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New York, August 16, 2013--Pakistani authorities should immediately investigate an attack on the offices of Karachi's Express Media Group early today, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Four unidentified men on motorcycles shot at the media office more than 30 times, according to news reports. The assailants fled after they opened fire at the building. Police arrived at the scene more than 40 minutes after the attack occurred, according to news reports.
"This kind of senseless violence illustrates the everyday dangers faced by journalists in Pakistan," said Bob Dietz, CPJ Asia program coordinator. "Until authorities muster the political will to investigate and prosecute crimes against the press, the cycle of attacks will continue."
Kamal Siddiqi, editor of the group's English-language paper Express Tribune, told CPJ that no journalists were injured, but a security guard had been wounded in the back and was hospitalized in critical condition. The editor also told CPJ that a woman who works in the media group's marketing section had sought treatment for leg injuries at a local hospital. The victims' names have not been disclosed.
The office houses the Express Tribune, as well as the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Express and the Express TV news channel, all of which are able to continue operations, according to news reports.
Siddiqi said that the motive behind the attack was unclear. Express Media Group's newspapers and TV stations report critically on politics, crime, and international affairs, and have received threats periodically.
The editor said they had not received any threats about an upcoming attack.
Pakistan has been one of the world's worst nations in combating deadly anti-press violence, CPJ's Impunity Index shows. Earlier this year, Pakistan raised objections to a comprehensive UNESCO proposal to protect the press and combat impunity in journalist murders.
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Massive Redeployment and the Brain
Big Think, Kayt Sukel on April 1, 2012
Philosophers once dominated the field of brain/mind/body studies having observation the primary tool. With development of technologies such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) make possible neuroimaging that connects blood flow in the brain to a particular behavior or collection of behaviors
Evolution of the brain may involve reusing existing behavior competence then adding more bits as Homo sapiens evolved; a "massive redeployment" to a "more holistic idea of brain evolution and development."
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Brain Evolution and Human Neuropsychology: The Inferential Brain Hypothesis.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22459075
a new theoretical proposal, the Inferential Brain Hypothesis, whereby the human brain is thought to be characterized by a shift from perceptual processing to inferential computation, particularly within the social realm. This shift is believed to be a driving force for the evolution of the large human cortex. (JINS, 2012, 18, 1-8).
Perceptual processing:
Inferential computation
From Steve Keen
Dualism is a dead concept...
Brain/Mind/Body = One thing.
Here is another three-legged stool: brain connected to mind connected to body. Take away any one and balance becomes a problem.
Observing how Steve Keen develop his model of economic theory was fascination. He showed how debt is not factored into classical, neo-classical, liberal, neo-liberal model and therefore cannot predict booms and busts.
He factors debt, private, personal, national debt into his model and the booms and busts show up. Perhaps the evolution of human brain function will go to an inferential computation model for such complex things and economic theory and then policy. Human factors can't be ignored; from my point of view, debt can be measured and can be included in model building.
"Here is another three-legged stool: brain connected to mind connected to body. Take away any one and balance becomes a problem."
Heh heh, though it reminds me of a drummer joke.
"What has three legs and an asshole on top?"
…a drum throne.
What instruments do you play?
Um, that's a long list, but more accurately stated: "did" I play. I played music from the age of 5 until around 2.5 years ago when I played my lest recording session and also stopped teaching. A partial list of my old "line card" is here, I may have missed a few...
That is quite a list, and varied. I'm looking up some of them.
Do you miss not recording or teaching? Do you continue playing as a hobby? Here is an example of an unmeasurable variable that complicates our philosophies. The focus on profit motive dues not support "liking" or "being skilled at" something that brings pleasure to the performer, and sometimes the people who hear. One of my closest friends is a percussionist with the Spokane symphony, belongs to a dance band, and volunteers with a group to play at retirement centers dances. He supports his talent by construction jobs.
I don't miss it Joan. The fact is, I quit playing regular gigs before I quit doing studio and support work. I continued to do studio work for 3 or 4 years; not because I enjoyed it, but because of a sense of obligation to a few peers I'd worked with for a long time.
Like a lot of things, art also involves acquiring skills and setting goals, I kept up with the former for 4+ decades, as for the latter, I guess I lost interest and with it, the sheer joy of just playing. No, I don't play at all, even though I do have two instruments with me here in the U.S.
I still admire fine instruments though, and will sometimes "kick the tires" if I see something really nice, especially old tube amps.
Full disclosure; I'm much more comfortable in the physical sciences than the biological ones. Having said that, one statement in the article stood out for me,
"Maybe the brain instead evolved along something more like a component reuse model. A model where you develop the neural supports for a particular behavioral competence but then, later, as your behavioral repertoire becomes more complex, you reuse some of the stuff that's already there and add a little bit to it. It's a lot like the way big pieces of software get developed."
From my understanding of evolution, that just makes perfect sense. Fins develop into legs, gill bones develop into ear bones. If those developments can happen in bone structures which are far less plastic in nature than neural functions (neurons having multiple synapses they can interact with at any given moment). Why wouldn't something as plastic as a brain have a much more rich environment to co-opt previous functionality into new?
BTW, my daughter wants to become a neuroscientist so I made her deal: I'll support her through college, she makes me smarter in biology during the summers.
J J, that is a great deal with your daughter! Everyone benefits and has some fun. Your daughter is wise to develop her interest in neuroscience, some really wonderful research going on, and therapy protocols have changed as a result of what they find using fMRI and other brain studies. Keep me posted on how you both are doing.
By the way, I too am intrigued by the reuse of brain stuff already there and adding to it. Kind of like a hydra, I suppose.
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Newt Gingrich has warned the world of his worst nightmare: an electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
A high-powered EMP is a surge of electromagnetic energy created by a nuclear bomb detonated high in the atmosphere. Such an explosion could theoretically completely disrupt the U.S. power grid, especially along the northeastern seaboard.
