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Bears are not true hibernators.
Comes the cold weather, they sleep. And like all sleepers, they can wake up.
And just about now, with weather changing each day, they can be awake, scrounging around looking for that one last dinner to fatten up on before finding a den or just about anywhere to cuddle up.
What brings this to mind is a caller who said he saw a NFL-sized black bear snuggled beneath a large blowdown and apparently cutting a few z's.
More than one person over the years has reported a bruin sleeping the winter beneath a tree.
I had the great privilege (?) years back to climb in bed with a bear while it snoozed the good snooze. Of course it was out cold, put deep under by tranquilizers from the biologists who were attaching radio collars and ear tags.
This column reminds readers that our resident black bear is not the cuddly cutie some would try to make you believe.
While most black bear attacks are made on those who crowd them, not hunters, there are a fair number of attacks recorded on sportsmen and those who approach them with cameras as they feed in a dumpster and bears that are shopping. Yup, shopping, for groceries or hoping to swipe a pie.
The latest report was of a 28-year-old hunter, Lisa Lang of Clam Falls, Wis.
She was in her tree stand when a 400-pound-plus sow ventured by with four cubs in tow.
The AuCoin Report, which reported the incident, said something spooked one cub and it climbed the tree adjacent to Lang. The sow climbed the hunter's tree and bit her in the leg before she beat it off. It took 40 stitches to close the woman's wounds.
National Geographic reported the black bear is responsible for more attacks on humans than any other of the species. Of course there are more black bears than any other species, by far, and they appear to be on the increase.
How big do they get? An 800-pound animal was shot this past hunting season, while a bruin raised in cavity that recently died weighed 1,100 pounds. Biologists report animals raised in cavity grow to greater weights.
A farmers' market, I believe it was in Hadley, had a large bear in it aisles helping itself when the owner appeared. The bear was finally invited out, settling unhappily in a nearby dumpster.
A hilltown woman some time ago reported a bear walked through a screen door that wasn't open and helped itself to a fresh baked pie until beaten off with a broom, which is not a recommended method of getting one to say goodbye.
I received calls from two people who said they put up their bird feeders once the cold weather struck, and the feeders were knocked down by one or more bears.
This most recent attack set me checking into the various reports.
First, a shocker. I always figured a big bruin went around 300 pounds. Several times I would have sworn they grow to ten feet tall and weighed in at ten tons.
Close encounters can get you thinking that way. I had a huge bruin treed by dogs and marked for tranquilization come down the tree at a rate that would challenge the drop speed of a broken elevator, barfing on me all the time.
The biologists I accompanied said I flew through the air several feet to avoid it.
Another time I crept into a den with a biologist to drag a sleeping sow into the open for study. I won't say how big it appeared, only that I felt about the size of one of Gulliver's Lilliputians.
Once while deer hunting on a very steep mountainside in Hawley, I got between a sow and cubs, and she displayed her displeasure by smashing saplings and growling like a Sherman tank stuck in the mud.
It was then I learned a human could back down a steep incline with a slug gun leveled at a bruin.
U.S. Sportsmens Alliance studies show mature males usually range from 300 to 500 pounds. A 100-pound animal can handle a large man like a dog shaking a rag.
Black bears will often sleep in tree branches, which is interesting as one of my hobbies is sleeping under trees.
Bruins can run 30 miles per hour and have been seen outrunning whitetail deer. A 10-mile swim is within their capabilities. I wish our hockey Boston Bruins could get a giant black bear to skate with Zdeno Chara.
While they are 75 percent vegetarian, the balance of their food is anything dead or alive, and they will put up with multiple stings while raiding a honey tree or domestic hive.
Like all game, they are high on the health food menu – low fat, no steroids, no false coloring or the other stuff that taints domestic meat.
While they can grow close to a thousand pounds if they live their maximum life span of about 20, at birth they are about eight inches long, pink and hairless. But not for long.
While hunters are their main enemy, wolves are second in the bear-killing category. Cars are a distant third.
AT LARGE: Moose are showing up in bigger numbers each passing year and are at the point where Fish and Wildlife should be considering a controlled-number hunting season.
One moose went nose to nose with granddaughter Natalie and Matt Hill's motion camera, located some 12 feet up a tree.
Moose can grow up to 1,500 pounds, and that is a lot of steak on the hoof.
Anyone who believes they can only lumber have not seen one kick into high gear and burn rubber until it reaches 35 miles per hour, the speed of a ruffed grouse. And like the bear, it can trek some 10 miles at a splash.
It is a beautiful sight to see one with a giant shovel of a rack plowing through water as we did on our trips to Labrador and Newfoundland.
It is a vista right up there with the elegant swimming of caribou, which we witnessed while visiting the sub-Arctic on a wild brook trout and caribou hunt.
Their migration is continuously dogged by bears snapping up the weak and small.
Our tents in the distant north, as well as the outhouses, were surrounded by barbed wire.
My favorite outhouse tale involved the late outdoor icon Stan Berchulski, who spotted me sitting in a long-abandoned backhouse where a long-ago farmhouse once stood.
He apparently caught me with my pants down, napping, rifle cradled on my lap, and unbeknownst to this sleeping beauty he tied the door shut, stacked up dry brush complete with enough greenery to set up plenty of smoke, and set it on fire while yelling "Fire!"
Oh, I evened things up with Stan the Man, almost. But that's another story.
KIDS FISHING: A national study by the Outdoors Foundation reports the second most popular outdoor activity for kids 6 and older is fishing, with more than half of the kids taking part, totaling 45.5 million participants.
Leading the study was a combination of running, jogging and walking, with 50.2 million participants.
Other popular outdoor activities in order of preference are road and mountain biking, 42.4 million; car, RV and backyard camping, 42.3 million, and hiking, 32.4 million.
HIP: The Western Mass Duck Hunters Association reminds waterfowl hunters that a different H.I.P. number is needed in each state you hunt in.
NO ENTRY: Hunters and others are reminded by Knightville/Littleville Park Ranger Tom Wanauickas that it is illegal to force your way through or around a locked gate on public land. He said foul weather has required the flooding of Knightville three times, causing heavy damage to pheasant cover there.


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The Cubs improved their outfield depth Friday by agreeing to terms with outfielder Nate Schierholtz on a one-year contract.
Schierholtz, 28, is a career .270 hitter (344-for-1,275) with 75 doubles, 15 triples, 24 home runs and 123 RBI in 540 major league games with the San Francisco Giants (2007-12) and Philadelphia Phillies (2012). The left-handed batter and right-handed thrower has spent the majority of his big league career playing right field (420 games, 261 starts), where he owns a .989 fielding percentage (seven errors in 616 total chances), but he has also seen limited time in center field and left field. In 2010, he ranked fifth in outfield assists and fielding percentage among right fielders.
Schierholtz had spent his entire professional career in the Giants organization before being dealt to the Phillies as part of a four-player trade on July 31, 2012. He combined to hit .257 (62-for-241) with eight doubles, five triples and six home runs in 114 games between the two clubs last season.
Originally selected by San Francisco in the second round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft, Schierholtz made his major league debut with the Giants in 2007 at the age of 23 and was a big league mainstay by 2009. He was a member of San Francisco's 2010 World Championship team and followed that season by hitting .278 (93-for-335) and setting career highs with 22 doubles, nine home runs and 41 RBI in 2011.
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Left-handed pitcher Jeff Beliveau was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers, and right-handed pitcher Sandy Rosario was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants. Left-handed pitcher Gerardo Concepcion cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Single-A Kane County.
Chicago's 40-man roster now stands at 39 players.
Cubs, 3B Ian Stewart make it official
The Chicago Cubs and infielder Ian Stewart have agreed to terms on a one-year contract. To make room for Stewart on the 40-man roster, left-handed pitcher Jeff Beliveau was designated for assignment.
Stewart, 27, returns to the Cubs after being limited to just 55 games last season after having season-ending surgery on his left wrist July 10. He hit .201 (36-for-179) with five doubles, two triples, five home runs and 17 RBI before being placed on the disabled list June 14 and having surgery nearly a month later. Stewart was originally acquired by the Cubs from the Colorado Rockies as part of a four-player trade on Dec. 8, 2011.
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Stewart is a career .232 hitter (329-for-1,421) with 66 doubles, 59 home runs and 204 RBI in 487 major league games with the Rockies (2007-11) and Cubs (2012). He has averaged 22 doubles, 20 home runs and 68 RBI per 162 games during his major league career.
Stewart was originally selected by Colorado in the first round (10th overall) of the 2003 Draft out of high school and reached the big leagues at the age of 22 in 2007. He completed his first full season in the majors in 2009, when he hit 25 homers and recorded 70 RBI in 147 games for Colorado.
Beliveau, 25, made his major league debut last season and went 1-0 with a 4.58 ERA (9 ER/17.2 IP) in 22 relief appearances for the Cubs.
Farm Report Wrap-Up: The Iowa-Chicago shuttle was active in 2012
Josh Vitters was one of the top hitters on the Iowa Cubs this season. (Photo by Stephen Green)
Today we wrap up our tour of the Cubs farm system, which took a level-by-level look at performances the organization hopes to build on in 2013. The Triple-A Iowa Cubs are last in the spotlight.
For those of us who subscribe to MiLB.TV, all eyes were trained on Iowa to start the year. Between Anthony Rizzo, Brett Jackson and Josh Vitters, some of the organization's top prospects could be found just a step away from the major leagues.
In fact, of the 59 players to appear for the I-Cubs this year, 32 appeared in the major leagues at some point this season. And 24 finished the year on a big league roster (though it should be noted that total includes rehab assignments in Des Moines for Geovany Soto, Carlos Marmol and Steve Clevenger).
Of course, Rizzo dominated Triple-A until his mid-June call-up, and he more or less became the Chicago Cubs' best hitter after that. On the other hand, both Vitters and Jackson weren't able to take off in their major league debuts and, according to Theo Epstein, are expected to start back in Iowa next season.
Lost in the franchise-record 153 transactions was a team that finished in last place, largely because of an offense that finished 15th out of 16 teams.
Still, some specific performances stood out even beyond Rizzo, Vitters and Jackson. Infielder Luis Valbuena showed some pop and patience to go along with a good glove. First baseman Greg Rohan did well in his third stop of 2012. Catcher Welington Castillo once again showed some power, as he continues to develop his good tools behind the plate. And infielder Adrian Cardenas has produced at pretty much every minor league stop.
The Chicago-Iowa shuttle was active on the pitching side as well. Alberto Cabrera has a live arm and was fairly successful in the majors outside a handful of bad appearances. Left-hander Jeff Beliveau could be a key matchup pitcher for the Cubs—and has shown the ability to get righties out too. Rafael Dolis has a great, hard sinker, and his success in Triple-A and lack of it in the majors largely had to do with control. Lefties Chris Rusin and Brooks Raley each made a handful of starts down the stretch in the majors and could be outside challengers for rotation spots next spring.
Final Record:
Overall: 53-87, fourth place, 28.0 GB
Storylines: The Iowa Cubs will be hiring their sixth manager in as many seasons, as 2012 skipper Dave Bialas was one of six minor league coaches who were told their contracts would not be renewed. Bialas had been in the organization for 18 years.


