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January 01, 2011
Happy New Year
May your life be as good as mine.
April 14, 2010
Submit Your Questions
And I will provide answers.
April 04, 2010
Why does Barack Obama have so many who can be legitimately called Marxists in his orbit?
This has been a very difficult question to answer correctly, because it can very easily devolve into assuming I can peer into a man's soul to question his motives and I am loathe to do that. I must admit that this is pop psychology conjecture on my part, but I believe it is because it is what he knows and reflects the environments he grew up in. Many of these environments were from his childhood and he had little control over that, but as he grew into manhood he seemed to continue to seek out similar people with similar backgrounds rather than disassociating himself from people who frankly don't hold the same beliefs about America, human nature, or liberty that I have.
A music teacher once told me that we like what we know. Here is what we do know about the environments and influences on Barack Obama as he grew up. From his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, who he has stated is his core influence and whose life story reads as someone who desperately wanted to be something she wasn't; to his father, Barack Obama, Sr., a post-colonial socialist whom he never knew and rarely met but oddly projects onto in his biographies; to his comfortably leftist grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, who he lived with from the age of ten while his mother studied and worked in Indonesia and who introduced young Barack to Frank Marshall Davis who is a real piece of work (communist and author of a novel glamorizing child molestation); to his time at Occidental College, Columia University, and Harvard Law School, of which we know very little because Barack Obama refuses to open the records on these periods in his life, necessarily leaving the door somewhat ajar for wild conjectures by those inclined to do so; to his wife, Michelle Obama, whose hostility to her native country was epitomized by her famously saying in 2008, "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country;" to his minister, Jeremiah Wright, whose racism and anti-Americanism has been thoroughly documented; to his alliances with ACORN; to political and social connections in Chicago with the communist terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn; well, as I wrote earlier, it is what he knows and seemingly is comfortable with.
A more compact and vicious version of this that frankly does question motives by Spengler can be found in the last paragraph here. John Podhoretz composed a rather hostile response to Spengler. And as Jonah Goldberg says, Michael Ledeen moderates here. Finally, Joseph Bottum asks, can't we all (on the right) just get along?
Now that the McNabb detractors in Philly got what they wanted, will the Eagles finally get over the hump and win a SuperBowl in the new "Kevin Kolb era"; or will this move simply highlight the lack of supporting cast a pro-bowl caliber QB (McNabb)had surrounding him all those years.
No and no. I won't argue that trading McNabb was the wrong thing to do. This is analagous to the situation Green Bay faced a couple of years ago with Bret Favre and Aaron Rodgers. Unfortunately for Philadelphia, the Cowboys are getting better faster than the Eagles in the NFC East, the Giants remain only two years removed from beating the juggernaut New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, and who knows, maybe Mike Shanahan will be able to keep Dan Snyder at bay long enough to take advantage of the talent that Washington does have before he wears out his welcome in four, no, make that three years. It was unlikely the Eagles were going to win a Super Bowl with Donovan McNabb or Kevin Kolb. It is true that Donovan McNabb was long underappreciated by the fans of Philadelphia and while they will miss him they will also be pleaseed with Kevin Kolb, at least until the next QB in waiting shows up on the Eagles bench. Before Jay Cutler arrived I kept hoping Donovan McNabb would end up in Chicago, but that isn't going to happen now.
Will the Congress and Administration succeed in enacting a VAT (Value Added Tax) this year to pay for (a portion of) ObamaCare?
Only if they act before the 112th Congress is sworn in.
Will C.J. Spiller be the first RB drafted?
Probably not. In fact, I doubt that he will be the second running back drafted. The first two running backs drafted will probably be Ryan Mathews and Jahvid Best, unless Jerry Jones somehow gets a top ten draft pick in the next week and decides he need another Felix Jones type of player to back up Felix Jones. As to which of those rookie running backs would be the best fantasy pickup will depend a lot on who takes them. I just know that I am feeling good about heading into next season with Michael Turner, Rashard Mendenhall and LeSean McCoy as my top three running backs, especially with the latter two each taking over the starting job a year earlier than I expected.
April 03, 2010
Submit Your Questions
And I will provide answers.
Will C.J. Spiller be the first RB drafted?
You are not looking for an answer so much as a prediction. However, in an otherwise relatively weak year for RBs (but primarily because the rest of the draft field is unusually strong this year) he probably should be the first drafted for his combination of speed and size. A lot will depend on the draft order and perhaps a trade or two before the draft.
Is President Obama a hard core Marxist or just a corrupt Chicago progressive politician?
First of all, note that these are not mutually exclusive options. Only Barack Obama can answer the former question definitively, but I don't think so. I do have substantial reservations about his entire philosophical approach which I regard as progressive rather than Marxist, but unless the next election gets cancelled that's more than I am willing to say. Using Marxist techniques and rhetoric does not automatically make one (or The One) a Marxist, hardcore or otherwise. Why Barack Obama has so many who can be legitimately called Marxists in his orbit is another question for another day. As to the latter question, Barack Obama has learned his Chicago politician lessons well, but the type of corruption implied is something different than most people are accustomed to. Chicago style political corruption is geared towards consolidating and strengthening their grip on power, which is what really matters to them, rather than enriching themselves financially. This is also a common problem with progressives, though I wouldn't necessarily conflate Chicago political corruption with "classic" progressivism. FWIW, those in power do seem to have money fall into their laps in ways that most of us don't, but that isn't their primary motivation.
March 27, 2010
Submit Your Questions
And I will provide answers.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because the road started it and the chicken was never one to back down.
Yay, comments are working again!
An unusual question demands an unusual answer. Four.
What was the *real* reason Illinois was excluded from the NCAA Tourney?
So Notre Dame could be the eighth Big East team in the NCAA Tournament. The committee attempted to disguise this travesty by giving them a #6 seed.
How much longer will the American Republic last?
For all intents and purposes the Republic as defined in the founding documents is already gone. Clear, unambiguous language such as, "Congress shall make no law...," is routinely ignored by all three branches of government in lieu of some ever changing self-serving greater good. The proper questions now are when will another such Republic arise and where.
Can you tell Marc I miss him?
Yes, but I haven't seen him for over a year now.
March 17, 2010
Submit Your Questions
And I will provide answers.
December 31, 2009
Happy New Year
Say something nice.
December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas
Or Happy Christmas if you prefer.
December 12, 2009
Damn It, I Don't Want to Talk About Politics
Here's a Facebook comment thread response I am posting for personal reasons that started with Iowahawk's fabulous Fables of the Reconstruction. You can look the thread up if you are so inclined at my Facebook site. And so, without further ado:
No [name redacted], I understand the role carbon dioxide has in the greenhouse effect, though extending this concept from a small lab closed environment to the closed environment of the entire earth is far from a simple exercise. I'm not terribly familiar with the literature, but I have a reasonable college level physics understanding of why CO2 and methane are especially powerful greenhouse gases. I also have some awareness of the feedback mechanisms the earth has, e.g., increasing its albedo with additional cloud cover from the increased wator vapor in the air. As usual this stuff is real complex and the feedback loops are still not fully understood, which is another problem I have with the models since the true believers have a demonstrated capacity to ignore or discount data which doesn't fit the narrative, but I digress. I did however notice that, as usual, you are defaulting to the debating tactics of trying to change the subject and attacking me by questioning my elementary understanding of the science rather than actually refuting the information provided. Gee, do you have a problem with basic statistics? You see, we can all play the game that way if you choose, but it really doesn't get us very far. I'm really trying to avoid the heat without light nature of these conversations. Perhaps you'd like to join me?
Anyway, if your model is going to claim that CO2 is the primary cause of GW, then you have to explain why previous CO2 increases in the atmosphere didn't generate temperature increases, as well what else caused GW in the past when CO2 concentrations were not as high. Mind you, I'm not saying GW isn't happening, nor am I saying that AGW caused primarily by CO2 isn't happening, nor that we shouldn't be trying to lower CO2 emissions for lots of reasons. In fact, as I have noted before, as soon as those who are most adamantly calling this a crisis start acting like it is a crisis by facilitating the immediate construction of another 200 nuclear reactors to allow for the retirement of coal fired power plants and the planned conversion to electric cars, I'll begin to take them a little more seriously rather than regarding the so-called crisis as the means to the end around to implement a significant element of the transnational progressive agenda, but I digress.
What I am saying is that the predictive power of the bien pensant models is highly questionable and still extremely debatable, and I was saying this long before the CRU leaks. FWIW, I believe that variations in the radiation from the sun that hits the earth -- whether it is due to the level of radiation emiited by the sun, varations in the earth's orbit, flucuations in the earth's magentic fields, and other factors and feedback loops we still don't fully understand -- is vastly more important to whatever GW is going on than the AGW caused by CO2 emissions. Can I back all this up with science that will satisfy you? Of course not, but that's why I used the word believe. For fun, note how often that word shows up in the writings of those who most advocate AGW and the one-world government solutions, and yet, for them the debate is over! But again, I digress.
Given the history of those who claim the sky is falling -- Malthus, Erlich, Holdren, et al -- you'll have to pardon me for asking for more than their Henny Penny like conjectures before turning my future over to their utopian schemes. I'm old enough to remember the first Earth Day when the sky was falling meme was that we were on the edge of a new Ice Age. And now many, if not most, of the very same people are now saying the sky is falling for a meme that is 180 degrees out of phase with what they were saying 30 years ago. Has the science really matured that much in 30 years that we can be so confident in our predictions now? How about we wait another 30 years and see what the sky is falling meme is then before acting?
Of course, YMMV.
November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Turkey Day in Kirkwood!
July 08, 2009
How Can Everyone Pass This Up?
I hope it hurts.
July 07, 2009
A blinded man has seen his wife for the first time after surgeons gave him back his sight using one of his teeth. Martin Jones' canine was pulled out so a tiny optical lens could be fitted to it, then the tooth was inserted in his eye socket. The 42-year-old lost his left eye and was totally blinded in the right 12 years ago when a tub of molten aluminium exploded in his face at the scrapyard where he worked... The tooth was implanted in his cheek for three months to grow blood vessels and new tissue. Once it was moved into his eye it was under two weeks until Mr Jones could see.
July 05, 2009
A New Blog
At least to me: Reboot Congress, with a lot of coverage of local tea party happenings.
July 04, 2009
Austin Airs Doubts On Powell Agenda
Powell Airs Doubts on Obama Agenda
Sarah Palin
By now you know she is resigning as Governor of Alaska on July 26. The speculation I've read all over the place is bizarre and much of the commentary from her detractors has been truly despicable. I don't know what she is planning to do but I will note that she is less of a longshot for the presidency in 2012 that Barack Obama was four years ago today for 2008.
June 28, 2009
The Full Scope of the Tragedy Has Finally Been Revealed
Deepak Chopra informs: Michael Jackson was working on a song about climate change in the days before his death.
June 27, 2009
Entrenched Agent of the Status Quo
The heat is on (at least until Waxman-Markey takes effect):
Hours after the House passed landmark legislation meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions and create an energy-efficient economy, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged senators to show courage and follow suit. The sharply debated bill's fate is unclear in the Senate, and Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to ratchet up pressure on the 100-seat chamber. "My call to every senator, as well as to every American, is this," he said. "We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don't believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth."
Rarely has so much dishonesty been packed into so few words. The man truly has a gift. Anyone opposed to his power grab and tax increases is afraid of the future and spreading disinformation by virtue of not accepting the ever growing empty promises of this increasingly empty suit. I will admit that I am afraid of his proposed future.
Obama said the bill would create jobs, make renewable energy profitable and decrease America's dependence on foreign oil.
This from a man who has never created a job or turned a profit. Of course one way to reduce our dependence on foreign oil is to force everyone to stop using oil altogether, regardless of the consequences. It's not the unintended consequences of this legislation I'm worried about as much as the intended consequences.
"It will spur the development of low-carbon sources of energy everything from wind, solar and geothermal power to safer nuclear energy and cleaner coal," he said.
Really. We already have safer nuclear energy and could implement it without this legislation. Just curious, but any idea when any more of it might be coming on line? Or is this just a McGuffin to hide the true intent.
House Democratic leaders said the bill helped accomplish one of Obama's campaign promises and would make the U.S. a leader in international efforts to address climate change when negotiations take place in Copenhagen later this year.
A yes, another progressive solution in search of a problem. I've used Matt Stone's and Trey Parker's line about hating Republicans but really f%^ing hating Democrats many times. But when it comes to Progressives I'm resorting to Jules Winnfield, "Well, I'm a mushroom-cloud-layin' mo&^%$*&^%er, mo&^%$*&^%er!
As for this international leader nonsense, well, do you really think anyone is going to follow the United States lead once they see how this cripples our economy and drives down our standard of living -- for no appreciable "climate change" benefit since China and India aren't playing? Funny how the Left in this country insists on everyone playing by our labor and workplace rules in the interest of fariness so long as it disadvantages American consumers, but no so much when it comes to environmental rules that disadvantage foreign manufacturers. So much for not exporting jobs, eh? And speaking of climate change, or what we euphemistically used to call "the weather," I think they know the PR game is just about up after they abandoned the term Anthropomorphic Global Warming (AGW) as the evidence continues to mount that whatever warming there may be isn't being caused by mankind or increases in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, but I digress.
"We passed transformational legislation, which will take us into the future," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after the 219-212 vote. "For some it was a very difficult vote because the entrenched agents of the status quo were out there full force, jamming the lines in their districts and here, and they withstood that," Pelosi said.
Entrenched agent of the status quo, i.e., a conservative. I think I'll wear that sobriquet proudly in opposition to just about everything Madame Speaker stands for and advocates.
Success will be tougher in the Senate. Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants to take up the legislation by the fall.
Well, at least the Senators will have a chance to read the legislation before voting on it. If Majority Leader Reid is going to wait until the fall to bring this up I wonder if he really wants to see this fail. Clearly the House rushed this through to avoid the hue and cry that is going to be inevitable once the public finds out what is in this monstrosity. Hmm..., what kind of game is Dingy Harry playing?
In the Republicans' weekly radio and Internet address, House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio said, "By imposing a tax on every American who drives a car or flips on a light switch, this plan will drive up the prices for food, gasoline and electricity." But Obama said the measure would cost the average American about the price of a postage stamp per day.
Remember this lie in years to come. Engrave it in stone to as a warning to future generations of this postmodern Ozymandias.
In California alone, Obama said, 3,000 people will be employed to build a new solar plant that will create 1,000 permanent jobs.
And let the rent seeking begin.
The Will to Power
Do you think anyone in Iran's government in Tehran right now is saying, You dont ever want a crisis to go to waste; its an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid. Or is it possible the mullahs wouldn't sink as low morally and politically as Rahm Emanuel?
DOWNDATE: Quick! Somebody tell Rahm: Honduras Lurches Toward Crisis Over Election
June 26, 2009
SAT Question
Multiple choice entries in the comments below.
Smoot-Hawley is to Waxman-Markey as ...
Separated at Birth?
Worst. Congress. Ever.
House passes
climate-change prosperity destroying power grab bill
There, fixed that for you.
Every member of Congress that voted for this bill without reading it needs to lose their job -- on principle alone. I have no firm opinion on whether the tarring and feathering should happen before or after their sorry asses are thrown out of Congress.
The vote was extremely close 219-212, with eight Republicans voting yes and 44 Democrats voting no.
Republicans, my ass. Hope you are enjoying your last term in office.
Does This Say More About the Mental Health of Our Culture or Just the Mental Health of Big Media?
CBS News breathlessly asks:
Will Obama Make A Statement On Jackson?
Does your world revolve around waiting on a statement from President Obama (or seemingly anyone, for that matter) on the death of Michael Jackson (or seemingly anything, for that matter) before knowing what to think or feel? I guess some pathetic souls must know what the party line is before they can stick to it.
George Orwell was without a doubt the leading prophet of the 20th century. But I digress.
June 23, 2009
Now I Understand What They Mean by Green Cars
I recently saw this, which looked interesting:
Tesla delivers 500th Roadster to New Jersey man
Kind of cool for a fast little battery powered car. Then today I saw this:
The Energy Department is lending money to the Ford Motor Co. and two other automakers from a $25 billion fund to develop fuel-efficient vehicles, congressional officials say. [...snip...] Nissan has applied for an undisclosed amount of assistance, while Tesla has sought $450 million.
Really? $450M? And they have delivered 500 vehicles to date. At roughly $100,000 per unit, that's a grand total of $50M in revenue. Not income, but revenue. Makes me wonder if they are in the business of making green cars or seeking green from the federal government as their core business. Wouldn't you like to see the business plan that shows how this money is ever going to be paid back? I can imagine the looks I'd get down at the bank if I asked for $9 in loans for every $1 in revenue I'd taken in over the last three years.
Seriously, if it were that good of an idea and Tesla had a business plan that showed a reasonable expectation of a profit, don't you think they could find $450M in private capital, for a product that gets such positive press? But hey, why bother when being green can generate so much green? Even if it is all deficit spending that will probably never be paid back.
June 18, 2009
Freedom is Slavery
White House: Firing AmeriCorps IG an act of "political courage"
Kind of begs the question what they think an act of political cowardice might look like. Alberto Gonzalez could not be reached for comment.
Is there anything these little Masters of the Universe think they can't get away with?
Not That They Weren't Petty Enough Already
PETA becomes PETI:
Norfolk-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter-in-chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.
PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."
Insects are
people animals too!
June 16, 2009
Makes You Wonder Why He Wanted the Job, Doesn't It?
Sometime, I'd really like someone to ask President Obama if there is any part of the private, free market America he can bring himself to say something good about:
"If we do not fix our healthcare system, America may go the way of GM; paying more, getting less, and going broke," Obama said, likening the healthcare system to struggling carmaker General Motors, which has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Fortunately, our healthcare system isn't a monolithic system that will all go broke at once.
This Is Not the Change You're Looking For
Obama Says U.S. Jobless Rate to Reach 10% This Year
What now? Double down on the debt bet and spend another $1,600,000,000,000 we don't have!
Senate health overhaul costs top $1.6T
And that's only to solve an estimatedone-third of the uninsured problem!
I can't wait for the next release of the Heritage Foundation chart with the Obama debt projections.
The Most Transparent
Administration Transparency Ever
Obama blocks list of visitors to White House


