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I was out running errands on Saturday and realized I'd be close to our local community center where the monthly children's book sale was starting. It was the first day of a two-day sale and had just opened up a few minutes prior. Yes!! But my smile faded when I saw the packed parking lot. Sure enough the room was jammed with parents, kids and others pickers. Drat, I wasn't in the mood for a crowd!
Of course I went in anyway, but it was hard to move around and hard to concentrate. (Though it was nice to see all the excited kids with their parents!) Most people were considerate, a few not. I was looking at the puzzles when I heard a woman say "excuse me" with a great deal of exasperation in her voice. But in the same second she said it, without giving me a chance to move in closer to the shelf (not that there was much more room), she brushed past me knocking into me. I turned to look at her retreating back…humph, not even an apology…well really!
In the end I barely stayed 10 minutes but I did grab a few vintage children's song books. For some reason I love songbooks. Of course the illustrated ones can be quite sweet, but I think it's the graphic quality of music that appeals to me. (Wouldn't it be fun to have a room wallpapered in musical scores?)
Some of the songs in the three books seem to be the type you don't hear any more and that's a good thing. A few were decidedly racist and sexist. There is one song where a grandmother tells her granddaughter to "never be bold and always do as you are told" which rankles me!
My favorite songbook of the bunch was the 1958 "Music for Living Through the Day" illustrated by Feodor Rojankovksy. (Say that fast three times!) It's a teacher's book produced by the California Dept. of Education featuring songs like "Busy Trucks," "My Little Dog," "Little Red Caboose," "The PawPaw Patch" and "Now Let Me Fly." (Do kids sing songs like this anymore??) Here's a song many of us will remember…
I also picked up a 1978 "Cops and Robbers" by Janet and Allen Ahlberg. At home I discovered that if mine had been the UK first edition as opposed to the U.S. first edition it would have been worth scads more…like hundreds of dollars more!!! Rats!
Found a neat 1943 edition of "The Illustrated Bible Story Book: New Testament" though poetic license was certainly taken with some of the illustrations!
And here's a slightly scary zombie Jesus walking on the water! This is NOT how I picture this miracle happening. I mean who walks like that…even if they are on water??
I bought just one puzzle…a fabulous sheepdogs and sheep wood made-in-England puzzle by Optimago Junior. The retro image is by artist Edwin Noble (1876-1941) whose career focused on creating delightful animal illustrations. Even if you don't have young children, I think these puzzles would look great on a coffee table. (If I still worked in an office cubicle environment, I'd bring them as a little stress reliever!)
So while it wasn't much fun at the sale and there were no home runs, these charming purchases are my find(s) of the week! 🙂
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This video is poetry in motion.
Beautifully shot, with beautiful people and beautiful clothes, I felt like it was just the trailer to an even greater epic shimmering on the horizon. (*Spoiler* not confirmed, just wishful thinking).
The tale of Thomas Burberry is one that I wasn't familiar with, but then again I wasn't that familiar with the story of the house itself.
I didn't know that it was Thomas who started his own brand at the age of 21; who pioneered the mac material gabardine; and that it was Thomas who dressed British explorer Ernest Shackleton?
In fact it's Burberry who have dressed more incredible people than arguably any other brand. From a Royal Warrant as Tailors, to the soldiers of both the First and Second World Wars, to Betty Kirby Green (played by the gorgeous Lily James in the above video), Burberry has kitted out the best of them.
Basically Thomas Burberry was really quite amazing. And this video is too.
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Hopefully it won't last long, cause I won't be very happy if I am sick on my one week of holidays!
Anyway onto the food. Pad See Ew is one of my go to dishes when I am not inspired to cook anything. It's such an easy dish to put together and so tasty. This recipe is from one of the books that I got from a Thai cooking school in Chiang Mai.
I was watching Poh's kitchen the other day and she said that when you are stir frying dry noodles to soak them in cold water rather than hot water, otherwise they stick together when you cook them. I never knew this and I tried it and it worked perfectly.
I didn't have a chance to go to the Asian grocer to get the thick rice noodles (which I love and I always use when cooking this dish) so I tried substituting the pad Thai type dried noodles instead. They worked out pretty well, although if you can get the thick rice noodles, then buy them.
It's best when cooking this that you have everything ready to go, as once you get going you don't
have much time to stop and do anything.
