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Let me tell you what you need to know about this weekend:
a) It's Fred Fest.
b) It's going to be 76 degrees and sunny on Friday (the forecast as of press time).
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B.J. Warshaw of Shooting Spires will be performing tonight at BJ's in Fredonia.
It's either the recipe for disaster or the recipe for a really, really good time. I suggest you adopt an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" attitude or just beat it.
Fred Fest 2010's headliner is Brand New and the fest will be held in the Steele Hall Field House on the SUNY Fredonia campus starting at 3 p.m. Vendors, including sweet, delicious Dinosaur BBQ (you need to buy tickets ahead of time for that), will be outdoors behind Steele Hall in tents. For tickets - while limited supplies last - you need to either be a student, faculty, staff, alumni, or you must know someone who meets that criteria and accompany them as their guest. Admission details too complicated to include in full here, so I recommend you visit www.fredonia.edu for more information or call the ticket office at 673-3501 or toll-free at 1-(866)-441-4928.
If you can't get into the "official" Fred Fest (or just don't feel like it), do not fret. Much of the Fred Fest revelry will be taking place in the vicinity of downtown Fredonia. Each year, I warn readers to watch carefully while driving through downtown in order to prevent running over boozy revelers and again, I urge you to heed this warning. It is much easier than you think to accidentally commit vehicular manslaughter on Fred Fest weekend - yours truly has narrowly avoided doing so on more than one occasion.
If you seek further information on various Fred Fest trivia from years past, visit unofficialfredfest.blogspot.com. The blog was created a few years back in a journalism class taught by Elmer Ploetz and contains articles by myself, John Mackowiak and several others.
In the spirit of celebrating the end of the school year, BJ's will be hosting BJ's Fest. This two-day event takes place Thursday and Friday and features nine bands.
Tonight is headlined by solo projects from the members of Brooklyn's Parts & Labor. Parts & Labor guitarist Dan Friel uses old keyboards and effects pedals to create a wonderful mix of noise and melody. B.J. Warshaw, the band's bass player, releases music under the name Shooting Spires. Warshaw describes the Shooting Spires sound as "the sweet embrace of agoraphobia and insomnia." Also playing tonight are Longitude, Sleep Close Death and Wooden Waves.
Friday night features a wide variety of bands. This includes the indie rock stylings of Nate In Public, the feel good jams of Summer People, the 8-bit sound manipulations of Zen Albatross and the instrumental post-rock of Lazerwaltzer.
The cost is $1 a day for over 21 or $5 for 18 and up. Both nights start at 10 p.m.
41 West will have Trio from 9 p.m. to midnight on Friday and Billy McEwen on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m., as the bar celebrates their anniversary and welcomes new partners "Chubs" Fadale and Mark Brenecki.
Jamestown Community College will hold a Native American Film Festival today through Saturday at the Jamestown campus. The first film will actually be shown at the Fredonia Opera House tonight from 7 to 9 p.m., "Incident at Ogala: The Leonard Peltier Story," free and open to the public with a Q&A session to follow. Also during the festival at JCC, there will be music by award-winning act Shenandoah Friday at 7 p.m. For more information, call 338-1223.
Too many suspects, so little time - what to do? Why, throw a dinner party and invite them all! That is how you solve a murder Nick and Nora style. I recently discovered why "The Thin Man" series of films was so popular in the '30s and '40s they're fantastic! The high society duo dabbles in detective work - they're wealthy due to Nora's inheritance - and spend the rest of their time getting sauced, lovingly bickering and looking oh-so-fabulous while doing so. The fourth film in the series, "The Shadow Of The Thin Man" (1941), will be on Turner Classic Movies Wednesday, May 5 at 8 p.m.
More Bear Grylls? Count me in! In the Discovery Channel's new six-part series "Worst Case Scenario," Grylls shows us sissy viewers at home how to handle a life-threatening situation with finesse. Learn how to deftly avoid getting eaten by a shark, how to safely escape a fire in a high-rise building (apparently, a necessary skill for Dunkirk/Fredonia dwellers) and much more. The show premieres Wednesday, May 5 at 10 p.m.
The margarita, in honor of Cinco de Mayo next Wednesday. Ay dios mio! For those who vomit at the mere mention of tequila, substitute rum.
I love getting out of town from time to time but there's something a small town in Chautauqua County has that a big city doesn't - cheap drinks. I took a weekend trip to Toronto last weekend and was appalled when the bartender (a man? a woman? I couldn't tell) charged us $13 per vodka soda with lime. In this economy?! Ill-prepared for this outrageous fee, we actually didn't have enough money left over to tip (although we tipped on the first two more reasonably-priced drinks). The bartender tried to argue that by giving us exact change, she/he owed the bar money. We didn't quite understand that logic, we certainly didn't order any more drinks and I arrived at the conclusion that when it comes to boozing affordably, there's simply no place like home.
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A man (Dylan McDermott) fights for his life when Russian thugs lock him inside a freezer, accusing him of stealing millions of dollars.
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The Baker team is frantically skating and editing footage for their long-awaited video masterpiece, and the premiere is just around the corner! To celebrate, we're having a big Baker contest giveaway here at Emerica! Just answer correctly 10 trivia questions about the Baker team. That's all you gotta do!
Entrants who answer all 10 correctly will be entered into a list. When the contest ends, Emerica will choose FOUR lucky winners at random, who will each receive one new Baker video, one complete Baker skateboard (our choice) and one pair of Emerica shoes (winner's choice).
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NORWESCAP Child & Family Resource Services, sponsor of New Jersey First Steps, a statewide initiative to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers in group settings, announces the completion of its first training series.
Participants were recognized for their participation in the 30-hour training series with certificates of professional development. This free training program has been developed through West Ed, California Department of Education and The Program for Infant Toddler Care.
Through funding from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development, licensed child care center staff, registered family child care providers, and other professionals that work closely with infants and toddlers may attend the training free of charge.
"It opened my eyes to the entire world of working with infants and toddlers", said Jean Bond, registered family child care provider in Newton. "The training made me aware of the importance of the child's attachment with a primary caregiver. How this attachment makes the child feel safe and secure and will help build the child's confidence" Mary Ann Bright, from Little Blessings.
To learn more about New Jersey First Steps' free training series and other child care related services available through NORWESCAP Child & Family Resource Services, contact Carmela McCleary at 973-383-3461.
NORWESCAP is a non-profit community action agency established in 1965 that creates opportunities for over 30,000 low-income people in northwest New Jersey by providing a large portfolio of self sufficiency and emergency services. The mission of NORWESCAP is "Fighting Poverty. Creating Opportunties. Changing Lives." For information about NORWESCAP, call 908-454-7000.


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The Chicago Blackhawks' playoff performance has been less than consistent this year compared to their record-setting regular season. But hey, the Blackhawks are back in the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2010.
That's quite an accomplishment, but the battle for the Stanley Cup only becomes more difficult—especially now that the Blackhawks have to face last year's winners, the Los Angeles Kings, just to reach the Cup Final.
