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Rant alert: Once upon a time, cars had real, instantly identifiable names that conveyed passion, swiftness and excitement. Mustang, Impala and Barracuda still retain magical associations. Today's clinical alphanumeric appellations conjure up all the ardor of a laboratory parts bin.So, when Infiniti announced its intention late last year to rename its entire lineup starting with the letter Q, reaction was a puzzled ho-hum. After all, it's one thing to cull a beloved Cougar from the herd, another entirely to banish a boring letter like "G" from the glossary.In this case, add "M," "EX," "FX" and "JX" to the extinction list. From 2014 on, Infiniti will use the "Q" badge for all sedans, coupes and convertibles, while "QX" will signify SUVs and crossovers. Numbers will follow the letters to indicate a vehicle's place in the hierarchy.For example, the Q50 replaces the G37 sedan, while the Q60 assumes the mantle of both the G37 coupe and convertible. The flagship M becomes the Q70. The EX will be the QX50, the JX becomes the Q60, the FX will debut as the QX70 while the QX morphs into the QX80. What could possibly be simpler? Ranting aside, Infiniti's reputation surely won't suffer, as evidenced by the 2014 Q50. At the recently announced entry price of $36,700, it's a bit more expensive than the entry-level BMW 320i but delivers Infiniti's time-tested 3.7-liter V6 engine with 328 horses, as compared to the BMW's 2.0-liter inline 4 with 180 hp. For the fuel-frugal, a hybrid is available that cranks out 354 hp. Options like all-wheel drive will raise the ante to nearly $40K, and the sport trim package bumps things north of $43K. But when compared to other sport sedans, the bang-for-buck quotient is impressive, as are the swoopy good looks, derived from the company's deservedly praised "Essence" concept vehicle. The name may have changed, but the refreshed graceful body enhancements maintain the essential Infiniti identity, and that's all to the good. Increased interior space, high-quality cabin materials (including optional maple wood trim) bring opulence to the three available interior color choices of graphite, stone and wheat. Enhanced seating adds more comfort, and a noise-canceling system called Active Noise Control uses the door's audio speakers to minimize the outside din. The center stack includes two touch screens with customizable displays, while environmental and audio systems are easily controlled with non-high tech buttons and switches. Sticklers surely will decry the deletion of a stick in favor of a standard seven-speed automatic transmission (but, hey, paddle shifters are on the column for the frisky). Direct Adaptive Steering, an optional drive-by-wire electrical steering system, will also raise purist hackles. But most Q50 buyers would be hard-pressed to notice the difference from hydraulic anyway, and they will probably appreciate the road-damping smoothness. After all, on our battered North Texas roads, a pothole by any other name is still a pothole — which brings us back to the topic of names. Namely, is the Q50 simply a refreshed and reconfigured G37? Well, yeah, but so what? The point is that everything has been tweaked to make an already great car even better: That's what matters. To paraphrase Billy Shakespeare: "A G37 by any other name, still drives as sweet."
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cluster. You specify a step that runs a script either when you create your cluster or you
can add a step if your cluster is in the
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cluster, go to Interactive and Batch Hive Clusters.
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If you want to run a script immediately before cluster shutdown, use a shutdown action. For more information about shutdown actions, go to Shutdown Actions.
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Barbara Fleming is evacuated from Bellevue Hospital by Victor Rivera, who works in the trauma department, during an evacuation in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York on Oct. 31.
One lasting image of Superstorm Sandy will be very sick patients being evacuated from flooded hospitals. But less visible are thousands of patients who rely on visiting nurses and home health aides for care ranging from bathing and feeding to oxygen and ventilators.
Remarkably, home care providers say they know of no patients who lacked for needed care in the storm's wake. Resourceful nurses, physical therapists, aides and other personnel somehow surmounted flood, impassable roads, downed trees and dwindling gasoline to get to their patients.
"It's just been incredible to see everybody step up, even though they themselves have been without child care, school's not in session, their homes are cold, they don't have much food, they're having to wait in line for hours and hours for gasoline," home care provider Dr. Steve Landers tells Shots. "I'm sort of speechless. It's just amazing."
Landers runs VNA Health Group of New Jersey, which on a given day cares for 4,000 patients around the state with a staff of 1,600.
He says it's taking longer to make rounds, but staffers have found alternate routes around blocked roads, downed trees and flooded streets to deliver care to "a lot of scared, anxious, suffering people."
They've driven patients with kidney failure to distant dialysis centers when theirs closed down. On Thursday one nurse delivered a baby in a car when the mother was stuck in traffic. Landers says a diabetic man in his 90s was rescued from dangerously low blood sugar.
"Knock on wood, we seem to be managing," says Sherl Brandt of the Home Care Association of New Jersey. "I've been in very close contact with agencies throughout New Jersey and it's amazing what people are doing. I don't know of any cases where people didn't get needed care."
Roger Noyes of the Home Care Association of New York State says the same thing. "We've been in a lot of conference calls with emergency management officials and we have not heard of any specific cases" of patients lacking for needed care, he says, "although we're closely monitoring it. Certainly there've been a lot of delays."
Orael Keenan runs a Visiting Nurse Association in Nassau County, Long Island, where 80 percent of the area lost power – including her own office until Thursday afternoon. Phone service was out until Friday. Thirty-two of her 400 clients were evacuated from their homes to a family member or another caregiver's home.
New York State triages home care patients into three levels. Level I patients are those who would need to be hospitalized if they don't get scheduled visits.
"We were very fortunate that our clients that had to be seen lived in areas where we have nurses within walking distance," Keenan says.
Durable medical equipment companies delivered needed supplies ahead of the storm and were out again by Thursday "so anybody who needed a tank of oxygen was able to get it," she reports.
But by week's end Keenan's nurses – and those at other agencies Shots talked to – were literally running out of gas. "It's an extreme issue," Keenan says. "Some of my nurses are down to a quarter of tank and they're sitting at a gas station right now. Sooner or later, this will impact care."
But she called back later to report that nurses have been able to go to the head of the line when they show their ID and explain the situation. She hopes as power comes back, more gas stations will start pumping. In New Jersey home care agencies say state fuel depots are filling their tanks once emergency vehicles are taken care of.
