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A sparkling affair
To borrow from an advertising slogan, diamonds are forever. So, too, is the Colorado Symphony Guild, whose 75th, or diamond, anniversary was celebrated at a luncheon chaired by Fannye Belle Evans and held at Denver Country Club.
Plenty of guests reminisced about the good old days, but instead of dwelling in the past, the afternoon was filled with positive thoughts for the future and Champagne toasts to the proverbial "many more."
There also was music: "Viktor's Tale," featuring Frank Parce on clarinet and Irma Wolf on piano, and Gershwin's "Prelude for Piano," performed by Dee Netzel. Parce and Wolf are both members of the guild's Foothills Unit; Netzel belongs to Hilltop/Southeast Unit.
Mistress of ceremonies Nora Robinson, also a member of Hilltop/Southeast, introduced guild president Marge Gorshe, who in turn introduced the VIPs in attendance: James Palermo, the orchestra's president and CEO; Kevin Duncan, chair of the board of trustees; trustees James Thompson, Darcy Guttwein and Young Cho; and Tracy Tajbl, the CSO's vice president/development.
"We have so much to be proud of," Palermo noted, "and for our future, the sky's the limit."
Dorothy Mauk, who joined the guild in 1970, recalled that the organization began in 1935 as the Women's Committee for the Orchestra, following a meeting at Denver Country Club that was led by Helen Marie Black and Jean Cranmer. Dues were $2 a year and the first activity was a neighborhood campaign that netted $5,000 — a princely sum in those days.
In 1940, the Women's Committee for the Orchestra was re-named the Denver Symphony Guild. At its peak, the guild had 16 units and a total membership of 1,056. They raised money via fundraisers that ranged from a car raffle to gala dinner-dances; they also opened the Symphony Shop, which has grown from a card-table in the Boettcher Concert Hall lobby to a business that has raised $375,000 for the CSO.
Past presidents in attendance were Ruth Silver, Nellie Mae Duman, Dorothy Mauk, Lue Eason, Joyce Kremer, Fran MacKenzie, Glo Hess, Jennifer Heglin, Helen Masquelier, Ruth Poppe, Louise Barish, Norma Pile, Fannye Belle Evans, Mary Rains, Deanna Rose Leino, Floy Louise Senior and Donna Lynch.
Other celebrants were Barbara Tramutt, Ginny Leitz, Dorothy Broscovak, Valerie Maas, Tom Jensen, Heather Brecl, and Mycki Bussman, who is chairing the March 27 dinner at Lakewood Country Club that will also celebrate the guild's 75th.
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frankatwork necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Soul Del Coronado.Com Coronado Islands on-line source for the beat and soul of our tight Island community! Our gorgeous Southern California island prides itself on its small town atmosphere and uptown social environment. There is definitely something for everyone here whether you are here for short or long stay! Non-Profit community collaberation site.
Coronado is Spanish for "the crowned one," and thus it is nicknamed The Crown City. It is also nicknamed The Tent City, referring to tents once situated south of the Hotel del Coronado that served as living quarters for hotel staff members.
Soul Del Coronado is deeply involved in supporting our diverse community. My priority is connecting our people! Stress free Island life. Alma will post reviews of the arts and crafts for our youth. "A community site for life", not a phone book.
My wife, Alma and I are excited to create a brand for her new simple 'community web site'. The objective is to connect the community and visitors with like interests. Focusing on, hobbies, religion and our youth. The future.... In fact, we will have a link for donations just to help keep the site hosted.
A simple and colorful logo for the web site, that will translate will into other art/media items. Your creative touch! Coronado has a few visual land marks, such as our bay bridge and of course the Hotel Del Coronado from 1886. We also would like to sell the feel of 'Soul or Sol' like a simple sun image. Possibly the sun shinning over the bridge. But the beach, sea and San Diego Sky line are also options to play with. It may be nice to have a line or more in a wave flow.... Warm colors meet cool colors (Sun and Ocean).
We don't want to copy the Hotel Del Coronado logo.
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Jennifer Garner was born on April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas, but her family moved to Charleston, West Virginia when she was three-years-old. She studied acting at the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, graduating from the program in 1994. Garner went on to score various stage roles in New York City, as well as small roles on various TV shows. During this time, Garner also supplemented her income by working as a hostess.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1997, she nabbed a bit part on the TV show "Felicity" and small roles in movies such as "Dude, Where's My Car?" and "Pearl Harbor," starring future husband Ben Affleck. Garner rose to fame in 2001 with a starring role on the hit ABC spy drama "Alias." The show aired for five seasons from 2001 to 2006, during which time the actress also co-starred in 2003's "Daredevil" alongside Affleck, and starred in 2004's "13 Going on 30" and the 2005 "Daredevil" spinoff, "Elektra."
Garner dated actor Scott Foley after meeting on the set of "Felicity" in 1998. The two married in October 2000 before she filed for divorce in May 2003, citing irreconcilable differences. She then dated her "Alias" co-star Michael Vartan from 2003 to 2004, before starting a relationship with Affleck. She married the actor in 2005 and they share three children together, daughters Violet (born December 2005) and Seraphina (born January 2009), and son Samuel (born February 2012). Garner and Affleck announced their separation in June 2015, and jointly filed for divorce April 2017, seeking joint physical and legal custody of their three children. It was also during this time that Affleck moved out of the guesthouse on the ex-couple's property.
The actress has maintained a successful film career with roles in such movies as "The Kingdom," "Juno," "Ghost of Girlfriends Past," "Valentine's Day," "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," "Dallas Buyer's Club" and "Miracles from Heaven." She started out playing the leading lady in a number of romantic comedies before recently transitioning to several mom roles. In addition to her acting work, Garner has endorsement deals with Capital One and Neutrogena.
Garner is also a staunch activist for underprivileged kids, becoming an artist ambassador for Save the Children in 2009. She also served on the charity organization's board of trustees. Additionally, the actress has campaigned for laws to prevent paparazzi from targeting the children of celebrities. She testified before the California Assembly Judiciary Committee in 2013 to support a bill that protecting celebrities' kids from being harassed by photographers. The bill later passed and is now California law.
Garner's upcoming projects include the drama "The Tribes of Palos Verdes," the comedy "Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" and the animated movie "Amusement Park."
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As of 2/21/20 as of 2:18pm EST: $46.39
LAST WEEK: We suggested selling longs / getting short at $47.42 with stops above $47.75 and with a target
of $44.50 for covering / getting long.
UPDATE: The European ETF (IEV) looks weak here after peaking this week below $47. Right now, it looks to
us like the path for European stocks is lower and that rallies should be sold / shorted.
We would look to sell longs / get short at $46.75 with stops honored on a close above $47.75 and with a
downside target for covering at $38. This is a more bearish outlook than previously put forth – so please take
note of the change.
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: In the midst of the current market turmoil, this is t
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: In September, the SEC ordered blockchain technology company Block.one to pay $24 million for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of digital tokens that raised the equiva
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Amid the global economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, although total capital raised in Q1 2020 was up 12% on Q1 2019, the number of private equity&venture capital (PEVC) funds closed marks one of the lowest quarterly totals we have seen in recent year
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global natural resources asset class has seen the best of times and the worst of times in 2019. Three months on and, if anything, the asset class faces even more challenges, said Preqin.
A new war of attrition within OPEC has sent oil prices spiraling below $30
Opalesque Industry Update - Global hedge funds lost an average of -7.25% in March 2020, according to the latest eVestment hedge fund performance data, following weeks of financial markets, economic and human turmoil created by the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic.
March's average loss was the second
Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based independent fund depositary and oversight business, has flagged the following new regulatory proposals potentially impacting alternative investment funds:
There was an interesting consultatio
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: In the midst of the current market turmoil, this is
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: by Kevin P. Scanlan and Darina Delappe
Liquidity management has been a hot topic for hedge fund managers (managers) since the great financial crisis of 2008. Liquidity management will likely receive renewed focus from investors and regulators given the recen
In the week ending April 3rd 2020, multi-strategy hedge funds - those that bet on a broad array of markets using teams of traders, leverage and centralized risk management - have flourished as stocks ended their worst three months since the 2008 financial crisis, said a Reuters report.
