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17 Stories Of Love & Crime is finally up on Amazon. It's about three weeks since I got all buzzy about doing this, and it has been frustrating, challenging and rewarding. There are websites out there offering to do it for you for a fee, and I can see why. But it's so much more satisfying to do it yourself.
I'm happy that it's out there. But what do I want out of it? Hmm. It was reading the success stories that motivated me, but it was as much about the fact that you can do it yourself as it was about the hope of becoming one of those success stories. Naturally I would like it to take off, but ultimately I'm happy enough to finally have a collection of stories together and available to share with others. I've enjoyed putting these stories together, even if they have been written over many years. Each is individual and written without the others in mind, yet when I compiled them I recognised something in each of them in the others. And in compiling them I have kept the others in mind and there are fleeting references to each other throughout, characters or situations in one story referred to in other stories.
And for me, it's strangely autobiographical. Usually a single thing happens that sparks a story, and re-reading these stories I remember so much about that single thing and the time in my life that it happened. The passing of The Dreaded One's father was largely responsible for Remembering Argos, though of course there are many moments within that story. The passing of my grandmother made me think about the home I usually dream about when I dream about home, even if my own fleeting passing and subsequent rescuing is at the core of Blue Angeline. A troubled conversation with a beautiful former friend on a sunny day in the park was the spark for Ruben Jane, even if Ruben Jane's troubles are more personal. That one also came from my urge to write the darkest love story that I could.
In a way, all these stories are very real, or have some foundation in reality. They didn't happen, but in a way, they did. At a wedding when the wind was blowing and I couldn't hear the ceremony, my mind wandered and I thought up The Best Man. The woman who twists her ankle getting out of the car in Finding Davey, that was a real moment, as was the final scene in One Moment. The crane in The Funniest Man In The World Tells A Funny Story really did fall and crush that hotel, narrowly missing a group of us drinking out the back. The funniest man himself came about because of how sad I felt watching Spike Milligan doing something naff before a group of reporters and seeing them falling about in sucking-up laughter. Being Groover Terminator all happened, and none of it happened. I wrote that one as a series, painting the character (me) into a corner each week... a guy really did think I was DJ Groove Terminator, my hairdresser Jasmine did ask me to put her in the story and she really does like tequila. We really did get stoned and go on about the biiiirrrdeeees, and Jez and Ann are in there. And GT's manager did phone up and ask if they could post the story on GT's website, and weirdly I met GT and we bumped into each other a few times in the following years.
The bouncer in Stabulous The Clown? Real. The clown? Fucked if I know where I get some stuff from. As real as so many details and moments are in these stories, others are pure fiction, their origin baffling. Quick? His name is short for Quixotic, which is how I view the so-called war on drugs. Some of the characters in there are real. The setting was Home nighclub, the menacing bouncer there was also real. So many small moments make up these stories. The artist in Losing All Of You was a sideways glimpse of a guy on Swanston Street when I was there a couple of years ago with my friend Kat, alongside the essence of conversations real and imagined.
Turtle Bay all kind of happened... thinking about it, sometimes it's hard to remember what actually happened and what was made up. Maybe all of it happened. Maybe none of it happened. Why ask me? What do I know? I just wrote it.
And The Dreaded One, she is there throughout. If you squint, you can even see her there on the cover, which is a photo I took in Prague in 2010. I can't imagine a better cover for this book. I like its moodiness.
If people read it I hope they enjoy it. As far as hoping for any success, like I said it would be nice but mainly it was just a thing to do, a process to go through. I'm aiming to go through the same process (only more smoothly) in compiling The Book Of Grumpy, which as you'll know if you've been to this blog before, is all about the larfs.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Grumpy & The Dandy Warhols
Grumpy is hard-hitting journo and freelance writer Lee Bemrose (firstname.lastname@example.com). He takes his craft very, very seriously.
When I was asked if I was interested in doing an interview with The Dandy Warhols, I jumped at it because... well because I happen to like the Dandy Warhols' music quite a lot. I know Courtney Taylor-Taylor has a bit of a reputation for not exactly snuggling up and canoodling with the media. It's not like you see Courtney Taylor-Taylor and The Media wandering through sun-dappled parks, holding hands and whispering in hot breath into each others ears about how much they need each other. You don't see them sitting on beaches at sunset with Courtney's head nestled comfortably on The Media's shoulder as he murmurs lovingly, "Media – I just don't know what I'd do without you." These are absurd images that only the mind of an absurd person would conjure.
In fact, as you are probably aware, Mr Taylor-Taylor has said that he fucking hates doing interviews and would prefer not to do any at all. Apparently when he finishes a project, such as the new dandy's album This Machine, he spends as much as half a day each day doing interviews. I don't think this would be a bad way to spend half a day if you enjoyed talking about your latest creative endeavour, and if you spent all that time facing genuinely interesting and original questions. Sadly, I don't think interesting and original is how the Dandy's frontman would describe most of the questions he has to face.
Thing is, before any interview like this, I read up big time. I like to find out as much as possible about the interviewee and what makes them tick, which topics get one-line answers and the kinds of things they really like to open up to. I want to know which questions keep coming up so that I can avoid those very questions.
I had to interview a local playwright recently and read an interview he had done the previous week. The piece sucked the proverbial dog's dangly bits because the interviewer based her whole line of questioning on the playwright's Wikipedia profile and (apparently in awe of being in contact with him) she barely mentioned the play he was pimping and just asked about his life and thoughts generally. You could almost hear the yawns in his printed answers. I put in some effort and was rewarded with answers sometimes longer than her whole piece. It was like we'd interviewed two different people.
Sometimes you can get away with a couple of uncreative questions. Sometimes you have to completely come at the thing from left field. I interviewed comedian Sam Simmons once and after seeing the Youtube clip of him having a staring competition with actor Seth Green, I challenged him to a staring competition. Over the phone? Yeah. He loved it. I loved it. My suggestion that the mag run an intro, the staring competition challenge, then a blank page... the magazine, they didn't love it so much.
With Courtney Taylor-Taylor, my in-depth profiling came to the conclusion that it was pretty well impossible to come up with the kinds of questions that were going to genuinely engage the man. And hell, he's busy and would rather cut down time spent interviewing so that he can make music.
So I came up with a multiple choice interview. I've written all the answers so he just has to spend a few minutes ticking the appropriate box. It could be a fun read, or it could fall flat on its arse.
Personally I think there is real potential for the multiple choice interview. Your thoughts?
A. That is an awesome idea, Grumpy. You should should take it to the big league like Letterman and Craig Ferguson. Interviewing Hollywood A-listers by multiple choice rocks! Wooh!
B. As a revolutionary concept it's as dumb as planking.
C. Stupid idea but if anyone can pull it if it would be you. When it comes to stupid ideas, you're the go-see guy.
Hmm. Stay tuned.
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Jam Xpress Interview, Stephen House Interview
Next interview is with The Dandy Warhols.
Oh and there is this interview with Stephen House , re his very excellent Appalling Behaviour, which I reviewed briefly here last September. Well worth catching. Four nights only at the quirky Butterfly Club in South Melbourne.
I am still in formatting purgatory with 17 Stories Of Love & Crime, but I am getting there. See below post if that doesn't make any sense. Soon. Soon...
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Labels: Appalling Behaviour, club music, interview, Jam Xpress, Seany B, Stephen House
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Design Assassin. I love the look of this. Book out soon.
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Oracle and Symantec Certify Veritas Data Center Solutions on Oracle Enterprise Linux
In response to growing customer demand for the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program, Oracle and Symantec today announced certification of Veritas data center software with Oracle Enterprise Linux. The certification will help organizations running Symantec on Linux reduce deployment time and implementation costs.
Launched in 2006 to help drive the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, Oracle Unbreakable Linux provides customers with industry-leading global support for Linux. Oracle Enterprise Linux, a feature of the Oracle Unbreakable Linux program, is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With this latest certification, Oracle Unbreakable Linux support customers deploying Veritas solutions with Oracle Enterprise Linux will receive enterprise-quality support from both vendors. The certification spans the following six Veritas data center software products: Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0; Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0; Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0; Veritas Cluster Server 5.0, Veritas NetBackup 6.0 Client and Veritas i3.
