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"Megalomania Doesn't Have a Tax-Bracket": An Interview with Death Cab for Cutie
Suddenly finding himself with a chart-topping album, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard finds himself concerned with more important things than popping open a bottle of bubbly. It's just another day in the fun, crazed universe of Death Cab.
You can blame it all on Ol' Blue Eyes.
In Frank Sinatra's prime, there was no one like him. He was the crooner who could make you feel the power of every lyric, the man who could be singing in an auditorium of 10,000 people and still make you feel like you were the only one he was addressing. It was a rare power possessed by a one of a kind performer.
Ben Gibbard is no Chairman of the Board though. You won't see him performing at the Met, much less on American Idol; his voice just isn't designed for those things. Instead, he possesses a rough-hewn everyman charm, an indispensable charisma that shines through in both his songs and his everyday conversations. You could talk to him for five minutes and you'll feel like you're old friends with him. Play just about any Death Cab for Cutie song at random and you're likely to hear a tune that will serve as a three-minute shortcut to personal catharsis. Gibbard has been plugging away at his art for over a decade, but it's only now that Gbbard (along with guitarist/producer Chris Walla, bassist Nick Harmer, and drummer Jason McGerr) is finally seeing his band enjoy the fruits of success.
Of course, at this moment, that's the least important thing on my mind: I find myself racing home at a rate that's well above the speed-limit, rushing through traffic because the only free time I have conduct this interview is during a lunch break at work. Yes, this is the most rock star thing that I will do today. As I'm driving, "No Sunlight" -- one of the poppiest moments on Narrow Stairs, the band's just-released sixth album -- is bouncing in my speakers, feeling like some cast-off New Pornographers track as covered by Death Cab. It's a good track from a good album, but still releasing great material a decade into your career isn't the only major accomplishment that Death Cab has pulled off this year. Just a few days prior to our interview, Gibbard and company learned of something even more remarkable: Narrow Stairs had just topped the Billboard charts, an incredible feat for an "indie-rock" band.
Well, maybe not all that incredible. After all, last year Modest Mouse pulled the same trick, and albums by the Shins and the Arcade Fire both debuted at number two, all signaling a gradual paradigm shift in pop music, proving that "indie rock" isn't really all that underground anymore. Gibbard jokingly acknowledges this when I speak to him, describing how it was called "college rock" in the '80s, "alternative rock" in the '90s, and "indie rock" today: all different words for the same thing. Death Cab themselves are indebted to "alternative rockers" like Built to Spill, carrying on a lineage of six-string emoting that's as immediate as it is direct. Perhaps it's symbolic, then, that Narrow Stairs beat out the latest Frank Sinatra greatest hits compilation on the charts the week that it came out ... or perhaps it's just coincidental and nothing more.
Gibbard himself speaks at a machine-gun rate, thoughts flowing out at speeds that even he has a tough time keeping up with (he found himself getting verbally traffic jammed at a few points during our conversation). What was remarkable about talking with him, though, is how unprotected he was: he sounded like some average guy who just so happened to have the number one album in the country. His pre-release press rounds featured a remarkably disarmed article for Paste that Gibbard actually penned himself, a rarity in today's publicist-driven world of promotion. I tell him that I sincerely hope I'm not repeating any questions he's not answered a million times before, to which he instantly quips back, "And if you do, I'll answer them gracefully."
It's refreshing to talk to a rock star this humble, this detached from the "rock star" stereotype. In many ways, this article isn't about him or about me or even about the noble steed named Doug who bravely covered my too-long lunch break at work, making this interview possible. Ultimately, this article is about the music and how you (and only you) relate to it. Really, that's all that Ben could ever hope for.
The first thing I wanted to ask you about is simple: Narrow Stairs hitting number one. Dare I ask how you feel about that or even what the band's reaction was?
Well we're delighted. I mean, it would probably go without saying that when we started this band over ten years ago, the idea of having a number one record was completely laughable. So I don't think it was ever one of those things where we saw [it] in the realm of possibility early on, to the extent that we "made a goal" of someday we'll have a number one record, ya know? But as the years went on and the stakes kind of changed as a band, I think, certainly going into ... with this record coming out I think that we all were certainly thinking that this would be a possibility. So given that fact that it did, we're all really excited. Ya know we beat Sinatra, which was nice. (laughs) And it's interesting -- it's great. I mean we're not going to have a parade down Broadway or L.A. or anything like that but we're certainly ... ya know, it's a nice little boost as we head out on the road again.
Absolutely. There is, however, another milestone we need to celebrate: by my count, this is roughly the 1000th interview you've given to promote Narrow Stairs.
(laughs) I'd say it's probably not that high, but it's certainly getting there at this point. But ya know I think [that] with each interview [and] as many interviews as we do, as long as people keep them interesting, I feel like I learn how to kind of talk about the album and talk about the band ... ya know you get out of practice of that when you don't do it for a year and a half at a time.
Being the fan that I am, I read through a lot of those pieces, so I'm praying to god that I'm not asking questions that you've answered a million times already.
Well, if you do, I'll answer them gracefully.
(laughs) Fantastic. Actually, of all the pre-release stuff that you've done, I think that my hands-down favorite was the piece that you penned for Paste Magazine. One of the things that I found particularly interesting is how you described how upset some of your fans were upon finding out that [Plans' tragic song about being at the hospital bed of a loved one slowly passing away] "What Sarah Said" was not actually based off of a real-life event. With all your interviews prior to this album, you kept describing on how you're really focused on characters instead of just writing as yourself. Now with this intensely personal connection that your fans obviously have to your work, are you still afraid of misinterpretation like that or has it gotten to the point where you're writing songs just to satisfy or challenge yourself?
Well I think the misconceptions ... I think it's predominantly because I write almost exclusively in first-person, and for some reason that tense has always felt [like the] best for me as a songwriter. So, I think there's going to be a misconception that everything that I write is true to my life and I ...
Gutting yourself out.
Yeah, and I guess for some people maybe setting up the disappointment that a particular event in a song that somebody relates to is somehow not as pure if I haven't experienced it exactly the way they have. But I guess, ya know, with any writer of any kind of work, it's like you have to have a kind of understanding of the situation to be able to write about it. I think I said on that Paste article -- if I can elaborate on it -- I've spent a lot of hospital waiting rooms over the course of my life for a number of reasons, some as obviously simple as just waiting to see a doctor as much as, ya know, waiting for somebody who just hurt themselves and you have to drive them home, you know? I've always been, sometimes, almost too aware of surroundings. Sometimes it works to my detriment, socially; that I walk in a room and I feel I have a really good read of it. My parents tell me [that] even as a little kid I'd go into a room and just kind of have a real sense of what was occurring in the room, and that works, I think, to my benefit as a songwriter but sometimes to my detriment as a human being, you know? I kinda think too much about stuff.
I don't know if I'm dancing around your question, but I think [that] at the core of it I feel responsibility to myself to kind of ... when I'm writing a song, the most important thing to me is that I see myself in the song. Like when I'm in the midst of writing it, ya know, I can kind of be watching the scene occurring in the song either because some version of that has happened to me or [it's] something that I'm close with or I immediately fall into the story and can kind of see all the characters and kind of see all the minor details of the surroundings of the characters and then find myself really in them and be able to expound on them and feel like the song has an honesty to it.
It's like you're an actor.
A little bit! At times, yeah.
I got a chance to review Narrow Stairs for PopMatters. Immediately after I finished writing it, I went out to rent [the 2005 DCFC tour documentary] Drive Well, Sleep Carefully. After watching your trails and travails on the road (and seeing you guys during the Plans tour), it suddenly felt like the sonic shift for Narrow Stairs became much clearer. I know you guys wanted to connect as a band in the studio instead of having an album be a "construction project" as you put it before, but it feels like Stairs is much more of a "tour" record: you got the guitar solos at the end of "Bixby Canyon Bridge", the rhythm-guitar fight during "Long Division", the rawk you bring to "Pity and Fear", etc. It just feels like more of a live concert album than anything else in your discography. Was that part of the intention from the get-go?
