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Fribbles (.zip)
- There are 12 species of Fribbles, each with 81 exemplars. Fribbles are made of colored, distinct parts and a given species has a prototype, with each individual a certain hamming distance from this prototype. The archive also includes Strata 3D CX models for the 12 Fribble species. We also include, a text file containing a matrix of similarity ratings between pairs of some exemplars of the Fb3 (LORO) species (see Williams, 1998, Appendix B). The original Fribbles were brightly colored and textured. We also include an archive with the three most-different exemplars of all 12 species (36 pictures total), all rendered in a uniform blue color with the same smooth texture.
- Of note, there is also the "See and Grasp Data Set" from Robbie Jacobs' lab at the University of Rochester. This data set is based on the Fribbles, but includes visual and haptic features for a set of 40 Fribbles.
- Fribble_jpegs (.zip) contains JPEG versions of the 81 exemplars.
- Blue_Fribbles_jpegs (.zip) contains JPEG versions of the 36 Blue Fribbles.
Geons (.zip)
- This image set contains 10 single part objects - Geons. Each object is qualitatively different from the others in the set. Objects were modeled after those in Biederman and Gerhardstein's (1993) JEP:HPP article. The set includes rotations in depth around the vertical axis of 0, 45, and 90 deg (labeled A, B, and C). One nice property is that the 0 to 45 deg rotations show the same visible image features, but the 45 to 90 deg rotations show qualitatively different image features. This allows a comparison between equal magnitude rotations with differing degrees of qualitative change. See Hayward and Tarr's (1997) JEP:HPP article for an experiment using these objects and more on this topic.
Greeble Generator (.zip)
- A set of scripts and files for 3DS MAX that allow you to combine Greeble parts to create new Greebles. This was written some time ago and it is up to you to debug, etc. We won't provide technical support.
Greebles - Asymmetric (.zip)
- Worried that Greebles look like faces? Then try these asymmetric versions of the Greebles. The archive includes images and .max files. You should probably also read: Sheinberg, D. & Tarr, M. J. (2009). Objects of expertise. In I. Gauthier, M. J. Tarr, & D. Bub (Eds.), Perceptual expfertise: Bridging brain and behavior. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Greebles - Symmetric (.zip)
- The notorious Greeble object set. Scott Yu designed these objects as a control set for faces - discriminating among them requires attention to subtle variations in shape and they are hierarchically organized into genders and families, as well as individuals. See the readme.txt file for an explanation of the current naming scheme. Images are TIFFs generated from the new 3DS Max versions of the Greebles (they correspond to the included MAX or 3DS files). The 3D file format is 3D Studio Max which should be importable into many different 3D modeling programs (extension .max). Each Greeble should contain the same camera positions and have a standard textured purple shading. The archive includes two viewpoints for each Greeble, plus the .max and .3ds files (thanks to Jeff Munson, University of Washington, for converting the MAX files to the more portable 3DS format).
Hummel and Biederman Objects (.zip)
- This image set was created by Mohsin Malik using FormZ for a computational project that Pepper Williams and I work on. The objects were adapted from the 10 objects used in the 1992 Hummel and Biederman Psych Review paper (the JIM model). Unlike most of the other sets included on this page, the images are in JPEG format and the 3D models are included for use with FormZ.
Multipart Geon Objects (.zip)
- This image set contains 10 objects composed of 5 parts per an object. Each object has a different central Geon and 4 parts are attached around it. Objects were modeled after those in Biederman and Gerhardstein's (1993) JEP:HPP article. The set includes rotations in depth around the vertical axis of 0, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 deg (as well as a few misc rotations). One nice property of these objects is that the 0 to 45 deg rotations show the same visible parts, but the 45 to 90 deg rotations show different visible parts. This allows a comparison between equal magnitude rotations with differing degrees of qualitative change. See Hayward's (1998) JEP:HPP article for an experiment using these objects and more on this topic.
Novel 2D Shapes (.zip)
- This image set was created by Isabel Gauthier for use in a study on how semantic and perceptual similarity influence one another. There are 4 complete homogeneous classes of shapes, 6 shapes per class, plus some distractor shapes from other classes. Each shape is shown in the 0, 55, 110, and 165 deg orientations (clockwise picture-plane rotation). See Gauthier, James, Curby, & Tarr (2003) for experiments using these shapes and more on this topic.
Pairwise Similar Objects (.zip)
- This image set was created by Scott Yu using AliasSketch and contains 12 (actually 13) objects composed of 5 parts per an object. These objects have been used in a variety of studies in our lab, including experiments on class generalization, the effect of perceptual similarity on viewpoint, and how changes in illumination conditions influence recognition performance.
Possible and Impossible Objects (.zip)
- This image set was created by Pepper Williams for use in several studies on how the 3D structure of objects is represented in visual memory. The unique thing about this set (unlike those created and used by Schacter and Cooper) is that there are three versions of each object (40 objects in total): possible, impossible1 (one impossible part), impossible3 (three impossible parts). See Williams and Tarr (1997) and (1998) for papers using these stimuli.
Original Shepard and Metzler 3D Objects (.zip)
- The famous Shepard & Metzler (1971) 3D object set. Roger Shepard gave me xeroxes of the original set that he distributed. We have scanned the images in at 300dpi. Included is the original readme file by Roger explaining the organization of the set. Beyond still being useful for research, these objects hold a place as perhaps the first computer-generated complex stimulus set used in visual psychophysics. All of us owe a huge debt to Roger. Graham Dean has also kindly provided the Shepard & Metzler objects as 3D models (in DXF format). Be sure to read his README.TXT. Shepard, R. N., and Metzler, J. (1971). Mental Rotation of three-dimensional objects. Science, 171, 701-703.
String Objects (.zip)
- This image set was created by Marion Zabinski using a program written by Volker Blanz and contains 40 (actually 39) objects composed of 5 parts per an object. Each object is composed of a linear chain of Geons. Objects were inspired by Poggio, Edelman and Bulthoff's work, as well Biederman and Gerhardstein's (1993) variation. The set (STANDARD COLORS only) include rotations in depth around the vertical axis of -90, -60, -30, 0, 30, 60, and 90 deg. There are actually 4 sets of 10 objects - as a default all parts are composed of tubes. The sets vary in how many of the parts are unique Geons rather than tubes. Set 0 has no unique Geons in each object, Set 1 has 1 unique Geon in the middle of each object, Set 3 has 3 Geons in the middle of each object, and Set 5 has 5 Geons (and no tubes; an error resulted in only 9 objects in this set). File names are coded as: Set#.Object#.View. See Tarr, et al.'s (1997) Psychological Science article for experiments using these objects and more on this topic.
