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Tuesday morning, a peculiar announcement trickled out of the White House press office: President Barack Obama would be holding a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston bombings. At the White House. By himself. No press or other intruders allowed.
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That Obama assumed Americans would want an iconic photo of him privately mourning the victims of the bombings was emblematic of a kind of hubris that has enveloped the president and his White House as the president commences his second term.
( PHOTOS: 18 defining Obama moments)
Hubris in a leader is an obnoxious thing, leading to imperiousness in governing. And it's also a dangerous thing for a second-term president, often spelling trouble.
Unfortunately, this president's acts of high handedness and self-absorption have been accumulating in the past several months at a blistering pace.
Even as the nation's workers wilted under a struggling economy and high unemployment, Obama decided to take two round excursions to Hawaii at taxpayer expense over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Just six weeks later, he jetted down to Florida for a luxury four-day golf vacation where he played with Tiger Woods. Meanwhile Michelle Obama also took another vacation, skiing in Colorado.
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Even as the sequester began to force those who work for him in the federal government to take furloughs and government services were scaled back – including, famously, the White House tours – Obama stepped up his golf, roaring out of the White House in his motorcade three Saturdays in a row for the 50-minute round trip drive to the Joint Base Andrews course.
( Also on POLITICO: TOP 5 signs we've been sequestered)
In a true Marie Antoinette moment, Obama offered to pare back his pay by five percent as a show of empathy for those being furloughed. At annual salary of $400,000, that would force him to get by on a meager $380,000, in addition to a couple of hundred thousand extra dollars he can probably expect to make this year from book sales.
He had Memphis soul music legends throw a command performance for himself and the first lady in the East Room. He commended California's attorney general for being the hottest of all the state AGs. He gave himself an exclusive viewing in the White House theater of the Jackie Robinson biopic, "42."
On Saturday night, he'll be partying with journalists and their celebrity guests at the annual White House Correspondents' Association bash.
( PHOTOS: White House Correspondents' Dinner 2013)
All while the nation continues to suffer under his stewardship of the economy.
When gun legislation he backed failed to pass last week, he threw an epic hissy fit in the Rose Garden, proclaiming his opponents liars who thought "it wasn't worth it" to protect kids from gun violence.


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15 tips on keeping cows healthy in drought
In a drought year, forages are low in both quality and quantity, which can leave cows thin and undernourished. Less-than-optimal body conditions can have reproductive consequences not only this year, but next year as well. Heat stress coupled with poor nutrition can create a double whammy by lowering oocyte and sperm quality, as well as embryo survival, says Ron Lemenager, Purdue Extension beef specialist.
Lemenager says producers need to pregnancy-check cows to minimize the use of expensive feeds. When forages are in short supply, there is little reason for producers to feed non-productive animals. Instead, they can consider marketing culled cows earlier than normal to take advantage of higher market prices. "If cows are thin going into the fall, fewer will be bred, calves will be lighter at weaning time this year and fewer calves will be born next year," Lemenager said. "Then, if cows are thin heading into next breeding season, fewer cows will be bred and colostrum quality will be lower, meaning a lower calf survival rate which affects productivity in years two and three." To avoid the three-year "tail," he said producers might need to pay the price now to supplement feed and make sure cows are healthy and in moderate body condition. Healthy cows will breed better and can shorten the time producers face fallout from the drought.
In addition to monitoring body condition, Lemenager and Purdue Extension forage specialist Keith Johnson provide these steps you can take to manage drought and heat stress:
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2. Creep-feed calves to create near normal weaning weights.
3. Early-wean calves to take pressure off of both cows and pastures.
4. Identify and manage poisonous plants in pastures and hay fields.
5. Establish summer annuals to increase late-season forage production.
6. Pregnancy-check and market cull cows earlier than normal to reduce feed needs.
7. Inventory hay and other feed resources.
8, Analyze feeds for nutrient profiles to help determine supplemental feed needs.
9. Use alternative feeds to supplement and stretch forage supplies.
10. Limit hay access time to stretch forage supplies.
11. Limit-feed a high-concentrate diet to stretch forage supplies.
12. Graze crop residues and stockpiled forages to reduce harvested feed needs.
13. Use drought-stressed corn for grazing, green chop or silage.
14. Make sure cattle have access to a clean, cool water supply.
15. Moisten the soil around ground rods of electric fences.
More detailed information about each of these steps, including sample diet formulations, can be found in Lemenager and Johnson's publication, "Beef Management Practices for Coping With a Short Forage Supply" on the Purdue Animal Sciences Beef Center website. Click on "Dealing with Drought" on in the left column. Click here for other Purdue Extension drought-related resources.
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Other things found included foam letters for kids crafts, a VERY nice iPad cover for Tim, a few scrapbook items (paper and sheet protectors) and a few trinkets for my "junque canvas" projects that I am collecting for.
Speaking of scrapbooking items and canvas projects, here is what I've been working on this week. I made an art journal book (after watching a free online video class). I used mixed media paper and thick canvas and twine. The canvas had to be primed (covered both sides with gesso, which is essentially acrylic paint) to make it stiff. The red twine you see is what I used to sew the pages onto the canvas cover. I took 20 sheets of 9x12 art paper and folded it in half so that it measures 9x6. Here's what I learned about these folded sheets of paper. Each folded sheet is called a folio. So I had 20 folios. I stacked 5 folios together to make a signature. Since I had 20 sheets, I made 4 signatures. The signatures are stitched with 1" stitches. You mark them in 1" from the top and bottom edges and then mark 1" in the center. So, here is what it looks like when it is together.
Then, using decorated tissue paper I got from Dollar Tree (tearing 4 different patterns and gluing them down) I have a cover that looks like this. So, there is a pretty butterfly paper, a solid dark blue, a gingham and a white that is basically clear and lets the painted canvas show through.
Here's a close up of the picture above, left side then right side that is rotated clock-wise, showing some of the crinkley texture (which I'm not sure I like and may sand down).
My other project I worked on last night is a 20x20 crayola art canvas. I did this project with Kara about a month ago and am just now getting around to doing this bigger one for myself. The difference between my experimental one with Kara and this one is that I used REAL crayola crayons AND I painted my background to look like the sky. The next thing I will do is to add fabric flowers and probably some leaves. Plus, I want to put something like "Grandma's Flower Garden" as I am intending for this to be surrounded by square framed layouts of the grandkids. So, I'll figure something out to write on here. Anyway, I think Jessica and Kara will agree that it looks much nicer with the blue background.
One last picture of the "red sky at night" shot that I took over the church tonight. It has been cold and cloudy and dreary ALL day today! But, finally at 4:00 when Tim and I went out for dinner at Applebees, the sun began to peek through the clouds. When we got home, we had this beautiful sky to look at! A beautiful way to end a great day spent with hubby!


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The other day I received a call from a writer from the Travel Channel's website. He is writing an article about visiting Civil War battlefields and interviewed me for it. I don't know if I'm one of twenty sources or one of two but its kinda exciting. I'll be sure to post a link to the article when it appears. At first my wife thought it was for a segment on tv but its actually for their website; which I've recently checked out and there are a ton of articles on there about historic sites, mostly catering to the general tourist but some good info is to be found there.
