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Which part of Obama's State of the Union was written by the oil industry?
a) "America is closer to energy independence than we've been in decades"b) "natural gas – if extracted safely, it's the bridge fuel that can power our economy with less of the carbon pollution that causes climate change."c) fracking for oil and gas can be "sustainable"d) all of the above
The answer is literally, "all of the above."
During his State of The Union speech, President Obama said:
The phrase "all of the above," which the president used in his 2012 State of the Union address as well, is the creation of the oil industry's most powerful lobbying and public relations arm, the American Petroleum Institute (API).According to the New York Times, the phrase was introduced in 2000 by API to advocate for oil drilling. API's position at the time was "that an effective national energy policy must, at a minimum, allow for all of the above." API, proud of the hegemony of their ideas, actually predicted the president would champion the pro-fossil fuel message in this most recent State of the Union address, the day before the speech was given.
After The American Petroleum Institute debuted the phrase in 2000, it was quickly picked up by republicans with wells to drill. John Mccain made it a central part of his 2008 campaign for president. Republicans in the house and senate used it to promote offshore drilling. The former governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, now under federal indictment for corruption, listed the phrase on his campaign website.
ExxonMobil, the most profitable corporation in world history, continues to use the phrase in advertisements today.
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This isn't just etymological trivia. The use of oil industry talking points by the president indicates how ingrained and powerful the fossil fuel industry is in the U.S's energy conversation.
It also casts a revealing light on other pro-fossil energy comments made by President Obama in the speech, like promoting "Energy Independence." The idea is, if we allow oil and gas corporations to exploit our land and water to extract fossil fuels, it will benefit the average citizen by lowering energy prices and reducing dependence of "foreign" energy supplies. This is completely false, as Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil will tell you. The oil industrywants to sell it's product on an open market, to the highest bidder, no matter who that is. Currently there are plans for 25 Liquified Natural Gas export terminals in the US, and the American Petroleum Institute is spending millions of dollars to undo a decades old law that prohibits the export of crude oil. As more oil and gas is drilled from American soil and water, more gas and oil will be exported. We will continue to import oil and other goods from around the world, regardless of how much drilling happens in the U.S.
Another energy myth promoted by the Obama administration and the fossil fuel industry is natural gas as a bridge fuel to renewable energy.
The truth is that gas is primarily comprised of methane, an extremely powerful greenhouse gas. Some scientists believe that methane could be up to 105 times as destabilizing to the global climate as carbon dioxide. When fully burned, gas releases less CO2 than coal or oil, but currently huge amounts of methane are escaping unburned into the atmosphere. An increase in spending on gas infrastructure, like pipelines, Liquified Natural Gas export terminals, or vehicle refueling stations, is not a bridge to renewable energy. It is the same old fossil fuel infrastructure that poses serious threats to the earth's climate and local environments. The U.S doesn't need more spending on fossil fuels, it needs a real commitment to renewable energy, efficiency, and cutting carbon pollution.


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I have an unexpected, playful answer to the question, What is yoga?
Baseball, yogis, it's baseball.
You see, it is now October. Which means, in the best interest of my soul, I'm kickin' Wall Street to the curb for now. Because during this month each year, my meditation practice includes watching the World Series, and my yoga mat is diamond-shaped.
I love baseball for the very reason those who hate it, hate it (same is true of my love of cats). "It's too slow." "It's boring." "Nothing is happening." My take = it's about the subtleties, the nuances of the present moment. So is yoga. Contrary to what many beginning (and even continuing) practitioners believe, the more "advanced" the yogi, the more subtle the practice.Extravagant, flamboyant poses do not necessarily an advanced yogi make.
In The Yoga Sutras, Patanjali writes about the stilling of the mind, quieting the waves of the chockfull storehouse of our thoughts. Just watch an exchange among pitcher, catcher, and batter (even a comedic one). Patanjali mentions asana in only three sutras, 2:46-2:48, and they all could be applied to what happens in baseball.
The first sutra on asana (asana means seat–what else is the pitcher's mound?), 2:46, is on how to doasana–with steadiness and ease. It is to remain in a "good place," or sukha, and not let anything in your space. Sutra 2:47 tells us how to master asana, which is to while in that good space, meditate on the infinite. Loosening your effort into the infinite… The final asana sutra, 2:48, illumines what happens when we do master asana in this way: you will not be pulled off base by the pairs of opposites, or those things which we tend to either harbor or avoid.
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The Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals have practiced their way to the 2011 World Series. At least to some degree, it was by mastering those sutras. One may have to observe closely to see it this way, but that is exactly my point.
Baseball is brilliantly subtle, while vastly complex.
It is filled with nuance, defined by detail, and when made manifest by its true adepts, is anequanimity of fearlessness and joy… Just like yoga. Yoga is skill in action. Baseball, too, possesses the quietude, timelessness, and the opportunity for stillness which defines such skillful action. (But that is another scripture up my pin-striped sleeve, The Baseball Gita). If you'd like to be prepared, dear student, get out your Gitas.
