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UCLA athletic department officials loathed seeing the USC band's drum major stick a sword in the Rose Bowl turf, and lobbied to get the scene cut from a Pac-12 Conference promotional video a year ago. The clip was removed.
Months later, in September, UCLA fans raged about seeing USC quarterback Matt Barkley's smiling face staring down from a billboard in Westwood and applied pressure, including threats of vandalism. The ad was removed.
Yes, the Bruins have had some little victories over the Trojans this year. Now, can they get a big one?
UCLA can end more than a decade of hand-wringing by beating USC at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.
The Trojans are seeking the status quo in the series but are also chasing a berth in the Rose Bowl game and a historic ending to Barkley's career. He can become the first USC quarterback to defeat UCLA four times as a starter.
"I'm just thinking about this year," Barkley said. "Looking back, hopefully I can say that."
The game will decide the Pac-12 South Division championship, with the winner going to the conference title game. But it could also change some perceptions.


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European Social Entrepreneurship Funds - Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are social businesses?
Social businesses are companies that have a positive social impact and address social objectives as their corporate aim rather than only maximising profit. They are not to be confused with charities for example. Today, the social economy represents 10% of all European businesses and employs over 11 million paid employees.
Examples of social businesses:
In France, a business launched an innovative concept of water-free car washing services in 2004 using biodegradable products and employing unqualified or marginalised staff in order to reintegrate them in the labour market.
In the Netherlands, a company teaches reading using innovative digital tools and a method based on play. This method is particularly suitable for hyperactive or autistic children.
In Poland, a social cooperative comprising two associations employs long-term unemployed and disabled staff and provides a variety of services: catering and food services, small construction and handicraft services and training for disadvantaged people to help them find new jobs.
In Romania, a company with five members of staff and five volunteers has been working since 1996 to provide cultural services in the Romanian language to blind people by adapting media (especially audio books and adapted films) for an estimated 90 000 people.
2. What issues are social businesses facing?
The main issue in one word is: funding. While social businesses can access private finance, they still find it hard getting the finance they need to grow. Because of their unique mix of social goals and business techniques, banks and other financial intermediaries are often unfamiliar with the needs of social businesses or have difficulty in assessing the risk of investment. Responding to the Commission consultation last July (see MEX/11/0713), social businesses indicated that it is difficult for them to access loans from banks - except against collateral - as their business model is generally not supported. Investment funds are key to filling this gap. The European asset management sector is vast and strong, holding over €8 000 billion in assets under management. However, investment funds currently face challenges in supporting social business. Two problems have emerged.
The first problem is that funds dedicated to investing in social business can be costly and difficult to set up and gather investments, particularly from investors in Member States other than one in which they are based. This limits the size and efficiency of the funds, and reduces the options for investors across Europe.
The second problem is to do with information: funds which concentrate on investing in social businesses are not always easy to identify or distinguish from other funds, and it can be confusing for investors to compare the advantages of different funds or working out how effective a particular investment might be in supporting social businesses. Currently lots of different ways of presenting the aims and achievements of such funds exist.
3. What are the main elements of today's proposal?
A recognised EU brand for social entrepreneurship funds: In today's Regulation, the Commission is proposing the setting up of a new brand: European Social Entrepreneurship Funds. Funds that market themselves using this brand would have to invest at least 70% of their money in social businesses. With this label, investors will know that the majority of their investment is going into social businesses. In addition, the common EU-wide brand will make it much easier for investors throughout the EU to locate these funds.
Improved investor information: Each European Social Entrepreneurship Fund would have to provide key information to investors in a standardised way. This would cover such areas as the social objectives of the fund, the social businesses it invests in, and how the fund will assess how well these businesses achieve their social goals.
Break down barriers to fundraising across Europe: European Social Entrepreneurship Funds will also act as a passport. Once a fund has provided the required information and follows some key requirements on how to organise and conduct themselves, it would have the right to gather investments from investors across the whole EU without incurring major costs. They would be supervised – to ensure they follow the rules – by the authorities in the Member State where they are based. These funds would provide new opportunities for private individuals and professional financial services investors to help fund social businesses, adding to support already available from funds, banks and public bodies.
4. What would the benefits of this approach be?
Social businesses will get easier access to private finance, helping support their growth. This will benefit many ordinary citizens: creating inclusive and sustainable jobs and growth across Europe.
Professional investors will find it easier to identify and choose funds that are targeting investments in social businesses (European Social Entrepreneurship Funds).
Investment fund managers will find it less costly and complex to raise funds, including cross-border, and will find it easier to distinguish their social entrepreneurship funds from other kinds of funds.
5. How will social businesses be able to gain access to investments from the new funds?
Fund managers would operate as middle men – gathering capital from investors, and investing this into social business. They would also help the social businesses develop, providing advice or contacts and support for the entrepreneurs. By spurring on the work of the fund managers and other financial intermediaries, the new rules will help develop a stronger eco-system to support social businesses throughout the EU.
6. What does a European social entrepreneurship fund manager have to do in order to use the new label and passport?
To use the new label and passport for fundraising, the fund manager will need to comply with the rules set out in the Regulation. These are designed to ensure:
In addition, the fund manager will need to make key information available to investors. The fund manager will also need to register with the competent authorities of his home Member State.
7. Why has the Commission chosen 70% of capital contributions as the threshold for the eligible funds portfolio?
In preparing the proposal, the Commission analysed various thresholds. A lower threshold, for example 50%, would mean that about half of investors' money would be going into social business. The Commission believes this would not be very attractive for dedicated investors in this market.
On the other hand, a 90% threshold would give the funds manager very little scope for prudent risk spreading – i.e. putting all eggs in one basket – or liquidity management. The 70% threshold is therefore a balanced approach between investor confidence and risk spreading.
8. Can the passport be withdrawn?
Yes, the home Member State authorities can withdraw the passport if the European social entrepreneurship fund manager does not fulfil any of the above essential requirements.
9. What happens if a manager manages both European social entrepreneurship funds and other types of investment funds at the same time?
As long as the aggregate value of the assets managed in the European Social Entrepreneurship Funds does not exceed €500 million, the manager can use the new label for these funds and market them throughout the EU. The fact that he might also manage other investment funds does not count against the calculation of the threshold. The manager might need to seek authorisation under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) if the assets he manages exceed € 500 million (see MEMO/10/572).
10. Can everybody commit capital to a European social enterprise fund?
At this stage only professional investors and a group of traditional investors in social entrepreneurship funds (family offices1, angel investors2, wealthy individuals, finance experts or philanthropic entrepreneurs) are eligible to invest in the funds that operate under the new rules. At a later stage, the rules may be reviewed in order to open these investments more widely to the general public.
11. When will the new rules enter into force?
Today's proposals now pass to the European Parliament and the Council (Member States) for negotiation and adoption. Once adopted, a regulation enters into force upon publication in the official journal.
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Deroy Murdock: A sad reminder of a fading American spiritDEROY MURDOCK
June 06. 2013 9:26PM
I recently toured the Johnson Space Center in Houston, while vacationing with my retired, itinerant, sainted parents. The most striking thing at NASA's legendary facility is a Saturn V rocket. It lies within a giant hangar, beneath incredibly bright lights. It is humongous and breathtaking.
In large red letters, the words UNITED STATES appear proudly along the vehicle's length. It brought tears to my eyes. I thought: This is what America did, back when America did things.
Today, America has that no-can-do spirit.
The U.S. now wheezes beneath the crushing weight of lawsuits, environmental impact reports, diversity consultants, a $17 trillion national debt, entitlement proliferation, lethargic economic growth, the lowest labor-participation rate since 1979, relentless Twitter distractions, and the mind-dissolving effects of Kardashianization.
When another Saturn V sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon in July 1969, America was a serious country. Forty-four summers hence, not so much.
U.S. astronauts headed for the International Space Station now must hitchhike there on Russia's rockets. Fare: $70.6 million each.
Beyond America's downshift in space, innovation seems stuck in a lower gear. When did a new invention make you slap your head in astonishment — as was routine for decades. Smart phones do grow smarter. But aside from that…
Yes, the Saturn V was a product of big government — but not as big then as today. When Armstrong took "one small step for man," Washington, D.C. spent 19.3 percent of GDP. By 2011: 24.5 percent.
Besides, big government used the Saturn V to accomplish "one giant leap for mankind," as Armstrong declared. Here on Earth, that mission catapulted America well ahead of the Marxist Soviet Union.
