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Would you use Fuji black and white 5x4 instant film if available
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Yes, in pack form.
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Yes, in sheet form.
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Yes, in both forms.
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Total Votes : 14
Stephen Furley
Joined: 11 May 2001
Posts: 79
Location: London, England
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:26 pm
Post subject: Polaroid film.
Remaining stocks of 5x4 film seem to be selling faster than expected. Even expired film has been selling for silly prices on Ebay. It seems to me that Polaroid should have made one last large batch, which they could have sold to allow users to stock up after the withdrawal of this material was announced.
There were suggestions that Polaroid might license another manufacturer to make these materials, and rumors that Ilford were going to do so, which seems highly unlikely. If anybody is going to do this then the only likely company would be Fuji, who are still, at present, making their own peel-apart films, in pack form. Polaroid pack holders, both 405 and 550 models, have also been selling for silly prices, presumably to people who hope to continue to use Fuji film after stocks of Polaroid are exhausted. The availability of the Fuji film is welcome, and since they will have the market to themselves soon sales may increase somewhat, and possibly keep it in production for somewhat longer than might otherwise have been the case. However, there are two problems: Firstly, while Fuji make pack film for both sizes of holders, 405 and 550, the black and white material is only available in the smaller size for some reason. The colour material is available in both sizes; it would be nice to have a black and white material available in 5x4 size, do you think it worth some of us writing to Fuji to suggest it? Since they are already making both the black and white film, and the larger film packs the cost of putting the two together shouldn't be that great, and with the possibility of increased sales after the demise of Polaroid film might be justified. I have a 550 holder, if anybody else doesn't, and sees one going cheap, then it might be worth buying it. Until recently they seem to have sold for almost nothing, if at all.
The second problem with the Fuji films of course is that they have only ever been available in pack form, not as sheets for the 500/545.545i and 545 Pro holders, which most large format users have. With the demise of the Polaroid films it would be nice to see film in this form produced, under licence, by Fuji, but I somehow doubt that this will happen.
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Location: Southern CA
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 1:31 am
Post subject: Polaroid RIP
I thought Ilford were interested in acquiring Polaroid rights? Do you know anything about that?
I've used 3x4, 4x5, and 8x10 Polaroid films for years. I'm not going to speculate on Polaroid's motivation. It was a very nice, and unique product. I have whole portfolios full of nothing but Polaroid. It always impressed my clients.
What I do want to mention to potential Polaroid purchasers is that the quality, or more correctly, the reliability of Polaroid films has fallen off in the last couple of years. I would be very careful about laying out the big bucks for the stuff Polaroid finally pushed out the door.
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Stephen Furley
Joined: 11 May 2001
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Location: London, England
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:02 am
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All I have heard was a statement, I think from Polaroid themselves, that it was hoped that it might be possible to find another manufacturer to continue the production of some of the film products, or words to that effect, and then a rumor, I can't remember where I read it now, that Ilford might be doing so, and that an announcement might be made by the end of March. We have heard no such announcement, and I think it unlikely that Ilford would take this on.
To the best of my knowledge Ilford have never made instant films in the past, and they have always ruled out the possibility of producing their own conventional films in Quickload/Readyload style packets. Other than Cibachrome/Ilfochrome (is that still being made?), and the inkjet products, now sold off separately to the traditional materials business, Ilford have not made colour materials for many years, though they did sell colour film made by somebody else for a short time. I think the 1960s Ilford colour film was actually made by them, but it wasn't very good. Given all of this, I think it is unlikely that they would take on the manufacture of black and white instant films, and highly unlikely that they would produce the colour ones. Ilford have a much better record than Kodak of supporting small-volume existing products, even re-introducing SFX, and making ortho film in several sheet sizes. They make some very good conventional films, and certainly deserve our support, but I really can't see them getting involved in instant materials.
Almost nothing is now left of Agfa; they still seem to make one motion picture print stock, but no negatives or intermediates, and two optical sound recording films, but that seems to be about all. Again, I don't think they have any history of making instant materials, with one exception, mentioned below.
Kodak did make their own instant system for a while of course, but it was an integral consumer type system, not a peel-apart one, was a long time ago now, and Kodak seem to be rapidly losing interest in anything which isn't digital.
Both Kodak and Agfa did make diffusion transfer copying materials in the past (how the office photocopier has evolved since those days!). These processess had something of an extension to their life for proofing and making short-run litho plates, but I don't think they're still made.
I've heard nothing to indicate that any of the smaller manufacturers from central and eastern Europe are interested, nor Lucky in China, who now seem to have some sort of links with Kodak.
That leaves Fuji, who do have a history of making both integral and peel-apart instant films, are currently producing Polaroid-compatible peel-apart films, in both of the main pack formats, though not the small square one. It would be very easy for them to produce their own black and white material in 5x4 packs, apart from printing the packaging for it just about everything else needed is already in production. To produce either of the Fuji materials in sheet form would take a bit more work, but I think is more likely than anybody else making instant film. It would also not be difficult for them to produce the Polaroid emulsions under licence, but with the possible exception of type 55 this might well just draw sales from their own products, rather than increasing the overall market.
If anybody is going to make instant films I think it is going to be Fuji.
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David A. Goldfarb
Joined: 03 Sep 2004
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Location: New York City
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:49 am
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Simon R. Galley from Ilford/Harman posted on APUG.org a notice to the effect that they had looked seriously at the possibility of producing black and white instant materials and discussed the technologies with Polaroid, and it just didn't seem feasible, given the declining market and for instant film and the difficulty in manufacturing all the different parts of the system, even with the assistance of people from Polaroid, and the cost of relocating the specialized manufacturing equipment. For a P/N material, that would be a film on a thin perforated base, positive receiving sheet with its own coating, developing pods, and the packet, and if they were going to make the film, they would probably have to continue manufacturing something like a 545 holder.
I know there were some discussions going on about 20x24" Polaroid, which I'm guessing were with Fuji. I don't know if that's happening.
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:17 am
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Stephen, others,
In Polaroid's origional press release they stated that they were discontinuing instant film production and were willing to licence their instant film production to other companies.
As far as AGFA is concerned
is the current licenced distributor for AGFA branded films. Most films being sold are the leftover runs from AgfaPhoto under the direction of Agfa-Gevaert. Some color films are new manifacture but Lupus will not disclose who is manifacturing the films or what formula is being used. Films are currently 35mm.
AgfaPhoto Holding
won a major trademark dispute with Agfa-Gevaert in mid December 2007.
Agfa photo chemicals are now being manifactured by Saal.
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Stephen Furley
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Location: London, England
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:05 am
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Having had a quick look at the Lupus, Agfaphoto and Agfa-Gevaert sites the whole thing seems to be rather confusing.
Of course, the fact that Polaroid were willing to license production to other companies does not mean that any other company would decide to do so.
Thank you for the information re. Ilford. The future is now looking much brighter for the Ilford products under Harman than it was a couple of years ago. However, what you say basically confirms my assessment of the situation that for Ilford to start production of instant films now would be a non-starter. The only way these materials are likely to be available in future is if Polaroid or Fuji make them. It seems unlikely that Polaroid could be persuaded to resume production, unless a new customer for these materials were to come forward, with a firm order for a regular supply in large quantities over a considerable period; this seems unlikely.