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To the editor:
While a recent and widely distributed blog entitled, "Politics as Blood Sport," didn't draw my blood, it definitely hit a sensitive nerve. That nerve is the one that feels outrage and screams, "Not true!"
The anonymous author of this blog posting (published under the banner of the Bainbridge Defense Fund) called me to task for advance knowledge of a lawsuit filed against the city and three of my council colleagues.
I'm not sure that point matters one whit.
However, my outraged nerve twanged painfully at the use of a manipulated, i.e. cut/pasted and falsely identified, video clip from the Aug. 7, 2013, City Council meeting as evidence of this foreknowledge.
That video clip and my comment, clearly intended to be on the public record, is cut from a longer full council discussion and decision to postpone an update on the status of our city's lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the new (2013) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit until the lawsuit was formally filed in federal court.
And so, I write to correct the public record. I write to express my disgust and sadness that anyone's need to undermine and discredit elected members of our city government has reached this all-time low. Finally, I write to remind all of us to question the facts behind anonymous allegations and as my mother always reminded me, "Consider the source."
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text: /* tanf.s -- tanf for standard math library. Written by Eric Postpischil, June 2007. */ #define SignificandBits 24 #define ExponentBits 8 .literal8 .align 3 NegativeOne: .double -1 .const .align 4 /* Coefficients to calculate: x * (x**4 + c02*x**2 + c00) * (x**4 + c12*x**2 + c10) * (x**4 + c22*x**2 + c20) * ( c32*x**2 + c30) c02 and c12 are stored as a pair at the location below labeled c02, c00 and c10 are at c00, c22 and c23 at c22, and c20 and c30 at c20. This polynomial was designed to cover two binades (supporting an exponent fold of one bit) for tanf with its period (pi) partitioned into two intervals. The expanded polynomial was factored to create the form above convenient for calculating with SIMD. This was minimized for ULP error. */ c02: .double -0.34431297545117363561, -1.53503935362160698123 c00: .double +0.75337415977492632831, +0.92783629599735333058 c22: .double +0.91301179133375347365, +5.27860261872543679865 c20: .double +0.58807104225499649417, +3.82127246397188494330 /* ExponentFold specifies how many bits of the exponent will not be used to look up entries in the table. This must match the ExponentFold used to generate the table. The behavior for infinite inputs relies on the table contents -- if the table entries looked up for an infinite input are m0 and m1, then m0*infinity + m1*infinity should generate a NaN. This happens of either m0 or m1 is a zero or they have opposite signs. If this were not true, additional arrangements would have to be made for infinite inputs. */ #define ExponentFold 1 // Include the reduction table. See tanfMakeTable.c for more information. #include "tanfTable.s" // Rename the general registers (just to make it easier to keep track of them). #if defined __i386__ #define r0 %eax #define r1 %ecx #define r2 %edx #define r3 %ebx #define r4 %esp #define r5 %ebp #define r6 %esi #define r7 %edi #elif defined __x86_64__ #define r0 %rax #define r1 %rcx #define r2 %rdx #define r3 %rbx #define r4 %rsp #define r5 %rbp #define r6 %rsi #define r7 %rdi #else #error "Unknown architecture." #endif .text // Define symbols for tanf. #define BaseP r0 // Base address for position-independent addressing. #define xInteger r1 // The input x in an integer register. #define ki r1 // x*m0 rounded to an integer. #define p0 %xmm0 // Must be in %xmm0 for return on x86_64. #define p2 %xmm1 #define x %xmm2 #define k %xmm3 #define m1 %xmm4 #define x1 %xmm5 #define Numerator %xmm6 #if defined __i386__ // Define location of argument x. #define Argx 4(%esp) // Define how to address data. BaseP must contain the address of label 0. #define Address(label) label-0b(BaseP) #elif defined __x86_64__ // Define location of argument x. #define Argx %xmm0 // Define how to address data. #define Address(label) label(%rip) #endif /* float tanf(float x). Notes: Citations in parentheses below indicate the source of a requirement. "C" stands for ISO/IEC 9899:TC2. The Open Group specification (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 edition) adds no requirements since it defers to C and requires errno behavior only if we choose to support it by arranging for "math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO" to be non-zero, which we do not. Return value: For +/- zero, return zero with same sign (C F.9 12 and F.9.1.7). For +/- infinity, return a NaN (C F.9.1.7). For a NaN, return the same NaN (C F.9 11 and 13). Otherwise: If the rounding mode is round-to-nearest, return tangent(x) faithfully rounded. Not currently implemented: In other rounding modes, return tangent(x) possibly with slightly worse error, not necessarily honoring the rounding mode (Ali Sazegari narrowing C F.9 10). Exceptions: Raise underflow for a denormal result (C F.9 7 and Draft Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic P754 Draft 1.2.5 9.5). If the input is the smallest normal, underflow may or may not be raised. This is stricter than the older 754 standard. May or may not raise inexact, even if the result is exact (C F.9 8). Raise invalid if the input is a signalling NaN (C 220.127.116.11.2 3, in spite of C F.2.1) or an infinity (C F.9.1.7) but not if the input is a quiet NaN (C F.9 11). May not raise exceptions otherwise (C F.9 9). Properties: Desired to be monotonic. Not yet proven! Exhaustive testing proved this routine returns faithfully rounded results. */ .align 5 .globl _tanf _tanf: // Put x into an integer register. #if defined __i386__ mov Argx, xInteger // Put x into xInteger. #elif defined __x86_64__ movd Argx, xInteger // Put x into xInteger. #endif cvtss2sd Argx, x // Convert x to double precision. #if defined __i386__ // Get address of 0 in BaseP. call 0f // Push program counter onto stack. 0: pop BaseP // Get program counter. #elif defined __x86_64__ // Get address of reduction table in BaseP. lea ReductionTable(%rip), BaseP #endif movsd Address(NegativeOne), Numerator unpcklpd x, x // Duplicate x. /* Shift: SignificandBits-1 bits right to remove significand. ExponentFold bits right to remove unused bits of exponent. 4 bits left to multiply by size of a table entry. */ shr $SignificandBits-1+ExponentFold-4, xInteger // Clear bits other than those we are using from exponent. and $(1<<ExponentBits-ExponentFold)-1 << 4, xInteger je ExponentIsZero // Branch so we can get -0 right. ucomisd x, x // Test for Nan. jpe HandleNaN // Get table entry containing m0 and m1 and calculate x*m0 and x*m1. #if defined __i386__ mulpd ReductionTable-0b(BaseP, xInteger), x #elif defined __x86_64__ mulpd (BaseP, xInteger), x #endif /* Let the exponent of x be E, that is, E is the largest integer such that 2**E <= x. We use e to index the table, where e is E with the low ExponentFold bits set to zero. For example, if ExponentFold is 1, e = E & ~1. The table entry indexed by e represents a number m that is (u/p % 1)/u*2**a, where u is the ULP of 2**e, p is the period (pi), and 2**a is the number of intervals we divide the period into (we use two, so a is one). Observe that when 2**e <= x, x/u is an integer, and x/u < 2**(24+ExponentFold). Then for some integer k, x*m = x*(u/p % 1)/u*2**a = x*(u/p - k)/u*2**a = x/p*2**a - x/u*k*2**a. x/u*k*2**a is an integer, so x*m is congruent to x/p*2**a modulo 1. So tangent(x*m*p*2**-a) equals tangent(x). However, we do not have m exactly. The table contains two numbers for 2**e, m0 and m1. m0 has the first 29 bits of m, and m1 has the next 53 bits. Since x has 23 bits and m0 has 29 bits, their multiplication in double format is exact. From that product, we subtract the nearest integer, which changes nothing modulo 1 but reduces the magnitude. Then we add x*m1, yielding a precise but inexact approximation of x*m0 % 1 + x*m1. The magnitude of x*m0 % 1 is at most 1/2, and x*m1 may make the sum slightly larger. Recall that m is (u/p % 1)/u*2**a, so m's magnitude is at most .5/u*2**a. m0 contains 29 bits of this, so m1's magnitude is at most 2**-29*.5/u*2**a. With an exponent fold of 1 bit, x/u is less than 2**25, so |x*m1| <= |x*2**-29*.5/u*2**a| < 2**25**2**-29*.5*2**a = 2**(a-5). Therefore, |x*m0 % 1 + x*m1| < .5 + 2**(a-5). The polynomial that approximates tangent(p*x*2**-a) has been engineered to be good in this interval. */ movapd Address(c02), p0 // Get c02 and c12. movapd Address(c22), p2 // Get c22 and c32. cvtsd2si x, ki // Round to integer. // This requires round-to-nearest mode in the MXCSR. cvtsi2sd ki, k // Convert to floating-point. movhlps x, m1 // Get x*m1. subsd k, x // Subtract integer, leaving fraction. addsd m1, x // Get x*m0%1 + x*m1. /* Below this point, references in the comments to "x" refer to the result of the reduction, not to the original input argument. */ unpcklpd x, x // Duplicate x for SIMD work. test $1, ki // Is 2**0 bit on? movsd x, x1 // Save a copy of x for later. mulpd x, x // Get x**2. #define x2 x // Use the name x2 to emphasize we have x**2. addpd x2, p0 // Get x**2+c02 and x**2+c12. mulpd x2, p0 // Get x**4+c02*x**2 and x**4+c12*x**2. addpd Address(c00), p0 // Finish first pair of terms. addsd x2, p2 // Get x**2+c22 and c32. mulpd x2, p2 // Get x**4+c22*x**2 and c32*x**2. addpd Address(c20), p2 // Finish second pair of terms. mulpd p2, p0 // Multiply parallel pairs. mulsd x1, p0 // Multiply isolated x term. movhlps p0, p2 // Get high factor. mulsd p2, p0 // Combine parts from SIMD work. jne 2f // Branch if bit was on. // ki was even, tangent is in p0. cvtsd2ss p0, p0 // Convert result to single precision. #if defined __i386__ movss p0, Argx // Shuttle result through memory. // This uses the argument area for scratch space, which is allowed. flds Argx // Return result on floating-point stack. #else // On x86_64, the return value is now in p0, which is %xmm0. #endif ret // ki was odd, tangent is -1/p0. 2: divsd p0, Numerator cvtsd2ss Numerator, p0 // Convert result to single precision. ReturnSingle: #if defined __i386__ movss p0, Argx // Shuttle result through memory. // This uses the argument area for scratch space, which is allowed. flds Argx // Return result on floating-point stack. #else // On x86_64, the return value is now in p0, which is %xmm0. #endif ret // Handle a NaN input. HandleNaN: #if defined __i386__ flds Argx // Return result on floating-point stack. #else cvtsd2ss x, %xmm0 // Return in %xmm0. /* We cannot just return the input, because we must quiet a signalling NaN. */ #endif ret /* The raw exponent field is zero, so the input is a zero or a denormal. We need to handle this separately to get -0 right, and it is faster. */ ExponentIsZero: .literal8 Finagle: .double 1.00000001 .text mulsd Address(Finagle), x // Make non-zero results inexact. cvtsd2ss x, p0 // Return x. jmp ReturnSingle