I think that after we kind of ... I feel like it's best to kind of talk about Narrow Stairs and how different it is from Plans sometimes. The songs that I'd written [for Plans] were a lot of songs I'd written in my computer that were tied to little bleeps and glips and samples and things like that -- and there weren't a lot of guitar songs I'd written for Plans hardly at all -- and I think compounded with the nervousness [of] the elephant in the room that nobody really wanted to acknowledge about Plans being our major-label debut, it just ... I think [that] record has a hesitation and kind of a self-awareness about it that I think works to its detriment at times; but as we kind of toured through Plans and when we signed to Atlantic and we were putting out Plans, we told ourselves that we were gonna tour our asses off and do all the work even in a time [when] it's not fun , ya know? All through December 2006 and then we're gonna break and be able to kind of work on other stuff and just fall back into life as normal human beings.
Throughout that year and a half of touring and talking about how we're gonna make the next record, I think we kind of set a precedent pretty early on that we were going to try to record this record just spending less time looking at screens and sitting in front of consoles and more time just in a room playing music 'cos that's I think what we do best. I mean, I think that regardless of anybody's opinion about our music, I don't think there's any denying that we play really well. We play really well together and we've never really highlighted that on an album.
Well there's something to be said for the fact that [guitarist/producer Chris] Walla mixed the album as a continuous piece...
...and for me, it seems to say something more in the sense that you guys are moving away from the notion of an album being just a "collection of songs", you know what I mean?
I would hope so. I think that with every record, we always try to make it be not so much a "collection of songs", but I think that if that's the perception on some of the older records I think that's probably a testament, hopefully, to how we've grown and how we've been able to kind of "build" albums.
For me, I think the whole idea of trying to make more [of an] "album piece" is most evident in the lyrical journey that you take this time through. I love the starting image on "Bixby Canyon Bridge": you're standing in a stream, barefoot and vulnerable, apparently discovering that your Kerouacian muse has disappeared somewhere along your way, etc. But by the time we get to [closing track] "The Ice is Getting Thinner", you're standing on a dissolving ice floe: your beloved in your arms, your future uncertain ... do you think the arc of Narrow Stairs is more of a journey that way?
I think that there are definitely … ya know, I think [that] early on it becomes pretty apparent what the first song and last song are gonna be on any album. I think it was [bassist] Nick [Harmer's] suggestion early on that "Bixby" should be the first song on the record solely because the first line is "I descended a dusty gravel ridge". Like there's a descencion, kind of a delving into some kind of either physical or metaphorical space in that first song and towards the end of the album ... I like the fact that the last song on the record is such a sparse, kind of very direct song. It kind of encapsulates a lot of the lyrical content of the album. I mean, we've never -- and certainly not with this record -- sequenced or picked songs solely based on a lyrical arc but I think we've gotten really lucky that ... well not lucky, but I think it's just a matter of fact that I write songs about certain chunks of my life and I kind of seem to have my own fiscal periods where it's like I talk about my life, my adult life, based on what album we were supporting at the time, you know what I mean? And that certain events in my life -- and those of the people around me -- tend to kind of fall into certain albums and those albums tend to have a certain theme about them and this one is no different, but I think that hopefully given the fact that some of these songs are a lot more direct and -- upon first listen -- lyrically, I think that maybe that what you said will hopefully come through to people.


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Col. Thomas Edward Blackshear
In the January 8, 1859, issue of the Georgia Watchman was an advertisement of General Thomas E. Blackshear offering everything on his plantation in the Duncanville District for sale which could not conveniently be moved to his plantation in Texas. Duncanville, 37 miles north of Tallahassee, FL, was the southern terminus of the Coffee Road in Georgia. Two decades earlier, then Col. Thomas Edward Blackshear had commanded the 69th Georgia Militia Regiment in the Indian Wars. Col. Blackshear filed the final report on the Battle of Brushy Creek, fought in Lowndes County, GA in the summer of 1836.
Historian Folks Huxford said the Battle of Brushy Creek was, "An engagement between the whites and Indians took place on Brushy Creek in what is now Cook County but at that time (1836) in Lowndes County. This battleground is well known locally in Cook and Berrien counties and the whites consisted of the settlers who were serving in the militia, most of them living within 20 of 25 miles of where the battle took place."
The Battle of Brushy Creek, GA in the summer of 1836 was part of the larger conflict between the Creek Indians and pioneer settlers of the Georgia frontier. Lasa Adams, who joined the Thomas county Militia in 1836 the week after the engagement at Brushy Creek, gave this synopsis of the escalation:
Mr. Adams gave a different origin of the War of 1836 than that generally understood, and wrote thus: "The Government was to send the Indians west; between three and five hundred of them were dissatisfied with the treaty and withdrew and though they would go and unite with the Seminoles in Florida near Tampa Bay; so they started and crossed over the Chattahoochee River and burned up a town called Roanoke, Georgia. The whites formed companies and went in pursuit and had a fight with them in Chickasawhatchee Swamp near Albany. The Indians were scattered and between 100 and 300 were in the gang in the Brushy Creek battle. Several more small squads went through the country, from fifteen to twenty in the squad, each in a different direction."
A more immediate and local prelude to the Brushy Creek battle was the Skirmish at William Parker's place on the Alapaha River, where Levi J. Knight's company of militia fought with Indians on July 13, 1836. Knight's company then marched toward Brushy Creek to join with militia companies there under the leadership of Major Michael Young (Thomas County), Capt. James A. Newman (Thomas County), Capt. John Pike (Lowndes County), Capt. Hamilton Sharpe (Lowndes County), and Capt. Henry Crawford Tucker. By the time Knight's Company arrived at Brushy Creek, the fighting there had concluded and the burial of the dead (Pennywell Folsom) was in progress. Levi J. Knight's official letter informing Governor Schley about the Skirmish at William Parker's place was transcribed in a previous post; Levi J. Knight Reports Indian Fight of July 13, 1836.
The official report of the Battle of Brushy Creek was written by Col. Thomas E. Blackshear in a letter (transcribed below) to Governor William Schley on July 19, 1836, just days after the engagement was fought.
Milledgeville Federal Union
July 26, 1836
The following is a copy of a letter received by the Governor, on the 24th instant.
"His Excellency, Governor Schley,
"I have to inform your Excellency that on the night of the 11th inst., authentic information reached Thomasville that a party of Indians about fifteen in number were seen in the upperpart of Thomas County marching in the direction of Florida. By seven o'clock A. M. the next day, a company of men, forty-six in number, under the command of captain James A. Newman, was dispatched in pursuit of them. On Thursday thereafter, this company was joined by a company of about forty men from Lowndes County under the command of captain [John] Pike, when the companies elected Michael Young to take command of the battalion.
"Scouting parties being dispatched, the Indians, fifteen in number, were discovered in the fork of the Big Warrior creek and Little River. The Battalion immediately proceeded across the River and scoured a very thick, muddy swamp about two miles wide and three long without making any discovery. A company of thirty-one men from Thomas County under the command of Captain Luckee and of thirty-one men, from Lowndes, commanded by Captain [Hamilton W] Sharpe then joined the battalion. The next morning Captain Sharpe was sent up the east side of the river to ascertain whether or not the Indians had crossed the river and left the swamp. Having found their trail he dispatched a messenger to the Battalion and proceeded to follow after the Indians. After pursuing them about three miles he came up with them, about sixty warriors and their families, a battle ensued in which he lost one killed (Mr. P. Folsom) and one wounded when he was forced to retreat.
