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Out of Eden: No Turning Back
- Andree Farias CCM Magazine
- 2007 9 Jan
These are all easy options if you're a band marked by burnout, disillusionment and unfulfilled expectations. All of these words have a negative connotation; they're particularly commonplace in the fickle landscape of modern music – including the Christian music business – where it's not unusual to witness groups of young hopefuls disintegrate after they, for whatever reason, fail to make it.
Yet, in the case of Out of Eden – sisters Lisa, Andrea and Danielle Kimmey – there is not one vestige of disenchantment, bitterness or remorse in their decision to retire. Au contraire! If the farewell track "Mighty Mighty Good" – the last-ever song the trio recorded for "The Hits" (Gotee), a career retrospective released last month – is any indication, there's nothing but resolve and a sense of a job well done.
"When I just look back over my life … just think back … I know my God's been mighty mighty good to me," goes the hook of the song, one as jubilant as any other they recorded during their trailblazing, 13-year run in Christian music.
They came at a time when urban pop music was virtually a nonentity within gospel and Christian music, long before Kirk Franklin and Mary Mary eventually tore down the barrier between the two.
Yes, Out of Eden is retiring. And, as the girls themselves would sing in 1999, they've "made it this far and there's no turning back now."
Everybody's sad about it.
"I'm protesting," says longtime collaborator and former tour partner DJ Maj, who owes some of his success to the girls for being frontrunners in the R&B and hip-hop arenas. "Nah, it's kinda sad. Their perseverance was a very influential thing for me. They didn't allow where they were from or any obstacles to get in the way of what they were going to do. They continued to work hard at their craft. That was very admirable. Their work ethic was very inspirational for me."
"I'm completely bummed," adds Joey Elwood, co-founder and president of Gotee Records, the label that first gave the girls a chance. "[Out of Eden] was our cornerstone. Without them, there is a very good chance there would be no Gotee."
Elwood is not exaggerating. Truth be told, the label was created for Out of Eden.
Toby McKeehan – then one-third of dc talk and business partner in Gotee Productions alongside Elwood and producer Todd Collins – first caught a glimpse of the girls when his supergroup was in rehearsals for a tour. It was like love at first sight.
"What drew me to them was the way they communicated. Everything I sensed in them was pure," says McKeehan. "Even the inner talent was obvious. It just needed to be unearthed a little more. They knew exactly what they were doing. They were three young girls who had a vision. They were mature beyond their years. They just needed an on-ramp to the Interstate. Thank God we were able to provide that for them."
Before this providential meeting, OOE didn't really have aspirations to become recording artists. If anything, they sang because their mother made them.
"Our mother is responsible for Out of Eden coming together," says Andrea. "She saw the potential and urged us to practice and practice. Since we were home-schooled, we had lots of time. Pretty much all that we would do is practice."
"Honestly, at first, we hated it because it was something our parents wanted us to do," says Danielle, who was barely 12 at the time the group signed with Gotee. "And then … we were like, 'We're either going to have to start loving this or quit.' So we really spent a lot of time in prayer, saying, 'God, if this is your desire for our lives, then give us the desire, give us a love for it.' And He did."
Gotee was simply a production company then. Their job was to help artists make their music and, then, shop it around to labels to see who was interested in releasing it commercially.
Except nobody was interested in the type of music Out of Eden was making – namely, Christian urban music with a pop flair.
"They'd take us to a 'ccm' label, and they'd respond, 'They're gospel!'" reminisces Danielle. "Then, they'd take us to a gospel [label], and they'd be like, 'They're not gospel … they're "ccm"!' No one really understood us."
"Gotee basically had to start a label so that we could have a home and a place to create music," says Lisa, the eldest of the Kimmey sisters. "One thing that got us through in different environments was that we knew the Word of God, and we knew how to minister even at an early age. I think that's how people relaxed and accepted us a little bit."
"So many girls of all races gravitated to their music because it was very unique to the market at that time," says Elwood. "They filled a huge void. We are talking to a new artist – and I'm even interviewing prospective employees -- who are in this business because they heard that first album by Out of Eden ["Lovin' the Day"]. I'm still not sure the girls even understand their place in history from this perspective."
"Frankly speaking, we were a triple minority," says Lisa of the barriers they had to overcome. "We were young; we were girls; and we were black. We overcame a lot of your basic prejudices. We stood for a sound that wasn't readily accepted, so we had to take a different path and just be persistent."
That perseverance paid off. Since then, Out of Eden has, among other milestones, released six albums, toured the world, performed for Billy Graham's crusades and sold more than 1,200,000 discs – an enviable number considering urban music, until recently, was still largely a niche style within Christian music.
With each subsequent release, their music also got tighter, their harmonies more intricate and the production values more up-to-speed with the quality of mainstream R&B. One listen to their discography sheds light on this artistic growth, which went from the youthful, old-school flavor of their breakout cover of "Lovely Day" to the slightly more progressive sounds of "More Than You Know."
But it was 1999's "No Turning Back" that cemented their place as an urban pop act. "Lookin' for Love," "River" and "Window" were all potent singles in their own right, paving the way for what was to come in years ahead with follow-ups – the ultra-modern "This Is Your Life" and the summer-ready "Love, Peace & Happiness."
With such a solid résumé, why the decision to retire?
"It is puzzling to a lot of people," admits Andrea. "But I guess it starts with the fact that we knew God had us doing this for a certain amount of time. We knew that our impact would be when we were young and for young people."
"Since we began, we were like, 'God, whenever You're ready for us to move on, [that's] totally fine,'" Danielle concurs. "We've never been married to fame or notoriety or any of those things. But we just knew that was how God had us to minister in that time, to minister to our generation. When our generation grew older, [we knew] that it would be someone else's [turn]. So we just felt like God was releasing us."
"I think we got to the point where we just felt it was time to hang it up," says Lisa. "We always said that we didn't want to be hanging on for dear life. While everyone else was moving on, we didn't want to be out there still doing shows. We never wanted to do that. This time, we all felt a sense about ending this chapter of our lives and starting a new chapter. We were all ready."
Andrea continues, "That's not to say that we're old or anything, but we always felt like there was something else we were going to do. We never thought this was going to be lifelong."
Today, everything is different now for the Out of Eden sisters; and they're loving it.
Danielle is a young entrepreneur – she owns an event planning company and a clothing company. Andrea is focusing on motherhood – she just had her second child last summer – and looking forward to finishing her nursing degree. As for Lisa? She's doing theater alongside actor jeff obafemi carr of "The Second Chance" fame.
"I'm enjoying being," Lisa says. "Being in one place. Being in my church choir and actually being there every Sunday. Just being normal. It's fun. It's different. There's a nice peace and stillness about it."
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Janus Adams: Rutgers case didn't happen in a vacuum
Dharun Ravi is now in jail, deciding to accept punishment and get on with his life. Tempering justice with mercy in the Rutgers University spy-cam hate crime case, Judge Glen Berman had sentenced him to 30 days in jail, three years' probation, 300 hours of community service, counseling on cyberbullying and payment of a $10,000 fee to aid victims of bias.
To some, the sentence is appropriate. In a stupid sexting-era teenage prank gone bad, Ravi trained a webcam on his unsuspecting roommate's lovemaking, watched briefly, then tweeted friends about what he'd seen.
