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Artisan And UMC Collaborate On PCI Express Compliant 0.13-Micron PHY Core
Core will expand relationship to system-level IP
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and HSINCHU, Taiwan -- May 29, 2003 -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI), a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), and UMC (NYSE: UMC), a world leading semiconductor foundry, today announced that the long-term IP collaboration between the two companies is now focused on the development of a PCI-Express PHY IP core for 0.13-micron chip designs. The new core will be based on the PCI Express Architecture that has been proposed by the PCI-SIG (PCI Special Interest Group), which owns and manages PCI specifications as open industry standards.
Jackson Hu, president of the New Business Development Group and head of Design Support Division at UMC said, "We are pleased with the collaborative efforts with Artisan regarding the availability of the 0.13-micron PCI-Express PHY core. The PCI Express open architecture to which this offering will comply will help designers to more easily integrate the core into their 0.13-micron product designs. This product will be a valuable asset for our customers that require a core that offers the benefits of high performance and design flexibility."
Callan Carpenter, vice president and general manager of the Analog and Mixed Signal Business Unit at Artisan noted, "UMC continues to be an excellent foundry partner for Artisan and we are pleased to be working with UMC on the PCI-Express PHY. This serial link product is based on our silicon-proven XAUI compatible SerDes Core, allowing us to meet or exceed the PCI Express specifications. The PHYs modular architecture can enable a broad range of computing and communications target applications emphasizing performance, cost and scalability."
About the PCI Express PHY
The PCI-Express 2.5Gbps PHY targets UMC's 0.13-micron process technology. The modular 8-lane PCI Express 2.5Gbps PHY is designed to be a general-purpose I/O interconnect for "in-the-box" applications. Its architecture provides a connectivity solution for adapter cards, attach points for graphics I/Os as well as an I/O attach point for other interconnects like 1394b, USB 2.0, Infiniband and Ethernet. The PCI Express PHY creates a complete serial link including mux/demux, 8b/10b encode/decode and clock recovery circuitry which is compliant with the PCI Express Specification. The newly introduced PCI-Express PHY IP core is slated for availability to customers in the fourth quarter of 2003.
About Artisan Components
Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider. The company's design platforms are licensed to over 1000 companies worldwide. Artisan's design platforms provide IC designers with a common interface to a range of process technologies from the world's leading foundries. Built on Artisan's Process-Perfect™ memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries, Artisan's design platforms include a comprehensive set of views and models supporting leading design tools and methodologies. Artisan's worldwide network of EDA, IP and design service partners extend the Artisan standard to a complete set of system level design and integration solutions. Artisan is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information about Artisan Components, including free library access can be found at: http://www.artisan.com.
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SOC) designs, including 0.13um copper, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS. UMC is also a leader in 300mm manufacturing; Fab 12A in Taiwan is currently in volume production for a variety of customer products, while the Singapore-based UMCi joint venture with Infineon Technologies will begin pilot production later this year. UMC employs over 8,500 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
Artisan Components is a registered trademark and Process-Perfect is a trademark of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the availability of Artisan's PCI Express PHY IP core in the fourth quarter of 2003 and the characteristics of such product. Actual results may differ materially. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including whether there will be technical or other difficulties that delay or prevent the availability of Artisan's PCI Express PHY IP core, technical or other difficulties inherent in the design and manufacture of semiconductors, and market acceptance of Artisan's PCI Express PHY IP core. We refer you also to the documents that the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular the section entitled "Factors Affecting Future Operating Results" in the Company's annual report on form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q. Artisan disclaims any obligation to update or correct the information contained in this press release as a result of financial, business or any other developments occurring after the date of the release.
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Randolph, Conley lead Grizzlies past Cavaliers 110-96
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Zach Randolph had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies used a big second half to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-96 Saturday night.
Randolph had 17 points in the second half to help Memphis outscore Cleveland 56-31 and rally from an early 15-point deficit to win its fifth straight at home. Mike Conley and Marc Gasol scored 22 each for the Grizzlies. Conley added seven assists and Gasol had six.
Courtney Lee finished with 19 points and Tony Allen had 16 on 7-of-10 shooting.
Kyrie Irving led the Cavaliers with 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting, while Tristan Thompson was 8 of 10 for 18 points. Spencer Hawes had 13 points and Luol Deng 11.
Memphis took control with a big third quarter and led by 91-83 with 8:56 left in the fourth.
The Cavaliers used six straight points from Irving to pull within 95-94 with 4:03 left. But a baseline 8-footer by Randolph and a 3-pointer from Conley restored Memphis' cushion. By the time Gasol scored on a hook shot with 1:13 left the Grizzlies' lead was in double digits.
The Cavaliers dominated the first half, leading by as many as 15 points and taking a 65-54 lead into the break. The Grizzlies provided little resistance and Cleveland shot just under 70 percent for much of the half before going to the locker room at 61 percent, including connecting on 4 of 9 from outside the arc.
That included 6 of 7 from the field by Thompson, who led Cleveland with 14 points. Irving had 13, while Hawes provided long-range offense, connecting on all 3 of his 3-pointers in his 11 first-half points.
Gasol had 15 points, Lee 11 and Allen 10 for the Grizzlies, who were at 52 percent shooting and still trailed by double digits at the break.
The energy and intensity increased for Memphis to open the second half and that translated into a 21-8 run to overtake Cleveland just past the midway point of the third.
At that point, Cleveland had committed five turnovers in the quarter.
Memphis eventually would take the run to 26-8 for an 80-73 lead.
Led by 13 points from Randolph, the Grizzlies outscored Cleveland 33-15 in the third and carried an 87-80 lead into the final frame.
Cleveland would commit seven turnovers in the third alone and hit 6 of 16 shots.
NOTES: Irving has scored at least 20 points in 17 of last 23 games. . The Cavaliers' 65 points in the first half were the most scored by a Memphis opponent in a half this season. The previous high was 62 in the second half by Dallas on Nov. 2. . Gasol hit a shot at the end of the first quarter from beyond half court and banked it in. It was shown on the score sheet as 60 feet. It was his first 3-pointer of the season. . The Cavaliers have lost four straight road games in the series. They last won in Memphis on Jan. 13, 2009. . The game was the nightcap of a doubleheader at the FedExForum. Earlier in the day, No. 21 Memphis defeated seventh-ranked Louisville 72-66.