"The Battalion hastened to his assistance, and in about three miles came up with them again, posted in a very advantageous position on a pine ridge, their rear protected by a cypress pond and in their front a wide, open, boggy meadow. A general engagement commenced about 9 o'clock A. M., and after a severe fight for about two hours, the Indians were completely routed, with a loss of twenty-two Indians and two negroes killed, that were seen, many wounded and eighteen of the women and children were taken prisoners.–
"The battle was fought over a distance of three miles, through several cypress ponds and bays and a very thick hurricane. The loss on the part of the whites were two killed (Barton Ferrell of Thomas county and Edmund Shanks of Lowndes,) and nine wounded. Several horses were killed, several ran off during the engagement and have not since been heard of. The prisoners have been confined in the county jail under a guard for their safety. Your Excellency will please direct what disposition to make of them. The expenses of the detachment will be furnished you as soon as the Quartermaster can make out his account."
Your's Respectfully,
Colonel commanding 69th R.G.M.
Lasa Adams, who joined the Thomas county Militia the week after the engagement at Brushy Creek listed among the wounded "Daniel McLean of Thomasville, William Drew of Lowndes (now Brooks), James Blackshear of Thomas County, Capt. Charles Screven Gaulden of Lowndes (now Brooks), and Robert N. Parrish of Lowndes (now Cook) County. Mr. Adams could not recall the others who were wounded, saying they were from Lowndes County and he did not know them personally. Mr. Adams said the Indians who were captured were kept in jail at Thomasville about a month and then sent west. He said there were eight or ten women and children."
Related Posts:
- Lasa Adams' Account of the Battle of Brushy Creek
and Actions on Warrior Creek
- Martha Guthrie: Babe of the Indian Wars
- Short-Arm Bill Parker and the Last Indian Fight In Berrien County
- Bryan J. Robert's Account of the Last Indian Fight in Berrien County
- Berrien Skirmishes, the Battle of Brushy Creek, and the Indian Maiden
- Historical Marker ~ Last Indian Fight in Berrien County
- Pennywell Folsom Fell at Brushy Creek
- Interview With an Indian Fighter
- Norman Campbell Collected Taxes, Fought Indians
- Etheldred Dryden Newbern ~ Pioneer Settler
- An Antebellum Trial at Troupville
- Morz Swain was Innkeeper, Blacksmith, Sheriff & Jailor of old Troupville, GA
- Knights Come to Lowndes County, GA
- More About Troupville, GA and the Withlacoochee River
- Levi J. Knight's 4th of July Address at Franklinville, GA 1835
- Young Johnson and the Florida Indian Wars

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Designers from Denmark, Kosovo and France won the top three prizes in the UN European Ad Competition, No to Violence Against Women, UNRIC, the organizers, announced in Brussels 19 October.
It was announced that a jury, chaired by French advertising guru, Jacques Séguela, had awarded the first prize to Trine Sejthen, a designer and photographer from Denmark.
The jury prize of 5,000 euros will be given to Ms. Sejthen at a ceremony in Madrid in late November, expected to be presided over by Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, and organized by the Caixa Forum who donated the prize.
Over 2,700 entries from 40 European countries were submitted to the competition which was organized by UNRIC, the Brussels based UN Information Centre with the support of UN Women.
The aim of the competition is to increase awareness of a problem that affects one out of every three women worldwide. The winning ad will be published in several European newspapers at the conclusion of the competition on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Sejthen, the winner of the first prize, said she was surprised but very proud when she heard the news.
"I was very surprised. There are so many great entries and because this is the UN, a very important organization, this means a lot to me", Sejthen told UNRIC on the phone from Copenhagen, where she has her own company with two other colleagues.
"I want people to think that this woman could be anybody, you can't tell if she's wealthy or poor, she could be your sister, friend or somebody next to you on the bus", Sejthen says.
Over 120,000 votes were cast and the winner was Gioke Gojani from Kosovo. "I entered the competition because I was interested in the artistic side of designing a newspaper ad, but then I realized that the subject had touched my soul," Mr. Gojani said when he accepted his prize, an iPad donated by the fashion company 3 Suisses, presented by UNFPA Belgian Goodwill Ambassador and media personality, Ms. Goedele Liekens. Speaking at the ceremony in Brussels, Ms Liekens pointed out that the media rarely report on the subject of violence against women since it is not considered "sexy".
Raphaelle Moreau of France won the youth prize for her work "Words". The youth prize winner was selected by Fabrica, the Benetton Group´s communications research centre.
The awards were announced at a ceremony in Brussels which also marked the opening of an exhibition of the works of the 30 finalists at the Harlan Levey Projects Gallery, realized with the support of the UN Office of the High Representative of Human Rights (OHCHR). The exhibition in Brussels is the first of many in Europe, including displays in Moscow, Prague and Kiev.
The ceremony was attended by Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education and Culture. The European Commission is one of several public and private partners of the UN´s European ad competition. Others include a coalition of more than 20 media partners all over Europe.
During the award ceremony Dagmar Schumacher, Director of the UN Women Brussels Office, recalled that violence against women is a global pandemic of alarming proportions which has no national, social, economic, cultural or religious boundaries.
Afsané Bassir-Pour, the Director of UNRIC, praised the enthusiasm with which Europeans joined the competition saying "our aim was to raise awareness on this issue, help break the taboo, and to do this by reaching out to the European creative community. A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. So thank you Europeans."
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BOSTON (CBS) – The Boston Bruins are looking to complete the sweep and close out the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
But they know doing so won't be easy.
"It's about bringing it tonight. This is about one game," Bruins head coach Claude Julien said after Friday's morning skate at the TD Garden. "It's nothing more than about one game, what we need to do here. So we try and minimize all the hoopla around everything and keep it to the one game, how we need to play.
"We didn't play our best game [in Game 3]. They played better, so we need to be a better team tonight."
While Boston dominated the Penguins in the first two games of the series — in Pittsburgh — they needed double overtime to pull off Wednesday night's 2-1 victory. The Bruins knew the Penguins would come out strong with their backs against the wall, and are expecting more of the same with Pittsburgh just one loss away from a long, question-filled off-season.
"In Game 3 we found ourselves backing up and waiting to see what they'd do. In the second period it was more of a run and gun hockey game and that's not our style," said Tyler Seguin, who is still looking for his first point of the series. "That's why they beat the Islanders; Pittsburgh is so strong at that game. If we go out there and are going at them on our toes all game, but playing our defensive game, we'll be more successful."
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The Bruins have done a great job containing Pittsburgh stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, holding the pair scoreless over the first three games. But each have had their chances, especially on Wednesday night, and the Bruins know they'll have to do an even better job in Game 4.
"[Crosby] might not have any points but he's all over the place making things happen — Malkin too," said forward Brad Marchand. "They're getting their opportunities; we just need to clamp down on them a lot better."
The Bruins also have a track record of not taking advantage of close-out games. Just this postseason, they've squandered a 3-1 series lead against the Maple Leafs in the first round — needing a miraculous third period comeback and eventually overtime to close that series out — and in the second round had a chance to sweep the New York Rangers, but fell in overtime of Game 4 to extend that series.
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Andrea Crespo, multi (sensorygates), (2015; detail)
In futurist Ray Kurzweil's early version of the flatbed scanner, angled mirrors feed the image of a document through a series of encoding CCDs. Similarly positioned mirrors are also used in the treatment of amputee victims; the image of an extant limb is projected onto the phantom limb, allowing the patient to engage with this limb's sensory map.
Constantly reflecting on this imagery, Andrea Crespo's recent solo show "polymorphoses" at Hester in New York evokes an environment of clinical intimacy in its aesthetic and conceptual coherence. Similar to an LED screen or scanner, the digital prints on the four poly voile curtains covering the windows are backlit by the sun. Positioned in front of these curtains, an EMDR light bar (used by cognitive therapists to treat post-traumatic stress disorder) replicates a scanner's mobile light in the sculpture polymist: echolalic transponder; its accompanying soundtrack abstracts the diegetic sound of this light's kinetics as low digital tones.
