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Ottawa jazzmen Mark Ferguson and Mike Tremblay team up this weekend with big musical guns from Toronto
The Ottawa duo plan to record this year with Toronto jazz heavyweights Dave Young and Terry Clarke.
Peter Hum
Ferguson Tremblay Young Clarke may sound like a law firm, but in fact it's a team-up this weekend featuring two of Ottawa's best jazz players with two of Canada's finest.
Representing Ottawa are the longstanding collaborators pianist-trombonist Mark Ferguson and saxophonist Mike Tremblay. Joining them at GigSpace on Friday and Saturday nights for concerts that are already sold out are bassist Dave Young, who has famously played with Lenny Breau and Oscar Peterson, among many others, and drummer Terry Clarke, who has just as famously played with Jim Hall and Rob McConnell's Boss Brass, among many others.
Below, Tremblay and Ferguson discuss how and why they are joining forces with Young and Clarke — a recording session is in the cards for later this year — and moving up one rung on the ladder of degrees of jazz separation.
Q: First off, what makes you two so compatible musically and/or personally?
Tremblay: We've been best friends for more than 20 years. With countless projects that we have been both a part of, it's very comfortable to play with each other. I find that one of us can play a phrase, and the other will build on what has just been said. It kind of goes back and forth like that quite a bit. The thing for me that keeps things exciting is that even after all these years, Mark keeps getting better. It pushes me to try and keep working on my own playing/composing. Overall, we just have a ton of fun playing music together.
Q: When and why did the idea arise for Mark and Mike to play with Dave Young and Terry Clarke?
Tremblay: Last Christmas, Mark and I decided to do another CD together. We had both played with Terry and Dave on different occasions, including while performing with the NAC orchestra. They are such spectacular musicians, it seemed only logical to start with them when we decided to do a quartet recording.
Ferguson: We had Dave Young teach at our Carleton jazz camp a few years ago and he was really inspiring. Also a very nice guy to hang out with. It was great to hear his stories about playing with Oscar Peterson and other jazz greats. Terry Clarke came to Ottawa to play with NACO a few years ago and I also played with him during Juno week with Quinsin Nachoff. He's one of my all-time favourite drummers. I heard him play countless times when I lived in Toronto. He was playing with the Boss Brass and many of the out-of-town artists who played at George's Spaghetti House and Bourbon Street.
Q: Tell me about the material you want to tackle with Dave and Terry.
Tremblay: On our last CD Home we used a few originals and quite a few standards. This time, we decided to challenge ourselves and try to create an all original album. It's not easy, especially for me as I don't compose on a regular basis.
I feel Mark generally composes using very interesting chord sequences. The flow is always interesting and challenging. His melodies are very lyrical, and have a wonderful balance of repetition and surprise.
For this album, I was trying to stretch out a bit more harmonically, and also try to compose more challenging melodies. I've always been leaning towards the bebop side of style, and that stays true with my latest tunes. I find I'll compose for a couple hours, solve some problems, then come back the next day and erase about half of what I had written the day before. This goes on for a while, and it seems the stuff that stays on the page day after day will be there in the final composition.
Q: What do you hope to achieve or get out of the experience of playing with Dave and Terry?
Ferguson: I'm looking forward to playing with such a swinging and supportive rhythm section. It's good to get a kick in the ass on occasion.
Tremblay: For me, just being around these guys for a few days and trying to absorb as much as I can will be reward enough. They have so much experience, I'm really excited to hear what they will sound like on our original compositions.
Ferguson: I can't wait to hear what Dave and Terry add to our music.
Q: When will you be recording with Dave and Terry? What's your goal in making this recording?
Tremblay: We will be recording in Toronto at Canterbury Studios on Dec. 22 and 23. I see this recording as a chance to take a snapshot of what we were working on in 2018. It's great to look back and listen to earlier recordings and follow how players progressed and changed through the years.
Q: Seeing your project as well as some other recent ones, I wonder: Why do you think a lot of Ottawa jazz musicians look beyond Ottawa to find special collaborators?
Ferguson: Ottawa has some great musicians who I love to work with, but it's a relatively small community. It's nice to go outside of the city occasionally, to Toronto or Montreal, to get a different approach to playing jazz. Each city has its own sound.
