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If birds summering in the Western Great Lakes region have a favorite fruit, it has to be the Juneberry (Amelanchier spp.). Two weeks before the fruit were ripe our resident American Robin would make a daily visit to the trees outside my office, hop from branch to branch, cocking his head to get the best eye-full of berry. He would sample ones that had already brightened to rosy pink, sometimes dropping the fruit if it was too green. On the day the first fruit ripened, she had the tree to herself for about 3 hours before the first Cedar Waxwings arrived. At the height of the harvest on the single tree, I counted one adult Robin, three juvenile Robins, 8 Cedar Waxwings, a pair of Northern Cardinals, and one shy Grey Catbird that was immediately chased off by the Waxwings.
I usually cannot help myself, and sneak out to pick a handful of the fruit for myself. The flavor is reminiscent of blueberries, but has definite plum or dark cherry flavors as well. A serving of juneberries provides 23% of the recommended amount of iron and are high in potassium, and magnesium, vitamin C, B6, A and E. Cooking the berries improves the sweetness and flavor of the fruit, so feel free to eat that whole juneberry pie!
There are 20 named species in the genus Amelanchier (Rosaceae). There are almost as many common names to describe these shrubs and small trees including juneberry, shadbush, shadwood, shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry, wild pear or chuckley pear, sugarplum or wild-plum, and even chuckleberry, currant-tree, or saskatoon. In the southwest, Amelanchier denticulata is referred to as Membrillo, Membrillito, Madronillo, Cimarron, Tlaxistle, or Tlaxisqui. The common names often vary by location and many relate different phenological events together. Juneberry is obvious, and is most often used for the species that occur in the Midwest where the berries usually ripen in June, (however this year they did not ripen in Green Bay until July 2nd). Several names refer to the flavor or shape of the fruit including membrillo, which is Spanish for quince, or to location, such as Saskatoon or Cimarron. Names that include shad are derived from New England and eastern Canada, where the shrubs bloom in early spring at about the same time that Shad (fish in genus Alosa) return to rivers to spawn. Service or "Sarvis" supposedly relates back to the time of itinerant preachers that traveled in New England. The plants bloom in early spring shortly after the trails are clear of snow and the preachers were able to travel to the towns. I could find no source for chuckleberry, but it seems likely a corruption of the older chuckley pear, another name that I could find little history on.
Amelanchiers are important plants for native landscapes. These shrubs provide nectar for early emerging pollinators especially native bees and overwintering butterflies, fruit for birds, and are hosts for the larvae of several species of butterflies. The plants provide four season interest, including beautiful white flowers in early spring, berries in early summer, foliage that that turns to brilliant oranges to deep reds in fall, and beautiful vase shaped silver barked stems in the winter. There are a variety of forms available to suit most areas from small shrubs to branching specimen tree that can grow to 25 feet in height. The eastern varieties are understory shrubs that are well suited to woodland or shady areas. And if you are lucky and can beat the birds to harvest, the sweet fruit can be used in almost any recipe that calls for blueberries.
Flowers, form, and berries of Amelanchier laevis, a common serviceberry in Wisconsin and the eastern United States. Other species have similar flowers and fruit.
There is at least one species of Amelanchier that is native somewhere on mainland North America and all species are edible, so it should be possible to find a variety that will thrive in your yard. Native varieties should be available at specialty nurseries and many nurseries carry the Apple Serviceberry (Amelanchier X Grandiflora), a hybrid between Amelanchier canadensis and Amelanchier laevis that grows 15 to 25 feet tall and has large showy flowers. There are several named varieties with different growth habits, fall coloration, and disease resistance. "Autumn Brilliance" is one hybrid variety that is most readily available in the Midwest. All species are edible, although some produce more or larger fruit and new disease resistant horticultural varieties are now available that make growing these plants easy for home gardeners.
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Wisconsin birders are looking forward to an excellent finch winter!
Birds that usually winter in Canada are moving south. These atypical "irruptive migrations" are usually caused by changes in winter food availability and can occur in several northern species especially finches, owls and evening grosbeaks. This year finch species that normally winter in Canada and the northern United States are ranging farther south due to a massive crop failure of fruit and cone bearing trees in Canada. Birding expert and Ontario resident Ron Pittaway compiles local seed crop and late summer bird observations to create a detailed "Winter Finch Forecast" available through Ebird every autumn. The Wisconsin Ebird group uses the Pittaway data to create detailed forecasts for our area. Based on the two forecasts we should expect to see Red and White-winged Crossbills, Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins, and Evening Grosbeaks joining resident Goldfinches, House and Purple Finches this winter in northeastern Wisconsin.
Pine Grosbeaks have been steadily moving into the state in small flocks. Look for them on the UW—Green Bay campus feeding on crab apples, especially near the Kress Center. This is a taiga species which is considered an irruptive winter visitor across the Midwest and east. The last really large widespread movement into Wisconsin was in 1977 and again in 1985. They love to dine on crabapples, high bush cranberries, left over apples in orchards, sumac, mountain ash, and when food supplies are exhausted, the seeds of the box elder ash. Pine Grosbeaks will also switch to backyard feeders when black sunflower seeds are offered, but for now, it is find the fruit trees first!!
Evening Grosbeaks have been on the decline in Wisconsin in recent years and are usually only seen reliably in the far north of the state. Evening Grosbeaks nest as close as Lakewood, Oconto County, annually. However, based on arrival data, the birds being seen now are coming from the northwest. Observations were reported from Duluth as birds rounded Lake Superior. So far this year there are a few reports in Oconto, southern Brown, and Manitowoc counties. Their preferred seeds are box elder and other maple species. They will also visit platform feeders supplied with black oil sunflower seeds.
Red and White-winged Crossbill species have staged a massive irruption into Wisconsin. Although these birds are unlikely to come to backyard feeders, look for them in conifer swamps and bogs in the far North, the Green Bay area, and in conifer groves along the Lake Michigan Lake shore from Manitowoc down to Chicago. Interestingly, according to Ebird, the Red crossbills arriving in Wisconsin are from western Canada escaping a hemlock seed crop failure in the Pacific Northwest.
Common Redpolls, Pine Siskins, and Goldfinches are common winter residents throughout northeastern Wisconsin and while abundant are not occurring in higher than expected numbers. Purple Finches have apparently moved on and are now below expected numbers. House Finch populations are way up after declining for a number of years. These birds prefer small seeds including birch, alder, willow, tamarack, and weedy field forbs. They will visit backyard nyjer (thistle) and black oil sunflower seed offered in feeders.
Two non-finch species are also irrupting south in response to the seed failures in Canada.
