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Going into Sunday's Emmy telecast, all eyes are on "Breaking Bad." It's picked up a slew of acting awards during its five-season run and is this year's odds-on favorite for drama series; as the show moves toward its Sept. 29 finale, its ratings have almost tripled since last year.
"Breaking Bad" exemplifies a new sort of television series, one conceived with its ending in sight. Wonderfully written, powerfully acted, gorgeously shot, its seasons serve as chapters that take on the Big Four of literary conflict: Man versus Man, Man versus Nature, Man versus Society, Man versus Himself. The ending comes not in reaction to dwindling ratings or actor fatigue but because, as with any great work of fiction, it suits the story.
Television isn't just the new film, it's the new novel.
Following in the footsteps of "The Sopranos," "The Wire" and then "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad" is one of Those Shows, prestige dramas, mostly from basic and premium cable, that now drive cocktail party conversations and demand grad-school-level dissection. Recapping is rapidly eclipsing the book club as our primary form of communal literary analysis.
Liberated from the censors, ratings pressure and lengthy broadcast TV seasons, these are also the shows that ate the Emmys, filling nearly every drama category in this year's nominations. Even culture snobs admit to liking "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland" or at least one member of TV's ever-growing Literary Salon (some of which, like "Justified," are actually drawn from literature).
DVR queues have become the new nightstands, with episodes stacking up like back issues of the New Yorker until, stricken with some minor ailment or surgery, we can binge-view and catch up. Which one really needs to do because, increasingly, admitting that you have never seen "Mad Men," "The Wire" or "Damages" is like saying you never quite got around to reading "Catcher in the Rye" or "Pride and Prejudice." Just not done, darling.
Indeed, the new Netflix full-season dump is a complete capitulation to the watching-is-the-new-reading model. Here ... here it is, Netflix says, the whole darn thing. Take it to the beach/bedroom/backyard and hunker down.
While actual novelists are forced to think in terms of sequels and franchise, American television writers are experimenting with the finite.
"Breaking Bad," the tale of Walter White's descent into power, is a near perfect example of this new form. We met the mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher (Bryan Cranston) as he was receiving a death sentence. His cancer went into remission as another sort of corruption set in, but still the clock was ticking and creator Vince Gilligan was very clear about his intentions.
While the many other members of TV's "antihero society" struggled toward illumination, Walter breathed in the dark. Gilligan repeatedly said he wanted to turn Mr. Chips into Scarface, and, more important, it was the journey not the result that interested him.
It was not an immediate hit, even by cable standards. For years, the show seemed to have more essays written about it than actual viewers — Gilligan has long credited Netflix for the mid-life ratings growth that led to this year's explosion. Which makes the upcoming finale close to revolutionary — "Breaking Bad" is ending because Gilligan's story is ending. (A prequel spinoff, "Better Call Saul," is in the works because, well, AMC is not a philanthropic institution.)
"The Sopranos" may have begun the literary trend, tonally and thematically, but it followed a structure made famous, and then ubiquitous, by "Hill Street Blues." Although it clearly focused on Tony (James Gandolfini), "The Sopranos" had the huge cast and smorgasbord of B and C plots that traditionally ensure a show's longevity. It was so open-ended that virtually every season saw creator David Chase debating whether this would be the last, before finally delivering a finale that ranks among the most ambiguous conclusions of any story ever told.
Now television is tinkering as much with form as function. Cable brought us series with far fewer shows per season than broadcast's traditional 22; Showtime's "Episodes" has just nine, all of which are shot from one script, as if the season were a nine-hour movie. The miniseries may still lie dormant, but a "limited run" resurrection of "24" is being discussed while the recent "television event" adaptation of Stephen King's "Under the Dome" was launched with the understanding that it could have ended, story-wise, with one season had it not been so popular.
Showtime's "The Big C," though radically different from "Breaking Bad" in tone and intention, also used cancer to create a naturally limited timeline. The show's final season was just four episodes, allowing star Laura Linney to be nominated for an Emmy in this year's miniseries/movie category. Based on a series of novels, "Dexter," which ends a week before "Breaking Bad," had the traditional structure of a procedural, but it also had a built-in expiration date — even a devoted audience can stay true to a serial killer for only so long.
But AMC's first two original series are the flag-bearers of the new form. Although much more of an ensemble piece than "Breaking Bad," "Mad Men" is driven by protagonist Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as he grapples with seismic shifts both cultural and personal caused mostly by the simple passage of time. While most television shows start from a place of many possible paths and often shift cast, intent and tone to increase ratings, creator Matthew Weiner's vision of Don's journey is very controlled, with a novelist's approach to character development. Don Draper is a fixed point around which the show's universe spins and "Mad Men," Weiner has announced, will end with its seventh season divided into two short runs in 2014 and 2015.
As with "Breaking Bad," it's an ending that really matters.
Finales always fascinate, but usually because of the acrobatics required in bringing a show to some sort of cogent close; audiences flock to see how the writers are going to tie up the zillion loose ends that result from years of seasonal reinvention. "Lost" might have been conceived as a four- or five-season series, but emotional satisfaction was the most viewers could hope for at the end of its sixth and final season; certainly none of the show's "mysteries" were actually explained. Many finales are so bad ("Seinfeld") or divorced from the shows they close, they become separate entities, codas judged by their own set of rules.
The finale of "Breaking Bad," on the other hand, will, or should, make some sort of statement about modern morality. No other show has pushed the boundaries of graphic violence and moral depravity, with such lack of censure. No other show has both catalyzed and benefited from the recently universal conclusion that television is this century's ascendant art form.
Unless Gilligan conjures a trick similar to Chase's black screen, the fate of Walter White will inevitably send a message not just about the moral imperative of all these antiheroes, but also the courage of this new narrative form.
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"Little Miss Sunshine" helmers Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris are attached to direct "The Big Cigar" at Sony Pictures.
Based on a Playboy Magazine article, the story revolves around Black Panthers co-founder Huey Newton and a successful covert effort to smuggle him out of the U.S. and into Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder and a second violent crime.
Newton was aided by "Easy Rider" producer Bert Schneider who set up a movie built around Newton called "The Cigar". Schneider never intended to make the movie, but it provided Newton the cover he needed to get himself and his girlfriend at the time out of the country.
Newton returned from Cuba three years later to face the charges, and he was eventually shot to death at age 47. Joshua Bearman and Jim Hecht are penning the script while Matt Tolmach will produce.
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PHOENIX — Adrian Gonzalez homered and drove in three runs, seven pitchers handcuffed United States hitters all night and Mexico rebounded from a disappointing opening loss with a decisive 5-2 win over the Americans in Pool D of the World Baseball Classic on Friday.
Coming off a last-inning loss to Italy, Mexico (1-1) tagged U.S. starter R.A. Dickey for four runs in the first three innings, including a two-run homer by Gonzalez in the third.
Yovani Gallardo got Mexico off to a good start with 3 1-3 solid innings and Luis Cruz had two RBIs to give a boisterous, pro-Mexico crowd of 44,256 plenty to cheer about at Chase Field.
Team USA (0-1) never recovered after Dickey's early struggles, managing six singles among its eight hits while stranding eight runners in opening the WBC with a dud.
The U.S. team has been so-so thus far in the WBC, getting past the round-robin stage but stalling out in the semifinals the first two times, helping to clear the way for Japan to win the first two titles.
Team USA is stocked for a good run in this year's tournament, trotting out a lineup that includes three former league MVPs — Ryan Braun, Joe Mauer and Jimmy Rollins — along with nine other players who have been major league All-Stars.
Hoping to get the tournament off to a good start, manager Joe Torre handed the ball to Dickey, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner and the first knuckleballer to win the prize.
While many of the big-name pitchers back out of playing in the WBC, Dickey was an enthusiastic participant, in part because he was on the 1996 U.S. Olympic team that earned a disappointing bronze.
His opening game in the WBC didn't go too well.
Mexico jumped on the right-hander's knuckleball right off, starting with Eduardo Arredondo's reach-and-slap single to open the game. He came around to score on Cruz's sacrifice fly after a double by Ramiro Pena. Gonzalez made it 2-0 with a groundout to second, revving up the crowd.
Gonzalez brought fans to their feet in the third inning with a two-run homer to the deepest part of the park, a towering shot above the pool deck in right-center that was upheld by a video review.
Dickey was three pitches short of the WBC minimum 65 after four innings and didn't come back out. He allowed four runs and six hits.
Mexico was in need of a lift after a disappointing opening game against Italy.
Leading 5-4 after eight innings, the Mexicans lost 6-5 after Sergio Romo, closer for the World Series champion San Francisco Giants, gave up a two-run double to Anthony Rizzo. Mexico had the bases loaded in the bottom half against Jason Grilli, but Jorge Cantu grounded out to end the game.