Do I have any fellow "baseball is yogic" fans? There are some fantastic baseball metaphors ripe for yoga teachers, what are yours? Let's play ball! (Er, yoga.) I'll leave you with one of my favorite yoga teaching mantras, one that is honored by the best hitters in the business of baseball:
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Vanguard V-Twin OHV Engine:
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Hey nothing sucks more than starting out on the job site at 7am and having to put your coffee down to start-up the generator so your guys can get at it. LOL, but seriously… yanking away at a pull start isn't high on my list of things to do. You might be different, but I'll pick a generator that has a push button start over a pull cord any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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This is likely one of the MOST IMPORTANT features you want in a generator. I wouldn't even THINK about buying a generator that didn't have this feature. When you fire up anything that has electronic components inside of it (and what doesn't these days, I have a toilet paper dispenser that needs batteries!) you will want an automatic voltage regulator if you are using a generator to give it power. Electronic components get damaged when they get MORE power than they need and ALSO when they get LESS power then they need. This fluctuation is actually really bad for them because most electronic devices are designed with the assumption that you are going to have steady household power.
When you are at your house you have 110 volts controlled coming to your devices. When you have a generator what you have is completely different story. When your engine idles or revs up you get surging. That surging is actually dumping more juice into your tool/electronic device or taking it away. (I'm putting this in layman's terms here so all the fellow nerds out there can relax! LOL!) The automatic voltage regulator handles that by keeping that power nice and even so it doesn't blow something out and wreck your device whatever it may be.
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The warranty on this unit is pretty good, you get a 2 year limited warranty in a commercial environment which is kinda ballsy because Briggs & Stratton know you are going to pound the bajeeekers out of it on the Job Site. It takes 7 Gallons of gas and will run about 7 hours with a 50% load on it, so you'll want to keep a can of gas in the truck to fill it up if you are running a good load on it.
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Robin Tunnicliffe - Interdisciplinary
Robin Tunnicliffe is passionate about locally grown food, sustainability and food security on the Saanich Peninsula. Compelled by her passion, she returned to school and studied an interdisciplinary program that combined sociology, women's studies and business. Her thesis, "How do (or can) farmers make it work on the Saanich Peninsula?" explores many of the challenges inherent in growing food locally.
Yasuko Thanh - Writing
UVic writing alumnus Yasuko Thanh was the winner of the 2009 Journey Prize, Canada's most significant monetary award given to an emerging writer for a short story or excerpt from a fiction work-in-progress.
Garth Martens - Fine Arts
Victoria poet and UVic alumnus Garth Martens is now $5,000 richer, thanks to his first-place poetry win in the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.
Tyrone Pile - History
Retired Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile, a UVic alumnus (MA History), was recently honored by the Governor General for his meritorious military service with CFB Esquimalt.
Nathan Bennett - Geography
Geography student Nathan Bennett has a soft spot for the tumbling ocean surf. He's also one of only 15 students across the country receiving a coveted $180,000 doctoral scholarship from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
Johnny Mack - Law
UVic Law PhD candidate Johnny Mack is one of the 2011 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholarship recipients receiving a total of $180,000 over three years.
Genevieve Von Petzinger - Anthropology
Genevieve von Petzinger (Anthropology) is the only Canadian on the distinguished list of 20 new international fellows at the TEDGlobal Conference 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she shared her recent research with an international audience.
David Cecchetto - Interdisciplinary
Have you ever been without your mobile device and felt not quite entirely yourself, as though your very existence were somehow diminished? If you've felt such technology withdrawal, then you've experienced a visceral awareness of the posthuman condition.
The deep implications of this are the purview of the field of technological posthumanism, and in his Governor General's Gold Medal-winning dissertation, David Cecchetto (Interdisciplinary) has made a "hugely influential" contribution to posthumanist thought.
Elizabeth Manning - Social Work
Elizabeth (Eli) Manning, MA student in the School of Social Work, was the Lieutenant Governor's Silver Medal recipient for the top master's thesis at the 2011 spring convocation. Her thesis looks at how language prevents people from accessing health care. The topic grew out of her work at a Winnipeg community health centre that mainly serviced people living with HIV/AIDS.
Jessica Simpson - Biology
Jessica Simpson has an academic resume that could have taken this bright young neuroscience researcher anywhere she wanted. But Simpson, who completed a combined biology and psychology honours degree in 2009 and recently received her MSc in biology, chose to stick to her hometown of Victoria when it came time to pursue—and continue—her studies.


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Agreed. If there is a reason why Armstrong wasn't caught until USADA came gunning for him, it's because there is a code of silence in the whole sport. When everyone inside the system is guilty, either by commission or omission, the number of people in the know who are willing to kick the beehive is surprisingly small.
I think you'll find the USADA authority is really the only organisation that has come out of this with any integrity.
This wasn't like an Agatha Christie detective novel, where the challenge was to solve the mystery. This was like an investigation into a reputed mob boss. This is one of those cases where the truth was known beyond any doubt by those who weren't willfully blind long before the legal case could be put together.