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NEW YORK (MainStreet)—Is Google God? We already depend on it to tell us who we are, where to go and how to get there. It handles our email and keeps our calendar. But can Google master the stock market, too? Apparently so, according to research published today in Scientific Reports.
Previous studies have shown that data from Google Trends, a tool that analyzes search traffic on the Internet, can predict automobile sales, unemployment claims, and even consumer confidence. If so, perhaps it could forecast the stock market.
Apparently it can. Great googley moogley.
Researchers Tobias Preis, Helen Susannah Moat and H. Eugene Stanley factored the number of clicks resulting for certain search terms and found that Google Trends, can indeed predict market movement.
"Google Trends data did not only reflect the current state of the stock markets but may have also been able to anticipate certain future trends," the researchers said in their report. "Our findings are consistent with the intriguing proposal that notable drops in the financial market are preceded by periods of investor concern. In such periods, investors may search for more information about the market, before eventually deciding to buy or sell. Our results suggest that, following this logic, during the period 2004 to 2011 Google Trends search query volumes for certain terms could have been used in the construction of profitable trading strategies."It's a wonder these geeks didn't keep this info all to themselves.
The researchers analyzed the search performance of 98 terms related to the concept of stock markets, with some terms suggested by the Google Sets service. They found that "key increases" in the price of the DJIA were preceded by a decrease in search volume for certain financially-related terms, and conversely, that key decreases in the price of the DJIA were preceded by an increase in search volume for certain financially-related terms.


text: INSTALL - CUPS v1.3.8 - 2008-07-14 ---------------------------------- This file describes how to compile and install CUPS from source code. For more information on CUPS see the file called "README.txt". A complete change log can be found in "CHANGES.txt". **** IF YOU HAVE A NON-POSTSCRIPT PRINTER AND ARE NOT **** **** RUNNING MAC OS X, YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO INSTALL GPL **** **** GHOSTSCRIPT WITH THE "cups" DRIVER AFTER YOU INSTALL **** **** CUPS. **** BEFORE YOU BEGIN You'll need ANSI-compliant C and C++ compilers, plus a make program and Bourne shell. The GNU compiler tools work well - we've tested the current CUPS code against several versions of GCC with excellent results. The makefiles used by the project should work with all versions of make. We've tested them with GNU make as well as the make programs shipped by Compaq, HP, SGI, and Sun. BSD users should use GNU make (gmake). 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Slideshow | The invisible people: Life on the streets is cold for Valley's homeless, but some groups are warming things up
Someday soon, Joey Bradshaw is going to be warm again. It will be only temporary, while he's recovering from shoulder surgery in a transitional home, but he hopes that it will mark a turning point for him.
If all goes well, he envisions a quick recuperation, so he can get back to work soon, buy a cell phone and call his kids in Oregon to let them know he's OK. Longer term, he might—maybe—be able to save some money and get a place, if he can find a roommate who's not on drugs.
Until then, he says, picking his way through rocks on a bank of the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River, he'll just enjoy his spectacular views of the elk, raccoons and other wildlife that go past his place, and continue to live with the cold, the wind, the midnight taggers and other vandals.
He ducks his head to walk under the bridge deck and then, straightening, gestures to a loose circle of huge rocks tucked up under the abutment. There's a rumpled blanket lying on the ground in the center of the circle, and a small candle.
"This is me," he says.
A short way upstream, under a different bridge, Greg Hoeffer, commonly known as Frosty, doesn't seem to mind the cold. He's wrapped his bare feet in several layers of plastic bags, and tied a blanket around his middle. He doggedly avoids answering North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner's questions about whether he's warm enough, or needs anything.
It's hard to say what Frosty does mind, aside from visitors. One second, he's talking about the rafting accident (never happened) that stranded him here yesterday, and the next, he says, "I've been here all my life." A few minutes later, he asks, "You got a food bank around here?" (It's within walking distance.) He's not from this planet, he says, and has no age or memory. Parachutes, Andy Warhol, and his advancement beyond the use of names and numbers also figure in his conversation with Toner, who's checking on several known homeless camps.
"A hundred percent of the time, it's like that with him," Toner says as he leaves Frosty in solitude.
Dozens here
The Upper Valley has a small, but diverse homeless population. Estimates from agencies like the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank, church groups and Hopelink all put the count at between 20 and 30 people, but no one knows for sure how many they are. Some of them are struggling poor like Joey, who has an income but can't afford the rent. Some have run away or been disowned from their families, some lost everything to addictions or mental illness, and some just prefer life on the street.
Harold Erland, a representative for the Salvation Army and the outreach efforts of the Valley Ministerial Association and North Bend Community Church, sees homeless every week, during his office hours at the church next to the food bank, and he knows many of their stories.
"We have a lot of long-term homeless," he said. For some, "It's their choice to be independent… They don't want interference in their lives, but if they ask, we help."
The hitch is that very few ask.
Owen Rooney, a volunteer at the food bank in North Bend is starting to feel frustrated by that tendency. For the last month, he's been connecting with a few homeless people, to find out what they need to get through the winter, and trying to reach more.
"Man, it is hard as hell to find these people!" he declared.
Although he's supplied the people who he does know with the essentials to make it through the winter, mainly tents and tarps, he wants to reach the others he's sure are out in the woods, in need.
"These people really do need some help," he said. "During the summer, you don't hear about homeless people, but when the first cold weather came, that's when everybody went 'uh-oh!' … those Sally Bags are nice, but they won't keep you alive at night."
People have died in camp, Toner said, but none in the past few years.
Helping hand
Donations of socks, gloves, hats, and personal products for "Sally Bags" have poured into the food bank since operations manager Krista Holmberg introduced the idea in mid-November. Volunteers keep bags in their cars, and can give them to homeless people when they see them.
Larger donations like propane tanks and propane burners have also been arriving steadily, in part thanks to Rooney, who let people know what his homeless contacts were asking for.
Rooney's not at all surprised.
"The Snoqualmie Valley is really a generous group of people," he said, "I guess it's because it's smaller towns."
Many groups are doing outreach programs for the homeless. At the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank, Holmberg established a small section of items specifically for homeless people, such as foods that don't need cooking, and cans with pull-top lids. Seven churches have joined efforts to serve a hot meal every Wednesday while the food bank is open, and have served more than 100 people weekly of late. Jane Rosenkranz is training and recruiting new crocheters to help her Calvary Chapel group create sleeping bag mats, which are then given to anyone who asks for one at the hot meal.
Erland manages funds for three groups, the Salvation Army, Valley Ministerial Association, and the North Bend Community Church, to provide bus passes for people who lack transportation, and emergency financial assistance such as the occasional hotel voucher for shelter. Hopelink offers the same services in the Lower Valley. King County Sheriff's Deputies in North Bend distribute hats, gloves, boots, and sleeping bags to the homeless, when a volunteer or a grant has provided for them.
Toner tried, in vain, to give Frosty a pair of boots during his visit, and it's clear that he's tried before. With Joey, he has a mentor-like rapport, remembering some of Joey's experiences —a stabbing for example—better than Joey does himself.
Toner feels that it's part of his job to not only keep an eye on the outdoor residents of the city, but also to look out for them.
