a partially sunken barge that leaked thousands of gallons of thick, oozing sludge into Galveston Bay after a collision with a tanker.
Oil from the damaged barge spread as far 12 miles into Galveston Bay as wind and choppy water made containing the spill impossible, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
Vessels spent the day skimming oil, and 69,000 feet of containment boom had been used to limit the oil's spread.
But changing current, winds and weather conditions forced officials to extend containment and recovery plans farther into the Gulf of Mexico and south along Galveston Island.
"This is devastating," said James Stork, 46, a Galveston native who owns a medical staffing company. "I think cleanup is going to be a lot more than they expected. It's really going to affect the economy for people who depend on fishing and shrimping."
Experts said it is too soon to say how extensive the environmental and economic damage will be. But fishermen said they were already throwing back oil-covered catches.
'It's horrible'
Jeff and Patience Curley drove to Galveston from Dallas for a cruise on Carnival Magic to Jamaica and Cozumel. They arrived early and decided to check out the spill about noon.
As they walked the beach, they saw crews laying out stretches of bright boom in the water. Their cruise, scheduled to depart at 4 p.m., was delayed. Later in the day, the orange booms had been almost entirely blackened by oil and pushed to the shoreline, they said.
"It's horrible," said Jeff Curley, 50.
Josh Fundling, 41, a Galveston native, shook his head in anger. "This stuff should have never made it to the beach," he said. "Those booms are supposed to keep it in the water. You're already seeing dead birds. Give it a couple days and you're going to see dead fish."
Throughout the day, volunteers photographed dead or imperiled sludge-covered sea gulls, sanderlings and other birds at important roosting sites on the Bolivar Peninsula and on Galveston Island even as government officials struggled to decide where to deploy volunteers and workers to attempt to help oiled birds.
A layer of sticky black tar already has lined the beaches on the bay side of the Texas City dike, a popular fishing area where a bevy of tugboats could be seen surrounding the sunken barge.
East of the dike, at another popular fishing spot at Galveston Island's east end, a pair of men fishing lamented the spill. "When I first got here, I knew something was wrong," said Mohamed Chetouani, 38, of northwest Houston, pointing to the oil along the shore.
"This is the only coast we have," said Farid Saffi, 34, his friend and fellow fisherman. "Where are we going to go now?"
String of accidents
The oil spilled into Galveston Bay around 12:35 p.m. Saturday after the barge collided with the tanker, a Liberian-flagged bulk vessel named Summer Wind.
The barge was carrying 924,000 gallons of RMG 380, a special bunker fuel oil often used in shipping that doesn't evaporate easily and could not be attacked with the same kinds of dispersants used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, experts said.
The towboat involved in the spill, the M/V Miss Susan, was pushing two barges en route to the Bolivar peninsula from Texas City when the accident occurred in heavy fog, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Government records show the Miss Susan has been involved in a string of 20 accidents and incidents reported to the Coast Guard in the past dozen years, including two other accidents that occurred when the boat was pushing barges containing oil or asphalt.
The barges and the Miss Susan are owned by Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine, which has one of the nation's largest fleets of barges and is heavily involved in oil transport nationwide, according to company and government information.
The Coast Guard has not identified the captains of either vessel involved in the accident. Nor do older government records available online indicate who was involved in other accidents involving the Miss Susan.
The oil in the barge involved in the spill was held in separate compartments. The damaged compartment contained 4,000 barrels, or 168,000 gallons, the Coast Guard said.
Generally, the toxicity of RMG 380 is considered relatively low, but it is persistent - it can remain essentially unchanged in water or along a shoreline even as months and years pass. Canada's environmental agency has described it as "difficult to clean up," and research conducted for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concludes that "close to zero" of the heavy fuel can be chemically dispersed.
The heavy marine fuel that was spilled, also referred to as IFO 380, is a particularly viscous bunker fuel that does not evaporate well and defies traditional chemical dispersants, which were used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to material safety data sheets, the biggest concern about the fuel is its high hydrogen sulfide content, though that could weather off quickly - a benefit to first responders aboard skimming vessels trying to suck up the oil.
A former oil spill consultant describes RMG 380 as similar to Bunker C, a "bottom of the barrel" fuel used for ocean-going ships. Because it is very heavy, there's a possibility that as it is exposed to the elements, it could become slightly more dense than water, potentially slipping below the reach of standard skimming and detection techniques.
Coast Guard Capt. Brian Penoyer, captain of the port, said heavy winds and rough weather had broken the oil slick into patches, some of it thick and easy to skim from the surface and in other places a sheen. "The weather doesn't favor us this time of year," Penoyer said.
First responders in Houston have not had to deal with RMG 380 since March 1996, when the hull of a tank barge being towed through the Houston Ship Channel ruptured, spilling about 126,000 gallons.
Defied skimmers
Heavy winds and bad weather meant that more than half of the spilled fuel was swept into the Gulf of Mexico, where even after three days it defied skimmers. Ultimately, responders fighting to keep the fuel from reaching the shoreline tapped shrimp boats, which used nets to pick up small clumped tar mats and tar patties partially submerged in the water.