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AUSTIN, Texas _ Oregon swaggered through the first day of the NCAA West Regional track meet without significant mishap Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
The Ducks are using this meet – which the NCAA has dubbed the West Preliminary Round -- to set up themselves for a possible sweep of the NCAA men's and women's team championships in two weeks at Hayward Field in Eugene.
So far, so good.
Javelin throwers Cyrus Hostetler and Alex Wolff qualified for the NCAA Championships. So did decathlete Ashton Eaton, who qualified in the open long jump with a leap of 26 feet 4 ½ inches, No. 2 on the Ducks' all-time list behind Latin Berry. It's the best long jump by a UO athlete in 21 years.
Teammate Vernell Warren who needed a big effort on his final attempt, also got through in the long jump with a season-best mark of 24-10 ½.
Luke Puskedra, who led early, hung on to barely qualify in the 10,000 meters.
In the women's competition, Melissa Gergel, still recovering from a stress reaction in her right foot and blister problems on both hands, made it through in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-9 1/4. So did Nicole Blood and Mattie Bridgmon, who advanced to the national meet in the 10,000.
Sprinters and mid-distance runners still have another round of competition here.
The Ducks ushered virtually all of their athletes through the first-round of the sprints and mid-distances – including Andrew Wheating, doubling in the 800 and 1,500 -- and into their event quarterfinals, which will be contested today and Saturday.
"So far, everything we anticipated happening, happened," UO coach Vin Lananna said. "So far, it's been pretty uneventful."
The regional serves to trim the fields to 12 for the national championships, and the Ducks did lose a few athletes who would have been long-shots to score in Eugene. Javelin throwers Mike Simmons and Britton Nelson struggled with a slippery runway and did not advance.
Jordan Roskelly had a pole snap on her in the women's pole vault, and finished tied for 19th at 13-1 ½.
But the big guns took care of business before a crowd of 1,092.
Wolff had the day's clutch performance in the javelin. The javelin field was to be cut from 16 to 12 after three preliminary throws. Wolff's first two attempts had traveled 209-3 and 207-1. He was in danger of elimination.
"I wasn't in at that point," he said. "I knew it."
So, Wolff stepped onto the runway in a sweltering sun.
"I had just finished praying," he said. "I went up there and zoned in. I had to get it done. Instead of thinking about any kind of technique, I said: 'You know how to throw the javelin. Just do it.'"
Wolff cut loose with a throw that traveled 227-3. It got him into the finals, and held up for sixth overall.
"Alex is one of the most clutch people I know," said Hostetler, who qualified fifth in 228-7.
Eaton, who already had qualified for the NCAA Championships in the decathlon, got his big jump on his second preliminary attempt.
He landed, got out of the pit and was walking back up the runway when he heard the judge call out his mark. He whirled and said in a voice loud enough to be heard in the stands: "What did you say?"
When the judge repeated the mark, Eaton whooped and waved his fist in the air.
Eaton, who finished second overall, retired from the competition at that point. Warren kept going and landed his big jump on the last of his six attempts.
Gergel, rusty after missing about a month of the season with her foot injury, had an uneven series of vaults.
Asked if the blisters were a factor, she shrugged and said: "You've got to do what you've got to do."
That summed up the Ducks' day. It gets tougher today, with the 800 quarterfinals. It's a big event for Oregon.
"Once we get through the 800s and we see what happens, I'll feel a lot better," Lananna said.
The University of Portland pushed through Cori Moore and Alfred Kipchumba the women's 800 and the men's 10,000 respectively. Oregon State's Casey Masterson advanced in the women's 1,500.


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LOS ANGELES - A new 3-D NASA computer model shows the center of the magnitude 5.1 earthquake that hit Los Angeles March 28. It also shows fairly precisely where the earth moved most - a patch of ground northwest of Anaheim near La Habra.
This was the largest earthquake to hit Southern California since 2008, and there have been hundreds of aftershocks, including one of magnitude 4.1. In this model, shown online here, the blue color shows where the earth moved most with the greatest movement in the dark blue section near the center.
NASA says the quake is thought to have originated in the Puente Hills Thrust fault that zigzags from Orange County northwest through downtown L.A. "Faults" are places where parts of the different plates that make up the Earth's surface meet and press against each other, occasionally releasing the pressure where they meet through rapid movements called earthquakes. The same fault caused the magnitude 5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake on Oct. 1, 1987 that killed eight people and caused $360 million in property damage. The Puente Hills fault is called a "blind thrust fault," which means it doesn't break the Earth's surface.
NASA's model estimates the fault to be about 5.6 miles long, 3.1 miles deep and 1.9 miles wide. The fault segment that moved March 28 slants upward through the ground at a 60-degree angle. NASA's model says one side of the fault moved vertically and horizontally 3.9 inches relative to the other side. That moved the surface about 0.4 inch, or the minimum that can be detected.
NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech created the model using data from the U.S. Geological Survey. A radar-carrying airplane will fly the area and collect data to compare to the model. The work is part of NASA's QuakeSim software program developed at JPL to understand earthquake faults and lead to better forecasting.