Bohemian Waxwings, while not finches, are another fruit loving bird that is irrupting southward because of the Canadian fruit crop failure and are expected to appear in large numbers in our area this year. In fact a flock of over 250 Bohemian Waxwings seen in Door County was recently reported to Ebird. These birds are voracious fruit feeders so look for them in urban or natural areas with fruit bearing trees like mountain ash, Juniper, and crabapples. These assertive birds will compete with Pine Grosbeaks for access to fruit trees. Bohemian waxwings form pure flocks of their own species or in mixed flocks with Cedar Waxwings.
Rose-breasted Nuthatches feed on conifer seeds and so are also arriving in high numbers from the same northern regions because of the cone failure. They are often seen at platform feeders eating sunflower seeds and also will feed at suet feeders.
Feeding Finches:
Ebird recommends that people hoping to attract winter finches to their yards put out platform or other large flat surface feeders with black oil sunflower seeds. All finches like small seeded sunflower seeds and some finches like Goldfinches, Redpolls and Siskins also will feed on nyjer in tube or bag feeders. Most finches are attracted to water, so maintaining a heated bird bath or water feature will bring birds to your yard.
It is going to be a very delightful finch winter.
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2012 is the worst year on record for West Nile Virus (WNV) in the United States since the disease first appeared in New York in 1999. Forty-seven states, including all states in the Western Great Lakes have reported cases of both infected birds and humans and all 50 states have reported infected birds.
West Nile Virus is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. While several species of mosquitoes can harbor the disease, the most common species we are likely to encounter in urban and suburban areas is Culex pipiens, the northern house mosquito. Culex and the other suburban mosquitoes prefer to breed in small containers or stagnant water with lots of organic debris like animal droppings or decaying leaves. The disease is transferred when a mosquito bites an infected bird. That mosquito can then pass the virus on by feeding on other birds, or susceptible mammals including humans.
Unfortunately, the disease can heavily impact bird populations. Crows are particularly sensitive to WNV and populations in North America declined by as much as 45% after the WNV epidemic in 2002. Robin populations were increasing in the 1990s, but have leveled off since the introduction of WNV.
Increased biodiversity provides an advantage against infection. Scientists have shown that areas with more bird species tend to have fewer mosquitoes carrying WNV and fewer cases of human infections (Ezenwa et al., 2006; Swaddle and Carlos, 2008). Researchers believe the effect is related to the susceptibility of different bird species to the virus. Some birds like American robins are known to be good hosts and are better at spreading the disease because mosquitoes seem to like to feed on them and they are better carriers than some other species. According to Tony Goldberg, an epidemiologist at UW—Madison, robins are good hosts and can act as "super-spreaders" of the disease. In areas with lots of robins and few other bird species there are higher total number of human infections. But not all bird species are good hosts for the disease so it is thought that higher bird diversity reduces infection rates because mosquitoes are less likely to encounter a good host and therefore less likely to become infected and transmit the disease. The presence of birds that are poor hosts reduces or "dilutes" transmission rates of the disease between birds and also to humans. Similar results have been shown for other animal vectored diseases like Lyme and Hantavirus (Keesing et al. 2010).
Controlling mosquitoes
Increasing backyard bird diversity
Ezenwa, V.O. et al. 2005. Avian diversity and West Nile virus: testing associations between biodiversity and infectious disease risk. Proceedings of the Royal Academy: Biological Sciences 273:109-117.
Kessing et al. 2010. Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. Nature 468: 647–652
Swaddle JP, Calos SE (2008) Increased Avian Diversity Is Associated with Lower Incidence of Human West Nile Infection: Observation of the Dilution Effect. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2488. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002488
Zimmer, C (2012) West Nile Virus: The Stranger that Came to Stay. Discovery Magazine "The Loom" Blog. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/08/17/west-nile-virus-the-stranger-that-came-to-stay/


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Gov. passes on inaugural ball for fundraiserBy DAVE GRAM
THE Associated Press | December 10,2012MONTPELIER Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said Thursday hell skip the traditional inaugural ball after he is sworn into his second term next month, opting instead for a combination open house at the Statehouse and fundraiser for people still suffering the effects of Tropical Storm Irene.
To all the generous donors (who) donated to the inaugural fund last year ... this year were asking them to give to the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund, Shumlin said at his weekly news conference.
The governor said he would greet members of the public in the House chamber beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, and that there would be music and light refreshments at the event. He said no admission would be charged, but people would be invited to make a donation to the relief fund, or to buy, for $25, one of the I am Vermont strong license plates it has been selling.
The relief fund has set a fundraising goal of $10 million and so far has raised $6.8 million toward that goal, said board member Chris Graff. Graff said it has stepped where the Federal Emergency Management Agency and private insurers wont.
He told of an elderly woman in Addison County who lost her hearing aids as she was being rescued from flooding during the storm in late August of 2011. She couldnt prove shed lost her hearing aids during the disaster, so couldnt get help from FEMA or her insurance company, Graff said. The Vermont Disaster Relief Fund stepped in.
We are the fund of unmet needs, were the fund of last resort, Graff said.
Anne-Marie Bolton, whose Berlin mobile home was destroyed in the flood, said the relief fund filled the gap between FEMA funding and what she needed to get into a new home in the Websterville section of Barre Town.
The governor also said at the press conference he would travel to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida this week with the mayors of Burlington and Winooski to listen to a new fighter jet the Air Force is considering housing at the Vermont Air National Guard base near Burlington. The base currently houses F-16 fighters, and Shumlin said he wanted to listen to both planes to see if the F-35 is discernibly louder, as some area residents fear.MORE IN This Just InBy Gordon Dritschilo Full StoryCASTLETON - Police have released a picture of a man who robbed a convenience store Monday night. Full StoryStaff Report Full Story
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For anyone with a passing interest in the fashion industry, it's worth a read for the name dropping alone.As became clear in the film, which chronicled the magazine's staff as they put together the 4 pound September 2007 issue, Coddington is not the Anna Wintour or Diana Vreeland type. You won't hear her barking orders at assistants or making dramatic pronouncements about pink.But she is equally passionate, a wild haired dreamer who thinks that fashion should be transporting, provocative and even intellectual, who bemoans the dominance of celebrities and digital hocus pocus in fashion photography and who isn't afraid to take on Wintour.The book is a window into how fashion has changed from a small, niche business into a global pop culture medium. 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:9.5 Joe Johnson misses the great look for a three, David West gets the rebound ices the game with free throws, and now the game is over. Pacers fans, you are 7 0 for the first time in team history, go crazy!
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What's life like for students at Northampton? What have Northampton graduates gone on to accomplish? What do faculty and staff have to say about working here? Meet some current students and find out why they chose NCC. Read how successful alumni got their start right here and discover what they are up to now. Learn why faculty and staff love working here.
