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This work was produced by the Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Contract No. 290-97-0018) Rockville, MD. The authors gratefully acknowledge early manuscript review and suggestions by outside experts: Sue Curry, Ph.D.; Russ Glasgow, Ph.D.; Michael Goldstein, M.D.; and Pat Mullen, Dr.P.H.; as well as the support and critical review by other members of the work group (Karen Eden, Ph.D.; Mark Helfand, M.D., M.P.H.; Peter Briss, M.D.; Judith Harris, B.S.N.; Russell Harris, M.D., M.P.H.; Al Berg, M.D., M.P.H.; Mary Burdick, Ph.D.); the UNC and Oregon EPCs (Kathleen Lohr, Ph.D. and Gary Miranda, M.A.); the USPSTF (Steve Woolf, M.D., M.P.H. and Paul Frame, M.D.); and AHRQ (David Atkins, M.D., M.P.H.).
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Author Affiliations
a Whitlock: Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center,
Kaiser Permanente/CHR.
b Orleans: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
c Pender: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
d Allan: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
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The storyline of this book really held my attention. I was very interested in the mystery of who killed the mother of a pair of savant twins in 1950 NYC. I found the descriptions of NY and the methods used to research the cold case interesting, and I found the characters emotionally involving. The narrator's sunshiney former nun Chris Bennett is spot on with my mental image (I had read this book once in the past). The ending was emotionally satisfying and I continued on to others in the series. I would like to mention that the twins in the story are repeatedly referred to as retarded (which felt outdated) though they seem to be based on cases of well known autistic savants and as the mother of an autistic child I would have preferred that word.
"Good, but not quite what I was expecting"
I was expecting a portrait of an American town impacted by meth, mostly communicated with portraits of individual users. And there is some of this. But there is a lot more of looking at meth through a bigger lens, with discussions of economics and politics etc. While certainly educational, that wasn't my favorite part. In all fairness the book I thought it was going to be would have been a downer since I have learned why exactly meth is such a hard drug to come clean from and our recovering user portraits support this. There are also a lot of portraits of non-users, in law enforcement, politics and other roles within small town America. I think there was more of that than I wanted. I think the author enjoys going off on tangents about individual people. There was one point in the book where this got so obvious that I took a break from listening for a long time. The author was telling the life story of a guy who was brought as a guest to a barbecue of a guy who works as a doctor in the town. The guest was from Central America I think it was and the author was going on about the political environment from which this guy came. It was so off the topic of small town meth I lost interest. I think the editor should have flagged that. Overall it was educational, interesting and well performed, but good rather than great.
"90 Percent Difficult Slog, 10 Percent Happy Ending"
It's very hard to actually rate this book. I really didn't want to read this since I hated the last book so much, but I was trying to get the characters I had grown so fond of out of their predicaments. I wanted to see things resolved and happy. I have to tell you it's a long way to get there. It took me forever to listen to this book, and I had to be convinced by a friend to restart it after bogging down mid way. One of the things I always liked about Gamache was his presence, how he was always calm and courteous but strong. In this book, we get weepy, cranky, beaten down, all sorts of Gamaches that just made the book less enjoyable than the old ones. I suppose I shouldn't complain about Jean Guy being so frustrating and tedious since that is probably an accurate portrayal of life with an addict, but still it isn't fun to read. I did find the mystery surrounding the murder Gamache is investigating to be somewhat interesting though it does peter out at the end. Unlike previous books the investigation of the murder isn't the main point and we don't really see it wrap up. I did guess some of the things that were going to happen, and I usually don't. I suppose I am glad that I forced myself through to the end to see happier times for all our beloved characters. You'll probably be happy you did too, but it really is a long way to get there.
"Odd Book, Great Narrator, Not as Grisly as Feared"
The is not an easy book to describe. I suppose you could say that it is a coming of age story that also involves a police investigation into a series of killings. Because the victims were raped and mutilated I feared a lot of disturbing detail. We do get some information on the deaths, and a psychic flash here or there, but the book really does not dwell on the suffering and gory details as so often happens in books with serial killers (I try never to read those books). There is enough there to bother someone super sensitive I guess but I am pretty sensitive and found this book did not bother me. There are some other things that might bother some people. The book does have a certain atmosphere that might not appeal to everyone. You know when you are watching the news and they find the body of a young girl raped and murdered at a trailer park, and go on to report she lived with her exotic dancer mom and the mom's abusive alcoholic boyfriend and 5 sex offenders lived within 200 feet - and you just shake your head and think how this person was doomed from the get go? That is what the atmosphere of this book is like. Loads of family dysfunction, abuse and failure. I almost stopped reading very early in the book because the atmosphere was so unpleasant and made me uncomfortable but that feeling faded further on. It makes an amazing contrast that our narrator (Loved the narrator!) radiated such genuine goodness and innocence despite being raised in such an environment. In general I do not like books which are narrated from a teenage boy's point of view. But Biscuit was such a decent guy, that even when he had the sexual thoughts expected of a teenage boy it wasn't creepy. As some other reviews pointed out we certainly had a choice of suspects. One odd thing is in the book's usage of the paranormal element. Biscuit himself says he has "a touch of the sight but not enough to actually be useful" (or words to that effect). That is amazingly true. It seemed to me that there was not enough made of this paranormal element if the reader likes that element and too much made of it if the reader doesn't like it. There are also some chunks of the book where we seem to go off on tangents with certain characters who are peripheral to the main plot. I suppose these sequences make sense when viewing the story as a coming of age tale. I didn't love the book, but it did hold my attention and has stuck with me since I finished it. I also liked that we do get some wrap up on the various characters, though not everyone ends up exactly as I would have liked. Of course if they had that probably would have seemed strange in a book with so much dysfunction. Many characters are frustrating in how they don't necessarily create their own problems, but they do fail in stopping them from continuing. I don't think I would have liked the book nearly as much in print. Narrator certainly helps the reader feel connected to the story, and gives them someone to cheer for.
