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Actor John Turturro Turns Director
In documentary 'Passione,' he brings Italian song to life
John Turturro, who has made a career of bringing soulful vulnerability to desperate loners, is now immersed in a midlife exploration of Italy, his ancestral land. In 2009, the Queens-born actor appeared in and helped produce a documentary on Sicily that premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Last year he toured Italy in a play that he directed, performed in and freely adapted from Italian folk tales.
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This summer will see the U.S. release of Passione, a documentary Turturro directed on Neapolitan song that he calls an endless jukebox of past and present-day Naples. Many of the songs, including a few old classics, are staged as musical theater on gritty streets and back alleys.
We caught up with the 54-year-old Turturro in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife, actress Katherine Borowitz, and his youngest son, Diego.
Q: Any reflections on passing The Big Five-Oh?
A: Everybody gets bored when they hit the midcentury mark. I was thinking of changing careers and going to med school. I talked to my doctor about it. Sadly, he said I was too old. It was a passing phase.
Q: Woody Allen says people don't get wiser with age, they just fall apart.
A: He's got a point. But I think age makes you less combative, and more conscious.
Q: Made any significant life changes?
A: I'm learning Italian. Learning a new language is a nice way to improve yourself as a person. Your ego is not involved and, because you're a student, you feel young again.
Q: How has filmmaking changed over the last five years?
A: The biggest difference is that there aren't as many movies, and the medium-sized ones are no longer being made. Everything is either a small-budget indie or a studio blockbuster. And every story is about 20-year-olds. It's like your life is over by the time you're 27. When I was a kid, I went to movie theaters to see adults on the screen. Now about all you see is kids playing grownups. Everybody looks like a girl or a boy.
Q: You have said that you hope Passione will do for Neapolitan music what the 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club did for Cuban song.
A: In Naples, you see all the problems of the world — in the past, present and future. There's danger, corruption, betrayal, hunger, natural disaster, all juxtaposed against an irrepressible creative spirit that has produced an avalanche of music throughout the ages.
Q: You grew up idolizing tough guys like Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. What are your favorite films?
A: In no particular order: City For Conquest, Key Largo, Miracle in Milan, Rules of the Game, The Seven Samurai, The Bicycle Thief, Red Shoes, On the Waterfront, Spartacus, The Leopard, Nights of Cabiria.
Q: Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman are among the prominent older movie actors who have recently gravitated to television. How about you?
A: TV is now a more mature medium than film. I've been offered TV series, but I don't want to be on a cop show and solve a crime every week. I have nothing against those shows. I just don't watch that much TV. But you never know, and there's a lot of excellent work being done on television.
Q: What do you like to do when you're not working?
A: Sleep. Have sex. Sleep. Eat. Read. Play basketball. Watch sports on TV and fantasize that I could have been a professional athlete.
Q: Later this year you'll appear with your wife, Kathie, in Somewhere Tonight, an urban fable about a bike messenger and a shut-in who find each other over an adult chat line. What's working with Kathie like?
A: Not bad, sometimes very good. We've learned how to work as director and actor. It took awhile but it's now actually enjoyable. You just have to learn how to separate the personal from the professional.
Q: Your son Diego toured with you in Italy. Does he want to pursue a career in theater?
A: He'd like to be a director so he could fire me.
Q: You're a big fan of the playwright Samuel Beckett, whose credo was Fail Better.
A: That's not a bad way to live. You inevitably fail, but at least you've tried. That's the kind of perspective age can offer. This is a very fertile period in my life and I want to use the time I have left to do things I really love. I'm looking for new horizons.
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Here's the small joys making my heart sing, what's yours?
Pink cherry blossoms appearing next to roads
Buds on bushes
Daffodills bursting from nowhere
A surprise night out for Valentines
A friend presenting me with dinner ready to cook
Visiting brand new calves at a local farm
My 20 month old singing sensation
If the movie doesn't work, here's the link
An afternoon spent building lego with my eldest, who knew boys toys could be so relaxing?
Booking a cheapo easter hotel break for us all - something to look forward to

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Just because you're flying off to some tropical paradise doesn't mean you can forget about winter weather, not until you get there anyway. This city has one of the most efficient international airports around, but it isn't very close to Pittsburgh at all. The airport is about 20 miles from the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. In the winter that 20-minute drive can take more than an hour on icy roads or during heavy traffic. If you're flying out of PIT this winter, leave yourself hours to get to your gate, just in case.
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Related: Getaway Guide: Weekend Trip to Cleveland, Ohio
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Americans love the open road. Whether it's "over the river and through the woods," or clear across the country, there are a few things to keep in mind before you take the wheel. GPS, global positioning satellite receivers can get you there fast and efficiently, especially if traffic is blocking the routes you know. Whether you invest or use the one on your phone, know that Pittsburgh plays host to some of the state's most dangerous roads. Give yourself ample time, be careful on the belts and pull over to pick your routes.
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November could be a good month for country star Luke Bryan, who is up for top honors at both the Country Music Association Awards and the American Music Awards. He'll have at least one reason to celebrate according to our racetrack odds: we're expecting him to be CMA's Entertainer of the Year for the second year in a row.
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Bryan gets odds of 9/10 based on support from four out of six of our Editors (those of us who cover awards for Gold Derby year-round), 16 of our Top 24 Users (those two dozen folks who did the best predicting last year's CMA winners) and 60% of all Users who have entered our predictions contest.
Ranked second with odds of 4/1 is Miranda Lambert, who contends for the third time but hasn't yet won. She'll pull off the upset according to one Editor, two of our Top 24 Users and 22% of all Users. Lambert would be only the second woman in 15 years to claim this title, following Taylor Swift's two victories in 2009 and 2011. Before that you have to go all the way back to 2000 to find another female champ (Dixie Chicks).
Third in line for the win is bestselling country legend Garth Brooks with 15/2 odds. This is his 10th bid for Entertainer of the Year, but his first since 1999. He also happens to be a four-time winner (1991, 1992, 1997, 1998). Will the CMAs reward his comeback? He's backed by one Editor, four of our Top 24 Users and 9% of all Users.
Trailing in fourth place with 10/1 odds is first-time nominee Eric Church, who picked up five total bids this year. Two of our Top 24 Users and only 6% of all Users think he'll take the prize, so it seems he's at a disadvantage, but not as much as CMA veteran Kenny Chesney, who has won four times (2004, 2006-2008) out of nine previous nominations just like Brooks but is forecast by a mere 3% of Users, resulting in odds of 16/1.
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We introduced ten-frames the other day. In Pre-K we begin by using them to tell stories. As you might read in the link above, ten-frames are frequently used when children are beginning to practice subitizing, quickly assigning a verbal number to a set of objects. This is an important mathematical skill, but at this time it is not our main focus. We are focusing on one-to-one correspondence, oral language, turn taking, working memory and basic structure of a ten-frame. Each child approaches the task at their own level, expanding their knowledge and experience.
The students start with a blank ten-frame. We call it the "garden". They also have chosen ten glass stones known as dragon tears or dragon seeds. Mrs. Pless or I then tell them a story.
Once upon a time, a wee little [Katie] elf planted three dragon seeds in her garden.
(everyone places three stones in the squares, one for each square starting at the top left)
Along came a bird who dropped two more seeds.
(place two more seeds in their plots)
The sun shone, the rain came down, the dragon plants grew and grew. Use your fingers to show me how many dragon plants grew in the garden.
The fun begins after they have practiced a few teacher stories. Now it is their turn to tell stories to each other. One narrates while the other reenacts on their garden. Stay tuned for a recent tale…..