Two Part Objects (.zip)
- This image set was created by Will Hayward using Strata StudioPro and contains 5 objects composed of 2 parts per an object - all 10 parts are qualitatively different from one another. Objects appear in 9 viewpoints separated by 10 deg increments (the 0 deg viewpoint is straight on and the 90 deg viewpoint is a profile view). No views are near mirror reflections of other views. Both parts are visible from every viewpoint. As such, these objects fulfill Biederman and Gerhardstein's conditions for viewpoint invariance (we actually found viewpoint dependence). See Hayward and Tarr's (1997) JEP:HPP article for sequential matching and naming experiments that use these objects and more on this topic.
Yadgits (.zip)
- This image set was created by Jerome Harris as a more artifactually-appearing 3D novel object set as a contrast for Greebles and YUFOs. There are 6 families, with 6 visually-similar individuals per family. One folder has the 3DS-MaxR5 models and the other folder has a high-res render from on viewpoint for each individual.
YUFOs (.zip)
- Yu's Un-Facelike Objects. These puppies were created by Scott Yu as successors to the Greebles. Again there are families and genders. They do look like some sort of evil creatures. But not faces. Really. There are eight (8) folders containing different families of YUFOs. Each family consists of both male and female individuals rendered from several different viewpoints (all families), or from the same viewpoint, but with different lighting directions (only 5 of the families). Named by famous cognitive neuroscientist, Rene Marois.
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Knicks owner James Dolan sat down for a Q&A with the New York Post's Mike Vaccaro, and the two men talked about everything from the team to Dolan's lifelong love of music. Actually, they talked about music a whole lot, because that seems to be all James Dolan wants to talk about.
The whole thing starts out kind of weird, with Vaccaro concerning himself with Dolan's side hustle as a shitty blues musician:
You rarely hear him. On occasion, he offers brief remarks at press conferences. You can hear him sing, if you catch his band at a club. But it had been seven years since he sat down for an on-the-record interview about the Knicks and Rangers. He agreed to meet with The Post this week, inside a Madison Level suite at the Garden.
But before we begin, it may help to hear something he had to say about music, his first love, a subject that not only fills his recreational hours but also infuses much of how he feels about his day job, too. And may inform what his expectations for his sporting teams are, and how he wishes they'd be achieved, as well as anything:
"I don't play any solo stuff in my band," he said. "I CAN solo. I can play the stuff and if you heard it you might think it's OK, pretty good. But the other guitar players in my band — one of whom is my son [Aidan] — are much, much better guitar players than I am. To put the best sound out there, they play the solos."
Please kindly leave the rest of us out of your midlife crisis, Jim.
The interview proceeds normally from there, with Dolan coming off maybe a little more sensibly than you would expect on the topic of the Knicks. And then, suddenly, we swerve into this:
MV: How important is music to you? Obviously you have the band [J.D. and the Straight Shot], you've been trailing the Eagles, you've opened for them. How much of that defines you?
JD: You are not what you own. Music is a big piece of who I am. I don't own music. I create music, and I play it, but I do not own it. So if you want to get to know me, you'll see music as a big piece of who I am.
MV: The Eagles come to you and say, "Come on up and play one song with us." Which song do you pick?
JD: Whoa … I love so many Eagles songs …
MV: That's the curveball question
JD: They start off their show with a song called "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night" … maybe because I haven't heard it as much as others but I love that song. And it's just Glenn [Frey] and Don [Henley] sitting on amplifiers, playing guitars and to me that's how I grew up playing music.
Knicks fans, this exchange should worry you more than his letting Lin walk or his tossing Donnie Walsh out the window. Your team is owned by a guy who says things like, "I don't own music. I create music," without a hint of irony. Your team is owned by a guy who loves the freaking Eagles.
But really, what the fuck? Why are we soliciting James Dolan for his tenth-grader-who-just-watched-Fight Club opinions on music and bringing up the Eagles for no good reason at all? What is going on here?
Update: Vaccaro refutes Isola's claim:
At this point in the Q&A I just wanted Dolan to start talking about something, anything, that didn't have to do with shitty music. Even the plight of the Knicks City Dancers would be more interesting.
MV: There seems to be some question about the future of the Knicks City Dancers …
JD: Now you know why my band doesn't play Madison Square Garden (laughs).
But maybe we're being unfair. Maybe this interview is more revealing than Isola is giving it credit for. After all, while plenty of people like an Eagles song or two, only a certain kind of man would profess to love their limp, edgeless, sunblasted, coked-out, radio-ready, faded-laminated-menu-in-a-bad-roadside-Denny's kind of music. The legacy of the Eagles is that you can throw lots of money and lots of talent at the problem and still produce a lot of soft-rocking crap. As of today, the $86 million Knicks are 3-8.
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In a positive vision of development and for the future of Quebec jazz, based on the reality of the Quebec market and by extension of the Canadian market, linked to jazz, Effendi is looking for advisors, collaborators and mecenes to support the special projects of Quebec artists.
Thus Effendi wishes to set up a unique model of "international development" for Québec jazz musicians.
Since there are no concrete projects to promote EXPORT and / or EXPORT projects that can promote and transport Quebec jazz to other horizons, Effendi would like to design, with interested collaborators, a structure with a unique dimension in the musical landscape Québécois which could thus become an essential reference in order to set up mechanisms for exporting to foreign countries for jazz musicians here.
The special mission (title to be determined) would be to create a Quebec jazz industry, for the development of its artists to the international.
For nearly 20 years, the Effendi label has initiated, promoted, facilitated and propelled the career of many Quebec artists (recognized and / or emerging artists) internationally. So dozens of artists have benefited from its accompaniment. Unfortunately, for the past 4 or 5 years, with the abolition of several government programs and especially since the record has lost its share of profitability in the last 2 years, aids and money are rare to support the influence of Québec jazz artists to the majority of international markets, including: European countries, Scandinavia, the United States and especially to the new international markets with very high development potential: South American countries, Mexico and presumably Asian countries: Japan, South Korea and China.
Québec jazz artists have enormous potential, and most of all, they are of international caliber. Find dates are ok ... but finding the financial means, to promote them and to succeed in making them turn, is a perpetual challenge.
The accompaniment of Québec jazz artists to the international scene is crucial today, as the Quebec and Canadian market is not really exciting for them. The territory is vast, there are few festivals, few jazz clubs, few medium and large rooms interested, road transport is long, air transport is very expensive and wages are ridiculously low.
So when you look closely at the situation of each stage of an artist's development both at the national level (outside Québec) and internationally, strategies are often flouted:
The REALITY - today, after 20 years of Effendi's efforts to encourage governments to implement permanent development tools, to foreign markets (mentioned here), little has been done to encourage, support and respond to the needs of producers, agents and / or artists related to Quebec jazz.
So here's a call to all!
Let's open the doors...
To all those who are sensitive to this cause, please express your opinions and write your comments.
If you want to show any interest of support and / or help (of all kinds), do not hesitate to contact me at Effendi.
