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***18 March 2020: due to Covid-19 all our current social runs and courses are postponed. Please join our Facebook group to link up with existing Chew Valley Snails to arrange personal meet-ups for runs. We'll publish new coached sessions and led runs as soon as government and England Athletics advice allows. Thanks. ***
Couch to 5k courses: 10 weeks, graduation runs at local parkruns. All graduates receive a free Chew Valley Snails neck warmer buff. Cost £35 for 10 weeks - includes your first year's membership of Chew Valley Snails.
Improvers courses: for those working on technique and / or distance up to 10k; available to any graduates of the C25k or confident 5k+ runners. Sometimes scheduled to coincide with particular local 10k runs. Fixed cost for the course
Social runs are what they say on the tin: a friendly run on a variety of terrains over varying distances. Suitable to any C25k graduates or those confident at running 5k. Local runs on- and off-road exploring local routes and getting some distance under our belts. Lots of looping-back by the faster runners, lots of stops, so no-one will be left behind. Dates, locations and distances are different each time to look through the list to see what suits you. Free to members, £3 for non-members*. Note that many of our routes are not suitable for dogs - please always check in advance with the run leader to see if you may bring your dog.
*Non-members may attend up to three sessions with Chew Valley Snails, but must join to continue, for insurance purposes. Annual membership of Chew Valley Snails is £10 (1st April to 31st March).
Refund policy: Refunds for courses can only to be made in the event of an illness, injury or change of circumstances which prevents the continuation of the course by a member. All refunds will be made via bank transfer.
Recommend a friend: if you recommend someone to Chew Valley Snails and they sign up for a full C25k course, you get a free Social run session with us. Contact us with your name, and your friend's name, to claim your session.
Club clothing: if you would like to buy some Chew Valley Snails branded club vests, t-shirts of morfs (buffs) you can do so through the Initially Yours online shop.
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SAINTS have launched their new kits for the 2020/21 campaign.
The new strip marks the club's 135th anniversary which is why it's been given the sash design - Saints' players wore a physical sash over their shoulder in 1885.
To celebrate this, the Daily Echo takes a look back at our top ten shirts from the past
Football shirts may not be the desirable of fashion items, but all supporters have an opinion on them.
- READ MORE: Southampton launch 2020/21 kit >>>
Here are the ten best Saints shirts - do you agree, or are there other more deserving kits which should be on this list?
1976 – 1979, Home, Admiral
The candy-stripes home shirt. It perfectly walked the tightrope of being unmistakably stripes and at the same time ensuring it had nothing in common with any other club. Synonymous with Saints' return to the top flight at the end of the '70s.
Memorable player – Mick Channon
Memoriable moment – Promotion back to Division One
1980 – 1984, Home, Patrick
A firm favourite and perhaps the design most requested each summer before Saints reveal their new kit. Rank Xerox, Air Florida and Draper Tools were the sponsors with their name plastered across the front of the shirt over the five years it graced The Dell.
Memorable player – Kevin Keegan
Memorable moment – Narrowly missing out on the league title
2010 – 2011, Home, Umbro
The sash – a return to the roots of the club and a huge success when it was brought back to mark the club's 125th anniversary. It stood apart as well as adorning the players as they surged to promotion from League One to the Championship. The original sash was in fact just a piece of red cloth worn over a white shirt, so could be in any direction, although the 21st century version ran from the right shoulder to the left hip.
Memorable player – Rickie Lambert
Memorable moment – Pitch invasion after promotion
1993 – 1995, Home, Pony
A controversial kit, which in fact looks better now than it did at the time. The shirt is dominated by the huge Pony tick – a geometric version of the Nike swoosh – but showed that stripes don't have to be straight forward.
Memorable player – Matt Le Tissier
Memorable moment – Le Tissier's sublime brace againt Newcastle at The Dell live on Sky to signify his return to the starting line-up.
2001 – 2003, Home, Saints
The kit which welcomed in the new era as Saints moved to St Mary's – but its highlight for most people will have been at The Dell in the one match it was featured in SO15. It was a return to 'normal' stripes after two years of the fat stripes with the first kit the club produced themselves.
Memorable player – James Beattie
Memorable moment – Le Tiss scoring the last league goal at The Dell
1976, Away, Admiral
The reason Saints' fans expect to see a yellow and blue away kit is because of this shirt. It was introduced in the 70s as part of the fashion for clubs to try and emulate Brazil. On one day in May 1976, Saints did just that on the Wembley turf.
Memorable player – Bobby Stokes
Memorable moment – Lifting the FA Cup
1991 – 1993, Home, Admiral
The sponsor logo was itchy and inflexible but this simple and understated design was – even with its very tight shorts. Sadly, the football at the time was also quite simple – but at least the kit saw a march to Wembley for the Zenith Data Systems Cup final, although we wore a fetching blue number for the final.
Memorable player – Alan Shearer
Memorable moment – A topsy-turvey 4-3 which Saints lost on the final day – but kept Oldham up against all the odds.
1962 – 1972, Home, Toomers
From 1950 until 1976, there were no huge changes in the Saints kit other than changes to the collar. Prior to 1950, the club played in navy shorts and had worn red and white stripes since halves were ditched in 1896 prior to the move to The Dell, but ultimately the stripes and shirts stayed the same – the kit was functional rather than anything else. This simplicity made this shirt great. For these 10 years, it had a simple round collar, which changed from white to red.
Memorable player – Ron Davies
Memorable moment – Saints gaining promotion to the top flight for the first time
1995 - 1997, Saints, Pony
A far more straightforward design than its predecessor, this shirt was light weight and modern feeling - which basically meant it was made of nylon. The collar would never stand up - as it should have if you wanted to emulate the Cantona inspired fashion of the time - but regardless, it certainly looked decent, even with the huge red shield around the badge.
Memorable player - Egil Ostenstad
Memorable moment - Smashing nine goals past Man United in two games.
2003 (UEFA Cup), Home, Saints
Very much a shirt of two halves. The front looks superb and the thin stripes make it different to any Saints shirt before or since. However, the rear was an abomination – solid red to allow for bizarre UEFA rules about numbers on 'hard to read' stripes to placate short sighted commentators the continent over. The front looked superb, but the rear made us look like a low rent Arsenal. Sadly, was only worn once as Saints crashed out to Steua Bucharest over two legs.
Memorable player - Kevin Phillips
Memorable moment - Welcoming back European football to Hampshire
Bonus - Man United, Away, 1996, Adidas
Always certain to raise a smile from Saints fans for an emphatic 3-1 win! The first minute or so of the video below may remind you why. In fact, you may also enjoy the match featured afterwards as well...


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Dear Reader: In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published by the Loveswept line between the years 1988 and 1992. All went out-of-print immediately and then could be found only at used bookstores and yard sales. I'm excited to tell you that those nine stories are now being re-released by HarperCollins. Love Overboard is second in the lineup, and it's presented here in almost original form. I've done only minor editing to correct some embarrassing bloopers missed the first time around. And I changed the title because I thought the original title (Ivan Takes a Wife) was boring! Love Overboard is a romantic tale about a handsome ship's captain; a wary wench from Jersey City; a hundred-year-old, two-masted schooner; and an entire town of shoemakers. There's some getting naked, some blueberry pie, more getting naked, and at the end . . . Okay, I won't tell you about the end, but it's really good and it'll make you feel happy. I took my family on the road trip from heck to research this book. When we finally got to Maine it was all worthwhile because we fell in love with the boats and the people who sailed them. Enjoy!
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
totally lugular
This is Rock Lobster signature lugged frame #2 for '07. The pastel colors add some understated class and elegance to this frame.
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- Little_Jewford said...
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Man, everybody wants to see the fork ! Well, here it is. I'll never make the mistake of not posting fork pictures along with the frame.
