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Now it's my turn to be pessimistic..
This country is headed towards civil war, and there's only one thing that's going to prevent it? Laziness and procrastination.
I think this country is going to see turmoil like it hasn't seen in decades. Two years from now, when we're still killing Iraqi's to save them, the number of people that want the war to end will reach a critical mass. We'll see massive protests in D.C. and all over the country. When people realize that the war in Iraq has been about oil all along, they're going to be hurt and offended that they're government would lie to them. The candidate that promises no more war will get elected in a heartbeat. But, we still have to deal with the tyrant we have for the next four years. You think he was a poster-boy for corporate america before? Now he doesn't have to worry about re-election. It'll be every lobbyists dream come true, and our country, our freedom will be for sale.
I believe we should never 'ban' anything, because 'banning' means no compromise. The conservatives are always wanting to ban everything they disagree with. How about we start trying to get the things we disagree with banned? Ban pre-emptive war. Ban blood for oil. Ban corporate irresponsibility. Ban career politicians.
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So nervous about one thing, upset about the other
Now here's something to get steamed up about.
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There's been a #ThirstyThursday weekly broadcast that's been happening for the past month, but the good news is that we've still got the remainder of July left – including today. It's a great way to tune in live to learn some cocktails as well as overall tips to use at your home bar. We've had Josh Goldman, Joseph Brooke, and Vincenzo Marianella so far, and today we've got Alex Straus of the Bon Vivants and the brand new Southeast Asian hotspot E.P. & L.P.
Los Angeles Veteran Barsmith Joe Brooke Lands at The 86 Co.
When I first met Joe Brooke at The Edison, it was a whole seven, maybe even eight, years ago. And though I steer more towards food than cocktails on this blog, I hadn't so much as written about a Vodka-Red Bull by then. My perception of cocktails, as well as as the entire cocktail scene in Los Angeles, was about to get turned upside down. Joe was one of the first craft bartenders I ever met and is one of the most hospitable.
Jazz Up Your Fridays at LACMA With Patina's Picnic Baskets
The sun is out – when June Gloom isn't in, that is. But when the high of summer arrives, you'll bet it'll be time for that picnic. Whether at The Hollywood Bowl, Cinespia or Barnsdall Art Park, picnicking in Los Angeles has become more than a rite of passage. It's now an act of communal expression, with everyone in the party bringing their own contribution to the portable, potable feast.
Happy Hour is Restocking Hour at Stir Market
There are happy hours where get enticed into what might seem like a great deal but, once you've arrived and start ordering, the specials don't seem as attractive now that you see the menu up close. But the great thing about Restocking Hour at Stir Market is that there are specials on both food and wine, and the prices are at pretty big discounts on really tasty offerings.
Revisiting The Hungry Cat in Santa Monica
There are always plenty fo reasons to visit Hungry Cat, but the location in Santa Monica has put a new focus on their wood-fired menu, thanks to their brand new wood-burning grill and rotisserie. The result is an amazing array of seafood and other menu items that take on a whole new dimension of flavor.
Highlights of the Inaugural Lexus Culinary Classic at Cavallo Point
Apologies for the lack of updates, but I can only blame an excellent month of March spent traveling and seeing more of North America. The first of the trips was a week-long culinary extravaganza, complete with a trip to Northern California followed by nights and days packed back-to-back with multi-course meals, wine education, a cooking class, and a grand tasting. It was the very first Lexus Culinary Classic, which they plan to hold yearly at Lexus partnership properties around the country.
Jeni's Ice Creams Opens First West Coast Outpost in Los Feliz
There's some fantastic ice cream now on Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz and it comes by way of Ohio. It's Jeni's Ice Creams first West Coast outpost, and Los Angeles is all the better for it. What I love about Jeni's is that the flavor combinations are quirky and the ingredients are top-notch, and while they glean ingredient inspiration at every new location they open, there's still that special Midwest touch to everything they do.
Ivan Marquez's Ever Evolving Pastries at Short Cake
If you haven't been to Short Cake at The Original Farmer's Market for some breakfast pastries and Verve coffee, you're definitely missing out. I recently visited head baker Ivan Marquez, who has been there for a year now, for a run-down on what's been going on.
The pastries are almost like a weather vane, revealing what's seasonal, and what's available from our local farms – but the most important thing is they're all always delicious. The bear claw, the danish, the tart, Pan Suisse, crostata, and almost everything else change every single day. Of course, he uses only the best quality ingredients with organic dairy and farmers market produce in all his baking.
Celebrating Lunar New Year at Westfield Santa Anita
In partnership with Westfield Santa Anita
While the Lunar New Year is today, Westfield Santa Anita went all out and brought in the Year of the Ram with traditional dances, calligraphy, food, games and Hello Kitty last Sunday. And in true Southern California style, it was bright, sunny and in the 70s while they did it.
Hai Di Lao: The Disneyland of Hot Pot
In partnership with Westfield Santa Anita.
Memories of hot pot have always involved family and friends around one or two boiling pots of broth on hot plates, set upon the dining room table and enjoyed over conversation, often during the holidays such as Lunar New Year. Sometimes, it was simply the way my mom handled a meal when there were going to be a lot of people coming over for dinner. Raw cut meats, vegetables, bean thread noodles, and tofu were laid out on the table, waiting their turn to get dunked, cooked, then retrieved before being dipped into a personal bowl of XO sauce
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Baltimore man.
On July 30, 2012, just after 4 a.m., officers responded to the 1800-block of W. North Avenue for a reported assault.
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Check out more of my travel adventures below!
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Second Avenue bridge project to close some nearby ramps
Starting April 12, I-71 will be reduced to two lanes in each direction for the first three weeks of a project to fix the bridge at Second Avenue and will be reduced to three lanes in each direction for the second three weeks. These lane restrictions will require several ramps to close for the entire six weeks of the project. The work is scheduled to be completed by May 23. The following information comes from ODOT:
Southbound Ramp Closures
11th Avenue ramp to I-71 south
5th Avenue to ramp I-71 south
Southbound Ramp Detours
17th Avenue to I-71 south or Summit Street to I-670 east to I-71 south.
Northbound Ramp Closures
Broad Street to I-71 north (Broad Street to I-670 west will remain open)
Long Street ramps to I-71 north
Northbound Ramp Detours
4th Street north to I-670 east to I-71 north.
How to Get Through the Construction
Consider an alternate route around the project:
• State Route 315
• I-670 to I-270
• Other local roads
Consider COTA www.cota.com:
• Crosswoods Park and Ride (#32 express)
• Morse and Indianola Park and Ride (#4 local)
• Westerville Park and Ride (#33 express, #36 express, #37 express)
Join the Columbus State Race for the Cure team!
You can register online here. On the right side of the page, click on "Join Kevin's Team."
To get a Team Member Registration paper form, please contact one of the following people:
Race packet includes a race t-shirt, bib number, race day materials and special offers.
All funds from the Komen Race for the Cure go to research, education, screening, and treatment programs for breast cancer.
Volunteers needed for April 23 In-Service Day
If you are interested in volunteering for the Spring In-Service Day on April 23, the committee is looking for you! Moderators are needed for the day's breakout sessions. If you are interested in being a moderator, please email Tracy Koski at email@example.com by Wednesday, April 14, with what time/s you are available to help. Once the list of volunteers is complete, assignments will be emailed to volunteers.
Spring book study focuses on autism spectrum
If you have, then you may have had a student on the autism spectrum.
