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City Hall Stage in 1912Item 7321 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ has been a centerpiece of the auditorium at Portland City Hall since 1912, through renovations and changes to the facility and to the organ itself.
1899 Concert Program, PortlandItem 6817 info
Portland Public Library
Johann Carl Hermann Kotzschmar, the man for whom the organ was named was born on July 4, 1829, in Finsterwalde, Germany, to a family with a long musical tradition.
As the eldest and obviously talented son, Hermann was expected to follow his father as stadtmusicker (city musician) in Finsterwalde, but instead he left home at 14 to go to Dresden and study music in depth.
Five years later, he joined a group of friends to make a band, and they went to seek their fortunes in America. After a short time the band separated, and Kotzschmar went to Boston, where he played piano in taverns to earn a meager living.
Cyrus Libby Curtis, 1859Item 7135 info
Maine Historical Society
Cyrus Libby Curtis, a Portland businessman and enthusiastic amateur musician, was in Boston on business and happened to hear the young German playing the piano.
Curtis was impressed, so chatted with Kotzschmar, and ended up inviting him to move to Portland where Curtis assured him there would be work.
Cyrus H.K. Curtis birthplace, Portland, 1923Item 67539 info
Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Kotzschmar stayed with the Curtis family until the birth of their first child, a son, whom the proud parents named Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, in honor of their deepening friendship with the German musician.
Kotzschmar became the organist at First Parish Church on Congress Street, where the Curtis family attended services, so the boy heard his father's friend play the organ every week.
Young Cyrus never had any formal music lessons, but was naturally talented enough to go home and pick out the tunes that he had heard in church on the melodeon in the Curtis living room.
Cyrus H. K. Curtis left Portland when he was 16 and went on to build an impressive empire, The Curtis Publishing Company, which made him a very rich man. But he never forgot his roots and kept in touch with old friends in Portland.
Hermann Kotzschmar, Portland, ca. 1900Item 20714 info
Maine Historical Society
Over the years, Hermann Kotzschmar became the premier musician in Maine.
He was the organist and choir director at First Parish Church in Portland for 47 years, he taught piano and organ privately to hundreds of students, he conducted the Haydn Association, a large choral group, for almost 30 years; and he composed, accompanied and concertized regularly.
For at least 50 years Kotzschmar was involved in every worthy musical endeavor in Portland.
In his later years many tributes were accorded, among them a club of Portland musicians that took his name and that still existed in 2012.
In 1891 an intimate concert hall was built on upper Congress Street, and it was named Kotzschmar Hall. The building was razed in 2002.
Fire, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1909Item 20787 info
Maine Historical Society
Early on the morning of January 24, 1908, a fire destroyed Portland's city hall.
That same year, after a brief illness, Hermann Kotzschmar passed away on April 15. His ashes are interred in a columbarium carved on the rear wall of First Parish Church.
Building City Hall, April 29, 1910Item 7136 info
Maine Historical Society
Plans were immediately begun to reconstruct City Hall, which was to include an auditorium.
A visiting pianist from Australia, Robert Harkness, suggested that a grand organ be included in the new auditorium, similar to the one in the Town Hall in Sydney.
The idea was favorably received, and a donor was sought.
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, photo with signatureItem 10711 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
On January 10, 1911, it was announced that Cyrus H. K. Curtis offered to be that donor.
Curtis stipulated that the gift be considered a memorial to the man whose name he carried — Hermann Kotzschmar.
He also stipulated that the instrument be built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut, and that the builders be unhampered by any organist or music committee.
The cost was not to exceed $30,000.
City Hall dedication, Portland, 1912Item 6167 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
The cornerstone of the new city hall was laid in October, 1909, and the public dedication was held on Thursday, August 22, 1912, at 2 p.m.
At that ceremony Cyrus H. K. Curtis presented the organ to the city and Mary Ann Torrey Kotzschmar unveiled the bust of her husband that is still mounted on the façade of the organ.
During the ceremony, Will C. Macfarlane played the new organ.
The Austin Organ Company's Opus 323 was received in the crowded auditorium with great enthusiasm. Nothing of this sort had ever before been heard in Portland.
A three day festival of organ recitals followed. Overflow crowds attended these programs, paying 25 cents per ticket.
Will C. Macfarlane, Portland, ca. 1912Item 6975 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
In July 1912 the city council created a three-person Municipal Music Commission to oversee the organ and musical activities.
The commission was charged with selecting a municipal organist who was to care for the instrument and provide music programs.
In October, Will C. Macfarlane was appointed Portland's first municipal organist, and he worked tirelessly with the Music Commission to establish an impressive music program.
Portland City Hall, ca. 1915Item 7209 info
Maine Historical Society
At the suggestion of Curtis, Macfarlane instituted a series of free Sunday afternoon services, consisting of a 10-minute non-denominational talk, followed by congregational singing and a 30-minute organ recital. The hall was full every Sunday.
Macfarlane also created a series of 20 winter evening concerts with a subscription price of $5.
Performers were brought from Boston and New York, and the municipal organist often performed and accompanied in these programs.
Mcfarlane also presented major oratorios at Christmas and Easter, training the choirs and accompanying them. He played for numerous conventions and special services and gave demonstrations for school children.
In 1918 Bates College awarded Will C. Macfarlane an honorary doctorate in music. Also, in 1918 a new Austin console, with advanced features, was installed in Portland.
Shortly afterward, McFarlane announced that he was resigning to take a post in Melrose, Massachusetts, where a new organ, Austin Opus 851, had recently been installed.
Dr. Irvin John MorganItem 10733 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Dr. Irvin John Morgan, formerly the organist at the Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, was selected from 18 applicants as Portland's second municipal organist.
Morgan advertised himself as a concert virtuoso and organ virtuoso.
Morgan had a memorized repertoire of over 300 pieces, including many transcriptions form the orchestral scores of grand operas, patriotic music, organ compositions, and at least a dozen pieces that he himself wrote.
Although he had signed a two-year contract, Morgan suddenly resigned his position early, in 1921, and left for Philadelphia with Anna M. Tetel, the wife of a local engineer. Threats of lawsuits ensued, and the newspapers were full of the scandal.
Morgan died in 1947. He never married.
Edwin H. Lemare, Third Municipal OrganistItem 7266 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Portland's third municipal organist, Englishman Edwin H. Lemare, was already famous when he came to Maine.
After a busy career in his own country, Lemare came to America where he held positions as city organist in Pittsburgh, and later municipal organist of San Francisco.
Although his contract here stipulated that he was to have four months for vacation during the warm season, Lemare continued to play during the summer of 1922, and local newspapers reported that many of the country's greatest organists came to Portland and remained here for several weeks for the sole purpose of attending afternoon recitals by one of the world's leading organists.
Lemare had been here little more than two years when he resigned in 1923, following a public dispute over his contract.
In 1924 he left Portland to become the municipal organist in Chattanooga.
Charles Raymond CronhamItem 6182 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Charles Raymond Cronham came to Portland from Lake Placid, New York, in 1924.
With the support of the Music Commission, he organized the 65-member Portland Symphony Orchestra. It was the first formal organization of instrumentalists under a leader sponsored by the Music Commission.
Cronham also oversaw the enlargement of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ in 1927, again through the generosity of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who paid more than $22,000 for the work that increased the size and tonal capacity of the instrument.
Cronham resigned in 1932 after a long and complicated period of upset involving the Music Commission, which fired him without the contractually agreed upon notice, and rehired Will C. Macfarlane.
The city council was involved, as were various musical groups in the city. The circumstances of the incident were sensational and not at all clear — for a short period of time there were even two municipal organists.
Cronham went to New York, where he became organist at the Marble Collegiate Church, working with the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale.
He had a remarkable record there as he never missed a Sunday in 26 years except for his annual vacations.
On June 7, 1933 Cyrus H.K. Curtis died. He left no public gifts, so, for the first time, there were no funds to use for the upkeep and improvement of the Kotzschmar Organ.
The city council abolished the Music Commission in September of 1933 and Will C. Mcfarlane left Portland sometime in early 1934.
Dr. Alfred Brinkler, FAGO, fifth municipal organistItem 6186 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
After this difficult period, regular concerts resumed in 1935 under the auspices of the Maine Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, of which Alfred Brinkler, organist and director of the choristers at St. Luke's Cathedral on State Street, was dean.
Brinkler expanded the variety of presentations, including guest soloists on orchestral instruments.
Born in England in 1880, he came to the United States at the turn of the 20th century to take a cathedral position in Dallas.
In 1905 he came to St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland and bought a town house on Park Street where he installed a Hope-Jones organ that he used for lessons, student practice and recitals.
During his 66 years in Portland, Dr. Brinkler made many contributions to music. He organized a 24-voice Polyphonic Society and conducted the Men's Singing Club for 15 years.
He taught at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, which awarded him an honorary degree of doctor of music in 1952, the year he retired.
John E. Fay, sixth municipal organist, PortlandItem 6185 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
John E. Fay, organist at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Stevens Avenue, became Portland's sixth municipal organist in 1952.
At the time of his appointment, Fay had already played more than one hundred concerts, both piano and organ, at Portland City Hall.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1903, Fay studied piano with Isidor Philipp and organ with Joseph Bonnet in France.
Fay and a colleague, Arlyn Barnard, gave delightful children's concerts each summer and so built an audience for the organ.
Fay and John Weaver produced what is thought to be the first long-play vinyl recording of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ in the summer of 1959.
In 1968 work was undertaken at city hall to enlarge the stage, and the organ was moved back 15 feet.
At the same time, due to budget tightening, the allocation for the municipal organ department was barely more than the modest salaries for John Fay and curator Burt Witham.
The municipal organist, responsible for arranging concerts, engaging visiting organists, newspaper publicity and posters, plus radio and television stations of all musical activities, also was forced to add fundraising to his other responsibilities.
Due to ill health, John Fay resigned early in 1976.
Listen to John Fay in a recording made in the summer of 1959 perform "Trumpet Voluntary" by Henry Purcell, later attributed to Jeremiah Clarke, on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ:
Douglas Rafter, Portland's seventh municipal organistItem 7206 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Douglas Rafter, the seventh municipal organist, had been coming to Portland and playing the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ every summer since 1936. He had a repertoire of more than 250 organ compositions memorized and was a popular recitalist.
He also held church positions, taught privately, and taught in academic institutions such as St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., and Gordon College in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Rafter has a unique claim to fame. When he played his first recital on the Kotzschmar Organ on August 13, 1936, Mrs. Hermann Kotzschmar was in the hall. She came on stage afterward and took his hands in her hands, looked him straight in the eye, and complimented both his style of playing and his fine technique.
Budget problems continued to plague the city. It became apparent that the city council was going to dispense with the organ department and abolish the position of municipal organist.
Instead of waiting to be fired, Rafter resigned in the fall of 1980, and finished his tenure in the spring of 1981.
At the age of 96, he still lived in Portland in 2012.
Listen to Douglas Rafter in a recording made June 30, 1998, play his original arrangement of the national anthem, the "Star Spangled Banner," on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ:
Organist Malcolm Cass, Portland, 1987Item 7285 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Pamela Plumb became mayor of Portland on June 1, 1981. As the wife of organist and attorney Peter Plumb, she took immediate steps to salvage the municipal music program and the organ.
She asked prominent local organist Malcolm Cass to organize a summer series of organ concerts. Plumb did not want to see the city's musical events fade away because there was no officially appointed municipal organist to plan the music program.
There were no funds for either concerts or repairs to the organ; the organists donated their services so the music would continue.
Thanks to Mayor Plumb's foresight, the program was saved and the many hours of volunteer work by Malcolm Cass, Jerry Newbury and Elizabeth Sollenburger were not in vain.
Listen to Malcolm Cass in a recording made August 21, 1982 play the final section of Harry Rowe Shelley's "Fanfare d'Orgue" on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ:
Plumb and Burleigh, founders of FOKOItem 10734 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ was badly in need of repairs, and the music program was just limping along, due to limited financial support from the city.
In 1981 two local music lovers, attorney Peter Plumb and Russ Burleigh, then manager of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, organized a support group for the organ and the music program, the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ (FOKO).
Municipal organist Gerald McGee, Portland, ca. 1986Item 6184 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Gerald McGee was appointed Portland's eighth municipal organist on May 2, 1983, out of a pool of two dozen applicants. He had earned a Master of Sacred Music Degree from Union Theological Seminary's School of Sacred Music in New York City.
While in Portland, McGee was an active recitalist and teacher, serving on the faculties of both Bowdoin College and the University of Southern Maine.
In addition to bringing new and outstanding talent to perform during the summer organ series, McGee also sought to involve as much local talent as possible, including instrumentalists from the Portland Symphony Orchestra.
He also opened a new genre of entertainment in Portland when he brought Dennis James, a noted theater organist, to Portland to accompany silent films.
Because of expanding responsibilities in other areas of his professional life, McGee resigned his position in March 1988.
Listen to Gerald McGee in a recording made July 6, 1984 play the finale of "Carillon de Westminster" by Louis Vierne on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ:
Organist Earl Miller, Portland, ca. 1988Item 7263 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Earl Miller was named Portland's ninth municipal organist in the autumn of 1988. Director of music at Christ Church, Andover, Massachusetts, he traveled to Portland one or two days a week to carry out his duties as municipal organist.
Miller quickly organized a "New Series of Winter and Spring Kotzschmar Organ Events" at City Hall, presenting a program each month from January through May. He also prepared a summer series for 1989. A talented young musician with a rare sense of excitement, enthusiasm as well as organizational skills, Miller's untimely death in June 1989 left a large void.
Listen to Earl Miller in a recording made in the summer of 1988 play the traditional spiritual "Deep River" on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ:
Municipal organist Ray Cornils, Portland, 1999Item 7265 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Ray Cornils assumed the post of Portland's Municipal Organist in 1990, and continued to hold the position in 2012. His term could be called the "golden age" of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ.
FOKO and Cornils expanded the city's musical offerings to include a yearly youth concert entitled "Kids, Kartoons and Kotzschmar" each February, a "Bach Birthday Bash," organ music for school children called "Meet the King of Instruments" each May, an annual Halloween party with a costume parade, scary silent films and organ accompaniment, and the popular "Christmas with Cornils."
Cornils regularly features guests at his concerts, including local choral groups, vocal and instrumental soloists, and the Kotzschmar Festival Brass Ensemble.
Cornil's musical talents, as well as his administrative skills and vision for the city music program have brought Portland's Kotzschmar Memorial Organ to a new and respected height in the music world.
Listen to Ray Cornils in a recording made in the summer of 1998 play the final section of Charles-Marie Widor's "Toccata from the Fifth Symphonie" on the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ:
Austin Organ console, Portland, 2000Item 6187 info
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
Portland's City Hall Auditorium was renovated in 1995 and renamed Merrill Auditorium. The acoustics were greatly improved, and for the first time the hall was air-conditioned.
The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ has raised more than $500,000 during its existence through grants, gifts, bequests and donations, to maintain the organ.
A new Austin five manual console was dedicated in October 2000 by Dame Gillian Weir. In 2002 a month of festivities and special concerts marked the 90th anniversary of the dedication of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ.
Sources Bok, Edward W. A Man from Maine. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921.
Edwards, George Thornton. Music and Musicians of Maine. Portland, The Southworth Press, 1928.
Parkinson-Tucker, Janice. Behind the Pipes: The Story of the Kotzschmar Organ. South Portland, Maine: Casco House Publishing, 2005.
Parkinson-Tucker, Janice. Hermann Kotzschmar: An Appreciation. South Portland, Maine: Casco House Publishing, 2006.