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Melissa Miller is the kind of person you'd want around in a crisis. The mother of two (soon to be three) has five years of U.S. Army Reserve experience under her belt, a time during which she earned a degree in radiography and fulfilled her clinical credits at Walter Reed and Fort Meade Medical Centers in our nation's capital. Now several years later, she's back at NCC to fulfill prerequisites she needs to eventually obtain a nursing degree and get back to working with people who need her assistance.
The second attempt at NCC has been the charm for Michelle Zattoni, a "non-traditional" student who blends right in and is otherwise a traditional student in every sense of the word. She is the treasurer for Students for Collegiate Professionalism and active member of Brother to Brother / Sister to Sister Organization. She works full time at Flex Razor and part time in both Student Life and at the Hampton Winds restaurant. She is holding a fashion show to teach her fellow students how to meet the external expectations of their professors and future employers. She wants to help more of her peers obtain scholarships. She is here, she says, not just for her own benefit, but also for the benefit of others
Five years ago, Abel Paladines Parrales spent ten months of his life living inside of a hospital room in his native Ecuador, being treated for leukemia and completely prevented from going outdoors. Going through that ordeal, he says, completely changed his mindset, and he is grateful to God for a second chance at life.
Aaron Rosengarten has lofty career ambitions. The Wilson High School graduate and local government activist hopes to become a constitutional lawyer, then move on to Congress or Senate, or even serve in some capacity inside of the White House. No goal is too large, he believes, because he's discovered a true passion for politics over the course of the past several years.
Tai Thai is wrapping up his time at Northampton Community College and is about to embark on a new journey to finish his bachelor's degree at Temple University. His whole story, however, is a tale of many journeys. Thai is originally from Vietnam and, along with his twin sister, was sent to the United States to pursue an education they couldn't get at home. He attended high school in Maine and then, like many international students, found out about NCC via the Internet.
When Shekinah Maxwell committed to attending NCC, she enrolled in the Smart Start program. On day one, she was asked to fill out a piece of paper with things she wanted to do and learn, and objectives she wanted to achieve. She wrote down three things: to meet new people, learn new skills, and take on new challenges. Less than one year later, she's been able to achieve all of that and more, and now finds herself in a position to possibly build on more than one skill as she continues her education.
Cheyanne Wood has always been the planner among her friends. Whether it's birthday parties or some other type of celebration, she likes the challenge that comes from organizing events and thinking on her feet. When she graduated from Notre Dame High School and knew she wasn't yet ready to attend a four-year college, she received a sign (literally) that she should start at Northampton Community College.
For Matthew Cimera, attending NCC is a family tradition. Two of his siblings are currently enrolled here with him, and two older siblings have also previously attended and graduated from Northampton. For the Cimera family, being able to attend school at a reasonable rate and close to home was important – but so is the value of the education that they're getting here.
Rebecca Cimera found out about Northampton Community College's SMaRT Scholars program from the best possible source: her older sister, who had already graduated from NCC along with another older sibling. Rebecca and her brother, Matthew, are both students in the engineering program, and have another sibling also currently attending Northampton. The entire Cimera family took advantage of attending a college that was close to home and offered a number of career options so that they could find fields that challenged them.
Lisa Glover wants a chance to make a difference in someone else's life. The former professional dancer was working in the restaurant industry and taking part in NCC's community chorus when a friend who had returned to NCC to study paralegal inspired her to look into returning to school. After initially considering the radiography program, she decided that she wanted to do more than take pictures for someone else to study and work with.
Freshman Kadera McKinney had her eyes opened by her philosophy professor, Ken Burak, during her second semester at NCC. Burak told his students to take off their "mind glasses" and think of how much better the world would be if society would see the world for how beautiful it really is. That triggered something in McKinney that made her realize that she, too, wants to one day teach this age group to open their eyes to the world around them.
Nathaniel Decker knows how just one great teacher can alter the course of a student's entire academic experience. He was attending Bethlehem Catholic High School when his English teacher made him realize that he not only liked English, but that he was also very good at writing. He was already a martial arts instructor who knew that he wanted to continue working with students in some capacity, so it was a natural fit for him to eventually want to combine his desire to teach with his passion for reading and writing.
William Clark never guessed that when he decided to leave Philadelphia to attend a community college where he could live away from home, he would also find a place that feels like it's exactly where he belongs.
"Be able to do a lot of things, but aim for something specific so that you can do one thing really well." This was the advice that Computer Science major Eric Miller's father gave to him regarding his choice in potential professions. Lucky for Miller, he's known since around sixth grade that computer programming was more than just a passing interest for him. It's a hobby, and one that he hopes to someday turn into a fulfilling career.
Like many people, Christine Smith grew up with a love for animals. Living in the Bronx, N.Y., she always had cats around. She was fortunate to attend a high school that gave her the option of choosing animal care as a major, and though she considered the possibility of studying to become a veterinarian, veterinary technology will allow her to still be a huge part of an animal care team while being able to focus more on customer service for the client.
The Bahamas boast more than 700 islands, hospitable people, and year-round great weather. The only thing that was missing for Marcus Sands, Jr. was Northampton Community College. Last fall, when the opportunity to attend NCC literally fell into his lap, Sands voluntarily packed his bags and headed stateside – and hasn't looked back since.
Emmanuel Maxwell – who is studying biology in hopes of one day becoming an optometrist – readily admits that his first two semesters here were a disappointment by any standards. The courses that were required for his major, including science and math, didn't come easily to him. Cutting his course load in his second semester didn't help, and his family was beginning to lose confidence in him. Then an invitation to audition for a theatre production changed everything, quite literally, about the academic journey that Maxwell was on.
Since she was a child, Kristina Arvelo's family would always encourage her to pursue an education that would allow her to one day support herself and stand on her own two feet. Now, she's determined to earn her associate's degree and eventually move on to her bachelor's and doctorate – with the intention of ending up in a career where she can help others stand on their own two feet.
Adejoh discovered during childhood that he had a knack for being able to repair his family's home computer, which sparked an interest as he worked through grade levels and eventually found himself on a FRC (First Robotics Competition) team in high school. His coach gave him the assignment of overseeing the maintenance of the robot while he also acted as a student programmer learning from a mentor. It was through this process that Adejoh discovered that he'd rather pursue a college major in information systems rather than in programming, but he still needed the right environment to learn in.
Justin Skrzypek knows that he enjoys being the go-to person in work-related situations. There's something about talking to someone who is dealing with any number of issues, and helping to guide them on the right path, that appeals to the Engineering major.