"The Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program continues to demonstrate strong momentum as we expand our work with industry leaders to help simplify the adoption, development and deployment of Linux in the enterprise," said Wim Coekaerts, vice president, Linux Engineering, Oracle. "Enterprise customers adopting Linux want to leverage the enterprise storage management and high availability processes and standards that are mainstays in their UNIX environments. As a result of our work with Symantec, we are making it easier for customers to deploy Symantec solutions with Oracle Enterprise Linux."
Symantec also worked with Oracle to certify Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System with Oracle Real Application Clusters on Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat and SUSE. This will offer Oracle Real Application Clusters customers running Linux the option to deploy Symantec's scalable file system and enterprise storage management solution.
"Adopting a standardized software infrastructure that supports the heterogeneous data center enables organizations to reduce complexity and drive costs down while increasing service levels," said Rob Soderbery, senior vice president of Symantec's Storage Foundation Group. "By continuing our work with Oracle, our customers will now have the choice of deploying Veritas high availability, data protection, and storage management solutions across every major operating system in their data center -- including Oracle Enterprise Linux."
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Your hair is one of the first things people notice about your appearance. There are tons of tools and products you can use to do amazing things to your hair, including straighteners, gels, and conditioners. If you want some good tips on caring for your hair, make sure you check out this article.
If you have a healthy body, you will probably have healthy hair. Your hair will respond to the healthy food you eat and the water you drink to nourish it from the inside. Dark green vegetables, brightly colored fruits, whole grains, nutritious protein and healthy fats provide the building blocks for vibrant, healthy hair.
Try to avoid wearing your hair back in a ponytail too often. The hair will become stressed and possibly break, even when using fabric scrunchies. If you have to wear your hair in a ponytail for your job, make sure that you let your hair hang loose whenever you are not at work.
Try not to brush your hair when it is wet. Hair is much more likely to break when it is wet than when it is dry. Always brush you hair when it is dry to minimize damage. This means you need to brush it before you wash it, and wait until it is completely dry before brushing it again.
Try to avoid using blow dryers, curling irons and flat irons as much as possible. For example, those curling irons, rollers, and other appliances can really damage the hair more than strengthen it. Lay off the blow dryer and curling iron from time to time, and let your hair have a break from the heat.
You can damage hair by blow-drying it. What works best when using a blow dryer is to keep it on a cold air setting with constant movement of the dryer. This way, it moves around and not on one spot for too long. Untangle knots with your fingers while drying your hair to avoid damaging your hair when you brush it afterward.
Moisturized hair is healthy hair, whereas dry hair is damaged hair. The temperature at which you shampoo is a big factor. Once you are done shampooing your hair, wash it out with cool water. This helps to seal moisture in your hair shafts.
If you eat healthy foods, your hair will look and feel better. You need to give your hair the nutrients it needs to stay healthy and growing. Any deficiency in essential nutrients can produce weak and brittle hair. You could even suffer severe hair loss if the deficiency is severe. So ensure you are taking great care of your hair by eating the proper foods.
Hair is an important aspect of overall appearance. While, most people do not like to be liked for their looks, it is something that you can not avoid. This article will help you to make those all-so-important good impressions.


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The bag is spacious, strong, waterresistant and with an adjustable strap. The long zipper (about the length of the bag) makes it easy to get your yoga mat in and out of the bag. Moreover, there is plenty of room for other yoga stuff, like clothes and a bottle of water. On the front and inside, are handy pockets for keys and a cell phone.
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) is increasingly popular because it's inexpensive, easy to manage, and scalable. As a network device, its use of well-known network protocols such as NFS and Common Internet File System (CIFS) make it an ideal file-serving storage device. You need minimal expertise to administer and manage NAS. Because the NAS devices' sole purpose is to provide storage to applications that need them, the NAS OS has few complexities. Total cost of ownership (TCO) for NAS is low because disk space is inexpensive and administration costs are modest.
In contrast, Storage Area Networks (SANs) offer additional data-management functionality, but SANs are also significantly more complex and require more in-depth administration. One important benefit of SANs is that they let administrators perform backups efficiently by moving the large volume of backup data from the LAN to the SAN. Moving backup traffic from the LAN to the SAN lets you utilize the LAN for application and messaging traffic, which is especially valuable in environments where data is growing significantly while backup windows are shrinking.
Data that resides on a NAS device has the same backup requirements as data residing on the SAN. Overall, NAS environments experience the same data growth and backup-window problems as other environments. Backing up NAS devices presents a problem because NAS devices are directly connected to the LAN. Efficient use of secondary storage devices such as optical jukeboxes or tape libraries requires that distributed NAS devices send their data across the LAN during backup, perpetuating the network problems already associated with traditional LAN backup.
Fortunately for the many end users who've purchased NAS for its scalability and ease of management, a group of companies has been working cooperatively on a network-based protocol—Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)—that will let intensive data-migration activities such as backup use secondary storage and network resources more effectively. As vendors incorporate NDMP into commonly available backup products, NAS becomes an increasingly viable storage solution.
Because NAS devices are highly optimized for one function—file serving—they have little more than a general-purpose OS with a thin kernel. A NAS appliance can't host enterprise backup-server software. Even if you connect secondary-storage devices directly to the NAS device, the storage must travel over the network and through the backup server for processing, which perpetuates the poor use of the LAN for backup traffic. Any time you overload the LAN with backup traffic, a purpose for which it's not suited, the performance of the applications on the LAN suffers.
The NDMP protocol addresses this problem of backup traffic on the LAN by separating the file and backup metadata processing from the transfer of data between storage devices. The protocol specifies communication between the NDMP server (residing on the NAS device) and the backup software. The NDMP server considers each backup-software server component to be an NDMP client. To act as an NDMP server, the NAS device must be NDMP-compliant. In addition, backup software must implement the protocol in the form of an NDMP client. When the system backs up a NAS device, the NDMP server performs tasks related to backup-client authentication and management of the data and tape interfaces. The backup software initiates data movement, receives metadata information for cataloging, and performs tasks related to application-specific notification and logging.
Why is this important? The NDMP protocol lets NAS vendors work closely with data-management vendors (i.e., backup and recovery vendors) to remove one barrier to NAS adoption. Despite its benefits, NAS loses some of its allure if NAS data protection requires that burgeoning amounts of NAS storage travel the LAN for backup. NDMP lets backup vendors easily support backup of NAS devices while managing the information about the backups in the context of the entire enterprise backup scheme. NDMP lets NAS backups coexist with traditional enterprise-network backups without special programming, management, or interoperability concerns between NAS vendors and backup vendors. The NDMP protocol will help customers gain the benefits of NAS without the current drawbacks. For more information about NDMP, visit the NDMP Web site.


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Senior Director Telephone: 412-586-9764
WHAT: UPMC will join the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) and Donate Life America to participate in the Flags Across America initiative. During this celebration, the Donate Life flag will be raised to honor the hundreds of thousands of donors and recipients whose lives have been touched by organ donation.
WHO: Speakers will include John Innocenti, president, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside; Roberto Carlos Lopez-Solis, M.D., director of donor services, UPMC Division of Transplantation; Susan Stuart, president and CEO, CORE; Joseph Darby, M.D., medical director, Critical Care Outreach and UPMC Organ Donor Support Team; Gabe Kissell, donor family representative; and Mary Alice King, liver transplant recipient and president of TRIO–Pittsburgh (Transplant Recipients International Organization).
A proclamation from County Executive Dan Onorato will be presented. Cadets from the Air Force ROTC Detachment 730 will raise the flag.
WHEN: 10 a.m., Monday, April 4
WHERE: UPMC Montefiore, seventh floor, main entrance. A reception will follow at the B. Blair Crawford Garden Courtyard on the seventh floor.
WHY: As part of the Flags Across America initiative, UPMC hospitals, as well as transplant centers and recovery agencies across the United States, will fly the Donate Life flag during National Donate Life Month in April. The initiative is a visual reminder about the importance of organ donation and calls attention to the need for more organ donors.