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Thousands of Little Monsters Invaded Streets of NY to Catch Glimpse of
Mother Monster at MTV Headquarters
New York, NY (August 18, 2011) - Lady Gaga announced tonight that she is set to open the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards during "MTV First: Lady Gaga" to thousands of fans in Times Square as her Little Monsters revealed the news via a banner right in the center of New York City. She also introduced her new music video "Yo� and I" for its television premiere and responded to questions from fans on TV and online at www.mtv.com.
"I have a really big announcement," the New York native told MTV's Sway, the same night her "Yo� and I" video made its television debut. "But I thought as usual, instead of me announcing it, I'd let the Little Monsters do it for me."
"It means the world to me," Gaga said of opening the 2011 VMAs. "I just feel really blessed every day. I have the most amazing fans."
Lady Gaga joins previously announced 2011 VMA performers including Adele, Bruno Mars, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Young The Giant. The "2011 MTV Video Music Awards" will air live from Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT.)
"Yo� and I" is the fourth single to be released from Lady Gaga's third studio album, Born This Way. In addition to performing, Lady Gaga is nominated for four Moonmen at the "2011 MTV Video Music Awards," including Best Female Video ("Born This Way"), Best Art Direction ("Judas"), Best Choreography ("Judas") and Best Video with a Message ("Born This Way").
About MTV:
MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its Emmy(R), Grammy(R) and Peabody(R) award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. MTV's sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unparalleled customized content for young males, music fans and college students, and its online hub MTV.com is the leading destination for music, news and pop culture. MTV is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.


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Having "The Blues" for a day or two is some-thing we all feel occasionally. Depression is different. Depression can last weeks or months, or even years. It can change your body chemistry and, left untreated, can worsen or even cause other illnesses.
Many things can cause depression, including some HIV drugs (particularly efavirenz/Sustiva), medications for hepatitis C, vitamin deficiency and hormonal irregularities. Social factors and life stressors, like money problems or loneliness, can also contribute to depression.
Numerous studies have shown that HIV-positive women experience higher rates of depression than HIV-negative women and men. This is probably partly due to hormonal changes and the increased burden and isolation experienced by many women living with HIV.
Depression makes you feel bad about yourself and your environment, and it can make you feel hopeless about the future. Fortunately, depression usually responds well to treatment.
Signs of Depression
Recognizing signs of depression is the first step to combating it. Many people associate prolonged sadness and thoughts of suicide as classic signs of depression. While some experience these symptoms, not everybody who is depressed does. Other common signs include fatigue and/or insomnia. Loss of appetite and/or sex drive are also signs, as is losing interest in family, friends, work and life.
Treating Depression
Talking, using medications (anti-depressants) and making lifestyle changes (like exercise and nutrition) are ways to treat depression. An approach that combines these strategies works better than choosing only one.
Connecting with Others
Talking is an essential part of beating depression. Talking to a therapist can be very effective. Increasingly, there are therapists who specialize in working with people living with HIV. Sometimes your doctor, local AIDS service organization, or support group can refer you to such a therapist. Choosing one you feel comfortable with may take time. Health insurance, as through private insurance or Medicaid, sometimes covers these expenses.
Support groups are sometimes just as effective as talking with a professional therapist, and they're often free. Many experts recommend that all positive people seek some form of support. Few, if any of us, were taught all the skills needed to cope with a life-threatening illness. Also, many books can be bought or checked out at your local library with useful information on overcoming depression.
Anti-depressants have proven to make a big difference in the lives of many who suffer depression. These pills can be taken short- or long-term, depending on your need. A commonly used class of anti-depressants is called SSRIs (serotonin specific re-uptake inhibitors). These work on the brain chemical, serotonin. SSRIs like paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft) and fluoxetine (Prozac) are widely used in treating of HIV-related depression.
Other types of anti-depressants, like brupropion (Wellbutrin), and new treatments are in development. People respond to anti-depressants differently, and it might take time to find one that works well for you. Anti-depressants work best when coupled with some sort of talk therapy, be it with a trained professional or a support group.
An important consideration when talking to your doctor about choosing an anti-depressant is the potential for drug interactions, especially if you take HIV drugs. For example, ritonavir (Norvir) should not be used with brupropion: it can increase blood levels of SSRIs. Also, some anti-depressants increase or decrease blood levels of oral birth control; dose modifications of oral contraceptives may be necessary.
Again, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about possible drug interactions with anti-depressants and other therapies you take. (See Project Inform's "Drug Interactions Fact Sheet" for more information.)
Despite the success of anti-depressant therapies, not all people benefit from them nor do the effects always last. It's common for people to start with one anti-depressant and then either switch to another or add others to their daily regimens. Some end up using two to four anti-depressants at the same time. Even then, the drugs can fail, especially when a person ignores her other forms of support.
Herbal Remedies
The herbal treatment most often used in hopes of combating depression is St. John's Wort. Caution is advised when using this herb for several reasons. First and foremost, the most recent controlled clinical study found little or no effectiveness when comparing St. John's Wort to a placebo (harmless sugar pill). Even its supporters claim it may only work in mild forms of depression.
The herb also has a significant interaction with indinavir (Crixivan). Indinavir blood levels were greatly decreased when they were used together, greatly reducing indinavir's anti-HIV activity. This can lead to developing resistance to indinavir.
St. John's Wort is also likely to greatly decrease blood levels of other protease inhibitors as well as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. People who take these drugs are advised not to use St. John's Wort. Individuals who use complementary therapies should always discuss possible interactions with their doctors and pharmacists.
A final reason for using caution is because all herbal remedies are completely unregulated -- there is no way of really knowing how much herb is actually present in a supplement, or even its quality. If you try St. John's Wort look for the active ingredients, hypericum at 0.3% and hyperforin at 6%, and seek advice as to which are the most reliable brands. Some nutritionists recommend trying 300 milligrams three times a day, but even this figure is uncertain. The kind of studies needed to determine proper dosing of a drug have not been done with St. John's Wort.
