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Mar 12, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015 Alex Miller
Here we have a scrambled word at the beginning of each theme entry:
20-Across. Russian composer and piano virtuoso : RACHMANINOFF. His "Piano Concerto No. 2" is one of my favorites. 31:16 - just listen to the first 40 seconds and you might recognize it.
29-Across. Café breakfast order : HAM CREPE. Never had one. This is the one outlier, because it is the only entry with the hidden theme spread across two words.
37-Across. TV fantasy about three magical sisters : CHARMED. I think I watched it. Once.
45-Across. Den piece : ARMCHAIR.
54-Across. Annual sports event that begins with Selection Sunday on 3/15 ... or, cryptically, a hint to the scrambled word found at the starts of 20-, 29-, 37- and 45-Across : MARCH MADNESS.
This one seemed a bit tough for a Thursday - it took me close to my Saturday time to finish. Words like FANFIC and STRADE might have tripped up more than one unwary solver. Throw in some myrmecological cluing, and I went down many a garden path before finding my way home!
1. Atkins no-no : CARB. I entered "fats"...
5. "__ bad idea" : NOT A. (Yes it was - I had "It's a" for a while.)
9. Brothers Grimm creature : FAIRY. Oh dear, why doesn't "ogre" fit???
14. Old apple spray : ALAR. Whew! Old crosswordese to the rescue.
15. Pinnacle : APEX.
16. Painful turning point? : ANKLE. Indeed, if you turn your ANKLE, it can be very painful!
17. Elizabeth of "Lone Star" : PENA. Oh, my, I am going to crash and burn for not knowing an actress from a nearly two-decades-old movie?
18. Nothing : ZERO. So far, it seems like that's what I have.
19. Experimental blast : N TEST. OK - I admit, I filled in *TEST and waited for perps to tell me whether it would be N- H- or A. But with the crossing of FAN FIC, I needed a total WAG at the N.
23. Related compounds : ISOMERS. Ah, now that's more in my comfort zone!
24. Gap : HIATUS. Take a deep breath before plowing on...
28. Italian roads : STRADE. Even though I lived in Italy for a while, I was thinking of ITERs, but still too short. I guess I needed to remember my many trips on the "A1 autoSTRADa" to finally get the correct answer.
By this time, I was really feeling like a
31. Birdbrain : NITWIT.
33. Arrived just in time for : MADE. "Phew! I made the bell!"
34. Reservoir creator : DAM.
40. Delivery person? : MOM. Well, yes.
41. Some Persians : RUGS. Hands up for "cats"?
43. Absolute ruler : DESPOT.
48. Arrival announcement : I'M HERE. Hands up for "I'M Home"?
52. Deduce : GATHER.
53. Manned the helm : STEERED.
57. Provide a spread for : CATER.
60. Script "Q" feature : LOOP. I hear they are doing away with teaching script in schools. Good idea? Bad idea?
61. In the past : ONCE.
62. Scenic route, perhaps : BYWAY.
63. Curvature : ARCH.
64. Stax Records genre : SOUL.
65. Sleep soundly? : SNORE. Ha-ha, I loved the double entendre of "sound-ly"!!
66. Milk sources for some Tibetan cheese : YAKS.
and a partial clecho:
67. Milk sources for some Greek cheese : EWES.
1. Crop pants : CAPRIS.
2. Orioles' div. : A. L. EAST. Oh good grief, I may as well just throw in the towel.
3. Venom : RANCOR.
4. Hindu priest : BRAHMAN.
5. Childhood home of Jesus : NAZARETH. Well, I'm starting to get some words filled by this time.
6. Makes the first move : OPENS.
7. Actress Hatcher : TERI. (Thank you "Desperate Housewives"!!)
8. Nerve cell transmitter : AXON.
9. Story you might find on MuggleNet.com, briefly : FAN FIC. MuggleNet.com is a web site dedicated to all things Harry Potter. "Fan Fiction" is stories written by fans (not the original author) that expand on characters or events in the original book.
10. Myrmecologist's subject : ANT FARM. Definitely a Saturday clue! From the Greek word mýrmēx (ant).
11. '50s political nickname : IKE.
12. Jekyll creator's monogram : RLS. Robert Louis Stevenson.
13. However : YET.
21. Doc : MEDIC.
22. Resistance unit : OHM.
25. Lions, Tigers or Bears : TEAM.
26. Fancy coif : UPDO.
27. Come off as : SEEM.
29. Personnel employee : HIRER. In my experience, the Personnel department simply screened the resumes, and I was the one who was the HIRER.
30. Dough dispensers, for short : ATMs.
32. Dry riverbed : WADI. I had to dig to come up with this one.
But somehow I was able to...
34. Pull with effort : DRAG. it out of the recesses.
35. Special something : AURA.
36. Co. runners : MGMT.anagement. The guys who hire.
38. Dorothy Parker's "Excuse my dust" and others : EPITAPHS. If that is really her epitaph, it's a great one!
39. Like the Taj Mahal : DOMED.
42. Bagel topping : SCHMEAR. Another one that stayed blank for a while.
44. Precisely, after "on" : THE NOSE.
46. Town crier's cry : HEAR YE.
47. JFK info : ARR.ivals
49. Prior to today, poetically : ERE NOW.
50. Save : RESCUE.
51. Fords that never got going : EDSELS.
53. Usually stained work garb : SMOCK.
55. French Open surface : CLAY.
56. Bat mitzvah dance : HORA.
57. "The Big Bang Theory" network : CBS. Gimme.
58. Author Rand : AYN.
59. Seesaw need : TWO. I seesawed back and forth between loving the devious cluing and tearing my hair out. But by the time I got it all done, I really appreciated the challenge!
62 comments:
- George Barany said...
This puzzle by Alex Miller had a delightful and timely theme, a real buzzerbeater, and Marti's humorous writeup was definitely a slam dunk.
My other reason for writing is to share the debut crossword of John Child, Go Look It Up (double-purpose, that's both the puzzle's title and instructions to you!) The puzzle has a fascinating theme, lively vocabulary, and an unusually low word count for a themed puzzle. At some point, either after completing your solve or if you are stymied, click here for John's "midrash" that explains the puzzle and its backstory. Enjoy!
- March 12, 2015 at 5:39 AM
- Barry G. said...
Morning, all!
Fun, smooth puzzle today. SCHMEAR would have tripped me up in the past, but now, thanks to crossword puzzles, it is firmly in my brain.
Much like with HURLER from the other day, I wasn't overly fond of HIRER today. Yes, that may be what somebody actually does, but I can't see anybody actually being called a HIRER or referring to themselves as one. Except for Marti, apparently...
- March 12, 2015 at 5:46 AM
- Lemonade714 said...
A challenging Thursday for me, saved by the down fill. I am impressed you found it smooth BG but I have been confused about the day f the week from a while.
My knowledge did not include Greeks studying ants but that filled easily it was the spelling of STRADE and the word CAN FIX were my slow points.
Thanks Alex and marti
- March 12, 2015 at 6:24 AM
- Lemonade714 said...
Damn autocorrect
FANFIC not CAN FIX
- March 12, 2015 at 6:25 AM
- Hahtoolah said...
Good Morning, Marti and friends. This was definitely a step up in the challenging department that earlier this week! I did like the way that the scrambled MARCH made up the first five letters of each theme answer.
Hand up for confidently writing in CATS instead of RUGS for Certain Persians.
Another Hand-up for trying both H-Test and A-Test before deciding on N-TEST.
Elizabeth Peña (1959 ~ 2014) died last Fall at age 55.
TERI Hatcher ~ real and spectacular.
QOD: Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. ~ Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 ~ Oct. 21, 1969)
- March 12, 2015 at 6:49 AM
How can you not love a puzzle which starts off (almost) with Rachmaninoff? Challenging (didn't know STRADE and FANFIC, for example), but the only part which slowed me down was the west. It didn't help that I read one clue as "reservoir creature", and filled in an "S" at the end of 36D.
As for epitaphs, aside from Parker's, I like Mel Blanc's "That's all folks."
- March 12, 2015 at 7:41 AM
P.S. George Barany, thanks for the bonus puzzle!
- March 12, 2015 at 7:53 AM
- desper-otto said...
Good morning!
Late to the party. I decided to update my fruit-based computer and it took l-o-t-s longer than expected.