That leaves Fuji as our best bet for being able to obtain materials in future. For the smaller format user things are not too bad, materials are available, though in a more limited range than from Polaroid. However, if Polaroid had continued production then I suspect hat the range would have been reduced. The Fuji products are compatible with the Polaroid ones in the same format, though they have a somewhat different look. With the Polaroid products no longer available it seems likely that at least some users will switch to the Fuji ones, and that therefore the market for these films will expand somewhat, at least in the short to medium term, which may help to secure the future of these films, as far as anything is secure these days.
For the 5x4 user the same colour film is available, but the lack of any black and white one is an obvious problem. I made a few test shots on the smaller format Fuji film, and the impression I got was that while both were different to the Polaroid ones, the difference was less for the black and white film than for the colour one. It is difficult to say how many of the current users of the Polaroid films prefer them to the Fuji ones, and how many have never tried the Fuji ones, and might be equally happy with them, or even prefer them to the Polaroid ones, and therefore be prepared to switch to them in future.
I think the best we can do now is to buy the existing Fuji materials, and try to persuade Fuji to make the black and white material available in 5x4 packs. Given the low cost of setting up to do this, and the likely increase in potential sales since they will not be competing with Polaroid, I think there is a reasonable chance that they might do this; Fuji do seem to have a pretty good record of supporting small volume products n the past.
The big problem of course is that the Fuji products are only available in pack form for the 405 and 550 holders, and cannot be used with the 500/545/545i and 545 Pro holders, which are for more common, and can be used with just about any 5x4 camera, which the pack holders cannot. From the point of view of the consumer it would be a considerable advantage if Fuji were to license the sheet format from Polaroid, and make their products available in this form. However, the cost of doing this would be much greater than simply putting black and white film in the larger packs which they already use for the colour film, and the question is whether the larger market for the sheet films would justify the cost.
The poll which I added to my original post has only had ten replies, so it's difficult to draw any conclusions from it, but so far nobody is interested in pack film only. 20% are not interested in using the material in either form; that leaves 80% who Fuji might be able to sell film to. 60% would use both sheet and pack films, if available, while 20% would use only sheet ones. What this seems to suggest is that while most users would prefer to have sheet films available the increased sales from making them available in this format may not be that great, and may not justify the cost.
Thank you to those who posted replies or responded to the poll. The poll is open for another ten days or so if anybody else wants to respond.
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Location: Southern CA
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 2:32 pm
Post subject: Timing is everything.
Time is of the essence here. After current stocks of Polaroid are gone, how long will photographers hold onto their Polaroid processing equipment?
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Stephen Furley
Joined: 11 May 2001
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:34 pm
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I don't think that would be too much of a problem; a lot of these things seem to sit around unused for years. Several of the Graflex Land roll film holders have turned up on Ebay recently; there can't have been many of those made, they have been obsolete for many years, and the film has been unavailable for about twenty years. There are loads of 545 holders available.
If the packets of sheet film are to be made in future, then it would have to be arranged before Polaroid scrap the equipment for producing the various components of the film and the packets; to build new equipment would be totally prohibitive. As far as the pack type films are concerned, Fuji are still producing these, and therefore obviously have the equipment to do so.
I'm still doubtful that it will be viable for anybody to produce the sheet films in future, unless Polaroid change their mind and resume production, which is a pity as the holders are much more readily available than 550 ones for 5x4 pack film.
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Stephen Furley
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:34 pm
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There are several Polaroid 550 pack film holders on Ebay at present, including one in England which is less than one pound at the moment, but another in Japan which has bidding up to $195, and another in the USA with ten bids, and currently at $232. This seems to suggest that people do want to continue to use 5x4 instant film after the stocks of Polaroid are all gone.
A few months ago you could hardly give these things away; I should have bought a load of them then, and made my fortune.
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Tell me: How much cars are delivered in 2012?
Tell me: How much cars are delivered in 2012?
Aren't you the guy who said he was out because of pricing? And now you're talking about affording a performance?
tork +1
Making money off of Tesla stock is OK. Needing to make money by a date certain is not so good, especially if you are buying on margin.
-How much Cars in 2012?
-Kickoff Tesla appstore
-First Signature delivery in Europe
-Reveal of Gen III
-Less than hoped
-Too busy fixing firmware
-Too busy fixing delivered cars to work on european issues
-Team still tied up with Model X
I would keep quiet, too!!
Elon understands what is required to get mission critical software right (from SpaceX) and this is probably why there's been no stories of cars doing anything unexpected in terms of the drivetrain. The UI/HMI seems less robust (which from a certain point is fine, it can and is being resolved, remotely) and I would not be boasting too hard about what I was doing now and in the future with that hanging over me. I think some people would be irritated to see "Yeahh!! Our next gen car will be smaller and cheaper with better features and technology!" while still waiting for their jump seats to be delivered or their spoiler to be attached, and having to "reboot" their displays each time they get in the car....
There also seems to be something going on with 12V batteries, which could be a problem with the batteries themselves, the DC-DC converter or possibly the charger. If one of these things transpires to be a recall, well I would want to save the good news for after that, too!
I think that confirmation of the current production rate and the product's success will have a greater influence on the stock price than the amount of cars that were delivered last quarter. I think that the events of last quarter are already factored into current stock prices.
According to the Fremont service center this a.m., 2600 cars have been delivered as of today.
@rzitrin -- did they say anything about how many are in transit?
I'm glad you jumped back over onto the dark side =D
I received my car, VIN 2725, on Dec 29th. While I know that VINs are not being delivered in order, I am surprised there have only been 2600 deliveries thus far. I would have expected 3000+ by now. Particularly 8 days into the new year. The Fremont factory alone is delivered 25-35 cars a day.
Not sure about transit, but they were running finished cars into the auxiliary parking lot every 3 minutes or so.
I was surprised at the low figure too. No guarantee on accuracy, but it seemed like the guy knew.
Is this company going to last?? No info from them. Scary.
Tesla and I closed on the purchase of my S on 12/31 and my vin was 03168. That meant they count it as sold as far as 4Q numbers go. Does that mean they got to 3000? No, but I can tell you they had a MAD rush at the end of the year to get it done and they must have been pretty close otherwise why bother pushing so hard.
They are still making cars so everything is fine :-)
Stock is still up >20% from when I bought it so they are still doing fine. I am an evil investor. Secretly I hope for low production numbers so the stock drops and I can buy more! Fate doesn't work that way for me so they will probably be higher than expected and the stock will go up. Still a win win.
Yeah, I think they went over 3200 easy. My car is VIN 3235 and it was loaded on a truck 12/31, and I think they will count that as delivered in 2012. I know there were some gaps between signature and regular models, but I also wasn't the highest VIN I have seen.
Look, their earnings are on Feb 11th. Tesla has publicly stated that they aren't going to release sales figures like other car companies. While they may say something before the 11th, I certainly wouldn't count on it. It certainly isn't "scary" that they haven't released figures that they said they weren't going to release.
They really can't release the data early under US securities law... because it has to be absolutely correct, validated, audited.... or people go to jail. Sarbanes Oxley act. We are going to have to be patient.
Yeah, be patient, have faith, and you will be happy when you get your car. Don't ask the unanswerable questions. People who know the answer for sure can NOT give you answers, don't you know that is security fraud and all kinds of bad things can happen to them?
Trying to make money on the stock is never a sure thing, especially short term, but I think long term will be good. You can pray, or talk all your friends into buying their own Tesla, that will raise the stock price! I am a stock holder, in addition to having my Tesla!
My inside sources (inside my head) tell me gross profit will be $600 million, and net about $85,254,922. Give or take.
Did you round correctly, because I came up with $85,254,923?
@Chuck -- John Peterson says you rounded up slightly.
