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Following Tuesday's announcement of the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Arrangement), the Supreme People's Court of China has released the full official text (in Chinese). The Hong Kong Government has also provided a courtesy English translation on its website. We expect that the official English text will be released closer to the time when the Arrangement comes into force.
Application process
Readers of this blog may be very familiar with seeking interim orders in the Hong Kong High Court in aid of on-going or prospective arbitrations seated in Mainland China, under section 45 of the Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609).
The key distinction of the "mirror image" in Mainland China is that parties to a Hong Kong-seated arbitration do not apply directly to the competent Intermediary People's Court. Rather, the applicant should submit the interim relief application to the relevant arbitration institutions in Hong Kong, which would forward the application to the competent Intermediary People's Court in Mainland China.
It is possible to apply for pre-arbitration interim measures in Mainland China via the Arrangement in the same procedure described above, although the People's Court must receive proof of the institution's acceptance of the arbitration within 30 days after the Court grants the interim measures.
General requirements
At the risk of stating the obvious, although parties first submit the interim relief application to an approved Hong Kong arbitration institution, the law of the application is Chinese law. After the Court has accepted the application, the interim relief hearings must be conducted by Mainland-qualified lawyers.
The application shall include:
- the application for interim measure;
- the arbitration agreement;
- identity/incorporation documents for natural persons and legal entities, respectively;
- the request for arbitration, with exhibited evidence, and proof that the institution has accepted the case (for on-going arbitrations[1]); and
- any other supporting materials required by the People's Court.
There are some practical difficulties and uncertainties to bear in mind. The Arrangement requires "documents of identity" issued outside the Mainland to be certified in accordance with PRC law. This may require certification by a China-appointed attesting officer (in Hong Kong) or Chinese consulate/embassy notarisation and authentication procedures (overseas). The Arrangement also requires "accurate Chinese translation" for all documents submitted to the People's Court. Parties must factor in the additional time and cost of meeting these requirements. The catch-all requirement for "any other materials required by People's Court" adds additional uncertainty to the process.
The Arrangement also provides a useful list of issues that must be covered in the application to a Mainland court (Article 5). Applications must also refer to the PRC Civil Procedure Law and other laws or regulations, depending on the types of interim measures sought by the applicant. Article 5 of the Arrangement lists the following:
- basic information of the parties;
- applied interim measures, including the applied amount of assets to be preserved and particulars of the conduct and the time period;
- facts and justifications on which the application is based, together with the relevant evidence;
- clear particulars of the property and evidence to be preserved or concrete threads which may lead to a chain of inquiry;
- information about the property in the Mainland to be used as security or certification of financial standing; and
- whether any application under this Arrangement has been made in any other court, relevant institution or permanent office, and the status of such application.
What are the approved Hong Kong arbitration institutions?
"Arbitral proceedings in Hong Kong" in the Arrangement refers to arbitrations seated in the Hong Kong SAR and be administered by institutions either headquartered, or with permanent offices, in the SAR. The list of such institutions or permanent offices will be provided by the Hong Kong SAR Government to the Supreme People's Court, and will be subject to confirmation by both sides.
We anticipate that the list of approved arbitration institutions will include at least HKIAC, the CIETAC Hong Kong Center and ICC Hong Kong. Ad hoc arbitrations seated in Hong Kong will not benefit from the Interim Measures Arrangement.
For further information on the Mainland China interim relief regime, please speak to May Tai, Kathryn Sanger, Helen Tang, Stella Hu or your usual Herbert Smith Freehills contacts.
[1] It is not entirely clear here for pre-arbitration applications, whether the applicants need to submit draft request for arbitration; and whether following the commencement of arbitration, the applicants need to provide the request of arbitration, on top of the letter confirming the acceptance of the case.


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Jan. 30, 2002
By Jodie Valade
Dallas Morning News
Steve Nash was a waste of a good contract. Dirk Nowitzki was a busted draft pick. Don Nelson was about to be fired.
Now, all three are headed to this year's All-Star Game.
Nash and Nowitzki earned invitations Tuesday to the annual NBA showcase of the league's top talent when both were selected by coaches to be reserves on the Western Conference All-Star team.
It is a first-time honor for both players, who will join Nelson when he coaches the team Feb. 10 in Philadelphia. Nash and Nowitzki become the first pair of Mavericks to make the team since 1988, when Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson made the squad. Two Mavericks have made the team only one other time, in 1987 when it was Aguirre and Rolando Blackman.
The honor for the three Mavericks comes just three years removed from when all were doubted individually and blamed collectively for the Mavericks' woes. The Mavericks were 19-31 the first year all three were together. They've improved to the second-best record in the league.
"We've seen this team at the bottom when we first got here," Nash said. "For us to be a part of that turnaround and see our friendship grow along with it is special."
Nash and Nowitzki have had career years. Nash is averaging a career-best 19.3 points on 49.5 percent shooting, and 8.0 assists. Nowitzki's 24.5 points and 9.4 rebounds are also career-bests and lead the Mavericks.
The two join Sacramento's Chris Webber and Peja Stojakovic, Utah's Karl Malone, Minnesota's Wally Szczerbiak and Seattle's Gary Payton as Western Conference reserves.
"I'm the happiest guy in America," Nelson said of having two All-Stars accompany him. "You never know what's going to happen. Some good players were left off. You can't take anything for granted."
Nowitzki, who was fourth among West forwards in fan voting, admitted a sense of satisfaction - though not necessarily vindication - at his selection. Last year he was left off the squad in part because the NBA demanded that a true center be selected as a Western Conference reserve. This year, the league issued a memo reminding teams to be flexible with multi-position players like Nowitzki, who has played as many games at center as at forward. He was selected as a forward/center.
"I really wanted to make it once in my career," Nowitzki said. "To get it now when I'm only 23 years old, after just four years in the league, is a dream come true."
Nash, who is the first Canadian selected to be an All-Star, also ranked the honor among his greatest in basketball.
"I've had so many more dreams come true than a lot of people," Nash said. "This is my biggest individual accomplishment, no question. Winning in the playoffs, playing in the Olympics and this are all right up there."
And the fact that the two, who are inseparable off the court, will share the first-time experience together makes it more special, they admitted. And sharing it with Nelson makes it even more meaningful.
"It's really great to get to experience it together," Nash said.

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Sounds like this was a pretty great show, as expected. Photos from David Zwickerhill below. Look for more coverage on both Astronautalis (and his Portland-based bandmembers) and Lady Lamb The Beekeeper in the coming weeks, as they have shows in NY that we'll plan to be at as well!
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After Dumping on Arizona Calderon Admits: "Of Course" We Ask For Papers From Immigrants (Rush Limbaugh Video)
The Height of Hypocrisy–
Calderon bashed Arizona yesterday on the White House lawn and today in front of Congress for asking illegal immigrants to show their papers.
Democrats gave him a standing ovation.
But, last night on CNN, Mexican President Felipe Calderon admitted that Mexican authorities ask for papers from people they expect to be illegal immigrants, too.
