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| Operator Integrals, Spectral Shift, and Spectral Flow
Azamov, N. A.; Carey, A. L.; Dodds, P. G.; Sukochev, F. A.
We present a new and simple approach to the theory of multiple operator integrals that applies to unbounded operators affiliated with general \vNa s. For semifinite \vNa s we give applications to the Fr\'echet differentiation of operator functions that sharpen existing results, and establish the Birman--Solomyak representation of the spectral shift function of M.\,G.\,Krein in terms of an average of spectral measures in the type II setting. We also exhibit a surprising connection between the spectral shift function and spectral flow.
| On $\BbZ$-Modules of Algebraic Integers
Bell, J. P.; Hare, K. G.
Let $q$ be an algebraic integer of degree $d \geq 2$. Consider the rank of the multiplicative subgroup of $\BbC^*$ generated by the conjugates of $q$. We say $q$ is of {\em full rank} if either the rank is $d-1$ and $q$ has norm $\pm 1$, or the rank is $d$. In this paper we study some properties of $\BbZ[q]$ where $q$ is an algebraic integer of full rank. The special cases of when $q$ is a Pisot number and when $q$ is a Pisot-cyclotomic number are also studied. There are four main results. \begin{compactenum}[\rm(1)] \item If $q$ is an algebraic integer of full rank and $n$ is a fixed positive integer, then there are only finitely many $m$ such that $\disc\left(\BbZ[q^m]\right)=\disc\left(\BbZ[q^n]\right)$. \item If $q$ and $r$ are algebraic integers of degree $d$ of full rank and $\BbZ[q^n] = \BbZ[r^n]$ for infinitely many $n$, then either $q = \omega r'$ or $q={\rm Norm}(r)^{2/d}\omega/r'$, where $r'$ is some conjugate of $r$ and $\omega$ is some root of unity. \item Let $r$ be an algebraic integer of degree at most $3$. Then there are at most $40$ Pisot numbers $q$ such that $\BbZ[q] = \BbZ[r]$. \item There are only finitely many Pisot-cyclotomic numbers of any fixed order. \end{compactenum}
| Closed Ideals in Some Algebras of Analytic Functions
Bouya, Brahim
We obtain a complete description of closed ideals of the algebra $\cD\cap \cL$, $0<\alpha\leq\frac{1}{2}$, where $\cD$ is the Dirichlet space and $\cL$ is the algebra of analytic functions satisfying the Lipschitz condition of order $\alpha$.
| \v{C}eby\v{s}ev Sets in Hyperspaces over $\mathrm{R}^n$
Dawson, Robert J. MacG.; Moszy\'{n}ska, Maria
A set in a metric space is called a \v{Ceby\v{s}ev set} if it has a unique ``nearest neighbour'' to each point of the space. In this paper we generalize this notion, defining a set to be \v{Ceby\v{s}ev relative to} another set if every point in the second set has a unique ``nearest neighbour'' in the first. We are interested in \v{C}eby\v{s}ev sets in some hyperspaces over $\R$, endowed with the Hausdorff metric, mainly the hyperspaces of compact sets, compact convex sets, and strictly convex compact sets.
| Injective Representations of Infinite Quivers. Applications
Enochs, E.; Estrada, S.; Rozas, J. R. Garc\'{\i}a
In this article we study injective representations of infinite quivers. We classify the indecomposable injective representations of trees and describe Gorenstein injective and projective representations of barren trees.
| The Large Sieve Inequality for the Exponential Sequence $\lambda^{[O(n^{15/14+o(1)})]}$ Modulo Primes
Garaev, M. Z.
Let $\lambda$ be a fixed integer exceeding $1$ and $s_n$ any strictly increasing sequence of positive integers satisfying $s_n\le n^{15/14+o(1)}.$ In this paper we give a version of the large sieve inequality for the sequence $\lambda^{s_n}.$ In particular, we obtain nontrivial estimates of the associated trigonometric sums ``on average" and establish equidistribution properties of the numbers $\lambda^{s_n} , n\le p(\log p)^{2+\varepsilon}$, modulo $p$ for most primes $p.$
| Multiplication of Polynomials on Hermitian Symmetric spaces and Littlewood--Richardson Coefficients
Graham, William; Hunziker, Markus
Let $K$ be a complex reductive algebraic group and $V$ a representation of $K$. Let $S$ denote the ring of polynomials on $V$. Assume that the action of $K$ on $S$ is multiplicity-free. If $\lambda$ denotes the isomorphism class of an irreducible representation of $K$, let $\rho_\lambda\from K \rightarrow GL(V_{\lambda})$ denote the corresponding irreducible representation and $S_\lambda$ the $\lambda$-isotypic component of $S$. Write $S_\lambda \cdot S_\mu$ for the subspace of $S$ spanned by products of $S_\lambda$ and $S_\mu$. If $V_\nu$ occurs as an irreducible constituent of $V_\lambda\otimes V_\mu$, is it true that $S_\nu\subseteq S_\lambda\cdot S_\mu$? In this paper, the authors investigate this question for representations arising in the context of Hermitian symmetric pairs. It is shown that the answer is yes in some cases and, using an earlier result of Ruitenburg, that in the remaining classical cases, the answer is yes provided that a conjecture of Stanley on the multiplication of Jack polynomials is true. It is also shown how the conjecture connects multiplication in the ring $S$ to the usual Littlewood--Richardson rule.
| An Infinite Order Whittaker Function
McKee, Mark
In this paper we construct a flat smooth section of an induced space $I(s,\eta)$ of $SL_2(\mathbb{R})$ so that the attached Whittaker function is not of finite order. An asymptotic method of classical analysis is used.
| Unit Elements in the Double Dual of a Subalgebra of the Fourier Algebra $A(G)$
Miao, Tianxuan
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a Banach algebra with a bounded right approximate identity and let $\mathcal B$ be a closed ideal of $\mathcal A$. We study the relationship between the right identities of the double duals ${\mathcal B}^{**}$ and ${\mathcal A}^{**}$ under the Arens product. We show that every right identity of ${\mathcal B}^{**}$ can be extended to a right identity of ${\mathcal A}^{**}$ in some sense. As a consequence, we answer a question of Lau and \"Ulger, showing that for the Fourier algebra $A(G)$ of a locally compact group $G$, an element $\phi \in A(G)^{**}$ is in $A(G)$ if and only if $A(G) \phi \subseteq A(G)$ and $E \phi = \phi $ for all right identities $E $ of $A(G)^{**}$. We also prove some results about the topological centers of ${\mathcal B}^{**}$ and ${\mathcal A}^{**}$.
| $L$-Functions for $\GSp(2)\times \GL(2)$: Archimedean Theory and Applications
Moriyama, Tomonori
Let $\Pi$ be a generic cuspidal automorphic representation of $\GSp(2)$ defined over a totally real algebraic number field $\gfk$ whose archimedean type is either a (limit of) large discrete series representation or a certain principal series representation. Through explicit computation of archimedean local zeta integrals, we prove the functional equation of tensor product $L$-functions $L(s,\Pi \times \sigma)$ for an arbitrary cuspidal automorphic representation $\sigma$ of $\GL(2)$. We also give an application to the spinor $L$-function of $\Pi$.
| On Reducibility and Unitarizability for Classical $p$-Adic Groups, Some General Results
Tadi\'c, Marko
The aim of this paper is to prove two general results on parabolic induction of classical $p$-adic groups (actually, one of them holds also in the archimedean case), and to obtain from them some consequences about irreducible unitarizable representations. One of these consequences is a reduction of the unitarizability problem for these groups. This reduction is similar to the reduction of the unitarizability problem to the case of real infinitesimal character for real reductive groups.
| A Subalgebra Intersection Property for Congruence Distributive Varieties
Valeriote, Matthew A.
We prove that if a finite algebra $\m a$ generates a congruence distributive variety, then the subalgebras of the powers of $\m a$ satisfy a certain kind of intersection property that fails for finite idempotent algebras that locally exhibit affine or unary behaviour. We demonstrate a connection between this property and the constraint satisfaction problem.
| On Partitions into Powers of Primes and Their Difference Functions
Woodford, Roger
In this paper, we extend the approach first outlined by Hardy and Ramanujan for calculating the asymptotic formulae for the number of partitions into $r$-th powers of primes, $p_{\mathbb{P}^{(r)}}(n)$, to include their difference functions. In doing so, we rectify an oversight of said authors, namely that the first difference function is perforce positive for all values of $n$, and include the magnitude of the error term.