"Just because they're homeless, doesn't mean they're crooks," he said.
Homelessness itself isn't illegal, just camping within city limits.
Some homeless are pretty good neighbors, too. Toner referred to three homeless men he'd recently met, who helped prevent a bridge on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail from burning on Monday, Dec. 19. One of the men rode his bicycle to a gas station to call the fire department, while the other two tried to put out the flames, which someone had started underneath the bridge in the creosote-soaked timbers.
Under Joey's concrete bridge, there's no fire hazard, but he can't have a fire for warmth. It attracts too much attention. Instead, he jokes that the candle is his heat source.
The way he really stays warm is by moving. "I try to keep busy, keep my head right," he said. Up at dawn every morning, Joey fills his day with errands and talks with his best friend, Richard, and church on Sundays.
"I'm usually good… I have a hard time sleeping anyway."
Find help, give help
• To donate to help homeless people, or to get help yourself, the Valley has several resources:
• Salvation Army: Call the Bellevue office at 425-452-7300, or stop by the office at the North Bend Community Church on Wednesdays.
• Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank: Call (425) 888-0096, visit http://mtsifoodbank.org, or stop by 122 E Third Street, North Bend.
• Sno-Valley Hopelink: Call (425) 333-4163, or stop by the office at 31957 E. Commercial St. Carnation. Closed on Fridays; http://www.hope-link.org/
If you are homeless and in need of supplies for the winter, contact Owen Rooney, Wednesdays at the food bank, or send e-mail to email@example.com.
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Live in the middle of nowhere with a flock of animals and my 3 year old.When things take a turn for the worst, I religiously rely on wunderground.com
By: MissMcManiac, 4:37 PM GMT on October 26, 2012
Awoke this morning to find the flurries of gnats and flies blown away with the final days of warmth for the year. I will have to work hard just to break a sweat between now and easter. The tree trimmers are swamped as we all brace ourselves for the falling limbs and trees shaken down like tiny sticks by the howling wind. The wind is coming from the north today and I can smell cinnamon and thanksgiving coming. Time to snuggle up. Cross my fingers for my noble sycamore tree, I hope it has enough strength to endure the cold and wind, if not we will all be squished.


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By Lynn Moncus
Although this woman from lma isn't apt to become comfortable in what we call the "Computer Age," I hope I can still enjoy the humor, especially when dealing with the sales people in the various computer companies.
Last week, for instance, I was trying to order something from one of the well known companies and had a number of laughs at the expense of the young man who was trying so hard to sell the item. First of all, I was delighted when I finally reached a real live person with whom to talk. So often by the time that happens, if it happens at all, I am apt to have forgotten why I made the call to begin with.
What should have taken no more than five minutes, including a little visiting time, took almost an hour. What would have taken that same five minutes when people put pen to paper to take orders for products during the dark ages, took almost an hour.
Of course, I was particularly delighted because I was dealing with a company that wouldn't even think of selling the brand of computer I use. That allowed me to make a few casual remarks about the differences between our computers. Yes the salesman was having major problems getting his computer to cooperate even when he was telling me about the joys of having the new program we see advertised so much these days.
After the first half-hour of his efforts, he said he would call me back so I wouldn't have to be inconvenienced further. I refused that offer because I don't exactly trust those who say they will call back and because if I had to call that company again for the same product, I might not even reach a live person. I explained the amount of patience I have when I am enjoying an experience. He kept saying he couldn't believe that his computer was causing so much trouble. We then discussed how much easier his job would be were he working with a computer like mine. He tried to explain how much less his cost, at which point I mentioned that we usually get what we pay for. That seemed to cause a pause for a few minutes until he could catch his breath and start the order all over again.
We did a lot of visiting while he kept trying to do his work, and I learned much about him, especially that he had a degree in English. Naturally, I congratulated him for that and said he could use the knowledge of that language to do a little extra writing on a computer like mine. He then began to explain the complexities of the programs he had available. That was all I needed to come back with the notion that simplicity limits confusion and clogs on lessor computers.
Such experiences really delight this country person who has such limited knowledge of computers and makes me more aware than ever that I was fortunate to be born before the computer age at a time when life was simple and doing business with big companies was also simple. We could tend to business in a timely manner and not have to listen to excuses that the computer wasn't working. A pen might have run out of ink, but a full pen was near at hand!
Lynn Moncus is a long time Tucumcari resident. Contact her at: 575-461-1952


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Kolb wrote: Snyder may be less of a personally nasty and prickly character than Walker or Perry, but I expect when the dust clears and the legislative history is written in this state, things in Michigan won't look very much different from Wisconsin, Texas or any other GOP-run state after it's been wrung through their wringer. ... Movement away from fair and progressive income taxes will accelerate, and the burden shifted onto poorer residents through increased sales taxes, taxes on pensions and other schemes devised to protect millionaires.
Here's what Chronicle readers had to say:
psvanden doesn't find the current government objectionable:
I like what the current state government is trying to do to make state tax law more fair and attract business to our state. Their ideas SHOULD result in job growth which will lift more Michiganders out of poverty and degrading government "assistance."
Actually Michigan had a horribly high tax rate as far back as .......last year. Those most able to pay already do pay the most. Those that could least afford to pay? Are you kidding me? A retired person with SS and a pension had zero taxes before this year, ZERO. Now they have a measly 4% on their pension. Poor retirees do not have pensions. The retired teachers and UAW members, etc. have great lifetime benefits and a lucrative pension and 4% is the VERY least we could expect them to pay.
????? Is your head in the sand? Republican in power have RAISED TAXES 1. 1% tax on healthcare plans. 2. Increased taxes on pensions 3. They did not lower the income tax as was proposed by previous legislation just to name a few of the NEW TAXES PUT FORTH BY REPUBLICANS.
Either you do not pay attention to the facts or you just choose not to.
Republicans not Democrats are the current TAX INCREASERS! PLease inform yourself for further discussions.
Should the Michigan Dems dump their long time leaders and try to regain control of state government? Post your comment below or return to the original conversation.


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Leyland's Tigers All-Star pick: Justin Verlander
You knew it was going to somebody.
The All-Star manager usually picks one of his own, and at least one of them is usually a questionable pick. As it turned out, the player vote put enough Tigers onto the AL All-Star roster that Leyland used only one of his picks on one of his players. He went with Justin Verlander.
Nobody would've figured going into the season that it would come to that for Verlander to get onto the All-Star team. By the time the roster was due, he was very much on the fence.
"First of all, I think he's one of the great pitchers in baseball," Leyland said. "I think that's obvious. I think take a little bit of history into consideration. I think you also take into consideration that he's won nine games, he's got a lot of strikeouts, and I think that he's one of the faces of baseball, and I think he deserves to go. I think when you put all those combinations together, I think it's a no-brainer.
"Sometimes there are guys probably voted that maybe had good careers and were voted in because of that and there's some sentiment there, but I don't think anybody can say that about Justin Verlander. This guy's been Cy Young, MVP. He's got nine wins. He just pitched seven shutout innings the other day. He's up there in strikeouts. I mean, I don't think anybody can argue that one. They can, but I don't think there's anything to make of that myself. People have their opinions."