I also hope to get back to blogging more frequently again. I have a backlog of book reviews to post plus I'm currently going through my collection of photos to make sure I have not neglected any battlefields, and will likely flesh out battlefields I've previously posted about too.
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Clients start by bringing in an old, broken bike. They learn bike repair skills as Free Ride staff guide them through the process of refurbishing a bike for their own use. Once their own bike is fixed, they can repay the cost of supplies and training by teaching their new skills to others. Free Ride also repairs and sells bikes, and offers bike repair classes to youth.
Free Ride's website describes this pay-it-forward structure as "get a bike, fix a bike, give a bike," and stresses that the organization is even more about education than bike repair. The idea is that learning bike maintenance can keep people on two wheels for a lifetime.
In Minneapolis, two entrepreneurs invented a new way of bringing bike-repair tools to cyclists on the road.
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DETROIT >> If the Detroit Red Wings have proved anything this season it's that they can play through adversity.
And play pretty well.
With a roster filled with a bunch of youngsters, Detroit qualified for the playoffs a 23rd consecutive season after its 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Wednesday night.
"That tells a lot about them as (people) and players, but I also believe it comes from the coaching staff, from the beginning they gave them that chance, didn't make it a big deal, it's just 'you can do this,'" Daniel Alfredsson said. "That gave them confidence and they definitely made the most of it. Coach gave them a chance they repaid him with solid play."
One of the youngsters, Riley Sheahan, scored the tying goal Wednesday that guaranteed the Wings a spot in the postseason.
Another youngster, Gustav Nyquist, leads the team with 28 goals and is tied for second in points with 48. And all that came in 55 games.
Tomas Tatar is sixth on the team in scoring with 19 goals and 18 assists, which is two goals and two points ahead of world-class center Pavel Datsyuk.
"For sure, no question," Wings coach Mike Babcock said when asked if the play of the former Grand Rapids Griffins saved their season. "We couldn't have done it without them. They came here and took jobs, they're not going anywhere.
"They're real good players that keep getting better and will be part of us for a long time," Babcock continued. "What I liked is Jimmy Nill and his staff, before Jimmy moved on, did a real good job because we have these kids. (Jeff Blashill) did a real good job in the minors with them."
Detroit ranks second in man games lost, according to mangameslost.com, and large chunk of those missing have been top-line talent.
Henrik Zetterberg has played just 45 games this year due to a bad back. Datsyuk, who only returned recently, has dressed for 43 games.
"We knew it was going to be tough, we had similar situation in Ottawa last year when we lost (Jason) Spezza, (Erik) Karlsson, (Milan) Michalek and (Craig) Anderson for long periods of time," Alfredsson said. "If you get something going and get a good feeling in the locker room you can accomplish a lot of things and I think that's what we've done."
Zetterberg, who underwent successful surgery on Feb. 21 to remove part of a disc that was rubbing against a nerve and caused severe back pain, is supposed to be available sometime during the first round of the playoffs.
The team also expects to have Jonathan Ericsson back during the first round as well. Ericsson had successful surgery to stabilize his fractured finger and repair a partially torn tendon on March 19.
"We're a good group, we have fun and we know how to work for each other," Alfredsson said. "It's kind of contagious when you see everybody going. Everybody kind of drags along and now they pull their share as well."
The Wings, who last missed the playoffs in the 1989-90 season, will go into the postseason as one of two wild cards and therefore will play either top-seeded Boston or the second-seeded Penguins.
Detroit went 3-0-1 against the Bruins this year and ended the year 1-1-1 against Pittsburgh.
"I'm not spending a whole lot of time worrying about this stuff," Babcock said. "We're just in and whoever we get we're going to be a tough out."
Columbus and the Wings both have 91 points, but the Blue Jackets hold the tiebreaker with more wins in regulation.
"I like the way we're playing," Alfredsson said. "We're going to play Pittsburgh or Boston, two very strong teams, but we're playing well. I don't think we'll go in and be the favorites but we're going to keep doing what we've done all year and that's go out there and give it everything we have."
Philadelphia and the New York Rangers could also slip back into one of the two wild card spots. Both of those teams also hold the tiebreaker over Detroit, which close the season Friday at home against Carolina and then Sunday in St. Louis.
"I think we've worked extremely hard to get to this point," Alfredsson said. "This group has overcome a lot of adversity and that makes it even more fun. I think we'll try to finish off strong here and go into the playoffs feeling good."
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"What would you do in my place?" Mom asked George, whom she always refers to as the man her daughter was lucky enough to marry.
Earlier that day — exactly two days after her 97th birthday — she had fallen and fractured what we call her "good hip." She had broken the other one several years ago and, after a surgical fix that included inserting a steel rod, had had a very rocky recovery. Of course she didn't want to go through it again, but she considers her son-in-law's opinion gold.
He said that although she had two lousy options, he thought that surgery was clearly the best one. I had told her something similar just minutes before, but I am only the woman married to the man she trusts and respects. Why would she listen to me?
Recently I had asked her the secret of living to 97. Her reply: "I just didn't die."
But I think the back story of her fall holds a hint as to why my mother has survived so long.
She was on her way to a dental appointment in her assisted living home when she lost her balance, her walker tipped, and down she went. After the staff helped her into a wheelchair, she insisted on being taken to the dentist anyway. Mom is very serious about doctor appointments. So, in pain from a hip that she did not yet know was fractured, Mom had her tooth filled.
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I know he's wounded and all, and that's why his face looks like that. But you planted the seed in my brain BYU-Idaho!
Concern for the wounded, or look of longing? Or both?
Together in the present day!
Nothing wrong with two men who love each other, but this is a weird strategy for the Mormon Church, no?


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Well, I've been a major slacker so I'm going to attempt to sum up the whole
year in one post! We'll see how this ends up...I'm afraid it's going to be a
long one. I guess I'll start just after Brad's birthday which was way back in
April. Whoa. Anyways, we spent our summer swimming in Rigby Lake,
playing with friends, and riding our bikes. I finally got a baby seat on my
bike so now we can all go. Woo Hoo!
In June Seth turned the Big 5! I can't believe he is that old! He had a great birthday and wanted a transformer cake, so I let the professionals at Broulim's help me out with that one. I know, I know I sold out, but I knew I couldn't make what he wanted. I've also been busy crocheting. We (my mom, my sister-in-law Ashlee, and I ) started selling crocheted hats at a store here in Rigby. That kept me busy a lot of the summer. Surprisingly enough, people bought them all year. So here are a few I made for my neighbors kids and mine.
We did eventually make it up to the cabin this summer and hiked the falls, which was way too much fun! I just absolutely love it there! Here's the fam at Stewart Falls. We also had fun doing our annual zoo visit, and feeding the ducks along the green belt. We also made it to Lagoon, and the carnival.
We attempted our first camping trip this summer as well. My family camps at Bear Lake about every year, so this year I really wanted the boys to experience camping. Summer is Brad's busiest time, so he couldn't make it with us, and I thought I could handle one day by myself. My family was all there of course so that was super helpful, but it was hard to keep all the boys out of the fire and not lost. We did all survive, but I couldn't sleep all night in our tent, because I thought we were going to get eaten by a bear. We also went to Minatonka Cave which Seth just loved! Luke liked it the whole way in, and didn't like it the whole way out. Ethan stayed out with my uncle which was a life saver.