Sophomore Jaden Makovsky wants to make one thing clear about the supposed career limitations that she's imposed upon herself as an English major: the only person who can get in the way of her goals is her.


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The Flyers host a hot Washington team looking to rebound from their slow start. Both teams are in need of points as they near the half way mark of the season while resting in the middle of the division.
Getting to .500 has been an uphill battle for the Flyers and it continued on Monday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
An absolute sluggish outing until the final half of the third period cost the Flyers a chance to even up in the standings and get some much-needed points. And though the Leafs were almost equally as sluggish, they came out with the 4-2 win in Philadelphia.
Perhaps the Flyers are pressing to get to .500, but whatever it is, the effort was poor once again. Head coach Peter Laviolette didn't think they were pressing though.
(Pictured: Jakub Voracek battles with Toronto's Cody Franson in front of goalie Ben Scrivens. Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
Former Flyers winger James van Riemsdyk returns to Philadelphia for the first time since being traded this off season for Luke Schenn. He already has a goal against his former team back in Toronto and he is looking for more.
Flyers forward Scott Hartnell may not have registered a point but his return was a welcome addition to the lineup.
Hartnell had five shots, a hit, and had two penalties in the Flyers' 5-3 win over the Jets. He played 14:54 of ice time which was sixth on the team in terms of that category.
The Flyers winger didn't shy away from his usual game of crashing the net and wreaking havoc on opposing goaltenders.
(Pictured: Scott Hartnell warming up before Saturday's game. Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
With Matt Read scheduled to miss six weeks, the Flyers knew that the offensive contributions had to come from other places.
The Flyers answered the bell as the likes of Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek led the team to a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon.
With 11:03 left in the third period, Schenn worked his magic. Schenn received the puck and dished a gorgeous backhand pass to Wayne Simmonds for the slam dunk goal to give the Flyers a 4-3 lead.
It was their first lead of the game and ended up being the game-winning goal. Zac Rinaldo added an empty-netter as time expired.
(Pictured: Brayden Schenn celebrates after tying the game up 3-3 in the third period. It was his second goal of the game. Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
After a 5-2 drubbing, the Flyers continue their home stand hosting the Winnipeg Jets. Jakub Voracek hopes to continue his hot streak as the Flyers attempt to reach .500 for the first time this season.
It was the Jonathan Huberdeau Show in Philadelphia Thursday night, and the fans weren't too thrilled to watch him perform.
The Panthers 19-year-old rookie scored a pair goals, chasing Ilya Bryzgalov from the game en route to a 5-2 win for the Panthers. He also added two assists to complete a four-point night.
The opening 10 minutes resembled much of the game last night against Pittsburgh. But this time the Flyers didn't have a quick enough answer for the Panthers and it set the tone for the loss.
(Pictured: Ilya Bryzgalov gets ready to launch his stick after allowing a penalty shot goal to Panthers Jonathan Huberdeau. Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
After a road trip that saw the Flyers go 3-3-0, they come home for five games. They look to ride the momentum of 13 goals in two games against the Florida Panthers tonight in Philadelphia.
It was Rival Night on NBC, and the Flyers and Penguins delivered.
Jakub Voracek's hat trick goal proved to be the game-winner in a wild 6-5 victory for the Flyers at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The game featured lead changes and blown leads,
The opening 10 minutes of the first period looked to be damning for the Flyers.
Playing completely flat-footed against a faster team almost spelled their early demise. Pittsburgh scored two quick goals, and possibly a third, jumping out to a 2-0 lead and 12-2 shot advantage.
(Pictured: Jakub Voracek celebrates with Braydon Coburn after scoring the winning goal late in the third. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The captain has come to play hockey.
Only days after a candid interview in which he told reporters there has been a lack of effort on the ice by the team, Claude Giroux backed up his biting words with a two-goal effort, leading the Flyers past the Islanders, 7-0.
It was Giroux's first two-goal game of the 2013 season, and he snapped a seven-game goal drought in the process.
(Pictured: Claude Giroux celebrates with Jakub Voracek in the first period after scoring. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)


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Home stretch! The end always feels the hardest, but I forget that it ends just as quickly as it's begun. In less than a month we will have a new baby in the house and my body is prepping for no sleep by waking me up every hour now with either hip pain or bladder needs. I will miss this, mostly the belly movement and the hiccups. But I'm ready to meet this little guy.
On the home front we have been battling the fever, a serious sore throat, coughing and as of this morning…an eye infection. No it's not me, it's Johannes. He's sick. We are headed to the doctor just as soon as the office opens, hopefully he can kick this (whatever it is) quickly and get back to his cheerful self. Until then we are spending our days in bed watching old movies and eating popcorn.


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British warming to NUKES after Fukushima meltdown
"Chicken Little moment"
Sky wins TV riot battle
Re: Envy
Who are you? His mother?
What BBC were you watching?
I was up till the wee small hours last night listening to a constant stream of harrowing live reports from Clapham, Ealing, Croydon, etc. on the BBC.
I'm out of the country, reliant on a crappy 3G dongle for my access. Sky is not an option b/c of all the bandwidth-hogging ads.
BTW, where the fuck were you? It's not as if there's no IT angle on this (Blackberry, google maps etc.) but all you seem able to do is suck up to News Corp's agenda......from a VERY safe distance, I might add.
And I agree with the critisism of Mark Stone - getting beaten up for the sake of a news story is not original (Cook Report) , but it is doubtless lucrative.
It's official: Journos are dumb as a bag of IE users
This item has proved one thing beyond a shadow of a doubt:
The majority of non-IE users are fucking snobs
Phone-hack backlash BBC in embarrassing headline gaffes
OOh! Me too! Me too a grammer nazi too!
Shirley, "they both have agenda to push." as "agenda" is already plural? (Thank you, yes minister)
At least it wasn't 'paninis'
Asda offloads affordable Archos fondleslabs
@ Gordon 10
At first I thought you were being a little harsh, but then 2 clicks from the article answered the first question, so fair comment.
The last question was plain bizarre. WTF is a 'shiny circle'? (I even did some legwork and came up empty)
Sunday Times accused of blagging Gordon Brown's records
Buying Sunday's NOTW
It was announced that all the money for that day was going to charity.
I was going to buy one, but then i thought "meh"
Flames, 'cos that's what I'd have done with it, and then refused to piss on it. Would have made a great photo.
Nice try, Amazon: 'One-click' payment too obvious to patent
I did some Amazon shopping last night
I had to click more than once to checkout.
Aussie retailer accuses UK shops of HDMI 'scam'
Mechanical transmission of audio, for all it's limitations...
...reaches places in me that digital music can only dream of
£100? Pffft.....