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Line up:Austin Jackson CF, Torii Hunter RF, Miguel Cabrera 3B, Prince Fielder DH, Victor Martinez 1B, Jhonny Peralta SS, Andy Dirks LF, Alex Avila C, Ramon Santiago 2B,
This time I m fully agree with JL
I fully agree
How can anyone complain about Verlander in the ASG? He is the best SP in the AL year in and out. When you can look at his stats this year and say he is undeserving; it again speaks volumes of how great a pitcher he is. Porcello, Hernan Perez, and Avisail Garcia to the Royals for Santana and Holland.
Hey, Robin, is that trade a fact or a wish? Holland may be okay but why do they need Santana?
I don't agree with Evan Reed. Jose Ortega would be my choice.
Reed for mop up duty. Not many opportunities for the 7th man.
Funny how often guys who are not getting the job done get tendonitis..
Still, this is a move that had to be done. Darin was marginal at best.
Reed is at leastt a better choice than Villarael who just can't stop the flow when it comes to walking hitters.
this is a non-story. on a scale of 1 to 10 (most controversial), i'd give this a 1.
Interesting how the three areas that were hurting the team this year (DH, closer, LF'er) have seemingly rectified themselves. Fingers firmly crossed. Dirks is playing pretty good ball right now. VMart stroking the ball hard, and Benoit seems to be adapting too, if not, excelling in his new role.
Tiger fans are being treated to all around good baseball by their ball club. Even Brookens is on a hot streak.
been away for awhile. can someone post what the current bullpen assignments are when Tigers have lead after 6? Benoit for 9th, ? for 8th, ? for 7th.
Pretty much Smyly for the 8th and q for the 7th if JL gets his druthers.
If I'm
David Dombrowski I'm talking to Seattle about Oliver Perez. Offering a 2nd tier prospect, Guez, Dorn, Crosby or Tyler Collins.
Perez would fill huge hole in our bullpen.
haven't followed Oliver Perez's recent performance, but he was unbelievably wild during a stretch with Mets which eventually ended his time there.
it's this time of year that the team's major league scouts can really make a difference as the trade deadline approaches.
Reed? If that's the best option that's really bad!
Why not Below? He's doing a better job?
He was DFA to open the spot for Valverde. Claimed by the AAAA Tigers team in Miami
Below? He is a Marlin now.
Good One amigo!!
Remember the Philadelphia (Kansas City) Athletics? They were the farm team for the Yankees.
Guys like Roger Maris, Virgil Trucks, Bobby Shantz, Clete Boyer, Johnny Sain, etc all (and many more) came from the A's after the Yankee's owner "helped" Connie Mack sell the Athletics to a friend in 1954 and move the team to Kansas City. The Yanks and A's then pulled off a series of trades the next few years which almost always favorued the Yanks. The Yanks didn't much bother trading with any other team and enjoyed winning pennants while the A's were league doormats.
Not sure if any of this was investigated, but it should have.
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They keep those stats on the list even for guys who are gone.
Coke is supposedly a lefty specialist now, unless some innings need to be eaten. Rondon is for 6, 7, or 8 depending on situation. Again, the 7th man, who is now Reed, will pitch very little. I'd rather keep people like Ortega working everyday in preparation for the inevitable injury on the big club.
Makes sense. The power right arm seems to be well served by Rondon and Q. We do need a lefty out there though, rather than Reed. Be far more useful as we have two lefty specialists now. Smyly for the 8th and realistically, Coke for 1 or 2 LHB only.
Fister may need to be invincible today. These bats can't keep hitting like they have. Can they?


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ROSEBANK — Summertime, and the learning will be easy at the Alice Austen House Museum, where half-day classes in social graces and photography are being offered in July and August.
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JACKSON, MI— While it's still too early to identify the exact impact to the Jackson County Department on Aging's budget due to the federal sequestration cuts, local official anticipate a loss of $56,000 in federal funding yearly.
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She said closing some of the senior nutrition sites might be an option. There are eight centers in the county that provide meals for seniors.
But, the Meals on Wheels program will continue to deliver two meals daily to county seniors who are home bound. Originally, it was thought the federal cuts would have a larger impact on this program. Instead of delivering one hot meal and one cold meal, Wandell said the cold meal could be replaced with a frozen one to cut back on costs.
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While the department will have to make funding adjustments, one of those could be dipping into senior millage funds to continue services. This is the department's largest source of funding.
A .25-millage renewal request for senior citizen programs was passed by Jackson County voters last year. The tax essentially continued an eight-year levy approved by county voters in 2004.
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MOBILE, Alabama -- Former University of South Alabama director of athletics Joe Gottfried has been selected to vote on this year's Harris poll Top 25. The poll is used as part of the formula used in determining the BCS poll and thus the two teams that will earn the spots in the national championship game at the end of the season.
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The basic concepts of both ArtPrize and ActiveSite are similar -- both display artwork in spaces not normally used for that purpose.
But while an ActiveSite event displays student artwork in one building for one night, ArtPrize will display the work of 1,262 artists from across the world in 159 venues that are preparing to host their works over the course of 18 days.
ActiveSite principals Paul Amenta, Todd Ernst and Eric Kuhn have altered their typical event format to create an entry for ArtPrize. They -- along with many companies in the construction and real estate industries -- are excited to be a part of something that can promote art, the development community and the city of Grand Rapids on a large scale.
"I think this is a natural fit," Kuhn said. "It falls right in with what we normally do and even our time frame. We started the process of what we were going to do, how we were going to pull it off, and where we were going to do it. Those were the three questions."
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Amenta was concerned that registering a bunch of student artists during the summer would be a "logistical nightmare."
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Amenta, the creative director, also came up with the idea to name the entry "artspace." He said artists have been doing this kind of thing for years, but he knows it might be a foreign concept to many people outside the art community.
He, Ernst and Kuhn want to spark a dialogue with attendees about the question "Where is the art?"
"An example that we've talked about that people in Grand Rapids can wrap their heads around and understand is Maya Lin's Ecliptic downtown, Rosa Parks Circle," he said. "It's an outdoor piece, but it has a lot of the same features of what actually happens in and around it, where simultaneously, it's a piece of sculpture, it's a piece of landscape architecture, it's Blues on the Mall."
It starts somewhere and ends somewhere, Amenta said, but it's so seamlessly integrated into the fabric of downtown that many people who use the space would probably never guess they're in a piece of sculpture.
The ActiveSite team is thinking of artspace as an indoor version of that. They have been brainstorming with their collaborative partners about what the entry will include. They have a different event scheduled for almost every night of ArtPrize.
"We're a venue, but we're also everything else we're offering," Amenta said.
Finding the actual space to hold artspace was important.
"We had some renderings, but we were really chomping at the bit to get a space, because we knew that was going to dictate a lot of what happened," Amenta said.
The space they found is at 40 Monroe Center, the former site of Little Bohemia.