To others, the sentence is an outrage. Ravi is guilty of a hate crime no less heinous than the one that led to passage of the hate crimes legislation under which he was convicted -- legislation threatened with veto by President Bush in 2007 and signed into law by President Obama in 2009. (In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student in Wyoming was befriended then lured to a remote location, beaten, tied to a fence post, and left to die.)
Tyler Clementi, a promising 18-year-old violinist, Ravi's target and roommate, having read and re-read Ravi's Twitter page, posted a Facebook update to his friends -- "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry" -- and did just that. He jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River, committing suicide.
Though not charged with Clementi's death, Ravi, now 20 and a convicted felon, could have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his actions and his attempts at cover-up.
Speaking from the bench, said Judge Berman, "I do not believe [Ravi] hated Tyler Clementi. He had no reason to. But, I do believe he acted out of colossal insensitivity."
Motivation, why we do what we do, is important. Actions have consequences.
Weeks before Ravi's sentencing, in a seemingly unrelated event, Dr. Robert Spitzer, MD -- emeritus professor of psychiatry at Columbia University who, at 80, is revered by many as the "father of modern psychiatry" -- renounced his previous claim that homosexuality could be "cured."
A World Health Organization report had just been released condemning such therapies as "a serious threat to the health and well-being -- even the lives -- of affected people." The report rejected the basis for the "pray away the gay" therapies Dr. Spitzer's work had helped validate.
"I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy," wrote Spitzer.
Observers have chastised Ravi as aloof; his only show of emotion came as his mother sobbed for mercy in sentencing him. Observers of Spitzer see a man humbled and contrite.
Both seem dazed; caught like deer in the glare of oncoming headlights. Both stand in disgrace as what they'd thought acceptable now dooms them. Relics of a society in conflict with itself, they are two men on the cusp of change.
But for a few days, the irony of it all would have been glaringly evident. Praise and prominence lavished on the one; a felony conviction given the other.
There is nothing that can be said in defense of Ravi's behavior. At the dawn of the 21st century, little should be said to assuage Spitzer's guilt either.
Looking at the two men -- looking at the society that made them -- should either bear the weight alone for a larger collective guilt?
I have no answers, only questions:
In reporting Tyler Clementi's tragic death, was it really necessary to constantly repeat his having had "sex with a man" -- or was this more about titillation than information?
Had Clementi been heterosexual having sex with a female, would Ravi's webcam have been any less invasive or the partners any less humiliated?
In a state where hate crime legislation was long demanded and ignored despite a spate of attacks on its Indian community by whites, what bearing did the bias of an Indian on a white person have on the charges against Ravi?
In our highly-charged times when Republicans have usually rejected hate crimes legislation, did politics drive prosecutors in a Republican-led administration to lay out a man-bites-dog hate crimes test case?
What will we do when the next pseudo-scientific study supports our cherished hatreds?
Will we reward the next Spitzer, fuel then next Ravi, and push the next Clementi off a bridge? Or will we confront our everyday complicity; acting, instead, to keep victims and perpetrators alike from going over the edge?
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Since re-opening in late 2009 as Rhode Island's newest performing arts center, the historic Park Theatre in Cranston has experienced a steady growth in popularity.
Having recently completed a …
Since re-opening in late 2009 as Rhode Island's newest performing arts center, the historic Park Theatre in Cranston has experienced a steady growth in popularity.
Having recently completed a season that featured a number of sold-out shows, including performances by The Manhattan Transfer, Kevin Costner, Robert Cray Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Vienna Boys Choir, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Park is announcing an even more impressive lineup for 2013-2014. Music lovers have much to look forward to as the Park's completely renovated facility offers an intimate atmosphere to enjoy some of the industry's biggest names.
The Park Theatre's new season will showcase a wide variety of shows, including jazz, blues, rock, country, folk, gospel, internationally-acclaimed musicians, diverse acts, and more.
"The community's response to the Park Theatre and the shows we've secured has been encouraging," said Yusuf Gandhi, executive director of the Park Theatre. "We're extremely proud of the artists that are drawn to performing at our facility – they represent some of the biggest names in entertainment – and expect our upcoming season to be even more successful."
The Park's new season begins when it hosts the 2nd annual Rock 'N' Blues Fest on Thursday, Aug. 15. "A guitar guru gala of gargantuan proportions," this musical celebration will include performances from Ten Years After, Edgar Winter Band, Canned Heat, Rick Derringer, and Pat Travers.
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The "Living Legend of Blues," Buddy Guy, returns to Cranston with his trademark sounds on Oct. 4. A pioneer of Chicago blues who has influenced some of the world's most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Guy performed to a sold-out crowd at the Park in 2012.
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The shows in October continue with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet (A Tribute to Dave Brubeck) on Oct. 18 and Eva Allyón, the "Diva of Peruvian Music," on Oct. 27.
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December features a blend of shows that appeal to everyone. Spyro Gyra, one of the most commercially successful pop-jazz groups of the past 30 years, will perform on Dec. 7 with special guest Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan. The following night, Dec. 8, Rhode Islanders are in for a special treat when Motown legends The Temptations bring their collection of smash hits to the Park, including the timeless "My Girl." On Dec. 14, the creative spirit of the groundbreaking duo Mary Mary will showcase their Grammy-winning talents. Considered the "Super Sisters" of gospel, this chart-topping sister act makes music that uplifts the spirits of adults and young people alike.
With more than 53 million albums sold worldwide, nine #1 hits, and a multitude of awards to his résumé, the Park is sure to be packed when Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Michael Bolton performs on Saturday, Feb. 8. Internationally renowned, Bolton's blockbuster hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman" made him a household name and one of the most sought-after performers of his time.
The current schedule of shows for 2013-2014 is as follows, with additional shows to be added:
Thursday, Aug. 15: Rock 'N' Blues Fest
Thursday, Sept. 12: Graham Nash
Friday, Oct. 4: Buddy Guy "The Living Legend of Blues"
Saturday, Oct. 12: Take 6
Friday, Oct. 18: Brubeck Brothers Quartet (A Tribute to Dave Brubeck)
Sunday, Oct. 27: Eva Allyón "The Diva of Peruvian Music"
Friday, Nov. 1: Lee Greenwood
Thursday, Nov. 7: Ani DiFranco
Friday, Nov. 15: Jonny Lang
Friday, Nov. 22: Anoushka Shankar "Sitar Player Extraordinaire"
Saturday, Dec. 7: Spyro Gyra with Special Guest Guitar Virtuoso Stanley Jordan
Sunday, Dec. 8: The Temptations
Saturday, Dec. 14: Mary Mary
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014: Michael Bolton
Tickets are on sale through the Park's Box Office at 467-PARK and online at www.ParkTheatreRI.com. The Park Theatre is located at 848 Park Avenue, Cranston. Free parking is available for all shows.


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A County Mayo man living in New Jersey was arrested last October on child pornography charges and will face a grand jury in the next few months.
Paul Benson, owner of a North Jersey Irish construction company, Alpine Group, located in Elmwood Park, was arrested in an early morning raid by detectives in Bergen County on October 15, 2009 at his million dollar home.
Benson, 42 and married with children, was arrested as a result of an in-depth investigation into online child pornography users and distributors conducted by members of the Suffolk County Police Department on Long Island, who liaised with the Bergen County prosecutor's office computer crimes task force unit on the case.
Detectives working on the case told the Irish Voice that Benson had more than 20,000 pornographic images and videos of children under the age of 18-months on his home computer.
