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Ice Fields of Skadus
|The Ice Fields of Skadus
|Dead System from the End of Time
|Krysto Region
|Key Resources
|Blue Transparent
|Controlled By
|None listed
|Key Locations
|Khione, the Frozen Star
Deep in the future, possibly near R. 3,955, minifigs of the Skadus System in the Krysto Region wage a desperate war against the personified Concepts of Peace, Stability, Complacency, and Tedium, the Four Horsemen of the Brikpocalypse. The very cosmos themselves were the weapons in the final war that could end the BrikVerse forever and, with the most primitive societies at the end of days rating a Tek Level of at least 8, the remaining factions wielded them with utmost proficiency. No one knows what happened, whether the universe was, is, or has been saved, only that the remnants of titanic Ice Moons litter the destroyed system and that nothing but the cold quiet of those shards and the phantom apocalyptic battlers sometimes glimpsed within them permeates that dead space.
The Ice Fields are filled with massive collisions and bursts of deadly energies but the space is somehow muted and still. Skadus appears in its present form in every Rekonstruktion and is, as far as scientists and theologians are able to piece together, the only thing in the BrikVerse that does not change or get recycled with each Rekon. Disturbingly, it's almost as if it exists outside of the gaping rents in space time and is a True Constant. This could bode very well for the inhabitants of the BrikVerse, or it could portend something very, very bad.
Many operations mine the perimeter of the Skadus System, looking for appropriate concentrations of Blue Transparent element. Not many venture too far inside, however, due to its extremely dangerous environs. Rumors persist that, at the heart of the system where its star once burned, the secrets of the universe are locked away, buried beneath the Ice.


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That's my best explanation for the silence over here these past 6 days. In the interim, San Diego scored 2 runs (one gifted to them courtesy of the Phil Cuzzi Foundation) at Seattle, then hung 5 runs each on 2 San Francisco All-Star starters. They'd be going for the sweep today if not for the rare Mike Adams hiccup in last night's eighth inning. Well that and 17 consecutive Padres retired by the Giant bullpen to close out the game.
I want to go back to Wednesday's 5-3 triumph for a moment, because this headline caught my eye today:
"Quals Being Excoriated in San Francisco"
First, excoriated is one of my all-time favorite words. Increase your vocabulary: 'excoriated' means to denounce or berate severely, to flay verbally. Hat Tip to Chris Jenkins for using it in his lede. Second, this article shows how ridiculous sports talk has become.
Sports are played with emotion. This is more obvious in some sports, like football, than others. Sometimes I think people consider baseball more a 19th century-type gentlemen's competition instead of an emotional gut-check. Those folks aren't privy to a good rivalry where it's apparent emotion runs high. San Francisco vs San Diego developed that edge last season down the stretch, and it's carried over this year, if the last 3 games are any indication. Whether or not the players admit it, these games have had a playoff edge, which shouldn't exist in July between the first and 4th place teams in a division.
So there's that going in. Then there's the inning itself. Andres Torres is a pest. Pest Pest Pest Pest (I mean that in the most respectful way), as evidenced by his 16-pitch walk that started this fracas with one out. Qualls threw every pitch he had at Torres, who kept fouling the good ones off and taking the ones he couldn't hit. Despite the fact that ball 4 looked like strike 3 on the replay, he worked the walk. Chad, knowing the Giants were down 2 and that Torres was probably going, threw over a couple of times to keep Andres close, but Torres stole second anyway.
Now he's an even bigger pest. Torres gets to third on Crawford's 4-3 groundout, and when the 2-2 pitch skips away from Hundley he takes off for the plate. Normally the runner beats the throw home, because the catcher has to grab the ball, make a perfect throw to the plate that the pitcher covering can handle, and said pitcher has to both block the plate and apply the tag on the runner. Hard to do.
Could he have handled it in a more Victorian way? Sure. I'm glad he did what he did though. It was an important run kept off the board, he made a play he had no business making, and finally retired a guy who had been a major pain in his side that half-inning. A little raw emotion is good for the soul.
You got a problem with the occasional emoting on the field of battle? Go watch badmiton.

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LOS ANGELES— The Italian media held no punches for Juventus manager Antonio Conte following their 3-1 defeat to the LA Galaxy.
In fact the first question for the manager was a simple one? "Are you ashamed by the result tonight?"
To which Conte offered an expansive response in Italian.
"The performance was not good," Conte said through a translator. "We need everybody to wake up. I put myself first on that list. If we think we don't need hard work and determination anymore, we're not going to get far. We have great players, we have a high-quality roster, but in these last two years we have always gone beyond our limits for the artwork and determination we've shown on the field. We need to return to that mentality."
Juventus are now 0-2-0 during their tour of the U.S. and will be playing in the seventh place game against an undetermined opponent on Tuesday. As Conte looks to get his club ready for their Italian SuperCup match against Lazio on Aug. 18 and the start of the league a week later, he implored his squad to focus.
"I think it's reductive to say that this loss is caused by the fact that we're in preseason and it's just a friendly," Conte said. "We're here in LA, it's a fancy place, we have parties. Everything is very fun. But everywhere you go to play, all over the world, if you don't show the determination on the pitch, you're going to have big problems and, as happened tonight, you're going to lose the game. That's the rule of soccer."


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In case you didn't know it, the Cakespy team is part of a group called the Daring Bakers. Each month, a challenge is posted for members, and each member posts their results on the same day on their websites. This month, we were encountered by a challenge that was tres exciting to us: the Perfect Party Cake by Dorie Greenspan. But--and here's a moment of honesty--when we started looking through the recipe, it seemed awfully...involved. (Of course, at Cakespy, as much as we admire fine baking, we are the first to call ourselves expert tasters, novice bakers). And so, making like Shary Bobbins in the Simpsons, we decided to see how much we could get away with by "cutting every corner". But truly, this was an experiment of curiosity rather than pure brattiness. Though we suspected that our end result would be less than bakery-caliber, we wanted to know--would it be completely inedible? Or would it be, you know, kind of ok? Here's how it went.
For the Cake
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour (we used all-purpose)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups whole milk or buttermilk (we used soy milk)
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (we left this out)
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons or 4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature (we got impatient so we nuked it)
- ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract (we left this out--no lemon handy)
For the Buttercream
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large egg whites
- 3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice from 2 large lemons (we left this out)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For Finishing (we left this out--just frosted it, plain and simple)
2/3 cup seedless raspberry preserves stirred vigorously or warmed gently until spreadable
About 1 ½ cups sweetened shredded coconut
Getting Ready
Centre a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9 x 2 inch round cake pans and line the bottom of each pan with a round of buttered parchment or wax paper. Put the pans on a baking sheet. (We didn't have parchment or waxed paper so we just buttered those babies and hoped for the best.)
To Make the Cake
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Whisk together the milk and egg whites in a medium bowl.
- Put the sugar and lemon zest in a mixer bowl or another large bowl and rub them together with your fingers until the sugar is moist and fragrant. (since we had no lemon zest, we just added it to the butter and proceeded to step #4)
- Add the butter and working with the paddle or whisk attachment, or with a hand mixer, beat at medium speed for a full 3 minutes, until the butter and sugar are very light.
