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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post305182641379212714..comments2014-10-20T11:49:17.650-07:00Comments on Remember '51 - An often biased look at baseball and the SF Giants: How Real Is Andres Torres' 2010 Season?Ghost of Tiny Archibaldhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-3514340086706921342010-06-15T10:47:59.041-07:002010-06-15T10:47:59.041-07:00Liked the piece on Torres. I'll definitely be ...Liked the piece on Torres. I'll definitely be putting you on the recommended blogroll here at R51.

Also, liked what you said about Sandoval. I think the emphasized "selectivity" has messed with Sandoval and he's ending up swinging at less pitches, but the same amount of bad balls as last year. Sandoval has a great propensity to make contact outside the strike zone, so I don't know why Giants management seems to be messing with his approach so much. As of now, Pablo's line drive rates are down dramatically from last year, but as his BABIP, which currently sits at .305 (it has never been lower than .350 in the majors). I think that BABIP is bound to go up, as are his LD percentages, just because he makes contact so well.Kevin O'Brienhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-17520680063447358512010-06-15T09:19:08.166-07:002010-06-15T09:19:08.166-07:00Interesting piece. I have done some work with Tor...Interesting piece.

I have done some work with Torres on his mechanics and his approach...

http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Baseball/Hitting/RethinkingHitting/Essays/MyExperienceWithAndresTorres.html

...and until I read your piece I didn't realize that it seems to be paying off in his selectivity numbers.

I also think that decreased selectivity, and selectivity that wasn't great to begin with, is part of Sandoval's problem. He feels like a bad ball hitter who this year is seeing and swinging at even more bad balls.thepainguyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-7098352990672064462010-06-03T08:06:54.072-07:002010-06-03T08:06:54.072-07:00Thanks, no big deal, just wanted to see when you h...Thanks, no big deal, just wanted to see when you have a new post up.

Keep up the good work!obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-3364304268140096642010-06-02T18:49:01.689-07:002010-06-02T18:49:01.689-07:00OGC, Just added a subscription link on the blog. ...OGC,

Just added a subscription link on the blog. Hopefully this helps. Sorry for the confusion.Kevin O'Brienhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-19637787142802126012010-06-02T18:38:42.724-07:002010-06-02T18:38:42.724-07:00I'm not sure if this is what you're talkin...I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about, but isn't it in the right side of the web address bar where the orange icon is (this is for Firefox...I don't know about other browsers)? If that's not what you're talking about let me know so I can address what you're asking.

Thanks for the add on the blogroll. Appreciate it man!Kevin O'Brienhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-91970275806593875392010-06-02T17:11:49.020-07:002010-06-02T17:11:49.020-07:00Hey, is it possible for me to RSS your site? I...Hey, is it possible for me to RSS your site? I've been looking around and just don't see a RSS link. I see links to subscribe to the comments, but nothing about RSSing your site.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-80691706887754601522010-06-02T16:39:50.246-07:002010-06-02T16:39:50.246-07:00Thanks Kevin, I like your blog too, I've put i...Thanks Kevin, I like your blog too, I've put it on my list of Giants blogs. Have fun!

Yeah, your analysis makes clearer what has been said about Torres in the press lately, that he's learning to do things differently with the bat. Of course, he'll have to keep up that LD% but if he can, boy, he'll be saving the Giants collective butts because of DeRosa's probable DL and Bowker's and Schierholtz's ups and downs growing pains.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-70132571518408290342010-06-02T15:13:15.605-07:002010-06-02T15:13:15.605-07:00Thanks OGC. I think you make my point with you las...Thanks OGC. I think you make my point with you last statement. I made this comparison with Fred Lewis and Rajai Davis. I found Lewis was able to have high BABIPs but still put up good stats because he had high GB/FB rates, while Davis was more lucky in 2009 because he had very high FB rates. I find the same thing interesting with Torres, just because you think with his speed, he would be more apt to hit the ball on the ground to maximize speed. With the GB/FB rates Torres had last year, you would think he was a home run hitter, not a leadoff hitter.

The big difference I think this year has been Torres' LD rate, which is in the mid 20's (thus, this could explain the high BABIP). Thus, this has evened out his GB/FB ratio from last year. He still isn't hitting as many groundballs as you would think, but he's not hitting as many flyballs (I think he's down about 10 percent from 2009).

By the way, big fan of your blog man.Kevin O'Brienhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723610406379824887.post-28259765371623248642010-06-02T14:17:07.736-07:002010-06-02T14:17:07.736-07:00I've been wondering about this. Good analysis...I've been wondering about this. Good analysis.

Why do you think his BABIP is high? He was able to maintain a higher BABIP in the minors (albeit the minors) and the theory is that speedsters can maintain a higher BABIP. You mention his GB/FB ratio, which is 0.55, so extreme flyball hitter, so is that what you mean, that because he's hitting so many flyballs, his BABIP should be lower because there are less GB to use his speed on?obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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There is a growing trend for advanced 3D visualization systems to employ multimodal input interfaces. One of the most desirable of such modalities is speech recognition, as it is natural to users, and complements very well other input interfaces. However, although well understood, integrating a speech interface into a complex system can be a difficult and time consuming task. In this paper we present our approach to the problem, a software framework requiring minimum additional coding from the application developer. The framework couples voice command definitions with existing interaction code, automating the task of creating a new grammar to be used by the recognizer engine. A new listener component for the Xj3D was created, which makes transparent to the user the integration between the 3D browser and the recognizer. We believe this is a desirable feature for virtual reality system developers, and also to be used as a rapid prototyping tool when experimenting with speech technology.
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Sonic Youth have released their 6th installment
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Stan Brakhage was one of the most important and revolutionary
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are some lessons I use with my students to teach them about sentences.
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Sentence or not a
One of the first things
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that sentences express a complete idea. Here are some
exercises that will help them recognize sentences.
Have each
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editing: Using spelling words, make pretend a student has
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Please welcome children's fantasy author of the Master Cat and Malkin series, Virginia Ripple, to the Reading Room today. Q. Hi Virginia! Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your books. A. Hello! I'm a small town Midwestern girl and I've been telling stories since I could hold a crayon, so it's no… Continue reading Q&A With Children's Author Virginia Ripple