Long vol
B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The Federal Reserve said last week it would launch several several programs to "support households, businesses, and the U.S. economy overall in this challenging time."
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A small but growing area of private debt could be a new source of opportunity for investors. A new paper from Monroe Capital highlights how technology and software as a service private debt transactions can be a source of return.
In the paper, Monroe argues
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) will start to issue NIB Response Bonds to finance eligible projects that aim to alleviate the social and economic consequences caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the bank's Nordic-Baltic member countries. The one bill
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Litigation finance firms could be unexpected beneficiaries of the coronavirus crisis. Litigation funders are usually paid out when cases resolve. However, as cases stall out in courts that are either closed or wrestling with how to conduct virtual trials, litiga
In the week ending March 27th 2020, the eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report said that investors were bullish on hedge funds in February, allocating another $14.78 bi
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The coronavirus crash has been steep and we may not be done yet according to new data. Treasury management company Hazeltree released a new research note today suggesting that hedge fund managers should prepare for increased margin calls alongside continued liqu
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: José María Loizaga Viguri, who is credited with the establishing private equity in Spain has died from complications relating to Coronavirus, he was 84. At the time of his death, Loizaga was a vice president at Spanish construction giant ACS Group.
Loizaga h
In the week ending March 20th 2020, a report by Preqin revealed that the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Funds benchmark suffered significant losses (-2.21%) in February, compared
By: Robert Seber, Vinson & Elkins
This Q&A attempts to answer some questions that may be on the mind of private equity sponsors who are nervous about the reactions of their LPs to the current crisis.
Can our LPs terminate our fund?
You need to check your fund agreement. According to
By Mark Walker, managing partner at Tollymore Investment Partners, London:
We can make no clear conclusions on how much further markets may decline. We do know that this panic will subside but don't know if it will accelerate before it subsides. Anyone claiming the ability to be able
By Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners, LLC:
The changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus will lead to the largest shake out in the hedge fund industry since the 2008 market crash. Below are some of the ways we believe the Coronavirus will impact the hedge fund ind
From Christian Armbruester, Blu Family Office
Why crashes are a wonderful way to discern good investment strategies from bad managers.
Separating the proverbial "men from the boys" is a great exercise in times like these. When markets come under duress, is when you really find out who has
By David Murrin.
We have been tracking the progression of the impending market Collapse and the Wuhan Virus. We are now at the point of impact when the effects of the virus touch everyone and the reality of the global economic crunch also hits home. Hence the title above, taken from the words o
By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden
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On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS). These regulations, which until now have been in i
Strong performance alone will not attract assets, says Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners:
Over the past decade, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small minority of hedge funds with the strongest brands. Evestment estimates that almost 60
By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund
Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle environmental problems - a move echoing the tech bubble of the late nineties
Ray Dalio's Bridgewater scales down European short bets after $3.2bn windfall
From Financial News: Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund, has retreated from shorting European stocks after making an estimated €2.9bn ($3.2bn), as its founder and co-chairman Ray Dalio c
Pershing Square Holdings (PSH)'s Bill Ackman wrote a letter to investors outlining his insight on the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. He revealed that PSH completed the process of exiting the hedges on 23 March, netting a gross $2.1bn for PSH, after turning 'increasingly positive on equit
LGPS Central sets up investment grade bond fund
From IPE: LGPS Central, the asset pooling vehicle for eight local government pension schemes (LGPS) based in England's Midlands, has launched a global investment grade corporate bond fund in order to meet its partner funds' needs.
The po
Marathon sees cheap assets amid dislocation in credit
From Bloomberg: Distressed-investment specialist Marathon Asset Management is buying beaten-up debt amid the greatest dislocation in credit markets since 2008, according to Bruce Richards, co-founder and chief investment officer of the
Carlyle picks 2 deputy heads for Japan buyout advisory team
From PIonline.com: Takaomi Tomioka and Hiroyuki Otsuka were named deputy heads of the Japan buyout advisory team at Carlyle Group. The positions are new, confirmed a spokeswoman for the New York-based private markets investment g
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On Windows I use PPM, CPAN.pm, manual tarball, and just copy the blasted files, in that order. Steps two and three do depend on having obtained nmake or something like that on that particular machine though. Sadly pmake doesn't work (for me at least).
PPM tip of the day (1): PPM in 633 seems to have a somewhat strange bug where it won't install some modules claiming it can't find a suitable implementation. Try describing the module then installing it again. It will (if there actually is a Win implementation) then install. Strange.
PPM tip of the day (2): If you install modules any other way than via PPM, and sometimes even when you do, the otherwise excellent HTML docs will not update to reflect this.
will walk all your modules regenerating the docs from the POD. Most useful.
On *NIX I use CPAN.pm, tarball in that order. Haven't so far had to go any further than that.
As mentioned in another post I made further up, to be as totally cross-platform as Perl wants to and should be, someone should get rid of that stupid make part though.
That is the problem that should be addressed first and foremost, not that CPAN.pm is slightly buggy. It is a *huge* hassle for beginners to even obtain a make and then get it to work, and PPM rarely has all modules you need. Even if PPM did, and even though PPM is available for several platforms, why can't there be a Perl-only installer that is core everywhere?
Make is fine for me, now. Mostly. I recall how much trouble that was and I'm sure lots of others are going through the same right now.
Lots of people are talking about CPANPLUS. I never got it to work, but that was a long time ago, so I'm sure it works now. I'm not sure what it is that makes it so good though. I must look that up. Does it still use make/nmake/etc? If so, I wonder what is the benefit, because that is the only part that fails (when something fails) with CPAN.pm for me. Like I said, I will have to look the facts up.
You have moved into a dark place.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
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CHESAPEAKE -- An Iraq war veteran's quest to recover personalized license plates that some Arab Americans found offensive is not over.
After a judge ruled in November that the Department of Motor Vehicles couldn't deny a tag on the grounds that it denigrated individuals of a particular nationality, the state has come up with a new reason to revoke Sean Bujno's ICUHAJI plate.
In a letter from the DMV to Bujno, the agency said the tag -- it can be read, "I see you, haji" -- condones or encourages violence and is obscene or otherwise vulgar in nature.
"That couldn't be further from the truth," said Andrew Meyer, Bujno's attorney. "He really means it respectfully."
While "haji" is a common and often derogatory term for Arabs used by U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Meyer noted the word's historic definition: "a person who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca," or the hajj.
Meyer said his client has expanded the meaning to include all troops who have served in Iraq.
A DMV spokesperson declined Tuesday to comment on Bujno's case, citing state privacy laws. But the agency's decision is expected to set up another round of legal battles.
Meyer said Tuesday that he plans to bring the matter back before Circuit Judge John W. Brown to argue the DMV is again violating his client's free-speech rights. A hearing is set for March 13.
"Some might see it as a slur, but it's not," Meyer said. "The word haji is not obscene."
Bujno, an Army sergeant who was honorably discharged in 2009, displayed the plates on his car for more than four years before the DMV revoked them. In a Nov. 3, 2011, letter, DMV Commissioner Richard Holcomb said the tags violated a prohibition on letter combinations that could reasonably be interpreted as being "socially, racially, or ethically offensive or disparaging." He noted a bumper sticker on Bujno's car. It read: "God Bless Our Troops, Especially Our Snipers."
During a hearing last year, Assistant Attorney General Janet Westbrook noted that Bujno requested "HAJIKLR" plates in 2007 and was denied.
Meyer countered his client's father requested the "HAJIKLR" tags. As for the bumper sticker, Meyer said the DMV wasn't allowed to consider anything except the plate type, character combination and make, model and year of the vehicle.
In November, Brown ruled the DMV's prohibition regarding "ethnically offensive" letter combinations was unconstitutional. He said the state can't prevent people from denigrating a religion or ethnicity if people are allowed to praise those faiths and nationalities.