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My response to Jane Hamsher' Artilce "Why The Sierra Club No Longer Deserves Your Trust"
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Dear Ms Hamsher,
As 30 year member of the Sierra Club, I find you article insulting and degrading to every member of the Club. The Sierra Club is a grass roots organization, so I ask you, what are you doing -- besides criticizing others -- to assist with the people and the ecosystem of the Gulf?
The Club has been actively asking for volunteers to assist with whatever they can to assist the people and animals of the Gulf. Members from around the country have answered the call and are donating their time, talents, and resources to aid the people and the environment of the Gulf.
Your article insults those very volunteers and every Sierra Club member who has ever volunteered to help with an environmental cause -- be it lobbying for stronger legislation, testifying at local or state hearing, or promoting the outdoors by sponsoring a trip or an outing to a natural wonder.
While you feel the Obama administration can wave this magic wand and instantly fix this mess in the Gulf, they can't. No one can. Even if the administration nationalized the efforts to cap the well and clean up the spill they would not be able too much of anything until the well is sealed.
If you want to criticize someone, look in the mirror. It is the public's apathetic and uncaring attitude which caused this spill. The Sierra Club has been fighting for decades for cleaner energy solutions while the general pubic buys gas guzzling SUVs and energy inefficient mc-mansions. The public has also allowed the previous administration to block any measures aimed at increasing energy efficiency.
It is disappointing when people like you suddenly jump on the bandwagon to criticize others who have spent years making REAL efforts to protect our environment. It's time you and your fellow ambassadors of anger stop complaining about the problem and become part of the solution.
You want someone to do something? You start! Write your congressman and senators and urge them to support legislation that provides for clean energy. Volunteer at a local environmental preserve. Make a donation. Just stop pointing fingers… unless it's at yourself.
Jane, your ramblings are not better than the claptrap that comes out of Rush Limbaugh or Gen Beck!
Now let see if Jane Hamsher bothers to read or reply (I doubt she will)
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Yes I am PO'ed at her, I think she has some sort of vendetta against the club as this isn't the first time she has been critical of the Sierra Club.ReplyDelete
She most likely has never attended a local club event or meeting to see how hard these dedicated individuals who work for the club in their spare time and many using their own resources to help preserve and protect the environment.
It must be nice to be able to sit on her high horse and spew criticisms to the masses while others get down and dirty working on actual problems dealing with the environment.
To be honest, I agree with many of the points she makes. Of course its easier to point fingers and blame the sierra club, and for that reason I think your response is correct (if vitrolic). However, I do think the club seems to be playing an inside game at the expense of keeping the pressure up when needed.ReplyDelete
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Diniyar Bilyaletdinov has completed his move to Spartak Moscow.
The 26-year-old midfielder travelled to the Russian capital earlier this week to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical after the Blues accepted an undisclosed offer for his services.
The move ends Bilyaletdinov's two-and-a-half year stay at Goodison Park. In that time he made 77 appearances for the Club and scored nine goals.
Probably the highlight of his spell in Blue came in February 2010 when he scored a spectacular goal in a 3-1 win over Manchester United. That stunning strike was later crowned the Club's goal of the season.
Manager David Moyes paid tribute to the Russian's work ethic on the eve of his departure, and wished him well for the future.
"He was a great boy to work with, a really good professional," Moyes told evertonfc.com. "When he played he was totally committed and he did everything he could to succeed. We wish him well. It just didn't quite work and obviously we've decided to sell.
"It happens," he added. "You could probably ask every manager in the Premier League about players and I can think of some clubs you could ask about a lot of players but, yes, Bily's been in here and not quite reached what we wanted. But I couldn't fault anything that he did – he is a good lad."
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List No. 2 is for the second half of 2012, when our goal will be to gain capital appreciation from the decline in macroeconomic uncertainty.
I think this is one is simple -- if the world goes the way I now think it will. The emerging markets of China and Brazil have been in deep bear markets and should lead the turnaround. They will take other emerging markets up with them -- Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey, for instance -- as well as stocks in developed markets that are linked to the fortunes of these emerging markets.
I hope you noticed the big "if" in that paragraph. I think investors will see a big decrease in uncertainty and worry that will flip the switch to "risk on" in a much more lasting way in the second half of the year. I think we'll see an actual interest-rate cut from the People's Bank of China and a bottoming of the economic growth rate in both China and Brazil.
But it doesn't have to work that way. The euro debt crisis is by no means resolved, and I'm worried about the possibility of crises in India and Russia.
I'd play the second-half turn by ear, waiting to see the interest-rate cut from the People's Bank of China and good news on second-quarter growth in the gross domestic product from Brazil and China before moving whole hog from the kind of stocks in my first list to stocks like those in this second list. (Do I make myself clear? Don't buy these picks now. Wait.)
But if the year breaks like I think it will, you will want to make the transition from thinking about safety to thinking about profit around the middle of the year.
6.Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX, news): Copper is my favorite commodity for a second-half turnaround, and Freeport is my favorite copper miner. Not only is copper demand extremely sensitive to upticks in construction in particular and industrial production in general, but attempts to expand copper supply keep running into the constraints of diminishing ore grades and political uncertainty in the countries that hold the most promise for expanding supply. Freeport McMoRan is coming off a strike at its Grasberg, Indonesia mine that cut production in 2011 by about 20%, so 2012 has some pretty easy comparisons to beat. In addition, Freeport is best placed among global copper miners to expand production with relatively lower capital costs because Freeport can expand production at existing mines rather than having to develop greenfield mines. (Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold is a member of my Jubak's Picks 12- to 18-month portfolio.)
7. Joy Global (JOYG, news): Sales and orders at this global producer of mining equipment haven't yet fallen significantly -- bookings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 were up 33% and sales, minus the effect of acquisitions, climbed 18% -- but the market clearly fears they might. The company issued guidance that talked of a leveling of growth due to sluggish market conditions in the first half of the year and then a return to strong growth in the second half. That has led to a 16% drop in the shares from Dec. 9 through Dec. 16. The downward trend in the share price sure looks like it will set up the second half of the year very nicely. (Joy Global is a member of my long-term Jubak Picks 50 portfolio.)