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Earlier this fall, on the day when then candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were visiting the campus of one of my old schools, Columbia University, I was visiting with nonfiction author and CU journalism professor David Hajdu in his festooned campus office to talk comics and culture. NYC was cloud-covered and felt ominous and edgy--entirely apt, as it was another September 11, seven years after the act.
I had to navigate police and media phalanxes to get to David, but his energetic conversation made the trek well worth it.
I first read Hajdu's work via my dear pal Paul, author and editor at FSG, who sent along a copy of David's first book, Lush Life, about the excruciating genius of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington's largely unsung collaborator, in 1997. Over ten years ago. Yeesh.
When I heard that Hajdu's latest book, The Ten Cent Plague, was about the birth and aborted growth of American comics, I was immediately interested, given my own study of Japan's sophisticated history in the medium. I wasn't disappointed. I read the book, then was asked by another pal, John at the Brooklyn Rail, to concoct a story.
Rather than spout in an essay, I wanted to talk with David, to have a real-time exchange of ideas that traversed oceans, cultures and decades. That's what we did, amid the chaos of Columbia's election season, and the grim celebration of the end of an era.
The publishable bits of what we said are in the Brooklyn Rail here.
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Discussion in 'Events' started by PurplePeril, Jan 27, 2011.
April 9,10 in Sequim.
I'm bringing this thread back to the top. If you happen to be on the OP next weekend and the rivers or out, or even if they are in, stop by and say "Hi" at the OP Sportsman Show in Sequim. We'll be there with three of our pontoon boats for you to kick the tubes and examine. We have lowered the prices of our pontoons and rafts on our website for the show.
This is one of the remaining few shows left in the northwest dedicated to fly fishing. Hope to see you there.


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Pak PM says US raids disastrous in intl communitys eyesNovember 2nd, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Nov 2 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the ongoing US air raids were disastrous in the eyes of the world, and that he would soon take up the matter with the US ambassador Anne Patterson.
Asking the world leaders to dissuade NATO and US forces from such incursions, Gilani said claimed that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had also assured him that he would take up the matter with NATO.
The world supported Pakistan s stand that air strikes by American and NATO forces were counter-productive, the Dawn quoted the prime minister as saying while addressing press persons on his return from Turkey .
He said the international community was aware of the challenges that Pakistan had been facing because of being a key US ally in the war on terror.
About the possible world aid to his country in the wake of the ongoing economic crisis, he said: The whole world is thinking of helping Pakistan in the present economic crisis as they have great feelings for Pakistan .
About fears that Islamabad had accepted hard IMF conditionalities to get billions of dollars in loans, the prime minister said that international financial institutions should not place unacceptable conditions while giving loans.
He, however, said that the PPP government would do whatever was in the best interest of the nation. The Friends of Pakistan could not hand over cash in just one sitting as they had their own systems which required fulfilment of some formalities, added Gilani. (ANI)
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text: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 06:40:31PM +0100, Vince Weaver wrote:> HelloHi Vince,> Sam Wang reported to me that my perf_event validation tests were failing > with branches on ARM Cortex A9.> > It turns out the branches event used (ARMV7_PERFCTR_PC_WRITE) only seems> to count taken branches.It also counts exceptions and instructions that write to the PC.> ARMV7_PERFCTR_PC_IMM_BRANCH seems to do a better job of counting both > taken and not-taken. So I've attached a patch to change the definition> for Cotex A9.Well, it also only considers immediate branches so whilst it might satisyyour test, I think that overall it's a less meaningful number.> This might be needed for Cortex A8 but I don't have a machine to test on > (yet).We use the same event encoding for HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS on the A8.> I'm assuming this is a proper fix. The "generalized" events aren't > defined very well so there's always some wiggle room about what they mean.I'm really not a big fan of the generalised events. I appreciate that theymake perf easier to use but *only* if you can actually provide a sensibledefinition of the event which can (ideally) be compared between twodifferent CPU implementations for the same architecture.So, my take on this is that we should either:(a) leave it like it is since taken branches is probably a more useful metric than number of immediate branches executed.(b) start replacing our generalised events with HW_OP_UNSUPPORTED and force the user to use raw events. I agree this isn't very friendly, but it's better than giving them crazy results [for example, we currently report more cache misses than cache references on A9 iirc].Personally, I'm favour of (b) and getting userspace to provide the user witha CPU-specific event listing and then translate this to raw events usingsomething like libpfm.As an aside, I also think this is part of a bigger problem. For example, thesoftware event PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS would be much more useful ifwe could describe different types of emulation faults. These would probablybe architecture-specific and we would need a way for userspace to communicatethe event subclass to the kernel rather than having separate ABI events forthem. So not only would we want raw events, we'd also want a way to specifythe PMU to handle them (given that a global event namespace across PMUs isunrealistic).Will


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We all need to be inspired, encouraged, influenced and these influences help mold us into the person we are. So, let me tell you a little bit about the people who influenced me in magic. There are four specific individuals. But first a little history... My first interest in magic started in about 1969, I remember watching television and there it was the "TV Magic Cards." I was hooked. Then came the "TV Magic Set."Read More
Let me tell you about my days at the Magic Cellar nightclub. It was located at 630 Clay Street in San Francisco. "Earthquake McGoons" was the name of a famous jazz nightclub located at that address and there in the basement was housed the collection of Carter the Great, the famous magician. A little history to go with this first and the story I am about to tell you is as amazing as the Magic cellar was itself.Read More
Who was your biggest influence when you got involved in magic?I loved David Copperfield's early TV specials because there was always a some sort of sketch, story or vignette in his shows. I was captivated by those pieces because the magic seemed to really mean something to the story; a characters hopes, dreams, fears. And, David Copperfield's magic was always very escapist and magical.Read More
Thank you to everyone who shared this magical weekend with us while we celebrated our 700th show! Can you believe it? Yes, 700 magic shows since we first opened in 2004! Incredible!Read More
Our club is very excited to present the magic of David Hirata [ thingsimpossible.com ] this Friday and Saturday night. As the first magician to receive a standing ovation in our new club location on Main Street, it was sure time we followed up with him from our last Q&A session. Have a question for David? Post a comment below, and we'll get right back to you!Read More
My interest in magic started back in the late 60s. While my father and I were watching television, we saw an advertisement for "TV Magic Cards." The trick blew me away, and I was hooked. Later on, I saw a fellow at the county fair selling the "Svengali Deck" of cards. As he performs, I realize this is just like the TV Magic Cards – must have watched the guy for two hours straight! I finally bought one of those decks, and have been in love with magic ever since.Read More
Enjoy this short film created with Magician Timothy James at California Magic Club. Have you seen him before on our stage? His show business credits are many including Norwegian Cruise Lines, the Magic Castle in Hollywood, and hundreds of performances all the great state of California. He's a regular performer and he comes highly recommended!Read More
Tell us a bit about yourself? I've always enjoyed watching magic ever since I was a young boy. Whether it was watching my father perform magic or watching David Copperfield on television, I couldn't get enough of it. As a teenager I joined the Society of American Magicians with my father and there my education in the world of magic took off. Now I enjoy performing for audiences just as much as I enjoyed watching it as a kid.Read More