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"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."
—Author Unknown
Fathers are the foundation of our lives, the cornerstones of our character, and the mentors who nurture our dreams, transforming them into reality.
Countless fathers and father-figures have shaped the course of history. Some have pioneered paths, others have touched our hearts sharing from their own lives, and still others have left a legacy that many of us treasure, long after they're gone.
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- A.A. Milne—author of the Winnie-the-Pooh book series, who based the character of Christopher Robin on his own son.
- Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) . He is a lawyer and a single father raising his two children – Scout and Jem. He is the very ideal of courageous, kind, respectable and moral. His shining quality is evident in the advice he gives his daughter "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it".
- Fred MacMurray (Steve Douglas, "My Three Sons"), Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver, "Leave It To Beaver"), Bill Cosby (Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable, "The Cosby Show")—famous television dads we welcomed into our homes every week.
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Open Access is open access to scholarly literature online. The concept originals from academics' initiative, who aimed at improving academic communication. RWTH Aachen University Library supports you with the Open Access publication of your work.
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RWTH Aachen Publication Server
The publication server offers you the possibility to published previously published works again to increase their visibility.
Publication is free of charge to you. Your work is professionally published online, where it will find a large audience. It is assigned an address making it reliably citable.
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The best way is to directly publish your work as open access. This option is open to journal articles as well as the initial publication of reports, conference proceedings, and more.
Open access journals often charge a fee (Article Processing Charge / APC / Author Fee / Publikationsgebühr) just like traditional journals. These costs can often be covered by the faculty or project funding. Please review your options in advance.
Alternatively, the University Library pays the author fee for journals from a few publishers, if you are named as the corresponding/submitting author and RWTH is listed as your affiliation. You may be able to get a discount on the publication fees through the Library's institutional memberships.
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Studies confirm that Open Access publications are more commonly read and can thus be cited more often.
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Our document server RWTH Publications offers you the possibility to published previously published work again, in order to increase visibility. The publication is free of charge. Your work will be professionally published online and gain greater circulation. It is assigned a stable address, thus making it reliably citable.
Do you want to publish your article for a second time with us?
There are two options:
1. Your article has already been entered into RWTH Publications: Send us the pdf of your article via email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the comment that you would like to publish the piece a second time.
2. Your article is not yet in RWTH Publications: Enter your publication or import the bibliographic information via DOI important and add the pdf of your published work. Let us know that you are interested in secondary publication in the field "Internal note to library staff" at the end of the form.
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With the Golden Way you publish your work directly as open access. This option lends itself to journal pieces, the first publications of reports, conference proceedings, and more.
Open Access journals often charge author fees (Article Processing Charge / APC / Author Fee / Publikationsgebühr) just like classical journals . These costs are often carried by the faculty or project funding. Please check this option in advance.
You can profit from a discount on the publication fees of some publishing companies through the Library's institutional memberships.
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RWTH Aachen University Publication Server
Publication on our publication server is free of charge for you. It is suitable for the initial publication of books, conference proceedings, reports, preprints, and much more.
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Publication on our publication server is free of charge for you. It is suitable for the initial publication of books, conference proceedings, reports, preprints, and much more.
Electrochemical Society (ECS)
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) is the publisher of the journals in the fields of chemistry, electrical engineering, metrology and control engineering, and process engineering. It offers scientific authors at RWTH Aachen the option to publish work as open access in accordance with the program Author Choice Open Access free of charge in 2014 and 2015 due to the University Library's subscription status.
SCOAP3 - Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
In collaboration with the RWTH Aachen Department of Physics, the University Library is involved in SCOAP³-HD - the Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, German Universities.
The worldwide Open Access initiative aims at making scholarly publications in high-energy physics accessible to all. At the beginning of 2014, numerous core journals were systematically transferred to Open Access. Articles are now published under the Creative Commons license "Attribution" (CC BY). The consortium assumes the publication fees.
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The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) publishes more than 110 Open Access journals. You receive a 10% discount off of publication fees through the Library's institutional membership.
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The American Chemical Society (ACS) publishes numerous journals in the field of chemistry and neighboring disciplines. It offers scientific authors at RWTH Aahcen a discount on publication fees through the University Library's subscription status.
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes more than 40 peer-reviewed journals in the field od chemistry and neighboring disciplines. In 2018 it offers scientific authors at RWTH Aachen a discount of 15% on publication fees for its subscription bound journals through the University Library's subscription status.
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The RWTH holds a license to the database ECS Plus since 2019. It contains the online media of the Electrochemical Society. Members of the RWTH are entitled to publish open access in these media. For further information please see the product sheet.
ECS (The Electrochemical Society) is a non-for-profit company located in the USA who publishes in the area of electrical chemistry and solid state research.
The publications in the ECS-journals are indexed in Google/Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, Chemical Abstracts (CAS), Engineering Index, ChemPort, INSPEC, ProQuest etc.
The authors affiliated with the RWTH are entitled to publish their articles in the ECS's publications open access with no further charge and without limitations to the number of articles published. Articles published in 2019 but not open access can be converted to open access ex post.


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Worrying About Aging Can Make You Old
Obsessing about memory loss is a self-fulfilling prophecy, research suggests.
May 1, 2009 -- Know someone who's about to turn 50? The mail will soon bring greetings that can strike terror in many a heart: An invitation to join the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). That dreaded condition known as the normal aging process has arrived.
If your friend, or you if you're a baby boomer, dwells too long on that fact, it could make those gray hairs even more tragic.
A new study shows that fearing the loss of memory, one of those so-called "normal" symptoms of aging, can actually make a person more forgetful. Especially if he or she is highly educated.
Worrying about aging and memory loss, according to psychology professor Tom Hess of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, can become a "self-fulfilling prophesy." He suspects those concerns begin earlier for many, partly because of that subtle invitation to join the growing ranks of seniors.
"If you worry about this [loss of memory and other cognitive functions], it might become part of your psyche and have this pervasive effect, regardless of what's happening," Hess said in an interview.
He is the lead author of a study in Experimental Aging Research, co-authored by Joey Hinson and Elizabeth Hodges, also of North Carolina State.
It's not a large study and the findings cannot be considered conclusive. But they are consistent with earlier work by Hess and others showing that seniors are particularly concerned and, thus, more likely to show anxiety when confronted with questions about memory loss.
Fear of Age-Related Bias Affected Test Subjects' Performance
The researchers conducted several experiments with 103 seniors in two groups, ages 60 to 70 and 71 to 82, to see how certain cues would affect their ability to perform tasks in math and memorization.
Some participants, for example, were told they were going to take a test that would explain why younger and older adults perform so differently on memory tests. They were also told to write down their age just before taking the test. Those are considered "threats" in psychological research.
Other participants, however, were told that the test was "free of age-related biases" and adults of various ages should perform similarly on the test, considered a "non threat" status.
As expected, the "threatened" participants performed much more poorly on a memorization test than the non-threatened participants, especially in the 60-70 group. Participants in the older group were less affected by the threat, possibly because they already knew they were old and have adjusted to that fact.
Those With More Education More Affected By 'Threat' of Memory Loss
But here's a finding that may seem surprising, although the experimenters expected it. Participants with more education were more affected by the "threat" of losing their memory than participants with less education. That was true in all the experiments, and across all age groups.
Yet numerous other studies have shown that more educated people are better equipped to deal with the stresses of aging, and even delay the onset of such debilitating conditions as cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Hess said the two are not inconsistent.
In his experiments, he said, it is likely that more educated people were more affected by worrying about their memory because "they, perhaps, are more sensitive to negative stereotyping of their cognitive skills, because they are more important to them."
So, initially at least, they perform worse on memorization tests than people with less education because they worry more about losing it.