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Title: "The Schooner Yacht DAUNTLESS and a Ship of the Line"
Accession Number: 2007.53.14
Category: PAINTINGS - OIL
Type: oil on canvas
Maker: Buttersworth, James E.
Date: circa 1873
Description: Oil on canvas painting by James E. Buttersworth, "The Schooner Yacht DAUNTLESS and a Ship of the Line"; signed lower right "JE Buttersworth"; circa 1873 (Ref: J.E. Buttersworth, 19th-Century Marine Painter" by R.J. Schaefer, 1975, page 175.); illegible mark on stretcher "10"?
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Due to these tough economic times, I am considering lending money to family members. What do I need to know before I make these loans?
Times are tough, which means more individuals will find themselves requesting financial help from a family member. Before you consider writing a check for a family bailout, take steps to help protect yourself and your relationships. The more you can do to clarify your agreement and establish guidelines for repayment, the better off you will both be.
Family loans can put relationships at risk by creating an imbalance of power. The lender can feel unfairly treated if the borrower fails to repay or appears to lead an extravagant lifestyle. The borrower may resent the demands of a repayment schedule and the extra financial scrutiny that is tacked onto a family loan. Both parties need to be aware that borrowed money can quickly become the elephant in the room, creating rifts in families.
If you decide to go through with a family loan, as the lender, it's up to you to determine the terms of the arrangement. Both sides benefit when a signed written contract is established. As the lender, you should create a schedule of monthly payments and the level of interest, if any, that is applied to the principal. That way, the borrower understands your expectations for repayment and you have something to point to if the terms are not met.
You don't have to go it alone. There are companies out there that administer family loans for a fee. With this kind of arrangement, you determine whatever interest rate you'd like to charge, but the borrower will also be required to pay the administrative loan fees, which can add up rather quickly. You may consider this a small price to pay for the reassurance that your private loan is repaid through monthly payments that are conveniently and automatically deducted from a checking account. Third-party loan administration beats having to drop hints about a late payment at the next family gathering. If the amount being loaned is significant and you want an airtight agreement, consult a lawyer to draw up paperwork -- but prepare yourself for an uphill emotional and legal battle if your beloved borrower defaults.
If you keep your loan under $10,000, the IRS won't meddle in your family loan. But once the dollar amount exceeds this threshold, your family loan is a public matter that is subject to income tax. As the lender, you will be required to report earned interest as taxable income. If the borrower defaults on the loan, he or she may be responsible for income taxes on the balance. Talk to a tax specialist and determine your tax obligation to help avoid trouble.
Even if your family loan has been drawn up with legal paperwork, it can be difficult to follow through on agreed-upon default procedures when family is at stake. Therefore, lend only what you can reasonably afford to lose. Still, you should do what you can to require repayment by outlining your expectations if payments stop or other trouble arises.
A financial advisor can help you determine whether you can afford to extend a loan to a family member with no guarantee of repayment. A financial advisor is also a great resource to help borrowers gain better control of their spending and avoid the problems that put them in their dire situation in the first place.
John Gin is a certified financial planner in the local office of a national financial services firm. Send questions to Money Watch, The Times-Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125. For more John Gin columns, visit www.nola.com/business.


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It's pretty easy to get the feeling that today's kids bear no resemblance to those of any previous generation.
Girls especially seem vastly more sophisticated -- or at least act that way. It's not just the technology that permeates their lives -- text messaging, chat rooms, their own cell phones, MySpace -- but the way they look. Twelve, apparently, is the new 18.
Which is why "High School Musical 2," the Disney television movie that debuted last weekend, must provide some measure of reassurance to parents that today's 9- to 14-year-old girls -- "tweeners," they're called -- aren't so different from the generations that preceded them.
When Disney's schmaltzy sequel to its equally schmaltzy "High School Musical" premiered last Friday, it drew the biggest basic cable TV audience ever. That's right, the biggest. Bigger than "Monday Night Football." Much bigger than pay cable's "The Sopranos."
Every generation wants its own stars, and apparently the tweeners have found theirs in Zac Efron, who plays basketball captain Troy Bolton, and Vanessa Hudgens, who plays his honor-roll girlfriend Gabriella Montez.
The original "High School Musical" (for those who haven't managed to catch any of its seemingly 35,000 airings on the Disney channel) is about a group of kids putting on a musical. The show brings together Troy and Gabriella, and romance blooms. This annoys the amusingly named Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), the rich, self-centered glamour girl who spends the movie trying to capture Troy's interest.
"High School Musical 2" is about the same kids doing basically the same things, only at a resort where they all have summer jobs. Romance continues to bloom between Troy and Gabriella, and Sharpay again spends the entire movie trying to lure Troy away.
So conniving is Sharpay that in both movies she almost derails the musical production with her underhanded efforts to separate Troy and Gabriella.
If anyone older than 14 is getting a sense of dejà vu here, trust that instinct. "High School Musical" is really a computer-age ver sion of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney putting on a show in "Babes in Arms," "Babes on Broadway," "Strike Up the Band" and all the other MGM movies that cashed in on that money-making formula.
So lo and behold, the biggest television hit of the high-tech summer of '07 turns out to be something that could have been done -- indeed was done -- in the '30s, '40s and '50s.
It's heartening to think that the multimillion tweeners who watched "HSM2" perhaps haven't leapt quite as far ahead in life as print ads for preteen clothing and starter bras would suggest. Nice to see that passing through school metal detectors every morning hasn't turned them all into the jaded, world-weary quasi-children portrayed in movies like "Kids" or TV shows like "Beverly Hills 90210."
Comforting to find they can enjoy a corny story line, discover a heartthrob in the male lead, fantasize themselves as the female lead -- just like millions of earlier young women who were stirred the same way by the musical movies of their times.
Disney, no slouch at marketing, has made this identification even easier in two ways: 1) by setting a story aimed at junior high school students in high school, thus playing into every tween's yearning to be someone older, and 2) by populating the movies with kids who appear -- well, ordinary.
The multicultural cast, which breaks into song and dance at the slightest provocation (often with singalong lyrics right on the screen), includes kids of all sizes, shapes and ethnicities. It boasts no great singers, no great dancers and, the good Lord knows, no great actors, which is precisely why it's a cast kids can relate to.
It's also a cast grownups won't recognize. Just when you thought you knew that "the kids" liked Britney Spears, you find she's yesterday's news. Like previous teen idols from Elvis to Menudo, she's been replaced by Hannah Montana and the HSM crowd.
The whole "High School Musical" phenomenon has also had at least one heartening side effect: Its energetic "let's put on a show" theme has inspired thousands of kids to do just that. More than 2,000 high schools and amateur theaters have obtained Disney licensing to stage their own productions of this story.
Granted, the popularity of one heavily marketed and merchandised telemovie hardly says today's kids aren't growing up too fast. But it's reassuring to know that for the Instant Messenger and FaceBook generation, like their mothers and grandmothers before them, the fundamental things sometimes still apply.