Andrea Crespo, "polymorphoses," exhibition view
A scanner's white light rhythmically appears, segmenting the film parabiosis: neurolibidinal induction complex 2.2: this work's primarily black tone makes its bluish-white figures recall the emerging effect of minimal boot-up images. The film's DeviantArt-sourced images of conjoined anime characters regularly converge, split, and merge again. At the same time, the visual economy of this style's figuration is combined with minimal diagrams of mitochondrial reproduction, suggestive of the biological processes within technology. Drawing a parallel between biological and technological encoding and multiplication, the film links the scanner's abstraction of materiality into a system of digital circulation and memetic engineering with the production of DNA. The film's conjoined figures are considered within the interfaces and hardware in which they are embedded: in the film, they are suggested in a chatroom, cycled through on a Gameboy screen, and presented on a twitchy flatscreen monitor.


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A's complete sweep behind another offensive outburst
Pair of home runs backs sterling performance on mound from Straily
MINNEAPOLIS -- A's hitters have taken a liking to Target Field recently, never the shy guest at Minnesota's typically pitcher-friendly park.
Their 6-1, series-sweeping win over the Twins on Thursday brought their run total to 21 in the three-game set, and 50 spanning six games in Minnesota since last year.
"It's tough to keep saying this, but Oakland's tough. It's a tough place to score runs," said Josh Donaldson. "We come out here, and Minnesota's not known for being a great hitters' park, but we feel pretty good here. We have some guys that have some thump, and we just did a great job all series of getting guys on base.
"When you get guys on base a lot, you're going to give your team a chance to produce runs. We're giving ourselves a lot of chances."
Donaldson was responsible for one of two A's homers in the win, the club's ninth straight against the Twins. Oakland has outscored Minnesota, 86-27, in that time.
The home run was Donaldson's first of the season -- a two-run, opposite-field shot off right-hander Mike Pelfrey that broke a 1-1 tie in the third. The A's got another two-run homer in the fourth, this time from Sam Fuld, who had two hits total on the eve of Craig Gentry's return.
Fuld, out of options, could be taken off the A's roster when that happens. But if Oakland really doesn't want to lose the versatile outfielder -- despite already employing a player with a similar skill set in Gentry -- the club may opt to either designate Daric Barton for assignment or option Josh Reddick to Triple-A.
The struggling Reddick received a mental day off Thursday, while Brandon Moss started in right field in his stead. Barton got the nod at first base and drove in the A's first run of the day in the second.
Donaldson added an RBI single in the sixth and is now 7-for-19 with four doubles and a homer over his last four games, after beginning the season 2-for-22. He said after Thursday's game, "I'm starting to feel better," but also maintains, "I don't feel great."
"I'm chasing a couple pitches here and there out of the zone, which I normally don't do, but it's starting to get back," he said. "It's a process. I'd like to cut down on the amount of strikeouts I've had so far, but at the same time, if guys are aggressive in the zone with me, I'm gonna swing."
While Donaldson provided the power, Oakland's offense proved just as pesky in tiring out yet another Twins starter, while its own starter, Dan Straily, was untouchable after the second inning.
The A's plated 16 runs off Twins starters this series, including six off Pelfry, who went five-plus innings and issued four walks. Oakland drew 13 walks overall in the series, and seven of them resulted in runs.
"We spread it around," said manager Bob Melvin. "We talk about a deep lineup, and a lot of times that's the product of it. We're getting contributions from everyone, and you don't have to rely on the same guys every day."
"We didn't shy away from swinging the bats early this entire series really," Donaldson said. "It was one of those things where they were challenging the zone early, and we were able to put some pretty good swings on it. That being said, we still have guys managing at-bats and being able to be disciplined and take some walks as well."
Straily was superb, his only mistake coming on his sixth pitch of the day, a first-pitch fastball to Brian Dozier that landed in the left-field stands. Straily allowed two more hits in the second inning, but none thereafter through seven frames, walking two and fanning five en route to his first win of the year.
It came on a day when he didn't even have his best stuff in his pocket.
"But it was just giving it everything I had for however long, and it ended up being seven innings," Straily said. "It was kind of a weird outing. I definitely didn't have my best stuff, but was able to mix speeds, mix locations and just keep them off-balance and from making good contact. Even when they did make good contact, it was right at our guys.
"I think it's part of learning from last year. On days I didn't have my best stuff and try to pitch like I did, it cost me. Going out there today, I realized pretty soon I didn't have my A-stuff today."
Oakland's starters have allowed three runs or fewer in each of the first nine games for a 1.93 ERA.
"This is a tough team we played against," said Jason Kubel.
"Couldn't ask for more," Melvin said. "Anytime you come on the road and win three games, no way you can't be happy about that."


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Fannie Passes Bailout Benchmark, Paying More in Dividends Than It Got in Aid
Housing Rebound Drove 2013 Profit of $84 Billion
Fannie Mae will pay $7.2 billion to the U.S. Treasury next month, reaching a post-bailout milestone that many considered impossible just two years ago: paying out more in dividends than funds put in by taxpayers.
That payment will increase the total dividends that Fannie and its smaller rival Freddie Mac have paid the government to around $192.5 billion. That amount exceeds the $187.5 billion in bailout money that they received from the U.S. Treasury....
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WOW!! Where has time gone? 10 years ago this morning, we were welcoming this little man into the world.....
You have always made me so proud!!
Cheney man, I can't believe that you have grown up so fast!! You have made me laugh, cry, & smile--every day of your life. Thank you for always reminding to have fun!! I love you!!
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Hello all, I have the feeling that we are (at least partly) reinventing the wheel here. There have been several initiatives drafting generic models and representations for organizations. Just two examples below [1][2] which go back to 90ies. More generally, an in-depth look at design and data patterns literature could also help a lot. I have the feeling that others before this group have defined concepts like "organization", "legal entity" etc... We could re-use their conceptual (or data or formal) models, instead of starting the discussion from scratch. Best regards, Vassilios [1] http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/enterprise/enterprise/ontology.html [2] http://www.eil.utoronto.ca/enterprise-modelling/tove/ -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Dave Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 11:27 AM To: Emmanouil Batsis (Manos) Cc: Linked Data community; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: Organization ontology On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 01:03 +0300, Emmanouil Batsis (Manos) wrote: > Sorry for jumping in. I was thinking that > > a) the way i get FormalOrganization, it could as well be called > LegalEntity to be more precise. Not quite, there are other LegalEntities that are not Organizations. The LegalEntity notion could be made explicit: org:FormalOrganization subClassOf org:Organization AND ns:LegalEntity This is better modelling because the primitive concepts are now explicit and the nature of org:FormalOrganization as a derived concept is clear. I nearly did it that way but my concern was that putting LegalEntity into org: would open up a whole can of worms about needing richer modelling of the notion of LegalEntity (e.g. Jurisdiction etc). That would be off topic for the focused goals and requirements for org. > b) what happens when organizations change legal status? Pretty much any aspect of organizations change over time :) In the context of this work there are already separate approaches to handling versioning and change so org: defers to those. Though, in some applications you do want to explicitly represent the historical trace of those changes hence the inclusion of OPMV via org:ChangeEvent to give a minimal foundation for that. Cheers, DaveReceived on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 08:49:56 UTC
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WSU Falls at Stanford
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Josh Huestis and Anthony Brown each scored 15 points and Stanford ran away from Washington State, 80-48, Wednesday night.
Dwight Powell added 10 points for the Cardinal (11-5, 2-2 Pac-12), who won their second straight and six of eight overall. Marcus Allen added 11.
Que Johnson scored 21 points to lead the Cougars (8-9, 1-4), who lost their fourth in five games. Royce Woolridge added 13 points.
The Cougars played without their leading scorer DaVonte Lacy, who missed his third straight game with a rib injury. He's missed five of the past six Washington State contests.
Stanford led by as many as 32 points in the second half.
Huestis was 0 of 7 from the floor in Stanford's victory at Oregon on Sunday. He showed up to play against the Cougars, sporting a new hairstyle and hitting 7 of 10 shots overall.


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Dancing with the Stars Season 11 – The Campaigns
With each passing season, more and more campaigns spring up, clogging my tweetdeck. By campaigns I mean fan groups of certain celebrities lobbying in any way they think will help to get their favorite on the next season of DWTS. Sometimes this is with the blessing of the celebrity and sometimes the fans don't seem to care if the celeb wants on the show or not.