One detective who worked on trying to bring in Benson for a long time described the images as "nasty, nasty stuff."
The Irishman was initially discovered to be trafficking and possessing child pornography by undercover detectives trawling online sites seeking men and women "interested" in child pornography.
The pornography that Benson possessed and distributed contained images and videos of toddlers, some engaging in sexual acts.
"In this case, the child pornography contained images and/or videos of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts," said Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli after Benson's arrest last October.
Benson, who lives in a large home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a minor, specifically by transmitting depictions of child pornography, and one count of endangering the welfare of a minor, specifically by possessing or viewing depictions of child pornography.
Benson, who pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in October, could face up to 10 years in state prison if found guilty for distributing child pornography, classed as a second-degree crime. He faces up to 18 months behind bars for possessing or viewing child pornography, a fourth-degree crime.
Judge Donald Venezia granted Benson bail at $100,000 and he was released from custody after spending a night in the Bergen County Jail. He is set to appear at the Superior Court in Hackensack, New Jersey in the coming months.
A spokesperson for the Bergen County's District Attorney's office told the Irish Voice, "This is a case where the information on the computer systems that were confiscated need to be analyzed, which takes a while."
The case will be ready to be presented to the grand jury in the next 30 to 60 days when the analysis is complete.
Benson was born in England and grew up in Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo. He attended St. Louis Secondary School in the town before emigrating to the U.S.
Benson eventually opened up his own construction firm, Alpine Group, which specializes in hardwood flooring. The company is 15 years old.
An online business report shows Alpine's annual revenue is between $2.5 to $5 million. It also states that the company employs a staff of approximately 20 to 49.
It is unclear if Benson's company in New Jersey is still functioning. Numerous calls to his office went straight through to an answering machine. A message left for Benson from the Irish Voice was not returned.
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Bears beginning to emerge from winter sleep
It is almost that time of year, when bears and bear cubs emerge from their winter sleep and are hungry, and your backyard chicken coop is looking pretty good to them.
Ben Kilham, the state's only licensed bear rehabilitator -- who this year had a record 29 orphaned cubs to care for because their mothers were killed while they entered chicken coops and bee hives -- said now is a good time to start to protect such livestock with an electric fence.
"The cubs came through the winter in good shape," he said, noting that many of them would not go to sleep because there was lots of activity with the other cubs up and alert.
With the popularity of backyard chicken coops growing, he said bears are getting the idea that chickens are easy dinner.
To curb that habit he suggests electric fences laced in bacon grease.
"Baited electric fences work very well keeping bears away from any attractant. Keep the wire coated with anything that smells, peanut butter, bacon grease etc. Bears check out new smells with their tongues. Once they are zapped they have little interest in what is behind the fence. Otherwise they are like sheep and their dense coats can insulate them from the shock," he said.
Kilham, who has spent most of his life studying bear behavior in the Northeast, said when dealing with bears it is important to control smell.
"If one puts their food scraps in the freezer until dump day, their trash won't smell," he noted. "If new compost is tucked under old compost, smells can be controlled."
Dumpsters are a problem because they sit in the hot sun and create huge smells. "An ideal solution for restaraunt dumpsters would be commercial recycling of food scraps," he said. "Vermont Composting does this, and give their customers sawdust to control smell."
Fish and Game also suggests people take down their bird feeders at this time of year, as the bears can smell the seed. They are also creatures of habit and if they were once able to get to the feeders, they will be back.
Keeping bears wild protects them from human conflict, which ultimately is one of the biggest dangers the animals face.
The offer the following:
-- Take down, clean and put away bird feeders by April 1. Store the bird feeder until late fall. Birds will do just fine with the natural foods available. Bear damage to bird feeders is a common and growing spring complaint.
-- Clean up spilled seed below feeder stations.
-- Do not leave pet food or dishes outdoors at night.
-- Clean up and/or store outdoor grills after use.
-- Use a bear-proof dumpster.
-- Never intentionally feed bears to attract them to your yard for viewing. It is illegal to intentionally feed bears.
A brochure about protecting chickens from bears and other predators can be seen at www.wildlife.nh.gov.


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ITHACA, NY — Poet Li-Young Lee will give a free public reading at Ithaca College on Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall.
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What are some of the things we're looking forward to this year?
How about a new murder mystery, set in 1870s San Francisco, by Emma Donoghue, whose disturbing 2010 novel "Room" was a tour de force?
How about jazz genius Wayne Shorter settling in for a mini-residency at the SFJazz Center, or a semi-staged concert production of Benjamin Britten's famed opera "Peter Grimes"?
How about the farewell tour of country legend George Strait? Or the Noise Pop festival's always-quirky lineup of alt-rock icons and indie-pop up-and-comers.
How about Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey co-starring in an HBO cop drama; or, on the big screen, Josh Boone's adaptation of the acclaimed novel "The Fault in Our Stars."
How about the Tony-winning romance musical "Once" making its Bay Area premiere, or Ballet San Jose stepping forth with new artistic director José Manuel Carreño? Or the famed Meyerhoff modern art collection visiting the de Young museum?
Or a new mecha video game from the creators of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare?"
Yes, there's a lot to look forward in the arts and entertainment world this year. Here's a rundown.
"Once": Two young lovers make wistful music together in "Once," the unexpected Broadway smash based on the 2007 Irish indie movie. Adapted by the estimable Enda Walsh ("The Walworth Farce") and directed by John Tiffany (of "Black Watch" fame), this quirky romance set amid the grit and wit of Dublin street busking swept the Tony Awards, winning eight, including best musical. Actors in the ensemble play their own instruments in this offbeat gem, which makes its regional premiere this summer as part of the SHN Broadway series. Details: June 17-July 13; San Francisco's Curran Theatre; $45-$210; www.shnsf.com.
— Karen D'Souza, staff writer
"The Fault in Our Stars": There's little doubt that Christopher Nolan's latest mind-bender, "Interstellar" (out in November), ranks high atop my list of most anticipated 2014 films. But the real sleeper, the one that has a special spot in my heart, is "The Fault in Our Stars." Based on one of my favorite novels of all time, "Fault" is a joyous, sad, inspiring and passionate story about an unconditional, intensely real relationship between two teens who just happen to have cancer. Shailene Woodley, of "The Spectacular Now," stars as the unforgettable and witty/wise Hazel Lancaster. Details: Due in theaters June 6.
— Randy Myers, correspondent
"Modernism From the National Gallery of Art: The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection." Get an amazing overview of the work of major postwar-era American painters. For half a century, the Meyerhoffs of Maryland and Manhattan collected nearly 300 works — by notables such as Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella and Barnett Newman — eventually donating them to the National Gallery of Art. This show, featuring some 50 works, will be the first from the collection to be seen outside the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area. Details: At San Francisco's de Young Museum June 7- Oct. 12; tickets available to public starting 9 a.m. March 11; museum members at 9 a.m. March 4; http://deyoung.famsf.org.
— Bruce Manuel, staff writer
Wayne Shorter: The Wayne Shorter Quartet is the Grateful Dead of jazz: Will they put you to sleep or will they blow your mind? Last fall at the Monterey Jazz Festival, it was the latter — and, given the potential payout, it's always advisable to check them out. On March 27-30, the genius saxophonist/composer/conceptualist and his high-wire band (pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, drummer Brian Blade) perform at the SFJazz Center, a rare multinight run in an intimate venue. To the galaxies! Details: $35-$85; 866-920-5299, www.sfjazz.org.
