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2010 and the end of musical historyPosted by Rob Deemer in Contemporary Classical
It's not uncommon to see articles both decrying the sad state of affairs in classical music as a whole as well as celebrating the new opportunities that are available for both composers and performers with the right amount of musical and entrepreneurial skill, luck and perseverance. A prime example of one that covers both issues was recently published as a transcript of a speech given by the Guardian's Tom Service with the intentionally controversial title "So long, and thanks for all the noise: 2010 and the end of musical history". Well-spoken and thoughtful (and without the acidity of many critics from across the pond), Service writes:
My sense is that many young composers now realise that the game is up, that the conventional paths to fame and, er, fortune in contemporary classical culture just aren't worth the candle. Instead, they're better off on their own, not least because their music doesn't fit the line-ups of an orchestra, or even the 1 to a part ensembles of the Sinfonietta, or the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, or Liverpool's Ensemble 10:10, or Manchester's Psappha – a line-up and repertoire whose time has probably also come, has also become a living history more than something genuinely contemporary. Composers still need to make choices, of course; being open to the rest of the world does not guarantee the creation of great, or even good art in an of itself, and they will have to find their own limitations, draw their own lines in the shifting sands of musical culture. But composing without the fear of traducing the absurd unwritten laws of modernist composition will only be a good thing. Like Reich and Glass before them, today's composers have the chance to build their own communities of listeners and audiences – whether in the flesh or on-line – and make the music that matters to them for people who care about it – and actually enjoy it.
Service brings up many good points and pulls no punches, laying responsibility on the future of new/concert/art/whatever music (rightly so) at the feet of the composers both young & old as well as the performing and academic institutions that help to foster contemporary musical art. In my own opinion, the idea that it's perfectly legitimate to use whatever medium/style/technique that allows a composer to bring his/her voice into being has been growing and gaining momentum for years now, and more articles like this are surely in store. What has not yet been discussed nearly enough – and this may take quite some time – is the ramifications of our ever-increasingly "big-tent" art form on both those who create and those who analyze and interpret those creations. I can see where Service is coming from with his suggestion of the "end of musical history" as it has been characterized up till now, though I'd prefer the "beginning of a new musical history" myself.
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Test-bashing may be fashionable but two new polls show considerable support for testing by teachers, students and the public, writes Jill Barshay in Hechinger's Education By The Numbers.
Graduation exams are backed by 77 percent of teachers and 86 percent of the public, according to Teachers versus the Public. "Accountability is one of the issues where the public and teachers agree," said author Paul Peterson, a Harvard education professor. (Here's more on the book.)
Ninety-four percent of students agree that tests are important for understanding what they are learning, according to a survey by Northwest Evaluation Association, a non-profit test designer.
In 2011, 60 percent of teachers said too much time was spent on test prep and test taking. In 2013, only 53 percent of teachers thought too much student time was devoted to testing.
"Formative assessment is shown to have the most positive impact on teaching and learning, yet it's least understood and not widely practiced," concludes the report. Only 29 percent of teachers correctly identified a definition of formative assessment. (Checking for understanding in order to modify teaching.) Most could not identify summative or diagnostic assessment either.

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Alan Kay, a computing pioneer who developed concepts for the laptop computer, the tablet and the ebook, once said, "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
At ACU, we believe education is at just such a decisive moment. As mobile devices continue to transform the way we think about the classroom, the textbook, communication and learning itself, the time to begin planning the future of education is now.
The skills at the heart of the Learning Studio - creation and editing of media, collaboration and communication - are the tools today's students need to gain a competitive edge in the 21st-century workplace. - Dr. Lauren Lemley, assistant professor of Communication and Director of the Speaking Center
A pioneering gift of $1.8 million from AT&T is enabling the next step in teaching and learning innovation at ACU. The most visible result of that gift is the new AT&T Learning Studio that provides a laboratory for continued experiments in media, mobility and the future of the academic library.
The future today
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the Margaret and Herman Brown Library. Over that period of time, the ACU library reinvented itself as tools, technologies and the needs of the campus changed.
In 1970, a university library was measured by its holdings, so the most visible symbol of the Brown Library's new stature was its card catalog. To visitors entering the main floor, the card catalog represented the beginning and end of scholarly work. Novice researchers began here with searches by author, subject or title before journeying deeper into the archive. Seasoned scholars returned to see their work take its place in the catalog alongside that of their peers. When the new building opened, a brochure noted proudly that the card catalog had grown from 360 to 1,136 trays, one small indication of the broader ambitions of a college becoming a university.
Today, the card catalog is no longer enough. Our students have access to more content via mobile devices than we could contain under one roof. For example, Wikipedia now hosts more than 17 million articles by more than 90,000 active authors. In May 2011, YouTube announced its users were now uploading more than 48 hours of content every minute, a 50 percent increase over 2010. Education is no longer about preparing our students to contribute to conversations after they graduate; the vital discussions of our day are already underway and our students are already producing messages for a global audience in a wide range of media.
After six months of construction, the Learning Studio opened in February 2011 on the top floor of the library. In an 8,800-square-foot facility, the Learning Studio brings together media production studios, the Speaking Center and the library's media collections to support students and faculty as they explore the way we live, learn and communicate in a digital world.
In the main computer lab, media production support is available for users at all levels. Trained media specialists help students recording audio for the first time or faculty editing video slideshows that incorporate narration and interviews. Users here have access to high-quality studios, as well as cameras and microphones they can check out to capture content in the field.
Students can make appointments with Speaking Center tutors to discuss a project, record a practice speech in one of our studios or meet to plan an upcoming group presentation. Speaking Center staff also work with seniors nearing graduation to practice interviewing skills and strategies.
Learning innovation
The seeds of the Learning Studio project were already present in 2004, when faculty first proposed the Learning Commons redesign on the ground floor of the library.
That proposal began:
In recent years, the ways university students learn have changed. Responding to new technologies, new styles of communication and the changing nature of the teacher-student relationship, students now experience college life in new ways. In response to these changes, many universities have sought to equip students for independent and collaborative learning as they contribute to wider conversations on and beyond the campus. ("A Library for the Twenty-First Century," Fall 2004)
When the Learning Commons opened in 2006, gate counts to the library doubled. Students and faculty began to see the library not solely in terms of its holdings; as the stacks of books were relocated from the main floor, they also saw the importance of services provided by partners such as the Writing Center. Librarians emphasized their role as information specialists at the new Research Desk.
The years after the opening of the Learning Commons were marked by students and faculty contributing to wider conversations on and beyond our campus. This short period saw fresh thinking in projects such as mobile learning, active learning classroom redesign and the new general education curriculum.
The Learning Studio is a result of the same type of intense collaboration that sparked these other conversations. Over a period of three years, faculty and librarians from many disciplines have worked with students, technology leaders, architects, and construction and design teams to produce a one-of-a-kind studio environment. Almost every element - from the ground plan to the technology purchases, from furniture selection to graphic design - was the product of many hours of intentional planning.
Media not just for specialists
One remarkable detail in the 1970 design of Brown Library was a downstairs corner set aside for a Media Center. Students had access to "50 individual study carrels equipped with stereo cassette players, providing for leisure listening as well as supplementing classroom instruction with specially prepared materials and professional tapes and records."
At AT&T, we see mobile broadband transforming education, and the result is a more engaged and enjoyable learning experience for students and educators. Teaching and learning now take place not just in the classroom, but virtually anywhere. … AT&T has a long history of working with education to enhance today's classroom experience, and we are proud to support ACU, and look forward to continuing to collaborate with them to help shape the next generation of innovators, fueling this country's future success. - Xavier Williams, Senior Vice President for Public Sector and Healthcare, AT&T
Though there were exceptions, educational media in these years were directed primarily one way, from teacher to student. Just as the volumes lining the shelves of the library represented the collected wisdom of professional authors, audio-visual resources were carefully selected from national experts or campus lecturers.
The work accomplished here by generations of students, faculty and librarians was central to the university's educational mission. Here one generation found its own voice in hearing and testing the messages of a previous generation. However, students today inhabit a very different world. Publishing in the 21st century is no longer the province of professionals; citizen journalists and bloggers around the world challenge us to think deeply through the running dialogue of social media.
This has been a key finding from our experience with mobile learning. The mobile devices we carry with us on a daily basis are not simply media players, receiving official news reports or media "specially prepared" by professionals. They are communication devices with which we record, remix and publish our experience to the world.
The Learning Studio provides students and faculty from any major the opportunity to develop media creation skills in short training events that help increase their confidence and sophistication in telling digital stories.
This spring we hosted workshops in which faculty could expand their skills in digital photography or video editing. Neither was tied to creating media for a particular class; instead, these events created safe communities where teachers could learn from our trained staff and one another.
A vision with global impact
For almost a decade, the U.S. Department of Education has worked with educators at all levels to identify the skills needed to prepare our students for careers in the global economy. While technological proficiency is important, the skills essential to our students' future success include creativity, which inspires innovation, as well as digital communication and collaboration.
The Learning Studio was designed with this combination of skills in mind. While academic libraries often have been defined in terms of individual study and critical analysis, the leaders who will shape the future are those who can listen and speak effectively, create new ideas in teams from many different disciplines, and communicate fluently in a range of media.
The AT&T gift has provided ACU more than a laboratory to explore these assumptions on campus. Through investments in teacher training and research, our students and faculty are sharing that vision with the world. For example, this summer media specialists from the Learning Studio have worked alongside faculty from teacher education, chemistry and biochemistry, and the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning to train more than 150 teachers from around the country. Groups from the AT&T K-12 Digital Learning Institutes and a Gates Foundation Next Generation Learning Challenges grant developed original media content to support project-based and inquiry-based learning.
Where past and future meet
In a recent presentation to the Friends of the ACU Library, Dr. Abraham Malherbe ('54) reflected on moving from ACU to Harvard in the 1950s. While there, he learned that a library must be a place that anticipates the future while it preserves the past. So much of the work of the 21st-century university lives between these two imperatives. Throughout its first 40 years, the Brown Library and its professional staff have demonstrated a deep commitment to preserving and sharing the treasures of the past through their teaching and digitization of historic collections.
What makes the Brown Library truly exceptional is its track record for anticipating the future. The Learning Studio is only the most recent illustration of this commitment. While the future of mobile collaboration, textbooks and interactive media have yet to be mapped, we're confident the road leads through Abilene.
By Dr. Kyle Dickson
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Monday, January 7, 2013
A suburban Washington D.C. publishing group has recognized St. Cloud State University as a top military-friendly school based on military culture, financial assistance, flexibility and support services.
KMI Media Group, Rockville, Md., annually publishes a Guide to Military Friendly Colleges & Universites (PDF), based on survey responses from nearly 300 institutions.
The 2013 guide is part of the December issue of "Military Advanced Education" magazine, a journal of higher learning published 10 times a year for members of America's armed forces.
Visit the database version of the guide.
St. Cloud State serves more than 525 enrolled military students.
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Curious to know, is it a different technology than the one researched by MIT: depositing organic photovoltaic material on flexible substrate (like paper) by "chemical vapor deposition"? (Link below)
Looks different, but I was thinking that the idea of printing solar cell on paper as it is mentioned in the link above was good except the low efficiency number of 1%. In this case also, the efficiency number 1-2% is not very encouraging...isn't it?