We had an awesome Halloween this year! We dressed up as Batman characters. (I have to give most of the credit to Caranna, cuz she did this with her family not too long ago, and we loved it!) Anyways, Luke was Batman (of course), Ethan was Robin, Seth was two-face, and I was Poison Ivy, Brad was going to be Mr. Freeze, but he had to work too late. Seth has been asking to be two face ever since last Halloween, so he was super excited when his face turned out so cool. He loved it! I ended up taking them all to King's because they were having a costume contest, and Seth ended up winning 2nd place! He got a $30 gift card to King's and spent it on 2 toys for himself and one for each brother. He's the best big brother ever! He really is as sweet as he sounds.
November 9th Ethan turned 2 years old. He loves Spiderman, Batman, and any other man. He loves his blankie, and bottle (which we are taking away as we speak). He loves being outside, and the swings. He also loves his brothers in every way.....loves to play and loves to fight.
The second week of November is going down in the history books. We (me and Brad, and our friends the Barton's and the Smith's) went on vacation to Hawaii! I know! It's just crazy! I can't believe we actually got to go there. And let me tell you it is all I ever dreamed it would be. We spent 6 days on the Big Island, and 3 days on Oahu. The whole trip was amazing from the air plane ride to snorkeling (this was my first time on a big plane) :) I have never seen such cool things. My favorite was seeing the sea turtles while we were snorkeling. They were just right there by us! We did some amazing things while we were there; one highlight was a manta ray dive. We were so close to them that they would bump us sometimes, and they were huge! I also loved playing in the giant wave on Sunset Beach. We couldn't stop laughing it was so fun! We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center (which was amazing) and Pearl Harbor, we also went to see the volcano, and where it erupted and covered a whole subdivision not too long ago. I had a wonderful time, but I missed the boys like crazy! I would call every night to see how they were doing, but I couldn't talk to them because I was afraid we would all be too sad. We brought them back some fun things, and it was super fun to walk in the door and get mauled to death! I loved every minute of it!
Now we're just getting ready for Christmas, and I can't wait to see the boys' faces! We hit some amazing deals on Black Friday and got some super fun things for super great prices! I love Christmas! All in all it was a super fun year, sorry for the quick sum up, and I'll try to do better. People have probably stopped reading my blog because it's been so long, so for my faithful friends out there who still check....This is for you!


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I've followed the rise of speed-eating with morbid (yet relatively distant) fascination. I first found out about it when someone sent me a few links showing Takeru Kobayashi (below), a skinny Japanese guy who held the world hotdog-eating record for over six years, and who once ate 100 roast pork buns in 12 minutes, demolishing hotdogs by the dozen.But earlier this week he was arrested. Couldn't quite work out what he'd done. Seems he'd stormed the stage at Nathan's Famous (the big eating competition - all the big guns go) and had to be hauled away by the cops. Turns out he was making a protest.
I'll hand over to William Saletan now. He has written this excellent article on the way a one-time game (who doesn't remember the barf-o-rama from Stand By Me with affection?) has turned into some thing much more serious:
Major League Eating, founded 13 years ago as the International Federation of Competitive Eating, began as a lark. The P.R. men who run it, brothers George and Rich Shea, gave it a comic Latin motto that meant "In gorging, truth." They called their members "Horsemen of the Esophagus" and "weapons of mass digestion." For this year's hot-dog contest, they outlawed vuvuzelas. But MLE is no longer a joke. In the last year, it has organized 85 contests with nearly $600,000 in prizes. It has secured sponsorships from Coca-Cola, Harrah's, Netflix, Orbitz, Pizza Hut, Smirnoff, and Waffle House. This year, it recruited Pepto-Bismol, Old Navy, and Heinz to sponsor the hot-dog contest. In addition to MLE's TV programming for Fox, SpikeTV, and other networks, ESPN now pays the league to broadcast the hot-dog contest, with 40,000 spectators on hand and another 1.5 million households watching.
Success has given MLE the swagger of a monopoly. It compares itself to the NFL and boasts exclusive representation of "the world's top competitive eating stars." On Monday, MLE President Rich Shea told CBS, "If you want to be in the Super Bowl, you have to be in the NFL. If you want to be in the Super Bowl of competitive eating, which is the Nathan's contest, you have to be a Major League Eater." Outside MLE, he scoffed, "I don't know where else you go."
Hence the contract dispute. Years ago, Kobayashi and others entered the hot-dog contest as amateurs. Then MLE introduced contracts. This year, MLE barred Kobayashi because he refused to sign its contract, which restricted his freedom to earn money from activities outside MLE, such as endorsing products. Kobayashi's description of the league's demands resembles a purported standard MLE (IFOCE) contract that has been posted online by a rival league, All Pro Eating. Under the posted contract, the "performer agrees to participate solely and exclusively in organized competitive eating events, exhibitions and appearances … which are sanctioned and approved by the IFOCE." Furthermore, "IFOCE shall also be Performer's sole and exclusive representative with regard to obtaining and/or negotiating on Performer's [behalf] for any revenue opportunities," including "personal appearances, merchandising, licensing, advertising, film, television, radio, internet and all other media." For this, the "performer agrees to pay IFOCE 20% of the gross amounts payable to performer under said agreements."
On Sunday, when Kobayashi stormed the stage, Rich Shea dealt him MLE's worst insult: "unprofessional."
But competitive eating has become more than professional. According to Kobayashi, it's now government-sanctioned. "I recently received a O-1 visa to work in the United States, a visa granted to athletes judged to have 'extraordinary ability,'" he reports. "In my case that ability was competitive eating." Such visas are officially reserved for people with "extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics."
In fact, U.S. political leaders seem divided. While the U.S. immigration service gave Kobayashi his special visa, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg all but endorsed Kobayashi's chief rival at last week's "weighing-in ceremony" for the hot-dog contest. Standing beside MLE star Joey Chestnut, Bloomberg hailed the contest as "the World Cup of eating up," dismissed Kobayashi as a coward for not participating, and saluted Chestnut for "eating an amazing 68 dogs … in just 10 minutes."
This is the same Mayor Bloomberg who banned trans fats in New York restaurants and is now pressuring food companies, under the threat of legislation, to reduce their salt use. But 68 hot dogs? That's a feat worth celebrating. Perhaps the mayor is unaware that each Nathan's hot dog has 692 milligrams of sodium and 18.2 grams of fat, including 6.9 grams of saturated fat and half a gram of trans fat. This means that in the first 30 seconds of the hot-dog contest, Chestnut exceeded the U.S. government's prescribed "tolerable" daily intake of sodium, and within 45 seconds, he exceeded the limit of his recommended daily intake of fat. By the end of the 10 minutes, he had eaten 10 to 17 times his recommended fat intake (including 33 grams of trans fats) and 20 times his "tolerable" sodium intake. The mayor should have handed him a cigar—it would have done less damage.