— Richard Scheinin, staff writer
Video game
"Titanfall": With "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," developers Jason West and Vince Zampella created the shooter that defined a generation. Now, the two have split from Activision and started their own studio, called Respawn Entertainment, with this futuristic title in the works. Filled with mechs and new gameplay mechanics, this sci-fi epic could set the standards for shooters in 2014 and beyond. Details: "Titanfall" is coming March 14 on the Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC for $59.99. For details, go to www.titanfall.com.
— Gieson Cacho, staff writer
Ballet San Jose: The company's star-studded gala in November felt like a coronation for new artistic director José Manuel Carreño, the dawning of a brighter era for a troupe that has seen its share of turbulence in recent years. But now it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty; that comes next month when Ballet San Jose presents its first new program under Carreño's stewardship. The wide-ranging lineup includes the company premiere of Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin's famed improvisational "Minus 16," as well as reprisals of Jorma Elo's "Glow-Stop" (a big hit for the company last year) and Balanchine's revered neoclassical work "Serenade." Details: Feb. 14-16; San Jose Center for the Performing Arts; $20-$105; 408-288-2800, www.balletsj.org.
— Randy McMullen, staff writer
Noise Pop: The Throwing Muses, one of the best and most innovative bands in alt-rock history, highlights this year's festival. The group is touring in support of "Purgatory/Paradise," its first new album since 2003's eponymous affair, and performs Feb. 28 at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. The festival, San Francisco's annual celebration of indie music, hosts several other recommended shows, including Bob Mould (Feb. 27) and Real Estate (March 1), as well as an array of movies. Details: Feb. 25-March 2 at various San Francisco venues; shows cost $12-$28, with package deals available for $150-$350; www.noisepop.com.
— Jim Harrington, staff writer
George Strait: "The King of Country" is set to hang up his spurs at the conclusion of his lengthy Cowboy Rides Away Tour. Local fans definitely shouldn't miss this farewell trek and the chance to hear such classics as "A Fire I Can't Put Out," "You Look So Good in Love" and "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" performed live one more time. Martina McBride, arguably one of the top five female artists in country music history, opens the concert. Details: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30; SAP Center in San Jose; $69.50-$89.50; www.ticketmaster.com.
— Jim Harrington, staff writer
"True Detective": Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey bring their considerable star power to this cable drama, which doesn't look or feel like the typical TV cop show. They play former partners in Louisiana's Criminal Investigation Division who are forced to relive a macabre 1995 murder with occult overtones when a similar case unfolds 17 years later. Swiveling between past and present, the eight-part story reveals how the bizarre crime affected their lives in unexpected, and sometimes catastrophic, ways. Details: Debuts 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO.
— Chuck Barney, staff writer
"Peter Grimes": Centenary celebrations for British composer Benjamin Britten — born Nov. 22, 1913 — will soon come to an end across the classical music world. In San Francisco, the last blast should not be missed: a semi-staged production of Britten's 1945 opera "Peter Grimes," about a fisherman accused of murder (twice) in his Suffolk village on England. A work of fierce beauty and bristling energy — at times ferocious — this masterwork will be performed by the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, with tenor Stuart Skelton in the title role and Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. Details: June 26, 27 and 29, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco; $34-$152; 415-864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org. (On June 28, Tilson Thomas leads a separate program featuring the "Four Sea Interludes" from "Peter Grimes" — with video by Tal Rosner — as well as excerpts from Britten's "The Prince of the Pagodas"; $41-$156.)
— Richard Scheinin, staff writer
"Frog Music": Man Booker shortlist author Emma Donoghue wowed me almost against my will with her powerful 2010 novel, "Room," about a kidnapped young woman raising, in excruciatingly confined captivity, the 5-year-old child fathered by her abductor. So I am even more eager to read a new crime thriller based on a historic case she has set in San Francisco in the Gilded Age. "Frog Music" has a pivotal character who earns her living by hunting frogs to sell to local restaurants. The main narrative stars an exotic dancer who is also a mother, investigating the murder of a friend shot through a saloon window in a city beset both by a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. Details: Due out in late March; Little, Brown and Co., $27, 216 pages.
— Sue Gilmore, staff writer
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I agree the spec is not clear about how to do this. Paco "Vinoski, Stephen" To: Francisco Curbera/Watson/IBM@IBMUS <Steve.Vinoski@io cc: "David Orchard" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "Newcomer, Eric" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, na.com> <email@example.com>, "Bergersen, Rebecca" <email@example.com> Subject: RE: WS-A Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR 11/06/2004 11:56 PM Hi Paco, I'm aware of the specification's words regarding "logical addresses." I just don't think it's very clear in this regard, which is why I'm asking the questions I'm asking. We cannot live without some form of multi-address EPR. If the current EPR can already do that, as Sanjiva, Dave, and now you have suggested, then let's augment the spec to make it clear how that is supposed to work. thanks, --steve -----Original Message----- From: Paco Curbera, Francisco Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:28 PM To: Vinoski, Stephen Cc: David Orchard; Newcomer, Eric; Martin Gudgin; email@example.com; email@example.com; Bergersen, Rebecca Subject: RE: WS-A Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR One possible approach is to architect embedded metadata into the EPR that allows encoding alternative addresses for each protocol - somehow using the address field as a logical address in this case. This is a possible use case of the embedded metadata I was asked to rationalize and a possible alternative for this issue. Comments? Paco (Embedded image moved to file: pic17296.gif)Inactive hide details for "Vinoski, Stephen" <email@example.com>"Vinoski, Stephen" <email@example.com> (Emb (Embedded image moved to file: (Embedded image moved to file: edde pic29301.gif) pic26460.gif) d "Vinoski imag , To: "David Orchard" e Stephen" <email@example.com>, "Martin Gudgin" move <Steve.V <email@example.com>, d to inoski@i "Bergersen, Rebecca" file ona.com> <firstname.lastname@example.com>, : Sent by: <firstname.lastname@example.com> pic0 public-w cc: "Newcomer, Eric" 2689 s-addres <email@example.com> .gif sing-req Subject: RE: WS-A Issue 28 - ) uest@w3. Multiple ports needed in an EPR org 11/06/20 04 04:54 PM Hi Dave, I understand the desire for simplicity. But if it's simplicity that you want, why not forego the EPR entirely and use a URI? You stated your opinion for why we need an EPR over just a URI in a separate thread. By what criteria do you judge your need for an EPR rather than just a URI to be acceptable, while judging our need for multi-address EPRs to be too complicated? Obviously you can raise all kinds of hypothetical complications regarding multi-address or multi-mechanism services. In practice, it's really not that complicated. Middleware has supported such constructs for well over a decade now, the best example of which is probably the CORBA IOR. IORs may consist of one or more profiles, where each profile may contain a separate address, but all profiles in the same IOR "point" to the same target object. In practice, most IORs consist of only a single IIOP profile, but the flexibility for multiple profiles is there, and it's amazingly handy when you need it. If you want to keep the EPR simple, as you stated, are you instead proposing that this WG also standardize some kind of composite EPR as well? Because if this WG doesn't address the multi-address issue, then the layering you're proposing will be strictly proprietary and non-interoperable, and will proliferate the complication. I already pointed out the problem with the layering approach in my reply to Gudge, and that is that it just pushes the problem into the higher levels of software where it has to be handled again and again and again, which makes it less likely that it will be handled at all, which will result in rigid inflexible systems that cannot deal with protocol, format, and service evolution. Imagine, for example, if all IORs could contain only a single profile. That would force all CORBA applications to be able to accept sequences of IORs in all