Tremblay: I think that there's a lot of respect between musicians in the jazz community. When booking out-of-town artists to come and teach at the Carleton jazz camp, I found folks were always very easy to get along with. They were incredible players who were very humble and easygoing. I have my students listening and transcribing many Canadian artists as well and the standard international jazz heroes. There's so many incredible players in this country, I wish I had more opportunities to play with them.
Ferguson Tremblay Young Clarke
When: Sept. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: GigSpace (953 Gladstone Ave.)
Tickets: the shows are sold out.
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I guess it is quite an over-generalisation. Maybe 'gym-based'?? or 'not-really-outdoorsy-types-anyway' might have expressed it better. Yep , I agree there are numerous exceptions not just Axel (who was a young climber at Blacktown when I was managing it) but lots of normal grade climbers who embrace the greater traditions of outdoor pursuits.
Not sure, I guess a bit of signage round gyms might help, maybe some SRC or VCC policy type stuff?? And maybe a bit of coverage in VL or similar...?? More old-timers climbing in gyms??
I'm surprised no one got fired up about my statement that climbing is not "one man one vote". To rodw and voodoo, I couldn't care less what 5000 climbers who have never bolted a climb or contributed to Cliffcare think. This is not a democracy where everyone pays taxes and is subject to the law.
While I don't care about the views of the ignorant, we need to make sure curiosity from beginners is met with polite education and not contempt. And we need to be able to explain why it is the way it is - remember once upon a time chalk was frowned upon. Some of our ethical rules may be discarded in the same way.
>representative view of the wider whole.
>on the matter at all.
>small bunch of peeps shout the loudest is a bit naive and simplistic IMHO.
Of course Chockstone isn't necessarily a true indicator of all thoughts - but I do think it is a well known public forum for these sort of issues and the easiest way of accessing a reasonable number of people. I can't think of any other method that will access a larger proportion of the climbing community in a quick time frame for minimal labour and resources. Feel free to tell us some. It also benefits from word of mouth where discussion here is spread around non-users who are then able to join in. I suspect there is a little bit of derision for internet forums as geeky and not as a legitimate location for debate. Some people's behaviour on them also discourages their acceptance as platforms for serious debate. However, all options are going to have limitations - club newsletter, gym or crag noticeboards are very population, time and location specific. And the don't care or have better things to do are hardly convincing arguments for consulting those people. Are we going to make them care or prioritise clarify issues of debate? Probably not.
Thought I'd add my two cents as one of the 80% who passively use this forum. And as I climbed The Eyrie for the first time just this weekend.
Absolutely stellar climb in a beautiful setting. Loved every minute of it. And not what I was expecting in a low graded climb.
I've only been leading trad for a few years (and have had two kids in between, so have not been out on the pointy end too often #tear). Though have more experience leading alpine routes.
Standing 10m or 15m above my last piece of gear, and on that first move out of the cave, I did find myself questioning the grade though. And regretting bringing a full rack up with me.
What made the climb for me though was the exposure. While it felt super run-out, I think this made it. I probably haven't been around long (or climbing hard enough) to buy into the retro-bolt or not debate, and don't feel strongly either way.
Having said this, I love the adventure of this kind of route and how it forces you to stay purely in the moment. I don't think you'd get the same kind of mental challenge out of this route with bolts every few metres.
I have no idea how you would consult on it though. It's a clusterf*ck of polarised opinions every time. So hats off to Tim for taking action, and then again for taking responsibility.
This is possibly opening another can of worms, but I think it's relevant. In my pretty limited trad experience I don't think that our grading system appropriately recognises the objective difficulties of trad routes. And possibly encourages too much comparison (eg a grade 12 sport = grade 12 on trad).
I know long runouts aren't for everyone. And I think this would be a pretty hairy introduction to trad climbing if it was your first lead. The grade is deceptive in a way, by only recognising the climbing difficulty.
Maybe using an element of the alpine system (ie recognising exposure, pitches, ropework etc) would make a difference for those looking to transition across and fully appreciate what they're getting into.
Don't the Brits grade this way, adding an objective difficulty to the technical climbing grade?
So for example, you could add something like an a,b,c or -/+ to the 12 grade to identify things like exposure or protection.
I'm not sure why you'd be 15m above your last bit of gear (the most runout you'll be on this climb is 5m at most), and there's bolts/chain in the belay cave which haven't been removed (and have been there for decades), so that's about the least runout spot (though no one can doubt the exposure, relative to the grade).
In Ewbank's original proposal for the grading system that we use, he specified that the grade WOULD encompass difficulty in placing the gear, quality of gear, runouts, rock-quality, and the entire experience. Obviously that's one aspect of it that never really took off.