Brown ordered the DMV to either return the license plates or find a permissible reason to keep the tags from the Chesapeake resident. The judge added that the DMV was not allowed to consider the wording of Bujno's bumper sticker if the agency decided to reconsider the revocation.
In an email, Sunni Brown, a spokeswoman, said the DMV is working to revise its guidelines. In the interim, the agency no longer uses the guideline in question, she said.
Meyer said he was frustrated it took the DMV more than three months to make a decision regarding his client's plates. He noted the judge signed his opinion Nov. 2 and his final order Dec. 7.
"It never should have taken this long," he said. "They didn't like the plate and decided to hold on to it until they found a reason to deny it."


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racingskool necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Racing Skool and RacingSkool.com
RacingSkool is, at its core, a coaching website for Ski Racing. It is unique because it will combine world-class coaches and olympic athletes to give instruction to younger racers, masters- class racers (25-60 years old) and high level recreational skiers looking to fine-tune their technique.
Logo will be on NBC, Universal, plus Canadian and European Networks.
The website will have some free content, but will be subscription based for the premium content access.
Personally, I am an active national team athlete in the speed disciplines. My business partner will also be looking at the submissions.
This project is meant to be educational to skiers and ski racers, but also fun and reflective of the allure of the sport- fast, dynamic and a bit dangerous. Our goal is to present the information and skills in an exciting and attractive way!
We are after a range of ages and experience, but primarily the active racer and the Club coach. People who go fast and enjoy a bit of risk.
For the younger racer, educating the coach is our target. For the older Masters- level racer, we would target them directly.
We are looking for exciting designs but have a range of appeal.
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Yes, Grasshopper if you ban it, they will read it!
Cortez writes "If you are an aspiring author. work diligently to get banned: Here's Proof:
" The 1989 book hadn't been a hot read until a Grand Rapids teacher got into hot water recently for reading the short story "Telephone Man" to her middle-school class. The tale is about a mentally handicapped boy who imitates his father in using racial slurs. But when black students rescue him one day, he comes to realize his father's racist views are wrong.
"The book sold out the day it was banned," said Debra Davis, inventory manager at the Schuler's Alpine Avenue store in Walker."
An upside to Censorship?
Obviously, we could increase our circulation of books by encouraging groups to make very public challenges. I'm waiting to see an article in Library Journal on just how to do that.
Re:Attention all children!
And any schmuck on the street will tell you that what you do generally derives from what you think.
Re:Cats out of the bag
Hey twisty, check out this new lisnews article. Harlequin is going "edgier" to get the young people. Edgy for sake of being edgy:
NPR : Harlequin Books Seek a Younger Audience; Harlequin Books, famous for its romance novels, is introducing new and more explicit lines. The books explore new, edgier subject matter in a bid to produce novels that will prove popular with the 21st-century reader."
Re:Cats out of the bag
LOL, I would never deny that some books do that. My experience has been that most book challenges, however, have to do with books that have received good reviews.
Re:Attention all children!
I don't disagree with anything in that statement.
Re:Attention all children!
Minor is a minor, if something was off-limits to minors it doesn't matter how close to the limit they are. That kind of hair-splitting is where you get into trouble.
The porn star books seems like a good enough example. Reviews describe it as explicit and considering what it mentions she's been through that could get pretty bad.
Re:Attention all children!
And why should we keep this book out of the hands of children? Lets assume that a 17 year old male picks up the book and wants to check it out. Why should we stop him?
We already split hairs. The Juvenile collection, in my library, is separate from the Teen collection (which is still housed in the juvenile department), which is separate from the Young Adult collection (which is shelved upstairs with the Adult collection). I think it is a great mistake to treat all minors the same. To say that a 17 year old and a 6 year old need to be treated the same.
Re:Attention all children!
I don't have a problem with Juvenile vs Teen its when you start breaking down teen into a year by year section where becomes more unwieldy then necessary.
Why should we stop him? Because he's a minor and there are certain things minors shouldn't have access to. If his parents want to check out the book for him thats their responsibility but we should not be undermining that responsibility.
Re:Attention all children!
We would be undermining that responsibility if we knew ahead of time that they didn't want him to check out the book, if then. Parents don't have to go to the library to find out what their children check out. They can certainly ask when either their child gets home, or when they get home.
What sort of things do you feel a minor shouldn't have access to?
Re:Attention all children!
Oh my goddess! Common ground!
Re:Attention all children!
If you can't figure out that a majority of parents would not want their child to check out a book like "How To Make Love Like A Pornstar" then God help ya cause I can't.
So you do whatever the little voices in your head tell you too?
You're scary, and should be shot. That's what my little voices say to me.
Luckily, the whole function of civilization is to make sure people follow laws, and play nicely with each other. Apparently, like other barbarians, you've not learnt any tolerance, and I hope you run into other people just like you, but with different views. Say, a muslim fundamentalist? Or a Hindu nationalist, a Chinese communist, a violent anarchist agitator, or a Christian fundamentalist. Or maybe someone more extreme?
-- Ender, Duke_of_URL
Re:Attention all children!
I'm confident in the parenting abilities of the majority of parents, and that they are quite capable of making sure that their own children know and respect their values without governmental invervention. And they are fully capable of discussing with their children, either before, or after the fact, why they should not be reading "How to Make Love Like a Pornstar."
My question was directed towards you. What harm would come to a 17 year old who read that book?
Re:Attention all children!
I'm confident in the parenting abilities of the majority of parents, and that they are quite capable of making sure that their own children know and respect their values without governmental invervention.
If you are providing access to materials that go against those values then you in fact are the one who is playing the role of government intervention.
I already told you I'm not going to split hairs by going year by year, if you want to section it off by high school and junior high and grade school that's a reasonable approach.
What harm does it do to a teenager? It lowers the bar of human decency and expectation, and creates the impression that such a life is something approaching normal. It legitimizes her life in such a way as to make it a reasonable goal for young people unsure about their own future.
Re:Attention all children!
Psychiatrists will tell you that it is not what you think that is bad, but what you do. You're thinking that we should be invincilby ignorant is irrelevant since it happens only the privacy of your mind and can have no material impact. You're attempting to make us be invincibly ignorant is both personally and socio-culturally self-destructive behaviour.
Re:Attention all children!
First off, I'm not using the "can't-please-everybody" as an excuse. I'm using it as an example of real world situation. Our copies of It's Perfectly Natural actually aren't in Children's. They're in the General Collection marked as a Young Adult book. Does that please everybody? No. We've still had complaints that the book is available to children. We've even had people suggest we move it onto a higher shelf where children can't reach it. So, in reality, we've pleased the people who don't want it in the children's section, but pissed off those who either a) don't want it at all b)don't want it acessible to children c)think we should card for books and on and on and on. So it's not like we didn't do anything, but you're not going to make everybody happy. Not even your methods make everybody happy.
Stop using words like 'exact' and start working with words like 'general'.
The problem with that arguement is that you're making an exact decision about a general subject. The decision to make a book available for children is an exact decision. It's binary. It's yes or no. Is the book available or isn't it? The subject matter influencing this decision is highly general. Is It's Perfectly Natural okay for kids? Some will say yes, some will say no, some won't care either way. That's not exact in any shape or form. So once again, you're not going to please everyone and you're going to upset someone no matter what you decide.
So the thing is, you're going to have to decide and then you're going to live with the decision and then, on some days, you're going to have to reverse or change that decision no matter what you feel.
Attention all children!
I have some booze and cigarettes I'd like to give ya! Apparently banning it just means its good for you.
Re:An upside to Censorship?
we could increase our circulation of books by encouraging groups to make very public challenges.
"Suppression is a bad and indirect way to plant a religion."
Of course, you're not talking about suppression here so much as exploiting a latent function to censorship that has bitten censor morons on their backsides more often than not.
For my money, we should not take this action. Leave the challenging up to the censor morons and let the marketplace of ideas take care of itself. Exploiting this sociological phenomenon will itself engender a backlash.
Re:Attention all children!
Apparently banning it just means its good for you.
Now there's a typically asinine right-wing rationalization. "Alcohol and cigarettes contain toxic substances, therefore ideas and thinking for yourself are bad for you."
