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Christoffer writes: "Emilda 1.2 has for the last 6 months been under heavy development, and the result of the hard work of the entire development team is the yesterday released Beta version of Emilda 1.2. We would now like to urge all interested to take part in the testing and evaluation process of the forthcoming stable release of Emilda 1.2. This release of Emilda features amongst others, LDAP integration, completely redesigned configuration system, MARC configuration, Item types, Subject support, redesigned search backend and much, much more."
Christoffer writes: "By this release, the 1.1 branch of Emilda is decleared stable and thus we encourage users to upgrade to this version. Main changes involve straightening issues with library management, such as circulation and book-adding, HTML optimisations, small cosmetic & logical updates and other minor bugfixes. For more information on Emilda in general, the Emilda Demo or this release in particular, please visit the project page."
Christoffer writes: "Realnode Ltd has been working for the last year intesively on an OS-library management system which now has reached the stage to be introduced to the OS-community. The project goes under the name Emilda. It features amongst others a full featured OPAC, Circulation and administration tools, label creation tools, Z39.50 tools and 100% MARC compatibilty. MARC compatibility is achieved by storing all information about biblios in MARC and accessing them using the Zebra server from Indexdata. For more information on Emilda, please visit the project page."
LibData: web authoring tools for libraries
Paul writes: "The University of Minnesota Libraries Digital Library Development Lab has been working for three years on a library-centric authoring tool for building subject pathfinders, authoring course-related web pages, and general all-purpose pages. The project was written (simply and well-documented) around linux/apache/mySQL/PHP. It's about 34,000 lines of code and utilizes 40 underlying tables. It's being presented this week at the annual Digital Library Federation conference in New Mexico. See the site for (GPL) license details, documentation, and download."
Back-End CMS - New Bibliography Module
Mike writes: "We've just released the latest version of our CMS, Back-End.org, which contains a bibliography tool which we have been developing with one of our clients for a number of years. The bibliography to make it easier for administrators to keep track of online and offline references. It is also set up to easily allow your visitors to see listings by a single author and a profile of that author and their other work. Similarly you can group work by the publisher. This was developed for a Southern NGO and so an effort was made to see that this was as International as possible. Open Concept's code is free, but our services can be hired to install, customize & develop new modules for this application. If you have any questions about this resource, please let me know."
"Gregg Martinson submits, for your interest and/or approval the latest version of his Link-Checking URL Database for schools and Libraries that want to keep collections of preselected links but are concerned about link rot and the unstructured web. The program is written in Pure PHP. Runs on Mysql and is based on PHPLinks. New Additions in the 2.0 version include a new graphical style, googling within the program and the ability to link it to your OPAC. He offers technical support for installation and trouble-shooting for free(although you get what you pay for...) Check it out at The sourcefore page."
from fm, changes include: "The database tables have been restructured to conform more to the MARC21 object model. Bibliography holds, member late fee and account, member checkout history, reports, and labels have been added." Find it at the forge.
PhpMyBibli improved
Fran�ois writes: "Due to the incoming of new developpers, PhpMyBibli (a free library automation system) is now on the right track to become fully functionnal. Jesir Vargas from Puerto Rico has almost completely translate the whole thing in english and spanish and is at the point to finish the portuguese translation. Eric Robert from France did a great job on UNIMARC integration. UNIMARC import is now working fairly, even the 995 field that is crucial for french small libraries. Lots of bugs have been corrected and the code was cleaned in a drastic way by the time we were rearranging the database structure to improve its reliability and speed. We are coding the loan-module to reach version 1.0 during spring." A demo version is available at sourceforge.
Kelsey writes: "ResearchGuide is an open-source application, implemented using PHP/MySQL, that helps librarians make subject guides and specialist information pages using Web forms (no HTML necessary). A benefit of this approach is that guides in different subjects are integrated into one web environment. Each has a similar look and feel but guide contents are customizable. Change the appearance of all guides by making edits in just two files -- the php file that generates the guides and a CSS stylesheet."
Fran�ois writes: "This is an announcement for a free (GPL) library automated system based on PHP and MySQL. PhpMyBibli (still in french, sorry...), still in development phase, aims to provide a convenient and easy to use interface for the librarian and the library's public featuring: UNIMARC support (and maybe various flavour of MARC), authorities management, administration made easy for the librarian, advanced OPAC functions : collection browsing, etc...)."


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|U.S. Chess Scoop #7
|By Jennifer Shahade
|September 10, 2009
This week's U.S. Chess Scoop covers the U.S. Senior Open in Tulsa, Oklahoma where GM Larry Christiansen earned clear first and a spot into the next U.S. Championship (set for Saint Louis in April/May 2010.)
Also hear from in-studio guest GM-elect Alex Lenderman about his performance at the New York State Championships.
U.S. Chess Scoop #7 from DIM mak films on Vimeo. Photos by Betsy Dynako


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I read a strange paper "Weird web data foxes experts" about a unknown (they said) type of scan probes
Despite this article had been written today, I can't figure out if its a simple fragment-based test or if its smth more serious.Since May net security experts have caught data packets travelling across the net that have an abnormally large data window size of 55,808 bytes
ISS believes the packets are being formed by a scanning tool called "Stumbler". However, other security firms dispute this explanation.
However, some security experts believe that the badly formed packets are evidence of a new type of scanner that could slip past existing detection systems and be used to knock sites offline by swamping them with bogus data.
Does any heard of smth similar....


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12:00 amCharlie Rose [#19154H] (original broadcast date: 7/25/13)
* a discussion about John Kerry's Middle East Peace Initiative with Aaron David Miller, former Mideast negotiator and a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center; Dennis Ross, US envoy to the Middle East; Ziad Asali, President of the American Taskforce on Palestine and Shibley Telhami, professor at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at Brookings.
* Bruno Wu and Thomas Middelhoff on discuss their private media company focused on China called BT Capital. duration 56:46 STEREO TVRE
1:00 amNightly Business Report [#32167Z] Tonight on Nightly Business Report, one of the biggest and most successful hedge funds is indicted. Does the move signal a fresh push to make Wall Street fairer for investors on Main Street? And, NBR's special series on how to not outlive your money continues with a look at the benefits of downsizing your home. duration 26:46 STEREO TVRE
1:30 amMoody Blues at the Royal Albert Hall The music of the Moody Blues has spanned many generations - touching people's emotions with songs about life experiences. This enduring quality and their continued popularity with their fans is truly evident in this concert special taped live at Royal Albert Hall. The Moody Blues partnered once again with Musical Director Larry Baird - conducting the World Festival Orchestra - and performed many of their classic hits such as Nights in White Satin, The Story in Your Eyes, and Tuesday Afternoon. They also performed a few songs from their first new album since 1991, "Strange Times," proving once again that their music is timeless.


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In the past, I've never really used a book of shadows. It always seemed as though it were just another journal which could be useful as a self exploratory tool, never really caught my interest. The further along the path laid before me I get, it keeps becoming more and more apparent that I need to keep one–not for myself, but for my children or any other "students" that come along. I know that I have had to figure everything out myself from the very beginning, and though this has been a useful exercise in itself, it's not something that I would wish on anyone else especially my children. There will always be trials that I never had to go through, entities that I've never encountered, and paths I have not traveled, but I wish to have a reference for them so that they can have a place to begin with.