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James Kwak responded in Baseline Scenario to some of the points that I raised in the review of the new book he co-authored with Simon Johnson, White House Burning. I want to focus on one issue in particular because it is really central to how we understand the economy.
I argued in my review that the fundamental imbalance in the U.S. economy is the trade deficit. This deficit is in turn caused by the over-valued dollar. The latter is a direct result of the decision of developing countries to accumulate massive amounts of foreign exchange reserves (i.e. dollars) in the wake of the East Asian financial crisis.
Developing countries saw the harsh treatment of the East Asian countries following the crisis and decided that they did not want to be in the same situation. Their protection against this event was the stockpiling of huge amounts of reserves. They acquire the reserves by running trade surpluses, which they use to acquire dollars. The decision of foreign central banks to buy and hold dollars keeps up the value of the dollar against their own currencies. If they didn't buy dollars, the value of the dollar would fall relative to their currencies.
This matters for our trade deficit because the higher valued dollar means that imports are cheaper for us, which leads us to buy more imports. In addition, the high dollar means that our exports are more expensive for people in other countries. Therefore they buy less of our exports. If we import more and export less, then we get a trade deficit.
This matters for the budget deficit story because if the United States runs a trade deficit, then it means that the United States has negative national savings. This is definitional; as a country we are buying more than we are selling.
If we have negative national savings, then either the private sector must have negative savings or the public must have negative savings or some combination where they both run deficits. All of this is definitional; it necessary follows from the trade deficit.
Right now we are offsetting the trade deficit with large budget deficits. The private sector actually is a net saver at the moment. The combination of business and household savings exceeds annual investment.
However this was not true before the crisis. In 2007, the budget deficit was actually relatively small at just over 1 percent of GDP. Instead we had a very large deficit on the private side of the ledger. This deficit corresponded to the housing-bubble-driven construction boom (residential construction is a component of investment) and the consumption boom that was driven by housing-bubble-generated equity. The household saving rate fell to near zero at the peak of the bubble in the years 2004-2007. I comment in passing in my review that no one could reasonably want to go back to this situation.
Kwak picks up on this issue in his blogpost and holds up 1999 as a model. In that year the government had a budget surplus of 1.4 percent of GDP. The country had a trade deficit of 2.8 percent of GDP and the economy grew at a 4.8 percent rate, so what's the problem? He points to the 2011 trade deficit of 3.8 percent of GDP and says things should not be that different now.
There are two points to make on this. First, the current deficit is lower than it otherwise would be because the economy is operating well below its potential. Imports always fall in a downturn, lowering the trade deficit, and this one was no exception. The trade deficit fell from 5.0 percent of GDP in 2008 to 2.8 percent of GDP in 2009. The main factor behind this drop was the steep recession. If we were back near full employment, the trade deficit would again be close to 5.0 percent of GDP. This leaves us with negative net foreign savings that are roughly 2.2 percentage points of GDP (@$330 billion) higher than what we were looking at 1999.
But the other part of the story is that 1999 was not quite so great. While we had good growth and low unemployment, both great achievements, we also had very low household saving. The measured household saving rate that year was just over 2.0 percent of disposable income. This compares to an average of 8.0 percent in the years before stock and housing bubble generated wealth drove savings rates through the floor.
Furthermore, there is evidence that a mis-categorization of capital gains income as ordinary income overstated actual income in the peak years of the 90s stock bubble. This would imply that savings was overstated, with the actual rate being close to zero at the end of the decade.
This low savings rate matters because it means that people on aggregate are not putting aside any money for retirement. This cannot be considered a desirable situation.
The other part of the story is that investment was in part inflated by the tech frenzy that was causing people to throw money at anything involving the Internet. This was not a healthy situation, as large amounts of this capital was wasted and investors ended up being burned. The NASDAQ fell from a peak of 5000 in March of 2000 to a trough of less than 1200 in the summer of 2002, wiping out more than three quarters of the paper wealth of shareholders.
So, we didn't balance our trade deficit in an especially good way back in 1999 and now we are looking at a trade deficit in the neighborhood of 5.0 percent of GDP, instead of the 2.8 percent deficit we faced in 1999. That doesn't look a pretty story to me.
This is why the over-valued dollar is the fire that I most believe needs to be addressed. In the short-term, it is perfectly reasonably for us to run large budget deficits, ideally building up infrastructure and improving the education and skills of the workforce so that we will have lasting benefits from this boost to demand. However in the longer term, a rich country like the United States should not be running large trade deficits. We should be an exporter of capital to poorer countries where it can help finance development. That would be much better than trying to sustain demand through yet another asset bubble.
I'm sure that Kwak does not actually want another asset bubble, but I don't see any other way to get us the negative national savings that goes along with a trade deficit, if we do not have a budget deficit. Remember, you can never win a fight with an accounting identity.


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Drawing from the visual worlds of science and nature, the human figure, the grand tradition of American illustration, Japanese scroll paintings and woodblock prints, fantasy illustration, and great artists of Europe, Elliott's work strikes the viewer at first with a powerful tableau and draws them in to experience the subtlety and beauty within. Beyond the pictorial impact of his work, themes personal to him such as body image, environmental preservation, and social and psychological repression weave themselves throughout his work.
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NEW Gumroad Video "Celtic Goddess Sulis"
Other videos, including a DVD version are available at my Gumroad page:
Image painted for the book "Gods and Goddesses" from the Fantasy Illustration Library by Michael Publishing, LLC
A tabernacle frame inspired by James Gurney's recent post about the one he had made for his painting. I built this one with a real cypress knee from the swamps of Arkansas, carefully cut to replace the columns in many frames of this type. The painting is set in a swamp, so I figured it would work, and it seems to quite well!
Colored pencils on tan paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. You can get your own here on my commissions page!
New, Longer Gumroad video/ DVD released!
A long 140 minute version of the Red Scotsman painting is out on Gumroad today- the package includes a 2 hour 21 minute video file, Photoshop Brushes and The full resolution image of the painting!
Thanks so much for all your feedback on the first one, it has really helped influence the new one. Please keep the comments coming, they really help!
The download is only $10 and a DVD is also available for $15 .
