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CCRVI has a "bioregional" orientation. We work primarily in the Central Connecticut River Valley, that is, that portion of the Valley which contains the "transitional forest" located between the northern boreal forest and the mid-Atlantic forest. Our Bioregion is very roughly comprised of the following six counties: Cheshire and Sullivan in New Hampshire, Franklin and Hampshire in Massachusetts, and Windham and Windsor in Vermont.
CCRVI may also engage in charitable activities in the Bioregion as well as promote its core ideas and programs in other bioregions.
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* creating bioregionally-based, sustainable, and affordable sources for basic human needs such as food, water, energy, housing, sanitation, clothing, transportation, education, etc.; and
* promoting sustainable forestry; the conservation of natural resources; the use of earth-friendly building construction materials and methods; the recycling and reuse of everything; the conservation and preservation of land; and high quality relationships between humans and between humans and animals, both wild and domestic.
In conjunction with the Shelburne Falls Area Business Association (SFABA), CCRVI has established the West County Relief Fund. The Fund was established for those who wish to donate money to relief efforts in the Western part of Franklin County following Hurricane Irene. The funds collected will be distributed to individuals, families, and businesses affected by Hurricane Irene.
Individuals, businesses, and organizations who wish to contribute to the Fund may send checks payable to "CCRVI" or the "West County Relief Fund" at the address given above or go to the SFABA website to donate via PayPal.
ValleyLists.com is the website you're on right now. It is a free community bulletin board website serving the entire Connecticut River Valley. Its purpose is to build connections between and among the people of the Valley, helping those in need find the non-profit organizations that can help them, connect people to the natural world and the arts and cultural events in the area, and facilitate economic development in our economically-depressed area by connecting businesses with potential customers. More . . . .
CCRVI is supporting regular meetings, workshops, and activities to promote community resilience in the western part of Franklin County, MA. We hope to be better prepared for an array of possible difficult community challenges including floods, pandemics, ice storms, peak oil, global climate change, and/or economic system collapse.
We engage in various programs intended and designed to help foster:
* a deeper awareness of the inter-relationships between us and the natural world which surrounds and feeds us as well as
* a stronger experience of community (that is, a very real sense that "we are all in this together") regarding our food supply. More . . . .
The first program under our human-animal relations division, Better Than Dead Rescue is a domestic pet (primarily dogs) rescue program run by Linda Rollins in Shelburne Falls, MA. More . . . .
We continue to sponsor the week-long Earth Story conferences of environmental activists held at Earthlands, in Petersham, MA, every summer. We began sponsoring this program in 2005. More . . . .
We are developing a lending library of books, magazines, CDs, and DVDs on topics related to our educational purposes.
We are interested in supporting other projects which further our purposes in our Bioregion. Contact us for more information.
Since becoming active in September 2004, CCRVI has undertaken the following projects:
We supported a volunteer community mapping project in the Montague Plains (a unique ecosystem in located in Montague, MA) which identified the environmentally - destructive human usage patterns in the Plains - including where people dumped trash, where they rode ATVs which caused erosion problems, etc.. The project resulted in a map of the Plains which allowed the citizens of Montague to address these problems more coherently and clean up the Plains. CCRVI, through a grant from Northeast Utilities, obtained and provided to the project, a set of PDAs with attached GPS units. The PDAs used mapping software developed by a CCRVI volunteer. The Montague volunteers used the PDA/GPS/mapping software units to identify sites on the ground which were then be located on the map. Note: The mapping gear we developed for this project is available for other community-based mapping projects in the Bioregion.
We provided grants to the Red Eagle Lodge, a Montague, MA, based group which brought Native American teachers/elders to the Bioregion and sponsored related activities.
We sponsored ReNew, located in Brattleboro, VT, during its start-up phase. ReNew is a non-profit, tax-exempt building materials recycling store, started in September 2005, which hand-deconstructs unwanted buildings for salvage materials, sells a variety of used, surplus, and green building materials, supports the development of affordable housing in a number of ways, and provides related educational programs. More . . . .
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We sponsored the start-up phase of the Apios Institute, located in Western MA, which promotes the development of permaculture as an innovative approach to growing local food as well as living more intimately with the Earth and each other. More . . . .
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At the Fifth Summit of the Americas meeting where President Obama met with the leaders of 34 nations of the Americas, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela gave President Obama a copy of Eduardo Galenao's 1971 book Las venas abiertas de América Latina (translated into English as Open Veins of Latin America). Immediately, sales figures on Amazon.com shot up as people bought the book to read on their own. Have you read this book? do you plan to read it? What do you think of this global "lesson" in light of your own experience or studies of Latin America?