"From an architectural standpoint, it's an exciting space because of the multiple levels," said Tom Tooley, principal at the architecture firm Serve Studio, a long-time collaborator with ActiveSite. "We wanted different venue-type activities. So we've got a performance area, a lounge area, a retail area, a touch screen. This space allows us to zone it off, but it's still contiguous."
Tooley has enjoyed working on artspace because he likes the idea of the space as art -- it's sculptural and architectural at the same time.
"Architecture and art are so tied together," he said.
Not only do other architects enjoy working with the art community, but others in construction and real estate see benefits of participating in ArtPrize, as well.
Design Plus Inc. has not only registered its offices as a venue to host 12 artists, it has also entered a piece in the contest, President and CEO John Weiss said. Design Plus has designed and patented an artistic and LEED-certifiable covered bike rack called the "bike pedal."
But Design Plus also wanted to be involved in ArtPrize because it is very active in the community, Weiss said.
"In general, I think anything we do to promote Grand Rapids, to bring people into Grand Rapids to see how vibrant a community downtown Grand Rapids is, is a good thing for the real estate, construction and design communities," he said.
CWD Real Estate has multiple buildings registered as venues, and the company is providing unoccupied spaces for artists to prep their works, as well.
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Cummings called the concept of creating a gallery out of the whole urban area "brilliant." It puts Grand Rapids's infrastructure, people and culture on the world stage, along with the art, he said.
"I hope one of the things that can come out of this is the development community feeling like there is a very positive dialogue and interaction with the art community in that they can look beyond ArtPrize and say, 'What else can you guys do?' I never realized my walls were that blank until you came in and hung something on them for two weeks, and then you took it away,'" Ernst said.
Jessica Geerling of Locus Development knows the arts community and the development community have a lot to offer each other. Locus has two venues in ArtPrize this year -- the Peacock Building, which will host Progressive | AE's d.Ploi project, and Hopson Flats. Next year, the company also hopes to register Thirty-Eight and the Flat Iron building, which are both under construction.
Locus also partnered with the art community to create a unique groundbreaking ceremony for Thirty-Eight this past February. The company hired Brian Kelly and Creo Productions to produce a film about the Heartside neighborhood, which was projected on the side of a building, and invited several neighborhood artists to display and sell work during the event.
Several sold their work to businesses and to people they might not have had an opportunity to connect with, Geerling said. Locus even bought a piece, which now hangs in the company's office.
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James T. Younger is not the only politician ever to have served as World President. He is only the most recent of those, and the one serving at the time of Captain Scarlet. There has been at least one World President before Younger ran for and won the election to the office; there will almost certainly be others after he either loses re-election or retires at the end of the last term he can legally serve. DO make a note of that.
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Easy to put together and fold up, light enough to go jogging with, easy maneuvering, huge storage underneath for diaper bag (I have a big diaper bag because I have 2 babies and it fits perfectly underneath with both kids in stroller) honestly can not say enough good things about this stroller. Worth every penny.
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Different seat positions, easy to go jogging with, took 2 minutes to put together and to figure out how to fold up ! Super easy!!
Iowa city, Iowa
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Best stroller ever!
March 23, 2014
Bought this stroller because of all the options. We have a 6 year old 3 year old and 2 year old and this stroller is able to haul all of them at the same time with the jogger board. Also love how easy the second seat is to remove for times when I only need 1 child to be able to sit.
Only con is with the second seat attached and jogger board attached stroller is quite large while folded.
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Love it!!
March 15, 2014
This stroller is amazing. It handles like a dream regardless of weight distribution in the seats. The seat configurations are so helpful when Baby must always see Mom and sibling wants to look around! The fold with the seats off is awesome, but a little awkward with seats on.
Light, handles well, big storage basket, large canopies, easy to remove/change seats
Fold is awkward with seats left on
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Great Buy!
March 11, 2014
I purchased this stroller after doing lots of research in double strollers. I know I really wanted a stroller that could be a single and a double. I looked at several options before finding the city select. I would definitely recommend this stroller! I haven't had the chance to use it as a double yet, but as a single, it rocks!
Easy to clean GREAT LARGE sunshade Large basket thats easy to access underneath Adjustable handle bar easy to apply brakes my toddler can get in and out by himself, doesn't tip over with bags on the handle or child climbing around/in/out of Easy to steer Fits through doorways
Takes some time getting used to how it folds-doesn't stand on its own once folded no parent tray/cup holder you have to buy all the accessories
Brooklyn, NY
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Life Saver for a young mama
March 8, 2014
With a fear to drive with my newborn and 21 month old, this stroller proves to be a life saver when traveling. I was afraid of the weight but it is better than expected, especially for a double stroller. This stroller has everything I was looking for the first time around! A beautiful, sleek frame, an enormous canopy that provides complete coverage from weather, a child tray or child bar option, durable frame, smooth ride, great wheels, easy fold, reversible seat, beautiful style of seat, ridiculously huge basket, adjustable everything. I'm a young, full time, mother who does school, and will be going back to work. My husband works 12 hour days so I try to travel alone as often as possible. I'm so happy I have the option to not drag my one year old by an arm on long trips or be forced to use two seats on short or one kids trips.
None. Everything is much better than all of my horrible stroller experiences, so no complaints.
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Logan, UT
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
March 2, 2014
I have had my city select for two months now. I had been researching strollers for about two months, and this one was awesome. I was also fortunate enough to see it and play with it before I purchased, my friend has one, and I went to a local retailer that had one on display, but Albee had the best price by far. It is a high end stroller, but not as pricey as some, but I feel that it is definitely a high end product. If you are thinking about this stroller, go to you tube and watch some reviews, baby gizmo does a pretty thorough one. I love all of the options for how the seats can go, some complained about how they wish they didn't both have to be rear facing to recline, but in comparison to other strollers that give you few or no options, this is great! I have loved it so far, and my kids who are 3 and my skinny 40 lb 6 yr old. My six year old is getting a bit tall, but it sure is nice when she gets tired of walking, but I did get it, because we have a third baby on the way. At that time she'll loose her seat to the baby and I will probably get the glide board accessory. I have seriously read over a hundred reviews, and while this stroller has a few things that are not optimal, it is a fantastic stroller, and in comparison to others that I saw, the features for the price have made me not regret it one bit. I gave it four stars, because I do wish that it stood on its own when folded, and because I am not looking forward to spending more money on additional accessories such as glide board, car seat adaptor, belly bar, parent console, and child console. But I know they will just make me love the stroller that much more. So worth it to get a good stroller, wish I would have done it three years ago when I had my second.
- different seating positions - can be a single or double - color is great, light so it doesn't get too hot in summer - compact for a double - great amount of storage underneath and you can get to it from all sides - both seats are the same and are interchangeable - smooth ride and steers well with one hand - great canopy - weight limit for each seat is 45 lbs - very sturdy, my kids can climb in either seat, or I can hang bags on the handle bar without it tipping over
- doesn't have cup holders or a little compartment to put things in - accessories are sold separate and are not cheap - does not stand on its own when folded
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
love this stroller.....