If you haven't yet, you are likely to soon have neuro-diverse students coming your way.
Data for 2007 show that one in every 150 children is now being diagnosed with a form of autism. In 2008 it was estimated that 4 million people with autism would be entering the workforce in the next decade.
Here at Columbus State the "wave" has already reached our shore: The number of autistic students registering with Disability Services doubled between the 2007-08 and the 2008-09 academic years. This rising trend continues in 2009-10.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can effectively teach and serve these students, then come to the Spring Book Study sponsored by the Disability Services Department and the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.
The study focuses on the recent book "Students with Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for College Personnel" (Wolf, Brown, and Bork, 2009). This study will be held in the Center for Workforce Development. You may come once a week for four weeks, on Mondays from 12-1 p.m., or Tuesdays from 3-4 p.m. The dates are: Mondays: April 26, May 3, May 10 and May 17 or Tuesdays: April 27, May 4, May 11 and May 18.
One of the authors, Jane Thierfeld Brown, will join the study via Skype on the May 3 and May 4 sessions. Certificates of participation will be given to those who can come all four weeks for inclusion in their professional portfolios.
Please contact Matthew Wilson, educational specialist for the Autism College Transition (ACT) program, at ext. 2050 or at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested. Books are available in the Discovery Exchange for 20 percent off the list price.
Weight Watchers at work to start April 13
With summer just around the corner, now is a good time to think about getting into shape. The open meeting for Weight Watchers at Work will be Tuesday, April 13, in WD Room 302 from 11:30–12:30 p.m. Each Tuesday meeting will be held in this room at this time for the next 10 weeks. If you do not know how Weight Watchers works, this is the meeting that will explain the plan to all new members. Please email Lou Ann Carman at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in attending the Spring Session!
"Tools for Navigating Multi-Partner Workforce Collaboration"
As higher education works to provide innovative workforce programs for students that meet the needs of employers, workforce collaborations have become more complex. Collaboration could involve multiple higher education institutions, industry experts, key employers, government entities, labor unions, or community organizations. While there are no prescribed models for these collaborations, there is an array of techniques and tools that schools can use to succeed in these multi-partner collaborations. Join us online to explore a variety of techniques and tools that schools have used in creating and working in complex multi-party workforce collaborations in a variety of industries: transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, and utilities.
When: Wednesday, April 14 (1–3 p.m.) - Register
"The Students' Responsibility Toward Creating the Great Society"
Reuel Baksdale
The great philosopher Voltaire once said that "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." This statement relates to our individual and collective responses to the societal issues of our day. Who is responsible for the national high school graduation rate of only 68 percent? Who was responsible for the genocide which visited Rwanda or the holocaust perpetuated against the Jewish people? Who is responsible for a statewide unemployment rate of over 10 percent? Are these avalanches too great to warrant individual reaction? The presentation will show how to make a difference and focus individual efforts in an effective and efficient way towards the attainment of what President Lyndon Johnson referred to as the "Great Society." Everyone wants to live in it, but who will take responsibility for its creation?
Presented by: Reuel Barksdale, B.S., M.S.A., A.B.D.
Associate Professor, Business Programs
When: Friday, April 16 (12 – 1 p.m.) - Register Attend remotely from your office or home computer via WebEx - Register
'80s & '90s Dance-Off… not just for students!
Student Activities and Employee Wellness are teaming up to host a C-R-A-Z-Y dance crew contest on May 19 at 11 a.m. in the Courtyard. According to the Student Ambassadors, this will be a "throwback dance crew competition of epic proportions!" Now you can't let those students beat you at your own game from the 80s, can you? Most of them weren't even BORN when you were dancing the Hustle, moon walking with Thriller, or Flash Dancing with your leggings and ripped sweatshirts, right? And Nichole Bowman-Glover, Wellness coordinator, promises anyone who participates a whole bunch of Wellness Points!
So enter your "crew" with students Korie Jenkins or Alex Nguyen at ext. 2637 by May 7 and join the "Downtown Dance Showdown." We know you have parachute pants, headbands and a sequined glove somewhere in the basement!
Battelle to present summer business camp for high school students
Save a buck or two at the Bookstore this week
The Columbus State Bookstore will give you $1.00 off any $6.99 DVD or CD, and $2.00 off any $9.99 DVD or CD. No additional discounts apply. Sales dates are April 12 – 24.


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As autumn comes to a close and winter begins to take hold, Europe's cityscapes undergo a profound change. The bright colours and low suns give way as the nights close in and cities take on a more brooding atmosphere. It's a beautiful transition, but one that can be challenging to capture, both for the photographer and the camera.
Enter Anthony Lepinay, a Sony World Photography Award winner toting the Sony's new Xperia Z3 smartphone. We challenged Anthony to capture this unique time of year in his hometown of Paris, and after completing his shoot, we caught up with him to chat exaggerated perspective and why he sees lines literally everywhere.
So, tell us a bit about yourself. What do you do and how long have you been doing it?
Well, I guess by day I'm a creative director of an ad agency, which I've been doing for more than 15 years now. But by night, or any time outside of work really, I like to take photographs. I've been obsessed with photography ever since I was designated as family photographer when I was a little kid. I coveted my father's camera from the moment I knew what it was, and now my love of photography has developed into something so much more meaningful than just a hobby. With the help of today's technology and Internet platforms it has become my own personal playground for experimentation, and an artistic license to communicate with the world in a way that transcends language, culture, and time zones.
You've done some work with the World Photography Organisation; tell us a bit about that?
Not long ago the WPO decided to interview me about my creative journey and my previous photographic works after being impressed with my stuff on Instagram (@Antone_Lep). Shortly afterwards I was invited to take part in the United photography project with WPO and Sony for the FIFA World Cup – a great programme that celebrated the incredible ambiance and team spirit that the FIFA World Cup generated across the world.
You have over 35,000 followers on Instagram, so your photos are obviously very popular – why do you think that is?
When I look at my photo stream it seems to be the everyday photos that get me the most comments and likes, which is why it's so important having a decent camera on your smartphone (Like with the Xperia Z3 J). I always try to capture the unusual beauty behind every day objects, taking something ordinary and making it extraordinary. It can be something as simple as a train, an empty space or street; but I use lighting, framing and lines to emphasise what you wouldn't normally see it. In fact I see gridlines wherever I go.
Is there a difference, whether that's in style or technique, between taking photos for social media or for more professional purposes?
I always make sure I am dedicated to the shot. If there is a Professional brief to be carried out then of course it will affect my methods, but I make sure the shot remains true to my style regardless. I make a rule never to allow outside pressure to dictate my photography. The main object is to enjoy the work I'm doing. Generally speaking though, if I am hired for that purpose then it is because they admire my personal touch.
From the looks of your photography you seem to have a definite style, particularly focusing on strong lines and exaggerated perspective. What is it that drew you to this style of photography?
Well like I said, I really do see lines everywhere. So I guess perspective is important to me. But I honestly couldn't say, maybe I just enjoy playing with graphics, or maybe it allows me to really get involved with the picture behind the shot. Maybe both. I see it, I shoot it, and I like it.
When you're shooting photography, are there any key techniques you always to take in to consideration?
Patience – that's the most important technique in photography, and the beauty is it's a skill we all have. If you wait long enough you'll find the perfect moment, no matter what you're looking at. Even if it's empty, there's a moment to be discovered, just look up and open your eyes. There's always something extraordinary to capture. That's the beauty of mobile phone photography; you can take a shot anytime, anywhere, and not be reliant on lugging a big professional camera around.