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Swiftly and deservedly becoming one of the most renowned producers in the exciting region of Ventoux, Chateau Unang has been run by Scottish couple James and Joanna King since 2003. A great deal of renovating and replanting since, has turned this once neglected estate into an absolute gem. The domaine is located in a magical part of the Ventoux, sitting above the Nesque river bed and overlooking the Vaucluse plateau, where their 15ha of vines benefit from the sheltered location, altitude of between 200-320 metres above sea level, and the practically unique Sables d'Unang soils – a rare form of sand over limestone that is found nowhere else bar here and certain pockets of Gigondas. The white grapes (Roussanne, Clairette and Grenache Blanc) are all grown in the valley at the bottom of the hill, where they benefit from the cooler early morning air, staying shaded longer in the heat of summer giving the wines a delicious fresh minerality and a lively acidity for which they have become well-known. The red grapes are spread over the rest of the hill between 250 and 320 metres above sea level, divided by thick swathes of oak forest and groves of olives and cherry trees with an aspect south east. The Grenache sits at the very top and forms the basis for their top cuvée La Croix. The Syrah, which has to be protected from hungry wild boar in the last few weeks before picking, forms the basis for la Source. Since 2013 the domaine has been certified organic. The wines are made with care, attention, respect for the environment and with a gentle hand. These are thrilling, great value wines you will keep coming back to.
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A Christmas night run to buy batteries for his daughters' Christmas presents gifted a Kirksville man with a $27,777 win on a Missouri Lottery Scratchers game. Steven Tallman, 30, made the discovery while scratching a "Golden 7s" ticket outside Ayerco, 2214 N. Baltimore, in Kirksville. It was the first top prize claimed in the game, which began Dec. 3.
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"I reached over and hit the lock button on the car door," he said, explaining his surprise and excitement upon realizing he held a winning ticket.
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In the meantime, the treaty of Fort Stanwix had given a pretext for a general disregard of the kings proclamation, prohibiting settlements of his subjects west of the mountains, and had excited afresh the spirit of emigration and exploration westward. Land-mongers penetrated fearlessly into the wilderness, while masses of emigrants had accumulated along the boundary, and concentrating themselves at the leading avenues from the Atlantic to the western waters, stood for a moment impatient of longer restraint, and casting a wishful look upon the inviting country before them. Tennessee was yet without a single civilized inhabitant. We have traced the approaches of the Anglo-American population to her eastern boundary. The genius of civilization, in her progress from the east, had passed the base of the great Apalachian range. She stood upon its summit, proud of past success—and, ambitious of further and greater achievement, surveyed from that height the wide field before and around her. On her right, are the rich vallies and luxuriant plains of Kentucky and Ohio, as yet imperfectly known from the obscure report of the returning explorer or the Shawnee prisoner. On the left, her senses are regaled by the luxuriant groves, the delightful savannas, and the enchanting beauties of the sunny south. Far in the distance and immediately before her, she contemplates the Great West. Its vastness at first overwhelms and astounds her, but at the extreme limit of her vision, American adventure and western enterprise are seen beckoning her to move forward and to occupy the goodly land. She descends to the plains below, and on the prolific soil of the quiet Watauga, in the lonely seclusion of one of its ancient forests, is deposited the germ of the future State of Tennessee. In that germ were contained all the elements of prospective greatness
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Commercial buildings and improvements generally are depreciated over 39 years, which essentially means you can deduct a portion of the cost every year over the depreciation period. (Land isn't depreciable.) But enhanced tax breaks that allow deductions to be taken more quickly are available for certain real estate investments:
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Also known as IRS Form 8880, the Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contribution form is a one-page tax form used to calculate the amount of an individual, head of household or married couple's saver's credit. As of 2017, the credit is available to individuals with income up to $31,000, heads of household with with incomes up to $46,500 and married couples filing jointly with incomes up to $62,000.
The form asks for information on traditional and Roth IRA contributions for that tax year, elective deferrals to a qualified employer plan and certain retirement distributions received. The saver's credit is one of several tax benefits designed to help low-income filers save for retirement. In addition to meeting low-income requirements, those who want to claim the credit must be at least 18, not a full-time student and cannot be claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return.