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So it turns out that Sony did something right and it, along with a large consortium of supporting folks, won the format war. Blu-ray is now the HD disc format pf choice, but even so, the data storage capability won't keep users happy indefinitely. Some recent research from Northwestern University shows that much higher storage densities are possible using technology based on existing optical media.
The limiting factor is the area on which light can be focused, set by the diffraction limit. Using conventional optics, light can only be focused to a spot that is about the same as the wavelength—for Blu-ray, the wavelength is about 405nm, and the spot size is about 580nm. This means that the pits and landings that represent the data need to be a significant fraction of this size (~100nm) and be separated by a significant fraction of the spot-size as well (100-300nm).
This sets limits on the data density and, currently, the only way to overcome these limits is to layer the disc. That can only go so far, as each layer has to reflect a significant amount of light so that the data can be read. For instance, if each layer of a dual layer disc is 50 percent reflective, then the signal level can be expected to drop by a factor of four between two adjacent layers.
Recently, it was discovered that the interaction between light and a simple glass sphere has some really odd properties. In particular, on the side opposite to the illuminating light, a very narrow and very bright stream of light, termed a photonic jet, exits the sphere. Within a very short distance—on the order of a micrometer for a blue-light laser—the light stream begins to expand rapidly. But very close to the sphere it has dimensions that are much smaller than the wavelength of light. The researchers realized that if they placed the pits and landings within this narrow beam of light, they should be able to store data at much higher densities.
The researchers also realized that this would be difficult to test this using blue-light lasers because it would be very difficult to manufacture and align a suitable demonstration surface at the micron scale. Instead, they did a proof-of-principle using microwave radiation, which has a wavelength of 10 millimeters. The microwaves illuminated an acrylic sphere to create a photonic jet. An optical disc was approximated via a polished aluminum plate that had pits and landings machined into the surface; the plate was coated with the equivalent of the protection layer that comes standard on all optical media, making the whole device as close to a scaled-up optical drive as possible.
Their experimental results and modeling indicated that the light reflected from a pit was about 700 times weaker than from a landing, making the difference very easy to detect. Furthermore, modeling results showed that the reflected signal varied strongly with pit depth, opening up the possibility of encoding additional data by pit depth.
Two big questions remain: how much more data can be stored, and can the reader be be scaled down? If scaled directly, the pits would be approximately 50-80nm long, making the per-layer capacity a factor of two larger than current blu-ray discs. However, the depth encoding could easily provide another two to four times the capacity. Furthermore, this is the first experiment, so we can probably expect another factor of two to four from lessons learned during the development process—the optimist in me says that this could give us 30 times more data than a single layer disc.
The question of scaling is more tricky. The sphere would be on the order of two micrometers in diameter, which is pretty easy to make. However, the distance between the surface of the disc and the sphere would be only around 200nm, which would be very difficult to maintain while the disc was spinning. If that problem can be addressed, then this technology would probably be a winner, particularly since it would be compatible with existing discs.
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|The Ancestor Wall in Living Room
Yesterday it all paid off. My 7 year old grandson was sitting on the couch with me and he looked up at our walls of ancestor photos, then asked, "Grandma, do I have any great-grandpas up there?"
I showed him the photo of my dad in his army uniform, and explained that was his great-grandpa McGinnis. Then he asked who all the people were in the rest of the pictures. So we went through them one by one. "This is my great grandmother, so she is your great-great-great grandma!" He was fascinated and asked questions such as "What is she to my Daddy?" and "How do you get to be a great-great-great grandpa?" and "How old do you have to be to be a grandpa?"
These questions allowed for an explanation of different generations, which he seemed to understand. I can't wait for the next round of questions!


