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The Irreversible Trends Driving Gold to $10,000
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The long-term "irreversible" trends I've discussed in detail in my upcoming book, $10,000 Gold, continue to develop. Many of the trends, such as debt creation and the movement away from the U.S. dollar, are accelerating and their consequences are appearing globally. Today we will interpret how these developments will likely affect the price of gold over the coming year and beyond.
Perhaps the most prevalent indication that something is amiss with the world's economy is a sense of malaise that many have been experiencing—a distrust in the financial system and the government. A U.S. Gallup poll, completed at the end of November 2012, found politicians tobe the second least trusted individuals in society next to car salespeople. Sharing bottom marks were bankers, journalists, business executives, state governors and insurance salespeople. By contrast, nurses were the most trusted.
This level of distrust is global. Ask any Greek what he or she thinks of bankers and politicians who, through their complex bond deals, have destroyed the country's economy. Ask thepeople of Iceland, who ignored the bankers' demands for more money and instead threw them in jail. Such distrust is a tangible indication that the 41-year-old experiment in a global fiat currency system is failing.
At this stage, it is no surprise to see that those who benefited from this system are stepping uptheir PR campaign. Their goal is to bolster trust in paper currencies. Such campaigns are broad-based. As James Rickards, author of Currency Wars pointed out, the world is in themidst of an economic war between countries, currencies and gold. Developing countries are challenging the U.S. dollar's de facto reserve currency status, and many in the East are turningto physical gold. The Western financial media insists on supporting the status quo with their positive messages of imminent economic recovery, but many are not buying it and the global appetite for physical gold is the best indication of this.
It should come as no surprise that the U.S. petrodollar is facing challenges. Reserve currencies go through cycles that last about a century as can be seen from the reserve currency chart.They usually end when the country that has this exalted privilege creates too much currency and goes too deeply into debt, just as the United States is demonstrating.
As in any war, "Truth is the first casualty," but how do we distill the truth from so much complex and contradictory financial information? The answer is simple: by changing perspective; by using gold as our measure for financial assessment. The gold vantage point is more comprehensive. It allows us to see the hidden influences of inflation, for example. It helps us to understand why governments are doing what they are doing, despite their words tothe contrary.
`The fiat experiment officially began on August 15, 1971, the day President Nixon broke theU.S. dollar's final international peg to gold. This allowed governments to create unrestricted amounts of currency with none of the safeguards that gold backing otherwise demanded. Consequently, the debt is now so large it is impossible to pay back. In the words of Congressman Ron Paul, the United States is "technically bankrupt."
So let's start by looking at the most important influence on the price of gold—global government debt.
Global Debt
Government debt creation through currency debasement causes paper currencies to lose purchasing power against the more stable economic standard of gold. In fact, there is a direct relationship between debt and the price of gold. The Relationship to Gold and U.S. Debt chart, which was the centerpiece of last year's Outlook for Gold, shows the gold price rising in near lockstep with rising U.S. debt over the past decade.
The increase in central bank assets is a good indicator of how this debt is growing.
Between 2007 and 2012 Bank of England reserves increased by 362 percent, and the U.S. Fed's increased by 223 percent. Unfortunately, as the people of Greece have discovered, most of the bailout cash stays in the hands of banks, even though the taxpayer is expected to repay the lenders.
Although all the major currencies have lost purchasing power against gold, the chart showsthe dramatic demise of the U.S. dollar. Being the world's de facto reserve currency, it is by farthe largest and most important, and the reason we give so much attention to the financial health of our southern neighbour.
We can see that while backed with gold the dollar maintained purchasing power. In 1934 it lost its domestic peg to gold and then, in 1971, its international peg. The dollar has now lost 98 percent of its purchasing power since 1934.
U.S. federal debt is now growing exponentially. In his first term, President Obama added more debt than was added since the United States declared its independence from Britain in 1776. Another milestone: In Obama's first term, the U.S. debt to GDP ratio passed 100 percent. At the present time, U.S. national debt is $16.4 trillion and GDP is $15.5 trillion. Interest payments on the debt were $454 billion in 2011. The U.S. Treasury "balance sheet" does not include the unfunded liabilities of Medicare, Social Security and other outsized and very real obligations.
The actual liabilities of the federal government—including Social Security, Medicare, and federal employees' future retirement benefits—already exceed $86.8 trillion, or 550 percent of GDP. These figures are kept from the public eye and are not listed on official balance sheets.They can be found in obscure documents like the annual Medicare Trustees' report. Some estimates put total U.S. unfunded liabilities at well over $200 trillion. In 1984, in what might have been the last serious attempt of the U.S. government to address the problem of the rising debt, President Reagan's Grace Commission report stated that:
"With two-thirds of everyone's personal income taxes wasted ((on government excess)) or not collected (because of underground economy)), 100 percent of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal debt and by Federal Government contributions to transfer payments. In other words, all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services which taxpayers expect from their Government."
It is safe to say that most of what this 1984 report warned against—that trillion-dollar federal debts would become reality if action was not taken immediately—has become reality.
Political Options to Counter Debt
To address the issue of runaway debt, politicians have five choices:
- Growth through productivity and exports
- Austerity
- Default
- Print more currency
- Financial repression
One: Grow out of it through increased productivity and increased exports. This is highly unlikely, as Western economies, and even China, are poised for recession.
Two: Introduce strict austerity measures to reduce spending. This has the unwanted short-term effect of increased unemployment, lower tax revenues and reduced GDP, resulting in even higher deficits. And the voting public hates it. The U.S. government has shown no willingnessto take this path.
Three: Default on the debt. This will make it difficult to raise future bond issues at any reasonable level of interest rates.
Four: Issue even more debt, and have the central bank in question simply create whatever amount of currency is required.
Five: Follow a program of "financial repression." The four main pillars of financial repression are:
- Negative real interest rates and interest rate caps through suppression of CPI
- Nationalization of industry
- Strict government control over investment criteria, capital controls and lending practices
- Currency debasement through unrestricted debt creation
Obviously, governments around the world have chosen to fight this currency war and their ballooning debt with options four and five. The fiscal cliff fiasco of December 2012 proved that the majority of U.S. politicians will not risk their careers by implementing the more direct, more responsible option two or three.
Financial Repression and Negative Real Interest Rates
This is a topic for a more in-depth presentation, but as 2012 confirmed, financial repression has become the unmistakable policy of governments worldwide. We will be hearing much more about this policy over the coming years. According to Bridgewater, the frequency of protests, strikes, and social unrest increases sharply as soon as annual public spending is cut by more than 3 percent of GDP. This unrest is appearing globally.
In Greece, where the government has attempted to implement austerity measures, there is 20 percent unemployment in the 30 to 50 age group, and 58 percent youth unemployment. Greece's homeless rate has risen 25 percent since 2009, with 20,000 people living in the streets of Athens. Suicide rates, violent crime and HIV infections are all rising quickly. This is what happens when society begins to break down because of debt.
Youth unemployment is exceptionally high in most countries, especially the United States, which further burdens its young people with crippling student loans. Rising crime rates are another symptom of the increased stress currency devaluation causes. This chart on SocialTrends Incarceration of Inmates since the removal of gold we can see the rapid rise in crime since 1971.
Despite the government job reports that put unemployment at 7.8 percent, those who have stopped looking for work after years of failing go uncounted. As soon as unemployment benefits run out, a job seeker is no longer registered as unemployed by the official figures.
We can see that the job participation in the United States is plummeting, due in large part to the aging population and outsourcing.
When we take into account the lack of participation, as the Shadow Stats figures show, we see real unemployment in the U.S. is over 20 percent.
Financial repression involves restrictions on bank lending practices, which dries up available financing and stifles economic growth and development. This is a subtle form of nationalization, as it discourages investment abroad. A more obvious form of nationalization comes as restrictive trade laws. One example is the U.S.'s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), enacted in 2012 with the cooperation of fifty countries. This makes it much more difficult for Americans to hold investment funds based outside of the United States.
Larger government and further nationalization of industry are aspects of financial repression policy. In the United States, distressed financial institutions, automakers and healthcare are coming under the control of government, especially under the Obama presidency. Most of thenew jobs created are government jobs, with five hundred thousand U.S. government employees making over $100,000 per year (twice that of the average U.S. workers' salary).
Financial repression is becoming a global policy as the currency war amongst countries like China, Russia and the United States accelerates. China has been using financial repression since 2000, with official inflation pegged at 0.72 percent from 2002 to 2009. This creates negative real interest rates of -7.2 percent, which gives China some of the lowest real interest rates in the world and explains why it is such a large gold buyer. Negative real interest rates can be determined by subtracting real inflation from official inflation or Real Interest Rate = Nominal Interest Rate – Inflation (Expected or Actual).
There is a direct correlation between gold buying and negative real interest rates that are encouraged by financial repression. Negative real interest rates, despite governments' incessant promises of economic recovery, will likely be with us for years to come. This policy rewards borrowers, but punishes savers.
Currency debasement, which results from creating too much currency and is one of theelements of financial repression, is surreptitious in that the public is less aware of the damage. Inflation caused by currency creation is the "hidden tax". Everyone who eats, drives, heatstheir home or sends their children to college is aware that life is becoming more costly by theday. Yet government continues to issue inflation figures that show the cost of living is stable.They have achieved this deception since the days of Bill Clinton through "creative" accounting, such as removing food and energy from the "basket of goods" used to measure inflation and the CPI. Before 1995, the CPI measured a "fixed standard of living" with a fixed basket of goods. Today it measures the cost of living with a constantly changing basket of goods, measured with metrics that are themselves constantly changing.
Fortunately, economist John Williams of ShadowStats.com keeps track of the original basket and his figures show inflation at a more realistic level.
Further Consequences
Movement away from petrodollar
Last year saw several important BRICS and ASEAN agreements that exclude the U.S. dollar. In March 2012, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) agreed to development banks that will allow these countries to trade amongst themselves without using U.S. dollars.
In 2012, China also signed important trade agreements with Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, which are members of the ASEAN alliance. They will trade in yuan rather than U.S. dollars.
China and India are rumoured to be circumventing Iranian trade sanctions by trading gold for Iranian oil.
The foreign appetite for U.S. Treasuries is also waning and the Fed is subsequently being forced to buy United States' debt. It is expected to buy up to 90 percent of new debt created in 2013. This situation creates restriction on available Treasuries, which will continue to push down absolute yields. The developing world has had enough of the U.S. economic domination that has been in force since the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement. OPEC's backing of the U.S. dollar in 1973, which required oil to be traded only in U.S. dollars, stopped the greenback's rapid slide that began when the gold peg was removed two years earlier. As the developing world continues to find ways around this petrodollar arrangement, the U.S. dollar will find itself in serious trouble as its weak fundamentals, rather than its reserve currency status, are used for valuation.
The Federal Reserve currently holds about 18 percent of the U.S. GDP on its books, a number that could bulge to 28 percent a few years out depending on the continuation of or increase in current programs, and growing distrust in U.S. fiscal responsibility.
Increased Preference for Physical Gold over Paper Gold
Private investors are pulling out of the markets and are even showing distrust in gold proxies such as gold shares and ETF shares in favour of the most trusted asset—physical bullion.
By one estimate, physical demand will likely exceed ETF demand by five times. This is almost a complete reversal from a few years ago, when ETFs accounted for 80 percent of demand.
"Backwardation" occurred in the gold price in 2012, which means the physical price exceedsthe futures price. This indicates a stronger interest in physical over paper gold. Backwardation is a rare event in gold, as physical gold is one of the most liquid forms of money. Much of theworld's gold still exists and is available at the right price.
Last year, 2012, began with slow gold coin sales; however, November saw the greatest volume in fourteen years, probably influenced heavily by Obama's election, which guaranteed more spending and more debt.
Central Banks are Buying Gold
Perhaps the most significant consequence of runaway debt is that central banks have been net buyers of gold for the past three years, beginning in 2009. According to GFMS, in 2012, net official sector gold purchases totalled 536 metric tons. This is up 17.4 percent on the year.
These figures do not include China's central bank buying, which in the past occurred secretly through Chinese sovereign wealth funds that do not require the same degree of transparency central banks do. We know that China, as a country, bought more gold by August than theEuropean Central Bank's (ECB) entire 501 tonnes of holdings.
This past year saw significant central bank buying from countries like Brazil, Iraq, Mexico, Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines, as well as by established buyers like Turkey, China, India and Russia. In fact, central banks bought more gold in 2012 than they have since 1964.
German Repatriation of Gold
Germany's call for repatriation of some it's gold from the United States and France is another indication of the monetary role central bankers are anticipating for gold in the coming years. Some gold watchers, like James Sinclair, feel this is a game-changing event and another example of loss of confidence in the U.S. government. When Venezuela demanded the return of its 160 tonnes of gold from the United States, it took only a few months to acquire. Why does Germany have to wait seven years for the U.S. Fed to deliver 300 tonnes? One obvious answer is the gold is not available at this time.
Japan's Monetization as Forerunner to U.S. Monetization
Although the United States is monetizing its debt through the Fed's purchase of Treasuries, Japan is even further along this road and we can learn about the future of the U.S. economy by looking at Japan's example. Japan, which has the worst balance sheet of any of the world's developed nations, has survived partly because it is self-funded and is less dependent on foreign bond purchases.
Japan's death rate now exceeds its birthrate. The population is aging and retiring and thereforethe Japanese public are becoming bond redeemers rather than bond buyers. As well, Japan's relationship with China has soured significantly over the Japanese government's decision to"nationalize" the Senkaku islands, which the Chinese claim as their own. The Japanese autoindustry has suffered significantly. Japan has still not recovered from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster caused by the 2011 tsunami. Because of these developments, Japan's central bank will buy 56 percent of the country's issued treasury bonds this year.
Complexity, Obfuscation and Scandal
This past year was also one of unprecedented complexity, obfuscation and scandal. These are symptoms of the final days of an economic system. There was the successful prosecution of a countrywide interest-rate rigging scandal that affected all fifty states, known as the Municipal Bond Scandal, or more specifically United States of America v. Carollo, Goldberg and Grimm.Then there was an even larger interest rate scandal, one that affected the entire world. Prosecutions in the Libor scandal, which was uncovered in July 2012, have already begun. Last year banks paid $10.7 billion in fines for such transgressions.
White-collar corruption has never been so apparent, yet regulators seem to be no more interested in bringing this to the public's attention than are the compliant media.
Despite the blatant flaunting of the law during the subprime crisis, no major player has goneto jail or even been prosecuted. MF Global's robbery of money from its client accounts, in broad daylight, not only went unprosecuted, but in January 2013 a judged nixed customers' attempts to depose MF Global's infamous CEO Jon Corzine. Mr. Corzine, of course, is theformer head of Goldman Sachs and a former senator then governor of New Jersey. He is also a major fundraiser for President Obama. Wall Street alumni continue to make their way intopolitical positions as the relationship between Wall Street and Washington becomes even more intimate. With the fox guarding the henhouse, there is little chance of this trend changing course.
What Could Make Gold Prices Stop Going Up?
With an endless stream of "green shoots" reports coming out of the mainstream financial media, gold continues to climb a "wall of worry". This means that gold is still far from its exponential phase when people start lining up for miles to buy gold as they did in 1980, and despite temporary, healthy interruptions to its price ascent. However, many are still asking what will cause the price of gold to stop going up.
Some mention U.S. resurgence after the much-ballyhooed shale oil fracking program that releases natural gas from shale and is supposed to make the U.S. energy independent. TheUnited States did increase domestic oil production by 766,000 barrels per day during 2012, which resulted in the highest domestic production in fifteen years. Foreign oil now supports just 41 percent of American demand, down from 60 percent seven years ago. Fracking is a dangerous and expensive practice that is unpopular with environmentalists and primarily provides natural gas, which cannot be stored as oil is stored. It will also require decades of infrastructure development. U.S. debt problems are systemic and, as the recent fiscal cliff stalemate indicated, the country may not have decades or even years to right its economic ship.
Negative real interest rates would have to turn positive. Yet for every one percent of official inflation, the United States would have to add approximately $160 billion to its federal debt as indexed pensions and other inflation-sensitive obligations would become much more expensive, as would borrowing to meet these costs.
Raising interest rates in this environment will be almost impossible due to the massive amounts of global debt. In 1981 when Fed chief Paul Volcker raised interest rates as high as 21.5 percent, with official inflation at 7.5 percent, it stopped the flow of currency into gold. This could never happen today, as the United States owes far too much debt to make high interest rates viable.
A deep recession in countries like India and China that are major gold buyers could negatively impact the price of gold. However, history shows that such harsh economic conditions in countries that believe so strongly in gold may have the opposite effect and cause even more capital to flee to the protection gold offers. People become even more serious about wealth preservation in times of crisis. Little, short of discovering how to make gold from salt water, will change the primary direction of gold, which for the coming years is upward on its way to$10,000 an ounce and beyond.
Where is gold heading in 2013?
This year, 2013, will likely be a more positive year for gold than 2012, if history is a reliable indicator. Over the past decade, since gold began to regain its stature as money, U.S. election years have been lacklustre for gold and the following year has shown a significant rise in price.
Currently, it takes very little for short-term optimism about gold to turn bearish. This is further indication that gold has much further to rise. Each time a hedge fund or government intervention causes a precipitous drop such as we saw twice in December, gold sentiment becomes weaker. Mark Hulbert of Hulbert Gold Newsletter Sentiment Index, or HGNSI, had this to say about negative sentiment towards gold:
". . .of the last three decades has shown that, at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use to assess whether a pattern is most likely genuine, gold tends to do better in the wake of low levels of bullish sentiment (like now) than in the wake of excitement and enthusiasm".
– Mark Hulbert
This past year, 2012, showed a strong negative bias amongst most sentiment indicators such as the Hulbert Survey and Market Vane. This is a strong contrarian signal for the coming year.
The Gold and Debt over the next decade chart shows the projection of U.S. debt, assuming gold will continue the same close relationship with debt as demonstrated in the historical gold and debt chart discussed earlier.
Gold's price is directly proportionate to the massive amount of debt that is being created tokeep the current fiat system alive. This will likely continue until a crisis, such as a severe global recession or hyperinflation, strikes one of the major developed economies. Either event will be bullish for the gold price, but for different reasons. The price is being driven by thephysical market in the developing countries, especially India and China. China has to continue buying as much physical gold as possible if they expect to eventually compete for world reserve currency status.
Some estimates state the Chinese hope to have at least 10,000 tonnes to out-rank their main competitor for gold holdings—the United States.
In 2012, the world mined gold production was approximately 2,700 tonnes. Of which India and China bought nearly 2,000 tonnes between them. Over the past five years, emerging markets accounted for 70 percent of gold demand.
The question of who actually owns the United States' gold is debatable and made particularly opaque by complex, highly secretive gold lease agreements. The increased calls for goldrepatriation and for audits of Fort Knox and the U.S. Federal Reserve could shed light on this issue in the coming years.
This is the perfect time to hold gold and silver for wealth protection. Fund redemptions, negative institutional sentiment, financial repression and the raging currency war ensure goldwill continue its climb towards $10,000 an ounce. I expect that gold will end 2013 between $1,900 and $2,000 an ounce, and silver between $40 and $45 an ounce.
In a world where financial and geopolitical certainty is evaporating, no one knows what Black Swan event could cause an explosion in the gold price. Some have suggested it will be the failure of a major bank through derivative exposure, or a Middle East war. A major downgrade of U.S. bonds might also be the catalyst. In 2013, as has been the case since 2001, the best policy for wealth protection remains to simply buy and hold uncompromised bullion until we are once again on solid economic footing.