How's that again?
Cats out of the bag
Don't you think a vast majority of the the stuff coming out is pretty much garbage that is designed to shock and therefore make it controversial enough that people buy it? I believe the term used is "edgy".
Re:Attention all children!
Typical asinine left-wing rationalization that only what you can see can harm you.
Re:Cats out of the bag
No, actually I don't. Edgy and garbage can be two different things. D. H. Lawrence was considered "edgy" in his time (even though they wouldn't have used that term). James Joyce, Henry Miller and Emile Zola were all considered "edgy" (same caveat). There is trash that is edgy and there is trash that is not. However, I would direct your attention to ALA's top 10 challenged books for 2004. Number 10? Of Mice and Men.
Re:Attention all children!
Would you argue that the opposite is true then? That banning something must mean that it is bad for you?
Re:Attention all children!
Speaking as a supporter for the legalization of marijuana, no.
Are you willing to admit that not all ideas and information should be accessible to minors?
Re:Cats out of the bag
A vast majority of stuff being published, put on television, shown in movie theaters and sung that are considered edgy are in fact garbage and shocking just for the heck of it.
Re:Attention all children!
Only if you're willing to admit that trying to decide exactly which ideas and information should and should not be available to minors is like trying to herd cats.
If we say that racist books aren't fit for minor consumption, then I'm going to have to go down to CS and pull the newest edition of Little Black Sambo. While they may have cleaned up some of the artwork to appear less racist, there's no arguing that "Sambo" is a racist term for a Black person.
If we say sexual information isn't fit for minor consumption then not only do all the anatomy books need to go, but so do books like What's Happening to My Body for girls and boys.
Before I'm called "extreme" I think it should be pointed out that there's always going to be a grey area for ideas for minors. Some ideas are obviously not be aimed at minors, like the Joy of Sex series. But some books which are aimed at minors face criticism every year like It's Perfectly Natural. Some people think that book is too explicit, some people think it's just fine. So what do you do to please them all?
Re:Attention all children!
How about stop trying to use the excuse of can't-please-everybody to do nothing at all.
Stop using words like 'exact' and start working with words like 'general'.
Re:Attention all children!
Depends upon the age of the minor and who is making the decision. A 17 year old is a minor, but I think all ideas and informtion should be made available to them. I think a 6 year old cannot necessarily handle all ideas and information, but that is a parental decision, depending upon how the information is presented. If you mean, for example, the idea that sex with and adult and a child is a good thing, I would agree. That is not good for a child. If, however, you mean that we shouldn't talk about pedophilia at all with a 9 year old, I would disagree. I suppose in order to answer that, I would have to know what you have in mind. I can't come up with anything I have in my library that I would rip out of the hands of a minor.
What books in the library do you think need to be kept out of the hands of minors (all minors?) and why?
Re:Cats out of the bag
I would agree with some, but disagree with the "vast majority". At one time, most people felt that the vast majority of the new novels of the late 19th Century were garbage. They are classics now.
Do you think that The Chocolate Wars is garbage? Or Richochet River? Robert Cormier's book was the number one challenged book last year. Robin Cody's book was challenged in my state in just the last few months. My impression is that challenges have nothing to do with the literary quality and everything to do with what they feel is upsetting in the content.
Re:Attention all children!
I think it would only be governmental intervention if I forced the teen to the take the book and required that he read it. Other than that, I don't see how that works.
Thank you for the info.. I disagree, but at least I understand where you are coming from.


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Name of business or product: "Not Your Grandma's Phonics."
Date business or product was launched: May 13.
What goods do you make here in Summit County? How much do they cost? In addition to this digital short story designed for an iPad, I have made music CDs for kids. I also have created a free website for children, their parents and educators. The musical story is $4.99.
What's great about making your products here? Summit County is a very caring community that encourages free spirits to create.
What's new with your company or product? Being accepted by Apple to publish my story at the iTunes/iBookstore is exciting and a new experience!
Why do you think it's important for people in Summit County to buy locally made goods? It's people and their unique talents who make a community. Buying a locally made product is a way of valuing one's contribution to a community.
How can people find out more about your products? Please visit http://www.conniesclassroom.com. In addition to activities for kids, there is a direct link to my musical story on the iBookstore.
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Saturday, 29 December 2012
This is your life, George Martin
Friday, 21 December 2012
Full Christmas tree photo
I was wondering why this photo was reproduced in black and white in my calendar, because it was obviously shot in colour. When you search for it on the internet, the sizes you will find are usually very small, but at least they'll be in colour.
Today I came across the version you see depicted here, which shows the full photo before it was trimmed. As you can see, the Beatles are standing on a roll of red wallpaper for this particular shot. You'll usually see the photo trimmed like this:
There's only one other shot of the full tree I've seen, although it's only available in less-than-mediocre quality:
All photos: Robert Whitaker
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Cut Me Some Slack - McCartney/Nirvana
1.Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney & band
2.Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney & band
3.Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five - Paul McCartney & band
4. My Valentine - Paul McCartney & Diana Krall
5. Blackbird - Paul McCartney
6. Cut Me Some Slack (new song) - Paul McCartney & Nirvana
7. I've Got A Feeling - Paul McCartney & band
8. Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney & band
Sunday, 9 December 2012
John Lennon and Yoko interview from Dec 1980
So get over there!
Friday, 7 December 2012
"Photograph" music video
Super rare! Not seen publicly since 1973.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
The Christmas song - two versions
Complete Kisses) and one is without (on the Hear Music compilation Holidays Rule, as well as on the new Christmas single from Paul). In addition, the Christmas single includes Paul's own "Wonderful Christmastime" in a remastered version. And if that wasn't enough, the single (a 45 rpm vinyl disc) is available in two different vinyl colours, red and green. Also, the single is plastic wrapped, so you won't know which colour you get until you take the wrapping off.
It was previously believed that the version of "Wonderful Christmastime" on the new single would be by the band "The Shins", as this was the version included on the Hear Music comp, but now that the single has materialised, it turned out to be Paul's original recording. The single is a limited edition release, and has already turned up at inflated prices on ebay.
It was previously believed that the version of "Wonderful Christmastime" on the new single would be by the band "The Shins", as this was the version included on the Hear Music comp, but now that the single has materialised, it turned out to be Paul's original recording. The single is a limited edition release, and has already turned up at inflated prices on ebay.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Hillsborough music video
Here's the music video for the Hillsborough charity single: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by the Justice Collective. Kenny Dalglish, Paul McCartney, Alan Hansen, Robbie Williams, Gerry Marsden, Melanie C, Paloma Faith and Shane MacGowan are among the cast of stars in the collective. Their aim is to have the no.1 hit Christmas single, to raise vital cash for the families continuing to fight for justice for the 96 Liverpool fans who lost their lives in the 1989. Paul McCartney and Gerry Marsden were also participant singers in the first Hillsborough charity single, "Ferry Cross The Mersey" back in 1989. On the new single, McCartney contributes some vocals and guitar parts.
If the video is temporarily unavailable, you can try this link. The track will be released on December 17th.
Sold! The incomplete 1982 Decca Tapes needledrop
Our guess is that EMI realised that this tape was just a dub off an old vinyl bootleg from the seventies, and not a copy of the historic tape from 1962. This may be the highest price anyone has ever paid for a needledrop of a bootleg.
The tape has been called "a safety master" by the auction house, but documentation included with the tape shows that the tape is just the origin of a 1982 "grey market" release from Back Stage Records
The tape box is marked with BSR 1111 A and BSR 1111 B. Back Stage Records released a record with catalogue number BSR 1111 in 1982 with these songs in the same order and with the same timing as this tape has. Their source is likely to have been a tape made from the original Decca Tapes bootleg on Circuit Records depicted above.