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Jan 23 2017
Adelaide Summer Orchestra – The Planets
Recorded live in the Norwood Concert Hall
January 2017
The Planets (Gustav Holst)
– Mars
Aug 20 2016
**Terrace Singers MP3 Samples
Jul 22 2016
Nothing has been done to these samples other than MP3 conversion for upload.
Warning: – This audio has a high dynamic range. Listening to it at high levels may cause hearing damage, particularly if using headphones.
Adelaide Summer Orchestra
Norwood Concert Hall, January 2016
Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16
Allegro molto moderato
Adelaide Summer Orchestra
Norwood Concert Hall, January 2015
Mahler's 4th Symphony
I. – Bedächtig, nicht eilen
IV. – Sehr behaglich (Soloist – Kirsti Harm)
Technical Information
Recorded using a Nagra VI & Nagra Seven at 24 bit/96 kHz
Schoeps CCM4Lg Cardioid Microphones in ORTF
DPA 4006A Omni Microphones spaced at 44cm
DPA 4011C Cardioid Microphone on Soprano
Jul 07 2016
AUCS – Magnificat
Magnificat – Et exultavit spiritus meus
Exsultate, Jubilate – Andante
Apr 09 2016
APC Sample MP3
All samples on this page are straight out of the recorder before any editing. MP3 conversion is the only thing that has been done to them.
Coronation Anthems (G. F. Handel)
Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 6 – Allegro moderato
Surely He hath borne our griefs
Mar 20 2016
The Corinthian Singers – Passion MP3 Sample
No editing has been done to these clips yet, other than fade in/out and conversion to MP3 for upload.
Recorded in St John's Church, Adelaide – 20 March 2016
Requiem: I. Salvator Mundi
Feb 20 2016
AUC On The Wild Side – Fringe 2016
No editing has been done to these clips yet, other than conversion to MP3 for upload.
804.672 Kilometers
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
Technical Information
Recorded using a Nagra VI at 24 bit/96 kHz
Schoeps CCM4Lg & CCM8Lg in M/S Configuration
Oct 23 2015
AUCS – Hymns of the Orthodox Church
Christ Church, North Adelaide – October 2015
A quick MP3 sample from tonight. Nothing has been done to these other than MP3 conversion for upload, so these are straight out of the recorder without any editing. These samples are from the DPA 4006A pair only
Song For Athene (Rachmaninoff)
Bogoroditse Devo (Tavener)
For those interested, these two recorders are made by Nagra in Switzerland. The top recorder is an 8 channel Nagra VI. You can buy a 'normal' Nagra VI for around US$11,500, but when the Nagra company turned 60, they built 60 special Anniversay versions (with a hefty premium added) The front is machined from a solid block of aluminium and there are some additional features. My Nagra VI is number 40 of that 60.
The smaller recorder is a 2 channel Nagra 7 (they moved away from Roman Numerals for this model). The 7 comes with several options such as WiFi or ISDN to allow fast upload of files in the field. This Nagra 7 has no additional options and is around US$4,000.
Like most multi channel recorders, not all of the input channels have microphone pre-amps. So for channels 5 & 6, (And, if using digital, channels 7 & 8) you need to feed it a pre-amplified signal. That is why my Nagra 7 is there.
I'm feeding the Nagra VI channels 1 & 2 from one pair of stereo microphones and channels 3 & 4 from another pair. The third pair of microphones are going into the left side of the Nagra 7 and straight back out the right side, into the Nagra VI. No recording is being done on the Nagra 7, I'm just using its pre-amps for the microphones.
To complicate the explanation, although channels 5 & 6 are coming from the Nagra 7, they are coming out of it via it's single digital line (on the right side) as opposed to the two analogue outputs. This negates the need to convert the microphone analogue signal to digital (to go into and through the 7 internals) then back to analogue to go out of the 7 (to feed the analogue inputs of the Nagra VI) and back to digital inside the Nagra VI, to be recorded to the hard drive. By using the digital output of the 7, the signal stays digital all the way to the Nagra VI hard drive (so nothing is lost in translation). ALSO, two channels can be fed along a single digital line. So the digital cable goes into the channel 5 input on the Nagra VI and feeds tracks 5 & 6 of the recording. (this is why the Nagra VI can have channels 7 & 8 if it's a digital signal, as they feed the channel 6 input for channels 7 & 8 of the recording).
As for the microphones? Channels 1 & 2 were fed by a pair of DPA 4006A Omni mics (Danish Pro Audio), channels 3 & 4 by a pair of DPA 4011C cardioid mics and channels 5 & 6 by a Schoeps CCM4Lg & CCM8Lg combination, in a configuration know as Mid/Side (Google that one)
The resulting 6 channels are edited on a 27″ iMac using an excellent program called Triumph by Audiofile-Engineering. All lumps, bumps and potholes are cleaned up using iZotope RX5 Advanced. It's great for the fine editing work of removing page turns, audience coughs, riser creaks etc. The RX clean-up process is what takes the longest. I've spent over an hour cleaning a cough out of a track before. All of the 6 channels are recorded and edited at a resolution of 24bit/96kHz and mixed into the final 2 channel (stereo 16bit/44.1kHz) CD that, hopefully, you've bought.
BTW, I listen to all of this on a pair of Australian made Grover Notting Code 4 studio monitors. They are truly wonderfully designed speakers.
Aug 29 2015
Corinthian Singers – MP3 Sample
This sample is unedited at this stage. Nothing has been done other than conversion to MP3 for upload.
Os Justi (Anton Bruckner) – St John's Church, Adelaide
Technical Information
Recorded using a Nagra VI at 24 bit/96 kHz
DPA 4006A Omni Microphones spaced at 32cm
Schoeps CCM4Lg Cardioid Microphones in ORTF
Jul 31 2015
Adelaide Summer Orchestra
Recorded live in the Norwood Concert Hall
January 2015 & 2016
Symphony No. 4 (Gustav Mahler)
– Sehr behaglich
Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16(Edvard Grieg)
– Allegro molto moderato


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MINI of Pittsburgh is hosting a Gallery Party on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 to unveil the Grand Prix's 2014 poster. MINI will be the honored marque of the year and will the featured car on the poster so this should be exciting! Students from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh have submitted 28 entries and the winner and the poster will be revealed that evening. In addition to revealing the poster we are also conducting a on-line vote to select a "Peoples Choice" that will be awarded that night Vote here.
Pittsburgh artist Mark Bender has created two of the Grand Prix's more memorable recent posters, the 2003 Corvette poster and the Italian Marque of the Year in 2008. Mark is an instructor at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He and Dan DelBianco, executive director of the PVGP, thought it would be a good idea to make the creation of the poster a class project. The spring and fall Graphic Design classes of 2013 submitted over 25 designs for consideration. Mr. Bender worked closely with the students and was pleased with the results stating "the Art Institute of Pittsburgh is honored to be a part of the Grand Prix and our students really put forward a great effort. I can't wait to unveil the winning submission."
Vote for the People's Choice
The student entries are all posted on MINI of Pittsburgh's Facebook page. You can see them all here. You can vote on your favorite and the poster that receives the most votes will be recognized on January 22nd as the "People's Choice". This winner may not be the same one that has already been selected by the PVGP as the 2014 poster – but will give Grand Prix fans a chance to help recognize another talented student's work.
According to the PVGP's Dan DelBianco "We have enjoyed working with Mark Bender on posters in the past and with Mark as the instructor this seemed like a great way to open up the opportunity to the tremendous young talent here in Pittsburgh. We provided the students with a history of the Grand Prix and showed them the range of posters created over the last 30 years. The winning artwork and artist will receive a great amount of exposure and publicity. The poster art will serve as the brand of the 2014 Grand Prix on billboards, race programs, t-shirts, advertising and promotions.
Mini Motoring Manager Chris Lasko expressed his excitement about being the 2014 Marque and the upcoming event "MINI of Pittsburgh is proud to sponsor the Grand Prix and to host the Gallery Party. The process of having the young students design the poster is really unique and we can't wait to turn our showroom into an art gallery. Everyone is welcome to this free event – the more the merrier!"
Party – Everyone Welcome
Please join us on January 22 to see all the submissions and find out which student's work will be selected as the PVGP's 2014 poster. Everyone is welcome: Grand Prix volunteers, sponsors, MINI owners and anyone with an interest in the PVGP, MINI's and the Art Institute. The event is open to the public at no cost. Chris Lasko and MINI of Pittsburgh are hosting the reception at the dealership on Baum Blvd in Shadyside.
MINI of Pittsburgh
4900 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Hours: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Valet Parking will be provided
Refreshments and Finger Foods will be served
No Cost to attend – you must register online to be added to the guest list
Jazz music by Dave Roth and malt beverages provided by the Copper Kettle
Click here to see past posters and history of the PVGP
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh has a rich history in our great city's creative and cultural community. You can feel the energy of our students and faculty — and of a city that's witnessed a renaissance in the past 40 years.