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Instead of reviewing every single piece of music gear that comes out, we're doing something different: giving you a smart, reliable buying guide.
No single piece of music gear will make you a better musician, songwriter, or producer. Only writing and playing does that.
So stop obsessing over the latest and greatest and use our recommendations. MSCGR focuses only on reviews of the best products in the most useful music gear categories, from computers and recording software, to guitars to keyboards to cables to microphones. You don't find out everything, just what you need to know to get up and playing.
You see, the entire marketing of gear industry is stacked against us.
Its very goal is to convince you that you're one purchase away from great recordings and mixes – and if you'd only open your wallet and purchase (or upgrade to) their latest and greatest gizmo or software, you'd be that much closer to reaching your goals.
Want Proof? This recently showed up in my inbox:
Don't get me wrong: Toontrack's EZDrummer is easily my favorite drum software for songwriting and demo creation. But the message is one echoed by many music gear manufacturers – THIS is the ONE THING you need.
What do you mean, the "best" music gear?
Best doesn't mean the most popular, nor does it mean the most expensive or the one with the most features. Sometimes a piece of music gear has a bunch of bells and whistles the manufacturer will make you think you need. But you don't. A stripped down version that does exactly what you need could be a better choice. In such a case we'll recommend that.
I don't agree. I would have recommended something different.
That's totally fine. If you've been happy with Pro Tools, or your Gibson Hummingbird for years, and we recommend something different, there's no reason for you to switch. Nor should you take it as a war on Pro Tools or Gibson by MSCGR. Our recommendations are based on what is best for most people. There are always musicians with brand loyalty verging on religious fervor, as well as edge cases.
For most people, however, are gear recommendations are the best.
Oh, and if you don't agree, simply figure out what your needs are, compare them to what we've recommended, and move up or down the scale from there.
Please let us know when you disagree, or if you have another piece of gear you think we should have considered. We have comment threads at the bottom of each guide and we're always looking for new models or options to test.
What are all the product links sprinkled through the guides?
That's how we get paid. If you're curious, here's more info.
How do I know your reviews are genuine if you are getting paid for those links?
Our readers buy via our site because they trust the reviews. If you don't like a piece of gear, return it. We won't get paid in that case, and that's fine. It's in our best interests to only recommend gear we know you will play/use/enjoy.
What if there is no MSCGR partner for a product you really like?
We recommend the best music gear. If it's the best, but we're not able to monetize it as a partner, we'll still recommend the product. We always suggest what we think is the best product, commission or no.
(But in all honesty, between Amazon and eBay, we can often find a link for pretty much anything.)
We have also partnered with a company called Skimlinks, which can handle some of those harder to find affiliate programs. They share in the small monetary kickback with us if they happen to find a valid affiliate partner.
What happens if the customer is unhappy with the product and they return it?
That is why it is important we write great guides with great recommended products.
Why should we trust your music gear recommendations?
I grew up surrounded by music and technology. My mom taught piano out of our living room for over a decade. I played my first piano recital for my kindergarten class when I was five years old.
I began classical guitar lessons in second grade, switched to bluegrass by 4th grade.
In high school, I switched to blues, rock and metal and taught guitar and songwriting.
While other teens were doing whatever it is teens do, I was building a Moog Theremin (Big Briar at the time) from a kit I ordered, and recording bad music on my little Fostex X-15 4-track. I built tons of other circuits with Heathkits and other parts ordered from MCM, Mouser, and Digi-Key mail order catalogs.
I went to a vocational school my junior and senior years , focused solely on Digital Electronics. I rebuilt PCs, etched circuit boards, soldered, measured frequency response with assigned sounds, a sig generator and oscilloscope.
I've been playing in local and regional bands for almost two decades. I've worked jazz bands, funk bands, rock bands, and played a number of festivals in the Southeastern United States. Most of my friends and acquantances are musicians of varying degrees.
My first job out of school was for a large corporation in Brooklyn, NY where my soldering skills were put to a test on a large scale. We built and designed public address systems for auditoriums, concert halls, and stadiums. Much of my work involved calculating audio signals for delay towers at big live events using the speed of sound equation, building speaker arrays, and board setup.
I've kept a personal recording studio of one sort or another most of my life as well. From the aforementioned Fostex X-15 4-track, to my first band (a terrible grunge band in the mid-90's whose tapes I hope never surface) recorded our own album with a Tascam reel-to-reel 8-track. Since then I've used about every DAW there is, from early Pro Tools all the way down to simple free stuff like Audacity, to stuff in-between, like GarageBand, Adobe Audition, Acid, and Fruity Loops.
In the early 2000's I worked for a dot-com which built some of the first local streaming media "portals". We partnered with Waterman Broadcasting, both a NBC and ABC affiliate in South Florida. We broadcast live local news out over the web and syndicated out their news stories to a homegrown content management system, built by me. There was no WordPress, and barely a Moveable Type. It was a big deal then, and well before YouTube was a thing. Google barely existed at the time!
In 1999 I began the Usability and Information Architecture blog, Makovision I curated, wrote and edited the site, which ran for about 4 years. It's tagline was "Cutting Thru The Crap" and it curated the latest non-PR news about web design and the organization of information online during the dot-com boom. I published a weekly newsletter to over 3000 subscribers, which included many usability gurus from IBM's own team, college professors, and one of my heroes, Jared Spool who even emailed me to compliment me on the site. In addition to covering all sorts of web dev news, the site had a little "book store" of curated web development and usability books I recommended, all powered by Amazon's affiliate program.
In 2004 I launched a music gear website with a handful of affiliate partners, called Gearasaurus. The site contained lots of product datafeeds of with literally tens of thousands of pieces of music gear. It worked great for awhile, but a thin site with lots of gear and no way to sift, sort, compare and get expert recommendations made it very difficult to stand out among competitors who were doing the exact same thing.
In 2006 I launched the site Blogging Muses as a personal site to chronicle my songwriting progress. It grew to be one of the most popular songwriting blogs at the time. Because of the site's unique approach and writing, I was approached by the performing rights organization BMI. We formed a promotional partnership and monthly column written by various BMI members and staff, The site received a lot of press, attention, and made great connections with musicians and labels alike.
In my free time I still like to write and record.
I am also a dad of two girls. In the picture below from May 2014, I am teaching my 13 year old daughter, a very talented singer/pianist, how to record. In the pic, she's using the Reaper DAW on a Win7 laptop, Alesis i02 USB audio interface (don't buy one), M-Audio Oxygen 88-key controller, Behringer B2 mic, and assorted other items.
She doesn't know it yet, but we'll be using some of her recordings as embedded samples in upcoming guides. 🙂
Home recording with my daughter.
On the tech side I've been running brand building and social and e-commerce campaigns as a Google Analytics certified digital marketing manager.
I'm confident you'll be happy with our guides and recommendations.
Thanks again for stopping by!
Anything I didn't cover? Hit me up.
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The goal of MSCGR is simple: Save people time and energy shopping so they can get on with their lives writing, recording and playing music, using the great gear we recommend to them.
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by John Zinkand
High Times at High Sierra
I am writing this not more than 24 hours after arriving back home from the best fest in the west (anywhere?). The good vibes still linger in my heart and mind, the great music still rings in my ears, and the sunburn on my skin is still tender to the touch. I am relaxed, refreshed, rejuvenated, invigorated, and yes…a little tired. The whole trip was perfect which kicks in the d vu since I always seem to feel the lingering High Sierra love upon returning each year. So what made this year so darn special yet again? Everything. It's the little details, the barely noticeable nice things, and the special vibe that one can't truly understand from reading a review. High Sierra Music Festival is not just a music festival, it's an experience. It's almost too good.
Why is it so good, you ask? Well, like I said, it's hard to put into words. I'll give it a good college try, though, since I attended some college here and there in between Phish shows. First of all, an RV at a music festival is a little slice of heaven. Gone are the headaches of lugging gear, setting up camp, sweating it out in the hot sun, and then being almost too tired to dance afterwards. And having a fridge, a microwave, air conditioning, and soft dark place to sleep is just so key. I will not belabor this point, however. Enough said.