- Beat in the extract, then add one third of the flour mixture, still beating on medium speed. (we just added the flour mixture).
- Beat in half of the milk-egg mixture, then beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients until incorporated.
- Add the rest of the milk and eggs beating until the batter is homogeneous, then add the last of the dry ingredients.
- Finally, give the batter a good 2- minute beating to ensure that it is thoroughly mixed and well aerated.
- Divide the batter between the two pans and smooth the tops with a rubber spatula.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the cakes are well risen and springy to the touch – a thin knife inserted into the centers should come out clean
- Transfer the cakes to cooling racks and cool for about 5 minutes, then run a knife around the sides of the cakes, unfold them and peel off the paper liners. (ours came out just fine! yess!!)
- Invert and cool to room temperature, right side up (the cooled cake layers can be wrapped airtight and stored at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to two months). (We put it in the fridge to kind of speed up the process, but then got nervous about it cooling unevenly and took it back out again to do it Dorie's way).
- Put the sugar and egg whites in a mixer bowl or another large heatproof bowl, fit the bowl over a plan of simmering water and whisk constantly, keeping the mixture over the heat, until it feels hot to the touch, about 3 minutes.
- The sugar should be dissolved, and the mixture will look like shiny marshmallow cream. (Ours did, sort of).
- Remove the bowl from the heat.
- Working with the whisk attachment or with a hand mixer, beat the meringue on medium speed until it is cool, about 5 minutes.
- Switch to the paddle attachment if you have one, and add the butter a stick at a time, beating until smooth.
- Once all the butter is in, beat in the buttercream on medium-high speed until it is thick and very smooth, 6-10 minutes.
- During this time the buttercream may curdle or separate – just keep beating and it will come together again. (It did curdle, but we beat on and it did come together again--whew!).
- On medium speed, gradually beat in the lemon juice, waiting until each addition is absorbed before adding more, and then the vanilla. (We had no lemon juice to add).
- You should have a shiny smooth, velvety, pristine white buttercream. Press a piece of plastic against the surface of the buttercream and set aside briefly.
- Using a sharp serrated knife and a gentle sawing motion, slice each layer horizontally in half.
- Put one layer cut side up on a cardboard cake round or a cake plate protected by strips of wax or parchment paper. (We just put it on a plate).
- Spread it with one third of the preserves. (We skipped this, and just applied the buttercream to the sides and top).
- Cover the jam evenly with about one quarter of the buttercream.
- Top with another layer, spread with preserves and buttercream and then do the same with a third layer (you'll have used all the jam and have buttercream leftover).
- Place the last layer cut side down on top of the cake and use the remaining buttercream to frost the sides and top.
- Press the coconut into the frosting, patting it gently all over the sides and top. (We didn't use any coconut, but we topped it with our favorite melty mints, which made it very happy-looking and, you know, covered a multitude of sins).


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Stockton, CA
Geraldine "Jerry" Ann Grath
1922 - 2013
Geraldine Grath 91, Born to
Angela and Anthony Mattie in
Pueblo, Colorado, passed from this earth in her sleep to be reunited with her loving husband Carl, on September 12th. Dancing again in Heaven, again they are in each other's arms. She is the loving mother to Nancy DosReis (Edward) and Carl Grath (Susan Ellis). Treasured grandmother to Heather Fontes (Steven), Erin Pedalino (Luigi), Caitlin Peterson (Richard), Andrew Grath (Gina) and great grandmother to Matthew Somers, Joseph Fontes, Lucy Grath,
Andrew Grath, Carlo Pedalino, Matteo Pedalino and Benjamin
Peterson. Geraldine was known to all to be the most loving of mothers and grandmothers who loved unconditionally. She was no stranger to hard work from her early childhood and entire adult life. As a member of the Greatest Generation, she worked in the Oakland Shipyards, for the World War II effort. She dedicated herself to her husband, and when he became ill in the later part of his life, Geraldine was always at his side. She tended her garden and fruit trees with great care and enjoyed her independence until the end. She will be forever remembered as the best mother and mentor a family could ever hope for - "and that's it guys".
The family has planned a private memorial service. Memorials can be made to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95204.


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Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw Named Top Country Earners of 2012
While the music industry is full of musicians who are still trying to 'make it,' Billboard has compiled a list of forty musicians who have been successful in 2012, at least according to their pocketbooks. Many fan-favorite country artists made the cut, an example of the popularity of country music today.
Kenny Chesney was the most successful country artist in the bunch, coming in at No. 5 overall after earning more than $19 million in 2012. Chesney's Brothers of the Sun touring partner, Tim McGraw, ranked at No. 7 with an impressive $18 million for the year.
Jason Aldean claimed the No. 8 spot, with a yearly total of $18.5 million -- certainly more than he was making in '1994' -- while trio Lady Antebellum ended up at No. 12 with just under $13 million. There was a tight race between the artists following them, as Brad Paisley took home $12.8 million, Taylor Swift landed the 15th spot with $12.7 million, and Carrie Underwood came in at No. 16, bringing in a hefty $11.9 million. We're pretty 'Blown Away' by that.
Eric Church and Rascal Flatts were next, banking $11 million and $10.8 million respectively, and Toby Keith ended up at No. 23, with $9.8 million earned in 2013. Also on the list were husband and wife Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, with the 'Mama's Broken Heart' hitmaker landing at No. 27, and her heartthrob husband rounding out the list at No. 40. Squeezing in at No. 37 was Zac Brown Band, and with the added adrenaline of their recent Grammy win, we can expect many great things from them in the future.
The top three money makers of 2012 were a couple of household names: Madonna (who topped this list in 2008), Bruce Springsteen, and Roger Waters. Swift topped this list the previous year, earning $35.7 million.
We're pretty proud of all the country artists who made this list, declaring that country music is here to stay. If you'd like to view the complete list, you can see it here.


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I have a huge list of things I want to do during 2010, but in terms of resolutions, I think my main goal is to keep better records, fill in the spreadsheets, keep receipts, organize important papers etc. My current system is a bit of a mess and is in dire need of improvement.
I'm a big fan of making resolutions throughout the year, this will be the first of many.
What are your resolutions?


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Maintaining good oral health could help keep thinking skills intact in the ageing population, according to an American study.
Researchers from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York claim that gum disease can influence the functioning of the brain through causing inflammation in the body, which they claim can be a risk factor in the loss of good mental functioning.
The study which was based on adults aged 60 and above found that those with serious gum disease were three times more like to have trouble recalling a three word sequence after a specified period of time.
The research project also found that adults with the highest levels of the pathogen which causes gum disease were two times more likely to fail three digit reverse subtraction tests. They were also nearly three times more likely to struggle with verbal memory tests and twice as likely to fail on verbal recall and subtraction tests.
The study which was reported in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, was based on more than 2,350 men and women who were tested for periodontitis and completed numerous thinking skills tests as part of a national survey.
Source: Dental Tribune Dec 2009
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About Belstain
Perhaps the jury needs to be held responsible for some small portion of the damages they negligently awarded to Apple. I think 1% might drive the message home while still being fair.