This one is OVER THREE TIMES BETTER!!!!!!!!
Or how about £430 for a network cable?
In fairness I did spend £40 on my speaker cables, but that's for my vinyl. Analogue is worth it. Especially Pink Floyd.
Scotland Yard still have no idea why their network fell over
Speaking of power...
Have they tried turning it off, then turning it on again?
(Soz, been watching IT crowd..)
The Network is the Problem: Barriers to cloud adoption
kor fanx
if u tekky tipes hadnnt werked it owt id nevva av sussed it
German chemical giant depending on biscuit-based security
The Tin Hat Brigade proudly present...
...the iTin!
Toshiba joins all-in-one PC fray
Another copycat
I know what you mean! Two in one week.....MSI must be fuming!
US air passenger cuffed over low-flying pants
@ John
I'm not anonymous and I'll see your 'stylee' as that of a fashion victim AND a twat.
The look I call "male muffin"....like half a female muffin, but sideways. Not flattering. Ask a lady, if you dare.
Do you also wear your baseball hat sideways?
The KILLER MUTANT FUNGUS in YOUR DISHWASHER
The KILLER MUTANT FUNGUS in YOUR DISHWASHER?
Are you talking about my mum?
Apple iMac 27in
@ H4rm0ny
Wow indeed!! Amazing how cheap these things are once you leave out the minor items, such as the graphic card, keyboard, mouse and wifi card
Not expensive
Out of curiosity I threw the major items (CPU, RAM, GPU, DVD, screen) into a Scan shopping basket and managed to spend £1225 in the process. For what you get, £1600 is not outrageous (the screen was almost £700)
And I don't even like Apple! If I could choose Windows 7 as an option, i might consider it.
Rogue software consultant's vast stash of DIY explosives
"you're not the shoe bomber"
When is a terrorist not a terrorist?
When he's 'only' a poor misguided armed bank robber!
Pity the poor judge, bound by minimum sentencing requirements!
This is indicative of a country in denial.
Patrick Byrne: 'See, I told you America's economy was busted'
Fail fail
Failures to deliver, shirley?
Especially confusing if you don't highlight the phrase in some way. See Para.7
Mac OS X Lion debuts in July as $29.99 upgrade
Re: Why inventing problems even before they appear just to be able to whine?
Welcome to the internet.
Gadgets give granny disease to kids
This is why I bought an acoustic guitar
Banging out a few chords after a long shift, I think of it as an aerobic work out for my fingers and it's a great stress reliever too. It doesn't matter that I'm not very good!
I've been a full time CAD operator for about 15 years now. I realised early on that my livelihood depended on my hands and my eyes remaining in good condition and so were worth taking care of. (As well as the guitar for my hands, I use the Bates eye method quite a lot - similar effect).
And a LOT of keyboard shortcuts instead of mouse clicks.
Sony Bravia KDL-EX524 40in LED TV
"more demanding users should look up the Sony range for better picture quality"
£800 and the picture sucks?
Intel keeps heat on AMD with Tri-Gate transistors
Thanks for the reply (and the cake, whatever that represents),
...but it would have meant a bunch more if you'd read my post first, or indeed the article above it which talks about "the only other way" ie shrinking dies. CAD programs are (so far) mostly single threaded, which is why I don't need any more cores. I don't want more efficiency, I want more power. 10 years ago that was everone's priority, but not anymore. Simply put, the less time I spend waiting for the command prompt to come back, the more money I make.
You're right, I didn't mention heat. But only because I don't really care about it. Who bases a CPU buying choice on the cooling ability? If it gets too hot, stick a bigger fan on it.
Your commiserations are also misplaced. Plenty of non-Windows CAD apps are available, and anyway I fail to see the relevance of my OS, or the need for you to put me (and millions like me) down for it. You think I give a toss about your 'real man's' operating system that statistically, nobody uses? :P
speed junkies choice?
As a (non-rendering but 3D) CAD user:
I don't want something I can carry
I don't want to save energy
I don't want more cores
I just want my application to run faster
This seems to put me 180 degrees away from current trends and marketing blurb, making for a difficult choice.
Am I the only one?
Portal 2
Your loss
Can't say I'm a big fan of Mr.Merchant either, but he's perfect for this.
Finished it yesterday...
... and started again! Worth every penny.
French hacker cuffed after bragging on telly
When you get it, you may well say it yourself
unless you've never seen the Simpsons
James Cameron to amp up Avatar frame rate
"Every movie is not expected to be Memento"
Thank fuck for that
UK.gov uses purple-panted-berk to get 'young men' to do census
watch you language, me old china
Fukushima's toxic legacy: Ignorance and fear
Excessive Capitalisation
Is how Piglet talks in the Winnie-the-Pooh books. It sure sounds cute when he/she does it, but it is not a Clever Thing For Grownups To Do if they want their peers to Think Well Of Their Opinions.
Three mile island?
Three mile island was a media-raped storm in a teacup as well.
Fukushima: Situation improving all the time
@ David Pollard
Lewis? Please write an article about Toxoplasmosis immediately - I have teh fear!
Stroking fluffy kittens?
Have you never heard of toxoplasmosis? It can send your children BLIND.
I am measurably more paranoid* about the cat shit in my garden than any nuke plant.
*fekked off as well....bloody cats
I, for one,...
...welcome my lifebuoy-in-a-sea-of-slime overlord and his daily dose of sanity.
Moving to Windows 7: Is it worth it?
"easy" solution?
Big Blue static button versus text string of variable length?
I resent the over-reliance of hand-eye coordination. Anything i can acheive by 'touch typing' commands means I don't even need to look at the screen or keyboard.
From an ergonomic point of view such functionality would appear to be a no-brainer. I'm at the grindstone 8-14 hours a day. If I get RSI or my eyesight goes then my career goes with it. It should be an obvious design goal, but it's not. If anything, MS (and Autodesk) have removed a lot of the 'flow' from their interfaces. Some call it 'streamlining' but I call it 'dumbing down for the sake of the numpties'
Why can't we have a Home GUI as well as a Professional one, like pre-XP days? Why can't they just allow things a few more options?
I used to hate Windows 7
I skipped Vista and stuck with XP64* before migrating last year. Now, having lived with it for several months, my hatred has transformed into a mild, teeth-grinding annoyance that surfaces several times a day.
Obviously, Windows 7 (x64) is smoother and more stable, but I should be able to take that for granted, so no brownie points there. I've also turned off most of the eye-candy because I suspect A'desk, M'soft, Nvidia and Direct3D are still not 100% happy bedfellows and are more interested in bells and whistles than stabilty.