Chemical dispersants, like those used to break up the crude flowing out of BP's failed Macondo well in 2010, are not as effective against the heavy marine fuel - and they generally aren't approved for inland waters anyway or shallow territory like Galveston Bay.
When scientists in the United Kingdom tested a widely used dispersant, Corexit 9500, on RMG 380 that had spilled into the sea in 2003, they found it broke up only moderately, and in some cases not at all.
Researchers working at a U.S. government spill lab largely duplicated those results two years later. "IFO 380 showed limited dispersion (in the lab) as seen at sea," the U.S. scientists concluded.
While chemical dispersants are largely ineffective against the marine fuel, responders could burn it off, as long as they pooled enough of it together with booms and other equipment. But the burning of the fuel is not likely close to land.
Debbie Patton, division chief for emergency responses to oil and chemical spills for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said she believed the spill would have more impact on birds and other species that have contact with the water's surface.
"This type of oil is not the kind that tends to have much dissolution into the water column, which is a good thing if you're fish," she said. "It's heavy and sticky and stays on the surface. That's a bad thing if you're a bird or any species that comes up through the surfaces like dolphins or turtles."
The environmental response was slowed by concerns about fumes generated by the spill, as well as problems with equipment. But that's "the nature of the beast," Patton said, when it comes to oil spills.
"It is just the chaos. Nobody knows all the pieces, really. I don't," she said. "Everybody's trying to get their own operations going."
Snowball effect
At Katie's Seafood Market, near Pier 19 in Galveston, William Reichenbach had been told by his bosses not to take any new stock from fisherman because of potential contamination. A fellow employee, Samuel Merchant, said he worried about the snowball effect on local businesses that rely on the fishing and shrimping industry.
"You hope for the best," he said, "but expect the worst."
Kiah Collier, Jennifer Dlouhy, Jayme Fraser, Erin Mulvaney and the Associated Press contributed to this report.


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2010's "Saw VII" is going to be in 3D. So, that happened.
Richard Kelly's "The Box" has been pushed back a week to November 6th, 2009. The studio is continuing their trend of treating this film like a dirty whore, so I wouldn't set your heart on a release date until you're actually sitting in a seat.
So, yesterday Lindsday Lohan seemed to indicate via her twitter page that she had signed on to Robert Rodriguez's "Machete". A quick perusal of the page now reveals that the tweets in question have been deleted. So... that may or may not have happened.
Check out this cool preview video for Universal's Hallween Horror Nights.
There is now an online archive of the biggest criminal trials from the 18th, 29th and 20th centuries. The archive does include the trial of "Jack The Ripper", Dr Thomas Neil Cream, who confessed to the murders despite the fact that he had been in jail when some of them had been committed.
If you're going to pass a bad check, you might not want to have it be to a voodoo priestess. I hear they're pretty good at the whole revenge thing.
These declassified Russian documents on UFO's are pretty saucy... at least if you're like me and love a good UFO conspiracy theory. Check it out.
1966: Comedian and social critic Lenny Bruce dies of a morphine overdose in his Hollywood Hills home, two years after his original obituary was published in The Realist. At the time of his death, Bruce was being maliciously harassed by police and districts attorney in various states for his groundbreaking standup performances, causing great difficulty in finding venues at which to perform.


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Like many people, Josh Reich got fed up with his bank after it charged him overdraft fees and he endured painful customer service calls to fight them. But unlike most people, Mr. Reich, a software engineer from Australia, decided to come up with a better way to bank.
Mr. Reich and a co-founder, Shamir Karkal, created Simple, an online banking start-up company based in Portland, Ore., that offers its customers free checking accounts and data-rich analysis of their transactions and spending habits.
Few entrepreneurs dare to set their sights on industries as large and entrenched as banking and expect to flourish. But Mr. Reich, 34, a professed data nerd who has built computers and tinkered with the innards of sophisticated cameras, holds a master's degree in business and has a robust background in financial data analysis. He is confident that Simple's minimalist approach — it promises not to charge any fees for any services — will draw fans and customers.
"Banks make money by keeping customers confused," Mr. Reich said. "There's no incentives to make the experience better."
Of course, inviting people to trust a start-up with their money is a lot to ask. The company, which began signing up customers late last year in a deliberately slow fashion, now has 20,000 and has processed transactions worth more than $200 million.
It also has the backing of prominent venture capital firms including Shasta Ventures, SV Angel and IA Ventures and has raised more than $13 million. Simple has few, if any, direct competitors, although some services like SmartyPig and Mint offer analysis of bank accounts and financial transactions.
Simple is actually not a bank. It has deals with CBW Bank and Bancorp, federally insured banks, to hold its customers' money.
And it has built slick apps for the Web and mobile devices to give customers an overview of their accounts and transactions. But it encourages customers to treat it as a bank, closing their more traditional accounts and only using Simple.
The company's biggest challenge, banking analysts say, will be to persuade people to give it a try.