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It's a pleasure to present the 6th issue of the GeeksZine and hope that we'll keep on improving and delivering the zine for many more years to come. This issue of the zine consists of Turning your old machines into development workhorse using PuppyLinux, Text processing with power tool Sed and a writeup on the current release of PyMakeMeLazyNDumb. Also there are regular News bytes and Tips n tricks sections for you. A big thanks to Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds and all the Geeks there to pamper us with FLOSS and make the GeeksZine possible. FLOSS Rulz!!!
Link – http://richnusgeeks.com/geekszine-december-2010-issue


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Threading the needle
Motored back to Virginia Sunday, March 6. Sat still on Interstate 66 near Marshall Virginia in a driving rain as rescue crews reopened the highway. We were within seconds of this wreck. Virginia raised Interstate speeds recently to 70mph.
Bill Emory puts up a new photo every day at billemory.com/blog.
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Just a quick heads-up to the SharpBrains community: we are wrapping up a comprehensive market report on Pervasive Neurotechnologies (non-invasive, scalable, potentially ubiquitous). To learn when it becomes available, keep tuned via our e-Newsletter.
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Meet and Eat: Lily Wong, Serious Eats Intern
Getting to know the folks behind the food and drinks you love.
Name: Lily Wong
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Artist/printmaker, novice food blogger
Website/Twitter: ieat19meals.blogspot.com, lilylilywongwong.com
Guilty pleasures? Eating in bed and eating cheese (I'm lactose intolerant). I also love peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. I used to be so embarrassed about this, but a few months ago there was an article in the New York Times about it, and now I don't feel so alone.
Describe your perfect meal. This is a hard question. I want to eat everything. I guess it would involve my mom's Korean cooking, a cheeseburger, oysters, and grits. But not all together.
What food won't you eat? Jelly beans, black licorice, chicken feet, and fruit cake. I once was in a pasta eating contest and ate too much pesto. It was the worst day of my life. I can still eat it, but now I proceed with caution.
What would you like to try but haven't yet? A French dip sandwich from Brennan and Carr, Rocky Mountain oysters. I have to go to Pok Pok.
Favorite food person? Anthony Bourdain, Mark Bittman. They're so dreamy.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? It probably all started in my 8th grade computer class. I would finish my assignments really fast so that I could make Powerpoint slideshows of food pictures while everyone else was playing Neopets.
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? My parents think it's kind of funny. Most of my friends will try anything with me. They let me be bossy and tell them what to eat for lunch or where their parents should take them for dinner.
Favorite food sites or blogs? I love Tastespotting. I check it more than my email and social media accounts. When the website temporarily went down, I actually cried. The first food website I started obsessing over is a Livejournal community called Picturing Food. At the time the Internet wasn't as saturated with food pictures and I was googling and saving pictures of things I wanted to eat, so when I came across Picturing Food I was totally hooked on it. It'll always have a super special place in my browsing history.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? My friend Melissa grew up in New York, so when I moved here, she was my go-to person. Plus she's just as obsessed as I am. Now she and I always email each other links to places we want to eat.
And what's the best recommendation she's ever given you? Hmm, it's kind of hard to pick just one. The last place we went to together was Szechuan Gourmet, which was really great. We got the pork dumplings in chili oil and the mapo tofu and saved the leftovers for lunch, but they never made it to the next day.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? Definitely lunch. When I worked in the Flatiron District, I liked getting ingredients from the Union Square Farmer's Market and putting a lunch together, which mostly means I ate a lot of bread, butter, and arugula. And duck prosciutto. Ideally, all my friends and I would live in Flushing, and every day we would have hand-pulled noodles for lunch at the Golden Mall and/or dosas the Ganesh Temple Canteen.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? I eat better than I cook, but I do go through phases where I cook a lot. Then I get lazy and eat a lot of pita bread. This phase went on for a particularly long time after I discovered the amazing tzatziki at Mediterranean Foods II in Astoria and ate nothing else. I like to try out a bunch of different dishes, so I haven't gotten around to perfecting any one thing in particular, except maybe turkey. I guess that's kind of boring, but this one Thanksgiving, my friend and I brined a turkey in Guinness beer. It totally ruled.
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Twitter.com response time
I just did a couple of tests with host-tracker to get an idea of the response times of the Twitter website.
Test 1
Received responses : 37
Average response time : 1.93 sec
Test 2
Received responses: 34
Average response time: 1.92 sec
Test 3
Received responses: 35
Average response time: 1.09
Test 4
Received responses: 36
Average response time: 1.17
I have the impression that when I launch Twitter.com myself, it takes more time to load.
Unfortunately the uptime statistics for Twitter.com at pingdom have stopped working from August 7, 2007.
Does anyone else know others tools monitoring the availability or response times of Twitter.com ?