Rush Limbaugh weighed in:
Who is he to preach to us? For crying out loud, they deport more illegal immigrants from Mexico than we do! How do they catch their illegal immigrants? Do they profile them? How the hell do they find out who's in their country illegally? Here's the next question from Wolf Blitzer.
Blitzer: "So if people want to come from Guatemala or Honduras or El Salvador or Nicaragua, they want to just come into Mexico, can they just walk in?"
CALDERON: No! They need to fulfill, uh, a form. They need to establish their right name. We analyze if they have not a criminal precedence.
BLITZER: Do Mexican police go around asking for papers of people they suspect are illegal immigrants?
CALDERON: Of course! Of course!
BLITZER: If somebody sneaks in from Nicaragua or some other country in Central America through the southern border of Mexico and they wind up in Mexico, they can going get a job?
CALDERON: No, no, no.
BLITZER: They can work?
CALDERON: If somebody do that without permissions, we send — we send back them.
RUSH: We didn't record that ourselves. We didn't make it up.


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13 May 2016
Last Week in Moments
The outdoor furniture covers came off and my favorite room of the house is open again.
Last weekend was all about the divide and conquer. Before H and I left for a soccer tournament in Neenah, I snapped this photo of my boys since I wouldn't be around for most of Mother's Day. My gosh, do I absolutely love them!
Brian stuck around with C for his local soccer tournament. C's U11 team ended up winning their U12 division. So exciting.
Back in Neenah, H's U14 team played incredible, and also won their bracket! Talk about exciting. Every player had a moment that contributed to this victory, which was the best part about it. H made me super proud by 1) being named a full-time captain for the rest season and 2) despite and injury, coming out and playing the final game. They were down 0-2, H came out, worked so hard, and ended up assisting a goal. They scored another right after that. The game ended in PKs. So exciting.
Our little bleeding heart plant actually came back. It reminds me so much of my Oma.
Gretel's favorite place to drink water from.
C was invited to run for the 7/8th grade track team. They are short long distance runners, so he participated in the 1600m event. He ended up coming in 4th place with a time just under 6 minutes. It was an all-out sprint at the end as C tried to catch one of his friends who goes to a different school. He almost got it. He ran the mile earlier in school this week with a time of 5:49. I don't know how he does it, but it's pretty incredible. (H is a pretty fast runner too, by the way. He got a time of 6:09 for his mile. They definitely get the running gene from Brian.)
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I need to visit that house and that outdoor room again! We miss you guys.
- June 1, 2016 at 9:18 AM
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ListObject control
The ListObject control is a list that exposes events and can be bound to data. When you add a list to a worksheet, Visual Studio creates a ListObject control that you can program against directly without having to traverse the Microsoft Office Excel object model.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and VSTO Add-in projects for Excel. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.
Create the control
In document-level projects, you can add ListObject controls to a worksheet at design time or at run time. In VSTO Add-in projects, you can add ListObject controls to worksheets only at run time. For more information, see How to: Add ListObject controls to worksheets.
By default, dynamically created list objects are not persisted in the worksheet as host controls when the worksheet is closed. For more information, see Add controls to Office documents at run time.
Bind data to the control
A ListObject control supports simple and complex data binding. The ListObject control can be bound to a data source using the DataSource and DataMember properties at design time or the SetDataBinding method at run time.
The ListObject is updated automatically when it is bound to a data source, such as a DataTable, that raises events when the data changes. If you bind the ListObject to a data source that does not raise events when the data changes, you must call the RefreshDataRow or RefreshDataRows method to update the ListObject.
When you add a ListObject to a worksheet cell by mapping a repeating schema element to that cell, Visual Studio automatically maps the ListObject to the generated dataset. However, the ListObject is not automatically bound to the data. You can take steps to bind the ListObject to the dataset at design time or at run time in a document-level project. You can programmatically bind the ListObject to the dataset at run time in a VSTO Add-in.
Because the data is separate from the ListObject, you should add and remove data through the bound dataset, and not directly through the ListObject. If the data in the bound dataset is updated through any mechanism, the ListObject control automatically reflects the changes. For more information, see Bind data to controls in Office solutions.
You can quickly fill a ListObject control by binding the ListObject to a data source. If you edit the data in a data-bound ListObject, the changes are automatically made in the data source as well. If you want to fill a ListObject and then enable the user to change the data in the ListObject without modifying the data source, you can use the Disconnect method to detach the ListObject from the data source. For more information, see How to: Fill ListObject controls with data.
Data binding is not supported on overlapping ListObject controls.
Improve performance in ListObject controls
Reading an XML file into a data-bound ListObject control tends to be slower if you bind the control first, and then call ReadXml to fill the dataset. To improve performance, call ReadXml before you bind the control.
Disconnect ListObject controls from the data source
After you fill a ListObject control with data by binding it to a data source, you can disconnect it so that modifications made to the data in the list object do not affect the data source. For more information, see How to: Fill ListObject controls with data.
Restore column and row order
When you bind data to a ListObject control that was added to a document at design time, Visual Studio keeps track of the column and row order whenever the workbook is saved. If a user moves the ListObject columns or rows during run time, the new order is preserved the next time the workbook is opened and the ListObject control binds to the data source again.
If you want to restore the ListObject to its original column and row order, you can call the ResetPersistedBindingInformation method. This method removes the custom document properties related to the column and row order of specified ListObject. Call this method from the Shutdown event of the Workbook if you do not want to preserve the column and row order of the ListObject.
Formatting that can be applied to a ListObject can be applied to a ListObject control. This includes borders, fonts, number format, and styles. End users can rearrange columns in a data-bound ListObject, and these changes will be persisted with the document, provided the ListObject was added to the document at design time. The next time the document is opened, the list object will be bound to the same data source, but the column order will reflect the users' changes.
Add and remove columns at run time
You cannot manually add or remove columns in a data-bound ListObject control at run time. If an end user tries to delete a column, it will immediately be restored and any columns added will be removed. Therefore, it is important to write code to explain to users why they cannot perform these actions on a ListObject that is bound to data. Visual Studio provides several events on a ListObject related to data binding. For example, you can use the OriginalDataRestored event to warn users that the data they have attempted to delete cannot be deleted and has been restored.
Add and remove rows at run time
You can manually add and remove rows in a data-bound ListObject control, provided the data source allows the addition of new rows and is not read-only. You can write code against events such as the BeforeAddDataBoundRow to validate the data. For more information, see How to: Validate data when a new row is added to a ListObject control.
Sometimes the relationship of the list object to the data source causes routine errors. For example, you can map which columns you want to appear in the ListObject, so if you omit columns that have restrictions, such as a field that cannot accept null values, errors are raised every time a row is created. You can write code to add the missing values in an event handler for the ErrorAddDataBoundRow event.
Rename ListObject controls in Excel
Excel enables users to change the name of Excel tables at run time by using the Design tab. However, the ListObject control does not support this feature. If a user tries to rename an Excel table that corresponds to a ListObject, the name of the Excel table will automatically revert to the original name when the workbook is saved.