Stir frying the chicken
Adding in the Gai Larn
Then add in the rice noodles once you have stir fried the veggies for a bit
Add the sauces (I didn't get a chance to photograph that stage) and then the egg
A bowl of comfort ready for a dash of srirarcha.
You can add some other veggies to this if you like. Carrot is always good, but make sure it's slightly cooked before you add it, otherwise it won't cook in time.
Pad See Ew
400 grams chicken (or pork)
200 grams fresh noodles (or a packet of the dried rice noodles)
4 cloves of garlic
Chinese vegetables (any type you like)
4 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1. Soak your noodles in a big bowl of cold water
2. Heat up oil in pan and then add garlic and chicken. Stir fry until the chicken is cooked.
3. Add the chopped chinese vegetables and wait until they have wilted slightly
4. Add the noodles and stir fry until just tender
5. Add sugar, soy, kecap manis and oyster sauce and fry until all mixed in
6. Move the noodle mixture to the side and add the egg mixture. Leave it there until it cooks a bit and then scramble into the rest of the noodles.
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Long Range Starter Kit–Part One
Recently I decided to get into target shooting. I go to the range about 4-5 times a year, and shoot outdoors another 2-3 times a year. Most of it has been fairly ad hoc, throw the guns in the back of the truck and shoot at beer cans.
After almost ten years of this, I started to realize it wasn't quite scratching an itch. That itch was the satisfaction of knowing I hit something, I knew where I was hitting it, and why. I was growing frustrated of shooting and not hitting, and of bringing a new rifle or handgun to the outdoors, not being able to get it on target, and having to wait another three or four months before I could even figure out why.
Gradually I started bringing AR500 targets and paper target stands on our trips. I got us to standardize on 100 yards and tried my best to ring the gong. My friends, especially those that couldn't get on target, slowly blasted the targets apart. Undeterred, I threw the parts in the scrap heap and bought more.
It began to pay off. In 2015, under the impression that my friends and I were imminently going pig hunting, I quickly put together an AR-308 rifle whose sole requirement was hitting a pig-sized target at 100 yards. I threw a Leupold 3-9x scope on it and rang the gong at 200 yards with my first shot. I was happy.
Slowly, I began to realize what the itch really was. I wanted to shoot with precision. I wanted to put little holes in paper at long ranges. I didn't have anything that really was up to the task: the ACOG on my AR-15, although 4x, didn't have the magnification to see the target really well–at least with my older eyes. My AR-308 had a budget barrel that, although I had not tested, I knew was going to disappoint. It wasn't the barrel's fault–the requirement had only been to 100 yards. I needed something else.
One day I ended up at a local gun store and saw a Howa rifle on the rack. Howa rifles are some of the few small arms made in Japan. Howa is actually a precision toolmaking company; the rifle making is practically a side business for them. They also make assault rifles (the Type 64 and newer Type 89) for the Self Defense Forces. I'd always wanted a Howa, if only because they're nice rifles and the novelty that they're made in Japan.
I did a lot of reading up on the Howa before I bought one. Nobody has anything bad to say about them–an astonishing feat considering gun owners tend to be a picky, cranky, generally negative lot. I've read dozens of opinions and haven't read one a single negative one on them yet–and that was probably someone who was digging in his heels and said he preferred a Remington 700 over a Howa.
Anyway. My Howa was a 1500 short action, .308 caliber, with a 22″ sporter barrel and a black Hogue OverMolded stock with aluminum column pillar bedding. The price was right, and I figured I could use it to get started in the world of long range shooting. Once I was done with it I could use it as a pig hunting rifle.
As for the scope, it came with a Nikko Sterling 3-9x. It seemed OK but I wanted a bit more magnification to see the holes in the targets at the local range. I also knew it was made in China and wanted a scope made in Japan to go with the Japanese rifle. Considering Japan is the third largest economy in the world, the combination of the two is remarkably rare.
I ended up getting a SWFA 10X mildot scope. SWFA is another brand that, like the Howa, it's very difficult to find someone disparage online. It's made in Japan, so it was a natural fit for my project. Built like a tank, tracks well, and it would really let me push out if I wanted to.
About that. The closure of the Sharps Park rifle range in Pacifica–which used to stretch out to 300 yards–made the closest rifle range Coyote Point. Unfortunately, Coyote Point has a limit of 100 yards and the range's proximity to San Francisco International Airport means you have to shoot from a bench through a mailbox-type slot in a wall. It's definitely not for everyone.