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The series finale of "Private Practice," combined with the series premiere of the new reality offering "The Taste," helped push ABC to a ratings win on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, CBS scored the highest total viewership despite running repeats throughout the night, according to preliminary numbers.
ABC drew first place in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic with a 1.9 rating/5 share and second in total viewers with 5.8 million. The series premiere of "The Taste" at 8 p.m. drew a 2.2/6 — the night's highest individual ratings for the night — and attracted 6 million total viewers. The "Private Practice" send-off at 10 posted a 1.5/4 — down 17 percent from last May's season finale — and had 5.2 million total viewers.
Univision drew second place in ratings with a 1.7/4 and took fourth place in total viewers with 4 million.
NBC tied Fox for third in ratings with a 1.6/4 and took third place outright in total viewers with 4.7 million. "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" at 8 inched up to a 1.6/5 and had 5.6 million total viewers, while a second episode at 8:30 drew even with last week for a 1.8/5 and took 6 million total viewers. "Go On" at 9 slid 24 percent for a 1.3/3 and had 4 million total viewers, while "The New Normal" at 9:30 fell 14 percent to a 1.2/3 and took 3.3 million total viewers. The season finale of "Parenthood" at 10 took a 1.9/5 and took 4.8 million total viewers.
Fox took fifth place in total viewers with 3.4 million, with its Tuesday night comedy slate growing modestly for the most part. "Raising Hope" at 8 posted a 1.7/5 with 4 million total viewers, while "Ben and Kate" at 8:30 had a 1.2/3 with 2.6 million total viewers. "New Girl" took a 2.1/5 with 4 million total viewers, while "The Mindy Project" drew even with last week for a 1.5/4 and took 3 million total viewers.
CBS came in fifth in ratings and first in total viewers with a 1.5/4 and 10.5 million. The network aired repeats, with an "NCIS" rerun at 8 taking the largest total viewership of the night with 12.7 million.
At the CW, "Hart of Dixie" at 8 hit a season high with a 0.7/2 and drew 1.5 million. Combined with "Emily Owens, M.D." at 9, which drew a 0.5/1 and 1.4 million total viewers, the network averaged a 0.6/1 and 1.5 million total viewers.

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AL roundup: Justin Verlander has strong outing; Tigers rout Blue Jays, 11-1
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TORONTO — Justin Verlander pitched seven shutout innings, Austin Jackson hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers routed the slumping Toronto Blue Jays 11-1 on Thursday night.
Jackson went 4 for 5 with a walk and scored four times as the Tigers pounded out 16 hits while playing without achy slugger Miguel Cabrera.
Torii Hunter had three RBIs and Prince Fielder drove in a pair of runs as the Tigers won for the ninth time in 11 meetings with Toronto.
Verlander (9-5) allowed three hits, all singles, while winning for the first time since June 7 at Cleveland. It was his first start in Toronto since he pitched his second career no-hitter on May 7, 2011.
The Blue Jays lost for the eighth time in 11 games since matching a franchise record with an 11-game winning streak.
Cabrera was held out of the lineup with a sore back. It was the first day off this season for Cabrera, the reigning AL Triple Crown winner.
Toronto starter Esmil Rogers (3-4) allowed season worsts of seven runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings.
CHICAGO — Adam Dunn hit a game-ending solo homer off Tommy Hunter in the ninth inning, lifting the White Sox to the win.
Dayan Viciedo flied out to left before Dunn drove a full-count pitch from Hunter (3-2) over the wall in left for his 23rd homer. It was the third hit of the game for Dunn, who also had two RBIs.
Jose Quintana pitched seven innings of two-hit ball for the White Sox, finishing with a career-high 11 strikeouts. He retired his last 13 batters.
Addison Reed (4-1) got three outs for the victory.
Baltimore rallied against Nate Jones in the eighth. Brian Roberts scampered home when pinch hitter Matt Wieters reached on an error by first baseman Dunn, and Nick Markakis delivered a tying sacrifice fly.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lorenzo Cain hit his first career grand slam, Salvador Perez provided a bases-loaded double in the eighth inning and the Royals rallied to get the win.
Kansas City trailed 5-0 before Cain's slam and a solo shot by George Kottaras tied it in the sixth. The Indians regained the lead on Carlos Santana's two-run double in the seventh, but the Royals answered in the bottom half on a two-run homer by Eric Hosmer.
Indians reliever Bryan Shaw (0-2) walked Kottaras to lead off the eighth and then hit Johnny Giavotella. Shaw was lifted for Rich Hill, who promptly walked Jarrod Dyson to load the bases.
Perez entered the game as a pinch hitter and roped a double down the left-field line, slapping his hands together on the way to first as the Royals cleared the bags for a 10-7 lead.
Luke Hochevar (2-1) worked a scoreless eighth inning for the Royals, and Greg Holland got three outs for his 19th save.
MINNEAPOLIS — Vernon Wells drove in three runs, and the Yankees pounded rookie Kyle Gibson while finishing a four-game sweep.
Travis Hafner had three hits and scored twice, and Ichiro Suzuki had a two-run triple among his three hits for the Yankees, who scored 29 runs in the series.
The Yankees didn't even need their usual super-sized contribution from Robinson Cano, whose streak of six straight multihit games ended without reaching base. He still batted .500 on the seven-game road trip with 11 RBIs.
Justin Morneau homered twice for the Twins, one-third of his season total. But Gibson (1-1) gave up 11 hits and eight runs in 5 1-3 innings.
New York starter David Phelps (6-5) was charged with four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings.
The Twins have lost 10 of their last 13 games.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre homered twice and the Rangers used a four-run seventh inning to avoid a series sweep.
Beltre finished with three hits and two RBIs, and Mitch Moreland and Elvis Andrus each drove in a run.
With Texas trailing 3-1, Beltre led off the seventh with a drive to center against Hisashi Iwakuma (7-4). A.J. Pierzynski then singled and Lance Berkman walked before Moreland bounced a tying single up the middle against Charlie Furbush.
Andrus came up with a go-ahead sacrifice fly and Ian Kinsler capped the big inning with an RBI single.
Josh Lindblom (1-2) recorded the final two outs of the seventh to pick up his first win since Aug. 31, 2012. Joe Nathan pitched a scoreless ninth for his 28th save.
Raul Ibanez homered for the Mariners, belting a tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh.
HOUSTON — Yunel Escobar drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking double in the 11th inning that sent Tampa Bay to the victory.
Escobar and Desmond Jennings each doubled twice and singled, helping the Rays win for the fifth time in six games.
Brett Wallace homered twice for the Astros.
Jose Lobaton walked to start the 11th and moved to second on a passed ball by Jason Castro. Escobar then doubled into the right-field corner off Josh Fields (0-1).
Jamey Wright (2-1) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win and Fernando Rodney finished for his 18th save.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Josh Hamilton hit a tying two-run homer in Los Angeles' three-run ninth inning, leading the Angels to the win.
Mark Trumbo belted his 19th homer and Mike Trout had two RBIs for Los Angeles, which took two of three in the series. Scott Downs (2-2) got three outs for the victory.
St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright, the NL pitcher of the month for June, took a 5-3 lead into the ninth before giving up a leadoff single by Albert Pujols, who was 1 for 11 in his first series against his former team.
Manager Mike Matheny then brought in Edward Mujica, and Hamilton drove the right-hander's second pitch into the center field trees for his 11th homer. Howie Kendrick and Mark Trumbo followed with singles, and Mujica (0-1) retired his next two batters before Erick Aybar drove in the winning run with an opposite-field single to left.
Aybar had three hits and scored a run for Los Angeles.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Derek Norris scored on a passed ball with two outs in the seventh inning and that was enough for Oakland to get the victory.
Dan Straily (5-2) pitched seven innings of one-hit ball after being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento earlier in the day. He made the start to allow a sore Jarrod Parker to get two extra days of rest.
Norris walked with two outs and went to third on Seth Smith's single.
Oakland then sent Eric Sogard to the plate to hit for Adam Rosales, and Matt Guerrier threw an 0-1 pitch to the outside part of the plate. Sogard swung and missed, and it went off the glove of Welington Castillo, allowing Norris to score the unearned run.
It was the first appearance for Guerrier (2-4) since he was acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ryan Cook pitched the eighth for Oakland and Grant Balfour finished for his 21st save in 21 chances, completing the two-hitter.


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This is a question that one frequently encounters on various blogs. It expresses a desire to learn more about one's origins, but reflects a misunderstanding of how science currently interprets these origins.
The question has the potential to confuse, but the answer is very simple: monkeys, apes and humans evolved from a common ancestor.