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While many baby-boom leaders are frustrated with the disconnect between generations, organizations across the spectrum also deny access to social networking sites. In fact, according to a recent study conducted by Robert Half Technology that surveyed 1,400 CIOs in U.S. businesses, 54% reported that their organizations block the use of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter within the workplace. Yet our success as leaders depends on our ability to have profound conversations with constituents. And in today's web-connected world, that means taking advantage of the technological and social media tools available — to meet and connect, in particular, with members of the younger generation who prefer to communicate and learn in open environments.
So the important questions to leaders: Are you using online social media in your role as a leader to create an environment of openness and transparency? Have you practiced your leadership skills through a range of different media?
An essential starting place for social media novices or anyone wanting to build relationships with constituents in our new open environment is to profile your constituents' social computing behaviors using The Social Technology Profile Tool. This tool automatically creates a profile of your selected demographic group. It tests both your organization's voice and your constituent's receptivity to your voice (i.e., their willingness to listen to you and respond to you as credible).*
An additional approach is to follow the advice of Charlene Li, author of Open Leadership, who suggests that our focus as leaders must shift from trying to retain what little control we actually have to choosing where and when we will be open to embrace our newly- empowered employees. The Openness Audit asks you to rate how open your organization is in each of six different information- sharing elements. This diagnostic tool will help you understand where your organization is open and where it is not. In particular, the results assess the level of openness that exists in structure, encouragement, and exhibited behavior that can help define a plan to open your organization to becoming more flexible and responsive utilizing the technology and social media tools available.
References: Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff; Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead, by Charlene Li.
Jeni Nichols is Queen of Connections at Sonoma Leadership Systems, a leading provider of The Leadership Challenge® Workshop, training and materials, that also provides a dynamic range of integrated training programs, coaching, courseware, e-learning solutions, and implementation tools designed to inspire and develop exemplary leaders and teams at every level. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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HPC propped up server sales in 2009
Monster clusters, economic stimulus save the day
The economic Meltdown certainly curbed the appetite for HPC systems last year, according to a recent analysis by IT market watchers at IDC. But as bad as things were in the HPC server segment, with sales down 11.6 per cent to $8.6bn, the situation could have been worse.
As El Reg previously reported, IDC reckons that in 2009 the overall server market declined by 18.9 per cent, to $43.2bn. When you do the math, that means the non-HPC part of the server racket - meaning general-purpose boxes bought by businesses and governments for running themselves instead of doing simulations and such like HPC boxes do - actually got hit harder than we think. The non-HPC portion of the server market was actually down 20.5 per cent, to $34.6bn - a decline that was nearly twice as steep as that in the HPC space.
So what makes HPC different? Government money, which goes to HPC labs directly if they are sponsored by their federal or state governments or indirectly through HPC centers run by universities and colleges that get a good bit of their funding from governments. IDC says that in 2009, governments and academia represented 65 per cent of HPC server spending, or about $2.2bn, and added that while spending declined here, it was a lot less than the server market overall.
Here's how crazy-good that economic Meltdown stimulus money was in 2009. The supercomputer segment of the HPC server space, which means machines that cost in excess of $500,000, grew by 25 per cent last year, accounting for $3.4bn in server sales, and according to IDC, thanks to a number of systems that cost in excess of $100m, the market for machines that cost $3m or more grew by a stunning 65 per cent last year, to $1bn of that $3.4bn. The midrange HPC space, which is comprised of machines that cost between $100,000 and $500,000, had a 22 per cent decline, to $3.5bn, while the workgroup segment, which covers machines that cost under $100,000, stomached a 33 per cent drop to $1.7bn. The companies just slammed on the brakes here and canceled orders last year, says IDC.
In terms of HPC systems shipped, not server nodes in those systems, the overall HPC market had a stunningly steep 40 per cent drop in footprints in 2009. But there is hope that business will pick up this year.
"IDC expects the HPC technical server market to begin recovering from the impact of the global economic recession in early-2010," said Earl Joseph, program vice president for HPC, "with year-over-year growth projected at 5 to 7 per cent. And just as the recession affected HPC market segments unequally, so too will the recovery. Many firms have been so battered that they will maintain CapEx restrictions even in mission-critical areas such as HPC."
In other words, don't get too excited about a bulging HPC recovery.
Ranked by vendors, IBM barely edged out Hewlett-Packard in the HPC server arena, according to IDC, with sales of $2.53bn compared to HP's $2.47bn. IDC says that IBM dominated the top-end supercomputer part of the HPC space, with $1.53bn in sales, up 37 per cent compared to 2008. But sales of midrange and workgroup HPC systems at Big Blue, if you do the math with the limited figures put out by IDC, had to have dropped by 32 per cent to just over $1bn for the numbers to work out. So what IBM gained in one part of the market, it lost in another. But a 2.3 per cent decline is winning big time in last year's awful server space, and is considerably better than the overall decline in HPC server sales.
HP has dominated the midrange of the HPC market since buying Compaq a decade ago, and still does, with $1.71bn in sales for all HPC boxes that cost under $500,000 (that's midrange and workgroup machines together). But HP's revenues in these combined midrange and workgroup segments were down 32 per cent, as this part of the HPC space was hit hard, and given that HP does fewer big exotic HPC deals (like IBM, Cray, and SGI do), the company's overall HPC server sales fell by 30.6 per cent in 2009, to $2.47bn. Its supercomputer-class server sales were off 27.2 per cent, to $765m. If the Superdomes were based on Intel Xeon processors or even Advanced Micro Devices Opterons, and the Superdomes had some clever, high-speed interconnect, HP could have ridden the wave of big-box sales upward. Maybe.