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This book is fundamental reading for anyone who cares about Latin America, colonialism, and globalization. This book will give you a deeper understanding of both the history of the legacy of colonialism in Latin America, and in my opinion even more importantly, the plunder of a continent by western countries and in their interests. The book was written before the assassination of chilean president Salvador Allende during the coup that occurred in chile as part of the guerra sucia and the operation condor on September 11, 1973. We read in these pages the hope Galeano expressed regarding Allende's vision, which included large scale agrarian reform, education reform, healthcare reform and nationalization of banking and copper mining industries. Thus it is sobering to think that just 2 years after this was written, Allende was assassinated and Chile became an experiment in Milton Friedman's and the Chicago School of Economics' pure market capitalism, which ultimately lead to Chile having one of the largest gaps between the rich and the poor, and unemployment rates up to 14%. Galeano's "venas abiertas" contextualizes the changes seen in Latin America during the guerra sucia, and exposes the legacy of western and capitalist interests in the region.

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- Big Data: the Big Picture (Vimeo) — Jim Stogdill's excellent talk: although Big Data is presented as part of the Gartner Hype Cycle, it's an epoch of the Information Age which will have significant effects on the structure of corporations and the economy.
- Impala (github) — Cloudera's open source (Apache) implementation of Google's F1 (PDF), for realtime queries across clusters. Impala is different from Hive and Pig because it uses its own daemons that are spread across the cluster for queries. Furthermore, Impala does not leverage MapReduce, allowing Impala to return result in real-time. (via Wired)
- druid (github) — open source (GPLv2) a distributed, column-oriented analytical datastore. It was originally created to resolve query latency issues seen with trying to use Hadoop to power an interactive service. See also the announcement of its open-sourcing.
- Supersonic (Google Code) — an ultra-fast, column oriented query engine library written in C++. It provides a set of data transformation primitives which make heavy use of cache-aware algorithms, SIMD instructions and vectorised execution, allowing it to exploit the capabilities and resources of modern, hyper pipelined CPUs. It is designed to work in a single process. Apache-licensed.
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Cloudera's Impala takes Hadoop queries into real-time
Cloudera ventured into real-time Hadoop querying this week, opening up its Impala software platform. As Derrick Harris reports at GigaOm, Impala — an SQL query engine — doesn't rely on MapReduce, making it faster than tools such as Hive. Cloudera estimates its queries run 10 times faster than Hive, and Charles Zedlewski, Cloudera's cloud VP of products, told Harris that "small queries can run in less than a second."
Harris notes that Zedlewski pointed out that Impala wasn't designed to replace business intelligence (BI) tools, and that "Cloudera isn't interested in selling BI or other analytic applications." Rather, Impala serves as the execution engine, still relying on software from Cloudera partners — Zedlewski told Harris, "We're sticking to our knitting as a platform vendor."
Joab Jackson at PC World reports that "[e]ventually, Impala will be the basis of a Cloudera commercial offering, called the Cloudera Enterprise RTQ (Real-Time Query), though the company has not specified a release date."
Impala has plenty of competition on this playing field, which Harris also covers, and he notes the significance of all the recent Hadoop innovation:
"I can't underscore enough how critical all of this innovation is for Hadoop, which in order to add substance to its unparalleled hype needed to become far more useful to far more users. But the sudden shift from Hadoop as a batch-processing engine built on MapReduce into an ad hoc SQL querying engine might leave industry analysts and even Hadoop users scratching their heads."
You can read more from Harris' piece here and Jackson's piece here. Wired also has an interesting piece on Impala, covering the Google F1 database upon which it is based and the Googler Cloudera hired away to help build it.
(Cloudera CEO Mike Olson discussed Impala, Hadoop and the importance of real-time at this week's Strata Conference + Hadoop World.)
Four short links: 25 October 2012
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Kaggle now accepting data before a contest, HP's Autonomy purchase comes into focus, Cloudera's new Hadoop distribution.
In this week's data news, Kaggle launches Prospect, HP unveils its big data plans, and Cloudera releases CDH4 (the latest version of its Hadoop distribution).
Strata Week: A .data TLD?
A proposal for a .data TLD, flavors of Hadoop, and a vote for pseudonymous commenters.
In this week's data news, Stephen Wolfram calls for a .data top-level domain and Cloudera responds to Hadoop version 1.0.
Strata Week: Simplifying MapReduce through Java
MapReduce gets easier, a new search engine for data, and now you can monitor the universe's forces on your phone.
Cloudera's Crunch hopes to make MapReduce easier, Datafiniti launches a search engine for data, and the University of Oxford releases an Android app for monitoring CERN data.
Strata Week: Oracle's big data play
Oracle unveils its big data appliance, the Hadoop community gauges contributions.