Bloomberg isn't alone in glorifying eating contests. Scan the Congressional Record, and you'll find tributes from Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc. These politicians, like countless others, stand foursquare against pornography, except when it involves deep-throating 68 wieners on ESPN.
If you've never seen the Nathan's contest, you can get your fill of it by watching ESPN's excerpt, a full-length video, or MLE's highlights from last year's show. It's an orgy of brown drool, flying debris, and masticated mush. You'll see fists and fingers pushing food down throats. You'll see contestants twisting their necks and shaking their bellies to make the food go down. "They work on their gag reflex," one ESPN announcer explains. Another praises a contestant: "He was blessed upon birth with an overactive gall bladder and not four but six first molars. He's a great eater." In case the frontal images aren't graphic enough, ESPN delivers close-ups through its "chew-view cam," along with a running "dogs per minute" stat.
Chestnut, who has won the contest for the past four years, explains his techniques to Esquire: "I drink massive amounts of water to make sure the muscles around my stomach are still loose and stretched. You can fool your body into accepting more—I'm jumping up and down to control my stomach and push the food through faster. It wants to settle in your stomach, but I'm getting the food to settle farther and farther down." He tells ESPN, "I've practiced ignoring the feelings of hunger and being full for so long, I don't even feel them anymore." Ten years ago, the record at the Nathan's contest was 25 hot dogs. Now it's 68, and Chestnut claims to have forced down 72 in a practice session.
The physical risks of this lifestyle are obvious. Three years ago in Slate, Jason Fagone, the author of Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream, recounted strokes, jaw injuries, choking deaths, fatal water intoxications, and other eating-contest tragedies. "Thanks to increasing prize money and media exposure, there's incentive now for competitive eaters to challenge the physical limits of the body," Fagone observed. They're "stretching their stomachs with huge volumes of chugged liquid," inducing digestive paralysis and risking "gastric rupture." A study published that year cautioned that "professional speed eaters eventually may develop morbid obesity, profound gastroparesis, intractable nausea and vomiting." Even MLE warns prospective contestants of the sport's "inherent dangers and risks."
But the contestants keep pouring in. Thanks to MLE, ESPN, and a growing stable of corporate sponsors, the fame and money become more attractive each year. One contestant has chugged 48 ounces of beer in less than six seconds. Another has wolfed down a 72-ounce steak in less than seven minutes. People weighing less than 100 pounds are eating one-eighth of their body weight in eight minutes. At the other end of the spectrum, more than a dozen elite competitors touted by MLE and All Pro Eating weigh over 300 pounds. One of them, 420-pound Eric "Badlands" Booker, crushed Slate's Emily Yoffe in a matzo-ball eating contest five years ago. Booker also makes rap CDs about competitive eating. You can buy them, of course, through the MLE Web site.
Fifty years from now, when historians are looking for a moment that captures the depravity of our age—the gluttony, the self-destruction, the craving for worthless fame—it won't be bathhouses, Big Love, or AdultFriendFinder. It'll be Joey Chestnut stuffing that 68th hot dog down his unresisting gullet, live on ESPN. Or, worse, it'll be the guy who broke his record.


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Wild plane passenger tackled on flight to California
Passengers say they had to tackle a passenger who was allegedly behaving aggressively and grabbing women during a flight from Chicago to Orange County's John Wayne Airport.
The Orange County Register reports 26-year-old passenger Arash Durrani was taken into custody Tuesday night after passengers restrained him with a belt to stop him from scaring passengers on United Flight 473.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says Durrani will be charged with a federal offense for interference with a flight crew.
Passenger David Truong told the newspaper about 45 minutes into the flight Durrani began pacing around the plane, inappropriately grabbing women and harassing people.
Truong says when the man started scaring children on the plane, he and three other passengers physically restrained him.


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July is on it's way, and that means the Home and Gift 2014 trade show will be hitting Chiggs's home town of Harrogate.
Home & Gift is a huge event, it takes up all the Halls in the Harrogate International Conference Centre, the Cairn Hotel (with marquees in the grounds) and the Majestic hotel with a number of enormous marquees covering their gardens, too. It covers so much of the town centre, that there is a free shuttle bus running around all the venues.
Organised by Clarion Events, Home & Gift Harrogate features hundreds of exhibitors (over 1,000!) who produce, wholesale or import a variety of products:- design-led and everyday gifts, homewares, jewellery & fashion accessories and greetings & stationery.
Retailers (both with bricks and mortar shops, and those who operate on line web based stores) attend the show looking to buy new lines for their shops, or visit current suppliers to renew old acquaintances and see if there are new products on offer.
Chiggs is not exhibiting at the event, although we are very happy to meet any retailers attending the show to demonstrate our new baby cards, parenting products and Get Well Soon cards over a coffee (or even a Pimms in the Pimms tent!). Wholesale and trade information is available on the Chiggs website, and there is a trade enquiry form to request the trade price, or any other information.
Although Home & Gift is a serious buying event in any retailer's calendar, there are various social events during the show, too- there is no escaping from football, as the World Cup Final will be shown on Sunday the 13th of July, after the very civilised sounding 'Sunday Sun-downer' event at 6pm the same evening.
Monday the 14th of July sees a pub quiz held at the Cairn Hotel, and the last evening during the show is marked with a party night at the Revolution Bar.
The show preview popped through the Chiggs postbox a few days ago, and we were delighted to see that local Chiggs stockist Pots 2 Go get a mention in the Harrogate feature- 'Shopping in the Montpellier Quarter'
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Sunday 13 July 09:00 – 18:00
Monday 14 July 09:00 – 18:00
Tuesday 15 July 09:00 – 18:00
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Video: How The Film Industry Has Changed & Where It Is Going/
I gave this interview for the film "PressPausePlay" a couple of years back. It premiered at SxSW earlier this year. I would say it a bit differently today, but the sentiment and bullet points remain the same. I must admit I am a bit surprised, but how much I still say is exactly the same today.
We are still looking for an audience-friendly term for immersive transmedia cross-platform creation. I remain restless to abandon this single product impulse-buy centered entertainment economy.
It's a short clip. I rev up as it goes on, so give it the time to reach the end. I feel it grows quite hopeful. Good work will come out of today's problems.
I look forward to watching all the PressPausePlay clips they have put on YouTube.


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Hi Guys (& Girls)
Just have a query at the moment used a knoppix live cd to recover some files on a corrupt windows install, well my supplier told me to go inside the system volume, and extracted some registry hives (is that correct name or terminology) anyhow the files are structed for example
The reason I need these hive or keys whatever you want to call them is that I have reinstalled xp on the machine in question using a new hdd.
There is a specific registry key I need to recover from the old hard drive unfortunately I couldn't export it from the old machine using convenisional methods i.e. regedit as even safe mode didn't work on this machine due to cluster damage I pressume (the supplier knew about this but still supplied it). So I used the knoppix live cd, which is bloody fanstatic even though my knowledge on linux is quite limited.
Anyhow the key question I require is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Aberlink 3D the supplier has a copy however the calibrations sets may be slighty out and the guys on the shopfloor said they can't take the risk.