"It is extremely difficult to get consumers to change and leave their banks," said Jacob Jegher, an analyst at Celent, a research and consulting firm. "Plus, although they are not a bank, they still operate like a financial institution, and they will face challenges that big banks have decades of experience with."
After the financial crisis, smaller community banks and credit unions gained customers eager for alternatives to larger corporate banks. Experts say Simple could attract those customers as well.
Early adopters are warming to the service; during a speech last fall at a conference aimed at technology enthusiasts, designers and creative people, Mr. Reich asked how many in attendance were Simple customers. A majority of the crowd raised hands.
Mr. Reich said Simple was keeping its first group of customers small to allow it to work out any kinks. (Already there have been some flaws, like one that briefly locked several users out of their accounts in November.) At this stage, those who want a Simple account have to request an invitation on its site, though these are handed out fairly liberally to those who meet the minimal qualifications of Simple and its bank partners.
Customers receive a plain white card that can be used like a debit card. The company offers most traditional banking features, like direct deposit and money transfers. But there is plenty it does not offer, like joint or business checking accounts, or paper checkbooks, which may be a deal killer for some.
The start-up does not have physical bank branches or automated teller machines, nor does it plan to build any. As a result, Simple customers cannot make cash deposits and must rely on the Internet and phone for service.
Simple tries to make up for what it does not have with modern software design and data analysis.
Each Simple transaction is tagged with detailed information that allows customers to search their accounts with plain English commands like "Show me how much I spent on meals over $30 last month," or "Show me how much money I spent on gifts in December."
Customers can see transactions plotted on a map or search for all transactions in a particular state or country, something that would be difficult with a traditional bank account.
"Banks throw out a lot of data," Mr. Reich said. "There are 80 fields of data per transaction, and banks only show you a few: the dollar amount, the place and the date. We can use much more than that to let people have real-time financial data." The general approach is intended to appeal to technically adept people who are tuned into the rising interest in analyzing one's personal data and behavior, as captured by tracking tools like Nike Plus and Jawbone's Up bracelet.
In the same way that such tools can help people learn more about their physical activity and how many hours a night they sleep, Simple hopes to offer insights into spending behavior.
Simple will have to expand to survive. It makes money by earning interest on the cash it carries and from interchange fees, which it gets from each swipe of the card. It will require a large enough base of deposits and customers to cover its costs.
And there is always the risk that Simple's greatest advantage — its data tools — could be copied by competitors, Mr. Jegher, the Celent analyst, said: "Can they get to critical mass before banks catch up with their own digital tools to offer a competing experience?"
Some of Simple's early users are big fans, like Chris Lanphear, 30, a Web developer in Fort Collins, Colo., who signed up in July.
Mr. Lanphear said he had been hesitant to try Simple at first because of the company's lack of physical infrastructure, "but then I realized it doesn't ensure better service if you see the face of the person you are talking to."
He said he had been impressed with Simple's quick responses, via phone and e-mail, to questions about transactions and charges. The tracking features helped him realize he was spending too much on dining out, so he decided to cut back.
Mr. Lanphear was impressed enough to move over to Simple and close his old bank account. "I figured it couldn't be worse than the alternatives," he said. "But it's actually turning out to be much better."


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It turns out I have been using my kid's toys to help me think about voxels and other algorithms. This is by far my favorite:
This thing really helps. Some of the work you do with voxels becomes a lot easier if you have a way to look around them with your eyes instead of just your mind.
Several of these cubes now have little annotations done by me with a sharpie: numbers, face indices and other stuff like that. These numbers can also be found in the source code.
Here is another time saver:
No need to waste paper if you just want a temporary drawing for something you need to understand.


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The bus comes and the players are coming out very very very fast. I think my son is only going to get 4-5 autos at best. He got 16 (missed 4 guys). Can you believe the guys lined up and waited their turn to sign for him. I honestly can't believe what I saw. We had to hockey cards of Leland Irving and the guys told my son where he was. He signed both cards and I had a puck but did not know who Irving was. So unfortunately did not get Irving on a puck. I did see
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Hey everyone I know a few other members here went to the Chantilly show the last weekend in March. I was unable to meet any of them sadly and it was my first time at the CSA show (they have three a year) and my largest show ever. I wasn't expecting to see so much memorabilia there as I did, including helmets and jerseys but it was pretty neat. There was also a lot of unique artwork as well, such as 3D athlete portraits. You can see some of the guys work here:
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Selection of cards: I thought there was a good selection. I saw years ranging for the at least the 50's (maybe older) to 2008.
The show doesn't emphasize one sport over another.
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Pricing: Some I believe are a little pricey buy I don't really know since I've never bought wax
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So, I was asked to do a short write up on the Shriners Show in Wimington. This show is run by the GBSSC (Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club). What a great show! There are close to 250 tables, and this show certainly does not disappoint. And starting last year, it is held twice a year now. Once in November and once sometime in the summer. Unfortunately I missed the one in the


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The primary reason that I am posting tonight is so that when I open up the blog the first thing I see will no longer be that annoying picture of Fabio. Anyways... we are in Pinetop this weekend. Dallas is doing his homecoming talk on Sunday. We are doing family pictures tomorrow. Today me and Ashley and Brett went to Sunrise and snowboarded for a little while but I found out that I am getting too old and I was sore by noon so we quit. Johnna and I went to lunch with my dad, went cell phone shopping w/ Dallas and had a pretty chill day.