1. The difficulty of placing the gear relative to the technical grade (meaning that even if it's the best piece of gear in the world, and you're never more than 2m above the last piece of pro, if the technical grade is high enough, the "danger grade" automatically goes up on the assumption that it's a lot harder to place gear on a 28, even if it's the best gear in the world).
2. The difficulty of placing the gear relative to how strenuous/endurance-orientated the route it, on the basis that it's harder to place gear if you're getting pumped. The same example I listed above can be transposed here.
My point is that even a system like the UK-system which is designed to take onboard the perceived dangerous aspects of a trad route, is still far from perfect (and "reading" the route from the UK grades isn't as straightforward as you might expect).
In the US they have the PG-13, R, X-ratings (which are sometimes used in Australia, but we often also have the Caution, Serious, Death ratings/symbols in different guidebooks.) Personally, I think that this form of "danger grading" is the most effective.
I'm not entirely sure, but doesn't Simon Carter's Blueys guide make a reference to the runout nature of The Eyrie for a beginner climb? Traditionally the dangerous nature of the route was given in its topo/route description.
Yeah, sorry an exaggeration. I can recall a couple bolts and maybe two or three cams in the first pitch, so I guess 5m would be about right.
There's a bolt protecting the move out of the cave, and another carrot protecting the final move to the top, also at least one or two pieces of gear on the second pitch so I think you must have been a wee bit off route and missed gear placements and carrots.
Paul I think it was applied like that for quite a while but with sport climbing most of the time they are mostly irrelevant. All factors contribute to the grade and anything exceptional should be noted in the description.
>one aspect of it that never really took off.
No he didn't. If there were difficulties in placing gear, runouts, poor rock etc they would be mentioned separately in the written description. Peoples lack of understanding (ignorance?) of Ewbanks sytem is the real reason it hasn't been properly implemented.
I read his blurb as only mentioning something in the route description if it's particularly exceptional for the grade, otherwise the number includes "technical difficulty, exposure, length, quality of rock, protection and other smaller factors".
Grading takes the following into consideration. Technical difficulty, exposure, length, quality of rock, protection and other smaller factors. As these are more or less all related to each other, I have rejected the idea of 3 or 4 grades, i.e. one for exposure, one for technical difficulty, one for protection etc. Instead the climb is given its one general grading, and if any of the other factors is	outstanding, this is stated verbally in the short introduction to that climb, e.g.
The british system is silly. somehow the second part of the grading is supposed to tell you if it is well protected or not, sustained or not, good rock or not and we have to be able to read the mind of the grader to know which it is. We have words for that sort of thing. You given a single number grade in consideration of all factors. You then use those useful word things (that the English language is endowed with about 1 million to choose from) in the route description if you need to point out any of those factors.
>>one aspect of it that never really took off.
>poor rock etc they would be mentioned separately in the written description.
>reason it hasn't been properly implemented.
A fine climb, marred by poor rock at (crux) and poor protection on 4th pitch. etc, etc.
PThompson has subtly introduced the words 'difficulty in placing', which I read as different to 'protection', or indeed lack thereof.
BA is right about separately mentioning protection if some factor about it is 'outstanding' (sic), otherwise it is simply good / fair / poor (sic) Ewbank.
Ewbank himself allowed for evolution (of sorts) when he referred to the protection point/s varying according to the individual and use of 'modern' gear, but I think he was referring to protection/lack thereof, rather than "difficulty in placing", which is a much more subjective thing.
>difficulty of placing the gear relative to how strenuous/endurance-orientated the route it, on the basis that it's harder to place gear if you're getting pumped.
True, however that is already covered in general terms by the overall grading of the route!
My interpretation of Ewbank is to think about giving a grade of x + 1 if the pitch has grade x moves but is runnout or has some bad rock, etc. If there's a reasonable chance of getting hurt, mention it in the description. But grading is more art than science - the objectivity of Ewbank breaks down when a pitch has no protection (there's a few examples around Adelaide and at Moonarie). In that case I'd give x + 1 and spell out the challenge as clearly as possible for any readers who might struggle with English.


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21 for 2021: OU in the CFP, Tech with a D and Bijan features — our early predictions for the Big 12
It's never too early to look ahead to next season in college football.