One hundred yards is not a long distance range. I'm quite aware of that. I'm not looking to start off shooting at 300 yards. That would be a bad idea. I just don't have the skill. I have no formal training in this, learning mostly from books, web sites, and YouTube videos. Everything I've learned I could probably learn in an afternoon from a professional instructor, but this is San Francisco–there aren't any around here.
Right now it's important to focus on the basics and repeat them until they become second nature. I had to learn how to sit behind the rifle, instead of to the side. I had to learn to control my breathing, relax, and take things slowly. I had to find my natural point of aim on my own–and am still not entirely convinced I did it correctly.
Go slow, take your time, do it right. Continuous improvement. Repeat again and again and again. All of these things are much more important than shooting at long range–at least for now.
When I was a kid my parents made me take aikido. One of the reasons why I thought it was dumb was that we kept doing the same moves over and over again. I get it now.


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Nixon orders the initiation of Operation Linebacker II
The Nixon administration announces that the bombing and mining of North Vietnam will resume and continue until a "settlement" is reached.
On December 13, North Vietnamese negotiators walked out of secret talks with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. President Richard Nixon issued an ultimatum to Hanoi to send its representatives back to the conference table within 72 hours "or else." The North Vietnamese rejected Nixon's demand and the president ordered Operation Linebacker II, a full-scale air campaign against the Hanoi area. White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said that the bombing would end only if all U.S. prisoners of war were released and an internationally recognized cease-fire were in force.
Linebacker II was the most concentrated air offensive of the war, and was conducted by U.S. aircraft, including B-52s, Air Force fighter-bombers flying from bases in Thailand, and Navy and Marine fighter-bombers flying from carriers in the South China Sea. During the 11 days of the attack, 700 B-52 sorties and more than 1,000 fighter-bomber sorties were flown. These planes dropped roughly 20,000 tons of bombs, mostly over the densely populated area between Hanoi and Haiphong.
The North Vietnamese fired more than 1,000 surface-to-air missiles at the attacking aircraft and also used their MiG fighter-interceptor squadrons, eight of which were shot down. In a throwback to past aerial combat, Staff Sgt. Samuel O. Turner, the tail gunner on a Boeing B-52D bomber, downed a trailing MiG-21 with a blast from his .50 calibre machine guns over Hanoi. Six days later, airman, first class Albert E. Moore, also a B-52 gunner, shot down a second MiG-21 after a strike on the Thai Nguyen railyard. These were the only aerial gunner kills of the war. Twenty-six U.S. aircraft were lost, including 15 B-52s. Three aircraft were brought down by MiGs; the rest, including the B-52s, were downed by surface-to-air missiles.
American antiwar activists dubbed Linebacker II the "Christmas bombing," and charged that it involved "carpet bombing"–deliberately targeting civilian areas with intensive bombing that "carpeted" a city with bombs. The campaign was focused on specific military targets and was not intended to be "carpet bombing," but it did result in the deaths of 1,318 civilians in Hanoi.
The Linebacker II bombing was deemed a success because in its wake, the North Vietnamese returned to the negotiating table, where the Paris Peace Accords were signed less than a month later.


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said you loved me, only me.
Told me I was so beautiful that simply
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M1-18 Lol Coxhill
As I mentioned at the end of the previous blog – this is the original Lol. To think that his name is spelled the same as one of the dumbest acronyms currently in vogue on the internet (one that I never have and never will use – even though I was partial to writing SWALK and NORWICH on the back of envelopes when I was a besotted teenager) is in my mind a travesty. And I am not alone in this – there are several pages on Facebook dedicated to haters of LOL, who number in the thousands.
In point of fact I absolutely admire Lol. I can't remember exactly when we first met, but during the late 70's I would sometimes head down to the London Musicians' Collective, a dark cavernous hole somewhere in Camden Town, to watch various avant-garde films and performances. As a musician myself, I naturally expected it would be easy to strike up a conversation with some of the performers, but in general, perhaps due to my timidity in those days, I felt intimidated by the stern ascetic faces of many of the players I saw there. It felt like an intensely know-it-all political collective, so in the dozens of times I visited there I never found it easy to chat to any of the musicians – except for one, a sax wizard.