The photos that you've shared with us are stunning. Can you tell us a bit about them and what considerations you had when shooting them?
The garden shots are from the Saint Germain en Laye Castle close to Paris. For me it's one of the most beautiful places in Europe. Walking in that garden is such a pleasure, there's so much history there – Did you know most of the French kings were been born there? The trees are really majestic and at this time of the year are so bright and colourful! With all those rich colours it was the perfect occasion to christen my Xperia Z3. My night shots were at the Garnier Opera house. The architecture of the building coupled with the mood lighting made for some beautiful, almost gothic photos. From past experience, it's usually quite difficult to capture the detail and make the most of low light with a smartphone camera, but it wasn't a problem at for my Xperia Z3. I was genuinely surprised with the results!
Lastly, where are we going to see you next? Have you got any exciting projects lined up?
I've always got lots of projects in the pipeline: series, books and expeditions… But these things cannot be rushed. Primarily I'm focusing on a beautiful city project, but that's all I'm saying for now 😉
Check out some Anthony's beautiful shots below and be sure to follow him on Twitter and Instagram to see more stunning photos of his beloved Paris.


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Women writers in India are moving forward with their strong and sure strides, matching to the pace of the world. We see in them a bursting individual fragrance. They are recognised for their originality, versatility and the indigenous flavour of their own soil that they bring to their works.
It is amazing to note that these writers have climbed the ladder of success in a slow and painful way. Now writing in India has not been treated as a medium for entertainment alone. Women writers in India do not merely write jet-set tales of intrigue and fantasy.
Here is a budding young women writer, who has tapped the potential of writing industry to soar up greater heights in a short span of time, but still waiting for greater heights- Raksha Bharadiya. She is proving a point that creative side of people can benefit them both intellectually as well as financially, with a bit of hard work and strong optimism.
Three books published with in three years, two books awaiting to get published this year, Raksha Bharadiya, owns the credit of the publishing the Indian Version of the famous - Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul in tie up with the parent company in US- The Westland Publishing House. Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul, hit Indian bookshelves last year and is on the bestsellers' list of the year. Two more series of The Indian Chicken Soup awaited this year from Raksha
Raksha opines that women today in roles outside of home whether of an entrepreneur, professional or employee are making sweeping statements. They are sincere, have the emotional intelligence (which for a long times was seen as a deterrent but today it is an asset), are responsible and more effective. As a case in point let us take the writing industry. ''In the writing field I am noticing a dominant presence of women, the Jaipur literature festival that I attended, I can emphatically say that the woman to man ratio was 60 : 40. Women have come of age!''she adds.
Here, in an online interview, Raksha shares information about her writing career, the desi version of The Chicken Soup For The Soul , future plans etc.
In her own words, "one does not need to be a Nobel or Pulitzer candidate to write from the heart. All experiences that you think are worth sharing are welcome."
Tell us a about yourself, your family and educational background.
I was born and brought up in Kolkata. I was always academically inclined and during my school and college life. I graduated from Loreto College, affiliated with Calcutta University with merits in both English and History. After marriage I had settled in Ahmedabad.
How did you start writing?
I've been an avid reader from very early days. I attended a workshop about knowing yourself. There I was asked something about my wish and goal. I don't know how I wrote, I wrote- "writing a book" and there started my journey. The next day itself,I bought a note book and I began writing. My journey as a writer started with my debut book, Me: A Handbook for Life.
What is the book about ?
Me: A Handbook on Life, published by Rupa & Co in 2007, is a self-help book that inspires through living examples. "I am interested in the way people deal with things. I want to understand those who never gave up."
Bharadia quotes heavyweights from Albert Einstein to Rabindranath Tagore to Goethe, engaging pencil sketches by Tuhin Chakrobarty enliven the book. Unlike most self-help books, it is neither didactic nor self-absorbed. Its strength lies in numerous interviews with the likes of M.F. Hussain, Pandit Jasraj, Mahesh Bhatt and Birju Maharaj. Bharadia says she read about 500 books and conducted around 150 interviews. She adds, "After so much reading, introspection, reflection, the book wrote itself."
How did the deal with Westland Publishing House happened?
Well, I think they liked my book, Westland Ltd got in touch with me regarding Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul. They had decided to cash in on the spiritual nature of Indians and the soulful encounters in their everyday lives.
You had two publications before The Chicken Soup Series, right?
No. actually, "Roots and Wings" released after chicken soup. Roots and Wings- A handbook for parents addresses parenting conflicts and dilemmas; how to manage the thin line between freedom and structure, our expectations of the child versus his native endowments. This book is about giving our children roots, so that they can stand firm; and wings, so that they may soar and achieve their potentials. Roots and Wings shows you the ways you can help your children along the long and winding road of discovery of the self and of the world at large.
I interviewed about 500 children aged between 5 and 12 to know what really goes on in their minds and their magical world. I went behind their passions , everyday life experiences and influences which have shaped and chiseled them to what they are. Also interviewed persons like Kumar Mangalam Birla, Jaya Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Jogen Chowdhary etc to know things in depth.
Can you tell us what Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul is all about?
We are following the same format of the US-based Chicken Soup series and the book contains 101 true-life stories based on themes like love, parenting, teaching and learning, death and dying, overcoming obstacles, living your dream etc.
On what basis were the stories selected in the series?
Apart from the themes we encouraged people to share events, episodes or learning experiences that may have created an impact upon their lives. Every life has a story and every story has a life. I just had to make sure that the two are harmonised well in it.
Was it difficult to get people to share their experiences ?
Yes, even I was under the impression that we Indians are not ones to talk about our personal issues. But I was proved wrong. I think blogging has changed the world we live in are now much more open, but then the stores started pouring. In fact they were candid, honest and wanted to tell their stories
How would you regard Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul as a self-help book?
The stories in Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul carry the essence of an individual's learning experiences - interactions, understandings and realizations. The book does not advise you how to live your life; but, it talks about people who chose a certain path and what they gained from it. It does not preach that you should persevere; instead it tells you about those who persevered despite immense odds. We have had contributors provide their contact information in the book
How different is the Indian version of Chicken Soup, compared to the American series?
Our issues and scenarios are different. Our lifestyle, for instance the family concept is very much Indian, doing things for family we have stories of the flux that we are caught between the effect of westernization, that is Indian.
But certain emotions are universal - like dealing with death or losing a loved one .
Any upcoming titles in the Chicken Soup series and please tell about your other works?
I have already compiled Chicken Soup for the Indian Teenage Soul and Armed Forces which will be releasing this year. There's also one for the Spiritual Soul and Romantic Soul in the pipeline. Apart from that, I am working on my fiction .
Your advice for aspiring writers?
Whatever you write about, write something that you are 100% convinced about and be honest. If you are writing a non-fiction, be sure about your beliefs, if you are writing a fiction, know yr characters well. Don't write for someone just for the sake of writing.
What's the best way to get published in the coming Chicken Soup series?


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Nathaniel Mackey: "the work-in-progress we continue to be"
(from "Song of the Andoumboulou 16: cante moro," Whatsaid Serif, City Lights, 1998)
Last week the National book awards announced that Nathaniel Mackey is one of this year's poetry finalists for his latest book, Splay Anthem (New Directions, 2006). Quite a long journey to the A-list tier of independent publishing from the self-published chapbooks Four For Trane (Golemics, 1978) and Septet For The End Of Time (Boneset, 1983), gathered in his first full-length collection Eroding Witness (U of Illinois, 1985).