But ... More Education Also Fights Age-Related Mental Deterioration
But more education should help people meet cognitive challenges head on, exercising their brain well into old age, which has been shown to delay age-related mental decline.
That's one of the reasons for a significant decline in mental impairment among older Americans in recent years, according to a study last year of 11,000 elderly people by the University of Michigan Health System.
That study found that among people 70 and older, cognitive impairment went down by 3.5 percentage points between 1993 and 2002, from 12.2 percent to 8.7 percent, a difference that affected hundreds of thousands of people.
The researchers attributed that large decline to "more formal education, higher economic status, and better care for risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking that can jeopardize their brains."
"We know mental stimulation has an impact on the way a person's brain is 'wired,' and that education early in life likely helps build up a person's cognitive reserve," Kenneth Langa, associate professor of internal medicine, said in releasing the Michigan study. "So what we may be seeing here is the accumulated effects of better education and better cardiovascular prevention among the people who were over age 70 in 2002, compared with those who were over age 70 in 1993."
People More Aware About Consequences of Aging
That would suggest that the people in Hess' study are a bit too worried about mental decline and aging. Things are getting better, not worse, according to the Michigan study.
Maybe people are just more aware of what happens as they age than they used to be and, thus, they worry about it more, and it doesn't just depend on learning that the age of senior discounts is approaching. It's hard to ignore sore joints, aching muscles and, of course, those occasional "senior moments" when memory temporarily fails.
"Negative stereotypes seem to be particularly strong in people who are just entering old age, starting around 60 or 65," Hess said. "When you find yourself at that particular age, there may be cues in the environment that make you overly sensitive" to aging.
He's not suggesting that people ignore the obvious signs of aging. But, according to his research, worrying about it too much could backfire.


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An Oiler diehard living in Vancouver writing about the Jets. It's a confusing time for one man's fandom. "You can't have split loyalties," cries out the true fan. "That's not how it works!" Yet it does and I do and it keeps me sliding up and down a continuum of fanaticism that colours me bluer than an Albert King song or brighter yellow than August sunshine, all depending on the time and place. I'm old enough to remember the glories of Gretz, I lived in Winnipeg while the Jets were howling mournfully in the desert and I narrowly avoided a riot in Vancouver. If our fandom is an extension of our true selves then hand me a sonic screwdriver and fire up the TARDIS because I keep regenerating: the same but different and a little wearier every time. Even St. Christopher would tell me to give it up already because there are no more Cups in sight, not by a long shot.
There was a heartfelt rallying cry from Wayne on Oilersnation recently, after the sound thrashing by the Red Wings that most us felt was the final elbow to the head for the Oilers' season this year. Suddenly "rebuild" was the sound you make while dry-heaving your championship fantasies into the toilet. It was impressive to see how Wayne took fair stock of the situation but still called on a community to rise above and find purpose in our shared passion beyond any measuring stick of success, simply in participating. That, my friends, is some wisdom that even Buddha would butter his muffin with – well done. And yet, just like seeing a picture of your Ex in Cancun with some guy made entirely of abs, your sense of composure and rationale is tested nightly.
In the 1980's, I was a boy in northern Alberta who could barely skate and had no context for the constant parade of blue and orange that filled the streets. These were mythological creatures, these Gretzkys and Kurris and Coffees and Fuhrs, serving up euphoric joy to all the downtrodden plebes of roughneck country. A city on the cusp of maturation but isolated and with an inevitable inferiority complex was now suddenly and repeatedly an Ice Titan. Bow, all ye Bossys and Smiths, before the might of your new overlords! It was pretty rad, is what I'm saying. In a place like Edmonton, the key to happiness is making your own because you're too far from any major centre to make envy worthwhile. In the 80's, boy did they make it. Petrol money and Stanley Cups made Edmonton enviable for a change but, just like an oil boom, it couldn't last.
The 90's were ushered in inauspiciously with Zeus being traded like cattle to graze amongst the bacchanalian hordes in sweaty Los Angeles. Secretly, aside from the hurt, I think we all were a little jealous that he was going to a place where the only kind of block heater they would ever know was 30 degree temperatures cooking the sidewalks of Sunset Boulevard. Then came that remarkable championship via Moose and Billy Ranford. Glorious! "Smooth sailing ahead!" we laughed, only to paddle our skiff into the dark heart of a maelstrom of crushing "Almost", swirling there, never sinking, dizzy and nauseous for decades to come.
When I moved to Vancouver in 2000, the Canucks were never going to capture my heart. My steadfast Oilers fandom was unquestionable, never mind your Naslunds or your Sedins. Eventually, despite the Bertuzzi gruesomeness and Naslund's growing indifference, I could not remain immune to the sheer beauty of the Sedins' play as they grew into themselves. It's like watching the northern lights or a magic act that only the curmudgeonliest of curmudgeons would try to dismiss. They're awesome. Anytime I hear some local idiot break out the expression "Sedin Sisters", I can only shake my head. Listen: One day, after they've retired, you're going to realize how unique and gifted they were and how they carried your entire team for years, right to the steps of a Stanley Cup more than once – that's how "soft" they were, you dummies.
While the Canucks were simmering, an unlikely story unfolded: the Oilers' fabled 2006 Cup run. Living in Vancouver, I felt like a lottery winner with no one to celebrate with. Most nights, encouragingly, there was the (misplaced?) loyalty of Canadian hockey fans, cheering for any of the Canadian market teams that make it to the finals, which would prompt salutes and random cheers from strangers in the street who saw me in my cap or jersey. Everyone loves an underdog story and the 8th seed Oilers coming within one game of a Cup was just shy of a classic. They were genuinely happy for me/us but I could tell it was always tempered with disappointment in their own team's teasing playoff appearances. That disappointment ended briefly then literally burst into flames in 2011.
The Canucks Cup run was intoxicating. I had forgotten what it does to a city. The cynics call it mass hysteria but the genuine enthusiasm and optimism that surged into the streets every night was electric. The end was frustrating, of course. The Bruins not only punished an already beat-up team but the instant rivalry was like a Biggee/Tupac beef. "East Coast is rough and tough and won't put up with any slip & dangle from those fey Swedes, no sir!" It also showed the ugly side of the coin that Vancouverites were using as currency during those weeks. The same team that was the emblem for pride and hope and joy was now the cipher for chaos and futility. You could feel the combustibility of the day hours ahead of the events that night. Win or lose, some shit was gonna get smashed. I left downtown by the end of the first period. Pessimistic, perhaps, (would I have given up if it was an Oilers game?) but the writing seemed to be on the wall and I wanted to be home alone to nurse the defeat with a rum & coke rather than watch a sea of people despair and destroy. The riot shook me. The aftermath of community spirit and accountability impressed me. No matter your own feelings about the people and the city or your political interpretation of the violence, a silly hockey game took on a lot of significance that day. For better or for worse, it is unforgettable.
Those scrappy Oilers were never far from my thoughts. Should I have felt like a cheating spouse? I didn't and I don't. "Free love, man, free love." (Ugh, I can smell patchouli just from writing that, sorry everyone.) While the Canucks seemed poised for their moment in the sun, the Oilers, for the last several years, seem poised to be poised for their moment near to the sun or some approximation of the sun, perhaps a heat lamp or a bottle of Vitamin D. And I'm the sucker that is stocking up on that Vitamin D! It's reached an abysmal low this year because hopefulness, it turns out, is not as renewable a resource as we once thought. Such talent to harness, such goodwill from the fans, such unlikely injury misfortune and puzzling incompetence from the players and such epic mismanagement from the organization – we are drained. Mercy. Enough. We tap. When we ask what's wrong, it's like a child asking a parent why the sky is blue. They just do not know or if they even have a notion of why, it's too complicated and just be quiet, there's ice cream when we get home. Rocky Road. It's all the Oilnation has had to eat for over 20 years.