The Telegraph
Monday, 3 December 2012
The Beatle who vanished
Originally a collector of The Beatles' bootleg recordings, Berkenstadt collaborated with Scott Belmer in publishing Black Market Beatles: The Story Behind the Lost Recordings , a guide to the underground market. Talking to Citypages, Berkenstadt said "Somebody had been to Apple Corps to meet with Neil Aspinall. They saw a copy of our book on his desk. A chapter in the book highlights the most significant black-market Beatle releases. The Beatles Anthology box set, released later, aligned closely with our recommended recordings. I think they had a reference there. When they hired me in the late 1990s, it proved to be true."
The Beatles' Apple Corps company hired Mr Rock'n'Roll detective Jim Berkenstadt to dig up audio, video and other artifacts for projects including LOVE, the Las Vegas Cirque de Soleil show, and the box set George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992. Among other things he was able to supply George and Giles Martin with 10 or 15 hours of spoken-word Beatles audio to be peppered into the audio mix for the Cirque du Soleil Love show in Vegas.
The website for his new book can be found here. Be sure to pay his blog a visit too, you won't regret it!
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The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Alex, a junior a Themis, is gifted with musical talent. She does everything a model student is expected to do, but one night changes her life. When she wakes up in Carter's room, all she wants to do is disappear and hide, but it doesn't happen. Now, everywhere she turns, he's there telling everyone what happened, and the shame she feels for that one mistake is now becoming the new fodder on campus. The stares, the whispers, and the lies…
Alex doesn't realize that there is help on campus, even if the teachers and administrators only want to see the façade they've created. Now, walking on campus, going to the caf, even trying to study in the library is extreme torture for Alex. She does everything to avoid Carter, but he keeps showing up. With the help of her roommates, Maia, and TS, Alex is introduced to the Mockingbirds, a group on campus dedicated to underground justice.
In bits and pieces, her nightmare comes back to her and the reality of the situation is serious – date rape. It's after the Mockingbirds decide to "take the case" that Alex begins to feel that there is justice, especially after hearing and seeing other cases of bullying and student abuse that go on at Themis Academy. But she also knows that her situation is a he said/she said situation, and will it be that easily remedied?
Drawing on personal experience, author Daisy Whitney takes the reader inside the walls, hearts, and justice of the students in this novel. The complexity of the Mockingbirds itself creates a system that has a complex structure for both the accuser and accused. Alex's character runs deep, from the personal shame, to fear and humiliation, to a sense fresh beginnings. Whitney writes an excellent novel on the psychological and emotional response of and from a victim who has nowhere to turn but inwardly and a group who saves her from it. This is an excellent novel and one that will resonate with readers, especially after a year where bullying has made headline news. Highly recommended
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
What a GREAT way to share Secret Santa!!
Well, I just joined the coolest one I've ever seen!! It's a book blogger swap! So, if you're an avid book blogger and want to participate, the deadline is November 14! Here's the link:
It'll be so cool to see who I get and who got me....an with an online presence (or is that presents?) Have a great day!!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Blank Confession by Pete Hautman
But one day, when the cops come in with a drug dog, Jon forces a bag onto Mikey for "safekeeping." And when Mikey ditches it, Jon Brandt makes his presence in Mikey's life more known, and he and his gang, Trey and Kyle, will make sure Mikey repays.
In perfect timing, Shayne arrives. Driving a beat up BMW motorcyle and sporting dark clothes, Shayne doesn't shed a ruffled feather as the new guy. He sees what's going on between Mikey and Jon, and decides to do something to help Mikey. Through a series of events, it seems that everything Shayne does to help makes matters worse for Mikey. When you get two alpha guys against each other, something is going to snap....
Detective Rawls has seen them come and go. When it comes to teens, he can pretty well read them since he's spent his life in that department. It's at the opening of this book that the reader sees Shayne sitting in the police station, wanting to make a blank confession of murder.
Pete Hautman's books are short but powerful, and this is another fine example of a quick read with high impact. What exactly happened between the first showdown between Shayne and Jon to the present, where Shayne is at the police station? Told in flashback, Hautman draws his characters out, allowing the reader to take small glimpses of who they are while maintaining the pace of the story until the climactic denoument at the end of this novel. The reader is drawn into the personas as much as the storyline, and that is what gives this book excellent qualities of a great YA read. Compelling, intense, mystifying....all wrapped up in a perfect package Hautman delivers to his audience. Highly recommended
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British poshos outdrink chavs
Or are just better at maths
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that despite what the government keeps telling us we are not a nation of drunks, and people with manual or routine jobs actually drink less than those with professional or managerial ones.
Not only that, but average alcohol consumption is also falling.
In 2006 the average British adult drank 13.5 units of alcohol a week. By 2008 this had fallen to 12.2 units, continuing a downward trend which began in 2002.
One-fifth of managers and professionals (19 per cent) said they had drunk alcohol on five or more days in the previous week, compared to 11 per cent of manual workers.
Heavy drinking, by ONS standards, is a young person's game, but those over 45 are more likely to drink every day.
Drinking more than eight units in a session, if you're male, or six if female, counts as heavy drinking. For 16-24 year olds 27 per cent admitted to this, versus 23 per cent of 25-44 year-olds.
Smoking remains at its lowest level - 21 per cent of adults, with a quarter of these smoking more than 20 cigs a day. Smoking is more common in Scotland with 24 per cent.
Only 14 per cent of managerial households smoke, compared to 29 per cent of manual or routine households.
Separate figures released today show that alcohol-related deaths are still increasing for British men, but seem to be stabilising for women.
Since the early 90s rates have doubled from 6.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 13.6 per cent in 2008. For men this equates to 18.7 deaths per 100,000 compared to 8.7 per 100,000 for women.
In 2008 5,999 men died an alcohol-related death against 3,032 women.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said: "We are going to be looking closely at the increase in the number of alcohol-related deaths at a time when the amount people are drinking is reducing.
"No one thing will solve the complex challenge of alcohol abuse, which is why the Government is taking action on all fronts including better information, banning irresponsible promotions (such as women drinking for free) and treatment, advice and support.
"Yesterday, Public Health Minister, Gillian Merron, launched the 'Alcohol Effects' campaign with three leading health charities - the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and the Stroke Association. This campaign highlights the unseen damage that can be caused by regularly drinking more than the NHS advises." ®
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freemind_etc necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Error Traffic Controller
Freemind's 'Error Traffic Controller' allows software developers to easily record and manage application error conditions. ETC provides plugins for ASP.NET (web forms and MVC) to enable error capture with little or no code changes. For complete control developers can interact with the ETC REST Web Service API. A powerful and intuitive web UI provides monitoring, reporting, and management functions. ETC allows your development team focus on supporting your core business.
We are targeting software developers, application support, and quality assurance professionals. This tool can be plugged into existing applications with little or no effort. Consulting and hosting companies can leverage it to manage applications they develop or host for clients.
ETC is most interesting to software development companies that are looking to improve application availability, improve hosting capabilities, and focus on their core business activities.
We need a nice logo that is easy to recognize, works in several sizes. We're looking to convey RELIABILITY and WARMTH.
The product is named "Error Traffic Controller" - abbreviated "ETC".
Some ideas to start:
* tie in with air traffic control concepts
* stylized air traffic control towers
* stylized air traffic controller guy (cartoony?)
Sites we like:
* Cappucino: http://cappuccino.org/
* Doing Text: http://doingtext.com/
* FreelanceSwitch: http://freelanceswitch.com/
* JRuby: http://www.jruby.org/
* http://iconfactory.com
* http://agilezen.com
* http://unfuddle.com
* http://google.com/analytics
* http://hoptoadapp.com (competitor)
* http://freemind.net (our current website for consulting business)
* http://www.freshbooks.com/
* Stackoverflow: http://www.stackoverflow.com/
What we probably do not like:
* Just playing with the letters ETC. We do not know, if the letters should be part of the logo. It would be more flexible to use without letters or the full product name.
* No animals in logo
Colors: We're not set on color yet.
Misc: A modern Web 2.0-like design is appreciated because the logo will appear mostly on the web. Additionally the logo should work without or little text.
Format: Open formats preferred - SVG (Should work w/Inkscape or other free tools). PNG and JPG previews are ok.No fonts that have to be purchased or licensed separately. Standard fonts and free fonts are ok.