Alain - C: 514-692-4950 / E: email@example.com
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Sponsors for Jazzlab Orchestra
Jazzlab Orchestra is Seeking Sponsors and Patrons to Help Support Future Western Canada and Europe Tour Activities in November 2019
Québec Jazz Mobile
Did you know you can find our content in a mobile app?
Québec Jazz Mobile, available on mobile phones and Ipad, lets you discover Québec jazz. Powered by Effendi Records, it offers you the opportunity to explore the projects of artists they represent. Pragmatic, the application makes it possible to listen and buy in addition to give you the opportunity to share your favorites on social networks. Test your knowledge with the music quiz.
André Leroux - New CD
The famous saxophonist from Effendi Records launches its new CD. The album was named Synchrony - Cités. To celebrate the release of this new album the musician invites us to a launch – concert at the Dièse Onze Jazz Club on Thursday , March 26 at 21h .
Dièse Onze
4115A Rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC H2W 2M7
Up Next : Jazz En Rafale Festival 2017
The program of Jazz en Rafale 2017 finally unveiled:
March 18 - 8h pm - Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal
infos - tickets - facebook
March 23 - 8h pm - Rafael Zaldivar – Afro-Cuban Revival
March 23 - 9h30 pm - François Bourassa Quartet
March 24 - 8h pm - Alain Bédard – Auguste Quartet
March 24 - 9h30 pm - Félix Stussi et Les Malcommodes invite
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March 25 - 8h pm - Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen trio
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March 25 - 9h30 pm - Pierre de Bethmann / Yannick Rieu quartet
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jazzahead 2016
You will be in Germany between 20 and 25 April ? We do! We will participate at the "jazzahead 2016". Come see us if you are there. We will be at booth 6c09 . Bye the way, Emie R Roussel Trio will give a showcase concert " Moments " on 23 April at 20:45.
Prix Opus : Year 19
Moving Sale
Effendi Records will soon relocate his offices. We organize a big moving sale . We have selected some titles that we offer at 5$ only.
The sale includes physical copies only.
*The proposed amount does not include taxes and delivery charges.
Here's the selected items for the sale. You can also recognized them with this symbol :
30 Avril 2015
Today, is the "international jazz day" !
Clic here to learn more about this unesco initiative.
Here a Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESO, on the occasion of the International Jazz Day 2015 :
A special concert will be held this evening for the international jazz day.
Clic here to find more information about the show.
A launch & a concert for JAGG
The concert of the group " JAGG " winner of the "Concours de la Relève 2014" is also an opportunity to celebrate the launch of their first album. The group will open for " Rufus Reid" that will evolve in the company of " Jazzlab Orchestra" March 21 at L' Astral .
Here's a teaser : the cover
Two winners !
Our sincere congratulations to the " Emie Roussel Trio" which won the Opus award from the « Conseil Québécois de la Musique » in the category « Jazz Album of the Year ».
Meanwhile Yves Leveille is awarded the same prize in the category " Show of the Year " for his show " Essence des bois" .
Nothing Toulouse #1
Yesterday afternoon we had a business dinner planned with Michel Morissette . A few minutes before his arrival we received good news about him. So it was a business lunch and a celebration.
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Emie R. Roussel Nominated Révélation Jazz Radio-Canada 2014-15
It is with great joy and pride that we inform you that Emie R. Roussel has been nominated Révélation Jazz Radio-Canada 2014-15.
Awarded to artists who stand out by their innovations, their originality and the quality of their artistic proposition. During a year, the Révélations artists benefit a personalized support and a showcase offered by Radio-Canada.
The trio's first release, Temps Inégal, which came out in September, 2010, rose to third place in the top 5 jazz albums of the year named by sortiesJAZZnights.com. The second album for the Emie R Roussel trio, Transit, includes Nicolas Bédard on bass, Dominic Cloutier on drums, along with Quatuor St-Germain and percussionist Julie Quimper. This album also won the 3rd place of jazz CDs of the year by sortiesJAZZnights.com in 2013.
A must to catch on stage and on CD, Emie R.Roussel Trio hits the spot every time!
Video link to the piece La timbale et la fourmi (featured on Transit)
Emie R. Roussel in an interview with Stanley Péan (in French)
Emie R. Roussel
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Les Malcommodes on tour
Les Malcommodes will be on tour this srping. They will share their dynamic freshness, sensitive spontaneity, surprising originality and contagious humour in Switzerland, France and Belgium.
Piano: Félix Stüssi
Double-bass: Daniel Lessard
Drums: Pierre Tanguay
24 – Jazz Club, Turin, IT
25 – Musikcontainer Uster, CH
26 – Kunsthaus Glarus, CH
30 – Les Halles de l'ïle, Genève, CH
3 – Le Mandala, Toulouse, FR
6 – L'improviste, Paris, FR
7 – L'improviste, Paris, FR
8 – Jazz Station, Bruxelles, BE
9 – Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil, CH
10 – Biohof im Fondli, Dietikon, CH
Yves Léveillé septet concert and CD launch "Essences des bois"
On February 26th at the famed Cabaret du Lion d'or, wil be the concert and CD launch of Essences des bois by the Yves Léveillé septet. Here is how the composer describes the genesis of this one of a kind esthetic offering:
"With this project, I wanted to get out of known musical paths by putting woodwinds at the forefront and avoiding the habitual use of brass which often predominates in jazz. I wanted energetic and tonic woodwinds without neglectinc their sultry nature. It is with a set of seven musicians coming from the jazz world (Yves Leveille Quartet) and classical world that we took up the challenge. The supple interpretation of the jazzmen combined with the refinement of the musicians accustomed to classical and contemporary repertoire gave a surprising result, all in delicacy. I am very proud of the outcome of this artistic endeavour."
Essences des bois CD launch and concert
February 26th at 8pm @ Lion d'or
1676, rue Ontario Est, Montréal
Concert and CD Launch - "Tome III Errances" by Vincent Gagnon
On Tome III Errances, Vincent Gagnon's third album is a mélange of live jazz and romance that inspires impressionistic lyrical landscapes to be painted on the imagination.
Recorded during three concerts at Palais Montcalm in 2013, Errrances immerses listeners in a universe molded by poetry and inspired by nocturnal scenes of St-Petersburg, Asuncion, Lausanne and Quebec City. This is music that is mind-expanding and exciting, rich in emotion and improvisation, yet uncomplicated in composition.
This jazz rendez-vous will begin by a conference given by radio MC Stanley Péan whose words will be musically illustrated by the Vincent Gagnon Quartet. The captivating radio host of the daily "Quand le jazz est là" wil speak about different jazz styles.