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Greenwich Off-Beat Players strive for success, on stage and off
In eight short years, 25-year-old Anna Carta has already performed in some top American musicals, such as "Grease," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Pippin" and
"Urinetown." While performing in these productions is certainly a plus, for Carta, who has special needs, the real rewards are deeper.
She has honed her instinctual sense of comic timing, increased her confidence and, most importantly, developed lasting friendships with people who delight in her emerging talents.
"Over the years, she has taken on bigger and bigger parts and has really developed an already wonderful sense of humor," said Greenwich resident Jim Librandi, who co-directs the Off-Beat Players, a Greenwich-based theater program that brings together dozens of young people with and without physical and cognitive disabilities across Fairfield and Westchester (N.Y.) counties, and has performed with Carta in many of the productions.
"I love to dance. I love to laugh. I love to sing," said Carta on a recent night before rehearsals for Monty Python's "Spamalot" got underway at the Arch Street Teen Center. The irreverent comedy plays there Aug. 6-9. Carta, who lives in Wilton, plays Mrs. Galahad. "I love it here, being on stage with my friends."
Such is the response executive director Kim Malara hoped to get when she launched Off-Beat Players in 2007 as a nonprofit after years of developing the program. By bringing together young people with varying abilities and backgrounds for roles on stage and off, she hoped to cultivate an environment where all could maximize their potential. And so, every summer a full-fledged musical is produced, complete with orchestra, costumes and sets. Since there is no fee to participate, the organization relies on fundraising and ticket sales.
"This is often a life-changing experience. With everyone going for the same goal, they have to rely on each other and depend on each other for support, or otherwise it won't work," said Malara, who was busy making sets. She said the "best show" often happens behind the scenes as friendships form and preconceived notions are dashed. "What tends to happen is they get more excited about someone else's accomplishment rather than their own."
There are multiple benefits in a program such as this one, said Leslie Sexer, director of clinical and outreach services for Family Centers, a nonprofit health and human services agency with offices in Greenwich, Stamford and Darien. For young people with special needs, it is as much a chance to have fun as it is to deepen social and communication skills, get a taste of what experiences are out there for them and test their abilities.
Bringing people together through the arts tends to benefit all intellectual abilities, said Lolli Ross, executive director of Abilis, a nonprofit agency that serves youth and adults with developmental disabilities and their families in the Greenwich and Stamford area. Through its Anything's Possible Players program -- the seed from which Off-Beat Players blossomed -- the agency offers opportunities for aspiring musicians, artists, actors and other performers.
For someone such as Lauren Muller of Norwalk, 21, who plays cello in the Off-Beat Players' orchestra and helps with musical direction and choreography, it also has been great preparation in terms of her career path. She plans on pursuing a career in special needs education. She said of her experience with the ensemble, "You get to see these (performers) as they drastically change in just one summer into these magnificent performers, full of so much confidence. And I really, really love that I get to meet so many new friends."
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Off-Beat Players presents Monty Python's "Spamalot" at the Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St., Greenwich. Wednesday, Aug. 6, to Saturday, Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m. $17 advance (includes surcharge); $15 at the door, if available. www.offbeatplayers.org.
The real secret seems to be in the way all abilities are approached in the program. Over the years, for instance, the company has featured cast members with a wide range of disabilities -- those with cerebral palsy, those with emotional, social, physical and intellectual disabilities and those on the autism spectrum disorder -- but everyone gets an equal shot when it comes to performing.
"I think the best part about the company is that our approach is the same as any theater company," Librandi said. "Whether it is your first time or you are a returning player, with special needs or without, it starts with an audition."
After all aspiring actors have sung a few bars and read a few lines, the organizers then assess talent level to determine whether someone can handle a larger role or is best for a smaller role -- one from which they can grow.
"The best way to really learn what anyone is capable of is through experience," Librandi said, adding that the company benefits from a team of leaders who are familiar with all types of teaching and learning styles, as well as those who have many years of theater experience. "The brilliance of it is the simplicity. We may make accommodations here or there, teach differently or take a little extra time with someone, but we are a theater company first and treat everyone exactly the same."
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If you go
Off-Beat Players presents Monty Python's "Spamalot" at the Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St., Greenwich. Wednesday, Aug. 6, to Saturday, Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m. $17 advance (includes surcharge); $15 at the door, if available. www.offbeatplayers.org.


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Some of these pro writers on the internet are at such a high level that i wonder if any of them have ever printed a paperback? so now and then i like to highlight these excellent items and here is one i found interesting the other day.
Terabeam Wireless Signs Agreement to buy all the assets of Proxim Corporation Guarantees Ongoing Delivery of Wi-Fi and Broadband Wireless Access Solutions Terabeam and Proxim joined in to the Kenwood TK3301 purchase agreement after Proxim declared Terabeam our prime bidder within the court-approved auction held regarding the Proxim's Chapter 11 Personal bankruptcy Filing.
The agreement between Terabeam and Proxim is anticipated to supersede Proxim's earlier plans to market substantially all its assets to Moseley Affiliates. The transaction is susceptible to final approval through the US Personal bankruptcy Court for District of Delaware and it is likely to close on or before This summer 29, 2005. As rapidly as practical after closing, Terabeam will move its headquarters to Proxim's San Jose facility and can assume responsibility for Proxim's ongoing sales also for support from the Proxim products with the combined company's worldwide distribution funnel. The combined company may have significant presence in wireless LAN for radios point-to-multipoint and point-to-point wireless marketplaces and can continue its product development pipeline to deal with possibilities within the WiMAX and wireless mesh marketplaces.
The parties anticipate ongoing they are driving the Proxim brands and therefore are dedicated to a seamless transition that eliminates disruption to Proxim's clients, funnel partners, employees and providers. "This is a superb chance for Terabeam too for our particular clients and employees" states Robert Fitzgerald, ceo of Terabeam. "We'll have the ability to offer best-of-breed wireless solutions in just about any arena, from Wi-Fi through wireless Giga-bit Ethernet. We will always be very astounded by Proxim's distribution system, and that we anticipate growing on their own strong funnel close ties. We anticipate getting together two energetic organizations and think that we are able to accelerate product and our position on the market while keeping the financial discipline to attain lucrative procedures." "We percieve this transaction as an chance to team having a company by having an aggressive and focused growth strategy," stated Kevin Duffy, leader and leader officer of Proxim. "With this particular agreement, we mix our talent and technology to achieve time-to-market advantage, exceed the anticipation and needs in our combined clients, and grow the general adoption of wireless networking." Underneath the the resource purchase agreement, Terabeam will acquire and assume the majority of the domestic and foreign procedures of Proxim for any cost of roughly $28,000,000, susceptible to certain changes and breaks.
Additionally, upon Court approval, Terabeam is obligated to supply debtor-in-possession financing, that will ultimately be subtracted on the cost. As formerly revealed in Proxim's public filings using the Investments and Exchange Commission, consequently of Proxim's outstanding obligations to the creditors, no arises from the purchase of Proxim's assets is going to be given to Proxim stockholders. About Terabeam Wireless Terabeam Wireless may be the business title of YDI Wireless, Corporation. Terabeam Wireless is really a world leader in supplying extended range, license-free wireless data equipment and it is a number one designer of turnkey lengthy distance wireless systems varying from 9600 bps to at least one.42 Gbps for programs for example wi-fi, wireless video, wireless LANs, wireless WANs, wireless Guys, and wireless virtual private systems. Proxim Corporation designs and sells wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless systems.
The organization is supplying its enterprise and repair provider clients with wireless solutions for that mobile enterprise, security and surveillance, last mile access, voice and knowledge backhaul, public locations, and metropolitan area systems. This press release and much more details about Proxim are available on the internet at http://world wide web.proxim.com . Safe Harbor Claims within this pr release that aren't claims of historic details, including claims concerning the considered purchase of Proxim's assets and associations by Terabeam Wireless and also the publish-acquisition company's business outlook or expected performance, items, or developments, are forward-searching claims which involve risks, questions, and presumptions. There might be no assurance the acquisition referred to in this pr release or other proper transaction between Terabeam and Proxim is going to be consummated.
Terabeam's, Proxim's, and also the publish-acquisition company's actual results may vary materially in the results anticipated during these forward-searching claims. The forward-searching claims involve risks and questions that may lead to such variations including individuals relevant towards the companies' ability and require to fulfill the circumstances to closing the transaction established within the definitive transaction documentation (including, without limitation, the necessity to have the approval from the personal bankruptcy court) the substantial some time and costs each company is going to be spending and taking on relevant to some considered transaction the capability to obtain any necessary regulating home loan approvals and clearances required to consummate a transaction developments in and results of the personal bankruptcy process, such as the possible negative effects around the companies' business which Proxim might seek Chapter Seven personal bankruptcy protection when an alternate isn't available Proxim's requirement for financing throughout and thru the personal bankruptcy process and also the risk the financing provided regarding the the considered transaction is going to be inadequate ale the businesses to integrate inside a cost-effective, timely manner without material liabilities or lack of preferred employees, clients, or providers the risk the expected synergies along with other together with your transaction won't be recognized whatsoever in order to the extent expected the danger that financial savings in the transaction might not be fully recognized.
Or they might take longer to understand than expected responses, either negative or positive, of traders, rivals, clients, providers, employees, yet others towards the transaction time and charges needed to accomplish the considered transaction for 2 way radio after which integrate the businesses management and board curiosity about and distraction because of the considered transaction and integrating the businesses the uncertain effect on the buying and selling market, volume, and cost of Terabeam's stock, specifically in light of the quantity of Terabeam's cash to become compensated within the transaction the recession and continuing uncertainty within the telecommunications industry and bigger economy the brilliant competition within the companies' industries and resulting impacts on their own prices, gross margins, and general financial performance difficulties or delays in developing and delivering new items using the considered or preferred features, performance, cost, cost, along with other qualities the impacts and results of every other proper transactions Terabeam may evaluate or consummate and difficulties in predicting the publish-acquisition company's future financial performance. More information on these and additional factors that may modify the actual outcomes of Terabeam, Proxim, or even the publish-acquisition clients are and will also be incorporated in filings made by Terabeam and Proxim every once in awhile using the Investments and Exchange Commission as well as in the companies' other public claims.