8. National Oilwell Varco (NOV, news): National Oilwell is in an analogous position to that of Joy Global. Everyone believes the long-term trend for oil drilling rig equipment is up, way up. But in the near term, everyone is worried that uncertainty about growth in the global economy will lead oil companies to cut capital budgets and orders. Look at the potential at National Oilwell once that uncertainty fades. This company is the dominant rig equipment supplier. It controls 40% of the global market for drilling pipe, for example. The average age of the world's offshore drilling fleet is 20 years, which means lots of equipment needs to be upgraded or replaced. Petrobras (PBR, news) alone says it intends to order 60 deep-water rigs in the next decade to develop its offshore oil discoveries. That's $12 billion to $18 billion in orders, Morningstar estimates. Add in an additional $10 billion to $12 billion in that period, Morningstar calculates, for rig upgrades, spare parts, maintenance and drilling consumables. (Drilling consumables were about 33% of revenue in 2010.) That's a big market for National Oilwell to shoot at. Time will also take another uncertainty out of the stock: National oil companies like Petrobras are under severe pressure to award contracts for rigs to national suppliers. It's doubtful that these companies will be able to deliver this complex equipment on time. If, during the next six months, the current trend (which has seen some of this work go to National Oilwell despite political pressure) continues, that will be one less piece of company-specific uncertainty for the second half of 2012.
9. Home Inns & Hotels Management (HMIN, news): The latest five-year plan from the Chinese government backed up talk about the need to shift more of China's economy from exports to domestic consumption with some real money -- annual 15% increases in the minimum wage, for instance. But China's economy is slowing, and that is raising fears that consumer spending on such things as travel will turn downward, too. Home Inns and Hotels Management fed into those fears by cutting revenue guidance for the fourth quarter to between $156 million and $159 million, when the Wall Street consensus was $176 million. But the third quarter shows you what this budget hotel chain is capable of producing. Revenue came in 9% above analyst expectations. The company has just opened its 1,000th hotel and now does business in 174 Chinese cities. In the second half of 2012, investors will again focus on the growth of the consumer economy in China and the growth of such middle-class pursuits as travel. Home Inns and Hotels is one of the best ways to play those trends.
10. Banco Santander (STD, news): I've reserved my last slot for a pick sure to be controversial. After all, aren't all European banks headed for the trash bin? Exactly why I'm picking this Spanish bank. I think that what everyone knows is wrong and that the second half of 2012 will prove it. Banco Santander has been slapped with the biggest amount of new capital to raise -- $20 billion -- of any European bank by the European Banking Authority. But the bank should be able to meet that total without cutting its dividend. In the third quarter, for instance, Banco Santander sold off a piece of its Latin American insurance business and part of its U.S. consumer loan business for a combined $3.5 billion. So far in the fourth quarter, it has sold off pieces of its Chilean subsidiary and all of its Colombian unit for an additional $2.75 billion. The bank has until June 30, 2012, to meet that $20 billion total, and when you add in retained earnings and the capital from turning a convertible bond offering into equity, I think Banco Santander will make the number without much strain. That leaves this stock as pretty much a pure option on Spain. Banco Santander now holds $4.4 billion less of Spanish government debt than it held in July, but it still holds almost $50 billion. If Spain goes the way of Greece, Santander is looking at huge write-downs. But I don't think Spain is Greece. The Spanish economy is globally competitive even though the country buried itself under a pile of bad real-estate loans in its own real-estate bubble. Those bad loans will almost certainly take down other Spanish banks -- leaving the survivors to pick up market share in Spain. I think Banco Santander will be one of those survivors. (Banco Santander is a member of my Dividend Income portfolio.)
During the next weeks, I'll be working to orient my Jubak's Picks portfolio along these lines as I get ready for an initially tough 2012.
And then, of course, in 2012 the market will pass its usual judgment on these picks.
Before then, though, I wish you and yours the best of the holiday season.
At the time of publication, Jim Jubak did not own or control shares of any company mentioned in this column in his personal portfolio. The mutual fund he manages, Jubak Global Equity Fund (JUBAX), may or may not now own positions in any stock mentioned in this column. The fund did own shares of Abbott Laboratories, Banco Santander, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Home Inns and Hotels Management, Joy Global and U.S. Bancorp stock as of the end of September. Find a full list of the stocks in the fund as of the end of September here.
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(#) infinite-oddity 2009-04-14 11:19:13 AMThis story is one of the best I have ever read on ficwad. I keep on taking a hiatus, coming back and reading it all over again.
This chapter was especially amazing. Can't wait for more!
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The only problem is that when i use far-sight glasses or lenses i can't read anymore near/ i become near-sighted, so
i have to choose carefully the power to be in the middle between both values, otherwise i can't read my gauges and screen under water.
I use less power on the far sight to gain near-sight but probably will go the way of a prescription or bifocal dive mask as it is a
"cheap" but effective solution, but it limit the choice of the mask.
As far i heard, i could not dive for several months after the laser and this is for my job as dive instructor impossible and i know 2 people who had
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This may be isolated cases and shit always happen, but i am scared that this kind of shit happens to my eyes....
Probably the new laser techniques are less invasive and resolve some of the "early" problems of laser eye surgery bt for this moment
i am fine with wearing contact lenses.
I used also stick-on lenses and my experience with them are rather good, not high quality and sometimes you may loose one of them,
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hii guys and girls XD 2 or 3 days ago I saw that film ROMEOS. it is nothing I thought it was going to be. Seriously it's awesome. I thought it was going to be just the romance about 2 boys, but it's more than that. I don't want to explain anything about it just find it for yourself, what I'm going to say is that it's about fight for how you are.
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|'Bama's Saban prepares to face his former team
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Alabama coach Nick Saban couldn't say enough nice things about his former team on Monday, but chances are none of it will get him back in the good graces of fans still bitter about him leaving for the NFL and then winding up at a division rival.
He sprinkled his opening statement with 15 of the above superlatives at his weekly news conference. When Saban wasn't heaping praise on the No. 3 Tigers, he tried his best to avoid becoming the story line leading up to Saturday's game between his teams past and present, contending the attention should be elsewhere.
``The focus on the game should be about the players, not about anything else,'' Saban insisted.
It's certainly where his focus is, since Saban said he spends little time watching TV and doesn't listen to talk radio or surf the Internet. He has a game to prepare for, after all, one between the two SEC Western Division co-leaders.
``I don't know what people are saying,'' Saban said. ``I don't know what's going on out there. I know you guys (the media) are busy creating it. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in trying to be a part of it.''
Sorry, coach. There's no avoiding it.