HPC server sales made up 17.8 per cent of IBM's overall $14.2bn in server revenues in 2009, while at HP, the HPC-related boxes represented 19.2 per cent of the company's $12.9bn in server revenues last year.
IDC calculates that Dell was the number three HPC server seller in 2009, with $1.1bn in sales and stomaching a 29.2 per cent decline that mirrored the decline suffered by HP. The former Sun Microsystems, now part of the Oracle collective (I am Larrycutius, resistance is futile. . . ), accounted for a mere $350m in HPC server sales, but that still beat out Cray, which booked $342m in sales (up 56.7 per cent). Other HPC box builders accounted for $1.84bn in sales - and here's the interesting part: as a group, they had 33.4 per cent growth. It looks like HP, Dell, and Sun had sales taken out of their hides by some supposed lightweights.
HPC customers are always looking for the cheapest flops, and in 2010 if the tier-one server makers don't come up with some compelling off-the-shelf, hybrid CPU/GPU systems, the tier-two players certainly will. ®
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Whale Watching Trips Daily to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Welcome Aboard the Privateer IV
Trip Advisor's #1 of 32 Tours in Gloucester
Since 1983, we have had the absolute privilege of introducing thousands of passengers to the many species of whales and marine wildlife that visit and inhabit the waters just a few miles from our dock in historic Gloucester MA.
Our whale watching tours to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary run daily from mid-April to mid-October and are designed to educate, inspire and provide a deeper understanding and appreciation of the fragile marine environment.
7 Seas Whale Watch is a local family business – Three generations of career captains have worked from this very dock for more than 7 decades. We have a love and respect for the marine environment and a passion for providing the best possible customer experience for you and your family. Browse our website, reserve tickets on-line, call our sales office () or use our contact form to ask a question or send a comment.
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1st Class Accommodations on New England's Most Comfortable Whale Watching Boat
The PRIVATEER IV is the newest, most spacious, and cleanest whale watching boat in the Gloucester area. It is the only whale watch boat in Gloucester with on onboard GPS display for passengers to view throughout the trip. The PRIVATEER IV is fully US Coast Guard certified, inspected, and equipped with all latest navigation and safety equipment. There simply is no better boat in the Gloucester/Cape Ann area.
What You May See On Your Whale Watch
The whales and marine wildlife we observe are wild, untrained animals in their natural habitat. It is impossible to predict the quantity, species and behavior of the whales and wildlife that we observe – Each trip is unique. That having been said, the highly productive waters just off the Massachusetts coast often attract a great number and variety of whales and other marine wildlife which is why we have an over 99% sightings record.
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Boston's Best Whale Watching Tour is from … Gloucester!
Voted 2017 Boston's Best Whale Watching Company by WGBH-Boston Reader's Poll, 7 Seas Whale Watch is a pleasant 45-minute drive north from downtown Boston, The historic seaport of Gloucester Ma is known worldwide for being a top whale watching location. Whale watching tours departing from Gloucester can access more areas where whales might be found than boats leaving from other ports.
Our Research Partner: Ocean Alliance
7 Seas Whale Watch works in partnership with Ocean Alliance, one of the world's most renown whale and dolphin conservation organizations. Working with the Ocean Alliance team enables us to add depth to our educational programming and foster a deeper respect and understanding of the whales and their fragile marine environment.
"We are very excited to be working with 7 Seas Whale Watch – their enthusiasm and love for the whales is palpable. We see enormous potential to facilitate our whale conservation mission through this partnership in both the fields of education and science. I am sure that they will teach us as much as we teach them."
–Iain Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance
Roger Payne and Ocean Alliance have been working for whales for over forty years, but in Gloucester, we're still the new kids on the block. We're thankful to 7 Seas for making us feel welcome in our new home and for helping us to do what we do best – be a voice of reason for the wild world.
Three humpback matriarchs (female heads of families) are offered through our whale adoptions program for 2017. Adopting a whale gives whale an opportunity to share the unique experience of getting to know these very special individuals and their families.
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"7 Seas Whale Watch offers gorgeous four-hour excursions aboard a high-speed, high-tech vessel."
All of the photographs and video you see on our site were taken aboard one of our whale watching trips. Most were taken by one of our onboard naturalists, but many of the most beautiful photographs on this site were taken by our good friend Oktay Kaya who sails with us quite often. If you would like to see more of the wonderful photographs that Oktay has taken while whale watching with us please visit his website at whalesandwhales.com. There are plenty of New England whale photos there for you to look at, and also many wildlife and nature images from all over the world for you to enjoy. Thank you as always, Oktay.