This year another benefit to having the RV was hanging out in RV town and meeting a ton of great people. From the kind old fellow Sharky who told us to raise our canopy higher so no one would hit their head, to Dave and family across the way who managed to see late nights, hang out, and generally rage while impressively taking good care of all the kids, as well. Then there was Bacchus who hooked us up with a Vaudeville Tent backstage pass just for lending him some Worcestershire, horseradish, pepper, olives and sprig of celery (guess what he was drinking). Of course, my lame ass didn't even use the pass as I can sometimes be chronically antisocial, but what a kind gesture for some measly Bloody Mary fixins, right?
Every person on the staff is kind and helpful. Upon starting the entry process, it feels more like a time to get acquainted and find out how long both the staff and we festivarians have been coming to this awesome event. I told the woman who gave us our wristbands that I'd been coming since 1998, but my buddy Pete trumped me with his impressive record of attendance since way back in 1992. Smiles from tanned faces beam everywhere and light up the place. I've never seen anyone be mean or yell at another person in all the years I've been going. It's the ultimate family vibe, too. We hung out with many of our neighbor's children over the weekend and it was a pleasure. The parents teach their kids respect and it shows.
Then there are all the details that High Sierra remembers when putting together a festival. I rarely walked into any porta pottie when the thing was not almost completely spotless. They do such a great job at keeping them empty and quite clean. And for those folks who just can't force themselves to walk into a porta pottie no matter how clean it is, there are also bath house with real toilets sprinkled around the grounds. The fact that some of those houses have showers (in addition to the shower trailer) is another key to making High Sierra the supreme shizzle that it is. It's a full four days of music in some pretty serious heat, so a shower once or twice during the weekend is pretty important stuff. That brown paste one gets in between their sandaled toes after walking around the dusty grounds for a few days can be pretty gnarly.
Also, the vending options are great at High Sierra. There are tons of nice clothes and crafts made by great people who will chat with you as you browse their wares. The food booths are a step above what might be considered normal festival fare. Sure, there's pizza and fries, but at High Sierra the pizza is organic. There are also organic teas (including yerba mate), organic fresh produce from local farms, and even frozen chocolate covered fruit kabobs. Basically, even if you forget to pack any camping food, you can still find something super tasty as long as you have a few bucks to spend. Don't expect to score too much food "in the lot," however, as that scene is pretty much non-existent at this festival. The tiny bit of vending that is done is completed on the extreme down low, which keeps the scene very mellow and more focused on the music and good vibe.
The grounds themselves also help to make this such a great festival. It is nicely spread out, but not so spread out that one has to log miles and miles each day if they want to see music on three or four different stages. The sound is usually solid with no cross-over sound pollution from the next nearest stage. Every stage now has at least some sort of shade canopy to help keep dancers cool and out of the sometimes oppressively hot California sun. And because the festival ground is the Plumas County Fairgrounds, there are nice walkways and benches scattered around. And one can't walk too far from any given spot within the festival grounds without finding a faucet that dispenses potable water very helpful after dancing an hour in the 90 degree heat.
And the folks here are pros. The folks in RV town are pros, too, but pros who obviously like their creature comforts more than some. The camping areas are like intricate Ewok Villages complete with tapestries, tunnels, connecting corridors to other camps, disco balls, shade canopies, huge parachutes, streamers, flags, decorations, etc. If you can think of something that would bee cool to bring, someone probably already thought of it and has it sitting at their campsite. These are no light weekend revelers, these are festivarians who are serious about their music, partying, and camping and it shows. People lend each other a helping hand, hang out and meet each other, and sometimes even dispense a free shot of rum from a water gun. There are couches, full rooms, kitchen areas, kitchen sinks, and even some solar shower areas. It's a long festival and people bring all the comforts of home to really style things out, and all the caring and effort helps to create the extremely high vibe.
What am I forgetting? Oh right, the music. Man, it's always just too good. And there's always way too much. As soon as I think I'm doing great as far as seeing lots of my favorite bands and remembering to check out lots of new ones, I talk to a neighbor or casual passer by. They are sure to tell about many other sets from different bands that were incredible. It happens all the time. There is just too much going on simultaneously to be able to take in even a fraction of it. This year, for instance, I didn't get over to even one of the "Playshops." I missed a guitar playshop with Fareed Haque and Steve Kimock, I missed the Warren Haynes playshop, and I missed the Karl Denson jazz playshop. I usually like to see one or two of these very intimate engagements, but just didn't get over this year…but it's all good because there's just so damn much music everywhere. One can find music almost anywhere at High Sierra; from me trying to play my acoustic guitar at my campsite (someone even complimented my playing he must not have read this), a real band playing a small rig set up on top of their RV, or the serious sets blaring away from the musicians up on the Grandstand Stage, there's music nearly everywhere at any given moment.I consider myself a music fan first and a happy and festive reveler second, so now it's time for some personal musical highlights from this past long weekend's festivities. Thursday we listened to a nice trancey set from Portland, Oregon's own Surrounded by Ninjas on Grizzly Radio while partying. Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet (love that name, by the way) was a nice soothing set of jazz on a Thursday afternoon. While Les Claypool's headlining Grandstand Stage performance was not one of my favorites, it was very entertaining. I heard the music was much more intense at his late night throwdown, however. The real highlight of Thursday for me, though, was the late night show I took in. I chose the smallest of the three shows and was treated to great performances from Perpetual Groove and Tea Leaf Green. Perpetual Groove opened the show, but I almost feel like they should have headlined. They have such a great, diverse sound with their beautiful vocals and jams that feel trancey but then have more direction than a typical trance jam. You suddenly realize that the jam is just wailing, the lights are spinning, and serious energy is spewing forth from the stage to the crowd and back. Tea Leaf Green are no slouches either, and their set was also very energetic and great to hear. I raged to Josh Clark's guitar jams as long as I could before giving up and calling it a night around 4:00am.
Thursday was a slow day musically for me, while Friday was anything but. The set by Skerik's project called the Dead Kenny G's was incredible! Skerik was jumping around, Mike Dillon was jumping around (and even tried a stage dive near the end of the set), and the music was strange and pulsing. Skerik yelled garbled noise into the microphone on his saxophone while the rest of the band jammed over his rabble. Brian Haas from Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey was going off on the keys while Dillon pounded on various percussion instruments and his vibes. These guys' chaotic sound is the complete antithesis to Kenny G., and they know it. Skerik even mentioned that if something bad were to happen to the smooth jazz player…he might help if asked. When I couldn't take anymore of their chaos, I headed over to catch Garaj Mahal. Their set was incredible from start to finish and I danced the entire time with a happy grin on my face. It was warm and sunny, people were smiling and dancing, and life was very good. Every member of Garaj Mahal is an extraordinary musician and they just happened to gel perfectly for this set. The next show I saw was a high energy affair put on by the good folks from New Orleans known as the Soul Rebel Brass Band. Wow. These guys tore the roof off the Vaudeville Tent at 3:15 in the afternoon on Friday. Anyone that was there would agree. They brought the New Orleans funk that all party people love so well. They had us doing call and response, funky dance steps, and waving our hands in the air, working us like professionals. These guys played quintessential New Orleans funk with a little hip-hop thrown in for good measure, and the result was a funky good time that should not be missed by anyone. Check them out.
I had to go check out Gabby La La's set alone since my friend went to check out Spearhead. Gabby is just so wonderfully bizarre. I had first seen her open for Les Claypool in Portland, and of course she is in Les's band that played the previous night. As I approached the stage, Gabby's fluorescent green hair caught my eye. She also had a tiger hat pulled slightly down over the top of her head. The songs are all sung in Gabby's recognizable high-pitched tone, accompanied by a sitar and other knick knacks. And the songs are all wonderfully strange, silly, and fun. Gabby doesn't kick down into high energy jams or dazzle with speedy fret board finger work, she's just a singer/songwriter who performs her own unique brand of highly entertaining music. At High Sierra Gabby welcomed a steady stream of random guests, including a few to try their respective hand at this little thumb-bell piano like instrument. She played sitar and ukulele and made little random comments. It was a very odd experience. After Gabby I walked over to the Big Meadow stage for the funky instrumental sounds of the British band called The New Mastersounds. They played a bunch of tight, in the pocket grooves and the large crowd cheered them on and made them feel at home. It was easy to dance to their guitar and organ driven tunes.