Compare that to big government today: $787 billion squandered on a stimulus that stimulated nothing; green jobs that — at best — cost $575,000 each, and a throbbing entitlement state that expands as poverty grows. On a smaller but also irritating scale, conference-going IRS employees have occupied $3,500-per-night hotel rooms. The tax agency also spent $17,000 so "motivational artist" Erik Wahl could paint Michael Jordan and Bono.
Meanwhile, America devolves from constitutional republic to banana republic. Federal abuse of power, spying on journalists, politically discriminatory tax agents, and official impunity thrive beneath a tropical canopy of incompetence and economic stagnation. America is becoming Venezuela with atomic weapons.
Thanks to the high stakes of the Cold War, the clench-jawed relentlessness of the Greatest Generation, or perhaps some other factor(s), America once exuded gravity. That largely has floated away.
As common sense evaporates, for instance, Petrona Smith told her Bronx Spanish students that "black" in that language is negro. Some took offense, and she got fired. Now, she is suing for damages.
Tracey Hannema, a Manhattan dyslexic, is suing for 50 percent more time, so she can take a medical-school admissions test in the quiet, distraction-free environment where she says she could boost her score. Will she also demand such tranquility in a hospital emergency room?
Instead of an Apollo-style celebration of achievement and individual excellence, standards slide. NBC News recently profiled Oregon's South Medford High School and its 21 valedictorians. At Alabama's Enterprise High, 34 students are "first in their class."
It's important not to over-romanticize this picture. The best and the brightest who built the Saturn V also authored the Food Stamp program that burgeons today. Medicaid barely wobbles along, 48 years after its creation. And Washington shipped some 2.6 million GIs to Vietnam. Some 58,000 returned in body bags.
Still, there is something truly inspiring even now about the words with which President John F. Kennedy launched the Apollo program in September 1962: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
Imagine a President of the United States challenging the American people this way. These days, in a nation perpetually on break, it would seem almost rude.
Houston, we have a problem.
Deroy Murdock is a Fox News contributor, a nationally syndicated columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service, and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.
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Former Italy international Alessio Tacchinardi believes only Barcelona are in a better position than Juventus to win the Champions League following the Bianconeri's 3-0 win over Celtic on Tuesday.
Goals from Alessandro Matri, Claudio Marchisio and Mirko Vucinic helped the Serie A champions to victory in the first leg of their round of 16 tie, and Tacchinardi is confident that Juventus can go far in the competition.
"At the moment, Juventus are only inferior to Barcelona in Europe. I don't really believe in Real Madrid's chances as they have shown in La Liga that they're having problems," Tacchinardi told TuttoMercatoWeb.
"Juventus put in a great performance against Celtic. It's true that the draw was in their favour, but Conte's team did a great job."
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WORCESTER — The Planning Board has cleared the way for a developer to pursue plans to redevelop an area off Franklin Street, not far from Union Station, into more than 350 units of housing.
By a 4-0 vote, the Planning Board Wednesday night agreed to remove Hygeia Street from the city's official map. Hygeia Street is a private street that runs between Arctic and Plastics streets.
The developer sought to have the street removed from the official map so the street could be included within the scope of the development area, according to Jeff Howland of JH Engineering, representing DOK Realty.
Mr. Howland said DOK Realty and its subsidiaries own and control all five parcels on Hygeia Street.
Those properties are among seven separate properties in that area that are part of a proposed full-scale development that would include more than 350 units of housing and more than 500 off-street parking spaces.
The seven separate properties to be redeveloped are all owned by Ding On "Tony" Kwan of Framingham, under three separate limited liability corporations.
The area to be redeveloped is within walking distance of Union Station, Washington Square and the Canal District. It is also adjacent to the elevated portion of Interstate 290 and next to part of the CSX freight terminal on Franklin Street and the Franklin Street fire station.
A letter of objection to the street removal was filed with the Planning Board on behalf of Graphics Group Realty Trust, the owner of a five-story building at 33 Arctic St. that is primarily used for manufacturing and offices.
John Altomare, a lawyer representing the trust, said his client's concerns have to do with the impact that the development project will have on the availability of on-street parking in that area.
He said his client's building at 33 Arctic St. is right around the corner from Hygeia Street, and it needs 40 on-street parking spaces for those who work in it. He said all parking for the business there is provided on the street.
Mr. Altomare pointed out the developer has petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals for relief from 278 required off-street parking spaces. He said if that off-street parking relief is granted, it could make it difficult for those who work at 33 Arctic St. to find on-street parking.
"We are in favor of the development overall, but we are very concerned about the parking situation," he said. "We have to object to the removal of the street from the city map without knowing what the impact to parking in the area is going to be."
The Planning Board is obligated to deny a request for the removal of a street from the official city map if a "party of interest" objects to it.
A party of interest is defined as one that has rights on a private street and would be adversely affected if the street were removed from the map.
In this instance, Deputy City Solicitor Michael Traynor said the property owner at 33 Arctic St. would not be considered a party of interest because the removal of Hygeia Street from the official city map would not adversely impact the ability to get to that property.
As a result, he said, the Planning Board is not precluded from taking action on the request.
The Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled to take up items related to the redevelopment project on Sept. 30.
Mr. Howland pointed out that the developer would not be able to proceed with that hearing if the Planning Board did not act on the request to remove Hygeia Street from the official city map because part of the project involves development on part of that street.
Planning Board members agreed that access and travel to 33 Arctic St. would not be impacted by the removal of Hygeia Street.
"On-street parking belongs to everyone; it's not there for one specific owner," said board member Stephen Rolle.
Mr. Kwan has already won approval to redevelop four abandoned warehouses in that area and convert them into housing.
But he now wants to dramatically increase the scope of the project by razing some buildings, constructing new ones and building additional floors to some of the existing buildings.
In addition, the developer is also looking to add a five-story parking garage as part of the project.
On Sept. 30, the Zoning Board of Appeals will take up a request to amend the special permit that had been approved for the project in April so the project can be expanded in scope.


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Somebody forgot to tell the Falcons to play dead.
Jonathan Boutin stopped 23 of 24 shots faced for the win and actually held a shutout up until just 3:11 left in the game's final frame. The Falcons' goals came from Blair Jones and Eric Healey with assists to Norm Milley and Matt Smaby. Boutin and Healey were named first and third stars of the game, respectively. Springfield outshot Worcester 30-24 in the game.
The win moves the Falcons 1 point behind Portland and Providence which are currently tied with 46 points in the standings and occupying the 3rd and 4th spots (the final two playoff spots) in the Atlantic Division.
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SPR Healey, (19) (Milley, Smaby), 14:54
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William Wrigley Jr. was born in Philadelphia in 1862, at the height of the Civil War. His father, William, Sr., was a soap manufacturer, and as a little boy, young William carried a basket through the streets of Philadelphia, selling Wrigley's Scouring Soap.
When he became a teenager, William took a full-time job as a soap salesman for his father. He had a talent for salesmanship, and he drove a horse and wagon from town to town, trying to convince stores to stock Wrigley's soap.
William Wrigley Jr. struck out on his own in the spring of 1891 when he was 29 years old. He left Philadelphia for Chicago with just $32 in his pocket and a dream of running his own business. He also had boundless energy and a gift for seeing things from his customers' point of view.
At the start of his new business in Chicago, William sold his father's Scouring Soap. As an extra incentive to merchants to stock the soap on their shelves, he offered "premiums" - free gifts, such as cans of baking powder.
Trouble was, baking powder turned out to be more popular than soap!
Rather than give up, William switched to the baking powder business.
One day in 1892, William got the idea of offering two free packages of chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The offer was a big success. Once again the premium - chewing gum - seemed to be more popular than the product it was designed to promote.
A year later, in 1893, William Wrigley Jr. introduced a new gum he called Juicy Fruit. And so began the world's most popular and successful chewing gum business!
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Nearly two years ago my son was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that has altered our course in life. One of the biggest changes that occurred was with our diet. I began studying food as medicine and tried to learn what he should be eating in order to be his healthiest. There are a lot of different views for his particular ailment, so I went on to research wellness through food and nutrition for everyone, not just those who are ill.
Through my research I came to the non-scientific and non-professional opinion that gluten is something that should be consumed in moderation. Not just for my son, but for everyone. I always knew that glucose and refined sugar should be limited, and I suspect that dairy should be removed from my son's diet as well.
So what exactly can he eat?
He can have many of the same foods that he ate before, we just needed to modify how they are prepared. Rather than purchasing premade products, we make our own and we use gluten free ingredients. Grace Foods makes a wide range of natural coconut products that are excellent substitutions for baking. The Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Organic Coconut Flour, Organic Coconut Milk and Organic Coconut Sugar are all delicious, gluten free, dairy free and perfect replacements for their gluten and glucose filled alternatives.