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A new India study abroad program empowers students to tackle grand challenges. The Grand Challenges Impact Lab (GCIL): India launched in winter 2018, enabling 17 students to problem-solve big issues facing humanity.
As the name implies, the "New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine" initiative will encourage dialogue aimed at strengthening the Science, Engineering and Medicine community.
UW CEE welcomes alumnus Lee Marsh (Ph.D. '91) as the keynote speaker at the department's graduation ceremony on June 10. Marsh serves as president/CEO of BergerABAM.
Transportation researchers find that a smart locker system can drastically reduce delivery time in Seattle, the fourth most congested city in the country.
Stretching whale blubber to determine how pliable it is enables Ph.D. student Molly Grear to assess how marine mammals may be impacted by the spinning blades of tidal turbines, an emerging form of renewable energy.
The UW Concrete Canoe Team is hot this year and it has nothing to do with their volcano theme. Competing against 13 other teams, they won the ASCE Pacific Northwest Student Conference Concrete Canoe Competition.
The UW CEE community fondly remembers an exemplary colleague, friend and mentor who helped advance and grow the department in numerous ways. Professor emeritus Scott Rutherford passed away on April 28, 2018.
When it comes to advising undergraduates, CEE students are in good hands. And those hands belong to lead academic adviser Mariko Navin, who is honored with the 2018 UW College of Engineering Professional Staff Award.
While it's big news that the UW Steel Bridge Team is heading to nationals, the even bigger news is that this is the first time in more than 20 years! The team took second place overall at the regional competition in early April.
If you're a graduate student, receiving a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is kind of like winning the lottery. Except that instead of luck, hard work is involved. Meet four recipients from UW CEE.
Join us for the 2018 Evans Lecture on May 3, featuring Dr. Bridget Scanlon from The University of Texas at Austin. Scanlon will discuss using satellites vs. models to evaluate global water resources.
For utilizing Google Street View Cars to gather air pollution data and create the largest dataset of its kind, researchers including professor Julian Marshall received the ES&T 2017 Best Environmental Technology Paper.
Snow school is cool on many levels. CEE students attended a snow measurement field school in the Colorado Rocky Mountains where they learned about fundamental concepts and practices of snow hydrology.
Forty people in a small Nicaraguan village now know the luxury of running water, thanks to the work of students involved in Engineers Without Borders.
Energy conservation came to life for many students during winter quarter when solar panels on the roof of More Hall harvested energy from the sun to power everyday office equipment, from a desktop computer to a table lamp.
In early March, professor Steve Kramer was presented with the 2018 H. Bolton Seed Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers in recognition of outstanding career accomplishments in geotechnical engineering.
A new type of sustainable wood has numerous benefits: it is fire-resistant, stronger than conventional timber and reduces atmospheric carbon. Another benefit, which CEE researchers are exploring, is earthquake resiliency.
UW CEE graduate programs are not only good- they're equally good! Both the civil engineering and environmental engineering programs received #17 rankings by U.S. News & World Report for the best graduate programs in 2019.
UW CEE researchers have designed a new concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) frame system, which offers increased strength and provides an alternative, innovative approach to accelerated bridge construction.
Seismologist Lucy Jones presents "Life Safety In The City: When There Is More To Life Than Not Being Crushed" on March 19. Jones has been called the "Beyoncé of earthquakes" and the "Meryl Streep of government service."
A team of researchers led by CEE assistant professor David Shean plans to build a digital glacier time machine in order to better understand regional climate change, water resources and natural hazards.
Two CEE students are redefining the meaning of "women's work." Amy Moore and Sidney Hutchison are helping to usher in the next generation of females in the heavy civil construction field, which is largely dominated by men.
Associate professor Bart Nijssen and research scientist and graduate student Oriana Chegwidden received the 2017 Administrator's Excellence Awards-Exceptional Public Service to BPA Award.
Getting packages in the hands of online shoppers while alleviating traffic congestion is the goal of a team of UW CEE researchers who are addressing the complicated last leg of urban deliveries called "The Final 50 Feet."
Professor Anne Goodchild was honored by The Transportation Club of Seattle for her contributions to the transportation field.


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The remodeled café is located in the original building "Machiya"
which was built more than 100 years ago.
We set out to capture the feeling of Kanazawa
and made a comfortable space that we yearned for.
The first floor is a café space where guests can relax on tatami style Japanese flooring.
The second floor is a semi private area that can be reserved for parties or private meals.
Please enjoy the fresh ingredients produced in Kanazawa that we use in our cooking.
We also have original coffee and local liquor.


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As a Matter of Faith
As I grow older, I am beset with many little worries that persist like that tune in your head that just won't go away. It's really silly, but it keeps coming back nonetheless. Things I wouldn't have given a thought to in my younger years haunt me now.
But I have found a good antidote … trusting in God. Simple as that! Just like they suggest you sing a different tune to make the repeated tune go away ... by just letting God worry about it, one can relieve anxiety. Jesus recommends it in John 14:1 — "Let not your hearts be troubled, trust in God, trust also in Me."
As my memory seems to be moving away, I sometimes forget to turn my worries over to God. I plan to post several "trust in God" Post-it Notes around the house.
If any of this applies to you, I highly recommend this therapy. Keep the faith!
Arnie Saaf is a member of Godfrey First United Methodist Church, 1100 Airport Road.


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Today's guest is new to me and our blog so please give Mike Befeler a great big southern WELCOME!
Mike is past-president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. He holds a Master's degree from UCLA and a Bachelor's degree from Stanford. He grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and now lives in Lakewood, California with his wife, Wendy.
Find out more about Mike by visiting the 'About' page on his website and connecting with him at the following locations:


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I'm back at school! Tomorrow's the last football game of senior year, so my family dropped me off at my apartment on their way to another Thanksgiving celebration out of state.
I've spent the day trying to get caught up on things: Christmas shopping (all online, mind you; no Black Friday madness today, thank God), answering emails, working on my honors thesis, cleaning my room, cleaning the ancient icky food out of the refrigerator, etc., etc.
What this has meant is less time spent on NaNoWriMo today than I had planned. (Really, I had planned to spend the entire day on it.) But real life was stressing me out and I knew I had to get stuff done before I'd ever be able to focus.
Despite getting all that work done ahead of writing, I still was having a lot of trouble focusing tonight, though. All I wanted to do was watch Netflix or work out or even do more homework. (Really: anything but write.) And that lack of ability to focus was stressing me out all over again.
Normally when this has happened in years past, I've turned to my critique partners for help. That group of writers is all about the word wars. (Last year we got to the point where if you weren't writing at least 1,000 words every fifteen minutes, there wasn't even a point in competing.)
But this year none of my critique partners are doing traditional NaNoWriMo. And not being able to get my brain to let me write, sitting alone in my bedroom in an empty apartment with my family off having fun in another state–it all felt very isolating.
So I turned to the NaNoWriMo forums for the first time this year for help, and they reminded me that @NaNoWordSprints on Twitter exists, so I decided to check that out. And after doing endless word sprints from a little after eight until now, a little before eleven, I managed to not only focus on writing, but to beat my goal of 5.5k for the day.
I wrote 5,800 words in under three hours today. They are all pretty terrible (I was aware of how terrible they are as I was writing them), but I'm proud of them just because they're there. On the page. And I am caught up and a little ahead and SO CLOSE to being done with NaNoWriMo 2015.
The main reason I love NaNoWriMo so much is that it's such a community affair. For one month out of the year, writers stop writing alone and start writing alone-but-together. We attend write-ins, do writing sprints and word wars, compare word counts, and more than anything we cheer one another on.
I've been missing that aspect a lot this year, because of the no-critique-partners-competing thing. It's hard to focus when you feel all alone. But tonight reminded me that I'm not doing this alone.
Over half a million people are competing in NaNoWriMo this year, from what I've heard. More than ever before.
If you're feeling alone this NaNoWriMo as well, go out and find a few of those writers. Do a word sprint. Cheer one another on.
It's incredible how much a little interaction with someone else spending the month with the same goal as you can help you focus.
Goal for Today: 5,000 + 500 (from yesterday)
Overall Goal: 47,000
Current Word Count: 47,352