A bloke who seemed very approachable, without carrying around some kind of forbidding philosophy or dogma, an open-faced easy-going cove, whose playing seemed to flow in a liquid fashion more than anyone else's, who was definitely a part of the band but not a part of the group, if you catch my drift. His own man, not limited to any particular creed or attitude; willing to go along with any interesting musical challenge that presented itself. Certainly not averse to melody, harmony, and rhythm, unlike many of the LMC's propagators of so-called "free" music (doesn't free include everything?). In short, a man in touch with the present moment, with a mind and heart unfiltered by any predilections, open to anything and anyone who came along. A bloke who can out-rage the most outrageous players, can navigate the most heinously difficult musical pathways, yet loves a bit of whimsy and humour as well. That was Lol.
When Cherry Red Records, following the release of my first Hybrid Kids album, suggested I make my own sub-label under their friendly umbrella, I plumped for starting Pipe Records (and ending, as it happened) with two diametrically opposed recording projects: Miniatures, with its galaxy of 51 musical adventurers, and what was to eventually be called Slow Music, an ambient album based largely on tape loops of Lol's playing. I felt inspired to do this after hearing "Digswell Duets," an album Lol had made a couple of years earlier, on which he played, echoed and looped over soundscapes created by electroacoustician Simon Emmerson. In true Lol style, the eclectic album also includes versions of jazz standards accompanied by Veryan Weston (pianist of Miniatures band Stinky Winkles).
Lol came up with the brilliant idea of playing Handel's Largo as the main source material for the album. Playing a soprano sax held together with a forest of elastic bands ("can't find anyone who can repair it properly") he whipped out a lyrical interpretation of this eternally lovely melody, put onto tape in one take via my trusty Revox. I then slowed it down to half speed, ran it through various tape delays, and Lol played unerringly beautiful harmonies over the top. That one brief session was, as it turned out, the end of his involvement with Slow Music, for then I rather selfishly took the raw material and ran with it. Well, "walked" might be a better word. No, "sat" would be best. For the next two weeks I was at the desk in my home studio, copying, splicing, looping, Lol's lyrical performance, playing it backwards and at different speeds, running it through my VCS3 synth, dubbing it to cassette to distort the sound, etc., etc., – in other words, I was experimenting to see what sonic sculptures could be created using the very limited tools at my disposal.
I still feel a bit guilty for not involving Lol more in the process, but frankly it would, 90% of the time, have involved him sitting around waiting while I tried things that didn't work, so I bummed on regardless and eventually invited a rather surprised Lol ("What, you mean it's finished?") to Pipe Studios to have a listen. I think he liked it, finally. Especially the opening track, which I find, always movingly, gives the impression of a Mexican funeral in slow motion (this excerpt also appears in the very first post of this blog):
One more tasty bit of raw material that Lol supplied for the album was a recording of him singing "Pretty Little Girl", a charming if slightly naughty love song he'd written and sung on top of an accompaniment he'd played on a church carillon. "You might find a use for it" he said as he handed over the cassette. I loved the piece, and decided it would end the album, preceded by a very slowed-down deconstructed version of it made using a forest of tape loops of single notes which gradually spelled out the melody over its languid 24 minutes.
As neither Lol nor I are ambient/minimal specialists like, say, Brian Eno or Gavin Bryars or Terry Riley, we have never been able to maintain the correct profile in order to attract large numbers of record buyers. We both just go on with our lives, rather than our careers, and respond positively to most of the various musical invitations we have received over the decades, regardless of genre. However, I think this album is a minor classic, and it has garnered various admirers over the years (e.g., Haruomi Hosono, one of the leaders of seminal synth rock band Yellow Magic Orchestra) and is still available as downloads via various online sources. This was our one and only joint recording (apart from his brief and brilliant appearance on the Hybrid Kids' "Claws" album); we have never played live on the same stage, and so I treasure it all the more. Which is why I have gone on about it at length so far. I have also just received a request from the BFI to use part of this album as the soundtrack to a film on absurdist hero Bruce Lacey's forthcoming DVD. Let's hope it happens! And now, in the brief time and space allotted to me, let's return to Lol's life and times…
Lowen Coxhill was born in Portsmouth, England on September 19th, 1932, soon to be an amazing 80 years ago. His astonishing biography is to be found nowhere in its complete form, for that is impossible (also 'cos it ain't ended yet – far from it). However, fairly informative accounts may be found here, here and here. He has also appeared in various fine films (including acclaimed works by Derek Jarman and Sally Potter) as listed here.