These weapons could cause huge power outages and bring civilizations to their knees.
"This could be the kind of catastrophe that ends civilization — and that's not an exaggeration," Gingrich said, addressing members of the Electromagnetic Pulse Caucus last week, Politico reported.
How an EMP works
Widespread power outages from EMPs are caused by a burst of electromagnetism — the waves of electricity and magnetism created by a disturbance in the electromagnetic field.
This widespread disturbance comes from intense magnetic fields in the atmosphere, which induce currents in the ground, mucking with the power lines and electrical equipment.
A EMP from a super-sized solar storm could also disrupt communications, something that NASA solar physicists believe is inevitable within the century.
These pulses can also be created by man, using atomic bombs.
Radiated energy from a nuclear bomb that's detonated 25 miles or higher above the Earth releases an electromagnetic wave in front of it. This pulse messes with the Earth's magnetic field and could cause blackouts covering multiple states.
Basically, any country with the ability to deploy nuclear weapons has the ability to theoretically launch an EMP strike. It is a matter of detonating them at the right height above the surface of the Earth with enough power.
Why is it so dangerous?
That wave of electromagnetic pulse, if strong enough, can fry everything from computer circuits, to car motors, to high voltage transformers — pretty much anything directly connected to a current of electricity.
The scope of a such a bomb is simply astounding, one 1998 report out of the Federation of American Scientists said:
The pulse can easily span continent-sized areas, and this radiation can affect systems on land, sea, and air. The first recorded EMP incident accompanied a high-altitude nuclear test over the South Pacific and resulted in power system failures as far away as Hawaii. A large device detonated at 400 - 500 km over Kansas would affect all of CONUS. The signal from such an event extends to the visual horizon as seen from the burst point.
With transformers and power lines effectively fried, the electricity would be down for a long, long, long time.
Not everyone agrees that a nuke would cause such devastation. According to a 2010 USA Today article:
Stephen Younger, former head of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, last year argued against the catastrophic scenarios in his book, The Bomb, suggesting the effects of a pulse would be more random, temporary and limited.
How much damage would it cause?
If the lights went out on the eastern seaboard, Gingrich is right, it would be trillions of dollars in damage, millions would die (maybe not in days, but it would happen), and there's a distinct possibility society would collapse.
Well, the U.S. would retaliate, with nukes even.
The same report from the Defense Science Board recommends first upgrading nuclear deterrence systems to harden them against EMP.
Reason being that leaders and planners have determined the damage to be akin to a Weapon of Mass Destruction, and within the scope of equivalent retaliation.
The results of which would quickly turn into nuclear holocaust.
Why it's not likely.
The prevailing theory among Gingrich and the Heritage Foundation is that a Russian-made medium range nuke in the hands of extremists out on a barge off the East Coast could do this sort of damage.
That's if militants can get their hands on a Russian-made nuke, and if they can float it on a barge all the way to the East Coast without getting caught, and if they can then launch it without being detected and destroyed, and then if it slips through the, doubtless dozens, of missile intercepts launched at it.
In short, that's a lot of ifs.
Bar also nuclear deterrence, the fact that cyber warfare can achieve a similar result at a much lower cost and exposure of the attacker, and that not even frenemies like Russia would likely sell, supply, or aid militants in the construction of such a weapon.
If one were to forget about all that, then yes, Gingrich is right, a nuclear EMP is a grave threat to America.


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I thought it'd be fun to wear my marathon finisher's medal today at work. Threw it around my neck in the work room for a little while, earning me a few eye rolls and groans.
Blue Jays PR man Jay Stenhouse joked that my medal was appropriately silver. You know… because I'm American… and the United States lost to Canada in the gold medal game in hockey… and, well, hardy har har.
It was all in good fun, though. That's the type of day it was here in camp. Relaxed. It rained in the morning and it was moving day. That combination made for a brief workout before the players moved over to Dunedin Stadium.
The only real bit of news to come out of today was the fact that the Blue Jays posted the lineup for Wednesday's Grapefruit League opener against the Tigers in Dunedin.
The first Jays lineup of 2010:
1. Jose Bautista, 3B
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Adam Lind, DH
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Lyle Overbay, 1B
6. John Buck, C
7. Jeremy Reed, RF
8. Alex Gonzalez, SS
9. Travis Snider, LF
Pitching: Ricky Romero, Dana Eveland, Josh Roenicke, and also listed for possible appearances are Willie Collazo, Merkin Valdez, Zech Zinicola, Zach Stewart and Daniel Farquhar
Players making the trip on Thursday to Lakeland to play Detroit include: Marc Rzepczynski, Brett Cecil, Kyle Drabek, Zach Jackson, Chad Jenkins, Rommie Lewis, Luis Perez, Travis d'Arnaud, Matt Liuzza, J.P. Arencibia, Jose Molina, Kyle Phillips, David Cooper, Brian Dopirak, Brad Emaus, Mike McCoy, John McDonald, Jarrett Hoffpauir, Jesus Merchan, Randy Ruiz, Brett Wallace, Joey Gathright, Adam Loewen, Chris Lubanski, Travis Snider, Jeremy Reed, Jorge Padilla
WHERE'S EDWIN? Bautista has been working out at third base and is slotted into the lineup as the third baseman for Wednesday's spring opener, but manager Cito Gaston said third baseman Edwin Encarnacion is fine. Encarnacion underwent surgery on his left wrist over the offseason and Gaston has said he did not plan on playing the third baseman until he was at 100 percent. Gaston said that Encarnacion will likely begin taking part in games on Friday.