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During Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday, the Fed chief was asked by Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a frequent critic, whether he does his own shopping.
After the Fed chairman said yes, Paul continued:
"OK. So you\'re aware of the prices. But, you know, this argument that the prices are going up about 2%, nobody believes it. You know, and the old CPI says prices are going up by 9% so they believe this. People on fixed incomes, they\'re really hurting. The middle class is really hurting because their inflation rate is very much higher than the government tries to tell them and that\'s why they lose trust in government."
Bernanke noted the Fed doesn't calculate inflation. (The Labor Department produces CPI, and the Commerce Department produces the personal consumption expenditure index.) Read live blog of testimony.
One group however has produced an inflation index with a result pretty close to what the so-far-winless Republican presidential candidate stated.
The American Institute for Economic Research says inflation, using their "everyday price index," actually is 8%. Their inflation gauge strips out items that people do purchase but just not often: appliances, furniture, cars, housing and computers, for instance.
What is in this inflation gauge is food and beverages, motor fuel, electricity, prescription drugs, child-card fees and more. The EPI accounts for only 39% of household spending but most of the "sticker shock," according to a release.
– Steve Goldstein
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Baby Bop's friend Monty the butterfly passes through the park with a flock of friends on their way to Mexico. When Monty gets left behind by his insect friends and family, Barney takes everyone on a visit to Mexico, where Baby Bop will say good-bye to her butterfly friend.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/barney/
Episode #1301 / Length: 28 minutes