"Better than expected, Better than Book 1"
I read the first Tess Monaghan mystery a while ago and was in no rush to read the next. My main problem with Tess was just not feeling any connection to her. In book one she spends most of her time working out and rowing, which didn't interest me. In this installment she actually doesn't do any rowing, and only a little working out. She seems to have traded that hobby for the hobby of eating junk food. I read a lot of cozy mysteries, and Tess is not a cozy character. She likes to drink bourbon, smoke pot, and she is having an uncommitted relationship with a guy who is obviously in love with her. I felt sorry for the guy. The Tess character starts out being very much like a stereotypical male character and I was expecting to stop the series after this one. However, I have to say, that as the book goes on we see another side of Tess and I liked her much better. As the mystery developed I thought it was going in a very predictable way and was starting to feel disappointed and then an unexpected twist changed things. All in all, it was actually a pretty good book and I expect I will continue on to the next one.
"Another Good Cozy"
I almost didn't read Murder of a Snake in the Grass because I had read a review that said this wasn't a cozy mystery and full of unpleasantness. I have to disagree with that. I found this one to actually be lighter than many others. There is a lot of lighthearted silliness which goes on in relation to Skye and her several love interests. There are some delinquent boys but they really don't get a whole lot of screen time, just enough to remind us that school psychologist is a bad job. I don't want to give anything away but Skye finally settles on one guy by the end of the book. We finally get the backstory on Skye's failed engagement. I found the performance of Skye's ex to be sort of tedious, but I can't speak to whether the accent was accurate. I suspect accents are just not the narrator's top skill. Basically this was good and in line with the rest of the series.
"Like this Series Despite Stereotypical Characters"
I enjoyed this third installment of the Scumble River Mysteries. I find Skye likable and entertaining, even if her taste in men is terrible. The mystery remains when Skye will fix her love life. In this book we encounter lots of self centered people, high school cheerleaders and beauty pageant contestants. I think I would have preferred more three dimensional characters. I mean does every single popular kid have to be mean, weight obsessed, completely shallow and basically indistinguishable from each other? Skye manages to be much more sympathetic to people than I would have been. I plan to continue this series and see what she's up to in the next book.
"Has Pru Gone Soft?"
This is the third book in this series. I have become fond of Pru and her cat. Three stars is really too generous but two seemed a little too harsh. The narrator does a great job with the various characters but it is hard to enjoy some of these characters. Her whiny version of Jane - the parrot's current owner, and the parrot itself, do get tiresome. I stopped this book for a while in the middle because it wasn't holding my interest (I eventually finished). Part of that has to do with the fact that I am not as interested in parrots as in cats or even dogs. If you aren't already a fan of this series, I wouldn't start here. Not a whole lot happens in this one. Pru doesn't even show as much personality as she has in previous installments. I guess this is her softer side. On the one hand, she was less pushy in her investigations and didn't do those things that made me cringe in earlier books like showing up at funerals to ask obnoxious questions. Her cat even accuses her of having become domestic. I'm not sure that's a good thing. I'm not in a hurry to go on to book 4.
"Interesting look at the food industry"
I enjoyed this book and found it to be educational. It did feel a little long and definitely repetitive. The author on several occasions told the same story. For example, he went through the story of coming up with the new flavor for Dr Pepper and then later when he talks to someone who has documents on it goes through the whole thing again. It isn't really surprising to hear about how food companies disregarded health concerns, or even flat out manipulated people. It was probably more surprising that there were people in the industry who didn't want to do that. One thought I had while listening to how each product is so carefully designed to hit the consumer's "bliss point" with the exact amounts of sugar etc. was that processed food should all taste absolutely great, but in reality I don't think it does. I had mixed feelings about the discussion of whether food companies are responsible for the obesity epidemic. The book didn't manage to convince me that people shouldn't take more responsibility for what they consume, at least now that nutritional information has been made available to them. One thing the book definitely did not do was turn me off processed food altogether. In fact, talking to me about sugary cereal for 3 hours only made me want cereal. I even stopped for cereal while listening though I did select a cereal with no sugar, only to get home and be smugly eating it when I looked up to discover just how much sugar is in the skim milk I had poured on my sugar free cereal.
"Not Sure Why I Keep Reading These"
I read a book in this series, then decide it wasn't that great. Time passes and the idea of the series appeals to me and I read the next one. And so it goes. One of the main problems for me is Olive herself. She tends to make bad decisions. I know she's only a kid, but it gets on my nerves after a while to see her plan out and execute these bad ideas one after another. She has such a hideously bad idea in this one that I almost stopped reading. Additionally, the fact that the villains in this series are paintings and can therefore get recreated leads to the (to me) rather boring situation of having to defeat the same people over again. I guess the set up of the plot prevents a lot of opportunities for new villains but it feels pointless trying to do the same thing book after book. I did want to say though that the author does a great job in painting the portrait of how horrible junior high can be, and the scene where Olive accidentally wears something inappropriate to school is priceless.
"Good small town cozy"
I am enjoying this series. This is book 2 and continues with the characters from Murder of a Small Town Honey, now caught up in the mystery of the murder of Skye's grandmother. This is a small town cozy mystery series so if you don't like some small town drama, descriptions of homemade meals and the occasional visit to a pork chop supper, pick a different series. We spend a lot of time with Skye's relatives in this installment and now we can completely see why she moved away in the first place. She endures a lot of family stress and work stress in this one. I used to think school psychologist sounded like a good job, but this installment definitely talked me out of that as Skye's job provides a lot of unpleasant drama for her. Additionally her love life does not come to satisfying conclusion in this one, but there is hope for improvement going forward. The mystery kept me interested throughout despite some occasional over the top perhaps not entirely believable twists. However, I don't think readers of books like this are as concerned about such things if they can accept that some random school psychologist in a small town will keep getting caught up in murder investigations in the first place. I have downloaded the next in the series. I'm not sure I love Skye exactly, but I do like the narration and the books keep me interested.