February 12, 2014
Expecting second child in the fall so purchased this now to use with my 13 month old son. Wish i knew about this stroller for my first child, love. Only con is it's a heavy stroller, being able to take seats off help but frame is still much heavier than my full size stroller. This however does not bother me too much as i feel it will carry the weight of two toddlers later.
Seats must be very comfy as my son falls asleep in this carrige, nevet slept in my chicco carrige. Versatile, love the seat combinations. Large storage basket Can fold down pretty small being a double. Easier with seats off but can with one seat in regular forward facing
Heavy Steering must be with both hands No parent console. Sold separately need to purchase and try
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PERKINSTON, Mississippi -- Homestanding Mississippi Gulf Coast wasted no time in making sure the debut of new head football coach Chad Huff would be a memorable one.
The Bulldogs jumped out to 21-0 lead six minutes into the game, and cruised to a 41-8 win over Northeast Mississippi at A.L. May Stadium Thursday night. It was the season opener for both teams.
"I couldn't have asked for a better start," Huff, a Hurley native and former standout player at East Central High School, said. "I can't tell you how pleased I am. The kids came out of the gate fast and never let up. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it was a really good way to begin."
Freshman running back Preston Dedeaux of Picayune, who led the Maroon Tide to a pair of Class 5A state titles in his three years there, ran for two touchdowns and Bulldog quarterback Jason Smith accounted for a trio of scores as well as the home team went up 35-0 mid-way through the second stanza.
Smith's three-yard keeper was the first score of the night for the Bulldogs, and it came on the second play of the game. He later hit Tyrone Williams with scoring strikes of 46 yards in the opening frame and 10-yards in the second period. A 56-yard pass from Smith to Williams on the first play of the game set up the first score.
Dedeaux crashed the goal line on runs of 11 and 2-yards. Tristan Reynolds nailed five straight extra points for the Bulldogs.
Tony Bridges placed an exclamation point on Huff's first half in his new position, when he returned a punt 54 yards for a score with less than three minutes to play before halftime to make it 41-0 at intermission.
"We were able to connect early on some things and make some big plays," Huff added. "And I thought our offense just rallied off of that, and our defense was stellar all night. I was pleased with all three phases."
The second half was played under the new "Mercy Rule" adopted by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges this season, as a running clock was instituted in the second half if the lead remained at 38 points or more.
It did, for the most part, despite a safety and a late touchdown by the Tigers in the second half.
Gulf Coast remains at home next week, hosting Northwest Community College Thursday night at 7.


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Back at It!
Hey guys! Apologies to my devoted followers for the 'disappearing act'. Had a lot going on the past year, and blogging kind of took a back seat to other stuff. I'm happy to let y'all know I'm getting back in the saddle, and will begin catching up on all the tea stuff I've been collecting. The big news for now is that I've moved back to the US, and am working on setting up some tea classes and seminars in the States, while also developing the site here with more teas and tea wares to sell online. Fortunately, I've still got some good tea buddies in Taiwan, so we will be able to continue direct sourcing of Taiwan's great oolongs, blacks, and greens for you. I'll have more on that soon, as well as a Taiwan Tea Tour that we are organizing for next year in May or early June, in which we will be inviting tea enthusiasts from everywhere to join us in Taiwan to experience the amazing tea culture there first hand.
For today, I'd just like to catch up a bit on what's been going on. I'm still getting myself settled in and have found quite a bit I need to do, starting with some yard work. We've moved back to the house I grew up in, which is very exciting for the teaboy. Over the summer, we've had a yard sale, taken out some shrubs in front, and cut down a tree in the back yard. Now that the weather here is turning colder, we're focusing more on the inside, where I'm planning out my new tea room.
Here are a few photos of some of the work we've been doing:
The front yard:
Ready, set, . . .
The back yard:
Of course, it wasn't all just hard work. We also had a yard sale, and naturally the teaboy wanted to help out. Since our iced tea sales last summer weren't that good, we switched to KoolAid and homemade popsicles this time around. The economy must have been better this year because sales were definitely up!
I'll also be adding some more 'stuff' from our summer, as well as catching up on organizing the 5G of photos from the past year of Taiwan activities I need to get on here as well, so expect more tea-related material in the near future! Promise!


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M.T. Lemmon (Texas A & M University), P.H. Smith, R.D. Lorenz (Univ. Arizona)
Four instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope were used to observe Titan shortly after its southern summer solstice in 2002. The data set includes disk-resolved polarimetry from 0.2-2 microns, which shows limb polarization characteristic of small particles. Spectroscopy and imaging data show the north-south asymmetry has reversed since the 1990s and show a pronounced south polar hood. Current work is focused on testing hypotheses regarding the size and shape of the aerosols and regarding the seasonal variations in the aerosol distribution. A preliminary report on the new results will be presented.
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with program #9385.
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Originally published at: http://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson3/
Understanding how Process Explorer's dialogs and options work is all fine and good, but what about using it for some actual troubleshooting or to diagnose a problem? Today's Geek School lesson will try and help you learn how to do just that.
I'm really enjoying this series.
One thing worth noting is that the Help utilities with most SysInternals programs are worth looking at. Some utilities have been around for years though and the Help is in an old format Winhlp32, and you may need to install KB917607 to read them.
Excellent series, I'm learning quite a bit about how to go beyond the limited information in the task manager. Microsoft deserve much credit (never thought I'd say that!) for buying the company and providing the sysinternals suite for free.
While helpful, I've found that the help files with the SysInternals tools are pretty limited in scope, though. I had to do a lot more digging to come up with some of the answers I was looking for.
When I click on the bulls-eye thing it says"drag over window" What window? I don't see what this does? When I click on it, it just goes to the back of everything? Dragging it around doesn't do anything either?
The bullseye helps you find processes from their windows. If you open 3 programs and have them on screen at the same time and drag the bullseye over one of them and let go, Process Explorer will be moved back to focus and the process running the application you placed the bullseye over will be selected. Does that help?
Yes, thank you, I drop it in a program, and it comes to the top/front in PE.
I love this series! I downloaded cyberlink photo director 4, and i can't delete it from my download file.(changed my mind), and it won't delete because it's in use somewhere else. So, I fired up PE, and when I try to kill the process it tells me access denied.It has NOT been installed yet,no shortcut, and I checked my %temp% file, and i don't know where else to look for it, and PE says**"access denied"** when i try to end it. There are now 4 instances of cyberlink downloader.exe showing up in PE. I also tried to close handles, and it says I can't do that either (maybe because it's not installed?
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Smithsonian National
Museum of the
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Please check back frequently for updates on our ever- changing calender of events!On the Calender Come by and check out the hottest thing to hit the National Museum of the American Indian! The Mitsitam Espresso Bar is serving native inspired coffee drinks! All of our fresh coffee comes from Tribal Grounds Coffee located in Cherokee North Carolina. The blends are delicious, so visit us to find out what is in the "Elk" or try the newest addition, the White Mexican Hot Chocolate!
Conde Naste Travler"Best Museum Restaurants & Cafes"http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2014/01/photos-best-museum-restaurants-and-cafes_slideshow_mitsitam-at-the-smithsonian_3Winner of the "Best Casual Dining Restaurant" at the Rammy's 2012


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TRURO - Truro mother Lynn Thornton is joining thousands of parents in this region bracing for a strike by school board workers.