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The recent tragedy in Newtown brings forth, understandably, questions about poetry.
Can I communicate my grief by writing a poem?
Can I find solace or an answer in poetry?
Newspaper and magazine editors know, to their chagrin, that the response to the first question is "yes." After any major tragedy readers besiege editors with many well meaning and deeply felt poems.
The avalanche of poems comes partially because all humans live in a daily fog that only now and then somewhat clears. A life-altering event — a significant birthday, a wedding, a death — causes the fog to lift. We suddenly feel ourselves wrenched from normal reality. For a while, we're seeing, hearing and feeling with new clarity. The urge to share this clarity and its immediate realizations leads to the writing of poems.
And why poems?
Because poetry, particularly traditional rhymed and metered poetry, is at its best a heightened use of language. It's a form of art that can "lock" a realization into place, seemingly for all time. As one of my old professors used to say, "language measured and super-charged" at its best can be short enough to focus upon and even to memorize. It is not unusual to have poems used in ceremonies and rites.
So the poems come to our besieged editors. Well meaning. Scared. Haunted. Angry. Grieving. Devastated.
Being occasional, written in the heat and sorrow of the moment, sadly most often these terribly sincere poems are not very good. Even when written by leading poets, they're not very good. Anyone who reads the poems in anthologies constructed in the national grief following the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, following 9/11 and following Hurricane Katrina knows that in retrospect … well, these occasional poems are not very good.
Why not?
Poetry, wrote William Wordsworth in his famous "Preface to Lyrical Ballads," is "the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions recollected in tranquility." I'd argue that "recollected in tranquility" is what provides poetry's greatest use: perspective. In addition to containing considered, crafted and revised and uniquely put language, one does not likely have perspective when responding immediately to a situation.
This element of perspective leads to the second question, Can one find solace or an answer in poetry?
I think so.
An answer may arise because in reading a fine poem, more than likely a poem that's already become well known, the reader is taken outside himself and encouraged to think clearly. The evocation may be as simple as in the lines from Archibald MacLeish's "Ars Poetica,"
For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf
or A.E Houseman's observation on the brevity of human life:
And since to look at things in bloom,
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
or Emily Dickinson's poem, quoted here in full — a poem among others that I couldn't get out of my head following the horrific Friday in Newtown:
There's a certain slant of light,
Winter Afternoons -
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral tunes -
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us -
We can find no scar,
But internal difference,
Where the Meanings, are -
None may teach it – Any -
'Tis the Seal Despair -
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the Air -
When it comes, the Landscape listens -
Shadows - hold their Breath -
When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
On the look of Death -
Over and over, the great poems provide needed perspective. They remind us, as W. H. Auden did in "September 1, 1939," that "we must love one another, or die." This admonition was even more true when Auden later altered the line to read, "We must love one another and die."
Reading poems, writing them, thinking about them, memorizing them are acts of devotion. Any good book of poetry, any excellent poem, focuses one's attention. Poems clarify us. A poem may be an act of meditation, as it might have been for the poet writing it and as it is now for those reading it. It may be a prayer. It can tell us that no matter what it is we're feeling, others also have felt this way. It may gentle us. On occasion, with its ambiguity, it may make us see many ways at once.
Or it may instruct us. In T. S. Eliot's words from his "Ash Wednesday,"
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks,
Our peace in His will …
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea,
Suffer me not to be separated
And let my cry come unto Thee.
Poetry causes us to be, in the Zen Buddhists' term, "mindful." And to be mindful is to become acutely aware of every moment. It is to cherish each individual moment even in our stunned lack of comprehension of the whole of life and death — as certainly the Newtown tragedy has caused us for even a short while to be so stunned.
The Japanese poet Matsuo Bosho's haiku, the most famous poem in Japan, lets us focus on this Present. No moment is trivial:
Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto
or translated:
The old pond —
a frog jumps in,
sound of water
This focus on the acute perception that just to hear a frog splash, just to have a chance to be alive, even for a very brief time, as the Newtown children were, is marvelous, a treasure. a revelation, a gift, an unforgetableness. It may also remind us of a poetic admonition by a Zen Master, one expressed to his disciple as they were walking in the rain. The admonition says simply what must be said always:
"Do not walk so fast, the rain is everywhere."
Dick Allen is Connecticut's state poet laureate. His eighth poetry collection, "This Shadowy Place," will be published next year.


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Just catching up as I've been on Florida Marlins duty all day, folks. [I have bosses that tell me what to cover, what can I say?]
Anyway, you know that Vernon Carey has signed a six-year, $42 million deal with the Dolphins. Interesting to me that no numbers about the guaranteed portion of that deal have come out. For perspective you should remember Jordan Gross, considered the best OT that avoided free agency, signed a six-year deal worth a reported $60 million only one day before.
Gross gets $30.5 million of his money the first three years, a vehicle by which his agent prevents the Panthers from cutting his client later in the deal. His deal is not backloaded.
I will be very, very, very interested to see how Carey's contract is structured. If it is backloaded, the player got sold a bill of goods. If the contract includes guarantees early in the deal and gets him at least half his salary the next three years, Carey got a great deal for himself.
As I wrote previously, losing Carey was not a great option for the Dolphins because it would have meant retracing offensive line steps again in the draft. Now, the Dolphins can still secure OL help in the draft or free agency, but it can come at center.
As we know the Dolphins have other needs as well -- primarily in the secondary, OLB, ILB and WR, WR, WR!
Carey's signing leaves Miami with five pending unrestricted free agents. They are Channing Crowder, Andre' Goodman, Al Johnson, Renaldo Hill and Yeremiah Bell. Speaking of those gents, please take the poll below and tell me how you feel about what Miami should do next.
And then tell me why you voted the way you did in the comment section.
Go Marlins!


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Solving Big Data Problems
In a case study titled "Gain a Competitive Edge by Analyzing Big Data," Stan Duda, CEO of information services firm Alpine Consulting, explained how his company helped MoneyGram do just that. Using IBM's Identity Insight, Alpine transformed the focus of money transfers from transaction-based to customer-based, enabling MoneyGram to identify patterns and networks associated with criminal activities such as fraud and terrorism. To date, the solution has stopped more than $85 million in fraudulent transactions, often in near-real time. Duda explained how the solution can be applied to organizations as varied as financial services, law enforcement, social services and other state and local government agencies -- anywhere that big data is present in high volume, velocity and variety.


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MAC Fantasy of Flowers
MAC Viva Glam Rihanna
MAC has once again expanded their permanent Prep+Prime line to include three new products in 4 enhancing and perfecting shades. While I just recently got my hands on these and haven't tried them long-term enough to warrant a good review, these are just "first impressions" and photos of the collection itself. I'll let you guys know how the products work out in the coming weeks! Look for that info in my upcoming "Recent Haul Reviews" video.
Hope this helps those of you that wanted a few more details about these before you purchase! They're available online now and in stores.
Don't miss the other two MAC collections posted here today, linked at the top of the post!
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Francis L. Albert, 69, of El Dorado, died Monday, April 29, 2013.
Francis L. Albert, 69, of El Dorado, died Monday, April 29, 2013. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. Interment will follow in Sunset Lawns Cemetery.
He was born on Sept. 6, 1943 in Wichita, the son of Matthew and Evelyn Martin Albert. He graduated from High School in Wichita and worked for Pioneer Balloon Company in maintenance. He was married to Francis Ordaz on Sept. 8, 2001 in Derby.
Those who survive including his wife of the home are his daughter, Ana Doninquez; brothers, Robert Albert, and Donald Albert, both of Augusta; his aunt, Donna De Graw of Eureka; cousins, Kathleen Castro of Salina, Aaron De Graw, Jason DeGraw, Kathy Cockrum, Randy Martin and Mike Martin; and nieces and nephews, Jennifer, David and Richad Albert.
Condolences to the family can be sent to www.carlsonfuneralhome.com. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado, is in charge of the arrangements.


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The first cam-coder to record in MPEG-2 format was indeed a Hitachi (DVD-RAM) offering, years ago. CDRInfo.com was, of course, the first web-site at that time to present a comprehensive review of this camera.
Now, almost all major Japanese makers, including Hitachi, Canon, JVC, Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba, already produce or are to produce very soon offerings able to record on 8cm DVD-R/+RW media. There are many reasons for this current trend.
First, small, low power consumption electronics have made the direct encoding of recorded video into MPEG-2 reliable and relatively cheap. The DVD format is extremely portable and popular, so it looks very familiar to end-users. Desktop tools for editing MPEG-2 videos are in plethora in the market. The 8cm media are able to reproduce recorded content on virtually any exiting DVD player in just moments. 8cm discs, a DVD extended standard, is also preferred for reasons of weight and miniaturization.
Hence there is already a year-by-year increased demand for 8cm DVD media. Both recordable and rewritable, dash and plus media are in high demand. Users who are, of course, highly worried about the quality of the media used for videotaping their private content, tend to prefer quality media form major European and Japanese makers, for reasons of durability in the course of time.
Most reviewed readers have expressed the opinion that "... a few more cents worth their spending when one wants to reliability and high quality for recording his personal moments..." Discs from cheap media makers from Taiwan and China are certainly avoided by these users. Companies from these countries usually push into the market big quantities of discs without any quality control or in some cases, like Ritek, CMC, Princo and others, they use alternate names for distributing through alternative channels even those discs most other makers would have considered crap.
Please stay tuned to this web site for more related reviews and tests in the coming weeks...