And that brings me to the purpose of this post: to explain my thoughts on my now current BoS and the future of it.
The purpose of the BoS is not to be a journal. It is to be a reference book that could never be sold in a store, but can be trusted completely as a reference. Therefore, it must be clean, easily scanned through, thorough but not to the point of rambling. All of the information must be completely understandable and not put into metaphysical/New Age confusion which is so prevalent in other references.
It must be a book not a computer file because computers die, flash drives get lost, and every other possibility that can cause things to get lost randomly on a computer. It is currently in a journal with no lines so that drawings are easy to understand. It currently is unorganized because organizing in a journal is a task of futility, but once the journal is filled, the information will be recopied into another that is far more organized. It may even be typed up and printed.
The sections will include the following: rituals, practices for increasing magickal power, entities and all information on them, special circumstances, information on associations, and a random information part.
Now, other people may have different ideas on what a book of shadows is supposed to be, but this is my view of it.


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Aquarium inside of the Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 :
The basement area of Biosphere 2, known as the Technosphere, covers nearly 3.14 acrea. It is where all the electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems are houses. There are 26 air handlers (AH) located in the technosphere. Of these, 14 are large units that can heat and cool the air, remove particles from the air, maintain humidity levels and generate condensate water (for rain, fog and resupplying the ocean). The 12 smaller AHs can cool the air and generate condensate water. To make condensate water or create dehumidification, the air temperature is lowered below the dew point and this cooled air is blown across the chilled or tower water AH coils. Cooling the air causes condensation to form on the coils, which is collected in drip pans located on the floor adjacent to the handlers.


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John DiStaso's Granite Status: One NH mayor quits, another defends Bloomberg gun control groupBY JOHN DISTASO
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 23. 2013 6:55PM
MONDAY, JUNE 24: THE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" continued to generate controversy in the Granite State Monday as one mayor disclosed she has quit the group and another continued to defend it.
In related developments:
- Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said she resigned from "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" on May 10, shortly after joining the nationwide coalition, because it went beyond its stated principles of "keeping illegal guns out of dangerous hands."
Lozeau said she did not know when she joined the group that it would "unfairly attack" fellow Nashuan Sen. Kelly Ayotte in a $2 million barrage of ads after Ayotte opposed an amendment calling for universal background checks for gun purchases in April.
- Also, Dover Mayor Dean Trefethen, responding to a Republican right-to-know request, said that other than receiving an occasional email from the group on his city account, which he quickly deletes, he has never used city resources or staff in connection with his membership in "Mayors Against Illegal Guns."
Lozeau said she was out of the group long before last week's controversy erupted when "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" supporters rallying in Concord read the names of dead Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and other murders and criminals in a list of those killed by guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The Mayors group later apologized for reading Tsarnaev's name.
The New Hampshire Journal website reported early Monday that Lozeau had been on the group's list of 950 mayors involved in the coalition in early May but that her name no longer appeared, leaving Dover's Trefethen as the only New Hampshire mayor in the coalition.
Lozeau told the New Hampshire Union Leader she joined the group after extensively researching it at the suggestion of a neighbor, following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut.
She said she felt, "How could anyone have too much heartburn about joining a group that's against illegal guns?"
But when she saw the group's first ad criticizing Ayotte, "I said, 'Wait a minute, I don't want to be part of something like that.' I told them, "You're mayors against illegal guns, you're not mayors for gun control.'
"I left the group immediately upon seeing the first ad. I don't think I even made three weeks," she said.
"I can't imagine there is any mayor in the United States who is not against illegal guns," Lozeau said. "There is no question that I and Nashua's law enforcement community are interested in keeping firearms from those not legally entitled to bear them.
"Nowhere within the literature of this group was there any indication that there would be campaigns against members of Congress, particularly around issues that were not related to illegal guns," said Lozeau. "I have known Sen. Ayotte for many years in many capacities, including her time as New Hampshire's Attorney General. Senator Ayotte is a thoughtful, effective, decisive and hardworking advocate for victims and law enforcement."
Last week, after controversy erupted at and following the Concord rally, state Republican chair Jennifer Horn demanded Dover Mayor Trefethen he quit "Mayors Against Illegal Guns."
Trefethen dismissed Horn's criticism last week as "the usual standard political attack." He characterized her latest criticism and right-to-know request as a case of "political and character assassination."
During the weekend, there were several reports that Bloomberg was using City of New York taxpayer funds for administering the gun control group's web sites.
Bloomberg aides told the Washington-based Politico web side that taxpayer funds are in fact used for the web site of the "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" coalition, which is registered by the New York City Department of Information and Technology in 2006, and, according to Politico, has "remained on official city web servers ever since."
But aides said a separate group "action fund," which has its own web site that can be reached through the coalition's site, is a 501(c)(4) advocacy group.
The "action fund" is the organization that has spent at least $14 million in Bloomberg's personal funds for gun control ads, including an estimated $2 million in New Hampshire to criticize Ayotte's vote against the Manchin-Toomey gun control amendment in the spring.
According to Politico, Bloomberg aides said the mayoral coalition fits within the legislative priorities of Bloomberg's administration and so using city resources for it is appropriate.
Horn sought from Trefethen "any written or electronic communications between you or city staff and staff or representatives from MAIG."
Horn wrote, "Dover taxpayers have a right to know if you are using any city resources to communicate with Mayors Against Illegal Guns or plan to promote any of their events in New Hampshire."
Horn wrote to Trefethen, "As the only public official in the Granite State who has signed on with MAIG, you have enthusiastically supported their efforts to infringe on the rights of law abiding gun owners. You have shamefully refused to denounce this group's decision to promote misinformation and honor thugs, cop killers and terrorists as 'victims' of gun violence."
Late Monday, Trefethen replied to Horn, "I have no records regarding MAIG. I have not had any written or electronic communications between myself and any city staff. I have not even had any verbal communications between myself and any city staff member concerning MAIG.
"I occasionally receive email from the organization to my city email address. I currently do not have any on the city email server as I usually delete them shortly after receiving them. When they call me by telephone, they call my personal cell which I personally pay for."
Other than the occasional use of the city email system, "there have been no other city resources of any kind used by me in connection with MAIG," the mayor wrote.
"It would be a violation of the Dover city charter for me to direct any city employee to do anything for me, a restriction I am well aware of and do no violate," he wrote.
Trefethen said it is "most disappointing that Horn made accusations "without knowing anything about" him.
"I have to wonder if the fact that two former NH GOP chairmen who live in Dover and are actively working to support another person for Mayor in the upcoming November election has anything to do with all of this," Trefethen wrote.
Horn countered, "It is unfortunate that you continue to stand by this out-of-state, extremist organization and refuse to denounce its shameful conduct."