She said driving her four children to two schools with different intake times will be challenging enough without the added stress of crossing picket lines.
"I really think the strike itself and not offering services is enough of a major inconvenience, so I don't feel they need to picket too," she said.
If a negotiated settlement is not reached between CUPE members and the province by Monday morning, bus drivers, maintenance workers and trades people plan to walk off the job.
Thornton's oldest child faces daily challenges living with spina bifida and depends on the wheelchair accessible bus service offered by the board to travel to and from Grade 12 classes at CEC.
"It's going to take away some of Emily's independence," said her mom. "She likes to get herself to school on her own."
The family only has one vehicle with two working parents and Thornton is not looking forward to the added stress she will experience trying to get everyone to and from their destinations.
"I'm self-employed so I have the flexibility to leave work when I need too but I'll be losing money," she said.
She estimates about 45-minutes will be added to her morning routine before she arrives at work, if the strike goes forward.
Belmont mother of two, Danielle Sawada, said she is fortunate to work in Truro, so she would be driving in the town's direction each morning anyway. However, staggered school schedules and increased traffic will cause
She also has concerns about her children crossing picket lines to access school.
"That is just wrong," she said. "I support the premise of equal pay for equal work but I don't support the children not having easy access to education."
Carolyn Pierce, CCRSB?spokeswoman, said while the board is very encouraged the lead table at the provincial level will resume talks on Sunday, school board representatives are continuing to prepare for a strike by its CUPE workers on Monday, including the possibility of pickets at all schools and board sites.
Pierce said they hope picketers would not obstruct parents or children entering or leaving school property but anticipates staff may be delayed.
Parents concerned with having to cross picket lines to access schools
TRURO - Truro mother Lynn Thornton is joining thousands of parents in this region bracing for a strike by school board workers.
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What happened is not just what happened in Japan. It is affecting our planet in a big way. And our hearts are beating in unison all over the world.
Let's come together and pray. Give generously and quickly to the ones who are in pain for having lost so much.
Whatever you give with your love, no matter how small, will touch their hearts.
Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund is a reliable way to send your gift. Thank you. I love you!
Yoko Ono
March 25, 2011
A big thankyou to all who came to our show – we raised $33,000 for Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund.
If you would like to make an additional donation you can do so here.
love, yoko
Yoko Ono
March 30, 2011
Sean Ono Lennon
Yuko Araki
Shimmy Shimizu
Yuka Honda
Nels Cline
Trevor Dunn
Michael Leonhart
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It Happened
Japan Benefit Concert (Miller Theatre at Columbia University, NY) Sunday, March 27, 2011, 8:00 PM
Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Sonic Youth, Mike Patton, Cibo Matto, Mephista, Marc Ribot, Uri Caine, Aleph Trio, John Zorn, host
More than a dozen innovative artists at the intersection of indie rock, contemporary jazz, and avant-garde performance will come together at Miller Theatre to present a benefit concert to support recovery efforts in Japan. "The tragedy and devastation is really overwhelming," says John Zorn, who has organized and will host the evening. "I've always felt a strong personal connection to Japan, and I'm just glad to be able to do my part to help. It should be an amazing night."
The lineup includes feature performances by musician and artist Yoko Ono, and her son Sean Lennon, Japanese-American indie duo Cibo Matto, and the influential band Sonic Youth. Vocalist Mike Patton will appear as a special guest, and Mephista, Marc Ribot, Uri Caine, and John Zorn's Aleph Trio will also play short sets.
Both the performers and the theater are donating their services, ensuring that 100% of proceeds from ticket sales will go to benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit near Sendai on March 11. Funds will be donated to the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund.
Ticket Price: $50-$100; $25 for students
To order tickets by phone: 212-854-7799
To order tickets by mail: Print and mail this form
To order tickets online: click here
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-854-1633
Box Office: 212-854-7799
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11 Responses to 27 March JAPAN BENEFIT Concert: YOKO ONO, Sean Lennon, Sonic Youth, Mike Patton, Cibo Matto & more (Miller Theater Columbia University, NY)
Excited. 🙂
Pleaaaaaase make another one! It's sold out, and I bet another one would sold out too!!
Hello Yoko:
I can't be there but I will definitely be sending my very best wishes for a successful turnout! I will be twitting this and have posted on my facebook. I can't imagine to get up one morning and have no home and my family lost if not dead. It is amazing how strong the Japanese people are. I have a new profound respect for them and my heart goes out to all Japan and all the Japanese people around the world.
Many thanks for what you do,
Saturday Hi Yoko Hi Sean ! & all mates Happy to hear that you will be playng soon on stage I wish you the very best of luck You are so heavy Take Care of your health Yok and Sean it is very important We love you here from Denmark Maria
Hi Yoko,
Please contact me regarding a very beautiful piece of musical artwork featuring Notes of "Love me do". My idea is to have this very special piece auctioned at a fund raiser for Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami disaster relief. The Artwork is aprox 9'w x 4'h x 15″ d. This is a Contemporary Free-flowing one-of-a-kind original 3D hardwood Sculpture. I would love to forward directly to you a picture of this magnificent piece of art and discuss with you how to incorporate it into a fund raising capacity. I thank you kindly for your valuable time.
Thank you Yoko! You are always thinking and acting with your heart!
From the other (under) side of the world, good luck with this. We were saddened to see on the news two dogs in the wreckage – one clearly injured and the other staying with him and indicating his injured buddy to the camerman with his paw. The human tragedy is profound. But please don't forget the animals …
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Hi Yoko!
How I wish I could go see this concert with you and sean
live, but I'm far away but I send good vibes from Brazil wanting it all right, I'm very upset at what has happened in JAPAN. I am very touched for my friends and all Japanese people. Congratulations to you and Sean and all who are part of this chain of solidarity which this attitude and noble.
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So wonderful to hear about the concert for Japan! It's first I've heard about to date, well done!
Also, as a Columbia graduate (MArch), I'm very honored at the choice of location.
I will be there in spirit, and make modest contributions to the Red Cross and animal rescue groups to do my part.


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Lawmakers say they are troubled by the number of untested rape kits that remain in the country.
'This is the world of an isolationist America, an America that is not engaged,' he says.
Panelists to discuss challenges that come with races.
Want to know if Mylan acted illegally when it classified its life-saving EpiPen as a generic drug
Should the vote fail, both departments expect significant layoffs
Legislation would allow the families of victims to sue Saudi Arabia for the kingdom's alleged backing of the attackers
Voters see presidential pair side-by-side during opening discussion.
Ex-president tells 800 at Waite that she will bring people together, Trump will divide.
Officials have said they believe attacks were orchestrated by those backed by the Russian government.
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ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions have added nine new offensive and defensive starters. They could start as many as four rookies.
This team is going to look very different than the one that went 4-12 last year, even if they are running the same schemes.
But what needs have yet to be addressed? And after the reshuffling, where are they strongest?