text: 1 The Common Clk Framework 2 Mike Turquette <email@example.com> 3 4This document endeavours to explain the common clk framework details, 5and how to port a platform over to this framework. It is not yet a 6detailed explanation of the clock api in include/linux/clk.h, but 7perhaps someday it will include that information. 8 9 Part 1 - introduction and interface split 10 11The common clk framework is an interface to control the clock nodes 12available on various devices today. This may come in the form of clock 13gating, rate adjustment, muxing or other operations. This framework is 14enabled with the CONFIG_COMMON_CLK option. 15 16The interface itself is divided into two halves, each shielded from the 17details of its counterpart. First is the common definition of struct 18clk which unifies the framework-level accounting and infrastructure that 19has traditionally been duplicated across a variety of platforms. Second 20is a common implementation of the clk.h api, defined in 21drivers/clk/clk.c. Finally there is struct clk_ops, whose operations 22are invoked by the clk api implementation. 23 24The second half of the interface is comprised of the hardware-specific 25callbacks registered with struct clk_ops and the corresponding 26hardware-specific structures needed to model a particular clock. For 27the remainder of this document any reference to a callback in struct 28clk_ops, such as .enable or .set_rate, implies the hardware-specific 29implementation of that code. Likewise, references to struct clk_foo 30serve as a convenient shorthand for the implementation of the 31hardware-specific bits for the hypothetical "foo" hardware. 32 33Tying the two halves of this interface together is struct clk_hw, which 34is defined in struct clk_foo and pointed to within struct clk. This 35allows easy for navigation between the two discrete halves of the common 36clock interface. 37 38 Part 2 - common data structures and api 39 40Below is the common struct clk definition from 41include/linux/clk-private.h, modified for brevity: 42 43 struct clk { 44 const char *name; 45 const struct clk_ops *ops; 46 struct clk_hw *hw; 47 char **parent_names; 48 struct clk **parents; 49 struct clk *parent; 50 struct hlist_head children; 51 struct hlist_node child_node; 52 ... 53 }; 54 55The members above make up the core of the clk tree topology. The clk 56api itself defines several driver-facing functions which operate on 57struct clk. That api is documented in include/linux/clk.h. 58 59Platforms and devices utilizing the common struct clk use the struct 60clk_ops pointer in struct clk to perform the hardware-specific parts of 61the operations defined in clk.h: 62 63 struct clk_ops { 64 int (*prepare)(struct clk_hw *hw); 65 void (*unprepare)(struct clk_hw *hw); 66 int (*enable)(struct clk_hw *hw); 67 void (*disable)(struct clk_hw *hw); 68 int (*is_enabled)(struct clk_hw *hw); 69 unsigned long (*recalc_rate)(struct clk_hw *hw, 70 unsigned long parent_rate); 71 long (*round_rate)(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long, 72 unsigned long *); 73 int (*set_parent)(struct clk_hw *hw, u8 index); 74 u8 (*get_parent)(struct clk_hw *hw); 75 int (*set_rate)(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long); 76 void (*init)(struct clk_hw *hw); 77 }; 78 79 Part 3 - hardware clk implementations 80 81The strength of the common struct clk comes from its .ops and .hw pointers 82which abstract the details of struct clk from the hardware-specific bits, and 83vice versa. To illustrate consider the simple gateable clk implementation in 84drivers/clk/clk-gate.c: 85 86struct clk_gate { 87 struct clk_hw hw; 88 void __iomem *reg; 89 u8 bit_idx; 90 ... 91}; 92 93struct clk_gate contains struct clk_hw hw as well as hardware-specific 94knowledge about which register and bit controls this clk's gating. 95Nothing about clock topology or accounting, such as enable_count or 96notifier_count, is needed here. That is all handled by the common 97framework code and struct clk. 98 99Let's walk through enabling this clk from driver code: 100 101 struct clk *clk; 102 clk = clk_get(NULL, "my_gateable_clk"); 103 104 clk_prepare(clk); 105 clk_enable(clk); 106 107The call graph for clk_enable is very simple: 108 109clk_enable(clk); 110 clk->ops->enable(clk->hw); 111 [resolves to...] 112 clk_gate_enable(hw); 113 [resolves struct clk gate with to_clk_gate(hw)] 114 clk_gate_set_bit(gate); 115 116And the definition of clk_gate_set_bit: 117 118static void clk_gate_set_bit(struct clk_gate *gate) 119{ 120 u32 reg; 121 122 reg = __raw_readl(gate->reg); 123 reg |= BIT(gate->bit_idx); 124 writel(reg, gate->reg); 125} 126 127Note that to_clk_gate is defined as: 128 129#define to_clk_gate(_hw) container_of(_hw, struct clk_gate, clk) 130 131This pattern of abstraction is used for every clock hardware 132representation. 133 134 Part 4 - supporting your own clk hardware 135 136When implementing support for a new type of clock it only necessary to 137include the following header: 138 139#include <linux/clk-provider.h> 140 141include/linux/clk.h is included within that header and clk-private.h 142must never be included from the code which implements the operations for 143a clock. More on that below in Part 5. 144 145To construct a clk hardware structure for your platform you must define 146the following: 147 148struct clk_foo { 149 struct clk_hw hw; 150 ... hardware specific data goes here ... 151}; 152 153To take advantage of your data you'll need to support valid operations 154for your clk: 155 156struct clk_ops clk_foo_ops { 157 .enable = &clk_foo_enable; 158 .disable = &clk_foo_disable; 159}; 160 161Implement the above functions using container_of: 162 163#define to_clk_foo(_hw) container_of(_hw, struct clk_foo, hw) 164 165int clk_foo_enable(struct clk_hw *hw) 166{ 167 struct clk_foo *foo; 168 169 foo = to_clk_foo(hw); 170 171 ... perform magic on foo ... 172 173 return 0; 174}; 175 176Below is a matrix detailing which clk_ops are mandatory based upon the 177hardware capbilities of that clock. A cell marked as "y" means 178mandatory, a cell marked as "n" implies that either including that 179callback is invalid or otherwise uneccesary. Empty cells are either 180optional or must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. 181 182 clock hardware characteristics 183 ----------------------------------------------------------- 184 | gate | change rate | single parent | multiplexer | root | 185 |------|-------------|---------------|-------------|------| 186.prepare | | | | | | 187.unprepare | | | | | | 188 | | | | | | 189.enable | y | | | | | 190.disable | y | | | | | 191.is_enabled | y | | | | | 192 | | | | | | 193.recalc_rate | | y | | | | 194.round_rate | | y | | | | 195.set_rate | | y | | | | 196 | | | | | | 197.set_parent | | | n | y | n | 198.get_parent | | | n | y | n | 199 | | | | | | 200.init | | | | | | 201 ----------------------------------------------------------- 202 203Finally, register your clock at run-time with a hardware-specific 204registration function. This function simply populates struct clk_foo's 205data and then passes the common struct clk parameters to the framework 206with a call to: 207 208clk_register(...) 209 210See the basic clock types in drivers/clk/clk-*.c for examples. 211 212 Part 5 - static initialization of clock data 213 214For platforms with many clocks (often numbering into the hundreds) it 215may be desirable to statically initialize some clock data. This 216presents a problem since the definition of struct clk should be hidden 217from everyone except for the clock core in drivers/clk/clk.c. 218 219To get around this problem struct clk's definition is exposed in 220include/linux/clk-private.h along with some macros for more easily 221initializing instances of the basic clock types. These clocks must 222still be initialized with the common clock framework via a call to 223__clk_init. 224 225clk-private.h must NEVER be included by code which implements struct 226clk_ops callbacks, nor must it be included by any logic which pokes 227around inside of struct clk at run-time. To do so is a layering 228violation. 229 230To better enforce this policy, always follow this simple rule: any 231statically initialized clock data MUST be defined in a separate file 232from the logic that implements its ops. Basically separate the logic 233from the data and all is well. 234