Perpetual Groove at the Vaudeville later that night did not disappoint. These guys performed another solid set of music with beautiful vocals and highly enjoyable instrumental ebbs and flows. The crowd was a little sparse at the beginning of the set, but it was packed and thumping by the end. Everyone was totally into it. The band blew everyone away with a nicely played encore version of Lionel Richie's All Night Long to close the show. The only thing we really caught music-wise after that was some of Bill Frisell's set. It was very good stuff and the guy is a great guitar player. But it was a mellower set than we were in the mood for. Instead we partied the evening away at the RV listening to various performances and radio cuts on Grizzly Radio. Sometimes it's nice to just chill and catch up with old friends, and with the luxury of four full days at this festival, it's nice to be able to do so without feeling too guilty about missing tunes. And the radio simulcast of every stage is sick, too.
While I had many little asterisks on my schedule for each band I wanted to see and a day chock full of music carefully planned, the previous night's drinking took quite a toll. We awoke in a dry-mouthed haze at about 1:00pm and tried to get it together. Unfortunately, it never really happened. We mostly listened to the stages from the campsite on the radio, took showers, and rested up. My highlights of the music I actually made it out to see included Maktub, Gov't Mule, and the Benevento/Russo Duo. Each band has a strikingly different sound, which is yet another thing that makes High Sierra such a great festival the varied styles of music. Maktub played their soulful grooves to an appreciative early evening crowd. Then Benevento/Russo exploded with energy on the Big Meadow stage just afterwards. We danced hard to their grooves and were impressed again by the amount of sheer sound put out by just two guys. Then Gov't Mule just wailed. They rocked the crowd extremely hard with powerful, skillful guitar solo after guitar solo by Warren Haynes. His trademark soulful voice is always a crowd favorite, too. The encore of the Stone's Wild Horses included a soft and melodic Steve Kimock solo on pedal steel guitar. We raged late into the night until about 4:00am walking around and checking out the always fun, colorful, and interesting late night scene.
On Sunday we decided we would make the most of the final day of music. We were well rested from oversleeping the previous night anyway, and were ready for a full day of music, partying, and fun. I caught the tail end of nice set by Portland, Oregon's Scott Fisher Band. Scott used to play keys and sing in another Portland band called Soular a few years back, so I was curious to see what he was up to. He played an energetic and danceable sort of pop-groove music. He has a nice voice and there were some nice hooks, but there were also some more extended instrumental jams, as well. Then we caught the very tail end of Michael Manring's set of bass pyrotechnics. The guy is a technique monster and was doing all sorts of wild things when we arrived. He soloed for quite some time in a barrage of tapping, slapping, plucking, harmonics, and other feats of bass ability that made my head spin. While the You've Got a Friend medley encore was mellow, it was still impressive because the guy is such a talented player.
After recharging a bit back at the RV we headed back to Vaudeville yet again to check out the band Meltone. These guys are billed as Japan's very own jamband and are apparently native Japanese guys who just love to play jamband music. It was interesting to see their little scene of Japanese fans, heads, family, and friends there in the crowd impressed that they were playing in front of such an energetic American audience. The band plays frenetic guitar jams and grooves that build and build into explosive peaks. They are a tad repetitive, but it's fun and danceable music nonetheless. And their skills and potential to keep evolving were readily apparent. Meltone left us a little rattled with the chaotic power jams, so ALO on the Grandstand Stage next was the perfect change of pace. They played song after song of lighter, happier fare that had the crowd doing circles and spins all over the field in the soul-warming, late afternoon sunshine. Food at the RV to recharge for the final night of festival while listening to Kottke & Gordon on the radio was next on the agenda. After that we were ready to head over to the Grandstand Stage one more time to catch the impressive headlining set by Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. He ran through many crowd favorites, welcomed guests, and generally had everyone grooving with more energy than could reasonably be expected by Sunday night. I've said it before and I'll say it again, shaking your groove thing to a little live Karl Denson music now and again really is good for your soul.
After a very full day, we continued to rage back at the campsite while listening to Benevento/Russo Duo's opening late night set from the Funk-n-Jamhouse on the radio. As they were ripping it up hard on stage, we were doing the same back at the RV campsite. On this final night, we had made pretty good friends with a number of our neighbors and we all partied and hung out together happily. But eventually it was time for us to head over and check out our late night show for the final evening, Garaj Mahal. These guys are just so great. They put on a very aggressively groovy and danceable show, which was perfect for the occasion. Everyone was dancing heartily late into the night while the band played long funky jams and some of their classic tunes like Meatless Patty. A highlight for me was when Jessica Lurie was invited up on stage to play sax and stayed for many tunes and jams. I miss seeing her play with the Living Daylights on a regular basis like I used to. I heard Garaj Mahal played until about 5:00am that night, but I had to bail around 4:00am or so as I unfortunately lost all steam.
The next day…yesterday…was a painful blur of sun, mountains, roads, and gas stations. It's about a nine and a half hour drive, which is long. Next year I'll be flying into Sacramento or Reno and renting the RV there. But we made it back uneventfully, just the way I like my long drives. I returned the beast this morning and then I came home to check my e-mail and find a gentle reminder that columns for this site are due today. So here I sit, tired and bedraggled, writing feverishly to meet the deadline. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Well, there's no freaking way, man. Like I said, High Sierra is something that simply must be experienced first hand to be fully understood and appreciated. I bet we can go even higher next year. Hope to see you there.


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The idea of financial investments that are "socially responsible" has existed for a long time, but they have become increasingly popular in the last 20 years. They combine financial goals with positive personal values. For example, some mutual funds appeal specifically to Christians, to environmentalists or to peace activists, because of how the money is invested. Islamic mutual funds function in the same way, by investing according to Islamic principles.
Islamic funds are specifically unique because of their position on interest or usury, says Youshaa Patel, vice president of marketing for the Dow Jones Islamic fund, which was launched in 2000. Mr. Patel says Generally, Muslim investors avoid earning interest, or riba, and shun certain businesses.
"We do not invest in tobacco, alcoholic companies, pornography or weapons companies. So we share many of the core values and principles with many of the other socially responsible mutual funds," he said. "As a result, we have had an interest from non-Muslim investors as well, who share these common values."
The Dow Jones Islamic Fund currently invests in some 300 equities, including "companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Exxon, Mobil, SPC Communications, Pfizer and Merck," said Mr. Patel. "We also have smaller companies and mid-size companies as well."
Mr. Patel adds that the Dow Jones Islamic Fund managers have carefully selected the companies they invest in. "Our criterion is to limit the amount of debts a company could have," he said. "What is also great about that, from a pragmatic standpoint, if we ignore ethics for a while, is that it also means that the companies we invest in are more stable."
According to a Cornell University study, there are around 7 million American Muslims, with an annual population growth rate of 6 percent, although in another recent study, the 2000 Religious Congregations and Membership survey, the number was 1.6 million. They are an affluent target group, with 26 percent of their households earning more than $100,000 a year.
The oldest Islamic investment company in the United States is the Amana Mutual Funds Trust of Bellingham, Washington, which established its first investment fund in 1986.
Since there are just a few Islamic funds in the United States, they view one another as associates rather than competitors, says Bashar Qasem, president of Azzad Asset Management Inc. Generally, they advertise in local Muslim magazines and newspapers. But Mr. Qasem believes that direct contact with potential clients is the most effective marketing strategy.
"People need to know you, to trust you. So we adopted a marketing campaign where we send our financial advisors to Islamic centers, mosques and schools. They go there to educate people how they can plan for their retirement, for their children's college education," explained Mr. Qasem. "They teach them about mutual funds in general, how they work, give them an idea about the financial system here, in the United States. Once we teach them and we feel they understand, it is more likely to become our clients."