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I think I'm going to have to invest in a set of those cloud-like magical hotel pillows that seem to cocoon me in comfort whenever I'm traveling. Because, now that I am at home, I'm not getting as much sleep as I would like. An endless to-do list and longer daylight hours have had me working more than I should. When summer twilight seems to last for hours, 9pm sure does seem to sneak up on me! So what does all of this sleep talk have to do with tart cherry pecan ice cream? I'll tell you … it's a comfort food thing.
Since May is Better Sleep Month, I'm shaking up my routine again to focus on getting better sleep. They say getting 7-8 hours of sleep helps us focus better during the day and also helps with weight loss (cheers to that!). Frankly, those are two benefits I'm looking for right now after three straight weeks of travel and eating so many rich foods.
So, in addition to getting some inspiration from this 360-Degree Digital Sleep Suite and shopping online for dreamy hotel pillows, I'm also incorporating tart cherry juice back into my routine. I previously told you about the tart cherry lime tonics we make at home and how it helped with daylight saving time.
While I love the tonics, I've been experimenting with a few other creative ways for us to incorporate two cups of tart cherry juice a day into our diet. And one recipe that both Pete and I have been absolutely loving is this Tart Cherry Pecan Ice Cream. I tried at first to make a granita, and it didn't freeze well (Cue delicious smoothies. Maybe I'll post those later). I also tried the recipe below with heavy cream, and that was a bit too rich. The final Tart Cherry Pecan Ice Recipe we have below is the Goldilocks — it's just right! Since it's made with the syrup-like concentrate, a half a cup is all you need since roughly 2 tablespoons is equivalent to a serving. We also tried it with several different kinds of nuts, but the buttery flavor of the pecans seemed to pair perfectly with the tart cherry. I swirl the tart cherry juice concentrate into the ice cream with chopped pecans for a perfectly blended sweet, tart, creamy and crunchy textured dessert.
Recipe: Tart Cherry Pecan Ice CreamPrint
Tart Cherry Pecan Ice Cream
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 4-6 1x
- 1 14 ounce can Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 2 Cups Organic Half & Half
- 1/2 Cup Tart Cherry Concentrate
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk and half & half until well blended.
- Pour cream mixture into ice cream machine and follow manufacturers directions. (I use a frozen Kitchen Aid ice cream bowl attachment and churn the ice cream for about 15 minutes until it's the consistency of a soft serve.)
- Add a 1/2 inch layer of ice cream to the bottom of a bread pan. Then drop 3-4 spoonfuls of the Tart Cherry concentrate over the ice cream and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Repeat this process 3 or 4 times until all the ice cream has been transferred from your machine to the bread pan.
- Insert a chop stick or butter knife into the layered ice cream and zig zag it across the container to swirl the tart cherry concentrate and pecans in with the ice cream.
- Freeze overnight. Enjoy the next day.
- Makes 4 servings.
- Category: Desserts
- Cuisine: American
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[This is a follow up on the previous post.]
So, when I think about how I am in this, I end up with several questions. First, I wonder if roleplay is the right word for what I mean. Because, it and the 'pretending to be someone else in particular' roleplay are different enough that I'm not sure they should be sharing a word. But I don't actually know a better word, and that's what seems the closest. And anyway, when I do put on a specific person, it feels about the same way to me, so I'm not sure exactly where the line is.
The other thing this leads me to is, do any other people do what I do/experience things like I do? And, in order to properly think about that question, I first had to think of something else I do. My kind of roleplay is the only time I put on someone I'm not. But, it's not the only time I put on someone. Quite frequently, I, in a rather similar way, put on aspects of myself.
When I stop at a bagel place for lunch, and the cashier asks me if I want anything else, I say 'no thank you, I'm good', and I'm using a very specific voice and demeanor, and I might be thinking about work or the news or people or anything, but outside I'm all the same. When store employees ask me if I'm finding everything fine, inside I'm having my anxiousness and wishing they would leave me alone, but I get that same voice and demeanor, and say that I'm good and I'm finding everything OK and thank you very much. And, that's an aspect of me, interacting-with-helpful-people!me if I had to name her, and I'm putting her on, projecting her out, not like dropping into it but like sculpting a clay castle on my hand and then turning it around so no one can see it, because they see the other side of my hand. Actions and reactions. And I've got me's that draw more on real!me (good-student!me is like this), and me's that I like being (responsible-good-citizen!me is a reason I happen to really like airports, including security), and sometimes the boundaries kind of blur, but I know the feeling, and it's not quite like my roleplay feeling, but I think it has things in common.
And then I've got mind-states, which are all real!me and not aspects, but share the bit where I feel and function differently – when I'm immersed in work, the steady-focus-with-intensity that service topping something is for me, etc. And then the lines blur again, really badly, with that and mood, and that and situation, and that and other things, and I'm not sure.
And there's another inbetween. The one time I did ageplay, it almost felt like a cross between the two things. I projected (though the projection felt a bit different, and none of the other metaphors feel like they quite apply), and I wasn't an aspect of me, but it felt more like I drew the character out of myself than quite like I made her. (Now, as I talked about here, the group dynamic of ageplay is rather different, so that might have also influenced things. But either way, the feeling was what it was).
And, this brings me back to the question of, how does all this work for other people. And of course, given that I'm me and not them, I can't actually know. But I can try to think of things, at least.
Some people, people in certain kinds of power exchange relationships, don't have my problem to begin with, because real!them can and does do the things they want to do. Some people are into the physical side of the interaction, and therefore what real!them does is fine with them. And then after this I'm not sure.
I think, from what I've heard, that for some people it is like my aspects-of-me – they have aspects of them that can react like what they're looking for. And I think, from what I've heard, that some people share my ageplay experience of pulling something out of yourself. And I think some people have other things, also sharing some similarities with all of this, but not quite any of the things I have. (In a story I read once, a couple who spends their weekends in a D/s dynamic have an in-dynamic moment where he tells her he's disappointed in her. And I read this and I thought, this is interesting, because he's not being the-rest-of-the-time!him, who would ask her what happened and they'd discuss it and figure things out. But it's not like it is for me in roleplay either, because here and now, he means it, and it's true, and it's true for both of them. And in the story a lot of attention is paid to how their 'on' and 'off' times feel different for them, on both sides. And it seems that the best way I could describe that is this is drawing up or immersing yourself in different parts/states/beings, all of which are you).
And this is kind of a rambly blog post, given that I'm not sure if I can quite put my finger on what I'm talking about. Does anyone have any ideas?