John Peterson wanted to see $(85,254,921), but nope!
DT Shea & portia, "They really can't release the data early under US securities law... because it has to be absolutely correct, validated, audited.... or people go to jail. Sarbanes Oxley act. We are going to have to be patient."
This is incorrect. The only thing Sarbanes Oxley says is that they can disclose whatever they choose to disclose whenever they choose to do it as long as it is widely disseminated (and there are specific requirements in the law about what wide dissemination means - a press release does qualify). If they wanted to tell the market, they could, no auditors involved. Securities law and disclosure is an area where I have specific personal knowlege.
I have no personal knowlege about this, but I stand by my prediction that they came up short on reduced 4Q delivery expectations, and Flaninacupboard above is correct that the glitches and software issues identified above are a bigger problem for the upcoming earnings reporting process. The earnings call should be very interesting, and these boards are an excellent place for critics to identify specific quality issues to bring up... Elon will have some 'splainin to do...
Still looking forward to my 1/27 estimated delivery date...
Pungoteague, SOX also requires that signatories to material information- quarterly and annual reports- validate that to the best of their knowledge the information is true, correct, etc on pain of civil and criminal penalties (up to $5 Million/ 20 years!!!) if caught falsifying. Plus the inevitable shareholder lawsuits.
"As a result of SOX, top management must now individually certify the accuracy of financial information. In addition, penalties for fraudulent financial activity are much more severe. Also, SOX increased the independence of the outside auditors who review the accuracy of corporate financial statements, and increased the oversight role of boards of directors.[1]"
Corporate Responsibility
Title III consists of eight sections and mandates that senior executives take individual responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of corporate financial reports. It defines the interaction of external auditors and corporate audit committees, and specifies the responsibility of corporate officers for the accuracy and validity of corporate financial reports. It enumerates specific limits on the behaviors of corporate officers and describes specific forfeitures of benefits and civil penalties for non-compliance. For example, Section 302 requires that the company's "principal officers" (typically the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) certify and approve the integrity of their company financial reports quarterly.[5]
Enhanced Financial Disclosures
Title IV consists of nine sections. It describes enhanced reporting requirements for financial transactions, including off-balance-sheet transactions, pro-forma figures and stock transactions of corporate officers. It requires internal controls for assuring the accuracy of financial reports and disclosures, and mandates both audits and reports on those controls. It also requires timely reporting of material changes in financial condition and specific enhanced reviews by the SEC or its agents of corporate reports.
Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability
Title VIII consists of seven sections and is also referred to as the "Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002". It describes specific criminal penalties for manipulation, destruction or alteration of financial records or other interference with investigations, while providing certain protections for whistle-blowers.
Corporate Fraud Accountability
Title XI consists of seven sections. Section 1101 recommends a name for this title as "Corporate Fraud Accountability Act of 2002". It identifies corporate fraud and records tampering as criminal offenses and joins those offenses to specific penalties. It also revises sentencing guidelines and strengthens their penalties. This enables the SEC to resort to temporarily freezing transactions or payments that have been deemed "large" or "unusual".
Sarbanes–Oxley Section 906: Criminal Penalties for CEO/CFO financial statement certification
§ 1350. Section 906 states: Failure of corporate officers to certify financial reports
(a) Certification of Periodic Financial Reports.— Each periodic report containing financial statements filed by an issuer with the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m (a) or 78o (d)) shall be accompanied bySection 802(a) of the SOX a written statement by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer (or equivalent thereof) of the issuer.
(b) Content.— The statement required under subsection (a) shall certify that the periodic report containing the financial statements fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of [1] 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o (d)) and that information contained in the periodic report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.
(c) Criminal Penalties.— Whoever— (1) certifies any statement as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section knowing that the periodic report accompanying the statement does not comport with all the requirements set forth in this section shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; or
(2) willfully certifies any statement as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section knowing that the periodic report accompanying the statement does not comport with all the requirements set forth in this section shall be fined not more than $5,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. [3]
So, Pungoteague, having quoted US Code to you, I don't think it is valid for you to take silence from TMC as evidence of a shortfall to market guidance.
Which isn't to say they DIDN'T fall short. But given the high number of shorts, etc, they have to make SURE they have correct data - or pay million dollar fines and spend 10-20 years in the federal pen.
I've actually been astounded how few issues have been raised. Usually you read boards like these and they make any product sound like total crap.
I'm pretty sure they'll record their 2500 cars "delivered" for Q4, where delivered means delivered to the third party shipping company. Looking at delivery dates for VINs makes it hard to believe they didn't hit their target.
I just wish they could put the Sunset Red in production faster than March.. Wonder how many orders are on hold for the new red?

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Two West Sacramento brothers completed their Eagle Scout community service projects this month. Joel and Darren Kersey each assembled a group of volunteers and planned and directed a work project at a park in Sacramento.
Joel is a sophomore at River City High School, and Darren is a student at Southport Elementary. Both are "Life Scouts" and members of Boy Scout Troop 43 of the Golden Empire Council in West Sacramento.
Joel organized and supervised volunteers in repairing and rehabbing several tables in the park.
Darren planned and directed the pouring of a new concrete pad, construction of a masonry hot ash box, and installation of a new grill at the park.
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Lester, balanced Sox roll Yanks to trim magic number
BOSTON -- It's about confidence with Jon Lester. Hasn't it always been?
"I heard some stories about [Lester] really down on himself for not carrying the load last year," catcher David Ross said. "And when you put that much pressure on yourself, nobody can pitch through that."Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- It's about confidence with Jon Lester. Hasn't it always been?
"I heard some stories about [Lester] really down on himself for not carrying the load last year," catcher David Ross said. "And when you put that much pressure on yourself, nobody can pitch through that."Full Game Coverage
Ross and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, pitching coach Juan Nieves, manager John Farrell and fellow starter Clay Buchholz all have talked about Lester needing to lessen the pressure he puts on himself and just pitch. The confidence will come.
In Saturday's 5-1 win over the Yankees, Lester pitched aggressively, carelessly, and almost flawlessly.
The game plan was the same as it was against the Yankees last Sunday, which was the same as it was against the Tigers five days before that: No nibbling.
The 6-foot-4, 240-pound lefty only nibbled occasionally -- "unacceptable," he called his two walks -- but he was mostly overpowering, holding the Yankees to one run on three hits over eight innings.
The Red Sox trimmed their magic number in the American League East to six while ensuring the Yankees would gain no ground in their pursuit of an AL Wild Card spot.
Over his last three starts Lester, has allowed five total runs over 23 combined innings.
"Here it comes," he described his mentality. "You're either going to get me or I'm going to get you. We were able to get some quick outs early on and get on a little bit of a roll from there.
"Then you look up and you're in the eighth."
Through the first three innings, Lester was perfect. He attacked with his cutters, got ahead often and worked quickly. His fastball command was so sharp that he didn't need a changeup until the sixth inning.
"I'm glad he's on our side," said Ross.
Curtis Granderson hit a long fly ball to lead off the fourth, but Shane Victorino, playing center field for the injured Jacoby Ellsbury, was turned around on the play and the ball fell in the gap for a triple. Granderson scored on a groundout, but that was the only time a runner would reach third base.
"It's more about him having confidence in his pitches," Farrell said. "That's what reduces the frustration with him and allows him to not carry the previous pitch into the next one, and that frustration is eliminated. That's where he's been for pretty much the whole year, with the exception of that month stretch where things were hit-and-miss for him."