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- Flume — Cloudera open source project to solve the problem of how to get data into cloud apps, from collection to processing to storage. Flume is a distributed service that makes it very easy to collect and aggregate your data into a persistent store such as HDFS. Flume can read data from almost any source – log files, Syslog packets, the standard output of any Unix process – and can deliver it to a batch processing system like Hadoop or a real-time data store like HBase. All this can be configured dynamically from a single, central location – no more tedious configuration file editing and process restarting. Flume will collect the data from wherever existing applications are storing it, and whisk it away for further analysis and processing. (via mikeolson on Twitter)
- How Microbes Defend and Define Us (NYTimes) — there's been a lot of talk about the microbiome at Sci Foo in the last few years, now it's bubbling out into the world. Turns out that "bacteria bad, megafauna good" is as simplistic and inaccurate as "Muslim bad, Christian good". Fancy that. (via Jim Stogdill)
- Startup Model Patently Flawed (Nature) — "There is a lot of stuff that academics are realizing isn't patentable but they can commercialize for themselves by starting a company," says Scott Shane, an economist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a co-author of the study. Because surveys of entrepreneurial activity — including government assessments — typically focus on patent activity, they may be significantly underestimating academics' efforts, he notes. (via pkedrosky on Twitter)
- Open Data on Russian Government Spending (OKFN) — a group outside government is adding analytics to the data that departments are required to release.


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I agree with OP - I'm also in a situation where I spent a lot of time steeped in WoW, but but I've grown up a lot since then, I still play, though more moderately. Because, well, I grew up. I don't have to quit entirely to be able to manage my time. (Though I would imagine that some folks with addictions absolutely do need to quit entirely.)
I too have a job, marriage, children, and other obligations. WoW is what I do for me, because I enjoy it, as opposed to the rest of my time, which is spent doing things for everyone else. I have other hobbies, but they are creative in nature and take a certain energy that is often depleted by the other parts of my life. WoW is where I go for true down-time.
Moderately, by the way, means I'm down from 35+ hours a week to about half that.


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WACO, Texas (AP) -- When West Virginia returns to Baylor next year, coach Mike Carey won't have to worry about Brittney Griner.
At least this time, it wasn't an elimination game and there's still plenty of season left for the Mountaineers.
Griner had her 50th career double-double while just missing a triple-double, scoring 26 points with 15 rebounds and nine blocked shots, as the top-ranked Lady Bears beat Big 12 newcomer West Virginia 76-58 on Saturday night.
"Griner, best player in the country, bar none," Carey said.
The Lady Bears (16-1, 6-0 Big 12) won their 49th game in a row at the Ferrell Center. Their home winning streak, the longest active such in the nation, includes an win over West Virginia in an NCAA tournament second-round game two years ago when Griner had 30 points and eight blocks.
"She's gotten better every year," Carey said. "And she's under control at all times. As a coach, you think she's going over somebody's back. She's really not. She's jumping over them."
Griner appeared to have her 10th block at one point but officials whistled West Virginia (11-6, 3-3) for a travel on the play. The senior 6-foot-8 two-time All-American didn't play the final 4 minutes.
Christal Caldwell led West Virginia with 22 points. Taylor Palmer scored 17, and Crystal Leary had 11 rebounds.
Odyssey Sims had 15 points and seven assists for Baylor, which won its record 28th consecutive regular season conference game.
After West Virginia got a 3-pointer from Palmer 22 seconds into the game, Baylor responded with a 20-2 run. Griner had 10 points in that streak, and Sims had eight with two three-point plays.
By the first media timeout only 5 minutes into the game, the Lady Bears had already surged ahead 15-5 and West Virginia has as many turnovers as points.
The Mountaineers had won three in a row since opening their first Big 12 schedule with losses against Oklahoma and Kansas.
West Virginia sophomore guard Akilah Bethel was carried off the court with just more than 2 minutes to go. She grabbed her left knee after falling to the floor on a drive to the basket, though the extent of her injury wasn't clear since Carey didn't address it after the game.
Griner, who finished 11-of-17 shooting, had 18 points and eight rebounds by halftime, when Baylor led 40-24.
With her nine blocks, Griner increased her career total to 651, only 13 shy of breaking the NCAA career record.
West Virginia ended Baylor's big run with six points in a row in a span of 36 seconds, capped by Caldwell and Jess Harlee turning consecutive steals into breakaway baskets in only 15 seconds.
But Griner quickly responded with six points in a row of her own and by the next timeout with 8 minutes left in the first half, Griner already had 16 points -- one more than West Virginia at the time, when Baylor led 26-15.
Ayana Dunning, who was averaging 10.8 points a game, finished scoreless with four fouls in 23 minutes for the Mountaineers. The 6-foot-3 senior center was 0-for-8 shooting, including five from 3-point range.
"We got a little bit of momentum. We thought we could pop Dunning a lot. ... She got in foul trouble. She's usually a pretty good shooter from the 3," Carey said. "If she could have gotten hot, which would have brought Brittney out a little bit, that would have opened up the lanes a little bit. But once she wasn't hitting (shots), Brittney was able to sit in there a little bit more. "


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AHL announces suspensions
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Bridgeport Sound Tigers left wing Brett Gallant has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of leaving the players' bench on a legal line change for the purpose of starting an altercation in a game at Connecticut on Dec. 27.
Gallant will miss Bridgeport's games tonight (Dec. 29) vs. Manchester, Monday (Dec. 31) at Adirondack and Friday (Jan. 4) at Springfield.