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I am building a vocabulary list for study based on the literature we are reading and our SAT warmups. You may also suggest to me words you have encountered. The list is on Quizlet. Here is the link: http://quizlet.com/_kwyid
words, words, words
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The Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) is the second smallest geographic area defined in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), the smallest being the Mesh Block. The SA1 has been designed for use in the Census of Population and Housing as the smallest unit for the processing and release of Census data. For the 2011 Census, SA1s will also be the basis of output for most data, the exception being some Place of Work destination zones. For 2011, SA1s also serve as the basic building block in the ASGS and are used for the aggregation of statistics to larger Census geographic areas.
An SA1 is represented by a unique seven digit code.
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• New York salutesThe Killing and its "hypnotic minimalist nightmare" storytelling style in their arguement that TV is very much a director's medium.
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Ah, yes, the blog. I could offer up the profuse apologies, but we all know what happens in life, so I won't start in on that for wasted paragraphs. Instead, I offer you, for 2015, the ever-changing landscape that is my nightstand. With other missives I'll assault you with my desk shots, like I'm prone to do with my Instagram followers.
This photo might have been better for a side shot, with warm night lamps on it, but it gets this attention this morning/afternoon for proximity–it's my right-hand being when I'm in bed to draw from it. The baskets are for the details. I have a bug smasher handy because for the second time in my California existence I'm living with mosquitos (remarkably, the other time was in San Francisco, because my place there was mere blocks from Laguna Honda reservoir and our apartment lacked screens–a problem only on the six hot days of the year. Here? Well, it's hot almost every day of the year with climate change, so…), not to mention a collection of spiders that looks like it belongs to the manufacturer of Tiffany lampshades or the artisans of cathedral windows. Stained glass is pretty in still life, but when it's the size of your palm and crawling over your head you tend to recoil. At least, I tend to recoil. I'm an environmentalist until one of the environment looks sinister and threatens me with a treatment for a staff infection…then I fight back in hand-to-hand combat. No chemicals, just a contact sport. Hence, the yellow hand.
Those baskets have other things: portable speakers, eucalyptus lotion (nature's mosquito repellent, rumor has it), eye cream, face cream, melatonin liquid, lavender essential oil, and an eye mask…my mind often wants to stay awake or wake me up when I desperately need the forty winks, and in the desert my skin is often in need of nourishment. I'm of the feeling that the act of moisturizing is often better than whatever the Oprah or Redbook crowd says it will do for me in the long run; it's the one time of day when I'm not beating myself up…much like the point of sleep.
And I keep quarters in a jar because…I don't know why that's there, but if you want to rob the house you'll have laundry fodder, I suppose.
The books change, of course. Right now I'm reading Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon," on loan from the local library until their generosity runs out. The other is my Kindle (I always have to mentally auto-correct when I say that…a former mentor called it a Kindred, which might be a better name…depends on the day), loaded for bear with the latest issue of The New Yorker, "Still Writing" by Dani Shapiro, Barack Obama's devotional (due to deplete on the 31st; what WILL become of my daily spirit then?), and Richard Ford's "The Sportswriter." You can see (and I can't hide) that there's also a stack of thickly-bound trees under that nightstand, too, and maybe they'll get their turn; library books from the local library and the one 35 miles that way (*points south, Mexicali-way*), which is mostly crammed with Austen at the moment. I consider it odd that I'm currently getting my humor from Morrison, Austen, and Ford, all of it dry, but is it really all that odd considering I live in the desert? Does the climate concentrate our passions, our art? I guess it depends on how long I sustain these choices.
Morrison was difficult to breach, but she always is; I have a tote bag covered with the titles of banned books and "Song of Solomon" was on it and I picked it up on a dare, only to wade through the first thirty pages in a thick misunderstanding. Then, like a language, her voice knocked through the ice wall in my cultural bias and now I'm reading in perfect comprehension, with flashbacks to my years in Oakland and my childhood visits to cities in Michigan and Ohio. It's all about the city vs. farm, and then I just want to hang out like a fly on the wall or on Pilate's bag of bones (spoiler alert: there's a bag of bones, reader) and listen to these people talk ALL DAY and deep into the night, sister, and then place it back on that nightstand and sleep with a song in my soul. What I didn't understand for the first thirty pages slows to a crawl because I will not rush eating this novel with my eyes…you will not rush me in this, world, even if I have to throw some dollar bills at the library like a customer and neglect my other material on same surface.


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Is there any plan to have "Trans input shaft rpm" and "Trans slip" (rpm) PID in the vcm scanner for ZF8.
Is there any plan to have "Trans input shaft rpm" and "Trans slip" (rpm) PID in the vcm scanner for ZF8.
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TCC Slip Normal and TCC Slip AC (both shows Yes/no). couldnt find Slip rpm (I'll wait for updated beta)
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It seems the TCC slip feature has not worked on my vehicle, ZF8 in Ram EcoDiesel
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Any plan to add "Slip Patterns" PID in vcm scammer for ZF8
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The President of the Autonomous Province of Trento Lorenzo Dellai, the Chairman of Telecom Italia, Franco Bernabè, the Chairman of McLink Paolo Nuti, and Chairman of Finanziaria Trentina Lino Benassi, today signed the go ahead for Trentino NGN, a company that will build a fibre optic next generation access network (NGAN).
The aim is to connect with fibre optic over 150,000 homes, around 60% of the province's entire housing stock. Local authorities, hospitals, universities, research bodies and businesses will also receive high speed links.
The new company will have an initial capital of €96 million, the Autonomous Province of Trento taking a majority 52% stake. For its part Telecom Italia will contribute to the capitalization of Trentino NGN by conferring the right to use the civil infrastructures necessary for the laying of the fibre, while McLink and Finanziaria Trentina will underwrite their quotas in cash.
Once specific levels of service penetration have been reached, it is foreseen that Telecom Italia may contribute its copper network to the capital of Trentino NGN, acquiring the majority and facilitating the migration from copper to fibre. Telecom Italia has also negotiated with the Province an option to acquire its stake in the company, to be exercised after six years for a sum equal to the investment made plus an annual interest rate of 7.5%.
Trentino NGN expects to spend €165 million over the next 10 years to complete the project (bringing fibre optic to homes in the area, maintenance of the network and providing service to all TLC operators wishing to use it).
Today's agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed by the Autonomous Province of Trento and Telecom Italia on February 8, 2011 to start the project, after wide consultations with all TLC operators in a spirit of transparency and non-discrimination.
The Autonomous Province of Trento and Telecom Italia are already working together on a project to bridge the digital divide and deliver ADSL at speeds of up to 20 megabits/second to the whole province within two years.
President Lorenzo Dellai stated: "The new technologies assure higher competitiveness for the territories. They are new tools for the families, young people and businesses allowing them to meet the challenges of an increasingly global world. Fibre optic, in particular, is a legacy that we have a duty to deliver to the new generations who will be called upon to build the Trentino and Italy of tomorrow. The Trentino NGN project is confirmation that the public and private sectors can and must work together with the primary aim of meeting the needs of citizens and society."
"Telecom Italia has always been committed to providing the country with a modern high performance net infrastructure and we will continue to pursue this goal," said Franco Bernabè. "Migration to fixed and mobile ultrabroadband networks is a complex process that requires huge investments at a time of great economic distress and uncertainty of the demand. It will thus be necessary to adopt new network architectures, new business models, and new regulatory frameworks. Experimenting collaboration and co-investment models of the public and private sector can speed migration towards the next generation networks and Trentino NGN represents one of the first concrete examples of public private partnership in Europe."
"As an operator with deep roots in Trentino, we felt it was important to make our contribution to an initiative that will certainly have beneficial knock-on effects for the local economy," stressed McLink chairman, Paolo Nuti. After all the debate about how to boost the development of next generation networks and services in Italy, I believe that Trentino NGN represents an ideal laboratory in which to finally test the economic and technical consistency of the hypotheses that have been put forward over the last two years."
The chairman of Finanziaria Trentina, Lino Benassi said he was "pleased with the launch of the joint-venture Trentino NGN, which places the Autonomous Province of Trento at the cutting edge worldwide. It will give all Trentino firms and families access to the latest network services which are vital to growth and development in an increasingly competitive economic environment."
Trento, 16 December 2011