I didn't have a lot of problems with this one, but I did expect it to turn into a DNF with the unknown FANFIC staring me in the face. I stumbled putting in MGRS rather than MGMT and wondered how "deduce" could be GASHER. V-8 can solved that problem. No, I didn't get the theme, because I failed to read the reveal clue. That happens a lot.
Time marches on....
- March 12, 2015 at 8:48 AM
- Barry G. said...
I should have mentioned, btw, that FANFIC was near and dear to my heart since I have penned some myself (Godzilla-related, in my case). I'm not sure how I knew STRADE, but it was in there somewhere...
- March 12, 2015 at 8:58 AM
- thehondohurricane said...
Good morning,
Got it filled in so i avoided a DNF, but STRADa got me a FIW. I was pretty sure NAZARETH was right, but I did not think any Italian word ended in an E.
I wasn't fond of this puzzle. Some of the cluing was pretty lame, IMO.
Back in the day, if I had walked into my HR dept and announced certain titles were being changed to HIRER, there would have been several women all over me and not in the pleasant way.
Did not care for the cluing for 16A & 33A either. Figured them out, just felt they were weak.
Like Marti, I let perps decide what kind of test was clued foe 19A I too started with Fats for 1A because I thought Atkins was advocating a diet full of carbs.
Oh well, I hope the rest of my day is a lot less confusing for me then this puzzle was.
- March 12, 2015 at 9:18 AM
- kazie said...
I have a lot in common with others here already, except that I thought it was seemingly easy compared with recent Thursdays. Notwithstanding, I did slip up in the NW with ALIANT/PINA/INOMERS, having not a clue in the world about AL EAST.
It goes without saying that I relied a lot on guessing and perps as always. Perhaps that's why I found it easier than you who know more, and don't have to do that every day like I do! I've had more practice at it.
- March 12, 2015 at 9:30 AM
Since I'm sitting here with my ankle taped up I think the clue for 16 across is right on.
- March 12, 2015 at 9:33 AM
- Yellowrocks said...
Pretty normal time for a Thursday until I got hung up on RUGS, MGMT, AURA. Just before I was ready to walk away I thought of Persian RUGS. MADE IT! but not in my usual time.
Many times when doing X-words I bless our multi-ethnic culture here. A SCHMEAR of cream cheese on a bagel is so common place to us.
I loved MYRMECOLOGIST and FANFIC, new to me, but perpable. I enjoy meeting new words and rarely consider them obscure or made up. I found many references to MULETEER yesterday, especially in regard to mining in the old west. Not obscure at all.
I am surprised at the objections to words ending in -er used as one who does. HURLER HIRER.
IMO the answer does not have to be the usual term. One who does fits the clue, too. "_er" is added to verbs all the time in Scrabble.
- March 12, 2015 at 9:38 AM
Hello friends.
My apologies for the late reply. Thanks to all who piped in on my query about the pronunciation of "Mantra" on Tuesdays blog.
The reason I was asking was that I use the term 'man-tra' during job interviews. Then I saw a sultry TV ad (don't remember the product) where a beautiful woman pronounced it 'mohn-tra.' Hmmm, had all of those previous job interviewers been looking at me oddly?
Anyway, I didn't do a precise count, but it appeared to be an even split between 'man' and 'mohn'. I feel better now. Thanks for your validation. :-)
- March 12, 2015 at 9:49 AM
- Tinbeni said...
Hand up for FATS before CARB and CATS before RUGS.
Filled in MARCH MADNESS and knew that "MARCH" was going to be mixed up.
Only needed ESP to get FANFIC.
Got a smile at the Dorothy Parker EPITAPHS.
All-in-All my solve was a slog with nothing to sip ...
- March 12, 2015 at 9:57 AM
- Chairman Moe said...
"Puzzling thoughts"
I don't usually fill in the "theme" clue first, but as a sometimes rabid (according to my DW) fan of NCAA College BB, 54a was a lay up. Oddly, I didn't apply the theme to its clued starts; somehow I just got them without having to form anagrams of the word MARCH
Took about 15-16 minutes to solve with no cheats/googles; no ink blots either
Several guesses - ANT FARM (had the farm; figured it had to be ANT); dittos RANCOR/PENA as I did not recall the actress
I wandered all around the grid, plucking the LHF. Finished up in the NE corner with FANFIC/NTEST as last fills
Liked the puzzle; good brain tester for a THURS - thanks Alex and Marti
As for MARCH MADNESS, I will watch, but my alma mater will not be "dancing"; only the second time in the past 12 years they have missed the tournament [sigh]
- March 12, 2015 at 10:05 AM
A tough one today, but doable. As usual perps to the rescue along with a few wags.
I would have preferred a HAM OMELET, but that didn't fit along with CREAM CHEESE instead of a SCHMEAR. Also now know what a FANFIC is.
Marti: WRT Script or Cursive writing instruction in schools today, I think that dropping it is a really bad idea. How will the kids be able to read historical documents like the original Declaration of Independence or Constitution if they don't have cursive writing as a skill or even sign their name. Some states are going back to requiring cursive instruction like New Hampshire (See Article)
Have a great day everyone.
- March 12, 2015 at 10:28 AM
- coneyro said...
Interesting puzzle with a few head scratchers.
Did not know what a MYRMECOLOGIST is. Not familiar with RACHMANINOFF. Never heard of MUGGLENET.COM. I first thought of HAMSTEAK before HAMCREPE. WEES to CATS before RUGS . STRADE and ISOMERS??
Even though sports is definitely NOT my thing, I am quite familiar with MARCH MADNESS, thanks to my husband. Got it right away.
ELIZABETH PEÑA also played the mother to Gloria on Modern Family.
Hurray for HORA and SCHMEAR. Now you're speaking my language.
Well today's offering made me feel like a little bit of a NITWIT. Some clues MADE ZERO sense. Did I give up? NOTA chance. I'll go on HIATUS from puzzlesolving for today ONCE I finish my cryptogram, while sitting in my ARMCHAIR. As long as IMHERE, let me DRAG myself to the kitchen and get a bagel with a SMEAR. No HAMCREPE for me. Not Kosher.
That was fun ONCE I got started.
Shalom to all.
- March 12, 2015 at 10:41 AM
- Steve said...
Looking sideways at HAM CREPE - It's Food! Jim, but not as I know it :) Throw some cheese in there and you're getting closer.
I was taught cursive writing beginning around six years old. Fortunately, educational sanity prevailed by the time I was 9 or 10 and the exquisite torture ended. Just a wild guess, but I'm presuming that it had a purpose when using quill and ink to try to avoid copious blotting.
I'm not sure that I buy the argument that unless you learn it, you can't read the Constitution. Unless you learn Elizabethan English, you can't understand a lot of Shakespeare, and unless you study Medieval English, you can't understand pretty much all of Chaucer. We have scholars to translate that stuff for us!
- March 12, 2015 at 10:43 AM
- Irish Miss said...
Good Morning:
Found the theme a bit bland, although very timely. Some of the cluing was odd, also.
In any case, good job, Mr. Miller, and great expo, Marti. That piano concerto is one of my favorites, also, as is his Symphony No. 2. IMO, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky both composed some of the most hauntingly beautiful music ever created. Listening to some pieces almost brings me to tears.
Have a great day.
- March 12, 2015 at 10:56 AM
- Jazzbumpa said...
Hi gang -
Anagram themes are not my fav, but this is a nice, timely puzzle, and MARCH MADNESS is a natural invitation to an anagram.
Lots of hunting an pecking, but it eventually all came together. Maybe the slightest bit easier than the typical Thus.
coneyro - very clever.
RACHMANINOFF had such a gift for melody. If you have 15 minutes to sit back and close your eyes, this is break-your-heart beautiful.
Only 25 days until baseball season.
Cool regards!
- March 12, 2015 at 11:04 AM
- Chairman Moe said...
In regard to cursive writing, another interesting aspect is how we ink our autograph/signature. Very few if any, anymore, make them either legible or practice correct penmanship. I recall as a kid, and being the sports nut (baseball, initially), it was always a treat to get a player's autograph on a card, baseball, etc, and see how unique it was. Of my sports "heroes", I also recall Arnold Palmer suggesting that ones autograph should be easily identified - no random scribble - as are evident in some of these
- March 12, 2015 at 11:13 AM
- Misty said...
Whew! Glad to hear Marti thought this was a bit of a toughie too. I just couldn't get that northwest corner for the longest time. But when I finally figured out RACHMANINOFF the other words filled in, although I wasn't sure about ALAR until I came here. But I got it all--Yay! Many thanks, Alex, and you too, Marti.