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by Viral V. Acharya and T. Sabri Öncü
Although one of the main concerns of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act soon to be signed by President Obama to law is systemic risk, it is disconcerting that the Act is completely silent about how to reform one of the systemically most important corners of Wall Street: the repo market, whose size based on daily amount outstanding now surpasses the total GDP of China and Germany combined. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 to which the Dodd-Frank Act is a response was a crisis not only of the traditional banks, but also of the shadow banks, those non-bank financial institutions that borrow short-term in rollover debt markets, leverage significantly, and lend and invest in longer-term and illiquid assets. Unlike traditional banks, shadow banks did not have access to the safety nets designed to prevent wholesale runs on banks - namely, deposit insurance and the central bank as the lender of last resort - until 2008. Although there was no wholesale run on the traditional banking system during the crisis of 2007-2009, we effectively observed a run on shadow banks that led to the demise of a significant part of the shadow banking system. Since repo financing was the basis of most of the leveraged positions of the shadow banks, a large part of the run occurred in the repo market. Indeed, the financial crisis of 2007-2009 was triggered by a shadow bank run on two Bear Stearns hedge funds speculating in the potentially illiquid subprime mortgages by borrowing short-term in the repo market.


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As you know, back in September, we launched our second Hill Country Yarns Sock Pattern Contest and every single submission we received was fantastic. Our judges had an extremely hard time narrowing down the winners to only one winner per yarn type, but narrow it down they did. Without further ado, the winners of the second Hill Country Yarns Sock Pattern Contest are:
- First place (winner of $100 worth of Hill Country Yarns): Star Athena -- Quite Contrary Socks
- Second place (winner of $50 worth of Hill Country Yarns): Holly Oshesky -- Ebb & Flow Socks
- Third place (winner of $25 worth of Hill Country Yarns): Tina Robbins -- Tie One On, Toe Up Socks
In exchange for their winnings, these winners have allowed Hill Country Yarns the distinct honor of including each of their winning patterns in each of our 3 Hill Country Yarns Sock Club (series two) installments. These beautiful patterns are Hill Country Yarns exclusive patterns that are available only through our Hill Country Yarns Sock Club (series two). Unfortunately, sock club sign ups for series two are now closed, however our third series sign ups begin June 1st, 2008 so mark your calendars now!
Congratulations to all of our Hill Country Yarns Sock Pattern Contest winners and thanks to all who entered the contest!
Our third Hill Country Yarns Pattern Contest is scheduled to launch March 1st, 2008, so please check back then for details!


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Paul's New CD
Now available – released by Sounds True.
The Stillness Inside: The Meditation Music of Paul Horn
In 1968, Paul Horn slipped into the Taj Mahal with a flute and a tape recorder—and created an improvisational masterpiece that would signify the birth of a new genre in music. With a rare ability to capture in music the essence of sacred space, Horn went on to record a landmark series of albums in noted spiritual sites across the globe. On The Stillness Inside, this two-time Grammy winner shares for the first time his favorite compositions for the exploration of the sacred interior that each one of us holds within.
Paul Horn has released dozens of recordings over a 50-year career, including the groundbreaking Inside the Taj Mahal, the album that defined new age music and sold more than 1 million copies. His recorded output covers classical, jazz, pop, new age and world music. In 1966 he traveled to India to study meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He has continued to travel, recording in sacred spaces from Canyon de Chelly (with R. Carlos Nakai) to the cathedrals of Russia. He now splits his time between British Columbia and the American Southwest.
(From the Sounds True Catalog) LINK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO HEAR
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The renowned flutist and two-time Grammy winner shares his favorite compositions for contemplative practice.
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I spent hours and hours listening with so much pleasure to the music that Paul recorded in such sacred sites as The Great Pyramid, the Taj Mahal, the beautiful Kazamieras Cathedral of Lithuania, and the Grand Assembly Hall of the Potala Palace, where the Dalai Lama spent his boyhood. I loved every moment of it. What peace. What beauty. I chose the pieces that I thought would allow each of us to travel deeper into ourselves carried on the waves of his golden flute. – Ann Mortifee, Producer of "The Stillness Inside"
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Beige is banished in this vibrant apartment in a prim building on Lake Shore Drive
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Some homeowners hire a decorator to make a splash. Others for sophistication. Some just want their curtains to match their carpets. For Laura Kofoid, the only objective was "joy."
"I want my eyes to light up every day. I want to smile and say 'That's awesome!' " proclaims Laura of her challenge to interior designer Melanie Elston. The task at hand was combining two adjacent apartments into a family home for Laura, husband David Ricci, and their children, Simon, 13, and C.J., 8. "I wanted vibrancy. I wanted cheerfulness. I wanted color," says Laura.
Beige? Not an option.
"Actually, Laura said flat-out, 'No beige allowed!'"laughs Elston, recalling the back and forth leading up to this glorious explosion of self-confident color. Take the traditional mahogany dining chairs in their orange leopard print, the canary yellow curtains in the otherwise black-and-white office, living room walls painted an exuberant peacock blue, or the family room swathed in a madcap shade Elston calls "pumpkin." Then factor in that this apartment is located in a primly proper 1927 building on Chicago's fashionable Lake Shore Drive. "It's outrageous in some ways, but it's also warm and enveloping," says Elston, "Laura and David are very sensory. And they really don't care what anyone else thinks!"