Horn, congratulating Lozeau for leaving the group, said, "This organization was founded with the noble purpose of stopping illegal guns, but has morphed into an extremist group that has honored murderers and tried to infringe on the rights of law abiding gun owners."
Also during the weekend, the mayor of Rockford, Ill., Larry Morrissey, announced that he was dropping out of Mayors' coalition because its focus had expanded beyond "illegal guns" and was now also focusing on "law-abiding citizens."
(The full June 24 Granite Status follows.)
FUND-RAISING TIME. June 30 is the end of a key fund-raising quarter for federal candidates.
Reports of U.S. House members and challengers are due at the Federal Election Commission, and with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate for senators and wannabes.
Democrat incumbent Jeanne Shaheen has been pushing fund-raising hard, though she has no announced GOP opponent.
Her latest effort keyed on last Tuesday's House vote to ban most abortions after 20 weeks. The vote was 228-196, mostly along party lines. It is expected to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Shaheen's email called the vote "a direct assault on women's health, on doctors and on 'Roe V. Wade,'" asking for campaign help to "stop this dangerous bill in its tracks."
At the March 31 end of the first quarter, she had raised a total of $2.6 million since her 2008 election and had $1.46 million on hand.
Fellow Democrat Annie Kuster jumped on the abortion vote as well.
Her campaign's Friday email says she is "facing the first crucial test of our campaign since radical former (New Hampshire House) Speaker Bill O'Brien officially declared that he was running against us."
For the record, O'Brien has announced an exploratory committee, not an official campaign; but you get the idea.
The intent is to use O'Brien as a fund-raising tool for Kuster, who as of March 31 had raised $344,000 since her 2012 election. She had $282,000 on hand.
Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte isn't up for reelection until 2016, but she is also trying to raise money in anticipation of a major battle, possibly from a woman named Maggie Hassan.
From her Friday email:
"As you know, I've become the left's favorite target since voting against their gun control legislation earlier this spring.
"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his radical allies have spent over $2 million attacking my character and distorting my record. And I'm counting on our June 30 fundraising report to show they have not succeeded in damaging my reputation."
A big quarter would make a statement in response to the Bloomberg blitz.
Ayotte says that "Bloomberg and the left will use our June 30 report to determine whether or not to invest even more money into smearing my record. They'll interpret anything less than stellar numbers as proof their assault campaign is working and they'll quickly go live with more ads."
And she and her campaign probably know they'll have a "stellar" quarter, or she wouldn't have publicly set the bar so high.
Ayotte's committee had raised $887,000 since being elected in 2010 and had $831,000 on hand as of first-quarter filing.
State Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley Tweeted, "Wow. @KellyAyotte appears to be a lot more scared for her 2016 potential reelection than imagined. Maybe she should vote NH values."
THE BOOK DELIVERY. In more than one venue last week, Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" group used the names of dead Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, California killer Christopher Dorner and other criminals killed by police.
Those names were read at the Concord "No More Names" rally and were also in a book containing a list of people "murdered with guns in the six months since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary," according to the group's cover letter, later distributed to reporters by Ayotte spokesman Liz Johnson.
"This list seriously undermines the out-of-state group's claim that reading Tsarnaev's name was a simple mistake," Johnson wrote.
The Bloomberg group used an online list being compiled daily by Slate.com as its source, but as Johnson pointed out, Slate editor Dan Kois wrote, "The interactive (list) is not a list of 'victims' of gun violence — in fact, the interactive never uses that word."
Johnson points out that Kois wrote, "The list also includes other wrongdoers killed by law enforcement, people who committed suicide, people who died in accidents and people killed by criminals."
Another name on the so-called "murdered-with-guns" list delivered to Ayotte is Michael Larocque, who was shot and killed in Manchester on June 9.
Police said Larocque was the perpetrator in a home invasion and was shot and killed after kicking open the door of a Lake Avenue home. The investigation continues.
"We knew that Bloomberg's group was nasty," wrote Johnson. "Now we know it's not credible."
JENNIFER AND THE MAYOR. State Republican Party Chair Jennifer Horn and Dover Mayor Dean Trefethen had a nasty exchange Friday over the "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" controversy.
Trefethen is listed as the only New Hampshire mayor on the coalition.
After the naming of killers and the bombing suspect, Horn wrote to Trefethen asking him to resign from the group. Otherwise, she said, "you will show your constituents that you approve of the shameful and outrageous behavior of this organization."
Trefethen declined, saying Horn's email was "the usual standard political attack." Horn, he said, should be outraged at an out-of-state group attacking Shaheen on Obamacare.
"When I see the standards applied equally, then I will take your email seriously," the mayor wrote.
Horn replied that it is "extremely disappointing that you refuse to denounce this extremist organization's shameful conduct. You made the decision to join this group and lend your name to their out-of-state smear campaign. As an active member of Mayors Against Gun Violence, you own their dishonest statements and should admit that what they did was clearly wrong.''
AYOTTE SIGNS ON. After Ayotte announced that she was backing the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, she was criticized by conservatives whose complaints included that the bill did not go far enough to strengthen border security.
Ayotte said at the time she was open to considering amendments; last week she signed on as a cosponsor of a one such on border security.
Sponsored by Senate Republicans Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota, it would withhold green cards from those seeking to pursue lawful permanent resident status until "specific security steps are met," according to Ayotte's office.
The steps include an additional 20,000 border patrol agents, completion of at least 700 miles of fencing, and "full implementation of E-Verify."
The amendment also requires deportation proceedings for at least 90 percent of those who have overstayed their visas, Ayotte's office said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he hopes to have a vote on the bill before the July 4 recess.
QUITE A LINEUP. Shaheen last week hosted more than 150 members of the New Hampshire business community at her third annual "New Hampshire Business Day Luncheon" in Washington.
Addressing the group were Ayotte, Judd Gregg, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; Chris Thompson, president and CEO of Brand USA; Secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan; Richard Cordray, director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.
The only out-of-state elected official to address the Granite Staters was Ohio U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, who had been in the state for a Republican Party fund-raiser a few days earlier and is often mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential contender.
NEW CLIENT FOR RIGHTON. Conservative consulting group RightOnStrategies co-founder Mike Biundo has picked up a major client in Iowa, where he guided Rick Santorum to a narrow win in the first-in-the-nation caucus.
Biundo and RightOn will be the general consultant for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Clovis, who was a major Santorum backer.
Clovis, a radio talk show host and college professor, is described as a long shot to win the nomination for a seat being vacated by Democrat Tom Harkin.
But Santorum was a long-shot in Iowa, too, before he won.
TRACKING JIM. Republican former state Sen. Jim Rubens, who is exploring a run against Shaheen next year, says he was "tracked" and had his talk recorded by Democratic operatives at recent appearances in Nashua and Milford.
Although the hosts asked the trackers to leave, Rubens says, "I've got no problem being recorded."
John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jdistaso.


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Ellen Peach 3/26/2003 3:42:22 PMColorful chaos...very cool shot, Mike! #27942
Cheers, Mike. #85359
Toni A. Martin 9/7/2003 9:48:10 AMI love this. I can see it printed as a mural on the backlight paper and hanging in some very classy restaurant for the younger set. #190375
This looks like chaos for the drive home! The long exposure adds just a little excitement to the evening commute. Nikon D100 35-70mm lens. 4 secs @ f22.