Funny sign off, Coneyro--made me chuckle.
Off to teach Joyce's "Ulysses" at the Senior Center this afternoon.
Have a great day, everybody!
- March 12, 2015 at 11:28 AM
- Bill G. said...
Hi everybody! I liked the puzzle. Tricky in places as I would expect on a Thursday. I had to guess at WADI, FAN FIC, ANTFARM and a couple of others. A good challenge. Thanks Alex and Marti.
BTW, George seems to find a way to use "midrash" in many of his posts. I could guess its meaning from context but I wasn't familiar with the word. I Googled it. Am I the only one? Are the rest of you familiar with that word? Just curious...
- March 12, 2015 at 11:33 AM
- Lucina said...
Hello, puzzlers!
I'm surprised you found this difficult, Marti. Here I thought it was more on Monday-Tuesday level with some obscurity thrown into the mix.
CARB was immediate as earlier this week I saw it on another puzzle. And I knew Elizabeth from many shows of the past, most recently as coneyro mentioned, Modern Family.
For the Italian street, I recalled the Fellini film, La Strada and failed to changed the final a. FIW!
And as soon as I saw the R and the number of letters, knew it was RACHMANINOFF whose music cannot be praised enough as others have mentioned.
Learning moments for me, too, FANFIC and myrmecologist though instinct and perps told me it was ANTFARM.
Thank you, Alex Miller and Marti. Good fun, today.
Have to go. We're taking a friend to lunch for her birthday.
Have a delightful Thursday, everyone!
- March 12, 2015 at 11:45 AM
- Husker Gary said...
MULETEER yesterday and FAN FIC today. How 'bout dat? Some of the cluing was just a little off my wavelength but I am trainable and got 'er done.
-NE corner was a white as Marti's front yard for awhile but the theme got me to replace HAM STEAK with HAM CREPE and voila.
-Nobody watched CHARMED for great acting
-Eliminate DST? NOT A bad idea.
-Costs have been reduced to reach this treacherous APEX
-Writing in script seems to be becoming an anachronism
-Every good basketball coach teaches ARCH
-Judas lyric from J.C. Superstar to keep things less chaotic, "NAZARETH's most famous son, should have stayed a great unkown, like his father carving wood, he'd have made good"
-Like many other egomaniacal DESPOTS, Shah Jahan's lovely, extravagant memorial to his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal nearly bankrupted the country.
-Have you ever heard the phrase, "It's a little too ON THE NOSE" where a story element is too obvious
- March 12, 2015 at 11:46 AM
- Lucina said...
Misty, how I wish I could attend one of your lessons!
- March 12, 2015 at 11:47 AM
- Yellowrocks said...
Jazz, loved your Rachmaninoff playing in the background.
MIDRASH is used in Christian Bible study and in Jewish Bible interpretation.
I am of two minds about teaching cursive writing. In many ways I agree with Steve, especially about needing to read the Constitution in cursive. I also nod my head to some of the opposing points. I think cursive will die out. Until it does, the biggest disadvantage is that those who have not learned it will have some trouble reading what others write in cursive.
I dated a engineering student in college in the 1960's who wrote only in cursive, even love letters.
I frequently see the gray area between points of view, especially when others are adamant about the ONLY correct way. Like Fiddler on the Roof character, Tevye, I always say to myself, "On the other hand..."
I am in no gray area about DST. I am totally FOR it. I love those long light evenings.These March days my heart lifts as darkness descends later and later.
- March 12, 2015 at 12:06 PM
- Yellowrocks said...
Correction, my engineering student boyfriend wrote only in print. He even printed his love letters.
- March 12, 2015 at 12:08 PM
- Bluehen said...
I'm surprised so many good solvers had problems with the puzzle. I finished in two-thirds of my usual Thursday time, even without knowing FANFIC, Elizabeth PENA or what a myrmecologist is. Perps to the rescue.
Agree that some of the cluing was a little lame. Back in my youth on the farm CROP PANTS were overalls for my father and jeans for me. Wouldn't the clue be better as "Cropped pants"?
I told you Spring was coming. Neighbor's crocuses (croci?) are blooming.
- March 12, 2015 at 12:37 PM
Nicely timed theme and puzzle today. Got through with some WAGS on FANFIC. Knew SCHMEAR, but thought SMEAR first.
Thanks Alex for a nice puzzle, and Marti, for a great write-up. Loved the link to Rachmaninoff.
- March 12, 2015 at 12:37 PM
- Avg Joe said...
While more pleasant than yesterday's, I can't say this was a lot of fun. Didn't have major problems, but most came with a measure of difficulty. The final fill was that 2nd F in Fan Fic. I was already questioning Rachmaninoff, because I wanted an O instead of the first A. So I held off on the 1st F....(maybe an H....a P?) Put it in after a mental alphabet run, but had minimal confidence.
Breezy day here, but it's 73. No complaints about that. Hopefully the final 2 days of puzzles will be complaint free.
- March 12, 2015 at 12:59 PM
- Ol' Man Keith said...
Yes, rather challenging for a Thursdy pzl. I finished with no cheats, but missed two (connected) answers: MGMT and GATHER. I was blind and couldn't see any sense to my responses (which were MGMS and GASHER), but left them because, well, you know, sometimes we must read the explanation to know how bright we really are. In this case, I proved to be nowhere near as bright as Marti!
Still, I took pride in knowing RACHMANINOFF, STRADE, SCHMEAR, and WADI right off the bat. And even MARCH MADNESS, 'though I'm not a big sports fan.
- March 12, 2015 at 1:05 PM
- Jayce said...
I would not let go of Brahmin.
- March 12, 2015 at 1:42 PM
- john28man said...
Irish Miss:
My retired Music Teacher son teaches a senior citizen's Music Appreciation Course and says the Russian Romanticists, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Borodin in particular best examples. I particularly like this orchestration of the Nocturne from Borodin's String Quarte No. 2 Nocturne
- March 12, 2015 at 2:11 PM
- desper-otto said...
Bill G, I was able to infer the meaning. Sometimes I get it on the legs as well.
- March 12, 2015 at 2:23 PM
- Jerome said...
What I would say to a HIRER. "I'M HERE, HIRE ME!"
- March 12, 2015 at 2:30 PM
- Avg Joe said...
You just couldn't avoid it, could you D Otto.....
I'd recommend cortisone cream.
- March 12, 2015 at 3:05 PM
Interestingly, I could not get going until I put Rachmaninoff on the Bose. Then it fell together.
- March 12, 2015 at 3:27 PM
- OwenKL said...
George: I enjoyed your olde puzzle today!
FANFIC: I'm afraid I've been guilty of a sort of fanfic, though fortunately pre-Internet. In my defense, I did mostly Feghoots, and not Mary Sues.
If you should write an EPITAPH
For my stone, when I have passed,
You might explain
In quaint refrain
How EPITAPH could rhyme with that!
Co. runners I puzzled over some synonym for errand boy. Is gofer an abbreviation?
I always tend to get MYRMECOLOGIST mixed up with mycologist, don't you? Myrmecologists study myriads of tiny myrmidons.
Theme today took me a while because I thought the anagram was for the first 6 letters instead of 5 (figured it was an error in my spelling that the 6 letter was either E or A). Basketball today, music yesterday, both outside my wheelhouse, so no inspiration for waxing limrical. Bah.
Side anecdote: When I found out one of my daughters (with my family curse of near-deafness) was taking keyboarding, I congratulated her on learning piano with her condition. I was corrected that "keyboarding" was what I'd known as "typing"!
Re cursive, I wish kids were taught Braille and ASL in elementary school. Not enough teachers, so it won't happen, but with people living longer and experiencing the effects of aging, those would be mighty useful skills! More so than cursive, which is less useful to the computer generation.
- March 12, 2015 at 3:30 PM
I had a little trouble since I knew BRAHMAN and RACHMANINOFF, just wasn't sure of the correct spelling. STRADE, CHARMED, SCHMEAR, PENA and EPITAPHS- all five were 100% perps. Didn't have a clue on any of them.
And then we come to FANFIC. ANT FARM was a WAG and A,H,or N TEST intermingling with HIATUS and HAM CREPE made that section challenging.
MARCH MADNESS was easy but being the NITWIT that I am, I never noticed the scrambled MARCH.