Saban led LSU to two SEC titles and a Bowl Championship Series national championship during five seasons in Baton Rouge, and recruited 17 of the team's current starters. Then he bolted for the NFL's Miami Dolphins for two seasons before returning to the SEC West.
What's the big story this week?
``Coach Saban, of course,'' Tide receiver DJ Hall said.
That's outside the team, though. Within the team, Saban really doesn't want to hear it.
``I don't think about it,'' Hall said. ``He told us not to think about it. We all knew they were going to try to make this a Him vs. LSU kind of thing. We were prepared for it.''
The No. 17 Tide (6-2, 4-1) have plenty of other reasons to look forward to this game. Alabama has won three straight to move into a tie atop the West with LSU (7-1, 4-1) and returned to the rankings after a 41-17 rout of Tennessee two weeks ago. 'Bama had a bye last week.
Saban said he had no update on the status of five players who were suspended before the Tennessee game for rules violations involving textbooks. The group includes starting offensive linemen Antoine Caldwell and Marlon Davis and No. 2 rusher Glen Coffee.
Regardless, ``We're excited about having the opportunity to play one of the best teams in the country,'' he said.
Big as the game is, Alabama players are trying to keep things in perspective. The fans, however, are under no such obligation.
``The buzz around town is coach Saban against his old team, but in the locker room and on the practice field it's going to be just another week for us,'' quarterback John Parker Wilson said. ``This isn't the game of the year for us, by any means.''
It has been a hot topic since Saban took over the Tide in January, especially but hardly exclusively among LSU fans.
Safety Rashad Johnson said Tide faithful started quickly after the Tennessee game, asking the players, ``Are y'all ready for LSU?'' And that's coming after a big win over one of the team's chief rivals.
``I've been hearing it ever since he took the job here,'' receiver Matt Caddell said. ``That's probably been the biggest story of the year ever since he took the job. We're not going to let that be a factor with us. We're just going to go out there and do what we have to do.''
Tide players said Saban doesn't change from week to week, no matter who the team is playing. Before the Tennessee game, he didn't bother with some of the old traditions like playing ``Rocky Top'' during practice.
Saban does practice what he preaches, though, about treating every game the same.
``He takes every opponent as if they're the best team ever - ever,'' offensive tackle Andre Smith said.
For the ultra-intense Saban, his history with LSU is one of those ``external factors'' he frequently talks about. Keeping that from being a distraction, he said, is ``not difficult at all.''
``I'm on this side of the fence now,'' he said. ``That means I respect the other guys, but we want to help our guys compete the best that they can to play winning football against a very good team.
``There's nothing hard about that.''
His wife, Terry, can't as easily dodge the issue. He said she has been busy finding hotel rooms, getting tickets and food to accommodate friends from their LSU days who are coming into town for the game.
``We feed them if we win, they're on their own if we lose,'' Saban said. ``Not to say we're sore losers or anything like that.''


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Delish & Easy to make. I didn't have mint, so I played around with a few other herbs and it was great. Pretty quick to prep.
Pecan-Crusted Rack of Lamb
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- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 (8-rib) lamb rib roasts (2 3/4 to 3 pounds each)
- 1 cup pecan pieces
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Combine first 6 ingredients; stir well. Spread mustard mixture over meaty portion of lamb racks; set aside.
- Process pecans in a food processor until ground. Combine pecans, 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper, butter, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Pat pecan mixture over mustard-coated lamb.
- Place roasts on a rack in a roasting pan, fat side out and ribs crisscrossed. Insert meat thermometer into thickest part of lamb, making sure it does not touch bone. Roast at 425° for 35 to 40 minutes or until thermometer registers 150° (medium-rare). (Cover roasts loosely with foil after 25 minutes, if necessary, to prevent excessive browning.) Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
- Lamb know-how: When you're preparing racks of lamb, let a butcher do some of the work for you. Ask him to french the chine bones (remove fat and gristle) and to trim the cap fat, leaving only the tender eye meat and resulting in a beautiful entrée presentation.
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- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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Lake valley features a huge valley with a gigantic lake filling it up. An ancient flood took the people who lived here by surprise and the valley is now entierly peaceful. Only the sound of birds are heard during the day! Until a small band of explorers decided to come!
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The Washington County Commanderettes notched their first victory of the season Friday night with a 47-41 defeat of the Bethlehem Banshees. The win puts WC at 1-6 on the season and evens their district record to 1-1.
Earlier in the week, the Commanderettes hosted the Bardstown Lady Tigers in WC's first district pairing of the season. Bardstown left Springfield with a 49-34 win.
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On Nov. 19, the St. Catharine College Patriots let what would have been their first victory of the year slip away when a missed dunk at the buzzer force the game into overtime where they lost at Alice Lloyd 80-76.
One month later, however, now stocked with two point guards who just became eligible, J.T. Burton's bunch avenged that loss by shooting down the same Alice Lloyd Eagles 87-68 in Lourdes Hall.
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The River of Life Church in Springfield is excited about trying to promote the family in the community. Pastor Troy Shelton said this community, as well as churches in it, have people who are struggling in their marriages, and he and his church hope to offer help with the upcoming showing of a new movie called Fireproof.
It's been nearly three seasons since Washington County native Brittany Edelen played for the Commanderettes, finishing her prep career as WC's all-time leading scorer with 2,559 points. Now in her third year with the Kentucky Wildcats womens basketball team, Edelen is getting more playing time on the hardwood, due in part to some injuries.
The birds of prey swooped into Springfield this week as the LaRue County Hawks and the Bethlehem Eagles took two games from the Washington County Commanders. LaRue beat WC 67-58 Wednesday night and the Eagles from Bethlehem won 64-48 Friday night as the Commanders fall to 0-6 on the season and 0-1 to start district play.
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The result, however, left the SCC mentor more than pleased about how her team fared against the Flames, a team ranked 11th nationally who had just upset number one Union last week.
In addition to joining the NAIA this year, athletic teams at St. Catharine College are also members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. The USCAA is an organization of 70 smaller schools throughout the nation that helps the members receive more national attention.
Gary W. Robinson came to St. Catharine College last week as the Vice President for Finance. For 12 years Robinson had been employed at KI (USA) Corp. in Berea, the last four as President. After leaving there earlier this year he has been a professor of corporate development at Bluegrass Community and Technical College.
"With his background in manufacturing Gary will bring a different perspective here," said St. Catharine President William D. Huston. "His work with lean manufacturing will be a benefit as well."