Here is my second piece for the Moleskine IV show in San Francisco. This piece is in oils on a 8.5 x 10 inch open Moleskine sketchbook primed with Liquitex clear acrylic gesso. Painted with Michael Harding oils.
I made it in to Spectrum again! wohoo! Not nominated for any awards this year, but that is fine. I just got an award from The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles on Saturday. no need to be greedy!
One of my pieces for the Moleskine Project IV show in a few weeks.
This one started as a sketch in watercolor and colored pencil before I had thought about what to do for this show. Strangely, the sketch was exactly the same size as the Moleskines were are supposed to use for the show, so it worked out great.
Painted in oil over Liqutex clear acrylic gesso, in the pages of a 5 x 8 inch Moleskine sketchbook. (heavy paper type)
Here are some photos I took of great art at the LA Art Show this year. It was a good show, and Amay Adams was the host- I hadn't seen her in person in a long time. She sat down next to me at a table when I was working on designing Disney's "Enchanted". we had a chat and I found out she was playing the lead. Little did I know she was about to become mega famous!
There was a little less representational art this year, after seeing it grow each year, it was strange to see a slip. But it wasn't a huge slip. maybe just a wobble!
A Dr. Who TARDIS guitar I made for my Uncle's Christmas present this year! He's a big fan, and has practically every guitar made already, so I had no choice but to make one that he could not buy!
The body is solid basswood with basswood strip details, and the neck is maple. The headstock is also an upside down silhouette of a TARDIS if you look closely...
Now he need to learn the theme tune on this!
I took video of the process, and I'll post that when I have edited it together.
A commission from CTN this year!
A collector who works at Apple asked me to draw a girl with an iPod classic. I wanted to get the feeling she was really rocking to the music, and perhaps oblivious to the fact that all she has on is the garter belt... Plus, I needed a place to put the iPod too!
This is on tan paper, 8.5 x 11 inches in colored pencils.
CTN is HERE!! top by my booth T16 (Insert Star Wars reference here)
see new work, products and posters!
I will be presenting a workshop on Portfolio design for Visual Development in the Executive Boardroom at 3pm-ish on Friday also.
Some art for Jak and Daxter 4 , a never produced game for Naughtydog Studios. No 3D work here, all perspective by hand, then painted in photoshop. I was trying to get a feel for a consistent style of modern buildings almost shaped like adobe houses, with the pipes echoing the wood beams that jut out of adobe homes. The water and pipes were to create obstacles that the player would have to navigate by air speeder.
Here is a video of a session from APE 2013 of me painting the daughter of my High School friend!
Jak and Daxter 4 - An ominous tower city alone in a barren world...
Some pieces from the never produced Jak and Daxter 4 video game from Naughtydog studios. I can't remember the original mandate here,. except for the fast that the city was self contained and had "lots of pipes, everywhere" I recalled a puzzle from when I was a kid called "verticalville" drawn by Bob Martin. It was a cartoon city with each building atop the last and railways airports pools, and all you could need packed into one place. this is sort of a gloomy version of that suppose.
Leighton, Ingres, and Remington at the Met in NY City!
I have never seen this Leighton- there was a special Pre-Raphaelite exhibit this was part of. (it might still be up, I['m not sure)
Ingres has a great personal style in his portraits, giving the body and face a very recognizable look. Degas was a big fan of Ingres and collected his work. Both went to the same school and believed in strong draughtsmanship- the connection between the two is very clear when you look at each of their drawings..
I love the spots of color in the shadows on that cowboy- mixing colors in blobs in stead of doing it on the palette. such a great example of this!
John Fleskes joining the blissfulness of Howard Chandler Christy's ladies!
This cafe in NY has reopened and is now called Leopard des Artists...
I highly recommend the art and the food is good too!
Here's a great video put together by Flesk Publications of one of my painting demos from Last year! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday again this year and will be Painting demo portratis in oil again. Stop by and say hi!
D&D Player's Handbook- 5th edition art!
-My painting of a Monk concentrating on some spell casting...
Thanks Jon Schindehette for the commission and Kate Irwin for her Art Direction.
It was so fun to realize these images for D&D. I would spend hours waiting outside the hobby shop reading D&D books..., well, mostly staring at the art! Now I get to be one of the artists. A real privilege. Thanks also to my cousin Steve for buying me a D&D set for Christmas when I was about 7 years old! ;)


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As the violent anti-American protests in the Muslim world subside, those in the region and in the United States are wondering whether the upheaval will have a permanent effect.
Although by no means inevitable, these events could have a silver lining. If they spur leaders in North Africa to reassess their economic and security policies — or if they prod America to lean toward rather than away from North Africa — the region could end up being better off than it was before it erupted on Sept. 11, 2012.
There is always the possibility that the protests and violence, which were triggered in part by outrage over the video "The Innocence of Muslims," will soon be forgotten. The violence surrounding the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a Danish newspaper in 2006 were shocking, too, but few would argue they were a turning point. Those protests, however, occurred under the old status quo of the Arab world, a very different context from the volatile, uncertain and in some ways more hopeful situation that has unfolded in the past 18 months.
One way in which the recent upheaval might have a lasting effect is on how freedom of speech is (or isn't) respected in the new Middle East. Last week we witnessed a serious exchange of views on the subject among world leaders at the United Nations. President Barack Obama sought to explain to the world why Americans hold so dear the right to state even the harshest of opinions; the presidents of Egypt and Yemen presented very different views on the limits of expression.
In the past, such contrasts might have simply underscored the significant cultural differences between the Arab world and the U.S. This time, the conversation roughly coincides with efforts to write new constitutions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. It is possible that the internal debates surrounding civil liberties in those countries will have greater sophistication after a real-world test of society's limits. Unfortunately, it is also likely that advocates of more "Western" notions of free speech will be hampered by association with the offensive video.
More hopefully, the events of the past two weeks — in exposing weaknesses of the post-revolutionary governments — could force leaders to confront realities they and the international community have heretofore been happy to play down. Libya, for example, seems newly inclined to address its biggest problem: pervasive lawlessness and the proliferation of violent militias.