With the Big 12 riding high off a rare 5-0 run in the bowl season — including two wins in New Year's Six games — there's plenty of reason to start dreaming about the 2021 season.
Oklahoma and Iowa State are set to bring back many key starters off of teams that played for the conference title and will finish ranked among the top 10 teams in the country.
Texas will have a new coach in Steve Sarkisian, who replaces Tom Herman.
OU's Spencer Rattler and ISU's Breece Hall will try to capture the Heisman Trophy while leading their team to the playoff.
With so many storylines to tackle, writers from across the USA Today Network have teamed up to deliver 21 predictions, two per team and one for the title game, for the Big 12 in 2021:
Baylor (Cedric Golden, Austin American-Statesman)
Baylor will be better in 2021 but won't make a bowl game. Expect Dave Aranda's Bears to improve from that 2-7 finish even without Brewer at the helm. Hopefully the ravages of COVID-19 will subside in time for spring football. The defense received some great news when linebacker Terrel Bernard announced he would be returning for his senior season after season-ending shoulder surgery after the fifth game. They will take a step forward but finish 5-7 and miss out on a bowl game.
The Bears will sign a graduate transfer at quarterback. New offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes comes over from BYU with a huge task on his hands. Longtime starter Charlie Brewer has transferred to Utah, leaving Gerry Bohanon, Jacob Zeno and incoming freshman Kyron Drones from Shadow Creek to compete for the starting job. Since Bohanon and Zeno combined to throw only nine passes last season, Grimes will take a peek around the country to see if he can find a more experienced signal caller.
Kansas (Berry Tramel, The Oklahoman)
Kansas ends its Sunflower State losing streak. The Jayhawks haven't defeated K-State since 2008, but Les Miles is building slowly and year three could show improvement. The Sunflower showdown is in Lawrence in 2021.
Kansas tailback Daniel Hishaw Jr. will become the Jayhawks' primary offensive threat. In KU's final two games of 2020, Hishaw rushed for 73 yards on 10 carries against Oklahoma and 87 yards on 22 rushes against Texas Tech.
Kansas State (Berry Tramel, The Oklahoman)
Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson, back for a sixth season on campus and a fifth year of playing, will beat Texas Tech for the fifth time. Thompson is 4-0 against the Red Raiders, including a rally in relief to reach overtime way back in 2017.
Five-foot-5 Wildcat tailback Deuce Vaughn will lead the Big 12 in rushing. As a freshman in 2020, the Cedar Ridge product rushed for 652 yards on 123 carries, including back-to-back games of more than 100 yards to finish the season.
Iowa State (Randy Peterson, Des Moines Register)
Big 12 title game or bust. Matt Campbell's team set a high bar by reaching the program's first conference championship game. With nearly everyone returning — yes, everyone — there's no reason the Cyclones can't at least get that far in 2021. Quarterback Brock Purdy, better the second half last season than the first, will be good from the start, considering the array of veteran receivers. A second New Year's Six bowl should be in the cards.
Breece Hall is a load, again. The nation's Power Five rushing leader with 1,572 yards, should become Iowa State's first three-time 1,000-yard rusher. For that reason, the Big 12's offensive MVP should be a shoo-in to be the Big 12's preseason offensive pick, too. The junior should be even better, considering the return of the offensive line's entire depth chart.
Oklahoma (Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman)
With a returning quarterback for the first time since 2017 and the bulk of its defense returning, Oklahoma will be a heavy favorite to win a seventh consecutive Big 12 title. The Sooners do that and earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
It's easy to forget just how good Kennedy Brooks was the previous two seasons before opting out in 2020. Brooks had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and he will again in 2021, possibly much more if Rhamondre Stevenson declares for the NFL Draft.
Oklahoma State (Scott Wright, The Oklahoman)
Over the first half of the 2020 season, the Oklahoma State defense stopped nearly everyone it faced. But from mid-November on, the defense's cracks were revealed, and four of the last five opponents scored at least 29 points. Two scored 40-plus. The Cowboys had a veteran-led defense, but still return the bulk of their starting unit in 2021, led by players like Malcolm Rodriguez, Tre Sterling and Trace Ford. Despite a few key losses, the Cowboys could still be a better defense next season.
Inconsistency has haunted Oklahoma State quarterback Spencer Sanders in his first two seasons, but injuries have limited his game action as well. Late in the 2020 season, he began to limit his turnovers and find open receivers more quickly. The Cheez-It Bowl win over Miami was his best performance of the season, and the type of game OSU needs from him on a more consistent basis going forward. With the added benefit of spring practice — which he lost out on a year ago — Sanders should be able to move closer to becoming the consistent quarterback the Cowboys need.