This well deserved recognition outside the insular world of contemporary avant garde poetry follows a recent article on Mackey in The Nation by John Palattella, "Poetry, From Noun to Verb" (there is a nice bio early in the piece). He notes of the "Septet" series that "The circumstances are hardly tranquil. The section's title alludes to the 'Quartet for the End of Time,' written by the French composer Olivier Messiaen in 1941 in a prisoner-of-war camp, and in each poem a persona drifts into fragmentary recollections of his or her past after waking up into, rather than out of, horrifying dreams. But the personae aren't necessarily trapped in a nightmare from which they never awake. Instead, they are simultaneously constrained by history and compelled by musical powers to test its limits. . . . The overall outlook of the series, however, is not apocalyptic but Sisyphean: Loss is inexorable, and the test is how one manages to endure it."
Bittersweet kissSweet bitter, Anne Carson tells us, would be the literal translation of Sappho's epithet for eros, driving throughout Mackey's work an elaborate, nuanced poetics of loss and becoming, longing and desire. Two open-ended serial poems twine throughout his four full-length poetry collections. One, "Mu," echoes the title of two 1969 Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell live duet recordings: "numbed / inarticulate / tongues touching / down on love's endlessly / warmed-over thigh" (from "Irritable Mystic - 'mu' fifth part").
of this my tightlipped muse, puckered
skin of the earth as though
its orbit
Shrill hiss of the sun so
much a doomsday prophet gasping voiceless,
When will all the killing
As though the answer were not so visibly
As though the light were not all but
drowned in the Well to the uncharted
East I sought...
(from "The Phantom Light of All Our Day," Eroding Witness)
The opening syllable in music, "mu" conjures "the Greek form of muthos," "myth and mouth," "also lingual and erotic allure, mouth and muse, mouth not only noun but verb and muse likewise, lingual and imaginal process, prod and process. It promises verbal and romantic enhancement, graduation to an altered state, momentary thrall translated into myth. . . . carries a theme of utopic reverie, a theme of lost ground and elegiac allure recalling the Atlantis-like continent Mu . . . Any longingly imagined, mourned or remembered place, time, state, or condition can be called 'Mu'" ("Preface" to Splay Anthem).
Its sense even splays to include the Papua New Guinea Kaluli's myth of poetry & music's "origin & essence," the cry of the boy turned into a muni bird. The new book opens with "Andoumboulus Brush—'mu' fifteenth part—":
He turned his head,"Song of the Andoumboulou" also takes its title from a musical recording of Dogon music from Mali, and refers to mythological ancestors in the villagers' cosmology who are "not simply a failed, or flawed, earlier form of human being" but also "the work-in-progress we continue to be":
spoke to my clavicle,
whispered more than
spoke. Sprung bone
obtuse flute he'd
long wanted, blew
across the end of it
up... Blew across its
opening. Blew as if
cooling soup... Someone
behind him blowing
than him giggled,
muse whose jutting
lips he kissed as he
could... "Mouth that
moved my mouth,"
soughed, hummed it,
made it buzz... Hummed,
hoped glass would break,
walls fall. Sang thru
cracks a croaking
to end all song,
tongue's tip seeking
the gap between her
teeth, mouth whose
toothy pout made
Francis Di Dio, in the liner notes to Les Dogon, his 1956 recording of Dogon music for Disques Ocora says the song of the Andoumboulou is addressed to the spirits. Part of the Dogon funeral rites, it begins with sticks marking time on a drum's head, joined in short order by a lone laconic voice gravelly, raspy, reluctant—recounting the creatioon of the world and the advent of human life. Other voices, likewise reticent, join in, eventually build into song, a scratchy, low-key chorus. Song subsided, another lone voice eulogizes the deceased, reciting his genealogy, bestowing praise, listing all the places where he set foot while alive, a spiral around the surrounding countryside. Antelope-horn trumpets blast and bleat when the listening ends, marking the entry of the deceased into the other life, evoking, Di Dio writes, "the wail of a new-born child, born into a terrifying world."from "On Antiphon Island—'mu' twenty-eighth part— :
. . . The poems' we, a lost tribe of sorts, a band of nervous travelers, know nothing if not locality's discontent, ground gone under. Sonic semblance's age-old promise, rhyme's reason, the consolation they seek in song, accents of transit. . . . Glamorizations by the tourist industry notwithstanding, travel and migration for the vast majority of people have been and continue to be unhappy if not catastrophic occurrences brought about by unhappy if not catastrophic events: the Middle Passage, the Spanish Expulsion, the Irish Potato Famine, conscripted military service, indentured labor systems, pursuit of asylum. . . .
("Preface" to Splay Anthem)
Where weIn an Introduction to his first volume of essays, Discrepant Engagement: Dissonance, Cross-Culturality, and Experimental Writing (Cambridge, 1993), Mackey writes:
were was the hold of a ship we were
in. Soaked wood kept us afloat... It
wasn't limbo we were in albeit we
limbo'd our way there. Where we
were was what we meant by "mu."
we were was real, reminiscent
arrest we resisted, bodies briefly
held on
The title of this book . . . is an expression coined in reference to practices that, in the interest of opening presumably closed orders of identity and signification, accent fissure, fracture, incongruity, the rickety, imperfect fit between word and world. Such practices highlight - indeed inhabit - discrepancy, engage rather than seek to ignore it. Recalling the derivation of the word discrepant from a root meaning "to rattle, creak," I relate discrepant engagement to the name the Dogon of West Africa give their weaving block, the base on which the loom they weave upon sits. They call it the "creaking of the word." It is the noise upon which the word is based, the discrepant foundation of all coherence and articulation, of the purchase upon the world fabrication affords. Discrepant engagement, rather than suppressing or seeking to silence that noise, acknowledges it. In its anti-foundational acknowledgment of founding noise, discrepant engagement sings "base," voicing reminders of the axiomatic exclusions upon which positings of identity and meaning depend.Paul Naylor begins his essay, "The 'Mired Sublime' of Nathaniel Mackey's Song of the Andoumboulou" with a 1981 quote from the Martinican poet, Édouard Glissant (who also provides one of Splay Anthem's two epigraphs):
. . .
Discrepant engagement, rather than suppressing resonance, dissonance, noise, seeks to remain open to them. Its admission of resonances contends with resolution. It worries resolute identity and demarcation, resolute boundary lines, resolute definition, obeying a vibrational rather than a corpuscular sense of being, "a quality," as [Clarence] Major puts it, "of which sharp contact is / the qualification, a remarkable verb quiver." To see being as verb rather than noun is to be at odds with hypostasis, the reification of fixed identities that has been the bane of socially marginalized groups. It is to be at odds with taxonomies and categorizations that obscure the fact of heterogeneity and mix. [The essay] "Poseidon (Dub Version)" brings discrepant engagement to bear upon questions of representation, naming, and identity in a context of cultural mix inherited from colonizing projects, arguing that it dispels or seeks to dispel the specter of inauthenticity that haunts post-colonial hybridity, dislodges or seeks to dislodge homogeneous models of identity and assumptions of monolithic form. But, as I have already indicated and by titling the book as I have, discrepant engagement is relevant not only to writers from recently decolonized regions such as [Wilson] Harris and [Edward Kamau] Brathwaite. It pertains to and is symptomatic of a postmodern/postcolonial suspicion of totalizing paradigms . . .