John Lewis at Time Out magazine wrote this fine overview: "Soprano sax maverick Coxhill is a musician who's touched on nearly every area of music over the past half century. In the '60s he jacked in his day job to accompany soul singers like Rufus Thomas. He'd sit in with bluesmen like Alexis Korner and Champion Jack Dupree. He was signed to John Peel's label Dandelion and played bebop with the likes of Bobby Wellins and Stan Tracey, prog rock with Steve Miller and Kevin Ayers, and dabbled in ska and rocksteady with Rico Rodriquez and Jazz Jamaica. In 1977 he even toured with the Damned. In the last decade I've seen him play with assorted avant jazzers, drone rockers and electronic mavericks. I've seen him busking near the Thames, and seen his old LPs selling for $100 in New York record shops. And I've also heard him playing beautiful, straight versions of standards… A true national treasure and a top geezer." I couldn't put it better.
Videos that I know of (and there are hundreds online) include him playing with Rufus Thomas (dig the shades), with Kevin Ayers/Mike Oldfield/David Bedford (dig the jacket), with The Flying Padovanis, with a fine Hugh Hopper ensemble, introducing his debut album (from 0:40), for a film of tulips, playing under water, and leading a bunch of kids through a skilled interpretation of "I Am The Walrus." I also saw him play with an avant-noisy Japanese band in a tiny club in Tokyo. The band was called "Totzuzen Danboru" which, of course, means "suddenly cardboard."
A healthy and active performance schedule still is being maintained by our hero, at home and abroad. Go and see him.
There is a rare (and now pricey) book about Lol called "The Bald Soprano" (publ. Tak Tak Tak, 1989 – not to be confused with Eugene Ionesco's first play) written by the English poet Jeff Nuttall. I have yet to read it, and know that it also will be markedly incomplete, compared with the inimitable musical and artistic life of this, one of the great mavericks of our time. Lol. Not LOL, you swine. Lol!
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Interesting thinkers who I read have penned… interesting ideas lately. I believe I read them in the following order, but any order works.
- Mr. Money Mustache reviews The Happy City.
- Scott Alexander reviews Seeing Like a State.
- Nassim Taleb tells us to know ourselves.
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NPB: Game Summaries for June 28th, 2009
by Gen on Jun.28, 2009 @ 11:17 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Yomiuri Giants 7 - Yakult Swallows 1
W: Tetsuya Utsumi (3-5; 9 IP, 4 H, 10 K, 0 BB, R, ER)
L: Masanori Ishikawa (7-4; 6 IP, 10 H, 3 K, BB, 6 R, 6 ER)
After losing 2 straight, Tetsuya Utsumi bounces back to win his third game of the season. He started things off by retiring the first 9 batters in row, including striking out the side in the second. Utsumi gave up a lead-off hit in the 4th to Yasushi Iihara (1-for-4), but retired the next three in order. He started the 5th by giving up two consecutive singles, but was helped out when Aaron Guiel (1-for-3) tried to go from first to third on the second hit. He then retired the next 9 consecutive batters until he gave up a solo home run to Ryoji Aikawa (1-for-3, HR, R, RBI) in the top of the 8th. Utsumi would close out the rest of the game by retiring the next 5 batters in a row.
Masanori Ishikawa had a rough go from the start, giving up 2 runs in the bottom of the first on a double by Hayato Sakamoto (3-for-4, 2B, 2 R) followed by a triple, one out later, off the bat of Michihiro Ogasawara (3-for-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI) and a sac fly by Alex Ramirez (1-for-3, RBI). Ishikawa settled down a bit after that, holding down the Giants to 4 hits over the next 4 innings. But his luck would run out in the bottom of the 6th.
After giving up a lead-off single to Ogasawara, Ishikawa got Ramirez to ground out to third for the first out of the inning. But a run scoring triple to Yoshitomo Tani (2-for-3, 3B, R, RBI), a walk to Shinnosuke Abe (1-for-3, BB, R) and a 3-run home run to Seung-Yeop Lee (2-for-4, HR, R, 3 RBI) put the Giants in front, 6-0. Ishikawa managed to get the final 2 outs of the inning, but the damage was done.