The following events are available for the ListObject control:
See also
- Automate Excel by using extended objects
- How to: Add ListObject controls to worksheets
- How to: Resize ListObject controls
- How to: Validate data when a new row is added to a ListObject control
- How to: Map ListObject columns to data
- How to: Fill ListObject controls with data
- Office development samples and walkthroughs
- Bind data to controls in Office solutions
- Extend Word documents and Excel workbooks in VSTO Add-ins at run time
- Controls on Office documents
- Add controls to Office documents at run time
- How to: Populate worksheets with data from a database
- Programmatic limitations of host items and host controls
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Some kids are bullies, and others are the targets of bullying. And no parent wants their child on either side of this equation.
At Primrose, we nurture traits like kindness, compassion and generosity because we strongly believe that who children become is just as important as what they know. Read more on our Pointers for Parents Blog!


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Although I didn't stick to my mostly-vegan-diet while I've been living in New York, I often go for the vegan options on the menu. I decided that there are too many things I wanted to try in this city and I didn't want to restrict myself too much. But at the same time I still love vegan food and New York has plenty of good things to offer! So for you plant-based foodies out there I compiled a list of the 10 best vegan dishes in New York, according to yours truly. I've tried to go a bit more creative than just naming avocado toast, because we all know that's vegan and always tasty.
1. Inday - Vegan Bowls
This lunch spot does several incredible vegan bowls, but the 'Cauli'fornia' must be my favorite. It's fresh and moreish at the same time, there's a crunch and some creaminess. It's just the perfect lunch bowl. And along with their bowls, Inday promises a dose of good karma! Full review here.
> 1133 Broadway
2. Momofuku Noodle Bar - Shiitake Buns
I didn't expect much from this starter, but oh man these little guys are absolutely packed with flavor. The combination of crunchy shiitake mushrooms with a sticky hoisin sauce, pickled cucumber in a pillowy soft bun sends you straight to heaven. One of the best dishes I've had in New York overall, and that says a lot.
> 171 1st Avenue
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3. Sweetgreen - Make your own
Sweetgreen, my favorite salad bar, offers some vegan salads on their regular menu, but the best vegan salad is my own combination: kale, brown rice, mushrooms, sweet potato, red cabbage, beetroot, tortilla chips and the spicy cashew dressing. Trust me, it's good.
> All over New York
4. Superiority - Superiority Burger
This place is famous for their vegan burger, just ask for the vegan superiority burger. I must admit, it's very satisfying and tasty. Do take-out and eat in the park nearby. And afterward, you feel light, unlike when you eat a real burger.
> 430 East 9th Street
5. The Butcher's Daughter - Grilled cheese
I didn't know a vegan grilled cheese could be this good, but the Butcher's Daughter grilled cheese with vegan cheddar, heirloom tomato, avocado, adzuki bacon and basil on sourdough is the closest thing I've had to the real deal. The perfect hangover meal, and totally vegan. Full review here.
> 19 Kenmare St and 581 Hudson St
6. By Chloe - The Guac Burger
To me, this is the best veggie burger in New York. It's also the best thing on the menu at By Chloe. Order sweet potato fries on the side with beetroot ketchup and you'll have the perfect indulgent vegan meal. Full review here.
> Several locations in NYC
7. Banter - Green salad
Banter's green salad with chopped kale, shaved broccoli, chili, sunflower seeds, avocado and dijon honey dressing is exactly what you need if you feel like you've not been eating well lately. It's super fresh, crunchy and packs some spice thanks to the chilies. I love it!
> 169 Sullivan Street
8. Dumpling Man - Veggie Dumplings
This might seem like a very random little place, but it's the best vegan comfort food in The East Village. Asian ladies make fresh dumplings right in front of your eyes, so you know it's good. The vegetarian option is very flavorful, with smoked tofu, shiitake mushrooms, jicama and bok choy. It's the best when it's seared instead of steamed. Full review here.
> 100 St. Marks Place
9. ABCV - Coconut Sticky Rice with Crimini and Morels
Everything at ABCV is absolutely amazing, but if I had to choose one thing (well, two things) it would be the sticky coconut rice together with the crimini mushrooms and morels. I never knew these two could work so well together, but this was just incredible. Full review here.
> 38 East 19th Street
10. De Maria - Fire Dragon Bowl
The fire dragon bowl usually comes with an egg but if you leave it out it's vegan. It's the most colorful and flavorful dish you'll have in New York City. It's as tasty as it is to look at. Order the banana bread for dessert, it's one of the best in the city. Full review here.
> 19 Kenmare St.
I could probably name many more but these 10 really stand out for me, simply because they're either very special and unique or just because they're fast and cheap. Vegan food doesn't always have to be expensive or complicated, especially not in New York.


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The works of Dante offer what are probably inexhaustible possibilities for composers. Amongst those who have availed themselves of some of those possibilities the names which spring most obviously to name are perhaps Liszt and Tchaikovsky. But Dante has provided composers with texts and ideas from the Italian madrigalists of the sixteenth century onwards—some idea of the sheer quantity of such music can be gleaned from two relatively recent books, The Dante Encyclopedia edited by Richard Lansing (Garland, 2000) and Maria Ann Roglieri's Dante and Music: Musical Adaptations of Dante from the Sixteenth Century to the Present (Ashgate, 2001). Charles Wuorinen made his own characteristic contribution to the tradition of Dantean musical transformations when commissioned by Peter Martins and the New York City Ballet to write music for three pieces—one corresponding to each of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso—based on Dante's Commedia. The music was written in the mid-1990s. What is here recorded is a chamber version, made by Wuorinen himself, of the original orchestral score.
For a serialist such as Wuorinen a poet such as Dante whose work is shot through with numerological structure and symbolism, dense with patterns of repetition and inversion, has a natural attraction—even if Wuorinen scarcely shares his world view. Such matters as Dante's structures of three and its multiples, his permutational subdivisions of ten and a hundred, his eleven syllables a line, the special significance of the number seven—and much else—are well calculated (no pun intended) to appeal to a musical mind such as Wuorinen's, and such numerical structures are reflected in his Dante music.
The Mission of Virgil, which relates to the Inferno, is made up of seven movements, with a prelude; The Great Procession, which relates to the Purgatorio, is made up of seven movements, interleaved with a refrain.
This recording of The Mission of Virgil was previously issued on Koch; the other two sections are issued here for the first time. In The Mission of Virgil Wuorinen's musical response to Dante's infernal vision seems to be focused more on its grim mockery, its sense of the absurdity—even if it is entirely logical—of some of the consequences of human sinfulness, rather than on the fierceness of Dante's images of pain. The sense of onward movement, of Virgil and Dante's journeying through Hell, is vividly evoked as, to a degree, are the landscapes through which they pass, as lengthy horizontal lines make their way through complex vertical clusters, thinning and thickening by turns. Geryon (especially), Nimrod and Antaeus provoke some vividly imagined writing and the treatment of Satan seems, musically speaking, to bring together in epitome the images of these other monsters and to add a kind of black mockery. There is a sense both of relief—at leaving hell behind—and of nervous expectation in the last part of The Mission of Virgil, 'Journey though the Center', and the result is an intriguing piano miniature. Adroit as this two-piano version of The Mission of Virgil is, I did find myself wondering, more than once, what the original orchestral versions sounds like and, at times, longing for a littler more tonal variety than the two pianos alone can provide.