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Without preamble, the three-piece band cuts loose. In the spotlight, the lanky singer flails furious rhythms on his guitar, every now and then breaking a string. In a pivoting stance, his hips swing sensuously from side to side and his entire body takes on a frantic quiver, as if he had swallowed a jackhammer... He is Elvis Aaron Presley, a drape-suited, tight-trousered young man of 21, and the sight and sound of him drive teenage girls wild. All through the South and West, Elvis is packing theaters, fighting off shrieking admirers, disturbing parents, puckering the brows of psychologists, and filling letters-to-the-editor columns with cries of alarm and, from adolescents, counter-cries of adulation.
—Teeners' Hero, Time, May 14, 1956
In the mid-1950s, the post-war Eisenhower era of social conformity in America was at its peak, and musically, the most threatening image appeared to be Bill Haley's kiss-curl as he sang "Rock Around The Clock." That all changed on Jan. 28, 1956, when a raw and electric Elvis Presley made his breakthrough on the CBS program Stage Show. Presley's good looks, sensuous moves and mesmerizing voice made him a sensation overnight. But it wasn't until a third appearance on the show that Presley truly challenged the status quo. On Feb. 11, the singer performed "Heartbreak Hotel" and by April, the single would be #1 on the Billboard chart. At last, teenagers had music of their own to swoon over while their parents continued listening to Frank Sinatra and Mario Lanza.
Presley would continue that momentum throughout 1956, a pivotal year that is the subject of a new box set collection on the musician. Young Man With the Big Beat, released by Sony Legacy on Sept. 27, features five discs of audio and a booklet of rare images, interviews and day-to-day chronology of Presley's breakthrough year.
The set charts the King of Rock an Roll's whirlwind year as he became a multi-million selling recording artist, movie star and national phenomenon. On March 23, 1956, two days after RCA released his debut album, Elvis Presley, the musician flew to Los Angeles for a screen test with producer Hal Wallis. In addition to lip-synching "Blue Suede Shoes" with a string-less guitar, his acting potential was tested by two mock scenes from a forthcoming Burt Lancaster movie, The Rainmaker. Wallis, convinced that Presley's charisma would translate well on the big screen, immediately drafted a seven-picture contract.
While in California, Presley made his first appearance on The Milton Berle Show on April 3, where he won the crowd over with a comedy sketch act as Berle's pretend twin-brother, Melvin. It was Presley's second appearance on the show a couple months later, however, that really made headlines. The singer's grinding hip motions during a June 5 set angered television critics and earned Presley the nickname "Elvis the Pelvis."
Presley dealt with all this indignation maturely, telling one publication: "My pelvis had nothin' to do with what I do. I just get kinda in rhythm with the music, I jump around to it because I enjoy what I'm doin'... I'm not tryin' to sell any sex, I'm not tryin' to look vulgar and nasty."
Several weeks later, on July 1, Presley appeared on The Steve Allen Show, clad in a tuxedo, performing his new single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You." As if this stiff attire wasn't humiliating enough, he then had to perform his next single, "Hound Dog" to an actual sad-faced live basset hound. It seemed the establishment was keen to ridicule this "young upstart," who in many a critic's mind, was contributing to juvenile delinquency across America.
But Presley would get vindication soon enough. "Hound Dog" went on to sell more than three million units within six months and reached number one on the Billboard singles chart. Finally the cynics, who initially considered Presley to be a passing fad, were silenced. Even television host Ed Sullivan, who had said he wouldn't touch Presley with a 10-foot pole, succumbed to the magic, booking him for three appearances on his primetime show, the first of which was recorded in Hollywood on Sept. 9 and watched by 60 million viewers.
With all his music success, Presley's dream of film stardom was also fully realized when he began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century-Fox, Love Me Tender, on Aug. 16. As an avid moviegoer, he admired James Dean and Marlon Brando and longed to follow in their footsteps. Presley went on to make more than 30 feature films during his career, and though he never became the "serious" actor he aspired to be, he got incredibly close with astute performances in both MGM's Jailhouse Rock (1957) and Paramount's King Creole (1958).
Presley's final single during his remarkable year was the title track from Love Me Tender, which premiered at the Paramount Theater in New York on Nov. 16. The single sold 2.5 million as Presley's second album, Elvis, topped the charts. In December, the singer returned to his hometown of Memphis, where it all began for him in 1954. There, he returned to Sun Studio to meet up with old labelmates Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, and a local photographer captured the "million-dollar quartet" for posterity. As the year came to an end, Presley's life returned to some kind of normalcy as he played touch football with friends at a local community center on Dec. 27. But the respite was temporary; Presley's life would never again be that simple.
Young Man With the Big Beat will be released by Sony Legacy on Sept. 27 and is also available from Elvis1956.com. It contains the complete 1956 masters and more than three hours of bonus material, including outtakes, rare live recordings and a 84-page booklet of liner notes, rare photos and day-by-day chronology of the musician's breakthrough year.
Roger Semon is a music producer and consultant who was nominated for a Grammy in 1992 for Elvis Presley—The King of Rock 'n' Roll box set.


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For many high school students, the culmination of all of their years of hard work (or less than stellar effort) comes in the form of a letter from the colleges of their choice. A thin one sinks hearts, and a fat one has them shrieking to the world that they actually did it. Only if you're a student in New York, there's no shrieking allowed. In fact, students in some prep schools there are flat out banned from even announcing that they got into any college in person or via social media like Facebook. They're also not allowed to wear t-shirts or other gear on which their new school's name or logo is displayed.
Why? Because it might hurt the other students' feelings. I kid you not. The New York Post cites several examples of schools with such policies designed to minimize the pain for students who don't get into the college of their dreams.
I can't imagine a more ridiculous, over-the-top example of the coddling and kid gloves with which kids today are too often treated.
Sarah Tarrant, director of college counseling at Calhoun School, told the paper that students have weekly classes in which they learn "the appropriate way to share news of acceptance. "The weekly conversation reins in kids who might run around yelling, 'I got in! I got in!' " she said.
It's even happening in public schools there. Darby McHugh, college coordinator at Bronx HS of Science, told the paper:
It can be bad and it can get weird. We send a notice out to all faculty telling them, 'Please don't congratulate students in public, no high fives, no hugging, and please be sensitive so that if you see someone crying, you refer them to the college-adviser office immediately.


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He's dated a bevy of supermodels, won a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in "The Aviator," and is known for his social and environmental activism, but only time will tell whether Leonardo DiCaprio can surpass the one hurdle that has challenged many Hollywood A-listers: conquering the finicky L.A. rental market.
According to the Los Angeles Times, DiCaprio is looking for a tenant (with deep pockets) to rent his Cape Cod-inspired Malibu beach house. The actor's Malibu Colony compound features four bedrooms in the main house, two bedrooms in the detached guest house, and an ideal location right on the beach. With stunning ocean views as the backdrop, DiCaprio's posh digs boast a beach-front deck, fire pit, gardens, and lawns.
While we imagine DiCaprio will be raking in the bills from the upcoming release of his new flick "The Great Gatsby" that's due out this fall, his income will certainly be padded even further if he finds a tenant for his beachfront abode. The pad is currently listed for $75,000 per month for a long-term rental and a whopping $150,000 per month for leases of six months or less.


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Laignes-en-Belin, France
Dear Em.
Well we have taken our first step toward the coast but from the way things look now the next one is a long way off or from four to six weeks away. This town we are now in is in the area for homeward-bound Combat troops and about 375 miles from Sarrey or the town from which I sent my last letter. It has been some time I know since I last wrote due to our late move, but from now on for a while at least Ill be able to write and keep you posted as to my whereabouts and health.
We buried our colonel the day we left Sarrey and it was not only a very impressive but also buisy day. The escort group of which I was one were driven 50 miles in trucks for this ceremony after which we boarded trains in a snow storm. It was a tough trip taking three days and two nights.
It was some long time since I heared from you until your letter of Jan 1 arrived and must say I was glad to get it. Must be more somewhere. Must not forget to say that I never felt better and although we are roughing it of late it is nothing to what we would have to put up with if the war was still on. Its Homeward bound too so we should worry.
It is trying to snow now, and I don't know if I will ever get fully thawed out. Ill stand it until I get back and don't forget it. It will be at least two months from this date before we will hit America so please continue writing and take that chance that I may never get your letters. Some of the boy's folks have stopped writing, thinking they are on their way home. You don't know how bad they feel. So write, write and continue to write until I tell you to stop which will be time enough.
Love best wishes and kisses to all
Samuel E. Avery #69762, Hdq Co. 103rd Inf. U.S. Army
P.S. Excuse this short letter, for it is cold and so am I.
© Copyright 2009 by Richard Landers, All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without permission.