The Giants would score another run in the bottom of the 7th off Takehiko Oshimoto to take a 7-0 lead.
Game Notes
The Giants collected 12 hits off the Swallows and left 4 runners on base. The Swallows got 4 hits and left 2 on base. ... Norichikawa Aoki went 0-for-4. ... Lee has now hit a home run in three consecutive games and has 4 home runs over his last 5. ... It was Utsumi's first complete game victory of the season.
Tokyo Dome
Attendance: 44,435
Time: 2h 28m
Hanshin Tigers 3 - Yokohama Bay Stars 2
W: Kyuji Fujikawa (2-3; 1 IP, 0 H, 0 K, 2 BB, 0 R)
L: Shun Yamaguchi (3-3; .2 IP, 4 H, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 3 R, 3 ER)
Great win for the Tigers, an extremely tough loss for the Bay Stars.
The Bay Stars took a 1-0 lead in the second on Tatsuya Shimozono's second home run of the season off Tigers' starter Yasutomo Kubo (5 IP, 5 H, 4 K, 3 BB, 2 R, 2 ER). They scored another run in the 5th when Seiichi Uchikawa (1-for-3, BB, R) doubled with 2 outs and Shuichi Murata (1-for-4, RBI) drove him home on a single to right. Takahiro Saeki (1-for-4) followed with a single, but both he and Murata were left on base when Shimozono flied out to left to end the inning.
The Bay Stars also left runners on first and second with 1 out in the first; and runners on first and third with 2 outs in the 4th. They also managed to leave runners on first and second in the 9th when Kyuji Fujikawa ran into some control problems and walked 2 straight batters after retiring the first batter.
The Tigers had a number of chances between first and eighth innings to score a run, but there best chance may have been in the 7th when Keisuke Kano and Ikuro Katsuragi began the inning with singles. Tom Mastny (6 IP, 7 H, 2 K, BB, HBP, 0 R) was lifted after that and his replacement, Atsushi Kizuka, got Norihiro Akamatsu (0-for-4) to hit into a double play for the first two outs of the inning. Kizuka then retired Kentaro Sekimoto (3-for-4, BB, 3B, 2 RBI) to close out the inning without surrendering any runs.
But the Tigers wouldn't let their biggest scoring opportunity go by: in the bottom of the 9th after 1 out, three consecutive Tigers reached, with singles, to load the bases. Shinjiro Hiyama hit a pinch-hit sac fly to cut the Bay Stars' lead by 1. Shun Yamaguchi then surrendered a walk-off triple to Sekimoto that pushed the remaining two runners across the plate to give the Tigers a 3-2 victory.
Game Notes
The Tigers outhit the Bay Stars 11-5, but they both left the same number of runners on base: 9.
Attendance: 46,584
Time: 3h 19m
Chunichi Dragons 2 - Hiroshima Carp 1
W: Yudai Kawai (7-0; 7 IP, 6 H, 2 K, 2 BB, R, ER)
Sv: Hitoki Iwase (19)
L: Kenta Maeda (5-6; 7 IP, 5 H, 6 K, BB, 2 R, 2 ER)
Tough loss for Kenta Maeda as he basically lost the game on two pitches he made in the 4th that went over the fence for home runs: back-to-back home runs to Tony Blanco (1-for-4, HR, R, RBI) and Kazuhiro Wada (1-for-3, HR, R, RBI). Take those two hits away and Maeda actually tossed a pretty decent game -- he even struck out 4 straight batters at one point.
Other than the 4th and 8th innings, the Carp had at least 1 base runner in every inning. And yet they only managed 1 run (in the first) off Chunichi pitching: in the second, Yoshiyuki Ishihara doubled with 1 out; in the third, Scott McClain (0-for-2, 2 BB) and Kenta Kurihara (2-for-4, RBI) were left on first and second, respectively, with 2 out; in the fifth, Masato Akamatsu (0-for-4) reach on an error with 1 out; Jun Hirose (2-for-4) was stranded at first with 2 outs in the 6th; Akihiro Higashide (1-for-3) was left on first in the 7th; Hirose doubled to start the 9th and was bunted over to third and stranded there.
Game Notes
The Carp collected 7 hits and left 9 men on base. The Dragons picked up 6 hits and left 5 men on base.