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Beyond Gee-Whiz Figures in Population Study
Most of the conversation surrounding that new survey of New York's Jewish population, released in early June by UJA-Federation of New York, has been focused on its two big, gee-whiz numbers: the one-third of Jews in the region (40% in New York City proper) who are Orthodox and the 20% who are poor. It's understandable that those findings would capture our imagination, since they fly in the face of our usual image of the affluent, urbane, freethinking New York Jew. But that's only part of the story.
The Orthodox numbers are hard to ignore, of course, because they're rising fast and reshaping the face of New York Jewry. Among children under 18 in area Jewish households, 61% are Orthodox. In turn, 61% of those Orthodox children are Hasidic; their families tend to be huge, poor and relatively uneducated in secular terms. In contrast, declining numbers of Jews in the region call themselves Reform or Conservative, while a growing proportion don't identify with any denomination — in most cases because they're not interested. Around 40% of non-Orthodox Jewish households are of mixed faith, and fewer than one-third of intermarrieds report that their children are being raised Jewish.
What emerges from all this is a picture of a Jewish future that is not only more pious and observant, but also poorer, less educated in secular terms and less engaged in the public life of the larger society. If you're of an apocalyptic frame of mind, you might be tempted to conclude that a certain era in Jewish life, what we call the modern Enlightenment, is passing from the stage of history — not today or tomorrow, certainly, but gradually over the next few generations.
In fact, the picture is much more complicated. Between the two extremes of insular Hasidism and disengaged intermarriage, there's a broad range of Jewish lifestyles of varying degrees of vitality. Much of what's vibrant in American Jewish life is strongest outside New York, something that doesn't show up in this survey. Nationwide, non-Orthodox Jews still make up the overwhelming majority of the community. Whether they thrive or decline in the coming decades will depend in large measure on how they address the growing numbers of intermarrieds and their children.
Moreover, not all Orthodox Jews are Hasidim. Other forms of Orthodoxy are less insular, more engaged with the broader Jewish community and with society at large. They include not just the Modern Orthodox, who are by definition closely enmeshed in the general Jewish community, but also the so-called Yeshivish, non-Hasidic wing of ultra-Orthodoxy. Both groups resemble non-Orthodox Jews — and differ from Hasidim — in their socioeconomic profile, secular education and levels of political activism. In theory, then, there's a broad middle of the Jewish community that shares a wide range of common interests, not to mention a religious heritage. In theory, that is.
In practice, political activism divides Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews more than it unites them. There's an irony here; both sides try to combine a commitment to Jewish group interests with an understanding of the Torah's values in their activism.
They used to talk to each other constantly and cooperate on most issues. Now they mostly shout. How badly the dialogue has deteriorated into partisan bickering can be seen in some of the reactions to the New York survey, with liberals and conservatives alike pointing to the likely decline of Democratic voting power as the most important takeaway. You'd think Jewish life had value beyond its contribution to the Democratic and Republican party machines.
One of the survey's less-noticed surprises is the continuing difference between Conservative and Reform Jews. It's a surprise because conventional wisdom says the denominations have lost their meaning. Supposedly, they're meeting in the middle as Reform Judaism becomes more traditional and Conservative Judaism is no longer defined by rabbinic law. If that's so, the message hasn't gotten out to the pews. The survey asked respondents about a wide range of Jewish attitudes and practices, from regular synagogue attendance to fasting on Yom Kippur, participating in Sabbath dinners, visiting Jewish websites, frequenting Jewish museums or cultural events, discussing Jewish topics with friends and much more. On virtually every measure, including rates of intermarriage, Conservative Jews outscore Reform Jews by 10 to 15 points or more, putting them midway between Reform and Orthodox, as they've been historically.
Reform Jews, said Rabbi Daniel Freelander, senior vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism, "are a more assimilated group." Where Reform Judaism plays a crucial role is in providing an avenue for engagement of interfaith families. A quarter-century after voting to recognize patrilineal descent and reach out vigorously to the intermarried, "a whole generation of children has grown up in our congregations," Freelander said. "And the Jewish behaviors of those families and children who went through those religious experiences are indistinguishable from those with two Jewish parents."
The New York survey actually shows a slight gap in Jewish practices and attitudes between in-married and intermarried congregants, but intermarried congregants still outscore unaffiliated in-marrieds on most measures by hefty margins. "We see this as a success story," Freelander said.
The question is whether intermarried families can be convinced in larger numbers to join synagogues and give their children those experiences. Nationwide it's still a minority. A few cities have had significant success, though. None has done better than Boston, where the local Jewish federation spends heavily to work with intermarried families in their homes. The result: Close to two-thirds of intermarried families say they're raising their kids Jewish. A few other cities have had similar results. Is it just a numbers game? Not at all. If half of all intermarried families raise their children Jewish, the Jewish community breaks even. Every family above 50% is a net gain for the Jewish future.
Ultimately, the more diverse experiences that are brought into the Jewish community, from interfaith families to Conservative Jews to Hasidim, the richer and more vibrant American Judaism will be. And as Judaism is enriched, so will it enrich America. As God said to Abraham, "Through you the families of the land will be blessed."
Contact J.J. Goldberg at [email protected]