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Shortly after Royal Bank of Scotland took over NatWest at the start of the last decade, Sir Fred Goodwin threatened to conduct "mercy killings" of other underperforming banks. By the time RBS took over ABN Amro at the height of the credit crunch in 2007, the former RBS chief executive had overseen around 20 takeovers.
The takeover of the Dutch bank proved to be Goodwin's last – and the bank's undoing. It was not an easy mercy killing. It involved a battle with rival Barclays, and a complex three-way carve-up with the insurer Fortis and the Spanish bank Santander.
Just 12 months after clinching the deal, RBS was being bailed out by the taxpayer, which eventually pumped £45bn into the broken bank – but it has taken three years for the Financial Services Authority, which was meant to be policing the financial sector, to publish its report into what went wrong.
The report – said to run to 450 pages and currently being scrutinised by lawyers – is now scheduled for publication on 12 December. It has had a painful birth – it was first scheduled for March – and involved discussions with current and former directors, and shareholders in the bank who voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ABN Amro takeover.
What will it say? A year ago, the FSA announced that "bad" decisions rather than dishonesty had led to the near-collapse of the bank. "[The] bad decisions were not the result of a lack of integrity by any individual and we did not identify any instances of fraud or dishonest activity by RBS senior individuals or a failure of governance on the part of the board," the FSA said last December. This sparked a row among those looking for someone to blame for the collapse of the bank and subsequent pain inflicted on taxpayers.
It also prompted Lord Turner, the FSA chairman, to ask whether directors of failed banks should be subjected to sanctions even if they were not guilty of reckless or unprofessional behaviour but "solely of poor judgments".
He has asked whether there should be a rule that no board member or senior executive of a failed bank should hold a similar function at a bank in the future, unless they could prove they warned against the risk-taking that led to the collapse. He does not have those powers now but could now demand that the regulators of the future – the FSA is being disbanded – have a right to think about bank directors in a different way to directors of the other financial firms it regulates.
Turner has also revealed in the past that the FSA did not believe at the time that preventing the takeover of ABN Amro was within its remit. It might have been "highly risky", as he put it, but it breached no rules.
He also said that while the board of RBS made decisions that were risky they did not break the rules of the day – or, significantly, the rules for how much capital banks must hold, which have since been proved to be "woefully deficient".
At the end of February 2008, when the bank announced its full year results for 2007, the bank raised its dividend instead of preserving capital. It published a core tier one ratio of 4.5% for the end of December 2007 – a level that regulators now regard as inadequate and which Goodwin had hoped to rebuild by retaining profits and selling off businesses.
By April 2008 it was announcing a £12bn cash call – the biggest the City had ever seen – and by October 2008, shareholders were no longer willing to stump up the cash, leaving the taxpayer on the hook.
The report will undoubtedly provide an "official" version of what its capital reserves were and who asked what of whom. But, even before publication, one thing is already painfully clear: the bailed-out bank's core tier one ratio has now soared to 11.3%. The sickness of capital anaemia has been cured – but too late for the British taxpayer.