TCU (Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman)
On my Big 12 preseason ballot last year, I predicted that running back Zach Evans would be the conference's top newcomer. And why not? The five-star freshman was going to be the top talent on an offense that needed to run the football. Evans started slow and only recorded four carries over TCU's first four games. But after he recorded two 100-yard efforts over his final three games, I am extending my prediction of a breakout campaign for Evans into 2021.
Two TCU defensive backs were taken in last year's draft, and safeties Trevon Moehrig and Ar'darius Washington will soon be in the league as well. Does that mean that Big 12 teams will start throwing at the Horned Frogs at will? Don't count on it. Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson was an all-conference cornerback in 2020, and he is poised to be known for more than just being LaDainian's nephew.
Texas (Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman)
Hopefully in 2021 the Longhorns realize what they have in running back Bijan Robinson. The freshman should get plenty of chances, if coach Steve Sarkisian's history is any indication. Keep Keaontay Ingram and Roschon Johnson in the fold, but Robinson should be the workhorse.
Let's hope the Longhorns stick to a four-man defensive front with a new defensive staff. The upperclassman will be working under their third defensive coordinator in as many years. That's incredible turnover at a key position. The switch to a four-man front worked wonders last season. Here's hoping Texas keeps it.
Texas Tech (Don Williams, A-J Media)
Texas Tech will finish in the top half of the Big 12 in total defense, something the Red Raiders haven't done since 2012, and-or scoring defense, which they haven't achieved since 2009. Tech made strides on defense this season and will return eight starters on that side of the ball, including five seniors taking advantage of the free year of eligibility granted by the NCAA.
TCU tended to use multiple running backs during the seven years new Tech offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie was on the Horned Frogs' staff, and Tech deployed four running backs this past season. So keeping with that trend, Tech's SaRodorick Thompson and Xavier White both top 600 rushing yards in 2021. In the past decade, Tech last had two 600-yard rushers in 2017 and, before that, in 2010.
West Virginia (Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman)
Two four-star offensive line recruits, including two-year starter Doug Nester from Virginia Tech, will combine with the Big 12's second-best tailback and 1,000-yard rusher Leddie Brown to give West Virginia one of the best running games in the league.
Jarret Doege must up his production at quarterback or give way to a freshman like Garrett Greene or Will Crowder, and wide receivers Winston Wright and Bryce Ford-Wheaton will reduce their drops to keep the Mountaineers' resurgence going strong with 18 returning starters for an 8-4 season on top of the 6-4 record in 2020.
Big 12 championship
Oklahoma vs. Texas. Never, ever bet against the king until dethroned. Thus, you've got to stick with the Sooners. Brian Davis, Austin American-Statesman
The Sooners finally get some stale meat in the Big 12 Championship Game — they meet Iowa State for the second straight year, en route to a seventh straight conference title. Berry Tramel, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma proved this season it can slip up a couple of times and still win the Big 12 championship. And Iowa State will have a lot of pieces back, so the Cyclones' aren't done yet. Look for a rematch in the conference title game. Don Williams, A-J Media

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The Best Bars and Restaurants on the Sunset Strip
By Wilder Shaw Published On 10/21/2015
Newton's fourth law dictates, "One will always eventually find oneself on the Sunset Strip, no matter how hard they may try to avoid it." And when that happens, here are the best places to hit to forget that you ended up on Sunset.
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Pearls Rooftop
Pearl's Liquor Bar
Follow the stairs up to its rooftop section -- it's got perhaps the best rooftop on Sunset, a killer cocktail menu, and tasty bites including truffle mushroom flatbread and fried chicken Benedicts.
Maia Weho
This less-than-two-month-old hotspot has some of the best new food on the strip: Kumamoto oysters (with cucumber, ponzu mignonette & mint), black cod (with miso glaze & grilled baby bok choy), and its bluefin tuna sashimi (with truffle, yuzu & agave). Also, prepare to feel like you're in a magazine ad, because (true to Sunset strip hotspots) the beauty of the food is matched only by the beauty of the clientele.
Tired of never running into Lemmy from Motorhead? Get over to Rainbow Bar & Grill, because he's always there, and also, Rainbow Bar & Grill is legendary. Bonus: Ron Jeremy is ALSO always there, so that's obviously a plus.