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I guess there's two sides here. As a semi-casual player, I like to raid and PVP. I simply don't have enough time for that. Pre BC, I could do both and I enjoyed both. Now, I cannot take my raiding Destro lock into EOS and other battlegrounds without getting my head handed to me.
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For over a month now I have steadily driving myself nuts over watches. Not a watch or the watch. But watches. In general.
I drove around the town, went into shops, I talked to the sellers, I browsed all possible wesbites. But I still can't find a perfect watch. Some of this was mentioned here and here, but this post is going to be a conclusion of sorts. Or I hope it would.
Let's start with a target. I want a woman round mechanical watch with a heartbeat (or a skeleton) and Roman numbers. Is it too much to ask? Probably it is.
I do own a Tissot watch. It's a PR-100, 100m water resistant, stainless steel, index & Arabic numbers quartz watch. It was a present from my parents for my, I believe, 20th birthday and it is the watch I wear everyday. It has been with me through thick and thin, and although it is not my first watch (rather my second one, the first one being Casio), it is still my most favorite one. Every time I travel anywhere, this is the watch to go with me. The only thing that sometimes mars its near perfectness is the fact that the crown is so difficult to pull and turn, that setting the time on the watch is pure nightmare. Sometimes I don't change the time at all - it's definitely less stressful.
Tissot PR-100
My parents own a matching pair of Tissot PR-100 as well. But they bought theirs 15 years ago. :)
So, when I first got an idea about a new watch, naturally, I checked the Tissot website. And I saw this beauty.
Tissot Lady Heart, Roman numbers, black leather wristband, automatic mechanical, stainless steel. Perfection.
But. There is always a but, right? There is no such model in our stores. I tried everywhere, I talked to the sellers. They have any other model from this collection (a red one or the one with purple flowers all over the dial), but not this one. I still hope that it is not something exclusively made for another market and that one day it would find its way to our shops.
Longines is another watch that I have. I am rather fond of it as well. It is a quartz watch with black leather wristband, rectangular dial and diamond indexes. It is rather posh and makes me feel glamorous when I'm wearing it :D Which I don't do often, for special occasions only, since it looks rather delicate. It was a gift from my parents for my 25th birthday.
Longines DolceVita L5.155.4. The image looks a bit different from my watch, something about the wristband looks different. But it is almost the same.
Granted, I don't want another Longines watch, but I looked through their collection and didn't find any watch to match my requirements.
I am not very knowing when it comes to any brands of Swiss watches. I know few brands, so I went through those I am familiar with first.
Frederique Constant
I am in love with single one of these watches. Especially the men's heartbeat collection. I was thrilled when I saw those. I was absolutely sure that I was going to find a perfect watch. But. But the lady's heartbeat collection consists of hearts and words 'love' cut in the dial. Oh, yes, they have Roman numbers and skeleton, but engraved with diamonds. Let's just say for the sake of history, I have nothing against diamonds. But I believe that diamond adorned hearts in a woman watch is a joke. It is tasteless and too girly and not really that fashionable.
See for yourself.
I mean really. It's just too much.
One sales assistant offered to try a man's watch. But my wrist is rather narrow, so anything big would look hideously out of place.
I pretty much despair when I think of Frederique Constant. I love their watches! They are perfect. Granted, they would cost over 1000 euro a piece, but they look so magnificent, I don't doubt they are worth it.
Another watch by Frederique Constant, that grabbed my attention, was a simple round dial Slim line watch with Roman numbers and black leather wristband. No heartbeat or skeleton, they are rather simple in design. But they look so damn expensive.
The Slim Line Collection is a series of ultra flat models, which are based on quartz movements with a thickness of just 1.90 mm. Dials are finished with a guilloché pattern produced by a complex engraving procedure. Precision too- ling, with tolerances as low as 1/1000 of a millimeter, have been developed for each pattern and dial design.
Doesn't this sound like sex to you? :)
There is a lady's model and they look really simple, but so damn elegant. I'd love to have this watch. But I really wanted to have one with a view of a mechanism. And the fact that there are wonderful, amazing, brilliant, mouth watering watches by FQ for men drives me literary crazy. It is so unfair, I am not even going to start on this.
In one shop they tried to persuade me that there was a heartbeat lady's watch with less diamonds, but I don't want ANY diamonds in my watch, thank you very much. Especially when it makes the price rise over 2000 euro.
That Slim line watch reminded me strongly of a Breguet. I mentioned it here, when I was talking about the watch that Sherlock wore in the series. I didn't know it was a Breguet. Thought it was a Frederique Constant. Those models are similar.
I looked at Breguet watches out of sheer curiosity, but they are so out of my league it's not even funny. Will keep them in mind till I am horribly rich.
I never heard of this brand before it was mentioned in one of the shops. Never heard of it, never noticed any watches in the shops. Nada. So I admit I was a bit cautious when I looked up the watches online.
And then I saw these.
Mechanical self-winding semi-skeleton movement ETA 2824-2, decorated. Visible balance wheel at 12 o'clock. Stainless steel case with sapphire crystal and see through back. Water resistant to 50 m. Black dial with applied roman figures. Leather strap.
It sounds perfect. It has everything I wanted, starting with much sought skeleton and Roman numbers and ending with see through back cover, which is a very pleasant surprise. Black dial though, but the website promises a white dial variant as well.
But. Yes, there is a but here as well. Two buts, as a matter of fact.
One, the price. Some say it is less than 1000 euro, others say it's over 2000 euro. The fact is that no shops have it in stock and can say for sure. And I don't want to order it online without trying it on first.
Second, the brand. It is rather new company, originating from 1925, but founded as it is now in 1983. Basically this company is my age. I am not an elitist (no, really, I am not), but if I am to pay a sum of 1000 euros, I'd rather pay for a brand as well. I don't want to get a modern watch with no history. I want something that was formed through years and has its own pecularities. Like Breitling (which I adore for their sheer masculinity) being famous for their chronometers, like Frederique Constant creating Heartbeats, like Breguet inventing tourbillon. I want a watch with history. And there is nothing special about Epos, that I could find.
So, I am at loss at what to do. I am still looking for a perfect watch to get as a birthday gift for myself (I still have two months). Maybe I will get one of those mentioned above. Maybe I will find something else that would catch my attention. But I am not worried. Because the journey through the world of famous watches is as pleasant as a joy of a purchase would be.