the places they would normally just accept a single one-or-more-profile IOR. It forces all the complication up into the applications. Do you really want to make your users' lives more complicated? --steve -----Original Message----- From: David Orchard [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 3:31 PM To: Vinoski, Stephen; Martin Gudgin; Bergersen, Rebecca; email@example.com Cc: Newcomer, Eric Subject: RE: WS-A Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR Steve, I agree that in some indeed many cases there may be a need for multiple "addresses" for a service. But don't we need an atomic address at some point? I think we do have a pretty good handle on what the minimum is to address a single "thing". I'd suggest that any kind of multi-address construct can be layered on. And there will be lots of complexity: What's the order of precedence? Are there any commonalities, like policy across all the address? Are there policies specific to an endpoint? Are there different bindings/required properties per endpoint? I propose that multi-address information should be layered on top and EPRs remain as simple as we can keep them, rather than pushing the multi-stuff into EPRs. By analogy, I agree that molecules are great. And sometimes just atoms are the thing we want, like gold or oxygen. The universe deals well with both constructs, but they do have a layering/composition model. Another saying I like for standards is "you know your standard is successful when people go great, but can you add foo, bar, baz..". That means it hit the minimum necessary for success. Cheers, Dave From: email@example.com [ mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Vinoski, Stephen Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:50 PM To: Martin Gudgin; Bergersen, Rebecca; firstname.lastname@example.com Cc: Newcomer, Eric Subject: RE: WS-A Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR Gudge, take a look at your own business card. Does it have your address, work phone number, fax number, mobile number, email address, instant message ID, and your home page all listed on it, or do you actually have multiple business cards, one listing your address, a separate one listing your work phone, another listing your email address, etc.? You seem to imply that an endpoint is accessible via only a single transport and protocol. Where I come from, endpoints can be accessed over any number of transports and protocols. Why limit an EPR to describing only a single path to an endpoint? There is much middleware prior art in exsitence that proves that such a limit is completely unnecessary. --steve -----Original Message----- From: Martin Gudgin [ mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:35 PM To: Bergersen, Rebecca; firstname.lastname@example.com Cc: Newcomer, Eric; Vinoski, Stephen Subject: RE: WS-A Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR I take issue with the assertion "where there are different protocols/transports/formats available for the same service, the "access to a Web service endpoint" requires the client to choose among alternatives". If I, the service, give you, the client, a single EPR then as far as you are concerned, there is only one mechansim with which you can communicate with me. So you don't need to make any choices ( except whether to communicate or not, I guess ). If I am available on multiple EPRs, then I'll provide you with multiple EPRs (perhaps in a WSDL document), *then* you have to choose one from the set. Gudge From: email@example.com [ mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Bergersen, Rebecca Sent: 04 November 2004 11:53 To: firstname.lastname@example.com Cc: Newcomer, Eric; Vinoski, Stephen; Bergersen, Rebecca Subject: WS-A Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR Issue 28 - Multiple ports needed in an EPR According to the ws-addressing submission, "Endpoint references convey the information needed to identify/reference a Web service endpoint, and may be used in several different ways: endpoint references are suitable for conveying the information needed to access a Web service endpoint...." However, in the situation where there are different protocols/transports/formats available for the same service, the "access to a Web service endpoint" requires the client to choose among alternatives, each accessible in the standard manner through a port - but there are different ports for each protocol/transport/format alternative. When such alternatives exist, the EPR must be able to identify those multiple ports. Rebecca Bergersen Principal Architect, Middleware Standards firstname.lastname@example.com ------------------------------------------------------- IONA Technologies 200 West Street Waltham, MA 02451 USA Tel: (781) 902-8265 Fax: (781) 902-8001 ------------------------------------------------------- Making Software Work Together TM
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Back to top RoserayJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 47 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:38 am Post subject: Hong Kong is a small area. Of course, it is uncommon to take planes. We usually take bus, train, ferry, tram and taxi. Taxi is not uncommon to us though it is the most expensive transportation among others. In Hong Kong, no matter shopping and dining are cheap but transportation is quite expensive. Tram is the cheapest transportation in Hong Kong. If you are not in a hurry, you will take it as it is the slowest transportation and it also limits to some areas. I like to take trains (MTR). It is the fastest and it seldom have traffic congestion. In Hong Kong, the traffic is very congested in peak hours. If there is an accident, it will take you more than an hour in the compartment to home. Back to top CoreyJoined: 23 Mar 2003Posts: 445Location: Costa Rica Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:25 am Post subject: Traffic in Costa Rica is terrible. The roads are narrow and filled with potholes. At rush hour traffic is bumper-to-bumper. You're lucky if you can move 1km in 30 minutes. It is better when you're outside the capital city and surroundings. Take care, Corey_________________Niagara Summer Programs Back to top Márcio OsórioJoined: 06 Aug 2003Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject: Traffic in Brazil (the country I have always lived in) calls for a lot of, well, legwork. Usually pedestrians have to walk across streets fast at the walk sign. Some motorists drive recklessly, some do not drive at all, some just think they own the roads. The slower one drives, the angrier the one behind him becomes. People used to take pleasure in car driving. Now they suffer it gladly. I really think traffic in your country runs smoothily and orderly. Much more so than in my country. Gotta run. I mean, walk! 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Lasagna is a wonderful dinner party dish since it can be prepared ahead. And, this rich Autumn Lasagna is packed with flavor, texture and color. The filling is a combination of mushrooms, pancetta and chicken all bound in a creamy béchamel sauce. Layering the filling with no-boil lasagna sheets makes this particularly simple to prepare.
The surprise filling in the center is a yummy layer of winter squash puree and shredded mozzarella. The recipe calls for frozen, defrosted winter squash puree but you can make your own out of roasted butternut or acorn squash. Don't let the length of the recipe be off-putting, as most of the components are cooked in the same pan. The lasagna can be assembled and frozen or refrigerated before baking, and leftovers reheat beautifully.
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Add remaining pancetta and sauté for 2 minutes. Add chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper. Sauté until chicken is almost done. Add remaining garlic and sauté until chicken is cooked through. Remove from skillet into the bowl with the mushrooms and set aside.
Prepare a béchamel sauce by melting butter in the same skillet. Add flour and stir for 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in milk and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season with grated nutmeg and stir in 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
Spray a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and spread 1 cup of béchamel in the bottom of the dish. Set aside 2 cups of the béchamel and add the remaining sauce to the chicken and mushrooms. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed.
Top béchamel with 3 sheets of lasagna and spread with half of the chicken-mushroom mixture. Top with 1 cup of shredded Parmesan. Top with 3 more noodles.
Season the drained squash puree with salt and pepper and spread over the noodles. Sprinkle with mozzarella and top with another layer of noodles, being careful they don't overlap. Spread with remaining chicken-mushroom mixture and sprinkle with 1 cup of shredded Parmesan. Top with more of the noodles and spread with reserved béchamel. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup of Parmesan cheese.
Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes, until cheese is golden and lasagna is bubbly. Remove from oven and set aside for 15 minutes before serving.