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In spite of escalating turmoil in our world, and failed hopes for presidential elections in the USA, there still remains one last, great outpouring of mercy before the time of the end (see Matt. 24:14; Acts 2:17). This supernatural season is not something for which we must beg God.
No, its coming has been predetermined. It is the "appointed time" of the Lord.
As most know, an "appointed time" is an open display of the sovereignty and power of God, whether it is in calling a person or calling a nation. In it we discover with absolute certainty that nothing is impossible for God. It is a season when God fulfills the hopes and dreams of His people.
As it is written, "But You, O Lord, abide forever, and Your name to all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion; for it is time to be gracious to her, for the appointed time has come" (Ps. 102:12-13). read more


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Inspired by Glass: Corning's Connected Car Prototype at CES® 2017
Corning's Connected Car prototype, debuted at CES® 2017, brings precision glass and the ultimate in connectivity to the driving experience
Corning debuted its vision for a Connected Car console at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, bringing sleek, interactive surfaces into your vehicle. With trends focused on connectivity, social behavior, and the mobile life currently driving the automotive industry, Corning accelerated into the innovative driving experience with a new Connected Car prototype at CES® 2017.
Decked out in the Corning Automotive Group's latest advanced glass technologies, get a close look at Corning's Connected Car in this latest segment of "Inspired by Glass." Host, Maddie Gionet of Corning, is joined by Doug Harshbarger, division vice president and business director for Corning Automotive Glass, to take a trip down the road to connectivity.
"We always try and take an approach where we want to demonstrate our technologies in real use situations to open people's minds to how they can use them to their best purpose, and we've really tried to do that with this car," said Harshbarger.
Corning's Connected Car features exterior glazing technologies on the windshield, sunroof, side windows as well as the back window, all contributing to a safer, cleaner driving experience. Corning® Fibrance® Light-Diffusing Fiber is also featured around the headlights as a charging indicator and the rear license plate as a proximity alert.
"We've used our Gorilla Glass lightweight glazing on the windshield, roof, back window, and side windows," said Harshbarger. "All of that allows the car to be lighter, addressing the trend of cleaner and greener cars. Because of the toughness of Gorilla Glass, windows like the windshield are more damage resistant, and better able to withstand rock strike which addresses the safety aspect."
In the interior, information is at the touch of your fingertips. On the sleek, free flowing dashboard running the length of the car, as well as on the hovering center console – both featuring Corning® Gorilla® Glass as the durable, touch sensitive surface. Thanks to Gorilla Glass' optical clarity, the driver and passenger can view pertinent driving information on the interior of the windshield through two augmented reality head-up displays.
"We wanted to create an environment that was configurable, rich with displays, something that would allow you to bring your mobile experience right with you when you come into the car," said Harshbarger. "It's really changing the concept of the cockpit of the car as well as the surfaces of the car. People want to bring their mobile phone experience right into the vehicle with them and that really changes the game."
The innovative Connected Car prototype is finally here. With Corning's advanced glass technologies for the interior and exterior of vehicles, the driving experience is becoming more connected, interactive, and seamless.
Watch the full "Inspired by Glass" segment for more.
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LOVE . Just Cavalli Spring 2013 .
Roberto Cavalli has joined the small handful of designers who took his cues from the sea this season: his Spring 2013 collection for Just Cavalli was inspired by a large tank of tropical fish he keeps at home. Vibrant colors like bright yellow, green, and purple combined with deep-sea blue to form interesting prints, and sequins that looked like glittering scales were applied all over one sweater and as accents on shirts. A blue-and-white print that featured conch shells was a cool addition to the mix, and it shone when paired with leopard print on the runway. Leopards may not be creatures of the sea, but this is a Cavalli collection, after all.


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Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Stage & Screen Greats Julianne Moore & Alec Baldwin Unite
On July 12, Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin will join forces for a presentation of Bernard Slade's Same Time, Next Year. Same Time, Next Year follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Directed by Bob Balaban, the performance will benefit East Hampton's Guild Hall. For more info, head here.
Broadway.com's Buyer & Cellar Livestream Nominated for Award
It's an honor to be nominated! Broadway.com's livestream of Jonathan Tolins' Buyer & Cellar got a nod in Time Out New York's Time In awards. The event took place on April 19 and raised over $200,000 for the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The honors—which fans vote on—shout out organizations and events that have made quarantine a little brighter. Head here to vote!
Abigail Breslin & More Set for Bard at the Gate Series' First Play
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's previously announced play series Bard at the Gate will now begin on June 25 at 7PM ET with Kermit Frazier's drama Kernel of Sanity. Written in 1978, the play examines the close but imbalanced relationship between a young African-American actor and an older Caucasian actor with whom he had previously appeared in a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The cast will include Abigail Breslin, Matthew Hancock and Josh Hamiton with stage directions read by Miatta Lebile. The 90-minute play, directed by Gregg Daniel, will be followed by a discussion between Frazier and Daniel, moderated by Vogel. A link to view the series will be provided in advance of each reading here. Donations are suggested with proceeds will benefiting Martha's Table. As previosuly reported, Meg Miroshnik's The Droll is now set for July 15.
Richard Nelson's New Apple Play to Premiere Virtually
Apple Family Productions has announced the world premiere of Richard Nelson's And So We Come Forth: The Apple Family: A Dinner on Zoom. Written and directed by Nelson, the piece will be available to view here beginning on July 1 at 7:30PM ET. The Apple Family, a dramatic series of plays which first appeared 10 years ago, returned last April with the premiere of a play written especially for Zoom, What Do We Need to Talk About? And So We Come Forth is set in early July 2020, amidst massive protests against injustice and racism, as well as the anxious easing of a worldwide lockdown. Over a family dinner, the Apples talk about their fears and hopes, who they are, what has been lost, and where they now belong in a world that keeps becoming more and more uncertain.
Phillipa Soo and Ruthie Ann Miles Lend Voices to Over the Moon
Over the Moon, an animated film about a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a Moon Goddess, will premiere on Netflix this fall. Among the stars lending their voices to the film are Tony nominee Phillipa Soo and Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles. Watch the trailer below!
Kate Baldwin & More Join Arena Stage's Artists Marketplace
Arena Stage has announced the launch of Artists Marketplace, a new model for regional theaters to connect art, artists and their artistry directly with patrons. Patrons will have the opportunity to commission or purchase a work of art from Arena Stage alums. Offerings include personal concerts and greetings, original music compositions for a loved one, one-on-one acting and vocal coaching sessions, custom-made face masks, a custom-designed and performed puppet film and more. Artists launching the Marketplace include Kate Baldwin, Lise Bruneau, Marsha Mason, Nicholas Rodriguez, Dawn Ursula and Kirsten Wyatt. For more info, head here.
P.S. Get even more hyped up for Hamilton's film premiere with this clip below!