This chamber version of The Great Procession is scored for a sextet, playing flute/piccolo, violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, percussion and piano. Listened to straight after The Mission of Virgil one certainly welcomes the additional instrumental colours, which are put to vivid use. As so often Wuorinen's structure is essentially symmetrical; it might be represented (in simplified form) thus (where 'r' represents the repeated refrain, and 'x' one of the seven titled sections): x1-r-x2-x3-r-x4-r-x5-x6-r-x7. There are other, overlaid parallelisms too, so that, for example, x1 ('The Seven Lights') and x5 ('The Seven Virtues') have much in common, musically speaking, just as x2 ('The Elders') is closely echoed by x6 ('The Departure'). Whereas The Mission of Virgil referred to episodes and 'characters' from many parts of the Inferno, The Great Procession, Wuorinen's Purgatorio music draws, predominantly, on a single Canto, No. XXIX of the second part of Dante's epic, in which he encounters the sights and sounds of an extraordinary procession which allegorically represents the Revelation of Divine Truth. It is a strangely beautiful and puzzling episode in the poem and I am not sure that Wuorinen finds musical means to do full justice to it. It is a brave attempt though—an attempt at what may well be impossible—with some striking passages and, as more than once elsewhere, one has to remind oneself that this is ballet music. Hearing it on CD, separated from the visual and dynamic language of realised dance, one is, after all, responding only to part of the intended work of art. Purely as aural experience, the astringent partial repetitions of 'The Chariot' are attractive and satisfying, as is the beautiful solemnity of 'The Griffin'—whose combination of eagle and man is used by Dante to embody the meeting of human and divine in Christ. 'The Departure' refers to an episode, in Canto XXXII of the Purgatorio, in which Dante is prepared for his admission to Paradise. Thus, like The Mission of Virgil, The Great Procession prepares the way for its successor.
The final section of Wuorinen's Dante-ballet, The River of Light, naturally enough responds to the final part of the Commedia, the Paradiso. It is here scored for an ensemble of thirteen players so that as we listen to three parts Wuorinen's Dante Trilogy the sound-world grows increasingly various and expansive; paradoxically, the pieces also diminish in length!: flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, three percussion, harp, piano, celesta, violin, viola, cello, double-bass. It is played as a single uninterrupted movement, although distinct sections can be discerned. There are no explicit textual references here and the music is quite varied. By turns it gives us lines that are sustained and calm or fragmentary and harassed; there are aggressively percussive sections—and some that are tinklingly so; there is a beautiful solemn passage which is hushed and reverential, like some other worldly ritual. For all that Wuorinen's score—unlike the scires of the two previous parts of the Trilogy—provides no references to specific passages in Dante's poem. The closing pages of The River of Light—though the title itself comes from Canto XXX of the Paradiso—in which piano and percussion chords underlie a song-like melody carried by clarinet, oboe, violin, viola and cello, and decorated by the piccolo, evoke Dante's approach to l'alto triumfo del regno verace (the high triumph of the true kingdom) in the last canto of his poem.
This is music which I have found fascinating, even if—after several—listenings I don't find it wholly satisfying. I suspect that while working for the theatre was doubtless stimulating for Wuorinen, it may also have placed some constraints on his work. There are places where ideas cry out for further development and there are a few places which sound like necessary theatrically-required padding rather than the products of musical necessity. And I wonder how much has been lost in the reduction to chamber music proportions. Certainly I hope, one day, to hear the original score.
As you might expect from so enthusiastic an advocate of Wuorinen's music, Oliver Knussen's is an excellent reading and the recorded sound is generally very good.
While it would be extremely difficult to sum up the overwhelming experiencing of reading Dante's entire Commedia in just 70 minutes of music, Wuorinen's ballets create an aural distillation of moods that are equally enjoyable whether experienced as "pure music" or combined with a knowledge of the plots of Dante's work. Wuorinen's vibrant, sinewy sound world has always been capable of tremendous versatility and deep musical expression; thus it is not a surprise that his flair extends to music for the ballet stage. © 2008 Fanfare Read complete review
Charles Wuorinen's Dante Trilogy is a sequence of three ballets written in the 90s for Peter Martins and the New York City Ballet, inspired by the three books of the Divine Comedy. There is no explicit tone poetry on display here. Instead, Wuorinen, as might be expected, concentrates on purely formal elements of the poem to suggest musical directions: the number of syllables in a line, the number of stanzas, the number seven, and so forth. The intensive structural play beloved of serialists (symmetry, mirroring) is given the most emphasis, with all the dizzying fun set in Wuorinen's typical astringent atonal style.
These pieces are all recorded in their chamber versions. The Mission of Virgil (1993) takes us around the Inferno in a grand display for two pianos. Entertainingly episodic (this is ballet music, after all), some of the music is a delight, while the more diffuse incidental music-the stuff that gets edited out for ballet suites-is in need of the stage. Messrs Moredock and Grant, both pianists with the New York City Ballet, are spectacular.
The Great Procession (1995) through Purgatory is given here for six players (flute(s), clarinet(s), violin, cello, percussion and piano). Its various episodes are propelled along by an amusing 3D-second recurring bit of "traveling music". The sextet scoring is too thin to support the intensity of ideas. There is also some poor clarinet playing (especially in 'The Griffin'), unusual for this normally flawless ensemble.
Paradise is at least theoretically reached with The River of Light (1996), though the composer tells us the music is "in no sense narrative" or "referential". What it is is episodic to the point of incoherence, lacking in the humor and relative lightness of touch heard in the other two pieces in the set. Scored for an ensemble of 13 players, it does not offer a meaningful climax to the set, in spite of what seems to be intended as a glittering ending (it's just shrieky).
The Mission of Virgil was previously released on Koch. The other two pieces were recorded in concert at the Guggenheim in 1999.
The fierce intellectual balls of Charles Wuorinen's music, as heard on "The Dante Trilogy", takes him direct to where his art is. His Dante cycle was originally conceived as a ballet score but has a flinty lyricism and dramatic poise that makes for compelling listening in the abstract. Wuorinen's scores are notoriously tricky and intricate; no problem for the life-force of The Group for Contemporary Music. © 2008 Gramophone
Charles Wuorinen became an advocate of atonality after spending his younger years in the conventional world of tonality. Like most converts he has become evangelical in his dedication to cutting edge modernity, and maybe future generations will show that such devotion was totally justified. Everything seems so dense and busy that I end up unable to see the musical tree through the impenetrable forest. Taking its inspiration from Dante's Divina Commedia, the three books,The Mission of Virgil, The Great Procession and The River of Light were used to form three ballets composed for the New York City Ballet, the composition spread over the years 1993 to 1996. At the same time he prepared versions for full orchestra and chamber ensemble, and it is the latter score we have on this recording. It is played by The Group for Contemporary Music, a superb American-based ensemble here conducted by Oliver Knussen. The first of the ballets is given to piano with four hands played by the pianists Richard Moredock and Cameron Grant, the difficulty of the writing obviously presenting formidable problems. The two following scores are cast for small groups of strings, woodwind, keyboard and percussion. It is the lack of strongly defined rhythms that will prove a boundary to those who have come no further forward than Stravinsky. It may sound perverse, but newcomers could well start at track 14, midway through The Great Procession, where the pulse is most recognizable, and continue into the less-densely scored River of Light, the most easily accessed part of the ballet, and move back to the beginning. The performers dig into the music with an obvious enthusiasm, their individual and collective virtuosity plain to hear. The Mission of Virgil was originally released on the ill-fated Koch International label in 1998, the remaining tracks coming from a public performance in 1999. Everything is rather up-front but clear and with a ready impact.