After tens of thousands of Libyans turned out Sept. 22 in Benghazi to protest against the attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and his three colleagues, the president of Libya's National Assembly, Mohammed Magarief, ordered the disbanding of all militias not sanctioned by the government. The army gave the groups a 48-hour deadline to disarm and to evacuate compounds and public buildings.
Although this was an important and bold step, it isn't a comprehensive solution to Libya's security challenges. Since Moammar Gadhafi's demise, the Libyan government has acknowledged that it is unable to control its entire territory, and militias have operated with impunity across much of the country. At the same time, the government rejected the idea of allowing foreign troops help keep the peace, or that it needed substantial help from the international community in stabilizing the country.
The tragedy in Benghazi underscored that Libya's insecurity isn't just a problem for Libyans, but for its neighbors and the rest of the world. The best outcome will be if Libyans use this moment to ask for more robust security assistance to build a competent national army, track down chemical weapons left over from the Gadhafi era and tamp down reluctant militias. This may not necessarily take the form of a peacekeeping force, but embedded trainers from friendly countries could help bolster the Libyan army's capabilities during a period of vulnerability.
Moreover, Libya might ask the international community for help in integrating members of disbanded militia into civilian life or the nascent army — the U.S. has some experience, albeit of limited success, in such efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Although perhaps much harder to envision, it is possible that the anti-American protests in Egypt, too, will constitute a turning point. President Mohammed Morsi's slow but eventual condemnation of the attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Cairo could be the first stage in driving a wedge between his Muslim Brotherhood and the more extremist Salafi groups. Morsi's initial reluctance to speak against the violence in part reflected his reluctance to position himself against more extremist elements, and that he overcame it is very significant.
This single instance of Morsi's condemning anti-Americanism might not prove he is looking for more moderate political partners. But he has a bigger hurdle coming soon: negotiating a $4.8 billion loan with the International Monetary Fund. Not only will the loan come with stringent conditions on government spending that are opposed by many politicians, but some Salafis believe that paying interest to a non-Islamic entity such as the IMF is a violation of religious principles. Morsi, and Egypt, desperately needs the loan, and building on his denouncement of the protests, he might find himself forced to break publicly with his most conservative allies.
Although shifts in Libyan or Egyptian politics would be significant, a more important legacy of the violence will be how it affects U.S. commitment to the Middle East. Understandably, the first reaction of many Americans was to throw their hands up in dismay, and to ask why we should continue to spend money and political capital on a part of the world that is so clearly dysfunctional and anti-American.
This is exactly the wrong response. The problem isn't that the U.S. has done too much for these countries in transition; it is that the U.S. hasn't yet done enough. A fear of seeming heavy-handed has led us to be nearly hands-off. Closer engagement doesn't mean smothering governments that want and need to keep their political distance from Washington in order to maintain public support, nor does it entail a greater military presence. But it does mean a more systematic strategy toward the region, one that recognizes the tentative nature of every achievement made since the Arab revolutions began and seeks to bolster the fortunes of those looking to build moderate, economically open societies — even if they have conservative and Islamic leanings.
The U.S. can't easily solve the unemployment problem in the Arab world or close the yawning gap between the skills of educated Arabs and the skills actually needed by employers. Nor can it provide the social justice — of which economics is only a part — that Arabs are looking to their new governments to deliver. But the U.S. can help.
First, it can consistently stand up for the American principles that are admired globally: political and economic liberty. It can also infuse the Middle East with economic advice, technical assistance, private-sector help and educational partnering. These are the U.S.'s comparative advantages. To some extent, this is already under way. The new $60 million Egyptian Enterprise Fund, which will provide support for small- and medium-sized Egyptian businesses, is a good start. So was a trip by more than 100 U.S. businessmen last month arranged by the embassy in Cairo.
But such programs need to occur on a larger scale that holds some prospect of tipping the wobbly trajectory of today to a definitively positive slope. Giving American business significant incentives to invest in Egypt, providing Egyptian products easy access to the U.S. marketplace, and offering significant aid and expertise contingent on policy reforms should be pillars of a strategy seeking to boost long-term Egyptian prospects.
Doing far more to help these new democracies thrive isn't just in the interests of Arabs, who are deserving of a better future, but also of the U.S., which needs better partners in this part of the world.
Meghan L. O'Sullivan, a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and former deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration, is a Bloomberg View columnist.


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I need to write a program using just strings. The problem I am having is figuring out which strings I need to use.
I have to prompt the user for a sentence that contains 4 words. That's easy, I know how to do that.
The problem I having is with what you do with the sentence.
Print the number of letters in each sentence
I would use str.length();
Print the average word length
I have no idea what string to use. I looked through the examples I have and I've never had an example where I've found the average number of words?
Print each word on a separate line
Again, I've never been shown an example to know what string to use.
Print the sentence with the words reversed.
I've seen several strings that have been used to reverse the sentence, but none that I've ever had an example for and I don't know how to use the ones that I found.
I just need help with what strings to use. I don't need the program written, I just have no idea what strings should be used to carry out the program.
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Services have been set for a Virginia State Police trooper fatally shot Thursday during an Interstate 85 traffic stop in Dinwiddie.
State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says a wake for 63-year-old Master Trooper Junius A. Walker will be held Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Petersburg.
Funeral services for the 35-year State Police veteran are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be for family only.
Officials say 28-year-old Russell E. Brown III of Chesterfield is charged with capital murder and two felony firearms counts. He's also charged with attempted capital murder for allegedly exchanging gunfire with another trooper.
Prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty.
Brown is being held without bond at the Meherrin River Regional Jail in Alberta.


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This information is produced and provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The information in this topic may have changed since it was written. For the most current information, contact the National Cancer Institute via the Internet web site at http://cancer.gov or call 1-800-4-CANCER.
Central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the brain.
Central nervous system (CNS) atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a very rare, fast-growing tumor of the brain and spinal cord. It usually occurs in children younger than three years of age, although it can occur in older children and adults.
About half of these tumors form in the cerebellum or brain stem. The cerebellum is the part of the brain that controls movement, balance, and posture. The brain stem controls breathing, heart rate, and the nerves and muscles used in seeing, hearing, walking, talking, and eating. AT/RT may also be found in other parts of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).