What's that? They can't come up with 1% of the award? Come on, it's barely over $10,000,000.
I wonder if we could petition Google to remove the Olympics from the search results based on this?
"We do not agree to your terms of use, so we will no longer be providing links to your website."
I'd buy one. It would make a great gift to troll friends with.
Don't forget the grocery stores. They are the backbone of the IP industry after all.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120607/10055319241/feds-say-we-need-stronger-ip-laws-beca use-grocery-stores-employ-lots-people.shtml
Great idea! Since the only people that will see this are those that paid for it, it would make sense to thank them for not stealing it.
Actually providing customers a BENEFIT for buying something rather than punishing them for it, might make people feel a little better about going through all the hassle of purchasing movies legitimately.
I don't think cable cutting will be much of an issue. I think the bigger problem for the cable companies is the younger generations that will never see a need to sign up for their services to begin with.
They'd just find a loophole in the law and do it anyway.
No they aren't. All of the jobs you've listed are depending on certain tools to do their jobs but none of them have any reason to care about the IP involved in the creation and distribution of those tools.
They need a tool to do a job. As long as the tool does the job, it doesn't matter who owns the patent or copyright. It doesn't matter what name is on the box as long as the tool is up to the task. IP doesn't make tools better, it makes them more expensive.
The only thing the end user sees from IP is the increased cost from protecting it and from limited competition in the market. Not to mention the opportunity costs from features that can't be implemented in one tool because the patent owner refuses to license it for that use.
It's the old "this tool has a really useful feature and this other tool has a different equally cool feature. I wish I could have a single tool with both features." But you can't, because that is illegal.
IP has almost no effect on the number of sales at Wal-Mart. Trademarks and brand image may effect what brand people buy, but with or without IP people would still buy roughly the same amount, just under a different name.
In cases where there are no IP protections (clothing) or where patents and copyrights have expired (common medicines) Wal-Mart can make their own generic products and undercut the name brands while still keeping the same or higher profit margin for themselves.
So, retailers like Wal-Mart should in fact favor LESS IP protections rather than more.
It's less like borrowing my neighbors car (because then he couldn't use it) and more like going in my garage and building one exactly like it for myself without asking his permission.
Or not sold at all.


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Beautiful heavy linen pillow in the color "Nut" from Society. Comes with cushion filling.
Measurements: 50 x 60 cm.
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text: After 5 days of riding through Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee, four buddies and I will have a Friday night off in Marietta Ga before we each go our separate ways. Three of us are single and the 4th has a somewhat loose interpretation of his marriage vows. We are likely to be up for a good steak or at least a great meal and then ????. Suggestions that will be fun but not get us infected, arrested or killed? All of us are middle aged (assuming we live to over 100)


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Modern architecture
Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely.[1] The term is often applied to modernist movements at the turn of the 20th century, with efforts to reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological advancement and the modernization of society. It would take the form of numerous movements, schools of design, and architectural styles, some in tension with one another, and often equally defying such classification.[1] The term Modern architecture may be used to differentiate from Classical architecture following Vitruvian ideals, while it is also applied to various contemporary architecture styles such as Postmodern, High-tech or even New Classical, depending on the context. In art history, the revolutionary and neoclassical styles that evolved around 1800 are also called modern.
The concept of modernism is a central theme in the efforts of 20th century modern architecture. Gaining global popularity especially after the Second World War, architectural modernism was adopted by many architects and architectural educators, and continued as a dominant architectural style for institutional and corporate buildings into the 21st century. Modernism eventually generated reactions, most notably Postmodernism which sought to preserve pre-modern elements, while "Neo-modernism" has emerged as a reaction to Post-modernism.
Notable architects important to the history and development of the modernist movement include Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Joseph Eichler, Richard Neutra, Louis Sullivan, Gerrit Rietveld, Bruno Taut, Arne Jacobsen, Oscar Niemeyer and Alvar Aalto.
- Characteristics 1
- Context 2
Early modernism 3
- In the United States 3.1
- In Italy: Futurism 3.2
- In Soviet Union: Constructivism 3.3
In Western Europe 3.4
- Arts and Crafts movement 3.4.1
- Expressionism 3.4.2
- Modernism reaches critical mass 3.4.3
- Style Moderne: tradition and modernism 3.5
- Wartime innovation 3.6
- International Style 4
- Urban design and mass housing 5
Mid-Century reactions 6
- Brutalism and monumentality 6.1
Late 20th-century reactions and movements 7
- High-tech architecture 7.1
- Postmodern architecture 7.2
- Neomodern architecture 7.3
- Neofuturistic architecture 7.4
- New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture 7.5
- Examples of contemporary modern architecture 8
- Preservation 9
- See also 10
- References 11
- External links 12
Common themes of modern architecture include:
- the notion that "Form follows function", a dictum originally expressed by Frank Lloyd Wright's early mentor Louis Sullivan, meaning that the result of design should derive directly from its purpose
- simplicity and clarity of forms and elimination of "unnecessary detail"
- materials at 90 degrees to each other
- visual expression of structure (as opposed to the hiding of structural elements)
- the related concept of "Truth to materials", meaning that the true nature or natural appearance of a material ought to be seen rather than concealed or altered to represent something else
- use of industrially-produced materials; adoption of the machine aesthetic
- particularly in International Style modernism, a visual emphasis on horizontal and vertical lines
There are multiple lenses through which the evolution of modern architecture may be viewed. Some historians see it as a social matter, closely tied to the project of Modernity and thus the Enlightenment. Modern architecture developed, in their opinion, as a result of social and political revolutions.[2] Others see Modern architecture as primarily driven by technological and engineering developments. Still other historians regard Modernism as a matter of taste, a reaction against eclecticism and the lavish stylistic excesses of Victorian and Edwardian architecture.
With the Industrial Revolution, the availability of newly-available building materials such as iron, steel, and sheet glass drove the invention of new building techniques. In 1796, Shrewsbury mill owner Charles Bage first used his 'fireproof' design, which relied on cast iron and brick with flag stone floors. Such construction greatly strengthened the structure of mills, which enabled them to accommodate much bigger machines. Due to poor knowledge of iron's properties as a construction material, a number of early mills collapsed. It was not until the early 1830s that Eaton Hodgkinson introduced the section beam, leading to widespread use of iron construction. This kind of austere industrial architecture utterly transformed the landscape of northern Britain, leading to the description of places like Manchester and parts of West Yorkshire as "Dark satanic mills". The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton at the Great Exhibition of 1851 was an early example of iron and glass construction, followed in 1864 by the first glass and metal curtain wall. A further development was that of the steel-framed skyscraper in Chicago around 1890 by William Le Baron Jenney and Louis Sullivan.