Pancakes are a popular weekend breakfast in my home, and I value the antioxidant properties of blueberries, so blueberry pancakes are ideal. Using the Grace ingredients listed above, I was able to make these gluten free Blueberry Pancakes.
A light and fluffy interior with crispy edges, these pancakes have a hint of coconut flavour. No one will ever guess they are gluten free!
Gluten Free Blueberry Pancakes
Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Serves: 6
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Grace Organic Coconut Milk
- 2 tbsp Grace Organic Coconut Sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Grace Organic Coconut Flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup blueberries
- 2 tbsp Grace Organic Coconut Oil
- Maple syrup
- Whisk eggs, vigorously, for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Whisk in organic coconut milk, organic coconut sugar and vanilla. Stir in organic coconut flour with baking soda and salt until well combined.
- Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir in blueberries.
- Melt some of the organic coconut oil in a large, nonstick skillet set over medium heat.
- Add batter into skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until the bottoms are set and golden. Flip and cook until golden and cooked through
Tip: Use frozen blueberries when fresh are out of season.
- Nutritionals (2 pancakes – 1/6th recipe)
- Calories: 114
- Fat 5g
- Cholesterol 124 mg
- Sodium 100 mg
- Carbohydrates 12g
- Fibre 4.5g
- Sugar 4.5g
- Protein 6g
Low in calories and high in protein, these pancakes fit right into our nutrition plan. I found I needed to cook them longer than the recipe called for, and when I make them again I will add a little more Organic Coconut Sugar than the recipe called for. I prefer my pancakes to be a little sweeter so I can eat them without the maple syrup. Otherwise, they turned out really well and they made a perfect lunch in our case, and will be a filling breakfast.
I have been using Organic Coconut Oil in recipes for a while but this was my first experience with Organic Coconut Flour, Organic Coconut Sugar and Organic Coconut Milk. A good gluten free flour alternative can be difficult to find and this one works well. The Organic Coconut Sugar tastes great and worked well in the recipe, but contains the same caloric intake as white sugar. The glycemic index for coconut sugar is superior to white sugar though, so there are definite benefits to making the switch. The coconut milk was delicious and I even tried some in my coffee. It could be a permanent switch from almond milk, because I really like the mild coconut flavor.
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standing in front of a case stocked to the teeth with hundreds of fantastic bottles no longer gives me that weird choice anxiety. even the bearded beer dude coming over to chat feels less intimidating now that i can accept that he's not showing off - he just gets true smiles from sharing all his nerdy, sudsy wisdom.
it's no brewmaster geeky secret, though, that as temperatures rise lighter, crispier, often wheat-y beers come into vogue. a glass of berliner weisse or super cold pale ale in blue skied july is divine, melting the edges of even the most gnarly humidity induced angst. much like music selection and lighting schemes, the right beer at the right time can really pull everything together.
but where to go when the mercury reaches sadistic new heights and that coriander flecked white beer might as well be a coffee porter? when the only food that can rouse the least bit of your appetite is raw fruit? when the only energy you can expend is staggering towards a cold shower like a sweaty zombie?
now pull yourself together, man! it's Shandy Time. so round up some fresh fruits, cold beers, and a fistful of fresh herbs and get on this road to recovery. shandies are all the rage in philadelphia this summer, popping up at menus high brow and low. of course i've sampled a few of these offerings, and while the good ones are indeed quite good (the jolly rancher inspired watermelon shandy at morgan's pier and the lemonhead scented one at pub & kitchen are two of the more memorable), but they're often too cloying for my taste. sweetness alone does not equal refreshment for me, quite the contrary, so i thought through a way to find more balance in this juicy beer cocktail (oh, could there be any three words more lovely together??), and this is where i ended up.
sly fox royal weisse. allagash white or walt wit would do just fine, too. since some distinct flavors are going in the mix, a beer of too high quality or rarity might be overwrought. keep it simple, as this cold one may be a matter of survival.
Watermelon Rosemary Shandies
~ makes 4
~takes 5 or 10 minutes, depending on how quick/slow you're moving
a 6 pack of sly fox royal weisse (you'll only need 3 for this recipe, but you'll want a second round, trust me)
about 4 cups of watermelon, seeds optional
2 lemons
3 sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped off the stems
2 tablespoons rice syrup (another sweetener is fine...just keep the ratio low so you don't make the simple syrup too sweet)
- bring about a 1/4 cup of water to a boil and add the rice syrup or other sweetener. stir til dissolved and take off the heat. add the rosemary and let it steep while it cools. you want to ideally get a lot of herbal flavor, so the longer the better.
- roughly chop the watermelon and puree in a food processor or blender. whiz the hell out of it. strain the juice through a mesh sieve. if you don't mind a texture-y drink, leaving the pulp in could be good, too.
- roll the lemons under your palm to get their juices flowing. cut each in half.
- fill 4 pint glasses with ice. pour the beer about 2/3 of the way up, then squeeze half a lemon in each glass. a seed or two might fall in but that's ok. top off each glass with a healthy slug of watermelon juice, then stir in teaspoon or two of the rosemary syrup. taste and adjust with little splashes of beer, juice or syrup til those suckers are right where you want them. if there's a little beer left over in one of the three cans you opened, well that's just a little bonus for you being such an awesome friend to share these drinks with your pals in their time of need.
- if, at the end of all this there is leftover watermelon juice, rejoice! a wee splash added to even the most sub-par light beer brings it to a sick new level of deliciousness.
viva variations: the lemons can be replaced with limes, or any other sour citrus (seville oranges at brunch time?), and of course the secondary fruit can be swapped to suite your tastes. watermelons are such a snap to puree and strain, though, and blend with the beer so happily, that i cannot recommend them enough. and the herbs really brings it all home, adding some bass to the constant high note that all the sweet and sourness brings. a shandy in your hand and an episode of Frozen Planet cued up, and hey look! you're making it through the heat in one piece.


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Over the years, music director, trumpeter and gentleman Wynton Marsalis has maneuvered several smaller craft—a quartet, a quintet and a septet—through New Mexico's jazz waters. Next week, he'll dock the quindectet Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the flagship of that New York institution, in Albuquerque for a program of Duke Ellington's love songs. One thing is for sure: The evening will swing.
Arguably the most accomplished jazz repertory big band in the world, the orchestra also includes Ryan Kisor, Sean Jones, Marcus Printup (trumpets); Chris Crenshaw, Vincent Gardner, Elliot Mason (trombones); Walter Blanding, Victor Goines, Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, Joe Temperley (reeds); Dan Nimmer (piano); Carlos Henriquez (bass); and Ali Jackson (drums).
Marsalis spoke to the Alibi as he was traveling between gigs in California last Sunday.
You're leading what may be the world's swingingest band. What exactly is swing?
First, it's a noun, it's a verb and it's an adjective. It's a period of American history. It's a style of music. It's a rhythm. It also means that you have a flexible attitude and good manners, you're able to make adjustments in style. It's all of those things.
Why does it make everybody feel so good?
It's the combination of conflicting rhythms. When two conflicting rhythms can come together and remain together, it feels good. Like when the daddy and the mama get along in the family. (laughs)
Taking a big band on the road is a big challenge. Why bother?
You can do many things with a large orchestra. ... One is play the legacy of our music. It comes from so many great composers and arrangers that we've had down through the years. [Marsalis lists a wide range of orchestra projects, from oratorios to ballets.] These are things you can do with a small band, but the large orchestra is a much more ceremonial body. Also, as more people play, it's a much more sophisticated ensemble. In the case of our big band, we have such phenomenal soloists—I don't know that there's ever been a band that every person in every chair really could solo.
Many of the orchestra members are leaders in their own right. Is it difficult for them to play big-band charts night after night?
Well, it's a sacrifice. But we have such even-tempered guys—this is one of the most getting-along bands ever. ... The feeling we get collectively—every night, just to hear people play that well, even though they know they're only going to solo probably once that night. ... But the music, everybody loves playing the music, and the band sounds so good together. We're proud to be a part of it.
How did the Ellington love songs theme come about?
It's an important body of music. ... The songs are all so timeless, and the fact of romance, a man and a woman, that's also a timeless theme, so any time is the right time for that. Our orchestra was also formed with the surviving members of Duke Ellington's band. Sometimes we find ourselves getting away from Duke's music, and we say, We got to play some Duke, and go back home.
What might we hear?
All the classics: "Prelude to a Kiss," "Sophisticated Lady," "Satin Doll," "Creole Love Call," "Warm Valley," "Lady of the Lavender Mist"—that's a beautiful title. We've got known and unknown. "Lady Mac" from Such Sweet Thunder, "Paris Stairs" from Paris Blues Suite, "The Flaming Sword."