CD launch and Concert February 13th at 8pm
L'Anglicane 31, rue Wolfe, Vieux-Lévis
Tickets online, by phone 418-838-6000 and in person
Catch Vincent Gagnon on tour:
"Chercher l'équilibre" figures in Le Devoir's top 5 jazz album released in 2014
"Chercher l'équilibre" figures in Le Devoir's top 5 jazz album released in 2014
"The québécois album: Cherchez l'équilibre, of Trio Jérôme Beaulieu, on Effendi. Following the same footsteps as Esbjörn Svensson or Ethan Iverson, Jérôme Beaulieu directs a trio that inspires itself from the actual pop-rock culture. Good rhythmic foundation, beautiful melodic impulses, strong harmonic progressions: Beaulieu and his band hit hard. And well."
Guillaume Bourgault-Côté, Le Devoir, 27 décembre 2013
Buy Trio Jérôme Beaulieu's Chercher l'équilibre
Trio Jérôme Beaulieu chosen Révélation Jazz 2013-14
Laureate of the Jazz en rafale competition and winner at the 2011 Grand Prix du Festi-jazz de Rimouski, the trio offers contemporary jazz with a playful pop flair. Sampling plays a big part in enhancing this diversified musical repertoire by exposing the audience to the accessible and rhythmic side of jazz, both with standards and with original music composed by pianist Jérôme Beaulieu.
From April 23rd to 28th in Bremen (Germany) was another edition of Jazz Ahead, arguably the most important international jazz trade show.
John Roney Jazzlab - World Colours (CDJazz #5 of 2013 on sortiesjazznights.com)
Sortiesjazznights.com picked 5 "must have" jazz album of 2013. John Roney's Jazzlab World Colours was one of them.
"This huge project that was presented at L'OFF Jazz 2013 was rendered with much creativity and in its purest essence. Around pianist and composer John Roney, JazzLab and somes guests: Lévy Bourbonnais - harmonica, Joseph Khoury - percussions, this important new release marks the 10th year of JazzLab with intelligence, rigor and know-how." sortiesjazznights
Buy World Colours
Rémi Bolduc's Random Masters - one of the best Canadian jazz CDs of 2013
"Bolduc's Random Masters project is rooted in rhythmic sophistication and power. [...] Random Masters demonstrates some exceptionally agile music making from everyone involved. [...] Bolduc's writing and arranging continually deliver rich, arresting details apart from the metric randomness."
Peter Hum, (Ottawa Citizen, this review November 4th 2013, his top 2013 jazz albums December 23rd 2013)
Buy Random Masters
New distribution deal with Naxos
Effendi is happy to collaborate with Naxos for its distribution.This partnership, which will begin at the end of January, will open the doors to worldwide distribution (including the USA and Europe). A very good news!
"Triades" in nomination at the Junos!
Great news for Sonia Johnson, Annie Poulain and Charles Biddle Jr. their acclaimed album Triades is in nomination at the Juno awards for the VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
Triades, is the trio created by the words, the melody and the performer. Triades is the inspiring and tender energy of three women and three men crazy about jazz. Triades is a trio of singers and a trio of instrumentalists, which intermingle, unite and dialogue by creating poetic frescos intended to highlight the instrumental melodies of some of the best composers of jazz in Quebec.
The Juno awards will be presented in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada during the weekend of 29-30 March 2014.
We are proud of the men and women who contributed to Triades' creation and we wish them good luck!
Yves Léveillé receives a Prix Opus
Congratulations to Marie-Josée Simard, François Bourassa and Yves Léveillé who received a Prix Opus for the JAZZ CONCERT OF THE YEAR for their show « en trois couleurs ». Prizes were awarded recently during the Gala des prix Opus presented by the Conseil Québécois de la Musique.
Congratulations also to all the musicians who contribute to our vibrant musical scene!
Effendi will be at the Bourse RIDEAU
Effendi will be at the Bourse RIDEAU in Québec city between February 16th to the 20th. Comme and meet/greet us at our stand! (Stand A3)
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Effendi partner of the Jazz en Rafale young talent contest
Effendi encourages young musicians to register in the 9th edition of Jazz en Rafale young talent contest.
Effendi is proud to sponsor Jazz en Rafale, a contest that contributes to the development of local talent.
Resgister here (application deadline: February 3rd)
Jazz en Rafale: March 20th to 29th in Montréal


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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Jewish New Year's For The Not That Religious"
I'm sitting in this synagogue. I'm not a member; I just come for the High Holidays – New Years and Yom Kippur. I'm not exactly sure why I do this. I mean, I know the reason I do it. But I'm far from convinced that my reason's that strong.
Clinging to the rituals of a religion whose fundamental principle, the existence of a Supreme Being, I feel "iffy" about – I could be hugging a bubble. Comforting in its configuration, but empty on the inside.
I remember we were sitting in the synagogue one New Year's when I was twelve, and I turned to my brother and said, pretty much spontaneously, "Religion in like spinach. You may know it's good for you, but that doesn't make it any easier to swallow."
(In later, years, I came to like spinach, so I needed a replacement "hated food" for my analogy. I thought of cooked carrots. But a lot of people like cooked carrots. Succotash? That's corn. I like corn. I guess there's anchovies. But are anchovies good for you? – I have no idea. Anyway, if you can suggest a "good for you" food that nobody likes, I can swing my analogy back into action. Otherwise, it'll have to remain retired.)
The "spinach" story provides a clue here to my continuing participation in the High Holiday routine. Merely going through the motions sets free a wave of memories, memories of a considerably younger me, sitting – make that squirming impatiently – in my seat, beside my mother, my brother and my grandfather, the only one of us who's actually praying – either that, or he was fooling us with some kickass Hebraic mumbling. Nah. He was doin' it.
I remember an overflow turnout in a cavernous sanctuary. A lot of marble, or what passes for marble to the untutored eye. I remember a rabbi, whose sermons were interminable but whose dramatic flair could capture your attention, if not your heart. An opera-caliber choir, offering heavenly harmonies from some hidden locale – you heard them, but you had no idea where they were – made the services entertaining, but also longer.
I remember a synagogue usher, standing at the end of our row as we chattered away, fixing us miscreants with "The Look." And though I'd dearly like not to, I retain the memory of this oversized woman sitting in front of us, wearing a fox stole that included two actual fox heads, whose sewn-on, beady eyes seemed to be staring, through the duration of the service, directly at me.
Many of the melodies that are chanted at the synagogue that I go t0 are the same melodies that were chanted in our synagogue when I was a kid. Singing full-throatedly along with the congregation fills me with nostalgia and deeply warms my heart. This is the closest I can come to for the reason I continue to attend these services.
But when you throw out the blah-blah and rationales, what it comes down to is this:
Why do I spend New Year's in synagogue?
It's where the Jews are.
Why does that matter?
It's my team.
I wish a healthy and revitalizing New Year to those who participate in such activities. To those who don't, a Happy Tuesday to ya.
7 comments:
- deborah Nathan said...
Hated food: lima beans. Particularly, canned lima beans.
- September 30, 2008 at 5:54 AM
Happy New Year to you, Earl.