Early modernism
Around 1900, a number of architects and designers around the world began developing new solutions to integrate traditional precedents (classicism or Gothic, for instance) with new technological possibilities. The work of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, Victor Horta in Brussels, Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, Otto Wagner and the Vienna Secession in Austria, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow, among many others, can be seen as a common struggle between old and new. The work of some of these were a part of what is broadly categorized as Art Nouveau ("New Art"). Note that the Russian word for Art Nouveau, "Модерн", and the Spanish word for Art Nouveau, "Modernismo" are cognates of the English word "Modern" though they carry different meanings. An early use of the term in print around this time, approaching its later meaning, was in the title of a book by Otto Wagner.[3][4] The fallout of the First World War resulted in additional experimentation and ideas. Following out of the experiments in Art Nouveau and its related movements around the world, modernism in architecture and design grew out of stylistic threads originating throughout the world.
In the United States
Wright's Wasmuth Portfolio. While Wright's career would parallel that of European architects, he refused to be categorized with them, claiming that they copied his ideas. Many architects in Germany believed that Wright's life would be wasted in the United States, since the US was not ready for his newer architecture.[5] During the 1930s, Wright would experiment with his Usonian ideas for a uniquely U.S. American (i.e. "US-onian") take on modernism. It would be several decades before European architects would in turn bring their version of modern architecture to the United States.
In Italy: Futurism
Futurist architecture began in the early 20th century, characterized by anti-historicism and long horizontal lines suggesting speed, motion and urgency. Technology and even violence were among the themes of the Futurists. The movement was founded by the poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who produced its first manifesto, the Manifesto of Futurism in 1909. The movement attracted not only poets, musicians artist (such as Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero, and Enrico Prampolini) but also a number of architects. Among the latter there was Antonio Sant'Elia, who, though he built little (being killed in WWI), translated the Futurist vision into bold urban form. The unbuilt designs and theories of Futurists went on to influence both the Constructivists and a branch of Italian Fascist architecture.
In Soviet Union: Constructivism
Following the 1917 revolutions in Russia, the societal upheaval and change was coupled with a desire for a new aesthetic, one more in keeping with the Communist philosophy and societal goals of the new state, in contrast to the ornate Neoclassicism that had prevailed prior. This resulted in a new style, Constructivism, with a new set of buildings in the spotlight - namely, workers' clubs, commune-houses and communal 'factory-kitchens'. Constructivist architecture was proclaimed to be the architectural style aimed at promulgating a new, socialist society. Konstantin Melnikov, a Russian Constructivist architect, designed the number of working clubs - including Rusakov Workers' Club (1928) - and his own living house, Melnikov House (1929) near Arbat Street in Moscow. The leading group of constructivist architects, led by Vesnin brothers and Moisei Ginzburg, was publishing the 'Contemporary Architecture' journal. This group created several major constructivist projects in the wake of the First Five Year Plan - including colossal Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (1932) - and made an attempt to start the 'typization' of living blocks with Ginzburg's Narkomfin building. A number of architects who already were recognized professional before 1917, like Alexey Shchusev[6] or Ivan Fomin, were successfully working under new conditions, providing several important examples of constructivist style, including Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow (1930).
The main centers of constructivist architecture were Moscow and Sain-Petersburg; however, during the industrialization lots of constructivist buildings were erected in provincial cities. The regional industrial centers, like Ekaterinburg, Kharkiv or Ivanovo, were rebuilt in the constructivist manner; some cities, like Magnitogorsk or Zaporizhia, were constructed anew (the so-called socgorod, or 'socialist city').
The style prospered, but fell markedly out of favor during the design competition for the Palace of the Soviets from 1931 to 1933, losing to a more traditional revivalism of Russian architecture with nationalistic overtones, afterwards termed Postconstructivism. However, the whole process was rather complicated, and the influence of constructivism was still present in projects like Soviet pavillion at Paris World Exhibition (1937) designed by Boris Iofan.[7] This resulted in the ultimate demise of the Russian branch of early architectural modernism, though not before it had a chance to influence architects elsewhere, such as Le Corbusier.
In Western Europe
Arts and Crafts movement
Spanning the gap between the ideals of the Peter Behrens, Theodor Fischer (who served as its first president), Josef Hoffmann and Richard Riemerschmid. Joseph August Lux, an Austrian-born critic, helped formulate its agenda.[9]
As a result of isolation during World War I, an art and design movement developed unique to the Netherlands, known as De Stijl (literally "the style"), characterized by its use of line and primary colors. While producing little architectural design overall (with notable exception of the Rietveld Schröder House of 1924), its ideas went on to influence the architects and designers of the 1920s.
Expressionism was an architectural movement that developed in Northern Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts. Making notable use of sculptural forms and the novel use of concrete as artistic elements, examples include Rudolf Steiner's Second Goetheanum, built from 1926 near Basel, Switzerland and the Einsteinturm in Potsdam, Germany.
The style was characterised by an early-modernist adoption of novel materials, formal innovation, and very unusual massing, sometimes inspired by natural biomorphic forms, sometimes by the new technical possibilities offered by the mass production of brick, steel and especially glass. Many expressionist architects fought in World War I and their experiences, combined with the political turmoil and social upheaval that followed the German Revolution of 1919, resulted in a utopian outlook and a romantic socialist agenda.[10] Economic conditions severely limited the number of built commissions between 1914 and the mid-1920s,[11] resulting in many of the most important expressionist works remaining as projects on paper, such as Bruno Taut's Alpine Architecture and Hermann Finsterlin's Formspiels. Ephemeral exhibition buildings were numerous and highly significant during this period. Scenography for theatre and films provided another outlet for the expressionist imagination,[12] and provided supplemental incomes for designers attempting to challenge conventions in a harsh economic climate. A particular type, using bricks to create its forms (rather than concrete) is known as Brick Expressionism.
Modernism reaches critical mass
It was at this time, during the 1920s, that the most important figures in Modern architecture established their reputations. The big three are commonly recognized as Le Corbusier in France, and Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany, all of whom trained under Peter Behrens.
Gropius and Mies van der Rohe both served as directors of the Bauhaus, one of a number of European schools and associations concerned with reconciling craft tradition and industrial technology. Mies van der Rohe designed the German pavilion (known afterward as the Barcelona Pavilion) at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. Villa Savoye, by Le Corbusier and his cousin, was built from 1928 to 1931. As in Russia, political pressures turned against the modernists. With the rise of Nazism in 1933, the German experiments in modernism were replaced by more traditionalist architectural forms.
Style Moderne: tradition and modernism
Following World War I, a stylistic movement developed that embraced ideas of both modernism (or at least modernization) and traditionalism. It is characterized by the adoption of the machine aesthetic, glorification of technological advancement and new materials, while at the same time adopting or loosely retaining revivalist forms and motifs, and the continued use of ornament.
In the case of the Art deco, decorative motifs included both those evocative of technology (such as the lightning bolt (electricity) or the tire (the automobile)), and those of the exotic (such as drawing elements from Mesoamerican, African, and Ancient Egyptian designs). Frank Lloyd Wright himself experimented with Mayan Revival, culminating in the concrete cube-based Ennis House of 1924 in Los Angeles.
A later variant, Streamline Moderne, simultaneously both played a role in industrial design and borrowed forms from machines themselves.