Even with the dorky FANFIC word, I liked this puzzle. And the write-up wasn't bad either Heart-RX, the prescription for a 'broken' heart?
- March 12, 2015 at 3:58 PM
- CrossEyedDave said...
Did the puzzle early this A.M.
WEES & WMS (What Marti said, So much more eloquent than I...)
I fell into every trap & crevasse this puzzle had to offer, but being conservative did not ink them in. (which saved me from a huge inkblot...)
The most enjoyable thing about this puzzle was that even with all the mistakes, I was able to salvage it with perps (somehow, it wasn't easy.)
However, a personal Natick at 17A & 4D did me in. 5 freakin vowels & I went with my stomach & chose an E. (Thursday is pasta night) All I could think was Penne...
Anyway, I thought about it, & decided to post as the March Hare gave me an alternative to "Thumper."
To quote Alice...
Note: As far as posting late, I wouldn't worry about it...
Bonus link: I have no idea why I found this under "march Madness."
- March 12, 2015 at 4:05 PM
- Argyle said...
gofer - alteration of 'go for'.
- March 12, 2015 at 4:05 PM
- Spitzboov said...
Good afternoon everyone.
Did it this morning but am only posting now. Thought it was easy for a Thursday. One look up: HIATUS, but got ANT FARM and FAN FIC from the perps and a little WAGging. MARCH MADNESS helped me get the right anagram form for 45a, ARMCHAIR. BTW, loved all the MARCH anagrams.
Thanks Alex and Marti for a fun puzzle and blog intro.
EDSEL - A Mercury sucking a lemon.
- March 12, 2015 at 4:19 PM
- Chickie said...
Hola Everyone, WEES. My mistakes or problems, if you will, were those made by others, also.
I don't think I've eaten cheese from a yak or an ewe. But goat cheese is yummy.
On a puzzle like today, there is always some good learning moments. However, I'm not sure I'll remember FanFic to use again--Myrmecologist probably not. My rememberer isn't what it used to be.
I finished only part of the puzzle this morning while waiting in the jury room to be called into court. I worked on the rest while I ate lunch. One other person on the jury also does the puzzle so we have been collaborating--on the puzzle, not the trial.
I'm glad to say, that we now have a ceiling in the spare bedroom. It is so nice to walk in there and not see the rafters and the underside of the roofing.
Have a great day, everyone.
- March 12, 2015 at 4:53 PM
- Lucina said...
Re: cursive writing. I'm ambivalent about whether it should be taught and I may be wrong but I believe cursive writing is an American phenomenon. Having taught students from numerous countries, I find that they all print. Not one, in many years of teaching ESL did I encounter one that wrote in cursive unless he/she attended school in the U.S.
- March 12, 2015 at 4:56 PM
- HeartRx said...
Lucina and Bluehen, I'm glad you found this Monday-Tuesday easy. I have no idea why it seemed so difficult to me! And I agree with you about wishing I could attend one of Misty's lessons!
Steve, I was about to say the same thing about needing cursive to read historical documents. By the same token, do we "need" to know Latin, in order to understand scientific terms? Not really, but it sure helps. I'm still on the fence about it - same as YR.
"On the other hand..." I am against DST. Why slam ourselves into the changing seasons with artificial shenanigans? I would rather adjust daily to the longer evenings and earlier mornings, a few minutes at a time. Lucina, I think you Arizonians (Arizonans?) made the right choice in avoiding it altogether.
- March 12, 2015 at 5:00 PM
- Yellowrocks said...
As per Wiki:
"Sheep milk cheese is a cheese prepared from sheep milk. Well-known cheeses made from sheep milk include the Feta of Greece, Roquefort of France, Manchego from Spain, the Pecorino Romano and Ricotta of Italy."
-from a cheese aficonado. We say our family's middle name is cheese.
- March 12, 2015 at 5:00 PM
- fermatprime said...
Swell puzzle, Alex! Great expo, as usual, Marti! Theme certainly easy to suss. Adore RACHMANINOFF!
No cheats, but scratched head at FANFIC and had BRAHMAN misspelled at first.
But, cursive is so much faster!
Love DST.
- March 12, 2015 at 5:56 PM
- Avg Joe said...
On the DST topic, I think people are heavily influenced by where they are in the zone. Por ejemplo, I've got a friend in extreme W Kansas, and in the darkest days of daylight wasting time, the sun sets at 4:15~. That would be tough to take. But in our location, the earliest sunset is ~4:58 PM. And with the trade off being sunrise prior to 8:00 PM, I'll take it. I despise the business day beginning before the sun crests the horizon. It just ain't right.
In summer months, it's all good. But the worst part, for me, is the transition back to daylight wasting time. I can switch in the spring in a couple of days. The fall switch takes at least 2 or 3 weeks. So, it's not clear cut, but I can't think of a better alternative. YMMV.
- March 12, 2015 at 6:31 PM
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- March 12, 2015 at 6:47 PM
- SwampCat said...
Wish I'd been here earlier! I love Rachmaninov but I have heard the "romantics" criticized as not serious enough...a la Bach. I listen to music for enjoyment not to prove anything!
And I HATE DST! I hate getting up in the dark, it just isn't right. And the "savings" at the end of the day mean nothing to me.
Several of us have asked why it starts earlier and earlier....but no one seems to have an answer. Anyone??
- March 12, 2015 at 7:05 PM
- SwampCat said...
Lucina, I'm fascinated that cursive is a US school thing. Who knew? I guess we of a certain age assume that because we wrote that way, everyone did. How myoptic!
I think it should be taught just so kids can read old letters, etc. ,We study ancient civilizations, after all, though they are of no importance today.
But I can certainly understand the opposite point of view. Cursive will be less and less relevant as time goes on.
- March 12, 2015 at 7:18 PM
- Argyle said...
This is a link Anon-t posted.
The Reasoning Behind Changing Daylight-Saving
- March 12, 2015 at 8:00 PM
- Avg Joe said...
Thanks for that, Anon-T, and thanks for the repost, Argyle. I'm shocked....Shocked! That there are commercial interests attempting to form policy. Surely they are being altruistic. Right?
Let me introduce a different slant to this conversation that will likely be foreign to most (with the probable exception of Montana). Haying time. I spent my summers in high school working as a ranch hand in the Sandhills. Ranchers have this independent attitude that gives them license to set the clock however suits them best. When the rest of the world says "Let's switch to DST." Ranchers say "Let's get up when the dew is off the meadow and cut then stack hay when it's the right time of day. Time is nothing more than a concept." I've never encountered it anywhere else, but haying time is a practical slap in the face of arbiters of the clock. They get up when it makes sense, then work til dark. To hell with the rest of the world.
It does make thing a bit challenging when it come to commerce with the outside world, but the upside is worth it. In a sense, it's nothing different from marching to your own drum. And it works.
- March 12, 2015 at 8:42 PM
Regarding cursive - How about dropping the teaching of cursive to third graders. Many of them have enough problems with small motor skills, and it is very time consuming at that age. It could very easily be inserted for a week or so in English class at the high school level where the writing and reading of cursive could be quickly taught. It's not as if they are learning a foreign language.
- March 12, 2015 at 9:00 PM
- Anonymous T said...
Hi All!
DAM!, I really wanted a HAM omelet! (yeah, I left out the 1st e, so it worked until it didn't). Well, CREPE.
Other w/os: 36d was CEOs until ARM rests were added by MGMT to my CHAIR. GYN? OBG? nope, MOM at 40a. Cute.
Thanks Alex for the puzzle and thank you Marti for the play-by-play. We didn't have any of the same solve issues, but I feel your pain. All-in-all, I feel CHARMED for getting a Thurs.
Fav: YAKS milk? EWE...
Re: 3d; As I understand it, BRAHMAN is a priest class/ caste, but not all BRAHMANs are priests. A buddy is BRAHMAN, but hardly priestly. Anyone know better?
Ergo - glad you feel better about your pronunciation. I've had many of those "I've only read this word" mispronunciations.
YR - Glad you clarified your Engineer BF printed - my mind couldn't comprehend an engineering major writing in cursive. I only print, but my writing is / was corrupted by Graffiti, Palm OS's scrib-dialect.
Has anyone else upgraded their iPad to the latest version? Mines a bit goofy since the update.
Cheers, -T
- March 12, 2015 at 10:11 PM
- Anonymous T said...