- finding files is still a mystical art with unpredictable results (i use Agent Ransack for any serious digging)
- autosorting is unavoidable
- explorer tree-lists jump the folder you just expanded to the BOTTOM of the page (so you have to scroll down to see the sub-folders) (this can be fixed with some free app I can't remember the name of)
- explorer doesn't sync the left-hand tree if you start clicking through folders in the right-hand window (fixable as above)
- explorer refuses to open more than 16 files in one go (this is by design, and unchangeable)
- If a measure of efficiency is to count the number of interactions (ie clicks) to perform a task, then win7 (explorer, taskbar, etc) is a lot less efficient than XP
* I don't care what anyone else thinks, AutoCAD+XP64 was an awesome combination. Ran all my hardware, played all my games too.
O2 ups 3G speeds by 30%
"residential" areas.
like my fucking house, for example?
30% faster + no connection is still f**k all good to me, out here in the wild wastelands of central Brighton.
Fukushima on Thursday: Prospects starting to look good
How very dare you?
We don't want your steenking 'facts' here.
Anonymous probed for hack threat against WikiLeaker captors
Cruel? check, Unusual? check
We all now know how PFC Manning sleeps at night.
Question is, how do his guards manage it?
Samsung UE55D8000 55in net-connected LED TV
"If you turn Motion Plus off entirely, the smudge-ring artefact disappears, but moving resolution drops to around 650 lines. There's also some slight judder on pans."
£2,600 telly : 0
My 12 year old Philips 26" CRT : 1
Yanks outweigh Canucks: Official
And your (non white-supremecist) point is?
So the White yanks are unfairly seen as fatties because of all the coloured fatties? But the population of Canada contains more than enough 'non-whites' (even disproportionate numbers of fat ones) to take your argument behind the cowshed and shoot it.
Unless you've actually been to the U.S......
...then you simply haven't seen 'fat', and have no idea how cheap & nasty 'cheap food' can be.
Great country*, friendly people**, and we always have a good time but the smell of fried donuts seems to be EVERYWHERE*. It comes to something when a Subway seems like the healthy choice for you & the kids. Come to think of it, the option of cheese sauce in restuarants is unnervingly ubiquitous. Best example: Applebees...Ordered steak, jacket potato and salad (and a Guinness - it's not all bad!) and had to decline some form of cheese for each item (but not the beer).
Me? I have to run around in the shower if i want to get wet. :P
* the places I've been to.
** those that I've met
Geeky gifts for Valentine's Day
Hang on....
I thought <3 meant "I fart in your general direction'
This explains a lot.
Videogame TRAINS TERRORISTS, yells pundit
Speaking as a long-time fan of COD, MOH and GTA.....
.....that clip was f**king horrible.
Passenger cleared after TSA checkpoint stare-down
Quite, but would you...
...get on a plane knowing that one of your fellow passengers may have a fake ID? Or even a real ID, and still want to kill you all?
Can you even get a bus or a train, thinking like that?
Duke Nukem Forever release date revealed
Fingers crossed....
....that it will suck less than Doom 3.
P.S. Serious Sam FTW!
Watson beats humans in Jeopardy! dry run
Something familiar about that logo.....
God help humanity if I'm right!
2011 Games Preview
...requires and has always required only ONE unique username to play 'offline'. No accounts, no passwords. Save at safehouses, same as GTA San Andreas. I've had this grossly under-rated game since release, and have played it this way since the install. Same went for the EFLC titles.
I can't believe there are so many numpties out there that can't/won't read installation instructions. They sure can write an amazon review, though!
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No Love for Hart of Dixie
- Tuesday, October 11, 2011
90210, Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and other series feature young and beautiful women and men who desire to hook up in glamorous settings with perfect lighting that highlights their gorgeous features and forms.
All are on the CW network which targets a young female audience and thus its shows feature characters that would appeal to that demographic. Sometimes the stories are compelling, as in Supernatural, a long-running carryover from the WB, but generally speaking, the CW isn't known for being Emmy-bait.
Which makes the new fall series, Hart of Dixie, fit right in. Starring Rachel Bilson as a young doctor newly arrived in the bucolic hamlet of Blue Bell, Alabama, it's yet another fish-out-of-water story of a in-a-hurry city slicker professional who winds up in a sleepy small town and has to learn a new set of values while pondering romance along the way.
With one of the more obviously contrived character names, Zoe Hart trains to be a thoracic cardiac surgeon and gives the valedictory address at her medical school. Afterwards, she is greeted by a sweet old codger by the name of Dr. Harley Wilkes who asks her to join his medical practice in Blue Bell, AL.
She politely refuses and heads off to pursue her dream of being a heart surgeon but is thwarted when her chief of surgery tells her she lacks the empathy for the job. "If you want to be a heart surgeon, then you're gonna work on your own," he says as he admonishes her for not taking the time to read The Notebook to one of her patients when asked.
Telling her she needs to take a year as a General Practioner somewhere, Zoe replies, "Diarrhea and Diaper Rash? Ewww." The chief of surgery denies her the fellowship she was sure she'd get and Zoe decides to take Dr. Wilkes up on his offer to practice in Blue Bell.
By this point in the pilot, I was struggling to believe that this woman had been through college and years of medical school, internship and residency but I was stuck at the sophmore year of college.
Bilson appears to be 20 years old, very attractive and with the flat delivery of the teenage fast food clerk who takes my order at McDonalds.
Lacking the professional demeanor a doctor would acquire after years of arduous training, she belongs at the mall, not in surgery. Bilson is nice to look at, but her performance fatally undermines the audience's ability to believe in her character.
But realism is not what the series is about because the pilot's silly departure from from normal continues. Zoe takes a bus out to the boondocks of coastal Alabama sitting next to a Doritos munching redneck until she's dropped off on the two-lane blacktop to pull her suitcase behind her into town, which apparently has no bus stop.
I'd think a doctor at this point could afford to rent a car from the Mobile airport and actually drive to Blue Bell but then Zoe wouldn't have had the chance to meet George Tucker, who pulls up in his pickup and asks her if she needs a ride. The city girl assumes he's a hillbilly axe murderer until he explains he's a lawyer.
Played winningly, (and believably) by Scott Porter, George is Zoe's first friend, and possibly something more, in the small town. As it turns out, she'll need friends as she soon discovers that Dr. Wilkes died months before and left her the practice. But that's not all, he has a partner, Dr. Brick Breeland (old pro Tim Matheison) who's outraged to learn this pretty young thing owns half the practice.
He makes her feel unwelcome and Zoe's poor interpersonal skills don't help. Soon she's experiencing a mixture of warm southern hospitality from the practice's nurse, played by veteran actress Nancy Travis, and icy condescension of Lemon Breeland, Brick's steel magnolia daughter who's engaged to George and instantly sees Zoe as a rival. Maybe it's the supershort skirts Zoe wears that contribute to the Breelands' dislike of Dr. Hart for both personal and professional reasons.