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There is a hammer in my spare tire compartment. I know it's there because I put it there, and I was glad to discover that it was there although it had been completely forgotten. I found it while doing the twice-annual tire swap on the car my wife drives.
Most people might think a hammer is an odd thing to find with the spare tire, but I have long known that it is an essential tool for my vehicle and purposely left the hammer there after the last tire changeover. I simply forgot that I had done so.
I prefer to switch tires myself. The job takes half an hour including an undercarriage inspection, saving me a drive to the auto shop plus the wait time there, and the inspection gives me a heads-up on any other impending maintenance. When I'm done I tighten the lug nuts with the car's spare tire wrench, so I know I can get them off again in case of a flat.
My back tires are difficult to remove and always have been. The rims fit too tightly on the center of the hubs, and about the only way to get them off is a sharp blow to the back of the rim. This trait is apparently not unique to my vehicle.
If I had a rear tire go flat it would be difficult to change without a hammer. I've known this for a long time, which is why I finally left the hammer in the spare tire compartment last fall.
The hammer discovery struck me because it was just that: a discovery. While I immediately understood the hammer's presence and purpose, I realized it would perplex almost anybody else, including my wife, who uses the car for most of her driving and is in fact the person most likely to need it.
Now everybody knows why I keep a hammer with the spare, even my wife.
Once upon a time, in Oregon, the starter went out in our rig. We were towing a travel trailer and had stopped at a scenic overlook high up on a cliff, pointing uphill in a tight turnout. We were stuck. Well, almost.
In a brief walk-around I had noted the slope of the ground, the angle of the trailer and the orientation of the front wheels, plus the distance from the back of the trailer to a rock wall just before the cliff. When I sat back down in the driver's seat I made some mental calculations, turned the steering wheel and, without saying a word, released the brake.
At that moment my wife was sitting between our two very-young children in the back. If you asked her, she might share with you what it feels like to be strapped in, essentially trapped, between her two dearest possessions (also strapped in) rolling backwards in a disabled vehicle towards the edge of a cliff hundreds of feet above rocky, raging surf.
At that moment, I didn't think to ask her that question.
In the same instant as our movement and its horrifying implications were dawning on my wife, I released the clutch. The ignition was on, the rig was in reverse, and the additional weight of the trailer on the back assured enough torque for the engine to turn despite our low speed. Before she could speak (or yell, as she was getting ready to do), I had re-engaged both clutch and brake, our engine was idling, and we were ready to go.
The tone of my wife's cheer wasn't exactly what I expected after my brilliant maneuver. I realized then that a couple of possibly critical rounds of communication had failed to take place, and while she hadn't been scared long enough to get truly upset over it, I still had to apologize for not telling her what I was doing.
So ...
I told my wife about the hammer and what it's there for in case she ever needs it, although she'll probably forget, just like I did. I'm also telling all of you about it, just in case you happen upon a Metro with a flat back tire and a woman with a hammer in her hand.
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I am not sure if anyone is following me. Or even if anyone can keep up with all the trading I have been doing. I am new to CAPS. I found it in July 07. I did not read the instructions, so my accuracy score is lower then it would be if I had known the rules.
Sorry about all the trading, but I have been watching CNBC and trade according to information and sentiment of the moment.
CURRENTLY, I am bearish, although I expect a bounce in the stock market on Friday (16 Aug 07) . I expect commodity related stocks to outperform. Although I expect many to sell off as hedge funds cover their withdrawls.
Your score as passed up mine dramatically the last few days. We may continue to go in opposite directions seeing that we are on opposite sides with ACH, PCP, PCU, and TBSI.
I had climbed to 1400+ and was feeling like the smartest newbie in town. Considering I just started this game in July.
Then Helicopter Ben did what he said he would do and flooded the market with fiat currency! DAM U Helicopter Ben! Argggggggg!!
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Everton boss David Moyes refused to be drawn on the Brazilian Jo's long-term future at Goodison Park. The striker scored twice in the 4-0 win over Wigan on Sunday.
The 22-year-old is on loan at Goodison from Manchester City, who bought him from CSKA Moscow for a fee reported to be around £18million in the summer.
But despite his double against Wigan taking him to five in seven games since moving to Everton, Moyes won't reveal if he is planning a permanent move.
He told the Daily Star: "Let's just say he is doing really well.
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2014 NFL Draft Results: Teams That Helped Themselves the Most on Day 2May 10, 2014
Win the draft, win the Super Bowl. In truth, it's pretty much that simple.
If you keep on failing to build through the NFL draft, you can't build a winner. Just ask the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns.
This week offers hope for some tortured fanbases. This is the year the team turns it all around. On no other day of the NFL calendar does optimism reign this much. Everybody has the same record, and everybody has the same opportunity of adding key players for the upcoming season.
Obviously, some teams do much better than others.
Looking back on Day 2's results, four teams separated themselves from the pack in terms of success on draft day.
|NFL Draft Results—Rounds 1-3
|Arizona Cardinals
|(27) Deone Bucannon, SS; (52) Troy Niklas, TE; (84) Kareem Martin, DE; (91) John Brown, WR
|Atlanta Falcons
|(6) Jake Matthews, OT; (37) Ra'Shede Hageman, DT; (68) Dezmen Southward, FS
|Baltimore Ravens
|(17) C.J. Mosley, ILB; (48) Timmy Jernigan, DT; (79) Terrence Brooks, FS; (99) Crockett Gillmore, TE
|Buffalo Bills
|(4) Sammy Watkins, WR; (44) Cyrus Kouandjio, OT; (73) Preston Brown, ILB
|Carolina Panthers
|(28) Kelvin Benjamin, WR; (60) Kony Ealy, DE; (92) Trai Turner, OG
|Chicago Bears