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Hi everyone! It's been a while since I was last on here - I hope everyone's ok and is going to have a great Christmas.
I had a handful (28 to be exact) of demo screens ready to be added to the database so I thought I may as well release them now.
You'll find the link in my signature.
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The story of Al-Jazeera English correspondent Melissa Chan's expulsion from China has a disturbing coda.
"We kicked out that foreign bitch and closed Al-Jazeera's Beijing bureau. We should shut up those who demonize China and send them packing," CCTV talk-show host Yang Rui posted to his personal Weibo account last week. The post was translated late Friday by The Wall Street Journal.
It is troubling enough that the English-speaking figurehead of a show titled "Dialogue" should launch an offensive personal attack against an international colleague. What's even more concerning is that, as the employee of a state media outlet, his comments are apparently sanctioned.
Beijing announced a 100-day crackdown on illegal foreigners--those living or working without visas--last Tuesday, according to the BBC. (Chan and other Al-Jazeera English correspondents were repeatedly denied journalist visas this year, resulting in her departure and the closure of the English bureau; the Arabic bureau remains open.) Yang Rui's comments about Chan appeared the next day, in the context of an unusually extreme rant against "foreign snake heads" coming to China to "grab our money, engage in human trafficking, and spread deceitful lies to encourage emigration."
Vitriol directed at foreign journalists in China is nothing new; before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, hostility against the overseas press corps ran particularly high. At the time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took care to describe the aggression--which included death threats against some correspondents--as "spontaneous" and beyond official control. "This could by no means be instigated by the government," a spokesperson said.
This situation is quite different: A foreign journalist can only be denied work permission by the Ministry, a fact which left the latest spokesman tongue-tied when Chan's colleagues in the press corps demanded an explanation for her exit. When the Public Security Bureau tightens visa controls, it is acting for the government, not the people. When Yang Rui offers advice on how best to "clean out the foreign trash," he is addressing law enforcement, not the rabble.
Need further evidence that Yang's bile has high-level approval? In a land where Weibo posts are subject to continuous, often immediate censorship, his "foreign bitch" comment remains available for all to see. In case that doesn't reach a wide enough audience, the state-run English-language Global Times also ran the comment in a section titled "Celebrity Voices," rendering the description of Melissa Chan as the fractionally less offensive "crazy foreign journalist."
In the wake of Chan's departure, Chinese official voices are openly instigating anti-foreign sentiment against journalists and others. The climate for international reporters is already challenging, and likely to worsen amid preparations for a sensitive leadership handoff. If it does continue to deteriorate, the safety of foreign journalists may come under threat. The fault will lie with Chinese Communist Party leaders.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child will learn to write letters of the alphabet and match them to sounds by tracing the letters with a mouse and choosing the objects that start with the letters.
Your child learns to write a thank you message to someone and show appreciation by watching this video.
Your child develops writing and phonics skills by printing out and completing this printable on the short 'a' sound.
Your child develops their number sense as they color in these Curious George sheets.
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This handy DIY laser pointer communicator requires little more than time, an old laser pointer, some parts from your local RadioShack, and, of course, a tuxedo.
Here's the PDF file (eyes only!) you'll need to get started on what actually sounds like a pretty neat little 15-minute project.
Basically, the audio signal from the attached microphone varies the power output of the laser. This, in turn, causes the laser's brightness to fluctuate in a way that follows the shape of the sound wave.
At the other end, where your super spy friend awaits his kill order for those pesky neighbourhood revolutionaries, a solar cell (or photo-resistor) helpfully converts the oscillating light signal back into the husky, absurdly fake Scottish accent you've applied to your voice in yet another lame, cliched attempt to mimic Sean Connery. [MAKE]


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Royals skip beat in their second walk-off defeat
Vargas delivers strong debut, but Collins yields winning run in 10th
DETROIT -- Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer's eight shutout innings weren't enough, but the Detroit Tigers figured out a way to win anyhow.
Ian Kinsler's 10th-inning RBI single gave the Tigers their second straight walk-off victory, 2-1, over the Royals to fire up 26,906 chilly fans on Wednesday at Comerica Park. Kinsler also provided the Tigers' first run with a homer.
Funny thing, though, it almost went all wrong for Scherzer right from the get-go. The first two batters he faced, Nori Aoki and Omar Infante, got on base in turn with a walk and a single. Eric Hosmer flied out to center.
One out, up came cleanup hitter Billy Butler and Scherzer got in a deep hole, three balls and no strikes. But Butler swung at the next pitch, bounced into a double play and the inning was over.
Butler got the green light to swing from manager Ned Yost. It was up to Butler to jump on a pitch that he liked.
"I'm not mad at myself for swinging at that," Butler said. "I got the green light, got a good pitch to hit and just got a bad result."
Scherzer had wiggled free but was mightily miffed with himself.
"After the first inning, I didn't feel like I was at 100 percent mentality. I felt like I got in line after the first," Scherzer said in the clubhouse. "I came up here, kicked a few things, kicked the laundry bin, fired myself up, and told myself to throw strike one. That's when I'm on my game."
He was certainly on his game after that.
"We had an opportunity in the first to get him and we couldn't capitalize on it, and he buckled down and was nails the rest of the day," Yost said.
So was Royals left-hander Jason Vargas, who surrendered only Kinsler's first-pitch home run in the fourth inning of his first Kansas City start.
"Vargy -- what a game he pitched. Wade Davis was awesome, [Kelvin] Herrera was really good," Yost said. "It was just one of those days when they matched up with a guy that was equally as good, Scherzer."
Once Scherzer was out of the game, the Royals caught up, 1-1, in the ninth against Tigers closer Joe Nathan, who experienced a rocky inning. Infante stroked a one-out single, pinch-runner Pedro Ciriaco stole second, and both Hosmer and Butler walked to jam the bases. That brought up Alex Gordon.
"Bases loaded, one out with Gordon, you never want to give up the lead, but you also don't want them taking the lead either," Nathan said. "So we'll take a fly ball the opposite way to tie the game and try to at least extend that game, give ourselves a chance to win it."
Indeed, Gordon's sacrifice fly to left field scored Ciriaco for the tie. However, Brett Hayes, in the game because a pinch-runner was used for Salvador Perez the previous inning, grounded into the third out.
After an instant replay challenge went against the Royals in the top of the 10th, the Tigers won in the bottom half against left-hander Tim Collins. He walked Austin Jackson, Alex Avila sacrificed, Nick Castellanos also walked and, after a second out, Kinsler delivered the game-ending single.
"You don't want to go out there and walk guys with a tie game," Collins said. "My job's to go out there and get three outs, and I couldn't find the plate today."
Kinsler stroked a 1-1 pitch into the left-center-field gap.
"He's a great hitter," Collins said. "I walked two guys and if I was to get out of that inning, I'd be pretty lucky. I tried to battle as best I could, but he got a pitch to hit and he did what he should have."
Nothing went right for the Royals including two instant replay challenges by Tigers rookie manager Brad Ausmus.
The first came in the sixth inning when the Royals lost a double play. First-base umpire Chris Conroy's out call on Tyler Collins was overturned, giving the Tigers a big scoring chance.
There was a three-minute review while the umpires in New York and Detroit sorted things out, but Vargas said he was unruffled.
"I didn't really think about that," he said. "I just thought what I was going to do about the next guy and try to keep that guy from scoring because I knew that one run could be the difference in the game."
And Vargas escaped, getting a tap to third baseman Mike Moustakas for an out at the plate, followed by a strikeout. He finished seven innings, regretting only that hittable curveball he threw to Kinsler.
"I feel bad for Vargy, he threw a great game and deserved every bit of a chance to win that game," Butler said.
The other umpire ruling that was overturned came in the Royals' 10th. Aoki was first ruled safe to give the Royals two on with two out, but the Tigers' won another challenge to a Conroy call. Instead, Aoki was out and the inning was over.
"That's what the system's there for. It works for you just like it's going to work against you," Yost said.
So far in embarking on what they're hoping will be a breakthrough season for the Kansas City franchise, the Royals have lost two one-run games -- both in the last inning.