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Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The No. 8 Boston College women's ice hockey team (3-3-1, 2-2-1 Hockey East) needed a power play goal in the third from freshman Lexi Bender to draw even en route to a 5-5 tie against No. 3 Boston University (7-2-1, 3-1-1 Hockey East) on Saturday afternoon.
Blake Bolden notched her first two goals of the season and led the team with 13 shots on goal while Alex Carpenter added a goal and two assists for the Eagles. Megan Miller (16 saves) started her second consecutive game for BC while Kerrin Sperry (38 saves) started her ninth game of the season for the Terriers.
BC capitalized off their momentum from Wednesday night as Kate Leary put back a rebound off a Meagan Mangene shot at 1:40 of the first period. The Terriers answered back with two straight goals from Louise Warren, her first two goals of the season to give BU a 2-1 lead. Defenseman Blake Bolden tied the game for the Eagles with 51 seconds left as she put back her own rebound on her sixth shot of the period. The Eagles went 1-for-3 on the power play in the first 20 minutes with a 16-5 edge in shots on goal.
The Eagles took a 3-2 lead at 6:03 of the second period as Blake Bolden blasted a faceoff win from Alex Carpenter past Kerrin Sperry for her second goal of the game. The Eagles continued their assault the Terriers goal but Sperry was up to the task as she robbed Ashley Motherwell on a cross crease pass to keep the game at 3-2. BU knotted the game up on the power play as Isabel Menard tipped a Shannon Doyle shot past Megan Miller at 16:12. Shots on goal for the second period: BC 17, BU 8.
Carpenter put BC in front 4-3 at 5:06 on a wrist shot from the top of the circles but BU answered right back. Shannon Stoneburgh tied the game once again at 6:49 and then Louis Warren notched her first career hat trick 32 seconds later to give the Terriers their first lead of the game. The Eagles went on the power play halfway through the third and capitalized when freshman Lexi Bender scored her first collegiate goal on a shot from the slot that beat Sperry under the crossbar at 11:57. The teams clamped down defensively in the final 10 minutes and through overtime as the game ended in a 5-5 tie.
Notes: Blake Bolden has seven points and Alex Carpenter has eight points in their last two games... Megan Miller stopped 16 shots for the Eagles while Kerrin Sperry stopped 38 for the Terriers ... Louise Warren recorded her first career hat trick for BU ... BC improves to 24-14-1 all-time against the Terriers. ... Power Plays: Eagles 2-6, Terriers 1-2 ... final shots on goal: BC 43, BU 21.
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Old Gold Diner to host Lakeview fourth graders April 24
SOLON– Old Gold Dining will be hosting a fourth grade class on Wednesday, April 24.
There are usually 22 students that come, and organizers would like to have at least one senior citizen for each student. Non-seniors are also welcome with a reservation and a payment of $5 for the meal. Please try to join this fun occasion and visit with these young Solon school students. Call 624-2251 before noon the day before to make reservations. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m., so plan to arrive by 11:15 a.m. The class that is scheduled to come this month is 4C.


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DALLAS (AP) LeBron James scored 24 points with some early baskets on nifty passes from Dwyane Wade, and the Miami Heat rolled to a 110-95 victory over the injury plagued Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.
James has scored at least 20 points in all 23 games, the longest streak to start an NBA season since Karl Malone's 24 in a row opening the 1989-90 season.
Dallas, still waiting for the season debut of 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki after right knee surgery, was also without starting point guard Derek Fisher (right knee) and post players Elton Brand (right groin) and Brandan Wright (right ankle).
The Heat never trailed after James drove for a short floater 3 minutes into the game to make it 6-4. They had their first double-digit lead, and had doubled Dallas 22-11 when James made a 3-pointer from the top right of the circle with 4 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter.
Wade had 19 points and six assists while Chris Bosh had 17 points.
Rookie Jae Crowder had 15 points to lead six Dallas players in double figures. Dahntay Jones and Bernard James had 12 points each.
James' first 3 came in between two impressive passes from Wade, who didn't yet have James or Dallas native Bosh as teammates when the Heat clinched their first NBA title in the same building in June 2006.
Dallas is much changed team since winning the 2011 NBA title over the Heat, who are now defending a championship this season.
Bosh rebounded a missed 3-pointer by the Mavericks and got the ball to Wade, who had a perfect alley-oop pass to James, who caught the ball in midair near the rim and slammed it through with both hands.
After another missed 3 by Dallas later in the first quarter, Wade grabbed the rebound under the basket and then threw a football-like pass the length of the court to James. Even with Darren Collison and Vince Carter fronting him, James leaped and reached over to grab the ball, then finished with a layup for a 27-13 lead.
Dallas pulled to 36-33 after Dominique Jones had consecutive assists to rookies, a 3-pointer by Crowder and a reverse layup by Bernard James.
But Miami then responded with a 16-4 run.
Late in that spurt, after Wade dished off to Shane Battier for a 3 from the right corner, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle quickly called for his starting five to get off the bench and get ready to go back in the game.
But right after the starters returned on the next deadball, Wade drove for a layup, Bosh had a steal and Mike Miller capped the run with a 3-pointer for a 52-37 lead 3 minutes before halftime.
Miami stretched the lead to 91-55, its largest of the season, when Battier made a 3-pointer with 1:21 left in the third quarter.
Collison, who lost the job as the starting point guard when the Mavericks signed Fisher on Nov. 29, was back in the starting lineup and had 11 points.
Fisher was hurt in the first quarter of a win over Philadelphia on Tuesday night. He will skip a two-game trip for games at Memphis on Friday night and San Antonio on Sunday. The team said there is no timetable for the 38-year-old Fisher's return and that he would be re-evaluated next week.
Nowitzki practiced for the first time this week since his arthroscopic surgery Oct. 19. It is still unclear when he will make his season debut, but he got a huge cheer when he was shown on the video screen during a timeout.
NOTES: Mavs guard O.J. Mayo made only three of 14 shots for eight points before facing his former team on Friday night in Memphis. ... The Heat's largest lead this season before Thursday night had been against Washington last week, when they led by 35 points in the fourth quarter. ... Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, the freshman quarterback from Texas A&M, was sitting courtside early in the second half. He watched Philadelphia at Houston on Wednesday night. ... When play began after a timeout with about 7 minutes left, many fans were watching a fight in the stands instead of the game.


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I've been wanting to make a fall wreath for the front door for ages. But since it's stash busting September, I couldn't just go out and buy a wreath. I had to get creative…
I love the look of this ruffle wreath by Days of Chalk and Chocolate
This burlap wreath from Life made Interesting is adorable!
So with some inspiration in mind I set to work. I took some sturdy cardboard (from the back of a package of scrap paper) took a smaller bowl for a template for the center and a larger mixing bowl for the outer circle.
I had some sage colored burlap from a project I worked on a while ago so I cut it in to 8 inch long and 3.5 inch wide strips.
Next I pinned in 3 pleats.
Once the pleats were sewn down I used a glue gun to attach the ruffles to the cardboard wreath. I layered them about an inch apart and glues the edges underneath.
With a few fabric rosettes to finish it off its practically perfect.
I can't wait to put this bit of loveliness on the front door in the morning 🙂
The wreath is on my door and looking fabulous 🙂


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HP Expands and Rebrands Latex Printing Portfolio
HP introduces the HP Latex 3000 Printer for industrial applications.
HP expanded its of HP Latex Printing Technologies with the introduction of the HP Latex 3000 Printer, helping industrial print service providers (PSPs) produce high-value applications with improved productivity, quality, and versatility.
HP also announced the rebranding of its HP Designjet and Scitex latex printers and supplies. The new sub-brand for these offerings is HP Latex, demonstrating the strategic importance of latex to the HP Large-Format Graphics portfolio.
HP Latex Printing Technologies were introduced in 2008 as a water-based alternative to solvent ink technologies. Since then, more than 15,000 HP Latex printers have been shipped worldwide and more than 100 million square meters have been printed with HP Latex Inks. HP expects these numbers to triple by 2016, with the number of latex-printed pages growing rapidly while the number of solvent-printed pages simultaneously declines by as much as 33 percent.
The HP Latex 3000 Printer will help drive this growth, allowing a broader range of sign and display customers to shift pages from traditional solvent and UV-curable technologies to HP Latex Printing Technologies.
Meeting industrial printing needs
Creating a competitive advantage for high-volume PSPs, the HP Latex 3000 Printer offers broader media versatility, including heat-sensitive substrates, with the HP Latex Optimizer. This new ink solution ensures consistent image quality at high speeds as well as efficient curing at lower temperatures and with less energy than previous HP Latex solutions.
Third-generation HP 881 Latex Inks also provide a scratch resistance comparable to hard-solvent inks on certain substrates, making them ideal for applications including retail displays, outdoor advertising, vehicle graphics and interior décor.
The printer's increased production capacity lets high-volume customers meet tight deadlines, producing 830 ft2/hr (77 m2/hr) of indoor applications and 1,290 ft2/hr (120 m2/hr) of outdoor applications. Standard carbon-fiber, dual-roll spindles also help reduce media loading times and the need for operator intervention.
The HP Scitex Print Care proactive maintenance scheduler, along with automated diagnostics and alerts, helps customers keep their printers running smoothly. Additionally, bundled HP On-site Uptime Parts Kits, HP Ramp-up Service and HP Customer Care Programs help assure productivity and profitability.
Delivering odorless prints ideal for sensitive indoor display environments, HP Latex Inks help create a safe and comfortable printing environment for print shop staff. HP Latex Inks are UL ECOLOGO and GREENGUARD Gold CertifiedSM, while prints meet AgBB criteria and are A+ rated according to Émissions dans l'air intérieur.
New HP Latex sub-brand simplifies customer experience
Demonstrating the strategic importance of latex to the HP Large Format Graphics portfolio, HP is creating a sub-brand to help customers more easily identify the best HP Latex solution for their shop size and application needs. HP Latex Printing Technologies now include:
• The HP Latex 260 Printer, formerly the HP Designjet L26500 Printer
• The HP Latex 280 Printer, formerly the HP Designjet L28500 Printer
• The HP Latex 820 Printer, formerly the HP Scitex LX820 Industrial Printer
• The HP Latex 850 Printer, formerly the HP Scitex LX850 Industrial Printer
• The HP Latex 3000 Printer
HP Latex inks and supplies also will be rebranded to reflect the updated product naming.
The HP Latex 3000 Printer is expected to be available worldwide on Aug. 15. More information about the latest additions to the HP Latex portfolio is available at www.hp.com/go/signanddisplaylaunch2013 and www.hp.com/go/latex. Product videos and updates are available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HPdesigners, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/hpgraphicarts and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/hpgraphicarts.


