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This is a Murano Glass Bead with a single sterling silver core that will fit all European style bracelets (European bracelet, Chamilia bracelet, Biagi Bracelet, Trollbeads bracelet).
Posted by betsy on 21st Apr 2013
looks better in the picture
Posted by Unknown on 12th Apr 2013
If you're going for a brilliant, glam look, this is one Murano bead you'll want to keep in mind. The gold foil really stands out in the clear glass bead. It's the perfect compliment to any Pandora bracelet. | <urn:uuid:1dc740ed-2933-482d-af80-afb268317a49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gambinifashion.com/murano-glass-beads/authentic-murano-glass-bead-pink-glod-foil-fit-pandora-bracelet/ | 2013-05-23T00:34:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921103 | 116 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Figure 6.1: Dependence of
the surface temperature response on the height and type of O3 perturbation;
(a) shows the sensitivity to a constant absolute change (10 DU), while (b) shows
the sensitivity to a constant percentage change (10%). The model tropopause is
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Originally Posted by ibbones
I've got the Austin Homebrew Special Holiday Brew in my bucket right now. The spices sure smelled nice. I'm gonna let it set in the bucket for at least a month and then bottle it up and let it set a bit longer since these are gifts for Christmas. Austin even has labels to print out for the bottles.
I have been brewing this for the last three years. The first time I brought it to the family Christmas they were a little iffy about trying something a little different. They never had a holiday ale before. Now, they love it!!!! I need to start brewing in 10 gallon batches. May bring a pumpkin ale this year as well. | <urn:uuid:bf06643f-0b5b-46c9-8cb7-ee2551c25b80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/christmas-brew-136109/ | 2013-05-23T00:21:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976052 | 141 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
BRUSSELS. April 16, 2012
Over 120 world leaders from the UN, governments, private sector and NGOs have released a blueprint for action around the diabetes epidemic. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that unless rapid action is taken, one person in ten will have diabetes by 2030*.
The Dubai Blueprint, a product of IDF’s World Diabetes Congress in Dubai, is the first concrete step taken collectively by the private sector to tackle diabetes since the UN Summit on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) last September.
It contains a Declaration based around the unique contributions the private sector can make in the following areas:
• Production: Produce and promote healthy foods, including taking action to reformulate products,
follow labelling standards and reduce salt in the food industry;
• Responsible marketing: Implement WHO recommendations to reduce marketing of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children;
• Employment: Promote workplace wellness, including establishing tobacco-free workplaces,
healthy working environments, and health insurance plans;
• Innovation: Improve access and affordability for medicines and technologies.
“Only by combining public, private and people can we deliver the necessary actions to combat the diabetes epidemic” said Jean Claude Mbanya, President of IDF, “the Blueprint will be a practical tool for future action on diabetes in all sectors and will inspire the current dialogue on multi-sectoral partnerships”.
IDF is hoping that the Blueprint will also directly influence ongoing WHO consultations on NCDs and lead to the creation of a Global NCD Partnership housed with a UN agency.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organization of over 200 national diabetes associations in over 160 countries. It represents the interests of the growing number of people with diabetes and those at risk. The Federation has been leading the global diabetes community since 1950.
For more information on this topic or to schedule an interview with Jean Claude Mbanya, IDF President, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org or call +32 496 12 94 70
Full Dubai Blueprint available here
*Based on IDF’s Diabetes Atlas, 5th edition. Available here http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas/ | <urn:uuid:5645cbba-0992-4555-afce-2358717d612c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.idf.org/healthcare-leaders-unite-fight-diabetes-epidemic | 2013-05-23T00:36:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882836 | 458 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The picture above is not my actual set, but it's very close! I think I originally paid about $40 for the set almost 20 years ago and it has made the rounds in this house. All of my boys have had it in their rooms at one time or another. A few years ago, I took the beds apart and used one in one of my son's rooms, and stored the other.
My youngest is going to be 15 this year.... I think it's time the ole' crate furniture was retired... and so does he!
But I'm glad I hung on to all of it as we need "kids furniture" at our house in Nags Head. We've used the third, smallest bedroom there as a home office. Now that we're putting it into a rental program, we need to use the room as a third bedroom. But the beds have been through it and couldn't be used as is.
I had wanted to use my fav ASCP in Graphite (as I used in the Living Room makeover) but I was a little nervous about the wear and tear on the bed and how it might hold up in a rental house. I ended up using my old standby Behr's Black Suede in a satin egg-shell finish instead. I painted one coat of primer and 2 coats of paint. After waiting a day or so, I finished it with1 coat of poly-crylic on the bed and 2 coats on the ladder.
I've still got the upper set to complete, but hopefully the paint will hold over the course of the season with little wear. I can always touch up over the winter, or eventually replace if need be when finances allow.
For now, I am very happy with the results and can't wait to pull things together with bedding and accessories. We should be able to get it set up sometime this week, so I'll be sure to post the after pics when we're done.
And the best part for me is although it's a 20 year old set that had seen better days, I think it looks nearly new now. And once I make some pillows and stuff it will look great!
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Yes. See the Remote Access tutorial to see how.
Note that remote access needs an UPnP or NAT-PMP compliant router. If your router does not support these protocol you will have to configure the port forwarding yourself - forward the port 45631 from your router to the computer running Air Video server.
Yes, starting with version 2.0 live conversion is supported. Live conversion requires iPhone or iPod Touch with firmware 3.0 or newer.
Please check if you have sufficient access rights to create files in folder where the video is located. If you have sufficient rights but the conversion still doesn't work, please contact us (attaching the conversion log will help).
The files are probably DRM protected. Apple doesn't permit playing such files over network.
Those files, even though being in right format, probably have too high resolution or bitrate to be played on iPhone/iPod touch. You can, however, easily convert those files using Air Video.
Wi-Fi Video is our previous product. After Air Video is released, Wi-Fi Video is no longer on sale. We would love to give every Wi-Fi Video user a copy of Air Video, unfortunately Apple doesn't allow us to do this within App Store and there is no other legal distribution mechanism we can use. | <urn:uuid:d28e9cf9-09cb-484f-8b6f-24ee254b16dc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/troubleshooting.html | 2013-05-23T00:33:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911089 | 265 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Over the Edge - October 26, 2012 at 12:00am
Peter Conheim, Don. Beginning with Crosley Bendix expounding on brains, we continue with spiritual warfare, readings of Markheim and The Body Snatcher by R.L. Stevenson, preachers and interviews on Satan, an exorcism in action, and more callers than usual. 3 Hours.
Over the Edge - October 19, 2012 at 12:00am
Adam Shaw, Don. Izzy Isn’t makes an opening program disclaimer, Vincent Price describes witchcraft and how to become a witch, the need for spiritual warfare, a real satanic mass, the Lucifer Effect, audio horror from Arch Obler, and more. 3 Hours. | <urn:uuid:828c6dfe-a25f-48db-b073-9d0116fc2b75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/1782/2012/10 | 2013-05-23T00:37:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.815667 | 175 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Brittany Lincicome became the Prudential Rock Solid Performer of the week after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Lincicome wins Kraft Nabisco Championship with 72nd hole eagle
Outlasts McPherson and Kerr to take home first major championship
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., April 5, 2009 – Brittany Lincicome hit a hybrid to four feet on the 72nd hole of regulation and calmly rolled in her debut eagle of 2009 to claim her first-ever major title at the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday. Lincicome’s final-round, 3-under-par 69 was enough to top best friend Kristy McPherson (68-70-70-72=280, -8) and 11-time LPGA Tour winner Cristie Kerr (71-68-70-71=280, -8) by one stroke. The 23-year-old’s four-day total of 9-under-par 279 (66-74-70-69) granted her, her father Tom, and caddie Tara Bateman, access to Poppy’s Pond in a leap reserved for the Kraft Nabisco champion.
“I can't even describe it. It's surreal,” said Lincicome, after accepting the $300,000 winner’s check. “Huge shot on 18 and I'm standing over (it), the hybrid is in my hands; my hands are shaking and my heart is racing. I'm trying to calm myself down by breathing or singing or whatever I can possibly do, and right when I hit it, it came off on the clubface exactly where we wanted to hit it and took the slope like I wanted it to and came really close, thank God.”
Lincicome trailed McPherson by two entering the final round, but put herself in good position following back-to-back birdies on holes nine and 10. She dropped a shot when her approach shot plugged in the bunker on 12 and did not take the final-round lead for good until sinking the four-foot eagle putt on hole 18. Kerr, who made double bogey on the 15th hole after hitting her drive out of bounds, also made birdie on the final hole, but it wasn’t enough to stop a surging Lincicome, who credits an offseason swing change for her first major title and third LPGA Tour win. The victory propels Lincicome into the top-10 on the 2009 LPGA Official Money List. The Florida native is the second-youngest Kraft Nabisco Championship winner behind Morgan Pressel in 2007, at the age of 23 years, 6 months, 17 days.
Career milestones. With her victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, Brittany Lincicome crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings. The 23-year-old is now 78th on the LPGA Official Career Earnings list with more than $2.2 million in winnings ($2,277,251).
Lincicome earns trip to Samsung World Championship. With her victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, Brittany Lincicome also booked her ticket to the 2009 Samsung World Championship, slated for Sept. 17 to 20 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif. Celebrating its 29th year on Tour, the Samsung World Championship is a 72-hole, stroke-play tournament featuring an elite 20-player field that includes the winners of the season’s four LPGA majors – the Kraft Nabisco Championship, McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, the U.S. Women’s Open, and the RICOH Women’s British Open. The field also includes the previous year’s Vare Trophy winner, the LPGA Tour’s current money list leader and the Samsung World Championship defending champion. A berth in the field is also awarded to the leading player from the Ladies European Tour (LET), other leading money winners from the LPGA Tour’s current year, as well as one sponsor invitation. | <urn:uuid:57cf41a0-c615-44fe-89a6-398cdc8b2347> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lpga.com/golf/blogs/2009/4/prudential-rock-solid-performer---2009-kraft-nabisco-championship.aspx | 2013-05-23T00:26:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942283 | 868 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Social impacts date back to displacement of populations in Tucuruí
By Carlos Mendes, O Liberal
28th May 2007
Centrais Elétricas do Norte (Eletronorte) had to displace some 32,000 farmer and riverbank dweller families in order to flood the 2.430 square kilometers of forest that created the world's second largest man-made lake in Tucuruí. The environmental damage that this caused has never been measured. The social impacts are still felt today. The invasion of the power plant on Wednesday morning by 600 members of the Movement of Populations Affected by Dams (MAB), Via Campesina, the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and other groups was a repercussion of those impacts.
The protest regarding payment of compensation to those who were harmed by construction of the plant - renewed each year and stalled by Eletronorte - in addition to other demands such as construction of schools, health clinics, establishment of land reform settlements and paving of roads in the region that are currently impassable, seem to have become part of a stressful routine.
What had become a normal part of the reality of the troubled town of Tucuruí - demonstrations always ending in shouts and chants of protest in front of the gates of Eletronorte against the historical omission of the federal government in addressing the simple demands of expropriated rural folk even of their rights - suddenly became a weapon in the hands of the leaders of the movement.
On the eve of the occupation, they were informed that the security scheme to protect the hydro plant from any type of invasion was quite feeble, especially at night. The plan to occupy the facilities of the largest fully Brazilian power plant was prepared with high expectations of being successful. At the time of the invasion, in the early morning, the few guards that secured the entrance were taken by surprise by the arrival of 600 people. Some of the furious activists who were in the midst of the crowd knew how to frighten the guards. While activists were pushing against the front gate to knock it down, a member of the movement threw an incendiary device. It was the signal to immediately occupy the area.
Two days later, while leaving the plant with an expression of victory on his face, one of the activists summarized the success of the invasion with a phrase: 'Now the government will learn to respect us'. From the look of things, it hasn't learned nor will it very quickly. Just as in the case of the murder of missionary Dorothy Stang, two years ago in Anapu, any measures, if taken, are too little too late. While Sister Dorothy was being laid to rest, troops of the Army, Air Force, Federal Police and local police searched for the perpetrators throughout the region, promising to make the dream of land reform and sustainable development of the forest a reality. Ministers gave interviews all the time, extolling the nun's virtues, her courage and other hypocrisies of those apparently with guilty consciences for not having avoided the death threats against her from being carried out.
Last week in Tucuruí, less than 24 hours after the activists who had even planned to defend themselves with incendiary bombs from any effort of the Army to remove them had left the facilities, the timid presence of federal government agents clearly demonstrated that Brasilia cares nothing for those displaced by the dam. If it were at all concerned, it wouldn't have delegated the mission of negotiating the peaceful removal of the trespassers to the Army. One has to give kudos to the Army, though, in this respect, as it demonstrated the competence lacking in the government to negotiate with the demonstrators. The problems on the negotiating table between the government, Movement of Populations Affected by Dams (MAB) and the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) are simple and could easily be resolved. It would just require the mobilization of a few federal ministries and agencies.
Inpa reiterates the continuation of negative effects
A study conducted by the National Research Institute of Amazonia (Inpa) indicates the social and environmental consequences of the Tucuruí hydroelectric plant have been and continue to be negative and harmful. To name a few: displacement of the population in the flooded area and subsequent relocation due to an epidemic of Mansonia mosquitoes; the disappearance of fish that had traditionally sustained the population downstream from the dam; effects on health from malaria and mercury contamination; and the displacement and disturbances of the Parakanã, Pucuruí and Montanha indigenous groups.
Almost two-thirds of the energy produced at Tucuruí is used to supply the aluminum industry. The families that live on the islands formed by the power plant's lake, however, are still without electricity, some 20 years after the construction of the dam. The meeting among affected populations, landless farmers and smallholders with the government rekindled hopes for a solution to the problems resulting from the current Brazilian energy model, according to the Movement of Populations Affected by Dams (MAB). The organization showed that the energy model based on hydro production is used in 20% of all energy produced worldwide. This form of energy production has already expelled between 40 and 80 million people from their lands worldwide. In Brazil, 92% of produced energy comes from hydro power, and has expelled over 1 million people from their lands. Brazil has over 2,000 dams built in several states, flooding an area of 34,000 square kilometers.
The country currently uses 61,000 MW (25%) of its estimated 260,300 MW potential. Almost two-thirds of this potential (63.6%) is in the Amazon Region, especially on the Tocantins, Araguaia, Xingu and Tapajós rivers, where environmental impacts and transmission costs are high. Another 20% of this potential is in the south, in the Paraná and Uruguay River basins, where it would impact densely populated areas and would render fertile farmland useless. The 2015 Plan of the federal government includes the construction of an additional 494 hydroelectric plants, with the eviction of an estimated 800,000 people from their lands. 'Hydroelectric power generation has been held to be clean and cheap. But, the dams cause several environmental problems in addition to all of the economic and social destruction they provoke', says MAB.
For example, the trees that remain in the lake formed by the dam decompose. The rotting of organic material leaves submerged tree trunks that endanger navigation and emits large amounts of greenhouse gases such as methane and CO2, responsible for global warming. This is what has happened at power plant reservoirs built in the Amazon Region, such as Tucuruí (PA), Balbina (AM) and Samuel (RO).
From these examples, if all of the dams planned for Amazonia are built, estimates are that some 231 million tons of carbon dioxide will be emitted each year. This volume corresponds to 75% or three-quarters of the total net emissions of CO2 gas for the year 1999 that came from burning of fossil fuels - oil, coal and natural gas, in addition to firewood and charcoal from native forests. | <urn:uuid:819c6d6a-ee16-4ff4-822d-656f20dcafb7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=2598&l=1 | 2013-05-23T00:12:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968131 | 1,459 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Here's something Maverick Philosopher would definately regard as a reductio of the democratic ideal: Jonathan Freedland, writing in the Guardian, suggests that we should all have a say in the US elections. And he makes a very good case: America's hegemonic power is so great that their decisions affect everybody on the planet. But by the very principles their revolution was founded on - people having a say in the decisions which govern their lives - non-Americans should now have a say in their "internal" elections.
No-one for a moment expects this to happen. But it's a nice idea how the ideals behind democracy - of everyone's interests counting equally, and having to be taken into account in any decision which affects them - undermine the Westphalian doctrine of national sovereignty. | <urn:uuid:9930ad1d-506e-4290-828f-4e27659a84f2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.norightturn.blogspot.com/2004/09/democracy-and-national-sovereignty.html | 2013-05-23T00:13:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973153 | 162 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Moderates to jump ship on housing bill
- Brown-Waite cracked open a GOP divide over the economy that only sharpens as the election draws closer. John Shinkle
Republicans backing the bill to change their minds.
“The way the Democrats structured this debate — without allowing us to present alternatives that would help truly needy homeowners without a massive bailout for reckless speculators — leaves our members from areas with high rates of foreclosures feeling they have no option but to vote for ‘the housing bill,’ no matter how lousy the housing bill is,” said one GOP aide frustrated by the process.
Yet a clear faction of Republicans — both conservatives and moderates — have tacked to the left on the housing issue, believing that standing in noble opposition to Democrats won’t win votes back home.
“We need to react,” said Rep. Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Financial Services Committee who will vote for the bill. “We’re looking for stability [in the housing market], not a bailout.”
Brown-Waite describes herself as a conservative who would usually vote against a housing bill with upward of $300 billion in government-backed mortgage guarantees, but she says she’s reacting to the needs of her Tampa-area district. Like many lawmakers, she says she hears concerns about gas prices, the cost of food and the decline of housing values.
“If it were not for the cataclysmic combination [of economic problems], I probably wouldn’t support this,” Brown-Waite said. “This helps real people. It’s not for the [house] flippers or the investors.”
Indeed, the Frank bill is intended to benefit only people who live in their homes and are facing foreclosure, rather than housing speculators.
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio) says he understands the economic philosophy guiding the GOP leadership’s alternative bill but says it has no shot of passing and was already rejected in committee. LaTourette will vote for the housing bill Wednesday.
“No disrespect to my leadership, but their substitute is a rehash,” LaTourette said. The Democratic bill ”calls for bold action. … People expect results from us. They don’t want to get nothing done.”
And on that note, Republicans who oppose the legislation sympathize with their colleagues who feel compelled to back the bill.
“You go through those towns in Ohio and Michigan, and you see the foreclosures and you see the devastating results,” said Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), the main sponsor of the GOP alternative. “So I will say that, in my mind, there are Republicans who will support this legislation. … I believe everyone on this committee is trying to grapple with a very difficult problem.”
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TechnoMarine imagines a nightclub underwater. Very interesting advertising campaign from TechnoMarine.
This is a commercial for waterproof watches that envisions an underwater bar where everybody wears diving helmets and carries around drinks with super-long straws so they can snake them up to their lips. What fun! Just kidding, what watered-down drinks. Get it? WATERED down? I don't get it either but my dog told me to say it. Dammit Einstein, they didn't like it! Still, if a place like this actually existed I would be willing to visit once. "To pee in the middle of a crowd and watch people scramble away from the yellow cloud?" I've been practicing in the bathtub for years. | <urn:uuid:8cb8a880-dd4c-4130-ab02-f5ce7b159c7c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.socialphy.com/posts/images-pics/13474/Underwater-Bar_.html | 2013-05-23T00:28:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963952 | 151 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Greater Competitiveness Does Not Have to Mean Greater Inequality
Last week, I discussed how the nations of the world stack up in terms of innovation, the Creative Class, and a new overall measure of creativity and competitiveness, the Global Creativity Index (GCI). Today, I look at the bigger picture of economic prosperity, examining the connections (or lack of connections) between competitiveness and happiness, socioeconomic inequality and overall social and economic progress.
Let’s start with a basic question: Do more creative and innovative economies gain an edge in economic development and competitiveness? The short answer is yes.
There is a close relationship between the GCI and the standard measure of economic output (gross domestic product per capita), as the graph above shows. The statistical correlation between the two is considerable (.84). The GCI is also closely associated with the Global Competitiveness Index—which includes factors associated with economic output, innovation, efficiency, and business climate among others—developed by Harvard professor Michael Porter for the World Economic Forum. The correlation between the two is substantial (.79) as well.
Joseph Schumpeter long ago showed how innovation and entrepreneurship come together to set in motion the “creative destruction” that drives economies forward. Are more creative economies also more entrepreneurial? Again, it appears that they are. The GCI is also closely associated with a recent Global Entrepreneurship Index, which covers 54 nations worldwide. The index shows the wide disparity in entrepreneurial activity across the nations of the world. Canada, Israel, and the United States have the highest levels of entrepreneurial activity, while Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, and Japan have the lowest. The correlation between the GCI and the Global Entrepreneurship Index is considerable (.81).
Economic competitiveness is one thing, but what about broader concerns for happiness and well-being? To get at this, we examined the connection between the GCI and a comprehensive measure of happiness and life-satisfaction collected by the Gallup Organization’s World Poll (see the scattergraph below).
The two are closely related. The GCI is closely associated with life satisfaction (with a correlation of .74). The United States has a level of life satisfaction (7.3) that is roughly in line with its GCI score (.911). The countries above the line—Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, New Zealand and Canada—have higher levels of life satisfaction than their GCI scores would predict. The countries below the line—Singapore, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea—have lower levels of life satisfaction than their GCI scores would predict.
Many argue that the shift to a knowledge-intensive creative economy exacerbates levels of inequality, as once high-paying, family supporting manufacturing jobs inevitably decline and the labor market splits into higher-pay, higher-skill knowledge and professional jobs on the one hand and lower-pay, lower-skill service jobs on the other. There is clear evidence that this is happening in the U.S.: the average after-tax incomes for the top one percent of American households rose by 281 percent between 1979 and 2007, compared to an increase of 25 percent for the middle fifth of households and 16 percent for the bottom fifth, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis.
But is this the case everywhere? Do more innovative and creative economies necessarily lead to greater levels of economic inequality?
To get at this, we examined the relationship between the GCI and a standard measure of income inequality, the Gini Index. While it may come as a surprise to those familiar with the case of the United States, we find that the GCI is in fact systematically associated with lower levels of socio-economic inequality—and hence greater equality—across the nations of the world. The correlation between inequality and the GCI is actually negative ( -.43).
Take a look at the scatter-graph above, which plots the association between the Gini measure of income inequality and the GCI. It shows a noticeable split in countries above and below the fitted line. On the one side are countries like the U.S., U.K., Singapore, and to a lesser extent, Australia and New Zealand, where high levels of creativity, productivity and economic competitiveness go hand in hand with higher levels of inequality. But on the other side are a large number of countries—largely Scandinavian and Northern European nations along with Japan—where high levels of creativity combine with much lower low levels of inequality. There appear to be two distinctive paths for high creativity economic development. For every high-creativity, high-inequality nation there is a high-creativity, low-inequality counterpart. This is a lesson the Obama administration, the Congress and U.S. policy makers need to hear: It is possible to design an economic system that is innovative and competitive, but that causes far less severe socio-economic divides than we are experiencing today.
I’ve now looked at the standing of the United States and the nations of the world on various measures of innovation, creativity, talent, competitiveness and prosperity. The notion that America is in danger of being surpassed by China or the BRICs is clearly overwrought. The United States retains a commanding lead over China and the BRICs on technology and innovation. It also scores quite well on our broad overall measure of creativity and competitiveness, the Global Creativity Index, ranking behind only Sweden. The global reality fits much better with Fareed Zakaria’s notion that the U.S. will remain the world’s most dominant power but alongside the “rise of the rest.” America’s biggest threat comes from its lagging performance on developing its creative class. This is reflected in and magnified by its high level of inequality. Taken together, these two factors underpin the deepening cultural and political divide which in turn shapes its political dysfunction and gridlock.
It’s time to reframe the dialogue over America’s economic future. Our analysis has identified the key factors that shape the competitiveness, happiness, well-being and broad prosperity of nations. Countries with greater levels of creativity (measured on the GCI) have higher levels of economic output, entrepreneurship, and overall economic competitiveness. More creative nations also have higher levels of human development, life satisfaction, and happiness. And perhaps most importantly, highly creative nations are less likely on balance to suffer from the deep class divides that beset the U.S. and U.K. The Scandinavian and Northern European countries as well as Japan combine high levels of innovation and creativity with much lower levels of inequality. This is in line with the views of Ronald Inglehart, who has identified a new model of economic, social, and political development combining high levels of economic performance with cultural values that favor secularism and self-expression, and a post-materialist politics concerned less with narrow interests and more with public goods.
A high-road path to prosperity is not only possible, it’s already working in some of the world’s most advanced, competitive and prosperous nations. Economic growth increasingly turns on the full development of each and every single human being. Real sustainable economic prosperity can and must benefit the many, not just the few. | <urn:uuid:bf663708-eb93-4168-965f-466df0287dc8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2011/10/greater-competitiveness-does-not-greater-inequality/230/ | 2013-05-23T00:19:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948864 | 1,480 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
1. Where is your hometown and where did you do your medical school training?
I am originally from Emporia, Kansas. I went to Medical School at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
2. Why did you choose UNMC for your residency training?
I was impressed by how approachable and friendly the staff was. Many of our staff are known on a national level, yet can be reached at any moment to assist with a clinical dilemma, or just to shoot the breeze. There’s the perfect amount of supervision, and autonomy to produce a skilled Internal Medicine physician. Plus, the ability to still maintain a life outside of Residency was a very important point in selecting this residency.
3. What is your favorite thing about Omaha, NE?
I really enjoy the culture of downtown Omaha. There are some of the best restaurants you’ll find anywhere. There are also many sporting events in Omaha too, with the College World Series, Creighton Basketball and Baseball, Nebraska Cornhusker Football, The Olympic Swim trials. Plus, the fitness and running community is fantastic.
4. What do you like to do away from work?
My main hobby is Marathon running. I have completed 19 marathons, and am almost always preparing for my next event. Residency has not slowed down my training, and in fact I have set 2 new personal records as a resident, and even ran the Boston Marathon during my 2nd year. This program has allowed me to train very intensely, including doing 60-70 miles per week while on a busy inpatient Wards month. I also enjoy spending time with my wife, and my 1 year old son. I always make time to cheer for my Kansas Jayhawk Basketball team, and also my transplanted team of choice, the Husker football team. Plus, all of the random resident get togethers are always a good time.
5. What are your plans after residency?
I plan to return to my hometown Emporia, Kansas and practice as a General Internist.
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The BBC is considering filtering out crowd noise from its World Cup broadcasts following a deluge of complaints about vuvuzelas.
By Tuesday morning, the BBC had received 545 complaints from viewers about the constant buzzing sound of the plastic horns used by fans at games in South Africa.
"We have already taken steps to minimize the noise and are continuing to monitor the situation," the BBC said in a statement. "If the vuvuzela continues to impact on audience enjoyment, we will look at what other options we can take to reduce the volume further."
The broadcaster is considering offering viewers the possibility of muting most ambient noise while maintaining game commentary through the "red button" digital service. Viewers would push the red button on their remote control to receive the quieter broadcast on a separate channel.
The BBC would offer the option in the next few days.
On Monday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter defended the vuvuzela, saying they would not be banned from stadiums.
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I’ll bet you didn’t know that the mayors of Detroit, Philadelphia, Charlotte, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles and Columbus, Ohio – as well as the governors of Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oklahoma and Florida – supported the tax-cut deal President Obama negotiated with Republicans.
The only reason I know is because of the White House’s aggressive sales pitch on the president’s tax compromise: pumping out multiple statements daily from economists, pundits, mayors, governors, and members of the House and Senate in support of the plan. President Obama himself has defended it at least three times to reporters.
Members of the White House Press Corps agree: It’s the strongest fight the Obama White House has put up on any issue so far. Too bad they’re spending so much energy on such a bad deal.
Even the president admits that his compromise, like every other compromise, is imperfect. But this one is particularly odious because it gives away too much for too little.
What the president gives Republicans is their “holy grail,” a two-year continuation of Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest of Americans – as well as a $5 million per individual exemption and a big cut in rates for the estate tax. What he gets from Republicans in return is a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits. In addition, the president secured a two-year cut in the payroll tax and continuation of several targeted tax cuts for middle-class families contained in the original stimulus package.
Liberal Democrats in Congress are up in arms over the tax-cut deal. And rightfully so. Because, for starters, the president is breaking his campaign promise to end George Bush’s tax cuts for the rich as soon as feasible. But it’s worse than that. He’s also allowed Republicans to demand continued tax cuts for the upper 2 percent of Americans in return for any extension of unemployment benefits for those hardest hit by this recession. This is a moral outrage. As if the only way to get help for the poor is to throw Donald Trump another tax break.
In response, President Obama accuses “purist” liberal Democrats of being unwilling to compromise in order to get things done. That’s not true. Liberals have already bent over many times for Obama: on the public plan option, on don’t ask, don’t tell, on the Employee Free Choice Act, on Afghanistan and on failure to prosecute war crimes, among other issues. For liberals, this is just one capitulation too many – especially because the arguments against upper-income tax breaks are so strong. And nobody’s made that case better than Obama himself.
The president argues that extending tax cuts for the rich would require going hat in hand to the Chinese and borrowing another few hundred billion dollars. With the United States facing a $1.4 trillion deficit and a $13.7 trillion national debt, that is fiscal insanity.
Indeed, that’s why the Bush tax cuts were only adopted on a temporary basis, back in 2001: because we were then enjoying a surplus. In case of a deficit, Bush and others promised, we could easily go back to the higher rates. But, of course, that never happened.
Obama also rebuts the charge that letting those tax breaks expire would wreck the economy. Nonsense. It means only that the top rate for well-to-do Americans, on taxable income over $250,000, would go from today’s 35 percent back to 39 percent: the same rate the top tier paid under Bill Clinton, when this country enjoyed the longest period of economic growth on record and created 20 million new jobs.
There was, in fact, no need to make this deal. A better option would have been to require Republicans to conduct a real filibuster in the Senate, and then force them to vote up or down on extending tax cuts for the middle-class only – which even John Boehner pledged to support. True, if that failed, there may not have been a deal. But no deal’s better than a bad deal. And at least Democrats would have put up a good fight. Instead, Obama caved in before the fight began.
Obama insists the fight’s not over. It’s just delayed two years, when he promises an all-out battle to get rid of tax breaks for the rich. I’d like to believe it, but if Obama wasn’t willing to fight now, why believe he’ll fight the good fight in 2012? | <urn:uuid:c5b03822-ddfc-4f32-b4d4-e544911b05b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wnd.com/2010/12/237833/print/ | 2013-05-23T00:50:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702652631/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111052-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950805 | 995 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Keith Doubt, professor of sociology and department chair, recently received the Distinguished Fulbright Chair Award to teach in the department of sociology at the University of Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria, beginning in March 2007.
Following the demolition of Hanley Hall and South Hall, a dramatic change to the university landscape occurred, and a new living environment appeared along Alumni Way.
Built by Thomas & Marker Construction Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio, which also built Hollenbeck Hall, Wittenberg's new residence hall, which officially opened in July, quickly became the top pick for new students during the admission process.
With its 157 rooms, 195 beds and 49,249 square feet of living space, the state-of-the-art facility accommodates both the needs of students and the university community. "Because the design of the building is based on nine separate wings, instead of just the traditional separation by floors, the facility is much more efficient in its use," said John Paulsen, director of physical plant, safety and environment.
The new residence hall will be home to first-year students exclusively in an attempt to address the recommendations of a first-year experience committee that examined campus life and how students adjust to Wittenberg. In providing easily accessible laundry facilities and lounge areas with computers, high-speed Internet connections and comfortable furnishings on each floor, the design speaks to the wishes of students who participated in focus groups.
"Students were involved from the very beginning of the design process and many of their recommendations have been incorporated into the building," Paulsen said.