A couple of us scribes chatted with Blue Jays closer candidate Jason Frasor for 15 minutes this morning. We talked about the changeup that he says "changed his life" — pun likely intended — and competing for the closer's role, among other topics. Check bluejays.com for a feature on the pitcher.
Here's some items left on the cutting room floor:
On his changeup: "It's a lot easier to pitch with three pitches than two. It quickly became my best offspeed pitch — no doubt about it. My slider's not really a strikeout pitch. It's just a third pitch almost. But the changeup, especially going through the AL East for a sixth year, it's nice to have that third pitch against those lineups. I got a lot of outs with it — a lot of outs with it. It was my go-to pitch, man. Whenever I needed an out, if I was ahead in the count, here it comes."
On the bullpen: "One through seven, I think this is the best bullpen we're going to have since I've been here. We don't have a healthy B.J. [Ryan] closing it out, but I think one through seven this is as solid as it's been. Lefties. Righties. Gregg. Accardo. Come on. I mean, who do you want to put in? Camp? Carlson? Downs?"
More on the bullpen: "We don't have that every fifth day off with Doc, that guaranteed eight innings or nine-inning complete game. But that's OK. That's OK. We've got a couple long guys down there and that's fine, too. That's fine, too. We're not going to get worn out, even if the starting guys are going five or six, because our bullpen guys are so deep."
On closing last year: "I think the key to last year was I got off to a good start and I was confident. It was like, 'Oh, OK. This changeup works. Then I just kind of rolled that all the way through and it didn't really matter what role I was in. Granted, the ninth inning has a different feel — there's no doubt about that. Anybody who says the ninth inning doesn't have a different feel, they must be numb or something."
Asked if he always threw so hard: "I came up as a starter. I got sliced open, elbow surgery. After surgery, it was really the first time I ever worked out. I never really worked out. I just kind of showed up and threw. I always had a good arm, but once I got moved to the bullpen… I got traded to the Dodgers and I wasn't 6-foot-4. I wasn't good enough to start for them. Everybody was [tall]. That's when I gained my velocity, when I started to workout and I when I got moved to the bullpen. The velocity came.
"I was 89-92 guy as a starter and then I moved to the bullpen and all of a sudden it's 95-96. You blow it out for one inning. And with the Dodgers I felt like I was in trouble. I felt like I was going to be released, because I was just kind of a throw in with that trade. So I was told, 'Air it out, let it rip.' With them, if you hit the radar gun and you make it pop, they'll keep you around. So, let it rip. I did and I've been able to maintain that velocity."
On how long he's lasted with the Jays: "Honestly, yeah, I am surprised. I don't know what else to say. I'm just surprised that I've lasted. I started out good. The middle years, where did I go? You'd think somewhere in there they [would have got rid of me]. Coming off mediocre years, you never know."
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THIS JUST IN: Gaston revealed today that Lind was given the nickname "Sleepy" last season by former Jays shortstop Marco Scutaro. For those who have been around the team, it makes complete sense. Lind often looks tired and seeing him with the hood of a sweatshirt pulled up over his head is a common sight. Gaston joked that Lind is Sleepy "until he walks up to that plate."
CLUBHOUSE CONFIDENTIAL: Quote of the Day from the Blue Jays' daily schedule sheet for Tuesday was, "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it," from Thomas Jefferson.
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Morrison Industrial Equipment is turning 60
Family-owned company has grown from five employees to nearly 500.
When Al and Mary Morrison opened a forklift truck distribution business here in 1953, they sold one their very first day. But it wasn't to a manufacturer: It was to an onion farmer from Grant. In hindsight, that unusual sale proved to be a good omen for the next six decades.
Today, the business the Morrisons founded with their three sons, Morrison Industrial Equipment Co., has 13 locations in two states and about 400 employees. The third-generation family-owned and family-focused company will celebrate its 60th year in business later this month at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
In reality, the business is larger than the equipment company because its parent firm, Morrison Industrial Co., is made up of nine related companies with employees in 17 states and 22 locations. Seven of those facilities are here in the Metro Grand Rapids area.
A native of Indiana, Al Morrison was an engineer and sales manager for Clark Lift Trucks who convinced retailers like Sears and Montgomery Ward to feature his products on their floors. After succeeding in doing that, he decided it was time for he and Mary to open a dealership, and they chose to do that in Grand Rapids.
"They came here because of the diversification of the businesses of West Michigan, because of the conservative values of West Michigan and the work ethic of West Michigan. They liked it here, even though they had opportunities to be in a big metropolitan area," said Roger Troost, president, CEO and part owner of Morrison who has been with the firm for 39 years.
Morrison Industrial sells and leases a complete line of Caterpillar and Mitsubishi lift trucks, Advance and Factory Cat floor-cleaning equipment, and plant vehicles, tuggers and stock pickers from Taylor-Dunn, Cushman and others. The company is based in Grand Rapids, but it has 10 other locations in Michigan, including Muskegon, Holland and Greenville, and two in northern Indiana.
Troost pointed out that one key to the company's longevity has been the service side of Morrison's business.
"We've loved to be in the service business so we're different than a lot of distributors, who are more about selling the equipment than the parts-and-service side. Morrison always has had a lot more interest in the parts-and-service part of the business than in the sale of equipment," he said.
"The Morrison family has always felt if you take care of the customer, they're going to reward you with the equipment business, versus selling the equipment first and then scrambling to try to take the parts-and-service business."
Troost said another reason Morrison has lasted for six decades is that management has consistently reinvested in the firm by adding branches in order to be close to its customers. One example of that was when the firm decided to sell Caterpillar trucks.
Caterpillar had a wider distribution pattern than Clark and also was a strong brand in northern Indiana, which is where Morrison wanted to go. At first the company was going to open a branch in Niles, Mich., to service that market so it wouldn't have to register as an Indiana company.