Now, where do the Jets figure in? Almost by accident, actually. I was asked to write about them, I accepted and I dove in. Can you become a fan just by willing yourself? I assumed there must be some rule of heredity or geography that oversaw your reflex to jump up and cheer a team's goals or curse their mistakes but, apparently, there is some degree of free will involved after all. Happy day!
I remember when Winnipeg got by with the Manitoba Moose and a knotty lump of pride to swallow. I, like many Canadians, was delighted to see their return; knowing some of the talent that buoyed the Thrashers, I was excited for them to play in a town that would embrace them. The core of the team, when focused and engaged like we've seen intermittently this year, is a marvel of power and skill. Ladd, Wheeler, Little and Kane can make other teams look like the Washington Generals on skates. Byfuglien, at his best, is Fred Flintstone playing football, just straight-arming chumps with comedic ease and then shooting the puck through the goalie with the force of a trebuchet. He's impressed me since the year he was a key to the dismantling of the Canucks en route to the Blackhawks' first Cup win. These Jets can play and if or when the pieces around them are filled in properly they're going to be lights out.
Being a Jets fan is a very familiar feeling, putting me in the time machine, going only a few years back in my Oiler life. Expectation, eagerness, chomping at the bit for an 8th seed: it's all a hot cup of muddy coffee on a 30 below day that's howling challenge at you in the wind chill. It's strangely more compelling than cheering for a dominant team. The struggles take on deeper meaning and the victories are savoured more fully. You can see what they need to improve and you pray that management sees it too and so, naturally, it must only be a matter of time until the narrative in your mind meets the one on the ice. You overcome the odds… together? That's the essence of fandom – we just want to be part of a good story.
My story is Goldilocks. I've had the unique opportunity to be amongst the too cold, the too hot and the just right. What never changes is the engagement I've found in the game and in the community of fans that connects me to a complex and ever-changing narrative. Good or bad, it's never been boring. This season, I'm hopeful for the Jets, surprised by the Canucks and heartbroken by the Oilers. Yes, I keep watching them but it's just trolling the Ex on Facebook. (What's so great about Cancun anyway? We haven't broken up; we're just on a break.) I'm delighted at the opportunity I've been given to write and assess and learn and deepen my appreciation for the game and its fans all across the Blogoshere. This is the internet at its best, is it not? To be able to commune across geographical boundaries; to claim fraternity regardless of class or race or sex; to make off-colour jokes on Twitter: Are these not our higher broadband callings? I enjoy my Schizofania. I just wish I could get in my TARDIS to go back and tweak a couple of events… just a couple.


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Balance. It can be a hard thing to do. It takes practice and concentration. When you are trying to balance everything in your life, you need to figure out what is most important to you and put everything into perspective. It might even mean changing some things around to make it all work. I am still concentrating on making it work for me.
I try to just go with the flow and make the system work, but sometimes I need to take a step back and realize that something needs to change to make the balancing work. I have a tendency to need to plan ahead and follow the rules and not break away from that system. Other times, I feel like I need to balance planning and going with the flow so that it works.
Most people say that they are afraid of baking because they cannot just add "a pinch of this or that" and cannot stray from the recipe. While this is somewhat true, this is part of why I like baking. Yes, you need to follow the ratio of flour, sugar, and butter to make a cookie dough work. (See my 1-2-3 Cookie Dough) However, there are some variations you can have with a recipe while baking. For example, I recently made these Slice & Bake Oatmeal cookies, but I altered the recipe to what I had on hand. I used cocoa powder instead of the whole wheat flour and I added ground ginger. I did not use any raisins because I don't like them, but also because I didn't think that these cookies needed them with all of the other flavors going on. This is a perfect example of balancing flavors to make it work. I would not have thought that this was going to work as well as it did had I not practiced and made other types of cookies previously.
These cookies were tempting to make as is, because I like the idea of having cookie cough on hand so that I can make only one or two at a time. I think the chocolate makes them even more tempting. I mean, who can resist chocolate? 🙂 I believe these cookies, as modified, have the perfect balance of flavors, but also the right balance of textures. They are soft in the middle and have a chewy edge, sort of like a brownie. The oats give the cookies the typical oatmeal cookie chewiness also. The recipe does still need to be tweaked some, it was a little sticky, and probably does not need as much oatmeal as the recipe calls for. I need to work on balancing the ingredients to make them just that much more perfect. Like I said, balancing can be hard and take a lot of work, but it can be done. When balance is achieved, life (and recipes) is good! 🙂
Tell me, what do you do to keep things in your life balanced?
Original recipe found on Shutterbean. Modified/added ingredients/instructions in Italics.
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. (I sifted all ingredients into the bowl.) Using an electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars on high speed until light and creamy, 2-3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend and scraping down bowl between additions. Beat in vanilla.
Reduce speed to low. Gradually add dry ingredients; mix just to combine. Fold in oats.
Divide dough between 2 large sheets of parchment paper. Using paper as an aid, roll up each piece of dough into a 1 1/2-inch diameter log. Wrap in plastic; freeze for at least 4 hours and up to 3 weeks.
Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap dough and cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds (return unused dough to freezer); place 2-inch apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Bake cookies until edges are golden brown, 15-18 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool. I baked mine for about 11 minutes, on a lightly greased baking sheet.


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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Spaghetti Monster Retires from Courthouse Lawn to Begin Crossville Tour
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Crossville Spaghetti Monster in Rolling Stone Magazine? What?
Friday, April 11, 2008
Important Spaghetti Monster Update: Thank you!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
"Once a public forum is established, government may not discriminate against other speakers (. . .)"- The Christian Science Monitor...Sound Familiar?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Revealing Survey Posted on Crossville Forums
What do you think should be displayed?
Anything and everything
[ 8 votes ] [12.90%]
Christian items only
[ 5 votes ] [8.06%]
Nothing at all
[ 49 votes] [79.03%]
Just the FSM
[ 0 ] [0.00%] (what? nobody?)
Saturday, March 22, 2008
To Mayor Hill:
Interesting article with interesting quote:
"County Mayor Brock Hill said, 'We are basically operating it as a freedom of speech venue. We don't deny the constitutional rights of anyone, but we certainly don't endorse all the displays. I feel the Flying Spaghetti Monster is an effort on the part of non-Christians to try and minimize Christianity and the images that have been placed there. I'll go as far as to say that I think it's an attempt to minimize and ridicule the good intentions of Christians in Cumberland County, but I don't deny their right.' "
With all due respect Mayor Hill- the Flying Spaghetti Monster sculpture is not an attempt to ridicule any religion. It should not be used as an opportunity to play the values of one religion off another. And I think if you read the comments on this blog, it is clear that many many people in our county understand that symbol and agree. Rather, the Spaghetti Monster is intended to create discourse on the role of religion on public property.
I believe strongly in the Constitution of the United States of America. Our Bill of Rights makes us one of the most wonderful nations in the world in which to live. And one of the principles for which our Bill of Rights stands is not placing one religion above another.
I personally do not believe that the courthouse lawn is the place for religious symbols- but if we as a county decide that it is, we have a responsibility to make sure that those who wish to express their diverse beliefs have that opportunity. If we choose to truly make the courthouse an open forum, let us all bring something to the table and enjoy the flavors that each of our backgrounds adds to the local culture.
Spaghetti and meatballs is meant to bring a touch of levity to a serious discourse. The statue has no intention to ridicule. It calls attention to a situation that has deeply concerned many residents over the past two years. Whether made of wood or spaghetti all religious statues are inappropriate for our courthouse lawn.