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The American Hockey League today announced that Connecticut Whale defenseman Dylan McIlrath has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of an elbowing incident in a game vs. Bridgeport on Dec. 27.
McIlrath will miss Connecticut's games tonight (Dec. 29) at Springfield and Monday (Dec. 31) at Portland.
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Acura will unveil the 2009 TL this fall. After the car's first official image, a very lucky guy caught it on the streets. Happily he posted the images on Flickr, so we can also enjoy them.
The 2009 TL will be offered in two distinct versions, icluding the first ever application of Super Handling All-Wheel Drive on TL. Under the hood there will be the most powerful Acura engine ever, probably same 3,7 liter engine used in the RL that develops 300 hp.
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Cookie-Crusted, Chocolate Pecan Pie
Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 288
- Calories from fat: 30%
- Fat: 9.6g
- Saturated fat: 2.5g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 3.5g
- Carbohydrate: 46.8g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Cholesterol: 67mg
- Iron: 1.3mg
- Sodium: 187mg
- Calcium: 40mg
- Crust:
- 40 reduced-fat vanilla wafers
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- Cooking spray
- Filling:
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans, toasted
- 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup dark corn syrup
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons bourbon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- To prepare crust, place cookies in a food processor; process until finely ground. Add 2 tablespoons brown sugar, butter, and egg white; pulse 2 to 3 times or just until moistened. Press mixture into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- To prepare filling, sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips into bottom of prepared crust. Combine syrup and remaining ingredients, stirring well with a whisk. Pour over pecans and chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 27 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.
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I am not a fan of Mike Tomlin, but I also know how the Rooney's operate. Must be nice to coach a team when everything was given to given to you. Yeah he won a super bowl with Cowher's team and also loss one by getting outcoached. That is the theme with Tomlin. This guy gets outcoached all the time. He had the players and his coaching failed. Not only his coaching, but his drafting of players leaves a lot to desired. But he knows how to talk himself out of his failures. There was no discipline this year. Hey, Mike give Tony a call and he will give you advice on discipline. The main reason he is the head coach because Tony Dungy gave the Rooney's a good reference on this inexperience coach. I never saw a coach make the same mistakes over and over again.
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Look, I'm just as disappointed as many of you are about the 2012 Pittsburgh Steelers. It was a season that offered some promise and at the very least another trip to the playoffs if nothing else. Those dreams crashed and burned with offensive ineptitude and a defense that couldn't create enough big plays. There will be and is lots of blame to go around and I know this will upset some of you but Mike Tomlin is not getting fired. Did he have a poor season? Well, that's like asking if the Rooney Family is Irish. Like players, coaches can have bad seasons too and Tomlin certainly falls in to that category. Those of you calling for him to be sent packing must be forgetting that you root for the Pittsburgh Steelers. This is a franchise that has had three, count'em THREE head coaches since 1969!! The Rooney Family does not take kindly to knee jerk reactions and they won't in this case either. Do you realize how ridiculous we sound to other teams' fans when we call for a guy who has been to...
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Talking Breakouts & Bobsledding with Olympic Hopeful Megan Hilll
Written on November 21, 2011 at 12:03 pm , by Fitness Magazine
Although U.S. National Bobsled Team Member and Olympic hopeful Megan Hill has rocketed to the top of the athletics world, there was still something standing in the way of her confidence: acne. Determined to find a solution, Hill started using Proactiv and through her success with the line, became their newest spokesperson. We chatted with Megan about her battle with acne, her beauty routine and training for the 2012 Olympics.
FITNESS: What made you want to team up with Proactiv?
Megan Hill: Acne is something I've really struggled with. When I found Proactiv, not only did my skin begin to clear up, but my confidence was boosted, and I started to step out of my comfort zone and grow as a person as well as an athlete. Not very many people talk about it because, well, its acne and it's embarrassing, but I know there are so many other girls out there who struggle the way I did.
FITNESS: What's your beauty routine before a competition? In everyday life?
MH: I begin by washing my face with the Proactiv 3 Step System and then I apply sunscreen. Sometimes I will put on a little bit up of makeup, usually Bare Escentuals, mascara and lip-gloss. For competition, I pull my hair back into a low ponytail or bun so my helmet fits nicely. My beauty routine for everyday life is pretty much the same.
FITNESS: What are your go-to beauty products for post-workout and when you're on the go?
MH: After a workout, my go-to product is Proactiv Clear Zone Body Pads. They're perfect for when I have somewhere to be right after my workout and they fit in my gym bag.
FITNESS: Since your skin is constantly exposed to the elements, how do you care for it, both to prevent and repair damage?
MH: When it's bobsled season I am in very dry and cold climates so moisturizer is a must! My favorite is Proactiv Green Tea Moisturizer. I also wear sunscreen every day to help prevent damage from the sun.
FITNESS: What types of workouts do you do to prepare for competition?
MH: My pre-competition workouts involve intense and explosive movements to get the neuromuscular pathways firing. I do sprints, plyometrics, medicine ball throws, squats and power cleans.