"We are aware of the fact that the changes of our present history are the unseen moments of a massive transformation in civilization, which is the passage from the all-encompassing world of cultural Sameness, effectively imposed by the West, to a pattern of fragmented Diversity, achieved in a no less creative way by the peoples who have today seized their rightful place in the world."
Fray was the name where we cameNaylor:
to next. Might've been a place,
might not've been a place but
we were there, came to it
than we could see... Come to
so soon, it was a name we stuck
pins in hoping we'd stay. Stray
was all we ended up with. Spar
was another name we heard
went by... Rasp we also heard it
called... Came to it sooner
than we could see but soon enough
saw we were there. Some who'd
come before us called it Bray...
(from "Song of the Andoumboulou: 50")
Discrepant engagement, then, not only denotes a theory of cross-culturality; it enacts one in the structure of its definition. The crossing traditions of Dogon and Western cosmologies and philosophies of language allow Mackey to present a second crossing, one in which traditions of sense and nonsense, noise and word, encounter one and other. Mackey uncovers in this second opposition the cross-cultural moment shared by both traditions, although the judgment concerning that moment's value is clearly not shared. This opposition animates most of Mackey's writing and generates the cross-cultural recognition embodied in the moment of song. . . . For Mackey, the cultural judgment concerning the value of song coincides with the way a given culture reacts to the opposition between noise and word, with how much "creaking" a culture tolerates in its words. If we recall Mackey's contention that the "founding noise" of language also serves to remind us of a tradition's "axiomatic exclusions," then it follows that a culture's definitions of and judgments about noise have political as well as aesthetic implications.Or in the words of the fictional Aunt Nancy in his first novel, Bedouin Hornbook:
". . . the culture you're calling 'whole' has yet to assume itself to be so except at the expense of a whole lot of other folks, except by presuming that what they were up to could be ignored at no great loss . . . What makes you feel excluded by our sources if not the exclusionistic biases of the culture you identify as 'whole' boomeranging back at you? . . . You may want something different, something more modest maybe, but your modesty betrays its falseness, shows itself to be the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing it is, when you saddle up your high horse to tell the rest of us we have to likewise lower our sights."
Mackey is equally sensitive to how the history of the diaspora has been cheapened. In an essay on the Guyanese novelist Wilson Harris, a writer second only to Robert Duncan in Mackey's personal canon, Mackey writes that it is "customary to speak of the West Indies almost wholly in terms of cultural deprivation or cultural parasitism." Following Harris, Mackey notes that the novels of V.S. Naipaul epitomize this tendency by judging the West Indies according to European cultural standards. Naipaul clings to the conventions of European fiction to insulate himself against the islands' "conventionlessness." Harris, on the other hand, writes about the West Indies in a way that avoids "imprison[ing] it in its deprivations." "The insularity of the various African peoples brought to the New World," Mackey argues, "was broken or dislocated by the Middle Passage. Harris views this breakage, this amputation, as fortunate, an opportune disinheritance or partial eclipse of tribal memory that called creative forces and imaginative freedoms into play."from "Song of the Andoumboulou 16: cante moro," (Whatsaid Serif, City Lights, 1998):
. . . In The Odyssey the wandering Odysseus returns home because of his ability to respond to circumstances that continually change. In the epic of the Andoumboulou poems, the only dwelling the wandering tribe can hope to inhabit is amid continuous change.
As Mackey knows, to write such an epic is to risk cultivating a macabre obsession with wounds, a habit that is all too common, whether it's Oprah touring Auschwitz or a literary theorist fixated on trauma. In "Gassire's Lute," a book-length essay on Duncan's Vietnam War poems based on his dissertation, Mackey notes that Duncan walks a tightrope between "humanist outrage and a cosmologizing acceptance of war.... The outrage has to do with the suffering of actual men and women and the cosmology, the poetics, with our being other than the suffering part of ourselves." Throughout the Andoumboulou poems Mackey walks a similar tightrope, one stretched between the poles of humanist outrage and a cosmologizing acceptance of the diaspora. He favors neither pole, instead spending most of his time at the tightrope's midway point.
tightand later in "Song of the Andoumboulou: 58":
flamenco strings
ecstatic elsewhere's
advocacy strummed,
unsung, lost inside
the oud's complaint . . .
The same cry taken
up in Cairo, Cordoba,
Red Sea near Nagfa,
Muharraq, necks cut
with the edge
of a
broken cup...
Rummaged around on all fours toIt's a tough, insistent lyricism, a poetry that aspires, like the Dreamtime, the altjeringa, of Australia's Aranda, to also be "an awakening to rather from dream . . . a way of challenging reality, a sense in which to dream is not to dream but to replace wakening with realization, an on-going process of testing or contesting reality, subjecting it to change or a demand for change" ("Preface," Splay Anthem). In a paper delivered at a 1990 Poetry Project panel, Poetry for the Next Society, Mackey asks: "What basis do we have for believing that poetry's marginality in this society will end in any near future? In what sense can we speak of "poetry for the next society"? My sense of it is that for quite a while poetry will continue to be against the society and we would need to talk about what kinds of changes would have to take place for that to not be the case." He concludes:
bug accompaniment. What we wanted
we couldn't have. Multiple the
names it went by, legion, wars
which one fit broke out, nation of
none though we were... Not yet
nation of Nub that we were, said to've
been born with barbs in our skin,
anaesthetic nation of Nuh... Said
been born in beds made of glass,
be our balafon bridge," we exhorted,
"bed, be our rhythm log."
. . . We were never all there. Raw knuckles
pounding the dirt bled rivers. Bloodrun
us away
So, what kind of society will the next society be? And what are the implications of that for poetics? It doesn't seem that you can answer the one question without answering or trying to answer the other. . . . I'd like to . . . remind us of Reverend David Garcia's pointing out that the word ecclesiastes means a "calling out," and think about the way in which several times during the symposium we've had people lament the loss of ritual, meaning, myth and the sorts of things that can make for a collective calling out and coming to one another. We have to ask will there be a society that we can be for and, if so, what kind of society that would be. I kept thinking of Robert Duncan's line "would-be shaman of no tribe I know." I wonder what kind of tribe we're going to bring about in the next society.One whose dreamers, fully awakened to our current nightmare, "the imperial, flailing republic of Nub the United States has become, the shrunken place the earth has become, planet of Nub" ("Preface" to Splay Anthem), find themselves members of (as in the book's final poem, "Song of the Andoumboulou: 60") a ". . . first unfallen church of what might've / been. Let run its course it would have / gone otherwise, time's ulterior bequest . . .":
Day late so all the old attunements gave_______________________________________
way, late but soon come even so... A
political trek we'd have said it was
albeit politics kept us at bay, nothing
politics we'd say. Wanting our want to
be called otherwise, kept at bay though
we were, day late but all the old stories
yet again, old but even so soon come... A
mystic march they'd have said it was,
acknowledging politics kept us at
bay, everything was mystical
they'd say. Wanting our want to be
named, kept at bay as we were,
the matter was wasn't a question, no
tion what
it was.
poems online:
Academy of American Poets (3 poems)
"Song of the Andoumboulou: 48" [pdf]
On Antiphon Island—"mu" twenty-eighth part—
Groove Digit (poems, prose, interviews, essays about)
audio online:
U of Chicago: reading & lecture
Somehow in his busy schedule, this man finds time to do a two hour radio program, Tanganyika Strut. The playlists show the musical range he covers: Andalusia to Africa, american jazz, Brazilian, Caribbean, and south Asian musics. The programs aren't archived, but can be heard Sundays, 3:00 - 5:00 PST, via a live stream.