|(14) Kyle Fuller, CB; (51) Ego Ferguson, DT; (82) Will Sutton, DT
|Cincinnati Bengals
|(24) Darqueze Dennard, CB; (55) Jeremy Hill, RB; (88) Will Clarke, DE
|Cleveland Browns
|(8) Justin Gilbert, CB; (22) Johnny Manziel, QB; (35) Joel Bitonio, OT; (71) Christian Kirksey, OLB; (94) Terrance West, RB
|Dallas Cowboys
|(16) Zack Martin, OT; (34) Demarcus Lawrence, DE
|Denver Broncos
|(31) Bradley Roby, CB; (56) Cody Latimer, WR; (95) Michael Schofield, OT
|Detroit Lions
|(10) Eric Ebron, TE; (40) Kyle Van Noy, OLB; (76) Travis Swanson, C
|Green Bay Packers
|(21) Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, FS; (53) Davante Adams, WR; (85) Khyri Thornton, DT; (98) Richard Rodgers, TE
|Houston Texans
|(1) Jadeveon Clowney, DE; (33) Xavier Su'a-Filo, OG; (65) C.J. Fiedorowicz, TE; (83) Louis Nix, DT
|Indianapolis Colts
|(59) Jack Mewhort, OG; (90) Donte Moncrief, WR
|Jacksonville Jaguars
|(3) Blake Bortles, QB; (39) Marqise Lee, WR; (61) Allen Robinson, WR; (93) Brandon Linder, OG
|Kansas City Chiefs
|(23) Dee Ford, DE; (87) Phillip Gaines, CB
|Miami Dolphins
|(19) Ja'Wuan James, OT; (63) Jarvis Landry, WR; (67) Billy Turner, OT
|Minnesota Vikings
|(9) Anthony Barr, OLB; (32) Teddy Bridgewater, QB; (72) Scott Crichton, DE; (96) Jerick McKinnon, RB
|New England Patriots
|(29) Dominique Easley, DT; (62) Jimmy Garoppolo
|New Orleans Saints
|(20) Brandin Cooks, WR; (58) Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB
|New York Giants
|(12) Odell Beckham, WR; (43) Weston Richburg, C; (74) Jay Bromley, DT
|New York Jets
|(18) Calvin Pryor, FS; (49) Jace Amaro, TE; (80) Dexter McDougle, CB
|Oakland Raiders
|(5) Khalil Mack, OLB; (36) Derek Carr, QB; (81) Gabe Jackson, OG
|Philadelphia Eagles
|(26) Marcus Smith, DE; (42) Jordan Matthews, WR; (86) Josh Huff, WR
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|(15) Ryan Shazier, OLB; (46) Stephon Tuitt, DE; (97) Dri Archer, RB
|San Diego Chargers
|(25) Jason Verrett, CB; (50) Jeremiah Attaochu, OLB; (89) Chris Watt, OG
|San Francisco 49ers
|(30) Jimmie Ward, SS; (57) Carlos Hyde, RB; (70) Marcus Martin, C; (77) Chris Borland, ILB; (100) Brandon Thomas
|Seattle Seahawks
|(45) Paul Richardson, WR; (64) Justin Britt, OT
|St. Louis Rams
|(2) Greg Robinson, OT; (13) Aaron Donald, DT; (41) Lamarcus Joyner, CB; (75) Tre Mason, RB
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|(7) Mike Evans, WR; (38) Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE; (69) Charles Sims, RB
|Tennessee Titans
|(11) Taylor Lewan, OT; (54) Bishop Sankey, RB
|Washington Redskins
|(47) Trent Murphy, OLB; (66) Morgan Moses, OT; (78) Spencer Long, OG
|Selections via NFL.com
Biggest Winners
San Francisco 49ers
It isn't really fair that the San Francisco 49ers keep on stockpiling these draft picks and having these talented players fall right into their laps. Although the Niners had four picks on Day 2, volume isn't always a guarantee of value.
However, San Francisco drafted Carlos Hyde, Marcus Martin, Chris Borland and Brandon Thomas. While not all of those players fill immediate needs, they're all talented and provide plenty of upside. ESPN's Chris Sprow summed it up well:
Those guys don't need to step up right now. They provide long-term replacements for the 49ers' current starters.
When it comes to Thomas, San Francisco can let him rehab all season without expecting anything, much like what it's done with Marcus Lattimore:
With how much talent is already on the 49ers, drafting this well should deliver a Lombardi Trophy sooner rather than later.
Oakland Raiders
Staying in the Bay Area, we move to the Oakland Raiders, who almost never draft well but somehow have their stuff together this year. Having Khalil Mack fall to No. 5 was fortuitous, but in some years, you might have seen the Raiders bungle it up by taking someone else.
On Day 2, Oakland selected Derek Carr, viewed by some as a first-rounder, and Gabe Jackson, who can help improve what was a weak offensive line last year.
Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman thought Carr was a great pick for the Raiders:
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that they had the former Fresno State QB at the top of their board, so to have him fall to them in the second round had to have been a great feeling:
During a conference call, Carr spoke about how much getting drafted by the Raiders means to him, per the team's official website:
Oh my gosh, it means everything. I am so happy. My uncle [Lon Boyett] was a Raider. I can't remember when off the top of my head right now, but he was a tight end for the Raiders when Coach [John] Madden was the coach. So, it's been in my blood for awhile. Especially being in the valley, being from Fresno, there are definitely a lot of Raider fans that I run into.
While Carr certainly has his problems, he was the best that Oakland could've hoped for at that position, and passing up Mack in order to take Teddy Bridgewater or Johnny Manziel would've made no sense.
And Jackson's the kind of player who won't blow you away, but he'll be solid for a lot of years. He could start right away for the Raiders, and to get that kind of quality in the third round is impressive.
Houston Texans
Selecting the best player in the entire draft is always a good start. While the Houston Texans' Day 2 draft selections couldn't possibly provide the kind of impact that adding Jadeveon Clowney does, they added good value and filled some needs.
No pick was better than Louis Nix at 83rd overall. How in the world did he slip that far? Some mocks had him pegged as a possible first-rounder.
Instead, he falls to the third and joins what is a ridiculously imposing defensive line:
Consistency was an issue for Nix at Notre Dame. His talent isn't in doubt, though. Perhaps playing with Clowney and J.J. Watt will help to bring out the best in him.
Let's not forget about Xavier Su'a-Filo, either. Su'a-Filo excelled when moved to guard at UCLA. His lateral movement is questionable, so playing inside helps to cover that. Expect Su'a-Filo to start in Week 1.
Green Bay Packers
Speaking for the rest of the league, Aaron Rodgers doesn't need any more help.
After watching James Jones head for Oakland, the Green Bay Packers knew that adding another wide receiver in the offseason would probably be a good idea. Davante Adams can step right in and be the red-zone threat that Jones was:
Adams isn't a great athlete, but he has other skills to compensate for that. Playing with a quarterback like Rodgers kinda helps, too.
With Khyri Thornton, the Packers have their replacement for B.J. Raji. When Raji's contract is up at the end of the 2014 season, Green Bay will have a lot more flexibility. In the meantime, Thornton can wait a little lower down the depth chart and pick up some valuable knowledge.