I end up spending Yom Kippur in Temple and I am Catholic. After all these years, I Love the prayers and the music and would miss it, if Hubby suddenly decided not to go anymore. There is truly something special about this time of year.
- September 30, 2008 at 6:11 AM
Hands down, no question: brussel sprouts.
- September 30, 2008 at 6:58 AM
I hate caulliflower.
- September 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM
You mean, you don't do it for Jesus? I'm surprised.
- September 30, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Anchovies - you were right. They are full of omegas (good) but they are salty, nasty little devils. Mackerel is right up there too.
- September 30, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Unknown said...
Brussel sprouts are great if they are cooked properly. Fry some bacon pieces then cut sprouts in half, add salt and pepper;caramelized them (make them a bit brown) in a saute pan with bacon pieces then cover and braise with a little chicken stock and serve.
- October 2, 2008 at 4:20 AM


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The mobile game has made it to the big screen, but is it just as much fun? We tracked down the new Kinect game at E3 in Los Angeles to find out more. Is it just about slicing and dicing your way through fruit or is there something more to the action now that the Kinect sensor has been used. Read on to find out.
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What other game is it like?
Fruit Ninja on your phone
Does it use any new tech like 3D, PlayStation Move, or Kinect for Xbox 360?
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You are the ninja! The worldwide gaming phenomenon Fruit Ninja has now arrived for Kinect! Your arms are now blades, and the epic battle against the world's most delicious produce is just beginning. Fruit Ninja Kinect is an amazing evolution of the slice-em-up genre created by Halfbrick, utilising next-gen power for the juiciest combat ever!
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There isn't one, you're cutting fruit
Our first impressions
Yep, the game that's had you swiping your fingers across your smartphone, in order to slice and dice your way through fruit is now available for the Kinect and Xbox 360. Throwing your fine motor skills out the window, gross motor are going to be the key if you're going to slice the fruit into a pulpy mess. All from the comfort of your living room, while at the same time looking like an idiot.
Trouble is to do this we had to be idiots ourselves (all for you dear reader). While the game isn't the latest Tomb Raider it is fun to play and easy to grasp - we can see you persuading grandma into playing this on Christmas Day and then laughing with the rest of the family at just how good she is at cutting up watermelons.
With Classic, Zen and the frenetic Arcade Mode, Fruit Ninja Kinect includes all the action you know and love, and there's a Party Mode too allowing multiple players to be able to play at the same time.
Our time was brief - like 5 minutes brief - and that's not because we were moved on by Microsoft when we played it, but because that's the time it took for us to have our fill of the game.
Five minutes of game time might be enough to keep you entertained two stops on the underground, but in the living room you'll probably tire quickly.
Good execution, we just aren't sure it's got sticking power.
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How Will Maker's Drinkers Really Respond to Watered-Down Bourbon?
Judging by the storm of protest surrounding the recent decision by Maker's Mark to water down its bourbon, you'd think the brand is diluting its product with the blood of baby panda bears. Twitter has been all a-twitter with angry bourbon fans reacting to Maker's decision to decrease the proof of its signature brand by three percent—from 90 proof down to 84 proof—in order to increase supply and meet crushing demand. Maker's will literally dilute its bourbon so it can sell more of it, the same way a restaurant would dump water into the soup when running low. After Maker's announced its decision last weekend, one bartender asked me what America is coming to.
Regardless of how Maker's will taste, the principle is what has some drinkers upset. Many bourbon drinkers commented that Maker's is transferring the sting from its bourbon to its customers' wallets. The company will offer what is clearly an inferior product, but the price isn't going to change. If the brand was having a hard time meeting demand, why not just raise the price and keep the quality the same? Isn't that how economics works?
Some have blamed the decision on the corporate overlords at Beam Global, which owns Maker's. They've argued that raising the price of Maker's would put it in competition with other brands in Beam's portfolio. This argument, however, doesn't entirely make sense. Maker's is a Beam subsidiary that's run entirely on its own, which is common for many whiskey brands residing under corporate umbrellas. Besides, if Beam were pulling the puppet strings, wouldn't it have gone with the successful strategy it used when its Knob Creek label faced shortages a few years ago? Back then, Beam announced it wouldn't lower the proof of Knob Creek and sent loyal customers T-shirts stating "I survived the drought." The press coverage was positive, and Knob Creek drinkers didn't storm the distillery with pitchforks and torches.
Maker's is taking a much bigger gamble and betting that the majority of its customer base won't really care about the cut. Lowering the proof of a standard 2 ounce pour of 90 proof Maker's would require about 20 drops of water (I welcome anyone to double check my math on this). Does that really matter? It's probably enough for bourbon connoisseurs and die-hard fans to notice, but not so much for most casual drinkers. In a letter to customers, Maker's claimed that it had performed "extensive testing with Maker's Mark drinkers, and they couldn't tell a difference."
Wow. That's a slap in the face of knowledgeable bourbon fans who are proud of their abilities to detect such nuances. Maker's originally became successful by marketing itself as a connoisseur's bourbon, so the statement is a little surprising. It's no wonder that the kind of people who blog about bourbon and reference it in their Twitter handles are annoyed.
The distillery's move, however, offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain and suggests how Maker's might actually view most of its customer base—they're not really thinking of the kind of bourbon aficionados who are currently up in arms. Most bourbon geeks I know treat Maker's the same way their beer brethren treat Sam Adams—a perfectly acceptable quaff when it's the best thing offered at the bar of a conference center or chain hotel. I've long heard Maker's described by bourbon snobs as "what college kids buy when they want to splurge." This is not an insult. It just means that Maker's is often a "gateway" bourbon that drinkers enjoy on their way to educating themselves about the extremely subjective intersections between price, quality, and value that exist in the whiskey world.
To use a car analogy, Maker's is a Pontiac bourbon. In the 1950s, General Motors marketed Pontiacs to young professionals beginning promising careers. On one side of Pontiac you had Chevys, which were for working-class folks with solid jobs; on the other side you had Buicks and Cadillacs, which were for those who had "arrived." In the bourbon world, Early Times or Evan Williams would be Chevrolets—they pretty much get you where you need to go without any frills. Brands like George T. Stagg are for hot rodding bourbon geeks who like to get under the hood and discuss particulars like mash bills and char ratings. Maker's sits somewhere in between—it's a dependable ride with a little bit of zip, but nobody's really going to notice if you knock the horsepower down a few percentage points.
Maker's move is probably a shrewd strategy to increase supply so it can expand into foreign markets, angry domestic customers aside. Industry watcher Chuck Cowdery on his blog recently noted triple-digit growth in some foreign whiskey markets that might not care about lower proofs as much. In Australia, for instance, Maker's is already sold at 80 proof. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) recently reported that sales of Tennessee and bourbon whiskies increased by 5.2 percent in the U.S. during the past year. Exports to foreign markets, however, were up 16.5 percent, 70 percent of which were whiskey. That's a difference Maker's must have its eye on.