IMPORTANT SPAGHETTI ANNOUNCEMENT: Pirates Arrived Safely to Cumberland County
Pictures will be available shortly. We encourage other Pirates, believers, and non-believers to make the pilgramage and to also worship on the front lawn of the courthouse. SEND PHOTOS!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Happy Flying Spaghetti Monster Day!
Statement at Installation Ceremony
March 21, 2008
We are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us, its citizens, the freedom of speech. I have chosen to put up a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to represent the discourse between people of all different beliefs. The many faiths, ethnicities and backgrounds of Cumberland County's residents make our community a stronger richer place. I respect and am proud that on the people's lawn, the county courthouse, all of these diverse beliefs can come together in a positive dialogue. Here, we are all able to share the issues close to our hearts whether it is through a memorial to the soldiers killed fighting for our country, the Statue of Liberty honoring our nations welcoming promise to all, a group's fight to stop homelessness, or powerful symbols of faith. I greatly treasure this open forum between everyone in the community.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a pile of noodles and meatballs, but it is meant to open up discussion and provoke thought. Being able to put up a statue is a celebration of our freedom as Americans; a freedom to be different, to express those differences, and to do it amongst neighbors— even if it is in a noodley way.


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I have so many wonderful childhood memories of visiting my grandparents and spending summer days watching them and learning their tricks. They grew up in a vastly different time, when TVs and computers did not exist and as children they learned to love nature and its marvels and cherish time together as a family. They made sure to engage their grandchildren in similar experiences. When we visited them we did not sit in front of the TV but instead participated in life-enriching activities, played games and lived in tune with nature.
"When you're sharing nature with a child, you'll find that even a short walk through your backyard will yield a crop of fresh discoveries and questions. Start a tradition of asking, "I wonder what's going on outdoors today?" - Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars by Sharon LovejoyNot all grandparents (or parents) live on a farm, but that doesn't mean that they can't also inspire and create a fun-filled environment for children to explore. Sharon Lovejoy's newest book, Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars: Grandma's Bag of Tricks is a treasure trove of wonderful ideas, crafts, cooking and gardening activities and the perfect resource to use with young children. The whimsical and beautifully illustrated book is divided into several interesting sections:
- The Neighborhood Naturalist (includes a mudpie recipe for attracting butterflies and instructions to make a moon phase flip book)
- Kids in the Kitchen (yummy recipes like Summer Berry Soup and how to make a solar oven)
- Kitchen Garbage Garden (setting up peek-a-boo plants and growing a citrus tree)
- Kids in the Garden (tips on container gardening, herbs, engraving pumpkins and planting a bale garden)
- Preparing Camp Granny (inspiring imaginative play and building child friendly places with fairy houses, faerie mailboxes, book baskets and more)
- Rainy Day Activities (crafting ideas like rain sticks, toad cottages and making a worm hotel)
I'm always on the lookout for books with fun activities, and I highly recommend this one. Parents and others involved in bringing up a child -- do not discount this book! While the book is geared toward grandmothers, the ideas and eco-friendly projects presented by Lovejoy aren't just for grandparents. I accidentally left my copy at the dentist office and the staff members enjoyed browsing through the imaginative book and thought it was simply delightful. In addition to all the fun activities, Lovejoy has sprinkled inspiring quotes and sidebar tips throughout the book. All the photos and illustrations really motivate - I've been pouring over the pages now for a week and can't wait to try out all the activities for all seasons with my kids. We already tried the leaf rubbing craft. Grandma will need to fight me if she wants to pry this book out of my hands!
Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars: Grandma's Bag of Tricks by Sharon Lovejoy. Workman Publishers (February 2010); ISBN 9780761150435; 205 pages (Book Source: Review copy provided by publisher)
Related links:
Sharon Lovejoy - Author Website
Sharon Lovejoy - Blog
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Sharon Lovejoy is an award-winning author/illustrator and gardening expert and has written several well-received books including Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children and Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener. She is currently on tour and has recently joined together with Lands' End in promoting their "Way to Grow: Plant a Seed, Make a Difference" initiative. Next weekend, on May 8th she will be in Madison, Wisconsin. Kids can decorate pots, plant sunflowers, learn about the wonder of worms through hands-on exploration and meet Sharon Lovejoy. (She's also signing books). Here are more event details:
Saturday, May 8
11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Lands' End Shop at Sears in West Towne Mall
53 West Towne Mall
Madison, WI
For a schedule of Sharon Lovejoy's 2010 Book Tour and check to see when she'll visit a location near you, view the following pdf: http://www.sharonlovejoy.com/2010tour.pdf
Lands' End and Workman Publishers has graciously offered to giveaway a copy of Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars to a Brimful Curiosities reader.
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It's no secret we're digging the shift away from clunky, statement baubles. And, Erica Weiner's delicate, vintage-inspired aesthetic is perfectly aligned with the sentiment. The designer's just-updated 1909 fine jewelry collection is putting this season's dainty trend to the test with 16 seriously gorgeous styles. The rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings have a slightly Deco feel but without the oversized, costume-like quality people tend to associate with the period's accessories. Aren't we kind of over last year's Gatsby references anyway?
If diamond-and-opal checkerboard earrings, skinny, multi-stone bangles, and Deco bow rings are your bag, look no further. The items range from $275 to $3,400, but rest assured you'll wear and love these timeless gems for years to come — making them well worth the splurge.
So, go ahead: ice yo'self.
So, go ahead: ice yo'self.


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'Bravely Default' may not be the most original JRPG out there, but this newest 3DS game from Square Enix does offer some fresh ideas while taking us back to the glory days of 'Final Fantasy.' The story is a familiar one. The world is held in balance by four elemental crystals, but a mysterious darkness arrives causing chaos and destruction. Four important characters are introduced quickly: Tiz, who fails to save his brother as a giant chasm swallows up his home village of Norende; Agnes, the protector of the Wind Crystal who's made it her mission to awaken them all from the darkness; Edea, whose father orders her to capture Agnes but joins the party instead; and the womanizer Ringabel, whose memory is wiped clean but holds a journal that reveals future events. While the plot drags on a little too much, the voice acting is fine. There is a lot of text in this game, enough that made me hurry through cutscenes. Thankfully, the story is understandable, unlike the most recent 'Final Fantasy' games that make you go 'What?' The standard turned-based mechanics are all here, but with a twist to keep things interesting. Based on the game's name, the Brave and Default options allow players to take more actions per turn or stockpile them for later in battle. Those who feel 'Brave' can go all in with a character and attack four times right away, but will be skipped multiple times if there are still enemies on the board. Defaulting puts characters in defensive mode and gives them one extra action the next turn that can be used without facing penalties. The best part is even enemies and bosses will stockpile actions, so every battle kind of plays out differently. Sleep Points are used to take extra actions if things get real dicey. These are obtained by leaving the 3DS in sleep mode for long periods of time … or can be purchased with real-life money. The game's difficulty can be changed any time, so it's pointless to spend cash on this. The job system is expansive and gives players many different ways to play the game. While I stuck with the typical Black and White Mages for powerful magic attacks and healing spells, respectively, I played around with others like a strong knight and a thief who steals items. Each job includes all kinds of abilities and are unlocked by defeating bosses. A nice attention to detail is each character dresses in the proper attire. That said, there is a lot of grinding in'Bravely Default,'
especially when you can mix two different job abilities per character - for example, a knight who can spruce up his weapon with elemental magic. Various game options can be changed mid-game including turning off random encounters or doubling their rate, and only leveling up job classes instead of characters so they don't become overpowered. Purists will scoff at these configurations, but it is nice to search for treasure without getting annoyed every so often with random battles. A whole other part of the game involves rebuilding Tiz's village to get unique items. This is done mainly by StreetPassing with others who own the game, or by obtaining a few villagers every day from the Internet. Friends can also be summoned into battle to deliver extra damage. 'Bravely Default' is packed with content, delivering dozens of hours of classic JRPG gameplay. It may not officially be a 'Final Fantasy' game, but those who enjoyed the series' salad days will no doubt have a blast playing this. 3 1/2 stars out of 4 A downloadable code was supplied by the publisher for this review. Reach Jeff Hoard at email@example.com or follow Jeff on Twitter:@JeffHoard921


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Jul 16, 2012
Precautions with late-season herbicide applications July 12, 2012 - University of Illinois Extension
Aaron Hager, Extension Specialist, Weed Science/IPM, firstname.lastname@example.com
The adverse environmental conditions common across much of Illinois are challenging the performance of many foliar-applied soybean herbicides.