But, instead, the company landed in Elkhart, home of its then-largest competitor. Ten years later, Morrison added a branch in South Bend, just 20 miles from Elkhart. Troost said some were puzzled by the firm's move to South Bend.
"Our competitors would ask why would you open another location that's only 20 miles apart? Well, the markets are different, and you can really capture more of the business by being local," he explained.
Today, Morrison is thriving in both northern Indiana markets. "It's like being in Greenville, Holland, Traverse City, and in Mason outside of Lansing. It's just that we want to be closer to our customers," Troost said.
Following that business philosophy, however, has left Morrison with a higher cost structure than its competitors. But Troost said that's fine, for two reasons. First, again, it keeps Morrison close to its customers. Second, it keeps the company's employees close to each other, and Troost said that gives Morrison a "family feel."
"One of the interesting things about Morrison is, when we're at a dinner, spouses know spouses. So I'm saying we have a lot of camaraderie. To me, that makes a huge difference. When we get a (new) employee, we're not just getting an employee, we're also getting a spouse," he said.
"We're also big on training — we've always had a technician trainer. So helping employees grow and develop has always been a huge deal for us as a company," he added. "We have to be more efficient. We have to be more productive, and you do that by educating your employees."
As for the company's future, Troost sees more opportunity on the service side of the business.
"To me, the competitor for the service side of our business is really the company that's going to hire its own technicians to do the work. So we have to figure out how we're more efficient and more productive than when a company hires somebody for $15 an hour and pays them fringe benefits and maybe costs them $22 an hour," he said.
"If our labor rates are $75 an hour, we have to be more efficient, more productive than what that (competitor) company can be. And we've been able to prove to a lot of customers that we are able to do that," he added.
"It's going to be a very bright future and you're going to see it be a family business. I don't see that changing."


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Las Vegas Boulevard station is a building on the New Vegas Strip. It allows military members and VIPs of the New California Republic (NCR) to travel between the New Vegas Strip and Camp McCarran without having to go through Freeside.
The LVB station is neighboring the Ultra-Luxe and is opposite the street from The Tops. It is controlled by NCR forces and guarded by some securitrons. The interior of the station consists of two floors. The first floor houses a processing office, a storage room and restrooms. Up the stairs is the departure lounge and access to the monorail platform. The interior is open to the public, but the platform is off limits to most civilians.
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- Fine dining note - can be found in front of the station, on the sidewalk near two securitrons.
- Strip letter #4 - inside the station, on the ground to the left of the Mojave Express dropbox, next to Strip letter #5
- Strip letter #8 - on the table directly inside the station as you walk in, to the left of the broken terminal under a coffee mug.
- If the player tries to enter the monorail without NCR armor on, or doesn't have a reputation of at least "Liked" with the NCR, the guards guarding the monorail terminal door will shoot on sight. The robots and anyone with the NCR will also shoot the player back at the Strip.
- The securitrons inside the building will re-spawn. However, the NCR soldiers will not.
- "The Sun is Killing Me" appears on the wall, above the 1st flat landing of the stairs into the building. The nearby securitrons may occasionally try to remove the graffiti by shooting it.
- There is a humorous conversation between two NCR soldiers in which one is told to clean the graffiti but refuses, and the other asks if he would rather clean the sewers.
- The securitrons inside the building will stay at the mark 1 operating system, even after the player character upgrades the others.
- If the player enters the area for the first time, a NCR trooper on the first floor will ask if this is the player's first time to visit The Strip. He will ask this regardless of which way the player entered the area, even if the player just came from The Strip he will still ask.
- A Mojave Express dropbox is located on the first floor of the station.
- On the second floor, there are six slot machines that will randomly play by themselves.
- If Walter Phebus is in the Las Vegas Boulevard station, he will not react to any acts of violence committed, even against his wife.
- If the player is accompanied by Boone, but not "Liked" by the NCR, the soldiers won't shoot as the player enters the monorail, but they cannot physically ride in the monorail, as it cannot be activated.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Marcel Towns of Great Falls (Mont.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Towns was selected based on his performances from Jan. 7 - 13 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Towns, a native of Tempe, Ariz., averaged 29 points and six rebounds to lead Great Falls to a 1-1 week in Frontier Conference action. The 6-foot-2 junior guard opened the week by breaking a 42 year old program record with a 43-point effort to lead the Argonauts to a 73-71 victory against then-No. 18 Westminster (Utah) on Jan. 10. Additionally, Towns performance set the single-game mark in the Frontier Conference. He added 15 points and eight rebounds in Great Fall's weekend tilt at Montana Western. Towns shot 65.6 percent (21-of-32) for the week and connected on 72.2 (13-of-18) percent of his free throws.
Nationally, Towns leads the NAIA in steals per game (3.737) and total steals (71), while ranking fourth in total scoring (396) and 17th in points per game (20.8). He boasts 18 double-digit performances this season, including eight 20-plus efforts.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Jan. 22. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Greg Thomas, Life (Ga.); Deon Boyce, UVa-Wise; Brandon Davis, LSU Shreveport (La.); Jimmie Davis, Talladega (Ala.); Dallis Johnson, Harris-Stowe State (Mo.); Zack Kleine, Evangel (Mo.); Jamorris Gaines, Lee (Tenn.); Donald Williams, Rogers State (Okla.); Jeremy Kilgore, Hope International (Calif.).
2012-13 Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Week 1 (Jan. 8): Brandon Davis, LSU Shreveport (La.)
Week 2 (Jan. 15): Marcel Towns, Great Falls (Mont.)


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This article by Jacqueline Charles appeared in The Miami Herald.
To followers of high fashion and the latest Haiti design trends, she is the young, hip luxury designer whose $600 handbags and beaded leather accessories are must-haves among the fashionista set.