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Mount Union College Joins Growing List of Higher Education Leaders to Fight Global Warming
January 15, 2008
Mount Union College President Dr. Richard F. Giese has committed to reducing and eventually eliminating the College's global warming emissions, and accelerating educational efforts toward sustainability.
The pledge came with Giese's signing of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, joining the leaders of more than 450 other institutions across the country.
"Sustainability is a global issue that we all have a responsibility to address," Giese said. "This means taking serious action today to assure the planet's existence as we know it in the future. Mount Union is committed to leading the way."
Giese has instituted the College's sustainability task force, led by Dr. Charles McClaugherty, to create a comprehensive institutional action plan to move toward climate neutrality. In addition, in the short term Mount Union will be taking several concrete actions, including
· Adopting green standards for buildings
· Requiring ENERGY STAR certification for products purchased by the College
· Encouraging public transportation
· Purchasing energy from renewable sources
These efforts build upon Mount Union's ongoing commitment to sustainability.
The Presidents Climate Commitment is the first such effort by any major sector of society to set climate neutrality – not just a reduction – as its target. This undertaking by America's colleges and universities is inspired by efforts like the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership and other collective efforts by states and businesses.
"Colleges and universities must lead the effort to reverse global warming for the health and well-being of current and future generations," said Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University and a founding member of the ACUPCC Leadership Circle. "On behalf of all the signatories, I welcome Dr. Giese to the commitment. We are honored and pleased to have him join us."
The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment is a high-visibility effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth's climate. Under the guidance and direction of the Leadership Circle of presidents, the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment is being supported and implemented by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), Second Nature and ecoAmerica.
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After being asked about the issue by Sheriff NEIL WILLIAMSON, the Sangamon County Deputy Merit Commission in July decided that Undersheriff JACK CAMPBELL could keep his job and run for sheriff.
�The County supplied a legal opinion to the Commission,� according to the minutes of the July 5 meeting. �The Commission accepted the opinion and responded to Sheriff Williamson.�
Both members of the commission at the meeting � chairman ROBERT WEICHERT and vice chairman DAVE MacDONNA � told me that the decision was that Campbell could run.
MacDonna said the lawyer who provided that opinion was JUSTIN REICHERT, who is a law partner of BRUCE STRATTON. Stratton and Reichert work on contract doing labor law for Sangamon County.
Stratton told me Wednesday that Campbell separately had asked him if it was legal for Campbell to keep his job and run. Stratton said it appeared to him that Campbell wasn�t prevented from running by the merit commission, because as undersheriff, his rank wasn�t covered by those rules. The rules apply to lieutenants, sergeants and deputies.
Stratton also said that on its face, a state law seems to negate the merit commission rule that keeps any member of the department from running for sheriff.
The Local Government Employees Political Rights Act states in part that �No unit of local government or school district may make or enforce any rule or ordinance that in any way inhibits or prohibits any of its employees from exercising the employee�s political rights.�
Stratton said he didn�t check for any court decisions about the law, but his cursory look makes it seem that Campbell�s opponent in Tuesday�s Republican primary, WES BARR, who retired last year as a lieutenant, didn�t have to leave the department to run for the top job.
On Tuesday�s JIM LEACH show on WMAY-AM, where Campbell and Barr faced off, Barr said it appeared that Campbell was violating commission rules by running. Barr noted that Campbell recently said that if he lost his appointed post, he still had protection under the merit code and could return to being a lieutenant. Barr said it didn�t seem Campbell could be exempt from the code and protected by it at the same time.
Barr told me he brought up the merit commission issue now because he just recently heard Campbell discuss his protection under the code.
Campbell said he does have the �luxury� of being protected by the union and could return to lieutenant if removed from his post, but his current job is �assigned outside the merit system� and is an �at-will� post from which he can be bumped by his boss.
Campbell also said he had the situation reviewed by two private attorneys � one of them a relative of his. He didn�t give names of those lawyers. His news release on the matter also said the local Fraternal Order of Police confirmed the legality of his candidacy.
Barr on Wednesday issued a statement including the opinion of DON CRAVEN, a lawyer who did research on the issue for Barr. Craven said the position of undersheriff is not covered by the merit commission rules, so Campbell could run. But Craven also said that he doesn�t think Campbell has the protection of returning to lieutenant if he loses the undersheriff job.
Barr said if elected, he will seek a clarification of merit commission rules to avoid such a controversy in the future.
Barr has repeatedly alleged that Williamson�s naming of Campbell as undersheriff was a political move to allow Campbell to run. Campbell and Williamson, who is retiring as sheriff, have said that�s not the case.
Thankfully, the primary is Tuesday. Democrat JEFF REGAN is seeking the nomination of his party through primary write-ins.
13th being watched
I found out this week that I used the wrong word in a column months ago about Democratic congressional candidate ANN CALLIS.
On May 12, I wrote that Callis said she lived three or four miles outside the 13th Congressional District but �was in the process of buying a house in Edwardsville.�
This week, a group called America Rising PAC, which is a Republican group that does opposition research in targeted races, let me know that the home where Callis now lives in Edwardsville is rented.
Turns out that�s right. But when I reviewed the recorded conversation I had with Callis back in May, I found that she said �I�m getting a house� in Edwardsville. She didn�t use the word �buy,� and also said later in the conversation that her word is good and she wouldn�t claim to be �renting a house in Edwardsville� while living in Troy.
She had talked about renting all along.
Meanwhile, America Rising also found that Callis donated $250 to U.S. Sen. DICK DURBIN�s campaign fund on Dec. 10, and she is listed there as living in Troy.
�Ann lives in Edwardsville and used an old checkbook with her past address to donate to Sen. Durbin,� said MARSHALL COHEN, her campaign manager. He said she still owns the house in rural Troy, but lives in the Edwardsville home
If it�s not obvious, lots of people watch congressional races very closely. Sorry to add to any confusion.
Candidates for U.S. House, by the way, have to live in the state, but there is no legal requirement that they live in their district.
Callis is opposed in the Democratic primary by GEORGE GOLLIN and DAVID GREEN, both of Champaign. The incumbent, U.S. Rep. RODNEY DAVIS, R-Taylorville, is challenged by ERIKA HAROLD of Urbana and MIKE FIRSCHING of Moro in the GOP primary.
Remembering Cadagin
Condolences to friends and family of former Circuit Judge DON CADAGIN, who died March 7 following a stroke in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he was vacationing. He was 73.
Former Circuit Judge LEO ZAPPA was gaining experience as an assistant state�s attorney in the 1980s when Cadagin was first assistant in the office, and invited Zappa to help prosecute a murder.
�He was really good about helping the younger lawyers get experience,� Zappa said.
Zappa became first assistant when Cadagin was state�s attorney, and both became judges.
Zappa said Cadagin was an avid fan of Sacred Heart-Griffin sports, and was also a �great boss� as state�s attorney. As a prosecutor and judge, Zappa added, Cadagin recognized when �someone deserved a break,� but could also �dish it out� when punishment was appropriate.
Cadagin was also instrumental, Zappa said, in establishing the child advocacy program that allows child victims of sexual abuse in the county get interviewed in �more of a protected home setting� instead of �by a bunch of strange police officers.� That, said Zappa, has helped make cases against sexual predators stronger.
Contact political columnist Bernard Schoenburg: 788-1540, firstname.lastname@example.com, twitter.com/bschoenburg.


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Mahalo Manoa! Breakfast to Recognize UH Employees for Flood Relief EffortsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Manoa Chancellor's Office
Arlene Abiang, (808) 956-5637
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HONOLULU — To thank and recognize the hundreds of UH employees who have dedicated countless hours towards the flood relief efforts, Interim President David McClain and Mānoa Chancellor Peter Englert will host a Mahalo Mānoa! Breakfast on Monday, Dec. 13. The event will be held at 7:30 a.m. in the Stan Sheriff Center Arena and will include a buffet breakfast for UH Mānoa employees and invited guests who have helped with the cleanup efforts.
"I am deeply touched and extremely proud of our hardworking and dedicated employees at UH Mānoa," said McClain. "Their positive outlook and determination to overcome the flood disaster has kept the university up and running losing only two days of classes."
The university also expresses its deep appreciation to the many individuals, businesses and community groups who have come forth to assist with campuswide flood relief efforts. Gifts are being received online through the UH Foundation's Web site and via postal mail continuously. As of December 10, a total of more than $115,000 from more than 1,200 donors has been given to the flood relief funds at the UH Foundation. In addition, food, supplies and services from more than 35 organizations, and hundreds of volunteer hours have been donated.
"The outpouring of support from the community has been truly heartwarming, not only from those who immediately offered monetary support, but also those who have come to campus to offer their time to help in the cleanup," said Mānoa Chancellor Peter Englert. "It is clear that the people of our community care deeply about the university and the lives it touches, and we are grateful for every bit of assistance."
Contributions are still being accepted to aid in UH Mānoa's flood recovery. To make a contribution to the UH Mānoa Flood Relief Fund or the Hamilton Library Enrichment & Flood Relief Fund, visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu. Checks made out to "UHF — Mānoa Flood Relief" or "UHF — Hamilton Enrichment" can also be mailed to The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, P.O. Box 11270, Honolulu, HI 96828.
The Mahalo Mānoa! Breakfast is being partially underwritten by HGEA and UHPA— the two unions that represent large numbers of University of Hawaiʻi employees.