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Probably a bit late to the party, but I will attempt to share things of interest to me (that are over the 140 character twitter limit) via this space.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
4 comments:
Why not slowly import this to the other one?
- April 28, 2012 at 7:09 PM
- Archangel Amael said...
There are probably 3 good reasons, one the tutorials here were based on BT3 and 4. So in a way they are old. That doesn't mean the material is outdated though. As such I would kind of like to have a "new blog" with "new material" which brings me to the 3rd excuse, the lack of time to do all of this. :)
- April 29, 2012 at 6:05 AM
This is certainly in my bookmarks and I use it for reference, so mark another one for still use it list.
- May 8, 2012 at 12:56 AM
I guess that's fair! I do use this for reference as well, I didn't know about your other one but will be checking it out soon! Thank you for the hard work though! It's helped me out a lot.
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Report: UNC's Roy Williams has kidney surgery
North Carolina coach Roy Williams has begun recovering from surgery Wednesday to remove a tumor from his right kidney and is expected to be on the sideline when the season starts.
Still, the coach might need another operation to remove another tumor from his left kidney.
"I fully expect him to coach this season and for years to come," Dr. Eric Wallen said in a statement. "He could miss some practice time if we perform another procedure sometime in October, but he would be able to resume his coaching duties prior to the start of the regular season."
It's unclear exactly how much time the 62-year-old Williams will miss leading up to the start of preseason practice Oct. 13.
In a news release, the school said doctors discovered the tumor during a physical earlier this month. The release also said Williams underwent a 3½-hour procedure Wednesday morning. The severity of the tumor that was removed is unknown and team spokesman Matt Bowers said test results could be back in about a week.
Tar Heels players and assistant coaches expect don't expect the Hall of Famer to miss any of preseason practice. They also know Williams might have to go a little slower than he would like.
"Coach is Coach, he's going to be anxious and he can't sit still very long," longtime assistant Steve Robinson said, "but we just want him to ... make sure he has full recovery."
C.B. McGrath, a Tar Heels assistant who played and coached under Williams at Kansas, said everyone wants Williams to return quickly, but there is no hurry.
"You know, coach has always built every program he's ever done on consistency and he's run a program," McGrath said. "All of our veterans know what they're supposed to do. All of us working for coach all these years know what we're supposed to do. So things are going to be fine as usual with the program. We just obviously are more worried about coach Williams and his health."
Williams has had minor health issues in recent years, including occasional bouts with vertigo and back problems. He had shoulder surgery three years ago to repair a torn labrum, which left him to coach several weeks with his left arm in a sling.
Williams' surgery Wednesday was first reported by WRAL in Raleigh
The coach told his assistants a few days ago that he would have surgery for the kidney tumor, then called a team meeting Tuesday night to tell the players he would have surgery the next morning.
"When we all heard, it was just that awkward silence in the room," senior guard Dexter Strickland said. "We didn't expect that at all, especially from him. You can't really explain it."
Still, junior guard Reggie Bullock sounded optimistic that Williams would be ready for the start of the season.
"My assumption is he will be back for practice," Bullock said. "I just know this is the game he loves and he'd do anything to be here with us."
Williams is preparing for his 10th season at his alma mater, where he spent 10 years as an assistant to Dean Smith before taking over at Kansas and leading the Jayhawks to four Final Fours. Williams, who has 675 wins in 24 seasons, won NCAA championships with the Tar Heels in 2005 and 2009.
The Tar Heels have won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title and reached an NCAA regional final the past two seasons. North Carolina must replace four NBA first-round draft picks from last year's preseason No. 1-ranked team.
In a statement, UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham said he has stressed to Williams "that he returns only when he has been given the medical approval and he is ready to do that." McGrath -- who along with Robinson and director of basketball operations Joe Holladay came with Williams from Kansas in 2003 -- said the coaching staff wouldn't likely update Williams on anything going on with the program for at least a few days as he recovers.
"I think all of us are in charge," Robinson said. "We've all got our duties and our responsibilities, and I don't think we have one single person where we say, 'OK, this guy is in charge of everything.' You know who's in charge of everything? Roy Williams is in charge."


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Ayotte paints bleak fiscal picture at Town Hall meetingBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
October 24. 2013 9:18PM
HUDSON — Donning a white Red Sox cap, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte shared the latest update on the nation's fiscal situation during a Town Hall meeting in Hudson Thursday evening.
"I felt this is an issue we can all agree on," the senator told the crowd of 100 or so gathered in the Hudson Memorial School gymnasium as she gently tipped her hat.
During the hour-long program — her 27th Town Hall meeting since taking office in 2011 — Ayotte tackled the tough issues of Obamacare, the national deficit and the recent government shutdown, later offering audience members the chance to ask questions.
Outside in the school parking lot, a small cluster of people held up signs, bearing handwritten messages both for and against the Nashua legislator.
"We're in full support of our senator," sign-holder Jack Wagner said.
"I'm here to protect our seniors from Kelly," countered Jerry O'Connor.
Both men agreed to disagree.
"I think both of us can agree on one thing," Wagner said. "New Hampshire is a great place to live and we want it to stay that way."
On the topic of the nation's current $17 trillion worth of debt, Ayotte didn't mince words.
"This is one milestone we never wanted to meet," she said, noting that in the current fiscal year alone there's an anticipated budget deficit of $759 billion.
"The 2013 deficit alone could pay all of the 2013 salaries of every (Major League Baseball) player for the next 248 years," she added. "It could purchase a large Dunkin' Donuts coffee for every single American every day for four years."
Ayotte painted an equally dire picture for American's employment situation.
"Our labor force participation rate is at its lowest since 1978," she said. "We still have 21.5 million Americans that are either unemployed or underemployed right now."
The senator offered more statistics for thought, noting that the United States currently spends $10 billion each day and of that, $2 billion is borrowed.
"If we stay on the path we're headed, our debt will reach $25 trillion in the next decade," she warned.
The recent 16-day government shutdown cost an estimated $2.2 billion, according to Ayotte.
"In Washington, we've done a very good job at kicking the can down the road," she said.
Currently, just over 60 percent of the government's spending is on mandatory programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
"These are promises we made that we need to keep," she said.
The remaining expenditures, she noted, are "discretionary" or so-called "social safety net" programs.
By comparison, just over 32 percent of the nation's budget was spent on "autopilot" programs in fiscal year 1963, Ayotte said.
"Our entitlements are growing at a much faster rate," she added. "We definitely have a demographic challenge here."
Ayotte said that if nothing changes, Medicare would be insolvent by 2026, while Social Security would be insolvent by 2033.
The senator called Obamacare "a train wreck," one that would result in $1 trillion in new taxes.
"So many people approach me with uncertainty, with questions," Ayotte said. "There are just too many problems inherently built into this law."
Hudson retiree Roland Harmon said he was particularly concerned about further reductions in the armed services sector. Harmon said he feared the end result would be many injured veterans not receiving needed services.