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Pontiac G6 Overview
Based on General Motors' lengthened "Epsilon" platform, the Pontiac G6 is available as a sedan, coupe and a convertible with a retractable hardtop. Three trim levels are offered on the Pontiac G6 sedan: base, GT and GXP. Coupes are either GTs or GXPs, convertibles GT only. Plenty of standard pontiac g6 accessories, such as air-conditioning, full power accessories, CD audio with satellite radio and a tilt/telescoping steering wheel come on the base model. The GT adds niceties such as an upgraded Monsoon audio system as well as a 3.5-liter 201-horsepower V6 (in place of the base car's 167-hp inline-4).
Convertibles with this V6 have slightly less power at 217 hp and 217 pound-feet of torque. The GXP is the performer of the bunch with a 3.6-liter V6 that generates 252 hp and 251 lb-ft of torque. It's mated to a six-speed automatic with manual-shift capability, while the others come with a four-speed automatic. The optional V6 upgrade on convertible models is a 3.9-liter unit with 222 horses and 238 lb-ft of torque. In terms of safety features, traction control and antilock brakes are standard on all models, as well as side curtain airbags, but stability control is an extra-cost option on base and GT models (standard on GXP). Crash tests of the sedan with the curtain airbags have yielded good scores in nearly every category.
In reviews we've found the Pontiac G6 offers generous room for those riding in back, no matter which body style you choose. And after years of enduring criticism about its over-styled exteriors and gimmicky interior designs, Pontiac has stepped up efforts to give its cars a more upscale look and feel. Exteriors are smooth, and inside, there are no more dull gray plastic switches. Although the G6 still has a few too many hard plastic surfaces, the cabin boasts attractive design with chrome-ringed gauges and simple-to-use, quality switchgear. On the move, the popular 3.5-liter V6 offers more than enough low and midrange torque to be quick on its feet around town and offer gutsy passing and merging power. Handling is respectable, with composed cornering and a supple ride over the bumps. Our one big complaint was with the electric power steering, which is too light and offers virtually no feedback from the road.
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A-Jacks can be installed either randomly or in a uniform pattern. The voids formed within the A-Jacks matrix provide approximately 40% open space in the uniform placement pattern. These voids provide habitat for fish and other marine life when applied as a reef, revetment or as a soil support system in river applications. In addition, the voids may be backfilled with suitable soils and planted with a variety of vegetation including grasses, shrubs and trees above the normal base flow.
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|I am an aspiring professional writer and artist of words. I'm currently a journalism intern at KDHX and a senior in Communication at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. I'm also an alumni of St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley.
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Concert review: Ramsey Lewis Electric Band graces Jazz at the Bistro, Wednesday, November 30
There is something about the opening number of a jazz act that is timeless. On the first night of a four-night stand in St. Louis, Ramsey Lewis Electric Band kept it cool with electric jazz that captured that feeling all through the night.
Wednesday night I attended the performance of Ramsey Lewis Electric Band at Jazz at the Bistro located on Washington Street across from the Fox Theater. Lewis is the current feature for the Jazz St. Louis 2011-2012 season. His career spans over five decades and includes three Grammy awards. Pianist Ramsey performed with his newly assembled quintet that includes Henry Johnson (guitar), Tim Gant (keyboards), Joshua Ramos (bass) and Charles Heath (drums). The electric band is in town for a four-night series that includes both 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. sets.
Jazz at the Bistro is a common venue for the St. Louis jazz scene. Many jazz acts, local and national, frequent the wedge building in Midtown. St. Louisans that enjoy a combination of jazz and casual dining are likely to be familiar with the location. For those who are not familiar with it, Jazz at the Bistro is a two-story restaurant and intimate concert venue with a small stage located on the ground level.
Ramsey Lewis and his electric band came out for their second set at 9:30 p.m. sharp. To the stage walked five well-dressed gentlemen who were ready to perform. Five suits inched their way across the narrow stage before separating between the scattered instruments to take their places. Without delay they jumped right into the night.
The opening was luscious. There is something about the opening numbers of jazz performances that never ceases to amaze the audience. It seems as if the band pulls some magical collection of chords and notes out of thin air to create a mystical melody that you replay in your thoughts throughout the entire night. However that process works, Ramsey and his electric band accomplished it. Their introduction blended traditional jazz with contemporary style to produce the perfect balance of smoothness and rhythm.
Speaking into the microphone, Mr. Lewis welcomed the crowd to the "midnight, not quite" set. After making his opening statements he led the band into the selection "Love Song." The piano-driven tune evoked a calming effect with the grace and tranquility that is synonymous with love. By the end of the piece the crowd was feeling the joy. "That'll work!" uttered an attendee in approval. The nice thing about small intimate performances is that you can see and hear each audience member making a personal connection to the music.
The quintet carried on with their rendition of "Oh Happy Day." Ramos on bass reminded me of how small the Bistro's stage was as tried to groove in a stiff posture to prevent from bumping into Johnson who was to his right. A full-sized piano, a second piano, two keyboards, bass and guitar complete with separate amps, additional audio equipment and five musicians doesn't leave much room for movement in a corner the size of an SUV and a half. Nevertheless, their performance did not suffer from the cramped space one bit.
Not your typical bling: The story of Audiowear
On a recent trip to Amsterdam, I discovered something called Audiowear — a new class of jewelry for fashion and for the studio. The husband and wife team of Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright, founders of the Amsterdam-based company Elasticbrand, designed the collection that functions as usable musical instruments.
In short, Audiowear is a line of wearable, ceramic jewelry shaped in the form of instruments. More interestingly, the jewelry pieces were designed to create sound and can be played just like the full-sized counterparts they replicate. What started as an idea in a ceramic workshop became a real-life venture that has produced a recorded album using the pieces.
I interviewed Noordeman and Wright via email about their Audiowear project and what inspired the collection, as well as the "Audiowear LP" album.
The idea for Audiowear arose during a CAD/CAM (computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing) residency the two participated in at the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch, Netherlands. According to Noordeman and Wright, "We wanted to create a project that was both wearable and inspired by one of the senses."
"In the past, Christie had created a project called 'Therapeutic Armor' at the EKWC. That was also wearable and appealed to other senses, namely touch and scent," says Noordeman. From these thoughts and experiences Noordeman and Wright went on to further develop their ideas into an actual product.