Mazda Stadium
Attendance: 28,049
Time: 3h 11m
Softbank Hawks 7 - Seibu Lions 5
W: Brian Falkenborg (4-0; 1 IP, 2 H, 2 K, BB, R, ER)
Sv: Takahiro Mahara (13)
L: Koji Mitsui (0-1; .2 IP, 2 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 2 R, 2 ER)
Neither start did a particularly great job. D.J. Houlton (6 IP, 6 H, 2 K, BB, 4 R, 4 ER) got the start for the Hawks, and gave up a two 2-run homers to the Lions: Hiroyuki Nakajima (1-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI) knocked one out in the first and G.G. Sato (1-for-4, HR, R, RBI) knocked out the second one in the fourth.
John Wasdin (5.2 IP, 8 H, 5 K, 3 BB, 3 R, 3 ER) got the nod for the Lions and surrendered RBI singles to Hitoshi Tamura (1-for-4, BB, RBI) and Nobuhiro Matsuda (1-for-4, RBI) in the 4th. Wasdin gave up another run in the top of the 5th when Jose Ortiz (4-for-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI) nailed his 11th home run of the season.
Going into the top of the 7th, with the Lions up 4-3 and both starters out of the game, Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1-for-3, 2 BB, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI) nailed a 2-run homer off Tomoki Hoshino to give the Hawks a 5-4 lead. The Lions would tie the game in the bottom of the 8th on an RBI double by Takumi Kuriyama (1-for-3, BB, R, RBI). But the Hawks would regain the lead again in the top of the 9th on an RBI double by Ortiz and an RBI single by Hiroki Kokubo (2-for-5, R, RBI).
Takahiro Mahara entered the game in the bottom of the 9th and retired the side in order for his 13th save of the season.
Game Notes
The Hawks cranked out 13 hits and left 9 men on base while the Lions collected 8 hits and left 4 men on base. ... Matsunaka now has 10 or more home runs in each of his last 11 consecutive seasons.
Seibu Dome
Attendance: 28,238
Time: 3h 27m
Chiba Lotte Marines 3 - Nippon Ham Fighters 2
W: Shingo Ono (6 IP, 3 H, 6 K, 0 BB, 2 R, 2 ER)
L: Brian Sweeney (6 IP, 7 H, 5 K, 4 BB, 3 R, 3 ER)
The Marines and Fighters played a rain shortened game.
Shingo Ono, placed on the active roster prior to the game, tossed 6 solid innings and held the Fighters' offense to just 3 hits. Two of those three hits came in the top of the fourth and one of the two hits in that inning was a 2-run blast by Atsunori Inaba (1-for-2, HR, R, RBI) that tied the game at 2.
Brian Sweeney wasn't very sharp in his outing, but he still managed to work in and out of trouble, limiting most of the damage to the second inning when Saburo (1-for-2, BB, 2B) led off the inning with a double and then came around to score when Tasuku Hashimoto (2-for-3, R, RBI) singled him home. A walk to Benny Agbayani (1-for-2, BB, 2B, R) put runners on first and second with no out. But it wasn't until 2 outs later that Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1-for-3, RBI) came through with an RBI single to put the Marines up, 2-0.
Including the second inning, the Marines would strand 2 runners on in three different innings. And it wasn't until the bottom of the 6th that they finally managed to come through with a big run after Agbayani led off with a double and scored 1 out later on a squeeze bunt by Toshiaki Imae (0-for-2, RBI). That run ended up being the difference in the game.
The game was called after 6 innings.
Game Notes
The Fighters collected 3 hits and left 1 man on base. The Marines had 7 hits and left 8 men on.
Chiba Marine
Attendance: 18,184
Time: 2h 16m
Rakuten Eagles 4 - Orix Buffaloes 3
W: Ryohei Isaka (2-1; 5 IP, 7 H, 3 K, 0 BB, R, ER)
Sv: Marcus Gwyn (3)
L: Yoshihisa Hirano (2-4; 5 IP, 4 H, 5 K, 4 BB, 4 R, 4 ER)
The Eagles flexed their muscles again, scoring 3 of their 4 runs via the home run. With 1-0 lead heading into the top of the third, Masato Nakamura (2-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI) nailed a 2-run home run to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead. One out later, the Eagles were up 4-0 on a solo shot by Takeshi Yamasaki (1-for-4, HR, R, RBI).