For their critical second game, Mexico turned to Gallardo, the Milwaukee Brewers ace who won 16 games last season.
Unlike Dickey, he was sharp early, facing the minimum through three innings after Mauer singled in the second inning and was quickly erased on a double play.
Gallardo was done after a leadoff single by Rollins in the fourth inning and a one-out walk to Braun. David Wright followed with a run-scoring single to right off Luis Mendoza to cut Mexico's lead to 4-1, but Eric Hosmer grounded out on a comebacker with runners at the corners to end the inning.
Gallardo allowed a run on two hits and struck out four.
Cruz put Mexico up 5-1 with a sacrifice fly off Glen Perkins in the fifth after Arredondo's third hit led off the inning.
Team USA had two on in the fifth and sixth innings and failed to get a run in, and Rollins was stranded at second in the seventh after a two-out double, their first extra-base hit of the night.
The U.S. finally came through in the eighth, when Hosmer blooped a single to center off Fernando Salas to score Braun and cut Mexico's lead to 5-2.
Romo bounced back from his rough outing against Italy, closing out Mexico's statement win with a perfect ninth that set off a huge roar inside Chase Field and sent the Mexican players charging off the bench.


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I have seen these before, but they are most often conversion kits and a never looked quite as nice. The Caroma Profile Smart is a Small profile toilet that has an integrated sink that uses the water before it goes into the toilet. I have told folks about these before and often get this disgusted look, if you have never had to fix one you might not know how they work. First the water fills a reservoir tank, that tank empties down into the bow through small holes at the top, the water collects in the bowl and well you know the rest. The water that goes into the reservoir is 100% clean water, same stuff you drink from the tap.
If you are in another country this may not be the case as they sometimes use grey water, which I hope catches on here, but here in the US of A we use the regular water to fill the bowl. What is more many folks put what are essentially chlorine tablets in the reservoir which creates a barrier if you will. In fact if you read any disaster preparedness guide they talk about if push comes to shove, you can drink from the reservoir (best to boil).
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A Winters Tale
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There's swell inbound from all angles this weekend.
The weekend is just around the corner.
There's no let-up in wave-activity throughout the first week of September.
Goodbye winter and hello spring.
A final, humungous South swell for the 2019 winter is brewing for the East Coast.
The East Coast is on the pump, for days and days.
The NSW coast is about to cop a wintery hiding.
Victoria is about to light up under a heavy SW groundswell and icy offshore winds.
Goldilocks zone surfing conditions set in across Indonesia into mid-September.
Welcome to the late season!
There's no let-up in SSW groundswell over the winter/spring transition across Indonesia.
Late August sees heightened SW groundswell prevailing across Indonesian coasts.
Epic winter conditions are on the horizon across the Eastern Seaboard.
A new round of Easterly swell could see good to great conditions across the NSW coast next week.
The Tasman Sea is about to return to life in a very energetic way.
The allure of a tropical cyclone is hard to resist.
Gain a deeper understanding into how wave models work and how to read them.
Keep up to date with the Forecasting lingo.
Welcome to our first installment on meteorology basics: Swell is generated by wind and wind is the result of air pressure.
Coastalwatch's chief swell forecaster, Ben Macartney, scratches beneath the sea surface looking at wave period.
Incoming double swell for Vic, WA & Indo
Deep low-pressure system dramatically deepens generating swell
An insight into what conditions to expect
Deep low pressure system to bring swell
An edit featuring superstars of the core-lord era, Mick Lowe, Munga Barry, Margo, Troy Brooks, Rasta and more.
An edit featuring superstars of the core-lord era, Mick Lowe, Munga Barry, Margo, Troy Brooks, Rasta and more.
Bodyboarders navigating a classic slab with aplomb.
The backhand barrel master at his very best only a week or so ago near home on the Gold Coast.
Wave of the Week with Elliot Paerata Reid
Wave of the Week: Six seconds of mental D'bah funnel
He's the 15-year-old back to back Junior Aussie Champ
Long live the hack!
Red Monkey Full Moon is live for just 48 hours
Recreating an iconic piece of surfing
On the eve of the Pro
The waves, the people and the stories Once'A Swell
Pulling-the-plug in the search for a simpler stoke
Ital.. oh no
It's a quick and violent exit from the lip when you get it wrong.
When it's this big in Fiji you really want to make these ones
Don't worry young fella. We've all been there!
The Rock Is A Hard Place
Plus much more in a very special tropical edition
Plus other sad things.
Simple things you can look for to get yourself into better food patterns.
When we're breathing incorrectly it can have adverse affects on our posture, on our mood and on our energy.
'The Core' demystified for strength and mobility
Understanding why we're out there, could lead to better, more fulfilling surfing.
18-year-old makes it look easy
A left-hander that'll make you weak at the knees
Point break living
Andrew Mooney defies the odds
Hot Lips Episode #3
Hot Lips Episode #2
Hot Lips Episode #1
Manly - Nth Steyne
Bondi Beach
Palm Beach - Currumbin Alley
Gabriel Medina and Lakey Peterson win the 2019 Freshwater Pro
His J-Bay lines are serious fun.
Yibbida Yibbida
At least one shark was stalking the Bondi lineup today.
Bury it, get yelled at, then quickly dig it up — is this any way to treat a mammal?
CW survey results are in
Construction continues at Lagundri Bay; local surfers up in arms
An Open Letter From the Surfers of Australia
We all need to understand this – and its consequences
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was September 20, 2019
This Week in Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was September 13, 2019
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Saturday on the Surf Coast
The People's Photos
Swell Diary
Gabriel Medina and Lakey Peterson win the 2019 Freshwater Pro
2019 Freshwater Pro, Day 1
Owen Wright Wins the 2019 Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o
Everyone's a winner with the Challenger Series!!
Seriously, that's why nobody won the AI Award at Teahupo'o.
Begins with Aloha.
The Brown Brothers have something radical in store
Placement is key
Okay, confession time.
Breaking The Rules
A stoked out portrait of Australian Junior Surfing in the year 2018.
From the latest issue of Surfing World
The Return Of The Killer Surf Movie
Rip up this magazine and stick it to your walls because Australia pumps
The Maserati of wetsuits
How Did This Wetsuit Hold Up Ten Months Down The Track?
Richo! The Terry Richardson Story and Surfing Lennox, From Then To Now
Brrrrrr, three of the best wetsuits for women
Bet you've used a couple of these
Pack up the car and the fam.
Time To Sort This
Father's Day sorted!
Enter the twilight zone.
56th Mattara Surf Classic
The Cascais Pro had some big shocks
Noosa Surf Film Festival flicks
Come and Meet Ben Macartney
A stellar story
I want to ride a Rob Machado surfboard
Lipped Podcast
Lipped, The Surfer's Podcast
The Dooley podcast tackles the small questions
Ain't That Swell
Aramoana, Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Papoa, Portugal
Ours, NSW, Australia
Dreamy getaways for loved-up surfers
Video, gallery and report
Brett has surfed all around the world, but his favourite place to surf is still around home
The Harrisons were planning on sitting inside all weekend, until it hit them…
The draining perfection of La Graviere
A step-by-step guide to the ultimate vanlife
Through the lens of Craig Parry
Morgan Maassen's Mexican magic
Waves you dream of
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The best looking waves right now
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Waves of your dreams
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The Indo swell charts have been lighting up.
Video: Imperfect weather but allegedly endless beers thanks to loaded President along for the ride.
Here's how it looked
The September highlights reel
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Fun waves on the Polynesian island.
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October in Samoa is a beautiful month especially if you're a surfer.
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Thu, 30 July 2009
Joe Lucas says the coal industry and Iowa power users are caught in a squeeze between the courts/EPA and environmental extremists. What about wind power? The lady says we're all gonna die. Then the Rep Burt redux.
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Hank Aaron hammering his 715th round-tripper to surpass Babe Ruth and claim the career home run record on the night of April 8, 1974, stands as one of the most thrilling sports achievements of the 20th century. Aaron, after all, not only broke baseball's most hallowed milestone, but he did it under unimaginable pressure — receiving vicious, racist hate mail and even death threats for months leading up to the start of the 1974 season.
Some folks, it seemed, just couldn't stand the idea of a black man — even one as talented, dignified, and downright awe-inspiring as Henry Aaron — occupying such a titanic place in the baseball firmament.
But own it he did, and own it he still does: as LIFE.com has already pointed out elsewhere, for most baseball fans, Aaron remains the all-time home run king, Barry Bonds' stats notwithstanding.
Here, LIFE.com pays tribute with a trippy — and weirdly riveting — multiple-exposure picture of the moment, from the perfect swing, to Aaron rounding the bases, to his reception at the Braves' dugout. In one artfully conceived and masterfully executed tableau, LIFE photographers Henry Groskinsky and Ralph Morse managed to capture every element of the dramatic scene, as it unfolded in both time and space.