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Mary Ellis Smith was packing for a family vacation to the beaches of South Carolina last June when her husband, Bill, came into the bedroom.
"He had the mail in his hand, and he was shaking this letter and saying, 'I can't believe this. I just can't believe this,'" Mary Ellis recalls. "I thought it was a bill. Then he handed it to me to read, and I saw that it was a letter from Dr. Lee Royce letting Bill know that he'd been chosen as Mississippi College's Alumnus of the Year.
"It meant the world to Bill, but I think it was an even prouder moment for me," Mary Ellis Smith continues. "I knew that other people had seen the kind of person Bill was. I had always known I could depend on him, and it was wonderful to have other people recognize that about him, too."
Just one week after reading that letter, Rev. William "Bill" Smith was called Home, passing away of an apparent heart attack while swimming in the warm waters off the South Carolina coast.
In recognition of his service to MC and his unwavering commitment to his family and his faith, Mississippi College is proud to honor the late Rev. William Smith III as the Alumnus of the Year.
Bill Smith met Mary Ellis Perkins when both were students at Mississippi College in the 1950s. Bill spotted Mary Ellis at a fair promoting organizations on campus and was immediately enchanted; he followed Mary Ellis' long blond ponytail through the crowded fair and asked her out on a date. For the rest of their time at MC, Bill and Mary Ellis were inseparable, enjoying afternoons at the Jackson Zoo and concerts and ballgames together. Bill and Mary Ellis graduated from MC and were married in 1959. The two embarked together on a life spent in service, Bill as a Baptist preacher and Mary Ellis as a pastor's wife and teacher.
"For me, the high points of our working life were always when Bill was elected to a place of service," Mary Ellis Smith says. "The way that he approached those roles with all his heart made me so proud. I saw my role as a support position, and I was so pleased to be in that role."
A graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Rev. Smith served as pastor at churches in Yalobusha, Clay, Lee, and Madison counties, Mississippi, then served for 20 years as Lee County Baptist Associational director of missions. While a pastor, Rev. Smith also served as a member of the executive committee of the Mississippi Baptist Convention, a family life consultant for the church training department, and a trustee and chairman of the board for Mississippi Baptist Seminary.
As director of missions, Rev. Smith began a multi-family housing mission, clothing closet, and food bank in Tupelo, Mississippi. He started a monthly worship service for vendors at the Tupelo Flea Market, and every summer he assembled and led a construction crew to assist a church in a building project in conjunction with the North American Mission Board.
Following his retirement, he continued to preach at the monthly flea market vendor services, worked with the benevolence program at Calvary Baptist Church, and delivered free books to nursing homes as part of the Ebenezer Foundation. Rev. Smith also continued to serve in missions work, including North American mission projects and traveling to Honduras and Venezuela to serve with international mission projects.
Always active in his community, Rev. Smith was past president of the Greater Tupelo Ministerial Association, a member of the advisory committee for the department of pastoral care of the North Mississippi Medical Center, and chaplain and past president of the Tupelo Civitan Club.
No matter how demanding his schedule, Rev. Smith never failed to make his family a priority. He and his wife had two children, Paul and Catherine, both of whom are MC graduates. In recent years, their close-knit family grew to include grandchildren and step-grandchildren, all of whom who cherished their time with their beloved "Pop."
"When our children were small, Bill read to them, endured football games and recitals, and took them along when he visited shut-ins," Mary Ellis recalls. "When they got older and had families of their own, we were all still very close. When our children called just to chat, they'd talk to me, but if they had a problem or an issue they were facing, it was always, 'Is Daddy there?' Our grandchildren adored Bill and he was very close to them."
Mary Ellis describes her husband as a man of unwavering faith with a good sense of humor, a remarkable sense of purpose, and an untiring dedication to whatever task he chose to accept.
"Bill was also slow to make a commitment, because if he promised to do something, he wanted to be sure he could follow through," Mary Ellis Smith says. "Anything Bill undertook, he gave 110 percent."
That included Rev. Smith's many commitments to Mississippi College. Rev. Smith is a former president of the MC Alumni Association and was an active member of the board of trustees.
"Bill was enormously faithful to Mississippi College," says MC President Dr. Lee Royce. "He truly lived out his commitment to the university and gave it his all. Bill traveled from Tupelo to Clinton frequently to attend meetings and events of all kinds, often at some expense and always making a sacrifice of his time. He was also so faithful in his duties as a trustee. I might know trustees who have been equally faithful, but I know of none who have been more faithful than Bill Smith."
Upon Rev. Smith's passing, Mary Ellis Smith received hundreds of notes, cards, and letters, many from people she had never met who wished to tell her what her husband had meant to them. One note that particularly touched her referred to Rev. Smith as "no respecter of persons," a description that Mary Ellis Smith says was accurate.
"Some people are easier to like than others, but Bill saw everyone the same way," Mary Ellis Smith says. "He always saw the good in people."
Mary Ellis Smith is still grieving for her husband, but she has many memories to cherish and takes comfort in the faith she and Rev. Smith shared during their more than half-century marriage.
"My circumstances are so much better than some others I know of who have lost their spouses," says Mary Ellis Smith, who now wears her late husband's wedding ring as well as her own. "I have family close by, a wonderful church family and pastor, and of course, I have my faith. I know that our God is all sufficient."
Mary Ellis Smith's last memory of her beloved husband is at once funny and touching, and seems to sum up Rev. William Smith's life.
"That last memory is a wonderful memory," Mary Ellis Smith says. "Bill was leaving the condo in South Carolina to go to the beach that day, and I took a picture of him holding up a t-shirt someone had given him. It said, 'Live your life so the preacher won't have to lie at your funeral.'"