The most prominent one that I've seen on twitter seems to be Martha Byrne – which is, frankly, a mystery to me. Okay, so Martha was one half of a super couple on As The World Turns – she played Lily as part of the Lily/Holden couple. I know this, yes, because I used to watch this soap. 🙂 I guess I'm surprised she has such dedicated fans. And I think she'd be good on the show too. Guess what? She's totally up for it, from the sound of it, and may have been the instigator of the campaign.
Of course, another huge one is Johnny Weir – and he has Karina Schmirnoff campaigning for him.
Johnny Weir has been discussed as a contestant since the day that Evan was announced as a participant. The things I read made him sound a little bitter that Evan was chosen, but I think there is still room for Johnny and I think he would probably be delightful. Now, I've got no dog in this fight – I like both guys. Don't spam me people. 🙂
The person who has surpassed Evan Lysacek levels of tweeting related to DWTS is this guy who is campaigning for Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma from Good Times):
And you're seeing only a tiny fraction of his commitment to his cause. 🙂 This guy is passionate. There's even a facebook page. According to this page, she really wants to do it. I hope she's successful. I HOPE this guy lays off the campaign a little bit because he's killing my tweetdeck. 🙂
Hmmm…don't know if this is really a campaign, per se, as much as an offhand comment – Debi Nova. Click the link and judge for yourself. 🙂
These are far from the only campaigns that I've seen for the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars, but that's going to have to do it for now. I'll post more later – but by all means, if you know of one I haven't mentioned, let me know!!


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9th ODF plugfest in Berlin
The ODF plugfest will return to Berlin (Germany) on October 17th/18th 2012 for the ninth edition, again hosted by the Bundesministeriums fuer Wirtschaft und Technologie and supported by OpenDoc Society.
The ODF plugfests are an ongoing series of vendor-neutral events, bringing together implementers and stakeholders of the standard. The goal is to achieve maximum interoperability by running scenario-based tests in a hands-on manner and discuss new and proposed features of the Open Document Format specification.
Lead architects from commercial and open source products, members of the OASIS ODF TC's and technical experts from national and regional governments will be present. Plugfests have been held in a number of countries across Europe since 2009.


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Is a rivalry is building between the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake?
Crew alum Duncan Oughton raised the possibility in a video clip on the Crew's official website, www.thecrew.com, ahead of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal between the two MLS clubs on Tuesday night.
"There's a bit of a rivalry building," said Oughton, before adding that "there's definitely going to be an intense battle."
WATCH: Oughton breaks down Crew vs. RSL
There have certainly been some battles between the two, but do those contests rise to the level of a rivalry?
Traditional sports rivalries typically have two elements: an emotional aspect that transcends the routine head-to-head encounters on the field, and a prolonged period of battles in important encounters between the two sides.
In the case of the Crew vs. RSL, an emotional aspect likely entered the equation last season — at least for RSL, who may have felt disrespected by comments made by Crew goalkeeper Will Hesmer last year.
[inline_node:329127]"They're walking around as a champion, saying they're the champion," Hesmer told The Columbus Dispatch after his team beat RSL early in the 2010 season. "They were sub-.500 last year. That doesn't sit well with us. We clearly think we've been the class of the league the past two years, and we wanted to prove it."
This comment reportedly became bulletin board material for the rematch later in the season, but both sides downplayed that factor after the match, which ended in a 2-0 RSL victory at Rio Tinto Stadium.
As far as an extended string of battles against each other in meaningful matches – well, it may be a bit early for that.
The two did face each other in an important first-round playoff match in 2009, a season in which the club finished as league champions, and this week's Champions League matchup may just move the clubs a step closer to a natural and full-fledged rivalry.
But what do those on the Real Salt Lake side think about the potential of this being a rivalry?
"Maybe a little bit, yeah," RSL head coach Jason Kreis said. "You go back to not last year, but the year before in the playoffs. We faced each other, and we've had some heated exchanges in matches, both there and in Salt Lake."
Current RSL defender and former Crew player Chris Wingert agreed.
"I think it makes sense a little bit," Wingert said. "I think the biggest thing is that they won the championship and then we were able to go in and beat them at their place, and go on to win the championship ourselves."
RSL midfielder Will Johnson, however, said he thinks rivalries are closely tied to history and that the league is still developing in this area.
"Do I think of Columbus as a rivalry? Off the top of my head, no, not really," Johnson said. "But over the last 2-3 years, we've had a lot of games with them. We've had a playoff series with them and some different things that have gone down, so you do think of Columbus as a team that's sort of a rival?
"Maybe a budding rivalry is the right description."
So whether it qualifies as a full-blown rivalry may depend on your individual perspective, but this Champions League series will undoubtedly add some fuel to the fire.
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Statesboro, Ga.. Georgia Southern dropped its second straight heart stopper to a Southern Conference foe as East Tennessee State defeated the Eagles 3-2 in volleyball action at Hanner Fieldhouse Saturday evening.
The Buccaneers (4-4, 2-1) were led by Katie Steidle with 14 kills, seven service aces, and 10 digs. Jena Policastro and Jessica Miller also recorded double-digit digs for ETSU with 11 a piece.
The Buccaneers got off to a quick start as they scored the first nine points of the game one in route to claiming a 15-9 win. Georgia Southern (6-4, 2-2) returned the favor in the second game, winning the first 10 points, to tie the match with a 15-7 win. Game three proved to be closer as the two teams traded points and side outs before the Eagles were finally able to claim a 15-10 victory.
Momentum quickly shifted back to the Buccaneers as they recorded seven service aces en route to a 15-7 game four victory. The deciding contest saw little good happen for the Eagles as they recorded just one kill against four errors. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers used nine kills and no errors to cruise to a 15-4 victory.
Freshman Megan Lippi led the Eagles with 16 kills and 16 assists. Fellow freshman Erin Martin also recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 12 digs while junior Amanda Brooks finished with 14 digs and 43 assists.
Georgia Southern returns to action next Saturday, September 23 when it travels to Chattanooga in a Southern Conference match beginning at 2:00 p.m. East Tennessee State returns home to face Southern Conference rival Wofford at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 24.


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Gallery: Malaysian Borneo. Can you top this for adventure?
Malaysian Borneo has long evoked visions of adventure in the West.
Many a kid has thumbed through their parents' National Geographic mags, dreaming that one day mom and dad might pass on yet another trip to Yosemite in the station wagon and instead take them to a land where headhunters lurk in ancient rainforests and wild orangutans play.
Today Malaysian Borneo (East Malaysia, aka Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan) isn't the unaccessible impossibility it once was -- it's now serviced by a range of airlines and filled with resorts to suit all budgets.
The challenge is pinning down an itinerary. The place is huge.
Malaysia shares the island of Borneo with Indonesia and Brunei. The Malaysian portion is home to two Malaysian states -- Sabah and Sarawak -- and the federal territory of Labuan.
And it's far from perfect.
Logging continues to eat away at Malaysian Borneo's natural resources. Some researchers estimate 80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging.
Meanwhile, officials there continue to battle the illegal wildlife trade.
But it's still an adventure.
These options give you a taste of what's out there.
More on CNN: Malaysia's top 40 foods
Mount Kinabalu
Whether or not you climb to the summit, Kinabalu is worth a visit.
Part of the UNESCO-listed Kinabalu Park, it sits 4,095 meters above sea level.
Despite the altitude it's a relatively easy trek, though guides and permits are required. A variety of overnight trek options range from one- to three-night climbs.
More information on climbing the beautiful beast is available from the Mount Kinabalu Official Climb & Booking Information Centre.
The waters off Malaysian Borneo are legendary, with dozens of dive sites offering pristine views of some of the world's finest coral and sealife.
If you want the best of the best, it's Sipadan. A contender on any dive publication's list of the "world's best dives," Sipadan lies 35 kilometers off the coast of Sabah.