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In 1991, Richard “Q-Bert” Quitevis, a 21-year-old Filipino American DJ from San Francisco, entered the prestigious, international Disco Mix Competition (DMC). He left as both the first Asian American and first Bay Area DJ to take the U.S. title, then claimed second place at the world championship. The following year, he returned with two friends, also Bay Area DJs of Filipino descent: “Mixmaster” Mike Schwartz and “DJ Apollo” Novicio. Calling themselves the Rocksteady DJs, the trio took the world title, with Q-Bert and Mike defending their championship at the next DMC. The competition’s organizers later asked them to voluntarily retire so as not to intimidate future contestants.
Over the course of the 1990s, other Filipino American scratch DJs rose to prominence, including but not limited to New York’s Vincent “Vin Roc” Punsalan and Rhodello “Roli Rho” Roque, the Bay Area’s Jon “Shortkut” Cruz and Dave “D-Styles” Cuasito, and Los Angeles’ Isaiah “Icy Ice” Dacio and Chris “Babu” Oroc, who coined the phrase “turntablist.”
Most of these scratch DJs began their careers in the 1980s as members of mobile party crews—DJs hired to provide sound and lighting services for weddings, school dances, and private parties. Whereas their older peers had grown up in a disco and New Wave era, the younger members were children of the hip-hop generation, drawn more to scratch DJing than to older, disco mixing styles. As outliers in the mobile community, the scratch DJs began to seek each other out to collaborate with and compete against, forming an emergent generation of “scratch crews.” Q-Bert, Mike, and Apollo’s Rocksteady DJs became the Invisibl Skratch Piklz; Babu and Icy Ice belonged to the Beat Junkies; and Vin Roc and Roli Rho were both members of 5th Platoon.
Throughout the ’90s, these crews helped instigate a sea-change in the standards and practices of hip-hop DJing. Flashy, acrobatic body tricks—a mainstay of the 1980s—lost sway as virtuosic performances of technical skill and stylistic innovations took over. Turntablists began to experiment with new scratch patterns and rhythms, much as a conventional composer creates new melodies or chord progressions. Beginning with the ’92 Rocksteady crew, they also created a new form of team-based DJing, with each member playing with and off of one another. One DJ could act as a drummer, the other a bassist, and yet another would scratch up a melody. DJing had always been highly individualized, but now they could orchestrate their efforts like a band. Form followed function too, as equipment manufacturers, most notably Japan’s Vestax, began tapping scratch DJs as design consultants for new mixers and turntables, creating entire new lines of hardware expressly designed for turntablist use.
The biggest impact that these Filipino American scratch DJs made was on the position and stature of hip-hop DJs themselves. No longer relegated to the back of the stage, they became masters of their own, self-contained, aesthetic realm, complete with their own, dedicated competitions, performances, labels, and recordings. | <urn:uuid:3eaea50e-87db-4b76-925b-34eb7a894734> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aaww.org/bands-of-brothers-invisibl-skratch-piklz/ | 2013-05-25T08:31:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965956 | 737 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Legato :: Joe Bagley
Legato :: In a manner that is smooth and connected
by Jenny Doh
When Joe Bagley first started papercutting, he was 10 years old. Being able to use an Xacto knife to cut even the most ordinary of papers was exciting for him at this young age. Over time, Joe grew an appreciation for artwork created from mundane objects. "I love art, but don't care to be political or have deep meaning, so taking a piece of paper and making someone gasp when they see it without adding anything to it is exciting for me," says Joe. Simply. Deeply.
JD :: You describe your process as one where you cut black paper that you then mount onto white illustration board. (and then you cut again, right?) How come you don't just cut the illustration board and perhaps paint that board black? Why is it important cut and then mount (and cut again)?
JB :: 99.99% of the cutwork occurs prior to mounting. The only exceptions are tiny pieces of paper I leave in to support the overall structure (if needed), which I remove only after the piece is stabilized through mounting.
JD :: Which is hardest? Cutting the black paper or cutting the mounted black paper?
JB :: I know this refers to the previous question about how I make the piece, but in regards to the backgrounds, I have only cut myself while cutting the backgrounds or packaging for shipping. I almost never even prick my fingers, but seem to be constantly slicing myself when cutting illustration board. I think I'm just not paying enough attention.
JD :: What's the toughest thing you've ever cut?
JB :: The toughest piece I have ever finished is Flour and Grain. There is a fairly simple (in design) piece I would have to say is overall the hardest. It is a suspension bridge from my home state of Maine. The piece only has about 50 holes in it, but the majority are about 30 cm inches long, 1mm wide and have 1mm pieces of paper between them. I have cut/finished this piece twice, but it has fallen apart or stretched and tore while mounting both times and was thrown away. This is the only piece to defeat me, and hopefully one day I'll win. When I do, I will keep it as a trophy.
JD :: Tell me about your studio. Is it minimal? Stacks of black paper, stacks of illustration board, and cutting blades? Or do you have other things that we can't imagine?
JB :: Yes, that pretty much describes it. I have four tables, one of which doubles as paper and illustration board storage and standing cutting area. Two tables are for storage and computers, and the third is for cutting. I have a bunch of art hanging in there as well, but it isn't the most beautiful space. What I DO have, however, is a view of Downtown Boston, the Bay, and trees. That is my inspiration.
JD :: Is it the exacto knife that you use? How many do you go through in a week?
JB :: I use a vintage Xacto 3051 Professional Swivel Knife from the 1980s. Unfortunately they replaced it with a cheep aluminum swivel knife. I go through about 10-20 blades a week. It's my biggest expense.
JD :: So would it be correct to think that you grew up in a highly creative home, where you were encouraged in the arts and crafts as a young person?
JB :: Definitely! My mom ran a daycare out of our home my entire life, so there was a huge supply closet full of crafts and I was allowed to play with them whenever I wanted.
JD :: You say that you are interested in trying to steer a folk art origin that your work may be associated with, toward a more modern environment. How come? How come it's important to you that your work emerges from a folk/craft/antique audience to a new and modern one?
JB :: I don't think it is important for the artform overall, and I definitely encourage others to continue the many folk art styles of papercutting from around the world. I don't come from a culture that has traditional papercutting in its history (Germany, Poland, Mexico, China, Japan, Indonesia) so for me to cut traditional designs would feel inauthentic. For me, I look at papercutting as an interesting medium to depict designs and objects I have in my mind. It was only after I had really made it a profession that I even started to look into the origins of the art. Having no background in the old styles of papercutting, I feel free to do whatever pleases me, and in this case I would like to show people new and exciting techniques and designs in this medium while also teaching about the deep roots of the art around the world.
JD :: Tell me about where you grew up and where you currently live. What's it like being where you are currently?
JB :: I grew up in the woods of Maine surrounded by lakes and rivers. Currently, I'm living in Boston but my wife and I regularly return to Maine for weekend visits with my family. Boston is a great city and still has some of the feelings of Maine, just larger and more developed. I still have rural areas, ocean, rocks, and hills, so I'm happy. Plus, I love art and architecture, and Boston if full of great museums and historic and modern architecture.
JD :: When you're not in your studio, tell me about how you spend your time.
JB :: I'm a trained archaeologist, and have my degree in it. I participate in several digs a year and really enjoy being outdoors and getting dirty. This fall I will start a Masters Program in archaeology in Boston.
JD :: Did you always know you'd pursue art?
JB :: I've always wanted to, but it was only after getting laid off from an archaeology project that I took a hobby and went full time with it. I apparently have more entrepreneural ideas than I expected, because the business side of the art world has worked well so far. It's a TON of work though!
JD :: If you could pass along two truths to future generations, what would they be?
JB :: #1: When planning a task, when you are absolutely certain you know how long it will take, double it. #2: Everything is better with a friend (even better when the best friend is a spouse)
JD :: When you have a deadline and there's no inspiration, do you stay seated and work or do you go out to find some inspiration?
JB :: I stay in the studio, but just work on something entirely different. It helps to have multiple things going at once so you always have something else to do. When I really don't want to do something, I try to tuck it into small periods of time (like while waiting for coffee to finish brewing or in the last hour of the day before my wife comes home). It feels like a challenge and the time crunch makes me get it done faster with some sense of accomplishment.
JD :: There are several pieces that you have made that are map-inspired. Tell me about your interest in maps.
JB :: I have always loved maps, in first grade my teacher noticed my interest and hung a map of Maine in the classroom for me. I would stare at it during free time. I was a weird kid. I love they way they graphically show a story: Mountain building here, erosion here, old river oxbows there, eskers and moraines from the glacier, jagged coastlines from rocky outcrops. All of it is so interesting for me, and I love showing this in my work.
JD :: What's the best city you've ever visited?
JB :: I saved up my work paychecks for an entire year my senior year of highschool and paid my own way for a school trip to Italy. I fell in love with Rome because of the archaeology, history, and architecture. Would love to go back, but there are a ton more places we need to visit first.
JD :: What's the city that you'd like to visit in the future?
JB :: I really want to go to Copenhagen.
JD :: What's your all-time favorite movie?
JB :: Forest Gump
JD :: What's the latest movie you've seen?
JB :: Currently watching a documentary on French Pastry Chefs called "Kings of Pastry". I can relate to things going very bad at the very last second.
JD :: Think fast and give me a word (or two) that comes to mind when I say:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Jen (my wife)
JD :: Finish this sentence: "The thing that most people may not realize about me is that ..."
JB :: ... I'm an archaeologist too.
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Westbrook close to returning from DL
Right-hander has scoreless Double-A outing on Friday
CLEVELAND -- Right-hander Jake Westbrook should be coming off the disabled list any day now.
In a rehab start at Double-A Akron on Friday, Westbrook allowed three hits in six scoreless innings, a sign that he's ready to return to the Indians' rotation. He should be headed back to the Majors in the next few days.
Westbrook had been on the 15-day DL since April 20, the day he strained his left intercostal muscle.
"We've got to get Jake back on the roster," manager Eric Wedge said earlier in the day. "We'll see him next week."
Before going on the DL, the 30-year-old Westbrook was 1-2 with a 2.73 ERA.
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Dover Air Force Base
|Dover Air Force Base|
|Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)|
|Located near: Dover, Delaware|
The Spirit of Old Glory, the fourth C-5M Super Galaxy delivered to the 788964th Airlift Wing, arrives at Dover Air Force Base.
|Controlled by||United States Air Force|
|Garrison||436th Airlift Wing|
|IATA: DOV – ICAO: KDOV – FAA LID: DOV|
|Elevation AMSL||28 ft / 9 m|
|Source: FAA, official site|
Dover AFB is home to the 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), known as the "Eagle Wing", and the AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing (512 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), referred to as the "Liberty Wing". It was the only base to solely operate the massive C-5 Galaxy, with two active flying squadrons (the 3rd Airlift Squadron, which now operates the C-17 Globemaster III, and 9th Airlift Squadron) and two Air Force Reserve flying squadrons (the 326th Airlift Squadron and the 709th Airlift Squadron).
Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime; the remains of those killed overseas are traditionally brought to Dover before being transferred to family. The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs has also been used to identify remains of civilians in certain exceptional circumstances: in 1978 for the victims of the Jonestown mass murder/suicide, in 1986 for identifying the remains of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and in 2003 for the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was also a major site for identifying the remains of military personnel killed in the 9/11 attacks. During the night of October 28, 2009, before making a decision on the committal of further troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama visited the base to receive the bodies of several American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
Two sections of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron warehouse collapsed on February 18, 2003, as a result of a record snow storm. No one was injured in the collapse that caused more than an estimated $1 million in damages. The damage covered two of the six cargo processing bays in the facility.
It is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum.
Construction of Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome began in March 1941 and the facility was opened on December 17, 1941. It was converted to an Army Air Corps airfield just weeks after the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. It was renamed Dover Army Airbase on April 8, 1943; *Dover Subbase on June 6, 1943, and Dover Army Airfield on February 2, 1944. With the establishment of the United States Air Force on September 18, 1947, the facility was renamed Dover Air Force Base on January 13, 1948.
World War II
The origins of Dover Air Force Base begin in March 1941 when the United States Army Air Corps indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield and assumed jurisdiction over the municipal airport at Dover, Delaware.
Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield. Construction involved runways and airplane hangars, with three concrete runways, several taxiways and a large parking apron and a control tower. Several large hangars were also constructed. Buildings were ultimately utilitarian and quickly assembled. Most base buildings, not meant for long-term use, were constructed of temporary or semi-permanent materials. Although some hangars had steel frames and the occasional brick or tile brick building could be seen, most support buildings sat on concrete foundations but were of frame construction clad in little more than plywood and tarpaper. Initially under USAAC, the name of the facility was Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome and the airfield opened on 17 December 1941. The airfield was assigned to First Air Force
On 20 December the first military unit arrived at Dover’s new airfield: the 112th Observation Squadron of the Ohio National Guard which flew anti-submarine patrols off the Delaware Coast. In early 1942, three B-25 Mitchell bomber squadrons arrived with the 45th Bombardment Group from I Bomber Command and later Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command with a mission to patrol the Atlantic coast, locate and assumed the anti-submarine mission.
On 8 April 1943, the name of the airfield was changed to Dover Army Air Base. The antisubmarine mission ended on 6 June and construction crews moved back to the base for a major upgrading project that that lengthened the main runway to 7,000 feet. During the construction period and continuing into June 1944, Dover AAB became a sub-base of Camp Springs Army Airfield, Maryland.
Full operational capability was restored to Dover in September, and seven P-47 Thunderbolt squadrons arrived for training in preparation for eventual involvement in the European Theater. The 83d Fighter Group was assigned to Dover as the Operational Training Unit. The 83d was redesignated the 125th Base Unit on 10 April 1944 with little change in its mission. It was further redesignated as the 125th Army Air Force base Unit on 15 September 1944.
In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests. The information collected during these experiments resulted in the effective deployment of air-to-surface rockets in both the European and Pacific combat theaters.
On 1 September 1946 as a result of the drawdown of United States forces after World War II, Dover Army Airfield, was placed on temporary inactive status. A small housekeeping unit, the 4404th Base Standby Squadron, remained on the airfield for care and maintenance of the facility.
Cold War
Dover Airfield was reactivated on 1 August 1950 as a result of the Korean War and the expansion of the United States Air Force in response to the Soviet threat in the Cold War. On February 1, 1951, the 148th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard arrived with P-51 Mustangs. During the 1950s problems developed with many of the facilities in Dover, which had been hastily constructed to support its World War II mission. As a result a massive Civil Engineering project was undertaken to modernize the base.
On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing. A full function hospital was completed in 1958 and base housing was expanded to handle 1,200 families in 1961. On January 1, 1966, the Military Air Transport Service was redesignated the Military Airlift Command (MAC). Along with the reorganization, the 1607 ATW was deactivated and the 436th Military Airlift Wing (436 MAW) activated and assumed the mission at Dover. The 436 MAW started replacing C-141 Starlifters and C-133 Cargomasters with the new C-5 Galaxy in 1971. Two years later Dover became the first all C-5 equipped wing in the Air Force, trading the last of its C-141 to Charleston AFB, South Carolina.
When war broke out between Israel and the combine forces of Egypt and Syria on October 13, 1973 (the Yom Kippur War) the 436 MAW responded with a 32-day airlift that delivered 22,305 tons of munitions and military equipment to Israel. The 436 MAW also assisted in the evacuation of Americans from Iran on December 9, 1978, following the Islamic Revolution. That year, Dover Air Force Base was also used to store hundreds of bodies from the mass murder and suicide of the Jonestown community in Guyana.
Some of the more memorable flights during the post-war period included the airdrop and test firing of a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile and the delivery of a 40-ton superconducting magnet to Moscow during the Cold War, for which the crew received the Mackay Trophy.
After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the remains of the seven astronauts were transferred to Dover AFB. It is one of only seven airports in the country that serve as launch abort facilities for the Space Shuttle.
In March 1989, C-5s from Dover delivered special equipment used to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound. On June 7, 1989, while attending the Airlift Rodeo, a 436 MAW C-5 set a world record when it airdropped 190,346 pounds and 73 paratroopers. In October 1983, the wing flew 24 missions in support of Operation Urgent Fury, the Grenada rescue operation and later flew 16 missions to support Operation Just Cause, the invasion of Panama, in August 1989.
During Desert Shield, the wing flew approximately 17,000 flying hours and airlifted a total of 131,275 tons of cargo in support of combat operations to free the Kingdom of Kuwait.
Modern era
In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Air Command, Dover AFB was transferred to the newly established Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the 436 MAW and 512 MAW (Associate) were redesignated as the 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) and the 512th Airlift Wing (512 AW), respectively. Dover also served as a major port of entry and exit for the conflicts in the Balkans and Somalia during the latter half of the 1990s.
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the 436 AW and 512 AW became major participants in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. An aircrew from Dover's 3rd Airlift Squadron landed the first C-5 in Iraq in late 2003 when they landed at Baghdad International Airport and the two wings continue to support operations in the region.
Also following September 11, 2001, Army mortuary specialists organized support for Pentagon recovery efforts out of the Base. This effort evolved into the Joint Personal Effects Depot, which supports recovery and redistribution of the personal effects of wounded and killed personnel from all arms of the military. In 2003, the Depot was transferred to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Dover AFB is also where service members, from all five branches of service, killed in combat are repatriated. Their remains are processed, inspected for unexploded ordnance, cleaned, and prepared for burial before being escorted to the point of interment decided by the family. The Depot returned to Dover in 2011, when in April a new $14 million USD custom-built facility officially opened.
By 2008, the air traffic tower serving the airfield, built in 1955, was the oldest such tower in use in the United States Air Force. In 2009 the base received a new 128-foot tall tower, overlapping the original 103-foot one which was donated to the AMC museum on the base for visitors to enter.
Major Commands to which assigned
- First Air Force, December 17, 1941
- Air Service Command, December 19, 1942
- First Air Force, March 17, 1943
- Continental Air Forces, June 6, 1945
- Redesignated: Strategic Air Command, March 21, 1946
- *Tactical Air Command, April 1, 1946
- Continental Air Command, December 1, 1948
- Air Defense Command, January 1, 1951
- Military Air Transport Service, April 1, 1952
- Redesignated: Military Airlift Command, January 1, 1966
- Air Mobility Command, June 1, 1992 – present
* Base put on temporary inactive status, September 1, 1946 – August 1, 1950. During inactive status, field remained under major command jurisdiction.
Major units assigned
References for history introduction, major commands and major units
According to the United States Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.7 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,394 people, 1,032 households, and 1,017 families residing in the base. The population density was 5,061.6 people per square mile (1,955.9/km²). There were 1,245 housing units at an average density of 1,856.7 per square mile (717.5/km²). The racial makeup of the base was 72.57% White, 16.59% African American, 0.77% Native American, 1.86% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 2.80% from other races, and 5.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.75% of the population.
There were 6,032 households out of which 76.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 90.2% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 1.4% were non-families. 1.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 0.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.30.
In the base the population was spread out with 40.2% under the age of 18, 16.5% from 18 to 24, 41.5% from 25 to 44, 1.7% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.
The median income for a household in the base was $34,318, and the median income for a family was $34,659. Males had a median income of $26,322 versus $20,444 for females. The per capita income for the base was $12,119. About 5.2% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
The base is treated as a census-designated place named "Dover Base Housing." Since 1997, the base has been served by three highway exits with Delaware Route 1, allowing quick access to Dover and to southern Delaware from the complex. Dover AFB provides almost $470 million a year in revenue to the city of Dover, making it the third largest industry in Delaware.
Air Mobility Command Museum
Building 1301, Dover Air Force Base
Building 1301, January 2011
|Location:||Dover AFB, E. Dover Hundred, Dover, Delaware|
|Area:||1 acre (0.40 ha)|
|Added to NRHP:||December 7, 1994|
Hangar 1301 at Dover Air Force Base is home to the Air Mobility Command Museum. The museum is dedicated to military airlift and air refueling aircraft and the people who maintain them. It has a large collection of fully restored cargo and tanker aircraft. Tours are conducted during the day by volunteers, many of whom are retired pilots, navigators, flight engineers and loadmasters who provide first-person narratives of actual events. The hangar encloses over 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) of aircraft display gallery plus 1,300 square feet (120 m2) of exhibit rooms. An attached 6,400-square-foot (590 m2) building houses a theater, museum store, exhibit workshop, and various offices. A 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) aircraft parking area allows close-up inspection of the outside aircraft. The museum also maintains archives related to the history of the Air Mobility Command and Dover AFB. Building 1301, Dover Air Force Base was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
See also
- Delaware World War II Army Airfields
- Dover test
- Eastern Air Defense Force (Air Defense Command)
- 436th Airlift Wing
- 512th Airlift Wing
- FAA Airport Master Record for DOV ( PDF), effective 2007-07-05
- Dover Air Force Base (official site)
- Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- Jeff Montgomery (15 April 2011). "Dover Air Force Base: Caring for what the dead last carried with them". News Journal (Gannett). DelawareOnline. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- "AMC Museum Dover AFB Control Tower". Dover: AMC Museum. Air Mobility Command Museum. 2012-08-24. Local. Retrieved 2012-08-24. "The original tower was in service for over 50 years spanning the era of the propeller-driven C-54 Skymaster cargo plane to the jet-age C-17 Globemaster III."
- Mueller, Robert (1989). Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-912799-53-6, ISBN 0-16-002261-4
- "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
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Twin Afghanistan suicide bombing kills 23: police
At least 23 Afghans killed in a suicide attack on trucks carrying supplies to NATO base in Kandahar
AFP , Wednesday 6 Jun 2012
A twin suicide bombing attack killed 23 people Wednesday in a car park crammed with vehicles supplying a major NATO base in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, police said.
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck first and as a crowd gathered to help the victims a second bomber walked into their midst and set off explosives strapped to his body, provincial police chief General Abdul Raziq told AFP.
The attack happened in a parking lot holding dozens of trucks supplying the NATO-run Kandahar Air Base and a makeshift bazaar.Twenty-three people, all civilians, were killed and 50 others wounded, Raziq said, describing most of the victims as drivers, their assistants and workers.
"All casualties are civilians -- not a single military person," he said. Ahmad Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial administration, gave a similar account but said 22 people were killed.
The Kandahar Air Base is the largest NATO military base in southern Afghanistan, which has been a flashpoint for Taliban insurgents over the past decade.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, but similar attacks have been blamed on the hardline Islamists trying to topple the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. The Taliban have in the past threatened to kill truckers working for the US-led NATO mission, which relies on civilian vehicles to supply their bases across Afghanistan.
The lorries go through complex security checks that can take days, so that dozens of trucks often mass outside military bases before being allowed inside to offload their cargo. Suicide attacks are a common Taliban tactic, along with roadside bombings that often miss their military targets and kill civilians.
For the past five years the number of civilians killed in the war has risen steadily, reaching a record of 3,021 in 2011.But the United Nations said last week that the civilian death toll in the first four months of this year dropped by 21 percent over the same period in 2011.
A total of 579 civilians died and 1,219 were wounded from January to April 2012, with Taliban-led insurgents responsible for the vast majority of the deaths, the UN said.
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I don’t know if I’ll continue to go over the recaps for the Jacksonville FL SQL Server User Group (JSSUG) meetings or not, but I figure I’d like to write a bit about the first two that I have attended as I really enjoy the community in my new home.
In October, after my first day of work, I was fortunate enough to attend the user group meeting where Troy Gallant was presenting on Failover and DR Options. There was a large crowd, probably between forty and fifty people, for this presentation. The topic covered was interesting and informative. Afterwards, Troy and I talked about how presenting to User Groups can be a bit more difficult than working an SQL Saturday because you just don’t know about the skill set of the audience. You have to prepare something that people of all levels will be able to pick something up from. After thinking about this for a few minutes I can see how this is probably the case. However, I must say that people have generally ignored my description of Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced for the sessions and just go to whatever sounds interesting. I got a chance to catch up a little with several members of the community, including Scott Gleason, Devin Knight, Brandie Tarvin, Plamen Ratchev and my good friend Kent Waldrop among others. Afterwards, the gang got together at the Jacksonville Ale House to socialize for a bit. Unfortunately, I got lost on the way there so didn’t make it.
This past week I was again fortunate enough to attend a meeting. This time it was going to be a working lab on Backup and Restore aimed at the beginner level specifically for those members who had never actually done a backup and restore. The audience for this event was a bit smaller, although still respectable at around thirty people or so. I’m not sure if or how the topics influence the number of attendees but I’d consider this turnout pretty good. I got there a little early and talked with Scott for a few minutes when he stated that he was tired and he wanted me to do the second half of the presentation. So, that’s exactly what I did. No prepared material necessary. We ran over the time limit but I think everyone had a good time.
Afterwards the group again went to the Jacksonville Ale House. This time I didn’t get lost. In my mind the after events and ability to socialize with other members of the community is sometimes more worthwhile than the presentations. I had a number of really great conversations with a few guys just getting started with SSIS where I was able to offer some advice. I was able to talk with one of the managers from Pragmatic Works about some of there upcoming training for those who would like to enter the IT workforce (I have someone in mind that I hope is able to take advantage of this great opportunity). And, I was able to catch up with old friends and co-workers – my old company has an office in Jacksonville.
I find it interesting to see how it is that people have reacted to the banter back and forth between myself and some of the other members of the community at these events. I have to wonder if they think it is strange to see a newcomer walk in and act as if he knows everyone. I hope that no-one feels that I am overstepping my bounds in any way. But, in a sense, following along with blogs, twitter and attending the conferences makes me feel at ease with a lot of these people.
On another note, I found out that about the same time I was leaving Tallahassee they were starting up a SQL server user group (http://www.tallahassee.sqlpass.org/). I must say that this makes me a little sad to have missed the opportunity to connect with the local community. I wish the new user group the best of luck. | <urn:uuid:064bf6e2-3fe5-4045-af03-9ac50d57fe09> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ericwisdahl.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/jssug-meetings-and-musings/ | 2013-05-25T08:25:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981622 | 802 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Red Hat: Most companies are still not cloud-ready
Big firms need to get their enterprise applications ready for the cloud era, says Frederik Bijlsma
Most companies are still not very cloud-ready, and need to work on virtualising and automating their processes before pursuing a cloud strategy in earnest.
According to Frederik Bijlsma, Red Hat’s EMEA Cloud Business Unit Manager, one of the big challenges that companies face in 2013 is figuring out how to build a cloud-ready architecture. This involves not only technical changes but also a lot of organisational change, he said.
“Many of them still have a lot of legacy out there; they have a lot of old applications which are costly to maintain, which are not easy to move to the cloud, so they will need a project to get there,” Bijlsma told Techworld.
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“What we normally do is we have a methodology, and basically there's multiple steps to it. One is really assessing what is in their IT portfolio, for example, are they virtualised yet?”
Bijlsma said that Linux itself often isn't virtualised, because it tends to run big enterprise applications like SAP. This means that the servers have a high level of utilisation, so they are harder to virtualise than servers that are largely idle and can therefore be consolidated.
“What we do with those customers is we propose Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), which basically enables really good scalability – so we have better scaling than VMware for example, based on the KVM technology,” he said.
“The tool kit we have offers things like self-service catalogues, where you can easily provision services to end customers. You can imagine if somebody wants to provision an instance of SAP very quickly or an instance of whatever application runs on Linux, they can just do a self-service portal access.”
The other big part of becoming cloud-ready, according to Bijlsma, is process automation. This means implementing a platform that spans the physical systems and the virtual systems – whether they are based on RHEV, OpenStack or VMware vSphere – at the process level.
So, for example, a user could deploy an application and take it from a development environment to a testing environment then down to a production environment.
“Some customers have adopted that widely, others perhaps have not. Currently in most of the cases it's not scaling across the different virtualisation providers. So they have perhaps a solution for VMware only, or a solution for their physical systems only,” said Bijlsma.
“We offer unique value here with our CloudForms product, because it can basically enable you to see your IT as a portfolio, and allow you to deploy your resources across all of these different types of infrastructure.”
Bijlsma said that organisations can get the most value out of the future changes in the cloud by adopting open source technology. This is because the big changes and the big innovation in cloud computing are still to come.
He pointed to the OpenStack infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing project as an example of why investing in open source is a good move. Red Hat recently announced that it is the second biggest contributor to the OpenStack project, after Rackspace.
“It's key for the customers because they are sure that they are placing their bets on something which will be sustainable,” he said. “The same is true for us of course, because we are building products for customers, and OpenStack is really getting a lot of momentum currently.”
Bijlsma said that, when Red Hat started out in the 1990s, Linux made up about 20-30% of all OS deployments, but over the last few years that proportion has grown to 60-80%, and now most of the big public clouds are built on Red Hat's Linux infrastructure.
For example, the company's platform-as-a-service offering, OpenShift, is hosted on the Amazon cloud and leverages the multi-tenant capabilities that Linux offers. This means that things can be stacked very closely together on the infrastructure, reducing cost and improving scalability.
“We are hosting many different users of OpenShift on one Amazon instance even. That's only possible because Linux has these unique capabilities in terms of separation of concerns and also on performance scaling,” he said.
One company that is making use of Red Hat's cloud tools is animation studio Dreamworks, which runs RHEV in its own data centre but also has the ability to burst out into the public cloud. Bijlsma said that, for Dreamworks, this ability is really critical.
“It's all digital, there's no filming, so it's basically just a scaling function of how much compute you put in there. If you have a deadline you basically can just add compute,” he said.
Many other new technologies, such as Hadoop, are also open source, because it enables the developers to be more flexible and develop applications faster. In many ways, the economic downturn has also played a role, giving organisations an incentive to move away from traditional licensing models, said Bijlsma.
Customers that have been using virtualisation from VMware for many years are now looking at consolidating back to a dual sourcing strategy, in order to gain more purchasing power. Bijlsma said that this represents a real shift for many companies.
Of course Microsoft is also vying for the same customers and, like Red Hat, Microsoft also offers a complete stack for building applications in the form of its cloud computing platform Azure. Bijlsma admitted that there is a lot of similarity in terms of the stack, but returned to the point about openness and flexibility.
“We are basically an OpenStack company providing a complete open software stack, and you could classify Microsoft as somebody providing vice versa on the proprietary side,” he concluded. | <urn:uuid:c10d9530-0d2e-47d6-ad3e-ccb2b717ab23> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://features.techworld.com/virtualisation/3417350/red-hat-most-companies-are-still-not-cloud-ready/?intcmp=ros-md-acc-p-ft | 2013-05-25T08:24:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953282 | 1,255 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
"lamp chimney" traduzione italiano
There is a funnel, an aerial part, a lamp and clockwork key on the ark.
That thing on the top is the world's first solar-powered garden lamp -- the first produced.
And I think by the time this lamp came about, (Laughter) I had finally made peace with those dogs.
Coal oil lamp -- we didn't have electricity in our farm home.
This is a Bento box lamp: it's sort of a plastic rice lamp; it's very friendly.
Esempi di utilizzo
Esempi di utilizzo "lamp chimney" in Italiano
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My oldest daughter met me at the airport and promptly took me out to eat at Cuba Libre on Henderson Street in uptown Dallas. Shortly after we were seated, a very immodest WILBO sat at the table next to us and really tested my self control. It wasn’t so much a matter of desire but sheer curiousity. “Do you think they are real?”
Oh, a WILBO is a “woman with impossibly large b_ _ bs”.
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Dyslexia is one of the most misunderstood learning styles in today's educational landscape. Although most people associate Dyslexia with letter reversals and reading difficulties, Dyslexia encompasses a much larger umbrella of learning difficulties.
At one time, Dyslexia was defined as deficiency in brain function - a disability. We now know, however, that Dyslexia is not a result of a genetic flaw - or brain, eye, or ear malfunction - it is a difference in thinking and learning style that can cause confusion when dealing with symbols.
In fact, some of our culture's most talented people are dyslexic - as is true for many of the pioneers in technology, physics, and art.