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From the earliest days of Synopsys, its library modeling format – which was the genesis of today's Liberty standard - has been at the heart of its electronic design tools. Liberty is the key modeling format that spans Synopsys' solutions, platforms, tools, and IP.
Over the past 20 years, Synopsys has evolved the Liberty standard to address complex library modeling requirements. Liberty was originally invented in 1987 to support the needs of Design Compiler, then expanded to handle additional requirement for power optimization in Power Compiler and sign-off static timing analysis for PrimeTime. In 2000, the Liberty standard became among the first EDA standards to be provided as Open Source to foster innovation and interoperability for a wide variety of EDA applications. In May 2006, Synopsys and Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2), a semiconductor industry consortium, launched an industry-wide Liberty Technical Advisory Board (TAB) to facilitate the evolution of the Liberty library modeling standard.
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No Children Injured In Early Morning Accident Involving School Bus
GERRY – No children were injured after the school bus they were in was struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in the town of Gerry.
According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, seven children were on the Cassadaga Valley School bus around 8 a.m. at the intersection of Route 60 and Wilson Road when the accident occurred.
Deputies said a vehicle, operated by Allen L. Thomas, 29, of Fredonia, was stopped behind the bus when another vehicle, operated by Danna L. Neureuther, 19, of Orchard Park, struck Thomas's vehicle from behind.
According to a police report, the collision caused Thomas' vehicle to strike the bus, operated by Scott A. McKinney, 59, of Gerry.
Thomas complained of shoulder pain and was treated at the scene by Gerry firefighters. Both vehicles sustained significant damage, sheriff's deputies said. The bus received minor damage.
Neureuther allegedly told deputies she was not paying attention and did not see the stopped car in front of her or the bus.
Students on the bus were checked by school personnel, including a school nurse, Cassadaga Valley School Superintendent Scott Smith said.
"Everyone performed their respective duties very well," Smith said said later Tuesday afternoon. "At the time of the accident, students did not report any injuries. I have not heard of any injuries as of right now."
Smith said students were bused to Sinclairville Elementary School where their parents picked them up.
Neureuther was charged for following too closely. Additional charges are pending.


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Topic: pulling RoR content into flash.
i am in the process of upgrading a site from php to RoR. many parts of the site were in flash and pulled external content from php files. the php files communicated with the database to get the dynamic content and flash would take it and put it all in a dynamic text box.
i tried doing the same thing with RoR, and for some reason, it never works when i tried to load a file like it's local. i have to put http://www.example.site/data_info instead of just /data_info. on top of that, the whole thing only works if i have a www in the url for the page that contains my flash file. so i would have to have http://www.example.site/ and not http://example.site.
if i had to guess at what's going on, i think having the full url in there forces it to process whatever ruby spits out and calling the files like they are local tries to find a raw file before being processed by ruby. this is mere speculation though and i would like to hear from anyone trying the same thing to see if there is something i am doing wrong or what.
i realize that the way we're pulling content into our flash is an older way of doing things, but at this point, it'll be easier to get this working than to rewrite all of our actionscript.


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visit us in beautiful
Ishpeming, MI
Welcome to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame
The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum is located in the City of Ishpeming in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the birthplace of organized skiing in the United States.
It is home to an extensive collection of artifacts and archives relating to the history of skiing. It has 20,000 square feet of space containing displays on over 410 Honored Members, trophies, clothing and equipment. There is a gift shop, library and theater.
To support the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame click here to join or donate online!
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, Class of 2015
Enshrinement Ceremony September 16th, 2016 6:00 pm
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame ~ Ishpeming, Michigan
Chris Klug, Bob Salerno, Jim Martinson, David Ingemie
*Edgar Stern passed away October 12, 2008