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Your TTC Strategy 4: Understand Genetics and Gender Selection
What you should know six months before you start trying to get pregnant
Parental Health and Gender Determination
People throughout history have wished they could choose a baby's gender rather than leaving it to chance. As early as 330 BC, Aristotle prescribed the tying off of the left testicle in men wishing to have boys. Aside from the ethical issues of gender selection in cultures that place a higher value on boys, there can be advantages to choosing your baby's gender, such as achieving the vision of the perfect family and avoiding sex-linked genetic diseases. That last issue in particular makes it important to understand the basics of genetics, and whether (and how) you should try for a girl or a boy, well before you start the process of trying at all.
Henry VIII, who discarded five wives who failed to provide him with a male heir, did not know that it was actually he who determined the sex of the offspring. There are two kinds of sperm: X and Y. If an X chromosome-bearing sperm fertilizes the egg, a girl is conceived; if a Y chromosome sperm does the job, a boy is conceived. Semen contains virtually equal numbers of X and Y sperm. Even fathers of all boys or all girls have both X and Y sperm!
People have tried everything from folk remedies to drugstore kits to tip the scales in favor of having a child of a particular sex. Some people believe that timing conception according to calendar readings can influence a baby's sex. A 13th century Chinese conception chart purports to be able to identify the sex of the baby before birth. (Try it for yourself, here.) Because even implausible and ineffective methods have a "success" rate of 50 percent, many continue to be recommended by word of mouth.
The most commonly used method of influencing the baby's sex is by carefully timing intercourse with respect to ovulation. The time of ovulation can be determined by cervical mucus changes, urine LH testing, occurrence of Mittleschmertz (ovulation pain), or basal body temperature changes. One of the most popular is the Shettles Method, which is based on the fact that male and female sperm travel and survive in the reproductive tract for different amounts of time (the males swim faster, but run out of energy sooner than female sperm). For a boy, intercourse should be timed about 12 hours prior to ovulation and for a girl, several days before ovulation.
Other sex selection techniques that have been popularized include, but not considered reliable:
- altering the vaginal pH (an acidic environment favors girls and an alkaline environment—as at ovulation, when the pH balance changes—favors boys)
- depth of penetration (deep ejaculation favors boys, especially on the day of ovulation)
- sperm count (a high count favors boys)
- testicular temperature (boxers for boys, hot bath immediately before intercourse for girls to kill off the weaker Y-bearing sperm)
It is thought that minerals in your diet affect the metabolism and environment of the egg and therefore make it more attractive to sperm of one particular sex.
If you want a boy, eat plenty of potassium-rich foods such as meat, bananas, apricots, and celery. Learn more boy-conception theories here.
If you want a girl, opt for lots of magnesium-rich foods such as nuts, soybeans, and leafy green vegetables should do the trick. Check out these girl-influencing tips.
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for a missing 21-year-old woman is intensifying.
Lafayette Police Department has set up a tip line and a private donor is even
offering a $10,000 reward in hopes of finding Michaela "Mickey"
She has not
been seen since Saturday around 2 a.m.
The Louisiana
State Police and the FBI joined local authorities and volunteers Monday in a
search of the area where Shunick was last seen riding her bicycle.
Even though
family and friends have already canvassed the large area, they went back over
spots like drainage canals for the slightest clue.
doesn't stay at other people's houses, Mickey doesn't have boyfriends, Mickey
doesn't have people that are mad at her," said Betty Wilson, a friend. "Your
usual suspects here really aren't going on. She really would have just been
going home."
Family and
friends are trying to keep their hopes up, but with each passing hour, that
becomes more and more difficult.
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The Americana Music Festival swept through Nashville last week with the Americana Music Association's ninth annual Honors and Awards show at the Ryman Auditorium, numerous music showcases in crowded clubs, compelling Q&A sessions and quite a few networking opportunities. Still, it's the roots-oriented music that our CMT.com writers have always enjoyed the most. In alphabetical order, here are 10 hand-picked highlights from the four-day event.
Photo Credit: Whitney Self
The Avett Brothers at the Americana Honors and Awards
The emotionally vulnerable Avett Brothers never shy away from an honest look into their own souls, but at the awards show, they placed that burden on every member of the audience as well. Performing "I and Love and You," the title track from their 2009 album, they frankly asked the crowd why those three words can become so hard to say. As the song swelled and lulled with piano, cello and bass, I looked around to find more than a few people fighting back tears. The couple seated in front of me held each other tight and folks all around the Ryman -- a former church -- raised their heads to let the spirit flow through. Truly, the effect was similar to that of a sermon. I, for one, have proof that it was a moving experience. As I checked my notebook today, it seems that all I was able to write down about it was "YES!!!" -- Chris Parton
Dierks Bentley at the Cannery
Dierks Bentley cut his chops in the Nashville clubs, so his appearance at the Cannery felt like a natural fit. Music from his bluegrass-influence album, Up on the Ridge, comprised the set's first half before he branched out on a few hits and album cuts like "Good Things Happen." The Americana crowd can be skeptical of mainstream country artists, yet I heard quite a few positive comments in the crowd -- and certainly nobody was complaining when mandolin master Sam Bush came up to jam. -- Craig Shelburne
Troy Cassar-Daley at the Rutledge
One of my Australian friends says that Troy Cassar-Daley may be the top country star there right now, and I can see why. His 45-minute set sounded like he drew from a Greatest Hits collection because every song struck me as a potential single in the U.S. His stories were brief and engaging, but his original songs, which are rooted in classic country, stuck with me all night. -- Craig Shelburne
The Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Americana Honors and Awards
The excitement level at the awards show picked up dramatically when the Carolina Chocolate Drops took the stage. The three old-time musicians walked out with just a banjo and fiddle between them and delivered a foot-stomping wake-up call with "Hit 'Em Up Style," a song made popular by R&B singer Blu Cantrell in 2001. With the slick club-thumping, girl-power anthem distilled down to its essential elements, singer and classically trained fiddler Rhiannon Giddens had all the space her gorgeous voice needed to soar to the back of the historic Ryman Auditorium. Justin Robinson delivered solid beat-boxing, while Dom Flemons chunked away on his banjo. The unexpected mix of old and new had the crowd on the edge of its collective seat, and aside from being an impressive display of artistic vision, the sound was incredible. It earned the first big standing ovation of the night. -- Chris Parton
Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Sheraton Hotel