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Wasteland 2 • Page 2
Wasteland 2 delayed thanks to physical media
Wasteland 2′s been pushed back so inXile can gets its discs together.0
Are people sick of Kickstarter? Not according to Wasteland 2 dev
Wasteland 2 developer inXile Entertainment's Brian Fargo doesn't believe people are sick of Kickstarter, and has attributed the smaller chance of success compared to what it was previously to "Kickstarter doing its job."3
The post-apocalyptic world of Wasteland 2 doesn't seem idyllic
The opening movie for inXile's upcoming post-apocalyptic Wasteland 2 has been released. The game is slated for release at the end of August and is currently available through Steam Early Access.2
Wasteland 2 will be released at the end of August
Wasteland 2 will be shipped at the end of August, inXile has announced.2
You will know the Wasteland 2 release date before the month is over
Wasteland 2 developer inXile Entertainment, has posted an update to the RPG's Kickstarter backers outlining the state of the beta and promised a release date before the end of the month.0
Wasteland 2 beta update adds Linux client, new area
Wasteland 2′s beta has been updated, so crowdfunding backers and Early Access purchasers can now enjoy new content and various other goodies.0
Wasteland 2 beta update will add "most of Arizona."
We're told that less than half of Wasteland 2 is currently available in the beta accessible via Steam Early Access. A new update coming next week will increase the game world significantly, adding to the beta "most of the Arizona portion of the game."0
Wasteland 2 will take around 50 hours to complete, inXile discusses Los Angeles map
Wasteland 2 developer inXile Entertainment has posted a new update on its Kickstarter page, stating that the game will take an average of 50 hours to complete, along with details on the RPG's Los Angeles map.0
Wasteland 2's latest beta build will go live on February 24
Wasteland 2 will be ready for release "when it's done," says inXile Entertainment head Brian Fargo; however, until it releases, those involved in the beta have much to look forward to.0
Wasteland 2 "in the final stretch", OS-X build to release day-and-date with PC
Wasteland 2 isn't far enough along for inXile to slap a release date on it, but the developer has confirmed the crowdfunded RPG is pretty close to finishing. Plus: new screens.0
Wasteland 2 doing solid numbers on Steam Early Access, Fargo discusses £34.99 price-point
Wasteland 2 is doing solid numbers via Steam Early Access, according to inXile Entertainment co-founder Brian Fargo. While it's not quite raking in DayZ numbers, it's still doing well despite its high price of entry. Fargo has now touched on the beta's performance and pricing in a new interview.1
Wasteland 2 beta to get tactical combat improvements
Special attacks and destructible cover to be tweaked in latest round of improvements for Wasteland 2.0
Wasteland 2 is now available through Steam Early Access
Wasteland 2 is now available through Steam Early Access, as announced earlier this week.1
Wasteland 2 beta now available to backers, coming to Steam Early Access
Wasteland 2 can be yours – assuming you helped crowdfund the classic RPG revival, and don't mind playing a beta version which inXile is very keen for you to help shape.2
Wasteland 2 beta: serving up 'odd' until the very end - interview
Wasteland 2 is gearing up for beta. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with inXile CEO Brian Fargo about what the test involves, how final development is going and why the game could kill you in its first five seconds.4
Wasteland 2 backers should be able to try the beta "within two and a half weeks," according to Fargo
Wasteland 2 should go into beta within the next two and a half weeks, according to tweets from inXile boss Brian Fargo.0
Wasteland 1 has been submitted to Good Old Games and Steam
In the latest update to backers, inXile's project lead Chris Keenan announced that the studio's rerelease of Wasteland 1 – The Original Classic has been submitted to both Good Old Games and Steam for approval and should be available on those stores before too long. All backers of Wasteland 2, including those who are getting […]3
Wasteland 2 update reveals world map, various ways to die
Wasteland 2 producer Montgomery Markland has posted an update on the game's Kickstarter page, showing the world map and discussing some the situations players will come across when venturing around on it.0
Wasteland 2 gets two new gameplay screens, full list of current attributes & skills posted
Wasteland 2 developer inXile Entertainment has posted two new screens from its post-apocalyptic RPG, along with some insight into what, exactly, they show.1
Wasteland 2 video demos over 18 minutes of The Prison level
Wasteland 2 has a new video available showing off The Prison, which will be the fourth of fifth area in the game the player comes across – depending on how it's played.0
Wasteland 2 Latest
Wasteland 2 doing solid numbers on Steam Early Access, Fargo discusses £34.99 price-point
Wasteland 2 beta to get tactical combat improvements
Wasteland 2 is now available through Steam Early Access
Wasteland 2 beta now available to backers, coming to Steam Early Access
Wasteland 2 beta: serving up 'odd' until the very end – interview
Wasteland 2 backers should be able to try the beta "within two and a half weeks," according to Fargo
Wasteland 1 has been submitted to Good Old Games and Steam
Wasteland 2 update reveals world map, various ways to die
Wasteland 2 gets two new gameplay screens, full list of current attributes & skills posted
Wasteland 2 video demos over 18 minutes of The Prison level
Wasteland 2 images show off High Pool, the Desert
Wasteland 2 NPCs will react dynamically to gender, party makeup
Wasteland to be made available through GoG and Steam, new Wasteland 2 artwork relased
Wasteland 2 duplicate playthroughs a "virtual impossibility"
Wasteland 2 will have 40-50 maps, and be 20 hours long
Wasteland 2 beta coming in October, release delayed
Wasteland 2 to be distributed at retail by publisher Deep Silver
Wasteland 2 gets new gameplay screen and concept art
Wasteland 2 inventory preview shows grid, list and image systems
Torment Kickstarter to save money, time and jobs
Wasteland 2: inXile addresses camera and dialogue concerns
Wasteland 2 devs provide more detail on dialogues, HUD, and camera
Wasteland 2 video gives a look into the game's progress
Wasteland 2 – new work-in-progress screenshot surfaces, combat and inventory discussed
Wasteland 2 crowdsourcing 3D assets
Planescape: Torment sequel gets Avellone's blessing
Wasteland 2 concept art depicts Synths, is beautiful
Wasteland 2′s Fargo wants to return to Kickstarter for round two
Wasteland 2 sci-fi to be scrutinised by academic consultants
Wasteland 2 interview: Fargo's wonderful apocalypse


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JF Jacques on 1line?