Maker's has a long history of decision-making that doesn't make sense at first but has served the company well in the long run. The brand might lose American customers by watering down its bourbon, but increased sales to an international market will probably make up for it. And besides, I doubt most of its domestic customers will end up caring that much either. And for us geeks, there are plenty of other bourbons.
About the Author: Reid Mitenbuler is a Washington, DC-based writer. He's currently working on a book about bourbon. Find him online at The Bourbon Empire.
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For Murky Monitors, There's ClearType
There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help.
Here are a few questions about computers I've received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. This week my mailbox contained questions about how to make text appear sharper, slowness in Apple's Tiger operating system, and synchronizing Internet Explorer Favorites.
If you have a question, send it to me at first offered it last year. In Windows XP, you can dramatically improve the sharpness of text by simply turning on a hidden feature called "ClearType." Just right-click on the desktop and select "Properties." Then, select the tab called "Appearance" and press the "Effects …" button. In the screen that appears, check the box reading "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts," and select "ClearType" in the drop-down list. Next, click on "OK" and the press "Apply."
ClearType works especially well at sharpening text on LCD monitors, but it also can help in some cases on old-fashioned CRT screens. However, it is available only in Windows XP, not in older versions of Windows such as Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows 2000.
Q: When you first reviewed Apple's Tiger operating system, you found only one notable flaw: slowness in some functions, especially email. Have the subsequent updates to Tiger improved the speed?
Yes, in my experience. Speed will vary from computer to computer, depending on what is running and how the user works. But I am seeing far fewer instances of spinning beach balls (Apple's icon representing delays) than I did when the operating system first came out. The built-in Apple Mail program also is running much more crisply for me.
There's still room for improvement in this area, but in my case, Tiger now runs about as fast as its predecessor, Panther. And Tiger has fewer delays and hang-ups than Windows XP does on my Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard computers.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2012 (HealthDay News) --Valentine's Day is the holiday that celebrates love, so be sure to show it because a new study suggests love that's lost causes the greatest regret of all.
Researchers report that people have stronger feelings of regret about decisions involving romance and family than those involving work.
The findings underscore the importance of social relationships, according to Neal Roese, a marketing professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and his colleagues.
"Social relationships, we suggest, are the most pivotal component of life regrets. Failed marriages, turbulent romances and lost time with family may elicit regrets that last a lifetime," the researchers wrote in the study that appeared online Feb. 1 in Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Regrets about social relationships are intense because they threaten a person's need to belong, noted a university news release. "Belonging, as a core human motive, powerfully connects to well-being and mental health," the researchers wrote.
They conducted a series of five experiments, with participants ranging from 108 to 549 men and women. Some focused on college students and others on a representative sample of adult Americans. Studies involved rating intensity of life regrets and connecting that with the social impact of decisions.
Results suggested that love or other social decisions, such as ending a relationship or being unfaithful, are more intense than those involving work or nonsocial decisions such as quitting a job or dropping out of college.
"What our research makes clear is that, while regrets are multifaceted with diverse consequences, their social impact looms especially large," the researchers concluded. "Regrets can stem from love or work, but those stemming from the former seem to be the toughest to overcome. The need to belong is not just a fundamental human motive but a fundamental component of regret."
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My general approach to this draft would be to emphasize the following positions in this order of priority: OT, OG, CB, LB, TE, S, RB, WR, P, FB, C, QB.
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Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
Chicken, red peppers and mushrooms simmer in tomato sauce for a great tasting, simple, weeknight meal your whole family will enjoy. My mother made this often when I was a child and I have always loved this recipe. I modified Mom's recipe to make it Weight Watcher friendly by removing the chicken skin, fat and using less oil. Top this with some good grated like Pecorino Romano.
Chicken Cacciatore
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 6 • Size: 1 thigh, 3/4 cup sauce, 1 cup pasta • Points +: 8 pts • Smart Points: 6
Calories: 326.4 • Fat: 3.8 g • Protein: 20.6 g • Carb: 56.0 g • Fiber: 9.1 g
6 chicken thighs, skin and fat removed
olive oil spray
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1/2 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup fat free chicken broth, more if needed
1 tsp dried oregano leaves
1/4 cup fresh chopped basil leaves
salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 cups cooked (12 oz uncooked) high fiber or whole wheat pasta
Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large heavy saute pan, heat the pan over a medium-high flame and spray with cooking oil. Add the chicken pieces to the pan and saute just until brown, about 3-4 minutes per side. Add the peppers, onion and garlic to the pan and saute over medium heat until the onion is tender, about 3-4 minutes, then add mushrooms and cook another 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the tomatoes, broth, and oregano.
Cover the pan and bring the sauce to a simmer. Continue simmering over low heat until the chicken is just cooked through, about 25 minutes. Add the chopped basil 5 minutes before sauce is done. Serve over whole wheat or high fiber pasta like Ronzoni Smart Taste.
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Kelet Hospital (Java, Indonesia)
Kelet is a hospital in Java located on the highway leading from Taju to Japara on the north side of Mt. Muria in the former province of Central Java. Kelet was established by the former Dutch Mennonite mission on Java, built under Dr. H. Bervoets and opened in 1915. In the mid-1950s it had beds for 142 patients, had a children's ward, a fully equipped surgery, laboratory, and electrotherapy. Dr. Bervoets was replaced in 1921 by Dr. K.P.C.A. Gramberg, who was assisted after 1930 by Dr. F.C. van der Horst; in addition there was always a government physician in service there. The first nurse was Helene Goossen of Russia, who served 1920-1922; she then married Dr. Gramberg. Other nurses (deaconesses) were Panman 1922-1925, Spannenburg 1927-1929, and Maria Klaassen 1931-1951.
The indigenous personnel, 40-50 nurses, some of whom had midwife certification, were with few exceptions trained at Kelet. The leper colony at Donorodjo (eight miles (13 km) north of Kelet) was also established by Dr. Bervoets and belonged to Kelet. The head physician of Kelet officiated at Donorodjo. Kelet also maintained two subsidiary hospitals, Taju with 22 beds and Bangsri with 10 beds, besides the dispensaries at Pati, Juvana, and Vedarijeska. Soon after the opening of the hospital a mission school was built at Kelet. The teachers were trained in the mission school in Margoredjo,
The extent of the hospital services is indicated by the following 1932 statistics: a total of 2,105 patients were admitted, with 117,142 days of nursing care; in Kelet alone, 1,481 patients with 48,481 days of care. The clinics gave 54,485 treatments to 9,769 patients. The total expenses were 112,820 guilders, of which the government contributed 78,586 guilders.
