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Louis Vuitton Cup schedule
— America's Cup Village is at Marina Green, closes at 6 p.m.
— America's Cup Park is at Piers 27/29, closes at 7 p.m.
10-11:15 a.m. AC72s on moorings at America's Cup Park
10:15 am Marching band from Plaza to Presentation Stage
10:45-11:15 a.m. Dock-out show at Presentation Stage
Noon-1 p.m. "AC Show" at America's Cup Pavilion at America's Cup Park, with live commentary; big-screen broadcast at America's Cup Village
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 1: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Luna Rossa Challenge
2-2:30 p.m. Poster signing
3-5 p.m. Live music at America's Cup Pavilion at America's Cup Park – Jazz Mafia
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 1: Artemis Racing vs. Emirates Team New Zealand*
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 1: Luna Rossa Challenge vs. Artemis Racing*
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 2: Luna Rossa Challenge vs. Emirates Team New Zealand
July 14
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 2: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Artemis Racing*
July 16
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 2: Artemis Racing vs. Luna Rossa Challenge*
July 18
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 3: Artemis Racing vs. Emirates Team New Zealand*
July 20
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 3: Luna Rossa Challenge vs. Artemis Racing*
July 21
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 3: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Luna Rossa Challenge
July 23
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 4: Luna Rossa Challenge vs. Emirates Team New Zealand
July 25
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 4: Artemis Racing vs. Luna Rossa Challenge*
July 27
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 4: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Artemis Racing*
July 28
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 5: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Luna Rossa Challenge
July 30
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 5: Artemis Racing vs. Emirates Team New Zealand*
Aug. 1
12:15 p.m. Round-robin 5: Luna Rossa Challenge vs. Artemis Racing*
Aug. 6
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 1
Aug. 7
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 2
Aug. 9
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 3
Aug. 10
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 4
Aug. 12
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 5,
if necessary
Aug. 13
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 6,
if necessary
Aug. 15
1:15 p.m. Semifinal race 7,
if necessary
Aug. 17
1:10 p.m. Finals race 1
2:10 p.m. Finals race 2
Aug. 18
1:10 p.m. Finals race 2
2:10 p.m. Finals race 4
Aug. 21
1:10 p.m. Finals race 5
2:10 p.m. Finals race 6
Aug. 24
1:10 p.m. Finals race 7
2:10 p.m. Finals race 8,
if necessary
Aug. 25
1:10 p.m. Finals race 9,
if necessary
2:10 p.m. Finals race 10,
if necessary
Aug. 28
1:10 p.m. Finals race 11,
if necessary
2:10 p.m. Finals race 12,
if necessary
Aug. 30
1:10 p.m. Finals race 13, if necessary
* Artemis Racing might not participate in the round-robin racing as it recovers from a May accident that claimed the life of strategist Andrew Simpson and damaged the team's catamaran. Artemis' opponent for each race still must complete the course to earn a point.
Getting to the races
Muni, BART (which was on strike at press time), the ferries and Caltrain will provide enhanced service on the busiest days. Officials are urging spectators to use transit instead of driving.
On Muni: The E-Embarcadero line will run on busy weekend days between the Caltrain station at Fourth and King streets and Fisherman's Wharf, using historic streetcars and sometimes buses that will share the streetcar right of way to speed past traffic. Extra streetcars and buses will also run on the F line down Market Street to the Wharf, and heavy days will also see a shuttle between the Piers 27/29 complex and the Ferry Building.
Bus shuttles will run along Van Ness and Polk streets between Market Street and a hub at Bay and Fillmore streets in the Marina, and between Bay and Fillmore and Piers 27/29. Muni also plans to boost service as needed on several bus lines, including the 22-Fillmore, 43-Masonic, 47-Van Ness, 30X-Marina Express and 8X-Bayshore Express as well as the T-Third Metro line.
On bike: Valet parking for bikes will operate at both America's Cup venues, and bike rental stations will operate at Marina Green, on the Wharf, at the Ferry Building, near the Powell BART station and in Golden Gate Park. Bay Area Bike Share is expected to be running in August with stations to pick up and drop off bikes sprinkled throughout the downtown and northeastern section of the city, including at Piers 27/29 and the Ferry Building.


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On Friday night, right after work Jon and I went to participate in my 3rd Weight Watchers 5K.
|This is the t-shirt we had made for this year's 5K.
|We used chalk to draw the starting line.
|Jon came too! This is the first year that he has been able to participate! I was so glad he came.
|I was trying to help get people signed in.
|Jon and I before the 5K started.
|Amanda had to use her $3.00 megaphone so that people could her what she was saying!
|We used streamers that people had a fun time breaking through at the beginning of the race.
|There they go!
On Saturday morning, I worked my monthly Weight Watchers meeting and came home to clean my house in preparation for visitors that we were going to have that evening. We had volunteered to house two girls from the California Baptist choir that was scheduled to perform at our church on Sunday morning.
|I did all of our laundry!
|I baked Cinnamon and Sugar Donut Muffins, for our guests that we were expecting.
|Finally, at 10pm we went to the church to pick up our girls, Brittany and Stephanie. When we got there they were setting everything up for the big production.
On Sunday morning, during breakfast I got online to find my newspaper article online! I took a picture of it, because it was on the main page of the newspaper's website.
I was so excited that I read it out loud to Jon, Brittany, and Stephanie. To check it out, click here.
We then headed off to church where the students from the California Baptist University choir and orchestra lead the Sunday morning service. The service was incredible! We were so excited to be able to watch them perform. It was also a pleasure getting to know Brittany and Stephanie while they stayed at our house!
After church we went to lunch with some friends and tried to hunt down some copies of the Tyler newspaper! We went to three different stores before we were able to find the right newspaper. There were only three newspapers left and we bought them all.
The cashier at Wal-mart asked us if we knew that we were buying three copies of the same newspaper. We told her that this was no mistake and that we needed three copies, because I was in the newspaper. She did not believe me until I flipped to the health and fitness section. On the first page of the section was my pictures and story! She couldn't believe that the woman in the newspaper was really me!
click here.
|I was on the first page of the health and fitness section!!
|When we finally made it back home I just had to take some pictures of myself with the article!
After our traditional Sunday afternoon nap, we went flying with some of our friends. Jon had some extra flight hours to use and we thought it would be a fun way to hangout with John and Elise. Jon is an awesome pilot and we had such a great time!
|Me, Jon, Elise, & John

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Liberty volleyball head coach Shane Pinder leads the Lady Flames as they host High Point and Campbell this weekend.
As the Liberty volleyball team prepared for its final weekend of home matches this season, Nick Pierce of the Liberty Flames Sports Network caught up with 10th-year head coach Shane Pinder for an interview. During the interview, Pinder provides insight into the Lady Flames' recent surge, as Liberty has gone 6-2 over its last eight matches. The Lady Flames are now in a four-way tie for third place in the Big South, just one match out of first, with four contests remaining. Pinder also gives a preview of this weekend's key home matches against High Point and Campbell, including thoughts on the 2013 volleyball seniors, Jade Craycraft, Lillie Happel, Becca Haraf and Kendle Rollins. The Lady Flames will host High Point tonight at 5 p.m., immediately prior to Liberty's men's basketball team opens its season at 8 p.m. at the Vines Center. Liberty will then conduct Senior Day ceremonies prior to their 1 p.m. home match against Campbell, tomorrow.


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Sci-Fi Fever Dreams
Yesterday when I finally fell asleep, I was running a fever of 102.5 (it broke last night and I feel much better today – I think I'm over whatever I got). I then had a dream I was in a TV show – something like Stranger Things. At least that's how it started out. Something weird was going on at some house where there was a hole to a parallel dimension and a team of investigators had shown up to check it out. I was part of this team. For whatever reason I had a sweet pair of polarized sunglasses with me. Don't know where I got them from, but they looked really cool and they most definitely didn't belong in the 80's. Everyone kept talking about how cool my shades were and I agreed; they were cool.
We were looking at the lawn where there was a burn mark due to the paranormal occurrences at this house, when I noticed that I would see a strange pattern on the lawn only when I wore the shades. No one else could see it. I lent my sunglasses to the other investigators and then they could see the pattern too. When they wondered why, I said "Well, my glasses are from 2016" (as if that would explain everything). They laughed because it was only 1986. I think at that point I realized that I had somehow time-traveled to 1986 and ended up as part of this team. Anyway, I then realized that the pattern I was seeing on the lawn was basically a series of gears; kind of like what you would see in a clock. Furthermore, the gears were moving. That's when I realized that what I was looking at was time itself! The glasses helped me view the entire dimension of time using this metaphor. But not just view it…
I decided to say "Go back 10 seconds" while wearing the glasses, and I went back 10 seconds in time! So apparently that was how I had arrived in 1986, but I had forgotten that critical piece of information. I don't recall what else I did with my new-found power but I vaguely remember time-traveling to 1991 and ending up in my old house in Darsait, Muscat as my younger self. So it appeared that the glasses had a sort of Quantum Leap-esque power too. Unfortunately at this point I either woke up or the dream transitioned into something else because I don't remember what happened next.