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Arriving at Yellowstone, Old Faithful
Published 12:00 am Monday, July 1, 2013
This morning started with a 20 mile ride into West Yellowstone. I had three concerns. My tent had not proved worthy, I needed groceries and I was going to see Andy and Meredith Abramson and their family in Yellowstone. Andy is an attorney from Salisbury. They were on vacation and though it seemed like we planned it, our meeting was going to fit both timetables very well.
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For all of the febrile and frenzied attention that the EDL attract from their opponents in UAF, Hope Not Hate and Searchlight, one could be mistaken for thinking that these three letters possess some kind of extraordinary magical power capable of inducing a state of mystical ecstasy amongst the 'elect' of the 'anti-fascist' sect. The sectarians apparently share a belief in a demoniacal presence, to which they give many names and perceive to be at work in many places; and in their conviction that this is so, they take to the streets and solicit public professions of faith in, and support for, their cause, the absence of which is taken to signify infection with, or sympathy for, the 'devilry' that they seek to drive out. As such, the self-styled 'anti-fascist' and 'anti-racist' movement is not so much founded upon reason, as upon a delusional fantasy in which a potential Nazi or Breivik lurks around every corner and behind every white smile.
So it is that yet again the highly predictable decision has been taken by UAF to congregate in Leicester this Saturday to chant their limited liturgy: "Whose streets? Our streets!" "Nazi scum, off our streets!" "Black and white, unite and fight!" etc, etc. It is boring and meaningless of course, serving no other purpose than to engender a sense of commonality amongst the self-righteous, revelling in their public display of politically correct piety and hatred for the anathematised within the EDL. How do the UAF organisers profess to see this though?
Leicester UAF has produced an article eliding a number of popular leftist pietistic clichés within its heading: "Holocaust – Never Again – Racist Murders – Never Again: Stephen Lawrence – Never Again – Anders Breivik – Never Again." Quite why such a title heads an article about the EDL protesting against the racist attack on Rhea Page and other analogous cases is beyond me. It may come as a surprise to the UAF propagandist who penned the piece that both I and the vast bulk of EDL members and supporters would agree in full with the wishes expressed in the headline, for we roundly condemn genocide, murder and the pathological contempt for human life displayed by Anders Breivik.
Their heading amply demonstrates that UAF supporters are not being rallied to protest against a real 'threat', but against a fantasy construct designed to generate stigma and hate. I am sure that the EDL would welcome those considering marching with UAF on Saturday, were they to march alongside the EDL against the neglect of cases of anti-White racism such as that displayed in the attack upon Rhea Page and her boyfriend and the recent murder of Danny O'Shea.
The paranoia of the Leicester UAF propagandists is displayed in the following two paragraphs extracted from their recent piece:
"The EDL are made up of members and ex-members of the Nazi BNP, Combat 18 and other racist and fascist hooligan groups. Their members have been convicted for racist assault and arson on Mosques and are frequently photographed making Nazi salutes on their demonstrations. They do not respect the democratic rights we have all fought to uphold. This is why we cannot allow them to March through the city centre of Leicester unopposed.These paragraphs can best be described as odd, deliberately misleading, insulting and ignorant: ignorant of what the EDL are; ignorant of the concerns that they articulate, and ignorant of any aspect of history that is not fixated upon Nazism. These people within UAF display a peculiar obsession with Nazi Germany, yet ignore other horrors of history such as Maoism, Stalinism, Leninism and of course the birth and spread of Islam. It is probable that other than a most cursory and superficial acquaintance with tendentious histories of slavery, imperialism and the Communist movement, these people remain predominantly ignorant of the riches and instructive experiences of history.
Last Friday 27th of January it was Holocaust Memorial Day – the anniversary of the day that the Nazis' concentration camp at Auschwitz was liberated in 1945. We believe it is important to remember the reality of what it means when Fascists take power – we need to redouble our efforts to drive back the Fascists. In the Holocaust the Nazis murdered six million Jews, along with millions of Roma, trade unionists, socialists, gay men and lesbians and disabled people."
The UAF's demonstration in Leicester on Saturday 4 February is unnecessary and wrongheaded (wilfully so). The EDL demonstration on the other hand, is sadly necessary. If only it weren't.


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Mark Webber has confirmed he will leave F1 at the end of the year to join Porsche's team for the World Endurance Championship.
Porsche have already tested the LMP1 car (pictured) which will compete in next year's WEC including the Le Mans 24 Hours.
"It's an honour for me to join Porsche at its return to the top category in Le Mans and in the sports car World Endurance Championship and be part of the team," said Webber.
"Porsche has written racing history as a manufacturer and stands for outstanding technology and performance at the highest level. I'm very much looking forward to this new challenge after my time in Formula 1.
"Porsche will undoubtedly set itself very high goals. I can hardly wait to pilot one of the fastest sports cars in the world."
Webber will join former Red Bull development driver Neel Jani at Porsche's LMP1 team along with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas. He previously raced for Mercedes' Le Mans team but they withdrew from the 1999 race after experiencing a series of high-speed flips, two of which were suffered by Webber.
"Mark is without doubt one of the world's best race drivers," said Porsche board member Wolfgang Hatz. "He has experience at the Le Mans 24 hour race and on top of that he's been a Porsche enthusiast for many years."
Webber's F1 departure will come at the end of his seventh season with Red Bull during which he has won nine Grands Prix. But he has increasingly come into conflict with team mate Sebastian Vettel, who joined the outfit in 2009 and has since won 28 races and three world championships.
Matters came to a head in this year's Malaysian Grand Prix where Vettel was ordered not to pass Webber in the closing stages of the race. Vettel defied the instruction and went on to win. Shortly afterwards rumours began to surface that Webber was considering leaving the team.
Webber made his Formula One debut with Minardi in 2002, achieving a remarkable fifth place on his debut in an attrition-hit race. Subsequent moves to Jaguar and Williams brought him closer to Grand Prix success. But it wasn't until he joined Red Bull that he claimed his first victory, at the Nurburgring in 2009.
His decision to leave Red Bull will leave a vacant seat at the team which has won the last three constructors' championships.
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7 Nights | EUROPEAN COLLAGE
You will visit the following 8 places:
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to France. Mountain in the sea, Corsica is also called Island of beauty, not without reason. One of the 18 regions of France, though it is also designated as a territorial collectivity, the diversity of its scenery, and its preservation from the aggressions of development and tourism, makes it one of the pearls of the Mediterranean sea.
Ibiza Town
Ibiza (or Eivissa) is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza Town (a popular stop for many tourists and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site), Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Antoni de Portmany. It's well-known for the lively nightlife scene in Ibiza Town and Sant Antoni, where major European nightclubs have summer outposts. Well-known nightclubs are Privilege, Amnesia, Space, Pacha, Es Paradís and DC10.
Pisa is a city in central Italy's Tuscany region best known for its iconic Leaning Tower (the bell tower of the city's cathedral). Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the city contains more than 20 other historic churches, several medieval palaces and various bridges across the River Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home of the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century and also has the mythic Napoleonic Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies as the best sanctioned Superior Graduate Schools in Italy.
Saint-Tropez is a town, 104 km to the east of Marseille, in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. It is also the principal town in the canton of Saint-Tropez. It is located on the French Riviera, and it is known today for its famous and extremely wealthy summertime guests. It has been dubbed the 'playground to jetsetters, fashion models, and millionaires', and it is most-enduringly known as the place where the iconic Brigitte Bardot was "discovered" and for its role in the liberation of southern France during World War II.
Barcelona – Spain's enchanting capital, second largest and most populous city. It is a huge city that vibrates with life, and there's certainly not another city in the country to touch it for its sheer style, looks or energy. It is one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair and cultural centers, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. Barcelona is home to masterpieces of many great architects – the most famous of which is Antoni Gaudí.
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo, officially refers to an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Monaco has four traditional quarters - from west to east they are: Fontvieille (the newest), Monaco-Ville (the oldest), La Condamine, and Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo (literally "Mount Charles") is situated on a prominent escarpment at the base of the Maritime Alps along the French Riviera. Near the western end of the quarter is the world-famous Place du Casino, the gambling center which has made Monte Carlo "an international byword for the extravagant display and reckless dispersal of wealth". It is also the location of the Hôtel de Paris, the Café de Paris, and the Salle Garnier (the casino theatre which is the home of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo).
Civitavecchia is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, the name ''Civitavecchia'' means "ancient town". The modern city was built over a pre-existing Etruscan settlement. The massive Forte Michelangelo was first commissioned from Donato Bramante by Pope Julius II, to defend the port of Rome. The upper part of the "maschio" tower, however, was designed by Michelangelo, whose name is generally applied to the fortress. North of the city at Ficoncella are the Terme Taurine baths frequented by Romans and still popular with the Civitavecchiesi. The modern name stems from the common fig plants among the various pools. And also next to the town is the location of the cruise ship docks. All major cruise lines start and end their cruises at this location, and others stop for shore excursion days that allow guests to see Rome and Vatican sights, which are ninety minutes away.