Weeds that survive an initial herbicide application are often resprayed later in the season. However, according to University of Illinois associate professor of weed science Aaron Hager, the likelihood of controlling larger, moisture-stressed weeds continues to decline.
Moreover, herbicides applied late in the season are more likely to persist long enough to injure sensitive rotational crops. Nearly all herbicide labels (soil-applied or postemergence) specify the interval between herbicide application and planting a rotational crop. Some of these restrictions are based solely on time, while others take into account factors such as soil pH and the amount of precipitation received after herbicide application when determining interval length.
"Soil moisture is often the most critical factor governing the efficacy and persistence of soil-residual herbicides," Hager said. "Many herbicides are degraded in soil by the activity of soil microorganisms, and populations of these microorganisms can be greatly depressed when soil moisture is limited."
Dry soils can also enhance herbicide adsorption to soil colloids, thus rendering the herbicide unavailable for plant uptake and degradation by soil microbial populations. Some herbicide rotational intervals are increased if a specified amount of precipitation is not received by a certain calendar date.
The intervals are established to prevent herbicide residues from reaching levels that will adversely affect the rotational crop. Respecting these intervals becomes particularly important with late-season herbicide applications and when soil moisture is limited.
"Please keep in mind that the labels of almost all postemergence soybean herbicides indicate a preharvest interval or a soybean developmental stage beyond which applications cannot be made," said Hager.
Labels of some products may indicate both a developmental stage (before soybean bloom, for example) and a preharvest interval. Preharvest intervals indicate the amount of time that must elapse between the herbicide application and crop harvest.
Failure to observe the preharvest interval may result in herbicide residue levels in the harvested portion of the crop in excess of established limits. Moreover, labels on many postemergence soybean herbicides specify that foraging of, or grazing livestock on, treated soybean is not allowed.
Source: Aaron Hager, Extension Specialist, Weed Science/IPM, firstname.lastname@example.com
Local Contact: Russel Higgins, Commercial Agriculture Educator, Crop Sciences (Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, Shabbona IL), email@example.com
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Film noir feline stars: The cat in 'Bell, Book and Candle'
More on the most famous kitties in film noir …
The Cat in "Bell, Book and Candle" 1958
Name: Cy A. Meese
Character Name: Pyewacket
Bio: Kim Novak and James Stewart starred in two movies together in 1958. One was the classic Hitchcock neo noir "Vertigo." The other, now lesser known, was the lighter-toned "Bell, Book and Candle" by director Richard Quine, based on the hit Broadway romantic comedy by John Van Druten. In the film, Novak plays Gillian Holroyd, a stylish New Yorker and successful store owner with a knack for witchcraft.
But, despite her busy schedule and relentlessly chic wardrobe, Gillian is tired of spending her nights, especially Christmas Eve, talking shop at the campy Zodiac nightclub in the Village with her fellow sorcerers (witch Elsa Lanchester and warlock Jack Lemmon). You know, eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog. Blah, blah, blah.
Gillian much prefers the company of her lovely cat Pyewacket (Cy A. Meese) and flirting with her tall, gray and handsome neighbor Shepherd Henderson (Stewart). After Gillian learns that Shep is engaged to her rival (Janice Rule), she calls on her blue-eyed, gray-furred companion for help in turning the romantic tables.
As the witch's "familiar," the role of Pyewacket is pivotal to the film and surely one of the most significant feline roles in Hollywood history. Not only is Gillian's beloved Pye the agent for casting a spell on Shep, this stunning and eminently self-assured kitty manages to reunite the lovers after they hit a few bumps on the road to bewitchment.
The real-life puss who played Pyewacket later became a Manhattan legend. A life-long New Yorker from a prominent family, Cy was a classically trained actor and had worked steadily in theater before trying his paw at movies. Still, despite his success on stage and screen, Cy's first love was reading and in 1960 he left acting to open a shop on Greenwich Avenue named "Book, Bell and Candle."
Besides his excellent taste in titles, he was known for his uncommonly cushy sofas and for encouraging customers to nap in between browsing the aisles. (Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and John Cheever were regular snoozers.) In 1968, Cy opened a second location on London's Cheshire Street and divided his time between the cities until he died peacefully in his sleep in 1982.
Need a bigger Jimmy Stewart fix? Don't forget the Christmas Eve classic "It's a Wonderful Life," which offers a healthy dose of noir amid the heartwarming joy.


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Godzilla art from G-Fest website.
Oh No, There Goes Tokyo: If people in the Chicago area are hearing the stomping of huge feet, it might be because of the G-Fest XVII Godzilla Convention, which is running from Friday through Sunday at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Subtitled The Return To Monster Island, the fest will feature Q & A sessions with some of the actors and crew from the big guy's films, as well as a dealers room, and fan presentations on various topics. Admission is $25 per day or $40 for the whole weekend. Visitors are encouraged to come in Godzilla or Raymond Burr costumes.
Beatles Day Tripper: Members Of The British Beatles Fan Club, a group on Facebook, has a report on what Mike Badger, who formed the short-lived and much-missed English pop band The La's, has been up to lately. According to writer Mark Sumner on the Internet site Click Liverpool, Badger was commissioned by the Cavern Walks shopping center in Liverpool to create a sculpture honoring The Beatles for the city's third annual Beatles Day on July 10th. The result is an intriguing piece titled "Musical Composition" that will be comprised of Badger's own Zenith guitar (the sort Paul McCartney often played) and other musical instruments. Music wise, Sumner reports that Badger is currently working on a solo career.
Hello Again, Goodbye Girl: Squeeze has just uploaded three songs from its upcoming CD Spot The Difference to its MySpace page. The new CD features the band playing new versions of some of its best-loved tunes, like "Goodbye Girl," "Pulling Mussels (From A Shell)," and "Loving You Tonight." Squeeze will be performing with Cheap Trick at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park tomorrow (July 10th) night.
Believe It Or Not: Bass player Mike Galassini of the Chicago bands The Valley Downs and 92 Degrees, will be performing with yet another combo, The Ripleys, at Navy Pier on Saturday from 5:00PM to 7:00PM in the Beer Garden. This one's a cover band that plays songs by The Beatles, Matthew Sweet, and Cheap Trick, among others. Meanwhile, The Valley Downs have created a video for the ironically titled "Lucky Day," a catchy, C&W flavored tune with lines like, "You leave me in the dirt, the dirt is where I'll stay." It's from their latest, self-titled EP. The clip features footage from the band's performances in Liverpool, Nashville, London, and New York, and can be seen on The Valley Downs MySpace page, and on YouTube.
Y'all Come Back Now, Little Susie: Guitarist-vocalist Mike Cohen, who was impressive with The Pop Dollys and The Abbeys at this year's International Pop Overthrow in Chicago, has a side project called The Everly Hillbillies. As the name suggests, they cover a lot of Phil & Don material, plus some originals. The Everly Hillbillies will be performing at Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove this coming Tuesday, July 13th, starting at 7PM.