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By: Elizabeth Nickerson
July 20th, 2013
Tallahassee, FL-- "Hope little by little you stand your own ground with faith in God," said Bill Proctor, a Tallahassee City Commissioner in front of the United States Court House.
A national outcry almost a week after the Zimmerman verdict brought Tallahassee residents together holding hands in front of the United States Courthouse. Reverend Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, called it Trayvon Martin's Vigil.
100 cities across the country stood in front of Federal buildings to press the federal government to investigate civil rights charges against George Zimmerman.
One woman stood with a statement taped on her stomach that read, "I don't want to be the next Trayvon Martin."
"I am doing this whole thing for my son, the future kids now because I hope that my son and the future kids don't have to go through this," said Latina Lee, a Tallahassee resident making a statement.
"it doesn't matter If your black or white we must always love one another and we should not have the right to take any ones life because we did not give them life," said Ceseann Carroll, a Tallahassee Resident.
The organization spoke about the importance of casting your vote.
"The pen is mightier than the sword," said Rev. Don Tolliver, from the National Action Network.
"Their needs to be a look at gun laws. We now have fostered a country of vigilantes that run around shooting because somebody looked at them the wrong way," said Rev. Reginald Edwards, from the National Action Network.
The National Action Network will commemorate the 50TH anniversary of the Dream March in Washington on August 24TH.
Tallahassee NAN Press Release
Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network (NAN), announced that NAN is organizing "Justice for Trayvon" vigils in 100 cities across the country on Saturday, July 20th to press the federal government to investigate civil rights charges against George Zimmerman.
Rev. Tolliver will lead the Tallahassee/ NAN (National Action Network) Prayer Vigil this Saturday at the US Courthouse at 111 Adams Street at noon.
The vigil, will be held at noon Saturday, July 20th. The event is open to the public. For additional details, please visit www.nationalactionnetwork.net
Hundreds of national preachers, led by Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN will hold prayer vigils and rallies in front of federal buildings calling on the Justice Department to investigate the civil rights violations made against Trayvon Martin. Over two-hundred ministers participated in a conference call on Sunday evening and are pushing congregants to register in various cities at www.nationalactionnetwork.net
Rev. Sharpton also discussed the renewed mobilization for the Saturday, August 24th National Action to Reclaim the Dream March on Washington that he and Martin Luther King, King, III, are leading.
NAN is escalating the call for the Department of Justice to investigate whether George Zimmerman committed civil rights violations against Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012.


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You gotta hand it to this guy- he's got a beauty of a girlfriend, who also is a __dere... I doubt any of us would be able to handle her like he does
and let's not forget the fire sisters of his either. Damn, do we envy of pity this guy?
|2009-08-12, 21:11
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Reposting from the generic discussion thread just because:
|2009-08-13, 02:37
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Damn, that was a nice way of putting it Clarste, you sure have your way with words.
I often find myself thinking how annoying these male protagonists can be, I mean, look at Senjougahara. How can he be so passive and disinterested when conversing with her? And then I realize - she probably wouldn't be so interested in him in the first place if he was like the majority of guys his age. As Clarste cleverly pointed out, by remaining undefeated in these dialogues he likely leaves Senjougahara with a rather sour taste in her mouth which makes her eventually want him more as he's someone who is not easy to get. At least that's how I see it.
|2009-08-13, 20:13
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"You're the last person I want to kill me, I don't want to go through what you'd do!"
I think Senjougahara likes Koyomi because he's smart enough to bounce back at her in fun ways, has enough spine to remain himself no matter what happens, and a surprisingly empathetic and forgiving nature.
Araragi's defining trait is that he helps those who hurt him.
|2009-08-13, 21:57
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Hmm, first of all, i would rather think Araragi is a perfect chatting friend.
He has his own uniqueness in expressing his own idea and view.
And yes, eventhough he is heavily under verbal abuse by another chara, you cant never defeat him, cause he can bounceback to counter the abuse in his own uniqueness...
"Let's just say, i enjoy in talking with you"
Senjougahara, eps 5...
|2009-08-14, 02:05
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Corpse in Pieces
I'm really not sure if I should be jealous of this guy or not, it would be nice to have a more interesting life, but we all know that vampires, ghosts, and heavy gods/crabs don't exist.
|2009-08-17, 01:21
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Bash'a no falor talah
I find his character refreshing after watching so many animes where the mc and girl beat around the bush for over 20+ episodes. He's got guts and don't scream like an idiot after being hurt (end of ep6)
|2009-08-25, 17:16
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i.... envy him
|2009-08-31, 13:01
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So some new interesting food for thought has come up-
It has been stated that Araragi can only be up to 1/10th his original power from now on, and that's at maximum capacity. It makes me wonder just what he was like with full vampire powers... namely how fast he could regenerate, and what his strength was like. I hope that story might even get animated at some point...
|2009-08-31, 13:19
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The full extent of his and Shinobu's powers was already implied in the fast-forward flashback shown at the beginning of Ep1, when they duelled against each other. At least one of them appeared to have lost their arm, but the limb was completely regenerated by the time we see them in present day.
Meaning to say, at full power, either Araragi or Shinobu probably possessed Wolverine-like regenerative abilities, making them potentially indestructible.
|2009-08-31, 23:14
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#1 Akashiya Moka Fan
The other thing I wonder is if simply being turned into a vampire was the oddity in this case, or he had to pay some other price...
that, and how he got turned back... namely, how'd he meet Oshino and what the remedy Oshino gave him was... though since I'm currently working on reading what's been translated of Koyomi Vamp, I might find the answer that way
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OK, time for a rant. Went out to the Big Coke Bottle this morning to do some reporting for stories I'm working on, and you know what jumped out at me most as I made the familiar turn onto 3rd St.?
Not Willie Mays' statue. Not the glorious sight of a clear day on the bay. Not the same ol' autograph seekers who loiter near the entrance.
No, what jumped out at me is that, in some lots, it's now $30 to park . Are you kidding me? Thirty bucks? Baseball may still be the most affordable of the major sports, but it really wasn't that long ago that you could spend an entire day taking in a game and not even spend that much ($10 for a ticket, $5 to park, $8 for a couple of hot dogs, $2 for a malt). And please don't use the argument that I'm just a fogey misting about the good ol' days. I haven't even turned 40 yet.
Anyway, I understand the concept that teams have to generate revenues so they can pay the Barry Zito's of the world $126 million. And I get that the Giants have limited parking and that there are many avenues of public transportation available. But c'mon, $30 to park? I know teams have always been content to fleece their fans, but has it gotten to the point where it has to be so obvious?
A few years back, I was covering the Sharks in the NHL playoffs, and I was having dinner with a writer from another paper. And he said his expectation was that in 50 years, baseball would resemble the opera. Only the very rich would be able to take it in, and the rest of the world would move onto something else.
Baseball better be careful, because if some teams can charge $30 for parking, we're a lot closer to that day than any of us would like to believe.