Not to worry, according to Butler.
"Our team's not going to give up, I'll guarantee you that," Butler said. "We've got a bunch of fighters in here and we're going to battle to the last out. That's the way it's going to be all year. I'm confident we're going to give our pitchers more support than that. It just didn't work out yet."


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After having been first described in France in 1853, and then introduced into the US in the late 1850s by Smith and Griswold (Leggatt, 1999) the tintype became enormously popular from around 1860 onwards. There were significant advantages in this process, particularly to the itinerant photographer, in that the outlay expenditure for setting up in business was low, and it was quick and cheap to produce, and versatile. The lack of a negative meant that it was a one off portrait, which was the most significant disadvantage - for duplicates one had to rather go the carte de visite route. Their cheapness and versatility meant that tintypes were produced in huge quantities across the North America continent throughout the 1860s and 1870s, and remained enormously popular for the remainder of the Victorian era and even well into the 1900s (Hannavy, 1997). Leggatt (1999) states that, in his opinion,
"Compared with other processes the tintype tones seem uninteresting. They were often made by unskilled photographers, and their quality was very variable. They do have some significance, however, in that they made photography available to working classes, not just to the more well-to-do."While I have to disagree about the mid-range tones of the tintypes rendering them uninteresting - to me they impart a feeling of warmth and immediacy generally not seen in the more common albumen prints of the carte de visite - the availability of these portraits to almost every facet of society often provides a glimpse into a side of life rarely encountered elsewhere.
The roughly trimmed early tintype portrait shown here epitomises everything I like about the collodion positive format. The tonal range in this particular, unenhanced image is more than adequate, and has been embellished with some skillful hand colouring of the subject's pink cheeks and the light blue cravat tied around his neck. In fact, the tones of the tintype impart such depth to the photograph that I had to check carefully for further retouching. The stylised oak leaf-patterned edging to his jacket, the tartan check and folds of his skirt, the gold (I think!) patterned head band and dashing feathers on his dark velvet cap, the slightly hesitant expression on his face, even his neatly laced up boots, all point to it being a special day for the young subject of this portrait.
A lthough we might be able to make an educated guess at the occasion, a paper label affixed to the reverse of the tintype, and inscribed in black ink with what appears to be a contemporary hand, handily reveals the purpose of the sitting:
Sidneys first appearance at Church. 16. June 1861The lack of an apostrophe notwithstanding, I'm very thankful to his mother for recording the event for posterity. Surely it was his mother who dressed him so carefully for the important event, led him to church, and then into the studio, calmed his fears about about the head clamp being fixed into place and the strange man under the dark cloth fiddling for what seemed like ages, and likewise carefully wrote out the label when they got home later that day?
American poet William Cullen Bryant's mother recorded that he made his first appearance at church in the middle of his third year (Muller, 2008). This young lad appears a little older - perhaps about four years old - but it is likely that this was but the first of several visits that he made to a photographic studio during his lifetime. Audrey Linkman writes that most photographic portraits in the 1800s were taken to celebrate or record events that she refers to as rites of passage, such as christenings, birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. Although few of the photographs in our family history collections have generally been lucky enough to survive with such helpful annotations, it is often a useful exercise to examine portraits with a view to which significant event in the subject's, or subjects', life it might portray.
The carte de visite portrait shown above, which I used in a previous article on Photo-Sleuth, was probably taken in the late 1860s, and from the dress worn by the child clearly celebrated it's christening. Other events, such as the breeching of boys and the confirmation of both sexes may be more difficult to pick out, since the accompanying clothing changes may not be so obvious to us a century and more later. I'll be keeping a sharp eye out for such possibilties, both in my own old family photos as well as my collection of purchased photographs, and will hopefully feature some more in the coming months, as I return to a more regular posting of articles and images here on Photo-Sleuth.
These photographs have an even greater poignancy for me at the moment because, just as happened in the household of sometime reader of this blog intelliwench last year, my eldest daughter has just started at university a month ago. Of course this has occasioned some wistful perusing of old photographs, including the record of her first day at "big school" some dozen odd years ago, shown above. This shot captures her in the ubiquitous "two sizes too big/she'll grow into it" school uniform on her way to the car as we head off at the beginning of that first day, with her two younger, over-excited and very jealous sisters desperately wishing they were going too.
Some things change, some just stay the same.
Coe, Brian (1976) The Birth of Photography: The story of the formative years 1800-1900, (1989 Edition) London: Spring Books, ISBN 0-600-56296-4, 144p.
Hannavy, John (1997) Victorian Photographer at Work, Series: A History in Camera, Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd., ISBN 0-7478-0358-7, 136p.
Leggatt, Robert (1999) A History of Photography: The Tintype Process. Last updated 24 Sep 2008.
Linkman, Audrey (n.d.) Picturing the Family, Ch. 5.4 Rites of Passage, Unit A173_1, The Open University.
Muller, Gilbert H. (2008) William Cullen Bryant: Author of America, Ch 1. America's First Poet, SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-7467-9, 400p.
Sixth-plate tintype of "Sidneys first appearance at Church, 16 June 1861," by unknown photographer, Collection of Brett Payne
Carte de visite portrait of Unidentified woman and child, by Job Bramley, the Family Fry Pan Portrait Gallery, Leicester, Collection of Brett Payne
35mm colour print of LFP's first day at school, by Brett Payne, 13 January 1998, Collection of Brett Payne


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Barry from Brick Fanatics has been to Toy Fair London. Unfortunately LEGO does not allow photography in the booth at the London show (we'll get that from Nurnberg and then New York over the next couple of weeks). So we have no images aside from a couple of Legends of Chima statues outside the booth (remember, our policy is to not allow for leaked images from dealer catalogs here, so please don't link those, we'll get good Toy Fair pictures by Feb 10). That said, here is the listing of Castle sets, due out in August. Brick Fanatics reports that the protagonist faction will be blue and grey with lion heraldry, and the antagonist faction will be red and black with dragon heraldry.
70400 Forest ambush £7.99
70401 Horse carriage getaway £17.99
70402 Gatehouse raid £24.99
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For Tolkien he lists four sets (though I suspect there will have to be an additional wave of Hobbit sets in late 2013 to accompany the next movie), no release date listed but he said the sets displayed are preliminary. He notes that there will be an "eye of sauron which will be a print on a minifig head" - I strongly suspect that will actually be the Palantir of Orthanc, though it sounds like it would also be fun to use on a fig. Anyway, here's the list. The big set is presumably the Corsairs' ship with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and a bunch of ghosts from the Battle of Peter Jackson ... um, maybe it was called something different, I forget, I'll have to dig through the books again to find that scene.*
79005 – The Wizard Battle £11.99
79006 – The Council of Elrond £29.99
79007 – Battle at the Black Gate £59.99
79008 – Pirate Ship Ambush £89.99
Barry lists a lot of other sets from other themes as well. Some great sounding stuff from the Lone Ranger and Super Heroes lines. Also, Huw from Brickset has an appointment at the LEGO booth today as well (hmm, should be right about now), so expect a report from him later.
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*Still looking for that scene.


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Congratulations, Victoria and Daniel! I think I can safely say they gave good wedding. And thanks to Hello's website for making me feel like I was there.
Waving to the crowds from their horse-drawn carriage, followed by a meander down the river on an ornate gold-encrusted gondolier (sounds more glam than 'barge', don't you think) and a gentle walk across green lawns to the cathedral, Victoria and Daniel's arrival was the perfect beginning to a regal and romantic wedding day after eight years together.
I must admit to an initial slight sense of underwhelm-ment at the simplicity of Victoria's dress, but then, it's Sweden – land of the pared down, the natural fibre, the clean, simple design (just don't mention Abba's Eurovision outfits…it was a long time ago, after all). Was instantly in love, however, with the gorgeous gold and pearl cameo-topped crown Victoria wore (where can I get me one of those!) which looked beautiful with the delicate, scalloped-edge veil floating behind her. And Dan, refurbished like the Swedish Cathedral in which they wed, looked dashing and debonair.