We are the only representative of the human lineage still around; the fossil record is replete with earlier hominids that did not survive. The same applies to the non-human portion of the Primate Order: some of them are around today, many more have become extinct.
So what is this business with a "common ancestor?" This expression refers to earlier forms we can trace our origins back to. Consider this image:
Starting at the bottom of the image, there are lines extending upwards, towards a number of branches, such as lemurs, New World monkeys, etc. The intersection of these lineages represents the place where speciation (or the evolution of a new species) occurred.
Let's take humans and chimpanzees as an example.
At one point, there were no chimps or humans. This is where we place a common ancestor (in this example, we place its existence in the section following the branch leading up to gorillas and before the branching between chimps and humans).
Each of the animals identified is still with us today. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, we are all subject to continuous evolutionary pressures and development. As such, we can say that the monkeys with whom we share our world are not our ancestors, because we live side by side. However, we do share a common ancestor. From this common ancestor, branches lead to us and to other, non-human primates.
Go back to the image one more time. The further down the diagram you go, the further back in time you have traveled. So, looking at the image we can see that monkeys, apes and humans share a common ancestor, but that ancestor existed much earlier than the common ancestor between us and chimps.
Another way to address the question would be to point out that our "family history" is, in fact, "history." It resides in the past. We cannot find ancestors among current (distant) relatives; we have to go back far in time to find them.


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One of the bedrock principles of the American judicial system says that justice is blind. That means everyone is treated equally. Plenty of Davidson County residents are questioning that statement after the arrest and conviction of a Lexington lawyer and his wife on drug charges.
One of the bedrock principles of the American judicial system says that justice is blind. That means everyone is treated equally. Plenty of Davidson County residents are questioning that statement after the arrest and conviction of a Lexington lawyer and his wife on drug charges.
Bill Fritts, a well-known defense lawyer and former prosecutor, and his wife, Susan, a former victim's coordinator for the Davidson County District Attorney's Office, first came in contact with law enforcement when Lexington police officers and State Bureau of Investigation agents executed a search warrant at their home Oct. 16. They allege they found a marijuana-growing operation at the house. Seven weeks would pass before the couple was indicted by the Davidson County Grand Jury, he for felony possession of marijuana and she for two charges involving the sale of marijuana and one for manufacturing it. The pace of the wheels of justice quickened considerably, as they were indicted Dec. 3, arrested two days later and pleaded guilty in court the next day. Susan Fritts received a suspended sentence, and both received probation.
Sympathetic friends and colleagues may say that the Frittses were treated differently in another way, too: Most drug offenses like theirs don't merit two stories in the newspaper. However, that ignores the fact that both were involved in the legal system. Lawyers, judicial officials and law enforcement officers are held to a higher standard. They of all people know the laws and should abide by them.
In fact, the public attention brought to their case served as another form of punishment. Jim O'Neill, the Forsyth County District Attorney who prosecuted the case, wouldn't proceed until a reporter from The Dispatch appeared in the courtroom to report the proceedings. O'Neill deserves credit for making sure the crimes saw the light of day. At least that dispels the idea that people with connections can avoid public embarrassment for their crimes.
The most troubling aspect of the situation involves Susan Fritts' role. If she was only growing the marijuana for her Rheumatoid arthritis, as her husband first told officers, it would be easier to have sympathy for her. After all, some states are legalizing marijuana for medical use, and whether it should remain illegal generates debate. But the indictments say Susan Fritts sold marijuana to juveniles and even smoked it with them over an almost three-year period. Marijuana often serves as a gateway drug to harder substances. While it may have taken some time to determine her level of involvement, a quicker arrest would have ensured she didn't have the opportunity to continue selling marijuana to youngsters.
One other concern comes from a statement Judge Alexander Mendaloff III made to Bill Fritts. He said he had admired Fritts and called him a "tremendous advocate for the state." That comment indicates that perhaps a judge from another district was needed in addition to a prosecutor, which would have increased the appearance of objectivity.
Perception often takes hold more than reality. So despite the explanations from law enforcement and judicial officials about the circumstances, many people believe the Frittses received special treatment. That feeling only weakens faith in the judicial system as being impartial to all.


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Hello fellow gamers!
I wanted to welcome anybody interested in joining this group(for SWTOR discussions), to go ahead and do so. There are quite a few gamers on this site, that I've noticed like to play this awesome MMO as well, so I figured...why not start a group, where everyone could meet up and discuss issues, events, and so forth regarding the SWTOR universe?
The server I initially started on, and still currently playing on, is the VEEBOO LUNX server. A few GIO community members are currently on here as well. The purpose of this post is to try and bring the GIO community together to game, or to share their server of choice with the rest of the community, to set up their own sessions with other gamers.
This game is great to play on your own, or with a few friends. I've only experienced it so far on my own, but I'm open to play with other gamers from this community(none of my friends own this game, nor do they have a proper gaming rig). Feel free to post here, or on my profile page, if anyone's interested in getting a session going.
Thanks again for joining and reading! Maybe, we'll all meet on a server one day.
May the force be with you.
Hm. I already have my Merc established on Harbinger, if anybody else plays on there, but I wouldn't be adverse to rolling a new Merc on a new server.


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Rosemary-Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Yum! You'll never want plain mashed potatoes again after mixing in garlic, sour cream and rosemary. They don't even need gravy. —Marlena Reed, West Jordan, Utah
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- 4 pounds medium potatoes, quartered
- 8 garlic cloves
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1/3 cup whole milk or heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Fresh rosemary sprigs
- Place the potatoes, garlic and 1 teaspoon salt in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat butter and milk until butter is melted. Drain potato mixture; add the butter mixture, sour cream, dried rosemary, pepper and remaining salt. Beat until mashed. Transfer to a large bowl. Garnish with fresh rosemary. Yield: 10 servings.
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Carly Simon, who will receive ASCAP's Founders Award on April 18, is a bit of an anomaly in the pop realm. Unlike her singer-songwriter contemporaries Carole King and Joni Mitchell — who, along with Simon, were the subjects of Sheila Weller's compelling 2008 biography, "Girls Like Us" — she sprang full flower with her eponymous debut album, released in February 1971.
"Ever so rarely an album by a new or virtually unknown artist arrives with little or no fanfare that turns out to be one of the classics of the year," wrote Robert Hilburn in the L.A. Times.
The record's hit single, "That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be," co-written by Jacob Brackman, was unlike anything being played on the radio at the time. Drawn as it was from Simon's distant relationship with her father and her parents' troubled marriage, the song, a rueful meditation on commitment and compromise, featured both a distinctly literate narrative and a highly unorthodox song structure, hallmarks that would characterize Simon's music for several years to come.
Despite the almost universal praise, some critics at the time took issue with Simon's purported air of privilege — she was the daughter of Simon & Schuster co-founder Richard Simon and the family divided its time between swank residences in New York City and Stamford, Conn. — claiming her voice lacked the kind of authenticity associated with the archetypal starving artist. But perhaps the bigger frustration for both label executives and tastemakers was their inability to pigeonhole her sophisticated artistry.
Speaking to Variety from her house on Martha's Vineyard, Simon recalls a late '60s meeting with the producer Jerry Ragavoy, who wrote "Piece of My Heart."
"He said, 'The problem with you is I don't know who you are. I cannot tell if you are a pop singer, a rock singer, a country singer, a folk singer, a cabaret singer. I don't know where to place you.' And I said, 'Well try not placing me. Try just listening to what I am saying.'?"
That listening can often result in a sense of wonder. "Haven't Got Time for the Pain," another collaboration with Brackman from Simon's "Hotcakes" album, sounds like it begins at the bridge, as if in midcrisis. "The Carter Family," from "No Secrets," is both epic in its scope and as precise and linear as a short story in charting a lifetime of regrets. Simon herself draws a comparison to O'Henry's writings, while Rolling Stone critic Tim Crouse summoned Updike and Salinger in his assessment of her work.
When asked if she's a stronger melodist or lyricist, Simon doesn't differentiate, describing them as "two very different talents."
"As a lyricist, I use much more of the left side of my brain," Simon says. "As a composer, it's something like running water — it never stops. I can perfect it, I can edit it, I can do all kinds of things with it, but if you stop me at any point during the day or night I will sing you the melody that's going around in my head. And it's not a familiar melody, it's a melody of mine that's being created while I'm sleeping, while I'm doing other things. The only thing that gets in its way is another melody."