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For a Palestinian state to survive – and the two-state solution along with it – the division of Palestinian government must be rectified, and the aspirations beyond the Green Line of Palestinians and Israelis must be accommodated. Both are possible.
As the Palestinians push ever closer to a state of their own, the rendering of what the state will look like, how its government will function, and how it will meet the demands of its people have become increasingly important to discern.
By almost all accounts, including the World Bank and IMF, the Palestinians are prepared for when that day comes. They have a functioning government, a security apparatus that has been praised by even the Israeli military, and an economy that shows signs of life wherever cracks appear in the stringent military occupation that prohibits freedom of movement. Several problems still persist, however, but the Palestinians have spent nearly twenty years in this endeavor, developing the infrastructure for statehood. Most notably, over the past two years and under the directive of the two-year plan initiated by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian government has shored up the necessary requisites for self-governance. Indeed, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are far more prepared than South Sudan was at the time of its ascendancy to the community of nations, which boasts barely a paved road.
Without a doubt, the Palestinian polity remains divided institutionally and geographically between Fatah and Hamas, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, respectively. This will certainly need to be rectified before the state can exist in a functional way. However, given that a small coterie of activists on March 15th managed to push the two factions into a reconciliation agreement almost immediately after they began the protests, it is clear that the turbulent events of the Arab Spring hover over the Palestinian political elite and could provide a useful motivation for substantive reconciliation in the future.
Yet, as the Palestinian president headed to the United Nations to put forward an application for full statehood and membership, many more questions were left unanswered. More than twenty years have passed since a Palestinian consensus was reached regarding the two-state compromise with Israel, in which the Palestinians accepted the partition of the land along the 1967 lines. During those two decades much has changed on the ground. The land has been colonized by three times as many settlers as there were twenty years back. Jerusalem is surrounded by two rings of settlements, effectively cutting it off from the West Bank. An apartheid wall has been built throughout the West Bank with the dual purposes of separating people and confiscating land. Today, the territory Palestinians thought would constitute their state is unrecognizable from its form in the late 1980s. Thus, it is widely believed that the two-state compromise has been rendered a pipe dream, destroyed by years of expansionist Jewish settlement. Yet the prospects for the nearest alternative—a single, secular and democratic state—also remain dim at this juncture in the conflict.
It is far more practicable that in order to satisfy the aspirations of both people at this stage—Palestinians and Israelis—a solution that takes into account their mutual interests is formulated. The truth is that the aspirations of both Palestinians and Israelis extend beyond the boundaries of 1967. Fortunately, I still believe it is possible to guarantee the realization of those aspirations while still holding to the two-state principle.
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Five things we learned about the Bundesliga
Here are five things we learned from the 15th round of matches in the Bundesliga:
Leipzig impress, Bayern wobble
Having had their record 13-match unbeaten run ended by a shock 1-0 defeat at Ingolstadt, RB Leipzig responded by flooring Hertha Berlin with a 2-0 win to top the Bundesliga for 24 hours before Bayern's shaky 1-0 victory at Darmstadt on Sunday.
Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern host second-placed RB Leipzig on Wednesday with both teams on 36 points, but Munich are top on goal difference.
Goals by Leipzig's Timo Werner and stand-in captain Willi Orban either side of half-time saw RB dominate fourth-placed Hertha.
"I expected a reaction from my team and they didn't disappoint," said Leipzig's coach Ralph Hasenhuettl.
In contrast, Bayern then needed a dream goal from Douglas Costa, hit from 30 metres, to see off bottom side Darmstadt and reclaim top.
"We are relieved, they were three important points, it would have been hard to have played Leipzig without them," said Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
"But the way we played - that wasn't FC Bayern."
'Schubert out!'
Borussia Monchengladbach fans made their feelings clear about coach Andre Schubert following Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Augsburg, who picked up their first win in five games.
Under the 45-year-old's stewardship, Gladbach have won just four of their 17 games since the end of September.
There were loud whistles from travelling fans after their latest away loss - their sixth in seven league games on the road.
"I can understand the fans - we're also pissed off," said director of sport Max Eberl.
Since selling Granit Xhaka to Arsenal, Gladbach are missing a strong midfield leader and another defeat on Tuesday at home to Wolfsburg could be Schubert's final game in charge.
Latza's 'fairytale' hat-trick
"It's a football fairytale", said Mainz's manager Rouven Schroeder after midfielder Danny Latza scored a hat-trick on his return from seven months out with an adductor injury in a 3-1 win over Hamburg.
It was the first time the 27-year-old had scored in his 33 Bundesliga games.
"It's an undescribable feeling, especially after the long frustrations with injury," said Latza, who needed just over half an hour to wrap up his treble thanks to weak Hamburg defending.
Latza's goals shocked even Hamburg striker Michael Gregoritsch, a former team-mate when the pair played for Bochum.
"I don't know Danny like that, shooting goals was never his thing," said the Austrian international.
Rangnick's rude health
"Hey Ralf, we're eagerly waiting for your next burnout" read a tasteless banner written by Hertha Berlin's fans in Saturday's 2-0 away defeat, directed at RB Leipzig's sports director Ralf Rangnick.
The 58-year-old resigned as Schalke coach in September 2011, citing exhaustion as his main reason.
The banner was below-the-belt, but Rangnick rose above the cheap shot.
"In all honesty, I took it as a back-handed compliment," he told SID, an AFP subsidiary.
"I can imagine there are hardcore Hertha fans who don't want me in this position any more, but I can't give them too much hope because I take very good care of myself."
But his opposite number at Hertha was furious.
"Hertha Berlin distances itself from this disgusting banner!," wrote Berlin's club manager Michael Preetz on Twitter.
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The Poland hot-shot drew a blank in Sunday's 1-0 win at Darmstadt, where he was harried every time he got the ball, having netted two goals in both of his previous two league games.
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Ernest Ranglin
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Ernest Ranglin (born June 19, 1932 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a guitarist whose session work at Studio One helped give birth to the ska genre in the late 1950s.
Ranglin played on many classic Jamaican recordings, and he performed with artists such as Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, The Skatalites and Eric Dean's Orchestra. Some credit Ranglin with the invention of the core style of guitar play (sometimes known as scratching) found in nearly all ska music. He is one of the few musicians to blend jazz and reggae successfully.