A family brush with serious illness might explain the devil-may-care design philosophy. David weathered two brain tumors soon after their marriage but has been cancer-free these last seven years (family shout-out to the Northwestern University Brain Tumor Institute). "It's all intertwined--David's recovery, our decorating, the way we live our life--everything," says Laura. "I only have one prayer, and that's for health. So many people don't get it. If you like a leopard print rug, don't be afraid to put one in your office! Rock on. Express yourself."
Even the custom handbag company Laura co-owns expresses that joyful philosophy. It's called Laudi Vidni ('individual' spelled backwards). "When someone stresses over a decision about a purse, I'll say, 'It's a purse! It's not the most important thing in your life,'"she exclaims. "Don't stress. Enjoy! The same thing for a house; it should be fun."
Elston, who collaborated on the project with Morgante-Wilson Architects, quickly fell under the Kofoid-Ricci's cheery spell. "I felt so fortunate to have the opportunity to think outside the box," she says. "For instance, we didn't do a big sofa in the living room. It was all about keeping the room light. The chairs are a nice way to have a central group without being heavy and cumbersome." Laura's take on the arrangement is a little more to the point: "Things were starting to get too quiet. We needed to shake it up." The living room now manages to provide a cool accompaniment to the spicy brew that's served up in the family room.
Referencing the architecture of an elegant English library, the family room's geometric paneling conceals a TV above the fireplace, but it's a traditional recipe with a few jalapeños tossed in. "This room gets so much sunlight bouncing in off Lake Michigan that it can take a really intense color on the walls," explains Elston about the high-gloss orange envelope she chose for the space. "A flat finish would have been too dull for Laura and David." Apparently, dull is every bit as verboten as beige.
Most days, C.J., Simon, and friends liven up the place even further, tearing around the apartment's circular layout before collapsing in momentary exhaustion into the pair of oversized wing chairs flanking the family room fireplace. "We did damask on the outside of those chairs and wide-wale corduroy on the inside for durability," notes Elston. The room's purple shag rug would be an equally sumptuous landing spot. "You could lose small children in there" says Laura delightedly. "When Elston showed this rug to us, David and I laughed out loud, so we said, 'It's perfect!' You can spill on it and no one would ever know. Plus, it's so comfy underfoot."
Not to be outdone in the wow department, the game room is actually painted in metallic gold. Though the room's sparkle is every bit a match for youthful exuberance, that isn't the reason for the glitter. "This gold is the closest I could come to beige without being beige!" laughs Elston. "It's actually a breathing space between the super-vibrant family room, the zebra rug in the office, and the billiards room with its intricate damask walls."
In a place with this much passion and stimulation, you might reasonably expect the master bedroom to be an oasis of Zen. Think again. "We don't do calm," admits Laura. Instead, a vibrant chinoiserie wallpaper echoes the Chinese ancestral paintings in the living room, vivid daily reminders of C.J.'s Chinese heritage and the joy her adoption brought to the family. "To think of her just makes us smile," explains Laura.
Objective met. This color-drenched home exudes a contagious happiness, just like the family who lives here.
Photography: Werner Straube
Produced by Jenny Bradley
Architect: Morgante-Wilson Architects, 2834 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201; 847/332-1001, morgantewilson.com
Interior designer: Melanie Elston, Melanie Elston Interiors, 1152 W. Lill Ave., Chicago, IL 60614; 773/528-3584, melanieelston.com
Aiming for a 100-percent kid-friendly family room, designer Melanie Elston started with a spill-proof purple rug from Savnik. "You could lose small children in there," laughs homeowner Laura Kofoid.
Sofa (#2458): A. Rudin, 310/659-2388, arudin.com.
Fabric ("Hamilton," discontinued): Pierre Frey, 866/707-1524, pierrefrey.com.
Welt cording: Samuel & Sons, 212/704-8000, samuelandsons.com.
Pillows on sofa (Alpaca velvet): Schumacher, 800/523-1200, fschumacher.com.
Side tables (rose and gray marble and gilt tables by Grosfeld House): vintage.
Coffee table ("Ming" #402-1, by Jasper): Michael S Smith, 310/315-3018, michaelsmithinc.com.
Wing chairs ("The Wainscott Wing Chair" #VH1300): Victoria Hagan Home, 212/888-3241, victoriahaganhome.com.
Inside fabric ("Cord O'Roi"/Rusty Orange #2006194-4): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com.
Outside back fabric ("Pavlovsk Trevira"/Sienna #FT1329-05, by Designers Guild): Osborne & Little, 877/322-7420, osborneandlittle.com.
Chandelier (French, painted tole tulip chandelier): antique.
Drapery ("Chittogarh"/Mandarin #FW037/06): Osborne & Little, 877/322-7420, osborneandlittle.com.
Area rug ("Cable Twist Ultra"/Dusty Purple, by Savnik): Melanie Elston Interior Design, 773/528-3584, melanieelston.com.
Buffet (Monteverdi-Young Six-Panel Carved Front mahogany cabinet"); lamps (Italian Murano Lamps"): vintage.
Chairs by buffet ("George III Mahogany Armchair"#5245): Baker, 800/592-2537, bakerfurniture.com.