I couldn't help feel for poor Dan, though. While Victoria, unsurprisingly, took it all in her stride, Dan looked a little less relaxed – his expression seemed to veer from nervous to happy and back to nervous again. Yes, he's had eight years to get used to the royal way of doing things, but he did sometimes look as though he was only just managing under all the pomp and ceremony of the day – and who'd blame him, really?!
Perhaps he could look to Queens Sofia of Spain and Beatrix of Netherlands for inspiration – had to chuckle on viewing the guest arrival video clip as these two ladies strolled down the blue carpet as nonchalantly as if they were taking a afternoon turn around the back yard in their trackie dacks – and adorable Beatrix' absent-minded waving as she nattered away to Sofia. Now there's your royal role models, Daniel!
And was that wolf-whistling from the esteemed guests I heard during the bridal waltz video clip? Not a custom at any wedding I've ever been to, but perhaps for those crazy royals it's the done thing to wolf-whistle the happy couple during the wedding waltz. Which Victoria and Daniel performed very stoically. And visibly cheered up when the rellies joined in.
Royal Frock of the Event has to be a tie between Princess Mathilde of Belgium in delicious crushy pink, and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in that gorgeous serene green. And that necklace…I want one of those as well! Where is she in the Hello! Best Frock nominations?!!? Along with her husband, Prince Henrik, adorned in his fluffy hat and festively-decorated uniform,they were a winning couple – apart from the bride and groom, of course.
Of the non-royals girls, my frock picks go to Charlene Wittstock and Tatiana Blatnik. Now, is that a coincidence or what! As we now know, they are both now poised to walk down the aisle
thermselves – perhaps it was the glow of impending bride-dom that caught my attention as much as their stunning gowns….
Special mentions to Denmark's Prince Frederick who must have rummaged through the dress-up box for the occasion…. still, it's always good to buy a couple of sizes bigger – room to grow and all that. Also to Princess Mabel of the Netherland for her, er, interesting corporate ballet combo.
Yes, all in all, it's been a fabulous dose of royal wedding….and now, more to come. Ahh, happy days…
Congratulations Victoria And Daniel – may you be happy together forever !
P.S. Just a note: may I say, time to lose the glasses, Dan. I think Clark Kent has well and truly left the building…
P.P.S. Along with Princess Victoria's historic wedding, Julia Gillard being appointed the first female Prime Minister of Australia has made this a week to remember! Strewth, think it's time for a soothing glass of sav blanc – go, girls!


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What makes the epidemic of sideline shouting particularly egregious is that the instructions are usually misguided.
By Mike Woitalla (Soccer America Magazine, June 2008)
What better venue for an endless array of amusement and bemusement than the youth soccer field? Much is predictable, like the adult sideline behavior, but the unexpected never ceases.
We recently witnessed three ducks make smooth landings in the center circle during a U-10 girls game. Then the front two started romancing until the third broke it up and they all took to the sky.
A week later, I had to take my eyes off the game to help a girl remove a Chinese finger-trap. There was also the time when the field was so soggy, the referee had to dislodge little players from mud holes.
Even the dreadful adult noise can provide a chuckle.
Like the burly man who continually berated the referee, and at one point, when the ref blew his whistle long and hard, screamed, "What the hell is that for?"
It was the halftime whistle.
A U-10 coach screamed, "Over here! Over here!" at the top of his lungs while a little goalkeeper had the ball in his hands. The coach apparently wanted the keeper to exploit the right flank instead of the left. And so the keeper punted the ball — more precisely than I imagined he had the skill for — and it rolled out of bounds, right to the coach's feet. Well done!
Eavesdropping on a coach addressing his 9-year-old troops at halftime, I heard him commanding that, "We need to neutralize No. 10!"
I later surveyed a small group of similarly aged children to confirm my notion that "neutralize" is not a word they're likely to comprehend. And one wonders what he had in mind, because it seemed his players had been trying darn hard already to get the ball from her.
I'm guessing that most of the long-winded advice or sideline screaming sounds to the children like the "whaa-whaa-whaa" of Charlie Brown's teacher.
But for sure there are those shouts that come from such a powerful parent-coach chorus that they make an impact.
Take for example the "shoot, shoot, shoot" scream that comes from the sidelines when a youngster dribbles toward goal. The instruction is misguided on many levels.
Does it help a child perform the difficult task of striking the ball while running as fast as he can by being screamed at during the process?
Does anybody believe that even the most novice player doesn't know she must shoot the ball while approaching the goal on a breakaway? "Actually, I thought I might pick it up and try to balance it on my head."
Most importantly, the "shoot" scream encourages players to pull the trigger earlier than they should.
Think about it. How do great players score on breakaways? They usually wait until they get close to the goalkeeper. It's much harder for the keeper to save a shot from four yards away than from 15.
There's also the option of rounding the keeper, especially when a patient attacker forces the keeper to commit.
My investigations on how great scorers beat keepers reveal that a key attribute is indeed patience. The bad shots are attributed to "rushing it" and not realizing one has more time than one thinks.
There may be no situation in the game that puts more pressure on a player than when he has a scoring chance — especially one in which he has time to assess the situation, as opposed to headers from aerial battles. Who really believes that screaming at the shooter provides any aid whatsoever?
Indeed, so much of the sideline instruction is detrimental to the developing of creative and intelligent players.
What happens when little players have the smarts to retreat with the ball? So often they're hammered with, "You're going the wrong way!" Watch a soccer game played by sophisticated players and you'll find that they're constantly moving the ball in all directions to find space and time.
Young players taking the ball away from the bunch are the clever ones. Will they sometimes put their team at risk? Maybe. But so what? Giving up a goal in a U-8 game isn't nearly as important as allowing young players to figure out how to keep possession.
Considering the dearth of exceptional dribblers in American soccer, it's time for a ban on the "Pass it! Pass it! Pass it!" shout.
Besides the fact that young players should be encouraged to dribble — because dribbling is the first step to mastering all ball skills — there are far better ways to introduce a passing game to youngsters than screaming at them.
When youngsters hit the stage at which they can comprehend teamwork, encouraging passing can be done more effectively with practice games than through instruction.
When a coach plays along with his team at practice, he can constantly demonstrate passing. And when he passes the ball back to the player he got it from, he sends the message that sharing pays off.
A 5 v 2 keepaway game puts players in constant passing situations. Awarding "goals" for give-and-goes during scrimmages is a fun way to prod passing.
What's crucial for coaches to keep in mind is when they continually instruct players during games they're denying players the chance to learn how to make their own decisions. It's why higher-level coaches complain that players come through the ranks without having developed good soccer instincts.
Sideline coaching does not create an environment conducive to producing creative players — those with the ability to improvise and pull off the unpredictable maneuvers.
At the very young ages there's hardly a need for coaches to instruct players, but instruction does have a place as children advance. How it's conveyed, however, determines its effectiveness.
What makes the popularity of the shouting approach so puzzling is that the screamers themselves probably wouldn't appreciate receiving advice in such a manner.
The more reasonable and effective approach would be to deliver advice with a calm, one-on-one conversation - at halftime or after the game. A concise sentence or two is much more likely to make an impression than a shout or a rant.
For sure, overcoaching can be the product of good intentions - the belief that the coach is supposed to be "teaching." Also, many parents expect coaches to provide loads of instructions. Lots of coaches have told me they field complaints from parents who believe the coach isn't doing his job if he isn't screaming from the sideline.
But sideline shouting isn't evidence of good coaching. In fact, what a coach does to create a nurturing relationship with her players may often go unnoticed.
Take the coach who, at every practice or after every game, calmly says one thing to each player. It may be short praise for a specific maneuver, a suggestion that could help the player next time out, or simple encouragement. Parents may not notice that kind of coaching, but the players will.
(This article originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Soccer America magazine.)


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Though he had received no formal training before the age of 18, his first experiences singing in college choir changed his life, and he completed his first concert work, Go, Lovely, Rose, at the age of 21. Eric went on to the Juilliard School, earning his Master of Music degree and studying with Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano.
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