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Players with two years and 146 days of Major League service time will qualify for Super Two status, MLBTR's Tim Dierkes has learned. This was the same cutoff point that was predicted by CAA in April, and as MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith wrote six months ago, it is "a decidedly late cutoff." In 2010, the cutoff date was two years and 122 days of service, while the 2009 cutoff was two years and 139 days.
Click here to refresh yourself on the details of the Super Two process, but to summarize, Super Two players will earn a fourth year of salary arbitration (as opposed to the usual three) before reaching free agency. So, all players with less than three years of service time but at least 2.146 (two years, 146 days) of service time quality as Super Twos.
This year's crop of Super Twos includes some of the top young arms in the game — David Price, Rick Porcello, Daniel Bard, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann and Tyler Clippard. Ryan Roberts is also a Super Two, so he could be in line for an extra payday in the wake of his breakout 2011 season.
- Jose Arredondo, Reds, 2.168
- Scott Atchison, Red Sox, 2.168
- Daniel Bard, Red Sox, 2.148
- Brad Bergesen, Orioles, 2.147
- Emmanuel Burriss, Giants, 2.152
- Tyler Clippard, Nationals, 2.148
- Dexter Fowler, Rockies, 2.168
- Gio Gonzalez, Athletics, 2.162
- Garrett Jones, Pirates, 2.158
- Don Kelly, Tigers, 2.149
- George Kottaras, Brewers, 2.149
- Steven Pearce, Pirates, 2.165
- Rick Porcello, Tigers, 2.170
- Landon Powell, Athletics, 2.153
- David Price, Rays, 2.164
- Ryan Roberts, Diamondbacks, 2.150
- Adam Rosales, Athletics, 2.171
- Will Venable, Padres, 2.155
- Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals, 2.154


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Jaisal Noor, TRNN Producer: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Jaisal Noor in Baltimore.
The United States is, at least reportedly, preparing to curb some military aid to Egypt. It will maintain aid for counterterrorism operations in the Sinai and other critical military aid. This news comes as Egypt is again consumed with violence, with dozens being killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, who was announced to go on trial November 4 for charges of inciting the killing of opponents while in office.
Now joining us to discuss this is Mohamed Elmeshad. He's an independent journalist from Cairo currently based in London, and he contributed to the Egypt Independent.
Thank you so much for joining us, Mohamed.
Mohamed Elmeshad, Independent Journalist: Thanks, Jaisal.
Noor: So, Mohamed, what's your response to this latest news? This isn't the first time that the U.S. has at least announced or it's been rumored or reported that the U.S. is cutting back some military aid to the Egyptian military. But it would seem like this may be the greatest cutback we've seen so far, in recent months at least.
Elmeshad: And my response is a simple wait and see. I mean, the United States has threatened. There's been talks. But whenever the U.S. discusses the situation in Egypt or discusses certain violations or what it views to be violations, certain atrocities, there's always a wait and see aspect.
I think what's become clear more than anything is that the U.S. is not willing to lose Egypt in any case as a strategic ally in the region. And I think that the if the U.S. does in fact decrease aid to the military especially, in any way, shape, or form, it would indicate a significant shift in the U.S.'s views regarding the power structure in the region.
Having said that, I mean, as early as a year ago, McCain was talking about the importance of military aid to Egypt, even when the military were in theory far from the seats of power. So it doesn't seem like this would be like what happened over the past few months is any different from, for example, having Egypt be the second largest recipient of aid during the Mubarak years, when atrocities were happening, where human rights violations were happening on a daily basis.
Noor: And what could the implications be for the Egyptian-Saudi Arabian relationship? Saudi Arabia's already pledged $5 billion in aid to the new regime in Egypt, and they've said they'll make up any shortfalls in military aid that may result from a cutback in U.S. aid.
Elmeshad: Well, I mean, there is the simple symbolic implication that if Egypt is taking money from Saudi, then Egypt is no longer the main—I mean, it hasn't been the main broker in the region for a while. But accepting such a significant package from Saudi is an indication that perhaps the U.S. and Saudi have had an agreement that Egypt would answer politically—I guess this should be said so explicitly—but to Saudi rather than—along with the U.S., or admit to Saudi Arabia's role as one of the main powers in the region if in fact what it's doing is filling the gap left by the U.S. I mean, Saudi has pledged, as you said, significant aid to Egypt already. We've yet to see whether this includes political implications. But, I mean, the symbolism's there. And if the U.S.'s relationship to Egypt is any indication, then yes, we can see a sort of shift in so-called patronage.
Noor: And the role of Israel and this, the decades-old Egyptian-Israel peace treaty which was brokered by the U.S. is contingent on that military aid to Egypt. And Israeli officials reportedly have been involved in these talks, and they appear to be pushing back against the cutting of aid to the Egyptian regime.
Elmeshad: Well, Israel needs the Egyptian Army now more than ever. Sinai is exploding, quite literally. Today some—today soldiers were killed, soldiers and security personnel were killed. I think nine in total was the figure I heard recently, and through a series of explosions, attacks over the past few weeks. And Israel needs Egypt to help it regulate the Rafah border crossing. Now with the military in power, Israel has someone it can trust and Israel has someone who will cooperate, because the Egyptian military has stated and Egyptian sources have stated that there is an issue, a security issue in Egypt from opening the Rafah border crossing. There was some talk about Egypt potentially engaging in attacks within Gaza if it's proven that certain attacks in Sinai happened with the assistance of tunnel smuggling, smuggling of weapons or terrorists.
Noor: And finally, we touched upon the violence that's been continuing to sweep across Egypt in the last week. Dozens have been killed both in the Sinai and places like Cairo. Is there any end in sight to this ongoing violence that's continuing, that's been continuing since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi and even before that?
Elmeshad: Sure. Well, I think this week kind of highlights a very important element of the military rule in total. On one hand, you have the military that is celebrated by a vast number of Egyptians as being responsible for maintaining peace, that has been responsible for what is perceived in Egypt to be an absolute victory in the 1973 October 6 war with Israel, which indeed led to Israel leaving Sinai.
On the other hand, fast-forward—what would it be?—35 years, 38 years to 2011, October 2011. You have a massacre in Maspero, which is the big state government building, when a group of Coptic Christians went out to protest the burning of the church. Back then, the military council was in charge, Egypt's—basically the head of the Armed Forces. They were in charge. And what ended up—what started out as a peaceful protest in front of a government building ended up being the worst massacres to have happened to Coptic Christians basically in recent histories. Over 38 Coptic Christians were killed, almost all of them reportedly by military. There are videos of military armored vehicles literally stampeding crowds of protesters. I was there. I went to the morgue. It was horrible. And it's definitely a black mark in the history of the military.
So these clashes over the past few days involves first of all the Muslim Brotherhood, who use October 6 as a way to protest, well, to say this isn't the military that we believed had been our victorious saviors. Meanwhile, three days later you have a lot of activists reminding everyone that just a few years ago there was something significant that happened that reminded us that maybe this isn't—these aren't the best rulers to have. Meanwhile, you have Morsi's—former president Morsi's trial scheduled to start, I think, November 3. He's on trial for inciting to kill protesters while in office. And the Muslim Brotherhood had not forgotten that they have many who died over the past few months. Definitely their presence on the streets is a testament to that. On the other hand, you have many anti-Muslim Brotherhood civilians and security for sure, like, who make sure to show them every day that their presence isn't welcome after the—I think everyone would agree that it was a less than exemplary tenure of Mohamed Morsi.
So, you know, Morsi's trial will be a sight to see. All the indications from the Brotherhood leaders, all of the leaks coming from them in prison show that this is far from over.
Noor: Mohamed Elmeshad, thank you so much for joining us.
Elmeshad: Thank you, Jaisal.
Noor: Thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.
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We're taking a little trip back in time this morning to the 1920s, in this romantic and rather glamourous shoot by Kate Triano. I'm loving the purple in this shoot... it's so elegant, and old fashioned and of course regal! The bride is wearing a beautiful Claire Pettibone gown, which works perfectly with the pearls and gloves! Thanks so much to Lori Nansi from Le Mariee who sent this my way.
Photographer | Kate Triano, Location | Oatlands Plantation, Gown | Claire Pettibone, Hair & Makeup | Le Mariee, Florals | Morgan Walker of Petals and Hedges, Set Designer/stylist | Kim Wensel of Waverly Road, Invitations | Nadia of SayHello