And like Mr. Aaron's towering achievement — albeit on an admittedly smaller scale — that's something to cheer about.


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With little advance warning and declaring it was not a "crisis" meeting, senior European officials today formally discussed Italy's sovereign debt woes for the first time.
They met in the wake of sharp stock falls last Friday and during spikes today in Italy's 10-year bond yields that brought alarm that a debt crisis and default talk could spread to large eurozone nations.
Today's meeting took place around an inconclusive European Union discussion on a second Greek bailout following last year's $110 billion rescue package. The terms of a second bailout are contested – something itself seen as spawning market fears about the struggling "peripheral" states, including Italy, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain.
Analysts say it is not the Greek crisis per se, but the lack of an agreed EU rescue and concomitant political resolve that troubles markets and is bringing a focus on Italy's position.
The cost of insuring Italian bonds jumped from 5.2 percent to 5.7 percent today, drawing comparison to a similar jump last November in Ireland, a substantially smaller market.
Now, last Friday is being called "black Friday" in Rome after markets plummeted, and after the German newspaper Die Welt published quotes from unnamed officials close to the European Central Bank (ECB) that the current EU bailout fund was not adequate to handle an Italian collapse.
Today's meeting was called by EU chief Herman Van Rompuy and reportedly included ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet, European Commission chair José Manuel Barroso, EU finance ministers head Jean-Claude Juncker, and leader of the EU economic and monetary section Olli Rehn.
Mr. Trichet on Sunday told an economic gathering in France that Europe was the "epicenter" of a debt crisis that concerned the markets of all advanced economies around the world.
"For Italy it is new data, internal political tensions, and uncertainty," says Luigi Speranza, a London based economist with French bank BNP Paribas. "For Spain, it is Italy and concern over the banking sector, and uncertainty. But it's not really about Spain or Italy anymore. It's about the entire eurozone. It's quite hard to disentangle it anymore."
The meetings on Greece remained inconclusive. "We discussed the issues related to the implementation of the decision of the European Council on a new program for Greece and we also exchanged views on recent developments in the euro area," Mr. Van Rompuy said Monday.
Italy's June 9 stock fall is also seen as sparked by rumors of a growing split between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, over the size and specifics of planned austerity cuts. Mr. Berlusconi wants less stringent cuts; but markets in Europe have recently relied more on the assurances of Mr. Tremonti.
Italy's $2.5 trillion deficit is twice as large as that of Greece, Portugal, and Ireland combined, and rising debt insurance has caused deep worries among investors about the ability of Italy to finance its debt.
Italy has the third largest bond market in the world after the US and Japan. Its sovereign debt is 25 percent of eurozone debt, and its debt-to-GDP ratio is second only to Greece. Italian banks reportedly hold as much as 32 percent of its debt.
Until Italy this week, the greatest shudder in Europe was the possibility of a Spanish crisis, following the bailout of neighboring Portugal.
Some Italian banking officials have said the focus on Italy will diminish once a deal on Greece is secured.
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2013 Press
"Still run entirely by volunteers, PDX Pop nevertheless has grown from the ecstatic chaos of its inaugural weekend into a potent and polished nonprofit. Besides offering one of the only venues where people under 21 can see the city's bands, the organizers are taking their all-access mission one step further by bringing those bands and music education into the area's more impoverished schools. As Portland's only nonprofit with a board almost entirely under 35, it has also become an incubator for young arts leaders." Portland Monthly
"Another PDX Pop Now! festival is in the books, the latest edition playing out over three days this past weekend at the Eastbank Lot in inner SE Portland. This year's 10th annual festival featured much of what we've come to expect over those years: pleasant surprises, overdue reintroductions, game efforts and, all in all, non-stop artistry we could all take pride in." opbmusic
"THE LINEUP for this year's PDX Pop Now! festival is almost too good. We wanted to whip together a quick highlights reel of the very best Portland bands that are playing the two stages of this year's fest. But the hardworking volunteers who put together the all-ages, all-local, all-free weekend of music haven't made it easy for us. There are really no weaknesses in the bill, no dry spots to be found in the spectacular lineup. Running the full gamut of the Portland music scene, from pure pop to fiery rock to hiphop to avant-garde and beyond—and sometimes several of these things at once—it's clear that Portland music is fertile to the point of sprawling." The Portland Mercury
2012 Press
7/24/2012: opbmusic.org: Photo Review: PDX Pop Now! 2012 – Day 1
7/24/2012: SSG Music: PDX Pop Now! Summer Festival Recap: Day 1
7/24/2012: BridgeTown Sound: Review: PDX Pop Now! Festival
7/24/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! 2012 Day 3
7/24/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! 2012 Day 2
7/24/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! 2012 Day 1
7/26/2012: Portland Monthly: PDX Pop Now: Photos and Album
7/22/2012: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2012: Notes from Saturday — Chrome Wings, Neal Morgan and Like a Villain
7/20/2012: opbmusic.org: Top of the Pops!
7/19/2012: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now: A quick and easy guide to this weekend's bash
7/18/2012: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop: Now and Forever – Bands You Shouldn't Miss at This Year's PDX Pop Now!
7/18/2012: ElevenPDX: What's Going On: 07/18 – 07/25
7/18/2012: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Yearbook, 2012 – Getting all sentimental over this year's eclectic PDX pop crop.
7/13/2012: OMN: OMN's top 5 acts at PDX Pop Now! 2012
7/10/2012: Willamette Week: The latest PDX Charts is up: Portland is listening to PDX Pop Now! 2012 Compilation and Fiona Apple
7/2/2012: Pitchfork: Festivals In Brief: Village Voice 4Knots, PDX Pop Now!, Secret Garden Party, Tramlines
6/20/2012: Willamette Week: Summer Guide 2012: It's Not a Portland Summer Until You've…
6/19/2012: Willamette Week: The It List: The Top 10 Things in Portland and the World
6/19/2012: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Unveils All-Ages Festival Line Up
6/18/2012: Yahoo! Voices: Portland Summer Events Guide
6/18/2012: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces This Year's Lineup and Schedule
6/8/2012: bePortland: PDX Pop Now! Release Party
6/7/2012: intothewoods.tv: PDX Pop Now! 2012
6/7/2012: Portland Mercury: Sweet Release
6/7/2012: opbmusic.org: Needle Drop: PDX Pop Now! 2012
6/6/2012: Willamette Week: Sun Angle, Wild Ones, Hollywood Tans, MC Rose, DJ Porsche Cayenne (PDX Pop Now! 2012 compilation release)
6/5/2012: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now compilation release Thursday at Holocene
5/21/2012: Portland Monthly: PDX Pop Now! Announces Its 2012 Compilation Album Lineup and Release Show
5/18/2012: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Now! Reveals Annual Comp Tracklist
5/18/2012: Portland Mercury: The 2012 PDX Pop Now! Compilation Album
5/18/2012: SPIN: Hear 15-Year-Old MC Rose's Track Off PDX Pop Now! Comp
5/18/2012: Oregonlive: 2012 Summer Events Guide: Music events top picks
4/20/2012: Portland Mercury: This Year's Make It Pop! Fundraiser for PDX Pop Now!
1/19/2012: IFC Portlandia Blog: Scenes from School of Rock's Best of Portland Concert
1/6/2012: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Seeks Submissions For 2012 Comp. + Who We Want To Be On It
1/6/2012: Oregon Music News: School of Rock and PDX Pop Now! bring the 'Best of Portland'
1/6/2012: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Opens Submissions and Gets Growly
1/5/2012: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! is looking for music, volunteers
2011 Press
10/18/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now Announces Next Year's Dates and Venue
10/18/2011: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! sets 2012 dates, location
8/1/2011: Oregon Cultural Trust: Oregon Cultural Trust Announces $1.54 Million in Grants – (PDX Pop Now! – $5000)
7/28/2011: Portland Mercury: Photos of 2011 PDX Pop Now!
7/27/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Brainstorm and Guidance Counselor shut it down in style
7/27/2011: Words Cut Open: PDX Pop Now! Photos!
7/27/2011: My Old Kentucky Blog: Report : PDX Pop Now! 2011 Round Up
7/27/2011: Rose City Live: PDX Pop Now! 2011 – Refuge PDX
7/27/2011: Willamette Week: Top Five Acts I Caught at PDX Pop Now!
7/27/2011: Willamette Week: Gossip That Should Have Gone to Rehab – PDX Popped
7/26/2011: Portland Monthly: Slideshow: PDX Pop Now! 2011
7/26/2011: intothewoods.tv: PDX Pop Now! 2011
7/25/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Wrap
7/24/2011: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Day 3
7/24/2011: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Day 2
7/24/2011: BePortland: PDX Pop Now! Day 1
7/24/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Notes from Sunday
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Notes from Saturday
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Saturday, 4:10pm — Loch Lomond, Wild Ones
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Saturday, 2:45pm — Lost Lander: Watch an interview with Matt Sheehy
7/23/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Saturday, 2:05pm — Palo Verde gets a leg up
7/22/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Nigh!