With a runner on first base and two outs in the eighth, Lester ended his day in style, fielding a hard-hit ground ball that was coming for his head and throwing it to first base for his final out of the game. Lester walked off to a standing ovation. He had just eclipsed the 201-innings mark for the season.
But instead of breaking down late in the season, Lester has thrown eight straight quality starts since Aug. 8, posting a 1.83 ERA.
"It's not uncommon for power pitchers to really hit their stride in the second half of the season," Farrell said. "He's an example of that. His delivery becomes that much more efficient, and he repeats it more consistently. With that rhythm comes power, and that's what we've all seen in Jon over the course of the time here."
It was a fitting end to CC Sabathia's season at Fenway Park, where he allowed 18 runs in 16 1/3 innings (9.92 ERA). Sabathia allowed 13 baserunners (nine hits, four walks), five of which scored, as he labored over six innings of work. He finished the regular season with a 7.22 ERA over five starts against the Red Sox.
Mike Napoli and Jonny Gomes each reached base four times out of the Nos. 4-5 spots, respectively, to lead the Red Sox offensively. The top five batters in the lineup combined to go 8-for-16 with four walks, four runs and three RBIs, while five different Sox recorded an RBI.
Buchholz takes the mound Sunday night against Ivan Nova as the Red Sox go for the three-game sweep that would allow them to finish the season with a 13-6 record against the Yanks.
"It's only a must-win game when it's an elimination game," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "But I think it's a real important game."
Jason Mastrodonato is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jmastrodonato.


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Minnesota earned a 73-60 victory over Seattle on Tuesday, getting 20 points from Maya Moore at KeyArena.
The Lynx were an 8-point favorite in the win, and managed to turn a profit for their supporters. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 147.5.
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Designer drugs can be purchased easily online, leading users to believe they are safer than street drugs. But the chemicals can be unpredictable - and disastrous.
Past midnight, Kat Green arrived home from her police shift exhausted. She pulled the ponytail from her hair, slid into pajamas and clicked on the television. Then her smartphone started ringing with urgent messages.
Mass drug overdose. Party at a ranch house outside of town.
Green yanked her black police shirt over her head and sped off into the spring night. On the way, more information trickled in: At least a half-dozen young adults sick, some near death. She knew she had to be strong. In a town of just 1,300 people, she was bound to know some of them.
As the squad car raced up a dusty gravel driveway near 1 a.m., emergency lights flickering, Green spotted three young men writhing on the front lawn. The lanky one in the front looked familiar.
"Oh my God," she thought, running closer. "That's my son."
Colton, 20, was still breathing, but his mouth foamed and his eyes rolled back in his head. He could only growl.
Green grabbed her son by the shoulders. She tried to rouse life from his rigid body. "Colton! Colton!" she hollered in his face. "Son, what did you take?"
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From rural Oklahoma to suburban Minnesota, a tide of dangerous synthetic drugs is causing mayhem and baffling police and prosecutors across the nation.
Packaged and sold as innocuous products such as "herbal incense" and "bath salts," the drugs are touted by users as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine and other controlled substances that can bring stiff penalties and jail time in even small amounts.
But the consequences of using them are proving to be devastating.
This spring, synthetic drugs sent shock through a suburban Twin Cities neighborhood after a house party went awry. Eleven teens and young adults had to be rushed to hospitals after snorting a synthetic drug in Blaine. A 19-year-old died hours later after doctors removed his life support.
In Mississippi, a man high on bath salts stole a gun from one sheriff's deputy, then shot another dead. He told deputies that he saw the devil and broke through gurney straps and medical tape when they tried to force him into an ambulance.
In Iowa, an 18-year-old student smoked synthetic marijuana with some friends, then told them he felt like he was in hell. He went home and shot himself.
In an upscale suburb of New Orleans, a doctor's son, high on bath salts, slit his throat in front of his family, then later took a shotgun to his head.
Outside Seattle, a 38-year-old man killed his wife, then himself, during a high-speed police chase in April. Police found their 5-year-old son dead at home. Both parents had bath salts in their systems.
Altogether, poison control centers have received more than 6,600 calls about designer synthetics this year, 10 times more than the first half of 2010. Synthetic drugs have been linked or suspected in more than 20 deaths nationally in the past year, while emergency rooms are treating more patients who have overdosed on sometimes tiny amounts of designer synthetics.
Mark Ryan, director of the Louisiana Poison Center, said he has seen "bizarre reports" from all over the country.
"The severity of the cases is what makes it so bad," Ryan said. "The symptoms are severe and people are a threat not only to themselves, but to those around them."
The new drugs are easy to find. Merchants promote the drugs on the Internet, and some are available on the shelves of record stores and smoke shops. Authorities believe the drugs are often manufactured by rogue chemists in foreign countries.
Federal officials claim many of the new designer drugs are already illegal under existing laws. To strengthen the hands of police and prosecutors, lawmakers in Washington and many states are trying to combat the burgeoning crisis by banning specific substances in designer synthetics and their chemical cousins. In Minnesota, a new drug law with that purpose went into effect on July 1.
But few prosecutors have brought charges under the laws, which have yet to be fully tested in court.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a former Hennepin County attorney who is now sponsoring some of the federal legislation, called the growth of synthetics a "major shift" in the drug trade.
"I think it's only going to get worse if we don't start getting serious about enforcing these laws and giving the prosecutors and cops the tools that they need," Klobuchar said.
Federal agents who have devoted their careers to America's war on drugs are scrambling to find a way to fight a problem emerging with a different set of rules.
"We're going to be constantly having to deal with this issue of 'legal' stuff coming on the market," said Rusty Payne, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) spokesman in Washington. "This is stuff that's dangerous."
A tiny package, bought online
More than a week before the deadly Oklahoma party this spring, college student Cody Weddle visited a little-known chemical website and placed an order, court documents allege. He and others had researched 2C-E, an investigator said. Internet posts describe it as a sensory-enhancing psychedelic similar to LSD. A user nicknamed "Easy Rider" told Web readers about her "joyful night" on 2C-E, which made her feel "very warm and happy" and "more in control of myself than the drunk people around me."
Weddle compared it to Ecstasy and bought one gram of the powder for $120, investigators say. He had it shipped to his parents' house. When the tiny package arrived 10 days later, court documents say, he met with friends and fellow university students Andrew Akerman and Anastasia "Stacy" Jewell, who were dating. The students mixed the powder into a one-liter bottle of water.
For Akerman and Jewell, at least, it wouldn't be their first bout with drugs. Both had been in trouble for marijuana before. A friend said Jewell had done Ecstasy several years earlier but hadn't used drugs for a while.
Oklahoma public records show no prior convictions for Weddle. His attorney, Rob Neal, recently described Weddle as a "very well-mannered young man" who worked nights in a doughnut shop.
Weddle took some of the tainted water with him when he left Jewell's house that day, court documents say, and she and Akerman kept the bulk of it in an Aquafina bottle. Weddle told investigators that Akerman and Jewell were going to take the bottle to a party outside Konawa that night.
Konawa, a poor rural community about 70 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, was Akerman's hometown. The tallest structure on the small town's main drag is the white steeple of the First Baptist Church, and, until recently, the sole restaurant was a Sonic drive-in.
Akerman was supposed to sell the tainted water for $1 a milliliter -- less than a thimble full -- and he and Weddle would split the profits, according to court records. They stood to make more than eight times what Weddle paid for it.
At some point in the day, someone took a red marker and scribbled the water bottle with a skull.