In order to protect Sipadan's fragile ecosystem, in 2004 the Malaysian government ordered all dive resorts off the island, banned night dives and set a limit of 120 divers per day.
More on CNN: Why you've never seen a dive site like Sipadan
The quintessential Malaysian Borneo experience -- playing with primates at the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary.
This rehabilitation center re-trains displaced animals for life in the jungle.
The sanctuary is reached by bus or taxi, a 23-kilometer ride from Sandakan town.
Rainforests and national parks
Famed naturalist and Darwin rival Alfred Wallace conceived his own theory of natural selection on Malaysian Borneo, following years of observation of the island's rainforests.
One of the best ways to experience the rainforests is to stay in an ecolodge.
North Borneo's Sukau Rainforest Lodge has its own generators and uses solar-heated water.
Down south, Rimba Orangutan Eco Lodges offer rainforest walks and wooden boat rides.
In terms of exploration, there are several protected national parks to choose from.
Gunung Mulu National Park is Sarawak's largest national park.
It's filled with caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. It's also Malaysia's first World Heritage Area, given the honor in 2000.
Gunung Gading National Park is a mountainous rainforest two hours from Kuching, Sarawak. It's a popular spot to view rafflesia flowers in bloom.
More on CNN: Cameron Highlands: Malaysia's enduring 'Little England'
Kinabatangan River
Another way to take in the rainforest is with a cruise down Kinabatangan River.
This is the place to see pygmy elephants, often spotted moving along the shores.
With an average height of 2.5 meters, Borneo's 1,500 endangered pygmy elephants are smaller than most of their Asian brethren.
Their habitat is under threat by encroaching plantations, logging activity and hunting.
The Sukau Rainforest Lodge offers full wildlife tour and lodging packages.
More on CNN: How to do Malaysia ... and get it right
All those islands
Let's start with Pulau Tiga, part of the Pulau Tiga National Park. There's a reason that name sounds familiar -- it was the location for the very first season of "Survivor."
Richard Hatch might be a memory, but Pulau Tiga remains an incredibly beautiful destination.
Another gorgeous and popular destination is Gaya Island, where you'll find the Gayana Eco Resort.
Erected above water on stilts, the luxury resort has a 130-million-year-old prehistoric rainforest for a neighbor and provides guides for jungle-trekking -- if you're lucky you might even spot the megapode, a native bird that looks like a chicken but meows like a cat.
Selingan Island is home to green and hawksbill turtles that creep onto the beaches after dark to lay their eggs.
Since access to Selingan Island is restricted, joining a day tour is the best option.
More on CNN: 10 best islands for a Malaysia holiday
Kuching Cat Museum
For those who like a little meow in their travel mix, there's the Kuching Cat Museum.
It has several thousand feline-related displays and memorabilia -- including an Egyptian mummified cat.
Kuching Cat Museum, Bukit Siol, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia; +60 (0)8 244 6688
At the Mari Mari Cultural village, a 25-minute drive from Kota Kinabulu, you can learn about Borneo's infamous headhunters.
Visitors to the Sabah attraction receive a traditional welcome by the headhunters at the Marut Longhouse before checking out a demo on blowpipe making.
The real fun happens Inside, where you can jump and dance on the built-in "lansaran" -- traditional trampoline-like floor.
More well-known is the Sarawak Cultural Museum, 35 kilometers from Kuching and set in the the foothills of Mount Santubong. Dubbed a "living museum," the popular attraction is a celebration of all things Borneo -- longhouses and headhunters included -- and home to the annual Rainforest World Music Festival.
More on CNN: Top tips for an incredible Malaysia road trip
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I'm using EditorGridPanels on dynamically generated web pages. ExtJS does not control the ViewPort.
When I wrap the Grid generation code in Ext.onReady(), the grids render perfectly.
If I do not wrap it in Ext.onReady() it renders with subtle layout issues like
- the grids are a little too wide
- the top toolbar gets cut off on the right
- the rows don't quite fit and they shift when clicking a cell
I have tried forcing the grids' layout to get recalculated once the page loads...
The reason I'm trying to avoid placing Grid initialization inside Ext.onReady() is that sometimes pages take a long time to fully load every resource, and in these cases the pages look fully loaded apart from the blank spaces where the grids eventually get rendered to!Code:
(function(){} var grid = ... [ ... ] Ext.onReady(function(){ grid.doLayout(); }); )();
Any suggestions on what I might try? Right now a complete redesign of the page is not in scope, so I'm looking for something I can do to get the grid to layout like it does when initialized inside onReady()!


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Crystal Bridges announces Norman Rockwell traveling exhibition
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art launches the new year with new temporary exhibitions. On Thursday, Crystal Bridges announced two traveling exhibitions, one featuring the art of beloved American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
The special traveling exhibition, American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell, will be on display March 9 through May 27.
One of the most popular American artists of the past century, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was a keen observer of human nature and a gifted storyteller. This traveling exhibition, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, features 42 original Norman Rockwell paintings and a complete set of all 323 of Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers.
Works in the exhibition include such beloved and well-known images as Triple Self-Portrait (1960), Girl at Mirror (1954), Going and Coming (1947), and Art Critic (1955). The exhibition will also include materials from the Museum's archives demonstrating how Rockwell worked: proceeding from preliminary sketches, photographs, color studies, and detailed drawings to finished paintings.
Timed, reserved tickets will be required to view this exhibition. Tickets are $12 for non-members and will go on sale beginning Feb. 4. There is no charge for youth ages 18 and under, or for Crystal Bridges Members, who may reserve their tickets early, beginning Jan. 21.
More details on the exhibition and tickets can be found here: http://crystalbridges.org/Exhibitions/rockwell


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Recently Ancestry.com updated their Ontario Births, Marriages & Deaths by adding a few more years to each database. Now you can search
* Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928
* Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
* Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913
Personally I was thrilled because the new years for births and deaths allowed me to see my father's birth registration and his father (my grandfather McGinnis) death!
I knew when my dad was born. I knew where. I knew his parents' names. But I didn't know dad was born at home and not in a hospital. That was kind of cool to be able to add that bit of detail. After learning the street name and address I immediately went to GoogleMaps to see where it was, thinking I could make a personal trip to view the home where he was born. Sadly all the houses have been torn down and a shopping mall stands there now.
But the real surprise came with my Grandfather McGinnis' death record. I have his death date and cause of death as written in the family bible. He was not very old when he died - only 58 years of age.
My mom told me that my grandpa was injured at work in the early 1900s, hurt his back and was on Workman's Compensation for many years after that, never being able to work again. Nope. The cause of death was not what is written in our Bible. And I know now why she thought he hurt his back.
The cause of death was uremia and chronic nephritis. It is noted on the death record that he hadn't worked for 9 years because of it. I know that symptoms include back pain and hypertension (which is what is written in our family Bible as cause of death). So it appears Grandpa wasn't injured at work, and the reason he couldn't work was his nephritis not a bad back.
The death record also showed that he had last worked as Foreman at a "Sewerage Company" That must mean he worked for the City of Guelph which was also a surprise.
I had another surprise about Grandpa earlier this year when I found out he was a Fireman in Guelph's first official Fire Department! You can read about that at Museums: A Hidden Genealogical Treasure Trove. As the Ancestry.com commercial on television says "Who forgot to mention that?"
If you've got Canadian ancestors now's your chance to take another look in the Vital Records on Ancestry.com. You may get some surprises too!
September 20, 2011
Grandpa Just Keeps Surprising Me! Thanks to Ancestry.com Updates
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- The Grandmother Here said...
Thanks for pointing out the added years. I wonder when I would have noticed.
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4 to 6 months: the time for rattles
At around 4 months of age your baby can finally hold an object in his or her hand. Colours, textures and sounds fascinate him: all objects to look at, handle and bite are suitable at this age! He will no doubt enjoy:
- Rattles and other small toys that are easy to catch hold of, that he will be able shake to make them jingle-jangle and that he can put in his mouth. Choose them in varied colours and materials to diversify your baby's experiences and renew his interest: wood, fabric and plush filled with small bells, beads and jingles, etc.