Good luck with the award, Nate.


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The Guanacaste Province is located in the North Pacific Region of Costa Rica, the ideal place to take a because of the countless gorgeous beaches that can be found here and because this is the driest region of our country, something that the visitors look for when planning a Relaxing Beach Vacation.
In terms of history, Guanacaste was not officially a part of Costa Rica until July 25th 1,825, when its inhabitants decided to become a part of our country on their own will. Ever since those days, the was largely enriched because of all of the traditions and costumes inherited from this particular region; as a matter of fact, the music, dresses and many of the traditions performed in Costa Rican Cultural activities are from the Guanacaste Province.
The most important population centers of Guanacaste are Liberia, Santa Cruz, Nicoya, Carmona, Canas, Tilaran, La Cruz, Filadelfia, Bagaces and . The first city in importance is Liberia, the most developed town of the entire province with an international airport that receives millions of tourists every year; Liberia is projected to be one of the biggest cities in Costa Rica and Central America in future decades, due to the location of this town which is close to some of the most popular beaches and resorts for national and international tourists.
This province also witnessed one of the most remarkable incidents in the history of Costa Rica: The Santa Rosa Battle. In the year 1,856 Costa Rica was invaded by a group of mercenaries lead by a man named William Walker, who had invaded Nicaragua in 1,855 and as a result declared himself President of . Then, William Walker wanted to also conquer Costa Rica and he organized a military attack to our country on March 20th 1,856. The Costa Rican army was aware of this attack and was waiting for the troops coming from Nicaragua in a "Hacienda" type of house called "Santa Rosa", which is close to the border from Nicaragua. When the battle started the Costa Rican troops were very well prepared and the fighting only lasted 18 minutes; Walker's troops ran back to Nicaragua and the Costa Rican troops chased them all the way into Nicaragua, were there was another battle on April 11th 1,856 were a Costa Rican hero call Juan Santamaria was born, but that's another story that took place out of Guanacaste… Nowadays the Santa Rosa site is a National Park were the visitors can admire the building were the battle took place and the natural beauty of the surrounding area, because the National Park that was created around it is very big, with lots of forests, mountains and beaches, including the most remarkable called "Roca Bruja", which is located in this National Park.
In terms of economy, the main activities in Guanacaste are tourism, cattle raising and agriculture. As far as agriculture the Guanacaste Province is very important because the majority of the rice of Costa Rica is produced in this region; rice is the most consumed food in our country, some people actually eat it 3 times a day! Other important products of this region of the country are sugar cane, cantaloupes and melons (many of them for export); watermelons and many types of fruits like yellow cherries, "nispero", cashews and many more. Cattle raising in the Guanacaste Province is also very relevant for the Costa Rican economy, most of the beef consumed in Costa Rica is produced here. As a cultural aspect is important to mention that bull riding is something that awakes passion in this area of the country; here in Guanacaste the bull riding competitions are very popular, perhaps I can say that it is the main sport in this province.
But the activity in Guanacaste that is changing the province in a remarkable way is tourism. Historically Guanacaste have had all kinds of economic and social problems, but with the explosion of development in tourism this province is taking huge steps for the benefit of its people. The main types of tourism in this area are beach and relaxation, not so much activities as in other areas of the country like Arenal and Monteverde. Some of the bigger and most important beach resorts of the Guanacaste Province are: Riu Guanacaste Resort, Riu Palace Resort, Four Seasons Resort at Peninsula Papagayo, Secrets Papagayo Resort, Exclusive Resorts, Grand Papagayo Resort, Villas Sol Resort, Las Catalinas Complex, Flamingo Beach Resort, Tamarindo Diria Resort, Westin Resort and the J.W. Marriott Resort Guanacaste.
Some of the main touristic attractions that can be accessed from these resorts are:
: This is the Best Place for Wildlife Observation in Guanacaste, where boat tours are offered from many docks. Palo Verde is one of the biggest wetlands of Costa Rica, where different wild species can be observed, like crocodiles, howler monkeys, white faced capuchin monkeys, iguanas; migratory birds like egrets, ibis and herons, along with many other species of animals.
: This national park is very famous around Costa Rica because is a place where lots of volcanic activity can be observed at a close range. The main trail of this park is called "Las Pailas", which can be hiked in about 4 hours. On this trail the visitors can observe lots of volcanic activity, such as fumaroles, mud pots and boiling water deposits. Besides the volcanic activity you can also admire our rainforest, since most of the trails go inside rainforest jungles. There are also other trails for those who prefer to hike longer distances, including trails that go to waterfalls in the jungle. But the most important of these alternative trails is the one that goes to the summit of the mountain that leads to the main craters; one of them actually has a pure white color lagoon that is featured in many pictures that promote Costa Rica as a touristic destination because of its incomparable beauty. Nowadays this trail is close to the general public because of the heavier activity that the volcano is experiencing.
: Miravalles is an attraction similar to Arenal, where there is a volcano and many attractions around it, but the mountain cannot be climbed because of the difficult terrain. Around Miravalles there are multiple options for lodging and activities, like adventure parks, hot springs places, nature parks etc.
: This is the best theme park located at the base of the Miravalles Volcano. Las Hornillas offers multiple activities for the visitors of this area, like horseback riding, rainforest hiking, waterfalls observation and swimming, hot springs, mud baths and a waterslide, but the main attraction of this place is its live crater where visitors can actually walk inside of it and feel the earth breathing beneath their feet, because there are small fumaroles on the trails where the visitors can feel the steam coming out of the ground. It is believed actually that this is the new main crater of the Miravalles Volcano, even though is located far away from its summit.
: The trails of this national park are all immersed in tropical rainforests, but the main attraction here is the amazing blue river; people from all over Costa Rica travel to this park to observe this natural wonder. The hike around the blue river, called in Spanish "Rio Celeste", takes about 4 hours all together, where the tourists can observe the place where the river turns blue because of the volcanic activity called "Los Tenideros"; a unique blue waterfall; a blue lagoon where the water sits and has a deep blue color that creates a beautiful contrast with the green rainforest vegetation.
Ostional Wildlife Refuge: This is the absolutely best place for the observation of and turtle hatching in all Costa Rica. Ostional is famous worldwide because of its massive turtle arrivals that take place between May and November every year. Each turtle arrival last about 8 days, where thousands and thousands of turtles come out of the water at the same time to lay their eggs during the day and night. The protection of these animals is coordinated by many biologists involved, where the people of the town actually get benefits by selling a huge amount of turtle eggs that according to the biologist are going to waste anyways, generating a good income for the local people who are more egger to protect the turtles for their benefit in terms of tourism and turtle egg selling.
: This is the absolutely best park for adventures in Guanacaste; overall, the activities offered in Guachipelin are better than the ones offered in other adventure parks of this region. Here the visitors can do zip lining, rappelling, rock climbing, rainforest hikes, hikes to waterfalls where swimming can be done, hot springs relaxation, mud baths and white water tubbing, the absolutely best activity in all Guanacaste!
Santa Rosa National Park: As mention above on this blog, this national park offers access to one of the most resembling historic sites of Costa Rica, the "Casona de Santa Rosa", where the Santa Rosa Battle took place in 1,856. Besides the history, the national park offers nature trails where wildlife can be observe, as well as very beautiful beaches and natural sites.