This summary describes the treatment of primary brain tumors (tumors that begin in the brain). Treatment for metastatic brain tumors, which are tumors formed by cancer cells that begin in other parts of the body and spread to the brain, is not discussed in this summary. For more information see the PDQ summary on Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview about the different types of childhood brain and spinal cord tumors.
Brain tumors can occur in both children and adults; however, treatment for children may be different than treatment for adults. See the PDQ treatment summary on Adult Brain Tumors for more information.
Certain genetic changes may increase the risk of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
Anything that increases the risk of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Having a risk factor does not mean that you will get cancer; not having risk factors doesn't mean that you will not get cancer. Talk with your child's doctor if you think your child may be at risk.
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor may be linked to a change in a tumor suppressor gene called SMARCB1. This type of gene makes a protein that helps control cell growth. Changes in the DNA of tumor suppressor genes like SMARCB1 may lead to cancer.
Changes in the SMARCB1 gene may be inherited (passed on from parents to offspring). When the SMARCB1 gene change is inherited, tumors may form in two parts of the body at the same time (for example, in the brain and the kidney). If AT/RT is diagnosed, genetic counseling (a discussion with a trained professional about inherited diseases and a possible need for gene testing) may be recommended.
The symptoms of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor are not the same in every patient.
Because atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor is fast growing, symptoms may develop quickly and progress over a period of days or weeks. Symptoms vary and depend on the age of the patient and where the tumor has formed.
These symptoms may be caused by AT/RT or by other conditions. Check with a doctor if your child has any of the following problems:
Tests that examine the brain and spinal cord are used to detect (find) atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
The following tests and procedures may be used:
Childhood atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor is diagnosed and may be removed in surgery.
If doctors think there might be a brain tumor, a biopsy may be done to remove a sample of tissue. For tumors in the brain, the biopsy is done by removing part of the skull and using a needle to remove a sample of tissue. A pathologist views the tissue under a microscope to look for cancer cells. If cancer cells are found, the doctor may remove as much tumor as safely possible during the same surgery. The pathologist checks the cancer cells to find out the type of brain tumor. It is often difficult to completely remove AT/RT because of where the tumor is in the brain and because it may already have spread at the time of diagnosis. Craniotomy: An opening is made in the skull and a piece of the skull is removed to show part of the brain.
In order to tell the difference between AT/RT and other brain tumors, an immunohistochemistry study may be done on the sample of tissue that is removed. An immunohistochemistry study is a laboratory test in which a substance such as an antibody, dye, or radioisotope is added to a sample of cancer tissue to test for certain antigens.
Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
The prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options depend on the following:
There is no standard staging system for central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
The extent or spread of cancer is usually described as stages. There is no standard staging system for central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. This tumor is classified as newly diagnosed or recurrent. Treatment depends on how much cancer remains after surgery and the age of the child. Results from the following procedures are used to plan treatment:
There are three ways that cancer spreads in the body.
The three ways that cancer spreads in the body are:
When cancer cells break away from the primary (original) tumor and travel through the lymph or blood to other places in the body, another (secondary) tumor may form. This process is called metastasis. The secondary (metastatic) tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if breast cancer spreads to the bones, the cancer cells in the bones are actually breast cancer cells. The disease is metastatic breast cancer, not bone cancer.
There are different types of treatment for patients with central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
Different types of treatment are available for patients with central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT). Treatment for AT/RT is usually within a clinical trial. A treatment clinical trial is a research study meant to help improve current treatments or obtain information on new treatments for patients with cancer.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site. Choosing the most appropriate cancer treatment is a decision that ideally involves the patient, family, and health care team.
Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial.
For some patients, taking part in a clinical trial may be the best treatment choice. Clinical trials are part of the cancer research process. Clinical trials are done to find out if new cancer treatments are safe and effective or better than the standard treatment.
Many of today's standard treatments for cancer are based on earlier clinical trials. Patients who take part in a clinical trial may receive the standard treatment or be among the first to receive a new treatment.
Patients who take part in clinical trials also help improve the way cancer will be treated in the future. Even when clinical trials do not lead to effective new treatments, they often answer important questions and help move research forward.
Patients can enter clinical trials before, during, or after starting their cancer treatment.
Some clinical trials only include patients who have not yet received treatment. Other trials test treatments for patients whose cancer has not gotten better. There are also clinical trials that test new ways to stop cancer from recurring (coming back) or reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. See the Treatment Options section that follows for links to current treatment clinical trials. These have been retrieved from NCI's listing of clinical trials.
Children with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor should have their treatment planned by a team of health care providers who are experts in treating cancer in children.
Treatment will be overseen by a pediatric oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating children with cancer. The pediatric oncologist works with other pediatric health care providers who are experts in treating children with central nervous system cancer and who specialize in certain areas of medicine. These may include the following specialists:
Childhood brain tumors may cause symptoms that begin before diagnosis and continue for months or years.
Symptoms caused by the tumor may begin before diagnosis. These symptoms may continue for months or years. It is important to talk with your child's doctors about symptoms caused by the tumor that may continue after treatment.
Some cancer treatments cause side effects months or years after treatment has ended.
Side effects from cancer treatment that begin during or after treatment and continue for months or years are called late effects. Late effects of cancer treatment may include the following:
Some late effects may be treated or controlled. It is important to talk with your child's doctors about the effects cancer treatment can have on your child. (See the PDQ summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for more information).
Four types of treatment are used:
Surgery is used to diagnose and treat atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. See the General Information section of this summary.
Even if the doctor removes all the cancer that can be seen at the time of the surgery, most patients will be given chemotherapy and possibly radiation therapy after surgery to kill any cancer cells that are left. Treatment given after the surgery, to lower the risk that the cancer will come back, is called adjuvant therapy.
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein or muscle, the drugs enter the bloodstream and can reach cancer cells throughout the body (systemic chemotherapy). When chemotherapy is placed directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, an organ, or a body cavity such as the abdomen, the drugs mainly affect cancer cells in those areas (regional chemotherapy). The way the chemotherapy is given depends on the type of cancer being treated.