Today, there is real relief for the struggle, frustration, and self-esteem-crushing symptoms of Dyslexia and the many other variations that accompany the same thinking style, including (but not limited to):
- Attention/Focus difficulties
- Reading Comprehension difficulties
- Reading disability
- Language-based learning disability
- Phonemic Awareness disability
- Dyspraxia (balance)
- Dyscalculia (math)
- Dysgraphia (hand writing)
- Auditory processing disorder
- Visual processing disorder
If you think that you, or your child, may be Dyslexic, please read on!
The Crazy Dyslexics"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
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The attorney for a man charged with robbing the Mississippi Federal Credit Union Bank on West Jackson Avenue in June claims he will use insanity as his client’s defense, according to court records filed Thursday at the U.S. District Court in Oxford.
Perry E. Moseley, 32, of Marks was arrested June 30 after local law enforcement officers apprehended Moseley 15 minutes after a 911 call reported that a man entered into the bank and told the teller he had a gun and demanded money. (January 28, 2011, Page 2A)
During what has traditionally been one of the year’s busiest nights for local DUI enforcement, the Oxford Police Department reported few arrests associated with driving while under the influence.
Between Dec. 16 and Monday, OPD officers made 15 arrests on DUI charges, however, just three of these DUI arrests were made on New Year’s Eve, said Cpl. Hildon Sessums with the OPD DUI Enforcement Unit.
The nasty weather might have helped keep people off the streets on New Year’s Eve, reducing the number of DUIs in Oxford. (January 4, 2011, Page 1)
The national “Over the limit. Under arrest” campaign kicked off Thursday with the Mississippi Highway Patrol and local law enforcement agencies joining together to crack down on impaired driving.
The blitz will continue through Jan. 3. MHP will deploy extra manpower on Mississippi’s highways and set up checkpoints to stop drunk driving. The Oxford Police Department and Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department will be working along side of MHP to make sure the roads are safe in the city and the county. (December 20, 2010, Page 1)
Officers from several local law enforcement agencies responded to the Mississippi Federal Credit Union Bank on West Jackson Avenue on Wednesday to offer assistant to the Oxford Police Department in its pursuit of an alleged bank robber that resulted in the arrest of a Marks man. (July 1, 2010, Page 1A)
The Oxford Police Department, Mississippi Highway Patrol and Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office are joining with hundreds of other law enforcement agencies across the country in renewing a pledge to save lives by intensifying efforts to enforce seat belt laws during the 2010 Click It of Ticket campaign which begins Monday and runs through June 6. (May 21, 2010, Page 1A)
During a memorial service Friday, representatives from local law enforcement agencies reported no police officers had died in the line of duty in 2009 in the community.
Mississippi Highway Patrol Cpl. Anthony Granderson, unfortunately, could not do the same.
“Master Sgt. Steve Hood died in the line of duty on May 29, 2009, during a high speed chase,” Granderson reported. (May 17, 2010, Page 8A)
Impaired drivers on state highways could soon come face-to-face with a BAT mobile, but instead of a black cape and bat ears, it will be troopers with the Mississippi Highway Patrol who will be fighting crime and bringing drunk drivers to justice. (March 24, 2010, Page 1A)
A CONVERSATION WITH… — Recently retired from the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Abbeville native Ricky Roy is now working part-time with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department. After 27 years of driving — a good 900,000 miles on the road — he’s settling into a new rhythm and looking towards the future. (February 25, 2010, Page 3) | <urn:uuid:77e15e85-26eb-4914-89be-6bf6c1d527ed> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oxfordeagle.com/tag/mississippi-highway-patrol/page/2/ | 2013-05-25T08:33:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953885 | 713 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ATTORNEY TURNS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR TO HELP TEEN GIRLS
Raye Mitchell Hosts G.U.R.L.S. Rock(TM) 2011 Leadership Summit for Girls 12 to18 – Celebrating the Global Importance of Girls of Color – Sept. 10, 2011 – Linen Life Gallery, San Leandro, CA
Change It Up! What Girls Say About Redefining Leadership (2008) – Girl Scouts of America:
* Being a leader is important to 70% of African American, 66% of Latina, and 56% of Asian American girls compared to 49% of Caucasian girls.
* Primarily, African American girls want to be the kind of leader who stands up for her beliefs and values (88%), brings people together to get things done (87%), and tries to change the world for the better (83%).
* Even though African American girls believe that being a leader will help them to help others, they also believe it will help them develop useful skills and qualities (37% vs. 26%) and to be successful in life (38% vs. 30%) more so than African American boys. Read more of this post | <urn:uuid:865b700a-e430-4ce9-bf54-f70de9edb89f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theindustrycosign.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/ | 2013-05-25T08:40:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888337 | 258 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Casey Key Vacation Rentals
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Built, owned and operated by the Smetts family for 44 years…and counting. We work hard to keep our building clean and very well maintained. Perfect for a relaxing get away, family vacation, or seasonal living, our apartments offer everything that you’ll need. We even invite you to bring your pet along.
Situated in an “old Florida”, no high rise beach setting, all units face the Gulf of Mexico and our private beach. Casey Key is a spectacular lush barrier island of soft sand beaches located directly on the Gulf of Mexico in Nokomis Florida. Walking distance to the Nokomis fishing jetty and in close proximity to restaurants, shopping, and many entertainment activities – We are located 15 minutes to the south of Sarasota, and 10 minutes to the north of Venice, Florida.
Casey Key offers unparalleled recreational fun to sunbathers, boaters and fishermen. If you enjoy swimming, sunbathing, hunting for shells and shark teeth, fishing or just relaxing, you’ll enjoy your vacation in our tropical island paradise. | <urn:uuid:4fd0d789-60ba-4ac0-b0d6-f076d7557d08> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://westwindrental.com/ | 2013-05-25T08:25:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93305 | 286 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Small field of fourteen, windless, foggy central valley morning race. Three teams make up the bulk of the racers.
Attacks start going every lap after the first. Cover most of them. The problem with being low on the bike is that one has to stick one's nose into the wind to see around the other riders - at about the mid point of the race a break gets a huge gap while I am behind someone. It looks like someone is going to pull us back so I hold back, we get pretty close, then the elastics snaps and they start pulling away.
I take a lot of pulls but Josh and the other LG rider are the only ones working and we don't get organized so the break of three stay away. I keep trying until two to go in order to get a decent workout in today, and then it starts to get tactical. I sprint a little late and then the guy in front of me almost falls down solo, so not much of a sprint for me in the end. | <urn:uuid:d6c6500a-ba12-489a-b576-69e5554da241> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://worldwidewoo.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-21-grassroots-salinas-criterium.html | 2013-05-25T08:31:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95672 | 208 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Bicyclist Hit By Car Door Suffers Life-Threatening Injury
Bicyclist, 46, Struck In 2500 Block University Avenue In North Park
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Gary GrayTitle: Assistant Professor
Office Location: Nethery hall 118
Phone: (269) 471-3167
BA Atlantic Union College MDiv Andrews University MA University of Massachusetts/Boston ABD Western Michigan University
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from
earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy
A local habitation and a name.
The best literature teachers I had created in me a deep fascination for literary study because they stressed the play of ideas. It is this interplay that I try to bring to all the classes I teach.
While I am broadly interested in the areas of theology, philosophy, history and literature, my specific intellectual interests lie in the intersection of religion and literature. I have a BA in theology and a Master of Divinity. I try to combine these two interests in a course called Biblical Literature in which we study to appreciate the literary elements of the English Bible.
I also have a Master's degree in literature from the University of Massachusetts/Boston campus. Now I am pursuing a PhD from Western Michigan University and am working on my dissertation. It is a study of Puritan sermons.
My wife, Meredith Jones Gray, and I team teach a course called the Literature of Love in which we explore some of the more famous (and a few not so famous) pieces of literature that have love as their main theme. In cooperation with history professor and fellow baseball fan, Gary Land, I have developed a course called Baseball Literature. We examine a growing body of literary works whose main theme is baseball.
When not teaching or pursuing graduate studies, I enjoy life at home with my wife and 12- year- old son, Jeremy. In my spare time, I like woodworking, reading, sports, and suffering (I'm a diehard Red Sox fan; okay, so they won in 2004--that only means that we suffer because we can no longer suffer. Go figure!).
Current Research or Professional Activities:
Performance or Exhibition ·Producer. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. Dramatic production performed at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, spring semester, 2010. | <urn:uuid:c30de2ab-a987-45c1-9f33-62db99443e88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.andrews.edu/cas/english/faculty/gary-r-gray.html | 2013-05-25T08:25:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934597 | 468 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Henri Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 21:43:19 -0000, "George Dishman" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >"Henri Wilson" <HW@..> wrote in message
> >> George has this funny idea that Maxwell's equations imply that all light
> >> arriving at an observer must travel at the value of c which has been
> >> calculated by that observer from measurements of Maxwell's two constants.
> >Funnily enough, so does the rest of the scientific
> >and maths community. Here's the proof
> >and in more detail
> >> In fact, 'c' is just a universal constant that happens to also be the
> >> value of light's speed wrt its source.
> >Almost, it is the ratio dx/dt in the equations and is
> >therefore relative to the origin of that coordinate
> >system, hence it is the same for all sources. That's
> >why it is incompatible with Ritz.
> It is also quite meaningless unless a reference is defined for tat speed.
I just told you what the reference is Henry, "the
origin of that coordinate system". That's the way
the equations work.
> Nothing has a 'velocity' George.
> It can only have a velocity 'relative to something'.
> Maxwell's 'c' was relative to the one and only absolute aether.
Nope, as you said in another post, it is relative
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The covering of our eyes called the cornea is an incredible example of complex design. The material of which the cornea is made has to be perfectly clear to allow light to pass through it so that we can see. It is exposed to the air with all of the bad things air contains--pollen, dust, chemicals, etc. It has to be able to withstand blows and fit to a curving surface full of a fluid which maintains the pressure of the eye.
Recently we received a note from Marty Gilliam, a mechanical engineer from Athens, Alabama, about how the cornea is designed so that, if it gets scratched, it can heal without obstructing our vision. A quote from his letter:
If you cut your skin, the cut heals from the bottom up, thereby scar tissue is formed. Not so with the eye. When the cornea experiences a scratch, the cells of the separated walls move toward one another, and close the scratch or cut, therefore no scar tissue is formed. If scar tissue formed every time we scratched our corneas, by the time we were middle-aged we would be looking through many cloudy lines. Another dandy design from the Designer! | <urn:uuid:f5bff631-3cfa-4564-8606-886bf9de6a2a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.doesgodexist.org/JulAug96/HealingTheEyeWithoutScars.html | 2013-05-25T08:33:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971263 | 242 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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The evidence shows very clearly that if we wish to give each child the chance to fulfill their potential, the foundation years before the age of five are absolutely critical. Support during this time is both one of the most effective types of intervention, and the most cost effective.
We know that supporting parents through parenting classes results in better outcomes for children. Parents should have the opportunity to seek and take up high quality parenting classes as and when they want it.
Around three-quarters of parents say they want information and support to help their parenting. The trial is about improving opportunities and choice for parents to access the information and support they want. We want to test what parents want from parenting education support and what motivates them to take up an offer of a parenting class.
CANparent stands for Classes and Advice Network and is an endorsement brand that is being used by a range of organisations and individuals, who are committed to connecting all parents to high quality support, advice and classes about parenting. CANparent is backed by government – including the Department for Education and the Department of Health – to enable the public, private and third sector to work together for the benefit of parents and children.
CANparent is running from Spring 2012 for two years, in three areas: Middlesbrough, High Peak (Derbyshire), and the London Borough of Camden. The aim is to reach over 50,000 parents. There is also a fourth trial area Bristol, where we are testing how a parenting classes market will develop without the use of vouchers or government subsidy.
CANparent offers £100 worth of parenting support to all mothers, fathers and carers with children aged 0 to 5 years within the trial areas. Vouchers worth £100 are being distributed by professionals working in Foundation Years services (for example, nurseries, children’s centres, midwives, health visitors).
Parents are able to redeem their voucher for parenting support with one of a number of parenting class providers in their area.
The themes covered in the classes include communication, managing relationships, play and learning, parenting styles and behaviour, rules and routines, and creating a supporting and nurturing home environment. The format of delivery is varied (face to face, online etc.) so meets a variety of learning preferences.
We want to create a culture where there is no stigma attached to seeking parenting advice and support. We also want to stimulate a market in high quality universal parenting classes and seek to change the culture so that attending a class is as normal to parents as attending antenatal classes.
We are also carrying out an evaluation of the trial which will provide evidence on a number of areas to help inform future development and opportunities in the parenting classes market.
We are working with a consortium including Ecorys, Parenting UK and Orion Security Print who provide local support and voucher services for the trial. This support involves engaging stakeholders in the trial areas, project management including collating management information for the evaluation, and printing and distributing vouchers.
The evaluation is being carried out by CEDAR, TNS-BMRB, Bryson Purdon Social Research, and London Economics.
To find out more about the benefits of delivering classes under the CANparent brand in Bristol and to apply, download the provider application form on this page. You can also download the CANparent Bristol Information Booklet which offers some helpful information for providers considering running classes in Bristol. The proposed concession contract is also available to download.
Parenting class trial
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Includes information on the Bristol trial area and how providers can apply to run their classes in Bristol as part of CANparent
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This contains some useful information about the local area, family and parenting in Bristol, links to schools, venues, and press and media contacts.
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This is the proposed concession contract for use with providers in Bristol.
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Includes more information about the trial, where you can pick up a voucher and what classes are available in the trial areas.
Includes information about how sector organisations can get involved with the trial and has a number of FAQs.
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"Set amid the ruins of ancient Egypt", promised the fliers. The impresario Raymond Gubbay has achieved many feats in his 45 years in showbiz but transporting the city of Thebes or the Temple of Vulcan to the Royal Albert Hall is not yet one. But he's had a darned good try in his latest opera-in-the-round blockbuster, Verdi's Aida, directed by Stephen Medcalf and designed by Isabella Bywater, which opened to a packed Royal Albert Hall last Thursday.
- Royal Albert Hall,
- Until 11 March
- Box office:
0845 401 5045
- Venue website
It won't be to all tastes. Amplified opera never is, but the technology has improved beyond complaint and has its place. Gubbay, never one to give up, has wooed opera traditionalists over the years as standards have risen. Yet his core audience is refreshingly different from elsewhere, as well as attentive and loyal. There may be longueurs but it's worth the wait for the climactic choruses when a 100-strong ensemble belt their hearts out, here excellently drilled by Robin Newton. The headaches and strategies for getting nearly double that number, with dancers and actors, on and off stage was achieved with aplomb. Some of the solo singing is admirable even if some is not, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Greenwood, gave secure, skilful support.
Despite its popularity and the splendour of the music, Aida always proves elusive to stage. It has two dramatic high points: the Grand March and the lovers' death by suffocation in a tomb. The first half offers ceremony and spectacle, the second private tragedy. Medcalf's idea was to celebrate the coincidence that the opera, commissioned by the khedive of Egypt for Cairo's new opera house, and the Albert Hall both date from 1871. European curiosity about north Africa was growing; exoticism was all the rage; ancient sites were being dug up or plundered by anyone with a trowel.
Gubbay's was the outfit which pumped 10,000 gallons of water to enable Madame Butterfly to float in her cherry blossom-festooned home. It was no surprise, therefore, to see giant screens projecting the pyramids at Giza, the interior of a painted temple and the banks of the Nile under a brilliant blue sky: a virtual Baedeker itinerary of top tourist sites. The arena itself had been transformed into an archaeological site complete with tent, Victorian-Edwardian Egyptologists, truncated columns, broken sphinx-ish sculptures and piles of old stones. It was all so convincing that my opera-novice companion needed reassurance that the Albert Hall doesn't usually look like this.
The approach, far from vulgar – and having in the past seen lame camels, fat horses and druggy-looking elephants trundled in for the triumphal Grand March scene I have a few points of comparison – was almost too thoughtful. An air of bafflement accompanied the admittedly always slow opening: who was this irritating woman who seemed to have escaped from an EM Forster novel with her sketchbook in search of Mr Beebe and, ahem, a tomb with a view? The programme note explained that she was the famous journalist and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, who made a boat trip up the Nile in 1873. The over-extended notion was that in visiting the sites she was awakening the ghosts of Aida, her rival Amneris and their love object Radames.
In the first of three casts the Italianate-sounding American Marc Heller, making his UK operatic debut as Radames, was alone in seeing the point of vowels and consonants. He scaled "Celeste Aida" with assurance and acted with the right kind of arms-akimbo gestures needed for this space. In the title role of the Ethiopian slave girl, Indra Thomas was sympathetic and looked magnificent but was off form vocally, struggling with top notes throughout. Claire Rutter and Catrin Aur, both strong performers, share the role for remaining performances. Some of the cameo roles were well taken and musical standards otherwise were high.
There was some rum dancing and the patterning of the triumphal scene, inspired by Nuremberg rallies and North Korean military parades, may have looked more spectacular from elsewhere – higher? – in the hall. Wet-look pre-Raphaelite-style priestesses disported in a fountain, and hooded priests – were they white Cistercians or Ku Klux Klan? – processed around the eternal flame of a sacred wok. Costumes were beautifully made. I was very taken with the prototype satellite dish the viperish Amneris (an effective Tiziana Carraro) wore on her head.
The ending was ducked: instead of being buried alive, Aida and Radames petrified into a funerary couple astride their tomb, and sat stiffly with the look of being strapped in for an interminable roller-coaster ride, which in a manner of speaking they were. But the crowd cheered, and the après comments were enthusiastic, illegibly capitalised surtitles aside. As I left, a young boy was telling his mother how moved he was. My opera virgin found the ending rather miserable but he has a lot to learn about opera in that respect.
You might think it was only a stone's throw from ancient Egypt to ancient Greece and Rome, from the fevered excitement of the Albert Hall to the pure air of Wigmore Hall. It was another planet. In the first of four events in the Bostridge Project: Ancient and Modern, the tenor Ian Bostridge and mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager sang solo cantatas in which figures from antiquity confront death.
The beauty of using small forces is that you can almost do as you fancy: two superstar singers, two fine ensembles (the English Concert and, squeezed on to the tiny stage, the Aurora Orchestra) and, in harpsichordist Laurence Cummings and conductor Nicholas Collon, two expert musical directors. This stood out as an evening of imagination and rigour, as well as thrilling music-making. Look out for it as a Wigmore Hall Live CD.
Bostridge shone as the villainous Nero in Alessandro Scarlatti's incandescent "Io son Neron, l'imperator del mondo" (1698), spitting out each vainglorious syllable with riveting conviction. Satie's "La mort de Socrate", instead, is a dispassionate but affecting narrative from his symphonic 1917-18 drama Socrate – limpid, "like running water", as his friend Poulenc described the aerated music.
After the untrammelled wildness of the raped Lucretia in Handel's "O numi eterni", Kirchschlager sang Britten's late work "Phaedra", from Robert Lowell's version of Racine. She was precise, impassioned and fiery in her agonies of doomed, incestuous love. The Aurora players gave meticulous support, especially in the tangy, 10-part string chords and in Iain Farrington's unearthly, spangly harpsichord flourishes.
Britten wrote "Phaedra" for Dame Janet Baker after hearing her sing Berlioz's Les nuits d'été at the 1975 Aldeburgh festival. No one can ever quite match Baker, perhaps, but last week we were lucky to have Joyce DiDonato in town – joining the illustrious New York Philharmonic and conductor Alan Gilbert for their Barbican residency – to give a bravura performance of that very work.
After the UK premiere of Thomas Adès's delicate, change-ringing Polaris and before some beady, steely Stravinsky, Berlioz's Gautier settings provided diaphanous contrast. DiDonato delivered an artlessly optimistic "Villanelle", a vaporous 'Le spectre de la rose" and a lilting "L'île inconnue" before bobbing off in the breeze to a land of undying love. Not that she had far to bob: the very walls of the Barbican hall, not to mention its inhabitants, were poised to embrace this adored diva whose modesty is an eternal miracle in itself. | <urn:uuid:d8fb20c0-4949-42ba-b80e-b77fad556ea5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/26/aida-gubbay-bostridge-project-review | 2013-05-25T08:33:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961065 | 1,758 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
a love affair
autumn here recently traded in mild rainy days for cold, crisp weather.
I'm all for it. Bring on the hot coco, the cozy blankets, and the stylish yet warm scarves.
here's some of my current favorites I found. click on the photo to link to the artist's etsy shop.
wishing you happy cold scarf days!
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Cal's top-ranked softball team battled back from an early deficit Thursday to beat LSU 5-3 and win this prize in the Women's College World Series: a game against crowd favorite Oklahoma and college player of the year Keilani Ricketts.
The Bears (57-7) will meet the fourth-seeded Sooners (51-8) at 4 p.m. Friday on ESPN2.
To beat Ricketts, the pitching ace from Archbishop Mitty High-San Jose, Cal will need to better than it was Thursday, starting with pitcher Jolene Henderson.
Henderson loaded the bases in the second inning on two hits and a walk, then gave up a two-run single to Morgan Russell. A 2-0 hole might prove too deep against Ricketts, who had 11 strikeouts in an opening round 5-1 victory over South Florida. It was the 23rd time this season she had fanned 10 or more batters.
"I got behind," Henderson said of her outing, which included eight hits. "I shouldn't do that as a pitcher, but they have such a strong offense."
Fortunately for Cal, it has a strong offense too. Frani Echavarria continued her hot postseason by driving in three runs with a single, a sacrifice fly, and a fielder's choice. Jamia Reid scored twice and had two hits, including the one that put Cal ahead.
The Bears began their comeback in the third inning. Cheyenne Cordes hustled to force a slightly wayward throw from shortstop. After two fielder's choice ground outs and a walk to player of the year runner-up Valerie Arioto, Echavarria
The Bears tied it in the fifth. Reid reached on an infield hit, took second on an errant throw and was bunted to third. LSU chose to pitch around Arioto, and Echavarria foiled the strategy again, this time flying to the warning track in left field to bring home Reid.
"This team fights until the end," said Echavarria, one of several Cal players who endured long travel delays en route from the Bay Area, "and I think you saw that today. Everyone pulled together."
The Bears broke the tie in the sixth inning, busting the game open with three runs. Echavarria was involved again, driving home the final run after RBI singles from Reid and Britt Vonk.
"We fell behind early in the game," said Cal coach Diane Ninemire, "but Jolene hung tough on the mound for us. ... Today was a great game for California."
In the first night game, No. 2 seed Alabama (56-7) scored four runs in the first inning and turned it over to sophomore pitcher Jackie Traina in a 5-3 win over Tennessee (52-13).
Alabama will play Friday against Arizona State (52-9), which beat Oregon (44-17) 3-1 in the late game on a five-hitter by Dallas Escobedo.
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The town of Alatri is spread across the side of a hill towards the east of the Lazio region of central Italy with an ancient history.
Alatri is best known because of the massive walls that surround the town and through which there are five gates to reach the upper town. It is here that you can visit the Civita, a powerful example of the Pelasgian acropolis.
Surrounded by strong walls, the acropolis has two gates: the Porta Maggiore with a monolithic lintel, and the Lower Gate, from which you arrive at Alatri Cathedral. The Old Town of Alatri, contained within these megalithic walls, is rich in valuable churches and ancient architectural structures.
The Gottifredo Palace, a romanesque style building, is interesting and now houses the Civic Archaeological Museum.
Alatri Archaeological Museum
The museum in Alatri contains several very ancient artefacts of great interest found in the town and region.
Of particular interest are the “Dedication to the ‘Penati’”, discovered in Rose Square in 1921 and dating from the end of the first century BC; the ancient 'Inscription of Alatri', which describes the work done by the Censor Lucius Betilienus Varus (about 130-120 BC), discovered in Piazza S. Maria Maggiore and dating from the 2nd-1st century BC; and a polychrome mosaic floor decorated with a geometric style (90-80 BC).
Church of the Scolopi
In the square opposite the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore is the Church of the Scolopi, built between 1734 and 1745 as a project by Benedetto Margariti da Manduria and dedicated to the "Marriage of the Virgin".
The façade, in travertine, is designed to reinterpret the style of Borromini (1599-1667) - it is characterized by a double row of pilasters that frame the portal with a central window above. The facade ends with a vertical sequence of windows (the original project, not completed, was to be terminated with twin bell towers).
The interior of the church has the form of a Greek cross and is dominated by towering Corinthian pilasters on which are set great round arches which support the dome. Note particularly the stucco decoration of the wall surfaces and the contrasting large 18th century paintings.
In the church altar there is the 'Marriage of the Virgin, painted in 1731 by Carmine Spinetti, while on two side altars are a "Crucifixion", by the Venetian painter Benedetto Mora and an unsigned work depicting “Saint Giuseppe Calasanzio ", painted in the late 18th century to honor the founding father of the Order of “Scolopi”.
Other Alatri highlights
One truly impressive site in Alatri is the Pia Fountain, inaugurated in 1870 and dedicated to Pope Pius IX in gratitude for the substantial contribution of money he bestowed on the city in 1863 for the construction of a new aqueduct. The fountain is a work by Giuseppe Olivieri.
The Conti-Gentili Palace is a building dating from the 13th century although only the great arched portal entrance and porch remain of the original structure and the current building dates from 1532. The Library of the Palace here preserves local history books and ancient scrolls, including a copy of the Alatri Statutes of 1582.
The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, which dominates the square, was built in the 5th century on the ruins of a temple dedicated to Venus. The exterior facade features a canopy from the early 14th century while the bell tower was added in 1394. The church interior is divided into three aisles by massive pillars upon which the round arches rest.
Some valuable works of art are kept in the church: worthy of special mention is the 13th century wooden group of the “Madonna of Constantinople; the triptych of the 'Redeemer' by Antonio da Alatri (14th -15th century); the "Virgin and Child with St. Saviour", from the first half of the 15th century; and the 13th century font.
Not far away from here is the Church of San Francesco, built between the second half of the 13th century and the first half of the 14th with a compact design in the Gothic style. The façade has a pointed arch portal and a rose in radial columns.
Alatri and the Templars
The cloister of San Francesco has a fresco depicting "Christ in Glory" at the center of a labyrinth of twelve concentric circles. The fresco is mysterious, but provides evidence of the presence of the Templars in Latium.
Other monuments with symbols of the Templars in Alatri are the church of Saint Lucia and Saint Paul's Cathedral, which rises above a wide staircase in the esplanade of the Acropolis and has origins dating from the tenth century.
Around Alatri, and the local cuisine
You can enjoy Alatri not only by walking through its streets, but also by exploring its surrounding rural landscapes. The “Ciociaria” is also a land where you can enjoy a popular cuisine characterized by a strong link with ancient traditions.
The pasta (mostly based on eggs) is excellent, and the local bread and cakes also very good. Poultry and rabbits are popular meats, although the queen of the table remains various sheep derived recipes. Particularly popular in the area is the 'broccoli of Alatri'.
See also history of Alatri
Photos taken within 10 km
Map of Alatri & places nearby
Ferentino 13 km
Anagni 21 km
Subiaco 35 km
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A number of Mathematics and Statistics students participated in the Putnam Mathematics Competition on Dec. 4. Jonathan Lomond, Ian Payne and Mark Penney formed the Memorial University team, which received an official rank of 47. Only the top 150 teams receive a rank. This year there were 4,296 from 546 institutions. Individually Jonathan and Ian scored 41 and 40 respectively, ranking them at 259.5 and 294 and were included in the Putnam booklet as students who ranked above 470.5. The pair were on the Memorial University APICS team in the fall, which placed third overall and they are also both recipients of NSERC USRAs for this summer. The Putnam is considered to be one of the toughest math competitions in the world and has high name recognition, though average scores are typically below 10. | <urn:uuid:24daae92-7967-47f6-9dbe-969f2fd272cd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mun.ca/gazette/issues/vol43no13/notable.php | 2013-05-25T08:46:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976305 | 165 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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The Indian Army [ Images ] top brass will review and decide several important issues of training and welfare of troops in the four-day long Commanders' Conference beginning on Monday.
The annual Army Commanders Conference, coming in the wake of several controversies centering around Army Chief Gen VK Singh over the past fortnight, is scheduled to finalise a road map for enhancing the "technical threshold" of all personnel in the force.
Explaining the concept, a senior general said given the technology-intensive nature of future wars, the Army has felt the need to improve the technical skills and understanding of its soldiers.
Favouring the adoption of a "bottom-up" model, the Army commanders will give the final stamp of approval to a plan that gives more technical training to every soldier and officer in handling and understanding operations involving battle-field surveillance radars, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare and ways to combat nuclear, biological and chemical attacks.
The top brass is also like to push for speedier implementation of the F-INSAS (future infantry soldier as a system) programme designed to make every soldier tech-savvy and self-sufficient in short wars fought under highly informalised conditions.
To be chaired by Army Chief Gen VK Singh and attended by the vice chief of army staff and all the seven Army commanders, the conference will also clear the plan to establish theatre training nodes to put into action the technical enhancement training programme. These training nodes (at the command level) will bring under one umbrella all the facilities required to take the programme forward.
Select PSOs (principal staff officers) in the Army HQ will present their progress report to the Army commanders. The adjutant general, in-charge of the welfare of troops, will give an update on the ambitious married accommodation project. Under this programme, which started in 2007, over two lakh dwellings for armed forces personnel, the bulk of it for the Army, are to be built in four phases. A mid-course review is expected to bring in an urgency to the project.
The director general military operations will present an update on the security situation across the spectrum -- from the condition along the Line of Actual Control and the Line of Control [ Images ] to the security situation in the north-east, and his assessment of the coming months in the Kashmir [ Images ] valley to the security scenario in the neighbourhood.
Defence Minister AK Antony will speak to the commanders at the beginning of the conference, followed by several sessions of briefings and presentations by each of the Army commanders. | <urn:uuid:7ca710f8-6572-4d32-8895-8d2c7dd5f350> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rediff.com/news/special/troops-training-and-welfare-focus-of-army-commanders-meet-special/20120416.htm | 2013-05-25T08:18:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946147 | 515 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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|Tanner Herrick (2) on the bottom and West Hunsaker (32) on the top take down Delta's McKay Christensen during the first half of the game at the Dinos stadium on Friday night. Carbon defense held Delta to only 7 points in the first half of the game.|
As New Orleans was fighting their own battle against levies that were about to collapse on Friday night, the Carbon Dinos were also fighting their own against the Delta Rabbits who had breezed into town with a 2-2 record.
And just like New Orleans, in the first half of the storm that descended upon the Dinos, they were able to almost hold their own with only a little water flowing over the top of the levies for a Rabbit 7-0 lead at halftime.
It was in the second half of the game that the dam gave way with Delta running up another 36 points, swamping the Carbon defense. And on the other end Delta's defense put Carbon's offense into such a mire that it couldn't get the pigskin across the goal either on the ground or by air.
Delta breached the Carbon defensive dikes with six different players, but it did take them the first half to figure it out. It was a good effort by the Carbon kids, but they just couldn't maintain what they had done in the first minutes in the last minutes.
Carbon's September football schedule as a whole has been very similar to New Orleans; they came into games with great odds against them. They have played Uintah, Union, Canyon View, Hurricane and now Delta. Altogether those teams have a record of 21-7, two lead their respective regions in win/loss percentage and all have winning records.
But despite the record, Carbon came into this game hopeful. The Rabbits appeared to be the weakest of the opponents they had faced so far, and in the first half not only did the defense look pretty good, but the offense was able to generate some mileage as well.
The team now takes on Granite, a team that year to year has not had a great football record in two decades. The newcomers to Region 8 were at the bottom of Region 10 after play last year. That game will take place in Salt Lake, but the Farmers home field advantage is usually weak, so this may be a good chance for the Dinos to show their stuff.