Running water is a continuing motif in Simon's music. In "The Right Thing to Do," written at the height of her bliss with then- partner James Taylor, there's the lyric, "And it used to be for a while/That the river flowed right to my door," alluding to a continuous stream of lovers that led to this pairing of pop royalty; in "Devoted to You," her duet with Taylor from 1978, "like a river it will flow" refers to undying love; "Let the River Run," from the "Working Girl" soundtrack, is a rousing hymn to the power of hopes and dreams; and in "Like a River," from 1994, a daughter summons the ghost of her late mother, as if attempting to resolve all the mysteries of their lives together.
Some can quibble as to whether Simon, whom Weller described as "sexy and uptown hip," is in the same league as King and Mitchell, but the fact of the matter is she's experienced much greater career resilience than King, and has consistently charted higher than Mitchell. She's in possession of three Grammys, an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and touts five albums certified Platinum by the RIAA, one multi-Platinum and eight Gold.
And, like a river, her productivity is in full flow. As a woman who fought to sing her own songs from the beginning, when Jac Holzman signed her to Elektra Records in 1970, she views the Founders Award as something that suggests "the beginning of something."
She sees the honor as validation for "somebody who's been a writer for a long time and somebody who's interested in the ongoing careers of other writers — new writers who are looking to you to make sure the rules are in place and the intellectual laws are firm and straightforward so that they can be protected."
To this end she's been busy writing songs. "I'm going to sing one at the (ASCAP gala)," she says. "It's called 'I Can't Thank You Enough.'"
Carly Simon performs "That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be" (1972)
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The Morning Heresy 9/26/12: Homegrown Blasphemy Laws
September 26, 2012
Your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
Did you catch the president's address to the UN yesterday? You should. In it, he came down hard on the side of free expression and against using hurt religious feelings as an excuse for violence. Here's the complete text. Lauren Markoe at RNS rounds up some of the bigger points.
A survey from a state-run pollster says that 80% of Russians want a new law that inflicts harsher penalties for blasphemy. Take this with a heavy grain of salt.
Oklahoma has its own blasphemy law, and State Representative Randy Grau wants it repealed.
The LA Times' Michael McGough reminds us of other American blasphemy laws.
Kimberly Winston profiles "Surly" Amy Roth and the broader attempts at making atheist logos and symbols.
SCA picks apart and demolishes a proposed resolution the the US House that would "reaffirm the importance of religion in the lives of United States citizens" thanks to the country's "Judeo-Christian heritage."
At old-school Butterflies & Wheels, Will Bordell does a long interview with AC Grayling.
A quick poke around Facebook, and scammers can convince you they can do a psychic hot reading.
Pamela Gellar's hate group gets anti-Muslim ads placed around NYC's subway system, and rallies against them from leaders of various faiths ensue.
Sharon Hill picks up on secret tests done by the military, testing chemicals on civilians. Says Sharon, "Yes, some conspiracies by the government were real." Take that, us!
The city of Tucson will NOT have to pay $1 million in taxpayer money to restore a Catholic Church-owned building.
A county in Tennessee props of the Ten Commandments at the courthouse. From Nashville Scene's Jeff Woods:
"The separation of church and state is to keep the government from interfering and coercing people into one specific belief. Simply posting something does not coerce someone into one specific belief," says the sheriff, who obviously is a constitutional scholar in his spare time when he's not chasing after moonshiners.
Smithsonian Magazine looks at the panic over vampires in New England in, yes, the 1800s.
A warning to alt-med hucksters. If you hear the word "Folkeopplysningen," run!
Atheist Revolution presents us with a political nut-cruncher: "If I had to vote for one of two hypothetical candidates, would I be more likely to vote for a liberal Christian or a conservative atheist?"
Letter to the editor in a Florida paper on Amendment 8:
True religious freedom comes from separating the institutions of government from the institutions promoting religious beliefs as was promulgated by the Founding Fathers of this country. True educational improvement, for all students, comes from using all available funds and parent involvement to improve the public schools rather than diverting resources from an increasingly inadequate educational budget for Florida's students.
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1895, Oscar Wilde is being questioned in court about whether a terribly-written story about a priest in love with a boy was "blasphemous." His answer?
Linking to a story or webpage does not imply endorsement by Paul or CFI. Not every use of quotation marks is ironic or sarcastic, but it often is.
I think it is horrible. "Blasphemous" is not a word of mine.
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UA sees increase in students taking heavier credit loads
More full-time students at the University of Alaska last year took heavier credit loads than seen in each of the prior 10 years, the university announced today.
"From fall of 2011 to fall of 2012, the university saw an overall increase of nearly 10 percent in our full-time undergraduate students seeking baccalaureate degrees who take 15 or more credits per semester," said Saichi Oba, associate vice president for Student and Enrollment Services at the UA System. "This is a positive for our students, as research shows that full-time students who take at least 15 credits a semester or 30 credits in an academic year are more likely to graduate than students who take lighter course loads."
Oba said in the past, too many full-time students seeking baccalaureate degrees at UA believed that 12 credits a semester was good enough. At that pace, a student would take a minimum of one extra year to earn the degree. Student achievement and attainment, one of five themes of UA's Shaping Alaska's Future initiative, centers on improving graduation rates for higher education in Alaska.
"Each extra year in school represents thousands of dollars in additional costs to students," Oba said.
Reasons behind the upward trend are due to a combination of factors. One is increased funding for academic advising from the Alaska Legislature two years in a row, totaling $1.4 million. Each university within the UA System has put that money to good use in targeted areas specific to their campuses. The goal is to strengthen advising to students as early as possible, helping them plan out their academic path in a much more strategic manner than has been done in the past.
Secondly, the Alaska Performance Scholarship supported by Gov. Sean Parnell and the Legislature requires students from their sophomore year on to take 15 credits a semester. The scholarship also requires the students take a more rigorous curriculum in high school in order to qualify in the first place. These APS scholarship students are now poised to enter their third year at UA, which greatly influences the student body as a whole.
The university is working with the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education to identify qualified scholarship recipients earlier than in the past two years, so that more students will take advantage of the scholarship than currently do.
In addition, the university has a number of initiatives designed to inform full-time students to take more control over their college education. This includes an awareness campaign called Stay on Track that emphasizes taking even one more class, seeking out good advising, considering the summer term and choosing a major as early as possible. The idea is to avoid students taking, and paying for, classes that won't ultimately count toward a degree.
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Dee Dee Throop can�t face the world every day.
A condition called myopic degeneration has weakened her eye and led to three surgeries. Doctor�s orders require that she spend a quarter of every day with her face down so an air bubble inserted into her eye stays in the right position and properly heals the hole in her eye.
�Even when you tell people, it�s hard to understand,� Throop said of the healing process called face-down recovery.
The recovery process, which has been ongoing since November, has been physically draining for Throop, causing her severe neck pain and eyelid swelling. It has also been difficult not being able to fully care for her two young children, socialize with friends or get out of the house as much as she'd like to.
�If you had to do this alone, you would go crazy,� Throop said.
Luckily, the 51-year-old guidance counselor for Holland Christian�s elementary schools has had continuous support, which has made recovery a little easier. She is currently on medical disability leave from her job.
Friends and members of the congregation at Covenant Presbyterian Church have cooked meals, dropped off flowers and helped Throop and her husband care for their children. Her students from Holland Christian have sent her well wishes and she keeps the tub full of letters, handmade books, cards and drawings from them nearby. They�re gifts she said she�ll never get rid of.
�I read each one at least twice and then sometimes I�ll go back and pick out a few and reread them,� Throop said as she flipped through a few of the handmade cards and gifts.
Students have missed having Throop around, South Side Elementary School principal Miska Rynsburger said, and she�s constantly brought up in classroom prayer requests.
�When they hear Mrs. Throop is having a tough time, they go down to the bottom of the pit with her,� Rynsburger said. �She�s just a wonderful, beautiful person.�
For Throop, it�s been an interesting change going from helping kids to having kids and teachers support her through her recovery. But she�s ready to be healthy again so she can go back to helping and caring for�others.
�We haven�t been on this end of the receiving line,� she said. �When you�re a teacher and a counselor, you give and you help, so to have people give and help me, I never thought I�d get that lesson so full.�
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HULL - Margaret Condrey Adair, 89, died Thursday, October 24, 2013.
She was the daughter of the late Joseph Erwin and Ida Gwen Condrey of Spartanburg, SC. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George N. Adair; sister, Frances C. McMillian; brother, Joe Condrey; granddaughters, Dixie Adair Tuberville, Margo Mullins Moon; grandson, Matthew Adair; and great-grandson, Hunter Tuberville.
Affectionately known as "Big Mama", Mrs. Adair truly loved her family and will be missed by those who knew her, loved ones stated. She was a member of Hull Baptist Church, where she worked for many years with the children in Sunday School and training union. She was retired from the Hull Post Office with 23 years of service.