C.C. You advised me on China Daily, but I can't wait to read the take on the Dalai Lama's decision not to reincarnate :-) Like MOM said, I'm a bit ornery. C, -T
- March 12, 2015 at 11:31 PM
- Lucina said...
SwampCat et al:
I should have added that once I realized that my students all printed, I in turn printed everything I posted on the board as they could not read cursive.
Printing is definitely slower!
Because I taught cursive for so many years and practiced my own to perfection or as near to it as possible, I am naturally am partial to it but realize that future demands for it will only diminish.
- March 12, 2015 at 11:43 PM
- Anonymous T said...
Lucina - I love reading my grandma's old letters; her handwriting was beautiful, I bet yours is too. DW's on the other hand is write-once-read-never. Cheers, -T
- March 12, 2015 at 11:55 PM
I came here after getting all the theme fill. I misspelled EPITAPHS and got LOOT instead of LOOP. I had LAC (French for lake) instead of DAM. (Reservoir is a French word and I figured this was a Thursday puzzle so they were being extra mean.) I also had CATS intsead of RUGS because I thought Persians were cats so I ended up with CTMS instead of MGMT and I was trying to figure out what it meant (Chief Trade ManagerS?). I did not expect a singular collective noun when given a plural clue! The middle left was a disaster!
- March 13, 2015 at 5:03 AM
I used to watch CHARMED all the time. Loved that show.
- March 13, 2015 at 5:07 AM

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When America's Cup takes to the white-capped waves this summer, the Bay will be aflutter with sails (actually, not "aflutter" so much as "tautly stretched atop a heeling racing machine"). No matter, once the races start July 4, there's little doubt the San Francisco waterfront will be quite the scene.
If you're wondering where to watch the competition, which runs through Sept. 21, San Francisco's America's Cup Village at the Marina Green and America's Cup Park at Piers 27/29 are the obvious choices.
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The America's Cup Sports Bar pop-up
The planet's biggest pop-up bar will be popping up for the summer on Pier 27, with Eric Rubin, of Hog & Rocks and Tres Agaves fame, and Karl Hasz (Cyrus, Farina and Tres Agaves) at the helm. If all goes according to plan, the 12,000-square-foot sports bar will open on the Fourth of July — serving cocktails designed by mixology maven Scott Beattie — and remain open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through the summer, with brunch service on the weekends. Details: www.americascup.com/sportsbar.
Waiheke Island Yacht Club pop-up
New Zealand restaurateur Tony Stewart is launching a pop-up, the Waiheke Island Yacht Club, on Pier 29, right near the America's Cup Village concert stage. According to Tablehopper blogger Marcia Gagliardi, who got the scoop directly from Stewart when she was in New Zealand in April, the pop-up will start serving prix fixe lunches and dinners on July 4, add brunch service in August and remain open until New Year's Eve, long after the last sails are furled. Find more details at www.tablehopper.com/chatterbox in Gagliardi's June 11 post, and catch a peek at www.facebook.com/WaihekeIslandYachtClub.
New Zealand-Waterbar
New Zealand's farms and wineries are collaborating with Waterbar executive chef Parke Ulrich and beverage director Steven Izzo on an America's Cup-inspired menu that showcases New Zealand's seafood, venison, lamb, grass-fed beef and libations. The menu, which launches July 4, includes Cloudy Bay clams — Diamond Shell, Storm Clam, Tua Tua and the Moon Shell — as well as Scorpion Fish, Blue Cod, Frost Fish and Red Gurnard, which will be flown in fresh each day in a trip that takes 36 hours from New Zealand boats to San Francisco's waterfront on the Embarcadero. Details at www.waterbarsf.com.
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With a prime waterside view of the action, San Francisco's The Piers restaurants on Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5 are doing special America's Cup menus beginning in July. Watch the boats, then duck into Charles Phan's atmospheric whiskey lounge, Hard Water (www.hardwaterbar.com), on Pier 3 for an America's Cup cocktail ($10), made with whiskey, American vermouths and amari.
At Coqueta (www.coquetasf.com), Michael Chiarello's new Spanish tapas restaurant on Pier 5, it's all about the squid-ink tinged Podium Paella ($40, serves four) and the shamelessly titled Oracle cocktail ($13), made with 209 gin, house-made anise tonic, elderflower, lemon, hibiscus sea "air" and San Francisco fog.
The Plant Cafe Organic (www.theplantcafe.com) on Pier 3 will be offering Catamaran Crab Cakes ($12) with avocado salsa, Oysters Overboard ($17 for half a dozen), and several cocktails ($11), including a Fog Horn (a gin-based riff on a Dark and Stormy), a Champagne-based Tomorrow We Sail and a Red Horizon Martini that combines vodka, vermouth, orange bitters and muddled berry. (And for those of you who want a Fog Horn at home, the chefs and mixologists at the Plant Cafe Organic have been kind enough to share some recipes.)
On Pier 1 ½, La Mar Cebicheria Peruana (www.lamarcebicheria.com/san-francisco) will be offering a Peruvian Regatta feast ($19.95), with seafood and vegetarian prix fixe menu options.
Presidio Social Club
The Presidio Social Club is rolling out a menu of suitable nautical libations ($12) and bar bites in honor of the America's Cup. Think PSC Grog (Zaya rum, lime, bitters and beer over ice), a Sail Reefer (Mount Gay rum and Red Stripe beer) and a Zaya Dark and Stormy, although we're hoping the weather will remain sunny and fine. Built in a 1903 military barracks in San Francisco's Presidio National Park, the Social Club may not boast great Cup views, but it's close enough to the water to have become a popular post-sailing hangout. Details: www.presidiosocialclub.com.
Luella in a Bag
A number of other San Francisco restaurants are getting in on America's Cup fever by offering specialty cocktails, even if they're nowhere near the sea-spray action. For example, if you're looking for picnic fare to take to the races, Luella is doing America's Cup grab-and-go picnics. Pick up a reserved-in-advance, Luella-in-a-bag — fried chicken, asparagus, spicy slaw, watermelon-feta salad and strawberry shortcake; $48 for two people — curbside in Russian Hill, then head for the water. Details: www.luellasf.com.
Alioto's Restaurant
After 88 years on Fisherman's Wharf, of course Alioto's is celebrating this summer with an America's Cup prix fixe dinner ($88 for two) that includes clam chowder, cioppino and tiramisu. And if you happen to be crewing aboard one of the race boats, Alioto's is doing crew discounts.


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Finding Aid to the William Heath Davis Papers, 1840-1905
Finding Aid to the William Heath Davis Papers, 1840-1905
Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 445The Bancroft Library
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Key to Arrangment
Part I
Letters written by Davis, 1846-1850
Scope and Content Note
Letters written by Davis, 1851-1905
Scope and Content Note
Letters written to Davis
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Accounts and other financial Papers, arranged chronologically
Leese, Jacob Primer. Orders for merchandise, Jan. 27 & Feb. 15 1840
Guerrero, Francisco. Order for merchandise, Nov. 2, 1841
Sinclair, William. Receipt. Signed for Sinclair by James A. Forbes, Apr. 1, 1845
Howard, W[illiam] D[avis] M[erry]. Bill for goods, noted as credited in account, June 13, 1846
Ware, William. Receipted bill for cedar shingles, Aug. 17, 1846
Shockley, H. A.. Receipted bill for goods supplied to William Heath Davis, Sept. 11, 1846
Mellus, Henry. Receipt for hides, Oct. 24, 1846
Frémont, J[ohn] C[harles]. Order for supplies written and signed for him by William H. Russell, [Nov. 3, 1846]
Powell, William John. Receipted bill for medical service on Brig Euphemia, Dec. 5, 1846
Smith, Stephen. Request to pay Leidesdorff for lumber, Jan. 7, 1847
Semple, Robert. Bill, Feb. 23, 1847
Vioget, Jean Jacques. Bill for caulking Euphemia by Mr. McLannan, Nov. 16, 1847
Davis, William Heath. Bill of lading for goods from San Francisco to Santa Cruz on the Brig Henry, Nov. 27, 1847
Hoppe, Jacob D . Note to William Heath Davis requesting delivery of merchandise, Mar. 31, 1848
Starkey, Janion, & Co. Receipted bill, Oct. 10, 184[8?]