I'm a big fan of JF Jacques (click on Jacques below) and honestly believe he's an NHL player, but top 9? Pat Quinn is an interesting guy.
I'm a big fan of JF Jacques (click on Jacques below) and honestly believe he's an NHL player, but top 9? Pat Quinn is an interesting guy.
Let's not forget that Jacques 06/07 wasn't so bad.
Granted he was on for no goals in 286 minutes, and posted a 0 GFON/60. However, he also posted a GAON/60 of only 2.30. That's a small sample size, but it's not bad, especially considering the fact that most of the team was much, much worse. And Jacques played decent, though pretty poor comp.
Not sure if these numbers really show us much that's positive, but I've always felt that Jacques shouldn't have been judged on his inability to get a point that first season. It didn't tell the whole story behind his play.
If the guy had some luck offensively before the injuries, we might be more excited.
I don't know how much tape Quinn has watched….but maybe he should watch some more?
Jacques certainly has the tools to be a top nine player but has yet to prove he can use them to that extent.
It's going to be an interesting couple months here I think.
Jacques is fast for a man that big. He could be a sleeper who emerges into a larger role this year.
1 big guy on each line – Jacques, Penner, Stortini and Stone, if he ends up in the top 12. I like the balance. The main guys – Hemmer, Horc, O'Sullivan, Comrie, Gags, Cogs will get their extra ice on special teams. I can also see Hemsky and Cogliano being shifted through the lineup within a game to get them extra ice. Maybe Gagner is the future, but I think it'll be Cogliano that really breaks out this year.
I think he would prefer Penner, but perhaps Hemsky would not?
Anyway, I kind of like the set up of the lines. I don't know why, but something seems good…
The four big men, one on each line, will likely be JFJ, Penner, Stortini, and Moreau, not Stone. If Stone makes the team (can he really skate well enough?) it will likely be in the pressbox until injury strikes.
And I'm sure JFJ would only be on the first line part of the time, with other players being subbed in depending on the character of the game.
I still love the possibility of JFJ distracting other team's top defencemen all season. It might open up a ton of room for Horc and Hemmer.
I know I don't have the coaching resume that Pat Quinn does but from where I was sitting for the game against Calgary Jacques on the first line wasn't exactly an experiment which yielded smashing success. I also note the cautionary tale of Jacques stretch where he set pointless records. Jacques should really be a third or fourth line option this year.
I guess we get back to this pairs thing Quinn likes to do. Does anyone do this? I just can't see putting a large guy on each line being of much benefit.
I'm trying not to get too high on JFJ this year. Last year I had big expectations for Nilsson…
Quinn is talking up two guys who he needs to be successful this season. He has praised Penner quite a bit. If Penner stays interested and scores say, 25 to 30 goals, while providing consistency then I think everyone would be happy. Meanwhile JFJ is a guy who has been all tools, no toolbox for a while. One of the issues is probably confidence. Once again, Quinn is talking him up. If the kid gets rolling then he at the very least will be a physical force on a very small club.
And face it if there are any injuries then JFJ will slide up the depth chart regardless. I think Quinn is trying to motivate these guys. The results so far (preseason I know) have been positive.
I guess we get back to this pairs thing Quinn likes to do. Does anyone do this?
Well, during the cup run we saw Horc + Smyth plus a rotating winger (dvorak, winchester, harvey…)
It seemed to work well enough, at least in terms of rolling a top 9 that could score on any line.
I like what Quinn is doing.
One of my customers has a sign in his business: "We have more to fear from inside inefficiency and discourtesy than we do from any competitor."
I've always liked that and found a lot of truth in it.
MacTavish changed the game plan according to who they were playing.
Quinn is trying to find strength in his own group and worrying that the Oilers are being their best first.
I'm excited to see the results because I like the philosophy.
I think when you have 2 talented forwards on a line, you can sometimes add a 3rd less talented individual to take on specific roles designed for them. So, he can act as a 'blocker' at times, make space in front of the net at others, etc. These are things that do not take too much skill, but when done well, they can help a line.
Bookie: exactly
Send the big man to the net, the defenseman has to follow.
If there was one thing this team was bad at last year, it was going to the goddam net.
Except for Zorg, of course.
If there was one thing this team was bad at last year, it was going to the goddam net.
Andrew Cogliano is going to stand on a phone book and give you a stern talking-to.
Jacques can't mess with Regehr from the 4th line, since Regehr is never on the ice against the 4th line.
Lucic got to mess with Komisarek because he was playing with Savard.
Penner is a cycle player. Quinn has him playing with cycle players in Comire and O'Sullivan, and not with a rush player Hemsky (who is also a puck hog).
Jacques does NOT have to handle the puck playing with Hemsky, he just has to pound defenseman, and get in position to block a shot, or to receive a pass and shoot.
Stortini will create space for Gags and Cogs, and can spot Nilsson there on an occasional shift.
Like I said in the other thread, I'm beginning to feel a touch of man-love for Quinn.
Forget about numbering the damn lines.
Or look at it from the glass half empty perspective:
At one point they had Heatley on 1 line LW, now JFJ. Horc and Hemmer better start shooting more because JFJ shouldn't have the puck often.
I suspect Hemmer's numbers are going to be stagnant or suffer this season. It looks like Quinn may spread the offensive talent around a bit.
I just hope his message to JFJ, Stone, Brule, and Stortini is they better be running defensemen through the boards or you're back on the milk run. Most other teams have a few of these guys who are borderline dirty.
Not saying I like dirty hockey, but it just seems that having a few guys everybody loathes is a necessary ingredient.
I think the mitigating factor when you look at JFJ is that 37 of his GP was in that awful 06-07 season. That's no excusing the player — but he was 21 or 22 — which is still young developmentally for a big man.
He got his 7 GP cup of coffee in 05-06.