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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Mardi Gras Madness!
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Shout out for representing me (2nd from the left) in the cartoon! Enjoy your Jesus cake!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Plowing Through Life (Martha) said...
I've never had that cake but it does look mmmm mmmm good! Love that colour combo: gold, green and purple.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Magaly Guerrero said...
I see grandma is following the spirit all the way through--she's letting EVERYTHING hang out. Hooray, grandma! I don't like "half-assers" or "half-boobers" lol
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- DEZMOND said...
that cake looks positively sinful! And I love the blasphemous pic to (since I despise Church), and hate it at the same time (it could be any baby, and it's not appropriate)
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- mxtodis123 said...
I've been down to Mardi Gras. Lived in New Orleans for awhile. The food there is fabulous.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Anthony Hughes said...
You should see Mardi Gras at least once. Even if you're not a big partier or drinker, it is still quite a site to see. Each krewe in New Orleans has a unique costume/theme, and the bigger ones throw out some really cool, unique trinkets. Way more fun than the green/gold/purple beads!
The king cake is good, but by the actual day of Mardi Gras, most everyone here in the South is probably sick of them. They usually start selling them in the bakeries and grocery stores about a month before today, maybe more. In our office, if you get the piece with the plastic baby, you have to buy the next king cake!
PS. If you want one up in Canada, you can make one! There is no "standard" cake, most of them are like a morning sweet roll, coffee cake type thing with a lot of icing and of course the green, gold and purple crystallized sugar on top.
Laissez les bons temps rouler
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Snap said...
Laissez les bons temps rouler, tout le monde! YeeHaw!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Barfly said...
It feels sort of weird and sacrilegious to me to eat a baby jesus and wait for him to exit your body through the most unpleasant subway system.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- turquoisemoon said...
mmmm...that cake looks yummy! don't think I could do the baby jesus thingie...
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Sulky Kitten said...
Eeek, I had totally forgotten that it's plain old Pancake Tuesday in my neck of the woods! The Mardi Gras cake looks exciting compared to pancakes!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- JeannetteLS said...
Absolutement, laissez les bons temps rouler.
I wish I could see it just once. Gimme the cake, not the pancakes!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- OmaLindasOldeBaggsandStuftShirts said...
We went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans once. The food in 'Nawlins is divine. The kings cake is like a luscious cinnamon roll with extra scrumptious lemon flavored icing, the "insert" was a coin, thank the gods. But I must say in my opinion, the festivities were like a bad trucker strip club on acid. Way over the top insane for this old broad. I liked our Mardi Gras in Gulf Port much better.....more partee and less gross drunk assholes. Just saying. Happy Fat Tuesday ya'll. Oma Linda
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Jane said...
Grandma obviously knows how to party!! That King Cake looks amazing, but now I'm craving pancakes.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- The Episcopagan said...
And this is exactly why I come to this blog - to learn new things. Never in a million years have I hear of king cake, but now i make it a mission to get some of that fine cake. Catholic Xtians eat God every Sunday so the idea of eating the baby Jesus isn't shocking, but choking on the plastic might be a tad unpleasant.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- brandi said...
~beads and boobs and cakes...what else does one need!!! have me thinking my littles would get a kick out of a king cake!!! happy fat tuesday my friend...much love light and blessings~
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Kim@stuffcould.... said...
I have not heard of that cake but it is soooo pretty
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Suzanne said...
I would love to try that cake!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Workingdan said...
I will skip the cake and hand out some beads...to those so willing to earn them!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- jaz@octoberfarm said...
i always make kings cakes but somehow i did not get to it this year. laissez les bon temps rouler to you too!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Wendy said...
Oh, you've got the right idea! I don't give anything up for lent, so technically I don't deserve the spoils of Fat Tuesday, but I do love a good excuse for a celebration. I might go look for a king cake recipe now...
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Jeanne said...
I love me some King Cake!!! :0)
I do believe that you and your Rare One should travel to Louisiana next year to experience Mardi Gras.
While "Nawlins" can be fun, Mardi Gras is best experienced in the Cajun Parishes to the west of New Orleans. A favorite chant for parade goers - "Throw Me Sumtin Mister!" And take an extra empty suitcase just for the beads you'll get!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Southpaw said...
Have a great Mardi Gras. MMMM, fatty, decadent food day...
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- My Grama's Soul said...
I never knew about a "King Cake" look what a font of knowledge you are dear girl!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Jim said...
That cake looks good enough to eat! Makes 'our' pancakes look anemic!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- SUZY8-TRACK said...
That cake looks mighty awesome!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Unknown said...
I totally forgot it was pancake day... I didn't stand a chance with Mardi Gras!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- BugginWord said...
I've been earning beads for four solid months now. It's about time Mardi Gras caught up with me!
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Travis Erwin said...
King Cakes are awesome. Wouln't it be fantastic to organize a blog meet up in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Bird said...
Oh my gosh! LOL I had never heard of a King Cake before. They put a baby Jesus in it?! Wild and weird.
Happy Mardi Gras! I didn't have pancakes or anything... but it goes on for a few days, right? I still have a chance. ;-)
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- JACKIESUE said...
we're having our mardi gras this coming Thursday..will be posting about it and pictures..no king cake but one of the ladies is making a huge cake for us..I'm making jambalaya and french bread..
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
I have never been either but who doesn't like a party and wow the colors, that photo of the line up is crazy funny, I think I'm in there but I won't say which one,
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Professor Chaos said...
I've had King cake, and as purty as it is, it's just regular cake. Give me red velvet any day.
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- Blueberry said...
Love those purples and greens and yellows!! Beads, boobs, baby cakes and booze. Wheee!! None here though, I celebrated Mardi Gras by having my taxes done. {sigh}
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- laughingwolf said...
let the good times roll, indeedy!
hope it was grand...
i have a good bud down in la, phd in psych, should go see him and his wife some year...
p'raps in time for the next mardi [pâté de foie] gras?
also have a bud in brasil, and hear their 'carnaval' is on a more grand scale than the gras in n'awlins...
- Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Bersercules said...
Love that second picture! Very erotic!
- Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Tricky Nag said...
The chance of choking on Jesus seems much less than the quarter wrapped in wax paper. Safety first.
- Thursday, February 23, 2012