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I call myself the Gluten Free Mom and the information that I provide is valuable to anyone who is on a gluten free diet for whatever reasons. But for us, we are Gluten Free because my oldest daughter was diagnosed with Celiac Disease eight years ago.
For those of you who do not know, Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disorder that is triggered by gluten. Undiagnosed, it can have life threatening complications.
Although there have been great advances in the last several years, more still needs to be done. Up to 90% of those with Celiac Disease still do not know that they have it!
In addition to a lack of awareness, one of the reasons that Celiac Disease is hard to diagnose is because it can present with up to 300 different symptoms. And some people do not have any symptoms at all.
In light of this day, I thought I would share our story of how we were diagnosed with Celiac Disease.
Summer 2005
The Diagnosis
No one ever forgets the day you find out your child has a genetic, life-long, life changing autoimmune disorder.
Alex, now a healthy, beautiful, vibrant 17 year old, was once a non-thriving, somewhat depressed, shy and often sick child. We really are not sure when it all started. She entered the world on Leap Day as a bubbly almost ten pound baby with hair you could almost braid. Looking back now, there seem to be several instances that were somewhat unusual; she was a colicky baby; the projectile vomiting in the ER in Iowa one Thanksgiving; the pot belly stomach; the not too infrequent "blahness" when other children were running, laughing, exploring and having fun. Whenever the subtle signs started, by the time Alex reached third grade her illness became more serious.
She was so addicted to Pepto Bismal that she would drink it like it was chocolate milk. The doctors attributed it to school-related stress. Sometimes the stomachaches were so bad she could not play in the games with her basketball team – these pains were attributed to nerves. She was frequently constipated – the doctor said she needed to pull her underwear all the way to her ankles when she went to the bathroom.
And then the flu-like symptoms began. At the beginning of third grade, every two months she would get what seemed like the flu and vomit for four to five days. We took her to the doctor who would run your standard blood tests. They would all come back normal, not even anemic. The doctors answered our questions with "it is just the flu; it has been a bad season." The almost ten pound baby was now so thin and dehydrated you could count her ribs and she had to have IV's to be rehydrated.
Finally, when she had the "flu" for five days in June, it was time to go to the doctor and not leave until we had some kind of an answer. They did stomach x-rays and ran additional blood tests. As an afterthought, as he was walking out the door, the doctor threw in a test for "celiac" - a word we would soon get to know very well.
We left to go on a summer trip but all I could do was pray for an easy answer. Not wanting anything serious. The first round of test from the blood work came back normal again, but I still had a nagging feeling that not all was well.
Then the call that answered the nagging feeling - one of the tests, something called celiac was positive. Silly what? How do you spell it? Autoimmune? Gluten what?
Thanks largely to the Internet; all of our questions were soon answered. Even while we waited through more tests that summer, more blood draws to test for absorption, the endoscopy at Children's Hospital . . . I did not want to believe it but deep down I knew that Alex had celiac disease. And finally we received the news (on the day that Alex also fell and broke her arm). The endoscopy was conclusive for celiac disease.
As a parent, my prayer every night was for my children to be healthy and happy. So how could it be that my daughter had a genetic, life long, life-changing disorder? Why did she have to live a life that would now be "different" and more difficult?
Yes, what parent would not be relieved to know why their child had been sick? Even better yet, the illness was completely treatable by something as natural as a change in diet; but oh, what a change.
It sounded simple enough; just eliminate gluten from your diet. While no longer eating wheat flour was challenging enough for an elementary-aged child, determining what we could eat in this gluten-laden world was a monstrous task. Especially back in 2005 before Gluten Free became a household name. Our transition to the gluten free life was before you could find gluten free pizza crust and even gluten free bread. Eating out at restaurants was soon to become a rarity for our family. It initially took hours of research to determine just what we could put on our plates for dinner. So much more than a diet change, going gluten free was a lifestyle change!
Even though I ached inside for a pizza delivery van on Friday night, I made the commitment to be as positive as possible on the outside so that Alex could accept her new diet and life style. A new diet and lifestyle she would have to life with forever.
I started this blog to help those on the Gluten Free diet and to help spread Awareness of Celiac Disease.
Help to spread Awareness by sharing your story in the comments below or on my Facebook page. Maybe someone will hear your story and realize they should get tested!


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Cortland, NY (WBNG Binghamton)
Junior first baseman Abby Martin (Oswego) belted a three-run double as part of a five-run fourth inning while junior pitcher Lyndsay Rowell (Sandy Creek) threw a one-hitter with three strikeouts to lead host and top-seeded SUNY Cortland captured their seventh NCAA Division III Softball Regional championship with a five inning 8-0 victory over Piedmont College at Dragon Field.
The Red Dragons (40-3-1), ranked eighth in the most recent National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 and making their 17th NCAA tournament appearance and fifth in a row, will be one of eight teams earning berths to the NCAA Division III World Series, which will be held May 20-24 at the James I Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, VA. Cortland will face nationally top-ranked Linfield College (WA) in the opening game on Friday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m.
With the runner-up finish, the Lady Lions (30-15), the Great South Athletic Conference Champions, recorded their highest NCAA regional finish since a fourth-place showing in 2006 at the South/Atlantic Regional. It's their second consecutive tournament appearance and third overall.
Martin was one of two Cortland players to tally multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Sophomore third baseman Lucia Meola (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) also went 2-for-3 with a run scored, while senior second baseman Donnalyn Cross (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) hit 1-for-2, scoring twice.
Rowell (24-2) finished the tournament with a 4-0 record, facing 17 batters with allowing a walk. She pitched 23 of 25 total innings for the Red Dragons with a 0.61 earned run average, yielding 12 hits, eight walks, and four runs (two earned) while striking out 16 batters and holding opposing hitters to a tournament-low .148 average.
Rowell was one of seven Cortland players on the 15-player All-Tournament team, joining Martin, Meola, Cross, outfielders Meaghan Kohler (Franklin, NJ/Warren Hills Regional) and Brooke Weidman (Wayland/Wayland-Cohocton) and junior shortstop Jessica Harman (Penfield).
Cortland jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the top of the third inning when Cross scored on a Piedmont fielding error after Martin singled to left center and advanced to second on the play. After a walk and a double steal, Kohler hit a two-out double to score Harman from second base and Martin from third.
In the fourth, Weidman, Cross, and Meola opened the inning with singles in succession to set up Martin's base clearing hit. After posting the opening out of the inning, sophomore left fielder Cassie Kardias (Shrub Oak/Lakeland) doubled to leftfield to score freshman pinch runner Charlotte Fried (Great Neck/Great Neck South) from second base and scored on a Piedmont infield error on the next play, advancing to third before scoring.
Senior B.J. Cofer (Woodstock, GA/Sequoyah) picked up her first tournament loss for the Lady Lions, giving up 10 hits, eight runs (seven earned) and a walk while striking out three batters. Cofer (15-9), who finished with a 3-1 tournament record and a 2.36 earned-run average, striking out 14 batters while giving up 10 hits, nine runs, and eight walks, joined shortstop Megan McClain and catcher Emily Cheek as All-Tournament representatives for the Lady Lions.


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While the kids rip open their presents, you and yours can be enjoying aromas wafting from the kitchen.
With a little bit of planning, the morning meal on a holiday can be memorable and very easy on a cook.
1.) Bake mini quiches.
The hors d'oeuvres you find in the frozen foods department aren't just for dinner. Consider baking some while opening presents and waiting to sit down to the rest of breakfast. Making your own basic version of a quiche is easy as well: Scramble 3 or 4 raw eggs, add a handful or two of cooked veggies --- could be leftovers from the night before --- and a handful of shredded cheddar or Swiss cheese, a sprinkle of nutmeg, then pour it all to a pre-made pie shell. Sprinkle the top with more cheese and cook for about 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until the filling is firm. To keep the pie shell from browning too much, cover the edges with foil.
2.) Offer one or more sides like bacon, sausage, Canadian bacon or fried ham with scrambled eggs and other egg dishes.
These items can be cooked a day ahead for less muss on the holiday morning. And, if you're from Pennsylvania or points south of the Cheesequake rest stop on the Garden State Parkway, Scrapple or pork roll would be most appropriate for a carniverous side dish in this holiday setting.
3.) Make a muffin smorgasbord.
Bake or buy varieties of muffins a day in advance. Serve chocolate chip, blueberry, cranberry-orange and/or bran muffins.
4.) Put bagels out with a spread.
Flavored butters and cream cheeses are easy to make. Spoon a tablespoon or two of your favorite marmalade or jelly (i.e. orange, blueberry or strawberry flavors) into a 1/2 cup softened butter or cream cheese and put into a food processor until blended. Also, scallion, vegetable and walnut-maple cream cheeses are exciting ways to jazz up bagels.
Other bagel accoutrements for a brunch or breakfast:
White fish, smoked salmon, herring bits, smoked sable, egg salad, tuna fish, lettuce and tomato slices.
5.) Fry dough.
Obviously it's not the healthiest option for a morning meal but it's certainly an enjoyable one. Whip up, say, a zeppole batter the night before. Fry the dough in the morning. Here is a recipe from the Pistilli family of Westerleigh.
Zeppoli ala Pistilli
Makes 3 dozen
1 pound whole milk ricotta
4 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 large tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 to 8 cups vegetable oil such as canola or corn
Confectioners sugar
In a large bowl using a wooden spoon, mix together the ricotta, eggs, flour, sugar, baking powder and vanilla; set aside.
In a deep fryer, heat oil to 350 degrees, or, on the stove top fill a 3-quart pot to 4-inches depth with oil. When oil reaches the proper temperature, scoop teaspoonfuls of batter into the hot oil, scraping it off the spoon with a second spoon. Fry for about 5 or 6 minutes, turning gently with a slotted spoon. When zeppoles turn a golden brown color, remove from oil and lay on paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining batter. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar while still hot.
6.) Arrange a fresh fruit and cheese display.
Follow this easy formula: Take a log of goat cheese and cubes of one or two hard cheeses (cheddar, gruyere, Swiss, Montery Jack, pepper-studded Jack cheese, etc.). Put a handful of washed strawberries or blueberries around the cheese, maybe some apple or melon slices as well. Serve with crackers or slices of toasted bread.
7.) Bake a loaf of sweet bread.
Consider making a loaf of banana, corn or pumpkin bread and present with cream cheese, butter and jelly or marmalade. Yogurt and honey also make nice condiments if you're looking for a more healthful bent to the breads.
8.) Use French toast as finger food.
Egg and fry french toast the day before and cut into triangles. Serve with maple syrup, perhaps heat some blueberry jam or apple chutney and offer as a dipping sauce. For a decadent morning start, put sides of whipped cream and chocolate or caramel dipping sauce on the side.
Do you have any breakfast traditions to share?
More of our holiday countdown...
12 Holiday Cooking Tips from Staten Island Food Professionals
11 Piping Hot Vegetable Side Dishes


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By skidooza on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 09:30 am: Edit Post
John,when does the Black Fly Season start and end ???
By bearone on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 09:52 am: Edit Post
It started in the Mercer area yesterday.
By skidooza on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:14 am: Edit Post
How long does it last. I will be on vacation in the Porcupine MT state forest starting on June 6th. Do you think that it will be done by then??
By admin on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:19 am: Edit Post
Some of it depends on the weather (temps mostly), but typically they appear somewhere in the last 10 days to 2 weeks of May and hang on through most of June, with a noticeable drop to the point they are usually not a problem by the 4th of July.
By skidooza on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:24 am: Edit Post
Thank you
By mr_freeze on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 09:00 pm: Edit Post
There here in Greenland, MI right now.
By lenny on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 10:24 pm: Edit Post
dang things are annoying, best to wear a straw hat I have found. They usually will not land on your head than. If you contact them with your hand swatting them they leave for a while otherwise they hang around relentlessly.
By admin on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:36 am: Edit Post
By the way, I have forgotten to mention in the past 2 journals that they are pretty much gone from the picture up here. Still a few stragglers and there usually are a few for the rest of the summer, but the swarming is over and those that are left seem to be slower and less aggressive.