Granite comes into the game with a 1-5 record, the first team Carbon will face this year that has a losing record.
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Did Sarah Palin's rhetoric cause him to do it?
As long as welfare feeds low achievers, there will be be a surplus of low achievers. Hunger is a motivator.
This is the funniest thing I've ever read.
"They are behind walls, their lives are totally controlled and they are being asked to work for free ... and are treated like animals. I don't see how this is not an obvious human rights issue." --- Of course they are being treated like animals. THEY ARE ANIMALS. They are feral homo sapiens. They are being separated from us for our safety.
"Among prisoners' demands are a "living wage," educational opportunities, increased visitation and improved food and facilities, according to a list of demands distributed to media." I wonder what they want Santa to bring them for Christmas?
We treat them better than they treated us. That is as "Christian" as I am willing to get. Look at any statistical study. Their life expectancy is better than their criminal peers who escape the long arm of the law. They are healthier, cleaner, fitter, better educated, and better prepared than their free criminal counterparts. I guess until prisons are like Hiltons the bleeding hearts will pine away at the injustice of it all.
Silliness. I wonder why Volkswagen didn't build their factory in Boulder? I wonder why Wacker came to Bradley County? I wonder why we have fewer foreclosures than nearly anywhere else? I think I'd rather be stupid and employable than overqualified and on food stamps. Unemployment is highest where degrees are superfluous.
I think its the headline that is stupid. The body of the article just said that the trial judge should have allowed the jury to decide the case. What's wrong with that?
one4community - that's just sad. Winning is reality for those who prepare for it. Congrats Signal.
The criminal justice system is not tasked with helping mentally ill people. It is charged with protecting innocent people from criminals. If people want assistance for the mentally ill, fund hospitals so that the chronically mentally ill are not wandering the streets victimizing others. The ill deserve better than they get. The court system is not to blame for the crimes committed by the mentally ill.
I'm a tea party guy. With that being said, infrastructure is an appropriate role for government. This idea that the private sector should do everything is stupid. What about courts? Heck if courts were such a good idea why haven't businesses come up with a plan? That's just silly. This train isn't guaranteed, but has the potential for improving our local economy. The proper role for government is setting rules and avenues so that business can flourish. Businesses cannot build interstate roads or trains but many times need them for the furtherance of commerce. This is an exciting time for Chattanooga. Let's not let the dummies ruin it.
This nepotism thing has got to be stopped. I saw a worktruck going down the road today and it said "Jones and Son Plumbing." I think the grandpa was a plumber too. I don't care if they do do a good job. They're never touching a pipe in my house.
This will be my last post. The broken record that is Clay Bennett is turning me into a broken record.
There is more to life than criticism.
What would Clay have us Tea Party sympathizers do - move to a ghetto? We are fellow citizens. We deserve the respect that all humans deserve. Evidently there isn't any room for middle class discontent in Clay's worldview.
Clay continually portrays us as evil, racist buffoons. It isn't funny anymore. So let this site become an echo chamber and a cheerleading section for a man who draws cartoons for a living.
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Free Router Table Plans
If any amateur carpenter is going to truly to commit to woodworking they need a efficient and organized wood shop space. Adding some tool specific furniture, like this Free Floor Standing Router Table, helps enable any builder to work with a little more ease.
It will clear up space on your regularly used work bench while acting as somewhat of an addition to your table space. This plans also provides some simple storage underneath the routing space to keep bits, routers, extension cords, and other accessories neatly tucked away while your working a project that doesn’t require them. The attached wheels makes this piece easy to move.
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“Small and almost pefectly formed for a few days at least”
Lift count :
9 x Chairlifts
2 x Drag-lifts
Ride area 815 acres
Longest Piste:2miles (3.2km)
Pass (Low/High Season) : £34.34 Day,
is not one of those resorts that springs to mind when one is thinking about where to go for a few days riding. Come to think about it, Dodge Ridge is almost unknown outside of those who live in the area or by a few hardcore riders who travel around in a van searching out the small haunts. Anyway, why would this relatively new resort be of much interest? After all, it’s only been going for 15 years. Well Dodge Ridge has some 60 trails with 12 lifts which take you over a mountain that has a lot to offer, especially advanced riders, with a good series of double black diamond runs such as the trails that can be found off of lift 3. The slopes are well maintained and well set out offering something for all levels with a good mixture of trails. | <urn:uuid:7adc05d4-e682-485d-8983-f050f9ffa7b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldsnowboardguide.com/resorts/usa/california/dodgeridge/index.cfm | 2013-05-25T08:53:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705790741/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120310-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93668 | 232 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Remember that preseason talk about a battle for Big Ten supremacy among Michigan State, Illinois and Purdue? Minnesota has worked its way into that conversation.
The Gophers look like the conference's most impressive team after beating North Carolina and West Virginia to claim the Puerto Rico Tip-Off crown. That feat sky-rocketed Tubby Smith's squad from No. 23 to No. 9 in this week's poll.
North Carolina can't seem to stop disappointing its fans. The Tar Heels toppled from No. 8 to No. 25 after consecutive losses to the Gophers and Vanderbilt.
Records through Sunday. (Last week's ranking)
1. Duke 3-0 (1): Freshman Kyrie Irving ranks second in scoring on Blue Devils with 14.3 ppg.
2. Michigan State 2-0 (2): Maui won't be a vacation with this tough field.
3. Kansas State 3-0 (3): Warning alert: Kansas State makes only 50.6 percent of its free throws.
4. Pittsburgh 5-0 (4): Beating Texas and Maryland earned the Panthers the Coaches vs. Cancer title.
5. Ohio State 3-0 (5): The Buckeyes impressed with an 18-point beat-down of Florida.
6. Villanova 4-0 (6): Hard to judge 'Nova after wins against softies Marist, Boston and Lafayette.
7. Kansas 3-0 (7): Jayhawks fans are counting down the days to Dec. 18 when Josh Selby becomes eligible.
8. Kentucky 2-0 (11): Freshman Brandon Knight scored 21 points in a 31-point victory against Portland.
9. Minnesota 5-0 (23): The Gophers are legit, beating UNC and West Virginia.
10. Syracuse 4-0 (10): A three-point win over William and Mary? Yikes!
11. Missouri 2-0 (13): The Tigers forced 34 turnovers against North Florida.
12. Memphis 4-0 (15): Forward Wesley Witherspoon offers leadership and 15.8 ppg.
13. Baylor 3-0 (16): LaceDarius Dunn returned from suspension on Monday night.
14. San Diego State 4-0 (22): The Aztecs are ranked in AP polls for the first time – and should keep climbing after downing Gonzaga.
15. Florida 3-1 (9): The Gators shot 61 percent from the field, 43 percent on 3-pointers and still lost to Ohio State.
16. Washington 2-0 (18): If London-born Matthew Bryan-Amaning keeps playing this way (21 ppg), he'll steal tabloid headlines from Prince William's engagement.
17.Temple 2-0 (19): The Owls should enjoy the soft part of the schedule, considering Georgetown, Villanova and Duke loom this season.
18. Georgetown 5-0 (20): The Hoyas won the Charleston Classic Championship.
19. Purdue 3-0 (21): E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson average a combined 36 ppg.
20. Gonzaga 2-1 (12): The Zags sighed with relief after tests showed no Achilles' tear for forward Elias Harris.
21. BYU 3-0 (24): Jimmer Fredette averages 25.7 ppg, shooting 54.2 percent.
22. Texas 3-1 (NR): Despite loss to powerful Pitt, the Longhorns looked impressive taking down Illinois.
23. Illinois 4-1 (14): The Illini bounced back from losing to Texas by beating Maryland.
24. Butler 2-1 (17): Don't count out the Bulldogs for a loss in front of Louisville's tough crowd.
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(WICHITA, Kan.) — Test scores at a Wichita elementary school are flagged. The school's principal and testing coordinator are on paid leave. As we've reported, the Wichita School District is looking into concerns about state assessments at Enterprise Elementary in South Wichita.
Sherry Fowler has two sons who attend Enterprise. She says she is shocked to hear about the investigation at the school.
"I would never guess anything like that. I love Ms. Stead," Fowler says. "She's a great principal."
Two years ago, Principal Pam Stead was celebrating the fact that her school had finally improved its test scores to meet government standards. She credited a revamped teaching style.
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That’s the only appropriate response to seeing this photo of the bizarre spider we found in our Florida yard today. *update below*
@alotofnothing CHRIST ON A BIKE, KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
— Miss Banshee (@missbanshee) June 30, 2012
Thanks to @gikkt on Twitter for doing the research for me, because there’s no way in Sweet Baby Jeesus’ Happy Daycare Land that I’d be looking up spider species.
This is a Jewelled Spider and it can clearly eat your face off.
*UPDATE: The people of The Twitter are telling me it’s called a Shiny Orb-Weaver spider, but I see neither orbs nor shiny, and I don’t like doing Google searches for “spider species” any more than I like scrubbing county fair port-o-potty toilets with a toothbrush.
*2nd UPDATE: And apparently, I didn’t care enough to check it out for myself, but it’s a SPINY Orb-Weaver. So, it does have spiny things, but I see no orb. And now I know way too much about spiders.
I feel like creepy crawlies are making their way up and down my legs, which may be true, but this asshole Jewelled Spider is making it worse.
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(NNPA) I never thought it would get this low. Here we are with the first “Black” president and the first Black attorney general and they move to kill enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The shock is that they dare do it. The reality is they can’t win at this as this is the law. But still they work to hurt small business per se and Black, Hispanic and Asian business specifically. This sinister action is to promote their socialistic pro union manifesto.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the prize of the Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and totally supported by people like Whitney Young, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Benjamin Chavis, Julian Bond and legions of other committed heroes. We won and President Lyndon B. Johnson ran the “N___ Bill” (as he off the record called it) through. This bill ended institutional discrimination in fact. But the key was to get the bill implemented.
President Johnson was distracted with the Vietnam War debacle. It would be his successor, Richard M. Nixon, who began the implementation in 1968. My mentor, Arthur A. Fletcher, was working in the Department of Labor and saw the great opportunity. He implemented the Philadelphia Plan, which brought affirmative action to hiring in federal contracting. The vehicle was Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which stated that if you do business with the federal government or benefit from a federal program you cannot use discriminatory practices in your business interaction. The way to prove that you don’t is to have a formal program of inclusion, such as affirmative action. Some of the labor unions were very racist and they protested to the max. Art had a union/mob contract put on his life and as he integrated federal jobs and contracting across the nation he had to have two secret service agents shadow him for his protection.
The biggest example of the intensity was in Chicago where a direct attempt of mob action against Dr. Fletcher was enacted at the Palmer Hotel. A mob made various attempts to break into his room and kill him. He contacted the White House and that led to a call from President Richard Nixon to Chicago Mayor Richard “Dick” Daley. The President told the Mayor that “if my guy doesn’t arrive in D.C. this evening or is harmed the 101st Airborne will be marching down Michigan Avenue tomorrow morning and take your city over”. The Mayor backed the goons off and affirmative action proceeded on.
On the direct contracting front was another giant to emerge, the Honorable Congressman Parren J. Mitchell (D-MD). Parren used the bully pulpit of the Chair of the House Small Business Committee and wrote various programs for minority business development with federal dollars. The Small Disadvantaged Business Program (SDB), the 8(a) program, the Disabled Veteran Program, the Disadvantaged Business Program (DBE) at the Department of Transportation and others were implemented by this giant. The number of Black millionaires and new jobs in the Black community created by Congressman Mitchell exceeds all other programs combined. Most of this growth came during the Ronald Reagan Administration.
As we improved and benefited from these programs, adversaries tried to stop the programs. There was the Croson Decision and the Adarand Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which caused a pause in the programs. But the reality of it was that it was the law and all we had to do was strictly abide by the law. We did and the programs proceeded. We still get nuisance lawsuits opposing these programs by entities such as the Associated General Contractors, US Road Builders and a few ultra right wing think tanks. Still, we prevail and move on.
The Black percentage of federal business peaked during the Reagan Administration at six percent of the total. It started to decline during the Clinton Administration but then leveled off and began an upswing during the George W. Bush Administration (HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson was the Most Valuable Player in this up tic). Then, as the Obama Administration moved in, and to the shock of all of us watching, the “rug” was pulled from under us. The new movement was to put unions back into power and eliminate small business, inclusive of minority business, from federal procurement. Today, Black business is at 0.3 percent and falling. It is a direct assault and a disaster. Keep in mind that 70 percent of all jobs are created by small business. This administration is killing small business and that is the reason for Black unemployment to be at record levels.
This administration is killing us and it is time for the Congressional Black Caucus and all Black concerned associations and citizens to say “enough”. This Obama experiment has failed us miserably and a real change is drastically needed. We will get through this but big decisions lay in front of us.
Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Remarks on a visit from an old New York acquaintance on November 30, 1835 at Kirtland, Ohio
Source: Warren Parrish record in Joseph Smith journal, LDS Archives
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min, from Manchester New York, shewed him the Egyptian records.
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Today, the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Brewers announced the annual Brewers Team Awards for the 2011 season. The awards were voted on by the Milwaukee Chapter of the BBWAA. Eight ballots were returned with three names in each category, with points awarded on a 3-2-1 basis. The first-place votes are listed in parentheses. I’m giving the readers a chance to vote along to see how your votes stack up to the experts.
Most Valuable Player
Receiving all eight possible first-place votes, Ryan Braun was named Brewers team MVP for the first time in his career. Braun led the National League in Slugging Percentage (.596) and extra-base hits (77) and missed the NL batting title by just .005 points, finishing the season with a .332 average. He was one of just three players in the NL with at least 100 runs and 100 RBI this season (Matt Kemp and Joey Votto were the other two) and became the first Brewer in team history to put up those numbers. Braun’s had one of the best seasons in franchise history and his numbers are worthy of a NL MVP award (to be be announced on November 22).
MILWAUKEE BBWWA BREWERS MVP VOTING
- Ryan Braun (8) 24 points
- Prince Fielder 15
- John Axford 6
- Yovani Gallardo 1
- Corey Hart 1
- Nyjer Morgan 1
Most Valuable Pitcher
In his first full season as a Major League closer, John Axford was named the Brewers Most Valuable Pitcher as he finished the season 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA and 46 saves in 48 opportunities. Axford broke the Brewers single-season franchise saves record held by Francisco Cordero (44 in 2007). He finished the season converting 43 consecutive save opportunities and pitched 11 consecutive scoreless innings to close the regular season.
MILWAUKEE BBWWA BREWERS MOST VALUABLE PITCHER VOTING
- John Axford (7) 23 points
- Yovani Gallardo (1) 15
- Zack Greinke 8
- Francisco Rodriguez 1
- Shaun Marcum 1
Every team has an Unsung Hero and every team needs an Unsung Hero. Jonathan Lucroy bounced back from a Spring Training injury to have an outstanding season as the Brewers starting catcher. He finished the year hitting .265 with 12 HR and 59 RBI. Some of the stats that don’t show up are the runs that he saved blocking pitches behind the plate.
MILWAUKEE BBWWA BREWERS UNSUNG HERO VOTING
- Jonathan Lucroy (4) 15
- Mark Kotsay (1) 9
- Jerry Hairston Jr. (1) 6
- Marco Estrada (1) 4
- Francisco Rodriguez 4
- Randy Wolf (1) 3
- Takashi Saito 3
- Rickie Weeks 2
- George Kottaras 1
- LaTroy Hawkins 1
Acquired at the end of Spring Training via trade, Nyjer Morgan won the hearts of Brewers fans with his efforts on the field and his personality off the field. Morgan hit .304 with 4 HR and 37 RBI for the Brewers this season, coming up with a number of clutch hits (who will ever forget his walkoff hit in NLDS Game 5?) and some fantastic defensive plays. His alter-egos, “Tony Plush,” “Tony Clutch,” “Tony Tombstone,” “Tony Hush” helped make him a fan favorite. Morgan hustled on every play, gave it his all on the field and had the best season of his career.
MILWAUKEE BBWWA BREWERS TOP NEWCOMER VOTING
- Nyjer Morgan (7) 22
- Zack Greinke (1) 15
- Shaun Marcum 5
- Jerry Hairston Jr. 4
- Francisco Rodriguez 2
Good Guy Award
Being around the team everyday during the season, it would be hard for me to pick a single “Good Guy” because I really believed this team was full of them. Pitcher LaTroy Hawkins edged out Casey McGehee to pick up the award this year. A leader in the clubhouse with veteran experience, Hawkins was there to face the media during the highs and the lows of the 2011 season.
Hawkins also picked up the 2011 Michael J. Harrison Award for Community Service. He contributed $50,000 this season to Brewers Community Foundation in support of activities and programs targeted to youth recreation, scholarships and education throughout Wisconsin. Hawkins also supported Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s Fatherhood Initiative and provided financial support for the Brewers Team Smile dental clinic at Miller Park. Hawkins is truly a leader in the community and in the Brewers clubhouse.
MILWAUKEE BBWWA BREWERS GOOD GUY VOTING
- LaTroy Hawkins (4) 13
- Casey McGehee (1) 10
- John Axford 9
- Jerry Hairston Jr. (1) 7
- Craig Counsell (2) 6
- Corey Hart 1
- Prince Fielder 1
- Randy Wolf 1
Congratulations to the Brewers Award winners from this memorable Brewers season. I look forward to seeing how our readers vote for these awards!
As I said earlier, the National League MVP Award will be announced on Tuesday, November 22, so Brewers fans should keep that date circled on their calendar. With Braun and Fielder in contention for that award, it will be interesting to see the results. Another award that Braun is in contention for, the Gold Glove, will be announced tomorrow. Braun committed only one error in left field this season.
The Brewers annual fan fest, Brewers On Deck, will take place this Sunday, January 31, but today, John and Cait have a sneak preview of all the fun that is in store for you! We are going to throw a lot at you in this preview and this map will help you plan your afternoon at the event.
First of all, this year’s Brewers On Deck is bigger and better than ever. The event has taken many forms since it first began at Brookfield Square Mall in 2004. Each year, we learn a little more and try to grow the event to make it bigger and better than even before. Brewers Senior Director of Entertainment and Broadcasting, Aleta Mercer has again been in charge of organizing this event that has really turned into something no Brewers fan will want to miss.
Last year was the first year that the event was held at the Midwest Airlines Center in downtown Milwaukee. This year, we’re returning to the same location, but we have two times the space to work with and more attractions to entertain fans once they get in the door.
Brewers On Deck will feature a number of activities for the entire family. There will be autographs and photos from Brewers players and coaches, interactive games and clinics for kids in the Associated Bank Kids Zone, Q&A sessions and game shows with Brewers players, coaches and broadcasters, the latest Brewers merchandise (including 40th Anniversary items), and much, much, more.
First of all, everybody loves autographs and the chance to rub elbows with players and coaches from the 2010 team.
With 30 players scheduled to sign at the event, you’ll have lots of choices. Welcome back some of your favorites, like Prince Fielder or Ryan Braun. Get a jumpstart on the 40th Anniversary Season by purchasing some of the new merchandise that will be available at the event and getting it signed by Brewers great and Hall of Famer Robin Yount. Or, take the opportunity to add new Brewers like Randy Wolf, Gregg Zaun, LaTroy Hawkins or Carlos Gomez to your autograph collection.
Autograph sessions will be staggered during the event, and autograph tickets–ranging from free to $25 each–will be available on the day of the event only. There will be 250 autograph coupons available for each player at the event, and coupons will be distributed one hour prior to each autograph session, so make sure you get there early!
Dave Bush signs autographs for fans at Brewers On Deck 2009.
The doors to the Midwest Airlines Center open at 10 a.m. and the first autograph sessions begin at 11 a.m. A good tip would be to buy your On Deck tickets in advance if you want to get in an autograph line early. Brewers coaches will be signing free autographs following their Q&A session with fans and select Brewers alumni will also sign free following clinics in the Little League diamond.
It is important to note that cash will be the only form of payment accepted at the pay stations in the autograph area, so make sure you hit up an ATM on your way downtown (there will also be ATMs inside the Midwest Airlines Center). Proceeds from the autographs will go to Brewers Charities and other charitable causes. A full autograph schedule can be found here.
The photo sessions made available to fans are also a great way to capture a great memory with your favorite Brewer. A group of 33 Brewers players, alumni and coaches will appear at three photo stations scattered throughout the afternoon in half hour segments. The photos are free of charge. We would recommend bringing your own camera to take pictures. The first session will start at 11 a.m. and the last session will start at 3:30 p.m.
Mitch Stetter poses with fans at Brewers On Deck 2009 in the Photo Area.
Three stages will be set up throughout the convention hall, featuring programming and other activities for fans throughout the day.
The Brewers Main Stage will feature various question and answer sessions with top Brewers baseball executives, a pair of game shows featuring players and alumni (“Who Wants to Be A Brewer?” and “Brewers vs. Alumni Feud”), a fashion show showcasing the latest Brewers gear and a roundtable discussion with members of the Milwaukee media who cover the team on a regular basis. The game shows were definitely hits at last year’s “Bob Uecker’s Winter Warm Up” and there are some new surprises in store for 2010.
Fans and local media will be introduced to Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez and reintroduced to newly acquired lefty Doug Davis at a press conference scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on the Main Stage.
The Brewers Interactive Stage will feature the Brewers Anthem Challenge with fans vying for an opportunity to sing the National Anthem at Miller Park, so start practicing hitting those high notes! Also scheduled for the Brewers Interactive Stage is a Q&A session with the Brewers Player Development and Scouting staff as well as a live web chat on brewers.com with Gregg Zaun, Manny Parra and Carlos Villanueva.
The Newsradio 620 WTMJ stage will broadcast live from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will feature interviews with Brewers players and coaches. If you are a Brewers fan who cannot make Sunday’s event, the web chat and radio broadcast are two fantastic ways to interact and participate from home.
All proceeds from the event benefit Brewers Charities and other charitable causes, so make sure you stop by the Brewers Charities area at On Deck. This year, they’re hosting a Treasure Hunt, which will feature some hard to find Brewers items for sale. Additionally, Brewers Charities will be collecting food to be donated to the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee. Collection barrels will be set up at the Brewers Charities area in the Midwest Airlines Center, so don’t forget to bring your non-perishable food items with you to On Deck.
Fans will also be able to take part in the Brewers On Deck Scavenger Hunt. If you can locate the four player photos placed strategically around the venue at different attractions, you will uncover a special promotional code that will allow you to purchase tickets online for select Brewers games at a special 50% savings.
To help celebrate the 40th Anniversary season in 2010, fans can visit the Brewers Museum at On Deck to relive some Brewers moments of the past. Watch some of the best plays in team history, check out every team photo in team history, read newspapers from some of the most historic moments in team history and check out some pretty neat artifacts from 1970 through today.
In addition to all of these activities, kids will also have a great time at the batting cages or speed pitch and will be able to stay active in the Home Run Fitness area. Fans can also visit with Brewers sponsors, check out sports memorabilia from collectors in the memorabilia area, purchase a Brewers Kids Club Membership Kit ($25), and pick up Season and Group Ticket information.
There will be so much to do on Sunday, it is hard to list everything. Some other interesting attractions that we want you to check out are displays from four of the Brewers minor league affiliates and the FS Wisconsin stage where fans are offered a chance to be a sports announcer at the FS Wisconsin Sports Desk.
We’re excited that the event is coming up so soon, not only because a great time will be had by all, but also because it means that the start of the baseball season is that much closer. Something comforting to think about on a cold, January day. If you cannot make the event, we will have a full review here and on brewers.com.
-John and Cait
Brewers On Deck will take place on Sunday, January 31 from 10am to 5pm at the Midwest Airlines Center in downtown Milwaukee. Advance tickets are just $15 for adults and $9 for kids.
Tickets purchased at the door on the day of the event will be $20 for adults and $15 for children 14 and under. Cash will be the only form of payment accepted on the day of the event.
Autograph sessions will be staggered throughout the day with autograph tickets ranging from free to $25 (available only at the event).Please note that cash will be the only form of payment accepted at the pay stations in the autograph area. Proceeds from the autographs will go to Brewers Charities and other charitable causes.
There are a variety of parking structures and street lots surrounding the Midwest Airlines Center. For more parking information, please visit www.parkmilwaukee.com.
For an up-to-date schedule of events, or to purchase tickets, click here.
Here are a couple of photos from today’s press conference that introduced the newest Brewer, RHP LaTroy Hawkins to Milwaukee Brewers fans. Hawkins sounded excited to be in Milwaukee and play on a young team that is hungry to win. He talked about how he has watched the Brewers grow and win over the last couple of years and how happy he is to join the team and help them win.
Hawkins answers questions from the Milwaukee media earlier this afternoon.
Hawkins and General Manager Doug Melvin pose for a photo.
Hawkins chats with MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy.
Remember your grade school pictures? Yes, we do the same thing in the Big Leagues. Well it isn’t exactly the same, but here is Hawkins posing for his official Brewers headshot.
Mark Mueller (l) and Karl Mueller (r) of the Brewers Baseball Operations staff join Hawkins in enjoying some fabulous Christmas Cookies courtesy of Ken Spindler of the Brewers Media Relations Staff.
OK, so maybe I lied, Ken didn’t make the Christmas Cookies. Thanks to Tom Olson, Kelli Kreuser and the rest of the SportService team at Miller Park for providing Christmas Cookies and Egg Nog for the hungry media who attended this and all of our press conferences!
Our second press conference of the week went very well on our end, it’s exciting to see the pieces of the 2010 Milwaukee Brewers come together here in December.
It’s been a busy week here at Miller Park. This afternoon, we will host another press conference where General Manager Doug Melvin will officially announce the signing of RHP LaTroy Hawkins. Hawkins will give the team some added depth in the bullpen with his veteran arm. I will post additional pictures from the press conference when it is complete. | <urn:uuid:f79158f4-7cb2-4ef6-8c28-eca2ccd93a7b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://brewers.mlblogs.com/tag/latroy-hawkins/ | 2013-06-20T01:19:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944677 | 3,372 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by Iowa, Wisconsin inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. Various models and versions of these Chamberlin music instruments exist. While most are keyboard-based instruments, there were also early drum machines produced and sold. Some of these drums patterns feature Harry Chamberlin's son Richard on them.
Harry Chamberlin's idea for inventing the instrument came from his recording himself playing an organ. He formed the idea of playback music coming from an organ as a source of entertainment. He soon set about designing the first Chamberlin instruments as early as 1949. The intention was for the instrument to function as a home entertainment device for family sing-alongs, playing the Big Band standards of the day.
The Chamberlin's use as a commercial instrument in rock (or rock and roll) music was never given consideration, as Harry Chamberlin generally resented rock music and rock musicians.
The basic Chamberlin has a piano-style keyboard. Underneath each key is an individual tape playing mechanism. Each tape is pre-recorded with various musical instruments or special effects. When the player presses down a key, a pressure pad pushes the tape on to a tape head and a pinch roller beneath the key catches the tape and pulls it forward into storage box (or on to a roller mechanism). As this occurs the sound of the tape is heard through an amplified speaker. When the player releases the key, the sound stops, and the tape rewinds by either metal spring rods (as on the early Chamberlins) or by a return roller mechanism (as on the later M1 models). Each tape is only a few seconds long (8 seconds on many units).
Harry Chamberlin spent considerable time (usually from sunrise to sunset) experimenting with sound and had converted a walk-in closet as his first home studio. After obtaining the right acoustics in the room and changing the acoustics of other rooms in his house, the first Chamberlin recordings were undertaken. All Chamberlin recordings were contracted and performed by members of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Welk was impressed with the idea of a tape playback instrument and offered to fund its manufacture if it was called a "Welk" machine. Chamberlin refused Welk's offer.
Chamberlin used Neumann U 47 microphones to record the sounds. The sounds are characterized by a very clean output and heavy vibrato, which was customary of the music styles of the time. The Chamberlin sounds have little compression and possess dynamics true to the instruments recorded on the tapes (such as the air in the flute, or the flow in of the strings). The Chamberlin instruments were designed to accurately replicate the sound of the instrument recorded on the tape. They were also meant to be physically set in one place and not moved around. Because of this, there was less attention paid to making the instrument robust and many early Chamberlins have no internal chassis and are prone to go out of adjustment.
As Chamberlin refined the build of his instruments, he began to bring them to music trade shows and competitors such as Hammond and Lowrey were often curious about the origin of Chamberlin sounds. In an effort to compete, these companies were forced to create drum rhythms and manufacture plastic tabs with orchestral instrument names on them. These tabs would generate tones that simulated the sound of the instrument selected. The American Federation of Musicians also took notice as well and tried to limit live performances of Chamberlin instruments fearing that their members would be put out of work. Despite the controversy, musicians worldwide embraced the Chamberlin and "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin was one of the first customers, buying a customized model 300 without the rhythm section tapes.
Chamberlin's company eventually grew with his own children working for him, and his window cleaner Bill Franson offering to become his salesman. Franson travelled the country offering the Chamberlin instruments to music stores, parlours, and cocktail lounges. Offers of larger distribution were made, but Harry Chamberlin preferred word of mouth advertising and did not like the terms and conditions of distributorship and eschewed it. Chamberlin also preferred and favoured doing business with lounges, nightclubs and musicians who embraced big band music, and disliked having his instrument associated with rock and roll music or rock musicians.
In 1962 Bill Franson had gone missing for several months. A radio could be heard playing music in his apartment but attempts to contact him proved futile. Franson had left for England by boat taking two Chamberlin 600 models with him (one of these eventually became the possession of Todd Rundgren's studio and appears on XTC's Skylarking album in 1986). Franson placed an ad asking for a company that could manufacture seventy standard playback heads. Bradmatic Ltd. (an engineering company) responded to the ad.
Franson removed the Chamberlin labels and sold the now re-badged "Franson" instrument to them without Harry Chamberlin's knowledge. Refining the 600 design into the Mellotron Mark 1, Bradmatic eventually became Streetly Electronics and began manufacture of the Mellotron Mark 2 in 1963. In 1965 Harry Chamberlin became aware of this after being contacted by Mellotron distributors in America, and forced a legal arrangement with Streetly Electronics. After visiting owners Frank, Norman, and Les Bradley in person (and having an intense discussion with Franson), an arrangement was made where Mellotrons would only be sold in the UK and Chamberlins would be sold in the USA. Chamberlin would also receive royalty payments from the Mellotron company though this apparently ended in the late 1960s. Through this same royalty system, Harry also allowed the Chamberlin "3 violins" sound to be used as the violins sound in the Mellotron library. This violin sound became the Mellotron's main sound used on much of the output of British Mellotron music beginning in the mid-1960s. Consequently, it can be difficult to tell whether a recording features a Mellotron or Chamberlin when the 3 violins tapes are used, other than by the country of origin of the recording.
Mistaking Chamberlin sounds for real instruments is common with of all Chamberlin sounds because of the way they were recorded (no processing) and because there were fewer mixdown master tapes made compared to the Mellotron library. The M series Chamberlins also have greater bandwidth playback heads, which enhances this quality further.
It is important to note that Chamberlin instruments were never distributed for sale outside North America (USA / Canada markets). This also is helpful in determining Chamberlin and Mellotron use on records.
Chamberlin Co. continued to refine and sell their products and invested more serious effort into reliability as they had now had to compete with the Mellotron, and rock bands had adopted the instruments as a sound colour. Their sales of units to major U.S. studios resulted in Chamberlins being heard on many pop records of the 1960s including recordings by The Lettermen, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Goldsboro ("Honey" song in 1968), The Beach Boys, and educator Edmond S. Bordeaux.