Then 9GP in 06-07 in an injury plagued season.
Then 7GP last season.
60GP total. There's more to see.
Bookie, I agree
Like Taylor Pyatt on with the sisters.
I also think that someone like JFJ may do much better under a Quinn/Renney system than under MacTs Systems. MacT did a lot of rejigging of game plans based upon the opponent. Some players have no problem with this, but others are not so malleable.
I think that a player like Jaques may do well playing the same game night after night. I also think that if this line stays together they may develop some chemistry which results in JFJ being in the right spot to bang in rebounds.
In any case, it looks as though we are going to find out.
The Kool-Aid tastes different this year.
Andrew Cogliano is going to stand on a phone book and give you a stern talking-to.
While I see Bookie's point, I can't help but feel like a big guy with more hands would be better suited to the role. I dunno, maybe JFJ has hands (he was fine in the AHL), but I'd rather see him put up more than one point before I give him the keys to the Ferrari. I can see what Quinn's doing there, but I don't think it sends the right message to the rest of the roster, necessarily.
So, who are our cuts at forward
Brennan, Reddox, Eberle, Schremp, MacIntyre, and (once Pouliot or Pisani is back) Stone?
Is that enough?
As per the JFJ thing, its one of those moves that makes you look like a genius if it works and if it doesn't you just change it 8 games into the season.
I think the goal is to make a player out of a 'maybe'. That gets you one more player of the type you need at no cost (if it works).
Ribs said…
The Kool-Aid tastes different this year.
Well said!!!
The Jacques experiment won't last past Oct. 1.
Jacques just had the play die with him so often in the past that he was mostly useless. It's still small sample stuff, but he was certainly full value for those early numbers.
As I've said many times before, looking comptetent next to Horcoff and Hemsky is not exactly a tremendous attribute. Regardless, I'm with BDHS here – Quinn's blowing smoke because he'll need JFJ at some point.
The Kool-Aid tastes different this year.
Because it has some of Grandpa's old cough syrup in it.
Jacques is the next Lucic.
on a totally unrelated note, malhotra should definitely fire his agent. rob neidermeyer just signed with Jersey for $1 million.
I guess you gotta go with what works. JFJ certainly has never been considered an NHL offensive threat, but he's looked pretty good with Horcoff and Hemsky. Hemsky hasn't even shown up yet either. Is that because he's playing with a guy (in JFJ) that isn't a skill player? Maybe. But I think if Hemmer were finding his game, JFJ would really work on that line because he's got the drive, and energy that we used to want Penner to bring (I say "used to" because Penner is actually bringing it so far) along with the size. The one thing that's suspect is the hands. He's obviously struggled hard offensively at the NHL level. But maybe it might actually work out. Maybe Quinn's instilled some sort of message in him as to how to play to be effective out there. I don't know. But it's definitely worth sticking with, because so far he's been one of few bright spots in the pre-season.
on a totally unrelated note, malhotra should definitely fire his agent. rob neidermeyer just signed with Jersey for $1 million.
Maybe Lou is finally showing signs of slipping and he thought he had made a hell of a bargain signing Scott Neidermayer for 1 million?
….and Stone is the next Dustin Brown.
There, nothing to worry about.
I did some research into JFJ's comparables. Out of all players in the history of the NHL, 94 of them managed to play 30+ games in only their second NHL season and score zero points. It's a list of studs: Gump Worsley, Martin Brodeur, Terry Sawchuk, Roberto Luongo, Henrik Lundqvist…
I think we've got a generational talent on our hands here, boys.
Andrew Cogliano is going to stand on a phone book and give you a stern
Cogs has yet to screen a shot in the NHL.
I'm sure it's better than being out of work but Quinn must be shaking his head already. He's been on the job for ~ three weeks and he's already called out the vets, he's already called out the too-many-small-guys elephant and by now he must know we don't have enough guys who can grind, PK or win a faceoff.
Put all that together with 71 on the mend and this is gonna be a tough team to watch.
On the other hand, it's gonna be fun reading the papers to see the detailing of Quinn's frustration.
What's the odds of Quinn staying the full term of his contract?
Maybe he'll exagurate some unheard of health issue, bolt after year one, and wish Renney good luck with these waterbugs.
Meanwhile MacT is giggling in his TSN armchair.
quain: I think injuries played a big part, don't you? Nobody is quite writing off Alex Planet yet either, and they shouldn't
Maybe he'll exagurate some unheard of health issue, bolt after year one, and wish Renney good luck with these waterbugs.
Meanwhile MacT is giggling in his TSN armchair.
I would wait at least until a month into the year before making such bold predictions. Even under MacT with all of the problems last year this team was a playoff team until the last 3 weeks of the season. If they can see small improvements this year, it is likley that they will be in the playoff picture.
As per MacT, I am sure that all MacT wants in this world is to work for TSN and coach the Spengler cup…
Alex Planet
I approve of this new name for him.
I've been a big Penner booster, and by extension, Horpensky!…but I can't fault Quinn for trying Jacques portside with Horcoff and Hemsky. Nothing wrong with Penner-Comrie-O'Sullivan, while Jacques could generate room for 83&10 (as others have said, he can't distract Regeher flying around on the 4th line). May not be a high percentage play, but chances of success are way higher than starting the season with Pisani @ C…not to mention Pisani on the dot with Penner to his right. This experiment seems completely sane in comparison. No wonder the Koolaid tastes different this year. Interesting indeed LT.
in other news; mps played 17:17 and anton lander 10:26 in the sel opener for timrå
Not making any bold predictions, just got the feeling that Quinn could get fed up with this group pretty quickly if there is no improvement shown.
Especially if there is no attempt by management to fill the holes that he recognized in 1 week and most of us pointed out over a year ago.
I approve of this new name for him.
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No one likes to think about death, let alone plan for it. In many families, discussing one's mortality is an extremely uncomfortable topic. But it is a topic that should be discussed and planned for well in advance of your death.