No dealer, just the Web
Finding instructions for mixing, making, dosing and ingesting synthetic drugs is simple on the Internet. Erowid.org, one popular website, suggests mixing psychoactive powders into liquid to make it easier to measure accurate doses without expensive scales.
The Internet is also a flourishing marketplace for potential users to buy designer synthetics. One of the most popular online merchants appears to be *****, a site that acknowledges some of its "potpourri blends, incense and collectors items" may not be legal in all countries. In June, an estimated 8,156 people visited the site, up from just 515 unique visitors two years ago, according to data analysis by Internet Exposure, a Web design and research firm hired by the Star Tribune. Several other sites selling synthetic drugs had similar growth.
Merchants are introducing new products online, too. When the DEA temporarily banned five chemicals used to make synthetic marijuana early this year, retailers started promoting new mixtures they claimed were not covered by any bans.
The market is too lucrative to disappear. Herbal incense, sometimes called synthetic marijuana, accounted for nearly $5 billion in sales last year, according to an estimate from the Retail Compliance Association, a national retailers group that formed to challenge herbal incense bans.
"Customers said right off, if you can't sell stuff, we're just going to go on the Internet," said Duluth retailer Jim Carlson, who rolled out new products that he claims are legal as soon as Minnesota's ban took effect. "Well, they don't tax the Internet. The city and state will lose their sales tax."
Danger, in just a few drops
The log ranch-style house outside Konawa was a great place for a party. People could hang out near the back-yard swimming pool, on the front porch or in the vast, concrete-floored living room. On May 6, about a dozen young adults gathered there to crank electronic music, play video games on big-screen TVs and drink a little beer. The host was 24-year-old Garrett Minitre, whose mom was away that Friday evening.
At some point, Akerman brought out the water bottle with the scribbled skull.
"It was just legal and we wanted to try something along that line, and we wouldn't get in trouble for it," Minitre said later.
Akerman, described by friends as gregarious and opinionated, collected cash and squirted the drug into people's mouths using a medicine dropper. Most bought 10 milliliter doses -- small enough to consume in a single swallow. Akerman and others at the party claimed the drug would make users hallucinate for four to five hours.
Josh Sharber, 20, hesitated at first. He had tried several drugs before -- pot, synthetic herbal incense and mushrooms, among others. Those seemed predictable. He had never heard of 2C-E.
It's legal, friends reassured him. Bought off the Internet.
It can't be that bad, Josh reasoned. He and his 19-year-old sister, Heather, both took some. So did six others.
The liquid went down like water. It left a bitter aftertaste.
'A new era'
With names like Ivory Wave, Bliss and Cloud 9, many designer synthetics are marketed to appear harmless.
But taking them can be a life-or-death gamble.
The new drugs lack regulatory oversight and quality control. Users often rely on each others' Internet postings to find out how much they should take and what they could experience.
Before the drugs showed up in the U.S., they were popular in Europe. After a rash of alarming incidents, authorities in several European countries banned the substances, some of which started as legitimate research chemicals but later became popular because of their psychoactive qualities.
Tracking the source of these drugs has been difficult, but authorities suspect many synthetics are produced in bulk quantities in such countries as China, Pakistan and India, according to the recent testimony of a top DEA official.
"Today, the marketing of such 'designer' drugs has ushered in a new era of drug distribution," Joseph Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator of the DEA's Office of Diversion Control, told members of Congress in April. "No longer are these substances sold in a covert manner to thwart law enforcement efforts. Instead, the substances are sold at retail outlets in plain view."
Many of the substances are so new to the market that they have little track record. What may give one user a euphoric high could permanently injure someone else. Erratic labeling means buyers sometimes wind up with vastly different chemicals than the ones they ordered.
Cody Wiberg, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy, said manufacturers don't know what's going to happen when they tweak chemicals. "They could produce something that kills people or that destroys some part of the brain that leaves somebody with a seizure disorder for the rest of their lives," he said.
'My friend is having a seizure'
Around midnight, less than an hour after swallowing the drugged water, some at the Konawa party started wondering what was wrong with their batch. Instead of feeling great, many felt nauseated.
Stacy Jewell lay sick in a bedroom. Others threw up on the lawn and in the living room. Everyone dripped with sweat.
Akerman kept handing out bottles of water, telling them to stay hydrated.
Josh Sharber gulped entire bottles and tried to walk off his nausea. Heather Sharber tried to sleep it off, but closing her eyes made the room spin, as if she were stuck on an endless carnival ride.
In the bedroom, Jewell started to lose consciousness. Somebody suggested calling an ambulance.
"My friend is having a seizure," the 911 caller said, a man wailing in the background. "She was spitting up blood."
The Sharbers stumbled toward their car, worried they would get in trouble. Heather Sharber climbed into the driver's seat and headed for home. Rolling down the curvy driveway, she saw trees leap in front of her car.
Down the road about a half-mile, she realized it was too dangerous to keep driving. She threw the car into park and slumped over the steering wheel. Josh Sharber got out and wound up face-down in a ditch 40 feet away. When an officer approached, he could only mumble that he was sorry: "I really messed up, and I just want to go to sleep."
A panicked race for help
Konawa ambulance medical technician Richard Morphis and his partner got to the house first and found several people staring blankly. They found Stacy Jewell unconscious in a little girl's pink bedroom.
She lay unresponsive, Morphis said, her breathing so slow and shallow they could barely measure it.
"Is she going to be all right?" a panicked partygoer kept asking them.
Morphis and his partner lifted her onto a stretcher and into the ambulance. Morphis inserted a breathing tube down her throat. The nearest hospital was about 15 minutes away.
They rushed down country highways, Morphis doing CPR, but it was too late. At age 22, Stacy Jewell -- who in recent years had tried to talk others out of doing drugs -- died after a drug overdose.
Kat Green worried that would be her son's fate, too. Waiting for more ambulances, she kept holding onto her son on the lawn. His cheeks were bloody with scratches from clawing at his own face. Colton tried to sit up, then fell over and seized, his muscles tensed so tight that Green thought his body would somehow break. She watched his lips turn blue.
"We need to get the ambulances here now!" she yelled to the other officers.
Within minutes, paramedics tugged at her shoulders, forcing Green to let go. They loaded Colton into an ambulance and poked him with IVs. Green saw blood streaking from his mouth.
Then he flat-lined.
"We're gonna have to bag this one," she heard a paramedic shout while grabbing a breathing pump.
Green sobbed. Other officers hugged her shoulders as paramedics transferred Colton into a medical helicopter.
"God, please let him make it," she thought. "This could be the last time I see him."
She watched the helicopter carrying her oldest son rise and disappear into the night.
'Not supposed to end this way'
For days afterward, Brenda Akerman sat by her only child in the intensive care unit, praying. She remembered his trips with the high school band, the birthday parties at their farm. She thought of his future; he was supposed to start a second summer internship maintaining computers at the accounting firm where she worked.
Now some drug she'd never heard of had put him in a coma, and he was showing no improvement.
She couldn't figure out why her son would try something so unknown. He had seen her react severely to over-the-counter allergy medicine. Their dachshund died from tainted dog food. He should have known better.
After a week of waiting, Oklahoma law dictated Andrew's life support be turned off. Brenda Akerman watched her 22-year-old son take his last breath.
"I kept praying for a miracle," she said. "It's not supposed to end this way."
Preliminary tests later revealed that the powder delivered to rural Oklahoma wasn't 2C-E at all, but a drug called Bromo-DragonFLY -- a chemical that some websites warn is even more dangerous.