It's got a pool! It's got a bar! It's got, uh, sky! The longtime strip fave isn't as hard to get into as it once was, the food and drinks are still top-notch, and of course, you've got nutso views of Hollywood over the top of the hill.
Looking for a place to lounge in the daytime before the Strip gets insane? Thanks to massive strip-facing windows on the patio, SSH has a big, open-air attitude for all your before-and-after-noon drinking needs (not to mention Buffalo fries and a tasty banh mi).
Sushi Park
A lot of people say Sushi Park is the best sushi in LA, and they're not exactly wrong. SP prides itself on being ultra-traditional, so if you want to keep your legs, don't ask for chicken teriyaki or a California roll. Instead, spend probably too much money on its top-level omakase.
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Burger Lounge
Sure it's a chain, but so what? It's got great burgers -- and free parking. FREE PARKING.
You probably don't like Mediterranean spicy lamb tacos with garlic oil on naan flatbread, and you probably don't like Greek-style salmon with lemon garlic smashed potatoes & sautéed spinach, and you DEFINITELY don't like a selection of craft martinis like pepperoncini and pineapple ginger. So, you probably won't like Fork. Sorry 'bout that.
When the Church Key launched a couple years ago, it made its name on "American dim sum," but these days it's as notorious for its brunch (thanks to $13 bottomless mimosas and cinnamon caramel house-made brioche donuts) as it is its cart-led dinners. If you're not a mimosa person, it also offers up tons of tasty cocktails like the Wedding Crashers-influenced "Motorboatin' SOB" with Jameson Black, rosemary syrup, and ROSEMARY SMOKE.
Sunset Trocadero Lounge
A longtime local Strip fave, Trocadero Lounge has one of the BEST happy hours in the city (half off ALL appetizers and drinks), as well as strong pours and a breezy patio. See ya there.
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Is it $48 for a center cut filet mignon? Yes. Is it possibly the best steak in the city? Also yes.
In the Strip's last heyday as a music mecca in the early '90s, there were three rock clubs that mattered: The Whiskey, The Roxy, and the Viper Room. Though all three still stand, only one remains truly relevant: The Roxy recently was acquired by Coachella gods Goldenvoice, which means its bookings are still top-notch, the sight lines are great, and it's got a sound system that rivals any other in the city.
Eveleigh
8752 W Sunset
It's our pick for one of the most underrated restaurants in the entire city -- which makes it a likely contender for best restaurant on the Strip. Oh, and the bar area's great too. So maybe just "best place on the Strip?"
Rock & Reilly's
OK, so this isn't exactly the most "legit" Irish pub in LA, but it may be one of the most fun: the walls and glasses are loaded with ridiculous slogans from its made-up founder ("'This may be the beer talking, but I love beer' -- Reilly, age 5"), it often hosts over-the-top parties, the bartenders are all ultra-attractive (men & women, so it's equal-opportunity), and it has its own not-bad whiskey blend. On a Strip full of pretentiousness, it's an alcoholic breath of fresh air.
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Oladele "Dele" Abiola Ogunseitan is a Nigerian public health researcher who is the University of California Presidential Chair at the University of California, Irvine. His research considers how toxic pollutants impact human and environmental health. He is an elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Early life and education
Ogunseitan was born in Nigeria. He attended Obafemi Awolowo University, where he started his studies in microbiology. After earning his master's degree in 1983, Ogunseitan moved to the United States. He joined the University of Tennessee as a doctoral student working on environmental microbiology and microbial ecology. He earned a Master of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1998, Ogunseitan was made a Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory.

Research and career
In 1992 Ogunseitan joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine. His research considers the evaluation of risk factors that damage human and environmental health, including electronic waste.

Ogunseitan was the founding chair of the University of California, Irvine Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention (2007-2019). He was made University of California Presidential Chair in 2019. He serves on the Advisory Board of the UC Center Sacramento. In 1999, he was appointed as a Faculty Fellow on the Global Environmental Assessment Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2019, Ogunseitan was appointed to the USAID's One Health Workforce-Next Generation project, which seeks to eliminate public health crises through training programmes for health workers.

Awards and honours
 2016 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Jefferson Science Fellow
 2018 United States Department of State Meritorious Honour Award
 2020 Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Selected publications

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Living people
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Nigerian scientists
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University of Tennessee alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of California, Irvine faculty
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