Whose arrangements are you using?
We use his arrangements. ... He's probably the greatest arranger in the history of jazz—not probably, he is. Why would we use another arranger? That's like getting somebody to arrange a Beethoven symphony. (laughs)
You have many time-consuming roles. How do you keep sharp on your instrument?
Well, we've been playing on tour almost every night since June. When you're playing with these musicians, you have to keep your thing together ... ha ... because they're listening to you play, too. They're not letting up when they play. They're serious about playing, and they will let you know if you're not playing. Mm-hmm.


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The Great Market (Nagycsarnok)
The Great Market or the Central Market Hall is Budapest's biggest market place for food and has been attracting visitors ever since it was renovated for the millennium in 1996. These days it has dozens of small and big stalls on the first floor where Hungarian folk costumes, dolls, painted eggs, embroidered tablecloths, carved hunting knives and so on are being sold.
On the main floor you can retrieve all different kind of treats at a much cheaper price compared to the shops in Váci Utca. There is a great amount of butchers.
Specialties or delicacies that are sold over here include the Hungarian goose liver (pate versions too), dried mushrooms, herbs and spices, garlands of dried paprika, souvenir sacks and tins of dried herbs, a great variety of flavoured honeys and a decent selection of Hungarian wines. On the lower floor are quite a few fish vendors as well selling everything from living fresh-water fish to salt-water fish or frozen imported fish. It is a must see for every tourist.
Address: IX Vámház körút 1-3
Public Transport Access: From 47 or 49 Tram,
Opening hours: Mon: 6am-5pm, Tue-Fri: 6am-6pm, Sat: 6am-2pm


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There's little room left for smartphones in a world dominated by Apple iPhones and Samsung's Galaxy range. Here are some of the best phones you're probably going to pass over in favour of the big names – and some reasons why you should.
Panasonic Eluga
Panny's first foray into the UK smartphone arena looks set to be more of a tentative dip to test the waters as opposed to a full blown assault. The Eluga's 1GHz dual-core processor looks more than a little soft in comparison to the quad-core innards of the HTC One X (reviewed here), and it's set to be overshadowed by its upcoming bigger brother, the Snapdragon S4-powered Panasonic Eluga Power.
Why you should get it
If you're not in the market for a pocketable powerhouse then the Eluga's unique curvy waterproof design might tempt your wallet, despite its 1,150mAh battery and flash-less camera.
Fujitsu quad-core smartphone
Fujitsu's upcoming quad-core smartphone lacks both a final name and completed design, which explains why it scores rather low on the desirability scale. As a newcomer to the non-Japanese market, its name might also scare you off – through no fault of its own.
Why you should get it
Fujitsu's quad-core offering is fully waterproof, and packs in plenty of fancy Japanese internals. They include a noise cancelling mic which adjusts for echoey environments and an optimised call speakerphone tailored to your age group's ideal hearing frequency. Fancy, eh?
Nokia Pureview 808
The Nokia Pureview 808's ridiculous 41MP camera sensor is impossible to ignore – though so is the exclusion of Windows Phone 7. Yep, believe it or not, the Nokia Pureview 808 is still inexcusably rocking Symbian Belle, making this (in our eyes at least) a camera first, phone second.
Why you should get it
If you don't want the hassle of carrying around a compact, aren't too fussed about DSLR quality snaps and couldn't care less about apps, then this is the niche phone for you.
Huawei Ascend D quad
The Huawei Ascend D quad isn't by any means a terrible phone. It passed the Stuff hands on treatment without any fuss, but gadgeteers looking to harness the power of four cores probably won't be able to take their eyes off the HTC One X (reviewed here), which just makes the Ascend D quad look a bit plasticky in comparison.
Why you should get it
It might not have the same build quality as the HTC One X, but the Huawei Ascend D quad is still packing plenty of grunt in the silicon department – and it'll likely be available at a more wallet-tempting price.
Asus PadFone
You've got to hand it to Asus – it's the master of gadgets that turn into other gadgets. While its Transformer Prime should be top of any respectable gadgeteer's wish list, the PadFone/Tablet dock concept isn't as fluid, or as sleek, and falls into the 'does this really need to exist?' category.
Why you should get it
You're a pioneer, a risk taker. Your house is littered with HD-DVDs and Apple Newtons. You're a hardcore tech-head who respects innovation and will stop at nothing to sample all the wacky offerings that the gadget world has to offer.
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eNNOUNCER December, 2009
AAPT Sponsors Obama's "Educate to Innovate"
Philip "Bo" Hammer, AAPT's Associate Executive Officer, is pictured directly to the left of President Obama at a Washington-area event designed to promote science and math education. Photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images.
The American Association of Physics Teachers is proud to be a participating sponsor in "Educate to Innovate," President Obama's nationwide initiative that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and support for National Lab Day. This program brings together teachers, parents, scientists, engineers, non-profit organizations, government agencies, foundations, corporations, and others—with the goal of moving American students to the top in science and mathematics achievement over the coming decade. As physics teachers, our members have the knowledge, influence, and ingenuity to make a real difference by volunteering to engage in activities to strengthen laboratory experiences in their local communities or in outreach to other high-need schools. Through National Lab Day, AAPT members will play a vital role in helping America's students develop their critical thinking skills and preparing them to be active participants in a very competitive global environment.
From the Executive Officer
Dear Colleagues,
When the Executive Board asked me to return to AAPT as Executive Officer in September 2008, I accepted the position with the intent that I would only stay in this position for two years and I would retire from AAPT at the end of December 2010. This remains my intention and therefore you see a call for applications for the position of Executive Officer in this issue of the eNNOUNCER.
I feel that a great deal has been accomplished in the last year with the assistance of the Executive Board, a dedicated staff in the National Office, and the active participation of many of you, our members. AAPT is a membership organization and would not exist except for its members. However, much remains to be done to ensure the long term health and vitality of the organization and I will continue my efforts in this regard during the coming year. I hope many of you will join in this effort by volunteering to serve on one of our many committees, participating in local section activities, continuing your membership, and recruiting new members into the only professional organization dedicated to "strengthening physics education and supporting physics teachers."
My spouse, Melanie, and I are building a new home in Michigan near Ann Arbor and I hope to return to the classroom, at least on a part-time basis. I would like to put into practice the many great active engagement techniques that I have learned during my time at AAPT. I want to thank all of you for this great opportunity to work with you.
Warren Hein
Executive Officer Applications and Nominations Sought
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) seeks an experienced physicist/educator to serve as its Executive Officer. The position requires an innovative and flexible leader with a broad vision of physics education who is also an experienced and skillful manager. The AAPT Executive Officer works with the AAPT Executive Board to refine and implement a strategic plan in support of the members of the organization to improve physics teaching at all levels. A candidate should be familiar with the physics teaching community and the challenges of teaching physics. As an important representative of this community, the AAPT Executive Officer needs the skills and background to build effective alliances and to interact productively with physicists and educators at all levels, leaders of other scientific and educational organizations, federal government officials, funding agencies, the major constituencies within AAPT, and the public. The Executive Officer heads the office of the AAPT located in the American Center of Physics in College Park, Maryland. To guarantee full consideration, applications must be completed by February 15, 2010. The review of applicants will continue until the position is filled. Interested persons should send a resume and cover letter by email to the Search Committee at email@example.com. Nominations are welcome and should also be sent to that email address. Questions and inquiries should be addressed to the chair of the search committee, Lila Adair at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2010 APS/AAPT Joint Meeting
Early Registration Dealine is Friday, December 11. Register Now!
Join your colleagues in the physics community from February 13-17, 2010 at the Washington Marriott, Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. This joint meeting will not only have everything that makes National Meetings so great, but also feature concurrent and jointly planned sessions with the American Physical Society (APS).
Additionally, a special joint plenary session will be held on Saturday, Feb. 13. The session will include input from APS, AAPT, the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP).
If you are interested in reaching a large community of science educators, consider exhibiting at the 2010 APS/AAPT Joint Meeting. http://aapt.org/Events/wm2010/exhibits.cfm
Participate in the 2010 APS/AAPT Joint Job Fair in Washington, DC. Register now to recruit or be recruited at this exciting event: http://www.aapt.org/Events/wm2010/jobfair.cfm
Submit your abstracts here: http://aapt.org/Events/abstractForm.cfm
Check the events calendar for future meetings.