Chair-seat fabric ("Marly"): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com.
Art over buffet: owner's collection.
Paint ("Spicy" #9-16, with a high-gloss finish): Pratt & Lambert, 800/289-7728, prattandlambert.com.
Emerald green vintage Italian lamps crown a mid-century Monteverdi Young cabinet.
A Victoria Hagan wing chair is fashionably dressed in contrasting fabrics.
Wing chair ("The Wainscott Wing Chair" #VH1300): Victoria Hagan Home, 212/888-3241, victoriahaganhome.com.
In the living room, peacock-blue walls complement the vibrant orange in the adjacent family room. Instead of a sofa, swoop-back chairs from Dessin Fournir are arranged "like campers ringing a bonfire," says Elston.
Four chairs ("Davis" #KJ1024, by Kerry Joyce): Dessin Fournir, 785/434-2777, dessinfournir.com.
Fabric ("New Wave"/Capri #AB0003 6512): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186.
Coffee table: antique.
Side table by coffee table ("Henri" #402): Ironies, 510/644-2100, ironies.com.
Area rug ("Grand Ziggurat" by Kelly Wearstler): Patterson Flynn & Martin, 212/688-7700, pattersonflynnandmartin.com.
Gilt stools (French): antique.
Stool fabric ("Leopard"): Kravet, 888/457-2838, kravet.com.
Elston mixed vibrant patterns--the chair upholstery is "New Wave" from Old World Weavers, and the rug is from Patterson, Flynn & Martin.
Chair ("Davis" #KJ1024, by Kerry Joyce): Dessin Fournir, 785/434-2777, dessinfournir.com.
Fabric ("New Wave"/Capri #AB0003 6512): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186.
Area rug ("Grand Ziggurat" by Kelly Wearstler): Patterson Flynn & Martin, 212/688-7700, pattersonflynnandmartin.com.
A custom-made banquette and an ottoman covered in Bergamo "Bali" silk create a cozy corner.
Banquette (custom); ottoman (custom): Melanie Elston Interiors, 773/528-3584.
Banquette fabric ("Danube Velvet"/Beige): Clarence House, 800/803-2850, clarencehouse.com.
Trim (8-inch Metallic Bullion): Samuel & Sons, 212/704-8000.
Pillows ("Montbard Velvet"/Moss #404132, by Travers): Zimmer + Rohde, 866/627-6899, zimmer-rohde.com.
Ottoman fabric ("Bali Silk"/Turquoise and Green): Bergamo Fabrics, 914/665-0800, bergamofabrics.com.
End tables ("Gold Palm Lucite End Tables with Mica Inset Top"): Allan Knight & Assoc., 214/741-2227, allanknightasso.com.
Lamps (by Maison Charles): vintage.
Traditional dining chairs are given a fresh spin with Colefax and Fowler's leopard-print "Malabar" upholstery.
Table; rug (antique Chinese); chairs: owner's collection.
Chair fabric ("Malabar"/Coral #3051-04, by Colefax and Fowler): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900.
Welting (cream leather): Samuel & Sons, 212/704-8000.
Side chairs by mantel ("Cheval Side Chair" #4040, by Bill Sofield): Baker, 800/592-2537, bakerfurniture.com.
Side-chair fabric ("Dudley-1," discontinued): Kravet, 888/457-2838.
Sconces: original to home.
Chandelier (antique, Meissen porcelain): Antique Resources, 773/871-4242.
Drapery and valance (silk): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Accessories: owner's collection.
In the entry hall, a stately grandfather clock and Zuber et Cie's "Les Courses de Chevaux" amazing scenic wallpaper contribute to the home's stunning first impression.
Wallpaper ("Les Courses de Chevaux"): Zuber et Cie, 212/486-9226, zuber.fr.
Grandfather clock: owner's collection.
A white "Tulip" chair from Baker and an oversized 1960s enameled sconce pop against walls painted Farrow & Ball's "Hague Blue."
Sconce (1960s large enameled leaf-pattern sconce, vintage): Woodson & Rummerfield's House of Design, 310/659-3010.
Chair ("Tulip Chair" #1991): Baker, 800/592-2537, bakerfurniture.com.
Wall paint ("Hague Blue" #30): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, farrow-ball.com.
Ceiling light: vintage
In the home office, Elston created a bold space with Glen Eden's "Out of Africa" rug and yellow curtains in Scalamandré's "Bamboo."
Carpet ("Out of Africa"/Zebra): Glen Eden, 800/843-1728, glen-eden.com.
Drapery: Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com.
Desk ("Partners Desk" in Rift Sawn Oak and Cream Lacquer): custom.
Stools ("Bongo Ottoman," by McAlpine Home): Lee Industries, 800/892-7150, leeindustries.com.
Stool leather ("Raffia Leather" #21778): Kravet, 888/457-2838, kravet.com.
Chandelier: antique.
Wall paint (black with a custom finish): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667.
A custom table, 1970s Lucite-and-brass bar stools, and Farrow & Ball "Silvergate" wallpaper create a glamorous corner in the billiards room.
Wallpaper ("Silvergate" #BP849): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, farrow-ball.com.