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Prepping to take Kate to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic was a detailed and time-consuming process. We had little to no medical coordination at CHEO, and though our pediatric consultant Dr.S was wonderful, he could not access Kate's medical records at CHEO, nor did he have the time to review all the material and determine what should be sent in advance or compiled in a medical binder to take with us. He sat down with me in early August and we reviewed all the information that should be sent to Mayo Clinic in advance of our visit.
- Medical History
- Metabolics and genetics history, testing, results
- Gastroenterology, including feeding studies and GERD studies
- Neurology
- Hematology
- Audiology and ENT
- Recent bloodwork
- MRI results
- CT results
- Ultrasounds, and urodynamic studies
- Bone marrow biopsy results
- Muscle biopsy results
- Previous and current medications
- Syndromes, diseases, and genetic conditions already tested for
It was a long list and clearly portrays a medically complicated little girl. Now it was up to me to compile all of this information in a coherent and organized way to send to the Mayo Clinic. I started with visiting medical records and making photocopies of relevant material from Kate's medical record. Over the previous 18 months I had gained a good appreciation of what notes were relevant (to other medical professionals) and which were not – so I started in this fashion and tagged anything I felt I might need from her (then) 6 volume chart. I was pleased that the manager of medical records was supportive and understanding. She did all the photocopying for me. Then I was off to visit diagnostic imaging to access and get a copy of all Kate's tests. That took a bit longer and required a requisition from a physician (which I had from Dr.S). I was finally handed a CD that contained all of Kate's diagnostic workup since she had started to 'get sick'. All other results were in Kate's medical record, so I was now ready to pull together her binder of information.
While Kate's Mayo Clinic binder was being organized, I had begun coordinating with OHIP, our provincial health insurance plan here in Ontario, to determine how Kate's visit would be covered financially. We knew this could be a very expensive visit to an American hospital and wanted to be clear as to how to manage the visit and any tests/procedures/diagnostic work up that were requested while we were there. Once they had deemed Kate's visit to Mayo would be fully covered, OHIP put us in touch with a 3rd party health care coordinator for Canadian patients abroad. The role of this coordinator was to vet any and all tests requested while were there. We weren't supposed to do anything before consulting them first as a simple blood test could run into thousands of dollars. The importance of their role was very clear to us as on our first day at the Mayo Clinic, we were sent to the finance department before we even registered as patients and my Visa was put on file on an "as needed" basis. (Scary).
The next important part of planning the trip was support for our family. I would need a back up while in Minnesota. There was no way I was going to be able to manage Kate (then 2), provide complex and complicated medical history, listen to the experts I was meeting with, and take notes during my meetings. Thankfully my mom offered to come with Kate and I. As a former nurse, she has a keen ear for what is important to record during these meetings, and I valued having another person with me – especially my mom. We were also offered some financial support for the trip – which was very welcome. We didn't know what we were getting into and were thankful for the offer to assist with the accommodations. As for my 5-year-old son, he'd be home with Dad and his much adored (and adoring) grandfather. I took the time to write him a series of short letters – one to open for each day I was away. I was tough to be gone from him and the comforts of home.
We were ready to go – and it seemed Mayo was ready for us. We received letters in the mail detailing the 'itinerary' of our visit which would be about 7 days. We were to meet with several specialists, but oddly metabolics/genetics was not on the list – and ENT was. This omission gave me pause, but then I thought this area was likely covered as part of our initial meeting because of its vital importance to Kate's case, and I did not inquire further. Kate's physicians and covering letters were all very clear that she had a suspected metabolic condition so of course metabolics was going to be at the center of the consultation (?) As for ENT, there was no question about Kate's hearing loss and I was unsure as to what more they would have to offer us, but we did not inquire and kept them on the list of specialists to see.
On Monday, October 19th we flew to Rochester Minnesota and settled in to our hotel apartment. Groceries were the first course of action as Kate was a very fussy eater and still had difficulty with many foods. Finding what she could eat could be a challenge. At that time she was huge on a pasta called gnocchi. It was pretty much all she ate. I prayed we could find that in Rochester (and we did). Gnocchi in hand (seriously, it was a BIG deal), we were ready for our week.
Tuesday, October 20th we entered the Mayo Clinic for the first time. Wow. Glass and architecture, beautiful artwork, large comfortable sitting areas, cafes and restaurants, shops, and a baby grand piano in the atrium where invited pianists came to play for the patients. It was impressive. It made me feel like this was 'the place', somewhere as beautiful and impressive as this must have the answers we were looking for. Thoughts ran through my mind…"we are so lucky to be here", "the doctors must the best here", "we should have come sooner".
We made our way to the general pediatric area and met with Dr.Lloyd, the medical coordinator for Kate's visit. Dr.Lloyd's role was to be the 'quarterback' for all the specialists Kate would see at the Mayo Clinic. Kate's vitals were taken and we sat for a full hour discussing in great detail her medical history. Repeating Kate's medical history for more than the hundredth time was exhausting, but it was early in our week and I knew it would set the tone for the rest of the visit, so I was careful to tell the entire story to date. Not surprisingly, Dr.Lloyd was concerned about the omission of metabolics from the list of specialists and had them added as a consult. This was a concern for me and my instincts kicked in with a bad feeling at this oversight which I had suspected but then dismissed.
How would this visit go? Would the impressive Mayo Clinic really be able to help us if they had missed something this obvious?
Dr. Lloyd then proceeded to prepare us for the week to come and the discussions we would have. It was her opinion that we had excellent care and a great work up done in Canada. She wanted us to be realistic in our expectations about what the Mayo Clinic could offer as more insight into Kate. This was the second bad feeling I had in a matter of one initial visit – it sounded like they had already determined there might not be more they could offer us.
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Tony Award nominee and creator of "Pump Boys and Dinettes", and long time Hudson resident Jim Wann, along brings a glorious evening of song to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, October 27 at 7pm as part of Helsinki on Broadway series presented in association with Showstoppers New York.
Jim Wann will be performing originals and Johnny Mercer material at the Plantation Club just outside of Savannah Georgia.
Jim Wann will be performing originals and Johnny Mercer material at the Blue Plate Restaurant in Chatham, New York on March 2nd from 11am - 1pm. This annual fundraiser supports the Columbia County Habitat for Humanity. The event at the Blue Plate bistro in Chatham will begin at 11 a.m. and includes a bountiful brunch, tickets are $35 and reservations are encouraged. For more information and reservations, call 518-828-0892.
This concert, located in Hudson NY, is a fundraiser for the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, an amazing community circus group, dedicated to lifting our spirits.
Chattanooga-born Jim Wann, Composer-Lyricist for Broadway's Tony-nominated ('Best Musical') acoustic gem, Pump Boys And Dinettes, sings Johnny Mercer classics, his own songs, and traditional folk tunes.


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I just got back from my local music radio show on internet only Wbkm Dot Org. I played some new songs, I played some old songs, and I talked about of couple of "literary" characters in local music songs.
Song before: Fractured Mirror – Ace Frehley
From our small city to the great big world, these are the Sounds of Burlington. It's a cold night in Burlington but people are out and about, walking around, not letting it stop them. I was trying to make it to three shows this week and feel bad I only made it to one. Great Western played a great show lat Friday at Radio Bean, and did a killer version of this one. This is Into the light by Great Western on WBKM, and this is Burlington's Kind Of Music.
1.) Into The Light – Great Western
2.) The Storm Within – Death World Wide
3.) Holy Family – Heavy Plains
4.) Burn It Down Bernadette – Phil Yates & The Affiliates
I made it to Western last Friday and after a long work day Saturday was dragging when it got close to the Phil show at The Monkey House. As it turned out the party ended up coming to me that night. I was going to go see Phil Yates solo at Radio Bean on Sunday but the afternoon nap was 4 hours and I woke up right as he was going on. I should have set the alarm. Rats. Great song from the upcoming Phil album. I just got the Plains album today and that one jumped at me. Sweet song from Death from the Burlington days. OK, on to the next song on Many Things & Many Scenes. This is a beautiful song that I'm sending out to my brother. It features Johnnie Day Durand on the saw.
5.) Brothers And Sisters – Joe Adler
6.) New Atlantis – Aaron Flinn
7.) The Next Instead – Swale
I thought Swale were going to play Radio Bean tomorrow night but the schedule changed and now it's Barbacoa and Binger. Hmm. I think Aaron is playing at Juniper tomorrow. I may have to check that out. Joe is playing Saturday night at the Bean, so that will be fun. This next band is from Canada but have played Burlington and Vermont so many times, they are practically locals. They are playing the Flynn Theater on Tuesday. I've seen them many times but may miss this one. I had no money when tickets went on sale, and as soon as I could afford it, they were sold out. Oh well, maybe next time. On this tour they are playing a few songs, then all of Fully Completely.
8.) Fully Completely – The Tragically Hip
9.) New Orleans Is Sinking (live w/Nautical Disaster in the middle) – The Tragically Hip
That's going to be a rocking night at the Flynn. The Flynn will also rock in February when Death and Rough Francis play. I've got tickets for that, for me and my brother Ken. Here's another song from Spiritual Mental Physical.
10.) Can You Give Me A Thrill??? – Death
11.) Comm To Space – ROUGH FRANCIS
13.) Something I Drew – farm
Farm put on some great shows and I always loved that one. I though it would sound great coming out of Comm and was so right. OK, let's slow things down a little. This next artist has an album coming in February. Until then I will have to just play this one.
14.) Dropout Generation – Hana Zara
15.) Better Half – Abbie Morin
16.) Our Work Is Never Done – PossumHaw
I love that song and really love the sentiment of it! I may not make it, but I'll always try. I don't know a lot about Abbie but she has a Wednesday night residence at Nectar's this January. I'm sure Ill catch her the night Joe Adler & The Rangers Of Danger play. Love Hana, can't wait for the new songs!. This next artist just started a Kickstarter to fund his new album. The last one was great, and here is a song from it.
17.) 1965 – The New Siberians
18.) Old North Ender – James Kochalka Superstar
19.) We're Closed – Blue Button
20.) Hammerhead – Barbacoa
Barbacoa always rock. I'll see how the energy goes tomorrow. I'd love to catch them at the Bean. I was going to play a song by Redadmirial but it was in a format the players did not recognize, so maybe next week. It was recorded live at a pub called The Old Northender so I had to play the James song. Love the BB song too. OK, time for two more songs. These are two "literary" characters of song from Burlington.
21.) Chester Allen – The World Famous Hanglows
22.) Errol McSquisitor (live) – Elephants of Scotland
Wow, that was just tremendous live. I hope you enjoyed checking out the music of our town. Let's do it again next week, shall we?
Song after: Jack And Jill – Fish