Does the religious framework of Islamic mutual funds actually limit the profit of these funds? Brian Lund, the mutual fund analyst at the Chicago-based investment research company, Morningstar, says that's difficult to say.
"I think if [investors] want to limit the risk, if they want to diversify more across a variety of sectors, then they're better off not buying an Islamic fund. On the other hand, a person who wants to invest according to the Islamic principles, really has no choice, because there are really no other investments here that considered appropriate to them," said Mr. Lund.
Bashar Qasem, president of Azzad Asset Management, says that based on current trends, he believes the Islamic fund markets look promising and have a potential for good growth. "There is more and more demand on our products and services," he said. "The financial advisors we hire tell us they have not witnessed anything like this where so many people are eager to listen to their products and services and how they can help investors invest while adhering to their faith and principles."
With the growing positive response on the part of Muslim investors, major players in the Islamic mutual funds market feel optimistic about their investment future, in America and worldwide.


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Rated 93 points by the Wine Spectator: `Intense and concentrated, with plenty of exotic, spicy cedar and sage notes and a rich core of currant, vanilla, berry, anise and tar flavors. The finish lingers long.--1987 California Cabernet horizontal. Drink now. 20,000 cases made. (JL)`


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Nordcapital orders AHTS's in Korea
Nordcapital, Germany, has signed a contract with Se Kwang Heavy Industries, (the former INP) Ulsan, Korea, to deliver four UT 786 CD anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS). The total value of the contract is approximately $ 300 million. Delivery of the vessels is scheduled for the third and fourth quarter of 2009. Environmental features such as clean design, ballast water management treatment and oil recovery will be incorporated. The contract also includes an option for four further vessels for delivery in 2010.
"With this new order for very modern Rolls-Royce design AHTS, Nordcapital's involvement in the offshore industry is not only expanding but also diversifying into a different type of offshore vessel," says Willem Dekker, Managing Director of OSM Schiffahrt GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg.
OSM Schiffahrt, a recently established joint venture between Nordcapital and OSM Norway, is responsible for the future management of all new Nordcapital vessels.
Last month, Nordcapital ordered two UT-776 CD Platform supply vessels worth about $111 million from Aker Yards. The hulls for these will be built at Aker Yards in Romania, and outfitted at Aker Yards in Norway. Delivery is scheduled for the third quarter of 2009 and first quarter of 2010. The contract also includes an option for two similar vessels for delivery in the third and fourth quarter of 2010.
Currently, OSM Schiffahrt manages a fleet of three modern PSVs from its Hamburg office. With these additional orders the fleet managed by OSM Schiffahrt will grow to 13 PSV units and four AHTS by early 2010.
The Nordcapital orders also add up to a nice chunk of change for Rolls-Royce. It will supply designs integrated with all the main systems and equipment for all the vessels. It says the total value for Rolls-Royce of the contracts, excluding options, is around $164 million.
"We are delighted that OSM Schiffahrt has chosen to expand its fleet with additional Rolls-Royce vessels as it moves into larger PSVÕs and anchor handlers,Ó says John Paterson, President--Marine, Rolls-Royce.
The UT 786 CD anchor handler design has an overall length of 86 m, a beam of 20 m and a bollard pull of approximately 200 tonnes with the swing-up azimuth bow thruster contributing. The low resistance hullform is optimized for a low fuel consumption and a maximum speed of about 18 knots.
OSM Schiffahrt has specified a powerful winch installation, with a 400 tonne three drum main winch and two secondary winches for wire or rope. A full set of Rolls-Royce Safer Deck Operations equipment will be installed.
These vessels will be propelled by two Bergen BV32:40V12P main engines, each rated at 6,000 kW, turning CP propellers. Azimuth and tunnel bow thrusters, plus twin tunnel stern thrusters will provide dynamic positioning to IMO DP2, under the command of a Rolls-Royce DP system.
The UT776 CD is a 93 m long platform supply vessel that is economical to operate, extremely effective at carrying out its tasks and provides a safe environment for its crew. It has an optimized hull form with very low resistance, reflected in less use of power and consequently a lower total fuel burn that, in turn, cuts the amount of CO2 emissions.
On a beam of 20 m the cargo deck area is about 1,030 sq.m. The vessel has a deadweight of about 5,000 tonnes, of which over 3,000 tonnes can be carried on deck. It can carry pipes, liquid cargo, and dry bulk. Tankage is provided for fuel, water, mud, brine, methanol and special products.
A clear requirement has been to make working and living conditions on board as safe and comfortable as possible. The design has been tailored so that cargo is carried as near the point of minimum motion as is feasible, on a working deck with high and protective bulwarks. Stabilizing tanks above the main deck provide optimal roll reduction and also form a safety buffer between the working deck and the superstructure, reducing the risk of injury or damage from swinging crane loads. Azipull thrusters provide efficient propulsion and maneuevring.


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It's time to let the hanky see the panky as Paddy McGuinness welcomes a new gaggle of girls hoping for a date with their ideal man.
This is the sixth series of the reality dating show , and 30 more women will each stand behind a light as a single man is paraded before them, revealing more about himself as the show goes on.
When Paddy says "no likey, no lighty", only those who decide to keep their light on will be in line for a date on the fictional Isle of Fernando's, which is actually a resort in Cyprus.
"It's a lot of fun to film," Paddy, 40, tells us. "We've got some real characters. One of the girls insists on calling me Piddy, though.
"I think the show is such a success because it's really tight and fun-packed. It's a nice bit of Saturday night fun.
"Everyone likes seeing people go on dates and on holiday."
He also reveals there will be a particularly memorable episode this series.
"We've got an OAP special," he says.
"I cannot wait. We've got a lady called Alice, who's 88 and on a mobility scooter. We're certainly gonna have some fun, me and Alice!"
So does Paddy feel a bit like Cilla Black, who hosted ITV's former dating show Blind Date?
"Well, I remember on Blind Date there was a wedding," says Paddy.
"But now, with Twitter and Facebook and everything, things move quicker.
"We've already had two marriages and two births. It's amazing I was invited to the weddings, but on both occasions I was away.
"I met Cilla this year which was mad because I grew up watching her on TV. She was lovely – I had a nice chat with her about my kids."
Paddy, who has six-month-old twins Leo and Penelope, says: "Now that I'm away working I still wake up at 3am and scramble around for a bottle.
"Then I realise I'm in a hotel in Maidstone."
And will we hear more of his famous catchphrases this time?
"Oh yes, there are loads," he says.
"And I'm always open to suggestions so that I don't repeat any.
"I ask people in the studio if they've got any when we're filming, and if they're clean enough we'll use them."


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East Loop Trail is a 17.9 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Hobe Sound, Florida and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, camping, and mountain biking and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Directions from Stuart, FL: Travel 12 miles south along U.S. Highway 1. The trail begins near the park entrance parking lot.
Talk to the ranger station first if you want to bring your dogs. You can bring your dogs on a leash on the trail but you cannot camp at the primitive sites with your dogs. But if you rent a camping site in the park they can put you in a pet friendly spot.
The biking trails are much more interesting than the walking trails to me. You do have to pay attention and move out of the way the bikers. But they are very nice.
I've hiked this trail in whole or in part several times in the last ten years. The dune portion that runs from the park gate north to the RR crossing is the best part. It's the only reason this hike gets 3 stars. This section rollercoasters over the bushy dunes until it comes to a pine covered area just before th RR tracks. I the enjoy the hike to this area for lunch and some peace.
Geocachers are messing up the area with their absentminded and wandering destruction of the flora. While on the northernmost portion, I had a geocacher ask me which way was north. Near Scrub Jay CG, I saw another geocacher plowing through the Palmetto like a giant armadillo. I guess the park makes money from this activity.
Most of the last half, if travelling CC, is on sandy old roads - very sandy old roads. It's an excellent hike if you want to train for another hike or a run. If you decide to hike this trail, remember your sunscreen and come Dec-Mar, because easily 90% of it is exposed. The trail is good for wildlife sightings.