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Seeking to promote an understanding of Arab and Islamic cultures and an appreciation of both their historical and contemporary significance in the global community, St. Bonaventure University has established a Center for Arab and Islamic Studies.
The center's areas of focus are scholarship, on- and off-campus instruction, and community outreach.
Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., who taught on the university faculty in the Department of Modern Languages from 2003 until 2012, is returning to St. Bonaventure to direct the center.
"The center is inspired by the historical encounter between Francis of Assisi and the Egyptian Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in 1219," said Fr. Michael, "and seeks to promote an understanding of Arab and Islamic cultures, an appreciation of both their historical and contemporary significance in the global community, and respectful relations between Muslim and Christian people."
In recognition of the Franciscan Order's enduring engagement with the Arab and Islamic world, its contribution to the study of Christian-Muslim relations, and its promotion of Christian-Muslim dialogue, the new Center for Arab and Islamic Studies is being established under the aegis of the Franciscan Institute at the University.
"The Franciscan Institute takes a new and bold step with the creation of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies. St. Francis of Assisi's experience of brotherhood with the Sultan Malik al-Kamil of Egypt becomes the model for mutual dialogue today, " said Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., director of the Franciscan Institute.
Beginning with fall 2015, the center's on-campus instruction will consist of undergraduate courses in Arab and Islamic Studies in a variety of disciplines, including art history, history, international relations, language and literature, political science, theology and women's studies. An 18-credit minor in Arab and Islamic Studies is already offered at St. Bonaventure. These offerings will be completely revised and expanded.
A Summer Institute will provide traditional and non-traditional students with an opportunity outside the regular academic year to engage in studies for several weeks on campus in conjunction with the summer programs offered by the Franciscan Institute and the Chautauqua Institution.
It is also anticipated that the center will offer day and weekend programs at a variety of venues, particularly those within the Catholic and Franciscan community on topics in Arab and Islamic Studies. The center will also foster strong and productive ties with the area's Muslim community.
"We are delighted that Fr. Michael is returning to St. Bonaventure to lead this renewed initiative," said University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F. "The center will create important connections throughout the region and the world to advance the global citizenship agenda."
Most recently, Fr. Michael has been a chaplain-in-residence at Georgetown University while pursuing his doctorate in Islamic Studies with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
During his time at St. Bonaventure, Fr. Michael started a program in Arab and Islamic Studies and taught courses in several disciplines, including Arabic, art history, history, theology and women's studies.
In addition to his doctorate in Islamic Studies, Fr. Michael holds a bachelor's degree in Near Eastern Studies from John Hopkins University, a master's degree in Egyptology from Brown University, a master of library science degree from Columbia University, and a master of divinity degree and master of theology from Washington Theological Union.
Since its advent in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century, Islam has become a truly global faith, Fr. Michael said.
"With an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world (about 23 percent of the world's population), Islam is the world's second-largest religious tradition after Christianity," he said. "In the contemporary religious, political and economic global environment, it is clear that knowledge of and dialogue with the Muslim world is a necessity for global stability and peace."
For more information about the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, visit www.sbu.edu/CAIS.
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This might be a philosophical kind of question, but I believe that there is an objective answer to it.
If you read the wikipedia article about Haskell, you can find the following:
The language is rooted in the observations of Haskell Curry and his intellectual descendants, that "a proof is a program; the formula it proves is a type for the program"
Now, what I'm asking is: doesn't this really apply to pretty much all the programming languages? What feature (or set of features) of Haskell makes it compliant with this statement? In other words, what are the noticeable ways in which this statement affected the design of the language?


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Saint Paul
Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 272,235), state capital and seat of Ramsey co., E Minn., on bluffs along the Mississippi River, contiguous with Minneapolis, forming the Twin Cities metropolitan area; inc. 1854. A port of entry at a great bend in the Mississippi and a railroad hub, St. Paul is also an industrial, commercial, and financial center. It shares an international airport with Minneapolis. Among the city's diverse manufactures are electrical, construction, and medical equipment; sheet metal; paper and plastic products; storage tanks; food; motor vehicles; and consumer goods. Other industries include oil refining and printing and publishing.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Landmarks and Institutions
- History
- Bibliography
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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My last fresh post here at DarcyArts was Nov. 3, 2011. The topic was death. I had been so pleased, after decades of reading up on life after death and NDEs, to hear that Steve Jobs last words were "Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Oh, wow!"
I could well imagine the awesome passage he was entering at that moment. Throughout history men and women have experienced spiritual journeys that have enabled them at times to see glimpses of the other world. We have a hunger for those altered states. There are many paths.
This blog is a record of my journey through discovering my own creative abilities. I have occasionally flashed back on elements of my life. I have shared lasting and momentary fascinations. My lapse in posting here has not been due to a lack of interest but rather a very real reduction in my energy level.
Over the course of the last three years, I have been running my Etsy shop, making things, and writing here, I noticed a slow decline. What I attributed to asthma and arthritis, or just getting old has turned out to be the dreaded big "C." It took nearly a year to get to get a diagnosis but, finally, last November the word was in.
I've had plenty of time to adjust to having my mind far outpace my body. I can think of so many things to do but I can't physically do them. Very aggravating for an Aries with Gemini rising.
After much reflection I decided that I did not want DarcyArts to become a cancer blog. One can write about cancer when one regains strength. We can recall our misery, the heavy weight of going through chemo, but dude, if I regain some good amount of strength after chemo (last round in two weeks) I want to write about life. I suspect I've been living with cancer for years. With or without cancer, I know that I need to bask in the holy carnality of ever single second I have left to breathe and marvel at this journey of ours.
Once again, I hear Allen Ginsberg chanting.
I want to go to the ocean. I want to go the rest of my way here on earth with grace and love and patience. When I slip over I want to be able exclaim " oh, wow!"