By pre-planning your funeral, you relieve your family of having to make important financial decisions during a period of great stress and grief-a time when people aren't thinking very clearly and may not know what to do because you never made your wishes known.
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The Milwaukee defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-3 Tuesday night at Miller Park with a little play bringing a big finish. Logan Schafer laid down a suicide squeeze bunt with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth that scored Jeff Bianchi with the winning run. Marco Estrada nursed a 1-0 lead allowing just two hits through the first six innings before the Cubs erupted for three runs in the top of the 7th. Carlos Gomez got the Brewers back even with his 20th home run of the year, a two run shot in the bottom of the 7th. Jim Henderson picked up the win in relief. Milwaukee has won three straight and five out of six, pushing the Cubs four and a half games behind them in the basement of the National League Central Division. Game three of the four game series will have Tyler Thornburg pitching Wednesday night. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:35 PM on WTAQ.
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April 29 - Super 8 Motel, Wytheville, Va.
Wytheville — pronounced "whiteville," I believe — sits at the cross of I-77 and I-81. Looking down I-81, I used to see Bristol, Tenn., and think of that time in 1927 when The Cater Family and Jimmie Rodgers separately met a rep from the Victor Talking Machine Company and recorded a couple of songs. They got paid about $100. Lot's changed since then, though the pay's about the same. These days when I look down towards Bristol I see a redneck deputy hauling a longed haired songwriter off to jail for the crime of relieving himself behind a bush. In 1981, that cost $25. There use to be a great BBQ joint in Wytheville. It's gone. too. They had the best fried chicken and blackberry cobbler.
I guess everyone wore themselves out Saturday as no one stayed up past midnight to talk or jam or whatever. On Sunday morning, with a solid six hours of sleep, I was up and drenched in coffee by 8 a.m. I packed up camp and planned what was left of my MerleFest weekend. I like to get going, so it was an easy morning and I headed out to the Traditional Tent for some Shape Note Singing with Laura Boosinger.
I misidentified this a few days ago as Sacred Heart singing. The idea is the same — using shapes for notes instead of notes on a musical staff. Sacred Heart uses four notes. Shape Note uses seven. The workshop I attended was about those seven notes and how to sing them. It's pretty straight forward — anyone who's ever seen The Sound of Music and sang "Do Re Mi" will get the idea. "Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti" — each note has a particular shape attached to it and you sing that note when you see that shape. Laura talks about the history of Congregational singing, why they use shapes (people actually patented musical notation at one time) and how Sacred Heart differs from Shaped Note contextually, historically and regionally. Pretty cool stuff, even if the Traditional Tent smells like a barn and is now filled with flies. Laura is also really funny, cracking denominational jokes that the churchgoers find hilarious. I don't get them.
My interest in Sacred Heart/Shaped Note singing came when I wandered into a church one Sunday morning 30 or so years ago. I was wandering around northern Alabama on a motorcycle making my way to the Natchez Trace and then south to New Orleans when I stopped for a breather and cool air beneath a tree. I heard the singing as soon as my head stopped rattling. I slipped inside the outer part of a church and heard the most glorious harmonies — not sweet or beautiful, but primitive and inspiring.
In Shape Note, everyone is singing to the pitch the lead singer has identified. There is no piano, no organ, no hip dude playing guitar, only imperfect humans looking for the most comfortable place for their voice to sing. Your split into four groups depending on your vocal range — altos (includes sopranos), tenors, bass (includes baritones) and leads (anyone who can't but follow the melody regardless of range). I go to the bass group. Each group has a different part to sing — the altos, basses and tenors all singing a harmony part and the leads singing the melody. When it all comes together it unifies the same way most old time music does. It's wondrous and miraculous; if there is a place where God exists, it is inside the dissonance that has congealed into a thing so coherent and beautiful that any existence of God outside of it becomes marginal and meaningless.
I leave the Traditional Tent invigorated and inspired and head back to camp to pack the van. Everything packed and lunch consumed, I head back to the Traditional Tent for one last show before heading home — "Women Singing Traditional Music." On stage are women ages 20 -70, including hosts Carol Rifkin and Gaye Johnson, Brooke Buckner, Laura Boosinger, Joan Wernick, Tara Nevins (Donna the Buffalo), Kim McWhirter and Gailanne Amundsen (Jubal's Kin). All give outstanding performances, but Kim McWhirter brings the house down with a moving version of the Dolly Parton song "Crippled Bird" (which in turn is based on an English Broadside) sung in a sweet mountain lilt and strummed sparingly on guitar.
A wonderful to finish to a great MerleFest.
MerleFest is so much more then one guy can write about, no matter how much he tries. I like what I like — new bands and rediscovering old favorites. In addition to what I see and hear, there are workshops on everything from clawhammer banjo to dulcimer playing, a kids stage and activities, open mics, sitting and picking, indoor concerts, food, vendors galore. It is amazing how much music and activity the organizers pack into one day (and then clean it all up and do it again).
A lot of people stream in mid-afternoon for the nighttime concert. As mentioned, these always feature name acts. I am most fortunate to be able to tag along with my sister, help her in her booth and receive onsite camping privileges in exchange. By 8 p.m., I'm pretty exhausted and looking forward to reading under the remaining light and then laying back and hearing what's on the main stage.
This year they had some good acts. Thursday night the very humble and talented (and maybe the last real Country act standing in Nashville) Vince Gill had a fine set. Saturday I was fortunate to hear Derek Trucks take Sam Bush and his band to school on how to play melodious improvisation on the Clapton tune "Bell Bottom Blues." Derek Trucks is the living heir on slide guitar to the dead-to-early Duane Allman and he has unquestionably extended that legacy way past a wink and a nod and into something quite imaginative and bold. His wife Susan Tedeschi joined them on The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and hit all the backing vocal parts with soul.
Later that night, Trucks and Tedeschi helped Los Lobos to new heights on a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Bertha." They sounded like they were having a blast, and my noisy camp neighbors confirmed as much the next morning as they were on stage watching the whole thing go down. Unfortunately, I slept through most of Los Lobos set and the Tedeschi/Trucks set Saturday night, though I caught the first few songs, and they sounded quite excellent. Good sleeping music — that's a compliment!