As child, Ranglin played ukulele, and in his teen years he started playing guitar. While still in his teens, he began performing live, locally and in the Bahamas, often with the young Monty Alexander. Charlie Christian was an early influence. In 1958, Chris Blackwell recorded a Ranglin single, which was the first Island Records release. In 1964, Ranglin, with Chris Blackwell and singer Millie Small recorded "My Boy Lollipop", the first Jamaican song to achieve international success.
He began attracting international notice in 1964 when he traveled to London, England to perform at Ronnie Scott's jazz nightclub. He became the venue's resident guitarist for nine months, backing numerous guest artists and appearing in a recording of a Sonny Stitt/Dick Morrissey jam session in 1966. He made several solo records for Island Records, as well as collaborating with Prince Buster. He returned to session work, arranging songs such as the Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon" and playing guitar leads in the Wailers' "It Hurts to Be Alone." He also laid the foundation for the rise of the rockers reggae style.
In the 1970s, Ranglin toured with Jimmy Cliff, and in 1973 he was awarded the Order of Distinction from the Jamaican Government for his contributions to music. He continued touring and recording regularly throughout the following decades. He signed to Chris Blackwell's newly-formed Palm Pictures label to issue 1998's In Search of the Lost Riddim. The albums E.B. @ Noon and Modern Answers to Old Problems followed two years later. Grooving was released in early 2001.
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- Guitar in Ernest (1965) Dub Store Records
- Sonny's Blues: Live at Ronnie Scott's – Sonny Stitt (1966) JHAS
- Ranglin Roots (1977)
- Below the Bassline (1996) Island Jamaica Jazz
- Sounds & Power (1996) Studio One
- Tribute to a Legend (1997) K-Jazz
- Memories of Barber Mack (1997)
- In Search of the Lost Riddim (1998) Palm Pictures
- EB @ Noon (2000) Tropic
- Modern Answers to Old Problems (2000) Telarc
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Empire Big Screen: DAY TWO
Sunday August 14th 2011
Hello again. Don't worry, I won't be writing as much today because a) this is in danger of turning into Aint It Cool News and b) I'm typing this into my phone on the tube and I'm a bit concerned about repetitive strain injury.
Yesterday began in much the same way that Friday did, in the main hall of the convention (the 'Big Screen' if you will) where master of ceremonies Chris Hewitt was introducing clips, trailers and countless glorified EPK packages from some of the year's most expensive exciting movies. Here's a quick rundown of the bits and bobs I saw:
- Some bewilderingly out-of-context clips from Contagion, Steven Soderbergh's virus drama.
- That Dark Knight Rises trailer we've all seen.
- One of Peter Jackson's Hobbit production 'vlogs', featuring some immensely adorable dwarves. Nobody told me The Hobbit was adorable. I'm suddenly three hundred percent more excited about it.
- The opening scene of Final Destination 5, which looks genuinely brilliant and prompted the first audible audience reaction I've heard this weekend. Motherfuckers were hollerin'.
I slipped out when the threat of Sherlock Holmes 2 footage become all too real and went to see a panel a bit like the one I was on yesterday. It was both fun and informative, and featured fun and informative insights from Anna Smith, Karen Krizanovich, Neil Alcock from The Incredible Suit (pictured above fiddling with his phone during the panel… amateur) and Olly Richards.
Somewhat inexplicably, a member of the audience gave Neil some Hobnobs.
While the rest of the world dutifully trotted off to see footage from The Amazing Spider-man, I retreated once more to the press room, where I spent the best part of half an hour staring down at the little people as they went about their business. Here's a woman who looks a bit like Boris Johnson from above:
Only a little bit, mind.
I'm still struggling to understand the point of outdoor seating inside a building. Most of the restaurants in the O2 even have umbrellas, presumably in case rain manages to negotiate its way past the MASSIVE FUCKING DOME above everyone's heads. I don't know… It's almost ridiculous enough to form the basis of a slightly lacklustre observational comedy routine.
Unable to locate any of my friends (I do have friends, honest) I wandered lonely as a cloud through the stalls and displays, stopping occasionally to inspect an Avengers poster or watch a Puss in Boots trailer. I must have cut a pretty pathetic figure because after a while people just starting giving me stuff. Two women in John Carter of Mars t-shirts gave me a John Carter of Mars t-shirt ("only a hundred were made so you're very lucky") and some John Carter of Mars stickers.
I reached my lowest ebb around 1pm, when I had lunch on my own at Subway.
What had happened? Yesterday had been all VIP room this and free champagne that. Today I was eating a Sub of the Day surrounded by empty chairs. I felt like Dexter Mayhew circa 1998.
Things picked up a bit when I went to see a Q&A with notorious disaster man Roland Emmerich, who was there to promote his new movie Anonymous. They showed a few insanely lengthy clips (I'm talking 20+ mins) before he took to the stage, and I can exclusively reveal that Anonymous is a bit on the silly side. Based on the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, the movie asserts that it was in fact the Earl of Oxford who wrote all of the Bard's plays, and that Shakespeare himself was a bumbling idiot. They've even drafted in everybody's favourite bumbling idiot Rafe Spall to play him. Oh, and Derek Jacobi's involved too, meaning that In The Night Garden is no longer the most childish piece of work he's done.
Sadly, my date with Roland Emmerich's accent had to be cut short because I had an appointment with a very important movie. The Scream trilogy was showing in one of the smaller screens at the O2 Cineworld and even though it had to be projected from Blu-ray because they don't have any 35mm projectors, I wasn't going to miss a chance to see Scream 2 on the big screen. I even bought popcorn for £4.85!
Luckily the genius of the copycat-killer / horror-movie-sequel parallel is no less genius fourteen years on, and even though the sound system was whisper-quiet, I had no trouble enjoying the film MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF.
Next on the agenda was the Surprise Screening, where 'surprise' here means 'Nicholas Winding Refn is here and there is absolutely zero chance that this isn't Drive'. So, justifiably, people were excited. We joined the endless queue for standby tickets and waited for 20 minutes before being told that there were in fact none available. Just as a riot was about to break out, some 'comedy stormtroopers' came along and effortlessly pacified the crowd. True heroes.
This is Chris Hewitt speaking to Chloe Moretz before a screening of Kick Ass. We didn't stay for the movie because it's a bit rubbish, isn't it?
Back in the safety of the VIP room, we sipped champagne from paper cups and 'talked shop'. I know what you're thinking: "That's no VIP room, that's a fabulous penthouse apartment with aerial views of the O2 itself!" But no, fair reader, it is merely an illusion.
Eventually the free beer ran dry and we were forced to seek intoxication elsewhere, but not before we were confronted by this:
Apparently it wasn't an impromptu Ku Klux Klan get-together but in fact a 'themed rave' that was happening at the O2 that night. We were in no way tempted to join in. Instead, we shot off to a launch party for the Scala Forever festival, which is now official ON, and the weekend reached its inevitable peak when I saw this sign:
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On Independence day, COW wants to remind everyone that democracy depends on participation.