Gilbert, Hubbard & Co. Receipted bill for Alta California & printing, Jan. 4-May 2, 1849
Davis, William Heath. Bill of lading for gold shipped to New York via Panama on the steamship California, Apr. 30, 1849
S. H. Williams & Co. Receipted bill, Sept. 10, 1849
Coyle, Francis, pastor of the Catholic Church, S.F. Receipt for "book containing account of receipts and payments..." Jan. 15, 1850
Robert Wells & Co. Receipted bill for three frame houses, Aug. 1, 1850
San Francisco. Street Commissioner's Office. Street assessment. Signed by Joseph Weed, Collector of Assessments, Oct. 30, 1850
Richardson, William. Order to pay one hundred and fifty dollars to G. B. Post, Oct. 31, 1850
Davis, W[illia]m H[eath]. Check on Page Bacon & Co., Dec. [7?], 1850
Davis, William Heath. 3 cancelled checks on the San Francisco Savings Bank, 1852-53
Matthews, H . Bill to Davis & Ward, June 11, 1855
Davis, William H[eath]. Check on John Sime & Co., Oct. 13, 1858
Davis, William Heath. Account book, 1897-1900
Davis, William Heath. "Money to family, " 1898-1900
W[illia]m Heath Davis Account with Miss Lizzie Manning, July 18, 1903
Miscellaneous accounts
Miscellaneous papers
Co-partnership agreement - William H. Davis, William Richardson and John Parrott, "with a view to the navigation by steam of the Bay and tributaries of the Port of San Francisco..." March 17, 1849
Lease from William Heath Davis to Blecker, Van dyke & Belden, for land in San Francisco, Aug. 18, 1849
San Francisco. Clerk. Subpoena, to sheriff of San Francisco, to command appearance of Edwin Bryant, Washington Bartlett, Nathan Spear and William H. Davis, to testify in case, Pell v. Woodworth and Roach, Sept. 18, 1849
Power of attorney granted William H. Davis to settle estate of Louis Gravier, Oct. 15, 1849
Davis, William Heath. Copy of lease of land in San Francisco to Edward Vischer, Dec. 1, 1849
Certificate of registration of the Barque Hortensia, May 9, 1850
Summons to William Heath Davis to appear before the U.S. Commission for Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in California, March 14, 1855
Davis, William Heath. Agreement to aid Abel Guy in case, Daniel Sill v. Guy, Jan. 25, 1856?
Davis, William Heath. Deed of land (copy), Aug. 25, 1856
Davis, William Heath. "Flying trip to California, " undated
Davis, William Heath. "Flying Trip to Honolulu 1847, " undated
Miscellaneous papers related to William Heath Davis
Newspaper clippings related to William Heath Davis and family
William Heath Davis papers, including:
Hinckley, William Sturgis, 1807-1848:
Letter to Gulnac, Mar. 16, 1842, from Yerba Buena, requesting him to deliver hides to W. H. Davis. 11. A.L.S.
Thompson, Joseph P.:
Letter to W. H. Davis, Aug. 1, 1845, from Yerba Buena, sending copy of letter from committee of arrangements for the celebration of the fourth of July along with one other document. 1 letter, A.L.S.
Green, Talbot H., 1810-1889:
Bill to W. H. Davis, Monterey, Apr. 15, 1846. 1 letter, A.D.S.
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909:
Bill and receipt to the U. S. Portsmouth for five pounds of nails. Yerba Buena, Sept. 21, 1846. 1 letter, A.D.S.
Pell, E. Ward:
Certificate of inspection of hides and tallow for W. H. Davis, Oct. 18, 1846, at Yerba Buena. 1 letter, A.D.S.
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909:
Cancelled promissory note to T. C. Pelton, Fe b. 2, 1854, San Leandro. 1 letter, A.D.S.
Davis, William Heath, 1822 -1909:
Cancelled promissory note to Hirshfelder, Levy & Co., Sept. 6, 1858, San Leandro. Printed form, filled in. 1 letter,
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909:
Cancelled promissory note to Main & Winchester, July 21, 1860, San Francisco. Printed form, filled in. 1 letter,
Publishers' dummies for Davis' Sixty-Six Years in California and Seventy Years in California. (2 v.)
Scope and Content Note
Journals, cash books and ledgers
Journal for ranching operations, San Leandro, 1863-67
Cash book [for ranch expenses?], 1868-73
Journal, 1868-71 [most of the pages are blank]
Ledger, 1868-71 [most of the pages are blank]
Part II (on film only)
Positive microfilm of letters written by and to Davis, July 1849-August 1898
Scope and Content Note
Partial List of Correspondents
Alexander & Mellus, San Pedro
Letter, Sept. 4, 1848. Re hide and tallow accounts.
Davis, Albert G. [son]
18 letters, 1881-1887. Re family finances and status of Mexican War claim.
Davis, George Hyde, 1868?- [son]
5 letters, 1881-1884.
Davis, María Jesús (Estudillo), 1831-ca. 1905 [Mrs. William Heath Davis]
5 letters, 1881-188[3?]. Written in Spanish.
Davis family miscellany
12 letters, 1864-190[?]. Letters written by Davis' daughters, some while students at the Academy of Notre Dame, San Jose.
Flügge, Charles W., d. 1852
2 letters, 1845-1846
Frisbie, John Baptist, 1824-
Letter, Apr. 25, 1848. "Gen. Scott's order" re Mexican civil prosecution of U.S. military personnel.
Misroon, John Stoney, 1810-1865
Letter, Nov. 15, 1846. Written aboard the U.S.S. Portsmouth.
Nye, Gorham H., 1802-1878
Letter, Nov. 1, 1851. Written from rancho of G. G. Warner.
Parrott, John, 1811-1884
8 letters, 1849-1853. Photostats of originals in the California State Library, Sacramento. Re various business enterprises in partnership with Davis.
Peck, Sherman
Letter, June 1, 1847. Enclosure: account with Nathan Spear, Jan.
1, 1847.
See also Semple, Robert B.
Revere, Joseph Warren, 1812-1880
Letter, Nov. 3, 1846
Ridley, Robert Thomas, 1819?-1851
Letter, March 6, 1840.
Semple, Robert Baylor, 1808-1854
2 letters, 1847-1850. Letter, Sept. 23, 1850, written to Richard M. Sherman.
Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871
Letter, Feb. 2, 1858. Declines Davis' invitation to join in a business venture.
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Letter, April 22, 1844. Re account with Davis.
Vischer, Edward, 1808-1878
2 letters, 1850. Re San Diego real estate investment.


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- Just 41 percent of eighth-grade math teachers majored in math in college. That's 30 percentage points lower than the international average.
- In English, one-fifth of all public school students in grades seven through twelve were taught by teachers who did not have at least a minor in English literature, communications or journalism.
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Guzman faces at least seven federal indictments.
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Voice of Chuck E. Cheese Gets Fired, Hopes Stint as Pizza-Pushing Rat Helped Kids 'Experience Jesus Christ'
Duncan Brannan, the voice behind Chuck E. Cheese's star character since 1993 and longtime (specifically: "forever") "Child of God through Christ Jesus" has been dropped from the company, The Dallas Observer reports.
The way he found out sucks, though we should expect no more from a business that thinks a plastic pencil case costing 9000 tickets is a suitable reward for flawless hand-eye coordination.
Brannan claims no one from CEC Entertainment, Inc., the corporation responsible for bringing Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre to the masses, bothered to notify him that he had been dropped from his gig of two decades. After realizing another performer's voice was featured in an upcoming promotional jingle (the hot new single "Chuck's Hot New Single" won't drop until later this week, but an mp3 is already floating around the Internet, killing the record industry), Brannan called the company himself and was told he had been replaced.
While Brannan is bummed about the fact he will no longer give voice to the anthropomorphic rodent responsible for so many frightened birthday tears, it turns out that was always more of a side gig, anyway. His "one true real job," he explained in a lengthy goodbye letter to the fans that surely, somewhere, must exist, is bringing people closer to God.
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PHILADELPHIA, Penn - Tennessee State tight end Joe Bowens has been selected to the College Sports Journal Freshman All-American Team.
Bowens is one of only two tight ends on the team and one of only three players from the OVC to make the 63-man squad that represents the only all-freshman team in the FCS. The 63 players are representative of the 63 scholarships allowed to teams that compete in FCS.
The freshman from Greenville, S.C., had 28 catches, 348 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He was also selected to the OVC All-Newcomer Team in November.
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Philip Roth receives 'Literary Service' award
Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work. Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award Tuesday night.books Updated: May 02, 2013 12:12 IST
Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work.
Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award Tuesday night. He was cited for such novels as "Portnoy's Complaint" and "American Pastoral," but also for his advocacy in the 1970s and 1980s for writers in Czechoslovakia and other Eastern bloc countries during the Cold War. PEN, in the midst of a weeklong "World Voices Festival," is an international writers' organization that defends human rights.
The ceremony included readings from two Roth books, "Everyman" and "American Pastoral," and brief films of and about Roth. The author laughed along as he watched himself on screen joking about the daring humor of James Joyce, and was clearly moved by a clip of Czech writer Ivan Klima thanking him.
Roth's support for Klima, Milan Kundera and other Eastern European writers was personal and literary. He traveled to Prague every spring from 1972-1977, arranged to have such peers as Arthur Miller and William Styron send money to persecuted authors and oversaw the U.S. publication of novels by Klima, Kundera and others.
Roth, 80, has announced his retirement from writing books, but not from the written word or prepared text. He spoke briefly, and forcefully, before the hundreds gathered for the PEN Literary Gala at the Museum of Natural History, with attendees including Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Jeffrey Eugenides.
During his speech, Roth recalled the "thoroughgoing education" his friends in Eastern Europe had given him about life under a totalitarian government. He spoke of some of the best minds of Czechoslovakia being forbidden to write, travel or even drive, and forced to work at "menial jobs" such as selling cigarettes and washing windows.
"Every day brings a new heartache, a new tremor, more helplessness, and yet another reduction of freedom and free thought in a censored society already bound and gagged, the usual rites of degradation. The ongoing unmooring of one's personal identity, the suppression of one's personal authority, the elimination of one's security," he said, then added, "And anger."
"Anger. The maniacal raving of a manacled being, frenzies of futile rage, ravaging only oneself. ... The toll of the anger."
Decades later, the Iron Curtain long torn down, he ended his talk with humor and a reference to his reputation as the author of such ribald works as "Portnoy's Complaint" and "The Breast." Throughout his time in Prague, he had been wiretapped and followed. Finally, in 1977, he was questioned by police after leaving an art museum and its "ludicrous exhibition" of Soviet paintings. Roth was advised to leave the country; police then questioned Klima about his friendship with the American author.
"As Ivan later told me in a letter, he had only one answer, one, to give them," Roth explained. "`Don't you read his books?' Ivan asked the police.'"
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Duke (14-0, 1-0) vs. Clemson (8-5, 0-1)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 • 7:02 p.m. • ESPNU
Durham, N.C. • Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
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- Duke is 14-0 on the year and looking to open the season with 15 straight wins for the sixth time under Mike Krzyzewski.
- Duke is seeking its 13th single-season 15-game win streak in program history.
- The Blue Devils are ranked No. 1 in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Duke has been ranked No. 1 in 11 of the past 16 seasons.
- Duke has been ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll 126 weeks overall, including 108 weeks under Coach K.
- Duke is 212-31 all-time when ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll. Krzyzewski is second in NCAA history with 188 wins and 214 games at the helm of the top-ranked team in the AP Poll.
- Coach K's first game at the helm of the No. 1 ranked team in the AP Poll was a 77-69 road win over Clemson on Feb. 26, 1986.
- Duke is 12-1 all-time against Clemson when ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll, including an 11-0 mark under Mike Krzyzewski.
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- Duke won its fifth straight game as the nation's No. 1 team, topping Wake Forest, 80-62, Saturday in its ACC opener.
- Ryan Kelly and Seth Curry each netted 22 points to pace the Blue Devils. Kelly was 6-of-9 from the field with a career-best five three-point field goals, while Curry went 8-of-15 from the field with three three-point field goals.
- Mason Plumlee registered his ACC-leading ninth double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the win over the Demon Deacons.
- Rasheed Sulaimon added 12 points, while Quinn Cook set a career-high with 14 assists.
- The Blue Devils recorded assists on their first 12 field goals and finished the contest with 22 assists while matching a season-low with six turnovers.
- Duke made seven straight three-point field goals in the opening half of play and finished the game with 11 treys.
Numbers Game
- Duke, ranked No. 1 in the latest AP Poll, has been ranked in the top 10 of the poll 103 consecutive weeks. The last time Duke was not ranked in the top 10 was Nov. 19, 2007.
- Under Coach K, Duke has played more games as a No. 1 team (214 entering Tuesday's contest) than it has as an unranked team (141).
- Duke is playing its 191st straight game as a top-10 team in the AP poll. Duke is 160-30 in that span.
- Seth Curry needs just two more points to reach 1,000 for his career. Curry would be the second Duke player to reach that mark this season, following Mason Plumlee who netted his 1,000th career point against Santa Clara on Dec. 29.
- As a team, Duke is shooting 50.0 percent (34-of-68) from three-point range over the last four games. Ryan Kelly is leading the way with a torrid 70.6 percent (12-of-17) shooting clip from deep during that stretch.
- On the season, Duke is shooting 42.1 percent (109-of-259) from three-point range which would rank as the third-highest three-point shooting percentage in school history. Duke has shot over 40.0 percent from three just three times in school history (1982-83, 1986-87, 1991-92).
- Duke's point guard combo of Quinn Cook and Tyler Thornton combines to average 8.9 assists and just 3.7 turnovers per game, good for a 2.41:1 assist-to-turnover ratio. The tandem has distributed 125 assists, while Duke opponents have just 122 assists on the year.
- Mason Plumlee ranks seventh in the NCAA in rebounding at 11.3 rebounds per game. He has led or shared the Duke lead in rebounds in 12 straight games and 13 times overall this season. Shelden Williams holds the Coach K-era rebounding mark at 11.2 rpg. during the 2004-05 season.
- Quinn Cook had a career-best 14 assists in his last outing and is now averaging 10.3 points and 6.2 assists per game. Dick Groat (1952), Bobby Hurley (1991, 1992), Jason Williams (2000, 2001) and Chris Duhon (2004) are the only other players in Duke history to average at least 10.0 points and 6.0 assists per game.
- Ryan Kelly has made at least one three-point field goal in eight straight contests. He is shooting .655 (19-of-29) from three-point range, while averaging 14.8 points per game over that span.
Duke-Clemson Series History
- Duke leads the all-time series 104-29, including a 56-4 mark at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Duke is 50-11 against Clemson under Mike Krzyzewski.
- Duke has won the last four meetings in the series and 26 of the last 28 contests overall.
- The Blue Devils have won 14 straight games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the all-time series. Clemson last won in Durham on Jan. 4, 1995 in Krzyzewski's final game of the season before sitting out the final 19 games following back surgery.
Duke vs. the Atlantic Coast Conference
- Duke is 399-161 all-time in the regular season against teams currently in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- Under Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 336-140 against the ACC in the regular season and 53-18 in the ACC Tournament.
- Duke has domianted the ACC regular season since 1997, logging a 192-49 record during that span which is 35 more wins than the next closest school.


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I'm a mid-life swimmer returning to the pool after a seven year layoff. I've been swimming for fun and competition since I was six years old. I've swum in oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and pools. I dive into water and immediately get a sense of being Home ... more on that in the first entry! Your time and comments are always appreciated. See you in the water! Peace, and Happy Swimming!


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Think you could survive another season of competition and deprivation in the wild? CBS hopes so! Survivor: South Pacific is returning for its 23rd season!
The drama begins in Samoa, as the 18 castaways are divided into two teams, the Savaii Tribe and the Upolu Tribe, both named for Samoan islands. The cast will include 16 Survivor novices and two former castaways back for revenge, another chance at famewhoring, and a million dollars.
This isn't the first time CBS has employed this trick, as Season 21, Redemption Island mixed in two experts with the pack of amateurs castaways. Even though several of the cast members are first timers on Survivor, many have "experience" with reality tv – and you know what that means: they know how to cause D-R-A-M-A!
CBS has released the names of the 16 newbies this week and plans to release the names of the final 2 contestants later in the week. No ideas yet of who it could be! I'm hoping for Richard Hatch, if he's not back in prison! Also one of the new contestants, 19-year-old Brandon Hance, is actually the nephew of villain Russell Hantz!
Borrowing another twist from Redemption Island, the eliminated castaways aren't immediately vanquished, but instead go to "Redemption Island" (the place, not the season) where he or she will face off against the next person eliminated by Tribal Council. The loser of the duel will then be sent home, while the winner remains in the game until the next person voted off arrives, where the cycle begins anew until ONE eliminatee, referred to as the Sole Survivor, is left standing. The Sole Survivor will then return to the game to compete for the million dollars. I guess, no one is truly safe in this edition!