FITNESS: Where is your favorite track to do runs? What is your favorite aspect of doing runs?
MH: I am still trying to figure out which track is my favorite. The only tracks I have driven so far are Lake Placid and Park City. They are so different and I enjoy them both. I can't wait to learn other tracks. My next stop is Calgary in Alberta, Canada. As a brakeman my favorite track was St. Moritz, Switzerland. The best part of doing a run is the feeling you get when you're at top speed on the track. It's like time stops for a minute and you are so in the moment. There's nothing out there like it!
FITNESS: What's your proudest fitness-related achievement? Why?
MH: Each year we do a combine test at the beginning of the season. The events on the combine are sprints, a standing long jump, shot put toss, squats, and a power clean. My proudest fitness-related achievement was the personal records I set on the combine this year. All of the hard work I did over the offseason paid off. Improving my speed and strength motivated me to keep training as hard as I did and continue to improve.
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Brush Up
Written on February 9, 2011 at 7:41 am , by Fitness Magazine
When was the last time you properly cleaned your makeup brushes?
Can't remember? Then you might be swirling bacteria and fungus on your face—ick!
Makeup brushes pick up and accumulate dead skin cells, oils, dirt and any other bacteria that's on your skin. This leads to brushes that are stiff with separated bristles, causing streaky makeup and eventually destroying your tool. Plus, touching your face with a dirty brush every day can cause clogged pores and breakouts, too. Take the time to clean yours as often as possible. The following products make it easy:
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Remember: Clean brushes mean a clean, happy face!
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Broadway at the Box The Music Box Theater is a repertory group of three women and two men — they sing, they dance, they act, they reminisce about their childhoods, they do solos and they do ensemble numbers, all this with such a sense of togetherness, of fun, of personal enjoyment that their talent and enthusiasm cascade into the audience and wrap it in a warm embrace. Luke Wrobel handles a large section of the evening as Tevye singing "I Wish I Were a Rich Man" and as Don Quixote singing "The Impossible Dream," and in between logs time in a hilarious impersonation of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and as an amusingly brutal casting director, and shares a duet of "There's Nothing like a Dame" with Brad Scarborough, the other male member. Scarborough sings "Till There Was You" and "Walk Like a Man" and leads an entertaining skit about a theater critic who reviews a performance before it occurs thanks to time travel. Rebekah Dahl shines as lead singer in "The Age of Aquarius," and Kristina Sullivan provides an intelligent, subtle and compelling rendition of "Send in the Clowns." Cay Taylor nails the haunting "I Dreamed a Dream," and received one of the evening's several standing ovations. The band (Donald Payne, Mark McCain, Long Le and Glenn Sharp) is a rich contributor to the overall success of the show. The Music Box is a cabaret theater, so drinks are available. Through April 6. 2623 Colquitt, 713-522-7722. — JJT
Broke-ology A father has medical problems, and two sons cope with his increasing need for care while pursuing their own lives and interests. Playwright Nathan Louis Jackson has created a family drama and filled it with humor and kitchen-sink realism. We first meet in the 1980s the father, William King, portrayed by Broderick "Brod J" Jones, along with his wife, Sonia, portrayed by Autumn Knight, and we see the genesis of a tightly knit, loving family and the vitality of William as a young man. The action leaps forward 26 years, with William now verging on decrepit but reluctant to admit his failings. His vitality has been inherited by his two sons, Malcolm and Ennis. Malcolm, played by Joe "Joe P" Palmore, is home from Connecticut for a visit, or perhaps longer. Ennis, portrayed by L.D. Green, is becoming a father by his girlfriend. Sonia died 15 years earlier. The actors playing the brothers create a real sense of family, and the camaraderie, competitiveness and bickering between these two are gripping. The pathos of the subject matter elicits a general feeling of empathy, and good feelings abound. A secondary theme is inserted episodically to justify the title — shortness of money leads to compromises and restricted choices. Jackson has substantial credits to his name and a true gift for comedic expression, but Broke-ology is poorly constructed and seems to go nowhere, except to a predictable, melodramatic and sentimental ending. Director Eileen J. Morris has showcased the inspired vitality of the sons and found the warmth in Sonia and the likability in William. The play itself is a frail craft but is paddled safely through shoals by the enormous vigor of two young and brilliant actors. Through April 14. Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main, 713-520-0055. — JJT