Ten-hut! Freewheeling rockers Genral Patton & His Privates will be performing from 6:00PM to 7:00PM tomorrow night at the Gallery Cabaret, as part of the Gallery Block Party celebration of food and music. Admission is free.
Rockin' In Palatine: The American English concert, which would have kicked off the suburb's outdoor concert series this past June had it not been rained out, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 3rd, at 8:00PM. American English covers the entire career of The Beatles, from the early days to the Let It Be era.
Would You Like Some Handcuffs With Those Fries? Indie rock band The Handcuffs will be performing at the Roscoe Village Burger Fest 2010 in Chicago at the Damen and Belmont Stage from 6PM to 7PM tomorrow night. The Handcuffs have been slaving away on their third CD. Also performing at Burger Fest 2010 will be 10,000 Maniacs, Liquid Soul, Dot Dot Dot, and Gin Blossoms.


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Prince talked dirty in song but had a reputation for clean living. He also had an ability to put on shows that were electrifying in their athleticism.
But after his death at age 57 — following a series of canceled shows and a reported emergency plane landing for medical treatment — questions swirled over whether the music superstar had been hiding serious health problems from his fans.
An autopsy was conducted Friday and the body released to his family. Authorities said it could be weeks before the cause of death is released.
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But Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson said Prince's body had no signs of violence when he was found unresponsive Thursday morning in an elevator at Paisley Park, his estate in suburban Minneapolis, and there was nothing to suggest it was suicide. Olson said it appeared Prince had been at the compound alone.
"This is certainly a big event internationally and nationally, and I can tell you that we are going to leave no stone unturned with this and make sure the public knows what happened," the sheriff said at a news conference.
Olson and a spokeswoman for the medical examiner refused to say whether any prescription drugs were taken from Prince's home after his death, and they would not comment on a report by the celebrity website TMZ that the "Purple Rain" star had suffered an overdose of a powerful painkiller less than a week before he died.
A forensic pathologist who is not involved in Prince's case told NBC's TODAY he would give "overwhelming odds" that his surprise death was the result of drugs, NBC News reported.
"When you rule out foul play, when there is no history of any kind of significant disease … heart and lung … when you rule out any kind of intervention, anything of an environmental nature, you come down to an autopsy that is essentially negative … and that probably means drugs," said Cyril Wecht, whose worked on some of the nation's most high-profile autopsies.
The sheriff said Prince was last seen alive by an acquaintance who dropped him off at Paisley Park at 8 p.m. Wednesday. He was found by staff members who went to the compound the next morning when they couldn't reach him by phone.
Emergency crews who answered the 911 call in Chanhassen, about 20 miles outside Minneapolis, could not revive Prince, the sheriff said. He said emergency workers did not administer Narcan, a drug they carry to counteract overdoses.
Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, had spoken about struggling with childhood epilepsy, and friends said he had hip trouble. His former percussionist Sheila E. told The Associated Press that Prince suffered the effects from years of jumping off risers and speakers on stage while wearing high heels.
"There was always something kind of bothering him, as it does all of us," she said. "I hurt every single day. You know we're like athletes, we train, and we get hurt all the time. We have so many injuries."
Prince's cousin Chazz Smith said he could not comment on reports about Prince's health and would not say when he last saw his cousin.
"I can tell you this: What I know is that he was perfectly healthy," said Smith, who formed a band with Prince when they were kids.
Smith said Prince swore off drugs and alcohol as a kid, and the group they played with saw a lot of music greats fall, so "we decided to never get into that stuff, and no one did."
TMZ, citing unidentified sources, reported that Prince was treated for an overdose of Percocet while traveling home from concerts in Atlanta last week.
Asked whether Prince's flight made such a landing at the Quad City Airport in Moline, public safety manager Jeff Patterson said Friday that a private Falcon 900 plane made a "medical diversion landing" at 1:17 a.m. that day. He said the plane requested an ambulance at the airport and a patient was taken to the hospital.
Meanwhile, a source told NBC News the plane Prince was traveling in from Atlanta last week made an emergency landing due to an "unresponsive male" passenger.
The singer's death came two weeks after he canceled concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasn't feeling well. A rep said Prince had been fighting the flu for several weeks.
He then played a pair of makeup shows April 14 in that city, apologizing to the crowd shortly after coming on stage.
At one point early in his first show, he briefly disappeared from the stage without explanation. After about a minute he returned and apologized, saying he didn't realize how emotional the songs could be. He played the rest of the show without incident, repeatedly jumping up from the piano and pacing around the stage between songs, and performed three encores.
In the later show, Prince coughed a few times, though the show was again energetic.
Then came the reported emergency landing en route to Minnesota. The night after that, Prince hosted a dance party at Paisley Park, where some fans said he looked fine and seemed irked by reports of an illness. "Wait a few days before you waste any prayers," he said.
Prince disclosed in a 2009 interview with Tavis Smiley that he was born an epileptic and had seizures when he was young. It was unclear if his epilepsy carried into adulthood.
In 2009, Prince, a Jehovah's Witness, told an interviewer with the Los Angeles Times that he didn't do drugs "or I'd give you a joint" to share while they listened to music.
Heather McElhatton, who worked on and off as a set decorator for Prince's video shoots at Paisley Park from 1988 to 1998, said she never saw him take drugs or drink during her time there.
"But he did have a lot of energy. He could shoot for two days straight," McElhatton said. "Was it natural energy? Was it augmented energy? I don't know. I never saw him eat."
Sheila E. said: "It's just like being a football player and a basketball player. You know he really took care of himself. He ate well. He ate better than me."
She said she hadn't talked to him for at least six months but tried to reach him after reading reports that he needed emergency medical attention. She said the man who answered told her Prince was sleeping and would let him know she called.
"He said he was good," she said.
At Friday afternoon's news conference, the sheriff and Martha Weaver, spokeswoman for the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, portrayed Prince as a good citizen in the community, and expressed both their affection for him and their determination to do a thorough investigation.
"For our generation, he was the songbook and the narrative for some of the greatest moments in our individual lives, much like Elvis Presley and Ira Gershwin before him," Weaver said. "And this is something that we remember and we take very, very seriously."


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Cornetist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay has been making waves in various circles of the Chicago creative music scene for the past few years. While many may know him as an accomplished improviser, his versatility is demonstrated in his new Brazilian-tinged, song-based project Benjamim e Edinho, a collaboration with Rio-based musician Edinho Gerber and percussionist Tommaso Moretti. I spoke with Ben about his process, Fellini, and creative methods of releasing music.
DM: How did you first encounter Edinho Gerber, and what made you decide to collaborate?
BLG: Edinho and I met a few years back working as musicians in Chicago. We eventually found ourselves living in the same neighborhood. The combination of constantly sharing our separate life adventures in Brazil, surviving a cold Chicago winter with few gigs and overhearing a conversation during a lunch at El Milagro about how space heaters admire collaboration. Wise folks say that space heaters perform more efficiently at the slightest twinkle of a collaborative effort. A happy space heater is tops during a Chicago winter. So, we decided to collaborate.
DM: Can you talk a bit about your relationship to Brazilian music, and any other influences we're hearing in the project—either in this song or others on the record?
BLG: Growing up, my siblings and I gladly participated in our father's vinyl and reel-to-reel tape listening rituals for years. Our ears were always connected to the moments when a selection from Brazil was blended into the mix. At the time, we had no idea where the music was from geographically, but we were in love with the fact of hearing a foreign tongue for the first time. We were amazed at how the manipulation of breath and the movement of your tongue could create other tones and rhythm. Years later I ran way from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro without knowing anyone and became friends with people who were directly connected to the same amazement that I first witnessed during my father's listening ritual.