More restrained forms with national imagery were adopted. In the United States, it took the form of "Stripped Classicism" (alternatively, "PWA Moderne" or "WPA Moderne") a stark version of the Neoclassicism of Federal buildings earlier in the century.[13] It application ranged in scale from local post-offices to the Pentagon. At the same time (as noted above), the rise in nationalism was reflected in the Stalinist architecture of the Soviet Union, Fascist architecture of Italy, and Nazi architecture of Germany, what historian Kenneth Frampton termed the "New Tradition".[14] To a less political extent, such an idea of modernized tradition could also be seen in contemporaneous Mycenaean Revival architecture.
During and following World War II, this broad branch of modern architecture declined, with the rise of the International Style and other mid-century architecture.
Wartime innovation
World War II (1939–1945) and its aftermath was a major factor in driving innovation in building technology, and in turn, architectural possibilities.[13][15] The wartime industrial demands resulting in a supply shortage (of such things as steel and other metals), in turn leading to the adoption of new materials, and advancement or novel use of old ones. Similarly, surplus postwar industrial capacity accelerated the use of new materials and techniques, particular architectural aluminium (as a result of advances made in its use in aircraft, etc., during the war).[15] At the same time, there was a rapid demand for structures during the war (such as military and governmental facilities) as well as for housing after the war.
These factors encouraged experiments with prefabricated building. Though examples of prefabrication have existed since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, with notable examples during the Interwar period such as the diner, the semi-circular metal Nissen hut of World War I revived as the Quonset hut, the post-war enameled-steel Lustron house (1947–1950), and Buckminster Fuller's experimental aluminum Dymaxion House.[16]
International Style
In 1932 (prior to World War II), the International Exhibition of Modern Architecture was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Philip Johnson and collaborator Henry-Russell Hitchcock drew together many distinct threads and trends in architecture, identified them as stylistically similar and having a common purpose, and consolidated them into the International style. This was a turning point. However, for the remainder of the Interwar period, the Moderne styles overshadowed this movement.
With the labeling of modernist art and architecture in Germany as degenerate, followed by World War II, important figures of the Bauhaus and New Objectivity fled to the United States: Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius went to the Harvard Graduate School of Design (the former becoming part of a group known as the "Harvard Five"), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Chicago, with others going to Black Mountain College. Still others fled to British Palestine, contributing to the design of the White City of Tel Aviv.
While high-style modernist architectural design never became dominant in single-dwelling residential buildings in the United States, in institutional and commercial architecture Modernism became the pre-eminent, and in the schools (for leaders of the architectural profession) the only acceptable, design solution from about 1932 to about 1984.
Architects who worked in the International style wanted to break with architectural tradition and design simple, unornamented buildings. The most commonly used materials are glass for the facade (usually a curtain wall), steel for exterior support, and concrete for the floors and interior supports; floor plans were functional and logical. The style became most evident in the design of skyscrapers. Perhaps its most famous manifestations include the United Nations headquarters (Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Sir Howard Robertson), the Seagram Building and the Toronto-Dominion Centre (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), and Lever House (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill).
In the United States, a prominent early residential example was the Lovell House in Los Angeles, designed by Austrian expatriate Richard Neutra in the 1920s. Other examples include the Case Study Houses. Commissioned between 1945 and 1966, the twenty or so homes that were built primarily in and around Los Angeles, designed by architects such as Neutra and Americans Charles and Ray Eames (the Eames House) have attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors since their completion, and have influenced many architects over the years, notably the British architect, Michael Manser, whose domestic work is best exemplified by Capel Manor House in Kent. These and other Modern residences tend to focus on humanizing the otherwise harsh ideal, making them more livable and ultimately more appealing to real people. Many of these designs use a similar tactic: blurring the line between indoor and outdoor spaces.[17] This is achieved by embracing "the box" while at the same time dissolving it into the background with minimal structure and large glass walls, as was particularly the case with the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe and the Glass House by Philip Johnson, the later part of a set of residences by the "Harvard Five" in New Canaan, Connecticut. Some critics claim that these spaces remain too cold and static for the average person to function, however. The materials utilized in a large number of Modern homes are not hidden behind a softening facade. While this may make them somewhat less desirable for the general public, most modernist architects see this as a necessary and pivotal tenet of Modernism: uncluttered and purely Minimal design.
Urban design and mass housing
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See also
Following the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, Modern structures in New Orleans have been increasingly slated for demolition. Plans are underway to demolish many of the city's Modern public schools, as well as large portions of the city's Civic Plaza. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds will contribute to razing the State Office Building and State Supreme Court Building, both designed by the collaborating architectural firms of August Perez and Associates; Goldstein, Parham and Labouisse; and Favrot, Reed, Mathes and Bergman. The New Orleans Recovery School District has proposed demolitions of schools designed by Charles R. Colbert, Curtis and Davis, and Ricciuti Associates. The 1959 Lawrence and Saunders building for the New Orleans International Longshoremen's Association Local 1419 is currently threatened with demolition although the union supports its conservation.
Private organizations such as Docomomo International, the World Monuments Fund, and the Recent Past Preservation Network are working to safeguard and document imperiled Modern architecture. In 2006, the World Monuments Fund launched Modernism at Risk, an advocacy and conservation program.
Several works or collections of modern architecture have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. In addition to the early experiments associated with Art Nouveau, these include a number of the structures mentioned above in this article: the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, the Bauhaus structures in Weimar and Dessau, the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates, the White City of Tel Aviv, the city of Brasilia, the Ciudad Universitaria of UNAM in Mexico City and the University City of Caracas in Venezuela, and the Sydney Opera House.
Warszawa Centralna railway station (1975) in Warsaw
Crystal Cathedral (1980) in Garden Grove, California
Tour Total (1985) in the Paris suburb Courbevoie, La Défense district
Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003)
Atlantic City
Eureka Tower (2006) in Melbourne
Trump International Hotel and Tower (2009) in Chicago
Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid (2013)
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia (1998)
Examples of contemporary modern architecture
Concurrently, the recent movements of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture promote a sustainable approach towards construction, that appreciates and develops smart growth, architectural tradition and classical design.[54][55] This in contrast to modernist and globally uniform architecture, as well as leaning against solitary housing estates and suburban sprawl.[56] Both trends started in the 1980s. The Driehaus Architecture Prize is an award that recognizes efforts in New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture, and is endowed with a prize money twice as high as that of the modernist Pritzker Prize.[57]
New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture
Neo-futurism is a departure from post-modernism connected with an idealistic belief in a better future. Neofuturist urbanists, architects, designers and artists believe in cities releasing emotions, driven by eco-sustainability and ethical values and implementing new materials and new technologies[26] to provide a better quality of life for residents.[27] Pioneered from early 60s and late 70s by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen;[28][29] American architect Adrian Wilson[30] and Charles Luckman;[31][32] Danish architects Henning Larsen[33] and Jørn Utzon;[34] the architectural movement was later named Neo-Futurism by French architect Denis Laming. He designed all of the buildings in Futuroscope, whose Kinemax is the flagship building.[35] In the early 21st century, Neo-Futurism has been relaunched in December 2006 by innovation designer Vito Di Bari with the futuristic vision for the city of Milan[36] at the time of the Universal Expo 2015 included in the candidature presented to BIE (Bureau of International Expositions)[37] and envisioning "the convergence of art, cutting edge technologies and ethical values", later defined by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava as "a fusion of architecture, art and engineering"[38] and by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels as "a pragmatic utopian architecture that takes on the creation of socially and environmentally perfect places."[39] Architects working in this mode include Pritzker Architecture Prize Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid[40][41][42] and Japanese Ryue Nishizawa;[43] Lubetkin Prize Winner British Thomas Heatherwick,[44][45] Spanish architects Santiago Calatrava,[46][47][48] Fermín Vázquez,[49] and Enric Massip-Bosch[50] and artists such as Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor,[51][52] Italian large-scale buildings artist Mario Arlati and Dutch kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen.[53]
Neofuturistic architecture
Neomodernism is a reaction to Postmodernism and its embrace of pre-modern elements of design. Examples of modern architecture in the 21st century include One World Trade Center (2013) in New York City and Tour First (2011), the tallest office building in the Paris metropolitan area. Emporis named Chicago's Modern Aqua Tower (2009) its skyscraper of the year.[25]
Neomodern architecture
High Postmodern aesthetics lacked traction and by the mid-1990s, a new surge of modern architecture once again established international pre-eminence. As part of this revival, much of the criticism of the modernists was re-evaluated; and a modernistic style once again dominates in institutional and commercial contemporary practice. Although modern and postmodern design compete with a revival of traditional architectural design in commercial and institutional architecture; residential design continues to be dominated by a traditional aesthetic.