2010 Physics Teacher Education Coalition Conference
The 2010 Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PTEC) Conference will be held in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the APS "April" Meeting, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Winter Meeting, and the joint National Society of Black Physicists/National Society of Hispanic Physicists meeting. The theme will be Diversity in Physics Education: Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century. The conference will feature workshops, panels, and talks by national leaders in physics teacher education, as well as time for networking.
Registration Deadline for Fnet=ma Exam to Participate in the U.S. Physics Team Program is January 4, 2010
The 41st International Physics Olympiad is set to take place July 17-25, 2010 in Zagreb, Croatia. Register your students now for the U.S. Physics Team selection process known as the Fnet=ma Exam. http://www.aapt.org/physicsteam/registration.cfm
The 2010 Physicsbowl is fast approaching! Registration starts soon! Check www.aapt.org/programs/contests/physicsbowl.cfm for more information.
Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers
The AAPT Executive Board offers two scholarships for future high school physics teachers. These scholarships, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, are available only to U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools. Undergraduate students enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors entering such programs are eligible. The two successful applicants will each receive a stipend of up to $2,000. The scholarship may be granted to an individual for each of four years. Applications in which all materials, including letters of recommendation, received by the extended deadline of January 4, 2010 will be considered for recommendation by the AAPT Executive Board at the APS/AAPT Joint Meeting in February.
Holiday Gifts from AAPT
2010 High School Physics Photo Contest Calendar
The 2010 High School Physics Photo Contest Calendar is now available. Each month showcases one of the top 100 entries (photo and essay) from the 2009 AAPT High School Physics Contest. This high quality calendar makes a great holiday gift for yourself, a friend, colleague, or student. Creative as well as educational, it's the perfect addition to any classroom. Order yours now, while supplies last!
Give a Physics Teacher… The Physics Teacher…
…or the American Journal of Physics, or better yet, both. If you're searching for that hard-to-find holiday gift, look no further than a membership in the American Association of Physics Teachers. Perfect for a colleague, friend, or student, your thoughtfulness will last the whole year long. Your recipient will also receive a welcome letter acknowledging your generosity as well as the 2010 AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest calendar. Act now, as these are available only while supplies last. For the gift application, visit our web site at www.aapt.org and use the following link: http://www.aapt.org/Membership/upload/GiftMembership_09.pdf. If you prefer, contact us directly by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 301-209-3333. Happy Holidays from AAPT!
Looking for the Perfect Gift for Your Favorite Physicist?
The Physics Store has the perfect solution, from fun physics toys to gift books. AAPT members enjoy significant savings on everything from t-shirts to tie pins, bubble ropes to books. Make the Physics Store your first stop for holiday shopping this year.
AAPT Mail List (Listserv) Address Change Reminder
AAPT hosted mail lists have moved to a new server address mail.aapt.org. Please note, new messages should be sent to the correct address (e.g., firstname.lastname@example.com). For more information about AAPT mail lists visit http://www.aapt.org/resources/lists.cfm and click the AAPT Guide to Email List Participation.
Donor Newsletter
AAPT established the awards program to recognize and honor those who have made highly significant contributions to the association, to physics education, and to physics research. The awards program is partly funded by donations from members of AAPT. Highlighted in this Fall Edition of the Donor Newsletter is the Melba Newell Phillips Award. Also in this edition is a reprint of an exceptional article about the U.S. Physics Team. See the Fall Edition of the Donor Newsletter at http://www.aapt.org/Donations/newsletter.cfm
Physical Sciences Resource Center
The Physical Sciences Resource Center (PSRC) is a web-based databank that provides K-20 teachers links to a wide range of teaching and learning resources in the physical sciences. All materials are classified by their grade level, topic, and activity type, and have descriptions outlining their content. Information about authors, publishers, costs, and copyright is also provided.
Educators can use the PSRC to find curriculum materials for all grade levels, classroom demonstrations, labs, online learning material, evaluation instruments, and articles about approaches to science education. The collection can be searched by keyword and author's name and organization, or browsed by topic, type of resource, or grade level.
Section News
Arkansas-Oklahoma-Kansas Section Meeting
The annual A-O-K section meeting was hosted by Kansas State University at Manhattan Kansas on Oct. 9-10th. Friday evening highlights included facility and laboratory tours of Sorensen Laboratory, James R. Macdonald Atomic Physics Laboratory & Laser Labs, and Soft & Biological Matter Physics Laboratory. The tours were followed by the A-O-K Banquet—Mexican Fiesta Buffet, featuring introduction of the Kansas Outstanding High School Teacher Award by Tim Bolton, K-State Physics Professor. Penny Blue of Lyons High School was honored as the 2009 Kansas Science Teacher of the Year. Blue is a Physics Teacher Resource Agent (PTRA) and an active member of the Kansas State University Quarknet group at Kansas State University. Quarknet is a scientific outreach program that exposes high school teachers to contemporary topics in physics research. It is supported by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy. Following the Banquet, Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University Physics Department, spoke on The Magic of Teaching. Nearly 45 people were in attendance for the evening events. Approximately 50 participants attended the Saturday workshops and contributed talks. The mix of participants included members from all three states, and the various instructional levels of high school, community colleges, four year colleges, and R1 universities.
Southern California Section Meeting
The Fall Meeting of the Southern California Section was held Saturday, November 14th at University of San Diego, San Diego, California. Attendees were welcomed to the meeting by the local host, Greg Severn, San Diego University Physics Department. Approximately 50 people attended.
To list your section meeting in the AAPT Calendar of Events, e-mail the information to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Computer Science Education Week
Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), December 6-12, 2009, was recently designated by the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels. The need to expose students to computer science has never been more apparent, yet there are numerous challenges in realizing this goal—particularly in K-12 education.
Working together, we can highlight how computing drives innovation, economic growth, and societal change. We can also draw attention to the need for an educational system that values computer science as a discipline and places it squarely within the national science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) conversation. This recognition is a joint effort led by ACM with the cooperation and deep involvement of the Computer Science Teachers Association, the National Center for Women and Information Technology, the National Science Foundation, the Anita Borg Institute, and the Computing Research Association and with the strong support of Google, Inc., Intel, and Microsoft. More information is available at www.CSedweek.org
Science Channel Announces SCI-FI Science: Physics of the Impossible
The Science Channel is debuting a new series with Dr. Michio Kaku on Tuesday, December 1st entitled "Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible." The new series as it is steeped in physics with Dr. Kaku interviewing some of the world's leading scientists to determine if some of the most popular ideas of science fiction—light sabers, invisibility, parallel universes, intergalactic travel, etc.—can ever become plausible reality, and how humans might go about building such things. Learn more at http://press.discovery.com/us/sci/programs/sci-fi-science/
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation 2010 Teaching Fellowships: Call for Applicants
Do you have a passion for teaching high school science or math? Are you committed to becoming an outstanding professional teacher? A Teaching Fellowship from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation can make all the difference. Visit their site and apply online at http://www.kstf.org/fellowships/teaching.html
ICPE November Newsletter
The November 2009 issue of the International Newsletter on Physics Education from the International Commission on Physics Education and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics is now available at: http://web.phys.ksu.edu/icpe/newsletters/n58.pdf.
Northwestern OSEP Announces New High School Lab Activities
Northwestern University's Office of STEM Education Partnerships (OSEP) announces the availability of four new high school lab activities utilizing remote online labs on http://www.iLabCentral.org, where students and teachers from around the world can access and share high-end lab equipment.
Celebrating 350th Anniversary, Britain's Royal Society Urges Wider Embrace Of Science
Britain's Royal Society is marking its 350th anniversary in 2010 by putting more than 60 of its most important scientific papers online, alongside commentaries by modern scientists.
Read more, http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org
High School Students Awarded $10K to Innovate and Improve Society
Last month, President Obama outlined a strategy for spurring technology and business innovation in the United States. An essential element of the strategy is educating the next generation with 21st century knowledge, specifically focusing on improving K-12 STEM education and encouraging students to pursue careers in this area. To encourage youth to pursue STEM related endeavors and embrace invention, the Lemelson-MIT Program has announced 15 teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors to participate in the 2009-2010 InvenTeam initiative. Each team will receive up to $10,000 in grant funding to create a technological solution to a real-world problem of their choosing. Read more at http://web.mit.edu/invent/
Welcome to ScienceWorksForUS
ScienceWorksForUS is an initiative demonstrating the impact of Recovery Act-funded university research activities across the country. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provided some $21 billion for scientific research and development, the purchase of scientific equipment, and science-related construction. This extraordinary investment, proposed by President Obama and enacted by Congress, is affirmation of the essential role scientific inquiry and discovery play in both short-term recovery and long-term economic growth. This new website tracks the projects and success stories as this funding creates the well-paying jobs that will lead the American economy in the coming decades.