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (589 votes).
In short: Just a great spirit - and a knacker cracking way to kick start the yearDate of review: January 2, 2011
In short: Just finished laughing at the photos! Will never spend a new years eve getting drunk again, much more fun running up and down Box Hill fresh from a good nights sleep. Well done to Dr Rob and all his helper for a great new years day event. Date of review: January 1, 2011
In short: fantasic way to start the yearIn full: great race again,marshells were fantastic especially the grim reaper and king.so to hear about the problems for the runners at the back but i think the mass start is probably the best option ,will be back next year but not as a dalekDate of review: January 1, 2011
In short: A challenging course around Box hill.In full: Thanks to Dr Rob and all the marshalls for a great race. It was the first time doing the KC will be back next year for another go. Don't know why people are moaning about the mass start as most races start that way and I wouldn't want to be blocking the faster runners trying to get past me on the narrow paths. It also made for a great atmosphere at the start. Goodies were excellent and I particularly like the colour changing mug and the names on back of the top. Date of review: January 1, 2011
In short: The hardest 10k I've ever run. The hills are proper hills, the stepping stones great fun and the steps on the last 1km just finish you off! You simply have to dress up - or feel the odd one out. Fab marshalls. Loved the soup, thanks Dr RobDate of review: January 1, 2011
In short: A fantastic race; great atmosphere, great course great goodiesDate of review: January 1, 2011
In short: Thanks to the cheerful supporters and marshals!!!In full: This is the first time I've done the Knacker Cracker. We had been a spectator last year and had been really impressed with the runners and the race - in particular the staggered start - which inspired us to enter this year.I was really disappointed when we got the e-mail saying that it was going to be a mass start. I was looking forward to being in one of the first waves as I'm a very slow jogger (particularly if there are hills involved). Still it was enjoyable running down the hill and seeing all the other runners charging back up again - inspiring me to run back up the hill further than I had ever managed before (normally as soon as I place a foot on that slope I go from a jog to a walk)...I was soon at the back, but the supporters were great, cheering me on as the "Christmas tree" - and special thanks must go to the sweeper at the back who was so encouraging. It was also great going down the steps, passing the runners who were going back up and who were also very encouraging - giving opportunity to admire all the fancy dress outfits as they went past.I was relieved to reach the finish but it was disappointing to be told "sorry, run out of medals - oh and t-shirts, but we might be able to post them on". Likewise although we could see empty cups of soup, I guess that must have all gone too - though my husband did manage to scrounge a roll from somewhere.We also missed the prize giving which was a bit of shame - particularly as there was a raffle based on your race number, which as some of us were still on the course, and you had to be present to win, guess made us ineligible, which is a shame. I for one would vote for the staggered start again if at all possible for future years. All in all though it was an enjoyable start to the new year and I would do it again - so long as the cost doesn't prohibitly go up!!!!Date of review: January 1, 2011
In short: Even better than ;ast year!In full: I was happy enough with it last year but everyone starting at once was a big improvement, as was the fact that it was much closer to 10k (9.92 I made it)Date of review: January 1, 2011
In short: Great start to the yearIn full: Mass start added to atmosphere, but I expect slower runners felt very lonely as poor weather meant finishers headed for cars. Staggered start of previous years probably better for slower runners but with many trails narrow and slippery I expect working your way through a field of runners would be harardous at times. Excellent atmosphere, start the new year on a high.Date of review: January 1, 2011
In short: Loved the new mass start format but really sorry to hear the reports from the slower finishers In full: This is my second KC on the spin and decided last year that this year had to be fancy dress as it just seemed wrong without it! I really liked the new format as starting all together at the top of the hill and then running straight back up was fab and was also great for my other half who was supporting! I am really sorry to hear the negative stories about lack of momentos for the later finishers, that is a bit of a nightmare, I am sure that Dr Rob is mortified and will be ensuring they are sent out ASAP. I also know he will try his hardest make damn sure it doesn't happen again.As always the Trionium Marshals were fantastic, particularly the grim reaper at the top of Hill 2 who gave me a big man hug (I was also dressed as Death!)I hope the new format stays but would do it again whatever the format!Date of review: January 1, 2011
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Rating the 2013 State Fair's major musical attractions
In order of awesomeness:
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Even though the lineup boasts just one member from the glory days, Gary Rossington, the guitarist/songwriter — together with vocalist Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Rickey Medlocke — are keeping the LS brand alive and well.
Van Zant is a very capable vocalist and front man and has done his late brother Ronnie Southern justice. And the songs, well, they speak for themselves. Each and every one was delivered with energy, bravado and attitude. This was no simple "going through the motions" act. These cats still love, and believe in, what they're doing and it shows.
Dwight Yoakam
Although he hasn't charted a song in years, the Hollywood Hillbilly proved he was still relevant with a blistering set of both old and new — although not up to par with his classics — material. A sharp backing band didn't hurt matters one bit, and Yoakam, although 56, was as energetic and charismatic as ever. It's hard to argue with such standards as "Fast as You," "Guitars, Cadlillacs," and "Streets of Bakerfield," especially when they're played as if they were written yesterday.
Seether, 10 Years, Eye Empire
The only Fair show with three acts, this was an ear-blaster par excellence. Although Eye Empire didn't do much for me, 10 Years came on strong like the bastard child of Tool and Deftones. Many felt the band should have been the headliner.
I don't concur. Seether rocked from the start of its career, and continues to do so. A power trio led by Shaun Morgan, the South African band is one of the most underrated on the circuit today. While the band's later songs haven't lived up to the standard set by "Fine Again," "Remedy" and "Broken," almost every song had a memorable hook and melody to complement its grungy heaviness.
Creedence Clearwater Revisisted
I'll stand by the statement that Creedence without John Fogerty isn't Creedence at all. In essence a cover band of CCR songs, Revisisted did a commendable job of pumping out energetic and faithful renditions of the songs Fogerty wrote and/or sang for the band he put together way back in the mid-1960s. The band played a long and retrospective set of CCR material, and the energy level was commendable, even though the attendance likely wasn't as strong as the band would have hoped.
Little Big Town
The harmonious singing was excellent, as was the delivery. There was no doubt about that. But my main beef with "new country" acts is the lack of staying power of the songs. Having heard the band's big hit "Pontoon" for the first time that evening, I will say that it was enjoyable and fun. And I'll be damned if I can sing you back one line. For me, the most memorable tune the band did was a Fleetwood Mac cover, "The Chain."
Much the same case as above. The singing and playing was great, as was the stage presence of this trio. But excluding the many cover songs Gloriana played, I really couldn't say anything stuck out as being outstanding. When the best song of the evening is a cover of a Stealer's Wheel song from the early 1970s, well, I think that says something.
Oak Ridge Boys
To their credit, the Boys have been going strong for 40 years. The age of the crowd gathered for this show reflected that. At best a novelty act that had a huge hit with "Elvira" and to a lesser degree "Bobbie Sue," ORB are, at least, helping those who remember the band during its heyday relive some fond memories.
Randy Houser
I'll have to take a pass on this one, as the Fight Brigade II mixed martial arts was taking place at the same time. But the cage fights were quite entertaining and were, as usual, a good addition to the Fair lineup.
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Remembering Steve Jobs
The late Steve Jobs may have been known for his signature black turtleneck, but it is for his green diet that he probably will be most fondly remembered by people who care about animals. The Apple cofounder, who died yesterday, was a vegetarian and a longtime health advocate who reportedly once handed out containers of carrot juice at Halloween.
We remember Jobs for so many innovative ideas, including Apple's iPhoto facial recognition software, which recognizes the faces of cats in addition to those of humans, reflecting the importance of companion animals in our homes and hearts. PETA also recently recognized Jobs for what he didn't do: He refused to sell a gruesome app on Apple's app store called iSealClub—which involved, as the name suggests, bashing cartoon seals over the head with clubs.
Let's also not forget that Jobs' Pixar film studio created heartwarming and thought-provoking movies about unlikely animal heroes, such as A Bug's Life and Finding Nemo, and he ended Disney's 10-year agreement with McDonald's to promote its films with movie-themed toys in Happy Meals after the entertainment giant merged with Pixar. As the vegetarian sharks in Finding Nemo said, "Fish are friends, not food." Finding Nemo's fish-friendly theme earned Pixar an award from PETA, as did Jobs' other accomplishments that helped change animals' lives for the better. And if his movies or his lifestyle inspired even one person to become a vegetarian, he no doubt saved hundreds of animals' lives, and for that we thank him.
We invite you to post a message on the True Friends Memorial we have created to honor Steve Jobs.
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R.I.P Steve Jobs you're one amazing man.
I can't help but wonder at what amazing things Steve would have created had he lived longer. Perhaps he would have raised awareness about animal suffering in feedlots and slaughterhouses? I know that technologically he would have continued to change our world. He was one amazing man. Our lives were made better because he had lived.
I wish he hadn't died so young. The world needs more people like him and we wouldn't have to listen to people say he died because he cared too much about animals to eat them.
Our work has only begun, where he left off, we must continue to strife for justice, dignity, and compassion for everything on this earth.
Brilliant, and Compassionate! Perfect guy! RIP <3
Some types of "sushi" are fish-free, thus vegetarian. Wikipedia describes various sushi concoctions that consist solely of plant matter. Not saying that Jobs limited himself to those varieties but it's certainly possible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi
I love this man
We are all consumers of the beautiful. Weather plant or animal, all is beauty which we must consume to live. The question arises: can we as individuals/societies justify such destruction? What is the measure, and who/what is to judge? Haywire Harry
Steve Jobs was a vegan but he cheated too. He was known to have been a sushi eater when his buddies came. As a vegetarian or vegan and then eat fish, it is really a death sentence: millions of bacteria are more vulnerable in a human. Esp. when you're a vegan or vegetarian
I agree with mr humain- anyone see a connection? I don't see what's so bad about eating animals. I live in alberta and the cows are practically treated like family.they even bring cold or sick calves into the heated garage or large shed in the winter
Thanks Steve Jobs for having been a vegetarian. Did he talk about the documentary The Cove (about stopping the annual dolphin hunts in Japan; Sea World, etc., using dolphins for profit)? Steve Jobs father was supposed to be from Syria. Anthony Shadid is on KQED 'Its Your World' right now (from last year). Jobs' family tree may be under fire right now. Hoping for peace.
a veges who died at 56 and no seem to see a connection his diet and untimely death
Claudia, if you don't see the problem with eating fish, you are not an animal advocate. Nor is eating fish the answer to curing illness! No one needs to eat fish or any other animal for health reasons. That is ridiculous.
I really don´t see a problem that he ate fish, he had been vegan and maybe when he got sick a doctor advised him to eat fish. He loved animals and thefact that he did not eat mammals, particularly cats! just made him an even more special person.
bye steve, what you have done very valuable to us all
God bless Steve Jobs. He revoltionized the world with technology and ethics. He is brillant because of Apple technology and for being a vegetarian. Rest In Peace Steve Jobs . Thanks for everything.
Jobs will be remembered for is kindness to animals and efforts to help the environment. And it seems the animal rights organization praised Jobs for his vegetarianism and his support of animals through the "Pixar film studio [that] created heartwarming and thought-provoking movies about unlikely animal heroes. A person will be remembered for the difference he makes in the world we live in and not by his age! You are a classic example of that..
Thank You Steve. Steve is not there but we all are. We have the opportunity to stop animal eating and move to the vegetarian diet. And also teach and inspire our children the same. Change has to start at home and now. Each moment's delay is adding to agony of animals in queue for untimely death.
Thank you Steve for showing the world how success and animal compassion can be a wonderful thing!
Tired made a comment about Steve Jobs, how dare you! The man was a genius ! Steve ignore that comment as I am typing on your great designs called the IPAD!:))
I've never owneed or even used an Apple product in my life, so I don't really care much… I mean, what did he do? Made a phone and a music player. Big deal.
Thank you sooo much Steve, for the things you have done to the Earth , not only Human but also Animals. You have got the real meaning of Buddhism. May you attain Nibbana within your next lives. Thank you again…..
"He was pescetarian. He ate fish. R.I.P. Steve Jobs." We really won't know for sure until his book comes out. In his late teens he was fruitarian for several years. Then he went vegan. There are lots of reports he loved to visit sushi joints later in life, but doesn't necessarily mean he ate fish.
Thank you!
As we know he is a Buddhist, I believe he followed Buddhas way. May he attain Nibbana! and Thank-you for every good thing that you have introduced to the world!
Not only you've made a change in the human world,but also to the world of animals..Thank you very much,Steve..May you rest in peace with the angels..
thank you, Steve Jobs! he's certainly inspired more than one person… my sister has stopped eating shrimp after 'Nemo'.
I have all the respect in the world for Steve Jobs.Heck I am a fan!Feeling so sad now….and,Steve Jobs was this era's Thomas Edison…I can't imagine current life and how different tech would be if he were never born….and thanks to his mom for having him….
Thank you, Steve Jobs. Thank you for the progress in thechnologies and your genious ideas that changed our everyday life. Thank you in the name of the hundreds of animals which lifes you saved. Thank you in the name of the millions of people you have been an example to. Thank you for all taht and more, if someone was great, it was you.
Billions of people in the world, the vast majority "taking" from the planet, and fewer individuals contributing. Jobs greatly justified his existence, the world will miss him!
thank you so much Steve.
He was a vegetarian. He would not sell or promote a app that showed cruelty to animals. By doing these things he showed compassion to those who cannot speak for themselves.
What a wonderful man, what a wonderful mind. Besides being an innovative genius who changed all of our lives forever he was a compassionate human being who will be remembered with love by the entire world.
He was pescetarian. He ate fish. R.I.P. Steve Jobs.
My daughter works for Apple. I have to let her read this blog.
He was a genious ! We will remember you STEVE JOBS
Does anyone know how long he had been a vegan? I'm just curious and it is not the easiest info to find.
Fish has been food for centuries and it's going to continue being so for a lot more, they're actually a very good source of omegas and proteins, anyways Steve rules but I don't think he should be remembered for this kind of arguments
but what about the iPad 2 leather covers?, why to unnecesarily compromise animal lives?, why to put animal products in a technological device?, there was NO need for that and I will never understand that, so, did he really cared about animals or his lifestyle was related to his personal health?
Very nice tribute. Finding Nemo is a legacy by itself!
Thank you PETA for a fitting tribute to a compassionate man.
My heart goes out to Steve and his family…he truly changed the way millions of people see animals everyday!
Very sad news, he was an inspiration for Adults and especialy for young people here in the UK who care about animals, my daughter who's 15 told me about his death this morning, she said although he cofounded Apple he actually cared about animals and would not add apps involving abuse to animals, lets hope apple keep this up.
I didn't know that he was a vegetarian.. RIP, Steve Jobs.