Architects explored Postmodern architecture which offered a blend of some pre-modern elements, and deliberately sought to move away from rectilinear designs, towards more eclectic styles. Even Philip Johnson came to admit that he was "bored with the box." By the 1980s, postmodern architecture appeared to trend over modernism.
The loss of traditionalist structures to make way for new modernist construction, especially via the Urban Renewal movement, led to further criticism, particularly the demolition of New York Penn Station in 1963. That same year, controversy materialized around the Pan Am Building that loomed over Grand Central Terminal, taking advantage of the modernist real estate concept of "air rights",[24] In criticism by Ada Louise Huxtable and Douglass Haskell it was seen to "sever" the Park Avenue streetscape and "tarnish" the reputations of its consortium of architects: Walter Gropius, Pietro Belluschi and the builders Emery Roth & Sons. The proposal for a tower over the terminal itself resulted in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, upholding the city's landmark laws. Alongside these preservation efforts came the increasing respectability and fashionability of more traditional styles.
Modern architecture met with some criticism, which began in the 1960s on the grounds that it seemed universal, elitist, and lacked meaning. Siegfried Giedion in the 1961 introduction to his evolving text, Space, Time and Architecture (first written in 1941), began "At the moment a certain confusion exists in contemporary architecture, as in painting; a kind of pause, even a kind of exhaustion." At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a 1961 symposium discussed the question "Modern Architecture: Death or Metamorphosis?"
Postmodern architecture
High-tech architecture, also known as Late Modernism or Structural Expressionism, is an architectural style that emerged in the 1970s, incorporating elements of high-tech industry and technology into building design. High-tech architecture appeared as a revamped modernism, an extension of those previous ideas helped by even more technological advances. This category serves as a bridge between modernism and post-modernism, however there remain gray areas as to where one category ends and the other begins. In the 1980s, high-tech architecture became more difficult to distinguish from post-modern architecture. Some of its themes and ideas were later absorbed into the style of neo-futurism art and architectural movement.
High-tech architecture
Late 20th-century reactions and movements
Architects such as Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, Marcel Breuer, I.M. Pei and others responded to the "light" glass curtain walls advocated by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, by creating architecture with an emphasis on more substantial materials, such as concrete and brick, and creating works with a "monumental" quality. "Brutalism" is a term derived from the use of "Béton brut" ("raw concrete"), unadorned, often with the mold marks remaining, though as a stylistic tendency, Brutalism would ultimately be applied more broadly to include the use of other materials such as brickwork in a similar fashion. The term was first used in architecture by Le Corbusier.
Brutalism and monumentality
A distinctly Mexican take on modernism, "plastic integration", was a syncretization of Mexican artistic traditions (such as muralism) with International Style forms,[22] and can be seen in the later works of Luis Barragán and Juan O'Gorman, epitomized by the Ciudad Universitaria of UNAM in Mexico City.[23]
Arising shortly after the end of World War II, a particular set of stylistic tendencies in the United States during this time is known as Googie (or "populuxe"), derived from futuristic visions inspired by the imagery of the Atomic Age and Space Age, with motifs such as atomic orbital patterns and "flying saucers", respectively, such as in the Space Needle in Seattle. Though the style was unique to the United States, similar iconography can be seen in the Atomium in Brussels.
Another stylistic reaction was "New Formalism" (or "Neo-Formalism", sometimes shortened to "Formalism").[19][20] Like the pre-war "Stripped Classicism", "New Formalism" blended elements of classicism (at their most abstracted levels) with modernist designs.[21] Characteristics drawing on classicism include rigid symmetry, use of columns and colonnades or arcades, and use of high-end materials (such as marble or granite), yet works in this vein also characteristically use the flat roofs common with the International Style.[19][21] Architects working in this mode included Edward Durrell Stone, Minoru Yamasaki, and some of the middle-period work of Philip Johnson, with examples in the United States including the Kennedy Center (1971) and the National Museum of American History (1964) in Washington, D.C., and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (mid-1960s) in New York.[19][21]
Contributing to these expressions were structural advances that enabled new forms to be possible or desirable. Félix Candela, a Spanish expatriate living in Mexico, and Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, made particular strides in the use of reinforced concrete and concrete shell construction. In 1954, Buckminster Fuller patented the geodesic dome.
Le Corbusier once described buildings as "machines for living", but people are not machines and it was suggested that they do not want to live in machines. During the middle of the century, some architects began experimenting in organic forms that they felt were more human and accessible. Sydney Opera House in Australia by Jørn Utzon. Eero Saarinen invoked suggestions of flight in his designs for the terminal at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C, or the TWA Terminal in New York, both finished in 1962.[19] The Mission 66 project of the United States National Park Service was also built during this time.
As the International Style took hold, others architects reacted to or strayed from its purely functionalist forms, while at the same time retaining highly modernist characteristics. Eero Saarinen, Alvar Aalto and Oscar Niemeyer were three of the most prolific architects and designers in this movement, which has influenced contemporary modernism.
Mid-Century reactions
The devastation that WWII wrought in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific and subsequent post-war housing shortages resulted in a vast building and rebuilding of cities, with a variety of techniques employed for the creation of mass-housing. One attempt to solve this was by using the Tower block. In the Eastern Bloc, mass housing took the form of prefabricated panel buildings, such as the Plattenbau of East Germany, Khrushchyovka of Russia and the Panelák of Czechoslovakia.