Year of Science 2009 Highlights
This month YOS2009 celebrates Science and Health. http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes_health/celebrate/
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship
The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship application period is officially open. K-12 science, math and technology teachers are encouraged to apply for this amazing opportunity. Einstein Fellows usually spend a school year in a professional staff position in the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives, at the Department of Energy (DOE), or at other federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), or the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). To apply please visit: http://www.trianglecoalition.org/fellows/einapp.htm.
Erratum for 2010 Calendar, AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest.
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Alex Ovechkin sticks it to his critics leading Capitals out of the abyss
Alex Ovechkin has gone from the Grate Eight back to the Great Eight.
There was a time, not long ago, the Washington Capitals captain had been written off as one of the NHL's elite players. The eulogies – on TV, radio and in print – said he couldn't skate anymore, couldn't shoot and had lost his desire.
Yup, a promising career down the tubes.
But, as the Stanley Cup playoffs open Tuesday, the 27-year-old Ovechkin has served notice to his critics they shouldn't have written him off so fast. There he was in the final week of the season leading the league in goals … again.
Not only has Ovechkin silenced his critics, his efforts helped lift a Washington team that was all but out of the playoff picture in late February to a Southeast Division title and the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Maybe that's why Ovechkin decided to bite back recently.
"It seems like people who've been all over me, they can close their mouths," Ovechkin told Washington reporters.
"Like I said months ago, if I'm going to have a couple of bad games everybody will be all over me again. I just tell myself it doesn't matter what's going to happen. Just don't listen to nobody – fans, you guys. I just have to listen to my teammates and my coach and that's it."
To term Ovechkin's start to this shortened season "slow" would be an understatement. He had only five goals in the Caps' first 16 games under coach Adam Oates. Everybody was under fire, but no one more so than Ovechkin.
Then, something happened to turn the Capitals around. On Feb. 23 against the New Jersey Devils at the Verizon Center, Ovechkin scored his first hat-trick of the season to move the Capitals ahead of the Buffalo Sabres and out of last place.
His first three-goal game since Jan. 22, 2011 not only secured a 5-1 victory, it started the Caps back on the road to respectability. They had done a lot of soul-searching. Many didn't think Oates would finish his rookie season.
Suddenly, something clicked and it may have been Ovechkin finding his touch that turned around a season that looked like it was headed down the tubes. General manager George McPhee went from the chopping block to genius.
"We've been able to play some good hockey after our start. I don't know what game it was but we had a couple of internal meetings and looked at each other," said Caps' winger Troy Brouwer.
"We were very unhappy with where we were and the potential this team could do. We kept working hard. We stuck with it. We have a lot of trust in our system, a lot of trust in all the other players on the ice. Guys are doing their jobs and, as a result, we're getting wins."
Naturally, a lot of the credit is being given to Ovechkin.
The resurgence and re-emergence of Ovechkin the superstar this season – the one who was on the same level with Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby only two years ago – isn't solely because the skilled Russian has finally found the net.
"He's always played the same way to me. We've created a little bit of scheme where he's got more touches. He is a bit more involved in the game," said Oates. "Any player, when you have a bit more confidence, it's going to help your game."
One of Oates' early experiments was to play Ovechkin on his off-wing with Jay Beagle and Joey Crabb, the latter of whom is now in the minors. Not only did it fail miserably, some thought it was sign that Oates was trying to send a message he was in charge.
Ovechkin took off once he started playing with Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus Johansson. Together, they formed one of the most potent trios in the league. It has helped that defenceman Mike Green has also returned to being an offensive threat.
"No. 1 is Backstrom. If I'm not mistaken most of (Ovechkin's) goals are on the power play," said Sportsnet analyst Doug MacLean, former president and GM of the Columbus Blue Jackets. "Backstrom's game has come around. Green's game has come around and Ovechkin's game has come around.
"He can't do it 1-on-1 anymore. Oates has got that through to him. (Backstrom and Ovechkin) played in the KHL and the pace of their game was so slow coming back it was unbelievable. All of a sudden all three are playing well."
Even Brouwer agrees with the assessment that Ovechkin hasn't been a lone wolf in the rise to success.
"Anytime he's scoring at the pace he is he's going to do nothing but help this team win," said Brouwer. "Guys like Backstrom have helped Alex score. They make great plays to him. Johansson is on that line as well.
"We've got a lot good secondary scoring as well. Everybody is just pushing this team along with what we need to do."
Ovechkin swears his game hasn't changed from day one of the regular season. The difference is the puck is going in.
"It's been the same. The puck is just going in," said Ovechkin.
Ovechkin admitted it took time to adjust to Oates, the club's third coach in a year. The Caps started last season with Bruce Boudreau behind the bench before Dale Hunter took over and left after the season. McPhee then brought in Oates.
"Sometimes we played well and luck wasn't on our side," said Ovechkin. "Every time we watched the video, we had lots of chances to score goals. If you don't score goals, then you can't win the game.
"That can depend a lot on how the goalie plays. We made a couple of changes in our lines and it's working."
MacLean said those who wrote Ovechkin off early in the season were foolish. He isn't the same player, but there's too much skill there for him to just fall off the map completely.
"You can never say a guy with that much talent is finished," said MacLean. "You can't write off a guy like that. Eventually they find a way to score. He's a 40-to-50 goal guy. He just has too much talent.
"The big test for him is: What's he going to do at playoff time? He's scored in the playoffs but they really need him now. He likes Oates and he's done a good job handling him. All this stuff about him being on the right wing is B.S. He has confidence and the other guys are playing well."
The key is the Capitals feel good about themselves going into the post-season. That's what will make them dangerous.
"We have as much confidence as anyone around right now," said Brouwer. "Our top players are our best players every night. Everything our team needs to do to be successful we're doing right now."
And nobody is feeling better than Ovechkin.
"I love to score goals," said Ovechkin. "Most important is winning. You don't want to score a bunch of goals and then the season is done."
Thanks in big part to Ovechkin the Caps aren't done playing yet.
The ballots were cast on the weekend and Alex Ovechkin is part of the conversation.
Should he be the NHL MVP?
The fans in the United States' capital certainly think so. Only minutes after he scored a goal in the third period last Thursday vs. the Senators, the chants of "M-V-P" started in the stands and the Capitals believe he deserves to win the Hart Memorial Trophy.
"I'm obviously very biased about that, so my answer would be 'Yup, absolutely,' " coach Adam Oates told Washington reporters earlier this month.
"Obviously Sidney Crosby is another candidate, for sure. He had such a scoring lead, but I think you have to factor in the fact that he missed a lot of games."
Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean said Ovechkin is finding a way to get to the net and make things happen.
"His ability to shoot the puck, his competitive spirit, his passion are what make him a special player. The way he can score makes him so dangerous. The physical game he brings is also a factor," MacLean told the Washington Times.
"They do a nice job of hiding him and sliding him and moving him around. It's a very complex thing to get organized against. It also helps him that they have so many other weapons to prepare for that it makes it harder to prepare for Alex."
Ovechkin has tried to stay away from the debate.
"To be honest with you, I don't focus about it … It's more about winning," said Ovechkin.


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STOCKTON - A solid finish by forward Jasmine Rezonable held off a comeback by Lodi.
STOCKTON - A solid finish by forward Jasmine Rezonable held off a comeback by Lodi.
The Bear Creek senior scored all five of her points in the final 5 minutes of a 48-40 win on Thursday. Ashlyn Jones led the team with 14 points.
Bear Creek (14-7, 3-1 San Joaquin Athletic Association) trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half and trailed 39-36 with 4 minutes, 51 seconds left to play. Macy Barajas capped a 6-0 run with a steal and fast-break layup for Lodi. But Rezonable started scoring and Lodi (4-15, 0-4) finished the game making two of its final 11 field-goals attempts.
"We were definitely the underdogs tonight and came to play," Lodi coach Calvin Krienke said. "I thought we passed the ball well. We just had some trouble rebounding and staying in front of them."
The score was tied 9-9 after the first quarter before Jones sparked a 7-2 run to open the second quarter. Lodi answered with two 3-pointers by Barajas and trailed by seven at the break. Barajas finished with 12 points, while Morgan Walding led the team with 15 points.
Bear Creek had seven offensive rebounds in the final quarter and 12 points off turnovers for the game.
"I thought the difference was we outrebounded them two to one," Bear Creek coach Jason Lowrey said. "We have been putting emphasis on that, but overall we have to do a better job of getting the ball in the hoop."