Tamarindo Beach: This is the most famous beach of Guanacaste, because of its, beauty, development and great surf. Tamarindo offers several options for lodging, restaurants, bars, shop rentals, souvenir shops and everything that the tourists can look for in a beach town.
: Monteverde is one of the 3 main touristic destinations of Costa Rica, definitely worth it to visit while in Guanacaste. The drive from some of the resorts could be a little long, but once in Monteverde the beauty of the place is incredible, very different from the scenery at the resorts, especially in the dry season when the landscape at the resorts is very dry, while in Monteverde everything is bright-green. The main attraction in to observe its unique cloud forest, we highly recommend the Selvatura Park, which has the best trails and the most stable-stronger bridges.
: Arenal is the most visited destination of Costa Rica, definitely worth it to take a one day tour if staying in Guanacaste. As a matter of fact, if it is possible for the visitors to stay there for a few days is even better, because the number of good activities are endless, like , ATV tours, nature hikes, wildlife viewing tours, , waterfalls and .
: This is another alternative for people who prefer to do activities but no so adventurous as they are in other adventure parks. The zip lining at Buena Vista for example is very mild, recommended for little kids and elderly people. The hot springs at this place are also better than the ones offered in other adventure parks. Other activities available here are horseback riding and a thrilling waterslide; that part of the tour we only recommended for people who are in very good physical condition and not afraid of high speeds…
This is some information about the Province of Guanacaste, where the tourists can enjoy of hundreds of sunny beaches, many of them with white sand and others with darker color sand, but all of them with a unique charm, different than the ones in the other regions of Costa Rica.


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Ashleigh is very excited as we keep getting parcels through from Blog Match with some great games in and next on our list was the Faqir Game from Tactic.
I wasn't sure what to think of the name of the game and it certainly didn't give anything away!
Faqirs apparently like lying on a bed of nails and the idea of the game is to place coloured nails on the board so that the faqir gets to come out from their pop up dressing room and lie on them. Each Faqir card has different holes through them and the idea is to line all your nails up perfectly so that they can balance perfectly on them.
This game is for 2-4 players and is for ages 7+. Ashleigh is five years old and still enjoyed the game but I did think it wasn't very good. The instructions weren't very clear and I didn't find it very enjoyable as the last game we reviewed. However, Ashleigh has played it quite a few times now but I try not to smirk when she says the name as it can sound a bit wrong!
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Focus Features has debuted a lovely full-length trailer for "Kubo and the Two Strings" that wonderfully lays out the premise -- and the tone -- of Laika's new stop-motion animated adventure.
The feature directorial debut of Laika head Travis Knight, the swashbuckling fantasy is set in a mythical ancient Japan, where scruffy, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living while caring for his mother in their sleepy village. It's a quiet existence, at least until a spirit from the past catches up with Kubo to enforce an age-old vendetta, forcing him on the run from gods and monsters. His only chance for survival rests on finding the magical suit of armor worn by his dead father, the greatest samurai the world has ever known.
Opening Aug. 19, 2016, "Kubo and the Two Strings" features the voice talents of Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Matthew McConaughey and Art Parkinson.


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Hermann Heiss
Hermann Heiss (29 December 1897 – 6 December 1966) was a German composer, pianist, and educator.
Heiss was born in Darmstadt and studied composition first in Frankfurt with Sekles in 1921, and then in Vienna with Josef Matthias Hauer from 1924 to 1926. After leaving Hauer's tutelage he returned to his native city to study the piano and compose. In 1928 he relocated to the island of Spiekeroog in the North Sea, where he taught music at the Herman-Lietz School until 1933. He then moved to Berlin where he unsuccessfully sought performances of his works. During the war he composed music for the Luftwaffe and for other military groups (Dubinsky 2001). He was also self-taught. Hauer dedicated his book Twelve-Tone Technique (1925) to Heiss, who later claimed to have collaborated with Hauer on its contents (Dubinsky 2001). He introduced twelve-tone music at Darmstadt in 1946 (Dubinsky 2001) and composed electronic music at the Studio for Electronic Music (WDR) in Cologne in 1956, where his Elektronische Komposition I was performed and broadcast in a concert of the Musik der Zeit series on 30 May 1956. He then founded a studio of his own in Darmstadt (Morawska-Büngeler 1988, 26, 104, 115).
- Dubinsky, Gregory S. 2001. "Heiss, Hermann". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Morawska-Büngeler, Marietta. 1988. Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dkumentation über das Studio für Elektrnische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln 1951–1986. Cologne-Rodenkirchen: P. J. Tonger Musikverlag.
External links[edit]
- Hermann Heiss, "Elektronische Komposition I" (1956) by Werner Kaegi (Translation: Desmond Clayton) (archived from 10 October 2009).


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Big Short redux? Signs of a real estate bubble are peeking out
After the banks fail, the commercial, industrial and housing markets crash and credit tightens up throwing the country into a recession, it all seems so obvious. We should have known we were living in a real estate bubble.
But participants in a raging segment of the economy, like we have in real estate now, never know. Most of them, anyway. It's not only difficult to predict the end of a boom, but against optimistic human nature. We want to enjoy good times. Hard to fault that desire, yet signs of a bubble, fueled by easy money policies by the Federal Reserve and high demand for real estate after years of underbuilding, are becoming more obvious every day. Here's what's on my radar.
A WARNING FROM MOODY'S ABOUT COMMUNITY BANKS, plus an eerie Big Short-like statistic
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), in its 2016 Quarterly Banking Profile, reported that while the banking industry saw a 2 percent drop in profits, community banks income rose 7.4 percent. That's ostensibly a good thing but not in Moody's eyes. The big profits are being produced by commercial real estate lending, which the rating agency sees as credit negative.
Why? Because Moody's knows what I learned as a longtime banking reporter. Early in my career at the now defunct El Paso Herald-Post, I covered dozens of bank and savings and loan failures. Later at the Rocky Mountain News, I reported on more than 30 Colorado S&Ls that either failed, were sold off for a pittance or merged into another institution. Banks failed too. The reason? In every case it was exposure to commercial real estate (CRE).
Moody's wrote: "When the CRE market deteriorates, as one of our key indicators suggests has already begun, community banks' creditworthiness will deteriorate more than larger banks, as was the case in the last recession. Community banks grew CRE loans 11.9% during the past 12 months, compared to 9.4% for all other banks. Within CRE, 19.1% growth in multifamily and 16.3% in construction/development loans led the increase. Moreover, community banks increased their unused CRE loan commitments by a substantial 22.7%."
Commercial real estate by nature is a grownup's game. It takes investors with large, diversified balance sheets, extensive knowledge and experience and the patience to weather economic storms, not to mention the courage to buy low and sell high. In my experience, backed by Moody's opinion, community bankers possess neither the expertise nor capital to compete in CRE.
Moody's also published a chart that to me showed an eerie resemblance to 2007, the year that things began to fall apart. The agency tracks loan-to-value for commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS. It's an important indicator because it tells us how much equity these securities carry. Loan-to-value has recently surpassed the 2007 peak. These are the type of securities that bore the same credit quality scrutiny and scorn of legendary fund manager Michael Burry. And we know how that one went.
Participants in the CMBS markets will no doubt say that credit underwriting standards are better than they were in 2007, that banks have to pass stress tests that require them to carry more cash reserves. All of that may be true, but I'll believe it when I see it. In my opinion, when massive economic tidal waves hit, there's not much refuge. Everybody gets wet, and everyone looks foolish when just a year ago they looked so smart.