She didn't sing, but Mary Chapin Carpenter did chat about her life and career during an insightful morning session. She briefly touched on politics with journalist Ken Paulson, yet she seemed most animated when fielding questions about learning to play guitar, working hard to have a country career and being as surprised as anybody when she actually scored some hits. -- Craig Shelburne
Rosanne Cash at the Americana Honors and Awards
Plenty has been written about The List, Rosanne Cash's album featuring songs deemed essential by her father, Johnny Cash. Bobbie Gentry's 1967 hit, "Ode to Billie Joe," wasn't included on his list of 100 songs, but it fits into the concept quite nicely and has apparently become a highlight of Rosanne Cash's concerts. There was eerie vibe to Gentry's original recording, but Cash's version at the awards show was even more mysterious, thanks in large part to the inspired solo accompaniment of her husband, guitarist John Leventhal. And while nobody is still 100 percent certain why Billie Joe jumped off that damn bridge, the mystery is perhaps now magnified because nobody's really sure what happened to Bobbie Gentry, who's made it a point to remain out of the spotlight for many years. In any event, Cash made the song her own at the Ryman. -- Calvin Gilbert
Wanda Jackson at Mercy Lounge
After receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honors and Awards, 73-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Wanda Jackson proved why she's heralded as the queen of rockabilly. Following the awards show, she performed a spirited set at Mercy Lounge, and I was able to forge my way to the front of the stage to see the lively entertainer who once toured with Elvis Presley. In fact, just this month, I was captivated by a video I saw of Jackson filmed during the mid-1950s, and I couldn't wait to see her perform in person, now over 50 years later. She sashayed on stage with her jet black hair, beautiful sparking earrings and her signature fringed shirt (which turned out to be the perfect accessory for electrifying songs like "Let's Have a Party.") She sang, danced and flirted with the audience as she performed over half a dozen tunes including "Mean, Mean, Man," "Hard Headed Woman" and even her newest singles produced by the White Stripes' Jack White. My personal favorite, a cover of Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good," spotlighted Jackson's sassy side as she sang of her cheating ways and being sniffed out like Tanqueray. Her quirkiness and wit was well received as she also reminded the audience that you can still have fun and have Jesus in your life, providing a smooth segue to her beautiful rendition of Hank Williams' classic, "I Saw the Light." It was a night I won't soon forget. -- Whitney Self
Jim Lauderdale at Mercy Lounge
Coming up the stairs in Mercy Lounge, I spotted Jim Lauderdale with special guest Patty Griffin on harmonies. For Americana fans, what could be better? She sang quite a few country tunes with him before Lauderdale concluded the night with originals that any astute country fan would recognize -- "The King of Broken Hearts," "Hole in My Head" and "Halfway Down." -- Craig Shelburne
Robert Plant Following the Americana Honors and Awards
Admittedly, I was never a huge fan of Led Zeppelin's music. However, the band's musical prowess was never in question. And Robert Plant remains one of the greatest vocalists and showmen in rock history. He really is a rock god, and people attending the Americana music conference were in awe of him. So the truth is, he didn't have to work nearly as hard as he did to impress those who stuck around for his surprise performance following the awards show. Maybe he's doing this every night during his tour, but he really seemed anxious to prove himself during the 40-minute set at the Ryman. He calls his backing musicians the Band of Joy, and you have to think this must be his feeling to be backed by a collective that includes Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, Darrell Scott, Byron House and Marco Giovino. As good as the musicianship was, their a cappella rendition of "I Bid You Goodnight" gave Miller, Griffin and Scott a chance to shine and underscored why Plant's concert performances are still a big deal after all these years. -- Calvin Gilbert
The SteelDrivers at Music City Roots
Although this soulful ensemble went on last, the standing-room-only crowd for the Music City Roots show at the Loveless Barn stuck around to hear a handful of songs from a brand new album, Reckless. "Where Rainbows Never Die," a tender song about growing older, earned a rapturous response. During an interview portion, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean also told the audience he wants more live music in Nashville year-round, bringing perhaps the biggest applause of the night. -- Craig Shelburne


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Tess Yanisch '13 springs into action and gives us a flowery tour of Oberlin as the seasons change.
Tess Yanisch '13 tours Oberlin from behind. Pictured here: the walkway between Asia House and the Carnegie Building.
If I learned nothing else from this class, I learned that politics majors love debating. (Although perhaps it would be more accurate to say that people who cannot see a point without debating it tend to become politics majors.)
Tess Yanisch '13 takes a weekend trip to Ashtabula, Ohio with her friend Connor and witnessed a icy phenomenon.
Tess Yanisch '13 on the Sci-Fi Co-op Delegation winter term raid.


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Suggesting one of our priest respec to CoH was probably the best idea I had all year with regards to our guild's healer crew. At the time we were still mostly farming Void Reaver and Gruul's Lair. I thought CoH could be incredibly useful for healing the melee dps in these fights and lo and behold the CoH priest started busting out some insane healing (in KZ gear only).
After that more and more of our priests went that route. As of now, none of our main raiding priests have the spirit buff. They have all opted for CoH because with just a little bit of planning that one heal can turn priests into amazing group healers.
Fights so far where it has been invaluable:
Gruul - melee/OT/MT
Lurker - limited use on melee dps
Tidewalker - healing raid through quakes
Fathom Lord - healing spit-fire totem final phase
Void Reaver - melee/OT/MT
Solarian - healing the stack of raiders
Kara/ZA - multiple applications, Hex-Lord was made for it imo


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The Thomas Drive area boasts warm winters and even warmer summers, making this an ideal choice for someone who wants to spend a lot of time in the out of doors. During the winter months the average low temperatures are between 6° and 11° C and average highs are between 17° to 23° C. During the spring the average lows are 14° to 18° C and the highs are 22° to 26° C. During the summer the average lows are 23° to 24° C and the average highs are 31° to 32° C. There is between 78 and 188 mm of rain per month. The most typically occurs during the summer months.
The closest airport to the Thomas Drive area is Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP), located 35 km away. You will need a car for use during your stay.


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Hi All,
I don't know how to pronounce the letter of "W" correctly. In my country, I always hear people say "Dub Bee U".....but I checked some British dictionaries and the internet, they said the correct pronunication is "Double U"....Recently I checked one American Dictionary, the pronunication is similar to my country "Dub Be U", can any native speaker tell me how to pronounce "W" correctly?
doubl|e ˈdʌb ə l
U, u juː (= you)
Webster's and I don't hear "doubee'u". Sorry. What you're hearing appears to be a variant.
What's the link to your UK dictionary?
Click on and listen the following link: Do you think the guy say "Dub bee u"?
Last edited by Williamyh; 25-Nov-2009 at 06:42.