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An argument could be made that eating is the backbone of travel. In my experience, most travel (road trips, plane flights, camping, backpacking, rafting, etc.) revolves around food. What food do you pack? Where do you eat? When should we stop to eat? What is the local food like? Who are we eating with tonight? And what do we have to bring to cook? Food, and cooking, is a huge part of our day to day lives and it's importance is amplified when traveling. It's no wonder, then, that a book compiling recipes collected while on the road and focused on travel cooking has surfaced…in fact, I'm surprised there aren't more of them.
Forks in the Road – Overland Expo 2014
Overland Expo is a symphonic cacophony of adventurous travel stories. To get into the individual accomplishments of every Overlanding group becomes an ego driven exercise of carefully stacking the number of miles driven, countries visited, tires changed and officials bribed in a round-the-world pissing match. All in good fun, of course, as every storyteller is also an avid fan-boy of the next adventurer recounting the comedy and tragedy of their own epic sagas. Ultimately, it's the not how far or how long your trip was that sets your story apart but the personalities involved and how they've shaped the journey that really matters.
This year at Overland Expo I made an effort to look past the dusty statistics and find something that really captured my interest among a whole collection of unique and interesting stories. The stories that captured my interest were the ones relateable to me, aligning with my own experiences as I begin to dip my big toe into the Overlanding lifestyle. I love all land south of the border including Mexico, Central America and South America and long to travel more extensively in that part of the world. I am also a cook, at home and on the road, and meal prep is a big part of our travel experience. Ask my wife, she'll tell you that proper food on the road may make the difference between a happy road trip and a miserable meltdown.
Enter Life Remotely.
I met this trio for the first time as I walked along the dusty path between vendor booths casually assessing this year's assortment of new products. I lingered at their booth eyeing the hand-made grills and metal Expedition Tongs sitting neatly on the edge of the table. I was drawn in further when I realized they were hosting some cooking demos I had already decided I wanted to sit in on. Immediately I was engaged by their outgoing front-man, a charismatic South African native by the name of Kobus who doubled as grill-master and crowd wrangler. He took a break from working the crowds to tell me a little about their new cookbook and introduce me to Jessica, the "token female" of the group and Kobus's wife.
"This is a collection of recipes we put together during 19 months on the road through Central and South America…", I don't even think I let her finish the whole sentence before I said I wanted one. Jessica operates as the Navigator and, seemingly, primary income provider of the trio. Working as a photographer and graphic designer who successfully manages her business from a small laptop between internet connections, her income fuels the ongoing journey. Her brother, Jared, claims she is the primary reason there always seems to be a bottle of wine around to roll out fresh tortillas but she is also responsible for the beautiful photography featured in their book. Just flipping casually through the pages and knowing they collected local recipes as they traveled in Latin America sold me on their book, Forks in the Road.
Jared is head chef of the Life Remotely crew, taking responsibility for almost everything they eat on the road. Throughout their 19 month trip, they've cooked about 80% of their own meals mostly planned an orchestrated by Jared with grill help from Kobus. Forks in the Road was his baby and while all three of them are listed on the cover, Jared is credited as author. I caught up with Jared as he was preparing empanadas for a Dutch Oven demo later that morning. He talked about technique and the importance of flexibility in recipes while traveling in foreign countries all while trading good-natured insults with his sister and brother-in-law. The finished empanadas were pretty amazing.
Forks in the Road – A Cookbook for the Road
Forks in the Road is specifically designed as a cooking guide for Overlanders by Overlanders. Jared chronicles the book's authenticity ,
"Every recipe in this book was discovered, adapted, cooked, written, revised and meticulously photographed somewhere between Tijuana, Mexico and Ushuaia, Argentina. The first recipes were written mere miles from The Death Road in Bolivia. In the following months they were photographed on the coast of Chile, edited on a cruise ship in Antarctica, formatted in a Uruguayan hotel, and finally submitted for publishing from a rental house on the beach in Brazil."
The book is a collection of local favorites and down-home comfort food with simplicity and minimal equipment in mind for ease of cooking on the road. It caters to the novice cook and experienced camp-chef alike with basic building-block recipes as well as complicated day-long, whole-hog roasting events. That's what I think is so great about this book. If you've never cooked on the road before, these recipes will get you started. If you've cooked on the road for years, these recipes will still likely introduce you to flavors and techniques that are entirely new. These are recipes that bring a level of joy and comfort to your journey that it may have been lacking. Whether it's Dutch Oven cinnamon rolls for breakfast, Chimichurri Steak for dinner or a killer Caipirinha for an after dinner cocktail this book has you covered. Organized into sections with names like "Comfort Breakfasts", "Eat Lunch Like a Local" and "I'm Tired and Dirty and Just Want to Eat Dinners" this book is made for travel but offers a nice change of pace for the home cook as well. Hell, even part-time road warrior and self-proclaimed "non-cook", Val-in-Real-Life picked up a copy of the eBook for some less frightening culinary ideas on the road and actually put it to use on her 7-week Pacific Northwest Tour.
Aside from the recipes, Jared has presented well written stories and detailed techniques for finding food, fun and adventure on the road. Accented with Jessica's photography my copy of Forks in the Road has an honored spot on our coffee table…that's when it's not actually on the road with us.
Forks in the Road – Bringing in the Crowds
So, how do you cut through the chaos and bring in the crowd in the middle of a noisy, fast paced event like Overland Expo? Easy: Feed the people!
Yup, the Life Remotely trio executed the perfect PR stunt by spending 6+ hours Saturday morning during the peak of the Expo fire roasting a whole 40 lb lamp on a home-made spit over an open fire. Continually basted in a chimichurri-like marinade the enticing aroma of garlic and roasting meat whipped by high winds attracted huge crowds all day Saturday with the tantalizing promise of a free tasting when it was done. As the designated hour approached hoards of sun-baked, dust-covered, hungry Overlanders began to gather sensing the time was near. A long, haphazard line quickly formed as the meat was removed from the spit and laid whole across a table while Jared and Kobus stripped it clean and processed the meat into bite size pieces for the eager crowds.
The lamb roasting event was a big hit as Life Remotely took the opportunity to work the crowds and talk about their book. Jared, Jessica and Kobus put on other demos and tastings throughout the weekend sharing recipes and techniques they've experimented with on the road. The Dutch Oven empanadas, a mud-baked whole chicken and chilaquiles from home-made tortillas rounded out the weekend's demonstrations. With every demo you could tell that they've learned to work together and manage minor frustrations without letting them get in the way. The trio's time on the road has truly made them a team.
Jared talks about finding balance. How important it is to strike a happy medium between chaos and comfort to stay sane:
"It turns out that much of this world is full of dirty bathrooms, noisy campsites, inaccurate maps, understocked grocery stores and horrible road conditions. It also has a fair share of excellent accommodations, spectacular scenery and very friendly people. Not knowing which to expect as you roll into the next town is one of the best, yet most difficult parts of traveling. Finding the balance will help you deal with these uncertain circumstances without turning grocery shopping and nightly meals into a burden."
Simplicity, flexibility and a willingness to experiment seem to be key factors in keeping sane on the road. Especially when it comes to food. It appears the Life Remotely crew have found their balance and it's a pleasure to watch them show it off.
Check out more of their adventures at LifeRemotely.com and I encourage you to grab a copy of their book, Forks in the Road, by clicking here.