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With 39% of the votes, the winner of last week's "Favorite Cragun's Memory" poll was "Outstanding Family Experience" from Jessica.
"My daughter, Olive, had so much fun making crafts poolside during our fun weekend getaway last winter. Thank you Cragun's for providing an outstanding experience for our family. Olive is still talking about all the memories we made that weekend. We can't wait to visit again!"


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Jacksonville is one of 15 local law enforcement agencies which will be receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Justice to enhance the municipality's efforts to protect families and the community.
The city will receive $20,079 for equipment, which will help reduce the number of car accidents and aggressive driving.
This is part of the nearly $850,000 coming from from the U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance's Grant Program.
"During my time as Arkansas Attorney General, I saw first-hand how important it is for law enforcement to have tools to protect themselves while fighting crime in the state," U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor said. "These grants will allow our local law enforcement agencies to better equip and train their officers and keep our families safe."
"Equipping our law enforcement officers with the tools they need and preparing them with appropriate training to protect our communities is important to the safety of Arkansas families," U.S. Sen. John Boozman said. "These grants are a great investment in our first responders which will enable them to better protect themselves and our citizens."
Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Little Rock, added, "These resources will help law enforcement officers better protect our communities and keep our children safe," said Griffin.
Lonoke County will also receive $11,952 to purchase computers.


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Notting Hill Gate tube station
|Notting Hill Gate
Entrance through a subway
|Notting Hill
|Local authority
|Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
|Managed by
|London Underground
Transport for London
|Number of platforms
|Fare zone
|1 and 2
|London Underground annual entry and exit
|17.39 million[1]
|17.40 million[1]
|16.68 million[1]
|17.18 million[1]
|16.34 million[1]
|Key dates
|Opened (MR)
|Opened (CLR)
|Combined Station Opened
|Other information
|Lists of stations
|External links
|51°30′32″N 0°11′49″W / 51.509°N 0.197°WCoordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°11′49″W / 51.509°N 0.197°W
|London transport portal
Notting Hill Gate is a London Underground station in Notting Hill, London, located on the street called Notting Hill Gate. On the Central line, it is between Holland Park to the west and Queensway to the east. On the District line and Circle line, it is between High Street Kensington and Bayswater stations. It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 1 and Zone 2.
The sub-surface Circle and District line platforms were opened on 1 October 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR) as part of its extension from Paddington to Gloucester Road. The Central line platforms were opened on 30 July 1900 by the Central London Railway (CLR). Entrances to the two sets of platforms were originally via separate station buildings on opposite sides of the road and access to the CLR platforms was originally via lifts.
The station name Notting Hill Gate had potential for confusion with the MR station to the north in Ladbroke Grove which was known as "Notting Hill" when opened in 1864, and renamed "Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove" in 1880. This latter station eventually, in 1919, dropped its reference to Notting Hill, becoming "Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington)" in 1919 and, simply, "Ladbroke Grove" in 1938 (see Ladbroke Grove Underground station).
The station was rebuilt in the late 1950s and reopened on 1 March 1959 linking the two 'Notting Hill Gate stations' on the Circle and District and Central lines, which had previously been accessed on either side of the street, with a shared sub-surface ticket hall with escalators down to the Central lines. The escalators were the first on the Underground to have metal side panels rather than wooden. The new entrance also acts as a pedestrian subway under the widened Notting Hill Gate. The mosaic columns at the Southern Entrance were created in 2006 by local public art organisation Urban Eye.
The station was redecorated in 2010-11, with new ceramic tiling throughout the subway entrances, deep-level passageways and Central line tube platforms as well as a modified ticket hall layout.
During the redecoration works a section of lift passageways from the original 1900 CLR station, abandoned during the 1959 reconstruction, was rediscovered and found to contain a series of original posters. Images have been posted online.
A scheme was developed by the architects Weston Williamson to provide canopies over the entrances from the street,[2] but this has not been implemented.
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Media appearances[edit]
In the 1968 film Otley, one of the Central line platforms at Notting Hill Gate (or a station pretending to be it) is where the assassin and coach driver Johnston, played by Leonard Rossiter, blows himself up opening a booby-trapped suitcase full of money.
The station and its staff featured prominently in the third episode of BBC Two documentary series The Tube, which first aired on 5 March 2012.
The westbound Central line platform is located above the eastbound platform because when the CLR was built it did not want to tunnel under buildings, and the street above was not wide enough for the two platforms to be side-by-side.
- London Buses routes 27, 28, 31, 52, 70, 94, 148, 328 and 452 and night routes N28, N31 and N207 serve the station
- Oxford Tube X90 coaches.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Notting Hill Gate tube station.
- ^ a b c d e "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "London Underground Entrance Canopies". Weston Williamson Architects. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
External links[edit]
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- More photographs of this station
|Preceding station
|London Underground
|Following station
towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip
|Central line
towards Hammersmith (via Tower Hill)
|Circle line
towards Edgware Road
towards Wimbledon
|District line
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
- Circle line stations
- District line stations
- Central line stations
- London Underground Night Tube stations
- Tube stations in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Former Metropolitan Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1868
- Former Central London Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1900
- Buildings and structures in Notting Hill
- Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom


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|Director of Student-Athlete Development
|Denham Springs, La.
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|Denham Springs HS
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One of the top stars of LSU Basketball, Tasmin Mitchell, has returned to LSU to be with Coach Will Wade as his Director of Student-Athlete Development.
The native of Denham Springs, Louisiana, has been playing professional in the NBA G-League and overseas with stops in France, Russia and Israel since his LSU playing career ended in 2010. He has spent the previous year prior to joining the LSU staff back home in Denham Springs after the floods of 2016 affected his family.
Mitchell said the opportunity to "give back to my University that gave me so much" made it an easy decision to accept the offer to join the staff.
Mitchell remains one of the top scorers and rebounders in LSU history, finishing third all-time in points at 1,989, a 14.5 points per game average for 137 career games. He averaged 11.4 points in 2006 when as a freshman he was a member of LSU's last NCAA Final Four team when he teamed with Baton Rouge products Tyrus Thomas, Glen Davis and Garrett Temple along with St. Martinsville's Darrel Mitchell in a great storyline of players that had been on the court since they were youngsters.
Mitchell's 1,989 career points remains third behind only Pete Maravich and Durand Macklin on LSU's scoring chart. His 950 rebounds remains sixth all-time and he stands behind five top names of LSU basketball history – Macklin, Shaquille O'Neal, Al Sanders, Bob Pettit and Ned Clark.
He is one of just three players in LSU history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals in a career and is 4,692 minutes played is a school record as his 137 games played and 136 starts.
Besides the NCAA Final Four year, he was also one of the players to capture multiple Southeastern Conference titles as part of the 2009 championship team. He was honored in March of 2017 as the SEC Legend representing LSU at the league basketball tournament.
He was a McDonald's All-American during his outstanding prep career at Denham Spring High School and is a member of the Denham Springs High School Hall of Fame. He was the school's only four-time Class 5A All-State basketball player and was named Louisiana's Mr. Basketball in 2005.
Mitchell, born on June 25, 1986 and a 2010 graduate of LSU, has for the past several years given back to the youth of Denham Springs through the T-Mitch Free Basketball Camp which he has organized and sponsored.


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Study on COPD Drugs Linked to Serious Side Effects: Spiriva
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition that tends to affect smokers or people who used to be habitual smokers, and it's a disease that's unfortunately prevalent in the United States. Estimates show that approximately 24 million people suffer from COPD, and additional estimates indicate that up to 100,000 people in the United States alone are killed by COPD every year.
As is almost always the case when a disease takes hold of the public, drug companies get right to work on coming up with medications to help treat the condition, and that was certainly the case with COPD. Two drugs above all others have been most prominent on the marketplace in recent years, and they are known as Spiriva and Atrovent, and each drug was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the American market in 2002.
The drugs were extremely popular given their initially promising results, and 8 million people around the world either are using or have used Spiriva and/or Atrovent. The drugs are administered as inhalants, and each provides the patient with immediate relief from difficulty in breathing, which is the most common symptom of COPD.