7/22/2011: Words Cut Open: PDX Pop Now!
7/22/2011: Redefine Magazine: festival coverage // pdx pop now! 2011
7/22/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Friday's inside sets — Weinland, The Reservations, Lovers
7/22/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011: Friday, 6pm — Jared Mees & The Grown Children and STLS
7/22/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Starts Today
7/21/2011: Portland Monthly: 7 PDX Pop Picks
7/20/2011: Portland Mercury: Our Illustrated Look at PDX Pop Now!
7/20/2011: Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! Everything you need to know about this year's festival
7/20/2011: PDX Pipeline: 2011 PDX Pop Now | Interview w/ Joshua Spacek of Monarques
7/20/2011: Pitchforkmedia: Festivals in Brief: Capitol Hill Block Party, PDX Pop Now!, Soundwave Festival Croatia, Midi Festival
7/20/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Yearbook 2011
7/19/2011: Sound on the Sound: Another Reason To Road Trip To Portland: PDX Pop Now Is This Weekend
7/7/2011: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! The Schedule
6/30/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Announces Schedule
6/30/2011: Portland Mercury: Here Is Your PDX Pop Now! Schedule
6/22/2011: Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! lineup, from And And And to Yeah Great Fine
6/15/2011: Basement Of Our Brain: PDX Pop Now! Announces the 2011 Festival Lineup with Animated Video
6/15/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! 2011 line up announced
6/15/2011: Willamette Week: Check Out The 2011 PDX Pop Now! Fest Lineup
6/15/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Festival Lineup
6/15/2011: Portland Mercury: Here is Your 2011 PDX Pop Now! Lineup
6/15/2011: Willamette Week: Summer Guide 2011: Summer Events Calendar
6/2/2011: Pitchforkmedia: News in Brief: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matias Aguayo, PDX Pop Now!, Mountain Jam Festival
6/2/2011: intothewoods.tv: Double Take: PDX Pop Now Compilation
6/2/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Comp Release: O Bruxo, Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Swahili, Lost Lander, DJ Papi, DJ Gigante
6/1/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now Compilation Release: O Bruxo, Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Swahili, Lost Lander, DJ Papi, DJ Gigante
5/27/2011: Pitchforkmedia: Pitchfork Guide to Summer Festivals
5/20/2011: The Oregonian: Summer events: Edgefield, Oregon Zoo, Blues Festival and more summer music
5/18/2011: opbmusic.org: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Tracklist
5/18/2011: My Old Kentucky Blog: New Music : 2011 PDX Pop Now! CD Compilation
5/17/2011: PC-PDX: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Compilation Track List And Release Show
5/17/2011: Basement of Our Brain: PDX Pop Now! Unveils Compilation Track List And Release Show
5/17/2011: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! unwraps track listing, and CD release benefit
5/17/2011: Willamette Week: Cut of the Day: The Minders, "Needle Doll," PDX Pop Now! Compilation 2011
5/17/2011: Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! reveals track listing for 2011 comp
5/17/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces 2011 Compilation
4/28/2011: The Oregonian: PDX Pop Now! Fundraiser Is Tonight at Ace Hotel
4/27/2011: Willamette Week: Make It Pop 2011: Laura Veirs, Eric Earley, Laura Gibson, Israel Nebecker, DJ Jeremy Petersen
4/22/2011: opbmusic.org: Makin' It Pop!
3/23/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Announces Make It Pop Lineup
3/23/2011: Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! benefit with Laura Veirs, Eric Early, Israel Nebeker and Laura Gibson
3/23/2011: Portland Mercury: The Third Annual Make it Pop! Benefit to Feature Laura Veirs, Eric Earley, Israel Nebeker, and Laura Gibson
3/22/2011: Oregon Arts Commission: Awards Eleven Arts Recognition Grants
3/21/2011: Oregonlive: SXSW: Typhoon, Cool Nutz, Yoko Ono, Brainstorm bring it home
3/16/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Is For The Kids
2/14/2011: Billboard: Talking Arts: Q&A With Decemberists-Loving, Pro-Arts Portland Mayor Sam Adams
2/11/2011: Portland Mercury: Even More Information About PDX Pop Now! 2011
2/10/2011: Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! 2011 Details
2/10/2011: Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces 2011 Dates and New Venue
2/10/2011: Oregonlive: 80s Video Dance Attack attacks PDX Pop Now's bottom line
1/24/2011: Oregonlive: Reminder: PDX Pop Now! is looking for songs
1/3/2011: Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! compilation submissions, get them in
2010 Press
11/13/2010: Portland Mercury: Tonight in Music: PDX Pop Now Benefit, Built to Spill, Mighty Ghosts, and more
8/27/2010: Oregonlive: Blue Cranes adds variety to PDX Pop Now! festival's indie rock and hip hop scene
8/3/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now 2010 Liveblog Coverage
8/2/2010 Endhits: Your PDX Pop Now! Photo Diary
8/2/2010 Photo Review: PDX Pop Now!
8/2/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW FIND #2: Parenthetical Girls
8/2/2010 Outsider Music Press: KUSIKIA Live at PDX POP NOW
8/1/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP FIND #1: ASSS
8/1/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW PICK #3: Typhoon
8/1/2010 Thomas Boyd Photography: PDX Pop Now!
8/1/2010 Oregonlive: Review: PDX Pop Now! a good showcase for the most popular to the most absurd
8/1/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! gives underage fans a taste of live music and a chance to mingle with others
7/31/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW PICK OF THE DAY: BLUE CRANES
7/30/2010 Outsider Music Press: PDX POP NOW PICK OF THE DAY: Kusikia
7/30/2010 OMN's 2010 PDX Pop Now! picks: 3 days of free, local, all-ages indie music
7/30/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now!: Plenty of Pop for everyone
7/30/2010 Redefine Magazine festival coverage: PDX POP NOW! 2010
7/29/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Witch Mountain, Ylang Ylang
7/29/2010 Oregonian: PDX Pop Now!: Plenty of Pop for everyone
7/28/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Yearbook, 2010
7/28/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Wampire, Why I Must Be Careful
7/27/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: The Tumblers, Typhoon
7/26/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Tiny Knives, Tu Fawning
7/25/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Skeletron, Soup Purse
7/24/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Rollerball, Shoeshine Blue
7/23/2010 Endhits PDX Pop Now Primer: Please Step Out of the Vehicle, Reporter
7/23/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! live at City Hall
7/22/2010 Oregon Music News: It takes a village: PDX Pop Now!
7/22/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Operative, Parenthetical Girls
7/21/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Michael the Blind, O Bruxo
7/20/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Lewi Longmire, Luck One
7/19/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Krebsic Orkestar, Kusikia
7/18/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Joey Casio, Joggers
7/17/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, Jackie-O Motherfucker
7/16/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! Pops into City Hall
7/16/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Hockey, Hosannas
7/15/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Grey Anne, Guantanamo Baywatch
7/13/2010 Portland Monthly: Cary Clarke's First Official Summer. Former PDX Popper makes local music a municipal matter.
7/12/2010 Endhits: PDX Pop Now Primer: Cloudy October, Da'rel Junior
7/12/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now! Heads to City Hall
7/11/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Blue Horns, Brainstorm
7/10/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Billygoat, Blue Cranes
7/9/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Autistic Youth, Ben Darwish
7/8/2010 Endhits.com: PDX Pop Now Primer: Atriarch, AU
6/17/2010 KEXP: Thursday Meltdown"
6/15/2010 Sound on the Sound: Start Planning Your Road Trip(S) South: PDX Pop Now! And Musicfest NW Line-Ups
6/15/2010 Music for Robots
6/14/2010 The Deli NYC: PDX Pop Now! Announces Lineup
6/14/2010 Three Imaginary Girls: PDX POP NOW! 2010 lineup announced
6/11/2010 Pitchforkmedia: Portland Festivals MusicfestNW and PDX Pop Now! Announce Lineups
6/11/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! Lineup announced
6/11/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Announces Lineup For 2010 Festival
6/11/2010 Oregonian: Lineup/schedule news for PDX Pop Now!/Pickathon
6/11/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announce Lineup
6/9/2010 Brooklyn Vegan: New Menomena album, MP3, Tour Dates, PDX Pop Now! comp
6/3/2010 Consequence of Sound: Check Out: A Weather – "Giant Stairs" (CoS Premiere)& PDX Pop Now! comp
6/2/2010 Portland Mercury: My, What a Busy Week
5/28/2010 Oregonlive: PDX Pop Now! compilation pairs local indie heavyweights with up-and-comers in various genres
5/21/2010 Oregonlive: Summer events guide: Five pop music events not to miss
5/11/2010 Pitchfork.com:News in Brief: PDX Pop Now!, Six Organs of Admittance, Tender Trap, Joshua Light Show
5/6/2010 Oregon Music News: Willamette Valley Music Fest takes over UO campus
5/6/2010 OPBMusic:PDX Pop Now! Unveils 2010 Comp
5/4/2010 PC PDX: PDX Pop Now! 2010 Compilation Track Listing
5/4/2010 Oregonlive.com: What your PDX Pop Now! 2010 compilation CD looks like
5/4/2010 End Hits: Everything You Need to Know About This Year's PDX Pop Now! Festival
5/4/2010 localcut.com: PDX Pop Now! Compilation Tracklist, CD Release Info and More
5/4/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! reveals 2010 complition track listing
4/30/2010 Oregonlive.com: The Week In Review: Pop Now! Colin Meloy! Brent DeBoer! Blue Giant! 28 Days In May! Lollipops!