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The StarCraft universe contains an eclectic array of musical influences, characters and situations which reach back to the original release in 1998 and its expansion set, Brood War. Most of the music was, at that time, realized on keyboards. Now, the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty orchestra includes live, soaring horns, epic strings, biting synthesizers, a soulful dobro, harmonicas, guitars, choirs and a myriad of sonic colors, light and shade, intimate and loud.
From the space-cowboy terran marines, to the ancient prophecies of the protoss, to the hive-mind of the zerg—as well as the complex persona of marshal Jim Raynor, Sarah Kerrigan (now the Queen of Blades), and the infamous Arcturus Mengsk and the Dominion—each has a story, a mood, a timbre, a vibe to be supported and represented in the musical underscore. If Raynor can seem to pull his revolver a little faster, or if Tychus Findley's presence can be a bit more imposing due to a theme or flourish in the music, then the composers and musicians have truly called down the thunder.
The music for StarCraft II was recorded in a wide variety of places and styles. Our quest for a classic "film score" sound led us to the legendary Skywalker scoring stage at idyllic Lucasfilm Ranch in Marin County, California. There we recorded 78 incredible musicians film-style, synchronized to picture. The players, who come from the San Francisco Symphony and Opera, are world-class, and definitely have earned the prestigious title of "Skywalker Symphony Orchestra".
Following the orchestral recordings, we journeyed to Seattle, Washington, where a 32-voice choir (triple-tracked to 96 voices) lent their talents to our music. The scoring mixer on both of these sessions was John Kurlander, who not only recorded the soundtrack to all three Lord of the Rings films, he also, as a young London lad, assisted the Beatles in recording "Abbey Road".
Finally, we found ourselves in Woodstock, New York, where several alumni of the Peter Gabriel band reside. There, we captured the Terran Band music in an old church-turned-studio called Dreamland. Band members included bassist Tony Levin, who has also played with John Lennon and countless others, along with drummer Jerry Marotta, who has performed at two of our BlizzCon events, and with Paul McCartney, to name a few.
Some local recording in the Blizzard studios, including Laurence Juber, formerly of Wings, and the legendary Tommy Morgan on harmonica, rounded out the music scope for StarCraft II, which clocks in at just over four hours of new music for the game and the many cinematics. Each composer selected favorite cues which, together comprise this album. We are extremely proud of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack, and hope you enjoy this new addition to Blizzard's and StarCraft's musical legacy.
- Russell Brower, Director of Audio & One Of The Composers, Blizzard Entertainment
Composers: Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke, Russell Brower, Neal Acree
Additional Music by:Laurence Juber, Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan, Inon Zur, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" by William Whiting and John B. Dykes, 1860
Score Performed by:The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by: Eimear Noone
Contractor: Janet Ketchum
Violins: Laura Albers, Erin Benim, Mariya Borozina, Jeremy Cohen, Joe Edelberg, Connie Gantsweg, Candace Guirao, Robin Hansen, Dawn Harms(Principal), Adrienne Herbert, Maki Ishii, Gloria Justen, Julie Kim, Roy Malan(Concertmaster), Michelle Maruyama, Robin Mayforth, Kayo Miki, Yasushi Ogura, Ellen Pesavento, Deborah Price, Evan Price, Craig Reiss, Barbara Riccardi, Philip Santos, Wenyi Shih, Iris Stone, Marianne Wagner, Heidi Wilcox
Violas: Su Buchignani, Don Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich, Pam Freund, Marcel Gemperli, Patricia Heller(Principal), Anna Kruger, Polly Malan, Emily Onderdonk, Liz Runnicles, Natalia Vershilova
Celli: Terry Adams, Michelle Djokic, Victoria Ehrlich, Nina Flyer, David Kadarauch(Principal), Emil Miland, Thalia Moore, Miriam Perkoff
Basses: Charles Chandler(Principal), Steve D'Amico(Principal), Shinji Eshima, Jon Lancelle, Patrick McCarthy, Michel Taddei, Richard Worn
Harp: Sarah Voynow, Anna Maria Mendietta
Flutes: Janet Ketchum(Principal), Julie McKenzie
Clarinets: David Neuman(Principal), Jeremy Simas(Principal), Clark Fobes
Oboes: Marilyn Coyne, Laura Griffiths(Principal)
Bassoons: Amy Duxbury(Principal), Rufus Olivier
Horns: Eric Achen, Meredith Brown, Chris Cooper, Keith Green, Larry Ragent, Kevin Rivard, Bruce Roberts(Principal), Glen Swarts(Principal)
Trumpets: Ron Blais, Adam Luftman(Principal), John Pearson
Trombones: Jeff Budin(Principal), Bruce Chrisp, Tom Hornig, Mark Lawrence(Principal), Dave Ridge
Tuba: Peter Wahrhaftig
Piano: Marc Shapiro, Richard Riccardi
Timpani: John Burgardt
Percussion: Victor Avdienko, Scott Bleaken, Galen Lemmon(Principal), Artie Storch(Principal)
Guitar, Dobro: Laurence Juber
Harmonica: Tommy Morgan
Keys: Russell Brower, Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke
Solo Vocals: Laurie Ann Haus, George DeMott
Additional Guitar, FX: Jonas Laster
StarCraft Terran Band Drums, Production: Jerry Marotta
Bass and Chapman Stick: Tony Levin
Guitars: Jesse Gress, Ben Butler
Piano, B3: Daniel Weiss
Fiddle: Candy Girard
Choral Performance by: Northwest Choirs
Choirmaster: Joseph Crnko
Contracted By: David Sabee, Simon James
Sopranos: Beth Ann Bonnecroy, Catherine Haight, Christina Siemens, Joelle Berry, Lara Papadakis, Linda Strandberg, Lisa Pontén, Maria Johnson, Susan Erickson
Altos: Deborah Stephens, Jennifer Ivester, Kari Frost, Linda Sabee, Mary Jo Dugaw, Melanie Stevens, Melissa Plaggeman, Stacey Sunde
Tenors: Jacob Winkler, Jeff Dubois, Joel Cummings, John Porter, Nathaniel Papadakis, Owen Bennion, Paul Karaitis, Sam Rodarte
Basses: Charles Stephens, Glenn Guhr, Kyle Downs, Loren Ponten, Manard Stewart, Michael Delos, Ron Knoebel, Tommy Adams
Orchestration: Bill Liston, Penka Kouneva, Tim Davies
Additional Orchestration: Danail Getz, Philip Klein
Music Copyists: Dave Wells, Robert Puff
Music Librarian: Robert Puff
Live Sessions and Orchestration Produced By: Edo Guidotti
Scoring Mixer: John Kurlander
Score Recorded at: Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. Company, Marin County, CA
Assistant Engineers: Dann Thompson, Judy Kirschner, Robert Gatley
Pro Tools Operator, Editor: Andre Zweers
Terran Band Recorded at: Dreamland, Woodstock, NY and JEL Recording Studios, Newport, CA
Engineer: Dave Cook
Choir Recorded at: Bastyr University Chapel, Seattle, WA
Recordist: Kory Kruckenberg
Stage Manager: Jon Schluckebier
Second Engineers: John Winters, Brian Valentino
Additional Engineering, Assistance: Joseph Gauthier
Coordination, Planning: Keith Landes, Jay Maguire, Dennis Crabtree, Thomas Pieracci
Talent Relations: Andrea Toyias
Soundtrack Producer: Russell Brower
Special Thanks: Aaron, Ethan, Quinn and Susan Stafford, Yuliya and Jasper Duke, Shyshkin and Duke Families, Savina Ciaramella, Margaret, Tina and Karen Brower, Margarita Kravets, Kevin Crook, Lynda Do, Sylvia Whiteshield, Jamie Crooks, Shelly Guidotti, Tom Brewer, Leslie Ann Jones, Chris Metzen, Nick Carpenter, Jeff Chamberlain, Matt Samia, Frank Pearce, Mike Morhaime, Paul Sams and the entire Blizzard Entertainment Sound Department.
We would especially like to extend our appreciation and love to all in our family of wonderful and cherished musicians--- Thank you!!!


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Crosstown Showdown expands field for 2013 event
High school football showcase will feature 25 games over eight days
The Crosstown Showdown, which is heralded as the nation's biggest high school football showcase, has found a way to become even bigger.
This marks the 16th year for this event, which runs from Friday, Aug. 23, through Saturday, Aug. 31. It will feature a record 25 games at 11 different venues, including both Nippert Stadium and the Sheakley Athletics Center on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.
Among the 50 teams taking part, 17 are first-year participants in the event.
Tickets for each game will be available for purchase beginning Monday, July 1.
Here is the complete schedule:
Friday, Aug. 23
South Dearborn at Lawrenceburg - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 28
McNicholas vs. Northwest - 5:30 p.m. (at Sheakley Athletics Center)
Edgewood vs. Fenwick - 7:00 p.m. (at Mason High School)
La Salle vs. Oak Hills - 7:00 p.m. (at Nippert Stadium)
Anderson vs. Mt. Healthy - 8:00 p.m. (at Sheakley Athletics Center)
Thursday, Aug. 29
Turpin vs. Withrow - 5:30 p.m. (at Sheakley Athletics Center)
North College Hill vs. Waynesville - 5:30 p.m. (at Kings High School)
Elder vs. Middletown - 7:00 p.m. (at Nippert Stadium)
Madeira vs. Norwood - 8:00 p.m. (at Sheakley Athletics Center)
CHCA vs. Madison - 8:00 p.m. (at Kings High School)
Friday, Aug. 30
Colerain vs. Park Vista, Fla. - 6:00 p.m. (at Nippert Stadium)
Deer Park vs. Purcell Marian - 6:00 p.m. (at Sheakley Athletics Center)
Cooper vs. NewCath - 6:00 p.m. (at Dixie Heights High School)
Springfield vs. Trotwood-Madison -6:00 p.m. (at Welcome Stadium)
Indianapolis Ben Davis at St. Xavier - 7:30 p.m.
Walnut Hills at Sycamore - 7:30 p.m.
Pickerington Central at Centerville - 7:30 p.m.
Indianapolis Pike vs. Moeller - 8:30 p.m. (at Nippert Stadium)
Beechwood vs. Lima Senior - 8:30 p.m. (at Sheakley Athletics Center)
CovCath at Dixie Heights - 8:30 p.m.
Northmont vs. Thurgood Marshall - 8:30 p.m. (at Welcome Stadium)
Saturday, Aug. 31
Boone County vs. Conner - 1:00 p.m. (at Thomas More College)
Blanchester vs. Clinton-Massie - 6:00 p.m. (at Centerville High School)
Carlisle vs. Franklin - 8:30 p.m. (at Centerville High School)
Lakota West vs. Winton Woods - TBD