Friday, March 14, 2008
We are in Pinetop
Posted by Unknown at 9:18 PM
2 comments:
- Brad and Marissa said...
I thought Johnna threw away her full size Fabio years ago....I guess not. ha ha.
- March 16, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- Gina Lee said...
Chris freakin Paxman!! Its been a long time. I stumbled across your blog, and I had no idea you got married! My props go to Johnna...someone finally tamed Chris! haha jk! Congrats! Its great to see you doing well. And I read below how she wants people to put plugs in for children...well here is mine! THEY ARE AMAZING, and you will never regret having one! And as cheesy as it sounds...its so fun to watch and see yourself come out in their expressions. My little boy is almost a year old. Anyways, keep in touch! Take care.
- March 18, 2008 at 8:46 AM
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Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open and put two more names into the graveyard of champions. Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at The Olympic Club with four birdies around the turn and a tough chip out of a hole to the right of the 18th green that he converted into par for a 2-under 68.
Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open and put two more names into the graveyard of champions.
Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at The Olympic Club with four birdies around the turn and a tough chip out of a hole to the right of the 18th green that he converted into par for a 2-under 68.
He finished at 1-over 281, and it was enough to outlast former U.S. Open champions Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.
Furyk bogeyed two of his last three holes. McDowell had a 25-foot birdie on the 18th to force a playoff, but it never had a chance.
"Oh, wow," Simpson said, watching from the locker room.
Olympic is known as the "graveyard of champions" because proven major winners who were poised to win the U.S. Open have always lost to the underdog. One of those was Arnold Palmer in 1966, when he lost a seven-shot lead on the back nine.
Perhaps it was only fitting that the 25-year-old Simpson went to Wake Forest on an Arnold Palmer scholarship.
"Arnold has been so good to me," Simpson said. "Just the other day, I read that story and thought about it. He's meant so much to me and Wake Forest. Hopefully, I can get a little back for him and make him smile."
No one was beaming like Simpson, who followed a breakthrough year on the PGA Tour with his first major.
No one was more disgusted than Furyk, who was in control for so much of the final round until he snap-hooked his tee shot on the par-5 16th hole to fall out of the lead for the first time all day. He was unable to get it back. Needing a birdie on the final hole, he hit into the bunker. He crouched and clamped his teeth onto the shaft of his wedge. Furyk made bogey on the final hole and closed with a 74, a final round without a single birdie.
McDowell, who made four bogeys on the front nine, at least gave himself a chance with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 17th and a shot into the 18th that had him sprinting up the hill to see what kind of chance he had. The putt stayed left of the hole the entire way, and he had to settle for a 73.
McDowell shared second place with Michael Thompson, who closed with a 67 and waited two hours to see if it would be good enough.
Tiger Woods, starting five shots behind, played the first six holes in 6-over par and was never a factor. He shot 73 and finished six strokes back.
Furyk was fuming, mostly at himself, for blowing a chance at his second U.S. Open title. He also was surprised that the USGA moved the tee up 100 yards on the 16th hole to play 569 yards. It was reachable in two shots for some players, though the shape of the hole featured a sharp turn to the left.
"There's no way when we play our practice rounds you're going to hit a shot from a tee 100 yards up unless someone tells you," Furyk said. "But the rest of the field had that same shot to hit today, and I'm pretty sure no one hit as (bad) a shot as I did. I have no one to blame but myself.
"I was tied for the lead, sitting on the 16th tee," he said. "I've got wedges in my hand, or reachable par 5s, on the way in and one birdie wins the golf tournament. I'm definitely frustrated."
But he gave Simpson his due.
Of the last 18 players to tee off in the final round, Simpson was the only one to break par. That didn't seem likely when Simpson was six shots behind as he headed to the sixth hole, the toughest at Olympic. That's where he started his big run.
His 7-iron landed in the rough and rolled 5 feet away for birdie. He made birdie on the next two holes, including a 15-footer on the par-3 eighth. And his wedge into the 10th settled 3 feet away, putting him into the mix for the rest of the day.
"It was a cool day," Simpson said. "I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life."
Simpson's shot from the rough on the 18th hole went just right of the green and disappeared into a hole, a circle of dirt about the size of a sprinkler cap. With a clump of grass behind the ball, he had a bold stroke for such a nervy shot and it came out perfectly, rolling 3 feet by the hole for his much-needed par.
Then, it was time to wait.
It was the third time in the last seven years that no one broke par in the U.S. Open. On all three occasions, the winner was in the locker room when it the tournament ended.
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I return to you now, with another kitchen accomplishment!
*waits for the champagne cork to pop*
C'mon... no champagne? Well, streamers?
*waits some more*
Some hole punch leftovers?