4/30/2010 Stereogum: Colin Meloy Plays New Decemberists Tunes, Inks Book Deal
4/30/2010 Portland Mercury: Colin Meloy Debuts New Material at PDX Pop Now! Benefit
4/30/2010 OPBmusic: Colin Meloy Debuts New Decemberists Songs at PDX Pop Now! benefit
4/29/2010 Oregonlive.com: Introducing Colin Meloy, novelist (You've already met Carson Ellis, artist)
4/27/2010 Willamette Week: Tickets Still Available For PDX Pop Now! Benefit
4/22/2010 Oregonlive: April 23-29: Music, Movies & More
4/1/2010 Pitchforkmedia: Colin Meloy to play benefit for PDX Pop Now!
3/25/2010 Oregon Music News: PDX Pop Now! announces outreach program at Parkrose Middle School
3/9/2010 Portland Mercury: Farewell, Cary Clarke
3/9/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! Founder Cary Clarke is Portland's New Arts & Culture Policy Coordinator
2/25/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! Announces Fundraiser and Gets a Pretty New Logo
2/24/2010 Oregonlive: There IS something familiar about the new PDX Pop Now! logo
2/24/2010 Willamette Week: PDX Pop Now! 2010 Details, Fundraiser Announced
2/22/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now! and Burgerville
1/28/2010 Portland Mercury: My What a Busy Week – Sing Song
1/8/2010 OregonLive.com: The week that was: PDX Pop Now Submissions
1/5/2010 Portland Mercury: PDX Pop Now Submissions
2009 Press
11/11/2009 Popwreckoning: Britt Daniel @ PDX Pop Now Benefit
10/19/2009 OregonLive.com: PDX Pop Now! fundraiser
10/29/2009 Portland Mercury: A Conversation with Britt Daniel
7/29/2009 OPBMusic
7/28/2009 OPBMusic
7/28/2009 Local Cut
7/28/2009 PDX Pipeline
7/26/2009 OregonLive.com
7/25/2009 End Hits
7/25/2009 OPBMusic.org
7/25/2009 OregonLive.com
7/24/2009 Portland Monthly
7/23/2009 thefmly.com
7/23/2009 The Culture of Me
7/23/2009 Pampelmoose
7/23/2009 Local Cut-These Are the Days Blog
7/23/2009 OregonLive.com
7/23/2009 Portland Mercury
7/22/2009 KEXP 90.3 Blog
7/22/2009 Willamette Week
7/21/2009 Pitchfork.com
7/20/2009 PDX Pipeline
7/18/2009 OPBMusic.org
7/16/2009 End Hits
7/14/2009 PDX Pipeline
7/14/2009 Oregonlive.com
7/13/2009 Local Cut
5/21/2009 Basement Of Our Brain
5/21/2009 Willamette Week
5/21/2009 Portland Mercury
4/30/2009 Portland Mercury
4/29/2009 Portland Mercury
4/22/2009 Pitchforkmedia
4/20/2009 Basement Of Our Brain
4/20/2009 Portland Mercury
4/20/2009 Willamette Week
2008 Press
7/11/2008 Portland Octopus
7/11/2008 Indie Music Portland
7/11/2008 Oregon Live Blog/Pampelmoose
7/13/2008 Seattle Sound
7/14/2008 Delusions of Adequacy
7/15/2008 Oregon Live
7/15/2008 Portland Mercury
7/15/2008 Blurt
7/18/2008 MTV News
7/25/2008 Paste Magazine
9/11/2008 Portland Mercury Festival Announcement
2008 Videos
8/5/2008 Panther – Spin.com
8/12/2008 Dykeritz – Blurt
8/12/2008 White Fang, A Weather and Tu Fawning – Mercury Music Blog
2007 Press
08/06/2007 Oregonian Festival Review
08/06/2007 Local Cut: PDX Pop Now! Day 3
08/05/2007 Local Cut: PDX Pop Now! Day 2
08/04/2007 Local Cut: PDX Pop Now! Day 1
08/03/2007 Oregonian Feature
08/03/2007 Portland Tribune Feature
08/02/2007 Portland Mercury Festival Feature
08/01/2007 Willamette Week Festival Preview
08/01/2007 Daily Vanguard
07/27/2007 LC Podcast: These Are the Days: PDX Pop Now! edition
07/27/2007 Local Cut on City Hall Show Pt. 2
07/16/2007 Local Cut on City Hall Show Pt. 1
07/15/2007 Well Rounded Radio Interview
07/09/2007 Audiversity
07/03/2007 Fresh Sides
06/26/2007 Sound on the Sound
06/21/2007 KEXP (scroll down)
06/21/2007 Northwest Noise
06/20/2007 Treble Zine
06/20/2007 NewNowNext (LOGO TV Blog)
06/19/2007 Pitchfork
06/19/2007 Side One: Track One
06/19/2007 Pop Music (Oregonian) on Initial Festival Lineup
06/19/2007 Local Cut on Initial Festival Lineup
06/19/2007 Portland Mercury Blogtown on Initial Festival Lineup
06/18/2007 I Guess I'm Floating
06/16/2007 songs: illinois
06/08/2007 Oregonian Album Review
06/08/2007 Portland Tribune on CD Release (scroll down)
06/07/2007 Portland Mercury on CD Release (scroll down)
05/24/2007 KellyWatchTheStars
05/23/2007 Local Cut on Comp Tracklisting
Local Cut Parkrose Show Review
05/05/2007 Portland Mercury Blogtown on Parkrose
05/02/2007 CMJ on Parkrose Middle School
04/26/2007 Local Cut on Parkrose Middle School
Community Coverage
As is hardly surprsing, the public does a better job of documenting the PDX Pop Now! festivals than we could ever do. That being the case, we hope you enjoy the podcasts, photos, videos and bloggage that other people have made available to any and all. Thanks for making things with us!
Podcasts courtesy of Tables Turned
Blog coverage on Urban Honking
2006 Festival Press
07/31/06 Oregonian Review
07/31/06 Willamette Week Local Cut Review
07/28/06 Portland Tribune Feature
07/27/06 Portland Mercury Feature
07/26/06 Tiny Mix Tapes Story (scroll down)
07/24/06 Villains Always Blink
07/21/06 WW Local Cut on City Hall Concert
07/20/06 WW Local Cut on Festival Schedule
07/17/06 WW Local Cut on Lineup
07/13/06 Fluxblog
07/06/06 CMJ Story
07/05/06 Pitchfork Story
06/30/06 Stereogum
06/30/06 Gorilla vs. Bear
06/30/06 Largehearted Boy
05/09/06 Portland Mercury Interview
2005 Festival Press
08/15/05 Tiny Mix Tapes Recap (scroll down)
08/12/05 Oregonian Recap
08/10/05 Willamette Week Recap
08/05/05 Oregonian Mention (scroll down)
08/04/05 Portland Mercury Feature and Band-by-Band Guide
08/03/05 Oregonian Feature and Picks
08/03/05 Willamette Week 2004 Recap and 2005 Preview
07/28/05 Tiny Mix Tapes
06/23/05 Portland Mercury
05/06/05 Pitchfork
03/17/05 Portland Mercury
CD Press
CORTNEY HARDING, Portland Tribune
Several recent compilations have attempted to showcase the local music scene. While none of them fully encompasses all the styles of Portland music, the second PDX Pop compilation does a great job demonstrating that the city has a vibrant pop scene.
With two CDs and 41 songs, there is something for every taste. The first CD kicks off with Sleater-Kinney's aptly titled "Rollercoaster," and demonstrates that the band is on top of the world for a reason. Mirah slows things down a few tracks later with a home-recorded version of "While We Have the Sun," while Nice Nice speeds things up with "Uh-Oh."