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Lee A. Fleisher, M.D., and Beulah Trey, Ph.D.
The current economic and legislative reality creates an imperative for leaders in academic medicine to develop a value equation — one that takes into account clinical outcomes and financial impact— for integrating their three missions: clinical care, education, and research. Even exceptionally skilled individual leaders will not be able to forge this future. Rather, improved performance requires diverse, well-coordinated teams capable of leveraging their differences and engaging in collaborative problem-solving and continuous learning.
In most academic medical departments, the three missions are led as silos. And with strong reason: "the cultural barriers to change in health care—doctors' resistance to being measured, their need to be 'perfect,' their reluctance to criticize colleagues, their resistance to teamwork—reflect a deep-seated belief that physician autonomy is critical to quality in health care." Sharing stories about transcending these obstacles is critical.
Read our journey on the NEJM Leading Health Care Innovation Site
Read the full story here: http://images.nejm.org/editorial/supplementary/2013/hbr16-fleisher.pdf


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BMC Evol Biol. 2007 Nov 19;7:232.
A novel subgroup Q5 of human Y-chromosomal haplogroup Q in India.
Sharma S, Rai E, Bhat AK, Bhanwer AS, Bamezai RN.
BACKGROUND: Y-chromosomal haplogroup (Y-HG) Q is suggested to originate in Asia and represent recent founder paternal Native American radiation into the Americas. This group is delineated into Q1, Q2 and Q3 subgroups defined by biallelic markers M120, M25/M143 and M3, respectively. Recently, a novel subgroup Q4 has been identified which is defined by bi-allelic marker M346, representing HG Q (0.41%, 3/728) in Indian population. With scanty details of HG Q in Asia, especially India, it was pertinent to explore the status of the Y-HG Q in Indian population to gather an insight to determine the extent of diversity within this region. RESULTS: We observed 15/630 (2.38%) Y-HG Q individuals in India with an ancestral state at M120, M25, M3 and M346 markers, indicating an absence of already known Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 sub-haplogroups. Interestingly, we further observed a novel 4 bp deletion/insertion polymorphism (ss4 bp, rs41352448) at 72,314 position of human arylsulfatase D pseudogene, defining a novel sub-lineage Q5 (in 5/15 individuals, i.e., 33.3 % of the observed Y-HG Q) with distributions independent of the social, cultural, linguistic and geographical affiliations in India. CONCLUSION: The study adds another sublineage Q5 in the already existing arrangement of Y-HG Q in literature. It was quite interesting to observe an ancestral state Q* and a novel sub-branch Q5, not reported elsewhere, in Indian subcontinent, though in low frequency. A novel subgroup Q4 was identified recently which is also restricted to Indian subcontinent. The most plausible explanation for these observations could be an ancestral migration of individuals bearing ancestral lineage Q* to Indian subcontinent followed by an autochthonous differentiation to Q4 and Q5 sublineages later on. However, other explanations of, either the presence of both the sub haplogroups (Q4 and Q5) in ancestral migrants or recent migrations from central Asia, cannot be ruled out till the distribution and diversity of these subgroups is explored extensively in Central Asia and other regions.
March 11, 2008
2 comments:
- arborist said...
The following is an important observation in the paper.
"The compilation of distribution pattern of Y-HG Q in Indian population (Table 1) from the present study as well as from literature, points out that this HG is distributed widely, ranging from Indo-European castes and tribes to their Dravidian counterparts, despite its low frequency." - Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:01:00 am
- Crimson Guard said...
I've seen mtDNA U3 being used as a possible marker for Etruscan Anatolian origins. I doubt very much they were Iranians.
- Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:27:00 am
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H.R. 1 would bolster freight and passenger rail
Written by Douglas John BowenH.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, contains billions of investment dollars for rail projects, passenger and freight.
Passenger rail stands to benefit the most from H.R. 1. In addition to the $13 billion over five years authorized last October under H.R. 2095, Amtrak receives $850 million for capital and $450 million for security. High speed and intercity passenger rail programs get a massive combined infusion of $8 billion. Guidelines will be developed over the next few months, but the USDOT Secretary and the Federal Railroad Administration will be primarily responsible for distributing funds.
Project applicants can be a state or group of states, an interstate compact, a public agency established by one or more states with responsibility for providing high speed or intercity passenger rail service, or Amtrak. Transit, including bus and rail, gets $8.4 billion administered through the Federal Transit Administration, including $750 million each for the Fixed Guideway Modernization and New Starts programs. The Department of Homeland Security will separately administer a $150 million rail transit security fund.
Freight rail stands to benefit as well, with access to as much as $29 billion: $1.5 billion in a new discretionary grants program for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure that will have a "significant impact on the nation, a metropolitan area, or a region," and $27.5 billion in highway formula spending that can be flexed to rail.
Through the Federal Highway Administration, there is $27.5 billion in highway infrastructure investment money for state DOTs and local MPOs (Metropolitan Planning Organizations) using formula grants (half via the STP formula and half via FY08 obligation limitation ratio distribution).
At their discretion, states may flex any amount of this funding for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects eligible for assistance under Subsection 601(a)(8) of Section 133 of Title 23, U.S.C. Projects may involve the combining of private and public sector funds, including investment of public funds in private sector facility improvements. States will have 120 days after apportionment, which must be made within 21 days of the H.R. 1's enactment, to obligate the first 50% of their highway apportionments and until one year after apportionment to obligate the remainder. The federal share of projects is up to 100%.


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Two weeks back, the Financial Times posted an essay by Gillian Tett about OLPC, titled "Billions of children could be transformed by cheap computers" (and later, "Why logging on should be child's play"). The article eventually concludes that children's lives could be transformed, and that being able to 'log on' to the Internet should probably be child's play for all children — but was much more ambivalent than the titles suggest.
They ran a long reader response to the article the following week, which is worth sharing:
As a fellow anthropologist in the financial sector, I am surprised by Gillian Tett asking "Could the idea fly? Should it?†regarding the distribution of $200 connected green laptops to children in the developing world. I similarly question her implication that this is a local Latin American initiative by One Laptop Per Child, as part of a grand "intellectual vision†recently developed by neuroscientists.
In the 21st century, we cannot separate computer literacy from the traditional "3Rsâ€. The luxury of computer literacy is the competitive edge of the developed world's affluent children…
One Laptop Per Child's mission statement has no neuroscientific technobabble: to supply cheap, green, durable, connected laptops for "collaborative, joyful, and self-empowered learning … [and] a brighter futureâ€. Currently, 2.1m XO computers have been deployed to children and teachers worldwide in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
For Ms Tett to ask "if†or "should†this happen is like asking if the horse Goldikova should race. The little green laptop has legs – and it's a winner.


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painter, marionette maker, Mali
Her studio is a small court yard where she lives in a single room dwelling, or shared space at the Institute of Fine Arts (INA). The art she produces impacts the viewer with its political, social and feminist message. She does not create art for art's sake.
Maoua works daily with Angouleme and has an ability to engage her students in co-creating performance pieces for street-theater or the stage. Together they make their own costumes and props. Angouleme has been invited to France on many occasions to work with innercity children. In 2001 the troupe travelled to Congo where the piece performed was designed to create Aids awareness.
Maoua is a true artist who breaks down all the sterotypes of what an African woman is. She's an extremely good communicator, intense, appreciative and joyful and she has decided to remain single and childless.