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The small cartoon on the Tax Policy Center's website shows a man's head with a gaping hole through it and the words "Stupid Tax Trick." The words refer to the proposal by Republican Sen. John McCain to suspend the 18.4 cents per gallon federal excise tax on gasoline between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's suggestion was quickly picked up by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, campaigning for the Democratic nomination. The idea, however, died a quick death in the Senate last week at the hands of a Democratic caucus drafting a bill aimed at giving relief from soaring gas prices. To many economists and others, the short tax holiday didn't make much sense.
"It's a terrible idea," says economist Eric Toter, coauthor of the article that accompanied the cartoon and was headlined, "What Were They Thinking???"
Undoubtedly, they were thinking politics. A new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that paying for gasoline easily tops the list of economic woes seen by American families. Some 44 percent of those surveyed saw their gas bills as a "serious problem."
"It's out of the political pandering playbook," says Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan organization pushing for elimination of the federal budget deficit.
Sen. Barack Obama, Senator Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination, did reject the idea. On this issue, he's "the only one that looks like a grown-up," comments Mr. Bixby.
President Bush also disapproved. Of course, he's not running for office.
Here's why critics say the gasoline-tax holiday plan is a bad idea:
•It wouldn't save the average consumer much money. If a driver uses 10 gallons a week, he or she would save about $26 during the three months – enough to buy seven or eight milkshakes. A driver with a long commute to work would, potentially, save more. So would the truck drivers who were circling the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan last week, angered by the 24.4 cents per gallon tax on diesel fuel.
The problem, says Mr. Toter, is that the cheaper fuel would encourage Americans to drive more – say an extra trip to the beach. The end result – after increased summer demand stretches American refining capacity to the limit – would be even higher prices.
It wouldn't "do anything" for the consumer, Toter concludes. It would just boost the already record profits of refiners and oil companies.
An econometic analysis by Jeff Perloff, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, is not so harsh. Drivers might save 9 to 12 cents a gallon despite the rising demand, he reckons.
•The gas-tax break would do nothing about United States dependence on imported oil, or, for that matter, on a limited supply of domestic oil. Contrariwise, it would add to consumption and to global-warming emissions.
"We are the laughing stock of Europe because we keep [gasoline] taxes so cheap," notes Matthew Simmons, chairman of a Houston-based investment bank for the energy industry, Simmons & Co. International.
The state gasoline tax, which ranges as high as 32.1 cents in Wisconsin and as low as 8 cents in Alaska, averages 28.6 cents a gallon. So, add in the federal tax, and the average tax totals 47 cents. Way low by European standards. In Germany, for example, gas is taxed at about $2 per gallon.
Only last January, a bipartisan commission appointed by Congress recommended a 40-cent boost over five years in the federal gas tax with revenues used to improve the nation's transportation system.
•The tax break would add to the federal deficit. Gas-tax revenues normally go to the Highway Trust Fund, which is used to maintain and improve the highway and public transit systems. One proposal in Congress would have substituted Treasury revenues for the lost HTF money.
•The change would be an administrative nightmare for the nation's retail sellers of gasoline.
"It would be a logistical challenge," says Jeff Lenard, spokesman for the convenience stores that sell 80 percent of the nation's gasoline supply.
At this time, Republicans and Democrats are busily trying to blame each other for the troubling high gas prices. For instance, sometimes more than once a day House Republican Leader John Boehner issues a press release teasing Speaker Nancy Pelosi for not presenting her long-promised "common sense plan" to lower gas prices.
For now, Washington is looking for other ways to hold down gasoline prices. One popular idea is to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. At present it contains 701 million barrels, enough with private oil company reserves to substitute for imported oil for 118 days. It is being filled at a rate of 70,000 barrels daily, not a hefty amount compared with imports of 10.1 million barrels a day.
"We are addicted to petroleum, a source of energy which is gradually going to disappear," warns Michael Klare, who teaches international affairs at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. He says the US must really work on "alternative" energy sources.
That's not a short-term solution.


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UH Manoa law school applauds promotion of Tochiki to associate dean of student servicesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — The William S. Richardson School of Law proudly announces the long-awaited and most deserving promotion this year of Assistant Dean Laurie Arial Tochiki to Associate Dean for Student Services. Tochiki has served as assistant dean since 1999. With this promotion, Tochiki becomes a key member of Dean Aviam Soifer's leadership team with the primary responsibility for planning, organizing and directing all student services activities.
She is also responsible for the administration of the instructional, research and public services objectives of the School of Law, including development of strategic long and short term plans for a robust graduate student services program, administration of the academic advising program, scholarships, admissions, academic actions and recruitment.
Tochiki previously served as assistant professor and adjunct professor from 1994 to 1999. She is an avid supporter of Hawaiʻi's children and families. She was the coordinator and one of the founders of the Kids First program at the Family Court of the First Circuit, and coordinator and founder of the ʻOhana Conferencing program of the Department of Human Services, and serves on the Oʻahu Citizen Review Panel for Child Welfare. She practiced for 12 years in the area of family law with eight years as a solo practitioner in Waipahu.
For her devoted work, Tochiki was a co-recipient of the "Golden Gavel" award by the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, and a recipient of the Hawaiʻi Lawyers Care Niu Award and the Hawaiʻi Women Lawyers Community Service Award.
Tochiki is a 1980 graduate of the UH Mānoa School of Law and earned a BA from Whitman College in 1977 and MSA from Central Michigan University in 1996. Born and raised in Hawaiʻi, Tochiki is married and has two children.
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Cripes! One minute we're all "Yay Spurs" and loving the Beautiful Game again, until that injury anyway (genuine shiver); the next we're ducking falling chimney stacks as Britain rocks to some unruly Richter Scale madness and reading about Harry's secret war. Bonkers, that's what this country is. Still, the jolts have been beneficial, stirring DiS into collecting together February's most-key releases.
Yup: the format's the same but those records, they're always changing. They can shake our houses, awaken us from our beds, but they'll never take our record collections! Unless they mug us while we're waiting for the night bus and take our iPods, 'course.
Which are currently filled with:
Beach House
(Bella Union)
Says Alex Denney: "Devotion resonates with the same formless essence as its self-titled predecessor, but also far exceeds it in both composition and execution. The funereal organ and sparse, chintzy beats remain, but Beach House's sound is more fleshed-out and vivid with harpsichord and lushly textured keys, Alex Scally's slide guitar in particular more languidly expressive than ever. To say this record elevates the band far above the swollen ranks of shuffling shoegazers currently doing the rounds is putting it mildly."
Read the full review HERE
Los Campesinos!
Hold On Now, Youngster
Says Dom Passantino: "There really isn't anything wrong with this debut album from Los Campesinos!. It's just the most amazing sugar rush you're going to have this year, and is what, at this point in time, sounds strongly like the best debut album by a British indie band since Tigermilk. Now just pray to God that these guys can make it to a second album without Diablo Cody getting her grubby little mitts on their soundtracking rights."
Read the full review HERE
Atlas Sound
Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Says Kev Kharas: "While Bradford Cox's Atlas Sound project owes just as much to noise, his debut album, like Deerhunter's Cryptograms, uses LOUD in a different way, erecting a playfully vain barrier, using the distortion like Bowie used the Thin White Duke to mask his Victoria station Nazi salute, acting out like a dumb kid. It is as awkward in nature as it is by name, a lonely, awkward teenage mess of a debut solo album that sees Cox retreat from his band mates behind a slamming bedroom door, thirsty to splash in the sweat patches of his own contradictions."
Read the full review HERE
Pete And The Pirates
Little Death
Says Billy Hamilton: "I used to hate Pete And The Pirates – I mean really fucking hate them. All previous encounters with the Reading-spawned quintet made my blood boil in the manner a cheated nymphomaniac would stove-simmer a vat of sweet, defenceless bunny rabbits. Yet here I am, toes a-tapping and lips a-humming to a record I simply want to detest – but I just can't. Little Death is a mesmerising record certain to thrust P&TP into the fore with raucous, accolade-breeding aplomb. I've a lot of catching up to do."
Read the full review HERE
Laura Marling
Alas, I Cannot Swim
Says Kev Kharas: "While the sentimental picture of a London-bound troubadour continues to grow around Laura Marling with the release of her debut album, you'd imagine the girl to find all the exclamation rather embarrassing. This album satisfies more for what its tracks don't say than what they do – a spoilsport for any hopes of a runaway word count, but still, who needs the babbled chatter when you've had it from the fawn's mouth. Marling is a new person who will occasionally 'send a shiver down your spine', those shudders sure to come more frequent with the steady passing of time."
Read the full review HERE
Let's Wrestle
In Loving Memory Of…
Says Gareth Dobson: "Career-savvy idiot savants? Or a moment whereby imperfection and audacity combine to stunning effect? Fuck knows, and neither do you. It's simply too early to tell and the wonderful thing is that we'll have to wait for the next fifty shows or the next two EPs and albums to have a better idea of what Let's Wrestle are capable of. But isn't the idea of watching your favourite children grow up over a period of time quite wonderful?"
Read the full review HERE
Dead Meadow
Old Growth
Says David McLaughlin: "There are songs here, possibly even singles. Tracks like 'I'm Gone' or the almost Beatles-like jangle of 'Keep On Walking' are taut and reined where they might once have meandered and bloated to patience-trying lengths. That is perhaps the greatest triumph of Old Growth, Dead Meadow's fifth LP. Stylistically there is a different kind of freedom that seems less about affectation or indulgence and more about adhering to the spirit of each individual song, making for harder-fought but longer-lasting rewards."
Read the full review HERE
The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
(Southern Lord)
Says Tim Hall: "With US avant-jazz guitarist Bill Frisell lending subtle tones to a few songs and with touring members Adrienne Davies, Steve Moore and Don Mcgreevy on drums, keyboards and bass respectively adding to the sonic mix, Earth have evolved into a truly great band, both live and on record. This is music to lose yourself in; a soundtrack to Dylan Carlson escaping his past and pushing his musical vision forwards. This is the truly cosmic American music, a musical accompaniment to the dust bowls and the vast barren wilderness of a Cormac McCarthy novel not yet written."
Read the full review HERE
Hot Chip
Made In The Dark
Says Alex Denney: "On a record full to bursting with fizzing tangents and skewed fireworks, single 'Ready For The Floor' remains the sole symmetrical bloom in the truest pop sense. Which can be seen one of two ways: as Hot Chip's moment to carve out a tour de force of populist songwriting in the vein of Dare or Lexicon Of Love, Made In The Dark must rank as something of a missed opportunity; but as a bigger, bolder (if overlong) follow-up to a deservedly popular second album, they've succeeded admirably."
Read the full review HERE
School of Language
Sea From Shore
(Memphis Industries)
Says Lianne Steinberg: "While their contemporaries Maximo Park and The Futureheads were enjoying the fruits of NME-adoration, Field Music, David Brewis' previous incarnation, seemed to float too far under the radar to achieve their rightful acclaim. But some of the greatest music isn't for the ears of the masses, and without the aid of his former bandmates as School Of Language, Brewis' newest project boldly continues in the same experimental, engaging vein."
Read the full review HERE
Keyboard Choir
Mizen Head To Gascanane Sound
Says Rob Webb: "It's an obvious point to make, but music originating from Oxford these days - and historically - is a bit clever, isn't it? Enter Keyboard Choir, a six-piece electronica ensemble who started out with the intention of using exclusively electronic sound sources to produce an innovative live show. Whether it was their original intention to transfer this to wax remains to be seen, but their debut LP is certainly a work of no little artistic worth. With certain tracks sounding like a collaboration between Burial and Aphex Twin, we're glad they did."
Read the full review HERE
Also released and reviewed in February: The Mountain Goats, Goldfrapp, Diebold, Tusk, Envelopes, I Was A Cub Scout and more…
Next month: expect memories refreshed to the tunes of Why?, Foals, Cadence Weapon and Stephen Malkmus, among other March-released delights…