Survivors include three children, Terry (Vicky) Adair, Hull, Nancy (Bill) Jervis, Hull, Donna (Danny) Erwin, Vesta; three grandchildren, Ashley Mullins, Cory Adair, and Adair Erwin; two great-granddaughters, Megan (Justin) Sorrow, and Kayla Petty; great-great-grandsons, Braxton and Bryson Sorrow; step-grandsons, Darren and Peter Jervis; and caregivers, Mary Hix and Carrie Gibson.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, October 26, at 1 p.m. at Hull Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Randy Crowe officiating.
The family requests that memorials be directed to Hull Baptist Church Perpetual Care Cemetery Fund.
Lord & Stephens East is in charge of arrangements. www.lordandstephens.com
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Contrary to popular opinion, the referees did not win tonight's Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between the Bruins and Montreal.
By the same token, I can debunk another myth – as far as the first six games of this series are concerned, the Bruins do not have a No. 1 line.
Sure there were some iffy calls against Boston, but a lot of the Bruins' penalties were of their own doing. There was no denying Boston's too-many-men violation or the subsequent slash by Dennis Seidenberg that led to Michael Cammalleri's 5-on-3 goal.
While you can debate the severity of Milan Lucic's boarding call, it's a boarding call either way. And Patrice Bergeron followed that up by shooting the puck into the stands. The Canadiens took advantage again with a goal by Brian Gionta.
Those two goals were all the Habs needed for a 2-1 win, which forced Game 7 Wednesday night at the TD Garden.
If the Bruins want their season to reach May, they better not take a woe-is-me attitude and wallow in the tape of those calls, plus the slash on Nathan Horton and goaltender interference on Bergeron – which were suspiciously soft whistles against the road team at the Bell Centre.
When it comes down to it, the Bruins were done in by a couple things we've been writing, talking and thinking about since Day 1 of the 2010-11 season – an inability to finish at even strength and a power play that makes the Bruins' penalty kill look like its best offensive weapon.
No one, not even the Bruins themselves, deny the power play is a disaster. It's not even worth dissecting it anymore. If they're not going to win battles and Tomas Kaberle's never going to shoot, Boston might as well just use the two minutes to rest.
That leaves Boston to try to score 5-on-5, where they played pretty well all season. They finished with a top-1o offensive in terms of goals for per game. Stats, however, can sometimes mislead. And we all know that against some of the league's better defenses, Boston struggled to finish and their goals average was skewed upward by a few massive outbursts against weaker teams.
Through six games against the Habs, Boston has gotten timely even-strength scoring mostly from the second and third lines. Only Nathan Horton's double-overtime game-winner from Game 5 can be credited to the first line, as his other goal came off an assist from Patrice Bergeron during a line change and Krejci's lone goal crossed the goal line with Bergeron and Brad Marchand on the ice.
At even strength or a man-up, the Bruins need their so-called "HuLK Line" to produce and instead have gotten bunk from their top trio. And all three are equally to blame, and they're running out of time to get the job done.
To be fair, Lucic's night was limited to just a little more than seven minutes of ice time because he was unfortunately but correctly ejected for a boarding call on Jaroslav Spacek. But that shouldn't excuse him for not managing a shot on net, or for Horton also failing to fire anything on Carey Price. Krejci had a late scoring chance that Price denied, but early in the game his "slow-motion" approach to rushing the puck turned a perfect opportunity to get a shot on or work a give-and-go with Horton into a giveaway.
Most of the night, Krejci looked equally lost and Horton had the look of a guy who thought this series was best-of-five. You can forgive him for that considering this is his first NHL playoffs in his seven-year career.
However, you can't forgive the Bruins' "Big Three" for their no-show in this series. They've combined for four points and a minus-4 rating. Krejci has put just nine shots on Price. What looked like a chance for him to solidify himself as NHL No. 1 center has turned into the concrete revelation that he's no better than a No. 2.
Some credit has to go to the defense pair of P.K. Subban and Hal Gill, who've leaned on Boston's top line all series and made life difficult for them. That still doesn't mean Krejci and his linemates shouldn't at least be playing the Habs' top pair to a stalemate or at least pop in some offense on the power play.
Game 7 is usually a bull ring where only the strong survive. So Milan Lucic (barring a suspension), David Krejci and Nathan Horton have a chance to make the first six games a distant memory, smother the Habs and slay Boston's most-hated rival. Or they can continue let the horn of the bull go through their hearts and take an extra-long summer's worth of down time to recover.


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text: I currently own a home that has 1400 sq feet in the main part of the house. It has an addition on the back with a finished basement which has 900 sq ft upstairs and including the basement. The main part of the house has a Trane XL90(85,000) btu gas furnace with an trane XL1200 2 ton condenser. The addition has a 10-13 year old carrier 75,000 btu furnace with a trane XL1200 1.5 ton condenser. well I am adding on to make way for a fourth child. We are adding a small bedroom and pantry and an attached two and a half car garage. The old garage which is 22 X 22 will be converted into a new family room (slightly vaulted ceiling). The old family room will be a dining room. I won't be heating or cooling the garage portion of the addition. However the bedroom (10 X 17) and pantry (10 X 10) will need HVAC as well as the new family room (22 X 22). The reason I am not replacing the Trane HVAC units is because they are only six years old. So finally to the question at hand. I am looking at a new heat pump for the new addition. Is there a general rule of thumb on SEER as far as bang for buck? I mean is a 16 SEER unit going to save me 50% more than a 14 SEER on heating and cooling costs? I have been looking at Trane and Carrier (I kinda figured since this is what I currently own). Is there a way to say you need 1 ton of cooling capacity for every 600 sq ft of living space? Oh yeah, the new addition is on concrete no crawl space. I hope this is enough info for an informed decision. I am also taking into account any rebates/financing by either manufacturer and at least a ten year warrenty on parts and labor. Again I am trying to consider ALL factors. I would prefer to go to a variable speed if the cost isn't out of this world. When I bought the Tranes six years ago the variable speed was double. Thanks for your help and consideration guys. Charles Abbott. One last thing this summer I had a dead short in the smaller condenser outside. HVAC contractor came over and I helped him take the cover off. The problem was some sort of heater mounted on or very near the compressor. The wire feeding this heater had been too close to the compressor, heated the insulation around them and shorted out. He replaced the burned wiring only I wonder if the entire heater should be replaced? It is under warrenty and I asked he said I didn't have to have it for the unit to work however I figured since the manufacturer designed it to be in there. Well the unit works but how do I know if the heater is working or not? Should I have another Trane dealer look at it? Just curious? Thanks again Charles.


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Patrick Lesurtel, Harpsichord Maker. See website for more information. (ed.)
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Marc Fontaine, Harpsichord Maker. See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Since 1980, our studio manufactures musical instruments of historical origins designed to meet the musician's needs.
All types of musical instruments (harpsichord, virginal, clavichord, muselaar, clavicytherium, ... ) are conceived with the intent to produce musical instruments that possess character in accordance with the objectives, faculty, and sensitivity of the artist.
Our goal is to restore each musical instrument to its original form based on organologic research and studies.
Our teams of researchers have concentrated on 16th and 17th century musical artifacts and currently are particularly interested in medieval instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Robert Deegan has been making harpsichords since 1969 and was previously a graphic designer. He works in a converted eighteenth century quayside warehouse in the City of Lancaster, England, with two assistants, and personally attends to each stage of the demanding process of making a hand crafted keyboard instrument. In 1977 he won a Churchill Scholarship and travelled to the USA where he studied instruments in the major collections as well as visiting other makers. Due to this opportunity and visits to European collections he has inspected, collected data on, and (where possible) played all the originals of the instruments offered here. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"I provide a service of harpsichord and fortepiano hire for concerts, recordings, rehearsals and tours.
Tuning of hire instruments, or your own instrument, for events in any location and to any temperament specified.
Transport of modern or antique instruments by road to any location in the UK or Europe.
I can also provide advice for people wishing to buy or sell new or second-hand instruments, or with any aspect of looking after early keyboard instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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" Early Keyboard Instruments - for more than forty years we have made early keyboard instruments based on original 18th century instruments and constructed under the direction of John Morley. Instruments are built using traditional techniques and materials including Bavarian pine soundboards, English sycamore or beech bridges and wrestplanks combined with the highest quality of craftsmanship to produce the quality and tone which ensures the continuing success of John Morley instruments. London's largest stock of classical keyboards " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"My main field of interest is the study of the history, construction, design and functions of harpsichords, virginals, spinets, organs and fortepianos from the period of their first construction to the period around 1820.