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Posted 23 February 2012 - 09:51 PM
I'm apparently at my current weight, but fat. Anybody know how this is possible. I am looking to lose. 10 to 15 pounds for the military. I have been doing pushups lately and I'm doing pretty well.
Anybody have an answer to this? Please do not put any supplement suggestions! Military training does not allow it period.
Posted 23 February 2012 - 10:45 PM
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Edited by Latsabb, 24 February 2012 - 06:11 AM.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 12:38 PM
I just have little but of love handles and some stomach fat. I gained some weight overall from eating fries at school. I think I should cut those out and just eat more healthier. I can post pics to show what I mean...
Posted 24 February 2012 - 12:45 PM
- Eat healthy
- Exercise
- Don't over eat
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 06:09 PM
As for your weight, don't bother loosing any, max for the army at your height is 180. Just focus on working out and eating correctly.
Edited by drexler, 24 February 2012 - 06:12 PM.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 06:33 PM
1.) exercise
Short, fast burst for shorter periods have more benefits
Sprints> jogging for example. On days you don't sprint walk.
2.) eat less in general. Your meal should be slightly bigger than your fist.
3.) less salt. ( don't add salt)
4.) less carbs ( only whole wheat)
5.) absolutely no fast food, junk food, high fructose corn syrup
6.) tea ( it doesn't stay in your body as long as water. Regular tea or green tea unsweetened with truvia or Splenda
7.) cranberry/ Pom juice 1 time a day
8.) sub chicken and pork for fish
9.) stick to it. It will take your metabolism 8 months to change. But once it does it will be harder to gain weight.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 08:54 PM
2 whole grain waffles with natural peanut butter, glass or skim milk and oj. ( I drink 3 glasses of milk for the reccoemnded dosage for what trainingn I'll be doing)
Lunch: spicy chicken party with fries and cheese. Water to drink, and sometimes the occasional chocolate shake every 3 weeks or so.
Dinner: just random stuff thrown together that is moderately healthy.
Tonight's dinner at cheesecake factory:
4 cheese pasta( half of it)
3 rootbeers
1 full Hersey chocolate double fudge cheesecake, and about 2 sticks of rye bread....
I feel dead. Not so good that I'm realizing what I've been eating.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:00 PM
My day.
5 eggs scrambled
2 whole wheat toast with honey
protein shake
lunch - shrimp steamed
protein shake.
Dinner - chicken, lightly breaded, baked. steamed spinach.
Edited by drexler, 24 February 2012 - 09:02 PM.
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Very tempting to eat not as healthy when all you do is have someone cook it for you.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 01:42 PM
Since bmi is inaccurate, does that mean I might be regular weight?
I used a fat caliper and checked my fat% it is 21 avg. so that means I need to lose about 9 to 10% of that fat. How long would this take to be healthy? Swimming will help I take it as it is one of the most active things on your body?
Edited by SlovPeter, 27 February 2012 - 01:46 PM.
Posted 28 February 2012 - 05:24 PM
I cant say what your body comp is, but even by straight BMI, you are practically right at 25. It is right on the border of "overweight." And overweight by BMI standard is far from what I would consider fat. If you have any muscle on you at all, your BMI shows you as overweight. I know many people in the "obese" category, which have below 10% body fat. And that is the problem with BMI.
Ive been classed as over weight for a few years now, about 27. BMI doesn't take into account muscle or bone density. Its a very outdated test and should be scrapped. I can run a 5 minute mile I'm far from over weight. Pod tests are better.
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Handmade Monday 46
Welcome to Handmade Monday.
Not much preamble from me this week – with more than 150 orders still to be completed and sent out before Christmas, I've not got a lot of time for much else (including blogging). I did manage to get round everyone's blogs last week – please don't count on me this week, will you?
A lot of these orders are down to the fact my wine o' clock clock was featured in the Metro on Wednesday (no pics, sorry – I didn't even get to see a copy myself). A couple of customers mentioned it and the orders spoke for themselves (50+ orders in one day for 70+ items and about half as many again on each of the days that followed! Orders for these are still pinging in…).
Orders for pre-Christmas delivery will not be taken after tonight and as I'm already working from 5 am till about 9 pm there can be no exceptions. I always feel bad letting people down – and have already turned down a number of custom requests – but there's only so much you can do
So, think of me this evening finishing off more glasses of wine than is good for me – painted ones, on clocks, of course while you leave your link and/or browse some of the amazing blogs.


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I am 45 with three kids and I am 112lbs and 5'3. I want to get implants but i didn't want a lift as I don't want scars and I think it might make my changes of feeling in my breasts go away. I would like some feed back on how it will look if I get round saline 425cc implants. thank you.
Do I Need a Lift Before Breast Implants? (photo)
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Breast lift
Great question! whether you will be happy with just implants without a lift is difficult to say. However, I would advise that you have the lift and implants done at the same time. Personally, I think the implant size should be a bit smaller, maybe about 350 cc's. A vertical lift should work quite well in your case. The scars typically heal quite nicely . If you do not have lift done and just have the implants placed, you can always have the lift done at a second procedure. There is nothing wrong with 2 staging the procedures, but I think you are an ideal candidate to undergo both procedures at the same time.
Simultaneous breast lift and implants considerations
There is no reason to need to separate your lift and implant procedure per se. That's usually only really needed for more complex mastopexies where either more skin or more nipple elevation is required (at least in my hands). For the small amount of movement of the nipple you'd ideally need (<2 cm), I've found the peri-areolar "Benelli lift" with a gore-tex pursestring suture employed can be a very elegant solution.
Unlike some of the other responders, I do not think you would get a really good result with an implant alone as the center of the breast will be noticeably low on the chest. If you wanted to consider that however, do the breast implant first and a small mastopexy could be performed later under a local anesthetic fairly easily.
Do I need a Lift before implants?
It is hard to determine from your photos as to whether you need a lift, but the most important factor is where the nipple is located relative to the inframammary crease. If the nipple is at the level of the crease or below the crease some type of lifting procedure is probably indicated. A full consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon will go over all your options, especially your goals and expectations of the final appearance of your breasts. A general rule of thumb is the more the breast is lifted, the more scars are created. Scars are forever and never go away, and only you can decide what scars are acceptable to you.The breast lift procedure and the breast augmentation can be done at the same time or separately.
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Do I Need a Lift Before Breast Implants?
Great series of posted photos, but iin person examination is still much better than over internet responses. Based only on the posted photos and your limited description I would do a lifting first to achieve a more upright appearance than aadd an implant after 3 months for size, 450 cc HP would be my choice. You can also try to have all done in one operation but again in person evaluation is needed. Good luck.
Do I need a breast lift before implants
It is hard to tell for certain from your pictures, but it looks like your breasts have settled quite significantly. In general if a relatively large implant is placed in a breast that has settled, the result after a few years will be an even more settled breast that lost much of its remaining structure due to the weight of the implant. There is also the possibility of a double contour, one from the implant, and one from the breast that has settled below it. If you don't feel comfortable with the scars that result from a breast lift, it may be best to consider the option of not having surgery.
Do I need a lift before breast implants?
It is difficult to see from your photos where your nipples are and where your breast overhang is in relation to your inframammary crease. Why is this important? Because the bottom of an implant rests at the level of the inframammary crease and it fills out the breast above this level. An implant has a very limited ability to fill out tissue that hangs too low past the crease. And a nipple too low on the breast and below this crease will be so far below the implant "equator" that it may point downward and look even lower. If, after careful examination by a board-certified plastic surgeon, it is determined that you are borderline, you can always try implants and see what your results are...and do a lift later if needed. But if you are definitely beyond borderline and you go for implants alone, you will not be happy with your results. No one wants extra scars, but most people are not satisfied with a poor shape, and in the long run accept the scars in order to have a good contour and pleasing result.
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You likely need a breast lift as well as breast implants
If you simply had breast implants, based on the photos provided, and assuming that your consultation/examination was consistent with these photos, you would have some semblance of a "snoopy dog deformity," i.e., a nice perky set of breast implants and the breasts falling off them. Possibly with smaller implants and a subglandular (over the muscle) implant placement you could "get away without a lift", but about 80% of my patients would accept a lift with this presenting appearance, 10% would later wish they had, and the other 10% would "live with it". I'm totally guessing about the numbers, but you get the idea.
From your picture our practice would recommend a breast lift the minimal (periareolar), if you get no lift at all you will have the implant up high and your tissue sagging, giving you the double look. You need to make sure you address your concerns with your PS to make sure you get what your looking for.
Lift and implants
Lift or no lift -- you need a formal consulltation
The best solution for you can only be sorted out during a formal consultation. A review of your goals as well as an objective assessment of your tissue is needed. Only general comments can be made at this point.
You will have the option of considering breast augmentation alone or combined with a breast lift. Your photos indicate significant breast asymmetry, deflation and sagging of both breasts and it appears that your tissues will stretch easily. These issues will need to be reconciled with your goals, budget and ability to plan for future maintenance procedures. 3D Vectra imaging as part of your consultation may allow you to understand your options better.
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OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – The Tri-Cities Garden Club will host its 19th Garden Walk in the Grand Haven area on Saturday, June 22.
The tour will cover eight gardens that will be open and on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The walk will take place regardless of weather. Tickets can be purchased at Tri-Cities Historical Museum or at any of the homes on the day of the walk. Tickets for adults are $8 to tour all gardens, and children 12 and younger get in free.
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- 19 & 21 Sherman St. – The space between these two Grand Haven condos have been combined to create a terraced garden area with a lighthouse, waterfall and fish pond along with annual and container gardens.
- 13793 Lakesedge – Nestled in a cul-de-sac, this garden includes a small pond, several new perennial beds and an assortment of lilies. A small vegetable garden is centered among a bed of strawberry and raspberry plants.
- 12577 Lakeshore Drive – This Grand Haven garden includes plants imported from the owners' old home in Minnesota and 45 yards of mulch, a cleared dune area and various planted ground covers and perennials.
- 11849 Chickory Drive – This new garden area features stepping stones, thyme and lavender-lined paths along with fountains and a landscaped area with a natural wooded lot. The vertical, hydroponic tower garden includes herbs, edible flowers and vegetables.
- 11835 Chickory Drive – The home garden features walkways and retaining walls made from field stones collected throughout Michigan. It includes bushes, grass paths, river rock and textured plants, ornamental trees and vines, raised natural stone beds and an array of perennials. Participants will also find multiple ground covers, spring wildflowers and deep shade plants along with a deck and casual flagstone patio.
- 12293 168th Ave. – This locale will offer garden walk participants refreshments during their visit. The Grand Haven plot includes a variety of shrubs and perennials and a variety of color, texture and interest in the landscape.
- 13613 Forest Park Drive – Adjacent to Hofma Park and located next to a Canterberry sunroom, this garden offers a half-acre mixture of sun, shade, vegetable and fruit gardens. It also features a brick walkway to the backyard. Potted plants and garden accessories will be on sale at this location.
- 14515 108th Ave. – Owned by a farmer and advanced master gardener, this plot features perennial flower and vegetable garden beds. Its owners continue to plant new trees, shrubs, and flower containers to offer a colorful plot throughout the summer. Potted plants and garden accessories will be on sale at this location.