Noordeman and Wright describe the design process of Audiowear thusly:
"We first designed the pieces in [Adobe] Illustrator, then hired someone to model them in Rhino 3D software. Once we arrived at the European Ceramic Work Center artist residency in Den Bosch we were able to print the models out on a 3D printer that builds the models up from a plaster powder. With the positive prototypes in hand, we made plaster molds so that we could cast the pieces in porcelain. Some had to be built up out of several separate pieces that were joined by hand in what is called the leather-hard stage of the clay, [which is] when it is still rubbery and not completely dried out yet. After drying it completely it was fired in a kiln. A few pieces were glazed and detailed with gold luster."
88.1 KDHX DJ Spotlight: Sunny Boy Mason of Howzit Bayou?
"St. Louis and New Orleans have been linked forever," says Mark "Sunny Boy" Mason. Every Tuesday afternoon, 4-7 p.m. Central, he proves it, bringing a Mardi Gras of music to the airwaves with his 88.1 KDHX show Howzit Bayou?
Sunny Boy has been a member of the 88.1 KDHX family for over 17 years and counting. He first joined as a volunteer in 1993, and years later he grew into an on-air personality and gained his own time slot. With Howzit Bayou? he features a variety of Louisiana-flavored tunes that include cajun, zydeco, blues, jazz and a whole lot more. When not on the air, he can be heard performing with the roots music band Sins of the Pioneers.
In mid October, when the fall leaves were just starting to ripen, I had a chance to chat with the St. Louis native. We met at MoKaBe's Coffeehouse on the corner of Grand and Arsenal, not too far from KDHX's Magnolia Avenue Studios. This gathering was far from formal given all of Mason's jokes and wisecracks. In this interview he shares his background with KDHX and a brief history lesson on Louisiana's music and culture.
Dannie Boyd: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
Sunny Boy Mason: I grew up in north county, Florissant. I was born up there. My family is from there too. I grew up in a musical household. My dad was a traditional jazz musician, and still is, so there was always that kind of music around. From the time I was born we were always exposed to New Orleans things. Louis Armstrong was like the patriot saint of our household. That kind of thing. It's something that's always been around. I've always been well connected to that stuff and it carried on into adulthood. I took it into the KDHX world too.
How did you get started in music and DJing?
Like most people there [at KDHX]. I was just a fan of the station years before that. I listened to it and decided to become a volunteer at a pledge drive back in 1993. I did volunteer work, answering phones, working in the mail room. I use to be there almost every day. I was annoying (laughs). I was there all the time, it was a cool thing. I made a lot of good friends. I started learning the ropes, the technical ropes and what not, which were a lot different then than they are now.
I guess about a year later I got a show of my own on Saturday mornings. I did that for about five years. It was like a variety show kind of thing. Tuesdays, the same time slot that I'm doing now, was held down by Al Boudreaux. He did a Louisiana/New Orleans music show for, I'm not sure how many years. Maybe a few years. He retired early and moved back down home and so I kind of inherited his time slot. I became the New Orleans guy, the Louisiana guy. It was an interest of mine anyway.
Photo essay: Street musicians, the sound of the sidewalk
Street musicians connect with their audience where it counts the most, their everyday lives. In this piece, I document nine performers in action, live from the sidewalks you walk on.
I chose to create a photo essay on street musicians because they are everyday people who inspire people like themselves. Street musicians fill the streets with beautiful music that touches people in route to completing their day.
As Zalinksy, Dan Aykroyd's character in the movie "Tommy Boy," said: "I make car parts for the American working man because that's what I am and that's who I care about." Street musicians share music with everyday people because that's who they are.
Street musicians can be found across St. Louis in the most public of places. Each musician has his or her own reason for sharing his or her music on the sidewalks. Some do it as a source of income. Some do it for the pure enjoyment of playing for others. Regardless of why they perform in public, they all have one thing in common — sharing their love of music, and perhaps to earn some change, even eek out a small living, along the way.
The most common places to find street musicians (or buskers as they're sometimes called) in St. Louis are the Delmar Loop and Downtown, especially near events that draw large crowds. There are occasional sightings on or near Metrolink platforms, on South Grand in the theatre district, in the Central West End or popular hangout spots where there are crowds of people.
Guitar player Wayne Valentine was found on a Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. on the Delmar Loop. He was playing under the pavilion next to Market Pub House. Valentine comes to the loop two to three days a week.
Valentine plays jazz and ragtime music by Scott Joplin. He primarily plays guitar, but is also classically trained on the piano. Valentine plays at open mics from time to time. "It's nicer to play to an audience than to four walls," says Valentine.
The 49-year-old has been playing since the age of 12. After hearing him play, a woman affiliated with the Julliard School for Performing Arts told him that he has a "gift for composition."
Concert review and photos: St. Louis Bluesweek Blues Cruise makes a cannonball run through Soulard, Saturday, September 3
Sponsored in part by KDHX, St. Louis Bluesweek gave the city a chance to revisit its nationally-recognized blues roots. Closing out the epic week of blues was the Soulard Blues Cruise.
The more-than-week-long event dedicated the Labor-Day weekend to two nights of roaming through the Soulard neighborhood. With 10 venues participating in the cruise the scenic voyage was more like a cannonball run from concert to concert.
The event consisted of a lineup of 20 bands performing across 10 venues in the Soulard area. Purchasing a $10 wristband granted access to all 10 venues for an entire night. In essence, the Blues Cruise was like being confined to a cruise ship on the Mississippi filled with hours of live performances.
To aid in the simulation of a cruise, shuttle buses were provided to transport concert goers from venue to venue. The shuttles ran about every 15 minutes or so to get attendees across the area in a timely manner so they wouldn't miss out on any action.
Participating venues included: BB's Jazz Blues & Soups, Sonny's, Broadway Oyster Bar, the Great Grizzly Bear, Hammerstone's, the Shanti, Joanie's Pizzeria, Johnny's, 1860′s Saloon and Lywelyn's Pub. Many of the venues are clustered together within blocks of each other which made for pockets of block parties scattered across the area. Soulard is located south of downtown St. Louis.
'You know how to play the blues if you're from St. Louis' An interview with David Dee
Local bluesman David Dee is recognized both nationally and internationally for his contribution to the blues genre. "The blues is whoever it fits," he says.