- A string of small toys to attach to his pushchair to distract him during walks.
- A teething ring to bite on if teething begins to bother your baby.


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Join Will Ripley as he gives us all the details of his series, "Rock Guitar for Beginners". You'll be playing cool rock riffs from the very first lesson!
Taught by Will Ripley in Rock Guitar for Beginners seriesLength: 5:25Difficulty: 0.0 of 5
In this video, Will Ripley welcomes you to his series, Rock Guitar for Beginners.
As part of the introduction to these lessons, your instructor, Will Ripley, explains that this series is best for beginner guitar players who want to get started in the Rock genre. More experienced guitar players will find the series useful as a way to brush up on the fundamentals, and use these lessons as a checklist or review session.
Will then gives you a summary of the more specific areas of technique that will be covered. You'll start out by getting your right and left hands in the proper condition to tackle the essentials of rock guitar.
Next, Will describes how you'll get into a series of musical, rock inspired riffs that are designed to strengthen the fingers. Along with finger exercises and song riffs, you'll also be learning how to read chord charts, scale charts, and tablature, as well as pentatonic scale patterns and the most essential strumming patterns.
Also in this video, you'll get to know more about your instructor Will Ripley as he discusses his musical background, education, and experience as a guitar instructor and performer. And that's about it for the Series Introduction video of Rock Guitar for Beginners. Now let's grab our guitars and get started!
Beginner or not, I highly recommend this awesome course.
I really like will I follow him on you tube I have even brought one of his book ,5 MINUTE GUITAR SYSTEM SO I HAVE HIGH HOPES ON THIS COURSE.I love him to teach me how to finger pick also teach me how to do Reggae thank you will please help me but I love Rock like Eric Clapton anyway ONE LOVE XX
I can tell just from this video i made the right choice coming here from GT. I can already tell he will not bore me to death with acoustic stuff i have zero intention of learning.
I just switched from another website to JamPlay after 4 months of trying to learn something. Thanks Will, I really feel like I am learning now :) Keep it up the work
Was that Guitar Tricks? I just left them.
There is no sound when I play the video. I have checked that my sound level is up as well as on the video and yet I still can't hear anything....
Hi CandiceVanDongen! I had the same issue, but I selected a lower video resolution by clicking the "HD" icon and everything seemed to work fine. I hope this helps :)
The tab are covered by the video control. Bad layout!
Hi curtisraywelborn! There are couple things that you can do to free up screen real estate. First would be to minimize the lesson panel on the left by clicking the red circle/white arrow. Next you can drag the size of the screen to resize with 3-lined triangle just below the bottom right of the lesson. If that still doesn't help you can always right-click the notation title and select "Open in new window", then snap your lesson window to one and your notation to the other for a true split screen session. Hope this helps :)
hallo. what is the cost of downloading your series?
I've just started building my foundation for success, using this beginners series. I'm sticking with it starting with this first lesson, all the way thru to the end of this beginners series, It has to work, if I follow these straight forward lessons I have built a strong foundation for success for playing guitar. peace EJ.
im ready
I don't own an electric guitar. Lessons should work on acoustic?
Some of the stuff won't sound as good, but you can use an acoustic guitar. Actually, Will has a series called Acoustic Rock in the Phase 2 section.
Looking forward to the lesson, what is that jam your playing in the beginning of the lesson? It's amazing dude
You can find a full lesson on this riff in lesson 19 here: http://members.jamplay.com/guitar/phase-1/lesson/4979-power-chord-riff-in-the-style-of-audioslaverhcp Cheers!
My wife and I have been playing acoustic for a couple of years and have really grown and progressed. However, we stink at electric! Totally different animal. We're excited about learning step-by-step with Will!
Sounds great, looking forward to the lesson Will!
Good fundamental lesson series. Thanks, Will!
I think I will press the reset to make sure!
Nice introduction! Hope the lessons keep it up!
This series looks awesome! Can't wait to start it!!
Learn to play the electric guitar like a pro! Will Ripley is a veteran teacher that will show you quick and easy ways to start playing actual music on the guitar! Start learning original classic rock style riffs right away, all the while learning solid foundations to your guitar playing. Get ready to Rip it up!!
Lesson 1
Join Will Ripley as he gives us all the details of his series, "Rock Guitar for Beginners". You'll be playing cool rock riffs from the very first lesson!Length: 5:25 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 2
Will wastes no time getting you playing actual music! Check out this cool riff in the style of Black Sabbath. You'll be rockin' in no time!Length: 7:13 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 3
Will continues in this lesson by showing you how to read basic tablature for his Black Sabbath style riff.Length: 9:31 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 4
In this lesson, Will takes a break from riffs to show you a great tool for increasing your dexterity on the instrument: the chromatic exercise.Length: 6:37 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 5
A good foundation on the guitar has a lot to do with your right hand, or picking hand, technique. Will starts here with the basics: How to hold a pick and how to place your hand.Length: 9:22 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 6
So far, Will has had you focus on playing on one string. Now he gives you the tools to play across multiple strings.Length: 8:40 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 7
Now that you have some right hand technique under your belt, Will hits you with another classic sounding riff in the style of Deep Purple or Queen. This is an easy, yet great sounding single note riff...Length: 9:43 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 8
Will is back with another classic sounding riff! This riff is a great exercise that gets you using your fingers on more than one strings, and improves on your chromatic movement.Length: 5:44 Difficulty: 1.0 FREE
Lesson 9
Will uses this catchy riff to teach you how to mute open strings and fretted notes, and how to add some rhythmic depth to your playing.Length: 5:43 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 10
Here's another catchy, classic sounding riff from Will. This one will get you up and running with your alternate picking. A must have picking technique moving forward!Length: 7:04 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 11
Remember the chromatic scale we learned earlier in this series? Well, Will steps it up a notch by adding a cool funky riff to help you earn your chromatic diploma!Length: 10:21 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 12
The minor pentatonic is one of the core scales of rock guitar. In this lesson, Will shows you a super simple fingering for this essential scale!Length: 8:21 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 13
Now, take the minor pentatonic scale, add some rhythm, and you've got a super cool rock riff!Length: 4:47 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 14
Power chords are essential to any rock guitar playing. In this lesson, Will shows you the basics. Learn open string power chords and other classic power chord shapes!Length: 11:09 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 15
Will's back with another classic sounding riff in the style of Tom Petty or ACDC. This riff builds off of what you learned in the previous lesson on power chords. Use both your open string power chord...Length: 11:19 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 16
Getting a great rock sound has lots of different elements to it, and one of those is the palm muting technique. Will shows you a super easy way to get rolling on this great right hand technique!Length: 6:39 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 17
Now Will takes a riff he taught earlier in the series and adds the power chord element to it. This makes the riff extra heavy sounding and extra cool!Length: 10:48 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 18
Believe it or not, Ripley can show you a way to make your power chords even more powerful! It's a simple fingering shift, but will add a lot of thickness to your power chords.Length: 12:31 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 19
Get ready to learn a super pro-sounding riff in the style of Audioslave or Red Hot Chili Peppers! Hidden in this riff are some more foundational guitar techniques that will increase your facility on the...Length: 12:41 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 20
We've learned the interval of the power chord, now Will shows us some other intervals in the form of two note shapes that are easy, and add tremendous color to our playing.Length: 10:15 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 21
Will's back with an important and useful technique: Octave shapes. Learn not only the shape, but how to apply muting to get it sounding very professional!Length: 8:46 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 22
Proper muting can add a lot of passion to your playing. In this lesson, Will shows us how to play single notes without compromising any of the energy or intensity.Length: 8:27 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
Will showed us the first position of the minor pentatonic scale in an earlier lesson. Now it's time to move on to the second position. It's a must know scale and technique!Length: 5:22 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 24
Up to now we've learned a lot of single note riffs and power chords. Now it's time to inject some chord playing into our technique. In this lesson, Will starts us off by showing us how to read a chord...Length: 9:13 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 25
Continuing with chords, Will introduces us to some new chord shapes with this Spanish themed chord song.Length: 6:06 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 26