Makes 8 servings
*Barilla no-boil lasagna noodles were used for testing purposes.


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James wrote:Anyway, it's all a bit irrelevant, because there was no way that helpful stranger was going to take a non-posed photo of us without it being at least very weird and probably also incredibly creepy, so whatever.
Probably not, but it'd be interesting to see how far you could push someone who's offered to take a photo of your group. "Yeah, thanks so much! If you could just follow us around for a few minutes, an hour at most, and snap a few candid photos that'd be great."
ntw3001 wrote:I'm in Thailand on my own and I don't know where anything is
If you head north there should be mountains, which are always cool.


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Prechter draws parallels between the current action and that of 1987 just prior to the crash which occurred in October of that year. At that time the dollar was slipping in the background as has been the case for the dollar since June, however, he is calling for the dollar to rally from here.
Below is a daily dollar chart on the left showing the recent trend, with the longer term trend shown on a monthly chart on the right:
He notes that the dollar created 5 waves up before turning down, as have I, and believes that it is likely to rise from this point due to the fact that a 5 wave formation tends to show the primary direction. Keep in mind that waves are a matter of duration – you may have a medium term uptrend within the context of a larger term downtrend and visa versa (ht RRH, and apologies for the leading propaganda).
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Robert Prechter – 1987 all over again?
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Michelle Obama may tackle tough issues in second term
WASHINGTON -- In the first three months of her husband's second term, Michelle Obama has made a splash as fashion icon, entertainer, cover girl. Her "The Evolution of Mom Dancing" video with Jimmy Fallon has racked up 15.3 million views on YouTube, and she's back on the cover of the sartorial mag Vogue. But if this makes people think she's settling for "soft power," avoiding the tough issues -- recent moves have shown this isn't so.
To the first lady's conventional issues -- healthy food, exercise and military families -- add violence against youth. On April 10, she will attend a youth violence event in Chicago, moving close to the gun-control debate, one of the year's most contentious political issues. Obama will urge business and civil leaders in her home town "to invest in expanded opportunities for youth across Chicago's neighborhoods," members of her staff said.
This comes a couple of months after she hosted the parents of Chicago teenager Hadiya Pendleton in her box during her husband's State of the Union speech. Hadiya, 15, was killed in January when a gunman opened fire on her and other teens while they were hanging out at a park in Chicago. (Hadiya's mom and younger brother have been invited back to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll on Monday.) While Obama is unlikely to talk about gun control, gun violence is a problem in Chicago. Last year, Chicago police recorded more than 2,300 shooting incidents.
The event, which will be hosted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, D, comes as the first lady -- who has always seemed approachable while staying keenly on message -- is in the middle of a period of strategic planning. The effort, headed by her communications director, Kristina Schake, will help determine how Obama moves forward in the next four years.
"There's a group of people who think in the second term, a first lady should step up her game and cultivate a more international profile," said Emily Bernard, a professor of English and ethnic studies at the University of Vermont who co-authored "Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs." "I would rather not see her abandon homegrown issues."
Far from abandoning them, Obama has pressed forward with concrete steps. In February, she announced a program to bring physical activity back to schools, supported by $50 million from Nike. That month, she also penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed calling healthy food a good investment for businesses.
"She's brought unprecedented interest to the childhood obesity issue," said Kelly Brownell, director of the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. "My hope is that [the dialogue Obama started] will result in significant advances in policy in the second term."
The "Joining Forces" program, which Obama leads alongside Jill Biden, continues to include visits to military families and warm words of thanks -- a nod to Obama's role as a wartime first lady.
But a few weeks back, she attended a luncheon meeting of the chief executives of the Business Roundtable, where she gave a data-laden speech about the need to for companies to hire veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (Obama was the second first lady to address the group; Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first during her failed push for the Clinton administration's health-care reform in the mid-1990s.)
After her speech, UPS, whose chief executive is a member of the Business Roundtable, pledged to hire more than 25,000 veterans over the next five years. Earlier this year, Obama and Biden met with governors at the White House to urge them to ease veterans' reentry into the workforce by giving them credit for military training and experience.
Obama has often said she favors measurable accomplishments over symbolic impact. Her staff members say her signature efforts -- aimed at lowering childhood obesity rates and garnering support for military families -- changes the culture in the way that her clothing choices have rippled through the fashion industry. Everything she does has a message attached, an aide said, answering critics who have called performances such as the dancing video with Fallon frivolous.
The first lady does not regularly sit down with the reporters who cover her, but she told journalists traveling with her recently that children would remain central to her second-term agenda.
"Kids need to be engaged, not just intellectually. They need more than just to do well on test scores. They need to have something else in life to look forward to," Obama told the Associated Press in February after an event promoting her "Let's Move!" program.
Obama's office has been a place of relative calm in the White House, with few changes after a rocky start four years ago that saw her quickly replace her first chief of staff. Two longtime aides, Director of Policy and Projects Jocelyn Frye and Deputy Communications Director Semonti Stephens, left recently. Their departures were an indication of time served, not unhappiness in the ranks, an aide said. Christina Tchen, who has roots in the West Wing and has known Michelle Obama for more than 20 years, has served as the first lady's chief of staff since January 2011.


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RANGERS: New York Rangers avoid eighth place with victory against New Jersey Devils
NEW YORK >> The New York Rangers only had part of the playoff picture in hand when they skated off the ice at Madison Square Garden following a thoroughly satisfying win over the rival New Jersey Devils on Saturday afternoon.
They knew they were heading into the playoffs on a high note and they knew they avoided a first-round postseason meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins -- the powerful top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference.
Henrik Lundqvist made 20 saves in coasting to his second shutout of the season, and Rick Nash scored twice for the Rangers in a 4-0 victory over the Devils in the regular-season finale for both teams.
"It was big for us," said Nash, a first-year Ranger who is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2009 while with Columbus. "We wanted to ride some momentum going into the playoffs, and I thought the guys had a great effort."
The Rangers began the day knowing they could finish anywhere between sixth and eighth in the East. The win assured them of no worse than seventh, pending the results of Ottawa's games Saturday and Sunday, and left potential postseason opponents as Boston, Montreal or Washington.
"We still want to get up to sixth," said forward Brad Richards, who had two assists in his 900th NHL game. If you start out in sixth, you could get home ice depending on what else happens. You never know."
Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan both had a goal and assist in the first period against backup goalie Johan Hedberg, who gave Martin Brodeur a rare game off. One year after reaching the Stanley Cup finals, the Devils will head home early after failing to make the playoffs.
Unsympathetic Rangers fans serenaded the Devils with chants of "Season's Over" as the final minutes ticked down.
"Definitely this is not a good feeling a year after we went to the finals," forward Stephen Gionta said. "Not easy."
Lundqvist was hardly tested in earning his 45th NHL shutout. The Rangers, who wrapped up their third straight playoff berth with a win at Carolina on Thursday, went 10-3-1 in their final 14 games.
Hedberg made 17 saves in the matchup of Swedish goalies. New Jersey was shut out for the fourth time, all in the final 12 games.
"We were not good," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. "It was a bad situation that we did not handle well.
"We played some good hockey in order to give ourselves the opportunity to bounce back, but we never found a streak."
Callahan picked up right where he left off Thursday when he scored the overtime goal that got New York back into the postseason.