Much of my time is spent in the restoration of early keyboard instruments and in the construction of historically-based harpsichords and virginals. In addition I have been involved in consultations with private and public institutions and individuals throughout Western Europe concerning the authenticity and restoration of early keyboard instruments from the historical period.
In the past I have devoted a great deal of time and study to the harpsichords and virginals built by the Ruckers family in Antwerp. But my main field of interest at the moment is the study of Italian keyboard instruments and, in particular, the study of the use of the local unit of measurement in their design and construction. Hence I am also deeply involved in historical metrology and have now collated one of the most extensive data bases of the lengths of the various local units of measurements used in the various centres and regions of the Italian peninsula (see: Geometry and the Unit of Measurement). The two main regions of interest are the sixteenth-century instruments made in Venice and in Naples. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Carl Rennoldson was born in Loughborough in 1946. His early training was in traditional cabinetmaking, learning the trade at the bench under the supervision of an established craftsman. The workshop, with connections going back to the old London firm of George Betjemann & Sons, made luxury items of furniture and special commissions. Later he attended Shoreditch Teacher Training College at Egham, Surrey, obtaining a Cert.Ed., with distinction, in Craft, Design and Technology. It was during this period that he made his first harpsichord, a large double manual instrument in the style of Kirkman.
ince 1983 he has been running his own furniture making and antiques restoration business and for 20 years taught antique furniture restoration for the Kent Adult Education Service. His interest in music comes from an early introduction to the violin, which he still plays. In 1993 he decided to further pursue his interest in early keyboard instruments and enrolled at London Guildhall University graduating with a B.Sc.(Hons) First Class in Musical Instrument Technology.
Specialising in French, Flemish and Italian keyboard instruments from the early 16th century to the early 18th century, designs are based on museum drawings of original instruments with some minor adjustments to compass and disposition in order to accommodate the preferences of individual customers.
Great care is taken to source and select appropriate materials with particular attention given to constructional refinements ensuring an even touch and responsive action. The detailed casework and decoration perhaps reflect his early training and long association with the art of woodworking. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"Darryl Martin was born and initially educated in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to Britain (to become a full-time instrument maker) in 1986. Since 1989 he has been based in Edinburgh. Initially trained as a musical instrument maker, specialising in early keyboard instruments, he then pursued a more academic approach to instrument research and commenced a PhD on the subject of English virginals – a thesis which looked at all aspects of the instrument from a design, construction and decorative point-of-view. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Edinburgh in 2003.
Since 1990 Darryl has been involved with the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments (EUCHMI), initially making technical drawings of a number of instruments and then writing catalogues, which has now amounted to all of the plucked and bowed Western instruments in the Collection. In 2004 he was appointed to the position of Curator of the Musical Instrument Collections. The Collections include the non-keyboard Donaldson Collection housed (mostly) at the Reid Concert Hall, and the keyboard collections at St Cecilia's Hall, including the Russell and Mirrey Collections. Darryl regularly gives papers at international conferences and has been widely published in British and foreign journals. Present research work includes a transcription and edition of the "Talbot Manuscript" – a seventeenth century source which discusses musical instruments that were known and used in England. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"I have been making instruments since 1982, and began making harpsichords in 1988. I make them in my own workshop in North London and though I do use machines, I make a point of working as much as possible by hand.
I want my harpsichords to be high quality, reliable instruments, but not to look mass produced. I want them to feel human, and to have my fingerprint on them; for this reason I also make my own jacks and do my own soundboard painting. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"I first established myself as a harpsichord maker in 1980 (in Western Canada) and began making Harpsichords, Virginals, Spinets and Clavichords. In the late 1980's I added Viennese Forte-Pianos to my repertoire. I also undertake restorations, renovations and repairs of early stringed keyboard instruments. Since moving to North Yorkshire my work has focused almost exclusively on restoration of early pianos, mostly Viennese Forte-Pianos.
I am a former academic (BA, MA - Alta, Can.: PhD -- London) and I have an early background in cabinet making and carpentry (my father was a cabinet maker). I studied early stringed keyboard instrument construction and design at the London College of Furniture (1977-80) and spent a further year (1984-85) as a Canada Council Fellow researching and drawing original instruments in Britain and on the continent.
All the instruments that I build are individually hand crafted, built along traditional lines and made from traditional woods and they are all based on historical models. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"A comprehensive service for players and owners of harpsichords, clavichords & early pianos
• Tools, spares & accessories by mail order including the CTS-5 electronic tuner
• New harpsichords by Andrew Wooderson
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"I offer harpsichords and other early keyboard instruments which are based on historic instruments. My philosophy is to follow the original design and materials very closely, obtaining details from drawings, literature and personal studies of instruments in museums and private collections. The only exceptions I make are to add certain features to make the instruments less susceptible to changes in temperature and humidity and to add features at a customer's request. Customised features include the ability to play in modern pitch (A=440) and/or baroque pitch (A=415), extended compass and decoration.
My background is in engineering and I find this an enormous help in understanding and making instruments; after all, instrument making is basically engineering in wood! " See website for more information. (ed.)
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" Adam J. Decker has been serving the needs of harpsichord enthusiasts for 15 years in the Southeast. He formed Early Keyboards of Atlanta out of a growing desire to see the harpsichord's popularity reach a new zenith here in the South. Through constant interaction with universities, baroque ensembles, churches and individuals he has maintained a steady clientele of both new and repeat customers. From simple adjustments to complete technical rebuilding he is able to meet whatever early keyboard need you may have. " See website for more information. (ed.)
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"I came to the mechanical trades after studying music at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. In Boston, I took a diploma in piano technology under Bill Garlick and earned guild qualification as a tuning examiner. Since 1985 I have built 100+ fortepianos after Walter, Hofmann and Graf. My list of clients includes many fine players and institutions.
After some years in Amsterdam, I came to the Czech Republic in 1995. I found that various woods grown in the Czech Republic resembled those seen in old Viennese pianos.In fact it was written in 1823 that Conrad Graf preferred to get his soundboards from the Schwarzenberg Forest in Southern Bohemia, and indeed there is still the narrow Schwarzenberg Canal leading from the headwaters of the Moldau all the way to the Danube. A man who selects wood for violin makers chooses my logs from this forest.
My workshop is well equipped. In my own work I follow the information I have collected during museum research and restoration, most particularly preserving the measurements of soundboard and hammer mechanism. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Following an initial training in modern piano technology Lucy Coad completed a three year apprenticeship with conservator Tim Hamilton specialising in the conservation and restoration of historical pianofortes. In response to the growing need to conserve and repair surviving instruments in private and public ownership, Lucy later chose to further specialise in square pianos. This led to the establishment of Lucy Coad Square Piano Conservation and Repair in London in 1985, later moving to our current location between Bristol and Bath. Our work ranges from the making of a single string through to the complete rebuilding of structurally failed instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"I have been a professional builder and restorer of harpsichords, fortepianos and harps since 1978, and since then my instruments have found homes in the USA, Canada and Australia as well as more locally in this country. Much of my work is producing copies of some of the fine antique instruments that have survived the years of neglect since the end of the Baroque era. I also enjoy the challenge of designing an instrument to a certain specification and historical models will almost certainly influence this.
A finished instrument may use up to twelve types of wood and the same number of animal products. Holly, pear, ebony, boxwood, lime and spruce are all chosen for their particular qualities, while raven and crow-quills, buffalo hide, hog's bristles, play their part too.
I build every part of the instrument myself including the case with it's inlay and marquetry, the keyboards and action which are made up of several hundred parts and the final stringing, tuning and setting up. From start to finish an instrument takes many months to complete. From the first careful selection of the timber every consideration is aimed to produce a reliable and beautifully toned instrument that could become the heirloom of the future. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Our company, founded in 1975, has specialized from the very beginning in the production and restoration of historical musical instruments. After many years of rich experiences and considerable investments in structure, R&D and market surveys, BIZZI has developped a new idea that in the last few years has placed the company in a significant position among the most qualified manufacturers of historical keyboard instruments.
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EL CAJON, Calif. – A note found next to the Iraqi-American woman's bludgeoned body read "Go back to your country, you terrorist," sparking outrage from the large Iraqi community in this working-class city east of San Diego and others around the globe.
But investigators say the evidence soon pointed to a domestic dispute and not a hate crime.
Prosecutors are expected to lay out their arguments Thursday at a preliminary hearing in El Cajon for Kassim Alhimidi, who is charged in his wife's death. The judge will decide whether Alhimidi will stand trial.