The man accused of placing the Internet order, Cody Weddle, sits in jail charged with murder -- a charge that has drawn mixed feelings in town. Some residents think it is too harsh, that Weddle didn't intend to hurt anyone and those at the party freely chose to take the drug. Authorities continue to investigate others who were at the party.
Oklahoma prosecutors contend that distributing the drug was already illegal under a state law banning substances similar to illegal drugs. Weddle's attorney questions that premise.
Konawa Police Chief Rick Brogdon plans to send his 10 officers to training on synthetic drugs. Had they stopped Akerman going through town that night, he said, they wouldn't have known what he was carrying. "What else is out there we don't know about yet?" he said.
Stacy Jewell's mom, Lida Beckman, visits her daughter's grave often. Her daughter's friends decorated the casket with copies of Jewell's art. Beckman, who admits to doing drugs herself in the past, is angry that something so deadly was so easily available on a computer.
"It's easier to buy drugs than it is to buy alcohol," she said.
Kat Green is grateful her son survived. He was hospitalized for three days, and his hands still tingle with numbness. Doctors are concerned about his heart. He is reluctant to talk about it, even to his mother. He told her he wants to become a police officer.
Green is frustrated she can't do more to crack down on dangerous drugs that can be bought with the click of a computer mouse.
"It makes me so damn mad that it was so easy for them to get," she said.
She and other residents hope the tragedy will scare others from trying frightening new drugs.
"Every year from now on," Green said, "they're gonna remember when they put their friends in the ground because of this."
Staff writer Larry Oakes and staff researchers Sandy Date and John Wareham contributed to this report. Pam Louwagie • 612-673-7102
Touted as a marijuana substitute; mixture of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals and sold as incense.
Cost: $7-$23/gram
Sold as various products, including bath salts and plant food; can dangerously raise body temperature and cause renal failure.
Cost: $25-$70/500mg
Sold as research chemicals, these hallucinogens are similar to LSD; can cause paranoia and nausea.
Cost: $40-$180/gram
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Willard Peak Climber's Log
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|Final UT COHP
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2004
|This was the final UT COHP for me and my wife. It's a great peak that we could see from our bedroom window. A fitting end to a long adventure!
|Posted Apr 19, 2007 12:15 am
|Dennis Poulin
|Willard Basin
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006
|I car camped at the trailhead in Willard Basin and then climbed Willard Pk the next morning. I saw a nice group of mountain goats near the summit.
|Posted Aug 28, 2006 8:00 pm
|From Willard Basin
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
|Nice hike but I hated the road in from Mantua. Glad I did it on a weekday with very little traffic to deal with. If you drive the road to Willard Basin, you'll understand what I'm talking about.
|Posted Aug 26, 2006 2:55 pm
|From North Ogden Canyon Divide TH
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2005
|#1 7-22-05 On a hot summer day, which we had, it was a long exercise in determination. Several snow fields made glissading on the return trip fun. Don't follow the obvious trail to the north and west of Willard Peak or you will add needless time and distance - we did! Instead angle northwest up the ridge line when it looks appropriate and route find to the broad lumpy top which doubles as a summit. Ben Lomond is much more picturesque than Willard. It took us 8+30 roundtrip. Was with my son, Kimball. #2 8-30-14 Solo, after hitting B.L. and taking in the subpeak north where trucks park. Windy the entire day but cool. Many, many mountain goats down below the trail west of the summit block. IVD
|Posted Jul 24, 2005 10:30 am
|Route Climbed: Willard Basin Date Climbed: July 6, 1997
|This is an easy hike from Willard Basin. We didn't get to the real trailhead because there was still a lot of snow on the ground and the road was muddy. It was still a nice hike along the ridge to the top.
|Posted Apr 30, 2005 6:03 pm
|Route Climbed: Mantua/Willard Basin Date Climbed: July 20, 2003
|I biked up from where the road starts getting rough from Mantua. It was hot, and a lot of Jeeps were on the road kicking up enough dust that I needed windshield wipers on my glasses. Nerd.
A spring is at the turn in the road where it switches back to head up to Inspiration point: this is where I left the bike and hiked up the relatively short trail to Willard Peak. The crack on the summit is B I G. I accidentally went too far to the South and ended up acending the southern ridge, which was class 3 in spots and 4 in one sphincter puckering moment (definitely not the tourist trail here). It was exceedingly hot at the summit, so I spent little time there. The North ridge was a piece of cake to decend. I lost a bike tube on the way down because of a #@!ing 4" long wood screw puncture. Lame-ola.
|Posted Apr 9, 2005 5:45 pm
|Route Climbed: Skyline trail via Ben Lomond Date Climbed: July 1999
|My nephew and I combined this with Ben Lomond in one long, hot day. About 20 miles that day. We came up from North Fork.
|Posted Feb 27, 2005 12:36 am
|Route Climbed: Williard basin Date Climbed: July 2004
|Took an early Saturday morning to run to Willard and continue the jog over to Ben Lomond. These are easy and quick peaks to grab. Had an interesting conversation with a hitch hiker I picked up on I-15. Way to religious for me but had a great outlook on life.
|Posted Oct 20, 2004 8:24 am
|Route Climbed: Skyline Trail, Willard Basin Date Climbed: 1998 and 2001
|Climbed in 1998 via Skyline Trail with Ben Lomond...a marathon grind! Re-climbed via the much easier Willard Basin route thanks to a friend with a high-clearance vehicle.
|Posted Sep 28, 2004 12:11 am


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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Taylirious, Mar 8, 2013.
Two words,
Taydolf Switler
I put up ten songs that I like! I classied up the thread with real music!
The perception that she outs her past love interests in a mean spirited and publicly humiliating way is the core of her problem. Once you've established a reason for people to dislike you, they will pour on the additional vituperation like gravy be it logical or not. Throw in anonymity and the position of relative safety that the internet provides, you then see people vent their frustration on one another. I guess one can call it a twisted form of therapy.
Ugh! You like those artists and that is fine, I like a lot of other stuff other than Taylor swift, it isn't about that. My point is I don't get why people go out their way to bash her. I forgot that is a thing on the internet. I would personally focus on things I enjoy and I do.
10 Taylor Songs I LUV!
1. If This Was A Movie
2. Sparks Fly
3. Enchanted
4. Love Story
5. Superman
6. Today Was A Fairytale
7. Eyes Open
8. I Almost Do
9. State Of Grace
T. Never Grow Up
All quite different from "boyfriend bashing".
I think there's some misconceptions about my argument. Because something is happy and fun, doesn't mean that it is ALWAYS profound, either. It depends on the song. And I have some Taylor Swift on my Spotify playlists. "Our Song" which is brilliant for a 14-year-old songwriter, and "Ours" which is a gay anthem as a far as I am concerned (and how I'm using it).
My complaint with her is that she doesn't sound good to me. My complaint is that she has three songs (I'm Happy to be young, my boyfriend broke up with me, I found love) and keeps writing them over and over again. My complaint is that she has won awards and become the top-selling Country artist the past two years. My problem with that is that artists who reach that plateau, whether songwriters themselves or not, do music that has more substance. By substance, I mean a deeper subject matter than the one she portrays. More emotive performances, a more mature subject matter, some relevance to them outside of their immediate concerns.
Her foray into pop doesn't bother me as long as she gets out of country music. When I hear "22," I'm afraid the CMAs will give her "Single of the Year" with that Justin Bieber-like song.