The development of the hospital also gave rise to a thriving congregation living in and around Kelet. The staff became the center of a lively youth group. Pastoral care from 1915 was in the hands of a native assistant, Pariman Martosentono (elder since 1950), directed by Hermann Schmitt in Kudus. At the end of 1932 the church had 92 members and 125 children. Average attendance at church was 128 adults. In 1930 a church was built; meetings had previously been held in a room of the hospital. Among the lepers in Donorodjo there was also a Christian group, with a leper preacher. The head of the colony, P. Bouwer, assisted with the preaching, and missionary N. Thiessen of Margoredjo had the spiritual oversight over the colony. In 1954 the Kelet congregation had 167 baptized members and 262 children. It had become fully independent on 24 November 1940.
Maria Klaassen, missionary nurse, was able to continue at Kelet throughout the vicissitudes of World War II, the Japanese occupation, and the guerrilla warfare afterwards. She operated the hospital successfully single-handedly until she left the field in 1951. The MCC relief program in this area, which had been begun in 1949 at Pati, moved its headquarters to Kelet in 1953.
Reports of the Dutch Mission Association.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 479.
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MLA style
Gramberg, K. P. C. A. and Nanne van der Zijpp. "Kelet Hospital (Java, Indonesia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 4 Jun 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kelet_Hospital_(Java,_Indonesia)&oldid=144220.
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Gramberg, K. P. C. A. and Nanne van der Zijpp. (1957). Kelet Hospital (Java, Indonesia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 4 June 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kelet_Hospital_(Java,_Indonesia)&oldid=144220.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 161-162. All rights reserved.
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Four Blue Devils will be inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in Worcester, MA, on June 22, 2013. Former Athletics Director Charles "CJ" Jones, head women's basketball coach Beryl Piper and former men's basketball standouts Rick Mickens and Corsley Edwards will be inducted at the DCU Center in Worcester. All four inductees are also member of the CCSU Alumni Athletics Hall of Fame.
Read more about the New England Basketball Hall of Fame Here
Mickens and Edwards will be inducted for their contributions as collegiate players during their time with the Blue Devils. Each was a member of the 2000 Northeast Conference Champion basketball team that brought the Blue Devils to the Division I NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Edwards went again in 2002.
Piper is being inducted for her contribution as a high school coach. Piper was the head coach at New Britain High School for 19 seasons prior to becoming the head coach at her alma mater in 2007.
Jones will be inducted in the Administrator category for his tenure as the Athletics Director at his alma mater. Jones, who spent 44 years working at CCSU, retired in 2009 after 14 years in his most recent role.
Mickens helped lead the Blue Devils to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in its Division I history in 2000. He was the 1999-2000 Defensive Player of the Year in the NEC and is the school's all-time leader in steals with 266. He also scored 1,632 points, grabbed 448 rebounds and had 263 assists in his four seasons. Mickens played in 111 games in his career and is sixth all-time in career points.
Edwards is the third all-time leading scorer in school history and was the 2001-02 NEC Player of the Year for the Blue Devils. He is one of only two players in school history to go to the NCAA Tournament twice, in both 2000 and 2002. He has 1,731 career points and 967 career rebounds in 123 career games. He started 115 of those games. His 198 blocks are second in school history, and his 652 field goals ranks fifth.
Piper spent 19 seasons as the head coach at New Britain High School before returning to CCSU as the head women's coach. Piper guided the Golden Hurricanes to three state titles, compiling a 289-151 record. New Britain won its first in 1998 and added back-to-back championships over her final two seasons. Beginning in 1998, Piper also won seven consecutive Central Connecticut Conference South Division championships. She added two north division crowns in her last two seasons there.
Piper was named the Connecticut High School Coaches Association 2007 Coach of the Year. Additionally, she was presented with the 2007 Merit Award by the CIAC Girls Basketball Committee and was named the 2007 Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Doc McInerney Coach of the Year in a female sport.
In six seasons at CCSU Piper has led the Blue Devils to 82 victories, four NEC Tournament appearances, three NEC Tournament Semifinals and the 2009 Women's National Invitational Tournament. Piper is second in wins and Division I wins in CCSU women's basketball history and she holds the best winning percentage of any CCSU women's basketball coach. She is responsible for three of the top-five single-season win totals since the program went to Division I, with the second (19 wins, 2010-11), third (18 wins, 2008-09) and fifth (16 wins, 2012-13) spots.
Jones holds his undergraduate and master's degrees from CCSU and spent 44 years associated with the University. He was a student, coach and administrator during his time with the Blue Devils, spending the last 14 years as the Director of Athletics. He was instrumental in getting the Blue Devils into the Northeast Conference in 1996. Central teams won 47 conference championships during his tenure.


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Hughes solid, Buxton hitless in Twins' loss to Fish
JUPITER, Fla. -- The first home run of Spring Training was a big one for Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The blast in the fourth inning gave the Marlins the lead, and they went on to defeat the Twins, 3-1, on Tuesday at Roger Dean Stadium.
Saltalamacchia went deep to right field off Ryan Pressly, snapping a 1-1 tie.
Derek Dietrich's RBI single in the sixth inning provided Miami with an insurance run.
Minnesota's Phil Hughes and Miami's Tom Koehler each gave up a run, but for the most part, they did their jobs.
Byron Buxton, ranked by MLB.com as the No. 1 prospect in the game, went 0-for-5 for Minnesota.
Hughes, in his first Grapefruit League action, worked 2 2/3 innings, and his fastball was between 92-94 mph.
Koehler, in two innings, maxed out at 95 mph. He allowed one run on three hits.
The Twins struck first, scoring on Eduardo Escobar's sacrifice fly to right field in the second inning. Koehler actually did a good job minimizing the damage, because Minnesota loaded the bases with no outs.
The Twins left 11 men on base, going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
"Situational hitting wasn't very good at all," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "A couple of situations where we had a chance to drive in a run and we swing first pitch at a bad pitch and pop it up."
Koehler also didn't get much luck, because Aaron Hicks' single to left dropped between left fielder Christian Yelich and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria. Both had a chance to make the play. The Marlins committed five errors on the afternoon, including one each by Hechavarria and Saltalamacchia.
Chris Colabello led the inning off with a single, and he scored on Escobar's fly ball to right field. Koehler regrouped, struck out Eric Fryer and retired Doug Bernier on a line drive to left.
Miami responded off Hughes with back-to-back, two-out singles. Saltalamacchia walked to open the inning. With two outs, Greg Dobbs singled and Ed Lucas slapped an RBI single to right.
Up next: The Twins will return to Fort Myers, Fla., on Wednesday to host the Orioles in a 6:05 p.m. CT game on MLB.TV. Right-hander Mike Pelfrey will make his second Grapefruit League start after throwing two scoreless innings against the Red Sox last Friday. Lefties Scott Diamond and Glen Perkins and righty Jared Burton are among those also scheduled to pitch. Diamond is battling for the fifth spot in the Twins' rotation, and he made one previous start this spring, giving up one run in two innings.


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USC snagged four late additions on Wednesday, three of whom are considered four-star recruits.