A new Chamberlin design emerged in the late 1960s and effectively and permanently ended the use of rhythm tapes in the units. This model was the M1, which emerged in 1970 and was made much more durably and had a flawless tape return roller system. This model had higher quality playback tape heads with no tape warble and greater bandwidth than the Mellotron. The unit was a table-top version of the earlier models and much smaller than the competing M400 Mellotron model. About 130 Chamberlins were built using this system and many musicians and studios embraced the improved design.
These musicians included Disneyland/Disney Worlds' live performance artist Michael Iceberg in his shows featuring electronic instruments. Others include Skip Konte with Three Dog Night, Olivia Newton-John, Leon Russell (Carney in 1972), Neil Merryweather, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Ambrosia, Mike Pinder with The Moody Blues on the album Seventh Sojourn (1972), American progressive rock band Ethos, David Bowie (from Low in 1977 through Scary Monsters in 1980), Edgar Winter (Jasmine Nightdreams in 1975), Joe South, Iron Butterfly, Chip Taylor, New York session player Barry Frederick, Canadian musicians Joe and Gino Vannelli, jazz/fusion group Shadowfax (Watercourse Way in 1976), and Bob Seger keyboardist Robyn Robbins.
The Chamberlin M1 was the most reliable version of the instrument to date. Chamberlin Co. also continued to earn revenue by licensing certain Chamberlin patents to Mattel for their Optigan keyboard, which used the pre-recorded loop designs by Chamberlin as well as some of the Chamberlin music tapes for the Optigan library. By the end of the 1970s, digital synths took away the market for tape based keyboards and Chamberlin ended M1 production in 1981, building the last few units out of an Ontario, California factory, and later in the family garage with sounds that were never previously released. Harry Chamberlin died in 1986.
In the 1980s Chamberlin use was minimal with only producers like Mitchell Froom (Crowded House) and Todd Rundgren (XTC's Skylarking in 1986) using the instrument. The Chamberlin experienced a strong revival in the 1990s with a new generation of musicians using them and appreciating the unique sounds produced by playing them in unorthodox ways. These included Michael Penn and Patrick Warren ("March", "Free for All", "Resigned", "MP4" as well as Penn's film scores like Boogie Nights in 1997), and singer/songwriter/producer Jon Brion on the soundtrack to the film I Heart Huckabees (2004). Tom Waits also used the instrument on albums such as The Black Rider (1993) and Bone Machine (1992). Les Fradkin uses Chamberlin sounds in the G-Force M-Tron Pro library on his current recordings. He triggers them from a Starr Labs Ztar, which yields completely different results from a keyboard approach.
Various models exist of the Chamberlin. There are both keyboard-based instruments as well as drum machines (which are called Rhythmate). Approximately 500–700 units were made, but the exact number is unknown.
|Model||Years produced||Number made|
|Chamberlin 200||1951–1959||100 +/-|
|Chamberlin 300/350 remotes||1960–1969||200 +/-|
|Chamberlin 500||1961||2 or 3|
|Chamberlin 25/35/45 Rhythmate||1960–1969||100+|
|Chamberlin 20/30/40 Rhythmate||1975–1980||10+|
|Chamberlin 50 Rhythmate||unknown||1 (prototype)|
|Chamberlin 800 Riviera||1970||2|
|Chamberlin M1, M2, M4||1970–1981||100+|
- Keyboards: Marimba, Piano, Vibes (w/vibrato), Bells (glockenspiel), Organ, Tibia Organ, Kinura Organ, Harpsichord, Accordion, Electric Harpsichord and Flute/String Organ.
- Brass: Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Trumpet, French Horn, Do Wah Trombone, Slur Trombone and Muted Trumpet.
- Wind: flute, oboe, and bass clarinet.
- Voice: Male Voice (solo) and Female Voice (solo).
- Strings: 3 violins, Cello and Pizzicato violins.
- Plucked strings: Slur Guitar, Banjo, Steel Guitar, Harp solo, Harp Roll, Harp 7th Arpeggio (harp sounds were not available to the public), Guitar and Mandolin.
- Effects: Dixieland Band Phrases and Sound Effects.
- Phantom Orchestra at Your Fingertips interview of Harry Chamberlin by Len Epand, Crawdaddy! magazine, April 1976, accessed 12 July 2009
- "2004 Uncut Magazine article "All Time Classics: Great Albums that have Fallen Off the Critical Radar"". Retrieved 20 May 2013. | <urn:uuid:a1ba9b61-e670-40c7-b1da-dc5d37d4cfb1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlin | 2013-06-20T01:19:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959205 | 2,593 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Archive for October 26, 2007
1. friend from Africa, muslim, assault charge in Ontario. They let him go and he moves to Vancouver if he promises to tell ‘everything he sees and hears’. Subject to hassle, can’t go back to Ontario, not officially on any list as ‘working’ for anyone but gets paid a small amount.
2. muslim friend from middle east. Went to Japan for his import business, not allowed back in country as his residency card went missing. He’s been gone for about four months now, each week they keep saying ‘next week’. He’s not being detained, just not allowed back in.
3. Fijian friend who came to Canada with his family in 1987. When he was younger he had a cocaine bust here. They gave him leniency. But now he has a meeting with a judge about his immigration status and he may be turfed. It’s a quick, 1, 2, 3, you’re out process.
So what to do? How does one play the odds, work around the system to stay in Canada or not have to have special conditions imposed like acting like a road rat spy?
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December 27, 2007
I love apple fritters. And have been wanting to try my hand at a donut recipe. I found one for plain dumpling shaped fritters in a Donna Hay magazine and decided to convert it to an apple fritter recipe. I was happy with the results. Instead of most of the apple fritter recipes I found that dipped the apples in a light batter these were about equal parts dough to apple. Resulting in sort of a caramelized apple stuffed donut.
Here is the recipe adapted from a Donna Hay sugar and cinnamon fritter recipe:
3 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 tbsp light brown sugar
3 tbsp butter
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup milk
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
safflower or vegetable oil for frying
Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan and sauteed on med high until the apples start to brown but are still crisp. Pour into a bowl lined with a paper towel to drain and set aside.
Combine next 2 ingredients in a bowl and set aside to use for dipping.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan until hot. While your waiting for the oil to heat up, whisk the eggs, milk and 1/2 cup of caster sugar until sugar dissolves. Then whisk the flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and whisk just until lumps disappear. Fold in the apples. Drop batter by 1/3 cup size scoops into hot oil and fry turning once until golden all over. Drain on a rack over paper towel and immediately toss in sugar cinnamon mixture. Makes about 12. | <urn:uuid:25c85bda-69e6-4a7e-9101-fe8a64533bfb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hellokitchen.blogspot.com/2007/12/apple-fritters.html | 2013-06-19T22:04:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924612 | 358 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
- The Cullinan Diamond, weighing 3,106 carats in its rough state, was first discovered in 1905 at a mine near Pretoria in South Africa
- It was originally thrown away as it was thought it to be too large to be a diamond
- Once recovered, it was presented to King Edward VII as a gift and cuts were used in the Crown Jewels
- Other cuts were used to make brooches, necklaces and earrings worn by royalty including Queen Elizabeth II throughout her 60-year reign
- Seven of the nine cuts of the gem are to go on public display at Buckingham Palace this summer to celebrate Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Of all the celebrations planned for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, it is perhaps the most fitting.
Stunning jewels created from the largest diamond ever found are to be collected together in public for the first time in a unique exhibition at Buckingham Palace.
They include a brooch containing gems weighing 94.4 carats and 63.3 carats and another heart-shaped piece featuring an 18.8 carat jewel.
Cullinan III and IV Brooch: The third and fourth largest of the gems – a pear-shaped drop of 94.4 carats (III) and the cushion-shaped 63.3 carat IV – were originally placed by Queen Mary on her new crown in 1911. The stones were most often worn hooked together as a pendant brooch..
Cullinan V Brooch This heart-shaped stone weighs 18.8 carats and is mounted in a fine radiating platinum web with a scrolling millegrain and pave-set border of brilliant diamonds. The mounting of the jewel was designed to be as adaptable as possible and was most often worn by Queen Mary (and now by The Queen) as a brooch.
It also forms the detachable centre section of the diamond and emerald stomacher made for Queen Mary for the Delhi Durbar in 1911 and has been worn suspended from the Cullinan VIII Brooch
All the items – worn regularly by the Queen over the past six decades – use gems cut from the incomparable Cullinan Diamond.
And the priceless collection’s history is all the more incredible given the history behind the stone.
When the diamond was mined in 1905, it looked nothing more than a worthless crystal – so much so that the manager of the Premier mine near Pretoria, South Africa, threw it out as rubbish.
It was only on closer inspection that staff were persuaded the piece of rock could be a genuine diamond. In fact it turned out to be three times larger than anything discovered before. | <urn:uuid:f2819d2c-bb72-4267-bcfa-7f29f5bc09cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://investmentwatchblog.com/all-this-from-one-stone-jewellery-from-worlds-largest-diamond-goes-on-display-at-buckingham-palace/ | 2013-06-20T01:26:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971773 | 545 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Thursday, June 15, 2006
...don't know when I'll be back again. The date is rapidly approaching. I report to Newark airport Sunday morning, for my flight to Israel with birthright israel...while there I will be observing international trends in Jewish dating. In other words, "watching kids hook up with each other on the trip." Well, we do have a bunch of siblings with us, so statistically that probably reduces the number of people who are potential hookups on our bus. But still, I have some hope that some young Jews on our bus will find love as they discover Israel. That would be totally Jewlicious. In addition to having the chance to see Israel again through the eyes of newcomers, I'm hoping that this trip really helps me reconnect with college age kids--find out what their concerns are, explore their relationship with Jewish life and their nascent connections to Israel. If I can, I'll arrange for some guest bloggers. But if not, stay tuned, and I'll try to post again soon. Next post from Jerusalem!
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Blogcarnival! Probably the last one for a while, too, since people have stopped submitting posts and I simply don't have the time. Plus, I'm not convinced that anyone's been really reading this series, so I'll take June and July to reconsider, potentially reviving the Carnival in August, but we'll see. My favorite piece of news from recent weeks--which means, for those of you not following my sarcasm, my LEAST favorite piece of news--is that the Jewish singles "crisis" has been upgraded to "Tropical Storm David." Just kidding. But if an ad in a recent issue of the Jewish Week is to be believed, the crisis has indeed escalated, to the point that they're calling it a..."catastrophe." So in case you thought tsunamis or hurricanes or war or terrorism were catastrophes? I quote Inigo Montoya: "You keep on using that word...perhaps it doesn't mean what you think it means." But more on this later. The new ABC show "How to Get the Guy," is set in San Francisco and features Teresa Strasser, former host of "While You Were Out," as well as the former FOX 5 morning show correspondent who interviewed me about Rosh Hashanah in 2004. JTA reports on the JDate trip to Israel, which was advertising as a trip that was for ages 20s to 70s. (Why didn't I go?) and also informs of a Ukrainian Jewish singles site to help combat intermarriage in that region.
Attention Frumster Shoppers documents the end of his long-distance relationship, with humor and then with a more introspective post. AFS also shows his sense of humor with his utilization of Frumster screen names as lines of poetry. Sarah compares herself to Angelina Jolie. Sort of. And Writersbloc talks of alone time and wanting a certain kind of clutter in her space.
I'd love to say that every singles piece I read teaches me something. I wish I could summon the love for this piece from the Jewish Journal about online dating and how great it is. I'm thrilled that it took the writer, a veteran of years of long-term relationships, a matter of two short years to find someone special via the internet. But I can't. You read it, and maybe you'll be able to...
Cruises (and other things) cost more when you're single. Via the Jewish Standard comes this oddly disjointed piece that seems to make three points (life's cheaper when you're coupled; there should be some sort of rule for who pays when couples go out with singles; and in fact an entire book of etiquette is needed to help people cope with singles-related situations) or none at all. Full disclosure, I know the writer--she's a longtime family friend and talented writer/editor who's been very supportive of me. Which is one of the reasons that this piece is puzzling to me. If she's reading this, and wants me to comment in a follow-up piece, I'd be happy to.
Shmuley Boteach irks me again, this time with his response to a mother who's concerned about her 29 year old not finding her bashert. His advice takes several parts: 1) the mother should definitely get involved in helping her daughter meet men, 2) that the daughter needs to cut herself off from her friends and get really lonely. And I quote:
"When I counsel singles like your daughter, I tell them first to cut themselves off from their friends for three weeks. After three weeks, they'll really yearn and crave company. Then, they'll see a man as someone special instead of someone in whom they can find flaws. Second, I urge young people to observe the two-date rule: go on a second date no matter how bad the first date was. Don't dismiss people immediately, but instead learn to simply enjoy human company. It is usually those second dates that lead to real possibilities."
Second-date rules are probably a good idea generally speaking. But if a woman, say, in her mid-thirties, cuts herself off from her friends for three weeks, the result is less likely to be healthy dating and more likely to be depression and suicidal tendencies. When you're depressed, you make no one a good date or a companion. Or at least that's what my friends tell me. Here's wishing you all love, happiness and satisfaction. Have a great summer.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
This week's column, "A Dating Departure," shares some of my reflections from January's JSinglesCruise to the Caribbean:
[...] It had begun the night before departure, like the night before my first day of camp or college. Part of it was the packing process. The more I put into my suitcase, the more it seemed to take out of me. I wondered if clothes would hinder me socially or matter at all. Still, beyond the grip of my own anxiety, I understood that future always lies just beyond the vanishing point of your own vision. On the horizon, there was something — of an unknown quality and duration, but still, something — to be found.For more, click the above link. | <urn:uuid:48877080-cf97-4803-8c1f-44eeccd21423> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jdatersanonymous.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html | 2013-06-20T01:12:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973255 | 1,304 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
[Pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers] Bug#535425: ia32-libs-tools [...] builds for ia64 instead of amd64
debian at abeckmann.de
Sat Jul 25 17:54:36 UTC 2009
Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> The reason it builds for ia64 is that the ia32-libasound2 is only for
> ia64. On amd64 you already have lib32asound2 build from the source
> directly. Building it for amd64 would fail saying the architecture is
> not supported.
Uups, so I caught a bad example with libasound.
But there is another package that seems to be blacklisted incorrectly:
libstdc++5 (built from gcc-3.3) does not produce it's own ia32 package
but is blacklisted by the gcc-* pattern, so it does not build on amd64.
Changing the pattern to gcc-4* should be sufficient to fix this.
Then there is a case where version numbers in versioned depends must be
adjusted, too, if packages are renamed:
Depends: libone (<=> 0.8-15), pi (<=> 3.14)
Depends: ia32-libone (<=> 0.8-15~23), pi (<=> 3.14)
This is especially important if several library packages (that depend on
each other) are built from the same source, e.g. qt4-x11
Another question: to all generated ia32-libf00 (1.2.3-4~23) packages a
dependency on libf00 (= 1.2.3-4) is added. This should only be
neccessary is some files/scripts (e.g. manpages, config files,
translations) have been removed during creation of the ia32- package to
prevent file conflicts when both ia32-libf00 and libf00 are installed.
If no such conflict exists, it should be possible to have ia32-libf00
installed and working without having libf00 installed, too.
Or a Conflicts: libfoo (<< 1.2.3-4), libfoo (>> 1.2.3-4) would work to
forbid mismatching versions to be installed.
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Doctors need training to help smokers quitMay 18th, 2012 in Health /
Health care professionals do a better job helping people quit smoking when they are trained in smoking cessation techniques, a new Cochrane Library review finds.
Smoking cessation training helped health care providers identify interventions that help smokers quit. The vast majority of health professionals would ask about smoking status, yet very few would offer advice or support to quit, said Kristin Carson, medical research specialist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. Providers cited a lack of time, confidence and more pressing health priorities as reasons for not offering such advice, the study found.
Carson and her colleagues reviewed 17 clinical trials to assess the success of smoking cessation programs of more than 1,700 health professionals and 28,500 patients.
Training of health care providers, defined as doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacist, ranged from one 40-minute session to a five-day workshop. Overall, the interventions were not overly expensive, difficult to implement or time-consuming, Carson said. Trained health care providers were more likely to ask patients to set a quit date, make follow-up appointments, counsel smokers and provide self-help materials.
Doctors and other providers can strongly influence smoking habits as nearly 80 percent of individuals visit a primary care provider at least once a year, Carson notes. She called for smoking cessation intervention training to be integrated into routine medical education for all doctors and dentists.
Health professional training is essential to reducing tobacco reliance, said Wendy Bjornson, co-director of the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center.
While most health professionals recognize the importance of advising patients to stop smoking, many of them do not know how to help smokers beyond telling them they should quit, Bjornson said.
Health providers also need tools within their practices to help hold patients accountable such as setting up referrals for cessation support services. Without such systems, she said its difficult to help patients regardless of training.
More information: Carson KV, et al. Training health professionals in smoking cessation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD000214. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD000214.pub2
Provided by Health Behavior News Service
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Broadway Bootcamp's production of PIPPIN, featuring a cast of over 60, will be on the Manatee Players' stage for four performances. The performance dates and times are: Friday July 27 and Saturday July 28 at 7 pm and Saturday July 28 and Sunday July 29 at 2 pm. Ticket prices are as follows: now through July 26, tickets to the 7 pm performances are $20 for adults and $10 for students. After July 26, the 7 pm performances are $25 for adults and $11 for students. Tickets for the 2 pm performances are $15 for adults and $10 for Students. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 941-748-5875 or online at www.manateeplayers.com. The Manatee Players are located at 102 Old Main Street in downtown Bradenton.
Once upon a time, the young prince Pippin longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment. He sought it in the glories of the battlefield, The Temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, he found it in the simple pleasures of home and family.
This hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere. The energetic pop-influenced score by three-time Oscar®-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz ("Godspell," "Children of Eden" and the animated films "Pocahontas," "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" and "The Prince Of Egypt") bursts with one show stopping number after another, from soaring ballads to infectious dance numbers. | <urn:uuid:e304d847-49a3-498b-8717-c5b811b225d8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://orlando.broadwayworld.com/article/Manatee-Players-Broadway-Bootcamp-Presents-PIPPIN-727-29-20120717 | 2013-06-20T01:18:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950931 | 358 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
[Hey, it’s me. This post is one in a series I’ll be writing as part of Nike Women’s Make Yourself movement, and gets a bit personal. If that’s not your thing, I totally understand. Go grab some turkey and pumpkin pie a little early this year and we’ll see you back after the American holiday.]
Something cool happened a few weeks back – Nike called. They said that over the next few months they’d be collaborating with 20 female bloggers to help them build a new community around the Nike Women mantra of “Make Yourself”. I was asked if I’d consider being part of what they were doing. Though somewhat intimidated by that notion, the former athlete inside of me agreed before I could stop her. My first assignment per Nike: Share the story of how I’ve “made myself”.
You want to vomit, right? I know. I had the same reaction.
When I was first asked how I made myself, my initial response was to scrunch up my face and wonder what the hell, exactly, people think I’ve made here. But, as Outspoken Media prepares to turn two (TWO!), we get cozy in our new Troy, NY office, and we continue to sign dream clients, I think that maybe I have created something. I (along with my amazing partners Rae and Rhea, of course) have created the opportunity to support myself and a growing team of employees, doing something we believe in, in a way that we believe in. And that’s something to be proud of. How did I do it? How did I “make myself”?
With two things:
- An unrelenting belief that I could.
- A desire to show anyone who ever told me I “couldn’t” how wrong they were.
In essence, I’ve built myself on an intense desire to prove you wrong. And if you’re familiar with me either online or in real life, none of that will surprise you.
I’ve blogged before about the difficulties I face communicating and how it’s had a substantial impact on my life. As they say, “it is what it is” and it’s just another thing that makes me Lisa. But I think anyone who has grown up feeling “different” or who’s been seen as “lesser than” comes to a point where they see there are two options: Accept what other people have decided for you or don’t. I decided early on in my career that I wouldn’t
I think it’s been easier for me to stand out because I’ve always had to. I’ve often felt that people who grow up “normal” probably feel a lot more pressure to conform than those who do not. Yesterday, Shoemoney blogged about how being fat gave him a huge edge, and I think it’s completely similar. The crosses you bear give you the character you need to attack the rest of your life. People who fit in often grow up to write blog entries that don’t move people or create campaigns that others barely notice. They blend in because they’ve always blended in. With my speech, I can’t. So I don’t even bother trying. Why not take it to the edge and see how far I can go?
There was a point in my career a few years ago where I stopped looking behind me. Where I stopped analyzing what I was doing wrong and decided to go for it, full strength. It’s when I started caring more about saying something that mattered to me and not at all what people were saying about me. That’s the moment I created a brand. It’s when I created myself. It’s ironic, really. I’ve made myself off a voice that others spent the first part of my life telling me I didn’t have.
While my situation is more dramatic (isn’t it always?), I do think everyone goes through the process when trying to “make” themselves. We all have something that causes us to question what we’re doing. To ask: Is this right? What will people think? Can I really do this? You live your life doing what you’re “supposed” to and bobbing and weaving at all the right times. And that’s fine – until you want to make something remotely interesting. For that, you have to break the norm. The moment you start bobbing and weaving out of tune is when people notice you and when things get interesting.
Call it ego, but I always believed that I was special; that I was the exception to any rule. I believed that if I jumped, I’d find something to land on. And that’s hard – leaping with nothing but blind faith that something will catch you. But there always has been, even if it’s not the something I was expecting. And that’s when stuff gets fun. These days, that’s what I try to do and what I hold in the back in my head. I jump and the rest seems to fall into place.
I made myself by embracing my differences and trusting myself, even when no one else did. The first step to changing the world is the belief that you can. I do. And I will. Just wait.
If you’d like to join or learn more about Nike’s Make Yourself campaign, I’d encourage you to take a look at the females featured on Nike’s Web site, the Nike Women Facebook page or check out the online video ads.
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In the last two decades the idea of African Philosophy has undergone significant change and scrutiny. Some critics have maintained that the idea of a system of philosophical thought tied to African traditions is incoherent. In African Philosophy Lee Brown has collected new essays by top scholars in the field that in various ways respond to these criticisms and defend the notion of African Philosophy. The essays address both epistemological and metaphysical issues that are specific to the traditional conceptual (...) languages of sub-Saharan Africa. The primary focus of the collection is on traditional African conceptions of topics like mind, person, personal identity, truth, knowledge, understanding, objectivity, destiny, free will, causation, and reality. The contributors--who include Leke Adeofe, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Lee Brown, Segun Gbadegesin, D.A. Masolo, Albert Mosley, Ifeanyi Menkiti, and Kwasi Wiredu--incorporate concerns from various African philosophical traditions, including Akan, Azande, Bokis, Igno, Luo, and Yoruba. African Philosophy ultimately tries to bring a more rigorous conception of African philosophy into fruitful contact with Western philosophical concerns, specifically in the philosophies of psychology, mind, science, and language, as well as in metaphysics and epistemology. It will appeal to both scholars and students. (shrink)
Burning fossil fuel in the North American continent contributes more to the CO2 global warming problem than in any other continent. The resulting climate changes are expected to alter food production. The overall changes in temperature, moisture, carbon dioxide, insect pests, plant pathogens, and weeds associated with global warming are projected to reduce food production in North America. However, in Africa, the projected slight rise in rainfall is encouraging, especially since Africa already suffers from severe shortages of rainfall. For all (...) regions, a reduction in fossil fuel burning is vital. Adoption of sound ecological resource management, especially soil and water conservation and the prevention of deforestation, is important. Together, these steps will benefit agriculture, the environment, farmers, and society as a whole. (shrink)
At this point in time the two-dimensional (2D) argument against physicalism is well known (Chalmers 2009; 2010), as are the many responses to it. However there has been a recent development that has yet to be widely discussed. Some philosophers have argued that we have equally compelling reasons to think that dualism is false based on the conceivability of mere physical duplicates which enjoy conscious experience in just the way we do (Martin 1998; Sturgeon 2000; Piccinini 2006; Frankish 2007; (...) class='Hi'>Brown 2010; Balog MS). This argument has not yet been properly understood and in this paper I aim to correct the most common misunderstandings. (shrink)
This book develops an explanation for the roles of observation and theory in scientific endeavor that occupies the middle ground between empiricism and rationalism, and captures the strengths of both approaches. Brown argues that philosophical theories have the same epistemological status as scientific theories and constructs an epistemological theory that provides an account of the role that theory and instruments play in scientific observation. His theory of perception yields a new analysis of objectivity that combines the traditional view of (...) observation as the foundation of scientific objectivity with the contemporary recognition that observation is theory-dependent. (shrink)
Descartes is often accused of having fragmented the human being into two independent substances, mind and body, with no clear strategy for explaining the apparent unity of human experience. Deborah Brown argues that, contrary to this view, Descartes did in fact have a conception of a single, integrated human being, and that in his view this conception is crucial to the success of human beings as rational and moral agents and as practitioners of science. The passions are pivotal in (...) this, and in a rich and wide-ranging discussion she examines Descartes' place in the tradition of thought about the passions, the metaphysics of actions and passions, sensory representation, and Descartes' account of self-mastery and virtue. Her study is an important and original reading not only of Descartes' account of mind-body unity but also of his theory of mind. (shrink)
Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated in Western philosophy by Protagoras, the 5th century BC Greek orator and teacher. Mi-Kyoung Lee focuses on the challenge to the possibility of expert knowledge posed by Protagoras, together with responses by the three most important philosophers of the next generation, Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus. In his book Truth, Protagoras made vivid use of two provocative but imperfectly spelled out ideas: first, that we are (...) all "measures" of the truth and that we are each already capable of determining how things are for ourselves, since the senses are our best and most credible guides to the truth; second, given that things appear differently to different people, there is no basis on which to decide that one appearance is true rather than the other. Plato developed these ideas into a more fully worked-out theory, which he then subjected to refutation in the Theaetetus. Aristotle argued that Protagoras' ideas lead to skepticism in Metaphysics Book G, a chapter which reflects awareness of Plato's reaction in the Theaetetus. And finally Democritus incorporated modified Protagorean ideas and arguments into his theory of knowledge and perception. There have been many important recent studies of these thinkers in isolation. However, there has been no attempt to tell a single, coherent story about how Democritus, Plato, and Aristotle responded to Protagoras' striking claim, and to its perceived implications about knowledge, perception, and truth. By studying these four figures in relation to each other, we arrive at a better understanding of an important chapter in the development of Greek epistemology. (shrink)
Time travelers and battles between people and machines provoke old philosophical questions: Can the past really be changed? How do we differentiate ourselves from machines? Can machines have an inner life? Brown (philosophy & critical thinking, LaGuardia Community Coll.) and Decker (philosophy, Eastern Washington Univ.; coeditor, Star Wars and Philosophy ) collect 19 essays by primarily young academics who pursue these questions with entertaining verve and philosophical skill. The Terminator story is about something well intentioned—a defense project—going wrong, but (...) none of the essays here presses this issue to a clear conclusion (readers whose interest is aroused would do well to read Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen's Moral Machines , concerned with actual machines and ones that might soon exist). Among the book's bright spots are contributions from Harry Chotiner and Jennifer Culver that show us something about how the movies work and explore the feminist issues posed by placing Sarah Connor at the center of the story. One essayist, Phillip Seng, addresses the philosophical trouble at the heart of the tale: telling good from evil in politics is hard. This book will earn a place in libraries by presenting serious issues in a way that attracts readers.—Leslie Armour, Dominican Univ. Coll., Ottawa, Ont. (shrink)
Sukjae Lee John Duns Scotus believes it to be undeniably true that we human beings have free will. He does not argue for our freedom but rather explains it. There are two elements which are both characteristic of and essential to Scotus’ account of human will: namely, 1) the will as a self-determining power for opposites, thus a ‘rational’ power; and 2) the ‘dual affections of the will.’2 The significance of each element taken separately is comprehensible if not obvious. We (...) are puzzled, however, when we attempt to ascertain the relation between the two. This paper is an attempt to reach an adequate understanding of this relation. (shrink)
In Smoke and Mirrors , James Robert Brown fights back against figures such as Richard Rorty, Bruno Latour, Michael Ruse and Hilary Putnam who have attacked realistic accounts of science. This enlightening work also demonstrates that science mirrors the world in amazing ways. The metaphysics and epistemology of science, the role of abstraction, abstract objects, and a priori ways of getting at reality are all examined in this fascinating exploration of how science reflects reality. Both a defense of science (...) and knowledge in general and a defense of a particular way of understanding science, Smoke and Mirrors will be provocative and lively reading for all those who have an interest in how science works. (shrink)
Choi (Philosophia, 38(3), 2010) argues that my counterexamples in Lee (Philosophia, 38(3), 2010) to the simple conditional analysis of disposition ascription are bogus counterexamples. In this paper, I argue that Choi’s arguments are not satisfactory and that my examples are genuine counterexamples.
John Searle (1932-) is one of the most famous living American philosophers. A pupil of J. L. Austin at Oxford in the 1950s, he is currently Mills Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Language at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1995 John Searle published "The Construction of Social Reality", a text which not only promises to disclose the institutional backdrop against which speech takes place, but initiate a new 'philosophy of society'. Since then "The Construction of Social Reality" (...) has been subject to a flurry of criticism. While many of Searle's interlocutors share the sense that the text marks an important breakthrough, he has time and again accused critics of misunderstanding his claims. Despite Searle's characteristic crispness and clarity there remains some confusion, among both philosophers and sociologists, regarding the significance of his proposals. This book traces some of the high points of this dialogue, leveraging Searle's own clarifications to propose a new way of understanding the text. In particular, Joshua Rust looks to Max Weber in suggesting that Searle has articulated an ideal type. In locating The Construction of Social Reality under the umbrella of one of sociology's founding fathers, this book not only makes Searle's text more accessible to the readers in the social sciences, but presents Max Weber as a thinker worthy of philosophical reconsideration. Moreover, the recharacterization of Searle's claims in terms of the ideal type helps facilitate a comparison between Searle and other social theorists such as Talcott Parsons. (shrink)
What do corporations look like when they have integrity, and how can we move more companies in that direction? Corporate Integrity offers a timely, comprehensive framework- and practical business lessons - bringing together questions of organizational design, communication practices, working relationships, and leadership styles to answer this question. Marvin T. Brown explores the five key challenges facing modern businesses as they try to respond ethically to cultural, interpersonal, organizational, civic and environmental challenges. He demonstrates that if corporations are to (...) meet the needs of civil society, they must facilitate inclusive communication patterns based on mutual recognition and civic cooperation. Corporate Integrity is essential reading for professionals in organizational ethics, business leaders, and graduate students looking for practical and reflective insights into doing business with integrity and purpose. (shrink)
This paper concerns broadly with the works of such ethical postmodern theorists as Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, Giles Deleuze, focusing on how we can contribute to the development of their ideas by discussing Laozi and Zhuanzi’s Taoism, Buddhism, and modern Korean Neo-Confucianism of Toe-gae Lee. I claim that for criticism and art, literature, film and culture as well as philosophy itself, we are now facing this new need of another notion of subjectivity that not only accepts difference but takes the (...) position of whole positivity toward the Other. This different view of subjectivity that can be called "the sublime subjectivity" or the sublime totality of a human being or a society is essentially an aesthetic one, rather than one that depends upon logic, and it is vital to take advantage of Oriental ideas. From the perspective of the ethics of Levinas, I first place the sublime, jouissance, or pure enjoyment, at the heart of literary criticism. The pure sensibility of the sublime, or jouissance, unlike the raw feelings of pleasure, is an aesthetic sensibility beyond the ontological unity of feelings of pleasures and pains. Then with the Oriental thought, I make an attempt to contribute to the development of the ideas on the ethics of the relation of the reader and the literary text’s language. Laozi’s Taote Ching, Chuanzi, Diamond Sutra, and Toe-gae Lee’s notion of Taeguk are briefly explored in view of the aesthetic transphenomenal dimension and the sublime totality. (shrink)
In the wake of much previous work on Gilles Deleuze's relations to other thinkers (including Bergson, Spinoza and Leibniz), his relation to Kant is now of great and active interest and a thriving area of research. In the context of the wider debate between 'naturalism' and 'transcendental philosophy', the implicit dispute between Deleuze's 'transcendental empiricism' and Kant's 'transcendental idealism' is of prime philosophical concern. -/- Bringing together the work of international experts from both Deleuze scholarship and Kant scholarship, Thinking Between (...) Deleuze and Kant addresses explicitly the varied and various connections between these two great European philosophers, providing key material for understanding the central philosophical problems in the wider 'naturalism/ transcendental philosophy' debate. The book reflects an area of great current interest in Deleuze Studies and initiates an ongoing interest in Deleuze within Kant scholarship. The contributors are Mick Bowles, Levi R. Bryant, Patricia Farrell, Christian Kerslake, Matt Lee, Michael J. Olson, Henry Somers-Hall and Edward Willatt. (shrink)
: The slogan "the personal is political" captures the distinctive challenge to the public-private divide posed by contemporary feminists. As such, feminist activism is not necessarily congruent with civic engagement, which is predicated on the paradoxical need to both bridge and sustain the public-private divide. Lee argues that rather than subverting the divide, the politics of the personal offers an alternative understanding of civic engagement that aims to reinstate individuals' dignity and agency.