Anticancer drugs given by mouth or vein to treat brain and spinal cord tumors cannot cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Instead, an anticancer drug is injected into the fluid-filled space to kill cancer cells there. This is called intrathecal chemotherapy.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing. There are two types of radiation therapy. External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the cancer. Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters that are placed directly into or near the cancer. The way the radiation therapy is given depends on the type of tumor being treated and whether it has spread. External radiation therapy may be given to the brain and spinal cord.
Because radiation therapy can affect growth and brain development in young children, especially children who are three years old or younger, the dose of radiation therapy may be lower than usual.
High-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant
High-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant is a method of giving high doses of chemotherapy and replacing blood -forming cells destroyed by the cancer treatment. Stem cells (immature blood cells) are removed from the blood or bone marrow of the patient or a donor and are frozen and stored. After the chemotherapy is completed, the stored stem cells are thawed and given back to the patient through an infusion. These reinfused stem cells grow into (and restore) the body's blood cells.
Follow-up tests may be needed.
Some of the tests that were done to diagnose the cancer may be repeated. Some tests will be repeated in order to see how well the treatment is working. Decisions about whether to continue, change, or stop treatment may be based on the results of these tests.
Some of the tests will continue to be done from time to time after treatment has ended. The results of these tests can show if your child's condition has changed or if the cancer has recurred (come back). These tests are sometimes called follow-up tests or check-ups.
There is no standard treatment for patients with central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
Combinations of treatments are used for patients with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
Because atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is fast-growing, a combination of treatments is usually given. Most treatments include both surgery and chemotherapy. Treatments for AT/RT may include combinations of the following:
Clinical trials of new treatments should be considered for patients with newly diagnosed atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with childhood atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
There is no standard treatment for patients with recurrent childhood central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
Clinical trials of new treatments should be considered for patients with recurrent atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.
For more information about childhood central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor and other childhood brain tumors, see the following:
For more childhood cancer information and other general cancer resources, see the following:
The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.
Changes were made to this summary to match those made to the health professional verison.
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We are all about the social media on this blog and our coverage of conferences with interviews, photos and below a few videos.
Here is the programming chair of the conference, David Berkowitz talking about how this is the biggest Search Insider Summit yet as well as the kinds of topics that drove the programming ranging from innovative search technology to click fraud to mobile marketing.
I also caught up with Cam Balzer of GoogleClick Performics 🙂 oops, I mean DoubleClick Performics. As tempting as it was to ask Cam about Google's acquisition of a company that provides natural and paid search marketing services, I kept it PC.
Cam moderated a competitive intelligence panel and he shares his insights about CI for ROI versus branding campaigns and does provide a well coached answer about Google/DoubleClick. You've got to love that media training.
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The PF's 'Get the Word Out' campaign is gaining speed around the country. The cornerstone of this campaign is our emphasis on national brochure distribution through its emphasis on networking with all area members.
We want all pregnant women to know the signs and symptoms of PE. These brochures give the signs and symptoms and more, so that women can recognize this disease. The brochures were made with the patient and doctor in mind.
This is the brochure so many of us wish we had received when we were newly pregnant.
The national office also has a letter written to the health professional to accompany a sample brochure. This letter addresses concerns a health professional may have in regards to the brochure.
We would like members to ask doctors and other health professionals to keep a supply of these brochures on hand and to distribute them to all of their new patients or those with a history of PE.
Please post your questions and comments. Email me for a copy of the brochure cover letter, distribution list and if you would like to receive some brochures to start helping this process of distribution in your area. It only takes one pebble to ripple the entire pond, join me in tossing a few pebbles around Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky! [:D][:I][:)][8)][:p]
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By Julie Steenhuysen
(Reuters) – A new understanding of the link between diabetes and obesity may help drug companies design safer versions of treatments like GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
The researchers had believed Avandia and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co's Actos work by stimulating a protein known as PPAR-gamma. Now the team thinks the drugs also act on the insulin resistance that diabetics develop through a different route.
And they think it may be possible to tinker with drugs in this class to overcome some of their side effects.
"Our findings strongly suggest that good and bad effects of these drugs can be separated by designing second-generation drugs that focus on the newly uncovered mechanism," Bruce Spiegelman of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, who worked on the study in the journal Nature, said in a statement.
Avandia and Actos, known generically as rosiglitazone and pioglitazone, are widely used to offset obesity-related changes in a person's insulin response that lead to diabetes.
Both drugs increase the risk of fractures and heart failure, and several reports have linked Avandia with an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
This month an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found data that raised concerns about heart attacks associated with Avandia, but not enough to warrant its withdrawal from the market.
The drugs act on a protein called PPAR-gamma, found mostly in fat cells, that regulates genes involved in the body's response to insulin.
Scientists had believed the drugs work by stimulating PPAR-gamma, causing it to increase the activity of some genes and dampen others. The Dana-Farber researchers and a team from The Scripps Research Institute in California now think the drugs work in a different way.
In studies in obese mice, they found obesity activates a molecular switch called cdk5, which causes a chemical change in PPAR-gamma, triggering resistance to insulin and increasing blood sugar levels.
They did studies in cells and a test tube and found that drugs like Avandia and Actos block changes in cdk5 in addition to stimulating PPAR-gamma.
"That suggested a completely new model for how these drugs were working," Spiegelman said in a telephone interview.
He thinks drug companies might be able to design ore selective diabetes drugs that treat insulin resistance without stimulating PPAR-gamma, which Spiegelman thinks is responsible for the side effects seen in Actos and Avandia.
http://link.reuters.com/nus78m Nature, July 22, 2010.


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Flabbergasted » November 22nd, 2016, 12:25 pm wrote:Anders wrote:The government can just keep covering up 9/11. If they officially admit that they have been making false statements then all citizens and greedy companies (including the whole media industry) can sue the government.
The media industry suing the government for making false statements about 9/11? Anders, I think you need to take September Clues 101. http://www.septemberclues.info/
Ok, the media industry was a poor example, but just as ordinary citizens can sue the government so can greedy companies and organizations.


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The relics of the saints are venerated because in Orthodox belief the body remains temple of the Holy Spirit even after death. St. Cyril of Jerusalem writes:
"Though the soul is not present a power resides in the bodies of the saints because of the righteous soul which has for so many years dwelt in it, or used it as its minister."