Just like his famously troubled father, Justin Townes Earle has often generated as much press for his substance-fueled escapades as his musical prowess. Thankfully, that genetic predeliction has been tempered with a similarly potent gift for songcraft and creative evolution, two elements that have distinguished Earle's catalog to date, particularly his last album, the sacred-meets-secular traditional modernism of 2010's Harlem River Blues.
With his fifth and latest album, Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, Earle once again expands his musical parameters and explores the wide range of music that has defined Memphis, from lushly arranged horn-and-sweat Soul (the rousing Dr. Johnesque boogie Blues of "Baby's Got a Bad Idea") to spartan singer/songwriter folk (the dry Country balladeering of "Won't Be the Last Time") to varying combinations of it all (the sorry-baby sway of the title track). On the album's mournful opener, "Am I That Lonely Tonight," Earle seems to address his acorn-oak issues with touches of Van Morrison and Jeff Tweedy ("Hear my father on the radio, singing, 'Take me home again'/300 miles from the Carolina coast, I'm skin and bones again/Sometimes I wish that I could get away, sometimes I wish that he'd just call/Am I that lonely tonight, I don't know").
There is an air of immediacy on Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, a direct result of the whirlwind four-day, all-live/no-overdub sessions that produced the album, but that recording frenzy is perfectly counterbalanced by Earle's laconic delivery, even on the album's most energetic songs.
Nothing's Gonna Change is yet another dusty jewel in Justin Towne Earle's beautiful and slightly askew crown.
Tonight at Over-the-Rhine's MOTR Pub, wildly impressive Cincy Soul/Pop/Rock quartet The Guitars celebrate the release of their new EP, High Action. Local Folk faves The Tillers open up the free show. Below is a review of the release, a slightly shorter version of which appeared in this week's CityBeat. You can also check out a track from the EP, so you can hear that I'm not lying when I say this is definitely one of the best releases by a local act this year.
Naming your band Friends is a good way to make it very difficult for people to find you on the Internet, but the relatively new Brooklyn band of that name is worth the few extra clicks — you can and should find them. Released earlier in June, Friends' debut album Manifest! is ready to become the soundtrack to every party you attend this summer.
A few years ago after a surge in popularity, Indie Pop seemed to fade a bit as artists like New Young Pony Club and Little Boots found success with infectious dance songs. With Manifest!, Friends brings back some Indie Pop creativity and jubilation, just in time for summer. And while it's not all club beats and Electro grooves, Friends' music does have a unique danceability factor.
Manifest! opens with one of the quintet's previously released singles, "Friend Crush," which is pretty much your invitation to jump right in and befriend Friends. Centered around Samantha Urbani's vocals and complimented by an ESG-esque drum and bass part, the song is minimal but extremely catchy, acting as a great hook to draw listeners into the album. Like with the musical versatility, Urbani uses her voice in the most interesting ways throughout Manifest!, helping to keep each song fresh and distinct.
The contrast in sound from song to song makes Manifest! feel like you're listening to a mixtape, spotlighting Friends' willingness to experiment and explore varying genres and ideas instead of settling for something predictable yet perhaps more "focused."
Other highlights on Manifest! include another previously released single, "I'm His Girl," a sassy relationship song that includes an unexpected breakdown involving
handclaps and spoken lyrics, while "Sorry" has a slight
Vampire Weekend feel to it.
Perhaps the best track on Manifest! is saved for last. Exuding an '80s retro Pop feel, on closer "Mind Control," Urbani (using her voice more like an instrument) chants at the end what could very well be Friends' own "manifesto": "I don't want the right to be rude/I just want the right to be cool/However I choose to do it, I do/Whatever I choose to be or whom."
Friends clearly has no interest in falling in line with what fans, the industry or anyone outside of the group might expect them to be. The result is one of the coolest albums of the summer thus far.
If great reviews and the respect of your peers were tangible income, Warren Buffett would be paying 30% tax on his income as Alejandro Escovedo's secretary.
From the start of Escovedo's solo career — after a brief stint with the Kinman brothers in Rank and File and a turn in his own shoulda-been-huge True Believers in the '80s — the hypertalented singer/songwriter has been long on critical acclaim and short on commercial success for a variety of reasons (label and distribution trouble, no love at radio, health issues), but he has continued to grow and evolve as an artist to the delight and amazement of his cultishly proportioned and loyal fan base.
Escovedo's debut for Fantasy, Big Station, is the third in a de facto trilogy that began with 2008's Real Animal and continued on 2010's Street Songs of Love. Following those adrenalized-yet-sensitive rock albums/sonic scrapbooks, his first collaborations with fellow cult singer/songwriter Chuck Prophet and iconic producer Tony Visconti, Escovedo reassembles the dream team on Big Station, a set that rumbles with themes of home, love and a sense of place.
The album's first single, "Man of the World," bristles like Eddie Cochran shot through with a few thousand volts of Tom Petty; if there was any justice in the world, it would be pouring out of every car radio this summer. Like the best of Escovedo's catalog, Big Station offers electric muscle ("Party People"), acoustic power (the title track) and heartbursting balladry ("Bottom of the World"), all of which he paints with the perfect brush and touch.
Escovedo's exquisite gift is his ability to blend his Mexicali heritage with his unabashed love of '60s Rock, '70s Glam and Punk and '80s Twang Pop and twist it into a sound that is weirdly familiar and pointedly fresh. And like everything he's done, Big Station is his absolute best for now.
An EP can serve several purposes — a stopgap release between full-length releases; fresh merch to offer at shows; a teaser for more material down the road; or an exploratory release to test the waters for a response to a new band or an existing band's new direction (among others).
In any event, whatever a band's reason might be for offering up a small dose of their material for reduced consumption, the inviolable rule of the EP is simple — always leave the listener wanting more. If you elicit even a modicum of boredom or disinterest in a spare handful of tracks, you're not likely to entice listeners to take a chance on a full-length or get them out to a show, which is, as stated, sort of the point.