"Too many times our servicemen and women come home suffering horrendously," he added. "We're cutting them loose too soon. Other times they have to wait months, even years for their VA services."
Nashua resident Kathy Peterson said she feared the debt would filter down to future generations.
The senator said she, for one, believed the current immigration situation is partially at fault.
"We have 11 million people that are in this country illegally," Ayotte said. " We need a legal immigration, a merit-based one, that works better for us."


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Justin Guarini, runner-up to Kelly Clarkson in the first season of American Idol, is getting married this weekend.
The 30-year-old singer will tie the knot with fiancee, Reina Capodici this Saturday on a private estate along the Delaware River near both their families' homes in Pennsylvania, Usmagazine.com has learned.
Though Justin and Reina dated for a few years, they've known each other since they were teens. Justin will become a stepfather to Reina's 4-year-old daughter Lola, from a previous relationship.
A female minister from the Universal Church will preside over the ceremony and the couple intend to recite vows they've written themselves.
Last weekend, Justin covered the Emmy Awards for the TV Guide Channel. He also plans to return to the studio to record his third CD.


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Our mission is to inspire authentic and positive connections to the natural world and to one another. We accomplish this as an active lifestyle hotel with a strong environmental consciousness. Experience our world – one that is rooted in fresh mountain air, pure water and irresistible mountain trails.
– Owners Jeff and Patty Baird
Our story begins long before we broke ground on the Cedar House Sport Hotel in 2004. It is rooted in who we are and how we have been challenged, grown and benefited from spending time in nature. It is both that simple and complex.
Let's begin with where we are today – It is our belief that the psyche connects to all things real. The materials chosen for the Cedar House promote harmony between the structure and the natural world. Aesthetically, we know hotels need to be warm and inviting, but they should also transcend the function of shelter into an experience. Design plays a vital role in the underlying theme of the Cedar House – which is all about connections. The Cedar House is an active lifestyle hotel complete with avant-garde restaurant, well-equipped event center, enriching yoga space and in-house adventure guiding company that connects people to the Sierra Nevada as well as magnificent natural places in the West.
While designing spaces and choosing materials, our interest and understanding of green building principles continued to expand and continues to be one of our passions. When we purchased the property in the 1980's, there was a partially completed foundation. At that time, there was also building moratorium, and the town wasn't as nearly upscale as it is today. We intended to create a hostel-like place where young people could congregate between skiing, hiking and playing in the great outdoors. The moratorium ended at a time when Truckee began attracting a larger affluent clientele, and we made the decision to raise the caliber of the Cedar House as well as incorporate an event center and stellar restaurant. We designed the Cedar House with architect Ken Meffan of Rough and Ready. The hotel opened in 2006, the event center in 2007, Stella in 2008 and we purchased Tahoe Trips & Trails in 2011.
Nestled amongst towering pine trees in historic Truckee, CA, our award winning boutique inn was influenced by our experiences in family owned and operated chalets in the European Alps. Often the front desk clerk, who also happened to be the owner's son, took us skiing and then we'd see him or another family member serving dinner. We'd receive recommendations on where to visit and where to eat based on experience gathered from generations. The Cedar House is a reflection of our European experience. As a family owned business, we offer something many large corporations cannot: Exceptional service with attention to personal details. We make the effort to acknowledge specials occasions during our guests' visits, we invite guests to explore our favorite trails and offer guided excursions on a regular basis.
Whether the focus is exclusively pleasure, business or a healthy combination of both, the Cedar House provides an organic setting where life is always an adventure. Our stellar dining, truly comfortable accommodations, and enriching outdoor adventures are unsurpassed. We invite guests from near and far to quench their thirst for natural thrills, fulfill their craving for unique flavor and, at the end of the day, sink into the comfort of luxurious pillow top mattress under a down comforter.
Our Background
Patty grew up on Okinawa and began visiting Lake Tahoe and Truckee in her mid 20's after living in Alaska for three years. She thrives on big idea thinking yet also has a knack for perfecting the details. Each guest experience and each event – whether it is a wedding weekend, backpacking adventure or week-long corporate gathering – receives her personal attention. When she's not creating the ultimate guest experience, she's hiking, skiing, enjoying time with or diving into a Huffington Post article or new book.
Jeff's childhood days were full of making discoveries along the winding trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Fascinated by design and building from a young age, he parlayed his skills and interests into JB Construction and built custom homes as a general contractor based in Grass Valley before the Bairds made Truckee their primary home in 2004.
During the years Jeff and Patty lived in Nevada City they made frequent trips to the mountains and have had a home in Truckee since 1996. Prior to designing and building homes with Jeff, Patty was a commercial lender as a Citibank account executive. Patty and Jeff met over business and the rest, as they say, is history. The Cedar House is so much more than the Baird's business. It is also their home. Stella, their kitchen, and the great Sierra Nevada, their expansive backyard.
Green building and sustainability are not just catch phrases; it is the way our society – today and in the future – will need to operate in times of resource scarcity and economic necessity.
Sue Duerksen – President | Sierra Green Building Association | Case Study 2008
Building Construction Type:
Stick frame construction with fiberglass insulation.
Site Use and &Protection Measures Before & During Construction (LEED Cat I):
One year before construction owner completed grading, drainage and construction of a retention pond in front of the structure; so all of the run-off water was retained on-site
Outdoor & Indoor Water Efficiency Measures in Project (LEED Cat II):
Water draining off green roof goes through gutters down a hanging chain to the landscaping below. The landscaping is sloped so that the runoff water helps water the landscaping due to the outward facing slope.
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Measures Used in Project (LEED Cat III):
- Wood–framed Low-E and solar tinted windows
- Every light fixture on the property is fluorescent or low voltage; no incandescent lights
- All lights have photo sensors and timers on them
- Cellulose insulation in the ceilings and blown-in fiberglass in the walls
Space & Water Heating Systems:
The buildings are designed so that everything happens from the center of each building. As a result there is no plumbing on exterior walls for saving energy and freeze protection.
The hotel uses a Rinnai tankless boiler system. Due to the design of the building there are very short footage runs from each hot water heater to each showerhead. Each building has 3 instantaneous hot water heaters for the potable water system and one Bideras instantaneous heater for the hydronic space heating system.
They were originally concerned when designing the system that the instantaneous hot water heaters may not keep up with customer hot water demand, especially due to the very cold water coming in from the street. So in order to help out the instantaneous domestic hot water heaters, the system was designed to come through a water jacket on the hydronic floor system holding tank before proceeding to the hot water heaters. This design allowed the temp of the incoming water to be heated up to a luke-warm temperature before entering the Rinnai instantaneous heaters, helping lessen the cold temperature extremes the heaters had to heat.
The Rinnai system allows each tankless water heater to "talk" to each other heater as the demand on them increases or decreases. This is an extremely energy efficient system which currently runs off natural gas, but at any time can be converted over to solar hydronic.
The hydronic in-floor heating system provides a minimum level of heating for both the hallways and each room. If a customer wants more heat in a room, a secondary ceiling mounted fan-powered hydronic system picks up the slack. Within moments of turning up the in-room thermostat, the secondary system has adjusted the room temperature to desired setting.