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The Copyright Act, 1957 came into effect from January 1958. This Act has been amended
five times since then, i.e., in 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2012. The Copyright
(Amendment) Act, 2012 is the most substantial. The main reasons for amendments to
the Copyright Act, 1957 include to bring the Act in conformity with WCT and WPPT;
to protect the Music and Film Industry and address its concerns; to address the
concerns of the physically disabled and to protect the interests of the author of
any work; Incidental changes; to remove operational facilities; and enforcement
of rights. Some of the important amendments to the Copyright Act in 2012 are extension
of copyright protection in the digital environment such as penalties for circumvention
of technological protection measures and rights management information, and liability
of internet service provider and introduction of statutory licences for cover versions
and broadcasting organizations; ensuring right to receive royalties for authors,
and music composers, exclusive economic and moral rights to performers, equal membership
rights in copyright societies for authors and other right owners and exception of
copyrights for physically disabled to access any works.
Prior to the Act of 1957, the Law of Copyrights in the country was governed by the
Copyright Act of 1914. This Act was essentially the extension of the British Copyright
Act, 1911 to India. Even the Copyright Act, 1957 borrowed extensively from the new
Copyright Act of the United Kingdom of 1956. The Copyright Act, 1957 continues with
the common law traditions. Developments elsewhere have brought about certain degree
of convergence in copyright regimes in the developed world.
The Indian Copyright Act today is compliant with most international conventions
and treaties in the field of copyrights. India is a member of the Berne Convention
of 1886 (as modified at Paris in 1971), the Universal Copyright Convention of 1951
and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Agreement of 1995. Though India is not a member of the Rome Convention of 1961,
the Copyright Act, 1957 is fully compliant with the Rome Convention provisions.
The two Internet Treaties were negotiated in 1996 under the auspices of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). These treaties are called the 'WIPO Copyrights
Treaty (WCT)' and the 'WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)'. These treaties
were negotiated essentially to provide for protection of the rights of copyright
holders, performers and producers of phonograms in the Internet and digital era.
India is not a member of these treaties; amendments are being mooted to make Act
in compliant with the above treaties in order to provide protection to copyright
in the digital era. Though India is not a member of the WCT and the WPPT, the Copyright
Act, 1957 is fully compliant with the Rome Convention provisions. The provisions
of the Act is also in harmony with two other new WIPO treaties namely, the Beijing
Audiovisual Performers treaty, 2012 and the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access
to Published Works by Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled Persons, 2013.
The Copyright Rules, 2013 was notified on 14 March, 2013 replacing the old Copyright
Rules, 1958. The Rules, inter alia, provide for procedure for relinquishment of
Copyright; grant of compulsory licences in the matter of work withheld from public;
to publish or republish works (in certain circumstances); to produce and publish
a translation of a literary or dramatic work in any language; licence for benefit
of disabled; grant statutory licence for cover versions; grant of statutory licence
for broadcasting literary and musical works and sound recordings; registration of
copyright societies and copyright registration.
Section 9 of the Copyright Act requires for establishment of an office to be called
the Copyright Office for the purpose of the Act. The Copyright Office is to be under
the immediate control of a Registrar of Copyrights to be appointed by the Central
Government, who would act under the superintendence and directions of the Central
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Section 11 of the Copyright Act requires the Central Government to constitute a
Copyright Board headed by a Chairman with not less than two and not more than 14
other members. Registrar of Copyrights is to be Secretary of the Copyright Board.
Section 12 of the Copyright Act also lays down the powers of the Copyright Board
and deems it to be a civil court for the purposes of Sections 345 and 346 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and also that all the proceedings of the Board
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Jamestown YMCAs Promote American Heart Month
February is American Heart Month and as a leading nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community through healthy living, the Jamestown Area YMCAs urge everyone in Chautauqua County to take steps to prevent chronic diseases, such as heart disease, so they can lead longer, healthier lives.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is responsible for one in four deaths each year in the United States. To address the prevalence of heart disease, the Y made a commitment to the Million Hearts campaign, an initiative spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that aims to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over five years.
The root causes of many chronic diseases are unhealthy behaviors such as physical inactivity, unhealthy eating and tobacco use. With a presence into more than 10,000 communities across the nation, the Y has the ability to address the root causes of chronic disease at both the individual and community level and improve health and well-being.
The Y offers community-based healthy living and chronic disease prevention initiatives that support people in changing their lifestyles, encourage organizations and communities to adopt behaviors that promote healthy living, and promote the public's health through advocacy.
The Jamestown YMCAs encourages heart health with a no joining fee promotion until the end of February, free fitness orientations, free group exercise classes such as water fitness, indoor cycling, and Zumba, a free ActivTrax Web-based wellness program, sports leagues for the entire family, baby-sitting and other programs.
The Jamestown Area YMCA, a United Way agency, offers a community of diverse individuals who can support all individuals in meeting their health and well-being goals. Learn more by visiting jamestownymca.org or stopping into the local Y.