The March 21, 2012, killing of Shaima Alawadi initially drew international condemnation after her daughter said she found the note. Deputy District Attorney Kurt Mechals said El Cajon police worked tirelessly to find the truth and found the evidence showed the 32-year-old mother of five was killed by her husband.
He declined to comment further, other than to say the family has been cooperating.
Alhimidi has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. If convicted, he could face 25 years to life in prison.
A sealed search warrant affidavit inadvertently given to a reporter at the U-T San Diego newspaper showed the El Cajon family was struggling with relationship issues.
Detectives found documents in Alawadi's car indicating the mother of five planned to seek a divorce. Alawadi had left Iraq in the early 1990s after a failed Shiite uprising.
The affidavit showed their 17-year-old daughter, Fatima, was distraught over a pending arranged marriage to her cousin in Iraq and was found in a car with another man in November 2011. After her mother picked her up, the teenager said "I love you, Mom," opened the vehicle door and jumped out while the car was traveling about 35 mph, the document said.
"Police were informed by paramedics and hospital staff that Fatima Alhimidi said she was being forced to marry her cousin and did not want to do so, (so) she jumped out of the vehicle," the documents say.
Alhimidi was publicly silent for six days after the body was found, even though his children spoke often with reporters. In his first public remarks — made at a news conference at the family's mosque in Lakeside — he demanded to know what motivated the killer.
"The main question we would like to ask is what are you getting out of this and why did you do it?" Alhimidi said in Arabic as his 15-year-old son translated.
Alhimidi flew to Iraq to bury his wife and voluntarily returned to San Diego County before being charged.
Author Nina Burleigh, who has written extensively about the mix of Islam and Western society, said the case highlights the dangerous clash that can happen when female immigrants, particularly from Islamic countries, rebel against their cultural restrictions and exercise choices made available to them in their adopted homelands.
El Cajon is home to about 40,000 Iraqis.
Alhimidi's arrest last year occurred only days after the sentencing of an Iraqi mother who was charged in Phoenix with beating her daughter because she refused to go along with an arranged marriage. The 20-year-old woman was burned on her face and chest with a hot spoon then tied to a bed. The victim's father and sister were also sentenced to two years of probation for their involvement.


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By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Two volunteer coaches of the eight- and nine-year old football players featured on the reality TV show "Friday Night Tykes" have been suspended for encouraging dangerous play or bad behavior, league officials said on Tuesday.
The Texas Youth Football Association featured in the Esquire Network series that started last month has drawn criticism from those who say the coaching borders on child abuse, but has been praised by others for teaching kids how to be tough.
"They were suspended for violations of the coaches' code of conduct," said Brian Morgan, the TYFA's chief executive.
Charles Chavarria, head coach of the Junior Broncos, was suspended for the entire 2014 season. Morgan said the coach "willfully encouraged players to injure other players" with helmet-to-helmet hits that health experts said could cause head and neck injuries.
"He pointed to a spot on the players' helmet and said, 'you hit them right here, I guarantee they will go down one by one'," Morgan said.
Amid rising concern that repeated hits to the head, even mild ones, can have long-term negative health effects including dementia and aggression, the National Football League last year banned helmet-to-helmet hits.
Chavarria wrote on his Twitter feed: "Just wanted 2 say thanks for all the support from friends & family. It's been hard, but I've learned a lot! I'm truly sorry."
Marecus Goodloe, the coach of the Northeast Colts, was suspended for six games - the entire spring season - for encouraging his kids to use profanity.
Goodloe also apologized on his Twitter feed.
The show depicts how the children are pushed to their limits, even crying in their helmets or sprawled out on the field after taking a hard hit from another player.
Chavarria and Goodloe will continue to appear on the TV series for the rest of this year's run, which was filmed during the fall 2013 football season.
"This has not been indicative of how our coaches act," Morgan said, adding that the suspended coaches may have been "caught up in the moment" of being on television.
Morgan, who has faced a raft of criticism of the league from viewers, concedes he was not a fan of reality TV before becoming involved in it, and said he is less of a fan now.
"We saw this as a peek behind the curtain of youth football in Texas," he said, adding, "knowing what I know now, I'm not sure I would approach this the same way."
The league is in talks with the producers for a second season of the program. (Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Scott Malone and Alden Bentley)
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I feel like I should always add a disclaimer to my sewing posts: I'm a lazy seamstress. I have no doubt whatsoever that there are nicer, neater, more professional ways of getting this done. I love sewing, but I enjoy the finished products more than the process, so I generally hurry through and cut corners and take the easy way out instead of doing things 'right.' So, now that you know I'm something of a cheater and there are definitely more professional-looking ways to get this same job done, let's move along.
I like the long-sleeves-under-a-short-sleeve-shirt look, and I like that adding a long sleeve gets you more bang for your buck by carrying a summer top into fall and winter. So when I was offered some tops from T-shirts.com, I snatched up these adorable short-sleeve shirts for Forrest, as well as a plain adult tee to use for sleeve material. Here's how I used a plain t-shirt to add a long sleeve to a short sleeve tee.
I started by using a long-sleeve shirt that fits Forrest well as a pattern piece. I lined up the outer edge of the sleeve along the side seam of the large adult shirt, with the end of the sleeve hitting about 1/2" away from the bottom hem of the shirt (by using the side seam and hem, you won't have to do much sewing/hemming on your long sleeve—score!). I left that extra 1/2" at the bottom hem to allow for growth in the coming months. I laid the new short-sleeved shirt on top of the long-sleeved one with the shoulder seams aligned so I would know how far 'up' to cut the new sleeve.
Then I just cut through both layers of the gray t-shirt at once, staying about 1/2" away from the long-sleeve pattern piece. I stopped cutting about 1/2" past the hem of the short sleeve, then moved the two top shirts out of the way and continued in a straight line out to the shirt's side seam.
Turn that piece inside out and pin the long cut edge closed, then sew it shut with a straight stitch. You'll end up with a tube.
Time to attach the new sleeve to the existing one. Leaving the long sleeve inside out, slip it inside the existing sleeve (the shirt should be right side out) with the raw edge lining up with the existing sleeve's hem. I took this picture so you cold see how the sleeve should be placed . . . but obviously, inside the shirt. Make sure the side seams of the sleeve are lined up with the existing sleeve's seam (should be in the armpit), and pin it around.
Then, slowly and carefully, sew around the sleeve, staying close to the existing hem's stitch line. It'll be a little tricky to navigate around the little sleeve opening, but you can do it. Just work slowly and make sure to keep the opposite side of the sleeve out of the way so you don't sew through it by mistake.
Backstitch at the start and end, trim your threads, and pull the sleeve right side out. Tada! Long sleeved! If you'd like, go back in and trim the excess fabric away at the new seam around the sleeve so you don't have any extra bulk. I've seen some tutorials where you sew in the new sleeve at the shoulder so you don't have to worry about ever seeing any extra fabric around the seam. That is probably a better idea, but I don't know . . . this just seemed much faster and simpler to me, so I did it this way. Like I said, I'm a lazy seamstress.
True to the shirt's name, my little grumposaur had a very hard time modeling this one for me. These pictures were, unfortunately, the best we could get. At least we tried.
(Let's pretend that's a coy pose and not a shoveling of bribery chocolate chips into his gullet.)
I love how it turned out! Now he's got a cute new winter shirt and, if I want to, I can always just pull that seam out and remove the long sleeves in the spring. This was very quick and easy to do, and a great way to extend the life of his seasonal wardrobe.
(I was not compensated for this post, but I did receive the shirts free from T-shirts.com. The ideas/opinions/writing/everything-but-the-t-shirts-themselves are mine.)
I'm sharing this project at Craft-o-Maniac, The Girl Creative, Sew Can Do, Mommy by Day Crafter by Night, Sugar Bee Crafts, and Tip Junkie.


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Bad lettering.Submitted by Joe Moitozo, Jr. on 14 November 2012 - 5:42pm
Badly drawn lettering will never go away. We, who absolutely despise it, should learn to accept it as part of the typographic landscape. Then, we should ignore it! Some of it looks pretty good. But, that's not what draws some people to what's being sold. It's like Jackson Pollock's so-called paintings. People dove head first into that, just because it was unique. Strike bad lettering! How about unique? At least some of those informal forms are unique. To each, their own.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/19/google_china_possible_april_exit/
Google to flee China on April 10, says report
Announcement on Monday. Apparently
Posted in Policy, 19th March 2010 10:21 GMT
Google may exit China on April 10, according to a report citing an unidentified sales agent for the company.