Company Bracing and potent as a vodka stinger, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's mordant, multiple Tony Award-winning "musical comedy" on marriage, commitment and New York City is the ultimate That '70s Show. The musical (1970), dry and abrasive as sandpaper, ushered in the decade and ushered in Sondheim as possible king of Broadway. He had to wait, though, until the following year, when Follies finally bestowed the crown upon him. Texas Repertory Theatre supplies plenty of grit, visual polish and a well-rounded cast to keep this classic show spiky and full of attitude. Perpetual bachelor Bobby (Brandon Grimes, a smooth song-and-dance man), best friend of five conflicted married couples, refuses to settle down. He's so close to his married friends that when they burn, he gets seared. Harry and Sarah (John Dunn and Lendsey Kersey) compete literally in a man-versus-woman karate duel; Peter and Susan (Andrew Ruthven and Lauren Dolk), seen by Robert as loving and perfect together, are getting a divorce; David and Jenny (David Walker and Jennifer Stewart) believe they're too staid to be swinging and youthful; Paul and Amy (Zach Varela and Katie Harrison), living together for two years, are finally getting married, prompting the show's comic highlight, Amy's neurotic patter song "Getting Married Today"; Larry and Joanne (Steven Fenley and Judy Frow) are older, richer and much married, giving the hard-drinking Joanne the caustic showstopper "The Ladies Who Lunch," which Frow spits out in a stinging, acid rage. Bobby's girlfriends are a triptych of '70s stereotypes: April, the clueless airline stewardess (Haley Hussey, in a beautifully shaded performance); sweet Kathy (Amy Garner Buchanan), who can wait no longer for vacillating Bobby to make up his mind; and downtown grunge girl Marta (Christina Stroup), who lives for a good time. Bobby sees only the faults and not the pleasures in wedded bliss. He makes lame excuses for his lack of commitment, he expects a future wife to be an amalgam of his women friends, and he sleeps around and can't remember his bedmates' names; he's probably gay. It's either/or for "Bobby baby, Bobby bubi," but there's not much positive reinforcement from the couples, yet his "Being Alive" epiphany is as much of a happy ending as anything you'll find in a Sondheim show. Although you'd never call a Sondheim score rough, this one about the joys (!) of modern marriage can scour your skin off with its velvety tunes. George Furth's book is a bitchy blowtorch, and Sondheim's disco-era music and ironic lyrics are incomparable: "Being Alive," "Another Hundred People," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "The Little Things You Do Together." Sondheim and Furth's biting and funny X-ray of modern marriage, a classic of grown-up Broadway, is a show not to be missed. Under Texas Rep's adroit handling, this is Company you want to spend your time with. Through April 7. Texas Repertory Theatre, 14243 Steubner Airline, 281-583-7573. — DLG


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I've been meaning to pop into Cheerio ever since it opened in June last year. This pint-sized cafe (only 15 seats, according to Broadsheet) is located just off the Swan st bustle in a cute, minimalist fitout. We arrived for breakfast on a Saturday slightly daunted by the large number of people standing around the shop front, but as it turns out they were all simply waiting for takeaway coffees and we were seated immediately.
My Seven Seeds latte was very smooth with no hint of bitterness at all. Easily one of the best coffees in town.
The breakfast selection was short and sweet, with most of the usual suspects on there. A tempting range of baguettes and sandwiches completed the all-day menu.
Toasted briont with house made lemon curd and jam ($7.50)
My partner in dining ordered the toasted briont, which is apparently halfway between croissant and brioche. So basically a toasted slice of buttery, airy, flaky pastry (I think the butter content is way too high to get away with calling it bread at this stage). Speaking of which, I'm not sure that the accompanying pat of butter was necessary. Anyway.
The Jam Lady jams were lovely and perfect for the briont (blackberry shiraz is now on my to-cook list). I wasn't a huge fan of the lemon curd though; it was eggy and overly tart. I don't have a huge sweet tooth and I tend to greatly reduce the sugar content in most of my recipes, but this wasn't even sweet enough for me.
Wilted spinach, lemon, broccolini, poached eggs with hollandaise and watercress ($14.50)
The broccolini had a nice firmness to it, indicating had been cooked just enough. Combined with the soft poached eggs and spinach on grainy toast it made for quite a healthy breakfast indeed. (Let's just ignore the copious amounts of deliciously buttery hollandaise, shall we?) My only complaint was that the toast went a bit soggy underneath everything else so perhaps it would have been a bit better served on the side.
The verdict
The menu was just like the decor: simple but nice, with a few quirks here and there. Sure, the food's not revolutionary, but it's not trying to be. It's not an over-hyped, wait-for-hours-at-the-door-until-lunch-time-to-get-breakfast sort of place, which I appreciate. Sometimes it's nice just to have a satisfying meal and quality coffee on a Saturday morning in a cosy space. And that's exactly what I got.Cheerio 323 Lennox Street Richmond
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[...] The food is slightly on the pricier side of the breakfast scale, however it was all good quality and much more interesting than standard cafe fare. The coffee was ok but nothing to shout about. Die-hard coffee fans may want to pop around the corner to Cheerio instead. [...]
[...] the brioche x croissant concoction by Brioche by Phillip, which I had eaten previously at Cheerio. The buttery, flaky toast was perfect with the truffle oil, sharp parmesan shavings and runny duck [...]