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Penn State Hershey Emergency Medicine provides clinical care to all patients who present to our Emergency Department independent of ability to pay. We are the safety net, meeting the urgent medical need for our region. We work collaboratively as a team with physicians, physicians-in-training (residents), physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, emergency technicians, secretarial and registration staff. Our goal is to provide outstanding patient care based upon the needs of all patients.
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You will be seen by an emergency provider (physician or physician extender) upon your visit to our Emergency Department. We also work very closely with other departments to provide expanded specialty care based upon your need as a patient:
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Stocks Fall as Holiday Shopping Slows, 'Cliff' Concerns Persist
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks fell, reversing gains, on concern the holiday-shopping season will fail to provide a boost to the economy as President Obama attempts to tackle the so-called fiscal cliff.
Retailers declined as sales rose 0.7% in the month through Dec. 24, compared with 2% growth a year earlier, MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse said, without providing dollar figures. A combination of the possibility of higher taxes and spending cuts, and the twin tragedies of Hurricane Sandy and the Newtown, Conn., massacre put a damper on shopping.
The president will need to make progress over the next five days. Failure to do so would trigger tax increases and spending cuts, a combination that could put the economy into a recession. Congress will return Dec. 27, while Obama travels to Washington from a vacation in Hawaii today.
Obama, even with a decisive re-election victory last month, has had a tough time dealing with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B," a compromise on raising taxes for the wealthy, was throttled by his own party, raising concerns Democrats and Republicans will be locked in battle as they have been in the past four years.
Obama, before going on vacation, sought from both parties a plan that would avert tax increases before a larger deal could be hammered out.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 24.5 points, or 0.2%, to 13,114.59.
Losers outweighed winners 17 to 13. The biggest decliners were Wal-Mart(WMT) , Coca-Cola(KO) and United Health (UNH)
The largest gainers were Bank of America (BAC) , Alcoa(AA) and Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) .
The S&P 500 fell 6.8 points, or 0.5%, to 1,419.83. The Nasdaq dropped 22.4 points, or 0.7%, to 2,990.16.
The economic calendar in the U.S. included the so-called Redbook, a measure of sales at chain stores, discounters, and department stores, as well as the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index.
National chain-store sales were little changed in the first four weeks of December from November, according to Redbook Research's latest indicator. Economists had expected a 0.2% gain.
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of real estate values in 20 cities climbed 4.3% in October from a year earlier, the largest leap since May 2010.
Gold for February delivery was up $1.40 at $1,660 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while February crude oil contracts were up $2.56 to $91.17 a barrel.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury was trading at 1.75%, down 2 basis points. The U.S. dollar index was at 79.63.
In corporate news, Nike(NKE) dropped $1.47, or 2.8%, to $51.33, as stocks tied to holiday shopping suffered. Apparel maker Michael Kors (KORS) tumbled $3.54, or 6.6%, to $50.03. Luxury-handbag company Coach(COH) slid $3.39, or 5.9%, to $$54.13.


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Economic opportunity
Watch the video above to learn how we're empowering young people in Africa to go after their dreams, start their own businesses, and succeed — no matter what challenges they may face.
A roadside stand in South Sudan selling soap; an internet start-up in Gaza; a tofu processing plant in Indonesia: The global economy is connected by complex and dynamic markets. Mercy Corps believes in harnessing this inherent power to provide better opportunities for the world's poor and vulnerable, half of whom live on less than $2/day.
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Ethiopia: Standing her ground and springing back
In many places around the world, drought withers lawns. In Ethiopia, drought withers lives. "When I was young, I was beautiful," says 50-year-old Zesino Mohamed Shiro. "But years of drought and not having enough to eat makes you old."
Ethiopia: What's beyond Paradise
North Korea: Demystifying our work in North Korea
In North Korea, Mercy Corps programs focus on alleviating hunger by expanding agricultural production. We also invite North Korean officials to the U.S. as part of building a humanitarian bridge between our country and theirs.
Haiti: Bringing food to Haiti's hungry families
Families in Haiti's Central Plateau and Lower Artibonite have been going hungry – not because food is not available, but because they cannot afford it.
Kyrgyzstan: VIDEO: But you don't have to take MY word for it!
The decision process that goes into making a charitable contribution is different for each person. Still, most responsible donors have one thing in common — they want to know that their money is being used to help the intended recipients and that the programs being provided are beneficial.
Kosovo: Making the economy buzz
Ali Rama is a 50-year-old beekeeper from the Vushtri Municipality in northern Kosovo. While Ali has enjoyed relative success in his honey production and sales for the last 10 years, he was looking to expand his business into new opportunities.
Kosovo: How a tractor changes everything
The village of Videja is a rural community of 1,000 residents near the Dukagjini Valley, the heart of western Kosovo's agricultural lands.
Kosovo: Not small potatoes
Naim Fejza is a veteran potato farmer in the small town of Mogila in southern Kosovo. For his entire adult life, he and his household — which includes his parents, wife and three children — have eked out a living on the small income from the sales of potatoes on their farm.
Uganda: In northern Uganda, hope springs eternal
As the brutal twenty-year civil war in Uganda has unofficially ended, many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have exited Pader — a district in the country's northern Acholiland — which was for many years at the epicenter of atrocities committed by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Kyrgyzstan: A fund in Kyrgyzstan to rebuild micro-enterprises
In a quiet Osh neighborhood there stands a torched shop with no roof. The hot afternoon sun shines over what little remains of Nadira Abdusatarova's once-thriving seamstress business.


text: It's against the law here in Winnipeg but I still see idiots out there yapping away while driving. Before the law came into effect I would see young women (always young women - sorry!) that as soon as they got in the car and started it would put the phone up to their ear. (it was as if they had to talk to someone while driving) - nuts, eh? what is worse are people texting - now that is just frickin' stupid!