*gives up and continues*
So, I have now cooked a pie. And not merely the pie, but I actually made the crust myself! With a tasty (but ginormous) recipe from Teth and some life-saving hints from TG (like, when you're flattening the crust, flip it regularly so it doesn't fuse with the work area ). It was listed in the recipe book as a "fudge brownie pie," and claimed to be from my grandmother... although when I asked her about it, she'd never heard of it.
Anyway. Seven-eighths of it are currently cooling on the range, and the remaing one-eighth was enjoyed with some very tasty, very cold vanilla ice cream.


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Italian Food & Cuisine History
Despite the common American misconception, there is no typical approach when it comes to Italian cuisine. Instead, styles have developed over the centuries on the regional levels resulting in a multitude of customs and techniques. If there were to be a unifying theme in Italian cooking, however, it would have to be the utilization of fresh, seasonal ingredients. However, due to the diversity of climate and geography in Italy, even the available ingredients themselves are different from area to area.
A good example of the regionalism of styles and ingredients can be found in the differences between northern and southern Italian cooking. Much of southern diet is influenced by its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, resulting in its reliance on fresh fish such as tuna and swordfish. In addition, its abundance of seafood has caused the cooking style to be lighter and simpler, highlighting ingredients such as tomatoes and olive oil. This style has even been deemed by the Italian government as the "Mediterranean Cuisine".
The northern style however, replaces the southern reliance on fish with beef, pork, and dried beans which are more readily available in the region. In addition, the north uses butter and cream rather than olive oil as it's dominating cooking fat. The result is a tradition that is heavier and heartier than the southern provinces. It is worth mentioning that many of the new trends in Italian cuisine seen in America are actually part of this approach. Risotto, a savory rice dish which relies on the breakdown of starches to produce its characteristic creaminess, and polenta, a side dish made from corn meal, have long been mainstays of the northern Italian diet.
Despite the popularity of these broader dishes to this country's restaurant scene, most Americans still associate Italian food with pasta and pizza. And while pasta does play an important role in Italian cuisine, it is much more versatile than just spaghetti and meatballs. Orzo, for example, is rice-shaped pasta that is seen often prepared as a side dish to beef or veal while gnocchi are potato dumplings often seen tossed in simple sauces that highlight their delicateness. Even heartier pastas are often paired with more than just marinara sauce. Examples of this are the northern-used Bolognese sauce, a meaty blend of tomatoes and cream, and the dramatically different pesto, a light blend of chopped basil, garlic, olive oil, and pine nuts.
Finally, desserts play an important part of the Italian diet. Cannolis and tiramisu, both of which contain sweetened mascarpone fillings, are the most widely known in America though others have recently gained attention. For example, gelatos are similar to ice cream but differ in that they are served in a semi-frozen state which results in a creamier, smoother texture. For the more health-conscious, a granita might be preferred. Because of the absence of milk or cream, the final texture is coarser and more crystalline. On the other end of the dessert spectrum are those made with wine or alcohol. Zabaglione is an egg custard often times flavored with marsala or champagne which is often served with strawberries and zaletti, light cornmeal cookies.
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Old Town Tours and Trails
Do you know your Georgian from your Edwardian? In Hull's Old Town, there is evidence of many period throughout history. With many original features it is clear that Hull has a significant place within British history. Hull's Old Town is a hidden treasure where you will discover Hull's collection of free museums including Streetlife Museum of Transport, where all the family can climb aboard a tram or take a carriage ride into the past, and Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology where you'll find a life-size woolly mammoth. It is also home to Hepworth Arcade where Mr Marks and Mr Spencer had one of their first penny bazaars! There is also a strong link between Hull Old Town and the English Civil War with the alleged plotting parlour at Ye Olde White Harte and the actual spot at which Charles I was refused entry to the city of Hull – Beverley Gate, as well as the world's smallest window the George Hotel.
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The best way to explore the hidden side of Hull is to join one of the guided city tours or enlist the help of one of our friendly guides.
From high street giants to small independent shops, Whitefriargate has it all. Brands such as Marks and Spencers, Pandora, HMV and New Look stand proud next to smaller retailers that trade in locally loved 'Hepworth Arcade'. Here you can find boutiques, vintage clothing, gift shops, jewellery and joke stores. Or why not visit the newly refurbished Trinity Indoor Market with it's fine selection of independent traders from chocolatiers to flowers to locally produced coffee all inside the fabulous historic indoor market.
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In the evening Hull Old Town is the place to be for eating and drinking. Choose from relaxing pints in atmospheric real ale public houses or check out the trendy bar scene that comes alive at night. The historic Fruit Market has been transformed into a hive of trendy bars, restaurants and galleries. Whatever your ideal evening involves, Hull has something that is guaranteed to appeal.