The Rangers captain moved back and forth behind the New Jersey net and shifted the puck from backhand to forehand before throwing the puck out front to the waiting Stepan, who unleashed a lightning-fast one-timer that beat Hedberg just 2:37 in for his 18th goal.
The pair teamed up again in the final minute of the period while Taylor Pyatt served a questionable hooking penalty. Stepan intercepted the puck from defenseman Marek Zidlicky and send a lead pass ahead to Callahan for the short-handed breakaway.
Callahan darted from side to side as he raced in on Hedberg, and deked enough to open up the goalie's pads to slip the puck in with 58.8 seconds left in the period.
It was Callahan's 16th goal of the season.
"It's been fun so far," Stepan said of playing with Callahan and Carl Hagelin. "Those two guys just work so hard, and when they get on pucks it's hard to get it off their stick."
Just over 6 minutes in, while Hagelin was off for tripping, Callahan had another short-handed chance when he got past Ilya Kovalchuk in the New Jersey zone and came in alone on Hedberg, but he was denied at the right post.?
The Rangers looked much better while killing penalties than on their one power-play chance in the first. After taking a 7-1 lead in shots early in the period, New York finished with only a 9-8 edge.
Nash garnered the Rangers' third short-handed break of the game with 6:55 left in the second, but his rush was thwarted by the back-checking Kovalchuk, who got his stick in on Nash's hands -- forcing the Rangers forward to his knees and having him push the puck wide of the net.
Nash would connect with 2:37 remaining after the Rangers won a faceoff in the New Jersey end. Brad Richards sent a pass from behind the net out to Nash, who snapped off a wrist shot from the edge of the left circle for his 20th goal of the season.
Nash made it 4-0 at 5:30 of the third when he whipped a shot from the slot past Hedberg off a feed from Mats Zuccarello.
The chants of "We Want Marty" started after Callahan's goal and grew even louder after Nash made it 2-0. The nearly 41-year-old watched his team's final game of the season from the bench.
It was the first time the longtime Devils No. 1 goalie served as the backup for a game at Madison Square Garden since May 1, 1992, in Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against the Rangers, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
NOTES: Nash reached 20 goals for the ninth straight season. ... Richards has a six-game point streak (five goals, six assists). ... The Devils finished 19-19-10 and 6-10-8 on the road. ... Rangers LW Ryane Clowe sat out after being injured on Thursday. He was replaced by Kris Newbury, recalled from the AHL on Friday.


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Since the dawn of television, the reach and influence of multimedia content has extended exponentially, touching the lives of millions of people worldwide. But, the ranks of those with a hand on the entertainment/advertising spigot have dwindled as the Rupert Murdochs of the world consolidate their power into multinational corporations. This trend slowed in 2003 with the backlash that followed the FCC's attempt to further monopolize the media. But the general structure lives on throughout America's corporate culture, especially when it comes to the ownership of digital content.
It doesn't have to be this way. In fact, it runs counter to the increasingly egalitarian nature of all things digital. Cheaper and more powerful desktop computing levels the content-creation playing field, enabling individuals to work in media previously relegated to those with pockets deep enough to afford expensive, esoteric technologies and the time to master them. One man interested in flattening the curve for the adoption of professional-quality effects and motion graphics is Adam Roe, founder of Reelhouse and its parent company, Lunchbox Studios.
Now based in Virginia, Reelhouse produces and markets royalty-free FX and motion graphics kits. "Motion graphics and specifically video," Roe says, represent the next important phase for professional content design. With the royalty-free still-image market dominated by two multinational corporations—Bill Gates (a corporation in and of himself), who owns Corbis, and Getty Oil, namesake for Getty Images—Roe hopes to establish an alternative business model for the emerging field of motion graphics. "If you're one of their artists," Roe says of Corbis and Getty, "your work disappears. We're trying to build Reelhouse as an artistic collective." By helping to establish individual artists, Roe believes Reelhouse can make sure that the impersonal, cookie-cutter corporate mentality that he sees currently controlling the still-image market doesn't lay claim to motion graphics and FX.
The Scars of the Past While his bio lists stints as the "fifth Golden Girl" and the "voice of Alf" among his credits, Adam Roe's path to the creation of Reelhouse was even more circuitous than these faux digressions would suggest. In his teenage years, Roe traveled the country as a professional skateboarder. His father owned a series of printing shops, enabling Roe to start his own skateboarding publication. At the tender age of 19—with his skateboarding prime behind him—Roe used the design experience he gained publishing his own magazine to open a type foundry (a creator of computer typefaces). Roe's font-making outfit has since evolved into a communications agency of the same name, Lunchbox Studios.
Reelhouse came to life when Roe and his Lunchbox colleagues found themselves dissatisfied at seeing the same images peddled by the same two companies. "Some of the products" that eventually became Reelhouse's stock-in-trade, Roe says, "were created initially at Lunchbox." Many of these were, and still are, utilized in Lunchbox projects. They continued to create in-house and send the results off to friends for evaluation, who loved the work that they saw, according to Roe. Thus, Reelhouse was born.
Reelhouse continues to suckle at the teat of Lunchbox, sharing space as well as resources. "Eventually, we would like to break them apart, still using Lunchbox as a resource, but letting Reelhouse grow on its own," says Roe. "We've spent the last three years developing product. We really haven't done any marketing." That said, 2004 could prove to be the year in which Reelhouse establishes itself as a viable company, independent of the support Lunchbox provides.
The Lowdown So what exactly is it that Reelhouse does? "What we want to do is offer full libraries," Roe explains. "At the $599 price point, Getty gives you one CD. We're giving you 18 gigabytes worth of video on five full DVDs." This comparison doesn't apply to all of Reelhouse's offerings—only the Organic FX and Geometric FX Kits. Packages range from a $69 starter kit that includes eight clips to a $2,299 Mad Scientist Suite, which encompasses all nine of the Liquid Lab Kit series. Other highlights include an 8MM Mask Kit, which is designed to make any digital production look like film; a Grids and Scopes Kit, which includes 65 "organic grids, spinning scopes, sensitive meters, and text readouts"; and a Vintage Surf Kit, which captures the Baja surf scene in grainy black and white. (Inviting as the surf set may sound, Roe indicates a desire to go strictly FX with Reelhouse, so the fate of footage like this has yet to be determined).
The clips are formatted as full-frame QuickTime (MOV) movies, compressed with the Photo-JPEG codec, and adhere to either the PAL or NTSC video standards. Many of these clips are 30 seconds to a minute long without loops. If you don't want a whole library but instead just a selection of individual clips, Reelhouse will create a custom DVD and ship it to you free of charge. To see these clips put to use, check out the showcase at www.reelhouse.com/indexb.html.
Roe hopes that, through building relationships with established artists and developing raw talents, Reelhouse can give customers higher-quality FX and good value, both important qualities when it comes to authorizing purchases within a design department. "What editors don't have is time," Roe states. "We've tried to anticipate what could make them heroes in a very short period." While much of the work done at Reelhouse is utilized at Lunchbox in the form of projects like a promo for Lucent Technologies, Reelhouse has high-profile clients of its own, such as A&E and Telemundo. At the same time, it also draws a number of prosumer and corporate customers.