The Shanghai-based China Business News also cites a Google China employee saying that the company will announce its Chinese plans on Monday, March 22. This will apparently include information on how it will compensate employees if it does indeed depart the country.
The paper's source for the April 10 date does say that Google itself has yet to confirm it. "We've gotten news saying Google will leave China on April 10, but this piece of news has not yet been confirmed by the Google side," reads the Wall Street Journal's translation of the sales agent's quote.
The report also says that Google China employees are unsure whether the company will simply shutter its search engine or leave the country entirely. Google did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
In mid-January, after alleged Chinese hackers nabbed unspecified intellectual property from its internal systems, Google told the world that it would "no longer" censor search results in China, saying it would enter talks with the government to determine "the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all".
Earlier in the month, CEO Eric Schmidt said the company had "no timetable" for the talks, but he also said that "something will happen soon". Whatever happens in the end, Google has succeeded in fooling the world into paying relatively little attention to the fact that its internal infrastructure was successfully hacked. ®
Google has responded to say: "We're not commenting on the rumour."


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Senior striker Steve Julius scored 4 goals as North Middlesex beat Shrewsbury, 6-2, in a Midland A boys soccer game.
North Middlesex 6
Shrewsbury 2
Jacob Fitzgerald made his presence felt on offense with 2 goals and an assist.
Boys soccer
Sage McPherson had an assist and played a strong game at striker and center midfield.
Tyler Ruf made 9 saves in goal for North Middlesex (3-4-2, 1-2-1 Midland A).
Dracut 2
Central 0
Junior Mario Prata netted a pair of goals for Dracut (5-1-3), and junior goalie Ryan Fisher made 4 saves for the shutout.
Junior defender Noah Teperow and senior midfielder Matt Cole also played well for the Middies.
Central Catholic was led by goalie Alex Botazzi (7 saves) and midfielder Edmund Evans.
Lowell 6
Tewksbury 2
Senior Eusebio Marote scored 3 goals, and Ikenna Adigwe added 2 goals, as Lowell improved to 8-1-1.
Matheus Deassis also scored a goal for Lowell. Suhairu Kato had 2 assists. Erik Guilmette and Nicky Thakonekham each had 1 assist.
Lowell goalkeeper Sam Lopes made 4 saves. Brandon Fahlberg played a strong game in the midfield.
Matt Lemos (1 assist) and Ron Mallach scored 1 goal each for Tewksbury.
Cody Lafortune made 10 saves in goal for Tewksbury (0-8-2).
Wilmington 2
Belmont 1
From the top of the box in the 44th minute, Jimmy Murphy one-timed a long throw-in from Connor Townsend to snap a 1-1 tie.
Wilmington's Colin Doherty had tied the game in the 17th minute, assisted by Drew Foley.
Chelsea 3
Gr. Lowell 0
Greater Lowell fell to 2-4-3, despite strong performances from senior defender Gustavo Thilot, junior defender Tyrus Beaudoin, and senior midfielder Alberto Colunga, who also spent time in net and made 7 saves.
Acton-Boxboro 2
Lincoln-Sudbury 0
Jeremy Abreu and Andrew Doelp had 1 goal each while leading the Colonials past Lincoln-Sudbury in a DCL Large game.
Ryan Rose assisted on both Acton-Boxboro goals.
Keepers Jake Siegel (4 saves) and Andrew Hoang (1 save) combined on shutout for the Colonials (6-0-1, 3-0 DCL Large).
Midfielder Chris Benson and defender Zack Zambarano also played well.
Billerica 3
Lawrence 1
Harrison Fleishman scored the first 2 goals while leading the way for Billerica (3-6).
Nick DeRosa scored the third Indian goal.
Dan Trainor and Leo Trindade had 1 assist each.
Ryan Santarpio earned the win in goal.
Tyngsboro 3
Lunenburg 0
Paul Sickinger had a goal and assist while leading the way for the Tigers.
Mike Polin and Tommy Smith tallied 1 goal apiece for Tyngsboro (3-5-2).
Adam Ascensao and Eric Morrison had 1 assist each.
Keeper Andy Savard (5 saves), Tony Picca and Nick Casey were mainstays on defense.


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By Benjamin Kellogg Oct 21, 2011 0
One feeling which I have become very accustomed to throughout my life is anxiety. On many occasions, I feel an enormous pressure to complete a task or intense anticipation for a certain event which I find hard to ignore. This force has been both a powerful motivator and an almost insurmountable obstacle in my life. I am not sure if I will ever be completely rid of it.
When I feel anxious, my mind becomes clouded, oblivious to everything around me except for the task at hand. As my anxiety grows, individual details begin to overshadow other aspects of my activities, standing out like large towers looming in my mind. My worrying also takes a physical toll on me, causing me to feel moments of weakness and to get ill. It takes much encouragement from the people around me, mainly my mother, for me to stop becoming so obsessed.
My time in college has provided many examples of how anxiety affects my everyday life. In the days leading up to each semester, I check the college website daily for when my classes will be put up, becoming more anxious with each passing day when they are not. Once classes do start, I then become obsessed with my assignment deadlines, working feverishly to fulfill all of the requirements for each and worrying about every last detail. Even when my assignments are finished, I begin to worry about what my final grades will be for each submission, the class as a whole, and my collective grade point average. The presence of so many details in one setting tends to overwhelm me to the point where I think that I am suffering the academic equivalent of not seeing the forest for the trees.
Anxiety recently played a significant role in my preparation for the current college semester. I was at the college bookstore with my mother looking for the textbooks I would need for my classes. I became anxious as soon as I got into the store. I was not able to take in my surroundings and I headed directly for the cash register without realizing there were people in line ahead of me cashing out. My mother had to point out to me that there were people ahead of me and that I needed to get out of their way. The crowded situation in the store caused me to feel a bit claustrophobic. We spent a minute or two finding the books on our own, during which time I became worried that they would either be sold out or unavailable. One of the store's employees helped us find the remaining books I needed, but I became somewhat uncomfortable around him, just as I would around anyone I do not normally interact with on a regular basis. Also, there was a line of people in front of the store's cash register, meaning that my anxieties grew the longer we waited for our checkout time to come. Furthermore, because of my spatial issues when people are too close to me, it became uncomfortable as people passed in front of and behind me to get where they wanted to go. I am glad that this ritual of my college life only happens about twice a year, but when it does come around, I always feel uncomfortable about it.
Life outside of college also offers plenty of opportunities for my anxieties to surface. If my family is about to head out for an errand or trip, I wait for the anticipated time of departure; it always seems a few moments away to me, making any delay seem an eternity. If I decide to watch a TV show at a certain time and I do not feel inclined to record it using the DVR, I attempt to pass the time by visiting my favorite websites on the Internet, playing video games, or watching television, but the primary show's start time is constantly thumping around in my head, which sometimes drives me to distraction for the moments leading up to it. Details of my daily chores, such as making sure that I put the right amount of detergent into the washing machine, sweep every single visible portion of the kitchen floor, and straighten all of the sheets of my bed haunt me for long periods of time during the day. It seems that hardly a moment of the time that I am awake goes by without some new worry accompanying me.
In my examination of my anxieties, I have found that I have a tendency to concoct mountains out of molehills; I perceive imaginary difficulties when, in reality, the challenges life presents to me are comparatively easy. I feel that I need to work on controlling my anxieties. For most of my day, I suffer from anxieties of every possible sort even when I know that this should not be so. I have spoken with my parents several times about learning to control my anxieties, but thus far, I have been unable to take their advice to heart. I am not sure if I will be able to completely control my worries so that they will cease to be a regular occurrence, but I do and will try to not let them rule my life.


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Isfir Al-Mahata: A Newly Discovered Subsurface Oil Shale Deposit in Southern Jordan
This is the first study focuses on the characteristics of newly discovered subsurface oil shale deposit in Isfir Al-Mahata Area in the southern part of Jordan. This area considered as one of the promising oil shale resources that are located in the southern region. This study aims through mineralogical and geochemical analyses to shed light on the characteristics of this potential resource. Oil shale is described as bituminous chalk marl phosphatic rich at the bottom. A total of 115 meters of oil shale were penetrated and recorded. Oil content is about 6% in the first 80 meters and increases to 11% in the remaining part. Petrography indicates that the oil shale of this borehole is foraminiferal wackestone changes to grainstone in the lowermost part. Amorphous organic matter is filling foram's cavities and dispersed within the mineral matrix. The later consists mainly of calcite with minor amounts of quartz, clay and apatite. With exception of the lower most part, major and minor elements oxides reveals minor variation indicate stagnant formational conditions. High terrestrial input contribution is expected.
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