COPD is a progressive disease that attacks the patient's lungs and eventually removes the ability to breathe. Patients tend to die of several causes, but almost all of them can be traced back to the underlying condition of not having enough oxygen flowing through the respiratory system. As of now, there is no known cure for COPD, but as said, these medications proved to be useful in treating the symptoms.
Warnings on Spiriva and Atrovent
Unfortunately, as is the case with many drugs, a study that was performed recently that cast out an enormous warning sign in regards to the use of Spiriva and Atrovent. The study was performed as a meta-study, which is a compilation of several smaller studies, by researchers at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina.
The results were quite troubling. Statistical results showed that of the 15,000 patients who used these medications for 30 days, the half that used the active medications showed a much higher risk for death by way of cardiovascular events than the half that used a placebo. Specifically, using Spiriva and Atrovent exposed patients to 53 percent higher risk for heart attacks, 80 percent for cardiovascular death and 46 percent for strokes.
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If you or someone you love has used these medications and suffered as a result, you need to contact a defective drugs lawyer as soon as possible to schedule an initial consultation. You could have legal rights that need to be pursued, but you'll need the advice of an experienced attorney to obtain the information you need to make a sound decision. Contact an attorney today.
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And four years after The Telegraph exposed the scandal, it is being turned into a West End comedy with a star-studded cast.
The Duck House, which takes its title from the most celebrated of the MPs' expense claims, will mark the theatrical debut of Colin Swash, who writes scripts for Have I Got News For You, and Dan Patterson, producer of Mock The Week.
Ben Miller, best known as one half of Armstrong and Miller, will play Robert Houston, a Labour MP whose plans to defect to the Tories are thrown into chaos by the Telegraph's revelations.
The play's producer, Nica Burns, said: "The whole MPs' expenses scandal is a comedy gold mine.
"We have a great tradition in this country of poking fun at our politicians but which other scandals have allowed such scope for visual jokes and the chance to use lots of fantastic props?
"Although it happened four years ago, it has never really gone out of the news and only last week we had yet more revelations about MPs claiming more than ever on expenses."
Among the props will be a Duck House made by the same company that supplied Sir Peter Viggers with the infamous £1,645 water feature he claimed on his parliamentary expenses.
Miller's character tries desperately to hide his own duck house, and a whole host of other household furnishings paid for by the taxpayer, as the scandal threatens to derail his career.
Miller said: "They say that comedy equals tragedy plus time and, traumatic as the expense scandal was, hopefully we can all now have a bloody good laugh about it. And if any MPs don't like it they can always claim for it on expenses."
The play also stars Olivier Award-winning actor Nancy Carroll and former X-Factor finalist Diana Vickers, among others.
It is directed by Tony Award-winner Terry Johnson and opens at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 10.
Dan Patterson said: "Between the two of us we have written topical jokes for TV for over fifty years, but there aren't usually enough on one subject to make a play.
"MPs' expenses were – as the MPs also found – the gift that keeps on giving."


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Is Celebrity Big Brother Contestant Casey Batchelor Planning Breast Reduction?
August 7, 2014 in Celebrity Plastic Surgery by Ruby Marr | Leave a Comment
Celebrity Big Brother contestant Casey Batchelor hasn't quit her day job as a British glamour model. But she is planning to having a breast reduction in the near future, she shares on her blog for the Daily Star.
29-year old Casey Batchelor has risen to fame as a glamour model sporting breasts that fluctuate in size from an FF to GG. Unlike many in her profession, Casey's breasts are natural and have consumed much of her life since the age of 12. Which is why she has opted to go under the knife in order to have them downsized to a more manageable but still large EE.
In her column for the Daily Star, Casey explains that despite making her career around her physical appearance, her breasts have actually made her feel insecure over the years.
"I am actually having a reduction (don't worry male fans, only a couple of cup sizes smaller, nothing too drastic)."
"What people may not realise is that everyone has insecurities, whether it be Joe Bloggs down the road or your world-famous supermodel."
"And so despite a confident smile and self-assured pose on the red carpet or in a photoshoot, I do have insecurities too. For me, my boobs have always been a huge insecurity."
According to Casey, her insecurity about her breasts stem from childhood, when she was bullied and made fun of for having a large chest at the tender age of 12. She says that although she smiles on the red carpet and displays her ample cleavage in the pages of men's magazines as an adult, she still feels insecure about her breast size.
"Maybe because I was always so much bigger than the other girls growing up. And maybe because I was bullied for having them. But yes, my boobs are MY insecurity."
"You might say I'm a model and use my boobs for my work, which is true, but it doesn't mean I still can't be insecure about them and being surrounded by girls who have perfectly-formed smaller breasts or girls implants so their chests sit there all perky, made me even more insecure."
Casey says that at age 12 she was already a DD and they just became bigger from there. Currently on a "health kick" Casey is at her slimmest and her breasts are still a very large FF.
Although Casey acknowledges having a great history and career with her breasts, she fears that turning 30 will have a negative impact on her chest as gravity begins to take a toll.
Casey appears to have spent some time considering what size she would like to be after the procedure takes place. She explains in her article that because she is known for having very large breasts she would like to downsize to the neighborhood of a size EE cup. She also explains that she has done her research on the procedure and has found a surgeon that she is comfortable with to perform her breast reduction.
Once the procedure is completed, Casey is looking forward to wearing backless dresses and suffering from less back pain and hearing fewer "nasty" comments.


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Sat, Oct 21, 2017
11:00 a.m.
Bloomington, IN
6200 E Robinson Rd
Run, Walk/Run
Rolling hills best describe the course. They are not long or steep, but there are several. Start and finish at the beautiful winery in northern Bloomington. Both the course is an Out and Back course of beautiful rural scenery. Parking at Butler is minimal, so you will need to park at a school two miles away. We will be constantly running free shuttles to and from the winery.
Click HERE for the course map!
Participants will receive a series shirt at their first race, a unique finisher's medal after finishing each race, a souvenir glass of wine at each race, wine to fill that glass and a chip-timed bib at each race. Check out our Facebook page after the event for free race photos to be shared, tagged, copied and made into profile pictures.
Parking will be located at Butler Winery.
Can't make it to the event? No problem. We allow you to run your event virtually. When you run the event, send your results (from a running app) to email@example.com. We will mail your bib, wine glass and medal, or give them to you at the next event. We will not allow virtual times toward the season prizes, but we will allow them toward medals.
Red, White & Rose offers 4 different races at 4 different wineries.
Sign up for 1, 2, 3 or all of 4 of these fun events! The more races you sign up for, the more discounts you receive. Save 20% on your 2nd event, 25% on your 3rd event and 30% on your 4th event! The more you run, the more you save!!
*You must register for multiple events at the same time to receive discount. If you register separately you will not receive the discount.*
Strollers? Yes
Kids? Yes, but there is no child-rate. If they're in a stroller, no charge. Otherwise regular rate.
Shirts? Yes, one shirt for the series. You will receive your series shirt at your first race of the series.
Prizes? Age Division Awards. You MUST be present to receive an Age Group Award. Age groups will be every 5 or 10 years, depending on attendance. Children's age groups will be under 20 as we generally don't have many kids.
Course map? Click HERE for the course map. We are working with RunGo for each event this year. Download the app and check it out! (You need your phone with you while you run). RunGo provides turn by turn directions while you're on the course.
Can I register at the race? Yes, there is race day registration.
Food? Yes! We are working with each winery to ensure we have good food available.
Water? Yes, we will have water stops and bottles of water at the finish line, provided by Aqua Systems.
May I Use FunRewards for free entry? Yes, points required range between 2,000 to 3,500 points per race depending on how early you register. Obviously, it's cheaper the earlier you register. Visit our funRewards page to check your point balance and to redeem points.
May I transfer my registration? Yes, but only within the wine series. Log into runsignup.com and do so for no charge (at least 3 days before an event) or email email@example.com – we charge $5.00 to transfer.
Parking? Parking will be located at Butler Winery.
Other? If you have a question not listed, please email email@example.com