Trinity Quarter
Take a walk down the cobbled streets and explore Hull's Trinity Quarter with a rich and interesting past - don't forget to look up, as many of the buildings have striking architecture. With a variety of beautiful historic buildings, old fashioned real ale public houses, museums and the captivating Hull Minster; the quarter is an evocative and interesting part of the city at the heart of the Historic Old Town. Amongst the bars, shops, and restaurants you will also find, on the edge of Trinity Square, the popular Hands on History Museum which boasts exciting exhibits. So explore and absorb the history, then grab a coffee on the square and watch the world go by in beautiful historic surroundings.
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Hull's son, Wilberforce, an MP for Hull and Yorkshire, was responsible for leading the fight that led to the abolition of slavery. His birthplace is now home to the Wilberforce House Museum and his former school, Hull Grammar School, is now the Hands on History Museum. You can also see the font where he was baptised at the Hull Minster. To find out more about the time Wilberforce spent in Hull why not follow the Walking with Wilberforce trail?


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The playoffs seem to bring out the best in the Houston Dynamo.
A goal in each half by forward Will Bruin gave the Dynamo a 2-1 upset victory over the Chicago Fire in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round match at Toyota Park on Wednesday night. It was the first road win in over three months for the reigning Eastern Conference champions.
The No. 5-seeded Dynamo advance to meet top-seeded Sporting Kansas City in the Eastern Conference semifinals with the first leg to be played on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston (Nov. 4 at 3:30 pm ET, NBC).
Bruin's first goal came on a free near-post header in the 12th minute on a corner kick from teammate Brad Davis. Then just 19 seconds after halftime he got his brace on a blistering diagonal shot after he was sprung on the heels of a costly Chicago turnover.
Aside from a momentary flash of hope on Alex's 83rd minute goal for Chicago, the rest of the match was an exercise in game management by the Dynamo, who enjoyed the better possession and succeeded in thwarting Chicago's desire to launch quick counterattacks.
The match could have taken a very different turn in the 10th minute had Jalil Anibaba's curling left-footed shot from the top right corner of the Houston penalty area not finished wide of the far post. That was followed by a close range poke shot from Chicago's Alvaro Fernandez which was stuffed by charging Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall.
Just moments later, it was a slip by Anibaba that proved costly when he lost track of Bruin on a corner kick, and the second-year striker was free to bounce his header past Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson.
Apart from an Arne Friedrich header on an 18th minute set piece which was snagged by Hall, the Fire did little in the first half to preoccupy the Dynamo, who nearly made it 2-0 just before halftime on a corner kick header from a wide open Bobby Boswell.
Then when the Dynamo did go up 2-0 on Bruin's second goal after the break, it took the Fire a while to begin mounting any real pressure, bringing on ex-Dynamo forward Dominic Oduro, Daniel Paladini and Alex in an attempt to jumpstart the attack.
But the Dynamo back line plugged the holes and Hall came up big on a 74th minute curling shot from Chicago's Patrick Nyarko.
Alex found a seam on a penetrating run down the left side of the Dynamo box in the 83rd minute and his diagonal shot gave the home team some real hope, but they failed to muster a final threat to equalize as Houston march on.


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Beth Chapman Receives A No From Dancing With The Stars
Sorry Beth Chapman Fans!! Today, Beth tweeted that she won't be competing on Dancing With The Stars Season 14. She told her twitter followers that ABC told her on February 2nd that they had seen the campaign posts, but, they had already sent out their offers and she won't fit into the cast this season. Beth also questions that the official Dancing With The Site Fan Casting Wish List is just a "gimmick" which our Miss Heidi has been telling us for quite some time. Be sure to read the link in full in the first tweet below to read Beth's exact thoughts. It's also quoted after the tweet.
This came from #dwts on February 2nd I just didn't want to spoil it 4 u fans I think that site is (cont) http://t.co/f1Fm6MZH
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) February 13, 2012
This came from #dwts on February 2nd I just didn't want to spoil it 4 u fans I think that site is just a gimmick
To make you think you have a say sorry guys I appreciate all your efforts
"I have seen the rumors! Unfortunately I dont think she fits into the cast for this season. I have already made all my offers. But if anything changes I will let you know."
Unfortunately, the same thing happened last season as well…
@NannaKnowsBest They did it last season also
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) February 13, 2012
Sad!!! So many fans go to an extreme effort to campaign!!
Heidi's Note: I also noted previously that the invitation to tell them (DWTS) who you would cast is worded in such a way that people were likely mis-reading it. Possibly intentionally on ABC's part? You be the judge. Here's the blurbs from abc.com:
Cast the new season of Dancing with the Stars!
Dancing with the Stars Season 14 is right around the corner. What are your thoughts for casting the next season? Who is your ideal cast? Which athletes, movie or television stars, singers or other celebrities would you pick?