Green Materials & Green Measures Implemented in Project (LEED Cat IV):
Green Roof over reception/check-in area. All of the cedar exterior siding and logs came from a re-forestation project and was milled in Camptonville, CA by Moonshine Reforestation
Indoor Environmental Considerations Used in Project (LEED Cat V):
Everything used in all the interior spaces was installed and the doors of the building were left open for over a month to allow everything to outgas prior to occupation.
- Low VOC carpeting and draperies
- Richlite paper-based countertops
- Very nice plywood cabinets
- Wall mounted toilets and free floating cabinetry allow for quick and easy cleaning of the bathrooms without mold concerns.
Community Ties | The connection between the Cedar House Sport Hotel's philanthropy and environment ethos is unmistakable. The hotel's primary beneficiaries do exceptional work in the region and possess a strong environmental stewardship ethos.
Adventure Risk Challenge
Adventure Risk Challenge seeks to improve literacy and life skills, expose youth to a range of wilderness experiences and inspire the confidence they need to envision and accomplish goals, succeed in high school and become engaged, empowered citizens.
Mountain Area Preservation Foundation
Active since 1987, MAPF is an advocate for smart-growth. The foundation works to preserve, protect and enhance the region's natural environment by ensuring new development is environmentally sensitive.
Pacific Crest Trail Association
The Pacific Crest Trail Association is a fraternity of trail lovers at its core, focusing on preserving, protecting and promoting the PCT. From shore to shore, they champion the needs of the Pacific Crest Trail as a precious gift to future generations.
Sierra Business Council
Committed to pioneering innovative solutions throughout the Sierra Nevada, the Sierra Business Council fosters vibrant communities, fair and prosperous economies and thriving ecosystems. Their motto is "When all three thrive, everyone wins."
Tahoe Rim Trail Association
TRTA was started in 1981 to construct and maintain the Tahoe Rim Trail that loops around Lake Tahoe. Did you know the 165-mile long, single-track Tahoe Rim Trail overlaps with fifty miles of the Pacific Crest Trail?
Truckee Donner Land Trust
The Land Trust works with diverse stakeholders to create win-win situations for private and public interests to preserve and protect areas with high natural resource value.
Truckee River Watershed Council
The Watershed council is committed to restoring , protecting and enhancing the Truckee River watershed.
Sustainably Built
Fused from unrefined and recycled materials, the Cedar House Sport Hotel encourages the natural connection between the human body and the landscape we exist in.
Located 1 mile from downtown Truckee, the Cedar House Sport Hotel has an array of dining options close by, sure to please any palate. Stella Pop Up Dinners are also available seasonally, and usually sell out!
Dog Friendly
Your mountain stay would not be complete if fido wasn't there to share it with you! View our SUGGESTED DOGCATION ITINERARY here! (Please call the Hotel Front Desk for ALL dog reservations)
Rooted in Adventure
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This is a tough couple questions to ask. Please forgive the length of the post. This message is spurred by a call-in to the Tom Tynan radio show in Texas. The caller complained of AC monthly bills in the $350-400 range (meaning 3500-4000 kwh) while living in a 2700 sqft home using 3.0 ton AC system. He said the system ran "all the time".
Now Tynan has more experience than I will ever have, on building matters in general. I would buy a home built by him and trust in his craftsmanship and good construction methods, as much as any builder I know of -- even when they are not what Lstiburek would do. But occasionally Tynan sounds off his strong opinions that don't seem to reflect education.
Tynan came down hard on this guy's AC sizing, saying the long runtimes were the source of high bills. He strongly advocated a larger unit which would cycle even during the hottest days, saying the shorter runtime would result in lower bills -- he strongly suggested a similar house built by him would see summer bills no higher than $160/mo.
Tynan exclusively uses Central City Air for his AC systems, so I am very confident he gets a quality install even if not exactly to Manual J specs. And I am confident CCA would make sure the ductwork was well sized (Tynan's apparent awareness of ductwork is nil). I am hoping Airman would be willing to say why Tynan might be believing a larger system would be better for energy consumption. Would anyone else care to argue in favor of Tynan's claim that a larger system with shorter runtimes, would result in lower energy bills?
Question for the other board experts -- At 900 sqft/ton this does not seem to be the classic old leaky Texas house. It seems as if someone tried to use modern building practices and botched it. What would you think would be the LEADING CAUSES TO SUSPECT for high energy bills in a case like this one?
While I would *like* to believe all the answers can be found with Lstiburek and Manual J etc., it seems necessary to look and see if answers can be found elsewhere as well. Hence the devil's advocate type of question.
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Hitchcock rings false from start to finish.
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Though the film is titled Hitchcock and ostensibly centers on the legendary director, we get a better sense of the women around him than the enigmatic filmmaker.
This narrative directing debut by Sacha Gervasi remains absorbing and aptly droll despite a few dramatic ups and downs and, led by large performances by Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren.
It's a perfect summation of why he was the ultimate filmmaker.
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OK for kids 13+
Entertaining biopic focuses on Hitch's marriage and method.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Hitchcock isn't a full biopic of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock but rather a snippet of his personal and professional life as he made one of his most famous movies, Psycho. There are a few scenes of disturbing violence: the murder of a brother; a dead, bloody woman being dragged into a bathtub, and a killer who sleeps with his dead mother. The frightening shower scene from Psycho is depicted, with Hitchcock himself holding the butcher knife to elicit realistic screams from actress Janet Leigh. The language is comparatively mild ("ass," "damn"), but there are allusions to infidelity and sexual obsession, plus shots of kissing, groping, and women in their underwear.
Messages: Hitchcock is the story of the director's professional and personal journey to make one of the most important works of his career. The movie encourages artistic risks, commitment to your craft, and the importance of marital partnership and collaboration.
Role models: Alfred Hitchcock is a driven, visionary director who puts up his own funds to make the movie he feels destined to make. Alma Reville is an amazing wife and partner to him. She collaborates with him professionally, fills in for him when he's sick, and keeps him as sane as she can without sacrificing her entire identity. Even when she's tempted by an emotional connection to another man, she doesn't give in and stays loyal to Hitchcock. Janet Leigh gives Hitchcock the benefit of the doubt, even though she's warned about how tyrannical he can be with his leading ladies.
Violence: The murders of real-life serial killer Ed Gein are shown briefly -- from his first murder of his brother (via a hit to the head) to a bloodied dead woman he drags to a bathtub. There's also a scene in which Gein is shown sleeping with his dead mother. Psycho's infamous shower scene is depicted, with Hitchcock wielding a butcher's knife to make Leigh scream more convincingly.
Sex: Hitchcock stares through a peep hole at an actress undressing. Leigh's ample bosom is discussed (like the fact that one frame shows her nipple in the shower scene), and she, Alma, and Vera Miles are all shown in their period undergarments (cone-shaped bras, full-coverage underwear, and slips). Alma and Alfred hug and kiss a couple of times. A married man is shown mid-affair (groping and kissing a woman who's in her bra and panties). There's a brief shot of two actors filming a love scene on a bed (she's in lingerie, he's shirtless).