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You know Mr. Allen I read your article and was right there with you..until I finished reading and started mulling it over. In theory you're right.. It should be about the sport and not the participants …but in the human "real world" it's all about "connecting". Your example of the " non star studded" Talladega race was great.. But I would watch a Talladega race no matter who was driving..it's Talladega man! But, when it comes to some of the other " snoozer" tracks…I need that "my driver" connection to keep me interested in the race. I need to watch the entire race to see where my guy finishes and how it affects his points standing. I need to hear how his car was, his pit crew, his overall view on how his team is progressing. Without that driver connection, for me, NASCAR would be just another race….something to watch when the weather's bad or I'm under the weather. I'm human and watching 3400 pounds of metal go around and around is NOT enough..I need to be able to put myself in the seat..and the only way I can do that is by "knowing" my driver.
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NASCAR's reliance on personalities could damage the sport in the long term
By admin | February 13, 2012
By Richard Allen
Earlier in this current off season, NASCAR released a report that essentially said a study they conducted has revealed that fans are not nearly as interested in articles and/or columns that analyze the state of the sport as they are about those pieces that focus on personalities in the sport. While it's not surprising that fans enjoy hearing about their favorite drivers, has NASCAR, like many other facets of today's society, become too much about personality?
On a personal note, I can both agree and disagree with that study. Typically, I receive more site hits on this blog when I post a story that is more personality related but I get far more comments from readers when I post columns about the state of the sport. Perhaps it could be said that stories about drivers are simply more reassuring while pieces about the state of the sport are more thought provoking. (And I'm not just referring to stories written by me but all writers.)
NASCAR has always been filled with big personalities. From the early days of people like Junior Johnson up to Richard Petty to Darrell Waltrip to modern day attention getters like Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon fans have been drawn to particular individuals. And this year, of course, the sport is about to receive yet another infusion of personality when Danica Patrick makes a fulltime go of racing in the Nationwide Series ranks as well as part time effort in the Sprint Cup Series.
There are obvious benefits from having fans be more centered on personality than the condition of the sport. Such a situation appeals to sponsors as those companies involved in racing like having high profile associations. And, more revenue is generated by such things as souvenir sales and other forms of merchandising.
However, there are also negative aspects as well. What happens when those personalities go away? All drivers eventually retire, so if a set of fans were simply attracted to one individual they may lose interest when that person is gone.
Also, when fans are only tied to a personality rather than the sport, interest levels can rise and fall with the fortunes of that one driver. An early exit from a race by one or more of the popular drivers could cause a drop off in television viewers. A bad season by those stars could have far reaching implications for tracks and networks.
No individual or group of individuals can ever be allowed to become bigger than the sport itself. Unfortunately, in NASCAR such is not only be allowed to happen, it is being encouraged. As evidence, look how much attention is paid in pre-season promotions for NASCAR to a driver who has not won since 2008(Earnhardt) and a driver who has never turned a competitive lap at the Sprint Cup level(Patrick).
But this is not only true of NASCAR but other sports as well. In my home area of east Tennessee there was a sudden influx of "Colts†fans during each NFL season from the late 1990s to the present. People in this area do not say, "Did you see the Colts play on Sunday?†but rather, "Did you see Peyton(Manning) play on Sunday?â€
Should Manning be traded or released from the Colts in the near future there will be an abundance of blue jerseys available in spring and summer yard sales all around the Knoxville area.
Having immensely popular personalities can provide a great short term boost for NASCAR or any sport. Revenues will soar in the short term as apparel flies off the shelf and sponsors offer up money to get involved with the next fresh face. But what happens when that personality fades into history or some unforeseen drop in popularity takes place? Ask the PGA that question.
In 1969, star drivers refused to race at the brand new Talladega Super Speedway because of concerns over tires. Then NASCAR boss Bill France, Sr. recognized that the sport had to be bigger than any of them and held the race anyway. The crowds still came. And the next year, so did the star drivers.
I do not believe the current leadership of this sport has that same long term vision. As long as souvenirs are selling right now, little else seems to matter in terms of long term impact.
NASCAR officials were almost boastful when they declared that their study showed fans cared more about stories on drivers than on the sport itself. But to me, what that study showed was that the fate of the sport could rest with the fortunes of three or four individuals who are, after all, only human.
But then again, maybe it's just the way our society functions nowadays.
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Lydia Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 6:38 am
Russ Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:24 am
Rich, all excellent points. I would say, that from a strictly economic view, the churning of drivers, sponsors, and paint schemes, has made someone a lot of money, just in merchandise sales. So you can look for that to continue.
It is interesting that the cult of personalities is focused on some of the least successful drivers. You would think it would be otherwise.
On a historical note, the factory boycotts of the 60's cemented the focus on personalities. While the drivers had been popular before, many rooted for a brand of car. Nascar decided they were never again going to be held hostage by the manufacturers, and totally shifted the focus to the drivers.
Sue Rarick Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:24 am
I rooted for Fireball Roberts originally and over the years as one of my drivers retired I found another to replace them. Today I root for Kyle Busch, David Reutimann and because I spent my working life as a woman in a man's career, I will root for Danica.