As de Tocqueville, in his book, Democracy in America, put it:
"In a local community, a citizen may conceive of some need that is not being met. What does he do? He goes across the street and discusses it with his neighbor. A committee begins functioning on behalf of that need…. All of this is done by private citizens on their own initiative."
While there were no blogs back when the Constitution was signed, there were the Federalist papers which were first published between 1787 and 1788 in New York newspapers to defend and promote the ratification of the new Constitution. Written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the nom de plum PUBLIUS. We bet they are looking down on us and admiring the technology that allows citizens to publish on their own.
We recently read a quote from John W. Gardner, the late founder of Common Cause, who was optimistic about the possibility of open, honest and accountable government. "There are new signs of vitality all across America. There are many people working hard for the public good in every community in this nation. And in some places, there are enough of these people to have reached a critical mass and changed the political culture of their communities."
It has been said that community building is not a passive activity and that democracy depends upon an involved citizenry. We urge all COWs to get involved; be informed, go to meetings, and voice your views. We offer this site as a community bulletin board. Please feel free to communicate with us either under your own name or your nom de plum. And have a safe and sane 4th of July holiday.


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Columbus' Technology and Startup Scenes are On The Rise
By: Andy Effler, Senior Associate, Tenant Representation, JLL
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on the Columbus Chamber of Commerce's blog.
It would be hard for a big venture fund to look me in the eyes and tell me that Columbus is still considered a "flyover city." In fact, a strong argument can be made that Columbus has landed (pun intended) on the map for viable startup companies and venture funds looking for a hot Midwest startup ecosystem to launch, join or invest in. What's more, beyond the headlines of venture backed startups, there are big waves coming out of the arts, food, beverage and fashion companies that are enriching our city. I'm confident in saying that we are crafting the right recipe for a very bright future in Columbus.… Read More


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So today's topic is fingers, and the style is prose poetry. I've never done prose poetry before, and from the examples I checked out, I'm not sure how I feel about this particular style of poetry. Neither said examples nor my attempt at the form feel overly poetic. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself? Or maybe I just really don't get this form.
Regardless, I took a stab at it and here's my attempt:
Musician's Fingers
I have my mother's hands. Long, slender fingers taper off into music, into songs of faraway people and stories of far-off places. Words and ideas flow forth from my fingertips like the river pours life into the world around it.
Mine are musician's fingers. Mine are magician's fingers.
My hands, my fingers, create worlds. They destroy worlds. They are sleek and elegant, like the instruments they wield and the scenes they depict. They are tender and careful, conveying love and devotion with the slightest caress.
I have my mother's hands. I wouldn't want anyone else's.
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5 Times Red Turnip Theater's The Nether is All Too Real
Catch it on its last weekend.
(SPOT.ph) After staging family dramedy Tribes, Red Turnip Theater presents the more disturbing sci-fi thriller The Nether. It is set in the distant future, or so we think, where people can easily lose themselves in virtual reality. The piece was written by American playwright Jennifer Haley in 2013, but there are many similarities between it and the current world we live in. And once you see the play in its entirety, you could say that that's not really a good thing.
We list down some of the troubling truths that The Nether exposes.
Detective Morris (Jenny Jamora)
People spend more time in virtual reality than in real life.
Technology has become so advanced that the virtual space of The Nether can engage all senses and not just sight. The Hideaway, Sims' (Bernardo Bernardo) very own creation within The Nether, is a Victorian-themed realm where the garden bursts with the scent of flowers, the trees provide the freshest breeze, and the whole manor gives off a warm and homey feel. Meanwhile, the Philippines is number-one in terms of time spent on social media—our current virtual reality.
Sims (Bernardo Bernardo) and Iris (Junyka Santarin)
Online child pornography is getting worse.
The Hideaway is a property within The Nether where pedophiles may live out their fantasies involving children. Sims created a virtual reality where all the little girls look alike because, according to him, clients like continuity. In real life, the United Nations Children's Fund reported in 2016 that the Philippines is "the number-one global source of child pornography" and the "epicenter of the live-stream sexual abuse trade."
Detective Morris (Jenny Jamora) and Doyle (Bodjie Pascua)
Most of us hide under the veil of technology.
To be able to experience the virtual space of The Nether, and subsequently The Hideaway, all you have to do is log in and choose an identity. You'd be surprised at who the characters Detective Morris (Jenny Jamora) and Doyle (Bodjie Pascua) turn out to be in terms of virtual reality. How much of you is in social media, really?
Killing seems to be the solution when things get out of control.
Sims, or Papa as he is fondly called by the images of the little girls, has a set of rules in The Hideaway, some of them with fatal consequences. You can't say things about your real self, you can't be too close to the clients, and you can't even be too attached to Papa. So when Woodnut (TJ Trinidad) becomes too attached to Iris (Alba Berenguer-Testa/Junyka Santarin), you can probably guess what happens. This sadly sounds all too familiar.
Woodnut (TJ Trinidad) and Iris (Alba Berenguer-Testa)
Sometimes we all want an easy escape and it's not always good.
In the play, Detective Morris explained: "The Nether is no longer some great wild West. We have a political body that is just as real as anything offline." Virtual reality has become so advanced that those addicted to it want to actually cross over and just live online. Not too far off in the future, is it?
The Nether runs until April 9 at the Power Mac Center Spotlight Theater, Circuit Lane, Circuit Makati, Makati City. Tickets, priced from P1,500 to P2,000, are available through Ticketworld.


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- Contains an elaborate section on troubleshooting in electrophoretic methods.
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Electrophoresis is a straightforward but informative analytical method used in biochemistry, biology and medicine. This book combines a detailed discussion of theory and technical application with an elaborate section on troubleshooting and problem solving in electrophoresis. Therefore the book is an important guide for both students and scientists.
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Consider this foreign policy challenge: A Mideast leader undertakes a stunning power play to cement domestic control, carrying out mass arrests without due process and installing loyalists in key ministries. He ratchets up criticism of a regional rival and accuses it of effectively declaring war. And another Mideast leader, while on a visit to the first one's country, abruptly resigns and doesn't return home.
If all this were happening in Iran, it's a fair guess that President Trump, Congress and a host of other voices would react with outrage. In truth, the scenario sums up what's been happening in Saudi Arabia in the last week under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. And Mr. Trump could not have been more effusive. "I have great confidence in King Salman and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, they know exactly what they are doing," he tweeted.
There's a big difference, of course, between Saudi Arabia and Iran; the former is an American ally, the latter an antagonist. But it has not been American practice to give allies a free pass when they're destabilizing the region, and Saudi policies, both domestic and foreign, have become increasingly aggressive under Crown Prince Mohammed. In addition to his power play, he's escalated Saudi involvement in Yemen; continued his boycott of Qatar, ostensibly another American ally; and made inflammatory statements about Iran. Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, resigned a week ago while in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in circumstances that remain a mystery.