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Oak, in the action room, appears to have a dying hard drive. I've run lots of low-level tests and they all say bad things. A lot of blocks/sectors aren't even responding to query (with a response timeout of 5 minutes) and fsck claims to have fixed a lot of errors but then more reappear on reboot.
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Roy G Biv Gallery
Elena Harvey-Collins moved to the Midwest from her childhood home, London, five years ago. Transitioning from a place where space is at a premium to a place where abandoned consumer spaces are a regular sight was a bit of a shock for the Brit.
"It's a profoundly different landscape," Harvey-Collins said. "To see these spaces that are devalued in such a way to the point they're not even for sale, they're just left, they're like these monuments. I think I just became really interested in finding out more about those spaces."
Her query into what becomes of those modern wastelands (think empty strip malls and shopping plazas) is the basis of her video project "When They're Gone, They're Gone." Part of the project will be on view this month at Roy G Biv alongside work by fellow artists Nate Mathews and Philip Spangler.
For six months, Harvey-Collins visited several once-popping, now-forgotten concrete Columbus landscapes several days a week. She'd compose a shot and push record.
Resulting are scenes of places transitioning from, as Harvey-Collins said, commercially controlled to democratically produced public space. "When They're Gone, They're Gone," she said, brings up questions about why we leave these places to rot and whether it's important to consider who takes over after the in-the-know public leaves.
Plants claimed concrete. A hawk pecked at food as a crumbling Value City served as backdrop. Somali women immigrants used the lost lots to practice parallel parking.
For Harvey-Collins, the camera was the most important tool in expressing what she saw.
"We are trained to think the camera tells us the truth, but it doesn't. I love that things can happen at the edges. The camera isn't seeing everything," Harvey-Collins said. "Things are happening at the edges and on the side of this project that you can't see. For me and eventually for the work, that whole idea of edges and margins and being marginalized was important. It was kind of a metaphor for these places. Having things happens on the margins of these scenes made sense."
Grid Furnishings
Brian Reaume is a local writer, painter and sculpture artist (you know him from Junctionview, Por Vida, Birchwater Studios and more). Contemporary furniture store Grid is showcasing his works on canvas and wood through October. If paint was Reaume's blood, words would comprise the heart that pumps it. One encourages the expression of the other. "Make," "find," and "keep" are among the words that rise darkly out of some of his abstract paintings, inspiring dialogue within the viewer about what those words mean to themselves, to the artist and to everybody else. Other paintings don't use words but beat just as intensely to get that inner conversation started.
Studios on High Gallery
Local artist Marty Husted's mixed media and oil paintings buzz with colorfully patterned emotion. Fiber art by Deb Johnson will complement Husted's dreamtastic landscapes at this September show.


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Kim, great looking pizza. I like the look of the slivered spinach. Good job.Don
Thanks Don... just a note here using Sun Dried Tomatoes there is a lot of oil, and I heated them slightly and poured of the oil and put them on a paper towel before putting them on the pie. other wise the oil would run off the pie and make a mess on the stone/oven.
Norma, I'd be a happy little snowman too! Merry Christmas, Don
After several trials here's my entry. My version of a red pepper Rouille does have tomato puree, red wine vinergar, garlic, and a healthy dose of Sriracha sauce in it. Cheese went on first, then ham, the red pepper Rouille, then the green pepper. The dough is a mimic of Jeff Varasano's dough formula three days chilled in the fridge. Superb crust. A very unique tasting pizza.Merry Christmas, Don
Thanks, Don. All of the peppers were roasted. The red ones kept their bright color.Merry Christmas!Best,Bill
Well I'll be. Plainly you have access to a different variety than I for red peppers. I do love the sublime depth of flavor that roasting peppers gives.Don


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neil wrote:I would need to buy a slightly obscure adaptor thingy to put the iMac on wifi - much easier and less messy than hardwiring it into the network - any objections? (It would be under £10)
chombee wrote:and we also backed it up onto DVD at least twice although I'm not sure of the whereabouts of either set or even how many exist (amazing memory here).
I didn't know you had a set Mike, that's good.
chombee wrote:New backups should be made from the HD itself cause that's got everything that's been ripped since the last backup. I heartily encourage anyone with the time and the storage media to make themselves a backup and take it home.
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Chris Pine Vs Chris Evans Vs Chris Hemsworth: Actor Showdown
These three young hot shots all share the same name, are captivating and have tons of geek cred. They have taken on the iconic roles of Captain America, Thor and Captain James T. Kirk respectively. With each being the rage in Hollywood, we thought we should compare them on five pieces of criteria to see which is biggest star and leading the charge. Join WatchMojo.com as we pit Chris Pine versus Chris Evans versus Chris Hemsworth to see who casts the biggest shadow in Hollywood.