In this title, Stuart Brown guides the reader through three main topics: whether there is life after death; whether there is a powerful, beneficent intelligence of God controlling the universe; and the nature and appropriate defense of religious belief or faith.
Feynman diagrams: conceptual tools for theoretical physicists Content Type Journal Article Category Book Review Pages 1-4 DOI 10.1007/s11016-011-9580-y Authors Laurie M. Brown, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201, USA Journal Metascience Online ISSN 1467-9981 Print ISSN 0815-0796.
Richard Harvey Brown's pioneering explorations in the philosophy of social science and the theory of rhetoric reach a culmination in Social Science as Civic Discourse . In his earlier works, he argued for a logic of discovery and explanation in social science by showing that science and art both depend on metaphoric thinking, and he has applied that logic to society as a narrative text in which significant action by moral agents is possible. This new work is at (...) once a philosophical critique of social theory and a social-theoretical critique of politics. Brown proposes to redirect the language and the mission of the social sciences toward a new discourse for a humane civic practice. (shrink)
Abstract This study was designed to investigate the factors affecting ethical practices of public relations professionals in public relations firms. In particular, the following organizational ethics factors were examined: (1) presence of ethics code, (2) top management support for ethical practice, (3) ethical climate, and (4) perception of the association between career success and ethical practice. Analysis revealed that the presence of an ethics code along with top management support and a non-egoistic ethical climate within public relations firms significantly influenced (...) public relations professionals' ethical practices. Content Type Journal Article Category Original Paper Pages 1-19 DOI 10.1007/s13520-011-0013-1 Authors Eyun-Jung Ki, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, College of Communication and Information Sciences, The University of Alabama, Box 870172, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172, USA Junghyuk Lee, Division of Communication Arts, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea Hong-Lim Choi, School of Communication, Sun Moon University, 100, Kalsan-ri, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam 336-708, South Korea Journal Asian Journal of Business Ethics Online ISSN 2210-6731 Print ISSN 2210-6723. (shrink)
New concepts are constantly being introduced into our thinking. Conceptual Systems explores how these new concepts are entered into our systems along with sufficient continuity with older ideas to ensure understanding. The encyclopaedic breadth of this text highlights the many different aspects and disciplines that together present an insightful view into the various theories of concepts. Harold Brown, a reputable author in the philosophy of science examines several historically influential theories of concepts as well as providing a clear view (...) on the general theory of conceptual change. Interesting case studies examine examples of conceptual change in the history of physics including the move in seventeenth century physics from Galileo to Descates to Newton; and the conceptual framework of the "standard model" in the late twentieth century high- energy physics. The key central themes in the philosophy of science that are explored in- depth in this enormous book make it an essential read for academics in this field. (shrink)
Examining the literature of slavery and race before the Civil War, Maurice Lee demonstrates for the first time exactly how the slavery crisis became a crisis of philosophy that exposed the breakdown of national consensus and the limits of rational authority. Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Emerson were among the antebellum authors who tried - and failed - to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict. Unable to mediate the slavery controversy as the nation moved toward war, their writings (...) form an uneasy transition between the confident rationalism of the American Enlightenment and the more skeptical thought of the pragmatists. Lee draws on antebellum moral philosophy, political theory, and metaphysics, bringing a fresh perspective to the literature of slavery - one that synthesizes cultural studies and intellectual history to argue that romantic, sentimental, and black Atlantic writers all struggled with modernity when facing the slavery crisis. (shrink)
Cottingham : Western philosophy : an anthology (second edition) -- Cahoone : from modernism to postmodernism : an anthology (expanded -- Second edition) -- Lafollette : ethics in practice : an anthology (third edition) -- Goodin and Pettit: contemporary political philosophy: an anthology (second -- Edition) -- Eze: african philosophy : an anthology -- McNeill and Feldman : continental philosophy : an anthology -- Kim and Sosa : metaphysics : an anthology -- Lycan and Prinz : mind and cognition : (...) an anthology (third edition) -- Kuhse and Singer : bioethics : an anthology (second edition) -- Cummins and Cummins : minds, brains, and computers : the foundations of -- Cognitive science : an anthology -- Sosa, Kim, Fantl, and McGrath epistemology : an anthology (second edition) -- Kearney and Rasmussen : continental aesthetics, romanticism to -- Postmodernism : an anthology -- Martinich and Sosa : analytic philosophy : an anthology -- Jacquette : philosophy of logic : an anthology -- Jacquette : philosophy of mathematics : an anthology -- Harris, Pratt, and Waters : American philosophies : an anthology -- Emmanuel and Goold: modern philosophy from Descartes to Nietzsche : an anthology -- Scharff and Dusek : philosophy of technology ; the technological condition : an anthology -- Light and Rolston : environmental ethics : an anthology -- Taliaferro and Griffiths : philosophy of religion : an anthology -- Lamarque and Olsen : aesthetics and the philosophy of art; the analytic -- Tradition : an anthology -- John and Lopes : philosophy of literature ; contemporary and classic -- Readings : an anthology -- Cudd and Andreasen : feminist theory : a philosophical anthology -- Carroll and Choi : philosophy of film and motion pictures : an anthology -- Lange : philosophy of science : an anthology -- Shafer-Landau and Cuneo : foundations of ethics : an anthology -- Curren : philosophy of education : an anthology -- Shafer-Landau : ethical theory : an anthology -- Cahn and Meskin : aesthetics : a comprehensive anthology -- McGrew, Alspector-Kelly and Allhoff : the philosophy of science : an historical -- Anthology -- May and Brown : the philosophy of law : classic and contemporary readings -- Forthcoming -- Rosenberg and ARP : philosophy of biology : an anthology. (shrink)
Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. But the legitimacy of this exercise is at the centre of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and psychologists are optimistic that evolutionary principles can be applied to human behaviour, and have offered evolutionary explanations for a wide range of human characteristics, such as homicide, religion (...) and sex differences in behaviour. Others are sceptical of these interpretations. Moreover, researchers disagree as to the best ways to use evolution to explore humanity, and a number of schools have emerged. Sense and Nonsense provides an introduction to the ideas, methods and findings of five such schools, namely, sociobiology, human behavioural ecology, evolutionary psychology, cultural evolution, and gene-culture co-evolution. In this revised and updated edition of their successful monograph, Laland and Brown provide a balanced, rigorous analysis that scrutinizes both the evolutionary arguments and the allegations of the critics, carefully guiding the reader through the mire of confusing terminology, claim and counter-claim, and polemical statements. This readable and informative introductory book will be of use to undergraduate and postgraduate students (for example, in psychology, anthropology and zoology), to experts on one approach who would like to know more about the other perspectives, and to lay-persons interested in evolutionary explanations of human behaviour. Having completed this book, the reader should feel better placed to assess the legitimacy of claims made about human behaviour under the name of evolution, and to make judgements as to what is sense and what is nonsense. (shrink)
What are the ethical principles underpinning the idea of a just war and how should they be adapted to changing social and military circumstances? In this book, Steven P. Lee presents the basic principles of just war theory, showing how they evolved historically and how they are applied today in global relations. He examines the role of state sovereignty and individual human rights in the moral foundations of just war theory and discusses a wide range of topics including humanitarian intervention, (...) preventive war, the moral status of civilians and enemy combatants, civil war and terrorism. He shows how just war theory relates to both pacifism and realism. Finally, he considers the future of war and the prospects for its obsolescence. His clear and wide-ranging discussion, richly illustrated with examples, will be invaluable for students and other readers interested in the ethical challenges posed by the changing nature of war. (shrink)
Several forms of naturalism are currently extant. Proponents of the various approaches disagree on matters of strategy and detail but one theme is common: we have not received any revelations about the nature of the world -- including our own nature. Whatever knowledge we have has been acquired through a fallible process of conjecture and revision. This common theme will bring to mind the writings of Karl Popper and, in many respects, Popper is the father of contemporary naturalism. Along with (...) Popper, the form of naturalism that I would defend is realistic in the following sense: it considers the acquisition of knowledge of the nature of the world to be a pursuable long-term goal of our epistemic activities. (See Brown [1987, 1988, 1990].) Popper's central interest in truth has led him to object to the pervasive concern with concepts among contemporary philosophers. Truth, Popper insists, is the fundamental epistemic concern; propositions are the bearers of truth; and the evaluation of propositions should be at the center of our epistemic focus (e.g., 1965, pp. 18-21; 1972, pp. 123-24). Concern with concepts, Popper maintains, is a distraction. Yet, this leaves us in an odd position. When we study a particular subject matter, one of our main problems is to determine what kinds of entities and processes occur in that domain. But the kinds of entities and processes we attribute to a domain will be captured in the concepts we use for describing that domain and, from a naturalistic point of view, concepts are no more available through revelation than are propositions. As our knowledge develops, we must not only propose and evaluate propositions, we must also propose and evaluate concepts. (shrink)
Developmental psychologists have long argued that the capacity to distinguish moral and conventional transgressions develops across cultures and emerges early in life. Children reliably treat moral transgressions as more wrong, more punishable, independent of structures of authority, and universally applicable. However, previous studies have not yet examined the role of these features in mature moral cognition. Using a battery of adult-appropriate cases (including vehicular and sexual assault, reckless behavior, and violations of etiquette and social contracts) we demonstrate that these features (...) also distinguish moral from conventional transgressions in mature moral cognition. Each hypothesized moral transgressions was treated as strongly and clearly immoral. However, our data suggest that although the majority of hypothesized conventional transgressions also form an obvious cluster, social conventions seem to lie along a continuum that stretches from mere matters of personal preference (e.g., getting tattoos or wearing black shoes with a brown belt) to transgressions that are treated as matters for legitimate social sanction (e.g., violating traffic laws or not paying your taxes). We use these findings to discuss issues of universality, domain-specificity, and the importance of using a well-studied set of moral scenarios to examine clinical populations and the underlying neural architecture of moral cognition. (shrink)
Brown, Jean Review(s) of: Indexer please enter the following minimum information (where available): TITLE, AUTHOR(S) and ISBN for each book reviewed.Supernatural selection: How religion Evolved, by Matt J. Rossano Oxford Press. 2010.
This edition makes available an entirely new version of Hegel's lectures on the development and scope of world history. Volume I presents Hegel's surviving manuscripts of his introduction to the lectures and the full transcription of the first series of lectures (1822-23). These works treat the core of human history as the inexorable advance towards the establishment of a political state with just institutions-a state that consists of individuals with a free and fully-developed self-consciousness. Hegel interweaves major themes of spirit (...) and culture-including social life, political systems, commerce, art and architecture, religion, and philosophy-with an historical account of peoples, dates, and events. Following spirit's quest for self-realization, the lectures presented here offer an imaginative voyage around the world, from the paternalistic, static realm of China to the cultural traditions of India; the vast but flawed political organization of the Persian Empire to Egypt and then the Orient; and the birth of freedom in the West to the Christian revelation of free political institutions emerging in the medieval and modern Germanic world. Brown and Hodgson's new translation is an essential resource for the English reader, and provides a fascinating account of the world as it was conceived by one of history's most influential philosophers. The Editorial Introduction surveys the history of the texts and provides an analytic summary of them, and editorial footnotes introduce readers to Hegel's many sources and allusions. For the first time an edition is made available that permits critical scholarly study, and translates to the needs of the general reader. (shrink)
Originally published in 1966 and now recognized as a classic, Norman O. Brown's meditation on the condition of humanity and its long fall from the grace of a natural, instinctual innocence is available once more for a new generation of readers. Love's Body is a continuation of the explorations begun in Brown's famous Life Against Death . Rounding out the trilogy is Brown's brilliant Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis.
We live in a culture which, while largely dependent on science for its material welfare, is largely ignorant of the new ideas and perspectives on which science is based. This book examines the true significance of science and technology for society over the last three hundred years. Professor Hanbury Brown's insight and experience have resulted in a novel approach to the discussion of the cultural role of science. After reviewing the history of how science grew to be both useful (...) to, and feared by society, the book traces the same period in the context of new ideas and concepts in scientific research. Later chapters deal with society's current view of science and the need for attitudes to be changed, and then a discussion of the religious dimensions of science. This book aims to clear away some of the popular misconceptions about science and to put in their place a wider and deeper understanding of the nature of science and its value to society. (shrink)
Beyond Behaviorism explores and contrasts means and ends psychology with conventional psychology -- that of stimuli and response. The author develops this comparison by exploring the general nature of psychological phenomena and clarifying many persistent doubts about psychology. Dr. Lee contrasts conventional psychology (stimuli and responses) involving reductionistic, organocentric, and mechanistic metatheory with alternative psychology (means and ends) that is autonomous, contextual, and evolutionary.
An examination of the relationship between law and morals, this wide-ranging book develops themes addressed by Hart and Devlin, relating them to issues and events of current interest. Lee covers such timely concerns as: the Moral Majority; embryo experiments and surrogate motherhood; contraception, children's rights, and parents' rights; informed medical consent; equality and discrimination; and freedom of expression and pornography. Stressing the relevance of these issues to the lives of all of us, Lee argues for broader participation in debate on (...) this topic. (shrink)
In this book, Keekok Lee asks the question, "what is an animal, and how does our treatment of it within captivity affect its status as a being ?" This ontological treatment marks the first such approach in looking at animals in captivity. Engaging with the moral questions of zoo-keeping (is it morally justified to keep a wild animal in captivity?) as well as the ontological (what is it that we conserve in zoos after all? A wild animal or its shadow?), (...) Lee develops her own original hypothesis, centred around the concept of "immuration"--defining this in contrast to domestication--and thereby provides a unique addition to the growing body of work on animal ethics. (shrink)
In a recent article in this journal, Lee B. Brown criticizes one central kind of project in higher-order musical ontology—the project of offering an ontological theory of a particular musical tradition. I defend this kind of project by replying to Brown’s critique, arguing that musical practices are not untheorizably messy, and that a suitably subtle descriptivist ontology of a given practice can be valuable both theoretically and practically.
Brown famously held that in the field of public education, segregation has no place. But segregation was undefined. Was segregation constituted by mere racial classification, by the fact that the state had divided children into racial groups? Or did Brown condemn a caste system whose effect was to stigmatize black children. In Parents Involved v. Seattle Justice Roberts says segregation is about children not black children. This colorblind approach represents both a rewriting and appropriation of Brown in (...) the service of formalism. The Roberts court writes not only a new version of Brown but a new historical narrative about the meaning of segregation. The theme of this new story is formal equality - equality of opportunity only - as a universal ideal. This new story is woven entirely out of the language of Brown detached from all historical context. Conservatives have long canonized Brown. It has been a kind of second constitution for the second reconstruction. But how does this new story compare to the original understanding ?: Was this the evil that Brown denounced? By framing the issue in this way the paper seeks to make an end run around an impasse in our social and legal debate. Many progressive scholars have challenged the conservative conception of formal equality by suggesting alternative ways of thinking about it: anti-subordination models, a heightened call that equality should take issues of racial caste into account. But this external critique has stalled, perhaps in part because of the slippery indeterminacy of normative ideals. Segregation is far more determinate; it is something that has been concretized not only by the lived experience of black people, but by an earlier realist tradition on the part of the Warren court which saw it as it was. Retelling the two parts of this forgotten history we expose the disconnect between the Supreme Court's universalism and the actual meaning of segregation in context. Also, by focusing on the original understanding we seek a kind of internal critique showing how the politics of historical revision does not withstand the conservatives own interpretive approach. (shrink)
Is choice necessary for moral responsibility? And does choice imply alternative possibilities of some significant sort? This paper will relate these questions to the argument initiated by Harry Frankfurt that alternative possibilities are not required for moral responsibility, and to John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza's extension of that argument in terms of guidance control in a causally determined world. I argue that attending to Frankfurt's core conceptual distinction between the circumstances that make an action unavoidable and those that bring (...) it about that the action is performed – a distinction emphasised in his recent restatement – provides a new route into an analysis of Frankfurt's argument by showing how it depends on a person's ‘decision to act’ involving the exercise of choice. The implicit reliance of Frankfurt's argument on this notion of choice, however, undermines his claim that the example of the counterfactual intervener strengthens the compatibilist case by providing a counter-example to the principle of alternative possibilities. I also argue that Frankfurt's reliance on the exercise of choice for moral responsibility is also evident in the Fischer/Ravizza argument, and that a close analysis of both arguments shows that such exercise of choice is not available if causal determinism is true. (shrink)
Differences in ethical ideology are thought to influence individuals'' reasoning about moral issues (Forsyth and Nye, 1990; Forsyth, 1992). To date, relatively little research has addressed this proposition in terms of business-related ethical issues. In the present study, four groups, representing four distinct ethical ideologies, were created based on the two dimensions of the Ethical Position Questionnaire (idealism and relativism), as posited by Forsyth (1980). The ethical judgments of individuals regarding several business-related issues varied, depending upon their ethical ideology.
Philosophers have been talking about brain states for almost 50 years and as of yet no one has articulated a theoretical account of what one is. In fact this issue has received almost no attention and cognitive scientists still use meaningless phrases like 'C-fiber firing' and 'neuronal activity' when theorizing about the relation of the mind to the brain. To date when theorists do discuss brain states they usually do so in the context of making some other argument with the (...) result being that any discussion of what brain states are has a distinct en passant flavor. In light of this it is a goal of mine to make brain states the center of attention by providing some general discussion of them. I briefly look at the argument of Bechtel and Mundale, as I think that they expose a common misconception philosophers had about brain states early on. I then turn to briefly examining Polger's argument, as I think he offers an intuitive account of what we expect brain states to be as well as a convincing argument against a common candidate for knowledge about brain states that is currently "on the scene." I then introduce a distinction between brain states and states of the brain: Particular brain states occur against background states of the brain. I argue that brain states are patterns of synchronous neural firing, which reflects the electrical face of the brain; states of the brain are the gating and modulating of neural activity and reflect the chemical face of the brain. (shrink)
This contribution explores the psychological basis of illusion and the feeling of what is real in relation to a process theory (microgenesis) of mind/brain states. The varieties of illusion and the alterations in the feeling of realness are illustrated in cases of clinical pathology, as well as in everyday life. The basis of illusion does not rest in a comparison of appearance to reality nor in the relation of image to object, since these are antecedent and consequent phases in the (...) same mental state. The study of pathological illusions and hallucinations shows that the feeling of realness in an object depends on its coherence within and across perceptual modalities. Illusion is shown to be not the taking of the phenomenal for the real, but the overlooking of the real in the phenomenal, since all things exist, i.e. are real, as categories of intrinsic relations in the unique mode of their conception. Finally, the implications of the account are discussed in relation to moral conduct, self-realization, acceptance, and the will to enjoy a world of 'brain-born' mental phenomena. (shrink)
Microgenesis is a process model of the mind/brain state that has developed out of the study of clinical symptoms that arise with damage to the brain. The microgenetic theory of the mental state provides an account of the neural basis of duration, the present moment, and the replacement of one mental state by the next. The resemblance of this theory to the concepts of momentariness and the replication of points in Buddhist writings is explored here.
If personal identity consists in non-branching psychological continuity, then the sharp breaks in psychological connectedness characteristic of Multiple Personality Disorder implicitly commit psychological continuity theories to a metaphysically extravagant reification of alters. Animalist theories of personal identity avoid the reification of alternate personalities by interpreting multiple personality as a failure to integrate alternative autobiographical memory schemata. In the normal case, autobiographical memory cross-classifies a human life, and in so doing provides access to a variety of interpretative frameworks with their associated (...) clusters of general event memory and episodic memory. Multiples exhibit erratic behavior because they cannot access reliably the intersecting autobiographical memory schemata that permit graceful transitions between social roles, behavioral repertoire and emotional dispositions. Selves, in both normal and certain pathological cases, are best understood as semi-fictional narratives created by human animals to serve their social, emotional and physical needs. (shrink)
A novel conceptual framework is introduced for the Complexity Levels Theory in a Categorical Ontology of Space and Time. This conceptual and formal construction is intended for ontological studies of Emergent Biosystems, Super-complex Dynamics, Evolution and Human Consciousness. A claim is defended concerning the universal representation of an item’s essence in categorical terms. As an essential example, relational structures of living organisms are well represented by applying the important categorical concept of natural transformations to biomolecular reactions and relational structures that (...) emerge from the latter in living systems. Thus, several relational theories of living systems can be represented by natural transformations of organismic, relational structures. The ascent of man and other living organisms through adaptation, is viewed in novel categorical terms, such as variable biogroupoid representations of evolving species. Such precise but flexible evolutionary concepts will allow the further development of the unifying theme of local-to-global approaches to highly complex systems in order to represent novel patterns of relations that emerge in super- and ultra-complex systems in terms of compositions of local procedures. Solutions to such local-to-global problems in highly complex systems with ‘broken symmetry’ might be possible to be reached with the help of higher homotopy theorems in algebraic topology such as the generalized van Kampen theorems (HHvKT). Categories of many-valued, Łukasiewicz-Moisil (LM) logic algebras provide useful concepts for representing the intrinsic dynamic ‘asymmetry’ of genetic networks in organismic development and evolution, as well as to derive novel results for (non-commutative) Quantum Logics. Furthermore, as recently pointed out by Baianu and Poli (Theory and applications of ontology, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, in press), LM-logic algebras may also provide the appropriate framework for future developments of the ontological theory of levels with its complex/entangled/intertwined ramifications in psychology, sociology and ecology. As shown in the preceding two papers in this issue, a paradigm shift towards non-commutative, or non-Abelian, theories of highly complex dynamics—which is presently unfolding in physics, mathematics, life and cognitive sciences—may be implemented through realizations of higher dimensional algebras in neurosciences and psychology, as well as in human genomics, bioinformatics and interactomics. (shrink)
The issue of meaningful yet unexpressed background-to language and to our experiences of the body-is one whose exploration is still in its infancy. There are various aspects of ''invisible,'' implicit, or background experiences which have been investigated from the viewpoints of phenomenology, cognitive psychology, and linguistics. I will argue that James's concept of the phenomenon of fringes, as explicated by Gurwitsch, provides a structural framework from which to investigate and better understand ideas and concepts that are indeterminate, particularly those experienced (...) in the sense of being sought-after. Johnson's conception of the image-schematic gestalt (ISG) provides an approach to bridging the descriptive gap between phenomenology and cognitive psychology. Starting from an analysis of the fringes, I will turn to a consideration of the tip-of-tongue (TOT) state, as a kind of feeling-of-knowing (FOK) state, from a variety of approaches, focusing mainly on cognitive psychology and phenomenology. I will then integrate a phenomenological analysis of these experiences, from the James/Gurwitsch structural viewpoint, with a cognitive/phenomenological analysis in terms of ISGs, and further integrate that with a cognitive/functional analysis of the relation between consciousness and retrieval, employing Anderson et al's theory of inhibitory mechanisms in cognition. This synthesis of these viewpoints will be employed to explore the thesis that the TOT state and similar experiences may relate to the gestalt nature of schemas, and that figure/ground and other contrast-enhancing structures may be both explanatory and descriptive characterizations of the field of consciousness. (shrink)
What we believe depends on more than the purely intrinsic facts about us: facts about our environment or context also help determine the contents of our beliefs. 1 This observation has led several writers to hope that beliefs can be divided, as it were, into two components: a "core" that depends only on the individual?s intrinsic properties; and a periphery that depends on the individual?s context, including his or her history, environment, and linguistic community. Thus Jaegwon Kim suggests that "within (...) each noninternal psychological state that enters into the explanation of some action or behavior we can locate an ?internal core state? which can assume the causal-explanatory role of the noninternal state."2 In the same vein, Stephen Stich writes that "nonautonomous" states, like belief, are best viewed as "conceptually complex hybrids" made up of an autonomous component together with historical and contextual features.3 John Perry, whose term I have adopted, distinguishes between belief states, which are determined by an individual?s intrinsic properties, and objects of belief, which are not.4 And Daniel Dennett makes use of the same notion when he asks:5. (shrink)
Abstract The principal aim of this paper is to give a positive analysis of self-deception. I argue that self-deception is a species ?self-emplotment?. Through narrative self-emplotment one groups the events of one's life thematically in order to understand and monitor oneself. I argue that self-emplotment is an unextraordinary feature of mental life that is a precondition of agency. Self-emplotment, however, proceeds according to certain norms, some of which provide apparent justification for self-deceptive activity. A secondary aim of the paper is (...) to sketch the common characteristics between self-deception and self-knowledge. The framework of self-emplotment from which self-deception can emerge is also the framework that delivers self-knowledge; to the extent that the activity of self-emplotment is partially constitutive of what it means to possess self-knowledge, the self-deceiver may be closer to a state of self-knowledge than the person who fails to engage in significant introspective narrative. (shrink)
Following Burge, many anti-individualists suppose that a subject can possess a concept even if she incompletely understands it. While agreeing that this is possible, I argue that there is a limit on the extent to which a subject can incompletely understand the set of concepts she thinks with. This limit derives from our conception of our ability to reflectively evaluate our own thoughts or, as Burge puts it, our ability to engage in critical reasoning. The paper extends Burge's own work (...) on critical reasoning. He argued that critical reasoning imposes a limit on the extent to which we can be mistaken about what thoughts we are having; in general, we can know non-empirically what we are thinking (Burge, "Our Entitlement to Self-Knowledge", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society XCVI, 1996). He does not explicitly consider whether critical reasoning also imposes a limit on incomplete understanding of thoughts. (shrink)
In this dissertation I develop a structural model of phenomenal consciousness that integrates contemporary experimental and theoretical work in philosophy and cognitive science. I argue that phenomenology must be “naturalized” and that it should be acknowledged as a major component of empirical research. I use this model to describe important phenomenal structures, and I then employ it to provide a detailed explication of tip-of-tongue phenomena. The primary aim of “structural phenomenology” is the creation of a general framework within which descriptions (...) of experiences may be organized. The work of Husserl, Gurwitsch, the Gestalt psychologists, and many contemporary philosophers and cognitive scientists reveals several basic parameters underlying subjectivity. Chapter I argues that Husserlian methodology possesses problems both of praxis and of internal logic, and that its phenomenological descriptions cannot have the certainty he claimed. Consequently, an adequate phenomenology must incorporate empirical studies. This conclusion enables explicit transitions between empirical investigations and phenomenological insights. Chapter II introduces the theoretical framework underlying my model. I identify four parameters applicable to all experiences: 1) the degree of volitional emphasis with which something is experienced, i.e., the intensity of our focus on it, 2) the degree of non-volitional emphasis, i.e., the degree to which it is salient, 3) a variant of intentionality I term “directionality”, and 4) the property of recursion. Experiences are embedded within a complex set of relationships that unify and direct a layered phenomenal structure. I support these claims with evidence discovered over the past two centuries of research. Chapter III applies my model to the tip-of-tongue (TOT) state, in which difficulty remembering is accompanied by a sense of active searching. I show that a phenomenological description of the TOT experience is dependent on cognitive data, and that a phenomenological analysis is necessary to properly interpret these data. By showing how structural phenomenology offers a perspective from which to elucidate the results of experimental studies, I hope to clarify and establish the explicit role of introspection in empiricism, and of empiricism in phenomenology. (shrink)
The main contribution of this paper is a new account of how a community may introduce a term for a natural kind in advance of knowing the correct scientific account of that kind. The account is motivated by the inadequacy of the currently dominant accounts of how a community may do this, namely those proposed by Kripke and by Putman. Their accounts fail to deal satisfactorily with the facts that (1) typically, an item that instantiates one natural kind instantiates several (...) - 'the higher-level natural kinds problem', and (2) natural kinds often occur in nature in impure form - 'the composition problem' .On the account I propose, a term for a natural kind gains its reference by being associated with a recognitional capacity for that kind. I show how members of a scientifically ignorant community could have a recognitional capacity for a natural kind, say gold, as opposed to a certain kind of appearance, for instance the appearance that gold actually has. I argue that members of such a community can have recognitional capacities for particular natural kinds despite the actual or possible existence of duplicate kinds, e.g. water. After developing the account in detail, I show how it can deal with the two problems faced by Kripke's and Putnam's problem. The case of natural kind terms is crucial to the central debate in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind about whether we can refer non-descriptively to objects and kinds in the world. I take the account I propose to be a non-descriptive account of linguistic reference to natural kinds that can be used to support externalism in the philosophy of mind. (shrink)
In this paper, we introduce a novel difficulty for teleosemantics, viz., its inability to account for what we call unexploited content—content a representation has, but which the system that harbors it is currently unable to exploit. In section two, we give a characterization of teleosemantics. Since our critique does not depend on any special details that distinguish the variations in the literature, the characterization is broad, brief and abstract. In section three, we explain what we mean by unexploited content, and (...) argue that any theory of content adequate to ground representationalist theories in cognitive science must allow for it.1 In section four, we show that teleosemantic theories of the sort we identify in section two cannot accommodate unexploited content, and are therefore unacceptable if intended as attempts to ground representationalist cognitive science. Finally, in section five, we speculate that the existence and importance of unexploited content has likely been obscured by a failure to distinguish representation from indication, and by a tendency to think of representation as reference. (shrink)
Examples of classic thought experiments are presented and some morals drawn. The views of my fellow symposiasts, Tamar Gendler, John Norton, and James McAllister, are evaluated. An account of thought experiments along a priori and Platonistic lines is given. I also cite the related example of proving theorems in mathematics with pictures and diagrams. To illustrate the power of these methods, a possible refutation of the continuum hypothesis using a thought experiment is sketched.