The 90 minute season premiere airs Sept. 14 8/9c on CBS. The cast bios and photos for the 16 new contestants are below!
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America didn't invent obesity, but we brought the game to a whole new level. And that's why we have products like the Adjustable Advantage—a toilet seat that fits any rump—and can hold up to 6 average-sized bloggers.
It's a "heavy-duty" bathroom accessory, designed to support toileteers up to half a ton. And it's adjustable, too, so you can have one toilet seat that fits every booty in the office. Genius? Actually, yeah. Everyone should be able to poop comfortably, and larger people have it tough enough without toilet seats discriminating against them too.
Oh, and a note about the video: Clicking over to the website, we noticed a perpetually moving animated GIF of the toilet showing off its various positions. It seemed to be calling out, "I've got the moves, baby—now all I need is a beat!" Oh, we've got your beat. Toilet Dance REMIX!
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Except as provided in Section 3.106.040, resolutions of the Commission shall not become effective, if, within 10 days after the filing by the Exposition - Recreation Commission of a copy of a resolution with the City Auditor, a member of the City Council files a request with the Auditor for City Council review of the Commission action. Upon receipt of a request for City Council review of Commission action, the City Auditor shall forthwith notify the General Manager of the Exposition - Recreation Commission of the request for review and shall deliver to him a copy of the request for review. The Auditor shall place the resolution on the Council agenda for Council review at the next regular Council meeting. In placing the resolution on the Council calendar, the Auditor shall act consistently with the regular filing deadline for Council calendar items established by this Code; provided, the Council may review any Exposition - Recreation Commission resolution as a four-fifths item, or under suspension of Council rules. At the time of requesting Council review of Exposition - Recreation Commission action, the Council member shall state the reason such review is necessary and what action the Council should take on the matters.


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I LOVE his sneaky door close. It amuses me. :P
Your art has really grown and it shows! It's incredible to look back and look at the comic now.
Ditto on all counts. VWOOP!
I love that panel!
Clearly they planned which room to meet in. ;) Love the "sneaky" panel.
I love the limbo move going on. Very inconspicuous. Love that. XD
Aww, for some reason Ben arranging a rendez-vous with the ghost seems so cute xD And of course, love the sneaky moves. And the light contrast in the two halves of the first panel. Also his expression in panel 6 is awesome.
lol for a moment i thought the "reply" button was a "like" button, like on facebook, so…. OMG YEAH I AGREE! great contrast! loving the light schemes!
Looks like a secret adgenda!
I've got my first Civil War reenactment tomorrow at Harper' Ferry! Wish me luck!
That's exciting! Good luck indeed :)
Oh my God, he looks like Puppet Ron! Wooooooooaaah, Botha'.
Yes, ghostie. Tell us things.
I love how Ben just flatly demands answers from a hundred-and-fifty-year-old ghost XD
Teehee, I'm gonna use that from now on :3 Vwoop!
it just keeps getter awesomer….
OMG that 4th panel. LOL
Love the first panel, with that stark lighting contrast, Charlie trying to be all open and honest and Ben sneaking around in the dark, keeping secrets. And that "vwoop" — is that Ben being sneaky or did the ghost push him into that room so they could meet? — because that's kind of how it looked to me, especially with Ben's reaction to the general supernatural high-handedness.
OHMYGOD. Why, every time I start reading a new webcomic, do I get up-to-date at the most NAILBITING moments!?!? ARRRGH. Now I have to waittttt…. THIS COMIC IS AMAZING!!!! D:
Ben really does get the best sound effects, doesn't he? Dive! Pop! Vwoop! :))))


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Novus Scientists Preparing to Present Groundbreaking Research at PSA 2014
103rd PSA Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas will be
the home of poultry industry's best and brightest July 14-17
St. Louis – July 10, 2014 – Novus scientists are preparing presentations and posters for the 103rd Poultry Science Association (PSA) conference in Corpus Christi, Texas. Novus will be among the more than 850 scientists, extension specialists, educators, producers, students and administrators that will be participating in scientific sessions, symposia, networking and social events. Novus scientists will be presenting new groundbreaking research on enzymes and pigments as part of the scientific sessions. A longtime supporter of the PSA and the scientific community as a whole, Novus is demonstrating that support with a Gold-level event sponsorship.
"As a company that is rooted in science, Novus looks forward to attending and participating in this annual event that brings together individuals from all facets of the poultry industry," notes Dr. Chris Knight, senior vice president, products and solutions and chief innovation officer at Novus. "Through science, the poultry industry has the opportunity to learn from one another. This ongoing exchange of information allows us to continue to provide more efficient and productive solutions for the customers we serve."
Novus is hosting a customer delegation from the Philippines at PSA, providing them a unique opportunity to experience this event firsthand. The company is excited to present its latest research and findings on topics relevant to the poultry industry through a series of four oral abstract presentations and one poster presentation.
Novus's first oral presentation will be held on Tuesday, July 15 at 3:15 p.m. Dr. Frances Yan will lead a discussion entitled, Effect of protease on growth performance and carcass traits of broilers fed diets with different crude protein levels.
Additional abstract presentations are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, July 15, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Fraces Yan
Effect of dietary protease and NSP enzyme on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broilers.
Wednesday, July 16, 3:15 p.m.
Dr. Marta Blanch
Effect of two marigold-based yellow pigments on chicken pigmentation.
Wednesday, July 16, 3:45 p.m.
Dr. Juxing Chen
Effect of trace minerals on the development of bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis in poultry.
Dr. M.K. Manangi's poster, The efficacy of a next-generation microbial phytase on apparent ileal amino acid and crude protein digestibility in broiler chicks fed non-phytate phosphorus-deficient corn-soybean meal based diets, will be available for viewing on Monday, July 14, from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Novus is also continuing its annual tradition of honoring the work of an outstanding teacher and an outstanding scholar for their efforts and commitment to poultry industry, both in and outside the classroom. More information on the winners will be released at a later date.
For more information about Novus, please visit www.novusint.com.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in nearly 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace mineral, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, MERA™Met aquaculture feed additive, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information visit www.novusint.com. ©2014 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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In May of 1969, as the women's movement was gaining momentum and influence in the Boston area and elsewhere around the country, 12 women ranging in age from 23 to 39 met during a women's liberation conference at Emmanuel College. In a workshop on "Women and Their Bodies," they shared information and personal stories and discussed their experiences with doctors.
The discussions were so provocative and fulfilling that they formed the Doctor's Group, the forerunner to the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (which later changed to Our Bodies Ourselves), to research and discuss what they were learning about themselves, their bodies, and their health.
They decided to put their knowledge into an accessible format that could be shared and would serve as a model for women who want to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
In 1970, they published a 193-page course booklet on stapled newsprint entitled "Women and Their Bodies" (see above). You can read the full text, which is available as a PDF file.
It was revolutionary for its frank talk about sexuality and abortion, which was then illegal. The cost: 75 cents.
In 1971, they changed the title to "Our Bodies, Ourselves" to emphasize women taking full ownership of their bodies.
Republished by New England Free Press, the book put women's health in a radically new political and social context and quickly became an underground success, selling 250,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth. The cost this time around: 40 cents.
In 1972, the group formally incorporated as The Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
The following year, in 1973, Simon & Schuster published the first commercial, expanded edition of "Our Bodies, Ourselves." The preface is available online.
The award-winning book has been updated and reissued approximately every four to six years since then, most recently in 2011.
As far back as 1974, publishers and women's groups in other countries started translating and adapting "Our Bodies, Ourselves," and developing books inspired by it. In 2001, OBOS formalized the Our Bodies Ourselves Global Initiative, which provides support to and works closely with women's groups adapting the book for their own cultures and communities.
As of 2014, "Our Bodies, Ourselves" has been reproduced in 29 languages, reaching millions of women around the world. New adaptations are under way in Vietnamese and Farsi.
To learn more, view some of the most in-depth and comprehensive texts that have been published about the making of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" and its impact around the world.


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Statistical data
Statistical Reports on the numbers of animals used in the Eu
Germany. Laboratory animal statistics 2012
U.K. Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals 2013
Italy. Procedures and labs on the rise (in Italian)
Dying to learn. Exposing the supply and use of dogs and cats in higher education