But step into the first U.S.-brand hotel to open in Haiti in 15 years, the Best Western Premier, and another side of Haitian designer Pascale Théard quickly emerges.
"I want people to see that Haitian art can be extremely modern," said Théard, 38, the creative eye behind the locally inspired touches that have transformed the upscale hotel from ordinary to contemporary, Avant-garde Haitian.
The 106-room property that opened earlier this year in tony Petionville on the hills above the capital features 622 works of art from more than 100 artists and artisans from around the country.
In the $159- to $189-a-night guest rooms, the spirit of rural Haiti comes alive with woven dividers from Jacmel and traditional chairs, made from bamboos grown in Marmalade in northern Haiti, accenting the interior.
On the walls: picturesque scenes of peasant life, created by hand from cut out banana leaves.
In the lobby, neutral hues are given a splash of color to complement the imported furnishings, handcrafted wood pieces and recycled rubber. Pillows were created from clothing scraps, a statue was honed from recycled aluminum and steel, and a hand-embroidered tapestry greets visitors at the door. Inspired by Haiti's Vodou flag tradition, the tapestry was re-envisioned by Théard and transformed into a work of art by artists in the Bel-Air slum.
"We want our customers to feel Haiti as soon as they walk into the lobby, the rooms, the restaurant, everywhere," said hotel owner Christopher Handal, who with brother Stanley, hired Théard to bring their vision to life.
Indeed, at almost every turn, there are authentic, hard to miss, yet understated touches of Haitian aesthetics: recycled tires refashioned into dancing abstracts; red, green and blue sunflower-inspired panels from Croix-des-Bouquets that illuminate the pool area at night; hand-carved river stones from Léogane, made to look like bubbles to bring a bit of tranquility in the spa's waiting area.
In the restaurant, Le Michel, a sense of humor was added to bronze-colored two-dimensional, recycled drum masks. Spoons and forks around the masks serve as earrings and beards. All were produced by homegrown Haitian artists, who were recruited by Théard and then challenged to stretch their imaginations to produce something unique but still very much Haitian.
"I said, 'We are going to show how Haitian artisans can go completely into modernity,' " Théard said, as she worked with the artists and artisans over six months. "I wanted to take it to another level, one that is more Avant-garde, more contemporary."
Philippe Dodard, the internationally renowned Haitian painter and director of Haiti's National School of the Arts, ENARTS, is impressed.
"I find the concept interesting," he said. "She's not only showing the artists and paintings in the way she's using them, but how Haitian aesthetics can be used in designs."
Dodard is especially moved by Théard's tribute to Haiti's Saint Soleil Movement. Also known as the "peintres paysans" because most of the naturally talented artists started as rural farmers, the movement was founded in 1973 by artists Maud Robart and Jean Claude Garoute, known as "Tiga." Vibrant reproductions of the paintings adorn the hotel's elevators and walls.
New York attorney Melissa Bernier, who calls the Best Western her new favorite Haiti hotel, said while the artwork has helped produced a warm and inviting feeling, it's also given her, as a Haitian American, a sense of pride.
"A hotel of that stature could have easily taken a more European or American approach to the interior design," she said. "I loved the fact that a lot of the furniture was made in Haiti and had definitive Haitian elements. Haiti is a very artistic country and seeing those elements present at the hotel is wonderful."
The Best Western is among several branded properties that have opened in Haiti since the country was devastated by an earthquake four years ago next month. Every hotel has its own character and charm, which government officials hope will help their push to market Haiti as a tourist destination, once again.
Indeed, some tourism operators here have long argued that in order to promote tourism, the authenticity of Haiti, and thus its culture, must be promoted.
"Everyone who has visited the Best Western hotel in Petionville can do nothing but agree that it is the perfect match of the modern and the traditional culture," Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Balmir Villedrouin said, calling Théard's creative work "amazing."
"Our paintings, our fabrics, our art, our touch. It is definitely the best way to present Haiti to visitors," she said.
Stacy V. Elliston, principal interior designer with Studio 11 Design, which was hired by Best Western to oversee the hotel's design and collaborate with Théard, said the final product "just looks like it all goes together."
"It is a very cohesive package," said Elliston of the marriage between the imported furniture, Best Western's brand and Haiti's visually vibrant culture.
Elliston said she could see Haiti's richness from her very first trip in January 2012. Théard, who draws inspiration for her beaded and sequined Vodou symbol sandals and purses from Haiti's traffic-clogged, colorful streets, took Elliston to several places, including her home.
"Her house is a beautiful showcase to the local artisans," Elliston said of Théard, whose interior design work is also featured in government offices and the renovated Port-au-Prince international airport. "She took us around and showed us the capabilities, and we were just astounded.
"We knew we needed to utilize these artisans, but we didn't want to use them in their traditional sense. We wanted to come up with concepts to use their materials, their arts and their craftsmanship in different ways. We didn't want it to be a literal interpretation."
Case in point is the 300-plus framed paintings made of banana leaves in all of the guests rooms. They were inspired by typical Haitian postcards depicting rural life.
"I've been seeing these cards since I was little," said Théard, "and I always have a bunch in my desk. When the designers from Studio 11 came, they fell in love with these banana leaves.
"They love it and they found that it was very typical of Haiti. So in each room you have Joseph Stanley's artwork."
Stanley said the experience has been rewarding in many ways.
"It's the first time I worked for someone and they invited me to come see my creations on display," he said. "It was truly beautiful."
Théard said while she's been approached about hotel projects before, "this was the first time there was a willingness to have a hotel with a Haitian atmosphere, featuring the work of Haitian artisans and artists."
Standing on the hotel's second floor, surrounded by recycled drums that have been transformed into artwork, she points to a quote on the wall. It is by Selden Rodman, the modern culture critic and tireless promoter of Haitian art who died in 2002. It says, "Haiti … where art is joy."