Language: Language includes "damn," "crap," "hell," "oh my God," "queer" (to describe actor Anthony Perkins), and insults like "corpulent," "fat," "ass," etc.
Consumerism: Not an issue
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Hitchcock is portrayed as a near-alcoholic who drinks in almost every scene of the movie. He often hides liquor from his wife.
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In 2010, Sleigh Bells rode a gargantuan wave of hype to a day-ending set at the Pitchfork Music Fest. And delivered a performance that singer Alexis Krauss calls "mediocre."
"What I heard is that people were really frustrated because it was pretty quiet," says Krauss, who performs with Sleigh Bells on a bigger stage Saturday night, July 14 at Pitchfork 2012. "I think we were plagued by the usual complications that can plague a new band ... Unfortunately, you have to make those mistakes in front of 5,000 people to learn that you really can't make those mistakes again. I'm really looking forward to being back there this time around and kind of redeeming ourselves and obviously playing a more cohesive, longer, better set.
I see it as kind of a gift that we're getting a second chance."
Of course, plenty of buzz bands (insert obligatory Clap Your Hands Say Yeah reference) fall into the here-today, gone-tomorrow trap. Sleigh Bells, however, which blends jagged guitars, electronic/hip-hop beats and Krauss' sugar-sweet vocals into knife-stuffed sonic cotton candy, maintained its relevance by not only delivering a terrific debut (2010's "Treats") but following it up with a record nearly as exciting, this year's "Reign of Terror."
By phone from New York, Krauss, 26, talked about performing as if it were a "competitive sport," discovering new music and how new bands can thrive at Pitchfork.
You say that you and guitarist/producer Derek Miller are now more confident on stage. How do you think that's evident from the audience's perspective?
When we go on stage now, we're going onstage with a lot more intentions than we ever have. When I go on stage I almost see it as me playing a competitive sport. I don't want that to sound obnoxious, but I go out thinking, "It's my job to win over this audience. It's my job to give them the best possible show, that they've paid to come see." I feel this really intense, self-imposed pressure that I have the power to make it be the best show it can be. Whereas before I thought of my role as being much more passive, kind of like, "Well, we'll see how this goes, and hopefully it'll go well." Whereas now I feel much more in control and Derek feels the same. We go out there with much more confidence. Obviously we're fortunate to have more fans. We have more people coming out to see our shows now because they enjoy our music and not so much because they've heard about this buzz band and they want to go see what's up with them. We had a lot of that in the beginning, which was great, because that's how people decide whether or not they like you, but I think now people come to see us because they really want to and they're really looking forward to it … we're really fortunate to have people that are devoted to us and interested in us.
Speaking of which, how do you look back on those early days of buzz—it seems silly to call two or three years ago the "early days"—as far as something you've learned and something you look back on now and laugh?
[Laughs] I feel like we weathered the storm pretty well. We chose not to really engage our negative press. We always chose to rise above it and say, "keep our focus on the music and keep our focus on whatever creative output we were putting out there." Obviously I think when you're a young band and things go well for you you're forced to make your mistakes in public. You don't really have a chance to become really great performers while performing in front of 10 people. You're suddenly opening up for LCD Soundsystem for example and you may not be deserving of opening for LCD Soundsystem at all. [Laughs] But suddenly you're there and you're doing it and you have to go through the embarrassment of feeling unprepared. So we had moments like that where I think we had some growing pains, but overall Derek and I, we both had a lot of prior experience in the music industry, and we didn't say yes to every opportunity that came our way just because somebody told us it was a good opportunity. We were very discriminating. I think we saved ourselves a lot of the … frustrations that I know a lot of people go through. I guess my overall point is that I don't really have many regrets. I think we've developed relatively gracefully considering the circumstances and we've always stayed focused on just improving and getting better.
Do you think people should have the notion of buzz bands working out the kinks when going to a fest like Pitchfork that aims to expose some newer acts?
People have high expectations, and that's good. I don't think that people should ever lower their expectations because a band is new or a band is young. I really think it's up to the artist to not put themselves in a position where they are going to embarrass themselves or they're going to feel like they've failed. I really think that's more the artist's responsibility. When a fan is paying money to see a band they should receive a certain level of quality. So I think the pressure is much more on the artist and it's less about compromising expectations as a consumer of music. But that being said, I think people can be extremely cruel. I think people need to stay focused more on the music and less on pettiness of Internet gossip or what a particular person looks like or is wearing or whatever.
What do you think drives the discovery of new music these days? I was reading old interviews with you and in one from 2010 you talked about acclaim you had before you even had a MySpace page. These days you don't hear many bands talking about their MySpace page.
I think it's dominantly blogs. Blogs and independent radio stations. Stations like Sirius and college radio. I found out about most of my new music from sites like Pitchfork or Stereogum just because it's the easiest way. You can go on Pitchfork and you can generally trust what they think is good or relevant or exciting. I'm fortunate to be a touring musician so I get to see a lot of new bands. Whether it's because our friends are having them support them or because they're supporting us. That's one of the most exciting things about touring so much is that we always have to have an opener and Derek and I are constantly listening to new artists … I think it's word of mouth. It's going to shows. It's seeing people open. It's reading blogs. In one way it's very difficult to get your music heard by people because there's just so much music, but on the other end it's like all you really need is for the right person to hear you or for you to open for the right band or be at the right show. It's so easy to get that platform. It's kind of a double-edged sword. It really takes a little bit of luck to get the opportunity that you really need to be able to make the music that you want to make.
What's a music fest no-no as far as you're concerned?
An artist no-no or a fan no-no?
Either? Both?
[Laughs] Let me think. I would say our no-no is—when possible, we never play while the sun is out. [Laughs] I think playing mid-day in the heat is probably one of the worst things you can possibly do. Obviously, you have to do it sometimes because that's the only slot that you can get. But I know when I see bands out there suffering in the midday heat I'm feeling equally as—there's something obviously more exciting about seeing bands at night and they can have their lights and they can do their show properly. I would say if you're an artist, fight for those post-sunset slots. [Laughs] Because I think they're always better. In terms of the fans, I've seen kids that are like passed out in the middle of the field at 7 p.m., so I would say pace yourself.
When the weekend is over, between bands like you and Japandroids and Wild Flag and Iceage, who will have ears still ringing the most?
There's a lot of exciting bands there. I'm a big fan of Grimes. I like her a lot. We got to hang with her a bit in Barcelona at the Primavera Festival. I'm really looking forward to seeing what she continues to do. I think she's an exciting artist. She has her head on properly. She's super creative and dynamic. I'm looking forward to her set. I'm a big fan of Liturgy as well. I think it will probably be one of the first times for a lot of people to see them. They're definitely a polarizing band. There's going to be a lot of people that are just going to think it's noise or are just going to think it's not worth listening to, but I think there's a lot of incredible melody in their music and I think Hunter's voice is out of this world. I'm looking forward to those two … is Danny Brown playing at Pitchfork? I hear he's really exciting. I'm looking forward to people seeing him and continuing on that upward trajectory.