Sus and slash chords are very important when it comes to making you sound like a pro. Will walks us through a few of the most common ones, and how to implement them in our playing!Length: 6:30 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 27
The G major chord is one of the most common chords used in popular music. In this lesson, Will shows some of the more popular and useful variations of the chord.Length: 5:26 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 28
One of the biggest issues for beginning guitarists is changing chords. It can be a source of great frustration. Join Will as he shows us his secret to changing chords that will revolutionize your playing!Length: 11:42 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 29
By now you've learned what an important role rhythm plays in the process of learning guitar. Will gets more specific here by showing us some basic rhythms and how to count them.Length: 14:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 30
Ever wonder how certain songs get really pro sounding chord progressions and strumming? Here's a peek behind the curtain as Will shows us a chord progression that is simultaneously easy and great sounding!Length: 16:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 31
Strumming and rhythm is something that frankly gets taken for granted when learning guitar. But, it's just as important as the notes you play on the fret board! Will gets you started on the right foot...Length: 11:42 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 32
It's time to get deeper into chords! In this lesson, Will shows us all the major and minor chords.Length: 12:30 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 33
The 12 bar blues is a fundamental rock and blues song form. Will shows you the 12 bar blues, but puts a little twist on it to make it sound extra rockin'!Length: 7:44 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 34
In part 2 of the 12 Bar Blues Song, Will gets into the meat of the 12 bar blues form.Length: 11:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 35
Will brings together several chord playing techniques in this lesson that will challenge you and keep you on the road to sounding more like a pro!Length: 15:20 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 36
Will now brings us the 3rd position of the minor pentatonic scale. This is one of the great rock guitar scales, and Will is building towards having you cover the entire fret board with this scale!Length: 4:42 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 37
Here's a couple of exercises that will help build your "chops", otherwise known as your strength and dexterity on the guitar!Length: 11:29 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 38
Don't let the phrase "music theory" scare you off! It's merely an aid to help you understand what you've been learning and playing so far. Will uses this lesson to show you a very important scale that...Length: 10:59 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 39
On to the fourth position of the minor pentatonic scale! As usual, Will shows us the scale, then shows us a way to connect all of the positions so far.Length: 4:16 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 40
Believe it or not, finding and knowing every note on the fret board is not as hard as it may seem. In this lesson, Will demystifies the fret board taking away that overwhelming feeling when you look down...Length: 13:39 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 41
Leading up to learning your barre chords, Will shares this lesson with us that gets us familiar with some of the basic shapes we'll need to know. Plus, you get to learn some super cool sounding chords!Length: 9:26 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 42
The "dreaded" barre chords are anything but dreaded here. Will gets you going on the four basic shapes, with some tips and tricks to make them frankly, quite easy!Length: 15:27 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 43
Now Will gives you the chance to put those barre chords into practice! Here's a super simple little song to help you get more familiar with the shapes we learned in the last lesson.Length: 8:48 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 44
The Grand Finale of your minor pentatonics: The Fifth Position. Now that you have all 5 positions, Will shows you some cool ways to practice these, and consequently, the ability to begin using them in...Length: 9:28 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Will Ripley is a passionate guitarist who performs, teaches, and manages a successful music business. His wild stage presence and undeniable guitar skills transcend vibe and waveforms of the highest levels of energy.. His talents however, are directly related to years of staying "on the grind" and "paying his dues". He has played with many bands, produced, composed and collaborated both solo and with top level musicians. He is a sought-after studio musician and works creatively with other musicians.
Coming from a blues and classic rock background, Ripley discovered 90?s rock in his late teens. Ripley's style is unique. He's been described as combining the blues guitar playing of Albert King and Jimi Hendrix with big riffs that are reminiscent of Led Zeppelin and Rage Against the Machine with the booty shaking rhythms of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and N.E.R.D. Ripley also has a soft place in his heart for pop music ranging from The Beatles to Stone Temple Pilots to Kelly Clarkson.
In addition to creation and production of music, Ripley teaches guitar using a method he developed through his education and over countless sessions with learners of all ages and levels. This led to the development of a successful series of recorded lessons called Guitar Goals available from his website. As the founder of the Will Ripley Guitar School he has begun expanding as a franchise into other cities which has 1 location currently – the Vancouver Guitar School. Students the world over can learn guitar using this effective, rewarding, and enjoyable style at their own pace – with epic results!
Ripley seeks participation in authentic, professional-level music, with like-minded, enthusiastic, high-achieving musicians. With dreams of creating legendary songs, Ripley is open to new band mates, songwriting partners, and recording opportunities.
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A manager at a New York City strip club and four dancers who allegedly worked as his accomplices are accused of drugging unsuspecting wealthy men and taking them to Scores and another topless club, where they charged their credit cards for thousands of dollars.
Investigators say the women, ranging in age from 26 to 30, were recruited to stalk doctors, lawyers and bankers at restaurants, slip drugs into their drinks, including ketamine and "molly," and take them to Scores and the Roadhouse NYC Gentlemen's Club in Flushing.
The women were not dancers at those clubs but had worked in others in the area, authorities said.
In all, more than $200,000 was billed to credit cards belonging to the victims during the alleged scam carried out between September and December last year. Some of the victims were charged on multiple cards in one night.
One man, a cardiologist in New Jersey, had more than $100,000 in charges on his card.
Prosecutors said some of the victims had no knowledge of even being at the clubs, and only learned of the charges after seeing their statements or hearing from their banks.
"This crime ring targeted wealthy men in the New York City area to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars," DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt said in a statement. "Four women and one man preyed on, drugged, endangered and robbed unsuspecting victims while they were under the influence of synthetic drugs used as a date rape drug."
When the victims later tried to reverse or cancel the charges, the suspects allegedly sent threatening text messages warning them not to contest the charges, officials said. In some cases they were told explicit photos of them would be released if they tried to get out of paying.
Officials said one Wall Street worker was fired because his corporate card was charged in the scam.
Authorities say the clubs paid the women as part the scam. But the establishments aren't facing criminal charges.
The five people are being charged with grand larceny, conspiracy, assault and forgery. An attorney for Karina Pasucci, one of the defendants, said she was not involved in the scheme. Lawyers for the others were not immediately reachable.
No one answered the phone at Scores Wednesday, and a message left at Roadhouse was not immediately returned.


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Understanding 'Header' tags for better web page optimization. The search engines pay special attention to any 'header' which is defined in the source code of a webpage by tags such as these: h1, h2, h3, etc.
The headline of your content would be defined by the 'h1' tag, after that you want to use the 'h2' tag for any subheadings rather than just making the font type bold. Adding this technique to your web marketing strategies will give you a little extra edge when it comes to ranking higher in the search engines.
If you have a WordPress blog as part of you web marketing strategies here is a quick explanation. Inside the administrative panel of a WordPress blog in the 'Add New Post' section the HTML editor will usually only show a single line of icons starting with 'B' which will make the highlighted text bold. In order to get the icon for the function that allows you to work with the header tags you'll have to click on the last icon on the right to get a second row of icons to appear.
When you mouse over this icon you should see the words 'Kitchen Sink' pop up in a small grey box, click on that and presto! You can now see and use the other functions of the HTML editor. The icon you are looking for will show as a box with the word 'Paragraph' in the bottom row to the left. Clicking on this will give you a drop down menu which will normally show you; 'Heading 1' and 'Heading 2' etc.
A note of warning when using the 'h2' tag in your subheadings as part of your web marketing strategies! You might find it makes your subheadings too big or too small. To address this problem is beyond the scope of this article as it involves understanding source code.
Make good use of the header tags as part of your web marketing strategies. You'll find it only takes 20 to 30 seconds to do this to further optimize your webpage. That is a very short amount of time when you consider your webpage could be up on the Internet for years.