After World War II the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) was a force in shaping modernist urban planning, and consequently the design of cities and the structures within, from 1928 to 1959. Its 1933 meeting resulted in the basis of what became the Athens Charter, which would drive urban planning practice for much of the mid-20th century. Following its principles, in the late 1950s the entirely-new city of Brasília was built as a new capital for Brazil, designed by Lucio Costa, with prominent works for it designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Le Corbusier applied CIAM's principles in his design for the city of Chandigarh in India.
Consequently, the search was on to find new models for state-initiated housing construction, which could then be implemented with a passion from 1920 on following the creation of Greater Berlin and the accompanying reform of local and regional government. The requirements for the type of flats to be built and the facilities they were to have were clearly defined, and the city was divided into different building zones. Following some basic ideas of the Garden city movement two- to three-storey housing estates that were well integrated into the landscape of the suburbs of the city were planned. The first large estate of this type with more than 2,000 residential units was the so-called Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) designed by Bruno Taut in Berlin.
As a result of the economically difficult situation during the Weimar Republic, housing construction, which up to that time had been mainly privately financed and profit-oriented, had found itself at a dead end. Inflation was on the up and for citizens on low incomes decent housing was becoming increasingly unaffordable.


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What makes it very funny to me is that just yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was lambasted for calling a Christmas tree a "Christmas tree." Linking to my post about that, The Anchoress wisecracks:
See, this is where Governor Walker made his mistake: If you want to call 'em Christmas Trees, you have to tax them, first. Then you're allowed.Now, I said I was going to be fair, so here goes, and this isn't intended to be funny at all. This is intended to focus on the constitutional principles about religion and government. In Wisconsin, we've got a tree in the state capitol, the government's own display. Calling that particular tree a "Christmas tree" adds something to what already is the appearance that the state is endorsing or favoring a holiday that originated with one set of religious groups, the Christians.
In the case of the Department of Agriculture's new Christmas Tree Promotion Board, the government is involving itself with a particular crop and using the name of the crop that is used by those who are in the business of growing that crop. That is, the Department of Agriculture is going about its usual business — which you are welcome to view as too intrusive — and not giving special hands-off treatment to this crop that happens to have an end-use in activities that have some connection to a particular religion.
UPDATE: The Department of Agriculture is delaying the new fee, and a White House spokesman is saying:
"I can tell you unequivocally that the Obama Administration is not taxing Christmas trees. What's being talked about here is an industry group deciding to impose fees on itself to fund a promotional campaign, similar to how the dairy producers have created the 'Got Milk?' campaign."


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three men who pleaded guilty in a Statehouse bribery scheme involving gambling in Alabama asked a judge for lenient sentences on Monday, saying their crimes did not overshadow the good they have done for their communities.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three men who pleaded guilty in a Statehouse bribery scheme involving gambling in Alabama asked a judge for lenient sentences on Monday, saying their crimes did not overshadow the good they have done for their communities.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson heard pleas on behalf of bingo developer Ronnie Gilley; his lobbyist, Jarrod Massey; and former state Rep. Terry Spicer of Elba. Each man pleaded guilty in a bribery conspiracy and faces years in prison. Nine other people went to trial and were acquitted by jurors.
The three men and a former lobbyist, Jennifer Pouncy, pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging federal corruption investigation that ensnared the owner of the state's largest casino, Milton McGregor; four present and former state senators; two of the state's most prominent lobbyists; and two others.
Gilley was a key witness for the government at their trials, but none of them was convicted. The U.S. Justice Department's only success was the four guilty pleas. Pouncy is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 29.
Thompson said Monday that he will impose the sentences on Gilley, Massey, and Spicer after hearing more testimony.
Spicer told the judge the three did great things in southeastern Alabama that continue today, but he also said that he is guilty and damaged the reputation of the Legislature. He said the case has torn apart friendships and the community.
"The three of us were able to do some great things for our community," Spicer told a packed courtroom. "Those things continue today."
He described himself and Massey as lifelong friends. He said Massey gave him money through the years and that he helped Massey get his lobbying business established.
Spicer said that when he entered his guilty plea, he knew he couldn't afford a proper defense.
"You're not saying you're not guilty, are you?" Thompson interjected.
"No sir, I am guilty," Spicer answered.
The wives of Spicer and Gilley both described their husbands as good men who are needed by their children. Both women said they have health problems and need their husbands' help at home.
Gilley's wife of three years, Deidra, said the couple has four children between them. She said they have lost everything, including their reputation and sense of security. She said the family had to hire a private security firm to man the gate outside their home. One time, she said, her husband found a decapitated rabbit next to his vehicle.
"I feel we have been punished enough for this," she said, crying. "I feel we have all suffered enough."
Larry Johnson, who has worked for Gilley for eight weeks at his BamaJam Farms real estate development in Enterprise, compared Gilley's personal magnetism to that of two people he has been associated with in the past: music stars Sean "Puffy" Combs and Queen Latifah.
BamaJam Farms, he said, won't survive without Gilley.


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Cricket – Boys
Boys' Cricket is open to pupils in P5 - S6.
Junior School Cricket is open to boys and girls.
Winter training takes place for team players from January onwards. Practices will take place in the summer term for all pupils at Myreside or Craiglockhart.
All teams play in friendly matches throughout the season on Saturday mornings and occasionally in midweek afternoons. In addition to this, the 1st X1 and Under 15s compete in the East District 20:20 tournaments with the winner advancing to the Scottish finals.
- Telephone Numbers
Cricket Line 0131 446 6055
- Cancellations
Details of any cancellations will be posted on the front page of the website by 7am on the day of the match. In the event of inclement weather please phone the Cricket Line on 0131 446 6055.
- Changes to Fixtures
Please note that fixtures are subject to change at short notice ie change of opposition or venue.
- Pupil Code of Conduct
Valuables should only be taken to training sessions if necessary and should be handed in to a member of staff.
Week of Match
- If you are unable to play in any match or practice session please inform the staff in charge at the earliest opportunity.
- All players should check the team list as early as possible and familiarise themselves with all arrangements.
- You should turn up on time to any team meetings.
Match Day
- Check cricket line for details (0131 446 6055 - available from 7am).
- For away matches check departure times/venues and other arrangements. Be on time.
- When travelling outside Edinburgh, School uniform must be worn.
- Matches played at home or in Edinburgh, School cricket kit (school track suit or cagoule) must be worn. No casual dress to be worn at any time.
- Players should have correct kit.
- Valuables should only be taken to matches if necessary and should be handed in to a member of staff.
- Players should encourage all team members to play to the best of their ability.
- Sporting behaviour at all times is essential. Opponents, umpires and spectators should always be respected.
- Shake hands with the umpire and opposition.
After Match
Win or lose, be hospitable to the opposition and all spectators.
- Parents and Other Spectators Code of Practice
School sport is only a part, but an important part, of a pupil's full and balanced education. A balanced approach to sport in the context of the whole extra-curricular provision of George Watson's College is strongly encouraged.
The following code of practice applies to Watson's parents spectating at matches at George Watson's College grounds and the grounds of other schools. Equally, George Watson's College would expect visiting spectators to abide by the same code.
- Children appreciate the presence and support of their parents; accordingly, always set an example of good sportsmanship and give enthusiastic, but not excessive or inappropriate, support. Criticism or undermining of the umpire/referee from the touchline is always unacceptable.