- Mark Godi, Record Correspondent
At Tracy, after taking a big lead in the first half, the Bulldogs found themselves in a fierce battle over the closing minutes but hung on at Swenson Gymnasium.
Tracy saw its 21-point halftime lead cut to six points with 1 minute remaining, but the Bulldogs sealed the win with three free throws down the stretch.
Emily Anchartechahar and Karsi Fyfe scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, to lead the Bulldogs (12-8, 3-1 SJAA) while Kelsey Bumanglag scored a game-high 21 points for Chavez (7-14, 1-3).
Tracy opened the contest on a 22-4 run, and coach Derek Solano was content with his team's 30-9 halftime lead. He said, however, his team may have been too content entering the second half.
"We played a really, really good first half," Solano said. "You're up 20 at the half. You're not out to bury people, but you have to keep the consistency up. Instead, we didn't do the things we were doing in the first half."
That included 13 second-half turnovers in a game that had a combined 58 miscues by both teams. Tracy's press in the first half led to 18 Chavez turnovers and the Bulldogs quickly turned those into points.
"Our girls were lackadaisical, and they threw the ball away," Chavez coach Willie Duncan said. "But I'm happy with our effort in the second half. It was a good comeback that fell short against a good team."
Chavez opened the second half on a 12-5 run during which Bumanglag made back-to-back 3-pointers. Tracy led 41-25 before Chavez scored 11 of the next 13 points. That cut Tracy's lead to 43-37 before free throws by Shelby Perry and Fyfe sealed the game.
- Kevin Niendorf, Record Correspondent
At Tokay, Catherine Nguyen made six 3-pointers and led all scorers with 28 points, and Mandy Coleman scored 19 for McNair (20-0, 4-0 Tri-City Athletic League). Justine Lynch led the Tigers (3-18, 0-4) with 10 points.
At St. Mary's, Carlissa Shipp and Unique Coleman each scored 22 points, and Kat Tudor made three 3-pointers and scored 13 points for the Rams (16-1, 3-0 TCAL). The Delta Queens (9-12, 2-2) were led by Alijah Turner, Mia Gonzalez and Veasna Samol with six points each.
At Franklin, Ashlyn Crenshaw scored 18 points and had nine rebounds and seven steals, and Celina Serna scored 17 points to help lead the Trojans (11-8, 4-0 SJAA). Crystal Ward scored eight points for the Yellowjackets (3-13, 0-3).
At Jackson, Kobie Pettis scored 14 points for the Mustangs (19-0, 7-0 Mother Lode League). Carrianne Waldera had 12 rebounds for the Lions (3-16, 1-6) and Celeste Sanchez led Linden with six points.
At Lathrop, senior guard Emmanuel Elijah scored 17 points for the Timberwolves (16-3, 6-0 Valley Oak League). Robert Orantes had 14 points for the Spartans (6-11, 2-4).
At Stockton Christian, Jacob Araya scored 20 points, Cameron Pieters had 14 and Christiano De La Fuente had 13 for the Eagles (8-6, 4-0 Mountain Valley League). Jeremy Brown had 21 points and Eric Shih had 15 for the Titans.


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New Zealand and Dominican Republic join IKA as national members
The latest members to the International Kiteboarding Association are the New Zealand Kite Racing Association and the Dominican Kite Association, representing membership in remote parts of the world. We welcome our new members and hope to see your sailors very soon on our events around the world.
Next up in the pipeline are Egypt and Madagascar - the family of national kite associations is constantly growing and we expect to pass the 50 national member associations mark before the end of the year.


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Has Little-Girl Primping Gone Too Far? In a Word, Yes.
We've already witnessed the puzzling phenomenon of young girls wearing makeup, and there's always Nair for kids. But what would you say if I told you that girls as young as eight were getting bikini waxes? A new Philadelphia magazine story delves into the troubling world of little-girl grooming, uncovering stories of young girls being plucked, scrubbed, waxed, highlighted, and polished into doll-like versions of their former selves, all under the watchful eye of their equally appearance-obsessed mother. Here are a few more of the shocking things observed:
- An 8-year-old getting a bikini wax
- A mother demanding that her 8-year-old daughter's brows be waxed like a supermodel's
- Sisters, one 9 and one 10, getting microdermabrasion (what, to reveal even more youthful skin?)
- A mother requesting a chemical straightening treatment on her 12-year-old's beautiful wavy hair
- A 12-year old getting a full body wax
- 16-year olds getting breast augmentations
It's easy to just blame these girls' mothers (and, ahem, where are their fathers?!). But I find it just as troubling that spa owners allow these unnecessary (and sometimes painful) procedures to be performed on children. Since the mothers are willing to drop big bucks on a regular basis to keep their daughters perfectly preened, salon owners risk losing the lucrative business should they refuse to perform a service. And from the sound of it, most of them would rather keep their traps shut than jeopardize their profits.
To see what I think about this, and to share your opinion,
Girls are bombarded daily with images of women, all flashing bleached-white smiles, flawless skin, and tan, hairless bodies. It's bad enough that they feel pressure to live up to those unattainable expectations, but you'd hope that their moms would hold their daughters' hands through those awkward years. Instead, some parents are encouraging them to get bikini waxes before there's anything there to wax. I'm deeply worried for girls who, in their formative years, are being taught that their self-worth is only as good as their outward appearance.
I realize that there is the potential for a happy medium when it comes to personal grooming at a young age, but there's a difference between a mini-manicure party and a full body wax for a 10-year old. What do you think about this? Are you as disheartened as I am?


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Sometimes what's needed is a good pair of cowboy boots. That's what Heartless Bastards founder Erika Wennerstrom is searching for when our conversation begins with her way winding through Austin highway traffic. It's not a Sex and the City moment. Rather, she's acquiring a pair that will be painted for a Wizard of Oz style video shoot for "Marathon," off the group's great new album, Arrow.
On the band's fourth release the members display a maturity that carefully sculpts influences into sonic shapes that suit them. Gone is the rawness that permeated through the act's previous three releases. "Got To Have Rock and Roll" and "Late in the Night" bear the marks of T.Rex, while "The Arrow Killed the Beast" weaves an Ennio Morricone spaghetti western flavor at the start and then gets down 'n' dirty ala Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Overall, the nuanced approach, textures and epic playing is the result of Wennerstrom's extended road trips that inspired the album's 10 tracks, Spoon drummer Jim Eno's production advice and a series of pre-recording live dates that sharpened the material and bonded the current Bastards lineup.
JPG: With this interview I wanted to give readers some idea of what bands go through as far as making a record. I want to go through the timetable of an album's creation from the writing and recording to the point where it's completed and sent to the record company and then when it's finally available…legally. So, when did you start writing the album? Let's start there.
EW: Well, it was over a two-year period. I get melodies in my head. That's the start of every song that I've ever done. A melody will pop into my head. I tend to get inspired or ideas will pop into my head on long drives or things like that. When we were touring for The Mountain, I kept on collecting these melodies in my head.
It's really hard on tour to sit down and try and work out songs. But generally, I remember them. I don't even usually record them. I tell myself it's a good idea then I won't forget it. Sometimes I forget it for like three or four months and then it will pop into my head. Like, 'Oh, I remember you!' So, when we got done with touring for The Mountain it was time for me to sit down and focus and get some words and finish the songs. That is no easy task for me. It takes me a long time to figure out what I want to say. I rewrite the same line in the song like 10 times and throw a lot of things out. Finally, I decided that in order to try to get more done and sit down and focus, I took some road trips to work on the album. I headed up through Cincinnati, visited some family and friends. Then I went up, toured All Tomorrow's Parites. I had some friends playing in bands up there and stopped up there. Then, I stayed behind in the Catskills after the festival for several days. Made my way around a bit. I went down to the Allegheny Mountains. Stayed in Pennsylvania. Found a pretty cheap cabin.
JPG: This is all so you can clear your head.
EW: Yeah, try to focus. I feel like when I, sometimes, hit a wall trying to write songs, I'll find anything to distract myself. It's because a lot of the songs I take in a very personal direction and, maybe, they're even emotional for me to write. That may be part of me focusing and sitting down 'cause it's not easy to put myself out there so much.
JPG: I'm curious about that aspect of it; the idea of the artist putting themselves out there. Do you think that that is something that an artist should do or do you think that you can't help but do that?
EW: It's the latter of what you said. It's something that I can't help but do. It's a challenge. There's plenty of songs that I've enjoyed that don't do that by other artists. It's not really like a right or wrong thing. Everybody has their own process and that's fine. Cathartic, I guess.