No problem, suggests Mr. Trump, who made clear early on that he would side with the kingdom and its Sunni allies against Shiite-led Iran. But there is a problem: Mr. Trump's uncritical support of the prince's behavior is stirring fears of a war with Iran and undermining American interests.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson knows this, even if his boss doesn't. On Friday Mr. Tillerson reaffirmed Lebanon's independence, hailed Mr. Hariri and cautioned against using Lebanon for proxy conflicts. His words were a stern, if indirect, admonishment to Saudi Arabia. And to his boss in the Oval Office. Though why should a headstrong Saudi prince pay any attention to an American underling who has been repeatedly undermined by that same boss?


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PHOP036: Michael Ainsley - Out Beyond The Blue EP
This EP was a bit of a surprise release. It was originally planned to come out during the summer but on the eve of it's release Mike decided he wanted to hold the songs back until he'd got enough for an album. Then when he'd written a few more he decided these songs didn't fit and wouldn't be on the album in the end. These songs seemed destined to never see the light of day.
Then out of the blue Mike phoned up and said let's put the EP out today. We frantically got some artwork sorted and less than seven hours later it was out. There was no chance for him to change his mind again this time.
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Why your Business website needs a Blog
Blogs; often, they're viewed as little more than a mouthpiece for people to pontificate, or as mere online journals, noting activities from the genuinely interesting to the unrepentantly mundane. Increasingly though more and more businesses, both big and small are taking to the platform, using it as key component in their marketing activities. What then, are the benefits or maintaining a regularly updated and active blog, particularly if you're a small business or start-up?
- It provides an effective way to interact with customers
Writing about your business or providing an opinion on the latest industry movements can help attract customers, provided you write intelligent copy and are both interesting and informative. There's the potential to engage with prospective clients via the comments tab and develop relationships, regular interaction possibly helping to cultivate brand loyalty.
- It could prove an effective promotional tool
With local and national newspaper sales dwindling, the promotional and public relations landscape has changed. Twitter and Facebook now provide the news for many people, especially the young. Any news regarding your company can be released in length via your blog and promoted via these social media websites, expensive PR agencies being avoided.
- It could help you build your brand
What you write, the pictures you share or the videos you put up can all help to build your brand image, in a mould specific to your business. Through blogging you can project any image of your company you desire, from budget to high end product.
- Most importantly, it's could prove cost-effective
There are a number of free 'create your own blog' services on the market; Blogger, Tumblr and WordPress, all potentially making the move to blogging hugely cost-effective for your business. Ultimately though, the effectiveness of blogging via your own website can be dependent upon the capabilities of your hosting provider. This is particularly true in the case of WordPress, so It's therefore worth examining the host provider market and considering switching to a provider that offers an integrated service, making WordPress installation easy.
As of February 2011 there were reportedly 156 million blogs in existence. To put that into the context that's a figure near two and half times the population of the UK. It's a huge platform and one which is hugely popular, further statistics suggesting that 46% of people read Blogs multiple times a day. Your blog is sure to be viewed sooner or later and should you be savvy with your cross social media based promotion, writing appealing copy and providing quality content, you'll soon be able to set yourself apart from the sheer wealth of blogs on the market.
Blogging could prove to be an effective and cheap marketing tool, particularly in these austere times where budgets and funding can be tight. A presence in the blogosphere could reap huge rewards for your business, if done effectively.


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The lean hare leaping across the white sky.
The sun riding high and small and bright,
shine on layers of snow, flakes accumulate,
into this old, this deep coldness.
I never knew I would feel this.
Spring, summer, autumn, and
then the winter.
I fell though time,
my fate a rolling, turning ball of ice.
Three times I bound my daughter.
First with coloured strings,
tying her to her childhood,
so tight she could not breathe,
Then I pulled the shell comb through her hair.
My teeth were poison-needle sharp
I'd get into her head,
if I couldn't have her heart.
The third was the offer of flesh,
red-ripe with promise.
She bit it eagerly remembering Eve,
the taste of sweet awaiting knowledge.
Forgetting that Eve now sits with her raven,
in the cave, alone.
I knew you then, my daughter, maid of spring.
Innocence and dreaming.
Pure and perfect.
Monumental maiden preserved in glass.
I knew that that all things turn
on the cycle the seasons bring
White-armed Persephone leaving
behind the four seeds in the barren ground.
Daughter, you shed my poisoned gifts,
Will you remember winter,
as you call for the shoes of hot iron?
I will dance and I will be glad,
for I long to feel some warmth.
But daughter, remember winter, for she will come again.
Deborah Walker grew up in the most English town in the country, but she soon high-tailed it down to London, where she now lives with her partner, Chris, and her two young children. Find Deborah in the British Museum trawling the past for future inspiration or on her blog: http://deborahwalkersbibliography.blogspot.com/ Her poems have appeared in Dreams & Nightmares, Star*Line and Enchanted Conversation.


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Why Six Sigma Fails
Over the last 25 years, I've gotten to see Six Sigma failures and successes. But in spite of all of the belts trained and investments made, why isn't product and service quality any better? Why is there so much hassle? Why aren't more customer experiences hassle-free? I've developed a mental list of the most common types of failures. Here's my fishbone diagram for Six Sigma failures. I'd encourage you to develop your own.
80% of the businesses in the U.S. are service businesses, yet Six Sigma training is extensively focused on the manufacturing factory floor. It takes too long to teach people everything they might need to know to solve all of the problems they might ever encounter. Most people won't ever work on a factory floor. Based on employment statistics, it might only be one person out of 100.
Most Six Sigma software was designed in the age of minicomputers, not microcomputers with a point-and-click interface. So they force users to learn rules they don't need to know to pick the charts and statistics. This takes too long and users forget how to do it. Too many managers have told me that they spent a lot of money on software that nobody uses because it is too hard to use.
I have also found that this software is often too expensive to give the frontline workers, so the control phase of DMAIC falls to the Black Belt or is ignored completely causing the improvement to degrade over time.
Some people try to write their own Excel templates which are inaccurate and incomplete.
If it takes too long to get results, leadership will kill Six Sigma.
I've developed some countermeasures to these common causes. I offer a free one-day Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training online that will teach you everything you need to know to solve the most common problems in service or manufacturing, www.lssyb.com.
When I train groups in person, I focus on solving real problems using their data which makes that training stick.
I have found that if I give people the QI Macros software, I can have them drawing control charts, Pareto charts and histograms in a matter of minutes. The QI Macros Data Mining, Control Chart and Statistics Wizards move the selection process into the software, so it is much easier to learn.
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Oct. 11, 2001
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University women's basketball team will join 318 NCAA Division I basketball programs from across the nation Saturday as its conducts its first practice for the 2001-2002 season.
The opening practice of the year will take place Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Leavey Center. The Broncos will conduct 16 sessions prior to its exhibition opener on Nov. 1. Santa Clara opens its regular season on Saturday, Nov. 17 against the University of the Utah at the Sheraton Four Points Classic, hosted by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Santa Clara returns one of the league's top returning three-point tandems and all-WCC team members in senior guards Becki Ashbaugh and Caroline Gruening. The Broncos also bring back junior Tammy Annas, who redshirted the 2000-01 season after tearing her left ACL just four days before practices were to begin, but was a starter as a sophomore. Additionally, SCU returns experienced forwards in juniors Kendra Rhea and Julie Butler.
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