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Facebook is allowing a content partner to deploy real-money gambling games for its United Kingdom users.
Gamesys (based in London) launched an online Bingo for Facebook version for those Brits more than 18 years old, according to Reuters. A slots game is coming up next. The games will pay users real money.
Facebook confirmed the deal is a revenue-share, but not what the percentages are. In a statement:
U.S. & World
"Real money gaming is a popular and well-regulated activity in the UK and we are allowing a partner to offer their games to adult users on the Facebook platform in a safe and controlled manner."
There are no plans to roll out gambling to other countries. But couldn't they allow gambling in areas like Las Vegas, where it's legal, using IP addresses as a gateway? That might not be in the best interest of the casinos, though. And we've all seen "Goodfellas."


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The big rumor is that VH1 has given Danger aka Monica Leon her own show. No word yet on what kind of show this will be. Word is the new show will be announced on the For the Love of Ray J reunion show.
The other rumor is one of the remaining contestants on the show will quit in next week's finale.
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Western corn rootworm breaks through Bt control
Western corn rootworm is a tenacious pest that munches its way through millions of corn acres each year, thumbing its nose at control measures and costing U.S. farmers nearly $1 billion annually in the process. Even the sophisticated Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) technology that dominates today's corn acres has met its match in the pest—as recent breaches in the technology make painfully clear.
Scientists now fear that the popular Bt technology that has helped transform the seed industry is destined to go down the resistance road. Just nine years after Bt technology became commercially available, lab research shows that western corn rootworn colonies have developed resistance to all Bt proteins currently registered for use in transgenic hybrids.
What does this mean for you? Keep reading to find out.
Read the Story:
Part 1: The Root of the Issue
Part 2: Toxin in Danger
Part 3: Reduced Refuge Obligation
Part 4: Rootworm Variants Appear
Part 5: Run a Rotation
Part 6: Few Non-Bt Options
Part 7: Industry Response
Graphics and Reports:
Rootworm Pressure Mounts
View a graphic overview of the western corn rootworm problem.
Table: The Biology and Control Targets Behind Bt Traits
Learn how Bt varieties work with this comprehensive table.
Learn more:
Companies Chart New Course for Rootworm Control
Scientists are developing new tools to help farmers stop corn rootworm in its tracks.
Rootworm Resistance Update
University of Illinois professor of entomology and crop sciences Extension coordinator Mike Gray shares his thoughts on the resistance issue.
Bt Letter to EPA
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On behalf of the Australia & New Zealand Gastric & Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA) and the Australia & New Zealand Hepatic, Pancreatic & Biliary Association (ANZHPBA) we would like to acknowledge all who attended our combined meeting in October 2018.
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The EMC Society originated in the mid-1950's when some electrical engineers specializing in Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) began to discuss a more formal organization for their loose-knit technical activities. These discussions were usually held as part of informal meetings at Conferences on Radio Interference Reduction (RIR.)
The first one of these formal RIR Conferences was held at the Armour Research Foundation in December of 1954 under Tri-Service (United States Army, Navy, and Air Force) sponsorship. This conference highlighted the magnitude and diversity of interference experienced by commercial and military electronic equipment and stressed techniques for reducing its severity. The first "Armour Conference" was a success and lead to a series of "Armour Conferences" which addressed Radio Interference Reduction.
In early 1956, a group of RFI engineers in the Los Angeles area founded an informal organization of interference experts. A steering committee was formed to develop the aims and intentions of the group. The steering committee consisted of Prentice Tinney (North American Aviation), Joe Tobin (AiResearch), A.T. Parker (Stoddart Aircraft Radio), Charles W. Ketteman, Jr. (California Electronic Services Company), and Fred Nichols (Sprague). They became known as the Radio Interference Technical Committee and operated for almost two years as that Committee until they joined the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) as the Professional Group on RFI.
At the same time that the Los Angeles group was getting organized, a separate group of engineers from the New York City area were also organizing an East Coast Group. At the third Armour Conference in Chicago in February of 1957, an announcement was made of an organizational meeting to be held in New York City in April of 1957. At this meeting, the decision was made to petition the Institute of Radio Engineers for formation of a Professional Group on RFI. This petition was circulated around the USA and a total of 326 individuals signed the petition, which was formally submitted to the IRE on 3 July 1957. (Note – These 326 individuals were the original Founders of the Professional Group on RFI; this list is still being searched for by the History Committee of the EMC Society of the IEEE.)
The petition read as follows:
The undersigned do hereby petition for the formation of an IRE Professional Group on Radio Frequency Interference in the field of interest of electronics. The scope of this group, if approved, would encompass the following: Radio Frequency Interference, including: (1) Methods of measurement and control. (2) Systems considerations such as: Susceptibility, Vulnerability, Compatibility, Spectrum Utilization, Related Propagation Effects, and Subjective Effects. (3) Studies of the origins of interference, both man-made and natural, and their classification. (4) Cooperation with other Professional Groups, committees and other organizations through joint meetings and activities; and by other appropriate means. The scope will also include scientific, technical, industrial, or other areas that contribute to the field of interest, or utilize the techniques or products of this field where necessary to advance the art and science in this field, subject, as the art develops, to additions, subtractions, or other modifications directed or approved by the IRE Committee on Professional Groups.
The proposed Group is a new Group.
The following differentiates the field of interest of the proposed group from those of prior groups about which misunderstanding might occur. The new Group will bring together all those concerned with Radio Frequency Interference problems; and provide means which do not now exist of disseminating related technical information.
The undersigned and other members of the IRE interested in forming this group arrived at their decision to petition for the formation of the group through the following discussions or meetings: Meeting at Willkie Memorial Building, New York City, April 10, 1957 Meeting at IRE Headquarters, May 2, 1957
The undersigned have named the following as desirable members of the Administrative Committee and asked that they be named as those officers for the year indicated.
1-Year Term – R. Fairweather, L. Milton, B. Schenker, and H. Schwenk 2-Year Term – S. Burruano, J. McNaul, A. Kall, W. Pakala 3-Year Term – W. Crichlow, Z. Grobowski, M. Kant, R. Showers
On October 10, 1957; the IRE approved the formal petition and the new Professional Group on Radio Frequency Interference (PGRFI) was officially born.
FOUNDERS OF THE IRE Professional Group On RFI
At the 25th anniversary of the founding of the IRE Professional Group on RFI, forty of the original 326 signers were still active members of the organization. These forty founders are Stuart Bailey, Saul Bernstein, Samuel J. Burruano, Edward W. Chapin, John F. Chappell, James J. Crenca, Rexford Daniels, Alfred Eckersley, Herman Garlan, Simon Goldman, Frank M. Greene, Joseph S. Grevious, Zigmund Grobowski, Fred Haber, J. M. Harley, Albert R. Kall, Milton Kant, E. V. Kavanaugh, Edwin S. Kesney, Warren Kesselman, Robert A. Kulinyi, Merrill N. Lustgarten, Vincent J. Mancino, Leonard Milton, Joseph Naresky, Stuart Nellis, John J. O'Neil, William A. Pakala, John J. Renner, James S. Rice, Douglas W. Robertson, Joseph L. Ryerson, Harold R. Schwenk, Neal H. Shepherd, Bryce Showalter, Ralph M. Showers, Samuel Skolnick, Leonard W. Thomas, Sr., and Anthony Zimbalatti.
The first meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Professional Group on Radio Frequency Interference (PGRFI) was held November 20, 1957 at the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Harold Schwenk was elected as the first Chairman, Leonard Milton as the first Vice-Chairman, Albert R. Kall as the first Secretary, and Lieutenant James P. McNaul as the first Treasurer. The first official term of office ran from July 1, 1958 to June 30, 1959. The second chairman was Lieutenant James P. McNaul, and the third was Ralph Showers.
In 1963, the IEEE was formed from the combination of the IRE and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE.) The IRE Professional Group on RFI became the IEEE Professional Group on RFI.
Then, in 1978, the PGRFI became the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society of the IEEE (its current name).
In 1965, the terms of office were changed to run concurrently with the calendar year so A. H. Sullivan, Jr. served as Chairman from 1 July 1965 until 31 December 1967 (a total of two and one-half years.) This is the longest term served by any chairman.
In 1972, the offices of Chairman and Vice-Chairman were renamed President and Vice-President in a title change that has remained constant ever since. The Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer had no specific terms, and were often held for long periods of time by the same persons. However, traditionally the President (Chairman, in the past) served a two-year term beginning in 1974 – 1975 with W. E. "Gene" Cory. The traditional two-year term of the President of the Society was formalized in 1997 with a motion at the Board level.
A complete list of all Past Chairmen and Presidents is shown below.
Presidents of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
1957-1959 Harold R. Schwenk 1959-1960 James P. McNaul 1960-1961 Ralph M. Showers 1961-1962 Harold E. Dinger 1962-1963 Herman Garlan 1963-1964 Donald R.J. White 1964-1965 Z.V. Grobowski 1965-1967 A. H. Sullivan, Jr. 1968 Richard B. Schulz 1969 Fred J. Nichols 1970-1971 H.M. Schlicke 1972 John J. O'Neil 1973 Joseph F. Fischer, Jr. 1974-1975 William E. "Gene" Cory 1976-1977 James C. Toler 1978-1979 Jackie R. Janoski 1980-1981 Donald N. Heirman 1982-1983 William G. Duff 1984-1985 Eugene D. Knowles 1986-1987 B. Leonard "Len" Carlson 1988-1989 Donald E. Clark 1990-1991 Edwin L. Bronaugh 1992-1993 Bob Hofmann 1994-1995 Warren Kesselman 1996-1997 William Gjertson 1998-1999 Daniel D. Hoolihan 2000-2001 Joseph Butler 2002-2003 Todd R. Hubing 2004-2005 Kimball Williams 2006-2007 Andrew Drozd 2008-2009 Elya Joffe
Some officers that have served in their positions for a long time. For example, L.W. (Leonard) Thomas, Sr. served as Secretary from 1966-1982 (17 years) and Warren Kesselman has been Treasurer from 1972-1983 and again from 1998-2008. (for a total of 23 years). And, Janet O'Neil has been Secretary from April of 1988 and is still serving in that position in 2008.
As mentioned earlier in this article, Conferences and Symposiums have been an important part of the EMC Society from its beginnings, and indeed even before the time of its organization. The first Conference on Radio Interference Reduction was held in December of 1954 at the Armour Research Foundation of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. It was followed by the Second Conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago on March 6 and 7 in 1956. The Third Armour Conference was held in February of 1957 and was instrumental as the meeting place for the organizers of the EMC Society. A total of 10 Armour Conferences were held. The last one was took place at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois from November 17-19, 1964. It was jointly sponsored by the US Army, US Navy and the US Air Force, and as organized by the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute in cooperation with the IEEE EMC Group.