"Sometime you have an idea of Haiti being so poor, so miserable," Théard said. "People are struck to see that, yes, it is a poor county, but people have joy in them. They smile."
Suddenly, the idea that someone had of Haiti completely changes, she said.
"For me Haitian art and craft translates that way of living, of seeing life," Théard added. "I really wanted to make the link between Haiti and Best Western, Haiti and the United States … To make that link for me was to have this sense of an American that really loved Haiti and loved Haitian art."
For the original report go to http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/26/3838383/haitis-luxury-brand-hotel-is-a.html#storylink=cpy


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Beyonce Closes the 2014 MTV VMAs With Epic Medley + Blue Ivy [VIDEOS]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Beyonce closed out the 2014 MTV Music Video Awards with a performance that will perhaps rival her 2013 Super Bowl halftime show as one of her greatest acts on live TV.
The 32-year-old singer was honored tonight as the recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, MTV's version of the lifetime achievement award for the VMAs. But instead of running through her greatest hits like last year's recipient, Justin Timberlake, she performed a medley of songs from her latest album, 'Beyonce.'
Her self-titled 'Beyonce' album broke all the conventional rules in regards to traditional music marketing when she surprise dropped the album on Dec. 13, 2013, on iTunes. Beyonce's daring stunt ended up working in her favor, as it sold over 430,000 copies in its first 24 hours alone. The album also made several critics' best of 2013 year-end lists.
Thus, it was fitting that Bey honored the album which helped her status as an artist reach new highs.
Beyonce sang and danced to 14 songs during her performance, each with a different set, lighting and dance moves like only a seasoned pro like her could do. She opened with 'Mine' before getting into 'Haunted,' 'Pretty Hurts,' 'No Angel,' 'Jealous,' 'Blow,' 'Drunk in Love,' 'Rocket,' 'Partition,' 'Superpower,' 'Flawless,' 'Yonce,' 'Blue' and 'XO.'
Perhaps the most emotional moment of the entire evening was when Beyonce sang 'Blue' with a photo slideshow of her daughter, Blue Ivy, in the background and with Blue and husband Jay Z sitting in the audience.
When Beyonce's performance was finished, Jay Z got on stage to deliver the award to a tearful Beyonce, who declared her love for her husband, daughter and her fans.
The VMAs have honored many great people over the years. But it was moments like tonight that define an artist versus a legend.
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electric fan or clutch fan??
hey all...i have yet another question...
i am running a 402 bb in a 67 toyota landcruiser...it runs at about 200...205 on the highway which i am told isnt terrible...but it isnt that great either....the truck has run hotter and id like to remedy that as it needs to stay cool for when im crawling on the trails.
anywho, it has a 165 t stat in there righ tnow....a 7 blade felxlite fan that is run off the motor and a cross flow 3 core rad that appearntly was made for a 350 (the original bb rad was destroyed somehow before i bought the truck )
anywho, i know i should get a bigger rad...a nice big aluminum 4 core sounds really nice...but its to rich for my blood at the moment...i actualyl got a zirgo "be cool" 16 inch s blade fan today for my birthday (just like this one) http://www.zirgo.com/detail.lasso?itemid=ZF16S
and it says it pulls 3300 cfm...which im assuming is pretty good. what im wondering is, is that comparable to the 7 blade fan i have in there now running off the engine pully? i know at lower speeds the electric fan is the way to go as it will pull air regardless of speed...and it will be set up to run off a tstat so even when the truck is off it will keep going until the engine cools down enough (which is good cause once i shut the truck off the temperature rises at least 10 degrees ) but what i am worried about is will it be able to pull enough air at highway speeds.
the other option was i could put it in as a pusher fan, but i have a feelign it will interfere with the clutch fan...i need your guys expert thoughts....
oh yeah...what should my engine be runnign at...ideally...thats question number three
thanx in advance!!!
now off i go to search
i would run a pusher on a switch or a stat, with the cluth fan. that would be nice insurance.
A pusher with a clutch would only serve to be a big air flow restriction.
Get yourself a 7 blade clutch fan with a shourd and you should be good so long as you have a proper size radiator for that engine.
what's your transmission in that land cruiser? is it an automatic? do you have a separate tranny cooler, or is it integrated into the main radiator? I separated the two (they were hot like a couple of fighting toddlers, I tell you) and I saw drastic improvements in temperature.
Also, what kind of shrouding do you have around the fan?
Sorry I didn't read all of your post...
I think that fan you linked to is going to be too small for your application. I'm running a Flexalite FLX-295 (4600 cfm) and I'm running a high performance small block. It's a scirocco-style fan with built in shrouding, and it's a puller. Look into a dual-fan setup with proper shrouding and you will see a drastic improvement.
Hope this helps
it has an sm420 manual 4 speed tranny in there (in need of a rebuild)
the highest my revs go is maybe 3000 unless i am really pushign it....it is scary up past that many rpms in there though....it really doesnt even need to go much past that becuase my usual crusiign speed on the highway is 2000 rpm at 70 mph....which is pretty darn good in my opinion. hell it will climb hills in 4th gear at 1000 rpm with no lugging...its got monsterous torque and awesome gearing.
anyways, back to the matter at hand...i will most likely make soem sort of fan shroud, and keep the electric fan as a pusher so that while im offroad ad idlign really slowly i will have some air flowing...as well as have it kick on when the truck is off to keep the temps down. i guess bottem line is ill just have to experiment.
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After Black Chassis mod:
Pixar - Cars Mod...
My pede 4x4 rebuild
IMG_1611 by jv2012ebay, on Flickr
IMG_1612 by jv2012ebay, on Flickr
SDC11576 by jv2012ebay, on Flickr
Here's my P4de looking like a Rusty. This is actually the body I was using on my Rustler. You can see the old body mount holes.