DM: You're well known as an improvising musician in different Chicago circles; is this your first foray into song-based composition? How does your work as an improviser inform your work as a songwriter?
BLG: Every time I touch something that makes a sound with the intention of being productive with it, I'm seeking to create a song. Now this song may be written, programmed or made up on the spot with great and awkward questionable moments but in my mind it's still a song. I presented "song-based" composition under the moniker of Juba Dance many moments ago. By now, it may have been millions of moments ago. I've also heavily contributed to the sounds of Rio-based Boom Bap/MPB group A Filial. I've participated in millions of great moments on this earth. What's the definition of a millionaire again??
DM: What was your recording process like? Did you come into the studio with songs written, or was it a more spontaneous affair?
BLG: We recorded anyway and anywhere we could on our music making instruments. We shared compositional and arrangement ideas via email and also face-to-face in the lab (anywhere a laptop and microphone could fit: kitchens, Niteroi beach houses, etc.) whenever we were in the other person's city. I entered the session with songs written beforehand for this project most definitely. We mixed the bundle of sound with the fabulous Alex Inglizian of Experimental Sound Studio.
DM: What is going on in this song? What's your relationship with this Giulietta person?
"Swim Swim" was composed with the intention of syncing perfectly with the climatic scene of Federico Fellini's 1957 film Le Notti di Cabiria. You can start the song at the 1:50:37" mark of the film when Cabiria (played by the great Giulietta Masina) sees her lover standing at the edge of a cliff waiting for her. Cabiria pauses and says "Che luce strana" which translates to "What a strange light." This is a phrase that I repeat in the song. Near the end of the song there is a group chant of "imparare a nuotare!" ("learn to swim!"), which is a plea for Giulietta's character and myself to be aware of the true intentions of others no matter how sweet the jelly may be. Musically there are three pulses working to together: the pulse of my synth against the rhythm of the melody, Edinho's Chinese ruan and drummer Tommaso Morretti's beat, which I flipped and reinterpreted.
DM: What are your plans for the release? Any plans to tour the project? Where can people grip the Benjamin e Edinho record?
BLG: My plans as of now for the release is that there will be a moment when we will have to let it go. I'm sure with our own hands. I sometimes feel it is better to release it on it's own will rather than keep it locked up in this "release" concept that I don't quite understand anymore. But I must admit, most times I wonder, "How did the sparkles from the 'project release' fairy's magic wand miss my forehead?" Luckily I've been studying her flying patterns. Soon I'll make sure the wand touches my dome piece. The release may happen as a Hard Drive Peep Show where everyone is allowed to hear the musical contents of my hard drive for a quarter. A velvet curtain (classy) or a fast sliding door (real) will rapidly descend after the 00:59 sec mark. The next minute will continue after the kind life enthusiast places another quarter in the slot. This will allow the life enthusiast to ponder on what was just heard then make decisions such as "Should I continue or go home and work on my thing?" If the enthusiast is in the middle of dancing, the pause in between the 00:59 sec mark and the quarter "release" will allow the dancer to deal with moving in the observance of silence. But after fearing the amount of wildness that could seep its way into this urge, they may return to the solid notion of perhaps the most meaningful release one will ever experience is the release from your mother's womb. What release is going to be more hardcore and amazing than that? That release blessed with you existence. So yes anyway, you will hear this great bundle of sound and many others soon. Peace to Mamãe Louise and Mamãe Martha … fade out … fade back in … So yes I plan to release the project. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
DM: What's coming up for you?
BLG: Besides being a part of the production team of It's Happening—a monthly variety show at Constellation—and participating in various projects of a few great Chicago musicians/conceptualists late summer and early fall, I'll be playing a solo cornet show August 6th at Renee Baker's CreateFest and premiering a new trio of mine called Beast Need Beast August 27th at ESS SummerSonic festival. Besides that, if anyone feels the desire to hear folktales manifest themselves in a sound that was nurtured by the same thing that makes one's heart beat and body move, gather a group of friends and make a game out of finding this unknown gentleman who speaks of a distant familiar sound. I won't direct you to any Internet source as of now. Pack a lunch and travel with your group of friends to places where you believe creativity is going down. Even if you never find me, just imagine all of the wonderful characters you'll meet on the way. These are the brilliant creative characters of Chicago that just may need your awareness of them.
Even the reading of this interview automatically involves you in my life's work. (Hint: if you divide the rhythm of the words used for the answer of question #3 by the deconstruction of the peaks and curvature of the letters involved, a wonderful melody will reveal itself.)
Open yours ears and go! I guarantee you it will be sweet like loose squares on a Sunday. (I don't smoke squares but I figured there was no better way to end an interview.)
Loose Squares!!!
Ben LaMar Gay with Beast Need Beast at Experimental Sound Studio's 6th annual SummerSonic festival (5925 N Ravenswood Ave.) August 27.
On this track:
Ben LaMar Gay: synth/vocals
Edinho Gerber: ruan
Tommaso Morretti: drums
"Singletrack" is CAR's Artist Story for Chicago performers in which songwriters, bands, playwrights, actors and writers discuss the creation of a recorded work alongside audio or video clips of the performance. To submit your song for consideration, please email our researchers.


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Murder charge in crash that killed Marine
An Emeryville man was charged Thursday with murder for allegedly downing several whiskey drinks before crashing his car in Fremont, killing a U.S. Marine who had returned from Afghanistan only last month, authorities said.
Alexander Yohn, 23, of Emeryville refused offers for a ride after a night of bar-hopping and got behind the wheel early Tuesday, causing the death of motorcyclist Andrew Silva, 23, of Union City, police said.
Alameda County prosecutors charged Yohn with murder, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit-and-run, all felonies. He is in jail without bail.
While murder charges are rare in roadway deaths, Bay Area prosecutors have filed them occasionally in the past, often in cases where a motorist is intoxicated and has past convictions for drunken driving.
Yohn, a self-described heroin addict and alcoholic who listed his occupation as an emergency medical technician, has a previous drunken-driving conviction in Minnesota, records show.
To prove second-degree murder, the government must show implied malice, that a driver engaged in an intentional, unlawful act with conscious disregard for the risk to human life.
Police determined that Yohn drank his first whiskey about 9:30 p.m. Monday at a Fremont bar and drank at least three more at a second bar, where he had been belligerent. He left at midnight over the protestations of a woman who begged him not to drive, and had called his roommate to come pick him up, Fremont police Officer Alan Zambonin wrote in an affidavit.
About 1 a.m., an employee of a Taco Bell restaurant near Fremont Boulevard and Bonde Way saw Yohn appearing intoxicated and causing a disturbance while behind the wheel of a Mini Cooper in the drive-through, police said.
The employee called police. Yohn sped away north on Fremont Boulevard, and Officer Steven Nordseth spotted him while driving in the opposite direction, authorities said. Nordseth tried to stop the suspect, but he allegedly failed to yield, ran a red light at Decoto Road and collided with Silva, who died at the scene.
Yohn crashed the car into a utility pole, and the car caught on fire, said Geneva Bosques, a Fremont police spokeswoman. Yohn then ran into a nearby field, where Nordseth took him into custody.
Silva was a U.S. Marine lance corporal who had returned from Afghanistan in February. He leaves behind his wife and 2-year-old son.
A fund has been set up for Silva's family. Contributions can be sent to the Andrew Silva Memorial account, Fremont Bank, P.O. Box 8170, Fremont, CA 94537-8170.
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @henryklee


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Temperature for December 2000
In December 2000 the average high temperature in Barter Island, AK was 0.0°F, and this was 4.0°F cooler than the average of -4.0°F. The hottest day in December 2000 was 0 December when the temperature reached 0.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in December is -16.3°F and in 2000 the average overnight temperature was 16.3°F cooler at 0.0°F.