Now, the title is VERY misleading, but once you read the blurb underneath, it makes it seem more like a discussion topic more than an actual voting apparatus…which is how so many people seem to be viewing it. I've been complaining for a couple seasons now that I thought that DWTS was paying no attention whatsoever to that message board, that it was designed to get traffic to the site, period. Parsing the word selection…"thoughts" is what sticks out at me. They don't ask for you to "vote" and they never imply that they will actually pick someone who gets a lot of votes. They just want your opinion. They never said they would take it. 🙂


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ഒരു വർഷത്തിന്റെ അവസാനവും മറ്റൊരു വർഷത്തിന്റെ തുടക്കവുമായി വരുന്ന ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ ചില സംസ്കാരവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകിടക്കുന്ന ആഘോഷമാണ് പുതുവത്സരം. പല രാജ്യങ്ങളിലുമായുള്ള വ്യത്യസ്ത കലണ്ടർ സമയങ്ങളിലാണ് പുതുവത്സരം ആഘോഷിക്കുന്നത്. ഒരു പുതുവത്സരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അടുത്ത പുതുവത്സരത്തിലേക്ക് മുന്നൂറ്റി അറുപത്തി അഞ്ചേ കാൽ (365 ¼) ദിവസം വരും.
New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today mostly in use, falls on 1 January (New Year's Day), as was the case both in the old Roman calendar (at least after about 713 BCE) and in the Julian calendar that succeeded it.
The order of months was January to December in the Old Roman calendar during the reign of King Numa Pompilius in about 700 BCE, according to Plutarch and Macrobius, and has been in continuous use since that time. Many countries, such as the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the United States, mark 1 January as a national holiday.
"The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals". Melody Beattie
During the Middle Ages in western Europe, while the Julian calendar was still in use, authorities moved New Year's Day variously, depending upon locale, to one of several other days, among them: 1 March, 25 March, Easter, 1 September, and 25 December.
These New Year's Day changes generally reverted to using January 1 before or during the various local adoptions of the Gregorian calendar, beginning in 1582. The change from March 25 Lady Day, one of the four quarter days – to January 1 took place in Scotland in 1600, before the ascension of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603 and well before the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
In England and Wales (and in all British dominions, including Britain's American colonies), 1751 began on March 25 and lasted 282 days, and 1752 began on January 1. For more information about the changeover from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and the effect on the dating of historical events etc., see Old Style and New Style dates.
"New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change." Sarah Ban Breathnach
A great many other calendars have seen use historically in different parts of the world; some such calendars count years numerically, while others do not. The expansion of Western culture during recent centuries has seen such widespread official adoption of the Gregorian calendar that its recognition and that of January 1 as the New Year has become virtually global. (Note for example the New Year celebrations held in Dubai to mark the start of 2014, which broke the world record for the most fireworks set off in a single display, lasting for six minutes and including the use of over 500,000 fireworks.)
Nevertheless, regional or local use of other calendars persists, along with the cultural and religious practices that accompany them. Many places (such as Israel, China, and India) also celebrate New Year at the times determined by these other calendars.
"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." Helen Keller
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In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's, the last day of the year, is on December 31. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where many people dance, eat, drink alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the new year. Some people attend a watch night service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into January 1 (New Year's Day). Samoa and parts of Kiribati are the first places to welcome the New Year while Baker Island, in the United States, is among the last.
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Some examples include resolutions to donate to the poor more often, to become more assertive, or to become more environmentally responsible. Popular goals include resolutions to:
Improve physical well-being: eat healthy food, lose weight, exercise more, eat better, drink less alcohol, quit smoking, stop biting nails, get rid of old bad habits Improve mental well-being: think positive, laugh more often, enjoy life Improve finances: get out of debt, save money, make small investments Improve career: perform better at current job, get a better job, establish own business Improve education: improve grades, get a better education, learn something new (such as a foreign language or music), study often, read more books, improve talents Improve self: become more organized, reduce stress, be less grumpy, manage time, be more independent, perhaps watch less television, play fewer sitting-down video games Take a trip Volunteer to help others, practice life skills, use civic virtue, give to charity, volunteer to work part-time in a charity organization Get along better with people, improve social skills, enhance social intelligence Make new friends Spend quality time with family members Settle down, get engaged/get married, have kids Pray more, be closer to God, be more spiritual Be more involved in sports or different activities
Become more confident and take some chances: If you are confident other people notice it, and it is much easier to have your opinions heard, ask people out on dates and get ahead at work. A good dose of self-confidence will help you lead a much happier life overall. Don't hesitate to get some input on ways to boost your confidence.
Travel More It's tempting to want to get out and see more of the world, especially if you feel stuck in your rut or you haven't been anywhere lately. This is one of the most common resolutions, just be sure to be a bit more specific on where you want to go because vague ideas rarely get done, but attainable goals are something you can work with.Travel More
It's tempting to want to get out and see more of the world, especially if you feel stuck in your rut or you haven't been anywhere lately. This is one of the most common resolutions, just be sure to be a bit more specific on where you want to go because vague ideas rarely get done, but attainable goals are something you can work with.
Learn to be happier with your life: Even those that are in decent shape, make a good living and have stress under control can still be unhappy. It takes time and patience to learn how to find joy in the little things and not to let problems bring you down.
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"The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals." Melody Beattie


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2011: Started all 16 games last season…Totaled 26 points on 16 goals and 10 assists...Was among the top-six on the team in points, goals and assists…Picked up 23 ground balls and controlled 21 draws on the year…Caused 13 turnovers on defense.