To put in a sentence, she hasn't grown up as a lyricist, a vocalist, or a performer. She still sounds like a teenager who has never been in love, who has never been truly heart-broken, who has never had to do without anything she didn't want in this life. I don't know if she has experienced those things, but that is what her music sounds like. There's no soul, there's no expression of the inner workings of the human condition. Depravity, privation, loss, pain, passion, love--it's all missing.
Take "22," for instance. Where is the money coming from to dress like a hipster? To stay out and take a break from life? What is she taking a break from? If she can't write about love and loss in a way that doesn't make me feel like she's still a teenager, then hire someone who can.
I expect her to be a better artist than that.
As long as she doesn't name names, what's the problem?
I am happy with how she is.
Good Song!
It shouldn't be a problem, but some people seem to take it personal. Hopefully the sentiment fades, she's not the devil after all.
I guess I have no problem with her, but like I said I take a rather dim view of country artists who sell out and go pop. Traditional country music isn't dead!
Was she ever all that "traditional"? Why is it "selling out" if she ( or anyone ) goes more pop?
Because real country artists don't get any airplay anymore, it would seem.
For the last twenty years, what has been called "country" by most people has basically been "songs that kinda sound like Hotel California".
As far as I'm concerned, the last time country music has felt vivid and interesting was during the short-lived "alt.country" movement.
Sad, but true.
Taylor Swift going pop won't change that. She wasn't exactly real country when she started.
Face like a horse and music that sounds like a rabid badger being eviscerated.
Taylor Swift has a face like a horse? For a second I thought I accidentally clicked on a thread about Sarah Jessica Parker.
All music is real music.
^ Except for Milli Vanilli.
Face like a horse? WTF!?!? I'd consider my self lucky to end up with a lady as half as beautiful as Taylor Swift...and Sarah Jessica Parker?!?!
ETA: Why You Gotta Be So Mean?
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The group called The Group has kept itself busy over the past four of five years, meeting regularly, if quietly, as a sounding board for work in progress, and putting up a new show every year and a half or so. First up was "Group Alchemy," then "Group Soup." And now, the latest production of the group called The Group, a name that its members have said in public is either kind of clever or just dumb, depending on your point of view, is back with a new show called "Got Group?"
The group called The Group has kept itself busy over the past four of five years, meeting regularly, if quietly, as a sounding board for work in progress, and putting up a new show every year and a half or so. First up was "Group Alchemy," then "Group Soup." And now, the latest production of the group called The Group, a name that its members have said in public is either kind of clever or just dumb, depending on your point of view, is back with a new show called "Got Group?"
But this show, which runs only one weekend at the Actors Studio, beginning June 28, is a little different from previous editions. Yes, overall it will still be an evening of tasty, quirky and occasionally provocative theater — short plays from some of the hottest local playwrights, like Michael Kimball, whose "Duck and Cover," a satirical look at America's supposed post-war innocence teetering on the brink of a massive culture change, has been tearing up Seacoast stages this year, and Jack Rushton, who is just coming off a run with "Tales of Attraction and Distraction," an evening of short plays that have spawned several breakaway hits, like "Remembering Elizabeth," which looks at an older fellow having trouble remembering certain things. The show is intended for mature audiences.
But the evening of shorts will also include an afternoon full-length, a special matinee, a staged reading of a new piece by Joshua Faigen. In "Zoltan," Victor dislikes Music of the Ductworks, Daisy has another load in the dryer and Ed reads meters with passion. This reading is free to "Got Group?" ticket holders. However, it will be performed one time only, on June 29 and requires a separate reservation.
The production will also mark the directorial debut of one of the group called The Group's charter members, Ray Arsenault, and the writing debut of his usual director, Cynthia Arsenault. Yes, a husband-and-wife team, both psychologists, and both working different sides of the theatrical street in "Got Group?" She's got two comedies in the show. He's got two dramas. But they're exploring similar territory, although from different perspectives.
In "Hope Springs a Leak," Cynthia Arsenault riffs on a couple returning from a marriage retreat. In Ray Arsenault's "Dinner Time," the wife's got the goods on her cheating (again) hubby — evidence that he cannot deny, but does. Every bit of it. Using a well-rehearsed, condescending tone, he insinuates that she is overreacting, at least, maybe going off the deep end, and that no way is he ever going to give in to her ultimatum. And, thing is, no matter how loaded the case is against hubby, doubt somehow bubbles to the surface. Maybe only for a moment, but there it is. Maybe she is round the bend. "I'm amazed by the power of the thing," says Woody Woodiel, who plays the hubby. Jennifer Wilson, his better half in the play, has a different take: "I want to scream, 'What are you doing!'" she says during a rehearsal at the Actors Studio. "How people read it has more to do with their sense of their own selves," the playwright says. "The fact is, they are both in prison, they are both trapped.'"
"Dinner Time" is actually the first play Ray Arsenault ever wrote. If you don't count his New Works Festival debut, maybe six years ago. And he doesn't count it. Or remember very much about it. Something about a penguin or something. He does remember getting lured into the Firehouse play series by Port playwrights Ron Pullins and Leslie Powell and doing the penguin piece "on a lark," figuring it couldn't be all that difficult, right? After all, the Rocks Village resident has been writing all his professional life — essays, poetry, short stories. So he dipped his toes in the water. It was "pretty terrible. I had no idea what I was doing," he says, "but I knew I wanted to do more."
Cynthia Arsenault's "Head of Household" looks at a census taker who gamely tries to collect information from … well, that would be telling. Let's just say that he doesn't especially want to be on the government grid. "Epilogue," Ray Arsenault's second piece for "Got Group?" takes place in the warm afterglow of … you know? It's a post-coital embrace of former lovers, back together again. Unless it's all part of an elaborate hallucination or recurring dream. In Rushton's "My Tea with Cocoa," we meet two longtime friends who meet for a spot of tea and reality-bending conversation. "Storytime," a story by Kathy Isbell, conjures up "a rose by any other name." In Kimball's latest, two female scientists are stationed in tight quarters over six months of Alaskan winter, and, as the title suggests: "Janey Succumbs to Polar Madness."


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OPINION: To honor its 115th anniversary, PTA needs to tackle school funding
Original post made on Mar 10, 2012
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a resident of another community
on Mar 10, 2012 at 8:10 pm
The Molly Munger/PTA initiative, "Our Children, Our Future", is the ONLY one that funnels money directly to school sites and mandates parent and community input re how the money should be spent. Local control is the only way to go. Any initiative that gets money to the schools directly and avoids the black hole that is Sacramento gets my vote. PTA lobbying for our kids - for free -- for 115 years.
Today, our state ranks 47th nationally in what we invest to educate each student. We have the largest class sizes in America. Over the last three years, more than $20 billion has been cut from California schools and over 40,000 educators have been laid off. We are shortchanging our early childhood development programs, which are some of the best educational investments we can make. Our underfunded public preschool programs serve only 40 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds, and only five percent of very low-income infants and toddlers have access to early childhood programs.
"Our Children, Our Future" asks Californians to join together to invest in our children and our schools because we all share in the benefits of better schools and a better-educated workforce. Our Children, Our Future will also reduce the cost of education bonds to help end the state deficit and protect our children and schools from further budget cuts.
The measure will raise $10 to $11 billion annually in new revenue through a sliding scale income tax increase that varies with taxpayers' ability to pay. For couples, the increases range from 4/10ths of 1% on incomes after all deductions under $35,000 to 2.2% for couples with income after all deductions over $5 million. Couples would pay nothing on the first $15,000 of their income after all deductions, and existing tax credits will offset increases for most couples with income after all deductions of $40,000 or less. A couple earning $75,000 in income after all deductions would pay an additional $428 each year, while a couple earning $1.5 million after all deductions would pay $27,266 more.