This paper approaches the question of corporate integrity and leadership from a civic perspective, which means that corporations are seen as members of civil society, corporate members are seen as citizens, and corporate decisions are guided by civic norms. Corporate integrity, from this perspective, requires that the communication patterns that constitute interpersonal relationships at work exhibit the civic norm of reciprocity and acknowledge the need for security and the right to participate. Since leaders are members of corporate relationships, their integrity (...) will be determined by the integrity of these interpersonal relationships, and by their efforts to improve them. (shrink)
The recent move to naturalize phenomenology through a mathematical protocol is a significant advance in consciousness research. It enables a new and fruitful level of dialogue between the cognitive sciences and phenomenology of such a nuanced kind that it also prompts advancement in our phenomenological analyses. But precisely what is going on at this point of ‘dialogue’ between phenomenological descriptions and mathematical algorithms, the latter of which are based on dynamical systems theory? It will be shown that what is happening (...) is something more than a mere ‘passing of the baton’ from phenomenology to mathematics. For this sophisticated naturalization to prove a worthy endeavour it must produce more than just correlation, it must prove some form of interrelation to the extent that phenomenology is deterministic. But such interrelational and deterministic requirements are the start of a slippery slope, and it will be argued that this slope only loses more friction once a further demand of formal and precise descriptions is made of phenomenology. Such deterministic and formally precise demands misconstrue phenomenology’s ideal goal of a unification of genuine/originary reason and truth. Not a deductive and definitive discipline, phenomenology is rather from the outset descriptive and critical. Phenomenology’s descriptive beginnings will thus be employed as an essential barrier to the naturalization of phenomenology. (shrink)
Whether human thinking can be formalized and whether machines can think in a human sense are questions that have been addressed by both Peirce and Searle. Peirce came to roughly the same conclusion as Searle, that the digital computer would not be able to perform human thinking or possess human understanding. However, his rationale and Searle's differ on several important points. Searle approaches the problem from the standpoint of traditional analytic philosophy, where the strict separation of syntax and semantics renders (...) understanding impossible for a purely syntactical device. Peirce disagreed with that analysis, but argued that the computer would only be able to achieve algorithmic thinking, which he considered the simplest type. Although their approaches were radically dissimilar, their conclusions were not. I will compare and analyze the arguments of both Peirce and Searle on this issue, and outline some implications of their conclusions for the field of Artificial Intelligence. (shrink)
Philosophical discussions of prioritarianism, the view that we ought to give priority to those who are worse off, have hitherto been almost exclusively focused on cases involving a fixed population. The aim of this paper is to extend the discussion of prioritarianism to encompass also variable populations. I argue that prioritarianism, in its simplest formulation, is not tenable in this area. However, I also propose several revised formulations that, so I argue, show more promise.
This article presents a conceptual framework within feminist therapy theory for viewing overt and covert racist behaviors as forms of unethical action. Using the personal as theoretical and political, the author traces her process of having her consciousness raised regarding the issue of racism in psychotherapy. Racism is then conceptualized as an ethics problem in terms of lack of mutuality and respect, violation of boundaries, and unethical imbalance of power in the therapy relationship. The concept of antiracism, a proactive stance (...) to address overt and covert racism in therapy, is presented as a strategy for moving toward more ethical therapy practice. (shrink)
According to the standard view of definition, all defined terms are mere stipulations, based on a small set of primitive terms. After a brief review of the Hilbert-Frege debate, this paper goes on to challenge the standard view in a number of ways. Examples from graph theory, for example, suggest that some key definitions stem from the way graphs are presented diagramatically and do not fit the standard view. Lakatos's account is also discussed, since he provides further examples that suggest (...) many definitions are much more than mere convenient abbreviations. (shrink) | <urn:uuid:59d4eac8-d09f-4338-815a-078bfd566b68> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philpapers.org/s/Lee%20Rust%20Brown | 2013-06-19T22:07:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926373 | 11,693 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Acadia National Park is the first national park east of the Mississippi River and it is located way up in Maine. Taking up a large portion of Mt. Desert Island and also oozing out onto other smaller islands and bits of the mainland, the park is more expansive than you at first realize. We were there in October right at the end of the season and it was simplistic beauty. The weather hadn’t cooperated too well before our arrival so a lot of the leaves blew off the trees before they could change and fall gracefully but there was still plenty of color to keep us from being disappointed.
The area is home to a large variety of animals ranging from chipmunk up to large moose and bear. We only saw chipmunks, deer, and birds while we were there and I’ll say we were half relieved and half disappointed. Ironically we were staying on White Tail Lane and weren’t disappointed with the number of deer we saw crossing the drive.
One thing you must do is go up to the top of Cadillac Mountain to watch the sunrise. It will be cold and windy so come prepared. Given it’s altitude and easterly location, Cadillac Mountain sees the sunrise before any other location in the United States. If you’re wondering…yes, Cadillac Mountain and the car brand both get their name from the same place. There is a plaque at the top detailing the story. Many other wonders await throughout the park such as the carriage trails, Eagle Lake, Thunder hole, too many for me to go into detail here.
Thunder hole wasn’t very thunderous while we were there but on a whim we decided to head over to Schoodic Point which is across Frenchmen Bay on the Mainland. It was well worth the drive. The weather was misty and dreary but we thought we’d take our chances to see what we could anyway. Just before sunset the skies cleared and we were treated to a beautiful sunset as the surf pounded along the coast. There also are supposed to be an extraordinarily large variety of birds in this area but sadly for us the weather kept most of them in their nests. We highly recommend making the drive over to the peninsula. | <urn:uuid:aa557dd7-9178-4dd7-870f-c34acf593943> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thezestytraveler.com/acadia-national-park.html | 2013-06-19T22:04:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981044 | 455 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Dueling Internet 401(k) Providers
It’s funny how things work. One company believes they are the “first” to roll out a new Internet idea and, well, then so does another. The latest Internet offering is 401(k) plans via the Internet. Could this be competition for your firm’s pension plan administration niche?
Two companies have rolled out their versions of 401(k) internet sites. I’m not sure which came “first.” However, Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest provider of 401(k) plans says they did. Their e401k site offers a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section and easy navigation through design and implementation of a company’s 401(k) plan. To learn more, all a visitor has to do is login.
The other provider is ez401k.com. It is a California–based company dedicated exclusively to internet 401(k) plan administration – I think. I really couldn’t tell from the web site if there might be a larger firm behind the site. This company is selling fast, time-saving plan administration. The site tells visitors they can get a plan in less than 5 minutes.
A study by the Profit Sharing/401(k) Coucil of America last year showed that the number of 401(k) plans have doubled in the last four years at smaller companies (those with 100-499 employees). That trend is expected to continue.
What’s the primary obstacle for small companies? That’s right. Cost. Both of these companies are betting that their new technology will make plan design, implementation, and administration less cost prohibitive. Their target is small businesses that would otherwise not be able to offer a 401(k) plan. | <urn:uuid:5e936cb0-d2b5-4e54-84d7-90a093057dc2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/cfo/dueling-internet-401k-providers | 2013-06-20T01:21:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928051 | 374 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Beautifully landscaped and serving as a quiet oasis in Victoria’s Legislative Precinct, Quadra Park is a favourite spot for government workers to eat a bagged lunch or foot-weary tourists to watch the world pass by from the comfort of a sun-dappled bench.
Named after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, the park honours its namesake with a statue commemorating the Spanish Royal Navy captain’s historic west coast exploration and governorship of the Spanish settlement of Nootka, Vancouver Island.
The PCC-owned property is located along Belleville Street, overlooking the Coho ferry terminal and the Inner Harbour.
Some of our properties, including Cuthbert Holmes Park and Mill Hill Park are leased long-term and administered by local municipalities for the pleasure and benefit of everyone.
Under its former Beautification and Green Space mandate, the Provincial Capital Commission acquired about 80 properties since 1956, primarily along the Galloping Goose Regional Trail and the two major highways leading into the Capital city. | <urn:uuid:a7aaaad5-ba66-417c-8775-a811fc3b39f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bcpcc.com/prop_parks.php | 2013-06-19T22:11:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950447 | 213 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
>>> Bass Guitar Electronics >> Bass Guitar Amplifiers > Bass Guitar Amplifier Stacks
Amp stacks are when any given amplifier head is placed on the top of any given amplifier cabinet,
which has been in practice since the first amps and heads were provided. They're not to be confused with combo amps although that is exactly what they are. But my definition of a combo amp is when
the head and cabinet are one unit and cannot be seperated, and, well . . . a stack can be . . . | <urn:uuid:b021a3b4-68f2-445d-b797-a4ca4d3c9299> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.buzzardsbass.com/electronics/amps/stacks.html | 2013-06-19T22:04:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963167 | 106 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Unitarian Universalists of the Islands will meet at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in Fellowship Hall at the Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way. The public is welcome to attend.
The Rev. Dick Weston-Jones, Minister Emeritus of The Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, CA, will lead the service. His sermon is entitled "WWMD--What Would Muhammad Do?"
"Many people speak for and against Muhammad but most don't understand him," said Rev. Weston-Jones, who speaks frequently about the founder of Islam to congregations all over North America.
"The service will be an appreciation of the man, one of the most significant religious leaders of our Judeo-Christian-Islamic heritage," said Rev. Weston-Jones.
He will also speak about American Muslims, the relationship of their heritage to our own as Unitarian Universalists, how difficult their religious task is today and the role of other religions in that task.
Rev. Weston-Jones has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for 48 years, following his father, Rev. Robert T. Weston, who also was a UU minister for 48 years. Rev. Weston-Jones, who "retired" in 2000, says he will continue preaching for another four years, to reach the century mark for the two of them before he really retires. He holds degrees from the University of Louisville, Starr King School for the Ministry of Berkeley, Calif., and the Academia Hispano Americana in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
When he retired, Rev. Weston-Jones was made Minister Emeritus by the UU Church of Ventura where he had served as minister for nine years. In his career, he also served churches in North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Auckland, New Zealand.
From 1994 to 2007 Rev. Weston-Jones ran a summer wilderness tour program in Alaska co-sponsored by five Alaskan UU fellowships. He also developed and ran a cultural immersion program in Mexico for UU's during the 1960s and 70s. He now lives in Chapel Hill, NC where he built his home eight years ago.
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CD & DVD PictureShow 4 is designed specifically for novice or first-time users and yet has powerful features that should satisfy most enthusiasts.
Users can select an Instant-Show(TM) theme template which gives them all the aspects of an entertaining slideshow with just one click. Templates mix meaningful themes with rich special effects for stunning results. There are also many powerful features, including built-in audio and video trim functionality, intelligent photo enhancement tools, customizable audio and transition settings and DVD menu creation capabilities.
With Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 included in this package, users have a complete digital media management solution and comprehensive yet easy-to-use tools for acquiring, viewing, organizing, and adjusting digital images, as well as managing audio and video clips.
"The growth of both digital cameras and DVD burners has opened the door to a world of new and exciting slideshow possibilities," said Colwin Chan, product manager at Ulead Systems, North America. "People are taking more pictures than ever. Watching them on TV in the comfort of the living room is a great way to enjoy the memories. This software provides the perfect mix of ease-of-use and customization, which should appeal to a whole new mass-market segment of consumers."
New Features in CD & DVD PictureShow 4
Pricing and Availability
New Instant-Show theme templates provide one-click slideshow creation, complete with stylish DVD navigation menus, background music, pan & zoom, transition and motion effects.
Customizable Pan and Zoom adds excitement as users can pan across or zoom into the details of their photos.
Built-in photo repairs with the ExpressFix(TM) Wizard enables users to quickly fix common photo problems such as incorrect exposure, color cast, saturation, and focus -- they can also "beautify" skin.
Trim audio lets users adjust music to the desired length. It's the perfect built-in tool to add small clips or sections of audio to a slideshow.
Multi-trim video is a unique feature that lets users select segments from a video file and insert them into a slideshow so they can view their photos and video together on one disc.
CD audio support enables users to add their favorite music from CDs as background audio in the slideshow.
The Audio & Effects interface lets users easily customize every aspect of a slideshow. They can add multiple audio files to the slideshow, view and change individual transitions between photos, apply different pan & zoom effects, control each photo's duration and much more.
Save Photo as a Separate File is a convenient function that enables users to save any photos that have been enhanced, repaired or customized.
Save Slideshow as Video File enables users to share their slideshows in an email, on the Web, on a portable media device or a computer using any popular media player.
Ulead CD & DVD PictureShow 4 is available in North American retail stores, catalogs and at www.ulead.com for $49.99. Previous CD & DVD PictureShow customers can upgrade to the latest version at www.ulead.com for $29.99. See site for full details.
About Ulead Systems
Ulead Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of innovative video, imaging and graphics software for desktop, server, mobile and Internet platforms. As more people use digital technologies at home, school and the workplace, Ulead software empowers users of all levels with the tools to easily and affordably personalize, manage and share digital content. For more information on the company, its products and services, please visit Ulead's Web site at www.ulead.com or call 800-85-ULEAD (800-858-5323).
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It’s not just Kate Middleton, singer Mariah Carey also collaborated with a famous nail polish brand this season! OPI and Carey are releasing the brand’s new Liquid Sand formula polish. OPI Executive VP, Suzi Weiss-Fischmann stated:
“OPI is extremely excited to work with Mariah. She’s very passionate about beauty and her nails in particular. Her music … served as a wonderful inspiration for glamorous, sultry, vibrant colors. To pay homage to her iconic status, we wanted to launch her collection with something completely new and exciting.”
Mariah handpicked four of OPI Liquid Sand nail polishes herself. The latest innovation from OPI dries into a textured ‘pebbled’ finish that will make your nails sparkly, too. There will be eight Mariah Carey by OPI shades, including “Stay the Night” (sand matte black and red glitter); “Anti-Bleak” (deep purple), “A Butterfly Moment” (frosty nude) and “Pink Yet Lavender” (pink glitter and lavender shimmer).
Mariah Carey by OPI will be available in January 2013.
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COMPUTER CORNER DESK ASSEMBLY
Inventor: Frank Neuner, 5521 Pershing Ave.,
Downers Grove, HI. 60515
Appl. No.: 597,098
Filed: Feb. 6,1996
Int CI.6 A47B 47/04
U.S. CI 108/42; 108/92; 312/238;
Field of Search 108/42, 92, 91,
108/901, 50; 312/196, 238, 223.3, 351;
52/36.1, 36.4; 33/12
References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
D. 279,629 7/1985 Musgrave .
321,037 6/1885 Kinley 312/238
D. 330,124 10/1992 Short.
2,036,184 4/1936 Armstrong 312/238
2,368,285 1/1945 Bullard 312/238
2,798,617 7/1957 Sehreiber 108/92
3,297,382 1/1967 Snowden .
3,899,949 8/1975 Bystron et al 33/12
4,760,800 8/1988 Hanson 108/42
4,761,921 8/1988 Nelson 52/36.1
4,936,228 6/1990 Capo-Bianco .
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5,291,700 3/1994 Chew 52/36.4
5,373,793 12/1994 Crossman 108/42
Primary Examiner—Peter M. Cuomo
Assistant Examiner—Anthony D. Barfleld
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Howard Cohen
A freestanding corner furniture unit includes a pair of side support panels extending vertically from a floor, the side supports disposed mutually orthogonally, each side support extending perpendicularly from an adjacent wall that defines a corner of a room. A plurality of shelves are disposed in a vertically stacked, spaced apart array spanning the side supports. The shelves all include a pair of laterally opposed edges disposed in orthogonal relationship and each adapted to impinge on a respective side support, whereby each shelf is secured to the side supports. AH shelves include a pair of rear edges disposed in orthogonal relationship and disposed to impinge on respective adjacent wall surfaces that converge to define the corner area. The lowermost shelf projects outwardly from the corner, and is spaced from the supporting floor to define a desk surface. The shelves above the lowermost shelf are provided with dogleg configurations that decrease in plan area with increasing height, whereby the assembly presents the appearance of tapering upwardly to provide spaciousness and openness. A plurality of interior supports are disposed in paired relationship to support the medial portions of the shelves from the floor surface. In addition, the assembly may provide a reinforcing ring joined to the lower surface of the lowermost shelf and extending adjacent to the periphery thereof. AH shelves include a truncation edge extending between the rear edges of each shelf to define with the adjacent wall surfaces a triangular opening. The triangular opening of all the shelves are vertically aligned to provide a cableway and a virtual flue for the convection of hot air.
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Dietary Home Remedies for Gas: Organizing Your Meals
One of the most effective home remedies for gas is to eat well-sequenced meals. A well-organized and well-sequenced meal results to an efficient digestion. When you eat different foods in a certain order, digestion is fast and it goes smoothly. Moreover, this way body absorbs nutrients better.
To avoid and eventually stop bloating problems, you should start your meal by eating the quickest and easiest to digest food, followed by the more complex ones. By eating the quickest to digest food, you prevent “food traffic jam” since easy-to-digest foods move smoothly through your system.
Less liquid and dense foods are hard to digest and take longer before they completely pass through the digestive system. Hence, there should be a specific order of foods which you have to consume first. Here is a list of foods and their estimated digestion time:
- Water and juices: 20 to 30 min.
- Vegetables: 30 to 45 min.
- Fruits, smoothies and soups: 30 to 45 min.
- Grains and other starches: 2 to 3 hrs.
- Fish, meat, poultry and beans: at least 3 hrs.
Imagine your digestive system like a highway.If you eat the hard-to-digest foods first, it will cause a food traffic jam. If you eat the easy-to-digest foods first followed by the hard-to-digest foods, then your digestion will be smooth and you will be able to avoid bloated abdomen.
Here is an example of how your meals should look like. Follow the proper food sequencing to avoid food traffic jams and excessive gas.
- Water or juice
- Water or your preferred beverage
- Vegetable, fruit or salad
- Water or your preferred drink
- Salad or vegetables
- Main course (grain/fish/ bean/ poultry/ meat)
Just a reminder, if you opt to drink dairy products such as milk, they are hard and slow to digest and must be drunk alone. The easiest and fastest drink to digest is water.
The 7 Food Groups
There are different enzymes that your body uses for the different types of food you eat. Different enzymes are used to digest the seven food groups. One of the best home remedies for gas is to know the proper food combinations. It is necessary that you know and be able to identify the foods under the different groups so that you can combine them properly.
Protein is an important complex nutrient that is needed for muscle buildup. Protein intake is important, however, it should be eaten in moderation. Because proteins have a complex structure, it takes around 3 hours to fully digest them. Proteins are divided into five groups. These five groups are also digested differently.
- Nut and egg proteins
- Dairy protein
- Proteins found in grains
- Proteins from meat
- Proteins in beans
The different protein groups need different enzymes for them to be fully and properly digested. You are allowed to combine grain and protein beans, but do not combine other protein together. A meal with different protein combinations can result to indigestion due to the lack of digestive juices. This can result in feelings of tiredness, gas, illness, bloating, heartburn and much more. The best way to digest proteins is to eat them with non-starchy vegetables.
Starches belong to the family of carbohydrates and are one of the most common food in our diet. They may give us energy to do our daily activities, but they are also hard to digest. It takes at least two hours for starches to be fully digested. Digestion of starches starts already in your mouth and then continue in the small intestines.
The enzymes found in your saliva breaks down the starches into maltose, fructose and glucose. These by-products then go to the liver to be stored or to be used as an immediate fuel. As I already mentioned above, bloating remedies include proper food combinations. For example, you should never combine starches with acid fruits or proteins.
If these foods are combined, the production of enzymes for starch is stopped. Hence, these undigested starches can result to digestive discomforts such as bloating and flatulence. Also, you cannot have the fuel and energy you are supposed to be getting from starch if you eat it with acid fruits or proteins. Home remedies for gas include pairing starches with non-starchy vegetables.
Sugar, even if it is considered as a carbohydrate, is one of the easiest and simplest food to digest. Even water can dissolve sugar. For sugar to be properly digested, it needs only enzymes and some vitamins. Thus, it only stays in the stomach for a short time. However, combining sugar with starch is not healthy. Sugars prevent the production of amylase, the enzyme found in saliva, that is used to break down starches. Therefore, the digestion of starch is delayed.
Starch is then only digested when it reaches your stomach. The digestion of sugar is also delayed when you eat it with starch. When sugars reach the stomach, fermentation can happen. During fermentation sugar is broken down into carbon dioxide and alcohol. This results to lack of vitamin B, gas and distension. Another food group that you should avoid combining with sugar is protein.
Protein takes 3 to 4 hours before it can be digested. So sugar, when eaten with protein, will be digested only after the protein is fully digested. This will also lead to fermentation, just like when sugar is eaten with starches. Artificial sweeteners, unlike sugars, are hard to digest because they are loaded with preservatives.
They are not easily digested in the stomach and can affect the entire digestive system. Examples of artificial sweeteners include sucralose and fructose.
Fats is another food group that is difficult to digest. But, if you know which oil is good for you and consume it moderately with your meals, fats can be even beneficial for you.
Fats are made up of two types, the unsaturated fats and the saturated fats. Unsaturated fats are easy to digest because they are in their natural forms. Saturated fats, however, are hard to digest because they are altered by hydrogenated oils.
Saturated fats are altered to increase their shelf life. The amount of fat you take will determine how the rest of your food will be digested. Fats are digested first by the body because it is needed to separate the nutrients from other foods. Eating a meal with lots of fats can take at least 3 hours for the other food groups to pass into the stomach.
One of the most effective home remedies for gas is to avoid saturated fats as much as possible, especially if you are eating it together with other food groups. Remember that saturated fats are one of the foods that make you bloated because of the preservatives it contains. So instead of taking saturated fats, go for unsaturated fats.
They do not drastically slow down your digestion but are natural and have the nutrients you need. Remember that it is important that you consume fats. Eat them in moderation and avoid combining them with other specific food combinations.
Fruits are the easiest to digest foods next to liquids. This is because most fruits contain large amounts of water. Water, among all food groups is the easiest to digest. Below are fruits that contain lots of water. These fruits will usually take 30 to 45 minutes to be fully digested.
However, there are also fruits that are difficult to digest such as coconuts, bananas and dried fruits. Coconuts and bananas contain high amounts of protein, carbohydrates and fats, which are all difficult to digest. Dried fruits contain less water and have high amounts of fiber and sugar, which are also difficult to digest. When you eat these fruits, it might take 45 to 90 minutes until they are fully digested.
One of the many remedies for gas is to avoid eating starches and proteins before the fruits are fully digested. Starches and protein take longer to digest and eating them may slow down the digestion process of the fruits. Another way on how to relieve bloating is to avoid eating acid fruits with starches or proteins. The acid from the fruit will prevent the production of the enzymes needed for the digestion of starches and proteins.
There are vegetables that are also easy to digest because of their high water content. However, when the vegetable contains more starches and fiber but lesser water content, then the vegetable is hard to digest. Green leafy vegetables are the easiest to digest because of their high water content. Vegetables can be digested within 45 minutes.But, if you add the dressing and saturated oils, digestion time will lengthen.
The best thing you can do is to add vinegar or oil and avoid those creamy dressings. Vegetables that take a little longer to digest are carrots, beets and cabbage. They contain high amounts of fiber which makes it difficult for them to be digested. These vegetables are still easier and faster to digest compared to proteins and starches because of their high percentage of water content.
Starchy vegetables are longest and hardest to digest in this food group. Starchy vegetables need at least two hours to be fully digested. They include squash, rutabagas, potatoes and yams. You can bake these vegetables to make them easier to digest or steam them to increase water content and to breakdown the fiber.
Non-starchy vegetables are foods that reduce bloating and are foods that are safe to eat with other food groups. Non-starchy foods are easy to digest and they do not have neutralizing acids. Just remember to eat these vegetables before eating protein or starch. Do not forget the ‘food traffic jam’ and always eat the foods that are easiest to digest first.
There are a lot of home remedies for gas while proper food sequencing is one of the most effective. However, food combining is not easy at all. It can be frustrating because of all the do’s and don’ts that you have to remember. The number one rule when it comes to food combining is to ask yourself whether the food combination you have is going to slow down your digestion or not.
The negative effects of wrong food combinations slow down your digestion thereby leaving your food inside your stomach undigested. One of the stomach bloating causes is indigestion. As a guide, you can use and follow the food combining chart as well as read more about different gas remedies. It may be impossible for you to totally avoid bad food combinations, but at least you can modify your eating habits.
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This place is the best kept secret in West Babylon. At first glance I wasn't sure if this place had what it took to repair my hair color. My color was too dark with red coming through and extremely dry. I didn't know what to do so after visiting DAC Medical next door I walked in for a quck consult. The owner Gio, was available. She took me over to the light and promised that she could lighten my hair, get the red out without further damage. I looked around and didn't see champagne in the foyer but was convinced that Gio could fix my hair, not to mention she was so down to earth and refreshing. I gave it a go and WOW, WOW, WOW. My color was lightened to the color that I wanted with no red. Gio hydrated my hair and gave me a hair cut that was truly one of the best I have ever had. She didn't hack into my hair, I got a great shaply cut and blowout that was great from the time she did it. It wasn't a cut that I would have to wait a week or two to look good in. The best part of all was the bill, less than a $100.bucks with tip. Finally, I have found a colorist and stylist that has been expertly trained and has years of experience which is obvious when you see your result. I am super happy and releived that I don't have to experience and pay for any more hair salon anxiety.
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October 24, 2008 by James
It seems that every day a new iPhone internet radio application appears. The most recent music radio application for the iPhone is OurStage Radio, an offshoot of OurStage.com internet radio.
The cool features of this app are:
- You get recommendations on new songs, according to the listening preferences you’ve selected.
- Ability to add songs to favourites.
- Ability to vote up and down songs (think Digg).
- Ability to see top 50 songs of each genre.
And if that’s not enough, everything is community based as artists are able to upload their own songs in order to get some new fans.
OurStage Radio app for iPhone is free, you can grab it from AppStore.
- Radiolicious: another iPhone internet radio app
- Corus Radio iPhone app features 52 Canadian radio stations
- Nabbit iPhone app allows you to “nabb” songs off radio
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31 Ways to Use a Mason Jar in Your Kitchen
Posted By Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home On April 5, 2012 @ 3:00 am In Going green,In the kitchen,Spring Clean the Toxins | 138 Comments
I have a bit of a love affair with mason jars.
They are sturdy, they come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, they can often be found inexpensively, and best of all? They are a completely non-toxic way to store things in my kitchen!
We all know by now that plastics usually include dangerous chemicals, particularly if they are heated at all, but even when they are used for any sort of food or liquid that could absorb the toxins that the plastics leach out. Some plastics are safer than others and it's prudent to learn which ones are which.
This month, we're actually looking at a variety of ways to "Spring Clean the Toxins " lurking in your home. What better place to start than in the kitchen, particularly with items that are touching the food you put straight into your body?
When it comes to the kitchen, one of the best and simplest ways to avoid dangerous plastics and the toxins they contain is by switching to completely safe, clean options like glass! Enter the ever practical mason jar...
First of all, never turn down an offer of mason jars. If you see them free at garage sales, if your aunt has extras she is getting rid of, if something you buy comes in a genuine re-usable mason jar. Any size, style, shape, even color-- they're all worth having.
Personally, I like to get mine free (who wouldn't?). It's easier than you think. Some places to start looking:
If you can't find them free, and I will be the first to admit that this is getting just slightly harder now that canning and preserving is coming back into vogue, here are some other cheap options:
Mason jars come in many sizes and shapes. The first distinction is in the mouth size (or the opening of the jar). The two most common sizes are Wide Mouth and Regular. There are some more random sizes out there, like Gem, but these are few and far between and difficult to find rings and lids for. I would stick to the first two to keep things simple.
The second distinction is in their size. They can be as small as 250ml (or I have even seen on very rare occasions jars that are half this size- so small!), and then you can commonly find jars that are 500 ml (or about 1 pint) or 1 L (same as quart). Then there are the 2 L (or 2 quart/ half gallon) jars. Among all these different sizes, the shapes vary slightly depending on the size of the jar's mouth and the style of the jar.
In my experience, every variation on size, shape and style is useful in some way or another. Don't restrict yourself. Collect as many different types of jars as you can, and I can pretty much guarantee you'll find a use for them all.
Did you know you can purchase these incredibly handy-dandy plastic screw-on lids for mason jars? They come in both regular and wide mouth size and are very inexpensive.
What makes them even more perfect is that you can use a wipe off marker to label them, and simply wipe it off when you're ready to use the jar for something new. Labelling, and thus avoiding a fridge full of mysterious mason jars is a good idea (unless you want them to turn into mason jar science experiments... which could be a fun use, come to think of it).
Another great find is sprouting lids intended to fit wide mouth mason jars. I have a set of 3 sprouting lids , each with a different size mesh (some for smaller seeds, some for larger ones). Love these!
I have purchased my lids through the natural foods co-op I shop at, Azure Standard. If you've seen these types of lids in other locations, please let us know where in the comments for the sake of other readers. Edit: You can get both the plastic lids and the sprouting lids at Amazon!
1. Leftovers . Perfect for soups or stews, grains like rice, chopped veggies, scrambled eggs... endless possibilities.
2. Smoothies. Make extra and store it in the fridge for later in the day, or use the jar to bring the smoothie when you're on the go.
3. Drinking water for day. Need a way to visually measure how much water you are drinking throughout the day? Try using quart or 1/2 gallon mason jars to put your daily water out on the counter, then use it to refill glasses until it's gone. You'll know for sure whether you hit your water target or not.
4. Sprouting seeds or grains. With the sprouting lids I mentioned, this is a breeze for making fresh green sprouts . But even without fancy lids, I've been using jars for sprouting for years. Works for sprouting grains , too.
5. Soaking nuts or seeds. Soaking overnight reduces enzyme-inhibitors in nuts and seeds.
6. Store nut butter. After you soak your nuts, make homemade nut butter !
7. Sourdough starter . I like pint jars for creating new sourdough starter, then I'll transfer it to a quart or 1/2 gallon jar for storing and maintaining the starter long term.
8. Making/storing kombucha . This healthful, fermented drink can also be flavored.
9. Homemade yogurt . I like making mine directly in jars, either in my oven or in my Excalibur dehydrator. Another option is to make yogurt in your crockpot , then transfer to jars once cool and set for easy fridge storage.
10. Mason jar meal . This creative idea would be great for a picnic!
11. Flower vase. Simple, quaint, beautiful.
13. Storing homemade juice or iced teas in fridge. The large 1/2 gallon jars are particularly perfect for this, and even for brewing the tea, especially with the screw-on plastic lids.
14. Keeping herbs fresh in the fridge (green onions, cilantro, etc.). Fill a jar 3/4 full with water, place your bunch of fresh herbs in it, then store in the fridge for herbs that keep much longer than they would in your produce drawer.
15. Spice mixes. Making your own spice mixes is cheap and easy. The small jar (1/2 pint or smaller) make ideal spice jars.
16. Dry pantry staples. I like to buy in bulk, then store staples like sea salt, baking soda and baking powder in jars.
17. Dried vegetables from garden. Not only is it practical, but dehydrated summer produce looks beautiful in jars.
18. Canning. Whether you stick to a batch or two of jam each season, or you want to get serious about preserving the season's bounty , this is the season to think about stocking up on jars if you plan to do some summer preserving.
19. Storing dry beans, pasta, rice, etc. in the pantry. There's something particularly pleasing about a pantry full of mason jars.
20. Mixing salad dressings. I use 1/2 pint or pint jars with lids to mix up salad dressings, then store them in the door of my fridge to make salad eating simple. You could do this with homemade marinades or other types of sauces as well.
21. Homemade syrup. Our two favorite syrups (aside from genuine maple syrup, our number one choice) are honey butter syrup or a more typical syrup made with Sucanat (unrefined sugar) or coconut sugar . A perk of using glass is that you can soften extra honey butter syrup (since it will harden in the fridge) by letting it warm up in a pot of lightly boiling water for a couple minutes.
22. Mason jar salads . Love this brilliant idea!
24. Fermenting foods like salsa or pickles or sauerkraut. Leave them out on the counter while fermenting, then add a lid and store in the fridge, while you enjoy these digestion-boosting foods .
25. As a drinking glass. I've seen many people actually build up a collection of various mason jars, purely for the sake of using as drinking glasses. Great for everyday, or fun for a party or special event.
26. Dry baking mixes like bread, pancakes, etc. Making your own homemade baking mixes saves money and time. Store them in amounts that are just right for one morning of pancakes, or two loaves of bread, to simplify the baking process even more (no measuring!).
27. Culture your own creme fraiche (or sour cream).
28. Soup broth. Store your homemade bone broth for a few days in your fridge, or in your freezer (but make sure to leave a good amount of headroom so that your jars don't crack).