The first PGRFI symposium was held in New York City on June 15 and 16, 1959 with 250 people attending. The second one was held in 1960 in Washington, DC and was attended by over 400 people. Due to that success, the third Symposium was held in "DC" again.
During the years of the first EMC symposiums, the proceedings were termed digests and contained abstracts and summaries of the papers presented. In 1965, with the dissolution of the Armour conferences, the EMC Symposia records began to include some full papers and within two years (by 1967) all the symposia records included full papers.
The symposium was first called a National Symposium until about 1970, when the IEEE became interested in assuring all countries in the world were represented by its membership, and renamed it the International Symposium. The first IEEE International EMC Symposium held outside the United States was in 1984 in Tokyo, Japan. That year a separate EMC symposium was held in San Antonio, Texas for USA activities. Since then, an International Symposium for the IEEE was held in Montreal (Canada) in 2001 and in Turkey (sponsored by the Israel chapter) in 2003.
Of course, the EMC Society has cooperated with other EMC symposiums around the world. These include the Zurich Symposiums (held in odd-numbered years) and the Wroclaw Symposiums (usually held in even-numbered years). It should be noted that the "Zurich" symposiums were actually held in Montreux (1975 and 1977) and Rotterdam (1979). Other EMC Symposiums from all over the world have asked for technical cooperation from the EMC Society over the years and, typically, the IEEE EMC Society has agreed to cooperate with these "international" symposiums.
An important element of the EMC Society has always been its technical publications, especially the Transactions. The Transactions were initiated in 1959 and were first called the IRE Transactions on Radio Frequency Interference. In 1963, their name was changed to the IEEE Transactions on Radio Frequency Interference and in 1964, their name was changed to IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (the current name.)
The IEEE Transactions on EMC publishes high-quality scientific peer-reviewed papers. The papers have contributed significantly to the advance of EMC technology over the past 50 years.
Early editions were published under the guidance of a Publications Committee and a Technical Papers Committee. The acting editors in this early time-frame were Ralph Showers (1959), O.P. Schreiber (1960), A.R. Kall (1961-1962), and A.H. Sullivan, Jr. (1962-1964). In 1964, an official editor was selected for the first time and, as the publication grew, associate editors were added. The first formal editor was A. H. Sullivan, Jr. (1964-1968) and the second was R.B. "Dick" Schulz (1969-1987). This excellent beginning was followed by the appointment of Moto Kanda (1988-2000) and Marcello D'Amore (2000-2003). The current Transactions Editor-in-Chief is Flavio G. Canavero.
In addition to the editors, the authors, reviewers, and the IEEE editorial staff have contributed significantly to the success and the high-quality of the EMC Transactions. Normally, the EMC Transactions are published four times a year but, sometimes special issues are produced which results in a fifth publication in a given year.
Examples of articles in a recent Issue include the following:
1. "A Higher Order Nonstandard FDTD-PML Method for the Advanced Modeling of Complex EMC Problems in Generalized 3-D Curvilinear Coordinates" by N. V. Kantartzis and T. D. Tsiboukis. 2. "Common-Mode Current Due to a Trace Near a PCB Edge and Its Suppression by a Guard Band" by Y. Kayano, M. Tanaka, J.L. Drewniak, and H. Inoue. 3. "Study of the Coupling Between Human Head and Cellular Phone Helical Antennas" by S. Koulouridis and K. S. Nikita. 4. "Optimization of Carbon Fiber Composite for Microwave Absorber" by C.P. Neo and V.K. Varadan.
Before the Professional Group on RFI had a newsletter, there was an informal newsletter "Quasis and Peaks" which was originated by Rexford Daniels in 1954 in order to coordinate happenings in the technical area of Interference. It should be noted, however, that the first newsletter published directly by the PGRFI was actually written and edited by Milton Kant, one of the founders of the EMC Society. It was published January 2, 1958.
But, the second and subsequent Newsletters of the Professional Group on RFI was edited by Rex Daniels and he continued as the editor until 1968 (Issues #2 -#53.) In 1968, Robert Goldblum became the editor and remained in that position until 1997 (Issues #54 - #173.) Since then, Janet O'Neil has edited the Newsletter.
The newsletter's name has changed a number of times. It was originally called "The Professional Group on Radio Frequency Interference Newsletter" (Issues #1 and #2.) Then, it became the "IRE Professional group on Radio Frequency Interference Newsletter" (Issues #3 - #24 – August 1958 – December 1962.) Issues Number 25 and 26 were entitled "IEEE Professional Group on Radio Frequency Interference Newsletter." Then, Issue # 27 in April of 1963 was entitled "IEEE Professional Technical Group on Radio Frequency Interference Newsletter" and this title changed immediately to "IEEE Professional Technical Group on Electromagnetic Compatibility Newsletter" for Issue # 28 in July of 1963. It continued this way until Issue #34 in August of 1964 when the title switched to "IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Group Newsletter." (It was obvious from the rapid switch in Newsletter titles that there was a lot of changes going on around 1963 with the formation of the IEEE!) The title then remained constant until Issue #98, in the summer of 1978, when it changed to "IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Newsletter." The final change, to its present title of "IEEE EMC Society Newsletter," occurred at Issue # 146.
The Newsletter has changed in content and length over the years. It started in the early years with four pages. It grew to an average size of 24 pages under Bob Goldblum and more recently has grown again, under Janet O'Neil, to more than 50 pages. The newsletter has associate editors who support the chief editor in her duties.
One of the areas of the EMC Society Newsletter that has been popular over the years has been the EMC Abstracts. These are short summaries of magazine articles and other pertinent articles on EMC that have been reviewed by EMC technical experts. The Abstracts highlight the main gist of the articles and describe the location of the article for the reader who wants more information.
Examples of recent EMC Abstracts include the following:
1. "Analysis on Shielding Effectiveness of Metallic Enclosures with Slot," Yingpeng Fan, Zhengwei Du, Ke Gong, and Guoding Li; from the Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Environmental Electromagnetics CEEM '2003, Hangzhou, China, November 4-7, 2003, pp. 43- 46
2. "Analysis of Resonance Characteristics of a Power Bus with Rectangle and Triangle elements in Multi-layer PCBs" – Zhi Liang Wang, Osami Wada, Yoshitaka Toyota and Ryuji Koga; , from the Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Environmental Electromagnetics CEEM '2003, Hangzhou, China, November 4-7, 2003, pp. 73-76.
The EMCS has a Vice-President of Technical Services who supervises a number of technical activities in the Society. His area of responsibility includes the Technical Advisory Committee (which has been a part of the EMCS for over twenty-five years), whose subcommittees include TC-1 through TC-10.
Their areas of interest are:
1. TC-1 EMC Management 2. TC-2 EMC Measurement 3. TC-3 EM Environment 4. TC-4 EMI Control 5. TC-5 High Power EM 6. TC-6 Spectrum Management 7. TC-7 Nonsinusoidal Fields 8. TC-8 EM Product Safety 9. TC-9 Computational EMC 10. TC-10 Signal Integrity 11. TC-11 Nanotechnology in EMC
The EMCS also has a Vice-President of Standards and the EMC Society has developed a number of standards over the years. The EMCS has had an interest in developing standards in the area of EMC almost from its origin as a Society.
Current EMC Society standards include:
1. IEEE Standard 139-1988 – "IEEE Recommended Practice for the Measurement of Radio Frequency Emissions from Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) Equipment Installed on User's Premises." (NOTE – This standard was last reaffirmed by the EMC Society in 1999.) 2. IEEE Standard 299-1997 – "IEEE Standard Method for Measuring the Effectiveness of Electromagnetic Shielded Enclosures." 3. IEEE Standard 377-1980 – "IEEE Recommended Practice for Measurement of Spurious Emissions from Land-Mobile Communication Transmitters." (NOTE – This standard was last reaffirmed by the EMC Society in 1997.) 4. IEEE Standard 1128-1998 – "IEEE Recommended Practice for RF Absorber Performance Evaluation in the Range 30 MHz to 5 GHz."
During its first 25 years of growth the EMC Society were very much oriented towards the United States. The symposia were called National Symposiums, and most members were from the United States. Of the 21 EMCS chapters in 1982, 20 were located in the USA, with the sold international chapter located near Tokyo, Japan
Contrast that to the 2008 list of EMCS Chapters: there are 65 EMCS Chapters and 33 of them are outside the United States. The chapters outside the USA include Austria, Beijing (China), Benelux (Belgium), Brazil (Sao Paulo), France, Germany, Israel, Italy (Roma), Japan, Malaysia, Melbourne (Australia), Montreal (Canada), Nanjing (China), Ottawa (Canada), Romania, Russia (Siberia), Sendai (Japan), Seoul (Korea), Singapore, Spain, St. Petersburg (Russia), Sweden, Switzerland, Taipei/Taiwan, Toronto (Canada), Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland.
The membership of the EMC Society has also shown international growth. The current composition of its 4000 members is 60 % from the USA, 40% international.
The EMC Society has grown from a few hundred members in 1957 to its current size of over four thousand. The number of chapters has grown and matches the growth in membership. The Society now includes members and chapters from all over the world.
The EMC Society has a history of high-quality EMC Transactions, high-quality International EMC Symposiums, excellent EMC Standards, and outstanding Technical Committees.
Even as the Society celebrates its recent 50th Anniversary, it is also preparing for another 50 years of progress in its technical niche of Electromagnetic Compatibility.
1. Thomas, Sr.; Leonard W. and Hill, James S.; "A Brief Review of the Origin and Growth Statistics of the IEEE EMC Society;" IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol EMC-25, No. 3. August – 1983; Pages 138-153. 2. Kesselman, Warren; Private Communications with the Author, 2004.
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Liberty community mourns loss of N.J. siblings
A Liberty University student and her brother who was planning to attend Liberty this fall died Thursday, July 26, as a result of their injuries from a house fire on Wednesday, July 25, in Paterson, N.J.
Liberty's records show Alexandra Velarde, 23, transferred to the university in Fall 2011 and was a senior Bio/Chemistry major. Her brother, Christian Velasquez, 19, was also planning on transferring and would have been a new residential student this fall.
"The Liberty University community was heartbroken to hear of this tragedy. We extend our condolences and our prayers to the family and friends of Alexandra and Christian," Liberty Chancellor and President Jerry Falwell, Jr. said.
Liberty's Student Affairs Office has been working with the family during their time of loss and a memorial service is being planned after students return for the fall semester.
A wake is being held today at their church in Paterson and a burial is planned for Wednesday.
- News reports from the siblings' hometown point to their promising futures: The Record: Friday, July 27