For me Nascar has always been about the personalities. It surely isn't about the technology. Gordon and Hamlin racing side by side is just good racing side by side. Busch and Harvick racing side by side has the chance of becoming high drama. And that is because of the drivers involved, not the equipment.
IMO Nascar has always had a cult of personality from the beginning.
Tony Geinzer Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:41 am
Rich, I feel strongly and passionately that myself, where's the bridge to fill the base once Jr. Retires? I know the Silver Fox-Petty- Elliott-Jr. Bridge, but truth be told, we need good drivers and not miss on Indy or NHRA in time.
Charles Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:44 am
I think you might miss the real meaning of the Nascar Study!
This bought and paid for study by Nascar was something they 'Nascar" devised from their 'spin room' to try demote articles that are negative to Nascar…plain and simple..
What Nascar needs to focus and study is what the fans would like on the race track…and thats what is in most columns they detest..grassroots fans making a statement that they dont want to hear!!!!!!!
Bill B Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
I don't know that NASCAR is driven by personalities anymore than other sports. You may argue that it's ramped up more in NASCAR than other sports, but it's there.
Every sport relies on those personality players - Derek Jeter, Alex Ovechkin, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady - you know the one's you see hawking everything on tv from sports drinks to underwear. If it appears more prevalent in NASCAR it's because all 43 teams compete against each other every week, where in the other sports those high-profile players are spread out amongst teams that only compete against each other a handful of times in a season.
Imagine if you took the best football, baseball, hockey or basketball players culled from the across the league and there were only two teams in each sport. It would more or less be the all-star teams from each league playing each other game after game. Without the home team factor the personality driven factor of the sport would definitely increase.
As always, comparing NASCAR to other sports is an apples to oranges affair.
NaBUru38 Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
When I was a kid, I rooted for Michael Schumacher in Formula 1. When he retired, I didn't know who to root for. I tried to go for Lewis Hamilton, who was young, fast and cool. But later he turned whiny and McLaren was found as a cheater.
So I ended up rooting for any Ferrari driver, even Alonso who I don't enjoy as a personality. But the link isn't too strong: I don't fully support Ferrari in Le Mans racing, I like other winning too.
I agree that relying on personalities is dangerous in the long term, because drivers come and go, and it's hard to create personalities constantly. That's why team sports rely on team rivalries: Celtics vs Lakers, Argentina vs England, Manchester vs Liverpool, Real Madrid vs Barcelona.
F1 has done the same: Ferrari and McLaren have been rivals for decades. Nascar could do the same with manufacturers. IndyCar could do it with Penske vs Penske.
NaBUru38 Says:
February 14th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
(I meant Penske vs Ganassi.)
Steve Says:
February 15th, 2012 at 11:32 am
My view is that if Nascar made sure the product on the track was good, everything else would take care of itself. Old school fans back when the racing was exciting every week, still remained fans, even when their driver retired. I don't know you can say that now. When Jr retires, how many of those fans are going to stick around.
Offkilter Says:
February 15th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Nascar trying to push patrick out in the spotlight for the casual fan is actually smart. Nothing wrong with them marketing the personality side. If the argument that the sport is more important than the personalities was true, why bother paying a driver millions a year? Just engineer the cars to be remote controll and have a kid to drive it from the spotter's stand.
Justin Says:
February 16th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
There's nothing wrong with the fans being more focused on the drivers and their personalities than the sport as a whole. That's only natural; the fans watch races for entertainment, just like any other sport. However, the leaders of Nascar must not forget that it is their responsibility to take the long view and always consider the health of the sport over any driver, no matter how popular. To try and cater to the whims of the fans in the interest of short-term profits is to be derelict of duty, and is a grave mistake.


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Definition of duodecimo in English:
duodecimoLine breaks: duo|decimo
Pronunciation: /ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdɛsɪməʊ /
noun (plural duodecimos)
1A size of book in which each leaf is one twelfth of the size of the printing sheet.
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1.1A duodecimo book.
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I totaly called the ending where they go in on her face and she opens her eyes. The Volturi scene doesn't count
Just what the hell were you on that night Rob? Even Kristen and Taylor didn't want to be near you that night.
I agree with the look of tiredness and weight loss, but also keep in mind that he just shot the film Water for Elephants. It appeared that he had to thin out even more for that film, but then again that's just my perception. I don't follow the celeb updates that closely. I just remember hearing many actors and actresses explaining what extremes they have to go through for different roles, in regards to their appearances. Can't wait for the Breaking Dawn! Having friendly debates as to where the 1st installment will end....
Haha he's tired AND SICK. With the flu I think. He was talking about it at the Golden Globes!
O cara e perfeito i love rob ele e tudo de bom e mais um pouco rossesed robsten
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he has lost too much weight.he looks tired and unhappy.still hot though
Seems as though Rob has lost quite a bit of weight. That perfect jawline is gone. Can't wait till seem on the big screen again!
He looks very tired in this pic. They have been on a whirlwind of travels and filming. Don't know how they do it sometimes. Love Rob though and Kristen!
i love his hair:D, can't wait to see him in the movie theatre!