P4de w/ my other Trucks. 1 for street, 1 for track, 1 for off-road, all for BASHING!
The Guts! Nothing special going on here. When it breaks it will get replaced, and luckily nothing has broken yet!
Rusty / EMBE / P4de / Teton / Vorza / SRD250P
Esc broken off after a 40mph crash into curb. Surprisingly nothing else broke
Here is my conversion of stampede to rustler 4wd,
front shocks clipped out 6 mm and rears 9 mm by adding a pipe to the inside of shocks
the front and rear body mounts were build specially to fit rustler's body holes
102 mm Jconcepts G-locs tires are mounted on the fronts and rears
damper system was set to be parallel to the floor swings
front bumper was removed
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Trying new aluminum beadlock wheel:
New body with winter tire:
Painted the new body:
Switched the sandpaw tire on chrome despardo:
Custom made shroud, works great!
My beloved pede with a pro line bulldog body/ trenchers
Running an SC8 / 3400kv Tenshock
Tenshock is da bomb diggity!
Here's my first painted body:
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Outdoor Shots:
Grass pic:
I want an avatar... 3000 posts here we go!
ProLine Bull Dog body meant for a Rustler with Losi Ten T wing and mount
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Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
Here are a few pics of mine. No mods yet, not even ran yet. But it's all mine
Pic of my finished pede
Got some nice pics in the snow. Using ProLine SandPaw and they are excellent in the snow, asome traction.
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Stampede 4x4 VXL Pro-Line Trencher
Here's my miniT with my 1:1
Freshly painted pics:
Stampede 4x4 VXL
Well, sorry for this, I deleted my pics...
Here we go again:
Ready for 65mph!!!
(won't delete pic this time)
This is some pede love, had too many of them already.
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This is my collection so far minus green and orange rally's, red spartan, hpi baja 5bss, erevo 6x6, and my
This is my Rustler 4x4 made from a stampede 4x4 and shows my Rc car carring bag.
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This is how I mount my rustler body on my stampede 4x4 to make it have a super low body. And some upgrades I bought and installed. This also show how i put a 5000mah lipo in a stampede 4x4 battery tray. i had to motify the tray and remove the factory battery hold down.
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Anza Slash VXL
Rustler VXL
Took my pede out to some huge dirthills (or wathever it was, cant describe it, sorry but Im from the Netherlands) And had a lot of fun
Only a roller spec at this stage, but here it is with its newly painted body.
The build thread is here:
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The purpose of this lesson is to set the stage for learning about food chains and other energy diagrams. There are some introductory concepts that it is important students understand as well as vocabulary that we will use throughout the unit. Finally, I want to show students how the learning in this mini- unit is related to the other learning in class through a concept map.
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In this lesson, I use a collaborative vocabulary protocol that helps students learn new words. I also use a concept map of the unit to help students put their learning in perspective.
Learning Goal: Understand the words and ideas we will need to learn about energy diagrams.
Opening Question: From looking at the food chains yesterday, what words do you think are going to be important to really know well?
Today, after the students are done with their opening question, I open the floor to the students to hear their responses. Together we build a word bank on the board that we can use throughout the class.
Follow the links to learn more about the beginning of class strategies and ROCK STAR scientist tickets.
This screencast explains how the students record their learning goals.
The purpose of this section is to hook the students' attention and spark some interest for the work to come. I like to start with this video clip from the Lion King because most students will have seen it and it makes a great jumping off point.
Before it starts, I remind the students that Disney videos are mostly made for 5-7 years olds and this represents a very "young" look at the idea of food chains and connections. I tell the students that we will be building off of this "little kid" understanding to get to a middle school understanding of food chains and food webs.
The students watch the video and then raise their hands to state what they noticed in the video.
The purpose of this section is to get all students to the same point of understanding on the underlying ideas of energy diagrams.
1) The arrow goes the way the energy flows.
2) Energy diagrams show the flow of energy AND matter in an ecosystem.
To do this, I do a quick mini-lesson using the Background Information: Food Chains presentation. During the presentation, stop and check for understanding by asking the questions on the slides. I like to have students Think-Pair-Share after I've asked the question, but then I pull a name stick to select someone to respond.
This random selection of students to respond raises accountability (everyone must be prepared to respond, so all are expected to do the thinking requested in the question) while ensuring that a small number of hand-raisers do not dominate classroom discussion. This also benefits the teacher, who now is gathering formative assessment data on a broader selection of students.
Pulling sticks also positively influences classroom culture because it sets the expectation that every student adds value to the classroom discussion.
Now that students are excited to learn about food chains and know what they are going to learn about, it is a perfect time to introduce some vocabulary words. I use a multimodality strategy to introduce only about five to seven words, and do this in collaborative groups of four with each person having an assigned job.
1- Word person- states what they already know about the word or what the word means to them.
2- Image person- States what they think about the picture and what it means to them.
3- Definition person- Reads the definition and states what it means to them.
4- Sentence Person- Reads the sentence and states what it means to them.
I project the presentation on the board or put individual copies at the desks. For this lesson, students are learning the words; producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, and decomposer.
I use a timer and a bell. Each person gets 15 sec for their role. In the beginning of the activity the students need to be trained on what to do and it helps to give them some sentence starters, like "This means..." "When I hear this I think..."
After each person has rotated through their roles for the first word, I give the students 1-2 min of independent time to make their TIP charts (Term, Information, Picture) for that term. Then we move on as a class to the next term. Later in the year, when students are familiar with the process this can be released to them to manage their time. But in the beginning I manage the time to keep the class on track.
This work has meaning and purpose. Students keep these homemade glossaries in their folders and can use them on all the work we do in class including tests and quizzes. This is a great resource for them to use the rest of the year!