- Parents should not enter the field of play without the express permission of the umpire/referee.
- Parents and spectators should not enter the changing room areas.
- George Watson's College parents are invited to assume some responsibility for making visiting players and parents feel welcome.
- Cricket Practice Times
Boys' cricket practices will take place at the following times:
Team Day Time Venue Primary 4 & Primary 5 Friday 3.30pm-4.30pm Front Pitch Primary 6 Monday & Wednesday 3.30pm-4.30pm Craiglockhart Primary 7 Monday & Wednesday 3.30pm-4.30pm Craiglockhart S1 Tuesday & Thursday 3.30pm-5.00pm Craiglockhart S2 & U14s Tuesday & Thursday 4.00pm-5.00pm Craiglockhart S3 Tuesday & Thursday 3.30pm-5.00pm Myreside 1st XI & 2nd XI Monday & Wednesday 3.30pm-5.00pm Myreside
For Primary 5, 6 and 7 there are pracitces or matches most Saturday mornings. Advised weekly.
There are numerous mid-week and Saturday fixtures throughout the Summer Term. Detail can be found on this page.
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|JA1 vs. Cargilfield
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|JA2 vs. Cargilfield
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|1st XI vs. Strathallan
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fix very rare race in testInterruptedFailingAcquire
fix imports
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Did you miss a monthly announcement? Did you see a program idea or resource but forgot the details?
Check out current monthly posting as well as archived postings here.
May 2010
Summer is nearly here, and with temperatures rising, and kids out of school, what's a busy librarian to do?
Keep your cool with the Kids! @ your library® tool kit, which has some great ideas to help you with your summer program plans!
Here are 10 FREE ideas from our online tool kit to get your summer off to a great start!
More details for each activity can be found at the [Kids! Website http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/initiatives/kidscampaign/kidstoolkit.cfm].
1. Use our scripts for the "Library Dragon" or "The Chicken and the Librarian" to host your own reader's theatre program.
2. Hold a bookmark contest, and distribute the winning bookmarks as part of your summer reading program.
3. Have your tweens decorate the library entrance for summer using sidewalk chalk.
4. Children's Book Week is around the corner – visit the CBW website for posters, bookmarks, and activities!
5. Host a library-themed treasure hunt at your library.
6. Let your tweens Build-A-Bot using modeling clay and wind-up walker toys.
7. Check out our list of songs about reading and libraries to have your kids singing about the joys of the library all summer long.
8. Share our list of the Top 10 Things to do at the Library with your kids
9. Host an Underpants @ Your Library party, featuring Captain Underpants! (from Maggie Ahrens at the York County Library System)
10. May is Get Caught Reading Month, so take photos of your kids reading around the library (the sillier the better!) and create a poster of Kids Caught Reading for your library (don't forget your photo release forms!)
Happy programming!
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text: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 HHS Underscores Advances in Meeting Health Needs of LGBT Populations In recognition of LGBT Health Awareness Week, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is emphasizing its ongoing efforts to address the specific health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans, especially through implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Such efforts include incorporating data collection on LGBT populations into national health surveys, releasing rules requiring hospitals to allow same-sex partners the ability to visit each other in the hospital, and setting up an internal working group to ensure the agency is effectively coordinating policies to best address LGBT health needs. In addition, HHS outlines several recommendations for future action. For example, the agency is planning to add information to HealthCare.gov that is of specific relevance to LGBT populations. In particular, the Web site will allow LGBT consumers to identify health insurance policies available to them that include coverage of domestic partners. HHS also will conduct outreach to organizations that serve LGBT communities to make them aware of available funding opportunities and highlight programs that may particularly benefit LGBT populations. More information and resources on some of the health issues and inequities affecting LGBT communities can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site. Some of this information is designed for members of the general public. Other information has been developed for health care providers, public health professionals, and public health students.


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Marc Webb's high school-set Spider-Man reboot is currently filming, and a new set report suggests that the movie's showdown will be a lot more dramatic than the jazz-handed previous installment. Spoilers ahead...
The insider report comes from Big Fan Boy:
One of the primary important crew members (who shall remain nameless) recently let it slip to one of our readers (a trusted one at that) that many of the stunt actors in the film have been spending time in heavy make-up for hours on end because of a fight scene in the film where they're turning all the S.W.A.T. team guys into reptilian creatures
That means minions! An entire S.W.A.T. team of them! We love minions, and usually the more minions there are, the fewer major villains there are to clog up the storyline and add unnecessary extra monologues. Sure, Irrfan Khan was just recently cast as Nels Van Adder but it's sounding as though he's primarily a background baddie (and we'll see more from him in future Spider-Man films). Instead armies of Lizard-faced minions will be storming the streets of New York, and that sounds like a lot of solid, comic book fun.


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A small town bordering Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs is a quiet community proudly rooted in its natural setting. Designated as California's first International Dark Sky Community, there are no traffic lights in the town and nighttime lighting is limited in order to preserve an unhindered view of the starry night sky. A downtown area contains restaurants, ice cream shops and lodging as well as a flourishing art scene. In addition to the large metal sculptures placed roadside by artist Ricardo Breceda, there are galleries with work by local artists, art classes from the Borrego Art Institute and annual art events.
Ranch-style and modern pueblo-style homes provide private and modest yet spacious retreats with views of Coyote Canyon and a horizon that stretches for miles. Stargazing parties, canyon hiking and biking, pool lounging, golfing and grapefruit-picking are some of the local past-times. The Borrego Valley Airport lies three miles outside of town, Salton Sea is 30 miles to the east, Escondido is approximately 90 minutes west by car and downtown San Diego is a two hour drive to the southwest.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C.- Kelly Godbout (Matthews, N.C.) scored a team high 15 points for the Coker women's basketball team in their loss to Mount Olive College, 58-44, on Wednesday night. The Mount Olive Trojans were able to protect a slim lead midway through the second half, defeating the Coker Cobras 58-44.
The first half was dominated by the Trojan offense, especially early, as Mount Olive charged out to a quick an 11-2 lead. Mount Olive's passing was able to split Coker's defense and open up passing lanes that led to the Trojan's 25-18 lead going to the lockers after the first 20 minutes of play.
The Cobras came out strong in the second half able to cut the deficit to just one point within the first five minutes of play, 28-27. The Trojans would regain momentum afterward and push the score to a 10 point lead and eventually take home the 58-44 win.
Sophomore Jasmine Evans (Birmingham, Ala.) added 11 points to the Coker effort to join Godbout's 15 points.
Tamara Nesmith tallied a total of 19 points; junior Alyssa Luebes added another 14 points for the Trojans. Nesmith also had 12 rebounds.
Coker drops to 5-5 in Conference Carolinas play, while Mount Olive improves 8-2 in conference.
Coker's next game is Saturday, February 4, at 2 p.m. on the road at North Greenville.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Kelley Godbout
Godbout had a team high 15 points with three rebounds.
The McDonald's Player of the Game is presented by the Hartsville McDonald's and is given to the most outstanding performer during each Coker College home athletic event.