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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
art inspiration: agnes richter
agnes richter, a patient in a mental asylum in austria in the 1890's, spent her days embroidering text on to the jacket of her hospital uniform in attempts to record her life story. agnes, who had been a seamstress before her incarceration, painstakingly embroidered onto every part of the surface, both inside and out, sometimes so intensively that the text was illegible.
i deeply connected with what i saw as her need to communicate something about herself, to use whatever was available to leave her mark in some way. beyond the emotional gravity of the text and story, the way she transformed something institutional into such an expression of herself is fascinating and inspiring.
because it is so delicate, the jacket is not always out on view. when i visited prinzhorn, it was being kept in an archival box in one the art storage areas. we were taken behind the scenes by the lovely thomas for a special viewing, which is when i took these photos.
more images from this trip are here, and more posts about art inspiration can be found here
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Thanks so much for your pictures. I saw the title of a new book "Agnes's Jacket" in Barnes and Noble and wanted to see a picture of the jacket. I don't know that I will ever visit Heidelberg so thanks for letting me "see" the jacket!
- April 23, 2009 at 12:08 AM
There was an article about Agnes on All in the Mind (Radio 4) yesterday (you can listen to it via their website if you missed it.) Thanks for making the photos available - fascinating.
- June 25, 2009 at 5:38 AM
- JenSwan60 said...
Thanks for the photo. I have just finished reading Hornstein's book, and was sad that she did not include any photos of the jacket. Glad to find you and your blog.
- February 4, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Lindsay said...
Hello! An instructor suggested I look into the Prinzhorn Collection, and through some Google-fu, I found your blog. Hooray! I've been having a hard time finding fibre/artsy blogs to read that aren't just about knitting, anime, or knitted anime.
Wonderful photos.
- March 3, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- umelecky said...
Thanks so much for sharing this story. I think all artisits can relate to this. I believe we all hope to leave our mark by the things that we create. I'm going to pick up the book, next time I'm out.
- April 6, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Helen said...
Annell Livingston directed me to your post and blog ... I am so glad she did. This is fascinating!
- April 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Melanie Sauer said...
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1 Bay Area Musicians Campaign to Clean Wildlife Impacted by Gulf Disaster
As the world watches the events unfold of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, bay area rock group Luxx has launched a creative campaign to help clean up the gulf.
The group has written a song, "Black Water" and made it available on ReverbNation today for download. All 100% of the net proceeds of the single's sales will go toward helping the impacted wildlife in the gulf. Contributions will be divided between two organizations that are actively involved in the effort: the National Wildlife Federation and the Audubon Society.
"The size and scale of the gulf disaster are so large, one can feel helpless wondering about how to make a difference," said David Szabados, spokesman and guitarist for Luxx. "But the truth of the matter is that taking action is the key. The National Wildlife Federation and Audubon Society are working tirelessly to help the creatures in need and it's imperative that we do whatever we can to support them."
"Black Water" is available today to download at the band's ReverbNation Luxx store at http://www.reverbnation.com/store/index/artist_876982
For more information about the band, its music, and additional causes, visit the band's Facebook page at http://www.hs.facebook.com/pages/Luxx/141896992493685
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NASHVILLE (AP) – The state Supreme Court has ruled that refiled medical malpractice lawsuits must follow new state laws.
The high court in a unanimous opinion Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by Curtis Myers, who alleged medical malpractice after he suffered a stroke in 2006.
Myers withdrew his original lawsuit in October 2008 and refiled it in September 2009. But the new lawsuit did not comply with laws enacted by the state Legislature that included new notice requirements and required a certificate of good faith to be filed.
The high court found that Myers had failed to show an extraordinary cause for not complying with the new law.
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Checking the integrity of a Live CD
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
Verify CD
When burning a CD with K3b make sure you compare the MD5 sum calculated by K3b with the one in the downloaded .md5sum file. Don't forget to select the verify written data checkbox if you want K3b to check if the CD was burnt correctly.
After burning a Live CD, you may want to verify the integrity of the CD. Here's how you can do that:
On Linux
In terminal type:
md5sum /dev/cdrom
Depending on your system you might need to replace cdrom with cdrom1 or another device name like hdc (/dev/cdrom is the first CD drive, /dev/cdrom1 is the second one, etc.)
Wait for 2 to 5 minutes, depending on your CDROM speed, for your CD to be read and MD5 sum to be calculated, compare the MD5 sum obtained with the one that you got from the download site, they should be the same.
(This test fails for CD recorded 'track at once'. Use 'session at once' mode. When using cdrecord, use -dao switch.)
You can use this verify method for CDs burned (using dao) with any software, not just K3B.
K3B Verify Errors
If K3B reports a verify error you should check the md5sum from the command line as described above. There have been reports of K3b erroneously reporting a failed verify after burning. Mepis Forum topics:
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With a CD or DVD in the device right click on the icon on the desktop and select properties from the menu that pops up.
On Windows
- Get the free version of the Windows application IsoBuster, available at isobuster.com.
- Insert CD in drive.
- Run IsoBuster as Administrator.
- In registration dialog, select "Free funct. only".
- In left pane, right-click on CD (top line) to get context menu, and select: "MD5 Checksum file" >> "Create MD5 Checksum" >> "For image file with 2048 bytes/block".
- Compare the MD5 in the .tao line of the output with the MD5 in the downloaded .md5sum file.
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Two adjoining units in the Princes Wharf waterfront complex in the Auckland CBD are being sold together by separate owners who believe the combination will benefit a new owner and especially an owner-occupier purchaser.
Located in the northern-most building on Princes Wharf, the units have been occupied by a legal firm which intends to relocate and are being offered for sale through Paul Dixon and Monique Pinsonneault of Bayleys Auckland.
The two units, Commercial Unit 7 (CU7) and Apartment 1 on Level One of Shed 24, Quay Street, have a total area of 542sq m.
They feature in Bayleys' latest Total Property portfolio and are for sale by deadline private treaty, closing November 29.
"It is difficult to get two adjoining units of this size in a mixed use CBD complex, particularly in such a good location," Pinsonneault says.
Apartment 1, which has extensive harbour views, is the smaller of the two units at 117sq m including decks.
While it has most recently been used as office space in conjunction with the 425sq m Unit 7, it could be quite easily converted back to a two bedroom residential apartment, Pinsonneault says.
"There are now double doors between the two units but the original wall could easily be reinstated if that's what a new owner wants to do. Alternatively, the two units could remain interconnected if someone was to buy both of them for their own commercial operation."
Pinsonneault says there are companies that provide out-of-town clients or staff with temporary accommodation in Auckland and a commercial and residential combination would be ideal for them.
It could also suit a live-and-work situation where the owner wanted some separation between the two.
"A lot of people want to live close to where they work in the city yet don't want to operate their business out of their living premises."
Commercial Unit 7 has stairwell access from a small separate lobby and is also connected by a separate lift which is accessed from the main Shed 24 foyer. It includes two decks measuring a total of 83sq m.
The unit has a good quality kitchen and separate men's and women's toilet facilities, and a number of rooms and offices of various sizes.
The ground rent for this unit has been prepaid until September 2095.
Apartment 1 comprises an open plan area with an adjoining kitchen, a master bedroom, another bedroom as well as a bathroom and laundry. The main area and the two bedrooms have access on to two decks totalling 29sq m. There are two entrances, one from an indoor passageway and the other from the commercial unit it adjoins.
"The office space is attractively partitioned with high quality, modern materials, with the partitions extending to the ceiling and incorporating solid inter-office walls and etched glass office fronts," says Dixon.
There is also an opportunity to occupy up to six on-site parking spaces.
Dixon says separate offers will also be considered on each of the units and lease options are also available.


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Electro-luminescent shirts are nothing new but one that reacts to the music? Not only is this very, very cool, it also gives a visual rhythm guide to others. Think of it as a public service to good dancing. ## Product Description The Unique-Equalizer Music T-shirt is a shirt with a built in sound sensitive spectrum analyzer. Equalizer is moving according to the sound, when there is sound, the picture will light and flash, the flash will change its brightness according to the volume. Each frequency of music will activate a different equalizer bar, just like the equalizer on your stereo at home! An excellent item/gift for Big Party, Personal Party, Club, Sports areas, DISCO and so on! It has a fully functional Electro Luminescence panel with a battery pack that snuggles discretely into a pocket inside the T-shirt. The end result is a tremendous sound sensitive music T-Shirt that commands attention. How miraculous and fashionable it is! Specification l The Unique-Equalizer T-Shirt is made from 100% cotton. l 1xBattery pack and sound sensor l Panel is powered by a detachable battery pack. l The battery pack can be unplugged for washing the t-shirt. l The t-shirt is hand wash only. l Requires 4 x AAA Batteries (not included) Size Available l S, M, L Body Size Body Length Chest Width Waist Width S 61cm 50cm 43cm M 63cm 52cm 45cm L 65cm 54cm 47cm Using: l Insert standard 4*AAA batteries (Batteries not included) l Slide switch to operate power l Do not bend or apply pressure to the flash panel Washing: l Dry Clean or Hand wash ONLY l Remove EL panel, battery pack and the whole power cord carefully before washing l Do not submerge ANY part of the flash panel


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Ariël Jacobs, who guided RSC Anderlecht to the Belgian title last month, has been appointed coach of FC København.
The 58-year-old has signed a two-year deal to succeed Carsten Jensen, the club's sporting director who took charge of team affairs when Roland Nilsson was sacked during the winter break. Jensen relinquished control when FCK finished second behind first-time champions FC Nordsjælland.
Anders Hørsholt, the FCK managing director, said: "We have been thorough in our search for a new head coach, and Ariel Jacobs has the profile we have been looking for. He has a lot of valuable experience and knowledge from many years in Belgian and international football, where he has provided great results in a strong league."
Jacobs, also a champion with Anderlecht in 2010, said: "I am not the kind of coach who sticks to one playing system. Any tactical vision does not only depend on the coach, but also on the players who are at his disposal."
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How much would your driving change if you knew you had one of these things in your car? Under the new regulations, the devices will "collect at least 15 types of data, including vehicle speed, whether the driver was wearing a seat belt, and whether the driver hit the accelerator or the brake before the crash." But maybe you already have one of these things in your car. It would seem to me that the main value of the device is to change your behavior in all the many drives you take that don't end in a crash.
Interestingly, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers supported the new rules. And the ACLU has a problem:
Jay Stanley, a privacy expert with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the government "punted on the most important privacy issues," such as whether the data is accessible to third parties without a judicial order or an owner's consent and whether the devices can be turned on or off.