South Carolina has had fairly uneventful signing days in recent years as the Gamecocks generally try to get early commitments to avoid any late drama.
Wednesday was anything but uneventful as Carolina snagged four late additions to its recruiting class to bring the total number of signees to 21.
Of the prospects that chose USC on Wednesday, two were committed to other schools, while two had yet to commit.
Three of USC's prospects who jumped on board late, defensive tackle Dexter Wideman, cornerback Chris Lammons and cornerback Wesley Green, are ranked four-star recruits by 247sports and Rivals, while both publications rank defensive end Blake McClain as a three-star prospect.
Wideman had been committed to Florida State, and McClain, who did not visit USC, was originally committed to the Seminoles as well before committing to Nebraska last weekend.
Lammons chose the Gamecocks over Wisconsin, while Green picked USC over Georgia.
With the late additions, Carolina's class jumped from No. 23 to No. 15 in the 247sports rankings and up to No. 16 in the Rivals class rankings.
J.C. Shurburtt, the national recruiting director for 247sports, said South Carolina should be ecstatic with the late additions.
"It was a different kind of finish than it normally is," Shurburtt said. "Those are four big commits. Those guys are all at positions of need. They're guys that can step in and maybe make a difference as early as next season given the departures they have on defense. I think it was a tremendous effort down the stretch."
USC, which is losing both starting cornerbacks and three of its four starting defensive linemen from last year, signed seven defensive linemen and five cornerbacks on Wednesday.
Carolina is particularly thin at corner, where its only returning player on the two-deep depth chart is redshirt freshman Rico McWilliams.
In addition to Green and Lammons, Carolina also added four-star cornerback D.J. Smith. Shurburtt said all three have a chance for immediate playing time.
"All of those guys can play at a high level; all of those guys are among the top 300 players in the country," he said. "Outside of Alabama getting two of the top three cornerbacks in the country, as far as the totality of the haul, this is one of the top cornerback classes in the SEC."
Carolina's most highly rated recruit is Bryson Allen-Williams, who the Gamecocks had to hold on to late.
The linebacker from Ellenwood, Ga. took official visits to Alabama and Georgia the last two weekends before ultimately sticking with the Gamecocks.
Shurburtt said anytime you can fend off Alabama and Georgia for an out-of-state prospect you have done a great job, adding that USC defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward was key to Allen-Williams' recruitment.
"He developed a great relationship with Bryson and his family," Shurburtt said. "Because of him, I don't think Bryson was going anywhere barring something unforeseen."
Shurburtt said that Chapman receiver Deebo Samuel is a player who could come in and surprise some people. Samuel used a strong week of Shrine Bowl practice to vault up to a four star ranking by 247sports. He was not offered by USC until late in his senior season after battling injuries earlier in the year.
"(Deebo) Samuel is probably under the radar a little bit. We have him ranked inside of the top 247," Shurburtt said. "(Deebo) Samuel is a player I think for South Carolina that's really going to impress. I don't know if he'll play early or not, but I think he's certainly a guy that can help the Gamecocks, if not next year, very, very soon."
While Samuel climbed up recruiting rankings late, USC's other local signee, Gaffney star Shaq Davidson, saw his ranking drop by 247sports and Rivals.
Shurburtt said he believes that part of the reason Davidson's ranking fell was because of an injury he suffered late in his senior season.
Shurburtt said the receiver did not show as much explosiveness during the weeks of the Shrine Bowl and Army All-American Bowl as he did earlier in his career.
"He was just missing that extra gear, that explosiveness that you saw on film. Sometimes that's an indication that he's maybe not healthy," Shurburtt said. "He dropped in a bunch of rankings. As far as we were concerned it's a situation where he's probably going to need a redshirt year to add the strength and get back to full speed. He's not all that big right now."
Of the two local receivers, Shurburtt said Samuel has a better chance to come in and contribute immediately.
"He's not close to being as ready physically as Samuel is," Shurburtt said. "It's going to take some time, but I think Shaq Davidson certainly has a bright future at USC."


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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Orechiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe Pesto
I followed this recipe pretty much word for word except I only used anout one-third of the pesto and as always I keep Pecorino Romano cheese in my house so that's what I use. Other than that the only change I would make next time is to use the full pound of sausage. This was a fantastic recipe and I can't wait to make some more pasta to eat with the leftover pesto! Just thinking that if you left out the sausage this would be a great meal to serve on one of those meatless nights during Lent.
Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe Pesto and Sausage
Source: Cook Like a Rockstar by Anne Burrell
For the Pesto:
Kosher Salt
1 bunches of broccoli rabe, tough lower stems removed, coarsely chopped into 1-inch lengths
1/2 cup chopped pistachios
3/4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano
Extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup mascarpone
For the Pasta:
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 pound Italian sausage, sweet or spicy, casings removed
1 pound orecchiette
Big fat finishing oil
Freshly grated Parmigiano
For the Pesto:
1. Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Drop the rabe into the water, give it a swish, and remove it immediately, saving the water to cook your pasta in later.
2. Reserve a cup of the rabe. Toss the rest in a food processor and pulse, pulse, pulse until you have a coarse paste. Add the pistachios and Parm and puree until smooth. If it seems dry, drizzle in a little olive oil while the machine is running. It should be slightly bitter, nutty, and creamy at the same time. Reserve.
For the Pasta:
1. Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and bring a medium-high heat. Add the sausage, using a spoon to break it up, and cook until brown and crumbly, 8-10 minutes.
2. Bring your broccoli rabe water back to a boil and toss in the pasta, cooking for 1 minute less than the package recommends. Drain the pasta and add it, along with 1/2 cup reserved pasta cooking water, the reserved rabe, and two-thirds of the pesto, to the pan with the sausage. Stir to combine and cook until the water evaporates and the pesto is clinging to the pasta. Remove from the heat, drizzle with some big fat finishing oil, sprinkle with more Parm, and stir vigorously to combine. Divide among bowls and serve immediately.
Click here for a printable version of this recipe.
The dish I served this in is microwave and oven safe. It can be found by clicking here.
Labels: Broccoli Rabe, Pasta, Pesto, pork, Sausage
5 comments:
- All Things Yummy said...
I have her cookbook as well and have made a few really good dishes. I love her ragu- it's got such wonderful flavor.
- February 22, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Deb said...
Wondering what you used as your finishing oil?
- March 6, 2012 at 6:58 AM
- The Kid said...
Great food. Looks soo fresh and appetizing!
- March 6, 2012 at 2:17 PM
- classesncamps said...
i love this food...
- June 7, 2014 at 9:29 AM
- Kristen Dockery said...
Italian food has always been my favorite food. Ever since I could remember I have loved it, I think it's because my mother also loved it so she would always make it when I was younger. I would love to learn how to make this dish and prepare it for my mom. http://www.pierrositalianbistro.com/
- October 17, 2014 at 5:41 PM
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