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Offense improves in loss to Stanwood | Babe Ruth
The Oak Harbor Babe Ruth baseball team broke out of an offensive slump but still came up a run shy in an 8-7 loss to Stanwood Wednesday, May 7.
"The boys finally found their bats to score 7 in this game as opposed to two runs over the last four games," coach Pete Richter said. "Solid work at the plate."
Chris Trisler led the offense, going 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Thomas Anderson was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Oak Harbor also received a strong performance from pitcher Hunter Smith, who threw five innings and gave up three runs, one earned.
While defense was a problem (only three of Stanwood's runs were earned), Richter noted it has "improve quite a bit compared to our previous games."
"We're pleased with the work the boys have put in at practice," he added.
Oak Harbor goes to Mount Vernon for an 11 a.m. double header Saturday, May 10.
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There was hardly a cloud in the sky. And for hurricane-weary Staten Islanders looking for some outdoor activity this weekend, the 32nd Annual Richmond County Fair provided a reason to leave the house.
"It wasn't too scary," Lopez said after the biker successfully completed his jump. "I just closed my eyes, held my breath and hoped for the best." Lopez's wife said she was bit worried when he laid down at the end of the row of people.
"I was hoping he'd lay down in the front so the biker would have a better chance of clearing him," she said.
While people held their breath in anticipation during the bikers jumps, the Hot Dog Pig Races held down the road from the stunt show had people cheering loudly for their hog of choice. Pigs of various ages were pitted against one another in an oval-shaped obstacle course. And while the swines were slow out of the gate, the determined piggys proved that there's more to a pig than meets the eye.
"They were fast," said an excited four-year-old, Madison Burkhart of Tottenville, who watched the pig races for the first time with her mother.
Keeping in line with the old-fashioned fun of a pig race, the Wahoo Medicine Show and Phydeaux's Flying Flea Circus gave kids a form of entertainment they don't see everyday. The self-proclaimed flea trainer had his imaginary little pets jumping into water and flying away on balloons. For the show's grand finale, the trainer asked two children, Katherine Diaz, 10, and her brother Brandon, 9, to catch the flea in a white hat after he shot it from a miniature cannon.
As the trainer built up the anticipation -- like any good carnie does -- the children braced themselves for a huge explosion. But on the count of three, the hand-held cannon made a small "pop" sound and shot out colorful streamers. As the kids looked around to find the flea, the trainer commanded that no one move a muscle. He walked over to Brandon and pretended to pick the flea out of his hair.
"I was kind of scared it was going to land in my mouth," Brandon said after the show was over.
While the fair provided plenty of old-time gags, the traditional rides and street vendors that make up any outdoor carnival still lined the streets of Historic Richmond Town. From ferris wheels to funnel cakes, people had their pick of attractions and food.
For Melissa Maione of Bulls Head, the "typical fried foods" being served throughout the fair was a guilty pleasure she and her mother, Claire, enjoy each year. Whether they munched on zeppoles or fried Oreos, both said that carnival food was something everyone should appreciate -- but not too much.
"It's great to get some food and then walk it off, or sweat it off," Ms. Maione said in reference to the heat.
And as people walked off all the sausage and peppers and funnel cakes, many were treated to the various sites and sounds throughout the fair.
Some sat on hay bales and watched live jug band music from the Wahoo Skiffle Crazies. Others rode the ferris wheel or played carnival games, while some held snakes provided by the Metropolitan Herpetological Society. But when the hustle and bustle of the crowds became too much, some sat down on a bench and listened to the sounds of opera singer Cheryl Warfield who performed on the "Orchestra and Opera," stage to an intimate crowd of about 10 people.For Larry Lorczak of Randall Manor, who attended the fair with his wife and six-year-old son, the opera provided a relaxing moment from the pig races and rollercoasters. He said he came over to the opera stage to "clear my head." When Lorczak realized there wasn't much of a crowd surrounding the opera singer, he said it made him feel like "she's singing just for me." Looking around, Lorczak added, "I guess there is something here for everyone." biker attempted to "bunny hop" over the slightly worried volunteers.


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NORTHRIDGE, California -- The University of South Alabama women's basketball team shot a season-low 22.1 percent from the field as the Lady Jags suffered their first loss of the season, falling 47-40 to Cal State Northridge Friday night in the opening round at the Radisson Hotel Chatsworth Thanksgiving Basketball Classic at the Matadome.
"It really didn't matter where the shots were coming from tonight, we just couldn't score," South Alabama head coach Rick Pietri said. "You have to give part of the credit to that to Cal State Northridge's defense. In the second half, we were able to make some adjustments. We attacked them and got some open looks on the perimeter and some plays close to the goal. But we just couldn't make plays.
"We were able to cut it to five late in the second half after being down by 12 or 13, and wejust couldn't make that one extra play offensively and (Cal State Northridge) responded. They're a good team and were picked to win their league for a reason. They're expected to
be in the NCAA tournament. When they had to make a play, their players stepped up and finished. When we had to close the gap more, we just couldn't finish."
USA (4-1) will now face Detroit on Saturday in the consolation game at 2 p.m. CST. Live stats for the contest versus the Titans can be accessed at www.USAJaguars.com. Detroit lost 80-72 to No. 6/7 Penn State in the first game of the day.
"Detroit is really good," Pietri added about Saturday's opponent. "They just played a top 10 Penn State team to single digits. It was in doubt throughout. We have a short turnaround time, so we have a heck of a task in front of us to try to beat these guys and we'll just have
to see. We didn't have our deck full tonight and don't know if we will tomorrow either, but we'll just have to wait and see."
For the second-straight game, seniors Mary Nixon and Camille Reynolds missed the game due to injury. The duo will be a game-time decision on Saturday.
Meghan Dunn was the lone Jaguar in double digits, recording 10 points. She also added six rebounds and two steals in the loss. Mansa El chipped in with seven points, but like the rest of her Jaguar teammates, struggled from the field, finishing 1-for-12.
As a team, South Alabama connected on just 15 of its 68 attempts from the field and was a dismal 3-for-29 from long range for 11.5 percent.
Cal State Northridge improved to 3-1 on the season with the win and will face Penn State in the championship game. Ashlee Guay posted a team and game-high 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting, while also dishing out six assists and pulling down five rebounds. Camille Mahlknecht also finished the game in double figures for the Matadors. Mahlknecht had 14 points on 7-of-14 shooting and five rebounds and five blocks.