Dee is known for his hit song "Going Fishing," and others such as "Give Me Some Air" and "Forgive Me Girl." He has performed with many of the top blues acts that have passed through St. Louis. According to Dee, "My destiny was to accomplish something in music." When not playing music he spends his time working for the East St. Louis Police Department.
In the week leading up to St. Louis Blues Week I had a chance to sit down with Mr. Dee for an interview at his East St. Louis home. His home rests on a peaceful two-lane street that is ideal for watching cars pass by while his over-grown tree shades you from the sun. It was the perfect setting for a talk on the blues. Here he told me what the blues means to him and what led him to find his own definition: "You feel good when you hear something about you. That's the blues."
Dannie Boyd: How did you first get started with the blues?
David Dee: I first got started with the blues by singing. I like music period. When I was 12 years old I was singing with a spiritual group. The spiritual group broke up by the time I was 15 or somewhere in there. What I did then was try to get something together and possibly sing the blues. I really didn't get deep off into it at the time because I didn't know too much about it, but I remembered the blues when I was a kid.
And as I got older, I left home around the age of about 16, and I moved to Chicago away from my mom. When I moved to Chicago I got me a job and bought a guitar. When I bought me a guitar I started trying to play the blues. At the time I remember meeting Nat King Cole back in the '50s. He was the only black man that I saw in the '50s, that I know, that had something worthwhile, in good shape of living. I remember Nat King Cole's songs and him playing piano.
He was the only man that I knew that really showed success with his background by singing. This was one of the only black men I knew. I knew a lot that sung blues. But as far as show, luxury and money, a black man didn't have that in the '50s. Very few of them did. But he was one of them. So I made up my mind that I was going to get into blues, or get into music period. Playing music, singing music.
After I turned about 21 I was drafted into the service. I was in the paratroopers for a couple of years. While I was in there I had two or three fellas together. We use to sing a little bit. I got discharged in 1960 because I was drafted in 1958. After I got out of the service I had a little group in the early '60s. It was about '63 or '64. I had a little group called David and the Temptations. Later on I met some guys that played instruments and I started singing with them and I kept on maneuvering into the music. I had a bass player who quit my band, his name was Keith, so I didn't have a bass player. We had show coming up in two or three weeks so it was my thing to learn how to play bass and fill in the spot. I learned how to play bass good enough to play a gig with my group.
After that I met another guy called Little Dave. He played guitar. Me and him would go around singing a lot. He played guitar and I played bass. Luther Ingram approached us to play for him. I had a band so I refused to. I said, "We can't go to no New York man" (laughs). I figured if you go to New York, you've got to have money to come back just in case things don't go like you expected. So Luther, he went on and we stayed here down in East St. Louis. I heard a few months later that Luther Ingram left his band in New York. I said, "Well, I'm glad we didn't go."
Snapshots of Midwest Mayhem at the City Museum, Thursday, May 12
All photos by Dannie Boyd. Read my recap of this great KDHX event.
Midwest Mayhem 2011 in review: Funk and folk and rock & roll and DJs take over the City Museum, Thursday, May 12
KDHX kicked off a summer of independence from mainstream media with Midwest Mayhem. The City Museum was home to four floors and several stages of music acts and entertainment spread out over five hours on Thursday evening.
The layout for Midwest Mayhem — a show appreciation to donors and fans of KDHX — included a total of seven stages that held often simultaneous performances. The City Museum is known for its exotic, maze-like structure that includes underground tunnels and scraped construction materials that serve as an adult-sized jungle gym. The jagged features all come together in an artistic canvas of concrete and colors.
Throughout the entire night concertgoers shuffled from set to set hoping to get a piece of all the action that surrounded them on every floor. On route to each set was an array of showgirls, hula-hoopers, and refreshments. With over 2,600 guests in attendance it was clear that St. Louis loves KDHX.
The first act to go on at Mayhem was Beth Bombara who took to the Whale Stage at 7 p.m. Accompanying Bombara were fellow musicians Carl and Anna. Fitted with a violin, guitar and banjo the trio opened up the night with a a taste of folk. The gentle opening was relaxed and allowed attendees to file through the door unaware of how spectacular the night would be.
Starting 15 minutes after Bombara was Pretty Little Empire on the Vault Room Stage of the second floor. Pretty Little Empire was the polar opposite of Bombara; its aggressive rhythms got the party started. Matching the band's rhythms were the showgirls and professional dancers that dropped jaws on the third-floor burlesque stage.
With so many great performances to cover during the night I kept busy running up and down the crowded steps trying to capture what I could.


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Kiwi Fruit Salsa Verde
Yield: Makes about 1 cup
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 7
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Protein: 0.1g
- Fat: 0.0g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Carbohydrate: 1.7g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Sodium: 0.8mg
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- 2 kiwi fruit
- 1/4 cup lightly packed fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh red jalapeño or Fresno chili
- Peel 2 kiwi fruit (about 7 oz. total). Cut 1 kiwi fruit into 1/4-inch chunks and place in a bowl. In a blender or food processor, combine remaining kiwi fruit, cut into chunks, 1/4 cup lightly packed fresh cilantro, and 1 tablespoon lime juice. Whirl until puréed; mix with fruit in bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoon minced fresh red jalapeño or Fresno chili and salt to taste.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Meatless
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Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013A community handbell choir open rehearsal/audition will be held from 1-2 p.m. in Ascension Chapel, Founders' Hall, Augustana College, 820 38th St., Rock Island. The new group is open to those in high school and older.
Ringers should have significant note reading and handbell technical skills. This ensemble will be part of a regional handbell festival to be held in Davenport in 2014. Call (309) 794-7836 or email for details.
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Pretty much what happened to me. We went from a 10 man progression raiding guild(with 1 hardcore progression group and 2 more casual 10man groups) to nothing in about 5minutes. We all hearth back from a raid one night, after some really good attempts on heroic content, and all the sudden the GM whispers me and starts revealing all these plans they've had(the GM, all of the officers and a few other members) to quit and make me GM. A position I didn't want. After running a large clan in Lineage 2 for 4 years I already knew I wanted nothing to do with guild leadership again in WoW.
So we lost the entire core of the guild in the span of 5 minutes. There was only 1 other person who even tried to help me keep the guild going, and everyone else who was left seemed to just whine and complain about us not doing a good enough job. I did my best to try and salvage what was left but soon it felt as if we were just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.