Now I usually only deal with machines that are on the network and are fully backed up, this machine is a standlone machine with no backup (I known very frightening) Once I repair this machine I will advise them to back it up occassionally or advise me when any changes have been done so I may back it up for them.
I would appreaciate any advise on this matter or if anyone could point me to sites that will enable me to resolve it myself then please do.
Many thanks


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By RICK BENTLEY/THE FRESNO BEE
Brush off your Cabbage Patch Kids, get out your Bangles album and squeeze some air into your Reebok Pumps.
The '80s are back, at least when it comes to this year's holiday movie releases.
Just look at the lineup of films scheduled for movie theaters between now and Christmas: There is a remake of the 1984 classic "Red Dawn." James Bond, who spied his way through five movies in the '80s, returns to the big screen, plus there's a film version of "Les Miserables," a musical that debuted on Broadway in 1987.
Even Barbra Streisand, who starred in the '80s films "Nuts" and "Yentl," is back with "Guilt Trip."
For those of you who are less nostalgic, there's also the finale of the "Twilight" film saga and the beginning of the new "Hobbit" franchise.
Here's a look at some of the films scheduled to open this holiday season. Note that release dates are subject to change.
November 'Skyfall'
Stars: Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem
Director: Sam Mendes
Plot: James Bond must track down the threat to MI6.
What to expect: It's a Bond film. There will be action, lots of action.
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director: Steven Spielberg
Plot: Abraham Lincoln pushes to get support to emancipate slaves.
What to expect: This is not the typical Spielberg film and may disappoint those looking for big special effects and stunts.
'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2'
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Director: Bill Condon
Plot: New mom Bella becomes the key player in a vampire battle royale.
What to expect: Fans will flock to see the final film.
'Red Dawn'
Stars: Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Hemsworth
Director: Dan Bradley
Plot: Teens fight to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.
What to expect: Has a lot to live up to because the original 1984 movie is a cult classic.
'Life of Pi'
Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan
Director: Ang Lee
Plot: An Indian boy is adrift at sea with a Bengal tiger.
What to expect: Will be a visual feast.
'Rise of the Guardians'
Stars: Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Alec Baldwin
Director: Peter Ramsey
Plot: Immortal Guardians team up to protect children.
What to expect: Familiar characters will entertain young and old.
'Killing Them Softly'
Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins
Director: Andrew Dominik
Plot: An enforcer must track down three crooks who robbed the Mob.
What to expect: Box office totals will be driven by Pitt's appeal.
December 'Playing for Keeps'
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Gerard Butler
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Plot: A man's attempt to reconnect with his son gets sidetracked by a coaching job.
What to expect: Will fill the void of romantic comedies.
'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'
Stars: Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman
Director: Peter Jackson
Plot: Bilbo Baggins joins a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
What to expect: It will be a monumental launch for this film franchise.
'Zero Dark Thirty'
Stars: Joel Edgerton, Kyle Chandler, Chris Pratt, Harold Perrineau
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Plot: Navy SEAL Team 6 searches for Osama Bin Laden.
What to expect: Could be the surprise hit of the holiday season.
'This is 40'
Stars: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow, Megan Fox
Director: Judd Apatow
Plot: A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after "Knocked Up."
What to expect: Hard to say since Apatow's humor is hit and miss.
'Jack Reacher'
Stars: Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Plot: A detective looks into the sniper shooting of five people.
What to expect: Tom Cruise is a safe bet when he's not in a musical.
'Les Miserables'
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried
Director: Tom Hooper
Plot: Ex-prisoner Jean Valjean's life changes when he agrees to care for a factory worker's young daughter.
What to expect: The popularity of the stage production will make this a box office hit.
'Django Unchained'
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Plot: A slave works with a German bounty hunter to track killers.
What to expect: It's a Tarantino film, so expect this pre-Civil War film to be action-packed and bloody.
'Parental Guidance'
Stars: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Tom Everett Scott, Marisa Tomei
Director: Andy Fickman
Plot: A grandfather's parenting skills are tested.
What to expect: Crystal and Midler should produce plenty of laughs.
'Guilt Trip'
Stars: Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Strahovski
Director: Anne Fletcher
Plot: An inventor and his mother go on a road trip.
What to expect: It all depends on Rogen and Streisand chemistry.


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Author - Virarajendra
Survey of Tamil & Sanskrit Dance Treatises of Tamil Nadu
"Under Re-Construction"
(1)The "Tamil Dance" (Dance= Nadanam = Naatiyam) associated with the "Thillai Perum Koyil" the present "Chitamparam" of Tamil Nadu
A Tamil Keerththanam of Gopalakrishna Barathiyar - YouTube
(2) The Tamil Dance Treatises presently available in Tamil Nadu
Among the Dance Treatises (Naattiya Noolkal) composed in Tamil by the great Dance Gurus of Tamil Nadu at different periods of it's early history, and that are available to us today are the follows:
(1) Paratha Senapathiyam - Author unknown, but bears the name of an earlier text in Tamil of the same name by Aathivaayilar (and not available to us today)
(2) Paratha Sangiraham - Aramvalarththan
(3) Maha Paratha Chudamani - Abridged translation of the Sanskrit text
known as Maha Baratham by Sarangathevan, into Tamil by Somanathan
(4) Abinaya Tharpanam - Translation of the Sanskrit text on Abinayam by
Nandikeswarer, into Tamil by Veerarahavaiyan
(5) Baratha Siththantham - In Tamil by an unknown author
(6) Silappathikaram - by Elango Adikal. The third chapter titled the
"Arangettru Kaathai" of this great Tamil Epic of the second century
A.D., provides enough informations on the original Dance Forms of
Tamilnadu of that period. It also refers to a "Natya Nanool"
Further the commentator of this Epic namely Adiyarkku Nallaar too provides useful informations on the Dance Forms of Tamil Nadu of the relevent period.
There are few very late period Naattiya Noolkal composed in Tamil which
are as follows.
(7) Baratha Sastram written by Arapaththa Navalar
(8) Abinaya Navaneetham written by Narayana Iyengar
(9) Abinaya Sarasampudam written by Narayana Iyengar
(3) The Sanskrit Dance Treatises presently available in Tamil Nadu
Among the other Dance Treatises belonging to the earlier periods of
India composed in Sanskrit, and are in use in Tamil Nadu are the
(1) Natya Sastra - by Baratha Muni
(2) Barathanava - by Nadikeswara
(3) Abinaya Tharpana - by Nandikeswara
(4) Sangeetha Rathanakara - by Sarangatheva (only the last chapter
deals on Niruththiya)
(5) Natyasastra Sangraha - by unknown author
(6) Niruththa Rathnavali - by Jayasenapathy
(5) Baratha Kosa - by unknown author
(4) The "Kooththa Nool" - the only Sangam Period Tamil Dance Treatises available in Tamil Nadu[/b][/u][/color]
In addition to the above we now have an original treatise composed in
Tamil by the Dance Guru "Saaththanaar" known as the "Kooththa Nool", and
belonging to the Sangam period of Tamil Nadu.
Among the Dance treatises composed in Tamil mentioned above, none of
them refer to the classification of the Dances that was in vogue in the
ancient Tamil Nadu of the Sangam Period, as Veththiyal and Pothuviyal
Veththiyal - Dance performed for the kings and nobles.