Luckily, no such lapse is even remotely evident on Real Far East, Saturn Batteries' second EP in just over a year. Since the Cincinnati bands formation in 2010, guitarist/vocalist/lyricist Brad Gibson — who's put in bass time with the likes of Charlie Hustle, Young Heirlooms and Walk the Moon — has presented his brainchild as a trio, quartet and quintet along the way, all in the service of Beatlesque Pop filtered through the New Wave aesthetic of the Police and XTC and adrenalized with a heart needle full of the Pixies' jittery satellite Rock.
On last year's Ever Been in Love? Gibson and the Batteries du jour hewed a little closer to the John Lennon/Frank Black strands of their DNA, but Real Far East finds the freshly minted foursome (Gibson, guitarist Brad Rutledge, drummer Justin Sheldon, bassist Archie Niebuhr) drifting more toward the Paul McCartney/Andy Partridge end of their gene pool. And while the Batteries soften the edges ever so subtly and polish their surface to a slightly more reflective shine on Real Far East, these refinements don't diminish the band's energetic charm in the least.
One of the reasons for that is the Batteries have never forsaken one direction for another, preferring to incorporate differing elements into their foundational sound in an effective display of their diversity. The soulful "It's Not About the Money" and propulsive "Overtime" are both Pop gems that swing and swagger in a groove that isn't far removed from the benchmarks established by Walk the Moon in their march toward global domination. "You Really Live Twice" features previous members Rob Barnes and Rich Shivener, naturally hearkening back to the moody energy of Ever Been in Love? "Every Last Time" updates '60s/'70s AM Pop to the 21st century, while "Cherry Times" is a solid hybrid of the sweet and dissonant Pop that has characterized everything that Saturn Batteries has done well to this point in their history.
Real Far East shows that Saturn Batteries can have fun within their core Pop/Rock sound and clearly points the way toward a bright future for the quartet going forward.
Saturn Batteries celebrates the release of Real Far East tonight (Friday) at The Drinkery in Over-the-Rhine (click here for details). Below is the EP track "Every Last Time"; click the player or here to sample/download the entire release.
Everything was easy — parking, finding venues, moving from place to place. Easy street. Even the weather was easy — not too hot, not too cold, not even crisp yet. Clouds just hung out in the sky, slightly alive, so gray. Steel.
When I literally jumped out of the car in front of SCPA, excited strange people started offering me donuts. I didn't take one, but I considered it. Fuck, that was stupid, I should have. Free damn donut. "Glazed!" they yelled, "Glazed!" Shout out to hot Dot, the lady in pink with the donut tray.
Welcome to the randomness that is sometimes called Midpoint. Bring it on.
Lucky score — found a wicked parking spot on Court, and I wandered over to Below Zero for Brooklyn's Bear Hands. Standing in front of the bar's enormous red "Z" on the wall, singer Dylan Rau also played bass and keys. Backed by two guitars and drums, Rau's voice had a strong Post-Punk, New Wave edge that shone with the band's catchy, circular rhythm. He was charismatic, big-eyed, and easy on the eyes. There was a good reason that neon-heavy Below Zero became packed very quickly. This band was not one to miss, in my book. I wonder how Bear Hands felt about the disco balls inside? I bet there was some lovin' going on there.


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Zodiac is also chairing a joint European/U.S. working group on ice detection systems, launched early this year. It comprises 39 members, including officials from EASA and FAA and 16 aircraft manufacturers. The group, Eurocae WG95, has been tasked to revise the FIDS minimum performance specification, taking into account the impact of the new icing atmosphere (where some phenomena are probably linked to climate change) and the new icing rules.
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This is the special edition version of today's strip. As you may have noticed a corner has been appropriated to wish Brad G congratulations on 10 years of comics. Ten years is such a monumental effort that I thought it needed to be celebrated not just on his sites ( Evil Inc and Courting Disaster but to the wider comic world.
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Excessive heat and degraded performance make the Silicon Power Thunder T11 appropriate only for casual Mac users.
Fast and affordable, the shockproof Silicon Power Armor A15 is an excellent buy for mobile users, especially those working in rough environments.
The Amzer Silicone Skin Jelly Case for Motorola Atrix 4G provides overall protection for your smartphone with a rubberized casing. It comes in an assortment of colors.
The Amzer Silicone Skin Jelly Case for the HTC Evo 4G provides overall protection for your smartphone with a rubberized casing in an assortment of colors.
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The network gives the tech hub a sneak peak at the new comedy series created by the man behind "OfficeSpace" and "Beavis and Butt-head."
The premiere of HBO's most anticipated series offered naivete, brutality, hope and despair. No, we're not talking about "Game of Thrones." We're talking about Mike Judge's "Silicon Valley."
A major migration is under way, with technology companies large and small setting up shop in San Francisco and bypassing the historic heart of the tech industry.
Add in the benefits, the perks, and the transportation tech workers get for free, and the value of their salaries jumps up to 20 percent.
AT&T announced Wednesday that Cupertino will be the first community in Silicon Valley that will get its U-verse with GigaPower 1Gbps broadband service.
The German automotive supplier plucks Seval Oz from Google's self-driving car project to lead a new division focused on intelligent transportation systems.


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Men's Air Jordan Retro I Basketball Shoes
Mike is Back and the Retro 1 returns. Nike updates the Retro 1 and offers a limited edition shoe that features a full-grain floater and Nubuck leather upper for comfort, as well as the Jordan "Wings" logo on the lateral side for styling.
In addition, the Retro 1s have a a tongue-backing that features the exclusive numbering system, and a solid rubber cupsole which features an encapsulated Air-Sole unit in the heel so you can have a more responsive stride, while the deep flex grooves and a circular traction pattern provide increased flexibility and traction.
Limited quantities available, and a great addition for the collector.
- UPPER: Nubuck leather
- MIDSOLE: Air Sole
- OUTSOLE: Rubber
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Past Grand Masters
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