29. Food gifts . Layered food mixes, like dry bean soup or cookies in a jar, look so lovely and homey in a mason jar. Add a pretty fabric or decorative paper label to the lid to make it extra special.
30. Decoratively. Aside from their practical uses, they're also just plain old pretty. Try doing a search on Pinterest for Mason Jar . You won't believe how many amazing ideas you find. Candles, lanterns, party decor... the possibilities are endless!
31. Edible beauty products. Did you know that you already have a kitchen full of beauty supplies ? Try making some of these edible beauty products, or homemade scrubs like the ones in Simple Scrubs to Make and Give .
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Leftovers: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/10/plan-it-don%E2%80%99t-panic-meal-planning-challenge-week-5-and-7-ways-to-use-those-leftovers.html
how much water you are drinking: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2008/08/some-finer-points-of-hydration.html
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making fresh green sprouts: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/01/sprouts-the-easiest-greens-youll-ever-grow.html
sprouting grains: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/04/getting-started-sprouting-wheat-berries.html
homemade nut butter: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/06/how-to-make-nut-butter.html
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kombucha: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/04/traditional-beverage-kombucha.html
Homemade yogurt: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/04/making-homemade-yogurt-2.html
Mason jar meal: http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2010/10/a-mason-jar-meal-my-6th-pfb-challenge/
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water kefir: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/04/how-to-make-water-kefir.html
coconut milk kefir: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2010/05/video-blog-how-to-make-coconut-milk-kefir.html
iced teas: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/08/3-simple-methods-for-making-herbal-iced-tea.html
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dehydrated summer produce : http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/09/small-batch-dehydrating-for-the-summer-bounty.html
preserving the season's bounty: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2010/08/preserving-summers-bounty-recipes-and-tutorials-to-keep-you-busy-until-thanksgiving.html
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honey butter syrup : http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/01/healthy-breakfasts-whole-wheat-buttermilk-waffles.html
more typical syrup made with Sucanat (unrefined sugar) or coconut sugar: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/02/a-sweethearts-breakfast-oatmeal-whole-wheat-pancakes-and-homemade-pancake-syrup.html
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Salad in a Jar: http://www.salad-in-a-jar.com/skinny-secrets/salad-in-a-jar
Homemade cough syrup: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2009/11/homemade-cough-and-cold-syrup.html
cold-kicking remedies: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2010/10/cold-kicker-remedy-a-tried-and-true-recipe.html
digestion-boosting foods: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/04/preserving-food-with-the-lactic-acid-fermentation-method-sauerkraut-tutorial.html
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homemade bone broth: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2008/01/homemade-soup-broth-an-essential-element-in-any-healthy-frugal-kitchen.html
Food gifts: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2011/12/9-homemade-gift-ideas-frugal-and-fast.html
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a kitchen full of beauty supplies: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2010/04/safe-all-natural-beauty-products-you-can-make-at-home.html
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Palmtop computers, also known Personal Digital Assistants, or PDAs, are small computers that are intended to fit easily in one hand. Palmtops normally offer appointment and task schedulers, address books, and minor text editing software. If you want to back up your data or free up some memory on your palmtop, you can hook your palmtop computer up to your laptop or desktop computer and download your information. Palmtops don't usually include keyboards, and a stylus, a sort of electronic pen, is generally used for data entry. External keyboards can normally be purchased separately. There are several different platforms in the palmtop industry. Though many platforms are incompatible with each other, all offer basically the same types of programs and applications. In terms of hardware, each platform comes in both monochrome and color-screen versions. Screen visibility is perhaps the single most important feature to consider when buying, so try out various models under the lighting conditions you're most likely to encounter. A modem may not be included with your palmtop, so if you want to use e-mail or access the Web, you'll need to purchase one. You'll also need to make sure that your palmtop supports wireless communication and that your Internet service can be configured for the palmtop format you're using. For more information, consult a computer professional.
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The SA155 was designed as multi-purpose, dedicated low frequency / bass “workhorse” system for medium to large scale sound reinforcement duty. Its durable construction and reliable performance make this system and excellent choice for pro sound companies. The SA155 offers high quality bass output in a manageable, durable enclosure. This system also integrates easily with other McCauley SA(tm) products, offering consistent coverage and a uniform appearance.
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A dash of curry and a maple syrup glaze transform pineapple into an elegant topping for ham. Steam asparagus or green beans for a quick side.
Prep: 1 minute; Cook: 12 minutes
Oxmoor House APRIL 2009
1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add ham; cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove from pan; keep warm.
2. Combine pineapple, syrup, and curry powder; toss well.
3. Melt butter in pan over medium heat; add pineapple mixture. Cook 4 minutes or until pineapple is tender, stirring frequently. Add brown sugar; cook 1 minute or until sugar melts. Serve glazed pineapple over ham.
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The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) is a policy team within the Policy Group of the Department of Internal Affairs. Its key functions are to:
- provide policy advice on community sector issues
- provide a contact point for the community and voluntary sector at the national policy level
- foster good practice in community-government engagement
- build knowledge of the community sector
Increasing understanding of the size and scope of the community and voluntary sector, and its vital contribution to New Zealand is a priority.
The OCVS works across government with the aim of achieving excellent relationships between government agencies and community, voluntary and Māori organisations. Principles to guide these relationships are outlined in the 2011 Kia Tūtahi Relationship Accord, supported by a Code of Funding Practice and Ready Reference Engagement Guide.
Three formative documents that were important in the establishment of the OCVS were:
- the 2001 Statement of Government Intentions for an Improved Community-Government Relationship
- the 2002 Government Policy on Volunteering
- He Waka Kotuia: Joining Together on a Shared Journey report by the 2002 Community-Government Relationship Steering Group.
Since these documents were produced, ANGOA completed a review of the Statement and the Building Better Government Engagement project produced a report on what else could be done to support the relationship between the government and communities. A Cabinet paper based on the recommendations from both these initiatives was presented to Cabinet in August 2009. More recently, the signing of the Kia Tūtahi Relationship Accord took place at Parliament on 1 August 2011.
The OCVS is active in documenting and promoting good practice models between government agencies and their community sector partners.
Two online toolkits provide guidance to government agencies when they are funding and developing relationships with non-profit organisations and communities.
» Go to the Good Practice Funding toolkit to access the Code of Funding Practice
» Go to the Good Practice Participate toolkit to learn about community engagement
As well as providing advice to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary, the OCVS has five inter-related parts to its work programme:
- supporting work to build the capacity of the sector, such as collaborating on development of useful resources like Keeping it Legal E Ai Ki Te Ture and Managing Well and promoting the introduction of payroll giving.
- building knowledge of the community and voluntary sector through ongoing research on giving and the now-completed Study of the NZ Non-Profit Sector that provided a clearer picture of the nature and extent of non-profit sector activity within New Zealand.
- providing other government agencies with policy advice on overcoming policy barriers and addressing issues of concern to the community and voluntary sector.
- actively supporting the development and promotion of good practice by government agencies when engaging with the sector, for example through our good practice seminar series.
- encouraging participation and promoting volunteering in line with the Government Policy on Volunteering, which strives towards “a society with a high level of volunteering, where the many contributions people make to the common good through volunteering and fulfilment of cultural obligations are actively supported and valued.” The OCVS work in this area is currently focused on supporting the Generosity Hub.
The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector moved from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) on 1 February 2011. The shift followed a State Services Commission review of the institutional and Vote arrangements for the community and voluntary sector, and brought the portfolio together into one Crown agency, rather than split between MSD and DIA.
» Read more about the OCVS team.
We take a collaborative approach to our work - involving a range of community and government stakeholders in our project teams and reference groups to ensure a broad range of ideas and perspectives contribute to the focus and progress of our activities.
Different individuals and organisations have contributed to projects including:
We report to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, the Hon. Jo Goodhew.
» Go to the Beehive website to read Ministerial announcements related to the Community and Voluntary Sector portfolio
Past Ministers for the Community & Voluntary Sector:
- 31 Oct 2007 - 19 Nov 2008: Ruth Dyson
- 19 Oct 2005 - 31 Oct 2007: Luamanuvao Winnie Laban
- 24 Oct 2004 - 19 Oct 2005: Rick Barker
- 30 April 2004 - 24 Oct 2004: Steve Maharey (Acting Minister)
- 2002 - 30 April 2004: Tariana Turia
- 10 Dec 1999 - 15 Aug 2002: Steve Maharey (Minister responsible for the Community and Voluntary Sector)
The other part of the community and voluntary sector portfolio
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View Full Version : Horrible texture blur\pixelization
05-03-2011, 11:04 AM
hey. today i discovered weird bug on radeon x700. actually, it's not my system, but one of my testers. so, according to subject, textures are horribly blurry(if i disable filtering - horribly pixelated), when on other systems they're ok.
OS: Win 7 x64
I tried every filtering mode(i mean GL_TEXTURE_MAG\MIN_FILTER) that did not help, because most of textures are not scaled. They could be scaled, but that doesn't affect anything. I also tried
glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
, that didn't help either. At current time i cannot directly access that system(maybe later), so i'm asking you, maybe someone already encountered simillar issues? And there, you think, i should dig? Is it my fault or notorious ATI drivers?
05-03-2011, 11:09 AM
Part of screenshot he sent me. For you to know how it looks like.
05-03-2011, 08:59 PM
Aw, silly me, it looks like blur caused by NPOT textures and enabled mipmapping(i still can use NPOT withous scaling, just by disabling GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP, right?).
05-04-2011, 04:51 AM
why do you need mipmaps for 2d stuff ?
05-04-2011, 08:14 AM
To make images scalable. Application GUI is fully customizable. At least, fonts are needed to be scalable. It looks like on FX series and all older cards i cannot use NPoT textures even with disabled mipmaps, right?
05-04-2011, 08:57 AM
Standard NPoT is either unavailable or - even worse - software emulated on this kind of hardware, yes. GL_ARB_texture_rectangle should however work on at least the more recent models.
05-04-2011, 07:07 PM
Oh thank you, that looks like the best fix possible. I didn't knew about that extension(to be more certain, i didn't knew what it is for) and thought about alternative render using glDrawPixels(and almost done it). According to GL Extension Viewer, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle is supported by almost every adapter.
05-05-2011, 12:04 AM
Just be aware the GL_ARB_texture_rectangle explicitly does not support mipmap filtering. This will limit the range of scaling you can do and maintain quality.
05-05-2011, 01:53 AM
I've noticed weird behavior. OpenGL reports that GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two is supported by Radeon x700, but really it's not, it doesn't work. But on Integrated GF 6150SE it reports that GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two and GL_ARB_texture_rectangle are NOT supported, but they should be(it works just fine with NPOT textures and mipmapping and rectangle textures work too and they're listed in GLEXViewer database for that adapter).
I just don't get it. And how should i make it automatically determine support of those extensions. Any suggestions?
Also GF 6150 SE running under XP with 258.xx driver.
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Kansas City, KS (PRWEB) November 12, 2012
Advanced Clustering Technologies, Inc., a provider of high-performance computer clusters, is pleased to announce the release of its new Pinnacle Flex high-density cluster configuration. This new product will be on exhibit November 12 through November 15 at SuperComputing '12 in Salt Lake City.
The Flex solution allows users to meet their specific computing needs by mixing and matching server configurations within a 2U enclosure. Users can select either Advanced Clustering's standard half-U-wide, 1U-high nodes or the newest Pinnacle version: a half-U wide, 2U-high node that offers the same dual-processor computing power as the original Pinnacle, but also allows for additional components such as an optional Intel® Xeon PhiTM coprocessor, Nvidia Tesla GPUs and multiple hard drive configurations.
Unlike the similar high-density solutions offered by other manufactures, all Pinnacle models work independently; if one should fail or need to be removed, the other nodes in the same enclosure will keep working, preventing needless downtime. Maintenance of these blades is easily accomplished with tool-less components, and nodes can run outside of their housing for testing and serviceability.
Features of the Pinnacle Flex include: space savings, with up to four times the computing power in the same space as a standard 2U server; flexible support for either Intel® Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessors or Nvidia Tesla GPUs; storage capacity via high-capacity and/or high-performance drives; easy serviceability, since each compute blade is modular, removable and tool-less; high availability, with each blade operating independently with no impact on other nodes; and manageability, with the onboard IPMI/iKVM management engine.
Advanced Clustering will be exhibiting this new product in Booth #2401. For more information about SC12, please visit: http://sc12.supercomputing.org.
About Advanced Clustering Technologies, Inc.:
Formed and incorporated in 2001, Advanced Clustering Technologies is a premier provider of Apex Computing Clusters, Linux-based Pinnacle servers and Horizon workstations. With its powerful and innovative technology, Advanced Clustering provides solutions for organizations involved in all types of research including biotechnology, chemical modeling, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, and visual effects. Through its product lines, Advanced Clustering builds some of the fastest clusters and systems in the world.
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Creative Mind and Success, by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes , at sacred-texts.com
PEOPLE often ask if the Law will not bring harm as well as good. This question would never be asked if people understood what Universal Law really means. Of course it will bring us what we think. All law will do the same thing. The law of electricity will either light our house or burn it down. We decide what we are to do with the Law. Law is always impersonal. There is no likelihood of using the Law for harmful purposes if we always use it for the more complete expression of life.
We must not use it for any purpose that we would not like to experience ourselves. This should answer all questions of that nature. Do I really want the thing I ask for? Am I willing to take for myself what I ask for other people? How can we use the Law for evil if we desire only the good? We cannot and we should not bother about it. We want only the good for ourselves and for the whole world; when we have started causation, at once the Law will set to work carrying out our plans. Never distrust the Law and become afraid lest you misuse it. That is a great mistake, all Law is impersonal and cares not who uses it. It will bring to all just what is already in their thought. No person can long use it in a destructive way, for it will destroy himself if he persists in doing wrong. We have no responsibility for any one except ourselves. Get over all idea that you must save the world; we have all tried and have all failed. We may, by demonstrating in our own lives, prove that the Law really exists as the great power behind all things. This is all that we can do. Every one
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Kate Winslet we know, but whatever happened to Melanie Lynskey, her co-star in Peter Jackson's 1994 Heavenly Creatures? The New Zealand–born actress has actually been working steadily in Hollywood, mostly in TV, and she gets a nice leading role in this indie divorce-com from writer Sarah Koskoff and director Todd Louiso. Amy, 35, has refused alimony and is now broke and despondent back in the waterfront Connecticut home of her affluent boomer parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein, both fine). Her father, an attorney, is entertaining clients at home; they bring along a college-age son (Christopher Abbott), an actor, whom all presume to be gay. He's not. Amy embarks on an impulsive summertime romance that's equal parts liberating, comical, and shameful. Doors burst open at inconvenient times, there are several bouts of vomiting, and Amy is treated to a particularly humiliating upside-down POV of her horrified parents. Danner and Lynskey are the best thing about the film with their mother/daughter sparring. Koskoff, a former actress, has an acute feeling for their "I let you down"/"I told you so" dynamic of disappointment and recrimination. The young actor Jeremy, whose age isn't revealed until late, is more of a prop—and Abbott suitably bland—in Amy's gradual recovery from the wreckage of her life. You could build a sitcom around Amy and her parents, and I mean that as a compliment. | <urn:uuid:d4998fc8-10b2-4284-9259-af3cb46c5739> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.seattleweekly.com/2012-09-19/film/hello-i-must-be-going-returning-to-the-parental-nest-in-shame/ | 2013-06-20T01:20:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709337609/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516130217-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967049 | 313 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Renowned Vocal Coach Lis Lewis Talks About Her 30 Years of Music Teaching and Writing
For over 30 years, vocal and performance coach Lis Lewis has been blessed with the ability to combine two of her greatest loves - music and teaching. She has worked with such notable artists as Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Jack Black and band members of Linkin Park, the E Street Band, Journey, Kiss and many others. She is the author of The Singer’s First Aid Kit and The Pop Singer’s Warm-Up, (both books are published by Hal Leonard) and publisher of The Angel City Voice, an online newspaper containing news, humor and products of interest to singers. She collaborates with managers, record labels, producers and songwriters to help optimize the performance skills of their artists.
Born in Manhattan, and spending her childhood in New York City, Lewis found herself drawn to the performing arts. “My mother sent me to a school in New York called Dalcroze when I was a little girl. It was a very intense music school; they taught in an unusual way which left me with the idea that learning can be something that’s proactive and based on what the student loves.” The experience left a lasting impression on Lewis and her style of teaching.
At the age of 18, she left the city to attend college in Madison, Wisconsin, where she studied philosophy. “I loved it there,” said Lewis. “It was a hotbed at the time. It was the center for The Committee To End The War in Vietnam and it was a musical hotbed. It was incredible.”
Lewis then married and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where she received a dual Master’s degree in music and theater. “I wrote the music for four musicals and musical directed them. I was in love with theater from the time I was 16.” During this time, she also formed a band and began performing throughout the Midwest. “We decided we wanted to go further, so we moved to San Francisco where we played all around the Bay Area. I loved performing, getting on stage with a band behind me. But more than that, I loved all the creativity in rehearsals.
While in San Francisco, Lewis was approached by a popular producer. “He put me in a hugely famous studio at the time, The Automatt. Herbie Hancock was there and a lot of other phenomenal people.” She recorded several songs before deciding to move to Los Angeles.
“In L.A. I learned a lot about how the music business works. It was much different than San Francisco, where it was more about the art, and success was not that important. L.A. is all about success, almost to the point where it sometimes corrupts the music Everybody’s so eager for the big prize, the record deal, that they forget that the point is to be making music. I also wanted success, but there was too much pressure to do things that people thought would be commercially successful. Some manager would come listen to me play at a club and he would say ‘That song’s not a hit,’ or ‘You need to change that guitarist,’ and I thought ‘maybe he’s right, maybe I should make these changes.’ I started to lose my sense of what was true for me. You have to be able to take a certain amount of criticism, but you also have to keep your own center so you know what you think and why you’re doing it.”
Although she did not achieve the commercial success she wanted as a performer or songwriter, Lewis stresses the point that success comes in many forms. “I wrote some songs that I loved and meant a lot to me, and I performed them for people who thought they were wonderful and that meant a lot to me too. I was not happy about the fact that I never got a publishing deal. What’s wonderful now, though, is that a lot of independent artists are putting out their own material whether a major label likes it or not. They make their own career; they’re not waiting for someone to find them and do it for them.”
Lewis had begun to teach voice and guitar while in San Francisco. “I started teaching at a great school in San Francisco called The Blue Bear School of Music, and I had some tremendous students there. It became my livelihood.” Once she made the decision to stop performing, she began to focus more on teaching, drawing on her unique experiences at Dalcroze and in college.
In 1989, Lewis started The Singer’s Workshop in Los Angeles. “I wanted to try to give singers the sense that they have a unique gift inside of them. There’s a lot to learn, but the thing you have to hold onto always is what got you started in the first place and that’s the great love of music. There’s a burning fire inside of us that doesn’t stop.” She was hired to teach a series of voice classes for UCLA Extension and also began doing workshops on how to succeed in the music industry. “I’d bring in a big-shot manager and a (less prominent) manager and I’d ask questions; then they would answer questions from the class. I did the same thing with agents and producers. We went through all the aspects of the music business that way, which drew a lot of students.”
“I also taught performance workshops, which I loved doing,” said Lewis. “In that class it wasn’t about the technique of singing, but about your stage show. The singer would come with either a guitar or a track, they’d get up on stage and perform a song in front of the class. Then we’d talk about what worked and how they could bring more of their personality to their performance.”
For anyone who plans to sing on a regular basis, Lewis says vocal training is essential. “You’re going to sing night after night on the road and maybe you are exhausted or you have a cold but your instrument has to be in the best possible shape. It’s like any major athlete who has to train. It’s too demanding to try to do it by yourself; you need help.”
When she begins a relationship with a student, Lewis spends time assessing their needs. “I do a long phone conversation where they tell me everything they think they need and what their direction and goals are. During the first lesson, I evaluate their voice and tell them what I think needs work as well as what they’re doing well. Then we work on mostly scales, and it’s very intensive, like training for the Olympics. You really have to pay a tremendous amount of attention to how your muscles work because it’s an internal instrument and it’s very subjective; you can’t really see or feel it.”
Identifying and resolving problem areas are important aspects of Lewis’ work. “Sometimes they’re not breathing right or the sound isn’t coming out freely, or (the student) is not hitting the pitch exactly or they don’t have the best tone or there’s a range where they get stuck. We dig up those problem spots and do an exercise that will really hone in on it. They can feel it when they’re doing it wrong and they can feel it when they get it right. Then they have to practice like mad! I’m very supportive, but I’m also very demanding.”
In working with students, Lewis emphasizes the importance of nurturing a performer’s individuality. “I think the best we can do for someone is to allow them to be who they really are because that’s how they’re going to be the most interesting. You see people like Alanis Morissette and Norah Jones. These people are incredibly creative; they do their own thing and are unique.”
Lewis herself is sometimes surprised by her impressive list of celebrity clients, but also mentions that some of her most impressive clients are not well known. When she discusses celebrity clients, she cites the importance of protecting their privacy. “I don’t ever talk about my students in particular,” she replied. She does admit that she is very fond of former student Gwen Stefani, (singer/writer of the band, No Doubt). “Gwen is a remarkable singer. She’s got so much personality and energy and excitement. She is as far from bland as you get.” Lewis worked with Stefani early in her career, just prior to No Doubt’s hit, “Just A Girl.” She often gets new clients based on her previous work. “One of the reasons I got Britney (Spears) is because she loved Gwen Stefani’s voice.”
The commitment and care Lewis applies to her craft remains with her students long after she works with them. Artist and songwriter Jason Blume, who has written songs for the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, and authored best-selling books, Six Steps to Songwriting Success and Inside Songwriting, recalls his relationship with Lewis. “Lis has an extraordinary ability to motivate and guide her students to explore and find what it is that makes each of them a unique artist. She played a huge role in the development of my career and I’ll be forever grateful to her for that.”
Lewis is the author of two books, which are accompanied by CDs. “I decided to put together a warm-up tape that was relatively easy for people to put into their car and warm up with on the way to a gig. I started with that and a very short pamphlet. I took my idea to a small publisher who asked me to write a book around it. So I gathered up some articles and a friend of mine came up with a great title called The Singer’s First Aid Kit.” Publishing giant Hal Leonard bought out the smaller company. “So now I’m a Hal Leonard writer,” Lewis muses. “Then two years ago, I was trying to pitch them a new book, and instead they gave me the title The Pop Singer’s Warm-Up. They told me what they wanted and I wrote it. Now we’re hashing out a third book.”
She has written a prolific series of articles, including breathing techniques, charisma and how to succeed in the music business, which have been published by independent A&R website, TAXI, among others, and are available on The Singer’s Workshop website, (The Singers Workshop). “I write the articles because if I’d had someone to help me through the time when I was performing I would have understood that I needed to keep centered and return to the source instead of being pulled apart by the business. The business is very attractive and glamorous, but we tend to lose track of the fact that making music is the point. That’s what we’re after - making music about our lives and communicating with other people through it. There’s nothing like the joy of opening your mouth and having that great voice come out. It’s the most wonderful feeling in the world.”
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When Michael Kaiser comes to town, it's a good news/bad news sort of thing. Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., is known as "the turnaround king'' for his work with troubled arts organizations, so he doesn't usually show up when things are going great. But the good news is that Kaiser has a savvy outsider's perspective and a wealth of ideas that may help an organization.
The Florida Orchestra brought Kaiser to the Tampa Bay area for two days in November, and he met with the orchestra's board, management and musicians. One morning in St. Petersburg, I sat in on a meeting he had with orchestra president Michael Pastreich and executives of other arts organizations, including Kent Lydecker, new director of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Paul Wilborn, executive director of the Palladium Theater.
The purpose of the meeting was rather vague, but Kaiser's main message came through loud and clear. No matter how bad the financial problems of an arts organization are, its primary focus must be on the art, not the money.
"Programming is always first,'' he told the group, drawing a chart on a blackboard. "There is no reason for an arts organization to exist unless it does important programming. Organizations get into trouble because the programming isn't interesting enough, or it got cut. Too many boards think their mission is to break even. It's not. The mission is to have imaginative, interesting programming.''
This, of course, is a relevant message for the orchestra, which had a deficit in the fiscal year that ended in June. Pastreich and the board responded by cutting the musicians' pay, among other measures intended to help balance the budget.
I'm not sure how useful Kaiser can be to the orchestra. The musicians were on a break during his brief visit, and he didn't hear the orchestra play, even in rehearsal. He didn't meet music director Stefan Sanderling. Still, the Kennedy Center president makes several points that are well worth keeping in mind as the organization seeks to revitalize itself.
• You cannot save your way to health. "Revenue is the problem with most arts organizations, not cost,'' Kaiser wrote in his 2008 book The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations. "Organizations focused simply on reducing costs will continue to get smaller and smaller and will never create the economic engine that is required for long-term stability and growth.''
• Big, visionary projects matter. Nobody gets excited about an arts organization's budget. What excites donors, the audience and the press are important new projects.
When Kaiser was at American Ballet Theatre, the company was virtually bankrupt, but a key turning point was its commissioning a new work based on Shakespeare's Othello.
"Othello was the largest project in the history of ABT,'' Kaiser wrote in his recently published Leading Roles: 50 Questions Every Arts Board Should Ask. "It was a seemingly foolhardy thing to do when we were in such bad financial shape; yet this project allowed us to announce an exciting new venture, exactly at a time that people thought we were going bankrupt and were afraid to contribute to the company.'' Two years later, ABT had eliminated its deficit.
• Excellence takes time. "Major artistic programs should be planned four or five years in advance,'' Kaiser wrote in Leading Roles, citing the Kennedy Center's 2009 festival of Arab art.
"It took five years to conceive of the festival, identify the best artists, write contracts, obtain visas and raise the substantial funds required; if there had been far less time to plan this project, it would not have been successful. Projects that are rushed usually look rushed.''
• Find partners. "I believe in projects that tie us together,'' Kaiser told the gathering of arts executives in St. Petersburg. "I'm always trying to find ideas that allow a group of community organizations to program across art forms.''
Exhibit A: the Shakespeare in Washington Festival, which the Kennedy Center put together with more than 60 arts organizations, from theater and dance companies to galleries, all presenting work by or inspired by Shakespeare.
• Have a list of projects for donors to choose from. "I always have five years of projects in my head,'' Kaiser said. "Nothing helps raising money more than presenting a menu of programming ideas to donors. People like to support projects. Too many arts administrators have only one project to sell. I never go to a prospect meeting with fewer than 10 projects in mind.''
• "There are a lot more people in this country who care more about education than they care about the arts,'' Kaiser replied to Pastreich, who said the orchestra is thinking about eliminating its educational concerts for bused-in fourth-graders next season, because the cost of doing them has become too much. There are also questions about how educationally effective such concerts are beyond simply exposing students to the sound of a symphony orchestra.
Because schools now include little arts education in their curricula, Kaiser worries about the "episodic'' nature of it. "In many schools, it is left to the individual teachers to decide whether children in their classes will have the benefit of arts offerings from local institutions,'' he wrote in Leading Roles. "If a third-grade teacher likes the arts, the students will get many arts experiences. If the fourth-grade teacher does not care about the arts, the students may get no exposure at all. No other subject is taught with such carelessness and inconsistency.''
'Ma Rainey' is next
Kaiser's talk of the paramount role of ambitious programming brought to mind American Stage's ongoing project to stage all 10 of August Wilson's plays over 10 seasons, continuing with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Jan. 18 to Feb. 13. These productions — so far Gem of the Ocean, King Hedley II and Fences — have raised the company's artistic profile and done strong business.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom will be directed by Mark Clayton Southers, who was recently hired as artistic director for theater initiative at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh. Southers, 48, a playwright and former steelworker, was mentored by Wilson. He'll have an excellent cast at American Stage that includes Sharon S. Scott, Brandii, Joe Parra, Kim Sullivan, Ron Bobb-Semple and Alan Bomar Jones.
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The Townhouse of New York is an East Side bar where gentlemen of a certain age rub elbows and occasionally more with other gentlemen of a certain or slightly younger age. Since its September 1989 opening night, smiling, mild-mannered Rick Unterberg has been performing at a piano tucked into the swanky parlor-floor back room. It's anyone's guess how many requests he's filled. In his high baritone and with his wide eyes scanning the socializing area, he does something like 30 songs a set during a typical four-set, six-hour evening. That's 120 ditties a night, four nights a week, 52 weeks a year, for 13 years. You do the... More >>>
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Kelly I hope Sunday isn't to emotional for you hun , I can't even imagine how painful the memories are , sending you lots of hugs xxx
Sam - I'm hoping for less than 2 weeks, I'm so sick of worrying when I'm not feeling my lo move much ( I know she is running out of room ) what have you been trying to encourage lo out??? I've done the spicy food & dtd - which was actually quite funny !
I've been left feeling disappointed today (tues) because hospital was supposed to call yesterday to give me c-section date & they didn't so I think that means they are too busy this coming week & I will have to wait till following week - boo hoo
Sam you don't cope, you loose your mind and go to pieces and take it out on everyone around you even though thats not what you want to do. A year later and I still feel the strain from her passing on my family relationships. I'm not the same person I was and all I want besides having her back is to be myself again, you know before she left, but a year later and I think I've just got to accept that I'm a new me and won't be getting back to the person I was so somehow I need to make the best of it.
Kelly - As a parent the passing of a child has got to be the hardest thing ever to deal with. You must be one brave lady to have made it this far. Although Tulip will never replace Hannah, her becoming part of your family is one wonderful positive to look forward to this year. Congrats on Selling your house. At least that is one less stress.
Taylah - I've mainly been bouncing on my exercise ball, walking quite a bit, doing squats and other yoga poses. Eating some spicy food. Everyone says to dtd but it has been so hot here at the moment that that's the last thing I feel like doing. I have also been taking EPO along with RLT tablets. Oh, and have been getting acupuncture. Hopefully something will work. Hope you get your c-section date soon.
Thanks Sam , I've tried everything you have plus dtd & still nothing, but yay I got my c-section date today, later than I had hoped but at least I got it - 25 th of jan I will finally get to meet my little girl 9 DAYS & COUNTING :-)
Kelly - I feel so sad for you, even though I know it's not the same thing as losing a child, I am left feeling empty and a changed person after losing my mum , we were so very close & I still cry a lot & miss her everyday , I heard this saying & it helps me feel a little better-
Death is a heartache that no one can heal but Love is a memory that no one can steal !
It's been four years this past October since I lost my mum & although time doesn't heal like people say, it does make it a little bit easier to cope with the loss & heartache you feel, the worst part is knowing there is absolutely nothing you can do to make it better, we just have to accept it as life & keep living xxxx
Loosing a mother would be very hard to but I agree, there is nothing like loosing a child, there isn't even a name for it either. I'm not brave, like you said you just have to accept it and live life. I have hopes of feeling normal again, this pregnancy has brought up so many conflicting emotions because it does at times make me remember and miss things I didn't get with Hannah but mostly I am happy to have tulip and a second chance to raise a daughter. It's tough for me because my only memories of her are from when she was inside me and then the few hours I got to hold her. Time has helped and I'm confident with more time I'll feel normal ish again.
You guys are so close to having your babies!!!!! Can't wait to see some cute little pics of what I'll get in 10 more weeks
Hope everyone is doing well. I went for acupuncture to try and help this lo engage as according to my ob it is no more engaged then last week. I also picked up my TENS machine for labour the other day so I'm really hoping that it will help with some pain relief. I know I still have a week to go until bub is born but I'm so ready for him/her now! If nothing has happened by Thursday when I go for my next ob appointment then we will discuss induction. Hopefully, bub will make his/her appearance before then though, fx'd.
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