Pothuviyal - Dance performed for the common people.
This above classification of Tamil Dances that existed during the Sangam
& Kaappiam periods is clearly indicated in the great Tamil Epics - the
Silappathikarem and Manimehalai as follows:
".....Vethiyal Pothuviyal entru iru thiraththin
Naattiya nannool nangu kadaipidiththu..."
Silappathikaaram - by Ilango Adihahal, Arangetru kaathai - line 39-40
"......Vethiyal Pothuviyal ena iru thiraththu
maaththirai arinthu mayangaa marabin
adalum variyum paaniyum thookkum
koodiya kuyiluva karuviyum unarnthu......"
Silappathikaaram - by Ilango Adihahal, Urr kaan kaathai - line 148-151
".......Veththiyal Pothuviyal entru iru thiraththu
Kooththum Paattum thookkunth thunivum....."
Manimekalai - by Seeththalai Saaththanaar, Uraluraiththa kaathai - line
This same classification is also found in the Kooththa Nool, which
indicates the antiquity and the period of composition of this Dance
Treatise, other than our deduction of same from the other contents in
this treatise. The reference is as follows:
"......Irandu iyal Pothu Iyal Veththiyal enba
tholil payan karuthi suvaippathu pothuve
suvai payan suvaippa suvai uural Veththu
paarpathu Pothu iyal padaippathu Veththu
nadappathu Pothu iyal nadippathu Veththu
ullathu Pothu iyal ullathai viriththu
katpanai kaattum kanavathu Veththu.....
Pothu Iyal ulaka pothu neri onpathum
Veththu Iyal suvaiaayi viriththanar munoar.....
.....onpathu kunanum onpathu suvaiaayi
ontrudan ontrai udantrum porunthum
palvahaiththu aakiya padaippe Veththu....."
Kooththanool - by Saaththanaar, section Suvai nool[
(5) The other Sangam Period Tamil Dance Treatises presently lost in
Tamil Nadu
Further in the Adiyaarkku Nallaar's commentry on Silappathikarem, he has
mentioned the names of the other ancient original Dance Treatises
composed in Tamil, which were availble during the Sangam period, but
were not available even during the Adiyaarkku Nalaar's time in the
twelth century A.D. They are namely the,
(1) Baratham
(2) Akaththiyam
(3) Muruval
(4) Sayantham
(5) Kuna Nool
(6) Seyitriyam
All the above works on Tamil Dance Forms are now lost to us over a
period of two millennium (2000 years). Adiyaarkku Nallaar's commentry on
Silappathikarem also states that "......Natakath Thamil Noolaahiya
Baratham, Akaththiyam muthalakavulla thon noolkal iranthana.....". From
same it is clear that there had been a Tamil Treatise called Baratham
earlier but lost even during his period.
Also the Barathasenaapathiyam of Athivayilaar which was available during
the period too is lost to us today.
(6) The discovery of the "Kooththa Nool" in it's Ola Manuscript form
Adiyarkku Nallaar in his commentry on Silappathikaram has also made use
of another Tamil Dancing Treatise that was available to him at his time
known as Kooththanool. This treatise after disappearence for some time,
very fortunately was brought back to light by the good efforts of Thiru
S.Yogiyar of TamilNadu of our period. He discovered a copy of this
treatise in Ola Manuscript form with few sections damaged badly beyond
recovery. However the major part of this work has now been preserved.
(7) Further Sangam Period Tamil Dance Treatises presently lost in Tamil
Nadu, as gleaned from the Kooththa Nool
Saaththanaar - the composer of this treatise, had access to the other
original Tamil works on Tamil Dance Forms and Music during the period of Third Thamil Sangam namely the,
(a) Agathiyam by Agaththiyan
(b) Thean Isai of Sikindi
(c) Perisai
(d) Narai
(e) Kuruku
(f) Kooththu
(g) Sayantham
(h) Kuna Nool
(i) Muruval
(j) Sayitriyam
(k) Thanduvam
(l) Nanthiyam
(m) Pannisai
(n) Thakkam
(o) Thaalam
(p) Thannumai
(q) Adal Muvoththu
(8) A brief study on the contents of the Sangam Period Tamil Dance
Treatise the "Koothatha Nool"
He confirms that it was based on the above he composed his Kooththa Nool on
the subject of Tamil Dance. This clearly indicates the antiquity of this
treatise as that of the Sangam period.
The treatise has nine chapters. The first book on this treatise with
text and detailed commentry of the first two chapters by Thiru S.Yogiyar
has been put to print by the Tamil Nadu Sangitha Nataka Sangam. But
before Thiru S.Yogiyar could write his commentry to the remaining
chapters and put them too in print, he has passed away. The fate of the
balance chapters is not known to us today.
I give below the brief details of the contents of all nine chapters as
indicated by Thiru S.Yogiyar himself in the first part of the treatise
already available in Print.
This masterly treatise in Tamil on the ancient art of dance is divided
into nine books. The contents of each book are given below in a
condensed form.
(1) Suvai Nool (Aesthetic Emotions)
Divine origin of dance, music, drama, the evolution of sounds, shapes
and emotions both natural and aesthetic, their manifestation, in all
their possibilities and limitations as a theoretical art and craft.
(2) Thokai Nool (Dictionary of Dance Forms)
108 Thandavas of Siva of which 12 are important. (Bangas & Abangas)
Static and standind poses involved, 39 poses of the 12 Siva thandavas
and the 12 types of dance derived from them developing altogether 144
dance patterns.
(3) Vari Nool (Folk Dances)
Pura Vari - dances representing varied natural phenomena in terms of
"Inthinai" (five fold division of earth), Aha Vari - psychic dances
pertaining to love, Mukha Vari personal, exhibitional and acrobatic
dance in single and group patterns, Vasai Vari - ludicrous dances.
(4) Kalai Nool (Dancing Limbs)
This is the largest book and contains more than 1000 sutras on
anatomical divisions of the human body, actions and poses of feet, toes
heels, ankles, calves, knees, and thighs, standing leg poses, moving
poses 360, 120, 300 and 90 single, supplementary, double and Nritya hand
gestures and poses, actions of the neck, jaw, chin, ears, mouth, nose,
etc and facial expressions plus their appropriate physical
modifications, such as horripilations, tremors etc.
(5) Karana Nool (Combination of Dance Gestures)
120 Karanas with their appropriate mudras, sthanakas, and charis 90
kalasas (varpu) or angaharas, 9 thandavas in full and 6 lasyas.
(6) Thala Nool (Time Measure)
Thala samudra or the ocean of angas, grahas, murchanas etc (Iyal Thalam)
5 original thalas and 35 derived from them with their accompanying
swaras and jathis, (Atta Thalam) 108 thalams of Agastya and 52 of
others, their jathis, etc.
(7) Isai Nool (Music)
This books deplorably mutilated, still we get here only the arohanas and
avarohanas of 30 extinct panns some of which are used by Thevarem
(8) Avai Nool (Theatre Architecture)
Theatre architecture, lighting, curtains, dress, theatrical effects,
makeup, green room problems, etc.