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More than 1,000 unemployed workers are expected to attend a major job expo being held in Gastonia next month.
More than 1,000 unemployed workers are expected to attend a major job expo being held in Gastonia next month.
The Gaston Workforce Development Board�s Spring Job Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 10. It will be held at Union Road Church, at 2315 Union Road.
Businesses and employers had to register by Friday in order to attend. But job-seekers can show up on the day of the event.
The six-hour, flexed timeframe was strategically scheduled to cater to both first- and third-shift employees of Apex Tool Group in Gaston County. Some 220 of those workers learned in January they will lose their jobs when the company closes its Gastonia plant in June.
�Apex is one group of workers we expect to be there,� said Pat Bailey, business liaison for the Gaston Workforce Development Board. �But of course our overall focus is on dislocated workers. Based on the most recent labor market numbers, we�re still looking at 10,000 unemployed people in Gaston County.�
All of the new businesses in the Gastonia Technology Park will have representatives there, as will most of the county�s largest employers, Bailey said. The bulk of the jobs that need to be filled involve skilled manufacturing.
�We also will have some jobs involved with energy and some call center positions,� she said. �There are not a whole lot of jobs in the office sector, but we do have some listings for clerical and administrative-type jobs, and some medical.�
The work force development board typically holds two major job fairs each year. The last one in October attracted almost 800 applicants, with about 70 businesses participating.
�We see anywhere from 700 to 1,200 at the large ones,� said Bailey. �We�re expecting a very large group next month.�
Residents who are unemployed, as well as underemployed, are likely to turn out, she said.
Since January, the work force development board has done an extensive amount of work with employees of Apex Tool Group, surveying interests and determining skill sets. The majority of them read blueprints, are forklift-certified and have other specific skills.
Eighty percent of the soon-to-be-displaced Apex workers live in Gaston County, Bailey said.
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S.F. film festival taps a top figure from Toronto fest
The San Francisco Film Society has hired a new executive director, Noah Cowan of the Toronto International Film Festival, according to sources within the film festival circuit.
Contacted Friday, a representative of the film society would not confirm the appointment. But The Chronicle has learned that pending approval of his visa, Cowan will start March 3, less than two months before the opening of the San Francisco International Film Festival, the main event of the film society.
If Cowan clears immigration, he will be the fourth executive director of the film society in three years. The last director, New York producer Ted Hope, resigned in October after a little more than a year, and the two directors before that, Bingham Ray and Graham Leggat, both died in their 50s, Ray of a stroke after just a few months on the job and Leggat of cancer after six years.
Cowan, 46, is leaving the post of artistic director of the Toronto fest's Bell Lightbox, a theater/ restaurant/gallery complex operated under the arm of the Toronto festival. This type of year-round programming is an aspiration of the S.F. Film Society and is exactly what made Cowan appealing.
Cowan is leaving what many consider to be the most important film festival in North America, and the only major festival with its own complex, a facet the S.F. event is noticeably lacking. Year-round programming is a concept first attempted under Leggat, who negotiated to take over the Clay Theatre on Fillmore, when it was expected to go dark.
News of Cowan's departure was reported by the Toronto Star on Thursday, citing a memo by Toronto fest CEO Piers Handling sent to the festival staff and board.
"I wanted to share with all of you some exciting and sad news - exciting for Noah but sad for TIFF," read the memo, as quoted in the Star. "For immigration reasons we cannot disclose where he is going just yet."
On his Twitter feed, Cowan linked to a TV interview in which he announced that his last day at the Toronto fest would be Feb. 14 and that he expected to start his new job in early March.
Assuming it is San Francisco, he will arrive at a crucial time for the S.F. Film Society, which has about 2,500 year-round members and operates with a year-round staff of 31 out of the film building in the Presidio.
There are rumors of financial difficulties as the nonprofit prepares for the San Francisco International Film Festival, in its 57th year. The event runs April 24 to May 8 and sells from 60,000 to 70,000 tickets for 150 to 200 films at theaters in San Francisco and Berkeley.
Cowan is expected to be introduced April 1 at a news conference to announce the program for this year's festival. According to the Toronto festival's website, he grew up in Toronto and has been programming films for the festival since 1989.
Bill Proctor, the spokesperson for the S.F. Film Society, would neither confirm nor deny that Cowan is the new executive director. "The process is ongoing, and we have no official announcement to make at this time."
Sam Whiting is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @samwhitingsf