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It might sound terribly morbid, but part of the fascination of watching a human perform a dangerous tightrope walk is the risk that they could potentially fall. So when you've got a robot risking its life, the stunt is considerably less exciting.
But that's not to say that a robot slowly inching its way over a tightrope wire isn't impressive. Because watching Dr. Guero's Primer-V4 slowly shuffle its way across with impeccable balance is pretty neat—and would be even without this video's pounding techno soundtrack. On a technical level it's definitely awesome. It's just that knowing the robot's only a few replacement parts away from walking again after a tragic fall makes the whole stunt slightly less enthralling. [A.I. & Robot via Robots Dreams]


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I think I rather enjoy being in slow motion. I'm not the girl you want to look to see what's new for the day. Trust me, I'll never keep up. I'm not far behind though and I make sure to bring you my favorites. So that counts for something, right? So, for today, here's my new stuff. All my fave. Yeah. 😉 Click for bigger pics!
Skin: Fake – Miel Skin in Pale (New!)
Hair: CaTwA – Ladymana Roots in AshBlonde w/HUD (New!)
Eyes: JeSyLiLO – NightEyes in Yellow (New!)
Ears: Trap – Short Gelf Ears Low
Tattoo: Vestigium – Flourished T I
Tank: Fri.day – Friday.Tank in Charcoal
Pants: Spirit Store– Cool Rigged Mesh Pants in Silver (New!)
Clutch: HANDverk – Leather Feather Clutch in Pink (New!)
Shoes: ISON – Kippen Wedge Boot in Black
Pose: Focus Poses – Model 120-6 (New!)
Since I'm a lover of blonde, here's all the new Miel Skins in the Pale Tone with Blonde Brows, plus the new JeSyLiLO eyes.


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Oh you all!
We have reached the end! I can't believe that I put together 30 outfits that I actually thought about in advance (well…you know, more or less) for an entire month. Style Blogging is no joke! And don't worry, it is not in my future.
Thanks again for coming along for the ride and not shouting "You're so vain!" in the comments section.
I have learned A LOT over the last 30 days and I will wrap and recap in another post, but for now, how about we talk clothes.
Here's What I Wore Today:
Earrings: Mom hand me down
Necklace: Gift from my mom (Dude, my mom is nice.)
Cardigan: Merona for Target, obvs
Belt: Target
Dress: Target
Shoes: Old Navy
My favorite part of this outfit is my hair which you can't even SEE in that picture, but how hard is taking a picture of your hair where your face looks cute? So hard! It's a fun braid, but you can hardly tell. You will have to take my word for it.
Thanks again for playing along. I'll recap on the flipside, friends!
Hope you all have a great weekend!


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I was wondering what kind of "hardware flow control issues" you are having with the BLE112? I am working with this device on the MSP430 and I am also seeing some hardware flow control problems. Specifically the BLE does not ever assert the CTS line to throttle the MSP430 and the buffer overflows almost immediately. I am transmitting at 115200 baud. Also I have seen DMA recommended for the CC2540 at these baud rates, but there does not appear to be any way to explicitly enable this using the Bluegiga API (unless it occurs automatically in the Bluegiga SW for this setting).
With a single byte array, the program runs as expected, increase the array size to 2048 or similar and the program no longer runs correctly.
Hi. What kind of firmware have I to load in BLE112 in order to use your BGLib porting?
Do you have a link to the bluegiga reference manual?


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Item Description
Photograph, Atchison, Kansas Territory
Author: C. H. Masters, Photographer, Corner of 4th and Commercial Streets, Atchison, KS.
Date: c. 1860
View of Kansas Avenue at Fourth Street looking north, Atchison, Kansas Territory. The photograph was taken by C. H. Masters, who had a business at the corner of 4th and Commercial Streets, Atchison, Kansas Territory.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: FK2.A3 A.5 KanA.4S *1
Item Number: 100064 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Atchison County, Kansas Territory; Atchison buildings; Atchison, Kansas Territory; Business enterprises; Cartes de visite; Cities and towns; Commerce; Masters, C. H.; Photographs and Illustrations; Streets
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
No porcini mushrooms? Make sautéed aubergine/eggplants (Melanzane al funghetto)
The silver-haired Amalfi-born and England-based Antonio Carluccio is known in the United Kingdom as the godfather of Italian gastronomy. This lovely dish is based on his recipe. Gently sautéed cubed aubergines/eggplants with garlic indeed have a flavour reminiscent of porcini/penny bun/cep mushrooms (Boletus edulis in Latin) - hence the title of this post :) A handy recipe to have when you crave mushrooms but cannot get hold of good ones, or when you want to please somebody who cannot eat mushrooms for whatever reason..
Antonio Carluccio recommends this as a side dish to veal chops or Wienerschnitzler, but it's lovely as a vegetarian main with some crusty white bread as well.
Choose nice and firm aubergines for this.
Melanzane al funghetto
(Praetud pommud e. melanzane al funghetto)
Serves four
500 g aubergine/eggplant
2 garlic cloves
8 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp seal salt
freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
Peel the aubergines (not compulsory, I actually prefer them unpeeled) and cut into neat 1,5-2 cm cubes. Slice the garlic.
Heat oil on a large skillet over moderate heat. Add the aubergine and garlic and sauté for about 10 minutes, stirring every now and then, until the aubergine softens.
Stir in the parsely, season with salt and pepper.
Serve hot or leave to cool before serving.
3 comments:
I made this yesterday evening, because by luck I had the ingredients in house. It tasted really good!! It feels really filling but at the same time you know it is healthy.
Nami Nami, I just found out about your blog last week, but I already love it so much! You have so many recipes that are both delicious and easy. Thank you for sharing!
- 12:06 pm, September 20, 2012
- Pene said...
The next time I buy an eggplant I will make this, but I would use about 6 cloves of garlic.
- 8:32 pm, September 20, 2012
- ChichaJo said...
I actually laughed when I read the title of this post because, yes, I have no porcini mushrooms, in fact most of the time I am drooling after all the wonderful wild forest-y mushrooms you get there! Must try this soon...we have lots of eggplants over here!
Funny also because I just posted about oyster mushrooms which is a mushroom that is quite common on my side of the world :)
- 9:19 am, September 26, 2012


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published January 28, 2014 | posted by detroit
At the age of 81.
The Detroit-born jazz pianist, raised in the city's Black Bottom district, has been playing for nearly as long as he can remember — encouraged at an early age by his adoptive mother's cousin, the legendary Fats Waller. During the ensuing years, Boles has racked up an impressive résumé that includes stints recording and touring with artists such as B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Etta James, Moms Mabley, Dinah Washington and many others.
He's been a fixture around Detroit as well, from the Hastings Street to his latest regular gig, every Tuesday night at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe in Grosse Pointe since mid-2012. But an album of his own has eluded Boles until last month's release of "Blue Continuum."
"I was busy on the road, and then you do other things," says Boles, who was educated via Berklee School of Music correspondence course and also taught for eight years at Oakland University and 15 for the Detroit Public Schools system. "I thought about (an album) but I didn't pursue it. But suddenly things work out for the best."
The album opportunity came from Dirty Dog co-owner Gretchen Valade, the chairwoman of Harper Woods-based Mack Avenue Records and its Detroit Music Factory subsidiary. She had some of the company executives listen to Boles and his group, "and they said, 'Y'know what? Maybe we should record you.' I said 'OK,' and it went from there."
In the case of "Blue Continuum," "there" is actually somewhere Boles has never been before. The 11-track album, which features five of his own compositions — some dating back to the '80s — features a quartet that includes guitarist Ron English, an old friend and fellow educator.
"I grew up in an era where saxophone or trumpet was the thing — Charlie Parker, Miles (Davis), that kind of thing — or sometimes I'd have a band where I would use trombone," explains Boles, who was part of B.B. King's band during the late '60s. "I never thought about having a guitar lead."
But he and English began playing together after Boles took over the late Johnnie Bassett's spot at the Dirty Dog. "I figured, 'That guy plays guitar and I'm going to replace a guitar player, so maybe I should have a guitar in the band,'" he recalls.
The teaming works as seamlessly on the stylistically diverse "Blue Continuum" as it has onstage. English contributed four songs to the set, and with bassist John Dana and drummer Renell Gonsalves, the troupe also works through renditions of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" and Stevie Wonder's "Golden Lady." The centerpiece, however, is "Liz," a 10-minute workout inspired by Boles' adoptive mother, who also played piano.
And Boles has another song inspired by his birth mother, which he's saving for a next album that he certainly hopes will come before another 81 years.
"I'm champing at the bit," says Boles, who still lives in Detroit with his third wife. He also has eight children, 23 grandchildren and "somewhere between 25 and 30" great-grandchildren.
"Now that I've got this started, I want to do some more. I've got tons of songs. So does Ron. We write all the time, and we don't always write with the idea of saying, 'I'm gonna record this'; You write for the creativity of writing, and if you can play with some guys and get them to play it, that's great.
"But we're eager beavers. I'd certainly like to get at least one more out there. (Mack Avenue) signed me to a contract for 15 years. Fifteen years! I said, 'What are you doing signing me to a contract for that long?!" But as long as it's there, I'm going to try to use it."
The Charles Boles Quartet featuring Ron English celebrates the release of "Blue Continuum" from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, 97 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe. The performances are free, but reservations are suggested. Call 313-882-5299 or visit www.dirtydogjazz.com.