2010: Started all 14 games for the Blue Devils last season...Scored 16 goals and made five assists...Picked up 26 ground balls, controlled 28 draws and caused 14 turnovers.
2009: Scored 113 goals and was third on the team in assists with four during freshman season...Also was tied for third in total points with 17...Picked up 25 ground balls and caused 15 turnovers.
Before Central: Named Connecticut All-State sophomore, junior and senior seasons...171 career goals in high school...Received team MVP award...Led Northwest Catholic to undefeated season in 2008...CIAC Scholar Athlete Honoree...Two year captain...Honor roll.


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Friday, March 9, 2012
30 Jays in 30 Days - Rebuilding Dustin McGowan
Provenance: Savannah, GA. Drafted as a high school senior in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft by the Blue Jays.
Contract Status: Signed one-year, $600,000 deal in offseason to avoid arbitration. Has no minor-league options remaining. Free agent after this season.
The Career Thus Far: Five MLB seasons. 80 games pitched, 60 games started for Toronto. 4.80 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 305 strikeouts and 154 walks in 374.2 innings pitched.
2011 Stats: 6.43 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 20 strikeouts and 14 walks in 20.0 innings over five games with the Blue Jays, including four starts. 2.80 ERA in 12 minor league starts between Dunedin and New Hampshire.
Expired Nicknames: Dusty Lambchops. McGowan appears to be a real grown-up gentleman when he shaves off the Glenn Danzig sideburns, and it's a much better look for him.
Looking Back: It's hard to even attempt to get a handle on what the past few years say about Dustin McGowan. Since 2008, McGowan has gone through surgery for a torn labrum, and a subsequent knee repair, another shoulder procedure to address a rotator cuff problem. Given all of those setbacks, it would have been easy to write off the Jays' one-time top prospect.
On the other hand, it's also easy to get caught up in the human interest story that surrounds McGowan's comeback bid. Jays fans are rooting so fiercely for him to triumph over all of these injury obstacles that it is easy to lose sight of what McGowan actually did when he finally got the call to return.
McGowan's September 21st start against the Angels was an outstanding outing, with eight strikeouts and two earned runs against over five innings and 79 pitches. But otherwise, the initial outings ranked somewhere between pedestrian and forgettable, with McGowan struggling to find the strike zone and showing little command over his fastball.
It would be easy to write off those early outings because they were his first in the big leagues in three years, but McGowan did have the benefit of 12 minor league rehab games to get himself into proper working order. To be generous, perhaps the Jays bumped him along ahead of schedule in order to get a look at him on a major league mound before they had to start making decisions on his future with the franchise.
Looking Forward: Does anyone really know? To this point in the spring, McGowan has only thrown simulated games, and while the coaching staff tripped over itself to praise the 25 pitches thrown – presumably against plywood cutouts of hitters? – it's hard to even muster a guess as to whether this will translate into regular season success.
And that's the other piece to consider: How will we define success for Dustin McGowan? Is it hanging in there, like the kitty on the branch in the poster? Is it being a decent fifth start who can give the Jays 150 innings or more? Is it an ERA in the low-4.00's?
Moreover, if the team has pitchers such as Deck McGuire, Chad Jenkins, Drew Hutchison or even Kyle Drabek ready to step in and provide value for 15-to-20 starts this season, how much time are we willing to give McGowan in order to establish himself and keep the dream alive?
2012 Expectations: Having said all that, we still see some upside in McGowan, as strange as it is to talk about McGowan with the terms used for prospects. His fastball averaged 93.0 M.P.H. in 2011, and while that's down from the 94.8 M.P.H. he threw before his injury troubles, it's still enough to get big leaguers out. If McGowan can locate the fastball and have better command of his slider to get batters whiffing, he may earn a spot at the back of the rotation.
But with free agency pending and a slew of prospects coming fast, how much patience will the Jays have for McGowan? And how much does he deserve?
4 comments:
- gabriel said...
Tonnes of room for McGowan. Look at his profile- he has 4 good pitches, and his fastball averages 93. That's better than McGuire, Jenkins, Hutchison or Drabek can offer, in fact it's the kind of arsenal you need to be an ace. I'm certainly not saying he'll be one, but he has a better chance than anybody else in the organization, save perhaps Morrow.
The injuries are a huge risk factor, and he has to show better command than he did last September, but the upside is huge.
- March 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- Jonathan Johanson said...
I'm willing to bet the Jays will show more patience with McGowan than they did with Jo-Jo Reyes... and we all know they gave Reyes plenty of opportunities to prove himself.
This is just a hunch, but i'm more worried about Cecil than McGowan, despite all the fat Cecil has shed.
- March 9, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Difference between McGowan and Reyes is that Reyes had controllability ahead of him if he panned out.
- March 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- gabriel said...
The difference between Reyes and McGowan is that Reyes had the stuff to be at best a #3 starter. McGowan easily has the stuff to be a #2. That's a big gap.
- March 9, 2012 at 9:00 PM


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