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Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow—a malevolent lost soul—Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo's Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!
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What can we know about the mind of someone who is just glimpsing death? Ron Rosenbaum describes two alternate endings to Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' and he and actor Mark Rylance explain the significance of four wordless sounds.
I recall a news story, published just after Steve Jobs passed. His family reported that that when Steve died, his last words -- to no one in particular -- were, "Oh, wow!...Oh, wow!...Oh, wow!"
The 'o's of Hamlet are reminiscent of what happened to a playwright, director friend of mine who was dying at his home in the Hollywood Hills of pancreatic cancer. The last week of his life he was in a silent drug induced coma. Except for one afternoon when he sat up, eyes closed and said: Wow! Wow! Wow! Push! Push! Push!
Finished, he laid back down. At that moment I felt that somewhere in this world a baby was being born who inherited the soul of my friend, Yabo Yablonsky.
OMG! Hamlet died?!?! I haven't seen it yet - SPOILER!!
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WASILLA - If Juneau-Douglas High School's Silver Maake makes a big play, more often than not, it's on the offensive side of the ball.
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But on Saturday, Maake made the play of the game on defense.
The 5-foot-11 sophomore stuffed Wasilla's two-point conversion attempt with 2 minutes and 36 seconds remaining in regulation to help the Crimson Bears hold onto a 13-12 victory over the Warriors during a downpour at Veterans Memorial Field.
After Wasilla junior Chris Crane scored his second touchdown of the game to cut the score to 13-12, the Warriors (3-2, 1-2 Railbelt Conference) opted to give the ball back to their top running back and go for the win.
"(Silver) read that sweep coming and just came up hard, smacked that guy and knocked that ball loose," Juneau-Douglas head coach Bill Chalmers said. "That was a game-saver."
On the conversion, Crane took the ball and ran toward the right corner of the end zone. As he made the move toward the goal line, Maake came in to make the hit. The contact sent the wet ball up into the air.
Even though the Warriors came just inches short of upsetting a squad that has advanced to the large-schools state semifinals in each of the last four seasons, Wasilla head coach Jim Shetter has no regrets about the choice to go for the victory.
"The way we were executing our offense, I think it was the appropriate call," Shetter said.
And if the Warriors were going for the win, Shetter and his coaching staff wanted to get to the ball into Crane's hands.
"He's our money guy," Shetter said.
Wasilla used its best drive of a rainy afternoon to set up the final score.
The Warriors used 16 plays to chew up more than five minutes of the fourth quarter, and notched four of its five total first downs on that drive.
Wasilla senior tight end Shane Green recorded two of his four catches on the drive - both on third down - to keep the chains moving.
Midway through the drive, Wasilla used a bit of trickery to get down the field. Facing a potentially devastating 4th-and-12, Crane took the pitch. But instead of running, Crane threw the ball back across the field and found quarterback Adrese LaVern wide open for a 19-yard gain.
Five plays later, Crane took a swing pass from LaVern and rumbled 15 yards for the score. Crane broke a pair of tackles on the way and dove the final two yards into the end zone.
"That was a nice drive at the end of the game. That tells you, they're a team on the rise," Chalmers said. "Wasilla four or five years ago probably wouldn't have a drive like that."
Wasilla used a similar play to take the lead in the final moments of the first half.
With less than a minute left in the second quarter, Crane caught another LaVern swing pass and went 55 yards for the score.
"Chris Crane probably had the best game he's had as a varsity running back," Shetter said.
Juneau scored both of its touchdowns - a pair of scoring strikes from quarterback Ryan "Bubba" Larson to Alex Fagerstrom - within a three-minute span in the third quarter.
Led by Maake, the Crimson Bears (5-0, 4-0 Railbelt) have used their running game to stay undefeated. But in the second half against the Warriors, Chalmers and his team made an adjustment toward the pass. Chalmers said he and the Juneau coaches took the conditions of the mud bog known as Veterans Memorial Field into consideration when making changes to the game plan.
"We knew we had to get something going in the passing game," Chalmers said. "We needed to take advantage of the nicer part of the field. The sidelines were nice. The middle of the field was so sloppy, we realized were weren't going to be able to grind it out inside."
The adjustments worked, and Fagerstrom caught four Larson passes for 131 yards in the third quarter - including touchdown catches of 46 and 14 yards.
Larson finished the game 7-for-9 with 201 yards.
Maake ran for 85 of his 91 yards in the first half, but Chalmers said Juneau felt it was also a better matchup to go with the pass.
"Maybe on a different day, on a different field, we could have run a little better," Chalmers said. "(Wasilla's) got big kids, and they're strong."
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Second quarter
Wasilla - Crane 55 pass from LaVern (kick failed) 00:24.
Third quarter
Juneau - A. Fagerstrom 46 pass from Larson (kick failed) 4:27.
Juneau - A. Fagerstrom 14 pass from Larson (Smith kick) 1:24.
Fourth quarter
Wasilla - Crane 15 pass from LaVern (run failed) 2:36.
RUSHING - Juneau: S. Maake 20-91, A. Fagerstrom 11-39, Larson 4-2, N. Wilson 3-4, D. Wilson 1-(-1). Wasilla: Crane 18-(-4), Russel 8-39, Chafin 4-3, Katchinska 1-3, LaVern 1-1.
PASSING - Juneau: Larson 7-9-0-201; Wasilla: LaVern 7-14-0-116, Crane 1-1-0-14.
RECEIVING - Juneau: A. Fagerstrom 4-131, T. Maake 2-46, West 1-24; Wasilla: Green 4-35, Crane 2-80, LaVern 1-14, Chafin 1-1.
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Merrily We Roll Along
Actors Co-op Theatre
1760 N. Gower Street Hollywood
Told backward in time from 1976 to 1957, three life-long friends connected by youth and all its promise, confront the present, the past, and the choices each has made. From Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential and accomplished composer/lyricists in musical theatre history, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is the thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success.
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Los Angeles Times - Highly Recommended
"...The production brings admirable clarity to the show�s story-told-in-reverse concept, beginning in 1976 and moving backward to 1957 (the most daunting aspect of Furth�s book, adapted from an obscure, similarly structured 1934 George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart nonmusical drama). At the center of this cautionary showbiz tale, Brent Schindele�s solid performance, strong singing voice and boyish looks straddle the narrative decades as once-gifted Broadway composer-turned-movie producer Franklin Shepard faces a midlife spiritual dead-end and final estrangement from the two friends who mattered most � his high-minded, uncompromising lyricist, Charley (Matt Bauer, who sprints brilliantly through savage condemnation of crass commercialism in �Franklin Shepard, Inc.�), and writer Mary Flynn (Leslie Spencer, who anchors the conscience of the piece as she leads the reprises of �Old Friends�).�"
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LA Weekly - Highly Recommended
"...As with all of Sondheim's work, the music is the thing, and Musical Director Johanna Kent's live six-piece band is as stellar as that nighttime sky. The 14-member ensemble hit just about all the notes perfectly. Israel's staging isn't flashy -- a discretion that makes his production all the more effective."
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Backstage - Highly Recommended
"...Music director Johanna Kent leads a superb backstage orchestra, and John Todd provides vibrant and stylish choreography. Stephen Gifford's scenic design, Lisa D. Katz's lighting, Sharon McGunigle's costumes and Krys Fehervari's wig and hair designs create a chic visual sheen."
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Stage and Cinema - Recommended
"...Actors Co-op is a most professional company and has consistently delivered wonderful productions. Merrily is wholeheartedly recommended, especially for those who have not seen it before, even though the elements are uneven. For example, Mr. Bauer�s Charley has a stand-out moment with �Franklin Shepard, Inc.,� but he veers on shtick later on in the show. John O�Brien is well-cast as producer Joe, but his voice is not up to the challenging material. Gina D�Acciaro, as Gussie, doesn�t seem like the kind of sex-kitten Frank could fall for, but she does fit the bill as a big, brassy, Broadway belter. Mr. Schindele�s Frank has a wonderful voice and moving, emotional moments."
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Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended
"...There�s not a weak link in the triple-threat ensemble. Victor has just the right sweetness to play Beth, gets to sing one of Sondheim�s best ballads ever, �Not A Day Goes By,� and showcases her comedic talents opposite Schindele and Bauer in �Bobby and Jackie and Jack.� Giving particularly noteworthy performances in supporting and cameo roles are Gray, doing a sly turn as a TV journalist, O�Brien, as a producer who goes from washed up to on the top, and Patterson, as a bubble-headed would-be actress.� Melnikov makes for a cute Franklin Jr., a child who does not shrink, no matter how much younger he gets."
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StageHappenings.com - Recommended
"...After another scene where the young friends pay at a Greenwich village club, we get to the heart of this musical.� In two scenes, we find out how Frank meets his wife Beth and in the last, we realize why the three friends are together and how Frank and Charley gave themselves up to work on a musical together (�to change the world�).� From a depressing ending is the realization of how this relationship started, which is a bitter-sweet end to an intriguing work, and as one character notes early in the work, �a compromise.�� Perhaps knowing how it starts happily, capturing that moment, is just as good as an happy ending, though at the end, we know Frank is lost."
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He may be best known in the UK for his gentle acoustic work with the late Ali Farka Toure, but back home in Mali Toumani Diabate is famous for his musical bravery. For the past 10 years, visitors to an outdoor music bar in Bamako will have seen Toumani's late-night experiments with his Symmetric Orchestra. Seven centuries ago, Mali and its neighbouring countries were part of the great Mande empire that stretched across West Africa. Now, Toumani explained, he was trying to re-establish that empire "in a cultural and not political way", while showing how ancient African instruments could be played alongside those from the west.
The most important West African instrument is the harp-like kora, and Toumani is the world's greatest exponent. At the QEH he sat at the front of the stage facing his kora, with eight band members and up to four singers massed around, at times walking up to him to sing his praise, as he responded with thrilling, impossibly rapid-fire improvisation. With the band playing full-tilt it seemed that the delicacy of Toumani's playing could be overwhelmed by the exuberant combination of percussive balafon (the African xylophone, played by Lassana Diabate), along with n'goni, guitars, keyboards, percussion and the soaring vocals of that great Malian veteran, the white-robed Kasse Mady Diabate.
Toumani gradually took control, showing off his instrumental work in different settings. The kora was matched against both the dry, stuttering sound of the n'goni, the traditional Malian lute, and a very western wash of keyboards, for a slow, drifting mood piece that gradually developed into a tight, punchy work-out. Later, after explaining how the kora is played, he embarked on a solo that started slowly and built up into a virtuoso improvisation.
By the end, when Kasse Mady and the other singers had returned, Toumani allowed his band another full-tilt work-out before ending with Africa, an anthem that could have veered towards slushy Afro-pop if the quality of the playing hadn't been so fine. He deserved the standing ovation.