JPG: My question to musicians when they write as a catharsis is how do you deal with repeating those words or bringing up those thoughts night after night on the road in front of people?
EW: In a sense the act of performing it is, once it's set, it's there in the expression has been made. To put an analogy to my songs, they're like my kids. I carry 'em around for months and months with me and in a sense my ideas are growing up. Then, there's just a point where they're grown and I have to let them out in the world. And then you hope that people respond to them and like them. Just like if you have a kid you would want them to have a successful life and be liked by their peers.
JPG: At the same time if you bring up memories night after night, does it empower you in some way — "I'm singing it now because I defeated it." — or are you going to it and you getting sad because…?
EW: The hardest part is getting the song out there and expressing the emotion initially. Even if a song is, maybe, about going through a hard time or something like that, I almost find comfort in continuing to perform it.
JPG: That's good that you do. I always wonder if I'd feel that same way or I would end up depressed as hell after playing because I dredged up all of this crap again.
EW: No, at least not for myself. When it comes live, a lot of times people are singing along and identifying with it. So, it's like a great feeling.
JPG: Back to the writing and recording. You went on your trip and focused on ideas. That was the album's start, at least two years ago. And last year, you were on your trip, trying to focus on the writing. So at what point did you go from working on the writing to actually getting together with the band to rehearse and then go into the studio?
EW: I went on a couple of road trips. I went up to West Texas and I'm just finishing up the first part, being on a friend's ranch out there and tried to focus on writing songs. The funny thing is, I really didn't get even half of what I wanted to get done or finished but doing the trip really helped with a lot of inspirations for the songs, like the shape of the songs, the imagery. Some of the songs and some of the words, I was actually finishing up last minute before I'd go in and record them in the studio. Most of the song would be there, maybe missing a line here and there but having a lot of trouble finishing the end details. Then, I bring 'em in to the band as I finished 'em and put them together and then we start working on it as a full band.
JPG: Around when was that?
EW: The process was a little bit spread out. I went on that road trip probably in the fall of 2010. Probably starting around that time we started taking on a lot of the ideas around that time. At the first of the year, and then we started, we had planned on working with (Spoon drummer) Jim Eno. As we were putting the songs together Jim started coming in and hearing them and he'd make some suggestions.
As far as putting the songs together, I felt that I've toured with this same band even though it's the first time they're on an album. We've all toured together for three years. I felt that we all know each other really well. I've known Dave Colvin (drums) and Jesse Ebaugh (bass) for 15 years now. The process felt very natural. We all have similar tastes in music, so they got where I was trying to head with songs. It was a pretty smooth process. Jim, he'd come to the practices and he had a suggestion, which we were all really into. We're kind of, I guess, road dogs, really like getting out there and touring. And Jim was like, "You guys are really a live band and I want to capture that in the studio. Why don't you go out on the road and do a tour and then come in the studio? I recommend coming in right away as soon as you get back."
I was really into that idea. I feel like when you tour, as a band and as a unit, I can hear us grow tighter with each show. So, we did a tour opening up for the Drive-By Truckers in February to March of 2011. On that tour we played pretty much the whole new album in its entirety, which didn't leave much room for old songs. I don't know if our fans that came out were real happy but hopefully they'll be glad later. And then we went into the studio like two days later. The studio process went really well.
JPG: How long did it take to record, mix and master?
EW: It was a spread out here and there. The whole process was over a month but we weren't in there every day in the studio for a month. We probably recorded all the tracks in a week or so. We tried to do a lot of the stuff live, like on "Simple Feeling." Even a lot of the lead guitar is live. On "Simple Feeling" guitarist Mark Nathan and Jim hooked up two different amps and set up different pedals through different amps. So, there's a wall of noise sound on that song and all of that was live. On "Low, Low, Low" we all sat in a room, like a circle. Even the vocals on that song are live.
As far as myself, I ended up tracking my acoustics and vocals. I went back and re-tracked a lot of that because I find that it can really affect mixing because then my voice is in the acoustic mic and my acoustic's in the vocal mic. For the sake of mixing, I wanted to go back and redo that stuff. For the electric songs, my parts are live, too.
JPG: As far as specific songs, "Only for You" seems to benefit from going in the studio quickly. The guitar solo sounds really fluid. That really struck me.
EW: That song in particular was inspired by Curtis Mayfield. I'm trying to sing like him. I've just always loved his voice. I don't know if musically it sounds that much like him but it was inspired by '70s soul music. I was trying to imagine myself singing like Curtis Mayfield. I don't know if I actually ended up.
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Good afternoon everyone,
I wanted to quickly ask anyone here who does any manual cleaning of malware, what registry keys do you check right of the bat? Since even the smallest of viruses edit various parts of the registry, usually for persistence or to protect themselves, what must you check in order to confirm/deny a virus infection?
And to add to this, I was wondering if anyone had heard of the AppInit_DLLs key. This key is a very dangerous one because it lists all DLLs that are loaded by default whenever a GUI application is loaded. The key is located under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows and is a REG_SZ value by the name of AppInit_DLLs. Normally, this key should be empty on most machines (though I'm not certain if any specific software uses this key, so make sure to double-check anything before deleting stuff and blaming me) and even Microsoft recommends that no one use this key for any reasons and warns that future versions of windows may not support it. On modern versions of Win (Vista, 7, 8?) there is also the LoadAppInit_DLLs key in the same location which should normally be set to 0x0 to indicate that no DLLs from AppInit_DLLs should be loaded, but when set 0x1, it does load. (I'm not 100% certain on that last part, I never really got a chance to test it)
It's funny because according to a study of computer security experts told to inspect a random machine for the presence of a virus, the first thing that they always do it always jump for some kind of a GUI program.
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Bill - are you saying I should hike to the top of the cliff and then scramble down a groove to the base?-gags
Is sugarloaf the cliff that has a notorius OW. I've wanted to go there and get on that route. I wish the 2 webster books were one, then I would have bathroom reading for life.
The beast looks over the top, I saw a couple of local strong guys on it and not-so-much 11- was the consensus that I got. I know that crack between worlds (the climb to the right of bongo?) has at least one repeat, tim kemple. Has madera-damp never been repeated? Woodchuck is one of my favorite cliffs and I've often stood at the base and comtemplated how the route is 5.9. John, is the texaco route a tight corner with a square cut roof? Maybe 4"-5"?
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Stomach bug added to mental health 'crisis'By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 18. 2013 10:50PM
MANCHESTER - The stomach flu played a substantial role in a key date last week, a day when 31 mentally ill people languished in hospital emergency rooms, unable to be properly placed in a treatment facility, health officials acknowledged this week.
The Cypress Center, a 16-bed residential mental health treatment facility in Manchester, could not accept new patients and had 13 idle beds because of an outbreak of the highly contagious norovirus, said Kendall Snow, spokesman for the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester.
On that day, Jan. 7, advocates for the mentally ill announced that 31 adults and three children were undergoing a crisis and waiting in hospital emergency rooms for placement into a treatment facility. The number represented a record, and highlighted a crisis in the underfunded mental health system, advocates said.
Ken Norton, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, said he was unaware of the situation at Cypress Center when he announced the backlog in emergency rooms.
The previous record backlog was 26, he said, and even if the Cypress Center beds were available, the backlog would be large.
"Twenty people waiting in an emergency room instead of 30? It's still a crisis with 20 people," he said.
Nancy Rollins, associate New Hampshire commissioner of Health and Human Services, said state officials heard from the Riverbend community mental health center on the morning of Jan. 7. The day was a Monday, which officials said is the heaviest for admissions to mental health treatment facilities.
Concord Hospital's yellow pod, the term for the stabilization room, was overloaded, and Riverbend asked the state for help in finding placements.
Usually, Cypress Center can take patients who have been stabilized in an emergency room and agree to go there. It can also take involuntary patients when necessary, Snow said.
But the norovirus had put Cypress Center out of commission. Thirteen beds were empty, and the three patients there had the norovirus. The city Health Department had urged Cypress Center not to admit any more patients, Snow said.
"That just shows how fragile the system is," Rollins said. "When one thing gets really backed up, there can be a significant impact that ripples through the system."
Rollins said New Hampshire Hospital ended up adding eight beds in visitor areas to take pressure off Concord Hospital.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the norovirus spreads quickly from person to person, especially among those in confined spaces such as long-term care facilities, day care centers, schools and hotels. It is spread through contaminated food, surfaces, and direct contact with infected people.
"We're admitting people who are run down to begin with," and therefore susceptible to disease," Snow said.
Cypress Center cleaned and sanitized its facility at the end of last week, but officials again had to restrict admissions this week when the norovirus reappeared.
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