That and more in this week's mailbag, as Detroit prepares to open the season Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field (1 p.m., Fox):
Now that the 2013 regular season is right around the corner, in your mind where do you think the Lions lack the most talent offensively and defensively. -- Brett Gates
Interesting question. Well on offense you have to go with line, if only because there are three new starters, none of whom has been a full-time starter. That includes at the critical left tackle position, where Riley Reiff hasn't graded out well during the preseason (although the Lions say that's misleading), and at right guard with the rookie Larry Warford.
They might be fine. They might not. But on an offense that features stars at quarterback and receiver and possibly tailback, as well as good talent at tight end (as much as Lions fans don't want to hear it), an uncertain offensive line is the obvious choice.
As for defense, the secondary is the easy selection, but I think Detroit has really upgraded its talent there with Glover Quin joining Louis Delmas at safety, plus rookie Darius Slay emerging at corner. Instead, I have to go with the linebackers.
I'm still concerned about the left outside linebacker spot, which is critical in Detroit's Wide 9 formation. There's a large gap between the defensive tackle and left end, accentuating the importance of this left linebacker spot. And I'm not yet convinced Ashlee Palmer is the answer.
Plus, the depth at linebacker is suspect. Tahir Whitehead is athletic, but hasn't shown much yet. Travis Lewis and Rocky McIntosh are the other backups, and haven't done much either.
You didn't ask where the best talent is, but I'll throw it out there for the sake of balance: On offense, obviously it's receiver. Even with the rightful questions regarding receiver depth, Calvin Johnson's presence is the single greatest thing this unit has going for it. Not close.
On the other side of the ball, it's the line, which just might be the deepest and most talented defensive front in the game. I'm serious. Find one line that is better, from left to right, from first team to second, and get back to me. I'm waiting.
Just a hunch: New defensive end Jason Jones is in for a monster year in that scheme, with that frame, and playing next to that Ndamukong Suh.
From what I remember, the Lions were one of two teams (Eagles) that played the Wide 9 last year. I believe the Eagles have abandoned the scheme this year, making the Lions the only team that plays the Wide 9. Why continue this if we give up so many yards and no one else runs this defense? -- Jeff Hartford
First, although the Lions are the only team to use the Wide 9 prominently, others use it on occasion. This isn't some great exotic entity. It exists around the league.
Having said that, the Lions certainly use the look -- which places the defensive end wide of the tight end's outside shoulder -- more than any other team. And why haven't they abandoned the formation?
It's Jim Schwartz's baby. It's that simple. He was one of the guys who made the Wide 9 trendy, while in Tennessee, and it's what he knows.
Asking him to scrap the Wide 9 would be akin to asking Rich Rodriguez to scrap the spread-option.
If you want to trash the Wide 9, you have to trash Jim Schwartz. It's that simple. Not going anywhere while he's here.
Did Michael Williams really have a setback with his broken hand, or is that just something the Lions are saying to justify stashing him on IR? -- Scott Ibbotson
I have no proof that Detroit is "stashing" Williams on IR. But here are the facts as I know them: Williams broke his hand Aug. 22 against the New England Patriots, an injury that typically takes a few weeks to heal. His agent confirmed that timetable after successful surgery.
Jim Schwartz verified repeatedly Williams' injury was not long term.
Then suddenly, Williams landed on IR on cut day Aug. 31, ending his season for an injury that shouldn't be long term, and that his coach and agent said wasn't long term.
There seems to be only two logical reasons for the change in his status: Detroit is stashing him on IR with a non-long term injury, or he suffered a medical setback.
No one has commented whether or not a setback occurred, although I can tell you Williams already is out of his cast, indicating he's healing at a normal rate.
It's irresponsible to speculate on a medical condition without fact, especially when it comes to injury. You just never know what a guy is going through. But those are the facts.
Given that Ezekiel Ansah's concussion was supposedly caused by being "blindsided" in a non-padded practice, was there any fallout for Leroy Harris? He had already earned himself a reputation as a cheap shot artist with his dive at Tulloch's knees last year. -- Paul Peer
Who said Ziggy was blindsided? He didn't seem blindsided. It just looked like two guys colliding in the trenches during practice, which happens all the time, even when they aren't wearing pads.
I think sometimes there's a perception that "non-padded" equates to "no contact," and that's not always the case, especially in the trenches. They're still colliding. They're still going hard, even if there isn't full contact.
And accidents happen. Near as I can tell, that's what happened here. Two guys collided in the trenches, and that's it. I didn't sense anything nefarious going on, at all, and Harris shouldn't be scorned for the injury, even though it's certainly unfortunate.
Should there be outrage about the fact that this happened during a meaningless non-padded practice? Isn't it the role of the coaches to make sure this type of stuff doesn't happen? -- greggyj
No. None. Nada.
You simply can't prevent injuries from occurring at a football practice. You can try -- and the Lions have -- but you can't prevent accidents from happening.
As mentioned in the previous response, it's not as though non-padded practices are totally non-contact. Sure, there aren't high-speed collisions and tackling and so forth, but guys are still mixing it up, especially in the trenches.
Accidents happen. This was an accident. Ansah seems to be recovering. Let's move on.
Kellen Moore looks better than Matthew Stafford. Is it just me? -- Kvnbehen
Sadly, you're not the only one.
I say sadly because Stafford is better, and it's a no-brainer, cut-and-dry, with no equivocations of any kind. But I do get this question a lot, so figured I'd address it once and for all so we can move along.
Sure, Moore's numbers were a lot better than Stafford's during the preseason (30-of-48 passing for 301 yards, four touchdowns, one pick, 99.4 passer rating). But bear in mind, Moore played primarily against second-stringers, and especially third-stringers, whereas Stafford (65.0 passer rating) faced mostly starters.
A glimpse into just how meaningless preseason numbers can be: Adrian Peterson had zero carries for Minnesota in the preseason. Don't you think that offense is going to function a little different when the planet's best tailback is getting carries?
When you actually look at Moore and Stafford as quarterbacks, rather than just their numbers, there's no question which has the better tools. Moore is markedly improved, sure, but he still lacks Stafford's arm strength, pocket presence and command of the offense.
This isn't even close. Moore is making his case to be the backup when Shaun Hill leaves, not to be the starter Sunday.
How do you see the Riley Reiff vs. Jared Allen matchup panning out? -- couchDT
Reiff's move to left tackle will begin with perhaps his toughest assignment of the year. It'd be unfair to expect Reiff to win this matchup against a guy who has recorded six straight double-digit sack seasons. That's the second-longest active streak in the league.
Put it this way: Reiff isn't at Jeff Backus' level yet, and Backus was sometimes terrorized by Allen. In 11 career games against the Lions, Allen has 13.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and an interception returned for a touchdown.
Reiff should have some good days this year, but he'll have to play out of his mind for this to be one. It's just not a fair matchup, especially now that Allen is 100 percent after battling some nagging injuries last year.
The Vikings are not very good, and the Cardinals are awful. If the Lions start out the year 2-0, what is the over/under on the amount of "told you sos" and "where are all of the haters now?" comments? I'll take my best amateur shot and put the number at 2,347. -- NightOfTheBlackPajamas
I'll take the over.