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We are proud to announce the first Central European Conference in Linguistics for postgraduate Students (CECIL'S), to be held on 30-31 August 2011 at Peter Pazmany Catholic University (PPCU), Hungary.
The two-day conference aims to bring together linguistics graduate students from a wide range of research areas, providing an interdisciplinary forum for students to present and discuss their work in an intellectually stimulating and informal setting.
The event will take place at the picturesque campus of PPCU just outside Budapest, and is hosted by the Department of Theoretical Linguistics of PPCU.
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Father charged in baby's death in court
EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man – arrested in Escanaba, extradited to Texas, and charged in connection with his baby's death – was denied a bond reduction by an El Paso County judge on Tuesday.
Jeffrey Farrey, 22, an army specialist, was arrested Nov. 17 in Escanaba on a federal AWOL charge. Following his extradition to El Paso County, the body of his five-month-old son, Jackson, was found buried in a New Mexico desert. The father was charged with injury to a child by omission. Bond was set at $1.5 million.
Farrey's wife, Jenna Farrey, 20, was also arrested Nov. 17 in Escanaba for violating her probation terms on two child abandonment convictions in Texas. She was extradited to El Paso County on Tuesday and lodged in jail on the probation violation.
During Jeffrey Farrey's bond reduction hearing, Assistant District Attorney Penny Hamilton revealed that Jackson had been buried for about a month, the El Paso Times reported.
Hamilton also said Farrey had told his parents the child died and that he and his wife buried the baby in the desert in Otero County, according to the El Paso Times.
Hamilton also said Tuesday that the couple's other child, 19-month-old Blake Farrey, was placed in Michigan Child Protective Services because he was "grossly underweight."
Blake was with his parents when they were arrested in Escanaba on Nov. 17. He was placed under the care of local Child Protective Services.
Police were searching for the Farrey family after Jeffrey Farrey failed to show up for work at Fort Bliss Army Base and officials found a suicide note in their home.
Jeffrey Farrey's attorney, Joe Spencer, said during Tuesday's bond reduction hearing that his client is not a flight risk and was in Michigan to take Blake to family members in Illinois, stated the El Paso Times.
A request for bond reduction was denied by Magistrate Judge James Carter who said he will reconsider bond after the autopsy reveals the cause of death for Jackson Farrey. Results of the autopsy have not been released.
Jeffrey Farrey's preliminary examination is scheduled for Dec. 12.
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Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna get into them. That's some crazy complicated continuity.
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Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna get into them. That's some crazy complicated continuity.
I'd recommend getting TPBs of RID and MTMTE, at least Vol 1 of each, that's all you need to get started. They don't intertwine that much since MTMTE is an off-world quest while RID is on Cybertron, so you don't need both, but they're each good stories that take place concurrently.
Oh, and if you're feeling like you need something to set up MTMTE a little and be good on its own, Last Stand of the Wreckers is a stand-alone title (it was a 5-book miniseries but is a single TPB now) that is very engaging and tells the story of a bunch of nobodies who are sent into a suicide mission, it was quite good, the first book I picked up from IDW that made Transformers engaging on the page (I didn't enjoy the earlier IDW books I came across anywhere nearly as much, but I did like them more than the Dreamwave junk).
ReGeneration 1 picks up from the original Marvel series so it's only part of THAT storyline, not the IDW G1 main storyline. I know classic fans are loving it, I wasn't a heavy Marvel series reader so I haven't picked it up yet.
That is utter crap in a hat! "We're too good for your money", screw them! My local shop let me put just MTMTE and RID on my pull list and they were HAPPY to do it, they're nice people who like comic books. Tell me what titles you want me to add to the pull-list here and I'll get them on my list and mail them to you once a month or something. Or tell that store to shove it and get your books from Comixology for half price on the computer. What jerks, that really bothers me!.Quote:
JT, they apparently do pull lists... but not for someone getting only a couple of titles. :(
Anybody else voting on the fans choice poll?
Mine is a Decepticon Car that's got a long range blaster and is purple & bronze who is valiant. Nothing more annoying than a sniper who thinks he's just the best thing ever.
Point taken, JT. I was giving the full scope, but, yeah, MTMTE and RiD vols. 1 are the starting point. If you like them, I'd concur with JT on Last Stand of the Wreckers, but I'd also say definitely look for one volume of the previous series that's all flashbacks to Prime and Megatron's early relationship ("Chaos Theory," IIRC) and the Spotlight collection that contains the Wheelie Spotlight (yes, Wheelie, of all Bots); some of the MTMTE and RiD stories pick up on threads from those and, while they're not required prerequisites, they might offer some enlightenment.
The basic gyst of the where those two pick up: The war is finally ended. The Autobots are sort of victorious. I say "sort of" because Galvatron (who is NOT a Decepticon in this continuity, nor a version of Megatron, but an ancient Cybertronian who pre-dates the conflict) more or less used the Decepticons to defeat an entity from the "Dead Universe" (don't ask--it was basically a way to wrap up a long-running subplot that never went anywhere up to this point), leaving them weakened so the Autobots won. Megatron is missing, presumed dead, and Optimus Prime has stepped down from his role as Autobot Commander, taking his old name and job as lawman Orion Pax. Meanwhile, Cybertron has somewhat restored itself, and sent a homing beacon to millions of unaffiliated Cybertronians who left millennia ago to avoid the war....
Damn, not sure how I forgot this not once, but twice--If you like what you see in RiD and MTMTE, the other previous volume I'd look for is Autocracy. It's a digital-first comic co-written by Flint Dille that is the origin story of how Orion became Optimus in IDW, with tons of nods to the 1986 movie (mostly clever, and the few that aren't don't detract).
I got Blitzwing and Springer by the way. I'm concentrating on my work though and I bet someone else here will get to opening them before I do
You guys seen the Takara designer's tweeted pics of G1 Metroplex with Generations Metroplex yet?
Just... wow.
Yeah, guilty as charged. :)
I love the look of Metroplex, but, damn, there's just no way I can justify it. He'd have to go on clearance for more than 50% off, at which point I imagine he'd be impossible to get because everyone else on Earth would be after him at that price. I know it's not a healthy way to keep a line alive, waiting for clearance, but there's no bleeding way I can justify a toy who's almost a car payment and is bigger than my son.


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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- There's a lot happening next week on the earnings front, Jim Cramer said on Friday's "Mad Money" as he laid out his game plan for next week's trading. Cramer said many sectors have been on fire, and he expects that trend to continue.
On Monday, Cramer said, he'll be watching both McDonald's
Tuesday brings two stocks Cramer owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS, DuPont
For Wednesday, it's Ford
Turning to Thursday, Celgene
Finally, on Friday, it's Stanley Black & Decker
Executive Decision: T.J. Rodgers
In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with T.J. Rodgers, president and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor
Rodgers said touchscreens in smartphones continue to be a huge driver for Cypress, and his company continues to deliver new technologies benefiting users around the globe. He said that even something as simple as an off-brand charger can introduce interference that can disrupt a touchscreen's operation. That's why Cypress has been developing circuits that can eliminate such interference so phones can continue to operate even while being charged.


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Research Forum
EAS Call for Proposals for Small Research Grants
Friday, April 1, 2005.
The East Asian Studies Program Committee request proposals from graduate students for grants for research-related costs. Students can request between $500 and $1,000. Between three and six awards will be made.
Preferences will be given to students who conduct field research or
other forms of data collection for their dissertation or qualifying paper
and to carefully prepared high-qualify proposals.
The application should be a one- to two-page statement which would include the following information:
• The project title, your name and email address;
• The research question of the project;
• A brief statement of its theoretical significance;
• A brief statement of how far along you are in completing it;
• The way in which this grant will advance your progress;
• A budget and a brief justification. Legitimate research costs might include:
-- travel expenses to a research site;
-- tools of research: audio tapes, small equipment, hardware/software (that is not readily available on campus); and
-- acquisition of data and fees for data access and documents.
Submit your electronic applications to Carey Flaherty-Ryan (firstname.lastname@example.com). The EAS Subcommittee will rank the applications and nominate the applicants to the program director. The applicants will be informed about the outcome in early May.
East Asian Studies has launched a new faculty/graduate students research forum. This forum is open to all graduate students and faculty interested in East Asian Studies. Please contact to be included on the mailing list.
Introduced by Professor Susan Mann, Chair and Professor, the Department of History
*The Suspended Woman and the Seven Star Chapel: Multiple Meanings of Widow Chastity on **Southwest China** Ethnic Boundaries*
This talk explores the cultural space in which the moral discourses of imperial China interacted with the kinship systems and social values of an indigenous people, the Nasu Yi, in the colonial world of Ming-Qing Yunnan. Lady Qu, the female native prefect of Wuding (in office 1531-ca. 1557), transformed a local Nasu Yi folktale about widow suicide into a monument to her own chaste widowhood. This act had different meanings to observers from different perspectives. The Qing official who recorded the matter in the gazetteer he edited made it into a triumphal monument to the ongoing success of the Confucian civilizing project. Lady Quâ's bilingually-educated subordinates among the indigenous local elite had a more ambivalent view to the value of widow chastity and were likely aware of the rather different meaning of the original folk tradition of the Suspended Woman. Lady Qu herself seems to have deployed chastity as a statecraft tactic: circumscribed by Ming regulations for the inheritance of native official positions, she used Yi ideas about lordly inheritance and counteracted Ming officials' stereotypes about the sexual behavior of Yi chieftains' widows to build her questionable political legitimacy with both provincial officials and the indigenous elite of Wuding. The "contact zone"where the Confucian civilizing project met Yi political traditions was a space in which the moral values of Ming colonial overlords could enter Yi culture, but the Yi elites who brokered such cultural change adjusted Confucian morality to fit the needs of a different political culture, social structure, and kinship system.
Speaker biography:
Jacob Whittaker is a Ph.D. candidate in Chinese history at the University of California, Davis. He is currently completing a dissertation entitled "Indigenous Elites and Cultural Brokerage in Late Imperial Yunnan: The Lu-ɦo Polity, the Feng Family Native Prefects, and Nasu Yi Civilization in Wuding, 1174-1745, under the direction of Prof. Susan Mann. Whittaker is a graduate of Cornell University, and completed a Master of Arts in Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley in 1997 with a thesis exploring the cultural strategies used by a nineteenth-century Muslim rebel in Yunnan for mobilizing a multi-ethnic alliance against the Qing state. Whittaker's dissertation research has been funded by a University of California Office of the President, Pacific Rim Research Foundation grant to conduct archival and field research in China in 2000-2001, and the Reed-Smith Dissertation-Year Fellowship (2003-2004). Whittaker's research focuses on ethnicity in late imperial and modern China and on the ethnogenesis and cultural history of the Yi peoples of southwest China.