Other CD-1 highlights include Glass Candy's sexy, spastic dance track "Lovin Machine," the glitchy "Just Expect" by Copy and Talkdemonic's beautiful "Mountaintops in Caves." The CD closes with "Chemical Reaction," by the Spooky Dance Band, and reminds us again what great talents were lost in a bike accident in 2003.
The second CD features more big name acts, among them the Decemberists, the Gossip and M Ward. While all provide stellar tracks, it's the farm-league contenders who'll really blow listeners away. The Snuggle Ups bounce around the room, while the Cajun Gems sit on the porch and twang. Die Monitr Batss create chaos. Norfolk and Western soothe.
This compilation is by no means a definitive guide to Portland music, but it's a good starting place for curious listeners. Give it a spin and find a new favorite band — many of which will perform at the PDX Pop Now! Festival this weekend.
KIP BERMAN, Portland Mercury
Compilations are, by their very nature, uneven affairs – meant more to showcase a variety of artists than offer a cohesive listen. That said, PDX Pop Now!'s sophomore offering is just as much a success as last year's debut. Sure, hiphop and Klezmer are equally represented (one track a piece), and yes (surprise!), there's an overabundance of whiny dudes with four tracks in their bedroom. But hey—that's Portland. The good folks who put out this comp and organize the PDX Pop Now! festival have their hearts and ears in the right place. Listening to the standout contributions from such diverse artists as Dolorean, The Gossip, Glass Candy (Miami Pop Now!?), Point Line Plane, Viva Voce, The Snuggle Ups, M. Ward, Wet Confetti, and The Helio Sequence remind me what a fantastically creative and vibrant music scene we are lucky enough to have in our own backyard.
MARK BAUMGARTEN, Willamette Week
Served on two discs, this collection offers a snapshot of a music scene that's about more than just "pop," that percussive palindrome that points to music meant to be consumed en masse. The compilation leaves out much of Portland's music community: mostly, the musicians working within the boundaries of genres like country, jazz, gospel, old time, metal and, save one song, hip-hop. Instead, the collection focuses on the city's forward-looking musicians, artists who are interested in reforming the templates of popular music, using new and old tools to create something fiercely original. These are many of the artists who are creating the framework for a scene that is uniquely Portland in both its geography and its form. But what is that form?
Well, it includes women, as the PDX Pop Now! compilation features a dozen female-fronted bands, from the angry (the Gossip, Sleater-Kinney) to the kind (Mirah) to the undeniably rad (the Blow, LKN). It also has an isolationist streak, as nearly half the acts included here opt to work the one- or two-person-band route while making music that reinvents the sound palette (Nice Nice, Talkdemonic, Y.A.C.H.T.) or reimagines tradition (Dolorean, Alan Singley, Jessica Jones).
And I have no idea what that means for the scene, except that it sounds great and, jokes aside, sounds like Portland-a sweeping geographical generalization that I'm willing to claim.


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PORTSMOUTH — The Piscataqua Press of Portsmouth announces the publication of Salmon Falls, 1956, a novel by Bedford resident Dick Janelle.
A coming of age story, Salmon Falls, 1956 transports the reader to simpler times. As the mail boat makes its rounds of Lake Winnipesaukee, young Dicky Martin graduates 8th grade, works at his parents' general store, and falls in love.
Major characters from three generations make this more than a teen book. Older readers will delight in memories of Elvis, the Red Sox, and junior high dances. The hunting, fishing, boating and backpacking adventures will appeal to readers of all ages.
Dicky's boyhood crush, Patsy, offers a feminist viewpoint through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old girl with a strong yet delightful personality. Her summer job as a dock jumper, delivering mail to the island residents, expands the story to a girl's coming of age as well.
Author Dick Janelle is a retired naturalist and science teacher who happened to graduate from the eighth grade in 1956. In writing the novel, Janelle drew on his experience teaching decades of junior high students, including leading overnight wilderness trips in the New Hampshire mountains.
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There is a lot of dangerous misinformation on the subject of braking on your mountain bike, I will clear some of it up for you. YOUR BUTT is Not Your Third Brake! We were horrified when one of our downhill camp students told us that in the high school league the coaches were teaching students to get their butt way back while braking and using the phrase, "your butt is your third brake". After explaining to him why this was bad he said, "Wow, that is why my coach broke his corner bone! We were riding down a steep hill with a few ledges and he was braking over one of the ledges and got catapulted over the bars because he was yanked forward."
As the sport of mountain biking has matured there have been huge changes in both equipment and the understanding of proper riding technique. When I started BetterRide in 1999 there were few people coaching technique and most advice was given by great racers who had created their own techniques. Often, these great racers were not the best bike handlers (simply really fit) and even if they were they weren't great at explaining how and why a certain technique should be used.
So my task was to find out what worked, why it worked and how to get you to do that technique. Fortunately, I had been doing that for 10 years as a snowboard coach and since my passion for snowboarding had faded I put all of my coaching energy into mountain biking. I sought out the best motorcycle coaches (Danny Walker, Gary Semics and Keith Code) to learn from and have worked with and coached some of the best racers in the world (Greg Minnaar, Marla Streb, Ross Schnell, Lynda Wallenfels, Mitch Ropelato, Chris Van Dine, Cody Kelly, Erica Tingey, Kelli Emmett, Jackie Harmony, Sue Haywood, etc.) As you can imagine I learned a lot over those years and I have often had to rethink the skill I was teaching and rethink my methods for getting you to master that skill. Which is a polite way of saying that some of what I taught was wrong!
One of the skills I was teaching incorrectly was braking. I had a student wash out his front tire and crash doing a braking drill one day in 2004. Although he was doing the drill slightly wrong (he shifted his weight back before he braked, not as he braked) it made me question the idea of getting your butt way back while braking. It turns out that it didn't jive with my in balance and in control philosophy (the student was obviously neither in control nor in balance when he crashed). I also noticed great racers like Steve Peat and Greg Minnaar were staying centered while braking. So in 2004 I threw out the little drawing that I had been using since 1999 to explain this (A rider with an arrow driving from his butt through his bottom bracket into the ground showing the "physics" of getting your weight back while braking). It was pretty handy and powerful in explaining the "physics" of why we get our weight back while braking! The problem was it doesn't work that way in real life, on a trail with changing traction conditions, bumps, rocks and small ledges. You need to get low and stay centered while braking!
Forgetting about dangerous misinformation, it is plain instinctual to move away from danger, in this case moving your butt back as you brake. Unfortunately, as you probably know our instincts are terrible mountain bike skills teachers as they are thousands if not millions of years old! They became instincts to help us survive as bipeds in those times (before bikes, motorcycles, and cars). For more info on this read this article: Why Our Instincts Fail Us On Our Mountain Bikes! http://betterride.net/blog/2011/why-our-instinicts/
The first reason we don't scoot our butt back when braking is the same reason we don't do it descending (which by the way, most braking is done descending!). It will put us in a non-neutral position and cause us to get out of balance, greatly increasing our chance of flipping over or just crashing. As explained and demonstrated in this video:
The second and third reasons we don't want to use our butt as the third brake are it will minimize the power of the front brake and put us out of position to do whatever we are braking for (a corner, a rock garden, a loose section, etc.). Which leads us to this interesting braking and cornering question asked by one of our students:
"Just a quick follow-up question. I have been having a problem getting out of position before cornering, primarily caused by hard braking (especially if there are rough terrain before the corner or if I come in too hot). As I brake, my body gets behind the center and lower as well, and by the time I start entering the corner, I am out of the "attack" position. My front wheel feels light, and it becomes difficult to get in the correct cornering body position.
If you have suggestions as to how to properly transition from braking into cornering (especially under hard braking), I would appreciate it."
Interesting question, I have been working on the same issue, especially last year at Snowmass. The problem stems from getting back while we brake, getting low is good but we need to stay more centered so when we release the brakes and the bike accelerates we are centered and ready to attack the corner. I was taught the old school, "get way back while you brake" which does help the rear brake a bit but actually hurts the effectiveness of the much more powerful front brake (why maximize 10-25% of your braking power while minimizing 75-90% of it?). Getting back also puts me out of balance and makes it hard to corner correctly. My entire focus at the last two races has been to stay centered as I brake, use A LOT of front brake and then let off and attack the corner. Believe me, the entrances to these corners are really rough and brake bumped, but you can still stay centered. When working with Greg Minnaar he really stresses this. It sounds scary but once you do it you realize two things: 1. you can brake in a much shorter distance with more control (more front wheel traction and less front wheel slide) 2. you are in a much better position to corner when you let off the brakes. Also, remember to only brake to slow down in a straight line (before the corner). This is another reason to practice the braking drills from the camp you took. On a side note one of our fastest students, Cody Kelly told me that he is now wearing out two sets of front brake pads before one set of rear pads! That shows correct braking and is one of the reasons Cody is so fast (he won the Sea Otter Dual Slalom!).