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The race currently features four candidates with ties to minority communities. While some believe the contest will produce Staten Island's first elected official of color, others say the outcome will come down to politics plain and simple: Who can pull out the most votes on an election day in the middle of winter?
Still, as the only borough in New York City without a minority representative on any level of government, the diversity of this field speaks to a new sense of possibility here, observers say.
"The field of candidates is quite diverse and is reflective of the North Shore district," said candidate Debi Rose, an African-American from Mariners Harbor. "And that is a great accomplishment."
Another candidate, Rev. Dr. Tony Baker of Port Richmond, who is also African-American, agrees.
Ditto, say candidates Rajiv Gowda of Mariners Harbor, who is Indian-American, and Paul Saryian of West Brighton, who is of Hispanic and Armenian descent.
Others in the running for the seat being vacated by Councilman Michael McMahon (D-North Shore), who will be going to Congress next month, are Kenneth Mitchell of West Brighton, Tom Curitore of St. George and John Tabacco of Annadale, who said he intends to move into the district by election day as required by law. All are white, and said they expect voters to look beyond race.
According to the 2000 census, the North Shore City Council district was 48 percent white; 22 percent black; 20 percent Hispanic and 6 percent Asian.
Once the seat becomes vacant, the date of a non-partisan special election will be called, likely for sometime in February. While the parties cannot endorse a candidate, they can state a preference. Saryian and Tabacco are registered with the Independence Party; the others are Democrats. Whoever wins will have to stand for re-election during the November 2009 general election for city offices.
In years past, three African-American males have run for seats on the North Shore. But all were Republicans -- Richard Thomas, Al Curtis and Terry Player -- running in districts where Democratic Party registration dominates, and were handily defeated.
This time around, Ms. Rose and Baker acknowledge that "splitting the African-American vote is a very real possibility," as Ms. Rose put it.
"But I'm not concerned about a split," added Ms. Rose, "because I am not only focusing on the African-American vote. My issues are universal."
"My appeal transcends cultural and ethnic lines," said Baker. "I know Staten Island has never had someone from the minority community to represent them. But my campaign is not based on that. Who is going to win will be based on who is going to get voters out."
While some believe that would seem to favor Mitchell -- McMahon's chief of staff and the likely beneficiary of McMahon's successful vote-getting apparatus -- others have a slightly different take.
One is Borough President James Molinaro: "You could have an ice storm on election day and that would favor people who live in apartment houses and who vote (at polling places located) where they live, and that might favor a black candidate."
Gowda views his candidacy from a "historic" perspective.
"I think my chances are good," said Gowda. "We have just elected (Barack) Obama president. I think people really want to see change. People are tired of the same old, same old. But I believe I have to appeal to all the community as someone who is looking to bring about change."
Saryian, a retired NYPD detective, said he can literally "speak the language" of North Shore's Hispanic community, and said the issues he is passionate about, like property taxes and housing, disproportionally "affect the minority communities."
"I don't think the Hispanic community has adequate representation," Saryian added, "but I would serve everyone."
Mitchell, meanwhile, said that as McMahon's right-hand man for the last seven years, he can "hit the ground running" if elected, and said he knows the "diversity of the community," having worked with a wide range of constituents.
Curitore said he expects his life-long North Shore roots and years of service with the NYPD and Department of Transportation will have voters asking themselves, "Who is the best person for the job?" and choosing him.
As for Tabacco, he said, "My candidacy is a minority candidacy in that I'm not a politician. And I am of Irish and Italian descent. I'm not sure how many people there are like that on Staten Island. Staten Islanders are very intellectual. I don't think they are ignorant to make this about race and ethnicity."
Meanwhile, Molinaro, a Conservative, and Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D-North Shore) say voters will focus on the candidates' records when casting their ballots.
"Otherwise you are talking about a quota system and you can't have that," said Molinaro. "Look at the Jewish population, which is significant, and you would have to ask, 'Why are they not represented?'"
Added Titone: "Irrespective of race it will be who can do a good job representing the black as well as the white community."
Still, said Ms. Rose, who came close to winning a primary for the Council seat in 2001 and was an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention last summer: "It is definitely much different this time around. Just the fact that we elected an African-American president reflects the fact that people are much more open. I guess you could say there has been a paradigm shift. This could be the time in this district for a change."
Added Baker: "I think Staten Island is open to electing a minority. Everybody is saying turnout is going to be low, but I'm an optimist. I think people are going to be excited about the opportunity and go out and vote."


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Background: Late life depression is known to be associated with neuroimaging changes including frontal and temporal lobe atrophy, an increased prevalence of white matter lesions and functional changes in key areas subserving frontostriatal circuits. However, the precise nature of the neurobiological dysfunction and its relationship to key features of depression is unclear. Using resting state blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) MR imaging, spontaneous low frequency fluctuations (SLFs) in signal occur at frequencies of less than 0.1 Hz. These SLFs are linked with anatomically and functionally plausible networks, thus showing functional connectivity between brain regions. These networks have been termed resting state networks and using this method a default load network has been described. Methods: We have investigated functional connectivity using resting BOLD in 34 older people (aged over 65), 17 with major depression and 17 similarly aged controls. Subjects were scanned on a 3T MR system and resting state fMRI scans collected using an EPI sequence with 128 volumes collected over 6.4 minutes. A seed region of interest (2x2 voxels) was placed in the head of left and right caudate nucleus and connectivity between this region and the rest of the brain analysed using tools within the FMRIB software library. Results: In depressed subjects connectivity with the caudate nucleus on both sides was present over a much wider area than the more limited and predominantly frontal connectivity seen in controls. Greater connectivity in depressed patients was found in parietal, frontal, subcortical (thalamus and basal ganglia) and limbic (cingulate) regions. Conclusions: This study supports the view that connectivity in mood regulating circuits is disrupted in late life depression. Resting BOLD is a non invasive method which requires no task dependent activation. It provides a novel way of undertaking repeated measurements to determine how functional neural circuit disruption is related to the onset and course of symptoms (both depressive and cognitive) in late life depression and has potential to provide valuable new insights into the neurobiology of illness and response to treatment.
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Many users of ABB's smaller robots have requested the extension of the IRC5 PMC configuration to the company's larger models, Campbell said. "People who like the PMC version want to reduce the number of control panels on the factory floor in a robot cell by one." To make this configuration possible for the larger drives, the power electronics had to get smaller and dissipate less heat.
The smaller size also makes it possible to fit robot controllers into enclosures that may be already crowded with other components meant to expand and customize a PMC's functionality. These components may include additional I/O channels and interfaces, machine vision controls, network adapters, and power conditioning.
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Gerald Veasley: At the Jazz Base!
All but one of the ten songs on At the Jazz Base! are Veasley originals, including two that he co-wrote with members of the band. The second track, "Valdez in the Country, was penned by Donny Hathaway. Supplemented by Peter Kuzma's organ play and Farr's soprano sax, this upbeat selection has the potential to get the listener to applaud along with the audience. Despite a stellar career that has included six studio recordings, Veasley had never done a live album before now. Eight of the songs were recorded at the accomplished bassist's own club, Gerald Veasley's Jazz Base, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Recorded over the course of two nights, each before an audience of about 150 patrons, this collection has the look and feel of nightclub jazzlively and intimate.
"Songs evolve over time, Veasley says. "The songs are different now, and a lot of that is the result of taking them on the road over the years and playing them for people. The energy you get from the audiences allows you to experiment with the songs, and that experimentation leads to new arrangements.
Whether new or original, these arrangements are classic Veasley. The fourth track, "Sugar Time, is one of two new songs done in the studio. Steered by Veasley's deep bass lines, it's as much blues as it is jazz. In creatingand performingit, Veasley acknowledges the blues as the "mother of all American music. Whether it's jazz or uplifting gospel (and certainly rock, R&B, and hip-hop), most forms of popular music were inspired by the blues. With co-writer Farr on tenor sax, "Sugar Time rocks and jams as a playful meld of genres.
The funk returns on the easygoing and aptly named "Deeper, which exhibits a taste of the Parliament/Funkadelic inspiration that helped start Veasley's career. The song ends with a series of stop/start lines that show the band's tightness in a live setting. On the blues-filled "Forever, a nearly nine-minute track that allows plenty of room for stretching out, Kuzma shines with an impressive organ solo. Greene gets his momentand quite a moment, at thaton the sassy "Bread Puddin'.
The other studio offering is "Celebrating Sipho," co-written by Veasley, Farr, and keyboardist Will Brock. A tribute to Sipho Gumede, a South African bassist who died of cancer in 2004, the song is played in a style typical of Cape Town-inspired jazz tunes. It features Farr again on soprano and slick fingering by Veasleyand, fittingly, excellent percussion play by Batista. It's the perfect closer to an already superb album.
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