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Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry all hope to derail Mitt Romney's front-runner status in the South Carolina primary. Former South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis joins NPR's Ken Rudin for a preview of the Palmetto State primary.
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Mrs. Bertha A. Hercules, 69, died Saturday night at her home in Richmond, apparently as the result of a heart attack.
Mrs. Hercules was the daughter of Luman and Barbara LeMaster, Salamonia. In addition to her immediate family, she is survived by three sisters and seven brothers including five who live in the area. They are Ord W. LeMaster, Portland; Clarence H., Gerald W., and John L. LeMaster, all of Salamonia; and Floyd LeMaster, Union City.
Immediate survivors are the husband, Russell J. Hercules, who with his wife owned and operated Hercules Builders Supplies, Richmond; also a daughter, Mrs. William Spears, Eaton, and a son, Murvel, Williamsburg.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Jones and [?]lacke Funeral Home, Richmond. Burial will be in Salamonia. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
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CBS Interactive Music Group's award-winning concert webcast series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, will feature breakout indie band The Shins in a live webcast concert from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, Tuesday, March 20 (9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT).
The Shins will play music from their catalog of hits, including their newest single, "Simple Song," in addition to other tracks from their forthcoming release, Port of Morrow, which hits stores March 20, the day of their webcast performance. The LIVE ON LETTERMAN franchise, which recently surpassed 100 million views to date, has been host to some of the most established bands and musicians across the globe, staged in an intimate and dynamic setting for worldwide followers to enjoy.
Fans can watch The Shins' webcast live or on-demand at http://www.cbs.com/late_night/liveonletterman/. In addition, the show is available live and on-demand through CBS properties, broadcast on select CBS RADIO stations, viewable live on CBS's JumboTron in Times Square, as well as via a live audio stream on Radio.com's mobile applications. The webcasts are also offered through VEVO's website and most mobile apps, with on-demand performances available across the entire VEVO platform including VEVO.com, mobile and connected devices and syndication partners.
The Shins are an American indie rock band founded and fronted by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist James Mercer, who began the band in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a side project. The Shins gained popularity throughout the early '00s, paving the way for a resurgence in indie rock and cementing the band's reputation as the new wave of rock music. After appearances on television shows and movie soundtracks, the band became exposed to a larger audience and, in 2008, The Shins' third album, Wincing the Night Away, was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Alternative Album.
The Shins' current lineup consists of Mercer, singer/songwriter Richard Swift, Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer, Yuuki Matthews of Crystal Skulls and Jessica Dobson. The band is embarking on a tour this spring, spending March in Europe and playing the United States and several North American festivals from April through June.
The Shins' LIVE ON LETTERMAN webcast will follow the taping of their performance on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, which will be broadcast later that evening (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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STERLING – Sue L. Eakle of Sterling died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.
Sue was born Nov. 26, 1932, in Sterling, the daughter of Curtis and Myrtle (Mathew) Bucher. She married Norman C. Eakle on June 19, 1953, in a double ceremony with her sister. Sue was a faithful, lifelong member of St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling, serving in many ways, including teaching Sunday school, playing in the bell choir, and serving on the funeral committee.
She is survived by her husband, Norman; three children, daughter, Rhonda (Michael D.) Miller of Sterling, and sons, Curtis U. Eakle of Chicago and Bradley N. (Wynell) Eakle of Sterling; one grandson, Matthew M. Miller; two stepgrandsons, Colin (Monica) Prince and Conor Prince; one sister, Marlene (Kennard) Green of Oregon; and two nieces, LeAnne (Steve) Olson and Kristen (Mike) Bauer.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and one son in infancy, Rodney M. Eakle.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at McDonald Funeral Home, 505 First Ave., Sterling. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John Lutheran Church in Sterling, with the Rev. Mark Oehlert officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling.
A memorial has been established.
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Electronics recycling is important in Livingston County, not only because the landfill is located right outside of Pontiac, but also because Pontiac is home to Advanced Technology Recycling, located at 601 E. Prairie St.
The year 2012 was an important one for electronics recycling, as a law banning certain items from being put into landfills went into effect Jan. 1, 2012, and more awareness was given to ways to recycle those electronics.
ATR, specifically, saw a 100 percent increase in the amount of material it brought in for recycling, both from businesses and private citizens, according to Ray Magee, director of sales and marketing at ATR.
"We went from two million pounds in 2011, to almost 4 million pounds of electronics. The reason for that is that ATR isn't just in Pontiac. We have three facilities here in Illinois —Pontiac, Peoria and Decatur. We also have one in Grand Rapids, Mich., and we just opened a facility this month in San Antonio, Texas," he explained.
The original list of banned items was a total of four things in 2011, which has grown to 17 in 2012, and is expected to grow as technology itself grows.
Not only is keeping this sort of waste out of the landfill a benefit to the community, but it also has created many jobs.
"The key purpose of the legislation was to provide jobs, which is how it got passed. The one good thing about it is we have grown tremendously. Four years ago when I first started here, we had about 10 employees. Now, we're getting close to 60 employees," Magee said.
ATR also works with other organizations, including Habitat for Humanities ReStores, Goodwill and the Salvation Army, as well as Futures Unlimited, which helps de-manufacture personal computers for the company.
A benefit for electronics recycling is that residents can't be charged any fees.
"One of the good things besides banning the items in landfill, the legislation also said that residents can't be charged for recycling. They leave that up to the manufacturers, like Sony, Hewlett-Packard, etc. They are to pay for the recycling throughout the state of Illinois," Magee explained, adding that there are 26 states that have some sort of e-waste legislation, and each state differs in some ways. "One of they key things is putting rules and regulations on recycling companies, which ATR has been proactive on. There's certain insurances you have to have. The days of waking up and wanting to start an electronics recycling company out of our garage are over."
ATR itself has morphed from a one-office business to a large company with multiple branches.
"Ken and Barb Ehresman have done a wonderful job. They keep reinvesting in the company. The DCEO has helped us with some infrastructure (supply grant money for certain industries). We've gotten three grants throughout the years. The city of Pontiac and Livingston County have been wonderful to us as far as providing TIF or grant money because they're wanting to make more jobs in the community. They see Ken and Barb growing, starting off from a one-office business and now we have, in this facility, more than 100,000 square feet. We have another 63,000 square feet in Michigan, 13,000 in Peoria, 13,000 in Decatur and 10,000 in San Antonio," Magee explained.
With all the benefits that the legislation brings, Magee says there is one major downfall.
"One of the downfalls with the legislation is getting the word out. You can still go around town and see people trying to put TVs on the curb. Counties and municipalities have contacted us about things from putting on an E-waste drive to putting in a permanent drop-off facilities in one of their town hall buildings. We work with all the surrounding towns, especially during town cleanup days," he said, adding that there are twice as many E-waste drives planned for 2013 as compared to 2012.
ATR is insured, with certifications in Responsible Recycling (R2) and data security (ISO 14001:2004).
"That's what people want to see. They want to limit their risk, and by utilizing ATR, they do lower their risk. We wouldn't be in business if we didn't have the right procedures. We actually background check our employees for criminal activity. We also drug test them on a continuous basis to lower our risk and the customer's risks," he explained.
For a full list of items accepted for recycling by ATR, or for any questions, visit www.atrecycle.com or call 815-844-7779.
New disposal laws a boon for ATR
Electronics recycling is important in Livingston County, not only because the landfill is located right outside of Pontiac, but also because Pontiac is home to Advanced Technology Recycling, located at 601 E. Prairie St.