Watch the World Cup downhill races on Redbull.com, you will not see Aaron Gwin, Greg Minnaar, Mitch Ropelato, Steve Peat or pretty much any of the racers getting back as they brake for a corner or challenging section of trail!
As always it comes down to doing the drills we taught you to master the skills, then practicing with purpose and a focus on quality!
A great braking and body position drill you can do to feel what is right and what is wrong with braking body position is the front brake drill. First a warning, if you are not confident descending and using your front brake do not do this (start with the braking drill in our mini-course)! If you are confident, find the steepest semi-loose dirt/hard packed sand hill you are comfortable going down and descend it the way you always have to make sure you are honestly comfortable. Once you have decided you are comfortable approach the hill slowly and gently, slowly apply just your front brake (letting off a bit and adding some rear brake if you get scared/feel out of control) and descend the hill low and centered (drop your seat, hinge at your hips to lower your chest and as your chest lowers your butt will scoot back a hair but you will be able to maintain a "half-push up bend" in your elbows). After descending it once front brake only do it a second time but this time focus on speeding up just a bit and slowing back down (again using just the front brake). Now you should have a great idea of what it feels like to be low, centered and neutral. Now do the descent a third time, this time slowly scoot your book back with the goal of getting your butt way back like a third brake. Well before you get your butt way back you will feel the front wheel start to slide as you start taking weight off it, this should be scary and to correct it move forward towards the centered position. You have now learned that by getting back you greatly compromise how much front brake power you can use, which is scary as on a steep hill your front brake is 90-100% of your braking power. Now, if you still are not convinced, try to do the same descent rear brake only! If it is as steep as the hills we use in our camps to demonstrate this you will not be able to descend in control using just the rear brake (no matter how far back your butt is).
Focus on being centered, neutral and in balance when descending! Create a railed corner (or two)!


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New York, NY – Aug. 2, 2016 – Global consumer confidence held steady in the second quarter of 2016 at 98, an index score that was flat from the first quarter. North America was the only region to sustain growth momentum in the second quarter with a three-point confidence increase to 111.
Established in 2005, the Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index is fielded quarterly in 63 countries to measure the perceptions of local job prospects, personal finances, immediate spending intentions and related economic issues of real consumers around the world. Consumer confidence levels above and below a baseline of 100 indicate degrees of optimism and pessimism, respectively.
"Global economic growth continues to be sluggish, with wide variation in growth rates," said Louise Keely, senior vice president, Nielsen and president, The Demand Institute. "Economic concerns such as weak commodity prices and job prospects, and political concerns, such as terrorism and political stability, have been higher among consumers in countries directly affected by situations such as terrorist attacks or soft commodity demand. Still, in many markets, consumer spending continues to be a bright spot. Consumer confidence has remained stable on average over the past several quarters."
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The second-quarter online survey was conducted May 9–27, 2016. The findings in this survey are based on an online methodology in 63 countries. While an online survey methodology allows for tremendous scale and global reach, it provides a perspective only on the habits of existing internet users, not total populations. In developing markets where online penetration is still growing, audiences may be younger and more affluent than the general population of that country. Three sub-Saharan African countries (Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria) utilize a mobile survey methodology and are not included in the global or Middle East/Africa averages discussed throughout this report. In addition, survey responses are based on claimed behavior, rather than actual metered data. Cultural differences in reporting sentiment are likely factors in the measurement of economic outlook across countries. The reported results do not attempt to control or correct for these differences; therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing across countries and regions, particularly across regional boundaries.
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. The Company's Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Nielsen Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content—video, audio and text—is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry's only global view of retail performance measurement. By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90% of the world's population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.
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The mission of the Health Careers Program at North Carolina Central University is to promote academic excellence and scholarship, provide outreach programs, sponsor enrichment activities, professional and developmental services, counseling, summer clinical experiences and overall student academic support services to NCCU undergraduate and graduate students who seek admission to graduate and professional medical and health related education programs upon completing the required prerequisites at NCCU.
To be recognized as one of North Carolina's and the nation's leading programs in preparing minority students professionally and academically to successfully to be the most qualified applicant and gain admissions to graduate, medical, and health professional schools, colleges and universities nationwide.
The Health Careers Program at North Carolina Central University was established in 1972 as a component of the North Carolina Manpower Development Program. The name of the program was changed to North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) at NCCU in 1991. This program is designed to increase admissions and enrollment in health training programs of minority and disadvantaged students. Since 1972, this initiative has been successful in assisting students to gain admission to health and medical professions programs.
The Health Careers Center was located at 521 Nelson Street until October 2013, when it was relocated to 1242 Mary Townes Science Complex. The office serves as space for meetings, recruitment activities, and serves as a resource for brochures, videos, catalogs, journals and handouts for students interested in the health and medical fields. On many days student volunteers from the Health Careers Club assist staff in answering questions, tutoring, and referring other students to academic and student life resources on campus and in the community.
The continued increase in the number of NCCU students applying to and being accepted to health professional schools is very encouraging. This program along with the academic preparation provided by our outstanding faculty and staff has been a direct contributor to the success of many of our students. The recruitment activities and services definitely make a positive impact on the increasing number of students accepted into professional schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, physician assistants, allied health, and graduate studies in public health, and biomedical research.
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An old man finds a condom in his grandson's apartment and asks what it is.
"It's a condom," replies the grandson, sheepishly.
"What do you use it for?" asks Grandpa.
The grandson is embarrassed, so he says, "I use it to keep my cigarettes dry when I smoke in the rain."
Grandpa says, "That's a great idea." He goes to the drug store and asks the pharmacist for a condom.
"What size would you like?" asks the pharmacist.
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New Haven, Conn. – The Bulldogs began the 2010-2011 season Friday at the Princeton-Farnsworth Invitational in Princeton, N.J.
In the A draw of singles play, Yale sophomore Marc Powers defeated Princeton's Matt Siow 6-3, 6-3 and will next play Penn State's Jason Lee. Also in A draw play, sophomore Daniel Hoffman lost to Buffalo's Wotjek Starackiewicz 7-6 (2), 6-3.
In the B draw, junior Joel Samaha beat Columbia's Nathaniel Gery 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (5) and will play Cornell's Mirza Klis in the next round. Also in the B draw, junior Erik Blumencranz lost to Columbia's Kevin Kung 6-2, 6-3.
In the C draw, senior Ryan Berman lost to Princeton Dan Richardson 6-3, 6-1, while senior Jordan Abergel lost to Princeton's Ryan Kim 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. In D draw play, Penn's Lucas Andreika defeated freshman Patrick Chase 6-4, 6-4, and Penn's Dmitry Bury bested Yale freshman Zach Dean 7-5, 7-5.
In the E draw, freshman Tommy Ratchford lost to St. John's Matt Nejfeld 6-1, 6-2.
In A draw doubles play, Yale's Hoffman/Powers duo bested Binghamton's Devos/Rodrigues pair 8-2, while the Blumencranz/Samaha grouping lost a very close match to the FDU pairing of Shams/Skvarka 9-8 (10-8).
In B doubles, Abergel and freshman Kyle Dawson defeated Binghampton's Algier/Danielsson team 8-3, while the Berman/Chase group lost to Columbia's Deb Sen and Yetimoglu 9-7.
Match play continues Saturday with tournament and consolation games from Princeton's Lenz Tennis Center and Jadwin Gymnasium.


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Starfall II
** I now sell this pattern in my shop! **
Don't worry, I didn't just whip this quilt up in the last few days. (You probably figured that out based on the weather in the photo here.) Last December, I had the great opportunity to make a new, larger version and pattern of my baby Starfall quilt for Modern Quilts Unlimited, Spring 2013 issue. (See the bottom of my Publications page for pattern errata.)
I originally made this quilt for the class I co-taught at the Sewing Summit - Shapes and Angles. This quilt was an example of what you can make using the Partial Seams technique. (Speaking of...I do plan on *finally* putting up a tutorial for partial seams very soon.)
I fell in love, hard, with Denyse Schmidt's Chicopee collection last year. So much so, that I made this second quilt out of the same fabrics. I mixed in a few fabrics from her DS Quilts Collections from JoAnns and one perfect green print from Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks collection.
The background is all various shades of neutral fabrics, from Free Spirit Designer Solids and Moda Bella Solids.
The finished quilt measure 60" x 72" and I quilted it with straight lines, 1/2" apart. As usual, that took awhile but was more than worth it in the end.
I definitely recommend picking up the magazine - not just for my quilt but for all the others inside. It's full of beautiful patterns by all sorts of names you will probably recognize (Rossie Hutchinson, Patty Sloniger, Patty Young, Elizabeth Dackson, Victoria Findlay Wolfe and many others) and a great article about Negative Space by Jacquie Gehring.