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Title text: There's still a chance you were conceived via IVF. But we've checked your mom's college yearbook photos, and whether or not she and your father had sex, it's clear that ... listen, I know this is hard for you.
Genetic testing is a real medical procedure, where researchers analyze your DNA and family history to determine if you have any elevated risk factors for things like heart conditions and cancer. Here, the doctor appears to be delivering the results of Cueball's genetic test, but instead tells him that his parents had sex at some point.
People generally don't like thinking about their parents having sex, but it obviously happened, since having sex is usually the precondition for having children. So this test result is completely unsurprising.
The title text notes that he could be an in-vitro fertilization baby, which does not require the parents to directly have sex, but concludes that his mother has probably had sex anyway, given how attractive she was in college.
- Cueball: Did my genetic tests come back?
- Megan: Yeah. Sit down.
- Cueball: Is it bad news? What are my risk factors?
- [Cueball is now sitting in the chair awaiting her answer. Megan looks down at the clipboard.]
- Megan: We can't be sure about this, but we've analyzed genes on several of your chromosomes and it's hard to avoid the conclusion:
- [Megan puts down the clipboard and looks at Cueball as she delivers her news. Cueball puts his hands to his face in dismay.]
- Megan: At some point, your parents had sex.
- Cueball: Oh God!
- Megan: Stay calm! It's possible it was just once!
- Cueball: I... I need to be alone.
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I guess it's what they say. Sex is genetic. If your parents never had it, you probably won't either. :) TheMightyGunns (talk) 23:37, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
The title text may imply that his mother was pregnant in college, rather than being attractive. 22.214.171.124 15:03, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


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I tried to turn this picture into a joke about an obscure comic book character, but the pieces didn't fall into place, so I gave up. I thought the sign said "Left Turn Green Arrow Only," but the "on" in place of "turn" robbed the punchline about superheroes getting special treatment in traffic of much of its groan inducing zing.
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Nevertheless, if stop lights are ever replaced by either lanterns or hornets, I'm going to successfully make this joke, goddammit, and who will be laughing then? Nobody? Oh.
I decided to ride Massachusetts around Stanton Park and then past Union Station through the new bike lanes in Columbus Circle. Or I would've ridden through the new bike lanes, had parts of them not be covered in shattered glass. The Columbus Circle renovation project is still in progress and I'm not totally sure how the bike lanes are going to connect to Massachusetts Avenue at the intersection with the part of Columbus Circle Drive that extends to the parking garages and F Street. It is my fervent hope that 1) this happens (that the bike lanes are extended to reach Mass Avenue) and that 2) this isn't done in a dumb way.
My primary impetus for riding this way is to seek out my alternative route for when the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes are taken out of commission. I'm very partial to First Street NE as a bicycle route because it is a fairly direct north-south route wholly uncrowded of other bicyclists. Even without the planned cycle track, the project about which I think I'm the most excited of all of DC's bike projects, it's pretty great. The bike lane itself stops at M Street, but from M to the New York Avenue/Florida Avenue/Random Wendy's intersection of doom, there's ample room for bikes and very little car traffic. Here's my strategy for navigating Dave Thomas Circle: cross New York Avenue in the crosswalk and then cross First NE at whichever crosswalk has the WALK signal. Don't bother trying to ride on the road since your destination, if you're me, is Eckington Place, which has a bike lane and connects to R Street NE, which has sharrows, can't be accessed from New York Avenue since left turns are there prohibited and also you wouldn't want to make a left turn across all that traffic anyway. You can choose to ride across the Wendy's parking lot if you want and you can also choose to buy a Frosty if the Wendy's is open. Either move is completely apposite. In any case, while this route isn't any shorter for me, I think it's faster.
So many speed bumps on R Street. It's a shame that people can't but speed without them. I think that they're quite ugly. They also make my fenders clang when I ride over them. That might speak more to my fender installation than anything else.
I rode in the back of a pack of six bicyclists on R from about 14th to Dupont Circle. One of the guys had on a grey winter coat, unbuttoned, and the tails of the coat blew wide in the wind. It looked like a superhero's cape. I don't know if he's given any special treatment vis-a-vis traffic laws, but he took the same liberties as pretty much everyone else does with regard to them.
I've been in many packs of bicyclists on R Street and they almost all dissipate before reaching Massachusetts Avenue. A few of the riders headed down New Hampshire and then another veered before Connecticut, the penultimate turned at Florida and then the last turned away at Sheriden Circle. Don't bike commute if you have abandonment issues! Unlike car commuting, in which you're likely to be surrounded by your compatriots in degrees that you might even find stultifying, when you're on your bike, you watch packs form and disband and fellow riders come and go. It kind of evokes the arc of friendship itself- people come into your life at times and you share a bond and a route for a while and then they go one way and you go another and maybe you pick up someone else along the road and it's for just a block but it's a good block and you remember it fondly and perhaps there's another time when you follow someone for miles and you're traveling at the same pace and going to the same place and when you pay attention you notice that you're pedaling is synchronized and it's just a fortuitous and temporary accident.
I rode to the top of the hill. Not so bad today. It was a beautiful morning.


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Credited As: Stop Motion Animator
I've always proclaimed that Animation in general is the most refined of all the art forms, however out of all the different styles and techniques of animation, I've always sworn that stop-motion is the the most highly skilled, highly focused, highly elegant and seemingly most difficult of them all. I'm so glad in to see more spotlights on stop-motion animators and their methodology and process these past couple years.
December 29, 2015
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Google Spotlight Stories Presents: Special Delivery
A cool semi-interactive short by Google ATAP & Aardman.
Heat: The Perfect Blend of Realism and Style
Interesting note, he mentions the painting by Alex Colville, the late great Nova Scotian artist.
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Love Freebies? Get Them Legally
What a brilliant idea, The Harvey Nichols department store has been using camera footage from their surveillance footage to place some animated heads on their shoplifters' heads.
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The Works of Kevin Bailey
Keep you eye on this guy, someone will be giving him his own series to run very soon.
December 13, 2015
The Works of PepRally
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Journey Into the Arctic
An nice interactive video adventure in which you play an explorer on a mission to find the Northwest Passage. Produced by Tank & Pascal Blais studio for Canadian Heritage, and Canada's 150th anniversary.
December 02, 2015
Jack is Back!
After over 10 years on ice, Samurai Jack is heading back to Cartoon Network next year. Adult Swim just announced that Genndy Tartakovsky, the animator behind the acclaimed series as well as favorites like Dexter's Laboratory and the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars microseries, is back to produce a new season that will land on Toonami in 2016.
Samurai Jack debuted in 2001, and, over the course of four seasons and 52 episodes, went on to become a cult favorite. The series follows a samurai only known as Jack, who is sent to the distant future by the evil demon Aku. The series earned two Emmys during its run, but was cancelled in 2004, cutting Jack's adventures short and leaving his grand adventure without a proper ending. Now, the journey can continue!
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At the beginning of a course or unit, students examine opening sentences from texts that they will read completely in later sessions. Students analyze the sentences and make predictions about the texts. As students read the complete texts throughout the course or unit, they return to their predictions to talk about the prediction strategy and to increase reading comprehension. The lesson plan includes sample opening lines for a variety of courses. The lesson can be easily adapted for any course or unit by collecting opening lines from texts that the class will read as a group.
Online Think-Aloud Predictions for "Young Goodman Brown": This online tool demonstrates a close reading and analysis of the first line of a text.
Opening Lines Recording Sheet: Students can use this handout to record their predictions about texts they will read.
In When Kids Can't Read, Kylene Beers explains, "Skilled readers consciously try to anticipate what the text is about before they begin reading. They look at the cover, art, title, genre, author, headings, graphs, charts, length, print size, front flaps, and back covers. . . . They do anything to find out something before they begin reading. Dependent readers, on the other hand, often don't do that; they are told to read something, and once the text is in hand, they just begin" (74). The comprehension strategy outlined in this lesson interrupts the habits of dependent readers by asking them to focus their attention on what they can tell from the first lines of a story, play, poem, or other text.
Further Reading
Beers, Kylene. When Kids Can't Read What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2003.
Gorlewski, Julie, ed. "Shouldn't They Already Know How to Read? Comprehension Strategies in High School English." English Journal 98.4 (March 2009): 127-132.


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