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The Council recruits interns and office volunteers for a variety of positions on a seasonal basis. Check our website regularly for openings and deadlines. In the office you will have the chance to do everything from proposal writing and research to planning special events and escorting international visitors.
Thank you for your interest in employment with the World Affairs Council of Oregon. The World Affairs Council of Oregon is a fast-paced, global working environment, made up of talented and committed professionals. The Council's employees are its key asset. We seek to hire individuals who are professional, collaborative and creative thinkers with a passion for international affairs.
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The James Beard Foundation announced today the hosts of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards on May 9, 2011 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York: Tom Colicchio, Ming Tsai, and Traci Des Jardins. Not a bad day for San Francisco's Des Jardins — she was also announced as a contestant on the upcoming season of Top Chef Masters.
This year's theme is "The Ultimate Melting Pot," what the press release calls "a tribute to the nation's wonderfully diverse food culture, a mosaic of influences from many lands." Perhaps it is a response to Anthony Bourdain saying "...if you go to the James Beard Awards, you've never seen so many white people in one room since the Republican National Convention"?
Anyway, the annual James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards Dinner (May 6) will be co-hosted by Chopped host Ted Allen and Food & Wine and Top Chef's Gail Simmons. The press release below has all the details, including the chefs confirmed to cook at the Gala Reception following the awards.
New York, NY (March 2, 2011) – The James Beard Foundation announced today that James Beard Award-winners Tom Colicchio, Ming Tsai and Traci Des Jardins will host the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation's most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. The highly anticipated Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception will take place on Monday, May 9, 2011 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. A few days prior, on Friday, May 6, 2011, Emmy Award-winner, host of the Food Network series Chopped and author Ted Allen and Food & Wine magazine's Special Projects Director and Bravo's Top Chef: Just Desserts host and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons will co-host the annual James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards Dinner at New York City's Espace.
The theme of this year's Awards is "The Ultimate Melting Pot," a tribute to the nation's wonderfully diverse food culture, a mosaic of influences from many lands. In James Beard's comprehensive cookbook American Cookery, he acknowledged the unique character of American food that resulted from the varied backgrounds of American citizens. "The inspiration for incalculable numbers of our dishes came with immigrants from Europe and the Orient," he wrote in the book's introduction in 1972. Adding South America, Africa, the Middle East and other cultures to the stew creates the exciting taste of the American culinary melting pot which the James Beard Foundation is celebrating at this year's awards. In a nod to this year's theme, the Foundation has invited both chefs who have emigrated from various places to America as well as chefs born in America that have been inspired by international cuisines to present dishes that reflect the country's multi-cultural influences during both the Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards Dinner as well as the Gala Reception taking place after the Awards Ceremony at Lincoln Center.
Each of this year's hosts are celebrated James Beard Award-winners. While Tom Colicchio was chef at Gramercy Tavern in New York City, he was named Best Chef: New York City in 2000 and, in 2001 he shared the Outstanding Service award with restaurateur Danny Meyer. In addition, Tom's Craft restaurant in New York City was named Best New Restaurant in 2002 and just last year, Tom won the coveted Outstanding Chef award. Traci Des Jardins, of Jardinière, Mijita and Public House in San Francisco as well as Manzanita in Lake Tahoe, was named the 1995 Rising Star Chef of the Year and Best Chef: Pacific in 2007, while Emmy Award-winner Ming Tsai was named Best Chef: Northeast in 2002 for his celebrated Blue Ginger restaurant in Wellesley, MA. Emmy Award-winner Ted Allen is no stranger to the James Beard Awards, having hosted the media awards dinner in 2009, and Gail Simmons and her team of Bravo's Emmy Award-winning series Top Chef won a 2008 Broadcast Media award in the Television Food Special category.
"This year, we are thrilled to have both an incredible group of hosts and a stellar line-up of talented chefs who are excited to showcase the rich cultural landscape of our country," says Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation. "Together, all these participants represent exactly what the Foundation is all about: celebrating excellence, preserving traditions of past and present, and nurturing America's culinary heritage and diversity."
This year's Gala Co-Chair Chefs are leading an exemplary group of Gala Chefs from some of the finest kitchens across the country as they descend on Avery Fisher Hall to share their cuisine with nearly 2,000 guests. The 2011 Gala Co-Chairs include:
JBF Award Winner José Andrés
minibar by josé andrés and ThinkFoodGroup
Washington, D.C.Floyd Cardoz
Union Square Hospitality Group
NYCJBF Award Winner Susan Feniger
Border Grill and STREET
Los AngelesChefs confirmed to cook at the Gala Reception following the Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 9, 2011 include:
JBF Award Winner José Andrés
minibar by josé andrés and ThinkFoodGroup
Washington, D.C.Timon Balloo
SUGARCANE raw bar grill
MiamiOctavio Becerra
palate food + wine
Glendale, CAManeet Chauhan
At Vermilion
NYCSaipin Chutima
Lotus of Siam
Las VegasTyson Cole
Austin, TXJBF Award Winner Jose Garces
Garces Restaurant Group
PhiladelphiaPastry Chef Carla Gonçalves
PhiladelphiaMohan Ismail
RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen
Los AngelesPano I. Karatassos
AtlantaDavid Lawrence
1300 on Fillmore
San FranciscoPastry Chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom
duo Restaurant
DenverChef Marisoll
Chef Marisoll Catering
San Juan, Puerto RicoAlexander Ong
Betelnut Pejiu Wu
San FranciscoJBF Award Winner Ken Oringer
BostonJBF Award Winner Luciano Pellegrini
Valentino at the Venetian
Las VegasPastry Chef Yigit Pura
Tout Sweet
San FranciscoAndy Ricker
Pok Pok
Portland, ORMartín J. Rios
Restaurant Martín
Santa FeMichael Solomonov
PhiladelphiaKristine Subido
Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore
ChicagoVikram Sunderam
Washington, D.C.Toshio Suzuki
Sushi Zen
NYCSameh Wadi
Saffron Restaurant & Lounge
MinneapolisRachel Yang
SeattleChefs confirmed to cook at the Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards Dinner on Friday, May 6, 2011 include:
Mourad Lahlou
San FranciscoPastry Chef Pichet Ong
Spot Dessert Bar
NYCMichael Psilakis
NYCJBF Award Winner Ana Sortun
Cambridge, MAHost Chef Jason Munger?
NYCOn Monday, March 21, 2011, the James Beard Foundation will announce the final nominees for all award categories during an invitation-only luncheon at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland, OR. The nominations will also be announced live via the James Beard Foundation's Twitter page at "http://twitter.com/beardfoundation" http://twitter.com/beardfoundation. The annual James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards Dinner, an exclusive event honoring the nation's top cookbooks, culinary broadcast programs and food journalists, will take place on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Espace in New York City. The following Monday evening, the James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception will take place at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, during which the Restaurant and Chef and the Restaurant Design and Graphics awards will be handed out, along with a number of special achievement awards, including Humanitarian of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and Who's Who honorees, as well as the five America's Classics award honorees.
Established in 1990, the James Beard Foundation Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their fields and continue to emphasize the Foundation's mission: to celebrate, preserve, and nurture America's culinary heritage and diversity. The annual James Beard Foundation Awards honor the best and the brightest talents in the food and beverage industries, celebrating outstanding achievement in each of the following categories: Restaurant and Chef, Restaurant Design and Graphics, Books, Broadcast, and Journalism, as well as several special achievement awards. Each category has an individual Awards Committee made up of industry professionals who volunteer their time to oversee the policies, procedures, and selection of judges for their respective Awards program. All award winners receive a certificate and a bronze medallion engraved with the James Beard Foundation Awards insignia. There are no cash prizes.
The 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards are presented with support by the following partners: In Association Sponsor: All-Clad Metalcrafters; Premier Sponsors: Green & Black's® Organic Chocolate, Lenox Tableware and Gifts, Mercedes-Benz; Supporting Sponsors: The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, Southern Wine & Spirits of New York, Stella Artois; Gala Reception Sponsors: Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water, Certified Angus Beef® Brand, Ecolab, Pernod Ricard USA, Rums of Puerto Rico, S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water; and with additional support from Chefwear and St. Giles Hotel.
· 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards [Official Site]
· All James Beard Award Coverage on Eater [-E-]


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Before & After: Updating a Victorian Kitchen (and Bathroom)
Victoria shared her kitchen renovation with readers at last Wednesday's Apartment Therapy Design Evening. In case you missed out, here's a little more about the project. Victoria had bought a beautiful Victorian home, circa 1906, with great bones. Most of the house was in good condition, but it was clear that the old kitchen had to go.
Victoria says:
For the first nine years we lived here, we took care of the basics: painting, new wiring, repairing the roof, an asbestos abatement in the basement, replacing the oil burner, repaving the driveway and rebuilding the front porch. We were finally motivated to tackle the big project when it began to rain in the kitchen whenever someone took a shower. Knowing it was headed for a gut renovation, I had refused to do anything other than pulling down the wallpaper and painting the masonite paneling white. Once a piece of the ceiling came down, it was time to bite the bullet.
Once Victoria discovered that repairing the plumbing issue that was causing the rain in the kitchen would require ripping out a wall and completely replacing the plumbing in the bathroom above, she decided to expand the scope of her project to include remodeling the bathroom as well.
She wanted a modern kitchen, but one that would harmonize with the rest of the very traditional home. To that end, she stuck with a simple color scheme — dark wood cabinets, with light wood counters — and added glass-front upper cabinets, inspired by the original glass doors in the butler's pantry. A new, smaller farm sink is a nod to the original. Since Victoria loves to entertain, the center island is on wheels, so it can be pulled out for impromptu seating.
The new design of the upstairs bathroom was inspired by the modern, luxe bathrooms in the Garden Rooms at the Hyatt in Hangzhou, China. The unusual arrangement, with the bathtub in the oversize shower stall, means one can shower before or after taking a bath.
The total cost of the project was around $90,000, which included a new water main to replace the old lead pipe, new plumbing to the upstairs bathroom, removing an old sink and gas line, and repair work to the ceiling joists in the bathroom. In total, the work took about seven months. Says Victoria: "It was hell, but worth it. We have always loved to cook and entertain, and now we do it with style."
We couldn't agree more. Thanks for sharing your home, Victoria!
• Stove: Bertazonni, stainless steel
• Refrigerator: Maytag, stainless steel
• Dishwasher: Miele Diamante, stainless steel
• Dual zone wine cooler: Avanti
• Hood: Faber, stainless steel
• Cabinets: Merillat Masterpiece, Montressano. Cherry with Kaffi stain
• Counters: Caesarstone, Quartz Reflections
• Sink: Franke
• Backsplash: Soho Studio Corp. 1″ light gray glass tiles
• Floor: bamboo, iFloor
• Walls: Benjamin Moore, Stonington Gray
• Shades: Smith+Noble
• Tub: BainUltra ThermoMasseur, Origami
• Vanity: Sonia
• Heated towel rack: Warmrails
• Toilet: Toto
• Hardware: Phillipe Starck for Hansgrohe
• Shower head: Grohe Freehandler
• Medicine Cabinet: Sofia
• Walls: Benjamin Moore #1674
• Custom shower door: Quality Enclosures
• Artwork: Greg Voth
(Images: Victoria Rosenblatt)


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Wrestle It Out
October 18, 2009
Genesis 32:24-29
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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The "Flight of the eagle" will again be repeated for the 2020 edition of the Carnival with another spectacular and flight from St. Mark's bell tower to the Carnival stage.
In 2019 was Arianna Fontana, champion of Short Track with eight Olympic medals. She attracted everyone's eyes on the Olympic colors. With her honest and pretty face, the prestigious palmares and the passion for sport, Arianna was an extraordinary testimonial of Milan-Cortina's candidacyat Tokyo for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.