Table (custom designed cafe-height table): fabricated by Murray's Iron Works, 310/289-3587, murraysiw.com.
Stools (Lucite-and-brass bar stools, vintage): Space 107, 212/206-7599.
In the game room, green leather upholstery on dining chairs from the '50s mixes with Ralph Lauren Regent Metallics "Summer Gold" paint. "The closest I could come to beige without being beige," laughs Elston.
Table ("Round Pedestal Table" #6636): Bausman & Co., 909/947-0139, bausman.net.
Chairs (American balloon-back dining chairs with brass twisted handles): vintage.
Fabric ("Boulevard Leather"/Bell Pepper): Moore & Giles Inc., 434/846-5281, mooreandgilesinc.com.
Chandelier (Venini): vintage.
Paint ("Summer Gold" #RM36, Regent Metallics collection): Ralph Lauren Paint, 800/379-7656, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Stained cork floors create a graphic backdrop for the classic kitchen.
Cabinetry (custom); countertop and backsplash (custom): Melanie Elston Interiors, 773/528-3584, melanieelston.com.
Flooring: stained cork.
A wall covering from Stark sets the stage for a lively mix of fabrics and patterns in the master bedroom. The rug is from Michaelian & Kohlberg.
Wall covering ("Shanghai Moon"): Stark, 212/355-7186.
Headboard (custom); nightstands (custom): Melanie Elston Interior Design, 773/528-3584.
Headboard fabric ("Veronese Velvet"): Bergamo Fabrics, 914/665-0800, bergamofabrics.com.
Nightstand skirt (by Travers): Zimmer + Rohde, 866/627-6899, zimmer-rohde.com.
Lamps (Italian, Murano): vintage.
Bench ("Swan Neck Bench" #1516): Baker, 800/592-2537, bakerfurniture.com.
Bench fabric (plaid silk): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com.
Duvet ("Regency"/Midas): Nancy Corzine, 212/223-8340, nancycorzine.com.
Bedskirt (Tearose"/Rosemary #1009-01): ClassicCloth, 785/434-7200, classiccloth.com.
Center sham: antique textile.
Purple pillows (silk taffeta): Fishman's Fabrics, 312/922-7250, fishmansfabrics.com.
Trim ("Aziyade Giselle Double Tassel Fringe"): Clarence House, 800/803-2850, clarencehouse.com.
Rug (Brocade/Dorjee weave): Michaelian & Kohlberg, 312/467-1490, michaelian.com.
Stark's "Gridlock" wallpaper in pink slate and a vanity skirt made with Bergamo's "Saunter" fabric add flirty elements to the otherwise sleek and clean-lined master bath.
Wallpaper ("Gridlock"by Neisha Crosland): Clarence House, 800/803-2850.
Vanity skirt ("Saunter"/Off White): Bergamo Fabrics, 914/665-0800, bergamofabrics.com.
Window cornice ("Trapunto"): Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068.
Lights ("Twist" #TW0515, Geometrix Collection): Schonbek, 800/836-1892, schonbek.com.
Tile: marble.
David Ricci, Laura Kofoid, and their children, Simon and C.J.
Designer Melanie Elston offers tips on decorating with color and pattern:
- To create a balanced room, offset large patterns with solids or patterns designed on a smaller scale.
- To use color successfully, continuity of tone and intensity from room to room is essential. When using bold colors, be bold everywhere.
- Create transition spaces when using a lot of pattern and color. A great runner and a focal point at a hall's end are all you need.
- I nearly always use a solid on a sofa to anchor the room. I love to then offset that piece with a fun pattern on a shapely chair.
- Mix styles! The beauty is in the mix of modern patterns.


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A California man faces up to life in prison after being found guilty of operating a marijuana farm on U.S. Forest Service land in Iron County.
Roman Juarez-Sanchez, 46, will be sentenced on April 1 in St. George and will serve at least 10 years under mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines.
Frank Smith, assistant special agent in charge of the DEA in Salt Lake City, called the conviction a "victory" in the fight to stop illegal manufacturing of marijuana.
"DEA will continue to stand steadfast with our federal, state and local partners to keep dangerous drug trafficking organizations from setting up grow operations on public lands in Utah," Smith said in a statement.
Authorities began monitoring the site last July after receiving a tip about the marijuana crop. Based on that information, they arrested Juarez-Sanchez, of Compton, Calif., along with two other California residents during a traffic stop.
Officers found more than 80 pounds of harvested marijuana in the trunk of the vehicle. Officers later raided the grow site and found 4,211 plants.
Evidence presented during a three-day trial showed that Juarez-Sanchez organized the transportation of workers and supplies to the grow area. He also transported large quantities of marijuana after crops were harvested.
Prosecutors called Juarez-Sanchez a key figure in the operation even though he never planted, tended or cut the plants himself.
"This case illustrates that a person need not be physically present in the grow area to be considered a key player in a marijuana-grow operation," said David Barlow, U.S. Attorney for Utah, in a statement.
The two other individuals indicted in the case pleaded guilty to one count of manufacture of a controlled substance by cultivation. They will be sentenced on March 4 in St. George.


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