(9) Kan Nool (Summation
The aim of Dance, yoga through Dance, medicines, oinments and exercises
to keep health and voice fit in tact, pranayama in dance, Dhyana
(meditation) of dancers, Moksha.
This is the first book of its kind and stands out singular and
distinguished in many respects.
The first part of this book with Thiru Yogiyar's commentry for the first
two chapters of this treatise namely the Suvai Nool and Thokai Nool has
been published (September 1968) in printed form by the Tamilnadu
Sangita Nataka Sangam of Chennai. (Printed at Shanthi Press, 135,
Pavalakkarath theru, Chennai).
It was very unfortunate Thiru Yogiyar died thereafter. The fate of the
remaining seven valuable chapters of this treatise is unknown.
By way of this Hub Portal column, I request the authorities of the Tamil
Dance & Music Institutions of Chennai, or the leading Dance exponents
of Chennai, or individuals with the assistance of the Tamilnadu
Sangitha Nathaka Sangam of Chennai trace the present whereabout of the
remaining chapters of the Kooththa Nool and publish same in printed
form, and preserve this only original Tamil Treatise on Tamil Dance of
the Sangam Period for the benefit of or Tamilians.
Now there are few sections in the first book of this treatise, available
to us in the printed form, which I wish to reproduce below both in
English for the benefit of those who wish to know of the,
(a) Antiquity of this treatise
(b) The other original Dance & Music treatises that were available
to the author of Koothanool namely Saththanar during Sangam
(c) The antiquity of the concept of God Siva's form as Nadarajar
(d) The first available referance to the "Om" pranava manthiram to
be found in any ancient Tamil Literary work known to us.
The readers could make use of them for their own research in the
respective fields and make their own deductions with help of same.
(a) Manthira Maamalai yanthira thavisil
vadakku parithi kidakkap poamvali
nalvarkku Thanthira Nanmarai koorum
Kooththanum Kooththium iyatriya kooththaik
kandaan Akaththiyan kannuthal seppa
iyatrinaan Kooththin Ilakkana vaippe.
(b) Akathithiyan iyatriya Akaththiya
muthal nool, Sikindi iyatriya Thenisai sarbu,
Perisai, Naarai, Kuruhu, Kooththu,
Sayantham, Kunannool, Muruval, Sayitriyam,
Thanduvam, Nadhiyam, Pannisai, Thakkam,
Thalam, Thannumai, Adalmuvoththum,
valinool avattrin valivakai vahuththuk
kooththin vilakkam kuravan yane
(c) Oruthal uuntri oruthal yettri
oru kai mariththu marukai amaiththu
irukaiyil aakkamum iruthiyum yetru
aru-vuru aakkum ammai koothu aattap
peruveli nadikkum perumaan arulath
Thennavan venda munai nool aayinthu
Senthamil nilaththum ser pala nilaththum
vantha meik kooththin vakai elaam kandu
Kooththanoor Nanmukakooththan Saaththan
Veth Thavai ellam viyappath thanthathe
(d) Udukkaiyil piranthathu Om enum oliye
Om enum oliye naattiyaththu oliyam
Om enum uruve naattiyaththu uruvaam
Om enum unarve naatiyaththu unarvu
av vuv im enal athuve Om oli
av enal akame uv enal ulame
im enal isaiye iyalvathu thalam.
There are also further references to Siva, Sakthi, Thirumal and Murukan.
This treatise should be preserved,and efforts should be taken by all
Tamil Fine Art lovers to bring the remaining portions of this great work
on Tamil Dance in to print.
New addition to the existing Thread - 14/9/2008
In my efforts to trace the balance chapters of this valued original Tamil Dance Treatise belonging to the Sangam period of Tamil Nadu, I came to know that the Tamil Nadu Sangitha Nataka Sangam who publised the first part of the Kooththa Nool - is now known as the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Naataka Mantram and is located at Chennai - 28.
After the death of Thiru S.Yogiyar this Mantram obtained all the manuscripts of this Treatise that was left with Thirumathi Yogiyar, and with her kind permission published only the Text of the available lot of chapters "as they are", without editing or giving any explanatory notes or commentry on same - as Part 2.
The first part of this treatise publised by them has 162 Sooththirams. The second part publised by them has 1339 Soothirams on Dance including the original 162 Sooththirams of first part. However I feel there are some more sections missing in same, when compared with the classification of the chapters made by Thiru Yogiyar himself based on the Ola Leaf Manuscripts. I met the family members of Thiru Yogiyar in Chennai, but was informed the fate of the original Ola Manuscripts after the death of Thiru Yogiyar is not known.
Hence I suggest a team of leading Dance Exponents of Tamil Nadu to get together, and obtain a copy of the (printed) second Part of this Treatise from the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Naataka Mantram - Chennai, study through them, and arrange the subject matter in the Text of the Treatise in accordance with the classification already made by Thiru Yogiyar, and bring forth this Dance Treatise in a format which will be usefull in preserving the ancient Dance traditions of Tamil Nadu, complete with explanatory notes on the Text prepared by this qualified team in Dance, for the posterity of the Tamilians and others, and for adoption of same into the modern 'Dance Forms' of Tamil Nadu.
We are very thankfull to the great services done by Late Thiru Yogiyar and Thirumathi Yogiyar, by preserving and providing the Text of this great Treatise for Print - preventing it being entirely lost to the Tamils of Tamil Nadu and elsewhere in the world. We are also thankfull to the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Naataka Mantram - Chennai, for printing and publishing same, entirely at their own cost.
(9) A few 'Tamil - Naattiya' Performances with associated 'Tamil Songs' from Tamil Films


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Major Labels Accused Of $6 Billion Worth Of Copyright Infringement In Canada
from the oops deptThe major labels and their friends like to throw around huge numbers of "damages" when it comes to copyright infringement. But how about when they're on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit. Up in Canada, there's a class action lawsuit against the Canadian divisions of all of the major record labels, suggesting that the labels have infringed on the copyrights of artists to the tune of $6 billion (Updated: the original math was off, it's actually $6 billion, not $60). As Michael Geist explains:
The claims arise from a longstanding practice of the recording industry in Canada, described in the lawsuit as "exploit now, pay later if at all." It involves the use of works that are often included in compilation CDs (ie. the top dance tracks of 2009) or live recordings. The record labels create, press, distribute, and sell the CDs, but do not obtain the necessary copyright licences.And yet, amazingly, the record labels -- these "strong defenders" of the importance of copyright and paying for every use -- somehow have decided that it makes no sense to pay this bill. The list itself details about $50 million in unpaid royalties that are owed, often to well known musicians who it would be quite easy for the industry to find and pay up. As for the $6 billion number? Well, the class action lawsuit that's been filed seeks statutory damages starting at $20,000 per infringement and going up from there. Given that these same record labels have been defending those same (or, similar, in the US, at least) statutory rates for infringement, you have to wonder how they can realistically claim that those statutory rates shouldn't apply to themselves as well.
Instead, the names of the songs on the CDs are placed on a "pending list", which signifies that approval and payment is pending. The pending list dates back to the late 1980s, when Canada changed its copyright law by replacing a compulsory licence with the need for specific authorization for each use. It is perhaps better characterized as a copyright infringement admission list, however, since for each use of the work, the record label openly admits that it has not obtained copyright permission and not paid any royalty or fee.