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In just one day top companies will pay $3.5 million for each 30 second spot to air their Super Bowl ads. At a bare minimum, a whopping $245 million is being spent this year by companies to pitch their products. Wow! The difference this year? The ads are stories!
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Read the rest of my recent blog post about the fundamental shift into storytelling that is occuring these days with marketing, advertising, and branding.
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Metso to Supply Biomass Power Plant for Varnamo Energi for Doubling Green Electricity Production
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Nov. 23, 2012 07:16 AM
HELSINKI, FINLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 11/23/12 -- Metso Corporation's press release on November 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. local time
Metso will supply Varnamo Energi AB with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power production in Varnamo in Sweden. The start-up of the plant is scheduled for autumn 2014. The value of the order is approximately EUR 17 million.
Metso's delivery will include a complete power plant, including installation, training and commissioning. The plant will have a thermal output of 13.4 MWth for district heating and an electrical output of 3.6 MWe. The plant will use local forest residues such as bark and wood chips as fuel.
"This is an important investment in the future of Varnamo and in the environment," says Gunnar Crona, Chairman of Varnamo Energi. "After this investment 100 % of the area's district heating will be produced with biomass. In addition, we will produce approximately 20 GWh of electricity annually, which means a doubling of locally produced green electricity."
"We are pleased to be entrusted with the supply of this power plant to Varnamo Energi," says Anders Steen, Managing Director of the Metso unit in charge of the project, MW Power AB. "It is also proof that the solutions we supply are at the forefront of the technological and environmental performance."
"We feel confident in Metso as a supplier," says Göran Hansson, CEO of Varnamo Energi. "This is Varnamo Energi's largest investment ever and with it we can ensure that our customers will continue to be supplied with heating at a competitive cost. Also, Varnamo community will get a modern, well-performing district heating production facility that will be able to fulfill its task for many years."
The order is included in Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power fourth quarter 2012 orders received.
Varnamo Energi AB's main function is to provide energy and IT communications through a well developed infrastructure. Varnamo Energi is wholly owned by Varnamo community. The company has more than 14,000 clients, a turnover of approximately EUR 35 million and the number of employees is forty.
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By Tara McKinney
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale is transforming the region with promises of political and economic gain, but those perceived benefits must be balanced with the "social" effects on communities, a panel of experts agreed this weekend.
A group of professors and regional leaders came together Friday at Bucknell University for a panel discussion: "Understanding community impacts of Marcellus Shale development: strategies and questions." The event, part of a weekend symposium on local river towns and the issues they face, focused on the opportunities and challenges presented by natural gas drilling, such as an influx of workers and new demands on housing and services.
"The complex social impacts of Marcellus Shale have often been hidden behind discussions of potential economic gains," said panel facilitator Amanda Wooden, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bucknell, noting that community voices must be heard.
Playing to their strengths
Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies Ben Marsh, who showed a slideshow focusing on river towns as community assets, encouraged the audience to think about the communities' shared interests and capacity and to come up with ways to work together to preserve those treasures. He said towns must share their strengths through government partnerships and increased communication and by re-envisioning problems.
Change in communities where gas drilling is occurring is happening fast in part because the gas companies face tight deadlines to excavate resources, said Joseph Scipione, an attorney from Philipsburg, Pa., who practices oil and gas law.
"The lease contracts the gas companies sign state that they must drill within five years of signing the contract or else they have to pay extra fines and fees," Scipione said. "There is real economic motivation for gas companies to get in and drill fast or it affects their bottom line."
Demands vs. resources
Kai Schafft, an associate professor of education and director of the Center on Rural Education and Communities at Pennsylvania State University, predicted there will be 60,000 natural gas wells in Pennsylvania in the next few years, which could bring an influx of workers unmatched by resources.
"There is room for lots of economic development and new opportunities for young people, but there is also an uneven distribution of the benefits," Schaftt said. "There is little to no room to develop housing which presents a new epidemic of homelessness not seen before in this area."
David Fagerstrom, president and CEO of River Valley Regional YMCA in Williamsport, said there is a need for diversity training at local businesses to deal with the region's changing demographics.
"There is a lot of anxiety out there and emotional fear of the loss of the sense of community that these small towns cherish," he said. "We need to do something together as a region to combat that fear."
Jonathan Williamson, chair of the Department of Political Science and director of the Center for the Study of Community and the Economy at Lycoming College, said local communities cannot handle the increased demand for housing or government services.
"There is no capacity for water or sewer to take on more houses. There are not systems in place for future development," he said.
Shared concerns
Sydney Hill of the Onondaga Nation near Syracuse, N.Y., said his area is facing similar issues with gas drillers.
"Our big fight is trying to stop them coming into New York state's watersheds," Hill said. "We are trying to get a moratorium on the drilling in our area. Gas drilling is not permitted on the reservation, but our water source is off-site and is not protected from the effects of gas drilling."
Matt Wilson, a master's student in biology at Bucknell from Warren, Ohio, said he is concerned about the release of methane gas as a result of the drilling.
"What scares me the most about Marcellus Shale is that methane can seep into the ground water and poison it," Wilson said. "Once that happens, there's no going back."
Industry response
Matt McTammany, assistant professor of biology and environmental studies, said he was disappointed that no one from the gas industry attended the symposium to address residents' concerns.
"We've held a number of events trying to engage members of the gas industry many times and we've never been able to get any of their people to attend," he said. "I wish they could be here to hear the community's concerns and possibly help alleviate some of those concerns. Or, they could share their plans for their long term.
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In the aftermath of the attacks on the Word Trade Center, many of the most famous authors of our time have weighed in on the attacks, depicting the ways large and small in which they altered people's lives. Some hypothesized possible motivations behind the terrorists' actions: John Updike in Terrorist (2006) and Martin Amis in the short story "The Last Days of Muhammad Atta" (2006). Others used the events as narrative bookends: Don DeLillo's Falling Man (2007) and Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children (2006) are two examples. Some novels commented more indirectly: At the start of Ian McEwan's Saturday (2005), the protagonist sees a plane flying low and fears a terrorist attack, while, in Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), the main character's quest to unravel a personal mystery is motivated by his father's death in the World Trade Center.Oh, good lord, this is so stupid I hate to have to point it out. Katrina was a hurricane. We don't have to try to figure out its motivations and come to terms with its evil. Yes, there were human failings in the aftermath of the storm, but novelists have been chewing through the routine failings of humankind since the novel was invented. They don't even need a real event that had real people screwing up to get them started. They'll make up stories and characters to show the way people do bad things. You know, fiction.
Meanwhile, the literary response to Hurricane Katrina, the other great American disaster of the last decade, has been almost nonexistent. In the five years since Katrina, almost no major literary figure has similarly illustrated the effects of the hurricane.
But the lack of a strong literary response to the hurricane appears to have consequences.... For centuries, novels have done the important job of making devastation more concrete for people by examining individual experience, real or fictional, with that devastation.Ugh. Art subordinated to politics and social change. Great novelists should write about Katrina to help people. No. That's not how it works.
Novelists have done a commendable job exposing us to the dust and the rubble of September 11. It's time for more of them to churn the mud, water, blood, and decay wrought by Katrina.As if serious novelists take their marching orders from the political hacks of this world.
AFTERTHOUGHT: "It's time for more of them to churn the mud, water, blood, and decay wrought by Katrina." Put mud, water, blood, and decay in in the blender and press "churn." Yummy Katrina art smoothie.


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"Visopsys (VISual OPerating SYStem) is an alternative operating system for PC-compatible computers, developed almost exclusively by one person, Andy McLaughlin, since its inception in 1997. Andy is a 30-something programmer from Canada, who, via Boston and San Jose ended up in London, UK, where he spends much of his spare time developing Visopsys. We had the great fortune to catch up with Andy via email and ask him questions about Visopsys, why he started the project in the first place, and where is it going in the future."
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"What we need is some kind of universal driver standard that can be shared across all operating systems.
You mean like Genode? Now, why hasn't someone already thought of that... "
Genode isn't really a universal driver standard though.
In fact, I'm still not 100% certain what Genode is setting out to achieve even after (loosely) following the project for a few years. but from what I can gather, it's a complete micro kernel architecture design to allow running guest kernels (such as Linux) and thus their drivers.


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This - seems more than an innocent mistake. It's either gross negligence, or someone (possibly after a heavy night drinking) thinking that such a move would be "SOOOOOOOOO funny, man!"I hope the person in charge of the music is relieved of their duties as soon as possible.
While I admire her composure, I would never have pretended everything was fine while my country was being insulted. Not that I would throw a fit or anything, but, instead of keeping hand over heart, I would have crossed my arms and a very stern expression. Just enough to get people wondering what the heck was wrong and, possibly, an apology and a correction at the time.
I read on the BBC site that apparently "organisers had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake". (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17491344)Not sure how that happened, or why organisers were downloading anthems off the internet (surely there's some sort of official database for that?), but it does seem to have been a genuine mistake.
Well, they could hardly admit that, "We gave the job of getting the anthems to a junior staffer who claims he just searched for "Kazakh anthem" and didn't have the faintest clue who Cohen was (nor anything about copyright, obviously), but was smirking like the cat that ate the canary during the presentation, until he saw us looking at him."
Well, the event was held in Kuwait, so there is the possibility that the organizers were not native English speakers, and didn't figure out the lyrics quickly enough to stop things.If they relied on "downloading from the internet" (presumably without any consideration of whether the music was royalty-free), it doesn't speak highly of their professionalism. Even an "honest" mistake indicates that they were incredibly sloppy, as well as music pirates.
I'm pretty sure I would not have been able to just stand there. I would have walked off the podium.
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The upcoming free-to-play Command & Conquer will be set the Generals universe, with the GLA, China and the United States as adversaries. The Red Alert and Tiberium universes will be added, but developer Victory Games also envisions including a new fiction for the franchise.
"We like to say that 2013 is…the beginning of the next 10 years of Command & Conquer games, and we've been building this platform and this first game to start that process," Victory's General Manager Jon Van Caneghem told PC Gamer. "As we mentioned, our first outing is going to be in the Generals universe ... but over time, we want to add the Tiberium universe and the Red Alert universe, even a new fiction we've been working on."
Caneghem also mentioned that a single-player campaign would be a possibility for the RTS as part of weekly or monthly updates. An extended beta is supposed to come sometime this year for the game, which will be running on the Frostbite 2 engine.
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