Gettin' it Done Much of the content that Reelhouse sells on its Web site comes from outside talent. "We've been finding really talented effects artists who have good products but don't know how to market them or make them commercially viable." In that way, Roe likens Reelhouse's relationship with its artists to a sponsorship that you might find on the professional skateboarding circuit. But you don't have to be a polished professional to enjoy Reelhouse's support. "Some of the artists come with really raw stuff, but with a little guidance, we help them shape it into something that they and the customers want," he says.
"The motion graphics industry is very exclusive, and different from print," Roe adds. "There are a lot of artists out there that are really good but don't have the contacts." Part of the intent of Reelhouse is to provide the tools artists need to break into the field.
But Reelhouse does not outsource all of its content production; Roe points to the company's latest project as an example. "We're now producing the largest film effects library in the world," he claims. "It's going to have over 3,000 effects ranging from 1910 to 1970 in eight different languages. We're doing it all in-house, using a Steinbeck to chop it all up." He continues, "We jammed everything we possibly could into it. It's squirting out the sides." The project was still in production at press time, with pricing to be determined.
The Next Step 2004 should see some major changes in the way Reelhouse does business. "We're going to move to a download model in the next few months," says Roe.
Speaking of moving, Reelhouse recently moved out of the Big Apple to Virginia. Reelhouse's business model doesn't require them "to be in a specific city," Roe says. "We'd rather get more space so that we can put out more product." But space isn't the only thing on his mind. "When you're in New York, you can't ever get away from work."
As mentioned earlier, Reelhouse has yet to do much in the way of marketing besides a bit of PR. That's about to change this year with the unveiling of the aforementioned "world's largest" film effects library, but, as Roe says, "We're still trying to figure out how to market these products. This industry's still in its infancy."
Roe goes on to compare today's market to that of type in the 1990s, when sales were really flat. "Reelhouse is a baby—an infant company in an infant market," Roe says. "We're trying to position ourselves so that when the inevitable happens, and video becomes a large part of the market, we'll be there." And while the intent is to make Reelhouse a viable entity on its own, Roe is in for the long haul regardless of how the market shakes out. "We'll keep on doing this," Roe says, "even if it doesn't explode. We're doing this because we love it."
Reelhouse Products8MM Mask Kit: 1 CD, $299 - Convert the look of your production to film Grids & Scopes Kit: 1 DVD, $399 - Detailed organic grids, spinning scopes, sensitive meters, and text readouts Kinetics: 1 DVD, $399 - 22 films of subway, metro, and train tunnels of the world Geometric FX 1: 5 DVDs, $599 - Over 18GB of background FX Liquid Lab 2: 1 DVD, $399 - Silvery swirls, chaotic turbulence, and drifting liquid clouds


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We have had the honor of meeting both Mike and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party and once at Memphis in May. We have "tasted" (never more than just a few ribs) Mike Mills famous Baby Back Ribs, fresh out of the Ole Hickory Smoker in NYC at the Block Party. We had never been to 17th Street Bar & Grill for the full experience, until last weekend when our pilgrimage brought us to BBQ Mecca.
We gathered the St. Louis BBQ crew, and met at the 17th Street Bar & Grill in O'Fallon Illinois, site of the old St. Louis classic Super Smokers and now home of the world famous Mike Mills BBQ joint. It was more than a joint, a great big restaurant with a large bar and walls lined with press clippings and photos of famous BBQ Pitmaster's including many historical looking photos of a personal favorite of mine, Ed Mitchell.
We sat family style at a big square table in the back next to the winding staircase and started with some appetizers. First, pulled pork nachos, packed with Jalapeno peppers, cheese and topped with Mike's tender smokey pulled pork. Next, smoked chicken wings with a nice smokey flavor, a little heat but were so much more tender and juicy than any deep fried wing could be. Finally, the house sampler arrived, full of smoked hot links, fried pickles, incredibly crunchy onion rings, more smoked wings and an array of dipping sauces. Fried pickles were a first for me and just awesome!
In between courses, the warm honey rolls arrived with a delicious cinnamon butter which we only sampled in order to save room for the BBQ onslaught that was coming. The meats arrived and most went with two meat combos of baby backs and brisket. Others had pork shoulder so we passed them around. First, the ribs were so delicious and rich that a half slab was plenty when combined with a second meat. All the meat comes dry, sprinkled with Mike Mills Famous Magic Dust which adds a flavor that works perfectly with the 17th Street sauce and apple smoke flavor.
The sleeper of the meal, besides the awesome hush puppies and corn muffins (which became the next mornings breakfast) had to be the brisket. It was smokey and very flavorful. The brisket was so tender you could cut it with your fork and it had a smokey bark that just went perfectly with 17th Street Spicy BBQ sauce. We were not surprised at all that it was so delicious, but I went for the baby backs and fell in love with the brisket!
The meal was the kick-off to Donna's 50th birthday weekend and so our waitress (who promised not to sing or dance) brought out dessert, and it was as good as everything else was. We were served a delicious bread pudding and a strawberry shortcake that was passed around and enjoyed by all. Huge thanks to Amy Mills Tunnicliffe for the VIP treatment, to the Manager Sue, who took us all out back to see where the magic happens. Last but not least, our server Anna who made us feel like we were visiting family and made sure we tried some hot links!


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"Proprietary and Confidential" yet all over the internet, if you haven't seen their August "State of the Market" update, I will say that there is a lot of good data and charts inside – most of which has been covered on this site, but not all.
Of course you have to wade through 99 pages of material, 20% of which is written by their legal department. They offer trading "suggestions…" and I know it's tempting to just do the exact opposite of what they say, but they do seem to be almost as negative as me on the economy and present some pretty good data.
Keep in mind that anytime you read something from Goldman, you should first; put on gloves, wash your monitor thoroughly, and if you print anything be sure to give your printer some TLC as it's awfully traumatic to force such evil karma through the wiring and circuit boards. In fact, Google may want to hire a priest to exorcize their servers now.
But first I just want to point out a couple of charts that caught my eye…
Note that of all the places in the world, the good old USofA is experiencing the worst current account balance – by far! Oh so proud…
This is a chart that's making the rounds in various forms, but GS sure made it pretty, so here it is – S&P earnings. Oh yeah, earnings are doing much better. Gee, that chart's slope looks just like the slope of the stock market over the past six months… NOT. Stock prices are ultimately driven by earnings! Even those earnings are WAY OVER INFLATED due to the financial industry's return to mark to fantasy and their HIDING of derivatives and off balance sheet DEBT. Thanks GS. While I don't really believe in Hell, if there is such a place I'm sure most of you will be welcomed very WARMLY.
Hey, at least they admit that CRE (commercial real estate) probably has a way to go on the downside. What caught my eye here is the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (the securitization of commercial mortgages) is effectively DEAD. GOOD!
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Goldman's State of the Market – August 2009
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A reader named Sam sent along some wonderful old photos, taken more than a century ago, of what appear to be local sports teams. Sam says the photos were in the possession of his late grandmother, but they have no provenance beyond that.
There are clues. The baseball team wears jerseys emblazoned with "New Meadow," a name that currently belongs to several farms across the US, but not a single town. The football team poses with a ball marked "'07," giving us a year. The women's basketball team's ball is marked "N.M. '11"—presumably New Meadow again.
Because we love old timey photos, and because everyone loves a mystery, we're opening it up to you sleuths out there. Maybe there are clues here we've missed, or maybe you're just better at Google than we are, but if you can find any more information on these pictures, please do drop us a line.