I believe subscribers already should have their copies, and you will be able to find it at shops soon (if not already).


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I'll be dropping them in caches now. They came out great.
I'll be dropping them in caches now. They came out great.
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Nice Tag Terry. I have one to trade with you!
I'd really rather not cache, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion!
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Nice Tag Terry!
Nice Tags! I'm still in the process of designed my next set.
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I have my next one designed already. LOL Just not ready to order yet.
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nice tag! how bout a trade for a 100% genuinely authentic one and only unautographed Hiram pathtag????
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So, I wanted to write you a note about Kei. I'm sure you know by now we've agreed to loan Kei to Norwich City in the EPL until early May. I've just returned from Tucson and had the opportunity to be very involved in this, and I spoke with Kei over the past couple days as we worked through things. I need to preface this by telling you that we love having Kei on our team. He's performed, connected with fans and created a life for himself in Kansas City that will last long after he's done with soccer.
One of the frustrating things for fans, but a fact of life, is that our players will have aspirations to play in the top leagues throughout the world – most especially the EPL. If we are to continue on the track of being a well-respected organization for player development, then it will be inevitable that teams will come after our players and that our players will have desires to go test their talents in these top leagues.
As an organization, we are never going to begrudge them for it – and we certainly don't in this case with Kei. We've committed to you that our goal is to produce a consistent, championship-caliber team over the long-term. We've been outspoken early this year that an MLS championship is our primary goal. In light of today's news, nothing has changed in our expectations. It's situations like this that test our organization's ability to maximize the opportunity to meet both of those goals, while working with our players' aspirations and professional development.
Strange as it may seem, we think this gives us the best opportunity to keep Kei long-term. As much as he loves Kansas City, Kei deeply wants to experience the EPL and this is his chance. So we've partnered with him to give him the chance to do so for the first 10 games this season. The loan proceeds will allow us to reinvest in our existing young core of players and solidify their futures in the club. In the event Kei is signed by Norwich City, our club would receive a very fair transfer fee that again, we'd use to reinvest in our club. If Kei returns in May, his contract is extended and we will work in earnest to sign him to a deal that keeps him with the club through the end of his career. If we hadn't have done this, Kei would have left at the end of the year as a "free" player, similar to Roger Espinoza this past year. So the risk we take is allowing him to go for 10 games this year, in hopes of getting him for years to come.
I'm not going to say to you that "this is a business," and you have to get used to it. I know it's not a business to you, it's very personal. It is to us as well. We get to know these young men very well, and do what we can to create a partnership that encourages them to connect with the community and hopefully stick around for the long-term. We don't like it when they go. I understand the impact this has on your kids as well – to the nth degree. My seven- and six-year-olds, Katherine and Charlie, don't ask me, "Why did they let him go?" They ask me, "Why did YOU let him go?" so I get it…..
We want Kei to continue to be successful. He deserves it for the hard work he's put in. There's a chance we won't get him back, and if so, we can all cheer him on in the EPL and be proud to call him one of ours. But if he comes back, I know we'll all welcome him with #heartshapedhands.
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Is the Fed Doing Enough—or Too Much—to Aid Recovery?
SAN DIEGO—The Federal Reserve's decision to tie interest-rate increases to specific unemployment and inflation levels will likely be only a temporary part of its tool kit, central-bank insiders say.
Those levels are "mostly tailored to the specific situation we are in," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said in an interview at the American Economic Association's annual meeting here.


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When Andres Salazar began drawing comics, he did it as a hobby. By the time he had published his first book, it was his career.
Salazar published his first graphic novel, Pariah, Missouri, via Kickstarter.com, a popular way for artists, inventors and others to see their visions to fruition through a non-traditional revenue source, backed by the fans themselves.
With Pariah, Missouri, Salazar found great success. His campaign met its initial funding goal and then some, raising $5,607 — $3,000 more than his goal. The campaign was so successful that Salazar set a new goal: Release the novel in hardcover. It, too, was crowd-funded, this time collecting more than $9,000.
But Salazar wasn't done, and instead of working from the success of Pariah, Missouri, he looked to the stars where he discovered SpaceBear.
SpaceBear is to Pariah, Missouri as Scooby Doo is to Deadwood. Whereas the A-Team- meets-the-Wild-West attitude of Pariah, Missouri was an easy sell to comic book fans, SpaceBear is proving a bit tougher.
The reason is simple: SpaceBear is for the kids. Salazar, a father of three, wanted to have a story to read to his kids that was equal parts adventure and science. When, at a convention, Salazar met a representative from Hasbro, the idea popped into his head.
"He was talking about the word 'Toyetic," said Salazar, which is defined as being easily adaptable into toy form. "Then I saw the movie Gravity, and I always wanted to do something for all ages. I want something for my kids so I can read to them at bed."
Salazar, a fan of animation and comics for most of his life, began drawing SpaceBear in earnest, using watercolors to give the comic a childlike, playful feel.
SpaceBear follows the titular character through various space adventures — in one doodle, SpaceBear battles a monster made of spaghetti and travels through space in his "toyetic" spaceship.
"It's space, the cuddly frontier," said Salazar.
Salazar pulled from Flash Gordon, Planet of the Apes and other classic sci-fi series for inspiration.
"I want to read SpaceBear to my little boy. It's geeky, it's science-fictiony, and it's Star-Treky. I don't want to read Dr. Seuss, I want to read something a little quirky, a little nerdy, because that's what I enjoy."
Salazar's background in science aided in the storytelling as well, giving him the authority to reference the Apollo mission and astronomical bodies with scientific accuracy, making for both a fun and educational experience.
"In theory, the book grows up with the kid so it can be read different ways."
As of this writing, SpaceBear is halfway toward its funding goal of $5,000 with not much more than a week left. The difficulty for Salazar is promoting a children's book to his fans who know him for the rough and tough Pariah, Missouri.
If he is successful, however, Salazar would like to introduce new bears.
"Eventually, this will be a collection of five or six books," he said. "The Bear Universe Crisis, or something like that. That's all hinging upon this. If this tanks . . . I need to focus on what works."
For more information about SpaceBear and to view Salazar's campaign, visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/andresjsalazar/space-bear.


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Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) doctors, staff, and leadership are committed to providing our community with high quality convenient care. One of the ways we demonstrate this priority is through our online transparency.
You can review our provider ratings and comments on our web site with the confidence that they are all based on verified visits. We post all patient feedback relevant to the visit and only refrain from posting comments that are libelous, profane, or those that risk the privacy of our patients.
The below guide provides details about how we collect and share our patient feedback.
ARC partnered with the local Austin company Humm Systems to install feedback tablets in our exam rooms to collect patient feedback at the time of the doctor's visit. Humm is an independent third party customer feedback company that provides the technology to collect the feedback and display ratings and comments on our web site. All ratings are submitted by actual patients and verified by ARC.
Tablets are either available in the exam room or at the front desk. All patients can provide feedback on the tablets at any time during or after their visit. Patients are asked to complete the survey and provide ratings and comments regarding their experience at different touch points of their visit. We use this feedback to recognize doctors and staff, identify issues we can correct, and enhance our care.
ARC posts all positive and negative patient feedback that is relevant to the visit. We refrain from posting comments that are libelous, profane, or those that risk the privacy of our patients.
ARC asks five basic questions that touch on the overall patient experience related to their visit. Anyone seeking detailed information about each question can view the ratings for each specific question on the Feedback tab on the provider bio page on the website. We calculate our star ratings based on responses to the below questions.
Since more recent data provides a more accurate picture, we require a minimum of 30 patient surveys per doctor in the last 12 months before we post a physician's rating.
No. Only patients having an outpatient visit by an ARC physician receive a survey. The results are based entirely from patients who have actually been treated by the physician.
Patients are anonymous when they fill out the feedback tablets. There is no personally identifiable information displayed at any time.
As an urgent care physician, I believe in providing prompt, compassionate, professional, accessible medical care of the highest standard for every patient I see.
Dr. Flores grew up in Texas, and enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
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Robin Hoodlums
"Throw down the box!" were dreaded words to
leather-popping stagecoach drivers. To the man, they all knew that to resist
was an open invitation to a permanent case of lead-poisoning. The Wells
Fargo and Company strongbox was always hauled out of the front boot and
dropped to the ground.
It was almost dusk. Charley Haynes was at the
reins, a bit poetic don't you think? Anyway, Charley was cussing the team
up the side of a ravine when three men stepped from the sagebrush and demanded
the strongbox.
Howard Hickson
Source: Various issues of the Elko Independent, 1869-1870.
©Copyright 2001 by Howard Hickson. Permission to use is given but, if any portion or the entire article is quoted, proper credit must be given.


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