John Rebchook has covered real estate since 1983, and he was a colleague of mine during the salad days of business journalism at the now-shuttered Rocky Mountain News during the early 1990s. "Chook," as he is known to friends, was a copy machine and powerhouse who wrote more stories than anyone at the newspaper. He carries on now at his own website, Denver Real Estate Watch, sponsored by 8Z Real Estate.
Denver is a prime example of rising commercial and residential real estate prices, a national leader. Rebchook told me there has never before been a time in Denver when homes have appreciated so much more than the inflation rate. Housing prices have risen every month since 2012. Last year, while the economy appreciated 2 percent, Denver housing prices rose 12 percent, Rebchook said.
"It's uncharted territory. It can't go up forever," he said. "Apartments are being built right now that require a $75,000 to $100,000 income to afford them. Who has that kind of income? And add student debt to that burden. Apartment prices are up to about 30 percent of people's income."
Every month Denver area residential prices set a new record, while inventory remains low. All of the sellers market stories run rampant, from frothy auctions where a house sells $100,000 over asking price to aggressive sellers' demands during the negotiation process. So how does this market differ from all of the others Rebchook has covered during his long career?
"It's different than other markets. We've never had rock-bottom interest rates before," he said. "Rates have artificially pushed the market up. Yet at the same time bank underwriting is not as lax as it was. Some say they are too tight."
Signs of a softer market are present. Rebchook said sales were down 11 percent during the first five months of 2016 compared to 2015. Under-contract homes dropped 8 percent and fewer new homes are entering the market. That's partly because it's difficult for builders to make money on cheaper homes, which are in the highest demand.
Meanwhile, institutional money seeking higher yields than the bond market produces has been pouring into multifamily apartments and condos. You can't swing a dead cat in the metro area without hitting an apartment building under construction.
"People have been saying for the last four years that the apartment market is overbuilt and heading for a crash but every year we've seen double-digit gains. A lot of smart people think it will crash but those same people are building anyway. As long as a developer can get non-recourse financing, he will take the money," Rebchook said.
Marcel Arsenault, CEO of Real Capital Solutions in Louisville, Colo., made his name, and not to mention millions, making correct calls on real estate markets. He recently wrote an article for the Colorado Real Estate Journal titled, "Negative trifecta is coming to Denver market."
He believes the push by millennials to apartment living will alter in two to five years. His disaster scenario is as follows:
- Multiyear overbuilding above population demand.
- Millennials finally converting from renters to homeowners.
- A future recession, around 2019.
Predictions by someone as smart as Arsenault, the Moody's report and my own experience covering real estate are warning enough for me. While it's true that Colorado's population growth rate ranks second in the nation and that residential building activity is below historic norms, it's also true that no one ever repealed the laws of supply and demand. As soon as the jobs disappear, all those people could just as easily move somewhere else, and then how does your demand look?
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When the final siren sounded on the 2014 Bench Grand Final I'd lost by a solitary point despite scoring well over 200. So I did what any great coach would do – I looked for someone to blame.
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Tom Liberatore's 2015 season has been cut short with a knee injury before it started, and Bench recruiters have immediately scurried to the stats sheets to determine who will now become their number one target for their vacant Tackler position.
Not me. I thought of one thing – Karma.
Little Libba had turned in his second worst performance of the year in that Grand Final. Averaging eight tackles a game and twice bringing down 14 opponents in a match, my go-to-man had gone missing.
Unable, or unwilling, to put in an attempt worthy of a game of such importance (despite being oblivious to what was riding on his efforts) he finished with just three tackles and condemned me to a summer of anguish.
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I have no association with Graham, but after going on to become a premiership player (like me) for the Pies that same year, well, he's like family.
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Does a cruel, season-ending injury to one of the game's brightest young talents bring me any perverse satisfaction? No.
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Mobile Technology:
Mobile technology is seeping into real world and more than it ever had before and the vibe that we have bubbles up into the mainstream media. Likewise, If my wife listens to me gripe constantly about how much I am frustrated with my Nexus 7, the less likely she is to buy an Android tablet when the time comes.
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A joint venture is similar to a business partnership. Two or more parties agree to work together for the purpose of starting and running a business. The difference is that joint ventures may be between two different corporate entities and may only last for a specific period. A joint venture agreement protect the interests of both parties in the venture.
Establish how the joint venture will be conducted. The easiest way to accomplish this is to divide the company into shares. If the joint venture is equal, then both parties will have equal shares. If one partner is investing more or taking more risk, then that partner will be entitled to more shares.
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For the most part, the NYPD is good at what it does — enforcing the law to keep innocent civilians safe. However, law enforcement agencies are made up of human beings and unfortunately, errors in judgment do occur. One of the most common of these errors is false arrest cases, which make up 6.8% of misconduct cases filed against police departments. These instances, regardless of the reasons, can have serious effects on the innocent arrestees, including not only practical effects such as missed work time, but also emotional and/or psychological distress.
When Can a Police Officer Arrest a Civilian in NY?
There are only a few reasons for which a police officer can legally arrest a civilian.
These include:
- If there is a warrant out for the arrest of the civilian
- If there is probable cause to indicate that the civilian has committed a crime
- If the civilian is disrupting or interfering with a police investigation and/or arrest
- If a police officer reasonably suspects that a civilian is a criminal attempting to flee the scene of a crime.
However, in New York, there is a loophole: the notorious stop-and-frisk policy. This policy allows NYPD officers to have a much lower standard for probable cause, meaning that they can legally stop and even pat down innocent pedestrians, usually doing so in areas with high crime rates. It is important to note that this controversial law does not override the need for police officers to be justified in their searching and potentially arresting civilians.
If You Are Falsely Arrested
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If one day you start noticing that you BF's phone makes constant buzzes for no reason and you're not aware of who is chatting on the other line, it's high time to get some useful type of software to help you spy on your beloved and protect yourself from being cheated on. There are certain applications giving a chance to track another phone's activity.
While searching for an appropriate tracking application, pay attention that it's compatible with the operating system of your phone (IOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry or others).
How can I get access to Facebook messages with no even touching the phone?
Spy apps have different functionality to cover all customers' interests and wishes. There are apps used to track only messages and the ones used to track the incoming calls too. You can even be informed about the information from the phone's browser and it's query history. There is special software that can track the exact location of the phone you need showing it on the map (lots of parents in the world use it to follow their kids). It's done with the help of GPS available in all smartphones. The target device will be shown with Google Maps. The reliability of the software is also important – it mostly depends on the budget you've got, cause most part of spy apps cost fairly expensive, be ready for it. The more you pay – the more functions you get.
Installing text messages tracking programs
The installation is as easy as pie. The first thing you need is an account in Apple or Google services (or any other you're currently using). The second step is to install the software on the target phone. After the installation you need to simply reboot the phone and the installation is done. Now you can monitor the device and always be informed about all the activities it's involved in: incoming or out coming messages and calls. Good news! You won't need to touch the phone to get the desired information – the application will do it for you. All the information will be immediately loaded to your account.
Making the right choice
If you already looking for tracking and spying software, pay your attention to HoverWatch for Android or mSpy for iPhone. This app is stuffed with lots of features and options. It can work in a very tricky way. The owner of the target device will never know that you are spying on him, cause the information is constantly recorded becoming available in your account. It doesn't matter if the owner deletes messages and records of the incoming calls – you'll always be aware of them.


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