God also performs miracles through the holy relics of saints, in this way revealing His glory and glorifying His saints in whom He is pleased. One example is the relics of Saint Nektarios which emited a sweet smelling sweat after he had passed away and never showed any signs of decay until 20 years after his death.
Articles on Relics
Articles available online
- Why Relics?
- The Place of Holy Relics in the Orthodox Church (or here) - by St. Justin Popovich
- On the Veneration of the Holy Relics and Remains of the Saints by Archpriest Vasily Demidov
- Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers
Books and Studies
- Holy Relics - A pamphlet by T. L. Frazier
Pictures of Relics
- The relics of St. Innocent of Irkutsk, in the Znamensky Monastery Cathedral, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia


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He sings the song, he knows so well, "American Pie" resounds,
A story "a long long time ago" the lyrics found,
On the lips of those passing by,
Throwing coins for memories sighed,
Thinking of "the day the music —
Died," a plane crash in history mused.
Brought into the present, the "music [that] makes [him] smile."
Singing talent innate: "Bye, Bye Miss American pie."
He sings of the "good old boys . . . drinking whiskey and rye,"
Of the day they thought "this would be the day that" they'd up and die,
He breathes life into Rock and Roll,
Thinks music can save "mortal" souls.
His sonorous voice knows he has —
No luck; but he'll sing for the past.
For "Miss American pie;" she drives her "Chevy" to the dry —
Levy;" all passing, know the lyrics "the day the music died."
He's a hit, his voice similar to Don McLean of past,
He drives home the point as if it were shards of sharp glass.
As history occurred, passed,
"Dirges in the dark" that collapse.
Of forgotten heroes, music lost,
Of times forgotten, with cost.
Singing for the "kings" and "queens" who walk on by, listening,
He sings the song he knows so well "Bye Bye . . . American pie."
Don McLean – "American Pie"
Wrapped Refrain (Form No. 2), created by Jan Turner, carries some similar aspects as her Wrapped Refrain form, with further advanced techniques. It consists of 2 or more stanzas of 8 lines each, with the following set rules:
Meter: 14, 14, 8, 8, 8, 8, 14, 14
Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c,d,d
Refrain rule: In each stanza, the first 10 syllables in the first line (incorporating a phrase) must be the last 10 syllables at the end of the last line (line #8).
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Samuel Lake, a young preacher, and his wife, Willadee, along with their three young children, are headed to "the old home place," Willadee's family farm in Arkansas for the annual Moses family reunion. The festivities, however, are cut short by the tragic death of Willadee's father, John. The Lakes are a family in crisis, and in the midst of if all, Samuel and Willadee's fearless eleven year old daughter takes on the cause of eight year old Blade Ballenger, a little boy traumatized by a terrifying father who eleven year old Swan is determined to rescue in "The Homecoming of Samuel Lake" by Jenny Wingfield.
The year is 1665, the setting a tiny settlement called Great Harbor on the island of Martha's Vineyard. At the age of 12, Bethia Mayfield meets Caleb, the young son of a Native American chieftan, and the two form a fast friendship. Bethia's father, a minister desperately trying to convert the Wampanoag Indian Tribe to Christianity, takes on the project of converting Caleb, who, a year later, enters Cambridge University, studying different languages and crossing cultures as Bethia watches from behind the scenes in "Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Brooks.
It is a year since the tragic drowning death of Ellen Boisvert's husband of 15 years, Fintan. Grieving the loss of her husband and confused about the unsatisfying marriage that she and Fintan had, Ellen decides to travel to Fintan's hometown in Ireland in hopes of coming to terms with all that has happened to her. Ellen's journey leads her to take care of her tough mother-in-law, Jo Greaney, and in the process, Ellen begins to uncover the complex story of her late husband's life, and as a result, learns a lot about herself, and finds strength she never knew she had in "Dance Lessons" by Aine Greaney.
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Dessert Locust, the alter-ego of Desert Locust, which is the alter-ego of....
What are the chances? Chris makes the amazing dessert locust signs for the support van and uses photos from my friend Danielle's bakery Vegan Treats for my second year racing the Furnace Creek 508 solo. The day before the race a mutual friend of ours returns from a trip to Pennsylvania and brings me a peanut butter cup brownie, one of the desserts on our signs! I'd say unbelievable, but really, when you set out to do fun/silly things, the world responds positively and next thing you know you have a great photo op:
Me: Uh, yeah. I'm writing dessert.
Photographer: (cocked head, stares puzzlingly)
Me: I'm going to be eating this dessert in the photo as well, if that's cool.
Photographer: Uhm, okay.
And has anyone mentioned that it was windy? Like 40+ mph and 8 hours to ride 45 miles? Just thought I'd mention that part. I'm going to do a more thorough write-up this year and discuss non-dessert related nutrition, etc. My crew was so so supportive, I can't thank them enough. Same with the encouragement I received from friends, family, other races through this blog, facebook, etc. This is only a bike race, but having so many people 'with me' is incredible and I'm extremely fortunate. Thank you!


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I'd heard great things about Peter before pitching him, and went in expecting some good engagement and insight. Maybe I met him on a bad day. He was somewhat impatient--fair enough, time is precious--but also not as up to speed on our market as I would have expected given his background, and his questions seemed far more targeted for a Series B round than early stage. I know he's the early stage guy, but it made me wonder how much rope he really has.PRIVATE: Members Only (168 Characters)


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One quick note, I'm not sure if this is the right place to bring it up, but there were a few areas of the reviews that we'd like to correct:
TeKay wrote:Wrobel's My Yard will stay with you long after the track is over.
The soloist on this one was actually Mike Barnicle.
Kimmie wrote:Nominee #2: Got To Get You Into My Life
Why: You've never heard The Beatles like this. And given that The Beatles are the most covered band of all time, that means you really need to hear this. A pinnacle arrangement.
This might be clear already, but this was Ed Boyer's arrangement of Earth, Wind & Fire's cover of the Beatles' tune. Just making sure credit is being given where it's due. Wouldn't want EW&F to come to the RARB forums and be offended.
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