Do you have any go-to devices to conjure the necessary energy onstage, and has there been a time when all that energy has intentionally or unintentionally stayed with you offstage?
Yeah, it's hard to come down from [shows]. You have all this adrenaline pumping and all this excitement. It's a very emotional experience, whether it's a really great show or a really bad show. You're feeling a lot, everything's really heightened. I kinda like bringing it offstage with me because when you're touring that's what you look forward to the entire day. Your entire day, it becomes a good or bad day based on how those 45 minutes on stage go. I like when my show colors the rest of the evening. I'm not a partier. When I'm on the road I try and stay super focused and healthy. I see going on stage as my job. And by that I don't mean that it's something that's monotonous or mundane or associated with all the negative connotation of work. But it's my job and I've got to do it damn well.
So the adrenaline happens naturally, not sitting in a closed room listening to "Eye of the Tiger" on repeat.
We usually blast either Joan Jett really loud or it could be Def Leppard—we'll blast our favorite records and just kind of jump around and dance or do jumping jacks. Derek and our touring guitar player will do like 50 push-ups. [Laughs] Whatever we need to do to get our hearts racing and feel strong and confident. We make strange noises. [Laughs] We just act like we're getting ready for a pep rally or something.
If you had to give one piece of advice to a new band playing at Pitchfork, what would it be?
I would say the best advice is you have to stay focused on making the music that you want to make and stay focused on making sure that that music is the best possible music that you can make. And as soon as you start letting other people's ideas or opinions color and compromise your artistic integrity and your artistic ideas … you're compromised. You're letting something that shouldn't be involved in your creative decision-making color your ideas. And that's really dangerous. I think that's really poisonous. You've gotta rise about the pressure and cynicism, especially in a world of buzz bands. You have to try to make yourself a lasting presence and you will be if your music is good. It's not about the gossip. It's not about what you tweet. It's not about what you post on Facebook. It's not about what you post on Instagram. It's about making good records. I would say just stay focused on that and you'll probably do all right.
You and Derek met when he served you and your mom at a restaurant he was working at. When you guys go out to eat now, how often do servers try to talk their way into joining the band?
[Laughs] You know what, that's the one and only time that's ever happened to me. It was a very serendipitous experience. It was the one and only time my mom and I ever went to that restaurant. It just goes to show how quickly your life can change in one day from one [encounter] with one stranger. It was pretty magical.
On Chicago: "We went to this incredible restaurant last time we were there calledSchwa. You need a reservation months in advance but the guy who owns it hooked up a lot of the bands that were playing Pitchfork just because he's a music fan. So we got to go there. I'm always on the quest for a really good Chicago hot dog as cliché as that sounds. I've also had some of the best Mexican food just as little taquerias and bakeries. Chicago's a great city, and it's a city that we unfortunately have not been able to spend tons of time in. so io'm just looking forward to being outside and enjoying it, riding my bike."


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H.R. 2421, the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, would remove the term "navigable waters" from the 1972 Clean Water Act, expanding the scope of areas and activities covered by federal regulation to virtually all wet areas in the United States.
H.R. 2421 replaces the term "navigable" with a new legislative definition of "waters of the United States" that includes all "intrastate waters" and all "activities affecting these waters."
NCGA Production and Stewardship Action Team Chairman Bill Chase warned of the serious consequences of this new legislation. "This bill would be the most far-reaching expansion of the original Clean Water Act, extending federal jurisdictional reach to everything from ditches and gutters to groundwater," Chase said.
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Chase noted that corn growers continue to be committed to the protection and restoration of wetlands. However, he said regulating ditches, culverts and pipes, desert washes, dry arroyos, farmland and treatment ponds as "waters of the United States" and subjecting those waters to all of the requirements under federal regulation will only result in confusion and not in water quality protection.
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Evans was charged in the 2006 death of 15-month-old Skyler Barrett, who was living with his mother Dasha and Evans when he died on Oct. 23, 2006.and was arrested May 9, 2007.
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Adult Swim in a Box (US - DVD R1)
Warner Home Video has now provided us with some highres package shots
Starring: N/A (Animation)
Released: 30th July 2009
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Warner Home Video has announced Adult Swim in a Box which includes Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 2, Space Ghost Season 3, Moral Oral Season 1, Robot Chicken Season 2, Metalocalypse Season 1, and Sealab Season 2. The 6-disc package will be available to own from the 30th July, and should retail at around $69.98. Extras will include a bonus disc with 5 Adult Swim pilots never before released on DVD. We've attached our first look at the official package artwork below:
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I'm sure they have plans to release more seasons of shows in these box sets. This is probably one of many, and who knows? It's adult swim.. Maybe theyvare releasing it all in random orders just to give you somethin' to talk about
Wow - that's not bad at all.
Lol I love how on their commercial for this product, they cross out "in a box" and replace it with "Ca$h Grab." It's true tho. Definitely won't buy, as it doesn't even include Venture Bros.
I don't get this one at all. If your buying this set to START your collection of Adult Swim Dvds. Most of these are volumes 2 and 3.
With the box looking so big, do you think it will just be the regular packaging for the seasons/volumes inside the box?
Highres artwork added
No or Venture Bros? But instead friggin Sealab 2021 & Moral Orel? EPIC FAIL!
which five pilots that haven't been released to DVD?
Yeah I don't get this set. I would rather have something that features a bit of everything over box sets inserted into another box set. I have three of the six so no go for me.
JackJackMN wrote: Sorry, Venture Bros is the best Adult Swim show. Boxset=fail
Aqua Teen kills Venture Bros.
Aqua Teen kills Venture Bros.
Moral Orel but not Venture Brothers? Stupid set.
Sorry, Venture Bros is the best Adult Swim show. Boxset=fail
If this is supposed to be a starter set, why wouldn't you include the first volumes of these series?
I don't get why The Venture Bros ain't on here. Or Squidbillies. Two of the best shows.
Ps. Also Tim and Eric Awesome Show GreaT Job.
Ps. Also Tim and Eric Awesome Show GreaT Job.
And the big omission must be The Venture Bros., as it's definitely a best-selling Adult Swim series.
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A reflection on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's former president and CEO, Doug Nelson, and his instrumental role in reforming child welfare lawsuits.
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Morgan Schneiderlin has admitted his debt of gratitude to former boss Alan Pardew after agreeing terms on a new four-year contract.
The French midfielder, who has been in superb form for Saints since their return to the Premier League, revealed it was Pardew who added the defensive skills to his natural passing game that has made him the player he is today.
Schneiderlin who this week penned a deal to keep him at St Mary's until 2017, was once nicknamed 'ZZ' by former coach Dean Wilkins, who likened the midfielder's talents to those of French legend Zinedine Zidane.
Now, though, Schneiderlin has adapted his game, making him one of the most under-rated players in the top flight – and thanks Pardew for doing that.
"He was the one saying to me to improve on my defensive skills," he said.
"He was the one who was telling me 'come on, you need more tackling.' "So, thanks go to him and his words every day saying that to me."
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