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Being Movember, it's a great time for growing awesome, manly mustaches. This year we have some great guys from our stores group participating who are some of the most enthusiastic guys I've had the pleasure of doing Movember with. With that said, I'd like to share a letter written to one of our participants, Al Leyva.
His eyes are up here, don't stare at the moustache.
Dear AL,
Mah man. If being a gangsta feels this good, then damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
Just a few months ago I was ready to quit on you AL. I thought you'd forgotten about me and everything I'd done for you. I was neglected. Neglected and embarrassed. My how things have changed.
Now I can't express to you how incredible my life has become. Seriously, I literally cannot voice what I've been feeling. I wasn't sure I'd even be able to write it down…you're probably surprised I can hold a pen and write legibly.
I thought our friendship was over. It felt like the Eagles breaking up all over again. I felt you were purposely hiding me – keeping me a secret behind layers of your own personal insecurity.
You never introduced me to your other friends. They sounded like great people who I'd totally dig - I mean I could literally hear them talking to you, but I was never given the chance to shine even though I know I could have carried the team.
Thanks to you, I spun into a deep depression. My skin grew pasty and white.
I tell ya I was on my last legs. Or something like that.
And then one day you put the Bic razor away, and everything just seemed to click.
I saw the light. And I mean that quite literally. I saw the sunshine. heck– I felt the sunshine. Come to think of it, I felt like a big ol' t-bone steak grillin…on a grill…a grill of sunshine.
I know you probably hear this all the time – but you've changed my whole perspective on things. I complete you man. And I can't thank you enough. But what I can do is be there for you.
You've released a bullet-proof tiger into the wild and you know as well as I there's no way you can get a bullet-proof tiger back into it's cage. Or under its covers for that matter. It's on now.
Every barbeque, every pool party, every tailgate, every jump ball, every tug'o'war – hell, every DAY – I'll be there for you. Every time the sky's out, I'll be out - and I'll be ready to party.
I guess what I'm saying is I feel like we've been given a second chance. Jordan coming back, wearing the 4-5, reuniting with Pippen. I'm your Pippen man. We've been given a chance to do all the things we never did when you were too afraid to show my beautiful, muscular faces in public.
I mean, I know we go way back, and we've always been chummy. Some people might go so far as to say we've been "attached at the lip." And anatomically speaking, sure, I can see where they're coming from. But there was still distance between us. A small distance. But a distance nonetheless. I could tell you were ashamed of me.
To be honest – your beard used to get way too much credit for your athleticism, charm, ruggedness and good looks. I used to be so jealous of your precious beard. The way you two would run around together in the sunlight. Acting like I didn't even exist.
And don't even get me started on your "guns." Always with the guns.
We'd go to the lake, the sun would come out – and boom – the guns would come out.
While I remained shrouded. Hidden in the shadows.
Did you ever stop to think how that made me feel?
The answer to that question AL, is no, no you did not.
But it's ok. I can't blame you. I'm just glad you've finally come around. Things have changed AL– there's no denying it. I'm sure you've noticed that ever since you made the move to Movember, it's no longer all about the beards and guns. There's a new sheriff in town.
Ask me if I give a damn. Your beard and guns can cry me a river. And honestly, I don't hear them complaining now that we're throwing down 720 tomahawk jams in front of all the lady folk.
So to make a long story short. Thank you AL. Whenever you need me, just look down, I'll be chillin directly above your lip.
Because that's where I live.


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It's a toast you might hear on a birthday or on Thanksgiving. It's a reminder never to take your current state of well-being for granted.
The evidence is mounting, however, that good health is hardly a matter for fate to determine — or even the best doctors. Increasing numbers of experts recognize that the course of your health is shaped more by what you do and how you live, than it is by who treats you.
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Maltesers Moonlight Cinema Returns this Summer for its 18th Season
With summer just around the corner, Maltesers Moonlight Cinema has announced its 2013/14 season dates that will see the cinema under the stars return for its 18th year across Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
Over three months, Maltesers Moonlight Cinema will take place in some of the nation's most beautiful and iconic parks and gardens and will once again roll out a jam-packed program comprising of advance previews, recent releases, classics and cult films.
Highlights of the 2013/14 program will include the highly anticipated THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE; the dark-comedy starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY; and the Disney children's animation featuring the voice of Kristen Bell, FROZEN.
The season will also welcome the return of crowd favourite films including TOP GUN, THE CASTLE and Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN as well as romantic classics such as DIRTY DANCING and BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.
To complete their unique cinema experience, attendees at Maltesers Moonlight Cinema are encouraged to bring along a picnic hamper, hire a bean bed or sample the delicious menu on offer.
For those wanting to indulge in a little luxury, Gold Grass tickets* provide reserved seating, premium viewing location and designated wait staff.
Ian Sutherland, General Manager of Maltesers Moonlight Cinema said, "We are thrilled to be returning for our 18th season and do so with new naming rights sponsor, Maltesers. Moonlight Cinema offers an entertaining, relaxed and social night under the stars. As the days grow longer and the nights become warmer, there's no better way to watch a movie than outdoors on a summer evening."
Maltesers Moonlight Cinema 2013/14 season dates are as follows:
• Botanic Park, Adelaide: 28th November 2013 to 15th Febraury 2014
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne: 5th December 2013 to 30th March 2014
• Synergy Parkland in Kings Park, Perth: 11th December 2013 to 30th March 2014
• New Farm Park at Brisbane Powerhouse: 12th December 2013 to 23rd February 2014
• Belvedere Amphitheatre in Centennial Park, Sydney: 12th December 2013 to 23rd March 2014
The Maltesers Moonlight Cinema 2013/14 program and tickets will be released on 7 November. For further information visit: www.moonlight.com.au
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Hello Avid world,
So I am having the issue of exporting my 8 minute sequence out of Avid. It is only taking about 5mins to export. My issue is why does it keep re exporting by its self. Is that somekind of bug that needs to be fixed in the next update? I am guessing the only work around is the export qt reference at this point and make it a solid file using Mpeg stream clip or something equivalent to it.
Anyone else having this issue. I can't seem to wrap my head around this.
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We need more information, and it's helpful if you update your profile to include your systems specs. What version of MC / OS?
In addition, what kind of media are you using in your timeline? Linked or Avid media?
If you export "Same as source" does this export loop occur?
ALSO, in your export settings, are you using multi-pass? Each time the bar completes is a single pass, so you will see that happen mutliple times.
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I updated all the goods. So to answer your question the export finished. I am using the most recent Avid software, nothing is linked ( thank goodness) all avid files. So what is weird is, Im not sure if this is new for Avid export but it loops like 3 times and then does the final Making movie to complete the file. Just bizzare how it takes 3 loops to export an H.264.
I have a feeling this problem will occur more then once.
Kevin Klimek:ALSO, in your export settings, are you using multi-pass? Each time the bar completes is a single pass, so you will see that happen mutliple times.
Then that is it.
Open your export setting, then Format Options, then under "Video" select Settings. In the lower-left corner of the Settings box, you probably have Best Quality (multi-pass) selected, instead of Faster Encode (single pass).
There's nothing wrong with leaving it the way you have it, but understand what is happening is supposed to happen. The encoder is analyzing the footage several times and determing the quality needed at each particular moment to keep the quality up and the file size down.
Kevin is correct - a multi-pass encode will make multiple passes.
That said - Avid is not a very efficient H.264 encoder. Generally, once all the media in your sequence is Avid-native media, it's best to output a QuickTime Reference, and then encode your H.264 using a third-party program. Sorenson Squeeze is an option that comes with the "subscription" (not perpetual with support) version of MC. There's also Apple Compressor, and multiple other ones that do a good job as well (careful of shady ones though). The added benefit of this is that once the file is out of Avid, it frees you up to continue editing while the other software does the encode.
Exporting with multipass selected doesn't go through a status bar multiple times, it just estimates a longer time. It will estimate a 10 min time to finish versus a 5 min estimate. It doesn't finish and then start over again.
I'm having this same issue. The correct estimated time is shown and it finishes and then just loops around again and starts over again. If you cancel it's as if you didn't finish exporting and there's nothing left at the end. I'm able to export a Same As Source quicktime (and AAFs but that's different), but I can't do an H264 export from Avid 8.8.5. We are on Mac OSX 12.12.6 Sierra and I'm exporting to the desktop. The Avid media is transcoded and we are working off an ISIS.
Anyone else figure this out? Super annoying.
I've never had good results getting h264 out of avid (at leats with any sequence over ~5mins). I'd always do a QTref or SaS and then convert in MPEGStreamclip/Compressor/Reolve etc.
2017 and Avid can't handle an H264 export, which every TV show uses to send cuts out.
MC 8.9.1 added --- H.264 (.mov and .mp4) support. I assume you are on 8.9.1 or higher? In MC 8.9.2 - a bug was fixed that in some instances, would cause transcoding long H.264 media using the Avid Generic plugin resulted in an exception error.
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I'm running 8.9.2 and I've the same issue with different projects while exporting in different formats.
added work was done in 2018.x - specifically 2018.8 coming soon.
Bug Number: MCCET-2513. (Mac) You might have received an "Exception: std::exception" error when transcoding spanned AVCHD clips. FIXED
Im having the same issue, but I find it odd that MC 1st would default to Lelu Dallas Multipass? If so Good to know.
oh my system specs are well withing the requrements. PC
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Winthrop, Mass. – Five Albertus Magnus College baseball players earned All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) honors as announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon. The Falcons landed one player on the first team, two on the second team and two on the third team.
Sophomore third basemen Matt Warren (Wolcott, Conn.) was named to the first team after a standout year at the plate while senior Tom Crocco (Kings Park, N.Y.) and junior Tyriq Harris (Waterbury, Conn.) both received second team distinction. Sophomore Christian Bradley (Stratford, Conn.) and Brandon Clark (Cheshire, Conn.) rounded out the league-end honors for Albertus with being named to the third team.
The GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team was also announced on Tuesday and junior infielder Roberto Garcia (Bridgeport, Conn.) represented Albertus Magnus on the squad.
Warren was named a first-team all-conference selection as a third baseman for the first time in his collegiate career and won the gold glove for the position. The sophomore ranked within the top five in the NCAA in triples per game (0.20) while ranking in the top 20 in triples (6) and RBI per game (1.38). Warren led the league in triples (6), home runs (6), sacrifice flies (5) and in slugging percentage (.719). He also boasted a batting average of .360 with a team-best 32 hits as well as drove in 19 runs and totaled a career-high 40 RBI.
Crocco ends his four-year career as a Falcon by earning conference-wide recognition for the first time. The senior designated hitter appeared in 27 games and boasted a stat line of .356/.391/.425 with 21 RBI this spring. He tallied 31 hits, including three doubles, during the year and scored a total of six runs. Later in the season against Suffolk, Crocco recorded his first collegiate home run in the bottom of the fourth.
Harris receives second-team distinction for the first time in his career thanks to a team-leading 14 stolen bases and 32 hits. The outfielder hit a .372 at the plate while driving in 24 runs and tallying a career-best 14 RBI. While posting a .465 on-base percentage, the junior was also stellar on the field committing only one error to boast a .980 fielding percentage over 49 total chances.
Clark had a breakout spring for the Falcons earning his first all-conference honor as a sophomore. He started in 25 games and hit .382 at the plate with an on-base percentage of over .500. The catcher led the team with 28 runs scored, 26 walks and six doubles while smacking a total of 26 hits. Clark also concluded the spring with 14 RBI and nine stolen bases.
Bradley finished out his sophomore year earning all-conference honors after registering 29 hits, including five doubles, three triples and three home runs, for a .312 batting average, ranking him sixth on the team. He collected a career-best 18 RBI and drove in 11 runs for the Falcons this spring. The outfielder concluded the year posting a .956 fielding percentage despite recording two errors over 45 total chances.
Garcia appeared in 23 games at second base for Albertus Magnus in 2018. He scored five runs, knocked 11 hits and picked up four RBI. On the base paths, he stole seven bases while posting a .340 on-base percentage.
The Albertus Magnus College baseball team finished the 2018 season with an 8-21 overall record and posted a league mark of 4-10.
Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 13 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement.
For the latest information on the baseball team and Albertus Magnus athletics, follow AMCAthletics on Twitter and visit AlbertusFalcons.com.


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As the pace at the State House slows to a trickle, there is an interesting side story about Ray Lesniak's COAH bill, S-1.
S-1 abolishes COAH. But it also does a lot more including a requirement that 10% of new development be set aside for low and moderate income housing. Of course that has modifications and loopholes that housing advocates say render the 10% figure useless…but that's a whole other debate which is way too complicated for me to tackle in this post.
Here is what S-1 also does: eliminates a 2.5% fee on commercial development. Right now, there is a moratorium on that fee but it's set to expire July 1. Well, The Senate with Lesniak's prodding, already passed S-1. The assembly has not. And from what I am told they will not before the end of the fiscal year. Housing and Local Government Committee Chairman Assemblyman Jerry Green told me last week that their offices got flooded with calls protesting S-1…especially since critics were not allowed to testify during the Senate Committee hearings. Green has promised a slower more deliberative process in the lower house…in other words he is in no hurry to pass the bill to meet Lesniak and Governor Christie's timeline ( yes, btw – the Governor also wants S-1 passed ASAP ).
Green and others say the votes simply are not yet there in the Assembly. And they are proposing a separate piece of legislation to extend the moratorium on the fee. But Senator Sweeney told me Thursday that is a non-starter. He says the Assembly needs to pass S-1. There will be no extension.
Reached by telephone Democratic State Committee Chairman John Wisniewski ( who is hoping a development project in Sayreville goes forward this Summer without the fee ) said about trying to force a vote on S-1 in the Assembly, "This is the philosophy of Governor Christie, and I am not sure we should be embracing that. It doesn't make for good government."


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Today, vegetarian and vegan lifestyles are increasingly popular. As more people begin to turn away from the regular consumption of animal products due to health, environmental, and ethical concerns, vegetarian cookbooks have become a staple in many bookstores. This early edition features dozens of traditional meatless entrees and side dishes that are sure to please even the most finicky eaters.
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