The money will be placed in a separate trust fund that can only be spent as authorized by the provisions of the Act. The Governor and Legislature are prohibited from using the money. It cannot be used to increase current teacher salaries, but can be used to hire additional teachers, i.e., P.E. and staff, i.e., school nurses and to support programs that have been lost, i.e., the arts.
No more than 1% of money raised by the The Molly Munger PTA "Our Children, Our Future" initiative will go towards administrative costs -- mandated. The initiative will raise $10 billion for schools per year for twelve years. Every child in the state will benefit. The money goes into a trust and does not pass through Sacramento. Parent, teacher, community input re how money will be spent at each school site is mandated as well. At this point in time, CA would need to spend an additional $60,000 a year, per classroom, just to catch up to the national average -- that is a fact. CA has the highest ratios of students to teachers, students to counselors, students to administrator in the country -- that is a fact. We are shortchanging all of our kids and have been for many years.
PTA, the largest volunteer organization lobbying for children, supports "Our Children, Our Future". PTA has been in the trenches advocating for kids -- for free -- for 115 years -- my vote goes with them. Web Link
a resident of Birdland
on Mar 10, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Not another penny from this proud Republican stalwart. I've given in the past - you can check the records - until it hurts. You'll only get another penny if you can pry it from my stiff, cold, white fingers.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 10, 2012 at 8:55 pm
A few questions.
I would be VERY happy to support anything that will protect and enhance programs as long as it can't be misused or used to increase benefits while we are in such a dire state.
Does this go straight to school sites or to the school district? Can it be used for facilities studies, administrative car allowances, increased benefits that can be negotiated away from the classroom or will it be used to protect programs?
I've noticed some of our bond payments can be collected from the general fund if we can't pay - would this tax revenue be given to the general fund or would it be protected?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 10, 2012 at 10:42 pm
I'm sorry. I looked at the Munger proposal and found the tax increases on my struggling 20-somethings to be absurd.
Here we have our newly graduated-hired young kids who can barely afford an apartment and food and clothes, gas,etc. who are being asked for a few hundred more dollars that *they don't have*. While Molly Munger, aka daughter of Warren Buffet's partner (Charlie Munger) live in amazingly comfortable circumstances.
Well, you can't draw blood from a stone. Let Molly Munger eat cake for goodness sake!
a resident of Foothill High School
on Mar 12, 2012 at 9:13 am
Not sure how Deb can stand behind that statement that PTA lobbies for free given the national organization is funded in part by PTA fees paid by parent/members.
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Dunn, Beckham go deep in win over Rangers
Santiago sharp in start, and 'pen preserves early lead
By Joey Nowak / MLB.com
It was Chicago's first Cactus League victory, and snapped Texas' two-game winning streak.
Dunn -- who signed a four-year, $56 million contract with the White Sox before the 2011 season, then hit a dismal .159 with just 11 home runs and and 177 strikeouts -- was 2-for-3 and drove in four of Chicago's six runs.
Brent Morel singled and Dayan Viciedo doubled off Feliz in the first before Dunn crushed a 1-2 fastball onto the concourse in right field for an early 3-0 lead. Feliz bounced back to strike out the last two batters of the first, throwing 28 pitches in the frame.
Feliz needed just eight pitches to work through the second, retiring the White Sox in order, before calling it a day. Chicago starter Hector Santiago pitched two scoreless innings, striking out three and walking one. He threw 45 pitches, 25 for strikes.
Dunn also connected on a two-out double off Texas' Michael Kirkman in the third, plating Morel for Chicago's fourth run. Morel was 2-for-3 with two runs.
The next inning, Gordon Beckham added a two-run homer off Kirkman to run the lead to 6-0. Texas loaded the bases in the fourth against Chicago's Gregory Infante, but managed just one run on an infield grounder.
Rangers up next: Texas welcomes the Dodgers to Surprise Stadium on Friday at 2:05 p.m. CT, with Rangers left-hander Martin Perez set to take on 2011 National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw. It will be Kershaw's Cactus League debut. Two of the Rangers' top relievers -- right-handers Mike Adams and Koji Uehara -- are expected to pitch in the matinee.
White Sox up next: The first of eight games to be played between the Cubs and White Sox during Spring Training and the regular season takes place on Friday at 2:05 p.m. CT at Camelback Ranch, with the game also being televised by WGN and broadcast by White Sox flagship station WSCR-AM. The two teams meet six times during Interleague Play, and the White Sox travel to Mesa on March 18. Chris Sale gets the start, marking his first official trip to the mound as part of the rotation, although he did pitch during an Intrasquad game. Look for Nestor Molina to get back out on the mound after Monday's rough Cactus League debut against the Dodgers.
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The speed of the Durango High School boys soccer side allowed it to pot a couple of early goals.
Then it opened up holes for bombs from distance, through balls and all manner of scoring chances.
DHS opened Southwestern League play with a resounding 9-0 win over Montezuma-Cortez High School on Tuesday at Riverview Sports Complex.
In total, Durango (4-0-1, 1-0-0 SWL) fired 21 shots on goal thanks to strong play on the ball that forced an abundance of Panthers turnovers.
Cameron Treeharne opened the scoring a little more than 40 seconds into the contest, sliding a shot into the lower left-hand corner of the net off a feed from Austin Scalf. Treeharne added his second off a turnover in the 10th minute, and he said the biggest key for the Durango offense, and himself personally, was the ability to outrun the Cortez defense to balls in space.
We were faster than their defenders, and thats always nice, especially when you know you can outrun somebody when (a teammate) plays a ball, Treeharne said.
DHS got goals from Seumus McAliney, Chad Patten, Dylan McClain, Cory Munch and Nick Aggeler to end the first half up 7-0, and the Demons goals came from all over the pitch corner kicks, through balls, shots from outside the penalty area and more.
The boys, it wasnt pretty, but ... it doesnt always have to be, DHS head coack Kenny Wood said. They grinded out seven goals in the first half. Just the way they got them.
David Schwantes pushed the lead to 8-0 with a nice chip over the goalkeeper in the 57th minute, and Patten capped the offensive flurry with a goal in the 60th minute.
Despite the lopsided score, there were some areas of concern for the Demons that theyre hoping to fix. One of the foremost appeared to be in the area of communication, and the Panthers (0-2-1, 0-1-0 SWL) nearly took advantage for a pair of goals, including a chance early in the second half that Willy Frownfelter had to steer away from an open net after some miscommunication between the defense and goalkeeper Ben Marvin-Vanderyn.
We didnt talk a lot, really at all. It was really sketchy back at defense ... like worried just when youre sitting there watching it. When we play a better team, theyll score on those chances, said Treeharne, son of Sarah and Todd Treeharne.
Wood was on his charges early to keep their shape, even pulling some of the midfielders for a mid-half chat in the first 40 minutes. The message appeared to stick after halftime, allowing DHS to add a couple of more goals and seal a victory that never seemed in doubt.
Improvement in these areas is key heading into Fridays nonconference contest against St. Pius X, which will travel from Albuquerque to face the Demons at 5 p.m. at Riverview Sports Complex. The Sartans are ranked third in New Mexico 4A soccer, one spot ahead of Farmington, which Durango defeated in overtime earlier this season. The Demons can expect a physical practice Wednesday in order to prepare, Wood said.
Were going to have a physical practice, Wood said. Were going to get the boys into some challenges. Were going to get the boys moving at pace.