Below is a screenshot of the slide and a video of the student discussion for the word PRODUCER
Closing Statement: The learning goal today was to understand the words and ideas we will need to learn about energy diagrams. Today we looked at food chains and learned that the arrow shows how the energy and matter is moving from one organism to another.
Closing Question: What was the most important thing you learned today and how does it relate to you.
Closure depends greatly on timing and is not as easy to plan in advance as opening. You can find more information about how I manage closure here.


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"HIDDEN TAX SALE. Fare from only? $?.?? Based on whatever the government feels like doing," boasted Spirit Airlines' home page last Thursday. A new rule requiring airlines to advertise the full price paid for airline tickets, including all applicable taxes and fees, from the US Department of Transportation went into effect the same day.
Pretty straight forward, right? No longer will you see a billboard by the freeway or a tweet from an airline advertising $29 one-way fares only to be surprised that the actual price is something more like $50 for your preferred $29 flight.
"[It] makes purchasing travel sensible, like purchasing stuff in Europe: the amount on the price tag is what you pay," wrote Jason Cochran, an award winning travel writer, about the new rule on his blog.
US airlines do not agree. Allegiant Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways all filed comments opposing the new rule with the DOT. Claims ranged from the basic premise that advertising fares without including taxes and fees allows for full cost transparency, is in line with the marketing practices of other consumer goods sectors in the US and that by stating the full price disclosure of the actual costs associated with flights is suppressed by the government.
Consumers and consumer rights organisations support the changes. The Business Travel Coalition and Consumer Travel Alliance filed a joint comment that claimed that previous airline advertising practices allowed them to "offer the spectre of lower airfares in order to gain enhanced positioning on internet displays while aggressively increasing and hiding ancillary fees," with the DOT. The federal agency cited consumers who commented that the advertising practices of airlines "borders on bait-and-switch tactics," in its final rule announcement in the Federal Register on 25 April 2011.
The DOT found that the new rule was in the public interest. This was based on the fact that consumers felt deceived when total price did not include taxes and fees, that airfares are different from products in other industries due to the numerous marketing methods used, and that the new rule does nothing to prohibit airlines from breaking out taxes and fees for travellers. The rule also included a mandatory 24-hour refund period for tickets bought more than a week before departure, new delay notification requirements and expands tarmac delay penalties to foreign carriers. It went into effect after a nine-month and one day implementation period – significantly longer than the initial 180 days – on 26 January.
Spirit began its campaign to swing public opinion against the action the same day. The airline launched an online campaign asking consumers to contact their congressional representatives to rescind the rule at keepmyfareslow.com. It is also a joint plaintiff with Allegiant and Southwest in a pending lawsuit to stop the rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
"We believe that the better form of transparency is to break out costs so customers know exactly what they are buying," said Ben Baldanza, chief executive of Spirit, in a statement. "If the government can hide taxes in consumer's airfares – which they are mandating us to do starting this week – then they can quietly carry out their hidden agenda and increase the taxes consumers bear." A spokesperson for Spirit declined further comment.
Baldanza's statement makes no sense. A reading of the final rule by NYCAviation found no instances where airlines are forbidden from breaking out taxes and fees for customers to view during booking. The decision is left completely up to the airline to provide an itemized list of charges.
"[The rule] allows carriers to advise the public in their fare solicitations about government taxes and fees, or other mandatory carrier or ticket agent imposed charges applicable to their airfares," wrote the DOT in the Federal Register.
Travellers should be sceptical of Spirit's claims. The airline is known for its $9 one-way sales that, after taxes and fees – including airline specific $10 booking and up to $16.99 passenger usage fees – can come out to significantly more than the advertised price. This does not include the carry-on bag fee ($30 at booking) or checked bag fee ($28 for the first bag) and pre-selected assigned seat fee ($1 to $50 per standard seat or $12 to $199 for a "big front seat") for a domestic flight booked online. Forget to check-in online? That's another $2 at a kiosk or $5 at an agent per boarding pass.
The DOT fined Spirit for deceptive price advertising this past November. It cited instances where the airline did not include the amount of additional taxes and fees in fine print on billboards and where it advertised a $9 fare on Twitter that required a buyer to click on at least two links before the additional charges were disclosed for the $50,000 levy.
"I have been shocked by the failure of your airline to tell the truth," wrote California senator Barbara Boxer in a letter to Baldanza responding to the airline's online campaign against the new rule dated January 26. "What the rule says is that you have to tell your customers the full cost of a ticket."
The rule has no connection with the government's ability to increase fees, as Baldanza argued. Yes, president Barack Obama has proposed a new $100 per flight surcharge on commercial airliners and an initial increase to $5 from $2.50 of the passenger security fee to partially fund Federal Aviation Administration programmes and the Transportation Security Administration. Spirit – and pretty much every other major airline in the US – is against the idea. But including all taxes and fees in an advertised ticket price has no bearing on whether or not the president's proposal will (or should) be approved by congress, which itself is an increasingly doubtful proposition with the current anti-tax increases congress and during an election year.
No other US airline is going to the same lengths as Spirit. Despite also opposing the rule, only Alaska Airlines and Southwest's home pages included an obvious mention of the change. Even Allegiant and Southwest, who are joint plaintiffs on the pending lawsuit to get the rule rescinded, have not launched similar campaigns aimed at raising a public outcry against it.
Consumers should decide for themselves what makes sense. Do they want to be tempted by ads for $9 fares when the price is probably at least $30 more expensive or an ad that states the full price from the beginning? I can't speak for others but $40 one-way plane tickets still sound pretty good to me.
Edward Russell is a financial journalist and airline enthusiast based in New York. The son of a pilot, he's been spotting and collecting airline memorabilia since a young age and has been writing about airlines in the US and Asia since 2006. Follow him on Twitter @e_russell.


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