Over the years, the size of the pending list has grown dramatically, now containing over 300,000 songs. From Beyonce to Bruce Springsteen, the artists waiting for payment are far from obscure, as thousands of Canadian and foreign artists have seen their copyrights used without permission and payment.
Once again, though, we're seeing what's really happening. The record labels are copyright defenders only when they profit unfairly from it. When they can screw over others via ignoring copyright, they have no problem doing so.
Filed Under: canada, copyright, music, record labels
Companies: emi, sony music, universal music, warner music group


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FHSU also imports culture generally unavailable in other cities of comparable size. The Encore Series presents professional troupes and companies in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center that generally stay in metropolitan areas. The Sebelius Lecture Series hopes to accomplish something similar on the civic front.
If the inaugural event that featured Howard Dean and Rick Santorum was any indication, the series is off to a great start. Hundreds of attendees were treated to a robust exchange of opposing views on a variety of current events. Under the umbrella subject "Proper Role of Government in a Free Society," the two former presidential candidates from different elections offered starkly different takes on campaign finance, abortion rights, government shutdowns and health care. Agreement was found regarding FHSU's mission and America's exceptionalism, although the latter was for different reasons.
Santorum, who was the Sunflower State's preferred candidate during the 2012 Republican presidential caucus, expressed a perspective that found favor with a majority of the audience, based on applause levels.
The former senator from Pennsylvania believes the U.S. Constitution is a ratification of the basic rights given Americans from God. For proof, he quotes the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." He says the Constitution is the "how" of America and the Declaration is the "why," pointing out that many countries have copied our Constitution but nobody has copied the Declaration.
Here's why, in our opinion: No other country has attempted to break free from the British Empire with the same list of grievances being suffered by American colonists. To copy that list would be as incongruent as taking the references to God as proof the Founding Fathers' intent was to create a religious nation.
The U.S. Constitution was the culmination of hundreds, if not thousands, of years of collective wisdom, success and failure. The writers understood placing too much power in one individual's hands historically led to tyranny, so three branches of government were given equal status. They knew the structure of both federal- and state-level governments had to be spelled out -- and bound by clear rules. America is a nation based on laws, and the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. There is no higher power governing the citizenry, which is why the document purposefully has no references to any divine entity.
There was such a phrase in the country's first constitution, the Articles of Confederation. "Great Governor of the World" was invoked once, but even that disappeared during the Federal Convention of 1787. Compromise, cooperative statesmanship and brilliant minds crafted the U.S. Constitution that stands to this very day.
Santorum's notion of what the framers meant to say is irrelevant. We pledge to uphold the Constitution -- no other document that preceded it. Santorum's God certainly works for his family, but not Dean's, which includes Jewish and Hindu members. America is even more diverse, with Protestants, Buddhists, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and many others as well. Unaffiliated, which includes atheists and agnostics, make up more than 16 percent of the nation. Santorum belongs to the Catholic Church, which can claim almost 24 percent of Americans but also possesses the greatest net loss as a result of affiliation changes.
Attempting to rely on the Bible, or any religion's primary text, will never work in this diverse nation. It didn't in 1787; it doesn't in 2013.
Rick Santorum, while well-intended, confuses moral conduct with constitutional law. He actually had no business attempting to debate the proper role of government in a free society. We hope future Sebelius Lecture Series speakers are better matched to the subject matter.
But as far as generating robust discussion, the debate was a hit.
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We're a little more than a month away from the Macworld Expo, and the expectations are starting to get a little clearer for arguably Apple's biggest show of the year.
CNBC reported Thursday that Apple plans at Macworld to introduce a 12-inch Mac laptop with flash memory in place of a hard drive. Apple followers have long anticipated such a product, and several other reports have come out this year predicting a similar type of announcement was nigh.
The ultraportable Mac is said to be 50 percent thinner and lighter than a current MacBook Pro, the largest notebook in Apple's lineup. And CNBC is also saying it expects the price to be about $1,500, the same price as the 13.3-inch black MacBook that's currently available on Apple's site.
I'm a little skeptical of the price, especially since the notebook would reportedly use flash memory instead of a hard drive. My colleague Michael Kanellos noted last month that Dell charges a $950 premium for a 64GB flash memory drive in place of a 160GB hard drive on one of its XPS notebooks. Perhaps Apple is using a smaller drive, or the notebook will use a less expensive processor and smaller amounts of memory to offset the cost, but flash memory drives aren't expected to be practical for a few years.
Still, it's not hard to imagine Apple coming out with that style of notebook, especially since Intel is expected to have new notebook chips out around the same time, perhaps unveiling them during CEO Paul Otellini's keynote address at CES on January 7. Ultraportable notebooks--which generally weigh in around 3 pounds or less--aren't a very big segment of the notebook market but tend to be showcases for design flair, and Apple's been known to show an interest in that sort of thing here and there.
CNBC also reported that Apple could have more to say about a 3G version of the iPhone early next year, and that demand for the iPod Touch has caused Apple to up its production estimates.


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My students have experienced several different types of poetic forms since September. I use specific poems and certain poem forms (haiku, list poems, auto-biographical) to encourage English language development with my ELLs. Since the beginning of the year, my students have made enormous gains in English proficiency. Even more remarkable, is that they have emerged as thoughtful writers and thinkers.
Yesterday I kicked off National Poetry Month with "Poem" by Langston Hughes. It's one of the most touching and simple poems I know.
"I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There's nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
soft as it began-
I loved my friend."
The students discussed the poem in groups; they touched on how "short and simple" the poem was, and how sad, "even though the poet didn't even say sad!" I then asked them to write a five-paragraph essay about a time when they lost someone or something they loved. They got right to it, first planning, then writing their first drafts. I did not have to coax anyone to write. Writing flowed freely, even from the three children who are often reluctant writers.
I was able to conference with half of the class yesterday, and the rest today. I was floored by the quality writing they had produced! My students wrote about lost friends, lost relatives left back home in their countries, lost pets, and a lost necklace. While they read to me, some of them got a bit choked up, and some managed to provoke a tear or two in my eyes. (Of course, I had to look away, or pretend like I was distracted by something on the other side of the room!)
Several students started to publish their work today. The rest will do so tomorrow, I'm sure. And today we read another poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, by Maya Angelou. They loved it and want to write their own poems about their fears.
These days... are magic. There's nothing more to say.
Bilingual thoughts on life, language, learning, and all things Latina.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Langston Hughes in the 4th Grade
2 comments:
- TeacherDee said...
I enjoy hearing about other peoples' lessons. It sounds like you are doing great writing with your kids. Happy Blogoversary, by the way!
- April 4, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- Nardeeisms said...
Cassy, Hughes and Angelou have been staples for me over the years. During my teenage and early adult years, I do believe thaat reading their works helped to keep me sane. (smile) Thank you for sprinkling their "pixie dust" over your students. What an inspiring teacher you are. Glad I stopped by...~Nards~
- April 7, 2009 at 8:32 AM
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