Ryohei Isaka certainly wasn't perfect by any means, but he still managed to hold the Buffaloes to a run that scored in the bottom of the 4th on a sac fly by Naoyuki Ohmura (0-for-3, RBI). Isaka almost coughed up another un in to 5th when the Buffaloes threatened with an out sandwiched between two singles to start the inning. But he bore down and retired the next two batters, Jose Fernandez (2-for-4, BB, 2B, 2 RBI) and Greg LaRocca (0-for-4, R), to keep the Buffaloes off the board.
Over the last two innings of the game, the Eagles' bullpen almost let the Buffaloes overtake the lead: in the bottom of the 8th, Koji Aoyama walked and hit the first two batters he faced. Two outs and two pitchers later, Marcus Gwyn let one loose, moving each of the runners up a base. But Gwyn held on and struck out the next batter to end the inning.
In the bottom of the 9th, Gwyn struck out the lead-off batter, but then surrendered a double and hit Tomotaka Sakaguchi to put runners on first and second with only 1 out. A grounder back to the mound moved the runners up a base and Fernanedez doubled home 2 runs to bring the Buffaloes within 1 run to tie the game. But Gwyn once again held on and got LaRocca to ground out to third to end the inning and the game.
Game Notes
The Buffaloes outhit the Eagles, 9-5 and left 4 more runners on base (10-6). ... Katsuya Nomura will get to celebrate his 74th birthday tomorrow with his team 1-game over .500.
Kyocera Dome
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Fighting 15s supplies 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, 28mm and 40mm white metal wargames figures from Eureka Miniatures of Australia, including 15mm Napoleonic, Ancients and American Civil War and 20mm World War II miniatures from AB Figures. Fighting 15s casts a number of 15mm AB Napoleonic figures as well as Eureka Miniatures' 18mm Seven Years War range under licence in the UK.
Fighting 15s is the sole supplier of 15mm Flags for AB, and has been so since buying the range in 2006 from AB Figures UK after the redistribution of licences for the 15mm and 20mm figures sculpted by Tony Barton. Fighting 15s has developed and expanded the range of flags to encompass almost all participants in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Presented at the 18th Annual Research Conference
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Session Number: 1000 Room: Salon E & F
Presenting: Brad Uhing; Michael Epstein
All Authors for this paper: Brad Uhing; Michael Epstein
Presentation Type: poster presentation
Synopsis: The purpose of the research was to assess the validity of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-2 (BERS-2) by contrasting the youth and parent ratings of children with and without emotional disturbances (ED). In Study 1, children with (N = 71) and without (N = 386) ED provided self-ratings. In Study 2, parents of children with (N = 82) and without (N = 411) ED rated their children. Results indicated that the BERS-2 can differentiate between children with and without ED, and this is an appropriate measure of children's emotional and behavioral strengths.
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Session Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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I just added a brand new mix!! It's a groovy mix with great percussions and catchy melodies. Check it out at the download sections and have fun! Cheers Niels
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Yeah!!! My new website is on-line. The website I had before could use a little update! On this new site you can find news about me and my performances, a new mix made by myself and pictures made during performances. Have fun and thanx for dropping by!
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Hiroya Miura
Department Chair/Associate Professor
Olin Arts Center, Room 254
Hiroya Miura, a native of Sendai, Japan, has been active as a composer and performer in North America. Miura has composed works and installations for American Composers Orchestra, le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, So Percussion, Momenta Quartet, Speculum Musicae, New York New Music Ensemble, and members of Reigakusha (Japanese court music ensemble based in Tokyo), which were presented in venues and festivals such as Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Miller Theater, Annenberg Center, Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery, Carnegie Hall's JapanNYC Festival, Tanglewood, Havana Contemporary Music Festival (Havana, Cuba), Vacances Percutantes (Marmande, France), Centro de Arte Pepe Espaliú (Córdoba, Spain), Ostrava Days (Ostrava, Czech Republic), Centro Cultural Moca (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and Sōgakudō Hall (Tokyo, Japan). As a conductor he has given a number of premieres by emerging composers, while serving as assistant conductor to George Rothman and Jeffrey Milarsky with the Columbia University Orchestra. He has also been invited as a guest conductor to Mercury Opera and Midcoast Symphony Orchestra.
He holds masters and doctoral degrees in composition from Columbia University, and he is Associate Professor at Bates College where he teaches composition and directs the College Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director of Columbia University's Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives.